I can’t tell you how overjoyed I was to receive an offer to return to the Lighthouse for an alumni residency, and then to see that there was an entire week available when I was already in Newcastle! And over my birthday!

The residency takes place inside the three cottages on Nobbys-Whibayganba headland. The site is part of the working port which features a weather station, a signal tower, and an operating lighthouse on Awabakal land in Newcastle NSW.

Photo: Shane Williams c/o Lighthouse Arts Centre