"The Punt Hill" - Tinonee, NSW
S 31° 55.990 E 152° 24.910
56J E 444718 N 6466822
Just up the hill from the Manning River is a white post, with a metal marker about the history of this spot.
Waymark Code: WMXEMP
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 01/02/2018
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On a white painted, wooden pole, up from the Manning River, and down the hill from the intersection of Manchester and Cotton Streets, is a sheet of metal (probably aluminium, or less likely to be stainless steel), which has 'punched' onto it, the following inscription:
"Provided and Erected by
James Gollan of Tinonee
70 years 2.3.1998
On behalf of Tinonee
District Progress Assoc.
Authorised by G.T.C.C.
Private land was resumed
For approach to Ferry
As Gazetted 6.9.1895.
This thoroughfare became
Part of State highway 10.
Pacific Highway and was
Commonly referred to as
“The Punt Hill”"
The local Tinonee Historical Society has photos of the Punt, and the Ferry
in action; which ran until the "Martin Bridge" was opened in 1941.
Either, park at the top of the dirt track that leads down to the fairly poor boat ramp on this side of the Manning River (where the ferry used to go from), or park up near the Primary School, and walk on down.
Visited: 1257, 21 June, 2015 (One of MANY times in this immediate area, as there had been a geocache here at one stage.)