TS4346 - Theresa Theresa Creek, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 05-Jun-22. Waypoint TP13372

Time for another southern adventure. I’ve specifically targeted only four geocaches for today all for different reasons. I recently discovered that GCA caches that have gold coloured titles have been recommended by someone. Since then I’ve edited my Trig to-do lists. MattyRx has a good habit of finding unpublished fine Trigs. Not only that, he publishes them for nerds like me to visit.. and.. this is one of the few that he has personally recommended via the GCA website so I figured it must be something special. Let’s do it. I’ve geocached in this area before. I remember the interesting caves at the intersection on the way to the parking coords. I wish I had of known about this Trig back then!

I parked at the suggested coordinates, grabbed my pack and a walking pole and headed towards Trig goodness. No strolling for this one. Power walking and jogging up and down today as I’m preparing for a 10km obstacle course next Saturday. Next Sunday’s planned adventure is light walking but not today haha. I went through the new gate and up to a second gate where I turned left then followed the fence line to the Trig. It was very easy going until about 475m from GZ. I think the fence line area had been very recently slashed. From the 475m point there was lantana to contend with but nothing too bad. I just went up in a path of least resistance. As long as I was going up and somewhat close to the fence line I figured I would be okay. Sure enough I eventually spotted the prize. Hello Theresa

Nice views on route to GZ. The day this Trig was last visited, the visitors where lucky enough to view a cloudless Mount Warning. That same day I was also looking at the cloudless Mount Warning from a Trig point on the East peak of Mount Barney. Today I get to see her again. Very little cloud in sight

Now, back to this splendid Trig. I’m super impressed that this older style of Trig is in such good condition. The surrounding trees must provide just the right amount of protection. The wooden post could do with some paint but it’s integrity is great. This gives me some hope that a 6m giant wooden Trig built in the 1940s up in Queensland may still be standing, at least partially. I wonder. I had a plan for my next northern adventure but that has now just changed haha. Photos taken then a quick snack and time to get back to the geo-van. Thanks for the generous instructions and thanks for the cache. This one is also getting a recommendation from me. I think a wooden Trig in this good condition would be a rare sight and I love the broad arrow symbol carved into the post

Can you believe someone named a nearby road ‘Trig Loop Road’… and it takes you to a Trig? Well apparently it’s real and it’s hopefully going to be geocache find number 2..

Rated: for Overall Experience

Look, honestly, MattyRx said it all. Was a great day to be playing in the bush outdoors.

I like to notice little treasures on my adventures, so here's a few from today, not listed in any order:

- Seeing Wollumbin/Mt Warning in the distance.
- Watching the 3 orange and 1 black dogs run off when we popped into their view and they ours.
- following cow paths along hillsides and through lantana (which funnily enough is also an untreasure at the same time - ouch!)
- the cool timber post and large vane trig at the top of the hill
- old fence/gate posts.
- different coloured mosses.
- blood orange flavoured water.
- and of course the company (as always).

Untreasures:
- Lantana
- mud (I'm kind of over the stuff)
- did I mention lantana?
- crashing a church social time at a closed pub with no warning signs that it was not a bar. Haha. It said upstairs bar and restaurant on the wall as we climbed the stairs!

Rated: for Overall Experience

It was a nice day, which is a rare thing in the Northern Rivers, so plans were made to check out this potential trig site in Eden Creek State Forest. No_Tomorrow and I left the car near a new gate that lead into the forest, and walked along a few tracks that were still a bit muddy from the recent rains. Mostly flat, easy walking though. Once we were about 1km in, we could see roughly where we'd need to be, but was unsure if the thick lantana growth or extreme gradient of the hill would be too much to battle through. We scouted out the bottom of the hill from the track we were on and decided best plan was to back track a bit, and when there was a clear path to go upward - we would take it. Some bits were pretty steep, but there were some amazing views along the way. Mount Warning had caught some clouds but was clearly visible as we ascended further and further - avoiding as much lantana as possible, and sticking too an old fence where ever we could.

We were lucky really. Looks like some cows have kept a path up here, even if it does disappear at times. After a few stops to 'admire the view', we made the top and were presented with a really nice trig.

A simple post with wire supports, with a set of vanes on top. One of the vanes had a newer name plate affixed to it. The name TERESA was stamped into the same vane also.

This was a very satisfying find, as we never really knew if we'd get to this one or not.

The way down was a lot easier, and before long we were back at the car. A nice lunch at a Casino pub was enjoyed afterwards - just after we crashed a church service who informed us they didn't have any food for sale.

Great trig with a good friend on a clear winters day. Nothing better!

Rated: for Overall Experience

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