TS6610 - Mandle New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 30-Apr-23. Waypoint TP13555
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S28° 35.005' E152° 22.032' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 438119E 6838003N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 0 m |
| Local Government Area: | Tenterfield |
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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.
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.
Directions:
- From Paddy's Flat Road, turn into Tin Hut Road
- Enter the State Forest at -28.60277, 152.38382
- Follow trail around perimeter of forest as far as you feel commfortible in the vehicle, then walk remaining distance to TS.
Logs
The walk was really pleasant and the weather just as much so. Some 4WDs might like to try driving a little closer, or bikes riding, but the walk was just what I needed today. Lots of green, and bell birds, and mushrooms, and pincushion-like dead trees, and pretty coloured blue-green bottle flies, and cow turds, and cows. The cows had munched a lovely area for us to walk in. Mr Rx spotted the trig over the fence where the cows had not munched and off we waded through the grass to the pristine Mandle trig.
I got to wondering, who or what exactly is a Mandle? Well according to Google, in Slovakia it is an almond. It is also, "the perfect gift for the man that has it all or the man manly enough to like his candles." And Urban dictionary have a few definitions along the lines of handling a situation 'like a man'. So there you go!
At the trig was the only moment today that I actually took any photos. I just hadn't considered it today. I was just enjoying the walk and company. So the required trig photos were taken and phone stashed away and forgotten again. We looked out over the steep side of the hill peeping at the vista between the trees, and then it was off back to the car.
The cows were a little unsure of our passing again. At first they kind of ran off a little way, like running to the big white fella for protection. He obviously said to the others, "it's all good, we can scare them off if we all huddle together and move as one, looking like one really large monster, and charge at them." Well they got me going. We kept walking and they kept shuffling closer and closer. I couldn't handle it so stopped and stared at them. They suddenly stopped also and we had a stare off for a moment till MattyRx started walking again and they all ran away from us. It was hilarious really. I loved watching it all unfold.
Before you knew it we were back at the car, my back was not in pain, and we were travelling a road I hadn't been down before. I loved that. And we started getting really hungry. I didn't like that. I discovered at this point that when I am a little low in food, or energy, or sugar, or whatever it was, my speech gets really quiet and slurred and eventually peters out to nothing. I had nothing in me. My mouth battery was flat. The travel companion probably enjoyed the peace for once. haha. But a good feed at Casino fixed that up and I was yabbering away again in no time.
Lots of thumbs up to this trig for a lovely day.
I picked up C○3 ♀ Ɛ○<<○3 from our usual meeting place and we set off. After a nice drive out this way, we reached the state forest gate and made our way in. We took a drive through the forest, but soon found ourself moving away from the trig location, so backtracked to a spot near the entrance, and parked the car.
After a pleasant walk though gentle slopes and some flat areas (which is unusual for a trig hunt), we crossed a fence 100m from the trig spot - in to some long grass in which the trig could be seen standing above it - on the other side of the flat hilltop.
The trig is in very good order, name plate intact. Photos were taken then we wandered about looking at the view across to some neighbouring mountains, and also noting just how steep this hill was on the other side - I’m glad we didn’t have to climb this one. This was a lovely Sunday stroll with a good friend and there was a trig at the end just to top it off. A well deserved late lunch was eaten when we reached Casino. Great day out!
