Mary Immaculate East Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 12-Aug-11. Waypoint TP5358
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 54.036' E151° 15.297' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 338651E 6247494N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 94 m |
| Local Government Area: | Waverley |
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Description
Mary Immaculate East TS10087
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Mary Immaculate East.
Serial number is: TS10087.
Last Inspected on: No Data.
Elevation is: 130 metres.
This is a Passive trigonometrical Station, used only as an aiming point since no instrument can be mounted on it. it is the cross on the top of the East bell tower of the Franciscan 'Mary Immaculate Church'.
Logs
Beautiful day to log a trig 
Waverley is a suburb located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council.
Waverley Council takes its name from the suburb but its administrative centre is located in the adjacent suburb of Bondi Junction, which is also a major commercial centre. Waverley is the highest point of altitude in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
Waverley takes its name from a home built near Old South Head Road in 1827 by Barnett Levey (or Levy) (1798–1837). It was named Waverley House, after the title of his favourite book, Waverley, by author Sir Walter Scott. Waverley Municipality was proclaimed in June 1859. The house was a distinctive landmark and gave its name to the surrounding suburb.
Waverley Cemetery (South Head General Cemetery) was established in 1877 and is one of Australia's most notable cemeteries due to its cliff-side location. The cemetery features the graves of several notable Australians including poet Henry Kendall and aviator Lawrence Hargrave.
Edina, a late Victorian mansion built on a grand scale in Birrell Street by Ebenezer Vickery for himself and his family, was completed around 1884. Vickery was a leading merchant and a prominent patron of the Methodist Church. Other buildings in the group include Banksia, Witchagil and the Nellie Vickery Memorial Chapel. Banksia and Witchagil are two-storey villas that Vickery built for his sons.
This distinguished group of Victorian buildings is now used as the War Memorial Hospital. Edina, Banksia and Witchagil are on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. Other heritage items in Waverley include the two weatherboard cottages in Judges Lane, off Bronte Road. A building in Waverley once collapsed into a large hole that swallowed ten houses and an entire street.
Waverley is a suburb located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council.
Waverley Council takes its name from the suburb but its administrative centre is located in the adjacent suburb of Bondi Junction, which is also a major commercial centre. Waverley is the highest point of altitude in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
Waverley takes its name from a home built near Old South Head Road in 1827 by Barnett Levey (or Levy) (1798–1837). It was named Waverley House, after the title of his favourite book, Waverley, by author Sir Walter Scott. Waverley Municipality was proclaimed in June 1859. The house was a distinctive landmark and gave its name to the surrounding suburb.
Waverley Cemetery (South Head General Cemetery) was established in 1877 and is one of Australia's most notable cemeteries due to its cliff-side location. The cemetery features the graves of several notable Australians including poet Henry Kendall and aviator Lawrence Hargrave.
Edina, a late Victorian mansion built on a grand scale in Birrell Street by Ebenezer Vickery for himself and his family, was completed around 1884. Vickery was a leading merchant and a prominent patron of the Methodist Church. Other buildings in the group include Banksia, Witchagil and the Nellie Vickery Memorial Chapel. Banksia and Witchagil are two-storey villas that Vickery built for his sons.
This distinguished group of Victorian buildings is now used as the War Memorial Hospital. Edina, Banksia and Witchagil are on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate. Other heritage items in Waverley include the two weatherboard cottages in Judges Lane, off Bronte Road. A building in Waverley once collapsed into a large hole that swallowed ten houses and an entire street.
So lucky with parking here and the bonus of two caches in one go. The east is on the left in the photo.
After spending the weekend in Sydney for a Community Celebration event I decided to celebrate on the way home by picking up some GCA LGAs. Being peak hour I knew that parking would be at a premium so photos of trigs were to be the go. Someone up there must have been looking after me as only twice did I have trouble parking - one of them was right on school time so I didn't even attempt that one. Thanks for all these trigs Geocaching Australia. Way to go!
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It is unusual to have twin spires on a church and probably more unusual to have each one designated as an individual trig point. Today we visited Mary Immaculate Church. We have taken a single photo showing both spires. In the photo, the Mary Immaculate East trig point is the spire on the left of the photo. Thanks for the cache.
Found this and its twin while out on a caching run through the Eastern Suburbs trying to progress my journey and get a few steps closer to the destination. Total haul for the day 15 caches including 9 trigs, some GCA virtuals and a few GC caches.
A lucky find as these were not targets for today. Driving past this impressive church I wondered if the spires were in fact trigs, turns out yes they are! Snapped the required photos for a two for one deal here. Looks like I was a day late in claiming some good unloved days on these trigs!
Thanks for the cache Geocaching Australia
GCA Find #176
Hoping this find will move me one step closer to the destination, be that either the blue tile or my goal of 100 trigs!
“It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.“ Find # 14 Journey or Destination games.
A lucky find as these were not targets for today. Driving past this impressive church I wondered if the spires were in fact trigs, turns out yes they are! Snapped the required photos for a two for one deal here. Looks like I was a day late in claiming some good unloved days on these trigs!
Thanks for the cache Geocaching Australia
GCA Find #176
Hoping this find will move me one step closer to the destination, be that either the blue tile or my goal of 100 trigs!
“It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.“ Find # 14 Journey or Destination games.
Rated: for Overall Experience
On a caching run with friends collecting some more caches for the current Journey or Destination game currently being run on Geocaching Australia.
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It's like having a tour of churches...this one has two!
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#GA543 - 16:15; I had dropped the geohoney to an appointment and continued off on the day's mission to fill a couple of hours while I waited for her. I decided to head down to La Perouse/Little Bay to have a look around and managed a few finds. I had done the last on my 'to do' list for the day, but still had a small window of opportunity, so dropped by for an easy find on this trig and picked up its twin for a double 
. TFTC Geocaching Australia
. TFTC Geocaching Australia Rated: for Overall Experience
I found a variety of trigs today and these spires added to the mix. Found at 1:47 pm.
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Doing a quick couple of Trigs in the area while waiting for an appointment. Like these old churches!
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
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A quick grab while killing an hour between appointments in Sydney. I like old churches for their character and this one is no different. Love the iron work on display.
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Found it today while trigging in the area. very nice Church, interesting wrought iron work on the Cross.
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