Tasman Island 2005

Quarters 3, Tasman Island Lighthouse & Oil Store

A visit to Tasman Island in 2005 with the Rotary Club of the Tasman Peninsula was the impetus to form the  Friends of Tasman Island, Wildcare Inc.

The lighthouse was automated in 1976 and the lightstation buildings abandoned when keepers were withdrawn in 1977.  The buildings had now succumbed to time, the wind and weather and were in a sorry state, much in need of repair.

Quarters 3, Assistant Keepers' cottage

Damaged tanks, Quarters 3

                 












 Despite being tied down, tanks at Tasman Island often blew away in strong winds.

Quarters 2, Assistant Keepers' cottage

Tasman Island Lighthouse viewed from Quarters 2

Tumbled ruins at back of Quarters 2

Rotting timber & weeds at Quarters 2

Quarters 1, Head Keeper's Quarters

Path to the front door, Quarters 1

Ruins of kitchen stove, Quarters 1

Rusted-out tank beside Quarters 1

Back wall blown off Quarters 1

Tasman island Lightstation, 2005

Ruins of Haulage Trolleys, Tasman Island, 2005

Ruins of 1904 Clerk of Works office, later Relief Keepers Quarters

Oil Store & Workshop, 2005

Tasman Island Lighthouse

Timber buildings were the first to collapse in the harsh climate of Tasman Island.





































































Friends of Tasman Island (FoTI) meet on the 1st Tuesday of each month at the Derwent Sailing Squadron, Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay in Hobart, Tasmania.

Volunteers hold working bees on Tasman Island several times a year, if funds permit and considerable progress has been made in restoration work on the lightstation buildings and the surrounding natural habitat.

To volunteer, contact friendsoftasmanisland@gmail.com .