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New Gabo Island lighthouse keeper carries on 160-yeart-old tradition

Oct. 26, 2024 - 11:43 By ABC NEWS (Australia)

It may be a lonely job but being a light-housekeeper is about as labour of love for Leo and Den Brouw. For the last 25-years, he has been the care-taker of the beacon on Gabo Island, off the coast of east Gippsland. But the feeling is bittersweet, as Leo’s time to hand over the key’s fast approaches.