West of School TP Forrest, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 07-Dec-20. Waypoint TP13158

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S35° 19.220' E149° 7.621' (WGS 84)
	55H 693349E 6089356N (UTM)
Elevation:	603 m
Local Government Area:	Australian Capital Territory

Map

Whodunit Geocache

Description

This trig point appears on the ACTmapi Survey Infrastructure Map and includes the MC tag, which identifies it as a trig point.

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 centre 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.

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.

Logs

19-Apr-24

Toy Hunters

Found with James0116 after a burger dinner and showing him some of the caches around Manuka. Nice quick flash photo in the dark, TFTT! Clan Cerberus

Rated: for Overall Experience

19-Apr-24

James0116

Great cache

Thanks for the cache

James0116

29-Mar-24

Gullivers Travels54

we are in Canberra for the mega and stopped here for the cache TFTC

02-May-23

Grumbligrot

Found on our trip around the big island

24-Jul-21

noikmeister

on a mission to find all act trig points

17-Jun-21

Flintstone's

In the area after work to give someone a ride. Made use of it to find some caches in the area including this new trig.

01-Jun-21

Kittykatch

Picked up today after lunch with my son. Keen to get a score on the board in the Battleships game. TFTT

10-Apr-21

Just a cacher

A quick grab while in the area.

Thanks for the trig.

10-Apr-21

Black Bunny

Out with Just a cacher doing some chores so we decided to head a little further afield and grab this fellow while we were in the area.

A quick grab when we got to GZ.

Thanks for the trig.

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-Mar-21

Goldenwattle

Cycling through this area I noted this trig, so took a short diversion and photographed it. TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

13-Feb-21

albida33

While I was out and about caching, I stopped past here to grab a picture

Thanks
Albida

12-Jan-21

Smittengranny

Out with LuckyL10N and Sol de Lune today gathering all sorts of caches - both GC and GCA. Love these trigs especially on a very hot day such as this. Clapping

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Jan-21

Sol de lune

Out with LuckyL10n and Smittengranny collecting a few more trigs. No problems with this one...rather obvious actually. Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Jan-21

LuckyL10n

#GA5073 - 14:45; A caching mission with Sol de lune and Smittengranny was planned a couple of weeks ago and the day had arrived. We had a heap of GCA caches and trigs along with a smattering of GC caches as well. We had cached through most areas north o the lake and were now southside. Stopped off in a familiar area to grab some snaps for this one. TFTC Geocaching Australia Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Dec-20

alnic39

I parked back quite a bit, but could have got much closer.

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-Dec-20

ST_7

This was a nice easy find while in Canberra for work. I actually found this several years ago, but did not log at the time due to lots of "discussion" about the definition of a trig.