TS6428 - Blackhole Dalmorton, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 08-May-20. Waypoint TP13031
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S29° 51.095' E152° 30.200' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 452026E 6697556N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 761 m |
| Local Government Area: | Clarence Valley |
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Description
A Trig Point is a virtual cache which requires a cacher to locate the Trigonometric Station at GZ.
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.
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Directions:
- From Grafton, take the Gwyder Highway at turn off on to the Old Glen Innes Road.
- Keep following the Old Glen Innes Road. Continue when road turns to dirt.
- Turn into Cundlebung Road and park at -29.832285 152.490827. This is the start of the trail that leads to the trig. You may be able to drive further down this trail with a 4WD, but fallen trees block the way eventually.
- Follow trail till listed coordinates. May be quite overgrown with plenty of tree fall to navigate around.
Logs
There were a few rocks and branches in the way, but we managed to get to a t intersection about 180m for the cache. We decided this was a good turnaround spot and headed off on foot. To be honest, we could have easily driven basically right up to the cache, but the walk was nice.
After grabbing a shot of the trig and admiring the view, we started the search and soon had the cache in hand. We walked up to the fire tower, but it was in no state to provide better views, so we headed back to the cars.
Thanks to all our pitstops along the way, we decided to save the second trig and cache for another day and we headed back to the river for a late lunch and swim. At least we have another excuse to recreate this awesome drive.
Thanks for the cache!
I saw where the trail started and drove my car about 100m down the trail. That’s as far as my 2WD would go. You’d get another km further if you had a 4WD, but there are too many trees down over the trail to be able to drive all the way. The walk was quite nice – not too overgrown at all, as I believe this trail would have been used frequently before the bushfires hit 6 months ago, and downed so many trees over the way. After 2km of walking along the ridge line I ended up at the top, and holy moley – what a view. Seldom are you treated with views as good as this. I think I this would have to be one of my favourite trig views in the Northern Rivers.
Just up from the trig is what remains of a fire tower. I don’t think it was that old before the bushfire burnt all the wooden components of the tower. The leftover steel frame looks as good as new – I wonder if it will be repaired. The view from the tower would have been truly stunning. I really hope that State Forests clear this trail and fix the tower, but even if they don’t – this is a trig to remember.
Such a cool name too; Blackhole. I imagine in the afternoon some of the gorges look like black holes. It's also the name of the creek in the valley between Boyd Trig and this one.
