Mount Stromlo Stromlo, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint TP1366
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S35° 18.971' E149° 0.630' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 682765E 6090038N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 781 m |
| Local Government Area: | Australian Capital Territory |
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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.
Addtional Information
Source: Geoscience Australia
Type: Horizontal Control Point
Elevation: 782.32
PID: 2950385
Other Information: Geoscience Australia
Logs
What an amazing way to start my holidays from work. Geo-events, traveling, meeting up with friends and finding many different caches made it fun! 
It’s so nice to finally be able to do all these things… again. The following descriptions are my adventures between the days of 12/11/21 and 16/11/21. Each cache has been logged to the end of my adventures for the day of finding them. If you would like to read my full log, please find it on any cache I found on the 16/11/21.
Day #1: I finished work at 4pm and headed over to Wagga for the only GIFF event in NSW. Apart from the CO, I was the first to arrive at the event. It was great to finally attend a Geocaching after many months without them. All talk Geo was had by all until we were told that dinner was ready. Soon after, the popcorn was ready and the movies were on. Congratulations to all the GIFF finalists and they were all a great watch. Also, Congratulations to BMG for receiving the FTF on the event. Then it was time to head home and get ready to head to Canberra for the next few days.
Day #2: I was nearly late to my own event. O’well… It was still fun with the small group of us that turned up. We also discovered many Moveable caches before heading off to today’s main goal. This happened to be finding the ‘A’ part of the GA geo-art series as well as the lone GC caches around the area which I hadn’t found as I pasted by them. I wasn’t alone as AKM came for the walk as well. After finding all but the last two we headed our separate ways as it started raining heavier. Hopefully, it won’t be raining tomorrow so the event goes ahead but well will need to see. Also pizza for dinner tonight.
Day #3: Today’s adventures included the CCE down in Booroomba and as many of the nearby caches as possible. I didn’t do the walk to the ‘Booroomba Rocks’ but I am still able to log the event. I then headed off with a large group of others to find the nearby caches. After that, I caught a lift with Kittykatch, Joolay, isopeda and Barb2e and we headed down to the ACT boarder finding the caches along the way many caches were found and a new GCA cache placed (Gudgenby – GA25097). It was great to see some ammo cans out in the wild, even if they were slightly damaged by the fires. As we arrived back in Tharwa we had afternoon tea and headed our separate ways. Another great day and so much more to go.
Day #4: Not many finds today, but definitely quality finds including a 2003 cache. They are becoming few and far between and it was great to see this one still alive. Many unique locations that I would never have visited if it wasn’t for geocaching. Most caches I found were somewhere along the drive/walk around Mount Stromlo. I also wandered around the Belconnen Mall to do some Christmas shopping. Another great day but my trip away is coming to an end… as tomorrow is my last day. 
TB visit on all found caches. I would like to thank all CO's of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and the rest of the caching community enjoyment.
It’s so nice to finally be able to do all these things… again. The following descriptions are my adventures between the days of 12/11/21 and 16/11/21. Each cache has been logged to the end of my adventures for the day of finding them. If you would like to read my full log, please find it on any cache I found on the 16/11/21.Day #1: I finished work at 4pm and headed over to Wagga for the only GIFF event in NSW. Apart from the CO, I was the first to arrive at the event. It was great to finally attend a Geocaching after many months without them. All talk Geo was had by all until we were told that dinner was ready. Soon after, the popcorn was ready and the movies were on. Congratulations to all the GIFF finalists and they were all a great watch. Also, Congratulations to BMG for receiving the FTF on the event. Then it was time to head home and get ready to head to Canberra for the next few days.
Day #2: I was nearly late to my own event. O’well… It was still fun with the small group of us that turned up. We also discovered many Moveable caches before heading off to today’s main goal. This happened to be finding the ‘A’ part of the GA geo-art series as well as the lone GC caches around the area which I hadn’t found as I pasted by them. I wasn’t alone as AKM came for the walk as well. After finding all but the last two we headed our separate ways as it started raining heavier. Hopefully, it won’t be raining tomorrow so the event goes ahead but well will need to see. Also pizza for dinner tonight.
Day #3: Today’s adventures included the CCE down in Booroomba and as many of the nearby caches as possible. I didn’t do the walk to the ‘Booroomba Rocks’ but I am still able to log the event. I then headed off with a large group of others to find the nearby caches. After that, I caught a lift with Kittykatch, Joolay, isopeda and Barb2e and we headed down to the ACT boarder finding the caches along the way many caches were found and a new GCA cache placed (Gudgenby – GA25097). It was great to see some ammo cans out in the wild, even if they were slightly damaged by the fires. As we arrived back in Tharwa we had afternoon tea and headed our separate ways. Another great day and so much more to go.
Day #4: Not many finds today, but definitely quality finds including a 2003 cache.
They are becoming few and far between and it was great to see this one still alive. Many unique locations that I would never have visited if it wasn’t for geocaching. Most caches I found were somewhere along the drive/walk around Mount Stromlo. I also wandered around the Belconnen Mall to do some Christmas shopping. Another great day but my trip away is coming to an end… as tomorrow is my last day. TB visit on all found caches. I would like to thank all CO's of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and the rest of the caching community enjoyment.
Up here collecting some GCA’s with GLISS today I realised I have never claimed these trigs! an interesting little collection in a place with spectacular views!!! Glad to finally have them in my collection 
A bit of exploring around Mt stromlo this morning. Great fun and interesting area.
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
Day 13 Mainland trip
Today out hunting caches with Tassie Trekkers and this was one trig we found. TFTT
Today out hunting caches with Tassie Trekkers and this was one trig we found. TFTT
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One of 3 trigs found in the area while looking for points for the summer game. 
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Stayed in Canberra for the weekend to do part of the GC UFO series. Today (after a big sleep in) we did a few drive by caches in the south and picked me up a couple of extra GCA's along the way.
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Hi from WA! We finished a bike ride up here this morning, and it was lovely! I saw the trig point and had to get a photo of it. Pity I didn't know about the other two... Thanks for the cache!
Decided it was about time I logged this one (and the other 2 nearby) seeing I was up here...
l was up here visiting another GC when I spotted this trig. Fantastic views from up here today. TFTC
The grand old Duke of York, he had 10,000 men, he marched them up to the top of the hill...
Once we reached the top, we stopped for a snappy at the trig and continued on to find some more caches before heading home. TFTT
Once we reached the top, we stopped for a snappy at the trig and continued on to find some more caches before heading home. TFTT
Having climbed to the top of this peak many times I thought it might be time to claim it as a find.
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Stopped and made the find on the way back into the city after a pleasant lunch with the Canberra Group.
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Caching in the area we stopped and snapped this trig.
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Found this little trig beacon amongst a sea of communications and range finding antennae on Mt Stromlo
Took some snaps of this one while I was up picking up some of those "other" caches. Thanks for the trig identification. 
A quick find while looking for another cache nearby. Bonus! Love the view out over the new suburb being developed.
A great spot to visit when in Canberra with lots of interesting history about the observatory along with the great views. I picked up some literature about the observatory and was amazed at how much was lost in the 2003 bush fires.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A whole mass of towers, buildings & trigs to choose from, & a great view.
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An easy one surrounded by interesting architecture and science.
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It's all about the Trig (and Paris Bear).
Bitterly cold Sunday morning, August 2015 - didn't hang around for long.
Thanx GA for including Trigs as loggable caches, as Trig walks are what got me into Geocaching in the first place
Bitterly cold Sunday morning, August 2015 - didn't hang around for long.
Thanx GA for including Trigs as loggable caches, as Trig walks are what got me into Geocaching in the first place
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Three easy points to log, very close to each other. Found with Decrypter.
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Found this one at 12:20 before heading down the hill following a morning of work up here. Fantastic views on such a beautiful day. 
Thanks Geocaching Australia.
Thanks Geocaching Australia.
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Found the trig about 5:24pm. Easy to spot as you approach the area. I have been here in the past with LuckyL10n but at the time I didn't really know how GCA worked nor was I into it much, so never got any details or photos. Now I'm up here to log them now knowing more about this stuff. It's a big cold up here bug views as usual are really good. I had actually tried the night before but the boom gates were down. Now I've got around 2 hours to do everything up here.
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Ahh a nice traditional trig. White poles, black vanes, practically luxury after seemingly only doing CORs.
Found with Joolay on a walk across Mt Stromlo with the Canberra Bushwalk Club. Beaut spot to bag some trigs
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Continuing my way around Canberra Trig and as stoked to come to Mt Stromlo this morning and enjoy the view and of course to nab this trig. A pity I wasn't aware of the two CORS caches here too. So that's another excuse for coming back here again.
Cheers
MajuraHathi
Cheers
MajuraHathi
Rated: for Overall Experience
We always love coming up here and tonight was no different. A storm was on the way and it was lovely to watch the clouds roll in.
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#GA182 - 16:20; I headed out on a wet weather mission this afternoon with MrDamage. We decided Mt Stromlo looked promising and it turned out that way. We had picked up an angelic choir to move along, then a couple of GC caches, then it was up to the summit for a trig and a couple of CORS! A productive run, even though it was wet and umbrellas were the order of the afternoon. TFTC Geocaching Australia
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I was coming from Balderdash and going to Walking on the Moon when I grabbed this one. Unfortunately, my phone no longer can upload photos but I will get one with my digital camera next time I am here. Great views from here!
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It's been a while since Ive done a trig point. I came here wanting to find a particular cache and the TP made a handy starting point for my walk. Very good.
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A quick grab after grabbing a nearby cache today. Some great views but still sad to see all the devistation of he fires on the Observatories here.
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Came up to see the Mt Stromlo Open Day, while there popped over to grab this trig Great views of a lot of Canberra from up here.
Great views of a lot of Canberra from up here.A very bleak day when we visited, a lot like the ruins of the burnt out telescopes.
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Found with no coordinates on an afternoon before soccer training. Very cool view. Thanks.
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We visited this trig before taking a look around the various burnt-out ruins. Excellent spot with great views in all directions. There was a technician working on the comms equipment just behind the trig, but I don't think he realised we were even there.
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I have been to this trig point many times before. I have even been here and photographed my self for Waymarking. It would be so much easier to transfer my Waymarks to GCA Trigs but more fun to ride.
So here it is SamWalker nasty legs on Stromlo.
So here it is SamWalker nasty legs on Stromlo.
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Only been here once before for a post Canberra fires project. Nice spot.
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Drove up here early in the morning to miss most of the bikes before they clogged the road, 
A beautiful trig with stunning views all round and some great graffiti on the wall nearby - stunning stencil work!
A beautiful trig with stunning views all round and some great graffiti on the wall nearby - stunning stencil work!
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1st find on a day of gathering up a few more GCA trigs/caches.
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Woohoo! I like these kind of trigs which i can drive up to!
After overtaking several cyclists, and getting stuck behind one for a while (who rode all the way to the trig, awkward?), it was a nice straight forward find.
Spent a whole lot of time looking at the old buildings. So many spider webs. Eek.
After overtaking several cyclists, and getting stuck behind one for a while (who rode all the way to the trig, awkward?), it was a nice straight forward find.
Spent a whole lot of time looking at the old buildings. So many spider webs. Eek.
GCA 60 - 3510 - Catching up on logging some GCA Trig 'finds'...
Found this one on 12 April 2008 when finding the nearby GC cache Closer to the Stars. Great history up here ! Not to mention the views !!
TFTC !!
Found this one on 12 April 2008 when finding the nearby GC cache Closer to the Stars. Great history up here ! Not to mention the views !!
TFTC !!
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Coming home from being out bush with jusojara. Had a great day caching and got some of the outter ACT caches down. Overcasted day and we drove right up to this trig!
A luvely day for caching, snow, sleet and hail. Ahhh, Canberra in Spring, you gotta love it !
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I made this one a 'tad' more difficult by parking at the old visitor centre and walking up.
Actually, I didn't know the trig was there until I got close to it. So, out with the camera, and borrowed the nearby GPS/GLONASS receivers as my reference point :p
If you are wondering about the details of the nearby Satellite Laser Ranging facility, see
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stations/sitelist/STL3_general.html
Actually, I didn't know the trig was there until I got close to it. So, out with the camera, and borrowed the nearby GPS/GLONASS receivers as my reference point :p
If you are wondering about the details of the nearby Satellite Laser Ranging facility, see
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/stations/sitelist/STL3_general.html
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I visited this trig just as it started raining:-) Didn't deter me from visiting the near by GC cache while up here!
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I have been geocaching near here. Today was a pleasant trig numbers run. Great views with Everlasting and Varuna
Found it with the company of Alchemy2 and Everlasting. Awesome and great views over Canberra from the site to be had by all. Thanks.
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Nice trip GC'ing on Mt Stromlo. Grabbed this one as well since we were here .
Great views.
Great views.
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As we neared the top the number of cyclists bouncing off the bonnet seemed to be abating. I guess they think they own the road up here.
TFTC and the lens.
TFTC and the lens.
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Found with McPhan on our way home from an early morning trip into Namadgi. This requires a lot less walking than some other trigs I know!! Yes that's my car in the photo...
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One of 7 trigs climbed this morning! Photo attached.
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Went there for the morning - beauty view from Trig. Thanks.
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Found on an early bike run on Nov. 15 with Newberys. Didn't take photo of trig station itself as we were not aware of this benchmark until now. But we did lean our bikes on the trig for a well deserved rest from cycling up to the top! On this day we did "Closer to the stars", "Balderdash", "Mountain + Bike" and a DNF on "Stromlo MTB Park - Triangulation". Photo of top views included.
50+1683=1733
I have been geocaching near here but I have definitely never been to the trig. Today was a pleasant trig numbers run. Great views
I have been geocaching near here but I have definitely never been to the trig. Today was a pleasant trig numbers run. Great views
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Was geocaching in the area and found this. Been up here a few times before the fire, but not since. Didn't even know there was a trig up here.
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A 5ºC day, drizzle, gales up the top of many trig hills, horizontal rain up there too – or was it horizontal snow? In other words, an extreme caching day collecting 10 Trig caches, and one determined to be no go.
Pics taken at all of them, some easy jaunts in suburbs, some a stiff climb in the rain/snow/gales, some with great views of a rain covered Canberra or suburbs. It was spectacular views from some of them seeing a rain soaked Canberra or nearby mountain ranges. All in all, a great day with three FTF’s too.
Even in the rain, nice views.
Pics taken at all of them, some easy jaunts in suburbs, some a stiff climb in the rain/snow/gales, some with great views of a rain covered Canberra or suburbs. It was spectacular views from some of them seeing a rain soaked Canberra or nearby mountain ranges. All in all, a great day with three FTF’s too.
Even in the rain, nice views.
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Was checking the forums and noticed that trig pointing has now been enabled. Decided a good starting one would be Stromlo, as this trig station is important to the ACT mapping and coordinate system.
Survey marks in the ACT are on a local grid system (versus NSW which works on MGA and ISG primarily), with Mount Stromlo being the central meridian. The ACT AGC coordinates of the trig are 600000,200000 to allow for the whole of the territory to be covered in the grid system. This allows local survey work to be completed without the need to apply scale factors, grid convergence, arc-to-chord, or sea level corrections.
Mount Stromlo also houses an observatory, a part of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University. Sadly, during the 2003 Canberra bushfires the area was hit by the firestorm. The only telescope to escape the fires was the 1868 15-centimetre Farnham telescope. Reconstruction is underway and over the years the vegetation is starting to return.
From the top there are great views over Canberra.
Thanks,
Trillian
I also edited the terrain rating as you can drive right to the trig.
Survey marks in the ACT are on a local grid system (versus NSW which works on MGA and ISG primarily), with Mount Stromlo being the central meridian. The ACT AGC coordinates of the trig are 600000,200000 to allow for the whole of the territory to be covered in the grid system. This allows local survey work to be completed without the need to apply scale factors, grid convergence, arc-to-chord, or sea level corrections.
Mount Stromlo also houses an observatory, a part of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University. Sadly, during the 2003 Canberra bushfires the area was hit by the firestorm. The only telescope to escape the fires was the 1868 15-centimetre Farnham telescope. Reconstruction is underway and over the years the vegetation is starting to return.
From the top there are great views over Canberra.
Thanks,
Trillian
I also edited the terrain rating as you can drive right to the trig.
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Finally catching up on some of my trig visits - this is one I listed as a waymark on waymarking.com. The best part about this trig is that is a drive by! Gotta love that!
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