Springbrook Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 21-Sep-22. Waypoint TP13418

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S28° 14.031' E153° 16.709' (WGS 84)
	56J 527321E 6876861N (UTM)
Elevation:	945 m
Local Government Area:	Tweed

Map

Whodunit Mascot

Queensland Government Department of National Parks Park Alerts

Description

This is a TrigPoint Cache. There are no physical geocache containers with logbooks or swap items relating to this cache here. To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the TrigPoint, along with your GPS receiver or your geocaching name on something and (preferably) yourself.

Springbrook (TS4151)

Installed date: 01 January 1942
Original features: Cairn, pole and disk.

Current status: Partial cairn

More information here..

https://maps.six.nsw.gov.au/ScimsREST/SurveyMarkReport?marks=TS%204151&datum=GDA2020&date=21/09/2022

Queensland Globe mentions a Trig at this same location that was installed in 1928. Unlike other border Trigs there is no cross reference here. However a reference is made to “Springbrook (NSW)”

The original QLD 1928 Trig could have been rebuilt or refurbished in 1942 by NSW. ?

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Access: Park on Springbrook Road near S 028° 13.650' E 153° 16.577' which is an old driveway to what used to be mansion. It was demolished many years ago and the land is now part of Springbrook National Park. Walk up the somewhat overgrown driveway and make your way to a concrete pad where the mansion sat at S 028° 13.934' E 153° 16.679' (See waypoint 2 image). From here you will see some bamboo. Enter this, walk through it and make your way up on a path of least resistance towards GZ. You will eventually see the border fence. Use this as a guide until about 40-50m from GZ where it’s an easy walk to the old Trig cairn. This location was once called Reads Lookout however the days of viewing the coastline from here are long gone.

Allow 2 hours.

Logs

03-Oct-22

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Out with the adventure-buddy today we came up this hill. We gathered some info or a nearby multi and headed on into the bamboo as per guidance on this trig page. It was a bit of fun trying to figure out which way to get up that hill. I had to stop a few times to let the heart chill but it didn't take us too long to reach GZ and the rock circle. Took a few photos of the trig, but not the views, because there were none at this old lookout. I could imagine the views down into NSW would have been amazing from here once. I stood where I guessed the lookout would have been and tried remembering the names of a bunch of what I might be able to see had the trees not swallowed the view.

A much easier return trip, picking up an extra buddy along the way, a cache find, and it was on to another trig, all before lunch.
Said extra buddy hung out with me for a while at home till I gave it two doses of Lyclear and made a trip to the hospital. Turns out Lyclear doesn't just stun but actually kills ticks and you can just let them drop off whenever after that. But hopefully very soon I'll have someone around to help me remove ticks without a drink-driving trip to the hospital again... not that I needed it... but I didn't know I had actually killed it and wasn't going to let it share my pillow for the night.

Good time out there today. Smile

03-Oct-22

MattyRx

After finding the nearby cache it made sense to push on through the bamboo and make out way to the trig. We pushed on through the damp rainforest and then made out way up to cairn. Found a few very rusted pieces of metal near GZ and wondered if they might have been part of the trig, or the lost lookout that was nearby once upon a time.

Can't help thinking of how things must have been up here when the lookouts were all accessible and the forest was more 'tame'. Would have been a great place to explore with some amazing views of both NSW and QLD.

21-Sep-22

wayn0

This Trig point and location have been on my to-visit list for a couple of months now. I’ve discovered LOTS that are unlisted in the Sunshine State. My main goal had been to visit an old Trig at the old Reads Lookout on the summit of Springbrook Mountain and while here check out the remains of a mansion that once stood nearby. The land now is Springbrook National Park. I wondered if I could access this area from an old driveway or if this was no longer possible then maybe try from the Telstra towers along the border fence from Mount Thillinmam. I had Wednesday 20th September in my calendar to try for the summit of Springbrook Mountain and to hopefully explore the surrounding area. Luck was on my side because a few days before my planned trip out here a nearby GC cache was published and it confirmed that I could at least get some of the way to my final goal so it was a great place to start.

I made my way up the old somewhat overgrown driveway. It didn’t take long to reach the pad where the mansion sat. Not much around nowadays. It was cloudy and raining so no view either but that didn’t detract from this adventure. Now, how do I get up there!? The vegetation in front of me was dense and unpleasant so I searched for an alternative entrance. The other side of the pad proved to be the perfect starting point. There was a little bamboo forest growing here that I was able to walk through. After this I simply ventured up on a path of least resistance. I came across the border fence and used this as a guide for a while before leaving it near the summit. I found the old Trig cairn. The post and discs are gone. The original Trig installation was way back in 1928. Reads Lookout is no longer a lookout. Apparently many years ago there was an uninterrupted view from Brisbane city to Byron Bay. After exploring the summit it was time to widen my search. I eventually found old concrete water tanks. I wonder why these weren’t removed? Considering I found zero trace of anything else up here except the concrete pad I think it’s strange these were left here.

After about an hour or so exploring the area it was time to return to the inside of a dry vehicle. The rain was getting heavier. I stumbled upon some CSIRO equipment that measures leaf wetness while wandering around. I plan to return here on a clear day to check out the views and try to get some good images. While walking down the driveway it was clear that no matter what we do, nature will alway win. Thanks for the cache Smile

Rated: for Overall Experience