Island Bend Lookout #2 New South Wales, Australia
By
Outdoornut22 on 13-Jan-21. Waypoint TP13199
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S36° 18.987' E148° 28.857' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 632943E 5979934N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 1236 m |
| Local Government Area: | Snowy Monaro |
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Description
Trig placed by Snowy Mountains Hydro
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.
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.
Logs
I looked these 2 up on sixmaps and they don't exist, not even as plain old survey marks which I'm guessing they were back when they constructed this dam. But they are just like all the trigs around here, so I'm going with them being trigs too.
I took my GPS with me to check the coords were good, but today my GPS decided it would restart or something. It was still stuck on the loading screen an hour later. I tried again later and left it on for over an hour with the same result. Not impressed. I hope I can find an easy fix on the net later. Anyhow, you don't need exact coordinates for this as you can see it clearly from the above one. I did put the GPS in a photo shot still.
Watch your step when you get here - it's a nice little drop off this rock! The Pond is looking a lot fuller than last week. Still some to go though. Was nice to just hang about her for a bit taking everything in and watching the mist amongst the trees on the the other side where the mountaintops had been devoured by cloud.
came doing to what seamed like a forgotten lookout over the dam here and boom there was a trig, not listed so Outdoornut22 did the har part there in bringing it to life on here and now a find for me
this second one was slightly more sketchy to walk down to but defiantly possible 