Hunter District Water Board, Cooks Hill, NSW, Australia
S 32° 55.911 E 151° 46.731
56H E 385834 N 6355606
This Direction Plate sits on top of a sandstone plinth, beside the large white-painted obelisk.
Waymark Code: WMV334
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 02/15/2017
Views: 5
This direction plate has GREAT views to the West, North and East.
It is embedded into the top block of seven blocks of sandstone, which sit on a concrete base just to the north of the Obelisk.
This sits almost 'bang-centre' of the concrete cover of what had originally been a cylindrical concrete water reservoir on Cooks Hill. The cover is starting to crack up a bit.
Reading from True North, 'clock-wise' the destinations and distances [where M = miles]:
- Clarencetown 24.2 M
- Grahamstown Dam 11.7 M
[M.N. Magnetic North]
- Williamtown 9.4 M
- Nobbys Lighthouse 1.5 M
- Port Stephens 26.4 M
- Nelson Bay 25.8 M
[This Direction Plate commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Board: 1892 - 1967: East]
[South]
- Swansea 13.8 M
- Redhead 6.5 M
- Belmont 9.8 M
- Dudley 5.2 M
- Morisset 20 M
- Wangi Reservoir 14.7 M
- Toronto 12 M
- Charlestown Reservoir 4.7 M
- Watagan 18.7 M
- Boolaroo 9.1 M
- Lookout Reservoir 5 M
[West]
- Mount Sugarloaf 14.2 M
- Cessnock 25.6 M
- Kurri Kurri 19.7 M
- Waratah Reservoir 4.2 M
- Branxton 31.1 M
- Walk Waterworks 20.3 M
- Maitland 19 M
- Tarro 11 M
- Morpeth 16.9 M
- Barrington Tops 66.7 M
- Tomago Treatment Works 8.5 M
- Seaham Weir 18.9 M
- Raymond Terrace 12.0 M
- Chichester Dam 49 M
The long, rectangular brass plaque just below the round orientation table [southern side] reads:
"This indicator was unveiled by the President of the Board, 11-7-67"
With another brass plaque below that, reading:
"The hunter District Water Board
Members of the Board
F.K. Duncan, F.A.S.A, F.C.I.S, President
D. Fairlie, A.A.S.A., Vice President
Ald. A. E. Edden, J.P.; Ald. V.C. Bell, J.P.
Ald. N.T. Blake, J.P.; Ald. E.J. Trunk, J.P.
Cr. R. Lenaghan
A.J. Rees, A.A.S.A., A.C.C.S., Secretary
F.E. Cooksey, A.S.T.C., M.I.E., Aust. Chief Engineer
1-7-67"
Visited: 0810, Sunday, 8 November, 2015
Artist / Creator:
President of the NDWB: F.K. Duncan
Newcastle District Water Board - 75th Anniversary
Date of creation: 1st July, 1967
Location / Access:
On top of Cooks Hill, right by the large WHITE obelisk.
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