This event is held from August 5^th 1200 UTC to August 6^th 2200 UTC. It is to honour the tradition of lighthouses, publicize the role they play and the Coast Guard play in promoting safety at sea, and promote interest in amateur radio and the preservation of navigational aides.
Given the right publicity we might catch a future radio amateur while creating goodwill for the hobby.
Call CQLH +/- 20 KHz of suggested centre frequencies. For CW these are: 3.521, 7.021, 14.021, 21.021 and 28.021 MHz. Phone: 3.650 and upwards, 7.051, 14.221, 21.221 and 28.351 MHz,
but you can work any frequency on any  band, using any mode, including FM and repeaters. The event is NOT a contest! Participants are not committed to be on air during the entire period - only as much as they can. There is no restrictions on aerials or power QRO or QRP.
Lighthouse participants can operate portable, mobile, marine mobile, or maritime mobile from any existing or extinct lighthouse site anywhere in the world. Contact as many amateurs as possible using an exchange of sequential number, call and QTH (state, lat/long, or other ID). Choose your site (more than one station can operate from the same location), pack a picnic lunch, take the family, and have fun! Landlubbers can operate from their home QTH and work as many lighthouse stations as possible.
Have a listen, or better, participate! The Central Highlands Amateur Radio club of Tasmania has planned to set up a station at the lighthouse at Cape Otway, close to Apollo Bay. Go for a drive and pay them/us a visit and see amateur radio at its best!

My name is Grout Geber. Apart from my other achievements I had an Australian connection when in 1954 I joined the CSIRO in Tasmania where in 1961 I assisted in the mapping of radio waves of 144-meter wavelength.