AMSA will be closed from 5 pm AEDT Tuesday 24 December 2024, re-opening on Thursday 2 January 2025. Our search and rescue will continue to operate every day (24/7) during this time. See which services are affected.

Heritage conservation benefits AMSA and the Australian community in several ways.

  • It contributes to valuing and preserving Australia’s maritime history which is so closely linked to the nation’s development.
  • It provides another avenue for AMSA to actively engage with the Australian community to better promote
  • its overall objectives of maritime safety and protection of the marine environment.
  • It improves public access to maritime heritage structures, artefacts and information, in particular to historic lighthouses.
  • It demonstrates that heritage objectives can effectively co-exist with an organisations business objectives.
Figure 19. Right - Smoky Cape Lighthouse. Photo source: AMSA, 2014
Figure 19. Right - Smoky Cape Lighthouse. Photo source: AMSA, 2014