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HR2019), and a separate 669 m2 area on the edge of the cliff, retained as a possible site for a new replacement lighthouse and a helicopter landing pad (Lease A on Lot 2 on Crown Plan HR2019) (Figure 13).

The lighthouse tower remains the property of AMSA, which is also responsible for maintaining the small areas of land it leases from the GBRMPA. Lighthouse maintenance work is carried out by the AMSA maintenance contractor.

Maintenance of the former keepers' houses and other ancillary buildings is the responsibility of the private lessee.

After the keepers left in 1987, the site was unoccupied for a time. In 1994 the private lessee appointed Rob Nichols as caretaker. He and his family stayed there until 1998. John Weymouth was appointed as caretaker in 1999 and was involved in considerable restoration work on the houses and ancillary buildings, funded by the private lessee.

Figure 11 — The areas leased by AMSA
Image © 2013 Aerometrex

3.6. The golf course
In August 2009, after about three years of construction work, the Dent Island Golf Course Resort began operation. A section of the course occupies land leased by the private lessee from the Commonwealth (Lot 4, leased from the GBRMPA). Most of the golf course is on the state portion of the island (Lot 5, leased from the Queens­land Department of Natural Resources and Mines). The resort includes an 18-hole golf course, a clubhouse, a maintenance compound, a marine landing facility, a heliport, services and a pump station. Future developments proposed include a 109-room five-star hotel and associated restaurant, lounge, bar, pool and tennis court, up to 38 villa sites and 172 two- and three-bedroom townhouses/apartments.

With the completion of construction and commencement of operations of the golf course, improved access to Dent Island Lightstation has been completed. Concrete roads for golf buggies and maintenance vehicles now service the developed state government owned part of the island. Access is available from the marine landing facility, the golf course helipad, around the 18 holes of the golf course and from the 12th fairway to the lightstation. The access distance of the concrete road from the 12th fairway to the lightstation is approximately 350 m, averaging 3 m in width. Access to the lightstation for works, maintenance and operations is now available in most weather conditions.

4. Dent Island

4.1. Location
Dent Island is in the Whitsunday Island Group of the Great Barrier Reef approximately 18 km south-east of Shute Harbour (20º20'21"s, 148º55'48"e) (
Figure 3).

Dent Island is in the Great Barrier Reef, between the Queens­land coast and the outer Reef. It is approximately 1.5 km west of the largest inhabited island in the Whitsundays, Hamilton Island, positioned