In the direction 217°, the middle of the channel, it showed a group of four flashes every 16 seconds.

[2] In 1973,[1] the present Fitzroy Island lighthouse was constructed, being the fifth of a group of seven concrete towers erected in Queensland between 1964 and 1979.

[1] The light source was an array of sealed beam lamps.

[4] The site also includes several preserved lighthouse keeper cottages and auxiliary buildings.

[1] The lamp from the last lighthouse is on display at the Cairns Historical Society Museum.