Mulloon Trig Mt Fairy, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 30-Jan-10. Waypoint TP5331

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Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S35° 15.129' E149° 34.323' (WGS 84)
	55H 734008E 6095961N (UTM)
Elevation:	860 m
Local Government Area:	Queanbeyan-Palerang

Map

Whodunit Container

Description

Thanks to Gigglygecko, for discovering this trig! Another one of those trigs where you scratch you head as to "how useful is that"? Still, this is an older trig, and very nice.

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.

Logs

28-Dec-22

C○3 ♀ Ɛ○<<○3

Travelling from the coast to the mountains, I stopped at the Warri Rest Area for the night. It was so stinking hot that afternoon and the river was the PERFECT temp to just lower yourself down into to cool off. Heading off around 6am but the supermarket not being open in Bungendore till 7am, I decided to busy myself finding a geocache or trig easy to access with a caravan in tow. Looking at the satellite image on this one, I knew it was the prize. It was a nice easy walk to the best maintained trig ever - jokes. Looking at the gallery here, you can see it was once a little more majestic than a messy pile of rocks amongst a dumped house clean out, and surrounded by tall trees leaving no view whatsoever.

If I had a little more time and a pair of gloves, I might have stacked a few rocks back up on the cairn base, but it was on towards Canberra to visit my lonely-ass sister for a couple of hours.

19-Nov-21

Sol de lune

The duplicate listing of TP13306 has been archived....

13-Dec-20

Team737

A trig with a cache, cool. This trig has had better days, its now a flattened cairn.

Mulloon Trig Mt Fairy, New South Wales, AustraliaBy Geocaching Australia on 30-Jan-10. Waypoint TP5331

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Mulloon Trig Mt Fairy, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 30-Jan-10. Waypoint TP5331