Lighthouses of NSW - Point Stephens Lighthouse Fingal Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 16-Oct-16. Waypoint GA8566

Cache Details

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Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S32° 44.820' E152° 12.084' (WGS 84)
	56H 425184E 6376478N (UTM)
Elevation:	20 m
Local Government Area:	Port Stephens

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Description

Lighthouses of NSW - Point Stephens Lighthouse

The Point Stephens Lighthouse's stone tower and lantern was constructed in 1862. It is painted white. In 1922 this was upgraded to a revolving, Dalen light, power by pressurised acetylene gas through an incandescent. In 1960 the light was upgraded to mains electricity.

The ownership of the reserve was handed over to the Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales in 1998. The tower has had restoration work done completed in October 1998. However, the keepers cottages burnt out by vandals after a previous restoration are in dire need of restoration with a management strategy to prevent further vandalism.

Height: 21 metres
Elevation: 38 metres
Pattern: Group Flashing 4 in 30 seconds
Range: 17 nautical miles / 28 km

Photo: Winsome Bonham

For more information, see Point Stephens Lighthouse at lighthouses.org.au.

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

Logs

22-Oct-22

Little Ravens

Great walk out over the spit. Ran back as the tide was coming up.

Rated: for Overall Experience

22-Oct-22

Little Ravens

Great walk out over the spit. Ran back as the tide was coming up.

Rated: for Overall Experience

22-Oct-22

Little Ravens

Great walk out over the spit. Ran back as the tide was coming up.

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Jul-21

Banj5150

not too sure when I found this, just found the pics on my phone

13-Feb-21

Team Canary

While doing the Virtual I took a photo of the lighthouse.

09-Jan-21

Wilbert67

great place to go!
Wilbert67

15-Jun-19

Team737

After a GC event at Anna Bay a large group of us walked out here for the GC virtual. It's always nice to bag another one!

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Apr-19

alnic39

Perfect weather for a walk across the sand. Late logging some 8 months after the fact.

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Feb-19

thomo31

We had planned this trip to One Mile Beach last year but each time we were thinking of going, the weather changed for the worse. So with school holls over and no SES this week, we headed up here. The original plan was for MrT to paddle his Kayak to the Island, but a local resident working in the caravan park told us that there was a good build up of sand on the spit and it was possible to walk across it almost at all levels of the tide! So MrT said he would walk it, and left from the nearby surf club 2 hrs after high tide (just in case!) He had the GC Virtual to get info for, then the GA lighthouse trig and virtual. He didn't have a camera but could take photos with his GPS. So the attached photo doesn't have him in it, but the strap from his GPS can be seen as a fuzzy shadow on the bottom of the photo!! After getting the required photos etc he headed back to the car at the surf club. It took approximately him 8km and 2 hours to do!. TFTV

Rated: for Overall Experience

28-Sep-18

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found. update later

07-Apr-17

teamMerlin

Visiting the area today specifically to visit the lighthouse. Timing our crossing just prior to low tide made put way out to the point. Spectacular location, thanks for bringing us here.