Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia
S 31° 28.530 E 152° 56.242
56J E 494050 N 6517697
Situated just to the south-west of the picturesque Tacking Point Lighthouse is a 8-pointed painted compass rose.
Waymark Code: WMPEGP
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 08/18/2015
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This is about 1.5 m in diameter.
Matthew Flinders, on 24th July, 1802, pulled in closer to shore to examine what became known as Tacking Point, due to the need to tack in to the point.