Conder Upper Colo, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint TP1068

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S33° 26.212' E150° 38.918' (WGS 84)
	56H 281409E 6297807N (UTM)
Elevation:	629 m
Local Government Area:	Hawkesbury City

Map

Whodunit Geocache

Description

Conder TS5489

Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Conder.

Serial number is: TS5489.

Last Inspected on: March, 1976.

Elevation is: 629 metres.

Nice concrete pedestal type Trig, there is also the location pin of the original Cairn type Trig that was unpiled on January 23, 1975.

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.

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Addtional Information
Source: Geoscience Australia
Type: Horizontal Control Point
Elevation: 629.7
PID: 2950519
Other Information: Geoscience Australia

Logs

18-Oct-21

shankspony

Found after a great weekend on the Colo. Loved the little path there, which had loads of waratahs at this time of year

Rated: for Overall Experience

24-Jul-20

Sophoutloud

lovely walk, camped up the top of the hill here, didn't really realise there was a trig so close. My first find trig point logged

Rated: for Overall Experience

24-Jul-20

Outdoornut22

We camp up here with students so is one I know well trig is still in pretty good condition, there are still the remains of the old concrete and rock trigs here too. Not to bad of a walk up there is a vague foot pad up from the sharp right hand bend in the track that goes into the saddle on the west side of the trig

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-May-18

Tyreless

Beautiful autumnal weather and I was exploring routes down to the Colo River. Nice to find the trig on the pleasant little side track.

Rated: for Overall Experience

30-Jul-11

pjmpjm

A memorable climb and a memorable find together with rogerw3!

This was indeed one of our most challenging trig ascents of all time. I felt more like an old goat than a young sprightly mountain goat by the time we reached the top of the incline.

If you come in via the logical route, off Moutain Lagoon Road, then Sam's Way, be prepared for a 200 metre bush bash up off the fire trail that continues from Sam's Way. At times it looked like a 45 degree slope! If you try this one, you'll see that we're not exaggerating.

Anyhow, as rogerw3 has reported in his log, it was well worth the effort in the end, because it was our third 'double trig' of the afternoon of trig chasing along Bells Line of Road. We couldn't believe that we found the 'old' trig site nearby, and still-existing location pin that proved it.

'New' version of Condor was in pretty good condition, as the photos will show, with plaque and vanes both in good nick. This is a tough one for the vandals to reach, I guess!

Keep remembering that it will be easier going back down. But we were surprised at how far we had to descend before we regained the old fire trail.

Boy oh boy! What an adventure . . . Don't try this one at home, kids.

'Four Thumbs Up' for the sheer adventure and the double trig . . .

Rated: for Overall Experience

30-Jul-11

rogerw3

trig number 8 for the day's trigging along the bells Line of Road with pjmpjm.
Don't expect an easy climb up to this one, the 200 metres heavy bush bash up a 60 degree slope is very heavy going indeed. I really found that one difficult, of course my 3 previous long outing of the previous days did finally get to me and I paid the price. However once at the top the trig and the remain of the original cairn made it all worth it.
Of course the local mountain goat otherwise known as pjmpjm blazed the trail for me.
A great trig virtually intact.