Lighthouse tops guide book list as world’s flashiest

HOOK Lighthouse on the south-east coast has been announced as number one in the list of the “world’s flashiest lighthouses”.

The signal station on Hook Peninsula beat rivals in Australia, the US and India in a list compiled by Lonely Planet Guide 2011, the backpackers’ bible.

Manager of the visitor centre at the lighthouse, Ann Waters yesterday said: “We always knew we were number one and, now, so do the rest of the world.