Steady growth for the ILLW
Among the latest to join the International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend in August is South Africa, with entries at Great Fish Point and Doring Bays lighthouses.
Australia on 31 is in the forefront with Germany having a worthy 20 entries putting it ahead of the USA on 15, followed by England with nine.
Among the others are Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Denmark, France, Honduras, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Sweden and Wales.
With only 22 countries and 115 entries so far, there was a long way to go to last year's record of 55 countries and entries reaching 470.
The International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend is a 48-hour fun event. For guidelines, an entry form and other information about August the 18th and 19th this year visit the website illw.net
Jim Linton VK3PC
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