Victoria Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 23-Apr-10. Waypoint TP5389
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | TrigPoint |
Container: | Other |
Coordinates: | S33° 35.732' E150° 15.436' (WGS 84) |
56H 245482E 6279316N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 1108 m |
Local Government Area: | Blue Mountains City |
Description
Victoria TS4544
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Victoria.
Serial number is: TS4544.
Last Inspected on: March 19, 1982.
Elevation is: 1108 metres.
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
Interesting to note that the elevation is 1111 meters above sea level and highest point in the city of Blue Mountains
Got to drive right beside the water reservoirs, and then took a couple of photos before realising that the settings on the camera had been bumped, and the exposures were highly over-exposed. Took a couple more.
A bit of 'late logging' going on here @ 29/9/2016, as I was checking what trigs I could look for this coming weekend, and noticed I hadn't logged a few from February!
TFTC Wilbert67
So manage GCAs need another trip to find some more ..
thanks
Albida
Another Trig find (Not on a water tank !!) as we made our way up the Mountains on the Power Trail.
TFTC !!
TFTT
Well at least this one is one the ground and you can get right up to it I think Ive got most of these DB Blue Mountains trigs now... probably a few still hiding around the place
Part of a new PB day for me - 36 Finds from Blackheath to Orange... took 8 hours to drive 120km Cache #4
TFTT and the trees.
Another early find. We came across this trig
while out caching in the upper mountains. I originally logged it for the now defunct "
#51 Great Southern Land: (5) That's the Trig." locationless cache
GC5601.