Mount Kosciuszko Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 02-Sep-09. Waypoint TP4637
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S36° 27.350' E148° 15.810' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 613220E 5964749N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 2214 m |
| Local Government Area: | Snowy Monaro |
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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.
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Addtional Information
Source: Geoscience Australia
Type: Horizontal Control Point
Elevation: 2229.48
PID: 2949038
Other Information: Geoscience Australia
Logs
Did the big hike up the mountain using the chair lift for the first part. Beautiful day up here today.
tftc
tftc
Although I have been to this trig many times I haven't been there lately with a GPS, so not logging it as such. However, going through my father's slide (remember them) I found a photo of me at the trig when I was 3 years and 3 months old. It was a tall metal structure then and the vanes had fallen off.
Did the Main Range Loop with a friend on Saturday and it was just amazing! Still on a high 2 days later! (and still feeling every one of those 38K steps in my legs). Very crowded at the top, but managed to snag a pic at the trig point / summit in between group photos 
Rated: for Overall Experience
A grand day out climbing Mt Kosciuszko what a momentus moment to find myself up here on top of Australia. Awesome!
GCA 4,374. Found with minniek during our Snowy Mountains adventure.
Made the trek up here and loved the views.
TFTC !!
Made the trek up here and loved the views.
TFTC !!
Made the walk up the Mt to attend a nearby CITO.
Just had to log this trig whilst here. How amazing are the views?!
A tad windy though
Just had to log this trig whilst here. How amazing are the views?!
A tad windy though
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Out exploring Snowy Mountains Region over the past couple of days with Outdoornut22, and getting a few trigs on the way. I think I like it so much because it breaks up the driving and gives us an excuse to stretch our legs.
We decided to spent this day on foot and off we went nice and early for our 22km mountain loop track and glad for the amazing weather as the view make the hard walking so worth it. I can't believe how many people were out up the top of the tallest peak in Australia today, I suppose being a weekend and school holidays what else are people going to do, oh well we got our photo with the trig in the end after lining up for a while
haha great day out.
We decided to spent this day on foot and off we went nice and early for our 22km mountain loop track and glad for the amazing weather as the view make the hard walking so worth it. I can't believe how many people were out up the top of the tallest peak in Australia today, I suppose being a weekend and school holidays what else are people going to do, oh well we got our photo with the trig in the end after lining up for a while
haha great day out.Rated: for Overall Experience
Sophoutloud and I spent a few days out among the snowy mountains caching and trigging all the way down and back which definitely breaks up the drive. we set out early to make sure we had plenty of time to complete the 22km loop track from Charlottes Pass down to Blue lake up to Kozi and back to the carpark at Charlottes Pass. We picked a glorious day for it and had a blast although it was pretty hot and sunny and we both got a little burnt and dehydrated by the end. What a great day. To be honest being a New Zealander I was a little disappointed with the 'Mountain' but at the same pretty stoked that it was relatively easy to get to the highest point in Australia. There were a lot of other people up here today and we had to wait a while for our turn to have a photo with the trig, I'm guessing most of the other people had no interest in logging it
Rated: for Overall Experience
It was a longish trek from Charlottes Pass to Mt Kosciuszko but absolutely worth it. The views are amazing
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An Alpines trip has been on the cards for over a year for us but the trip here to the Snowies, primarily to climb Kosciuszko, was a late inclusion. It was great to make it to the K summit (at ~2.05pm) but a little disappointing with all the "traffic". We lined up and got our pics, as well as getting GPS reading just 2m off the official altitude (see image below). It was cool to be able to pick out peaks to the NE that we climbed and/ or marked yesterday from the top such as Carruthers Pk, Townsend, Mt Lee, The Sentinel, Mt Twynam, and not only Mt Anton (the clear peak right out behind Twynam) but also Mt Anderson, which would be ~9kms away from where we stand. We could see Kosciuszko clearly from the ones we conquered yesterday so it was a thrill to get the other perspective. Today was +40° across the state but a lovely mild sunny day up this way with a light breeze on the exposed sections - absolutely ideal conditions to be in this region!
The trig was easy to spot where we noted the alternative spelling on the plate of "Kosciusko T.S." ie minus the "z". I had a look around and actually spotted one of the old legs of what would have been part of the MkI tripod here from earlier days (see image below). Worth the trip up here. TFTC.
The trig was easy to spot where we noted the alternative spelling on the plate of "Kosciusko T.S." ie minus the "z". I had a look around and actually spotted one of the old legs of what would have been part of the MkI tripod here from earlier days (see image below). Worth the trip up here. TFTC.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Myself and goose were pleased to final do this one, it has been on the cards for so long now.
Thanks for the highest trig point in Australia
Thanks for the highest trig point in Australia
Rated: for Overall Experience
Today had been in the planning for quite some time and today stainless steel rat and I made the ascent to the summit. As we sat in the village and had breakfast we could see clear skies so it looked the perfect day! We were on the second chairlift up so we thought there woudl;not be too many people ahead of us, WRONG! By the timed we reached the summit it was like Woolies on Christmas Eve. It seems that a lot of others were enjoying the day too so it took some time to get a picture. Loved the day up here. TFTT
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A lovely day to climb to the top of MtK - 21km return trip with 6 others who had all visited the top previously - I was the only first timer. TFTT - a great one to bag.
Although I have climbed Mt Kosciuszco before this is the first time I have logged it. The summit was reached on day 8 of an 8 day walk along the AAWT from Kiandra to Thredbo. We camped at Wilkinson Creek the night before and managed to climb Mt Townsend before the weather changed but by the time we got to Kosciuszco visibility was non-existent. Still managed to climb the two highest peaks in Australia before 9:30am. Lots of punters were making their way to the top as we were headed back to Thredbo despite the non ideal weather.
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Our first overnight hike we left from Charlotte Pass, then north along the Main Range before turning back to from near the Thredbo chair lift where we went off track to Mt Stillwell and then down to the van at Charlotte Pass.
We got to the summit quite early and visibility was was less than 100 metres due to cloud cover.
We got to the summit quite early and visibility was was less than 100 metres due to cloud cover.
Today we were celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary by walking to the top of Kosciuszko. Of course, being a peak there was a trig too!
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Many years ago MrT and Climbing Son went to Kosciuszko a few years in a row in May of each time, wanting to do it at the start of the snow. The first year they were on their way when a blizzard came in and they had to give up. The second year they reached the cairn and got the photos. I remember going in the early '70s when you could drive up there! TFTT
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Well I’m logging this 1556 days after my visit haha better late than never. What can I remember of the walk to the Australian mainland’s highest point? It was cold, wet and VERY windy.. but well worth the effort! The station was wrapped in tarps at the time with a “new stonework” sign on it. I hope to return here one day to see this thing unwrapped and for it to be accompanied with great views. I met someone a few years ago that introduced me to Geocaching Australia and particularly Trig Point finds. Before this happened I used to always enjoy stumbling on these things and take selfies with them haha so I’m quite sure I’ll be late logging lots more in the future as my location memories get triggered over time
Cheers
Cheers
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Although a long walk, it was definitely worth the trip to get up here. After waiting in line to get a photo taken I had a long rest before taking the easier road back.
I headed back up to Mt Kosciuszko with a small group to attend a GC event on Australia Day. I had been up here before but didn't claim the trig then. So claimed today - though I wasn't going to line up with the crowds for the photo, so trig can be spotted in the background. I spent a beaut day walking the Summit Track and the Main Range Track and picked up a couple of the highest trigs in Australia - what better way to spend Australia Day !
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One of the things high on my bucket list, all done now!!
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were making today's visit to change a previous GC DNF to a found and get the highest GCA Trig in Australia.
Mission completed.
Mission completed.
With the past couple of days of rain and overcast weather dispersing, we took the opportunity of walking up to Mount Kosciuszko today. Absolutely brilliant weather all day with spectacular views in all directions. Managed to collect all of the caches along the walk up as well which was a bonus. Enjoyed a picnic lunch at the peak before we headed back down. Well worth the walk up.
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During the 2016/2017 GCA Summer Games one of the challenges was to find a dragone zone cache at or above 2000m. Our researc showed that these were almost all trig points in the highlands of NSW and Victoria. Many required extensive walks and over night camps. After chatting with several mainland cachers confirmed that Mount Kosciuszko TP4637 was the only on reachable within our physical limitations. It was added to our list of caches to be attempted this trip. Weather research pinpointed today as the best option to tackle this trig -fine with the possibility of rain in the afternoon.
After some time caching in the ACT we headed to Jindabyne, Thredbo and Mount Kosciuszko.
What an adventure this turned out to be. We had decided to take the chairlift from Thredbo to the start of the 6.5k Summit Track. This track started out with about 500m of paved path then almost 5k of steel mesh walkway followed by rubber like mess pressed into the gravel track base and granite blocks. When purchasing our chairlift tickets we were told that there were soome snow drifts over the track. There were eight drifts in total.
It was a sunny day with a clear sky however the wind was icey. On our way we encountered over 40 walking groups of all ages and nationalities.
On the way to the summit we found two CG traditional caches and collecting information for the earth cache and two multis.
We had not been prepared for the picnic atmosphere that greated us at the summit. There were three picnicing groups and a large collection of young tourists taking photos of one another standing on top of the cairn. There was even one young man flying a drone - he was standing on top of the cairn with the drone hovering directly overhead while his mate videoed proceedings.
We had just managed to have our photo taken at the with the trig cairn when we noticed the storm clouds gathering to the west of us. We gave up any idea of looking for two near by traditional caches and headed off on the 6.5k return journey.
The first storm front circled around us. We could hear the thunder but the rain passed to the south east. We did wonder about the wisdom of walking on steel mesh walkways across open ground during a thunder storm.
We were about 1.5k from the chairlift station when the second storm front hit. We were pelted by small hail stones as we hastily walked toward the shelter of the chairlift station. Fortunately we were well prepared for all weather options so did not get too wet. The storm passed over when we were 500m from shelter and back on the paved section of the track and the sun came out again.
When we finally arrive at the chairlift terminus we found that the chairlift was not operating as, in the words of the maintenance engineer, 'Chairlifts make great lightning conductors'.
We did eventually make it off the mountain, one in a 4WD and the other on the chairlift after it began operating again (it did stop two thirds of the way down for about five minutes causing a little alarm for some passengers).
We thoroughly enjoyed our Kosciuszko adventure. Not only did we reach the trig cairn by loģging this cache will give us our Anoxia Resulting Trophy and 1000 dragon zone points for finding a dragonzone cache at or above 2000m
Thanks Geocaching Australia!!!
After some time caching in the ACT we headed to Jindabyne, Thredbo and Mount Kosciuszko.
What an adventure this turned out to be. We had decided to take the chairlift from Thredbo to the start of the 6.5k Summit Track. This track started out with about 500m of paved path then almost 5k of steel mesh walkway followed by rubber like mess pressed into the gravel track base and granite blocks. When purchasing our chairlift tickets we were told that there were soome snow drifts over the track. There were eight drifts in total.
It was a sunny day with a clear sky however the wind was icey. On our way we encountered over 40 walking groups of all ages and nationalities.
On the way to the summit we found two CG traditional caches and collecting information for the earth cache and two multis.
We had not been prepared for the picnic atmosphere that greated us at the summit. There were three picnicing groups and a large collection of young tourists taking photos of one another standing on top of the cairn. There was even one young man flying a drone - he was standing on top of the cairn with the drone hovering directly overhead while his mate videoed proceedings.
We had just managed to have our photo taken at the with the trig cairn when we noticed the storm clouds gathering to the west of us. We gave up any idea of looking for two near by traditional caches and headed off on the 6.5k return journey.
The first storm front circled around us. We could hear the thunder but the rain passed to the south east. We did wonder about the wisdom of walking on steel mesh walkways across open ground during a thunder storm.
We were about 1.5k from the chairlift station when the second storm front hit. We were pelted by small hail stones as we hastily walked toward the shelter of the chairlift station. Fortunately we were well prepared for all weather options so did not get too wet. The storm passed over when we were 500m from shelter and back on the paved section of the track and the sun came out again.
When we finally arrive at the chairlift terminus we found that the chairlift was not operating as, in the words of the maintenance engineer, 'Chairlifts make great lightning conductors'.
We did eventually make it off the mountain, one in a 4WD and the other on the chairlift after it began operating again (it did stop two thirds of the way down for about five minutes causing a little alarm for some passengers).
We thoroughly enjoyed our Kosciuszko adventure. Not only did we reach the trig cairn by loģging this cache will give us our Anoxia Resulting Trophy and 1000 dragon zone points for finding a dragonzone cache at or above 2000m
Thanks Geocaching Australia!!!
Having climbed to the top of this peak many times I thought it might be time to claim it as a find.
A great walk up with Relish64. It is probably about thirty years since our last visit. This time we chose the chair lift option and enjoyed the nice weather through out the whole journey.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Such a busy day up here! Perfect conditions though & after visiting here we enjoyed the walk along Main Range Track back to Charlotte Pass. TFTTP!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
After a full day hiking around Mt Twynam and Carruther's Peak yesterday it was time to do the hike from the Thredbo chairlift to Mt Kosciuszko and back today. I had been here back in 1956 when it was possible to drive up to here. I was 9yo at the time.
Today I arrived here with Fangsoki and enjoyed the views. We also were witnesses to a marriage proposal near the summit.
Today I arrived here with Fangsoki and enjoyed the views. We also were witnesses to a marriage proposal near the summit.
2pm
Geo_Junkies and I attended the Kosciu Klean Up CITO Event, not very much rubbish considering how many people visit the area. Its not a difficult climb with a good track all the way, but it is a long walk. We had good weather, despite thunder storms being forcast, and clear views.
Surrogate Ridgeo-pup pic attached:
Geo_Junkies and I attended the Kosciu Klean Up CITO Event, not very much rubbish considering how many people visit the area. Its not a difficult climb with a good track all the way, but it is a long walk. We had good weather, despite thunder storms being forcast, and clear views.
Surrogate Ridgeo-pup pic attached:
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Bagged it (again) with Gogo Go & David, on our walk from Thredbo to Tharwa. 
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It was so busy up here today with a huge numbers of people from the Cerebral Palsy Alliance. They and their supporters were amazing with many of them dressed up in all sorts of costumes and making the climb in lots of different transport. Check out the details here.
http://krazykosciklimb.com.au/about-klimb/
I tried to take a number of selfies but most of them looked decidedly weird (and most didn't actually include any recognisable part of myself!) so I just submit my photo of the cairn instead!
http://krazykosciklimb.com.au/about-klimb/
I tried to take a number of selfies but most of them looked decidedly weird (and most didn't actually include any recognisable part of myself!) so I just submit my photo of the cairn instead!
Rated: for Overall Experience
For fifteen seconds of fame to be the person on the highest point of the Australian continent!
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Our group was exiting the Main Range after a fabulous week of bushwalking in the region. The weather was foul and most of us were dreaming of hot chocolates at the bottom of the chairlift in Thredbo. However, I took the detour up to the summit whilst the others rested in the lavish Taj Mahal (aka toilet block) nearby.
I didn't want to keep the others waiting so walked up the final 800m at double pace and jogged back down, stopping only to take a couple of very wet photos (and take a photo of a sodden couple who were also at the summit). No views today.
On the march to the chairlift I passed quite a lot of day walkers, grim-faced and protected only by thin plastic ponchos, making a pilgrimage to Australia's highest point.
Found at 10:47 AM.
I didn't want to keep the others waiting so walked up the final 800m at double pace and jogged back down, stopping only to take a couple of very wet photos (and take a photo of a sodden couple who were also at the summit). No views today.
On the march to the chairlift I passed quite a lot of day walkers, grim-faced and protected only by thin plastic ponchos, making a pilgrimage to Australia's highest point.
Found at 10:47 AM.
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Wanted to come here for a while now so made the effort. I caught the Kosciuszko Express chairlift up to Eagles Nest and then made my way to the summit. The weather looked like it might deteriorate so I hurried along. A very popular walk with lots of visitors today. Well worth the effort to get here.
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Quite literally a backbreaking walk, with up to two small children, a baby and a pram being divided among two adults! At times, Mr O was hauling around 30kg of children. Some snow drifts across the track close to the summit made getting the pram across rather interesting, but in the end we prevailed and measured our track at just over 20km for the day, reaching Charlottes Pass at sunset. A most memorable experience.
I did a lot of huffing and puffing to get here but I made it! My third time here and just days before snow falls came. Incredibly busy of Easter so we all had but a brief moment on the toppity top.
We made it! Overnight hike from Charlotte's Pass, camping under the former Mt Kosciuszko (i.e. Mt Townsend), stopping by the "World's Highest Dunny (in Australia)". Fantastic weekend.
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What they said 
. A wonderful day walking to the roof of Australia. Plenty of other walkers also visiting but we managed to get in line for our photos. Cheers.
. A wonderful day walking to the roof of Australia. Plenty of other walkers also visiting but we managed to get in line for our photos. Cheers.#GA433 - 12:20; It has been more than 30 years since my closest previous encounter with the summit of Australia's tallest mountain. On that occasion, I made it to Charlotte's Pass with the geohoney, but the mission was aborted due to approaching inclement weather. The climb has been on the bucket list ever since!
In more recent times, discussion of the climb has extended to my geobuddies and after one of them took on the planning, the day had finally arrived. I collected Albida33, Sol de lune and Agent Basil and we headed for the hills just after 7:00 am. We picked up a couple of GC caches on the way, before meeting up with MrDamage and lokipagan at Jindabyne for coffee, then heading on to Thredbo for the final assault.
Up, up, up in the chairlift we went, before heading off along a track which was proving to be quite popular with Canberrans and a few Victorians who had the day off for public holidays, while the folks from NSW had to work.
The headwind was quite strong on the outward journey and I had a bit of sympathy for some of the walkers returning back past us armed with walking poles which were not suited to the metal walking path. Persistence paid off and we reached the summit a tick under two hours from the top of the chairlift.
Once we reached the top, we took plenty of photographic evidence of the visit, grabbed the resident GC traditional cache, along with the required information for the GC EarthCache, which lokipagan kindly submitted on behalf of all the members of the group. It was then time for lunch, once we found a sheltered spot out of the wind and which was pounced on by other walkers once we had finished and moved on.
A tail wind behind us, the return journey didn't seem anywhere near as difficult as the outward trip had been, until we headed off for the GC virtual near our starting point, but that's the subject of another log . The trip back down the hill in the chairlift was quite pleasant and we saw numerous mountain bikers who were on their way back up to ride the various trails back down to the village, which they indicated was quicker than the chairlift 
Once back in the village, it was time for more caching, before heading for home at the end of a long, but enjoyable day of walking and caching in great company. TFTC Geocaching Australia
In more recent times, discussion of the climb has extended to my geobuddies and after one of them took on the planning, the day had finally arrived. I collected Albida33, Sol de lune and Agent Basil and we headed for the hills just after 7:00 am. We picked up a couple of GC caches on the way, before meeting up with MrDamage and lokipagan at Jindabyne for coffee, then heading on to Thredbo for the final assault.
Up, up, up in the chairlift we went, before heading off along a track which was proving to be quite popular with Canberrans and a few Victorians who had the day off for public holidays, while the folks from NSW had to work.
The headwind was quite strong on the outward journey and I had a bit of sympathy for some of the walkers returning back past us armed with walking poles which were not suited to the metal walking path. Persistence paid off and we reached the summit a tick under two hours from the top of the chairlift.
Once we reached the top, we took plenty of photographic evidence of the visit, grabbed the resident GC traditional cache, along with the required information for the GC EarthCache, which lokipagan kindly submitted on behalf of all the members of the group. It was then time for lunch, once we found a sheltered spot out of the wind and which was pounced on by other walkers once we had finished and moved on.
A tail wind behind us, the return journey didn't seem anywhere near as difficult as the outward trip had been, until we headed off for the GC virtual near our starting point, but that's the subject of another log
. The trip back down the hill in the chairlift was quite pleasant and we saw numerous mountain bikers who were on their way back up to ride the various trails back down to the village, which they indicated was quicker than the chairlift Once back in the village, it was time for more caching, before heading for home at the end of a long, but enjoyable day of walking and caching in great company. TFTC Geocaching Australia
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Sol de lune, LuckyL10n, Albida, Lokipagan, Mr Damage (and Moi)'s expedition to the roof-top of Australia. Blledin' marvelous to be here again
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A day trip form Canberra with Agent Basil, Albida, LuckyL10n, Lokipagan and Mr Damage to climb to the roof of Australia. Made the grab for the trig while we were here. Windy day, but great to be here.....
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Out on the mountain hiding some caches for the BWWC as well as findins some of the normal caches in the area. Despite the fierce winds, it was a busy place today. Top of Australia... Yeah Baby!! 
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Lots of wild flowers out on the way. A beautiful walk, and the the march-flies were not bad. That might have been because of the windy conditions.
Wow we made it!!! What an amazing location thrilled to be able to log Australia's highest trig. Had to line up to await our turn at the cairn but it was worth it. Had no idea there would be so many people at the top. The walk was picturesque and the weather was perfect. An outstanding experience for sure. 5 thumbs up from us.
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Ride and walk from Charlotte's Pass to summit with Kate. Very windy and cloud cover on and off. Fairly busy on top today. Would like to come back when weather is clear to see the view.
Amazing Views, weather was great
Rode the "Thredbo chairlift" and walked towards summit
Was great seeing people of all ages giving it a go
Rode the "Thredbo chairlift" and walked towards summit
Was great seeing people of all ages giving it a go
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A very busy day up here today, but shinydragon and I couldn't miss grabbing this trig point! We grabbed this one and then started our search for the traditional up here, along with the EarthCache before toy hunters and Tankengine showed up. Great to meet you them up here, a great day to grab 3 smileys up here!
Found with Toy hunters on a very busy day at the top!
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Found on our Jindabyne/Narooma trip. Happy Australia Day! Well, what a climb it was. After having a fun ride on the chairlift, it was a relatively easy walk up to Mt. Kossie. Nice that there was a free sausage sizzle and a water fill up point down below the summit. After the steeper climb to the summit, we met other ACT cachers trying to find the traditional cache - Shinydragon; the_proton; and Tankengine. TE and I worked on the earthcache together and then we took some photos for the trigpoint. A fantastic place in Australia to visit, words cannot describe how beautiful the views were as well. TFTC GCA!
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We spent a pleasant day walking around the main range track, then camped at Wilkinsons Creek. What a great feeling drinking the clearest water straight from the creek.
We both went up to the summit in the late afternoon, then I returned at midnight to see in the new year at Australia's highest point.
We both went up to the summit in the late afternoon, then I returned at midnight to see in the new year at Australia's highest point.
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A pretty easy walk from the top of the Thredbo chair lift. Still took most of the day with a 7-year-old in tow.
A nice stroll to the top of "Candy Mountain" with geoson Timotatus.
On top of the world... our bit at least
On top of the world... our bit at least
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Done the walk before but only from Charlottes Pass. Caught the chairlift up from Thredbo and did the walk along with countless others. Managed to get a photo of the trig before it got completely overrun with muggles...At least weather was okay, a bit windy but a lot cooler than down below.
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Wow - I really am slack at saving the pics off my phone. Great ride up from Charlottes then a walk to Lake Albina for lunch and the ride back was funnnnnnnnn.
Found on the first day of 4 walking the main range. There were loads of people up here today given the perfect weather.
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Finally got to the top of Australia today with mr_roo and what a glorious day it was. We headed off under sunny skies and the weather held all the way to the top.
I am very happy to tick this one off my list.
I am very happy to tick this one off my list.
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Out with jusojara today and well he had wanted to get up to this one in 35 years. I had already been up here when I was 9 so sort of remember what it was like.
We got to the entrance of the Thredbo valley and the sun broke. Was a glorious day, up the chairlift and a very easy walk, which would of taken me by myself 2 hours each way to do.
At the top people were everywhere. It was like a small little town. The views were so lovely and well worth it. Sat down at the top had lunch found the traditional did the earth cache and on the way back we hit a short hail storm.
Fantastic and can say my mum and sister's mother in law also made it up. Sister's mother in law is almost 70. TFTC
We got to the entrance of the Thredbo valley and the sun broke. Was a glorious day, up the chairlift and a very easy walk, which would of taken me by myself 2 hours each way to do.
At the top people were everywhere. It was like a small little town. The views were so lovely and well worth it. Sat down at the top had lunch found the traditional did the earth cache and on the way back we hit a short hail storm.
Fantastic and can say my mum and sister's mother in law also made it up. Sister's mother in law is almost 70. TFTC
Jim and I spent New Years Day walking to the highest point in Australia. It was a beautiful sunny and warm day and we got quite sunburnt. Took photos at top, having to queue up to get the Trig shot - we counted over 60 people picnicing at the top with many more ants weaving their way up towards us. Beautiful location and extremely soul-refreshing! Thanks for the Trig too
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The top trig point in all Australia. This was my fourth time up here in 40 years and it's still very cold and blowy. Lots of knuckleheads wearing shorts and t-shirts making the walk as well . 
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On a little holiday from Melbourne up through Thredbo, Tumut, and back through Walwa where my brother in law has a farm.
Here we are at the trig point after walking up the track from Thredbo.
Here we are at the trig point after walking up the track from Thredbo.
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I had a wonderful day walking up from Charlotte's Pass, and then continuing to do the full Main Range circuit. The weather was glorious, the views fantastic, and, on top of all that joy, I get a smiley. Tee hee. I can now add this to the list of highest peaks I've bagged in different countries (a rather ridiculous and short list: Snowdon/Yr Wyddfa in Wales is a worthy member of the list, but the tallest mountain in Singapore is an amusing quirk!).
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Found with SecretSquirrel-BJC.
Today was a very wintry day with very strong winds and cloud wipping around. However, the experience of being up here was fantastic. TFTC
Today was a very wintry day with very strong winds and cloud wipping around. However, the experience of being up here was fantastic. TFTC
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137+2150=2287 with Captain Tomato
This was my first time ever to Mount Kosciuszko and we had an incredible adventure even though we took the "easy" way from Thredbo Tops across. Wonderful despite the fact that the cloud was super low and heavy and being pushed across the landscape at an incredible pace. It really was so bitterly cold that I even put on my windstopper balaclava. I tried to stand on the trig but nearly got blown off. We waited up there for about an hour hoping for the clouds to clear. On the way back, we started to catch more glimpses of the distant scenery and it was awesome! There were still heaps of people up there even in that inclement weather.
This was my first time ever to Mount Kosciuszko and we had an incredible adventure even though we took the "easy" way from Thredbo Tops across. Wonderful despite the fact that the cloud was super low and heavy and being pushed across the landscape at an incredible pace. It really was so bitterly cold that I even put on my windstopper balaclava. I tried to stand on the trig but nearly got blown off. We waited up there for about an hour hoping for the clouds to clear. On the way back, we started to catch more glimpses of the distant scenery and it was awesome! There were still heaps of people up there even in that inclement weather.
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We were pretty lucky with the weather & although we had low flying cloud, it didn't rain much. Had a brilliant walk to the top with only a couple of chocky stops for The GeoPrincess. A top trig. Now to return on a clear day..... 
Now to return on a clear day..... Rated: for Overall Experience
Took the chairlift from Thredbo (which was an experience in itself) & then walked the walk. I choose a day unbeknown to me when 10 bus loads of students were delivered to learn about the environment, do the walk & have their photos taken next to & on top of the Trig. At one stage there were about 300 hundred people of all ages at & around the trig. I have so far this trip chosen days affected by thick smog from burning off & today was no exception. No distant views what so ever. Overseas visitors would wonder at the quality of our alpine air. Eventually took the photo & made my retreat.
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Our miniature brat boy achieved this one whilst we were on a trip to the area with Cached, I on the other hand had major asthma troubles due to the wind and woosed out
Proper log and pics to follow. Found this one today with the Wackys. Fantastic trig - best of the lot.
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Found on the most memorable walk in australia yet!
Thanx!
Thanx!
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Me and my dad Hanseeka, love to climb mountains, and seeing as we would pretty well be driving right passed the big one on the way home from Coffs Habour, we could not refuse!
We parked the caravan down in Jindabyne, stayed the night, the headed off in the morning to attempt Kosciuszko, Mum and lill sis stayed in Jindayne. We baught ourselfs a lift ticket and headed up the mountain, 1 Hour 45 Mins later we where on the top, middle of summer and still some patches of snow! Well what a view, Mount Townsend, Mount Clark, Mount Bogong! and all combined with knowing your the single highest person in the country!
Photos included.
We parked the caravan down in Jindabyne, stayed the night, the headed off in the morning to attempt Kosciuszko, Mum and lill sis stayed in Jindayne. We baught ourselfs a lift ticket and headed up the mountain, 1 Hour 45 Mins later we where on the top, middle of summer and still some patches of snow! Well what a view, Mount Townsend, Mount Clark, Mount Bogong! and all combined with knowing your the single highest person in the country!
Photos included.
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