GLOSS Station Handbook
Station information sheet
General | |
GLOSS number | 59 |
Station name | Burnett Heads (Bundaberg) |
Country | Australia |
Time zone | 150E, GMT + 10hrs |
Latitude (+ve N) | -24.76666 |
Longitude (+ve E) | 152.38 |
Ocean | Pacific |
Observation period(s) | 1966- |
Responsible country | Australia |
Authority responsible for tide gauge | Bundaberg Port Authority, MS 108, Bundaberg, Qld 4670, Australia |
GLOSS contact | Australia |
Committed to GLOSS | Yes |
Operational | Yes |
Instrumentation | |
Float | Yes |
Pressure | No |
Bubbler | No |
Acoustic | No |
Radar | No |
Data | |
Digital data | Yes |
Data acquisition rate | 10 minute recording interval |
Fast delivery data at UHSLC | ![]() ![]() |
High frequency data at BODC | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
High frequency data at UHSLC | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Real-time data available | No |
Benchmarks | |
Tide gauge benchmarks | PSM 3853 Brass plug set in concrete kerb of the southern approach to the Bulk Sugar Wharf, Port Bundaberg |
Benchmark relationships | Tide Gauge Zero (TGZ) = 5.721m below TGBM TGZ = 1.352m below Australian Height Datum (AHD) TGZ = 6.061m below TGBM down from 1/1/94 TGZ = 1.693m below AHD |
Auxiliary benchmarks | PSM 4504 Standard type brass plaque set in a concrete block beside pipes running from the Oil Terminal to the Oil Berth. PSM 4503 Standard type brass plaque set in a concrete block at the corner of Buss and Powers Streets. PSM 36119 Standard type brass plaque set in a concrete block inside the Bundaberg Molasses Terminal enclosure. |
Data at PSMSL | |
Annual MSL (RLR) data | ![]() |
Annual MSL (RLR) plot | ![]() |
MSL method | Hourly means |
PSMSL code | 1154 |
Other relevant codes | NTF port no. 59820, UHSLC 332 |
Additional information | |
Other relevant information | Float/stilling well gauges, different locations on same wharf 1960-1976. Float/stilling/well gauge on Tug Berth 1976-1979. Queensland Beach Protection Authority operate analogue and digital recorders at Burnett Heads 2.5km away. Geocentric measurement: Precise ephemeris, single point doppler fix PSM 43534 in 1981 approximately 6km from gauge. |
Nearest Met. station | Bundaberg Post Office |
Last updated | 2002-10-16 |