Mount Franklin Victoria, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint TP3840
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S37° 15.785' E144° 8.968' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 247219E 5872133N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 621 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hepburn |
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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: 635.4
PID: 2950209
Other Information: Geoscience Australia
Logs
Looking at the map we thought we could drive up to the trig, but the road is now gated. It was worth the fairly easy walk in any case. No views through the clouds today.... I've nudged up the terrain rating a little, to 3.
After spending a couple of nights here we tackled the rim walk and and snapped this trig.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Photo shows BBTD and geofriends at the TP beneath the firespotters tower.
13th of 18 caches found today. After a scramble around looking for a maccamob cache, I shot this one in the rain. Another trig to the list.
- M
~ Crazy Creels.
Found by Roma and Max.
Up here on another geo mission today and we chose a beautiful spring morning to visit.
Excellent view of the countryside from this platform!
A lot of tracks were closed due to storm damage and we walked in areas where there were a lot of trees down.
Now if we could have had a better view it would have been good, but the walk around the crater was spekky enough.
TFTC from the Riddellers and crew.
A quick look at the GPS as we were driving past showed us this TP. Given there was sign pointing to it from the road below we felt comfortable that it would be accessible so we headed up the road to see what we could see.
After a bumpy journey we arrived at the topof Mt Franklin to spy the TP in all it's glory. A nice easy cache to find once we got there
Thanks to Geocaching Australia for listing these caches. A great detour to see some great, but slightly obstructed views from the top.
*Overall Experience: 4*
GAFF 1
Another mountain that we have been to the top of before to find a nearby cache. This trig is now very redundant as the usual black cross plates are barely visible from anything but a few feet away.
