Lake Macquarie Marine Rescue - Swansea, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 33° 05.285 E 151° 39.865
56H E 375354 N 6338154
Sitting on the Reid's Mistake Headland, this station observes the outlet of Swansea Channel.
Waymark Code: WMXWPB
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/08/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Tornado Bram
Views: 0

At the end of an unnamed dirt track, this functional station looks onto the dangerous entrance to Lake Macquarie as boats enter the Swansea Channel to get into Lake Macquarie.

I got myself sidetracked as I was looking for an Earthcache, and found this Marine Rescue Station, that works in conjunction with the Marine Rescue one at Pelican.

"Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie is available 24/7 for weather reports, radio checks, bridge bookings and of course assists. We also provide a Log on/Log off service for your safety and our Marine Rescue NSW Network will track vessels Coastal Cruising. All our highly trained members are volunteers, whose time is spent manning the 24/7 radio base at Swansea Heads and our rescue vessels based at Pelican." [ex-Website]

Yes, the Swansea Bridge is an Opening Bridge, and that would need to be arranged for taller vessels.

Website: (visit link)
FaceBook Page: (visit link)
[Shows three 'heavy-duty' boats, suitable for heading through the Swansea Channel.]

Visited: 1650 - 1700, Saturday, 15 July, 2017
Name of the Lifeboat or station: Marine Rescue, Swansea Radio Base

Callsign Marifoon: VMR 264

Adress:
Reids Mistake Headland
Swansea, NSW Australia
2281


Number of the Lifeboat: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Necessary:
Upload with your visit at leat one (1) photo on which the owner of this waymark can see that you have been there. That is easy done by a photo of de surroundings on which also the lifeboat or lifestation is present.

Upload samen met "visit" minstens (1) foto waarop de eigenaar van dit waymark kan zien dat je er geweest bent. Dit kan eenvoudig met een foto van de omgeving waarop ook de reddingsboot of het reddingsstation staat afgebeeld.
Search for...
Geocaching.com Google Map
Google Maps
MapQuest
Bing Maps
Nearest Waymarks
Nearest Lifeboats and Rescue Stations
Nearest Geocaches
Create a scavenger hunt using this waymark as the center point
Recent Visits/Logs:
There are no logs for this waymark yet.