Island news Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/category/island-news/ Lord Howe Island's independent online newspaper Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:38:30 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-LHI-Signal-Favicon-3-800-32x32.png Island news Archives – Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/category/island-news/ 32 32 Lord Howe Island Board News July 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-news-july-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-news-july-2025/#respond Wed, 30 Jul 2025 23:24:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171271 The Program will provide the Lord Howe Island Board with improvements to essential infrastructure which are critical to day-to-day services and operations.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-news-july-2025/feed/ 0 Delicate Balance: Freight, Tourism, and the Pressure Quietly Reshaping Lord Howe Island’s Economy https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/delicate-balance-freight-tourism-and-the-pressure-quietly-reshaping-lord-howe-islands-economy/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/delicate-balance-freight-tourism-and-the-pressure-quietly-reshaping-lord-howe-islands-economy/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:17:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171145 My team has spent the past year mapping the impact of rising freight costs, technological labour shocks, and shifting consumption patterns across Australia’s regional economies. Of all the locations we studied, Lord Howe Island stood out, not because it is unstable, but because it is so finely balanced that small changes offshore are now having disproportionate effects onshore.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/delicate-balance-freight-tourism-and-the-pressure-quietly-reshaping-lord-howe-islands-economy/feed/ 0 Editor of Signals meets editor of Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/editor-of-signals-meets-editor-of-signal/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/editor-of-signals-meets-editor-of-signal/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 01:10:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171103 Like everybody’s first visit to Lord Howe Island, ours in early May, 2025, completely charmed my wife, Anna and me, here to celebrate her 70th birthday.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/editor-of-signals-meets-editor-of-signal/feed/ 0 “Firefox” https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/firefox/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/firefox/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 01:05:17 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171102 On May 28, the boat “Firefox” capsized in a big storm hitting the Island and caused significant damage.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/firefox/feed/ 0 The Last QantasLink Flight to Lord Howe Truly the End of an Era! https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/the-last-qantaslink-flight-to-lord-howe-truly-the-end-of-an-era/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/the-last-qantaslink-flight-to-lord-howe-truly-the-end-of-an-era/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 00:58:20 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171101 On Friday, 16th May, the last QantasLink flight rolled into Lord Howe at around 2.45pm piloted by senior QantasLink captains, Mark Nesbitt and Jarrod Seen. This flight marked the end of an era that began on the 1st of June, 1991, when VH-TQP an aircraft owned by Eastern Australia Airlines - arrived at Lord Howe bearing passengers, freight and mail from Sydney.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/the-last-qantaslink-flight-to-lord-howe-truly-the-end-of-an-era/feed/ 0 A Quick Visit to Lord Howe by Airline Representatives https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/a-quick-visit-to-lord-howe-by-airline-representatives/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/a-quick-visit-to-lord-howe-by-airline-representatives/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 00:08:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171099 Skytrans officials, Gytis Gumuliauskas (CEO) and Richard George (Commercial Officer), made a quick visit to Lord Howe Island on the 22nd & 23rd May, to brief the Lord Howe Island Tourism Association and Island residents on Skytrans’ progress in taking over Sydney/Lord Howe RPT service from QantasLink.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/a-quick-visit-to-lord-howe-by-airline-representatives/feed/ 0 Thank you from Qantas https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/thank-you-from-qantas/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/thank-you-from-qantas/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 22:50:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171100 Thank you for your letter of 16 May 2025.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/thank-you-from-qantas/feed/ 0 Lord Howe Island Board May 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-may-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-may-2025/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 22:22:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171107 The latest news from Lord Howe Island Board for May 2025.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-may-2025/feed/ 0 Anzac Day 2025 on Lord Howe Island https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/anzac-day-2025-on-lord-howe-island/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/anzac-day-2025-on-lord-howe-island/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:57:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171063 A photo gallery of this year's Anzac Day on Lord Howe Island.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/anzac-day-2025-on-lord-howe-island/feed/ 0 Phasmids and Ball’s Pyramid exhibition at Prague Zoo https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/phasmids-and-balls-pyramid-exhibition-at-prague-zoo/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/phasmids-and-balls-pyramid-exhibition-at-prague-zoo/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:18:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170961 Prague Zoo Director Miroslav Bobek in a recent article explains the Prague connection:

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/phasmids-and-balls-pyramid-exhibition-at-prague-zoo/feed/ 0 Earthday 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/earthday-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/earthday-2025/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:46:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170968 To celebrate the 55th Anniversary of international Earthday, the Lord Howe Island Museum and, cultural centres from around the world, collaborated in screening a collection of ecosystem-honouring films from artists from Australia, China, Malaysia, Spain, Turkiye and the United States.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/earthday-2025/feed/ 0 Lord Howe Island Board News – April 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-news-april-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-board-news-april-2025/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 21:31:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=170971 This month's news from Lord Howe Island Board.

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