WELCOME TO THE GLENELG JETTY PRECINCT/FORESHORE
Jetty/Pier History
In August 1857, construction of Glenelg's first jetty commenced; it was opened on 25 April 1859. Costing over £31,000 (pounds sterling) to build, the structure was 381 metres long. The jetty was used not only by fishermen but also to accept cargo from ships, including a mail service operated by P&O, until Port Adelaide replaced it as Adelaide's main port. Passengers were also able travel from the Glenelg jetty to Kangaroo Island by steamer.
Several additions to the jetty were made. A lighthouse was built in 1872 at the jetty's end, but a year later it caught fire and was cast into the sea to save the rest of the structure. A replacement lighthouse was built in 1874, and was 12.1 metres tall. Other additions included public baths, an aquarium, a police shed and a three-story kiosk with tea rooms.
The kiosk was wrecked in a storm in 1943, and the jetty was severely damaged by a freak cyclone in 1948. Most of the structure washed away and the remaining structure was deemed unsafe. The new jetty was completed in 1969 and was just 215 metres long, less than two-thirds of the length of the original jetty. This is the jetty you see today at Glenelg.
Pioneer Memorial
The Pioneer Memorial was unveiled by the Governor, Major-General Sir Winston Dugan on Sunday 27 December 1936 as part of the centenary celebrations. It was designed by G. Beaumont Smith to commemorate the foundation of South Australia and to honour the early settlers.
The jetty precinct/foreshore area has been mooted as an area for regeneration and upgrade, meanwhile tourists continue to visit from around the Globe to visit this historical area of Adelaide.
To claim this cache as found, you need to email me, or message me via the Geocaching message centre the answers to the two questions below, then log your find with the required image. Any logged "finds" without the answers sent to me or without the image, will after a reasonable amount of time be discreetly deleted.
At GZ take a photo of yourself and the jetty, (include your caching name or gps if you do not wish to be in the image). Get creative!
At WP1 The Pioneer Memorial/HMS Buffalo model
Q1: Email me the two words engraved in the stone on the South side of the memorial.
At WP2 'My Big Red Heart' Sculpture
Q2: Take a look at the metal plaque which is on the sea side of the heart. Email me the phrase directly below the sculptor's name (11 words).
Virtual Rewards 2.0 - 2019/2020
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between June 4, 2019 and June 4, 2020. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 2.0 on the Geocaching Blog.