SOMETIMES IT’S SO QUIET YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF WHALES EXHALING AS THEY SURFACE ON THE SEA BELOW THE HOUSE.
BY AN INTERESTING QUIRK OF FATE, Sam Proudley and Keiran Lusk’s journey from suburban Brisbane to lighthouse living at remote Cape Moreton on Moreton Island began with an internet search. “Way before Keiran got the job as park ranger we had actually Googled, ‘How does one go about living at a lighthouse?’” says Sam. “But in the end, I think the lighthouse found us.”
After an eight-year stint in the Northern Territory, trying his hand at everything from tour guiding to Pitjantjatjara language interpreting, Keiran landed a position as National Park ranger on Moreton Island in Queensland’s south-east corner. As luck would have it, the only suitable spare accommodation on the island was up on the Cape, next to the oldest lighthouse in the state. “We’re both
