Mount Majura Majura, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint TP1416
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S35° 14.276' E149° 10.881' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 698490E 6098390N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 889 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: 890.36
PID: 2950379
Other Information: Geoscience Australia
Logs
Brought the bike this time...not that the walk from the gate was long, but the ride back to the car at the gate was quick.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I have been here a few times and took pics but never logged. Today I am logging as I go. Fabulous day, glorious views.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Photo taken during a group hike collecting smilies on Mt Majura.
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If this hill didn't have a trig we'd have been wondering why. Excellent views from the top though we did feel we'd earned them after the walk up.
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Have walked up to this trig many times. I don't think that I will ever grow tired of the great views across North Canberra... especially at sunset.
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Unusually cool day for this time of year and I was having trouble finding some caches at the mountain base. So I took the chance for a walk to the summit. It was worth the effort with good views from the top. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Having climbed to the top of this peak many times I thought it might be time to claim it as a find.
While out and about picking up some caches, I took a happy snap at the top of Majura, may as well log it here then hey 
Finally a chance to get to the top of Mt Majura, & geocached all the way up. Great sunny day, & the views were amazing!. Logged caches on that other site, but the trig goes on this one. A favourite spot for me, despite the walk/climb
Rated: for Overall Experience
The Ridgeo-pup and I took a break here while meandering around Majura.
Cold Pizza on a hot day. A few traditional caches and a Monster multi.
...and a Trig!
Cold Pizza on a hot day. A few traditional caches and a Monster multi.
...and a Trig!
Parked at the gate on Mt Majura Rd and walked up the road to the top. Lots of Kangaroos around this evening and a nice view from the trig. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Trudged to the top, finding a few caches on the way.
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Catching up on some old trig's I have visited.
I visited this trig on the 9/8/15 whilst finding "Majura RADAR" (GC2TDT9)
This cache is at the trig
Log:
https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=c0a3ac99-6e36-4546-a7f8-6cb0e90c064d
Thanks!
I visited this trig on the 9/8/15 whilst finding "Majura RADAR" (GC2TDT9)
This cache is at the trig
Log:
https://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=c0a3ac99-6e36-4546-a7f8-6cb0e90c064d
Thanks!
Missed the trig on my previous visit. I blame the rain... Today it was definitely on my todo list and after a nice walk up the road, I made the 'find'. Stunning views. TFTT
I was up here today to get a few hides around so I grabbed this too
Rated: for Overall Experience
after walking from Narrabundah along the centennial trail and doing the fastest recorded walk up mt Ainslie according to the app I was using I decided to take my majura a bit easier and do a couple caches up the top. obviously the trig is a no brainer. A quick photo a nice walk and lots of lollies to see me on my way.
Puff Puff so happy to see the Triq and took a photo. Thanks 
Rated: for Overall Experience
I was up here finding caches and I came upon this. Good view.
(Photograph added 15/10/2015)
(Photograph added 15/10/2015)
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found today on a walk up the mountain with my son JoeBoy. I came up here about a year ago to make a grab for Majura Radar. I didn't find that cache and didn't know about GCA back then. A year down the track and I have learnt a lot - thank goodness Lovely spot with great views. TFTC
Lovely spot with great views. TFTCRated: for Overall Experience
#GA63 - 18:20; I set off up the hill this afternoon on a mission to log a couple of GC caches I had either solved or partly solved and the remaining clues were up this way. It was getting late and the sun was setting as I arrived, so the walk back down was in darkness. I enjoyed the climb up the hill and the eveing scenery too. Top spot and well worth the effort to get here! TFTC GA 
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A real frosty and foggy morning for a walk along a section of Canberra's Centenary Trail, and up to the trig, which was in full sun above the fog. Walk was led by Tealby, thanks Tealby.
2BluFish
2BluFish
Rated: for Overall Experience
Some terrific views from this one, discovered while getting a cache at the same spot. Thanks!
Found on a very nice day around Majura. After a large walk up a familiar track, the trig was spotted. A very lovely view from up here. TFTC Geocaching Australia!
Rated: for Overall Experience
CAme here with a group of cub scouts from Majura Mountain Scouts to claim our namesake trig. We walked up from the gate on the eastern side, picking up Majura Knoll on the way and walked back down on the western side to the scout hall in Watson. We were glad to claim another trig in our Trig Per Term program.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on a beatiful winter's day. Great place to visit but guessing Ill be back here another day. Hope its as nice.
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Well, i made it up here. I'm never walking up here again. 
(ahahaa...hah.)
Drove up Mt Majura road for as far as it would let me (Man i wish i had bolt cutters some days..) then walked and walked and...oh my god are we there yet, kept on walking. (Yes, i am a fan of drive-by trigs, or ones where there's not that much of a walk. Lazy? No, just ..unfit?)
Lovely views through. Also grabbed a few GC caches..
(ahahaa...hah.)
Drove up Mt Majura road for as far as it would let me (Man i wish i had bolt cutters some days..) then walked and walked and...oh my god are we there yet, kept on walking. (Yes, i am a fan of drive-by trigs, or ones where there's not that much of a walk. Lazy? No, just ..unfit?)
Lovely views through. Also grabbed a few GC caches..
after parking at the Gate on the Mt. Majura road we hiked up and only one detour to grab a cache before getting to the summit.
It was a beautiful clear Canberra morning. Great view of the North.
Now to some more Mt Majura caches I with Abida had a few to gather ..
It was a beautiful clear Canberra morning. Great view of the North.
Now to some more Mt Majura caches I with Abida had a few to gather ..
Reached the top on our hike with lots of families and tons of kids. nice up here although the street leading to the top does take away from it.
Been here several times, but keep forgetting about GCA trigs! Remembered today. Nice in the morning!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Been up here many times, but had none of me and the Trig. So after the skies cleared made the most of the sunshine and headed up. As usual good views at the top.
I'm supposed to be studying but feel like catching up on logging duties instead. ... This was a fantastic walk all over Majura with ArcherACT and Elvis the geo-pooch.
Catching up on some old Trig finds.....
Visited this trig on 7 September 2008 when finding Majura Madness geocache. Have also been up her many other times and will be again soon to finalize Pilot cache. Will have to remember to take a camera and get a picture.
Visited this trig on 7 September 2008 when finding Majura Madness geocache. Have also been up her many other times and will be again soon to finalize Pilot cache. Will have to remember to take a camera and get a picture.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Late logging, I had the photo but was struggling to place it. Finally figured it out by looking at what else I logged that day .....Duhhhh !
Finally came up this mountain again, and so nabbed the trig! - Have been up before, but didn't have a photo of me and the trig!
Rated: for Overall Experience
GCA 42 - 3492 - Catching up on logging some GCA Trig 'finds'...
Found this one during an assault on Mt Majura caches on 26 Sep 2008 - walking between Third Time Lucky and Majura Nadness.... great views from up here !
TFTC !!
Found this one during an assault on Mt Majura caches on 26 Sep 2008 - walking between Third Time Lucky and Majura Nadness.... great views from up here !
TFTC !!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Got to the top during a Boxing Day caching expedition. Apart from the noise of the cars, trucks and airplanes, the serenity up here is wonderful.
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Found on a pleasant Friday afternoon stroll up the hill with only 1 Roo and some brown bunnies for company. Great views as the sun started to set. Now off to a nearby GC cache.
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Whichever way you attack this hill there's some work involved. I think the easiest option would be from Mt Ainslie. I sweated whilst grinding my mountain bike up the hill and absolutely froze on the high speed run back down. Excellent views from here over Canberra and the airport.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I tell you what, these trigs are trickier than you expect. I went for an early morning walk, and made my way up here. I was on my own when I got here, and found it okay (see photo).
But thats when I was inundated with a stream of exercise-muggles, jogging, walking dogs etc. So I had to be very careful, and wait for a bit of a break before I put it back - I dont think anyone noticed!
Then it was on to a GC cache, down the hill for a bit of shopping, and home for a coffee.
Cheers
But thats when I was inundated with a stream of exercise-muggles, jogging, walking dogs etc. So I had to be very careful, and wait for a bit of a break before I put it back - I dont think anyone noticed!
Then it was on to a GC cache, down the hill for a bit of shopping, and home for a coffee.
Cheers
Rated: for Overall Experience
The view up here is amazing. Geokids and I do this trip quite regularly - thought we should log it this time. Plenty of roos this afternoon and everything is looking nice and green.
Plenty of roos this afternoon and everything is looking nice and green.Rated: for Overall Experience
I visited this trig while collecting GC caches around the Mt. I took my bike with me, sometimes usful, some times a handicap.
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After Pialligo and Mahon Trigs it was time to take a breather up to this trig. Played a game of guess the distance on the way up with everybody doing much better than you would expect when expending this sort of energy and in the warming sun.
TFTC and the thought.
TFTC and the thought.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A decent walk up here before the temperature really climbed well beyond 30 degrees. The views are superb up here, and fortunately for McPhan and Winglen we had timed this well being able to collect both a GCA trig and a GC multi on the one visit. Pretty warm though - glad we did this in the morning.
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A long and heavy walk up to the top after a staff Xmas party where lots of food was consumed. Got a couple of traditional caches completed as well. Well worth the effort to get up here.
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Have been up this mountain many times but not so up close to the trig. It was nice to have another reason to visit this urban hill top.
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44+1665=1709
I have been up here twice before in the last two or so years and both times I didn't even see the trig - talk about tunnel vision. So today I thought I had better visit it and get the smiley.
Fantastic views today - everything is so green
I have been up here twice before in the last two or so years and both times I didn't even see the trig - talk about tunnel vision. So today I thought I had better visit it and get the smiley.
Fantastic views today - everything is so green
Rated: for Overall Experience
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.
BZZZZZZ< BZZZZZ - The radar fried my Brain......
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.
BZZZZZZ< BZZZZZ - The radar fried my Brain......
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Since we were the ones to list this trig on waymarking and I think that I had better log a visit, so here goes - a retrospect tig
We had a great family caching day on the mountain and grabbed a photo too.
We had a great family caching day on the mountain and grabbed a photo too.
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Seems like a lot of folk have been up here to grab the trig and grab a cache or two......one of which is mine. Plenty of photo's up the top, so logging this one in my quest to find as many ACT trigs as possible.
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