I searched for "unusual lighthouse" and looked for candidates not located in South Korea, which as we know, has some unusual, crazy, and bizarre ones. The one I found is not so weird, but it is unusual. Reading about it adds to its unusualness.
This is the Troubridge Hill lighthouse, located on the Yorke Peninsula, across the St. Vincent Gulf from Adelaide. It's a 33-meter high tower, with a tapered shape, and it's made entirely of brick, which is it's most unusual feature.
The Lighthouses of Australia Web site has a page about the Troubridge Island lighthouse, which provides more information about the special brickness (I made that word up).
So here's the info:
"The lighthouse is built from special wedge shaped clay bricks that were fired especially for this lighthouse. The lantern room is fabricated from fibreglass.And here are the pictures:
One of only a handful of brick lighthouses in Australia, the lighthouse is unique as the bricks have never been rendered or painted, making it a distinctive day mark."
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