A joint project undertaken by the District Council of Robe, Robe "150" Committee, Tourism SA, Robe & District Lions Club, Robe Primary School, Robe Tree Society and Friends of the Little Dip Conservation Park. The Robe "150" Committee decided that the major project to celebrate the sesquicentenary of the town would be the re-building of the Lookout Tower at Beacon Hill.

Local artist Wendy Tapper produced the concept design for a circular stone tower, and Council's Development Officer, Keith Chambers, prepared technical drawings for the construction of the Tower. Council workforce removed the old wooden structure and carried out preliminary earthworks. The Tower was built by local contractor Marc Dawson and constructed with a central core of Mt Gambier stone ashlars and a freestone face. A poured in-situ reinforced concrete staircase leads to the top viewing platform.Local, paddock-picked, limestone collected from nearby properties was used for the freestone face. Access to the base of the tower is by a timber boardwalk, approximately 28 metres long and with an overall rise of over 3 metres, was constructed by the Robe and District Lions Club, 13 members contributed in excess of 130 hours of voluntary labour.

Landscaping and re-vegetation of the area was undertaken by the Friends of Little Dip Conservation park who collected seed from local trees, these were than propagated by the Robe Tree Society and Robe Primary School, under the direction of Elaine Lawson. School children also assisted in planting the young trees around the area. Information boards depicting local flora and birds as well as local places of interest have been erected by Council.

The whole project, which cost approximately $46,000, was jointly funded by Tourism SA (on a one for one grant), Local fundraising by selling "$10 stones", voluntary labour, and the District Council of Robe. Her Excellency, The Honourable Dame Roma Mitchell AC, DBE, Governor of South Australia officially opened the tower, and the commencement of the celebration year on the 13 January 1996.