Round Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint TP1498
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S31° 55.940' E141° 30.652' (WGS 84) |
| 54J 548289E 6466950N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 340 m |
| Local Government Area: | Broken Hill City |
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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: 351
PID: 2946671
Other Information: Geoscience Australia
Logs
Thanks for publishing this trig Geocaching Australia that encouraged us to come up here to see the view.
Day 3 - and we drove from Cobar over to Broken Hill, with a lunchtime stop in Willcania. Nice fun 4WD drive up to this Trig.
Thanks GCA !!
Drive from Cobar to Broken Hill today. Stopped at Willcania for lunch.
Albida33 got to use his 4wding skills to make this a drive by. Fantastic views up here for our first glimpse of Broken Hill.
Goulburn to Forbes, Nyngen, Cobar, Broken Hill, Wentworth and Balranald. Today we left Cobar having found all
the local caches yesterday. It was a long straight drive to Broken Hill with a few caches scatterd along the way,
plus a dual multi in Wilcannia along with a short sharp outback rainshower. We ended the day with an evening
tour of Earthcaches around Broken Hill.
This trig seemed near the road, but was in fact a short short climb up to the top in the car. Once we were up is
was a great place to view the surrounds, the trig station itself was freshly painted and in good condition, but
the plaque is long gone.
Thanks
Albida
After enjoying lunch at the nearby Outback Resort we drove in to grab this one. We walked the last 200 metres.
What fantastic views we could see from here
Thanks
Quick walk up to some great views.
TFTC
