Cathedrals in Australia - Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
By
Team MavEtJu on 05-Oct-17. Waypoint GA10837
Cache Details
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| Type: | Virtual |
| Container: | Virtual |
| Coordinates: | S29° 41.587' E152° 56.085' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 493686E 6715216N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 10 m |
| Local Government Area: | Clarence Valley |
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Description
Cathedrals in Australia - Christ Church Cathedral, Grafton
The cathedral church is Christ Church Cathedral in Grafton which was designed by John Horbury Hunt and commenced in 1884 during the episcopacy of Bishop Turner and completed to its present stage in 1937. The building is of brick construction in a Gothic Revival style with towering arches and ornate stained glass windows. An organ was installed in 1884 by George Fincham of Melbourne which was replaced in 1992 by a 1903 instrument brought from London by Peter D.G. Jewkes Pty Ltd of Sydney.
For more information, see the Wikipedia entry.
Denomination: Anglican
Founded: 1884
When logging this virtual cache, please add a photo of yourself and/or your GNSSr receiver in front of this building!
Logs
Driving through Grafton on our way home from a great trip west. Paused to check out the cathedral here. I found the fountain out the front interesting so used it to log my find. Not a very good shot of it from this angle, but it really is a beautiful fountain. 
Another old Cathedral found on our travels. I think this is the first one we have seen with a book store attached though.
Out exercising in my LGA during lockdown, there was a service in progress so we stayed across the road.
Thanks Team MavEtJu for this bonus.
I was doing the Grafton Adventure Lab cache here and realised this Virtual was here as well.
Two for the price of one.
I was doing the Grafton Adventure Lab cache here and realised this Virtual was here as well.
Two for the price of one.
Rated: for Overall Experience
As always I wish I could have had a look through. TFTV
Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice and easy as I left Grafton for Whoopi and Coffs.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Stayed in Grafton the night at the greyhound racing camp. Good value at $25 dollars a night and that included power and good showers.
Before we left this morning we had 4 caches to find that we either didn't get around to last time or have been published since our last visit to this town.
This was one of them and was a beautiful church. The doors were open so we went in for a look and were really impressed with the stained glass windows.
Thanks.
Before we left this morning we had 4 caches to find that we either didn't get around to last time or have been published since our last visit to this town.
This was one of them and was a beautiful church. The doors were open so we went in for a look and were really impressed with the stained glass windows.
Thanks.
Spotted on a journey from NSW Central Coast > Lismore > Brisbane. I was told that the gunman in the Christchurch massacre was from Grafton. And here we are outside the Christ Church in Grafton. 
TFTVC!
TFTVC!
#GA2697 - 14:40; Day four of the 2018 Oz GeoMuster mission with Sol de lune. After leaving the Mega yesterday afternoon and caching our way to Taree where we spent the night at a local caravan park, the plan for today was to cache our way north past Port Macquarie, then through Kempsey, Macksville, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Casino, Lismore and into Ballina in preparation for some caching around Byron and the Tweed before setting sail south again for home. Although not part of the original itinerary, I was able to collect a few more caches in Taree, which Sdl had picked up on previous visits. After a few stops along the way we took another detour through Grafton and along the Gwydir Highway for yet another testline. After that we went back into the town and grabbed a snap of this cathedral on the way through. TFTC Team MavEtJu 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Day 4 of a trek along the NSW coast to Tweed Heads after attending the Morisset event with LuckyL10n. Another day with lots of trigs grabbed...along with the odd traditional and virtual.
Neat looking building this one. No problem with the find here and the required photo was soon snapped.
Thanks for another trig (testline).....
Neat looking building this one. No problem with the find here and the required photo was soon snapped.
Thanks for another trig (testline).....
Rated: for Overall Experience
What a grand church! And the jacarandas at the front are still blooming
Thanks heaps Team MavEtJu.
Thanks heaps Team MavEtJu.
The Jacaranda Festival is in full force here today, making getting a park for car and van a challenge.
however, that met, it was a short stroll to GZ, along a shady street with plenty of purple overhead.
Delightful.
TFTC Team MavEtJu.
however, that met, it was a short stroll to GZ, along a shady street with plenty of purple overhead.
Delightful.
TFTC Team MavEtJu.
