Aiken Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 19-Sep-09. Waypoint TP4958
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 44.843' E151° 5.272' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 322884E 6264210N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 124 m |
| Local Government Area: | The Hornsby |
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Description
Aiken TS602
Serial number is: TS602. Last Inspected on: 1975. Elevation is: 121 metres.
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Aiken.
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.
Logs
wow this is well hidden in the trees for something so big.
On my way home from clearing out a bit more of my GC 16km radius when I remembered a handful of GCA caches in this vicinity. This trig was my fist stop and I ended up with 3 finds out of 5 attempted. I've been along these trails before and never noticed the trig. Nicely hidden just off the path.
I am sure that at some time I would have ridden my bicycle along this track when I lived over in the Fox Valley area. The trig is getting harder to find, and almost warranting a change of Difficulty to D1½. (Such is the overgrowth). The concrete pillar is very well camouflaged, and even the height of the metal pipe structure is hidden by over growing trees.
Took some photos of the fungii (sic, plural
) along the track.cheers,
Wal
This was my third find of the five; I found out how much processing power has improved in the last ten years. I have my old eTrex on the handlebars of my MTB and it clearly struggled to keep up with my frenetic peddling pace... I went right past the trig (check out the photos - its so obvious!) then had to double back. The good old eTrex eventually pointed at it after a few minutes.
Interestingly my smartphone (HTC Desire) running geobeagle is much faster... then again there's ten years between the two technologies.
Trig is much the same as before. Side plaque badly vandalised, but at least it's in place.
Took some more photos.
Nice walks in this area and several old GCA caches make it a nice geofamily expedition -- safe and plenty of room for the geokids to run and explore.
The abandoned oval used to be a model aircraft flying field.
1st of 4 for the day.
For views try the 'Plane Crash Black Box' cache nearby. TFTC !
There is a large abandoned oval nearby, and a number of great walking trails in the area.
