Station 208 Traditional Cache
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Ngaambul - Matt
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The former RAAF Radar Station 208 at Catherine Hill Bay comprising
remains of the RAAF radar installation is a significant as a rare
example of NSW's participation in WWII network of air warning radar
established in strategic locations along Australia's coast during
World War II
Its location and siting on elevated coastal area amongst dense
bushland demonstrates Australia's response to the threat of
invasion and the importance placed on protecting the industrial
centres along the NSW coastline during WWII. It has historical
associations with the introduction, use and development of radar
technology in Australia which is regarded as one of the greatest
contributions of Australian science to the war effort. The former
Radar Station 208 site has a north south arrangement with the
principal structures replicated in each sector. There are two
arrangements of four concrete footings that originally supported 44
metre timber tower.Two concrete aboveground igloo shaped bunkers
remain, each with a access tower on the seaward side. The footing
and bunkers are symmetrically placed across an east-west axis. The
bunkers have remnants of electrical fittings and recessed area on
the internal walls and concrete slab floors and an egress on the
eastern walls. The southern area remnant rectangular shaped
concrete support for transmitter feeder rising several centimetres
above the ground surface. The northern area has remnant concrete
stair structure of half metre high with three steps and the outer
rim concrete remains of a depressed circular structure. Look to the
coast you might see a Sea Eagle flying in the thermals.
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