Lakes Entrance Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint TP0493

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S37° 52.088' E148° 1.187' (WGS 84)
	55H 589695E 5808325N (UTM)
Elevation:	63 m
Local Government Area:	East Gippsland

Map

Whodunit Mascot

Description

Lakes Entrance - COLQUHOUN PM 125

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.

These points were regarded as valuable to surveyors, providing reference points for measuring distance and direction, and assisting in the creation of maps.

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.

The original collection of trig points has been sourced from Geoscience Australia and may contain inaccuracies.

Please respect local laws and regulations when searching for trig points. If you believe that a trig point is located on private property 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. Vandalism of the cache description or other information will result in your account being terminated.

Addtional Information
Source: Geoscience Australia
Type: Horizontal Control Point
Elevation: 65.48
PID: 2947446
Other Information: Geoscience Australia

Logs

02-May-24

LuckyL10n

#GA5851 - 3:14:00 PM; Day thirteen of a road trip taking the long way inland to Adelaide from the National Capital and back again via the coast with the geohoney. After spending the night in Melbourne, we were headed for Eden for our last night on the road. A short detour at Lakes Entrance and this trig was in the bag! TFTT Geocaching Australia Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-May-23

Tassie Trekkers

Passing through with geovan in tow, we stopped and snapped the required pic, which has been added to the gallery Clan Minotaur

Rated: for Overall Experience

27-Apr-23

Grumbligrot

Found. photo attached

03-May-21

Sol de lune

Driving past today and headed up to check the view and grab the required photo...great little spot.

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Feb-21

Kittykatch

Found with GrimRaider on a trip to Lakes Entrance. Nice views over the area. TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Jan-19

ST_7

A nice easy find while in the area. Good views from this trig as well. TFTT

02-Oct-18

AlbyDangles

Thanks for the Trig

Found this one while travelling to my sons wedding in Newcastle.

Sorry for the picture a bit over exposed.

Found on Tuesday‎, ‎2‎ ‎October‎ ‎2018 0839

TFTT

10-Aug-18

nirgalagrin

18:15
Road trip!

leafotwind and I had meticulously planned a trip in the opposite direction to fill a few gaps on a variety of challenges, but with the weather forecast to be reminiscent of an Activities Week tour of all the wet holes in the southwest of the state when I was in high school, a mad scramble ensued to come up with a scheme to complement those goals towards the eastern border instead.

Crossing off a few of the Country Road Atlas maps, finding a March, 2001 placement and a whole lot of Earthcaches meant we got in to Mallacoota just before midnight.

And, as a fair trade-off... I was able to squeeze in a few GCA visits on the way. This one happened to be on the way to one of the Earthcaches, and leafotwind drove up the track to park right beside the frame. Personally, a walk would have been nice, but time was of the essence.

GCA#440

Rated: for Overall Experience

22-Nov-17

Goldenwattle

A drive-by trig. TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Oct-17

fitzy_1965

GCA 1746. Found during a caching run around the area with specimenX.

In the area grabbing some GCs so stopped and snapped a photo of this Trig - nice !

TFTC !!

Rated: for Overall Experience

10-May-16

Grahame Cookie

'Cunning' grey-haired 'Gray'-hame went up and found the Cunninghame Area trig, in the Lakes Entrance area, at 2120, before settling down for the night.
Another metal pipe quadrapod, with black hemi-octagonal vanes. And there is Geodetic Survey Victoria bronze marker beneath it.

Rated: for Overall Experience

23-Apr-16

whitewebbs

A quick drive by. TFTT

Rated: for Overall Experience

15-Mar-16

sharnie's tribe

A quick find on our way into Lakes Entrance, almost a driveby. Surprised it hasn't had a find logged for so long. TFTT

16-Feb-13

Keeper of Time

A quick easy drive by.

24-Nov-12

EuDes

I decided to take a quick morning trip up here for the trig before the start of Day 1 of the GVBR up to Bruthen today. Some wonderful views across the golf course towards town on this glorious morning. Took the pickie at 07:35 and was soon on my way back.

Thanks Geocaching Australia.

20-Apr-12

2y'stassies

Today was the fourth day of our excursion out of Tasmania touring from Melbourne to Canberra and return via Gippsland. We visited a number of towns and areas today between Bairnsdale and Cann River and we were lucky enough to find some caches along the way. Again it was overcast at times with some very infrequent showers, we have had another excellent day. We were heading north-east from Lakes Entrance when we noticed that this trig was nearby. We deviated and found that it was nearly a driveby - we only had to walk 20m. Great views to the easy over Lakes Entrance from this vantage point. TFTC

23-Jan-11

WazzaAndWenches

The Wenches were still asleep when I ducked out early morning to this TP for a great view of the coastline.

06-Jan-11

albida33

Even in these coastal towns, there are still trigs to be found. Albida.

01-Dec-10

gregandjudi

Not the easiest we've seen, but pretty easy. One in Moama surrounded by garden bed in front of school. Flat ground, park on roadside and almost reach to touch.

30-Nov-10

beetles2

Into 4WD and up to 1 of the easiest trigs we've ever done. One final look at this great area before heading on to Sydney. Pity about the weather!!

20-Nov-10

McPhan

166. Not the most difficult to get to but some top views nonetheless. Went up the local only road and walked the last bit (whew) to the top. (Photo to follow)

TFTT and the Ritchie.

Rated: for Overall Experience

27-Oct-10

greynomads

Our first Trig point on GCA. Just around the corner from where we live. Beware of driving too close to Trig point, puncture threats exist. Great views on a clear day.

Greynomads - Bill and Diana

Rated: for Overall Experience

03-Oct-10

jusojara

Found this one on our way to Sale today. A very interesting Trig with only three legs? (I will upload the photo once I get home).

Rated: for Overall Experience

greynomads

25-Mar-10

These Victorians must all be asleep Surprised

I've got to log a find on one of the easiest to reach trig points in Eastern Victoria before any of them Razz

A great view out over the coastline awaits anyone adventurous enough to detour the short distance from highway along sealed roads to this trig.

The trigpoint itself consists of a metal tripod arrangement supporting squareish discs !!

Rated: for Overall Experience