Keira Mt Keira, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 19-Sep-09. Waypoint TP4974
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S34° 24.153' E150° 51.452' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 303069E 6191127N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 427 m |
| Local Government Area: | Wollongong City |
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Description
Keira TS2676
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Keira.
Serial number is: TS2676.
Last Inspected on: January 21, 1991.
Elevation is: 464 metres.
Steel pillar with mast and vanes.
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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Logs
Climbed up from below on a rough trail and then had to jump the fence. No one else here in a weekday afternoon. What a view!
Rated: for Overall Experience
While visiting this spectacular lookout (albeit on a cloudy day) my son pointed out that this was likely a trig - indeed! TFTT
Came upon this trig while at the lookout. Nearly missed it, as there is no vane, and there were 2 little kids climbing on it. They got upset when I said I wanted to take a photo, so quickly put my camera in the top and used my phone to photograph it. Then the kids climbed around it, happy again! TFTT
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What a brilliant lookout, haven't been here for ages.
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Oz Geomuster 2019 Wollongong at Cataract Scout Park. The third day was spent with Fitzy and MinnieK around Wollongong to attend some 4events and do the Wollongong LAB caches and Coffee adventure to get the pathtag. We also did a few highlight caches along the way.
Whilst visiting one of the coffe shops we were able to visit this trig as well.
Thanks.
Albida
Whilst visiting one of the coffe shops we were able to visit this trig as well.
Thanks.
Albida
Love it here.
Breathtaking view
Thanks for the trig.
Breathtaking view
Thanks for the trig.
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA3745 - 10:40; Spotted this trig while out caching with andrewbt at The Gong Mega as we worked our way down the escarpment on a mission to collect the caches on our 'must do' list for this weekend. The trig find was a bonus while we were visiting the coffee shop nearby. TFTT Geocaching Australia 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Up here to start the Coffee & Caches trail put on for the nearby Mega. Snapped this trig whilst trying to start the wherigo. The kid just wouldn't get off the trig so had to come back for a second shot.
Rated: for Overall Experience
GCA 2,411. Found while attending the OZGM Mega.
Fantastic views !!
TFTC !!
Fantastic views !!
TFTC !!
Rated: for Overall Experience
What wonderful views. As well as the final in an AL here, we found a trad and now this trig. What a great spot. TFTT 
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Fell over fhis while taking a few photos as a reminder of where I'd been during the OzGeo mega
Caching in the area with whitewebbs and snapped this trig - the required pic has been added to the gallery.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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One of the many OZGM pilgrims who stumbled across this trig whilst out and about. WHAT a view. TFTC.
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Fantastic views from this popular lookout. Not surprising it was where so many geocachers came over The Gong Mega weekend.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Day 86 Mainland trip - OZGM
Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers and we stopped to photograph this trig. What a spectacular view. TFTT
Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers and we stopped to photograph this trig. What a spectacular view. TFTT
Rated: for Overall Experience
After grabbing a cache back up at the top of the east bound rest stop, and then a drive down the mountain to do a U-turn, I was in the right area to grab this one. Once at GZ there were plenty of people of about, however my photo/s were soon snapped and all was good. View wasn't great today due to the mist/fog...
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All caches were found sometime between 5:49am Friday 2nd and 6:28pm Sunday 4th November. 
I’ve been invited to attend a special event in Wollongong on the Saturday, well why not make it a whole weekend away with some caching to go along with it. About a month ago I started looking at caches I could find along the way and noticed that if things go to plan I could make my #1000. This didn’t end up happening. 
I found out when I approached the GZ’s of a few of the caches I had chosen didn’t have parking space to stop and/or were difficult to find which lead some caches into DNF’s. I did however love finding all the caches I did find and to end on an even happier note the last cache I found was a FTF (GA13111)!!! 
There were lots of great camos and styles of hides that I hadn’t come across before and new styles for common hides that provided me with plenty of fun and ideas for new caches. Most of the caches I found were in great condition but for the rest of them, the maintenance required is log books/sheets and/or containers need replacing, camo needs replacing, D/T and coordinates need correcting. On some of the smaller logs I signed as 2/11 JM, 3/11 JM and 4/11 JM. TB visit on all found caches over the whole weekend. I would like to thank all CO’s for the caches I found, the locations I visited and for the fun it provided me over the whole weekend!
Weekend totals:
45 Finds (41 Groundspeak and 4 GCA)
4 DNF’s and a lot of drive-bys
Cache Types: 7 (Trad, Virtual, Mystery, WherIGo, Trig-Point, Earth and Multi)
I was on my way home and I decided that I would visit this lookout. It turns out to be a bonus TP find. TFTTP
P.S. Sorry about the generic log.
P.S.S. All Caches found have been logged in order and backtracked to the correct day.
I’ve been invited to attend a special event in Wollongong on the Saturday, well why not make it a whole weekend away with some caching to go along with it.
About a month ago I started looking at caches I could find along the way and noticed that if things go to plan I could make my #1000. This didn’t end up happening. I found out when I approached the GZ’s of a few of the caches I had chosen didn’t have parking space to stop and/or were difficult to find which lead some caches into DNF’s. I did however love finding all the caches I did find and to end on an even happier note the last cache I found was a FTF (GA13111)!!! There were lots of great camos and styles of hides that I hadn’t come across before and new styles for common hides that provided me with plenty of fun and ideas for new caches. Most of the caches I found were in great condition but for the rest of them, the maintenance required is log books/sheets and/or containers need replacing, camo needs replacing, D/T and coordinates need correcting. On some of the smaller logs I signed as 2/11 JM, 3/11 JM and 4/11 JM. TB visit on all found caches over the whole weekend. I would like to thank all CO’s for the caches I found, the locations I visited and for the fun it provided me over the whole weekend! Weekend totals:
45 Finds
(41 Groundspeak and 4 GCA)4 DNF’s and a lot of drive-bys
Cache Types: 7 (Trad, Virtual, Mystery, WherIGo, Trig-Point, Earth and Multi)
I was on my way home and I decided that I would visit this lookout. It turns out to be a bonus TP find. TFTTP
P.S. Sorry about the generic log.
P.S.S. All Caches found have been logged in order and backtracked to the correct day.
Found whilst out in the area doing a trig and cache run
Rated: for Overall Experience
Unlike Sir Phil, I had the luxury of an open gate...so I just drove up to the spot. I was nearly blow over the edge. The winds were fierce! Views are amazing.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Drove as far as we could till the locked gate so had to walk the last km how hard can that be. It wasn't too bad then "how high do we have to climb. After much heavy breathing finally made it to the top. Then a bit further down and what a view from up here well worth the walk, thanks for the trig
Rated: for Overall Experience
HanorahTLG is at the scoutscamp at Mt Keira and need to be picked up at 14:00. Let's spend the morning grabbing some caches!
Beautiful views.
Beautiful views.
We found ourselves on Mt Kiera on a beautiful sunny winter's day with clear views all the way to New Zealand!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Came up here for a look this afternoon and saw the trig marker. Did a check and saw that it was registered so took the required snap.
What great views and we were so glad we detoured from our caching today to come up here. As it was we still cached here anyway.
Thanks.
What great views and we were so glad we detoured from our caching today to come up here. As it was we still cached here anyway.
Thanks.
Seen as I was enjoying a nice little morning tea with my boy.
auzzy_mate
auzzy_mate
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Found it. 
I was sure I had logged this Trig Point, but going through the ones located in Wollongong, apparently I missed it. Arriving just as the sun was beginning its descent over the horizon I came to look for the trig, and see Wollongong in a very different light, a light I had not seen it in before ... dusk. It's been a long time since I've been here. The views are spectacular. Thanks for the trig.
I was sure I had logged this Trig Point, but going through the ones located in Wollongong, apparently I missed it. Arriving just as the sun was beginning its descent over the horizon I came to look for the trig, and see Wollongong in a very different light, a light I had not seen it in before ... dusk. It's been a long time since I've been here. The views are spectacular. Thanks for the trig.Rated: for Overall Experience
Awesome views from this trig point! Mrs J used to live in Woolongong many years ago, but this was my first visit to the area. We dropped off a moving cache nearby before we left, and saw five goats roaming free in the carpark!
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A second day seeking trigs with rogerw3 along the 'gong escarpment.
An easy park at the neatly laid out grounds of Keira Lookout, with the trig well placed at the end of the viewing platform. A grand view beholds! Sans mast and vane, but with name plate.
An easy park at the neatly laid out grounds of Keira Lookout, with the trig well placed at the end of the viewing platform. A grand view beholds! Sans mast and vane, but with name plate.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Got there today with Whitemushroom on a Trig tour of the area.
An easy find right at the great lookout.
An easy find right at the great lookout.
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While in the area I grabbed 'another' photo.
It was MANY years ago that I stopped by and grabbed the first one.
It was MANY years ago that I stopped by and grabbed the first one.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Second Trig for the day again excellent views from here, 
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We came here for lunch, this was an unplanned lunch stop, so I checked the computer in the car for any close caches & waymarks & had 1 of each, logged cache, about to log waymark which is the trig also & realised an AGC trig also, using the photos for Keira - Australian Trig Points on Waymarking.com & for this 1, 3 caches for the price of 1 visit can’t argue with that.
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After a bit of a walk around Mt Keira it was off to the summit to log the trig. Not too many visitors in the afternoon, and a little sad to see the nearby restaurant has closed.
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I was working up at the lookout, and saw the trig before I got the caching app working. Not the best day for great views, but not raining, which was a good start.
479. Last find of the day and now back to the digs to do some more logging. Pretty cool up here this afternoon with a touch of misty rain and a smattering of tourists just to add to the difficulty.
TFTT and the lenses.
TFTT and the lenses.
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When at Sublime Point we saw a map showing trigs at this point and the nearby Roberton's Lookout so without any coords we came out this way knowing what a beautiful lookout it was from past visits.
Again the trig was like Sublime Point, there at the edge of the viewing platform surrounded by muggles. This spot has become popular for the placement of "love locks" which I've never seen anywhere else in Australia. Good idea for a cache!
Nearby on a seat we spotted a guy feeling around under the bench surreptitiously as he sat there. Could spot a cacher a mile away - but he moved on before we had a chance to talk to him. We didn't have the coords for that one so only had a feel around where he was looking and left it.
Nice trig - plaque, vane and masts intact. A muggle kiddie asked his grandma "What dat, gwanma?" She quickly looked on top and confidently stated "It's a geodetic survey!"
Again the trig was like Sublime Point, there at the edge of the viewing platform surrounded by muggles. This spot has become popular for the placement of "love locks" which I've never seen anywhere else in Australia. Good idea for a cache!
Nearby on a seat we spotted a guy feeling around under the bench surreptitiously as he sat there. Could spot a cacher a mile away - but he moved on before we had a chance to talk to him. We didn't have the coords for that one so only had a feel around where he was looking and left it.
Nice trig - plaque, vane and masts intact. A muggle kiddie asked his grandma "What dat, gwanma?" She quickly looked on top and confidently stated "It's a geodetic survey!"
Out on a run to pick up a few caches with Just a Cacher and Candy Cane 101. Could not pass up the view from here today.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found while checking out the local lookout - visiting Wollongong for the weekend from Canberra. Photo to be posted when I get home. TFTC
Found at 13:45 while on a caching trip from Adelaide. Splendid views here, no problems finding GZ
Rated: for Overall Experience
I have been up here for a number of times already but never took the opportunity to log this trig, today I did!
Top views from up here and easy to get to.
Wilbert67
Top views from up here and easy to get to.
Wilbert67
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Up here for a field trip with NPWS, decided it was safe enough to do a virtual at the same time. The view as always was magnificent despite the haze.
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Found while in the Wollongong area during the Canberra Day long weekend. Very nice views from up here
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What a beautiful morning to log this cache! The gates say they don't open till 8am but they were open at 7am today. Might of been garbage day.... Well worth a stop up here at any time.
#131
TFTC
#131
TFTC
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Two caches in one at the same spot and what about the view.
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My third time up here! Could have claimed the Trig by saying I had been up here before etc etc however didn't have a photo & couldn't remember seeing it. Considering it is all white must have had my eyes closed. Great views over WLG & suburbs. Counted 6 ships waiting to dock. My son tells me there are around 50 off Hay Point. Decided to give the Trig at Bulli a miss - tooo far, to much traffic. Well worth the drive.
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Found while doing some caches up here including my 250th GC cache.
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