MacCabe Corner

Well done explorers Stephen & Fiona.

Great work...!

Now that I have time n my hands it might be something I can take my kayak to.

Cheers, Baz

Hi Baz

It is well worth the time and effort to visit this lonely spot. Make sure that you only tackle the paddle from Higgins Cutting and not the Customs House which will nearly triple the distance that you have to paddle.

Also by going this way, you will not be paddling against the current on your return paddle.

The Riverland has so much history on offer and has some on the best backwaters to paddle.

We have been going there every year for 10 days for a number of decades and still find new points of interest, from lonely mass Aboriginal burial sites, blazed trees and every early European history.

I will do a blog on the paddle and give easy instructions for others that wish to visit this lonely corner.



Cheers




Stephen

Hi Les

We have paddled to that one many years ago. I have added that spot into "Places" and is the same as the SA / NSW marker that is close to MacCabe Corner, but for some reason is not regarded as a Corner as such.



Cheers



Stephen

At least they put the named corner in the right spot.

Hi Mike

Like a lot of people, I use Google Earth to plan many trips and I was sure I was on the money on how to drive as close as possible to the corner.

I am not a local to the Riverland, but spend a lot of time up here and know the area quiet well.

The key to the location is tracks off of the Higgins Cutting track and it was looking good until the dreaded fence line that National Parks have put in, blocking all access further north.

The only other possibility is access from private property, but I do not know who owns the land or who to contact.

Anyway we were prepared and the paddle was well worth it and we had a positive outcome.


Thanks for reply.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Tony

Yes Fiona is my good wife of nearly 40 years and yes she is a very patient lady to put up with me.....lol

It is all great fun and we love to visit these out of the way places and is a great way of visiting places that we have not visited before.


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Stephen

40 Years!!!!!!. You must have snatched her out of the craddle you DOM. lol

Hi Chris

Fiona said thanks for the compliment.........lol

Cheers



Stephen

Hi Marndee

Sorry for the late reply, but have been away and back to work now.

Like many people, I thought that MacCabe Corner would be the 3 states official joining marker, but in fact it is not.

The reason for this lies in one point that you mentioned and a fact that I was aware of. NSW owns the Murray River and the Southern Bank then becomes the actual State Border of Victoria. So at the point over 400 metres further upstream from MacCabe Corner is the actual State Border Marker for South Australia and NSW, and it is at this point where any land to the south is then Victorian.

As for the actual Victorian State Border Survey that was a complete shambles, it was tested in the High Court in 1914 and for some very strange reason, Victoria won the court case and South Australia lost 138,700 hectares of land through no other fault as very bad Surveyors in 1847 to 1850.

For this very reason, and to stop the Victorian so called Border Heading north of the Murray River, and proven by the the fact that the actual Border was 3.2 kilometres west of the actual Meridian, Charles Todd was appointed in 1868 to determine the actual correct position of the 141st Meridian and after the position was confirmed, Todd met with the NSW Government Astronomer, George Smalley where it was confirmed that Todds action position was correct and at this remote location, a large brick Obelisk was built to mark the correct position at the SA / NSW Border, and with todays modern survey equipment the position as determined back in 1868 is only out by around 100 metres, compared the the 3.2 kilometre stuff up by the Victorian.

Here are a couple more shots that relate to the area.



Cheers




Stephen