NT State Survey Marks Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By TeamGeoPlesk on 14-Sep-08. Waypoint GA1216

Under pressure to find a survey mark while in the NT.

Could not find anywhere online that listed likely spots.

Then I spotted a couple that had been logged.

Finally found this one in Darwin.

Corner of Smith/Bennett Street.

Took a few photos too.

TFTL

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Found while lookng for a nearby GC cache - NTSS 1124 located near a solar facility of some sort on Cox Peninsula Rd. Thank you Team Geo Plesk

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Found this survey marker at the John McDouall Stuart memorial in Alice Springs this morning.
Thanks for this cache.

Spotted while grabbing other trig points along the Barkley Highway from Three Ways to Isa.

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Found this while wandering around Darwin CBD.

Its now been published as a Trig as well. Nice and flat terrain here !

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We were walking towards Billy Goat Hill in Alice Springs when we came across a survey marker on the corner of Stott Terrace and Railway Terrace. Two photos have been added to the Gallery: the first shows Mrs y'stassie standing next to the survey marker; the second is a close view of the survey marker with our GPS. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for the cache.

In the carpark at Nightcliff Jetty

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Geohusband spotted this NT survey marker while waiting to collect me from the ferry at Mandorah. Thanks TeamGeoPlesk for this locationless

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Spotted recently in Adelaide River.

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found this one on the top of Uluru on our Alice springs trip.

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 57 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after dropping the WanderingMrs at Fiddler's Green pub/restaurant for a combined line dancers and Red Hatters lunch I had an hour and a half to spare, so I went off for some caching and waymarking.

I knew the cache GC1QJ6V Waterfront Vista By CHEDENT had a new trackable logged in it, so after hunting down the cache GC3QF7H Tunnel Number Five Revisited By corunnaroad I parked on Kitchener Drive at the bottom of Hughes Avenue and walked up Hughes Avenue towards GC1QJ6V Waterfront Vista. On the way up I spotted an un-numbered Survey Marker on the edge of the footpath.



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Keith

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Walked past it many times but finally spotted today by Casuarina Police Station.

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 46 of our annual Climatic Refugee trip, after dropping the WanderingMrs at Coconut Grove Senior Citizens Club for a couple of hours of line dancing, I headed off for a couple of hours of caching and a small bit of waymarking thrown in.

After a run to Howard springs I was returning along the Stuart Highway when I finally got a Round Tuit, and stopped to take photos for GA2027 The Structure By Everlasting" at the base of the 'Dalirgang' footbridge over the highway. I decided to check the footbridge for 'Interpretive Signage', and spotted an un-numbered Survey Marker on the south-eastern bridge buttress (that's to the right as you reach the bridge from Palmerston).



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Keith

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Found this at ANzAC hill in Alice Springs fabulous views from this location Photo to follow

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Tripped over this one near NT Parliament.

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Found by accident as I was collecting a GC cache just south of Darwin.

Found this Survey Marker at a magnificent lookout quite close to GC19P9P Range View. This was on a trip to the Ulysses AGM in Albany.

WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down High on Highway by way-finder, and found this Survey Mark on the cairn marking the highest point of "The main route between Adelaide and Darwin". The cairn was erected in 1962, and the "Main Route" was subsequently named the Stuart Highway. The cairn and Survey Mark are in pristine condition, surprising considering their age of 47 years.



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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, sightseeing with The WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), and found this Survey Mark on a pillar, and another a couple of metres away on the ground, at the top of Anzac Hill in Alice Springs.



There is a cache fairly close to the Survey Marks, GC18G81 ANZAC over Alice by way-finder, but the rain came down in earnest as I was about to hunt it down, and I'd left my coat in the geoChallenger, so I left that hunt for another day and beat a hasty retreat.



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Keith
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Found this one as we stopped to purchase a cold drink on our caching day in Darwin.

WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down a cache, and found this Darwin Origin Pillar, an informative plaque, and then the Survey Mark itself on the Darwin Esplanade.

I delayed logging this find to break the connection to the non-traditional cache I was hunting.


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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down a cache, and found this Survey Mark placard and then the Survey Mark itself near the corner of Hamaura Road and Muramats Road in East Arm.

I delayed logging this find to break the connection to the non-traditional cache I was hunting.

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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, sightseeing with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), not even thinking about geocaching, and found this Survey Mark strangely perched on top of a pillar in Nightcliff Foreshore Reserve.

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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 47 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down GC1RJPQ Abridged by NTSTROM, and found this Survey Mark a couple of metres from the cache in Stuart Highway Winnellie.

I didn't have time to get the requisite photo then, as I was in a hurry to get to GA1220 Runway 11/29 by NTSTROM hoping to get a photo of an FA 18 taking off, so I had to come back later. Finally remembered it today, day 61 of the trip.

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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 30 of a "climatic refugee" trip, trying to find Cafe Roma to go on the internet. I knew it had moved, gibbo003 even told me what establishment it was across the road from, I just couldn't remember what that establishment was

After an hour of fruitless criss-crossing of the CBD, I parked in the car park at Woolies and went inside hoping to find a phone book. No luck there, and I had 30 minutes to spare before I had to pick up the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) from line dancing at the Stokes Hill Wharf, so I fired up the Magellan to see what caches were nearby.

What luck, two Traditionals both less than 200 CroMs away. I fired up the iPaq for a quick read of the cache notes, PMG seemed pretty straight forward, Chinatown Carpark a bit tougher, got as far as "displaying 30 metres, but I am" and the screen went blank. It uses a lot of battery when searching for wireless hot spots, and I'd left the charging cable in the caravan.

Undaunted I headed off, made one easy find and one more difficult find. On the way back to the geoChallenger I came across this Survey Mark in Smith Street, very close to the Woolies car park, so I went to the car, grabbed the camera, and came back for the requisite photo. Natural light did a good job of the mark, not so good for the gps, and the flash shot was out of focus for both, but you can see the mark.

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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 24 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and found this Survey Mark outside the Bargain Furniture Mart in Witte Street Winnellie.

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Keith

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WanderingAus wandered by on day 16 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and found this Survey Mark while hunting down http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1405 GA1405 Timber Creek Police Station and Museum Information by Everlasting.

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Keith

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I know this is my cache but nevertheless i reccon a find such as this is still a find. I found this survey mark just on the pavement in stuart park while walking to repco to get a battery for my car after the last one died. Its in plain view and very easy to find.

Found this Survey Mark near Casuarina Secondary College. Amazingly it is very very close to my cache, GC163A7 (The Fury of Tracy). This one has the survey number of: # S9321014. The terrain and difficulty rating of this marker would be 'One' on both counts. Thanks again TGP.

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I stumbled across this Survey Mark which is located near Dripstone High School on the corner of Trower Road and Henbury Avenue in Tiwi. It is located on the edge of the footpath at S 12 22.121 E130 52.976. I would rate the difficulty and terrain of finding this marker as 1 and 1 (easy). Top idea for a locationless cache and thanks to TGP for the cache and the chance for another FTF. 28/9/08. I just discovered that I only photographed the marker and not the 'Survey Mark'. Went back today and uncovered the real 'Survey Mark' which was covered by dirt and leaves.This marker has the number S92192016. Thanks again TGP.

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