For more information about the island and tour/accommodation options you can Google ‘Troubridge Island Escape’ and/or contact the new tour operators Mark and Lois Petersons by visiting their website at https://www.troubridgeislandescapeandcharters.au/contact-us.
The following is a brief history of the island quoted from a brochure about the Troubridge Island Hideaway. ‘Toubridge Shoal lies about six kilometres east southeast from Edithburgh at the “heel” of Yorke Peninsula. The Shoal and Peninsula were surveyed and named in 1802 by Matthew Flinders, who likened the Peninsula to an “ill-shaped leg and boot”. The Shoal is dangerously located along the major shipping route to Port Adelaide, which passes through Investigator Strait, and in March 1838, claimed its first ship, the “Dart”. Many more shipwrecks occurred on the Shoal, so a survey, under the command of Captain Lipsons, was carried out in 1851. It recommended that a “lighthouse …” be erected. The considerable sum of 9000 pounds was allocated in 1852 to build a lighthouse, two lighthouse keepers’ cottages and requisite water tanks. Standing 25 meters (84 feet), the red and white tower, which was constructed of prefabricated cast iron segments, was permanently lit in January 1856. The birds of Troubridge Island form one of its most striking and appealing features. Crested and Caspian Terns, Fairy Penguins, and Pied Cormorants are known to breed here regularly, the first three species in large numbers. The list of regular breeders seems endless, revealing the value of the Shoal to birds as well as humans. We can only hope that the winter tides show some mercy on the Shoal in coming years…’
The cache is a an ammo can, kindly placed by froghoppin followind the demise of the original container and location, which is where a water tank now stands.