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Premium Content Subscriber only Bustard Head will soon have a new energy source, with a stand-alone power system being trialled at two locations. Ergon Energy will place a network stand-alone power system (SAPS) solution at Bustard Head lighthouse and museum, as part of its fringe grid strategy. The trial SAPS generates and stores its own energy using solar PV, batteries and backup diesel generator and is ideal for places that are hard to access for energy networks. Ergon Energy executive general manager engineering Peter Price said the line at Bustard Head was an ageing asset that was dif...

THE HISTORY of Queensland oldest operating coastal lighthouse at Bustard Head reads like a Hollywood script featuring murder, suicide, shark attacks, drownings, and ultimate triumph over adversity. Stuart Buchanan began his first stint as lighthouse keeper at the 152-year-old structure in 1974, and has written six books during that time about the fascinating tales associated with the historic light. These include Light of their Lives: The fight to save Bustard Head.   An aerial photo of the Bustard Head lighthouse and the 1770 LARC, which conducts regular tours to the historic light st...