Moving sand within the channel leading into Port Macquarie harbour & wharf meant a constant danger to shipping.
Buoys, obelisks & beacons were used until the White Navigation Cross was installed as a leading mark, to aid in the safe entry into the Hastings River. Sadly this was too late for the many ships that floundered since settlement began in 1821.
"The first mention of the Cross occurred in Sydney newspapers of December 1874 in a 'Note to Mariners' - "Should the white obelisk be removed it would indicate that the channel has again worked southward and the old marks, the cross and the beacons are to be used."
Over the years there have been two other caches at this location, lets try for a third.
You are looking for a small cache holding a log book. BYO pen
