Policy 3 — Monitor possible impacts to tPolicy 3 — Monitor possible impacts to the site resulting from tourism and control appropriate access to the lighthouse for contractors and visitors.

Policy 3 – Monitor possible impacts to the site resulting from tourism and control appropriate access to the lighthouse for contractors and visitors.

Smoky Cape Lighthouse attracts thousands of visitors each year. Its location and layout allows relatively easy public access, day or night. Although access inside the lighthouse is restricted to authorised personnel, such as contractors and AMSA employees, official tour groups also oversee admittance of tourists from sunrise to sunset.

AMSA personnel and contractors require easy access inside the lighthouse precinct and tower for periodical site visits to carry out inspections and routine maintenance. The maintenance of the light holds priority over official tours inside the lighthouse and some delays in the tour guide service may be required during inspections and routine maintenance.

Implementation strategy:

AtoN Maintenance contractor to ensure control on access to all buildings within AMSA’s lease area is maintained by periodically inspecting restricted access areas on the precinct during maintenance visits every 6 months.

AtoN Maintenance contractor to inspect lighthouse for signs of wear and tear attributed to visitor intake during biannual maintenance visit, and note changes in Heritage Asset Condition Report.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure access to the lightstation complies with workplace health and safety measures.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure contractors are made aware of the heritage values of the lighthouse.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure general admittance inside the lighthouse is monitored by NPWS.

AMSA Asset Management and Preparedness to ensure access to site is available for Indigenous people to maintain cultural traditions.

Interpretation

Policy 4 – Accurate and relevant interpretation of the history and significance of the place should be made available to site users/visitors and for offsite external research.

AMSA will continue to make information available through the maintenance of site interpretive signage and its website.

Implementation strategy:

All relevant information concerning the history and significance of the place will be checked for accuracy and updated appropriately.

Information will be primarily presented in online resource files accessible to both relevant personnel and the general public. On-site interpretative signage will be utilised when funding is available and where appropriate.

This information will be maintained and updated in accordance with changes to the history and significance of the place.