Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/ 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 Lord Howe Island Signal https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/ 32 32 Letter from the Editor – July 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-july-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-july-2025/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 23:15:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171264 We are in the middle of winter and the Island is very quiet. There are more locals than visitors about and yet the sun is still shining and the beauty of the place never changes.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-july-2025/feed/ 0 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 Letter from the Editor – June 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-june-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-june-2025/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 03:13:05 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171231 This month's letter from Stephen Sia, Editor, Lord Howe Island Signal.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-june-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 Congratulations to Anna Van Gelderen and Dylan Prohm https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/congratulations-to-anna-van-gelderen-and-dylan-prohm/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/congratulations-to-anna-van-gelderen-and-dylan-prohm/#respond Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:06:21 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171146 On the birth of their second child “Leo Christophe Prohm” on 16th of June, 2025.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/congratulations-to-anna-van-gelderen-and-dylan-prohm/feed/ 0 Letter from the Editor – May 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-4/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-4/#respond Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:39:53 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171098 The election of the new pope reminds us of the importance of who we are and our mission in life. In his first speech at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV started with the greeting “Peace be with you all” and quoted the saying of St Augustine “For you I am a bishop but with you I am a Christian”.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/letter-from-the-editor-4/feed/ 0 Lord Howe Island Central School – May 2025 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-central-school-may-2025/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-central-school-may-2025/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 01:15:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171105 The latest news from Lord Howe Island Central School.

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]]> https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/lord-howe-island-central-school-may-2025/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 Robert van Leeuwen Met Memoirs (No.4) https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/robert-van-leeuwen-met-memoirs-no-4/ https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/robert-van-leeuwen-met-memoirs-no-4/#respond Fri, 30 May 2025 23:02:00 +0000 https://www.lordhoweislandsignal.com.au/?p=171111 I applied to become a BoM weather observer in 1990.

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