[2] It marks the northern entrance to Moreton Bay and Brisbane and also serves as the rear light for the North Point Range.

Over the years the light source went through several changes, from oil wick, to kerosene, to acetylene gas, to electricity, and finally to solar power.

The southern entrance was therefore marked in 1825 and a pilot station was established at Amity Point on North Stradbroke Island in 1827.

Buoys marking the entrance were laid in 1846–1847, and in 1848 the Pilot Station was moved to Bulwer on Moreton Island.

The site was selected and surveyed in 1853,[5] and the lighthouse was designed in 1854 by Edmund Blacket the New South Wales Colonial Architect of the time.

[7] Drawings for the tower which were completed in September 1854[5] were signed by Alexander Beazeley, Foreman of Works in the Colonial Architect's office.

[8] The tower was finally built during the office of Alexander Dawson who succeeded Weaver in 1856, and signed further drawings made in April 1856.

[5] The original optical apparatus was a catoptric system consisting of 21 oil wick lamps with parabolic reflectors.

This replacement was to be delayed for a long time due to the transfer of all coastal lights to the Commonwealth, occurring officially October 1913, though practically in July 1915.

On the bottom level is the second assistant keeper residence, some distance to the south, and a fuel store to the north.

[5] The circular tower, 18.5 metres (61 ft) high from the ground to the lantern, is made of sandstone blocks laid in regular courses.

[5] The tower is topped by the 1930 7 feet 1 inch (2.16 m) diameter Chance Brothers lantern, painted white.

The head keeper's house is located close to the lighthouse, and on the tallest ground, and also includes a small fenced garden.

The second assistant residence is located at some distance from the main cluster of buildings, to the south, and even lower.

[5] The residences are square one storey structures, timber-framed and fibro clad, with central rooms, no corridors, enclosed verandahs and hipped roofs.

[5] The three sheds surrounding the lighthouse are the workshop to the south, the former powerhouse to the west and the fuel store to the north.

The workshop appears to be built on the remains of one of the early stone buildings, lying on a plinth with sandstone steps.

The former powerhouse and the fuel store have reinforced concrete floors, fibro lining, double-hung sash windows and double timber framed doors.

[5] The office to the north of the head keeper house is a small square room raised on short concrete pillars, constructed of timber-framed fibro clad walls and corrugated fibrous cement roof.

The island can be reached by ferry service from Scarborough, though visiting requires a permit and a four-wheel drive is mandatory.