The Nut Trig Point ST674 Stanley, Tasmania, Australia
By
wilco on 10-May-08. Waypoint TP5111
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S40° 45.749' E145° 18.306' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 356942E 5486227N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 134 m |
| Local Government Area: | Circular Head |
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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.
Logs
A nice walk up here, even though it is a little bit chillier than northern NSW. Its nice to see a slightly different styl of trig down this way.
An absolute stunner of a day to be wandering over the nut. Sunshine, slight breeze and a bus load of people off a cruise ship 
A quick happy snap and around I go
TFTC
Keep smiling
A quick happy snap and around I go
TFTC
Keep smiling
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Great Cache
Found this cache after going to Apple Isle Moot on my post tour.
I’ll be in Tassie till the 29th of January
I’ve may have added one of my moot pathtags for the next person to find
Found this cache after going to Apple Isle Moot on my post tour.
I’ll be in Tassie till the 29th of January
I’ve may have added one of my moot pathtags for the next person to find
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Down in Tassie visiting friends and family for a wedding. As we were nearby we grabbed this trig.
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Walked past this triTheg point when walking around The Nut. 
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Hi and thanks for the trig.
Taking advantage of the Hobart show public holiday, and making a 4 day geocaching trip West, and then North West, with AlbyDangles.
This is one we found along the way, on Saturday, day3 - enjoyed the chairlift up, and now the circuit walk, albeit a little bit windy.
Pic attached.
Cheers, EPs.
Taking advantage of the Hobart show public holiday, and making a 4 day geocaching trip West, and then North West, with AlbyDangles.
This is one we found along the way, on Saturday, day3 - enjoyed the chairlift up, and now the circuit walk, albeit a little bit windy.
Pic attached.
Cheers, EPs.
Decided today was the perfect day to explore the NUT, noticed this trig point and had to do the ole snappy snap!
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Have walked here many times over the years, buttook the chair lift up today for the first time tftc
Going through some of my old photos and discovered this one. Looks like it is suitable enough to claim a find.
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"Thank you for the cache.
I have been up her a couple of time before but as the chairlift wasn't running it was the first time I have walked up.
The walk down was a bit slippery I did loose my footing a couple of times luckily the handrail was there.
This was the first cache of my 16 hour road trip to find some Old School caches.
Found on Saturday 12 September 2020 at 1020
TFTC"
I have been up her a couple of time before but as the chairlift wasn't running it was the first time I have walked up.
The walk down was a bit slippery I did loose my footing a couple of times luckily the handrail was there.
This was the first cache of my 16 hour road trip to find some Old School caches.
Found on Saturday 12 September 2020 at 1020
TFTC"
Quite a few people walking around the track and we got quite warm as we were over dressed for the milder than anticipated weather conditions. Walked up to get Pine Nut so great to get a bonus cache TFTT
Found this one at the end of our Tassie trek! Awesome spot with awesome views! Thank you!
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On our walk around..male membsec was too busy looking for answers!!
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out and about with Lil Rafa caching and this was in line for a tick TFTC TNLN. Beautiful day to go to Burnie.
What a magnificent spot. RLD4963 and I were staying in Burnie for a couple of days and decided to make our way to Stanley for the afternoon. It was a beautiful clear blue sky day with no wind, so although the chairlift was not operating due to it's winter closure for maintenance, we were keen to walk up to the top and around the Nut. Totally worth it! Photo at the trig attached.
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Thankfully we got to see the views before we got to the trig as the mist came in! TFTTP!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
A nice walk up here today, stopped by and took a photo here. For the earth cache but realised this was here too.
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Walked straight past this on our way around the Nut.
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I braved the chairlift up and enjoyed the walk and view, whilst there found the trig, a bonus. I will enter the photo when i get back to the mainland and my computer. TFTC
I figured The Nut wasn't too high so the climb would be pretty easy. No. It was SO steep climbing up the path! But a lovely view at the top and lots of shearwater nests all along the path at the top as it was just coming in to their breeding season.
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Climbed the Nut this morning 34 years after doing it the first time. Great views.
I went nuts today in Stanley 
Up top there was a delightful trig point to find
What a view !!
TFTTP
Up top there was a delightful trig point to find
What a view !!
TFTTP
We made the trek up the Nut and located the GC and GCA caches. What magnificent views.
As with others, we came up here chasing a couple of GC's but an easy to reach GCA TP is always a bonus. A magical afternoon on top with lots of sun & barely a breeze to disturb the lovely views.
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Enjoy walk around here include trig point here.
Thanks
Thanks
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First stop after arriving at Launceston and heading west. Have been up a couple of times, but always a bit of fun on the chairlift.
Trig found and all was good.....
Trig found and all was good.....
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Found on recent geocaching trip to north west coast, always windy up here
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I found this one on 9 April while exploring the Nut with GeoDirk and HanorahTLG.
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An absolutely perfect Tassie autumn day. Took the chairlift to the top of The Nut to do the circuit walk and find a couple of caches. A lovely day out. TFTTHaving "gone over to the dark side" with my first GCA cache "Sykes by night" two days ago, I suppose that logging a Trig Point means that I have gone over totally and without restraint. I mean, what sort of a search is involved with a Trig Point? And what meaning is "TFTC" when there is no actual "C"? 
Ah, well...
Ah, well...Found with Prionotes (and Mrs P came too) as we did the circuit walk on top of the Nut. The weather was glorious and the views great. I may have convinced Mr P that logging trig points is a worthy and significant caching pastime.
I was working in the area and like everyone called at the Nut but I took some pictures of the Trig Point before I knew I could log it at GCA (its a geek thing maybe?) I have loads of pictures of random Trigs, i'll log the ones where I think the picture meets the requirements.
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My first cache find on Geocaching Aus whilst traveling around Tasmania. A great location to walk around and take in the views.
Dex
Dex
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This cache provided a good incentive to climb and circumnavigate The Nut again. Wonderful views.
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Only had an hour in Stanley for lunch on our tour of Tas so chairlift to the top of the nut and run!!! would have been much quicker if i had left in an anticlockwise direction but, of course, i didnt..great views, wish i had had more time up here
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Stumbled across this trig as we walked our way around The Nut.
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A gorgeous Winter day. I've never even been to Stanley before, let alone up The Nut.
One of the easier trig points we have found in Tassie so far. A magnificent day, warm and sunny, and whether on the nut or in the surrounding areas the views everywhere were superb.Thanks again for bringing us here. 
I have been up here many times and each time forget to take a photo of this trig. Love this area, and in particular, this Nut! Climbed up and down the hard way and then tried to get a good workout doing the loop up the top. There has been much renovations happening on the track, and hopefully the information signs will be returned eventually.
The chairlift is for wusses. You've not properly visited the Nut unless you've walked its infamously steep path.
The views from along the path up and the lookouts at the top are superb. It was quite windy when we were down on the beach but at the top, strangely not a breath of wind. Lots and lots of tourists, though.
The views from along the path up and the lookouts at the top are superb. It was quite windy when we were down on the beach but at the top, strangely not a breath of wind. Lots and lots of tourists, though.
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Got up here to the top. Reckon the first part of the ascent nearly killed us- well our legs anyway. But we climbed the nut!
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A very hot and humid day with a few rain showers but still the views were fantastic.
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Good day for a steep walk. Not much wind and high cloud. Pleased to see that there is signs of weed eradication happening.
This morning we climbed The Nut, what a steep path! The chairlift would have been easy but at least we got our daily exercise! We'd probably done about half the track when we spotted the trig. A nice looking dead tree made for some cool photos. It's fenced off but right next to the trig so you can get close.
Great views.
Great views.
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Full on spring weather today - sunshine, scuddy showers and wind! You can see in the pic the strap of the Garmin flying like a flag! Enjoyed the walk around the nut - the downhill, out of the rain parts especially! Coming down on the chairlift was a bit nail biting though - once we reached the lip of the nut and started to drop over the steepest side, the wind caught the chair and we certainly got up a bit of a sway! 
I have to confess I was quite glad to disembark at the bottom.
I have to confess I was quite glad to disembark at the bottom.Rated: for Overall Experience
Windy on the Nut today one half cheated and took the chairlift geohubby tackled the path I beat him but not by much.
Took the chairlift up and wandered over to the trig. Bit windy on top but the sun was warm.
Thanks for the trig dean_erwin
Thanks for the trig dean_erwin
Lovely day at the bottom of The Nut, bit windy on top but at least the sun was shining
Chair lift to the top and straight to this cache. Logged at 1115hrs. A co-incident with the cache number 5111 and time logged, 1115; just noticed it. Any significance I wonder? TFTC and cheers; OldSaint.
On day 5 of our holiday in Tasmania from Perth, WA. This was a nice easy trig point to locate (once up on the nut). We didn't see the survey disk as there is some debris under the trig but it is probably still there.
A nice and straight forward cache on a fantastic walk. Cheated and took the chairlift up but worked out for the best cos it mean we have a heap more time to enjoy the views! Beaut spot
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Great views decided to take the lift up as it was getting late and it gave us more time for the walk
Cheers
Cheers
We took the easy way today (rode the chairlift) as one of us is trying to recover from a virus which has greatly reduced walking and climbing stamina - the walk around the loop on the top of The Nut in strong winds was more than enough for today. Staying at home was not a option as "cabin fever" had set in and, after all, there were three caches to be completed on The Nut!
Found while getting other caches in the area. thanks will log pic soon.
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Found while doing a few other caches. Love the walk
Pic will be uploaded soon
Pic will be uploaded soon
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Found while down this way in April last year before this was a trig point cache.
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The weather was quite good allowing speccy views. TFTC GCA Cheers.
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We were discussing Trig Point caches whilst walking around "The Nut" completing an earth cache when we come across this trig point. Great views from here. There is a car park close by. You can catch chair lift or walk up. They are in the process of building walk ways but at the moment the ground can be quite rough in spots.
Not sure if it's good form to log a cache you've created, but since the Trig Point was already there I thought it would be fair
Well I found this one when i did the Earth-cache on the 27/08/08, while on holidays in Tasmania.
I remember having to walk up the path to the top,(terrain rating would be 4).
I had to stop twice for a rest break on the way up. The great thing about that is that it is all down hill on your way to the carpark.
Thank GCA
I remember having to walk up the path to the top,(terrain rating would be 4).
I had to stop twice for a rest break on the way up. The great thing about that is that it is all down hill on your way to the carpark.
Thank GCA
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We found this one while on holidays doing the EarthCache and other traditional one up here. Took the photo with the trig so now we are logging the find. A fantastic view from here. We walked up the steep track instead of taking the chair lift.
TFTC GCA
TFTC GCA
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Once upon-a-time, when we were still muggles, we toured around Tasmania in the winter. It was cold but fine weather. We had a great time. The kids learn the value of the YHA network and we had some great accommodation in Burnie.
We took the drive to Dismal Swamp. What a great mane to attract the tourists. The stainless steel slippery dip was a fun way to get into the forest (it is all fun till some one gets concussion).
We loved the climb to the top of the nut. I know the exact date of the find so we are making a retrospective claim. I hope some time to return and update the claim.
We took the drive to Dismal Swamp. What a great mane to attract the tourists. The stainless steel slippery dip was a fun way to get into the forest (it is all fun till some one gets concussion).
We loved the climb to the top of the nut. I know the exact date of the find so we are making a retrospective claim. I hope some time to return and update the claim.
Rated: for Overall Experience
