Lighthouses of SA - Troubridge Hill Lighthouse Honiton, South Australia, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 20-Oct-16. Waypoint GA8624

Cache Details

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Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S35° 9.967' E137° 38.437' (WGS 84)
	53H 740501E 6105341N (UTM)
Elevation:	24 m
Local Government Area:	Yorke Peninsula

Map

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Description

Lighthouses of SA - Troubridge Hill Lighthouse

The Troubridge Hill Lighthouse is unique because it is built from special wedge shaped bricks and has never been rendered or painted, creating a very distinctive day mark.

The area is known for the treacherous Troubridge Shoal and nearby Marion Reef which by 1911 had claimed nineteen ships. The lighthouse is built from special wedge shaped clay bricks that were fired especially for this lighthouse. The lantern room is fabricated from fibreglass. 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.

The tower is designed to resist earthquakes and high winds. Both Troubridge Hill and Corny Point suffered from several earthquakes in the early 20th century.

Height: 32 metres
Elevation: 62 metres
Pattern: Group Flashing 2 in 15 sec
Range: 22 nautical miles / 41 km

Photo: Ed Kavaliunas

Fun fact: It received a special award from the South Australian Clay Brick Association for an outstanding application of clay brickwork.

For more information, see Troubirgde Hill Lighthouse at lighthouses.org.au.

When logging this cache, please add a photo of yourself or your GPS with this lighthouse.

Logs

19-Sep-24

Whitepaws9

Doing shipwrecks trail along the coast.
Thanks for bringing me here and virtual cache.

27-Sep-23

alnic39

Very impressive structure.

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-May-22

sylken

The ocean today was deceptively calm but this magnificent structure stands tall and proud remembering decades past when she assisted unwary sailors Smile

Many thanks for showing us this beautiful area Team MavEtJu Clapping

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Jan-19

Mattycat

in the area doing whereigo !
with Purrfect Di, Jack, Sebastbat, Alex and geodog.

09-Dec-18

firesafe

Over on Yorkes for our 4WD Club Xmas Dinner last night and spending the day clearing some more of the map. TFTC.

18-Aug-18

FelixII

Out and about exploring Yorke Peninsula when we happened across this Lighthouse.

Great spot and interesting construction.

TFTC

21-Mar-18

Jeremiah Bullfrog

Looking for smileys and enjoying the scenery
TFTC

13-Jan-18

J_&_J

This is the third time we've visited the lighthouse in the name of geocaching. I even have a photo of me in front of it that we used to log a virtual cache on Terracaching.com. I could have cheated and recycled the old photo, but decided to swing by once again for an up to date pic. Nothing seems to have changed with the lighthouse itself.

Thanks Team MavEtJu.

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-Oct-17

Tassie Trekkers

Found whilst out and about caching the Yorke Peninsular. Looks like a gigantic pepper grinder.

Rated: for Overall Experience

10-Jun-17

four-fun

While in the area tonight and while filling in a little time before a 2.30am flash mob event I called by here
Very spectacular here by moonlight [^]
And the lighthouse seemed to reach up to the sky in the reflections
Cheers

06-May-17

Laighside Legends

Found It!
A relatively 'modern' lighthouse as far as lighthouses go - by 1980 the importance of lighthouses were almost coming to an end...
A nice (by windy!) little stop here today while in the area getting the June LWE event organised!
TFTC

14-Apr-17

Whheels

Another find on a leisurely drive around the heel of Yorkes Peninsular.

Have been guided by this lighthouse as a daytime landmark and its light on a few sails in the area, but this was my first visit to the lighthouse itself.

TFTC MavEtJu

07-Mar-17

2y'stassies

Whilst visiting the southern Yorke Peninsula today we visited the very impressive and unique Troubridge Hill Lighthouse. The brickies certainly earned their pay building this structure. The required photo has been added to the Gallery. As there are no other logs, we will claim FTF. Thanks Team MavEtJu for the cache.