Kingscliff Baseline PM90201 Kingscliff, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 24-Dec-15. Waypoint TP7253
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S28° 14.875' E153° 34.215' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 555940E 6875202N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 7 m |
| Local Government Area: | Tweed |
/153.57025,-28.247917,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A Trig Point is a virtual cache which requires a cacher to locate the Trigonometric Station and photograph the GZ.
Official Code: PM90201
Official Name: Kingscliff Baseline PM90201
A trig point (also known as a Trigonometric Station) typically consists of a black disc on top of four metal legs or concrete pillar, resembling a navigation beacon. It is also accompanied by a metal disc, which is located directly below the center point of the tripod or on top of the pillar itself.
Trig points are generally located at the top of hills or points of prominence in the landscape. Many provide unique views and challenges, with some being difficult to get to.
Trig points were regarded as valuable to surveyors, providing reference points for measuring distance, elevation, and direction, and assisting in the creation of maps. The series of "Kingscliff Baseline PM" 'trigs' is for the training of surveyors, and calibration (if need be) of their 'equipments'. This series seems unique, in that the trig pillars are not a regular distance apart, with some hundreds of metres apart, with another very close. These work in the exactly the same manner as any other NSW concrete trig pillar (where the measurement device is mounted with the three screws, on top of the pillar).
To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the trig point, along with your GPS receiver and (preferably) yourself. Long distance / telephoto type pictures are against the spirit of this cache. You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the trig point.
Please respect local laws and regulations when searching for trig points. If you believe that a trig point is located on private property, and permission to photograph it is not forthcoming, or in a dangerous location, you may archive the cache, by clicking on Log this Cache and place an "Archived" log on the Geocaching Australia website.
If you feel that you can add to the description of this trig point or adjust the difficulty / terrain ratings, please feel free to edit this cache and amend the information suitably.
Access: Just a nice beach-side walk is required to find the SEVEN (x 7) similar trigs - NO VEHICLES allowed beside the trigs
Hints
Frr vg, cubgbtencu vg |
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Decode |
Logs
A quick find today.
Thanks for the cache.
A quick find today.
Thanks for the cache.
Left the car and went for a quick wander up and down the line, collecting photos as we went.
This is my first Baseline Trig find of the day out of seven. They are all close together. No interesting story with these finds so here’s some random information about 1
Take 500 cities from around the world and list their populations.. look at all of the countries in the world and list their areas.. look at the first page in your daily news feed over the last several years. These examples and others like them will have naturally occurring sets of numbers. The first in any of these is most likely to be 1. In fact over 30% of the time. 2 through 9 are leading digits with decreasing frequency i.e. the higher the number, the lower the frequency. So number 1 really is number 1. This is called Benford’s Law.
Had our wee doggie with us so couldnt do the whole lot because it would have taken 3 times as long. She walks like I played golf that one time ZIGZAG
TFTC
The muggles and their dog walking towards GZ made this photo a bit different than the others.
Guess we should have walked the lot but we didn't have time. Could have unloaded the bikes too but the distance from the first to the last didn't warrant that either.
Thanks.
Note: Photo didn't load with log through app. Photo lost.
Caching in the area with whitewebbs and snapped this trig.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a
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Seven trigs gave us seven more chances for points/dirt/steps in the Journey or Destination game. As I explained in the log for the first of our finds in this series, these points were something that we had always wondered about. I must admit there higgledy piglet positioning must have a reason. Some are very close together others further apart, none appear to be in a line (if you count more that two as a line) and it was curious that this one, PM90201 seemed to be in its own little mound making it higher than the others.
Thanks for the series.
*FTF* @ 1035, and a Merry Christmas (I had just returned from 3 weeks in Thailand)
