Victor Harbor Orientation Table, SA, Australia
S 35° 34.506 E 138° 36.135
54H E 282722 N 6060531
This round Orientation Table is set into a low small stone cairn, on the esplanade of Victor Harbor.
Waymark Code: WMZ81B
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 09/25/2018
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Near the Dedicated Bench (picnic table) for the infant Cody Porteous is the cemented granite stone cairn that 'sports' this Orientation Table that is 'titled' "Rumbelow Family" - "Yilki". Unfortunately, what with severe corrosion, and patina, it is quite hard to transcribe the locations that are indicated on the table. There are also Distances on the table, in kilometres (with distances given by blingg, on his visit in July '19). Going clock-wise from North, the locations are:
- N
* Adelaide 80km
* Brisbane 1890km
* Granite Island 2.8km
* Sydney 1180km
- E
* Murray Mouth 26km
* Seal Rocks 3.8km
* Melbourne 620km
* Hobart 1120km
* Wright Island 1km
* Wreck, SA sank Dec 1837 0.5km
* Bluff Summit 1.8km
- S
* Wreck, Solway sank Dec 1837 1km
* West Island 35km
* Kangaroo Island 45km
- W
* Perth 2120km
* Darwin 2380km
On the side of the stone cairn is a rectangular brass plaque, which explains the relationship of the Rumbelow family to the Encounter Bay region. It reads:
Malen and Alice Rumbelow and children arrived at
Encounter Bay on 5th January 1855
from Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK and the family established
a fishing dynasty at Encounter Bay.
Their families of Robinson, Bacchus, Weymouth, Bolger,
Cakebread, Rumbelow and Watson
dedicated this cairn built with stone retrieved from the
family home "Yeltanna" on 17th April 2005.
Address: Franklin Parade, Victor Harbor, SA, 5211, Australia
Visited: 0702, Tuesday, 29 May, 2018