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The Vantage Journal

Welcome to The Vantage Journal. Here you’ll find videos, journals and photo essays about the people, places and experiences that surround us in Semaphore, South Australia. There’s something for everyone. Articles are sorted into 4 categories below.

  • The Making

    A Tribute to the Trades

    Construction on The Vantage Semaphore is complete. Claridge Construction's Mark Di Mauro hands the property over to co-owners Daniel Johnson and Michelle Simper, in a film dedicated to the trades, craftspeople and artisans who restored the 1880 tower.

    By Brad Gaylard
  • The Opening Journey

    Practical completion: the walkthrough, 62 days from opening

    On Friday 18 September we walked The Vantage from the basement of the tower to the Observatory, then through each of the six Retreats, with Claridge Construction. Only a short list remains before handover.

    By Brad Gaylard
  • The Making

    The Big Glow in the Tower

    How lighting designer Troy Merchant of Allera lit the bedrooms inside a 146-year-old water tower, and why the answer was a wool lamp made in Victoria.

    By Brad Gaylard
  • The Making

    Introducing: The 1880 Water Tower at The Vantage

    After almost two years of construction the scaffolding has come down and the restored 1880 water tower at Semaphore is revealed — a 51-second timelapse of the reveal.

    By Brad Gaylard
  • The Making

    Path to Restoration

    A three-minute film from behind the scaffold — the replica brickmaking, the carpentry and the trades returning the 1880 water tower at Semaphore to use as The Vantage.

    By Brad Gaylard