Black Mountain Trig, Canberra, ACT Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 02-Jul-10. Waypoint TP5413
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S35° 16.432' E149° 5.855' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 690782E 6094568N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 810 m |
| Local Government Area: | Australian Capital Territory |
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Description
A lost trig found
Black Mountain Trig ::812::
MAP: Canberra 8727-3N 1:25 000
The quadrapod and ball has been removed but the survey mark remains.
There is a plaque with the name of the original trig station. Black Mt Trig.
Thanks to 2 Leg Drive who identified this spot.
Scan from Federal Territory Feature Map, 1915
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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
After a great Retreat, in Murrumbateman, over the weekend and still with some free time on my hands, I decided on heading into Canberra for the next couple of days after it. Monday 23/11, main focus was the older caches around the ACT which sort of panned out but with extra caches that I couldn’t pass by changed that. It was a great day visiting various places that I hadn’t and many others that I have. I also avenged my DNF on GC8PRBB and I found out that I am the first person to find this cache since August. 
The only problem was that there was rain to begin the day but it cleared up pretty quickly. With Geocaching, a small spot of shopping and meal breaks it lead into a great day out. TB visit on all caches. I would like to thank all the CO’s of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and others enjoyment. TFTC’s and TFTTP’s
If any require photo for logging, they will be uploaded shortly.
The only problem was that there was rain to begin the day but it cleared up pretty quickly. With Geocaching, a small spot of shopping and meal breaks it lead into a great day out. TB visit on all caches. I would like to thank all the CO’s of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and others enjoyment. TFTC’s and TFTTP’s If any require photo for logging, they will be uploaded shortly.
Second day of caching in Canberra this weekend. Weather looks a lot better then yesterday. With that said the bike came out if the car so I didn't drag it along the whole way for nothing. Lots of caches found again, thanks to all for hiding. Also made good progress towards a few goals.
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
Sophoutloud and I are exploring Canberra, I think it is quite a beautiful and unique city (not sure why it cops so much flack) and so many of the trigs are huge and easy to see up on great big stands. cool that the original plug was spared and kept here. great spot and some amazing views up here
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Out with Gliss! On a bit of a night hike and cache and was excited to see this little guy on the way. A fun little trig set to the many lights of canberra and the beautiful flashing rainbow of the tower 
Day 13 Mainland trip
Today out hunting caches with Tassie Trekkers and this was one we found. TFTT
Today out hunting caches with Tassie Trekkers and this was one we found. TFTT
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Found this trig with whitewebbs and visited the Telstra Tower whilst caching in the area.
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Found on an afternoon run picking up points for the current game. 
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Catching up on some old trig's I have visited.
The closest cache I have found to this trig is the first waypoint to Tankengine's "Tourist Tours" (GC572D)
I have also visited this trig dozens of times in the past as well! So thought it was time to log it.
Thanks!
The closest cache I have found to this trig is the first waypoint to Tankengine's "Tourist Tours" (GC572D)
I have also visited this trig dozens of times in the past as well! So thought it was time to log it.
Thanks!
Scouting the map for an upcoming trip and saw this - I'm sure we did this on a previous visit, sure enough the photos are there..... a bonus trig. Now we'll need to come back up to log the tower....
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Fitzy_1965 and minniek picked ACTchil and I up for a great fun day caching around North Canberra. Fitzy_1965 had prepared a list butcalso mentioned this one and then minniek said it was close so off I went and took the attached photo tftc
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Dropped Wilma at school and thought I'd do some caches on the way home. One thing led to another and I was on a roll to collect the GCA caches of the Alpha/phonetic alphabet series. Very happy to have these unfound piles of caches turned into smiles. This was another one I had not done so while doing the other cache duties at the top went and found this one.
This was another one I had not done so while doing the other cache duties at the top went and found this one.Out caching with thomo31, just visited the Telstra tower and decided to grab this trig. Found easy photo taken, TFTT
Found with teamashy after we had been up Telstra Tower with geoniece. I haven't done one of these types before. Thanks.
Found on a trip to ACT with alnic39, teamMerlin and Splitty Miller JJCC. After spending some time in various areas around ACT made here after lunch. Glad we drove to the top of this hill rather than walking it park 10m from the PM box opened the cover for the shot. Thanks for bringing me here for the trig also found Geocache one of the oldest caches in ACT
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We are currently in Canberra for a few days in and made our way up to the Telstra Tower and this Trig Point. magnificent views. TFTC
2 Day 3 AND DAY 4 we stayed in Dubbo. Day 5 we stayed in Shepparton. Day 6 and Day 7 we were staying with relatives in Bendigo. Day 8 we travelled to Canberra where we will stay for Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 and head to Alexander on Day 12. Today is time to spend caching in Canberra. Next on the list. Found our way from one side of Canberra to the access road to the Telecom Tower. Parked not far away from the Trig Point. A very quick find. Photo taken we then went up to the tower for morning Tea.
TFTC Geocaching Australia.
TFTC Geocaching Australia.
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Trig marker was quickly found and then it was into the tower for lunch and a look. What great views from up there. Last time we visited Canberra was over 40 years ago and we came up here but the tower wasn't here then. Thanks, a must visit place in this wonderful city.
Was heading to a GC event but was early so headed up for a quick find. Always love the views from up here.
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One a school excursion and was hoping for a few minutes to get away and claim his one. Turns out that the buses stopped 10m short of it, then we walked to the tower.
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Having climbed to the top of this peak many times I thought it might be time to claim it as a find.
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Funny, I've got a lot of Trigs around town, but not this one - and this is by far the easiest!
Up here to finally collect the clues and do our best to complete the Tourist Tour GC caches, we decided to get the Trig Point as well. A nice quick on and we were off!!
In ACT attending a funeral and after the days events we headed to Black Mountain in order to grab an old school cache...and this trig (our first GA find in the ACT)...in the dark. All good though as we ended up finding both of our targets.
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After the days events we decided to head to Black Mountain with the family and Team Merlin to take in the night lights of the ACT. Extremely windy up on the tower tonight so headed back down to find a nearby cache and GA Trig to mark our visit to the ACT. Heading towards the posted coordinates we stumped upon this trig. With a very quick photo hence the blur as a large group of people ascend on us.
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Been up here just a few times now 
but never stopped for the trig. Another walk up the hill after work and finally snapped the picture. TFTT 
Nice and easy to find this one. Only the survey marker here now but still worth visiting with more great views of Canberra and its surrounds. Last one for this trip. TFTT GA.
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An easy trig to get to; a park and photograph one. There are not many like that.
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We came up to Black Mountain to see the city by night but found that the outdoor viewing area was now blocked off, there were lots of trees in the way (you go trees!) and the only other way to see something was up the tower (not tonight). But I did find the trig easily it's only the dodgy phone camera that lets the picture down. But that's what you get at night.
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It's all about the Trig (and Paris Bear).
This photo, late August 2015, even found a cache along the way. Did the flower to tower walk, on a sunny but cold Sunday morning.
Thanx GA for including Trigs as loggable caches, as Trig walks are what got me into Geocaching in the first place
This photo, late August 2015, even found a cache along the way. Did the flower to tower walk, on a sunny but cold Sunday morning.
Thanx GA for including Trigs as loggable caches, as Trig walks are what got me into Geocaching in the first place
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Climbed up twice in one day as part of a Strava virtual Climb Challenge - out with the Aussie Walk group led by Tealby. Great views and worth the climb.
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i was out with the fam so i had to run off to get this thank you
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Found 7:20pm with geoson. Came up here to find the trig, keep my little GCA streak going and after this I am off to find a nearby GC cache to keep that streak going. I parked the geomobile nearby and we headed over to realise we were right near it. The trig was then very quickly photographed and we returned to the geovehicle. There are some good views from here but better views at Mt Ainslie unless one wants to pay for the tower here.
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#GA362 - 15:50; I'd been out on a mission around Red Hill and Yarralumla to collect a few GCA caches to take advantage of triple points fortnight after dropping the geohoney in the city for some retail therapy. I was expecting a call at any time, so headed back towards Civic and took a detour to the summit of Black Mountain to grab this trig on the way. For some strange reason, this trig hadn't loaded to my GPS. This had occured once before and I'm not sure why 
. Anyway, took a guess and located the trig in about 30 seconds some 20 metres from where I'd parked the geomobile so all was good. TFTC Geocaching Australia
. Anyway, took a guess and located the trig in about 30 seconds some 20 metres from where I'd parked the geomobile so all was good. TFTC Geocaching Australia Rated: for Overall Experience
I was out and about doing a range of caches today including the Black Mountain Earth Cache. I had decided to come down and grab a nearby GC as my daily just incase I get my EC submission incorrect. I noticed this one come up on the GPSr so I decided to pull up and take a photo.
I noticed this one come up on my GPSr while I was wandering around up top of Black Mountain. As any good cacher would, down went the GPSr and out came the mobile phone camera for the mandatory photo.
Thanks for highlighting this trig (survey marker) location Geocaching Australia
I noticed this one come up on my GPSr while I was wandering around up top of Black Mountain. As any good cacher would, down went the GPSr and out came the mobile phone camera for the mandatory photo.
Thanks for highlighting this trig (survey marker) location Geocaching Australia
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It has taken me a long time to get up here to log this cache. I am glad I finally did it today. Black Mt is so beautiful TFTC
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Well there had to be a trig point up here, surely! At least they didn't build the tower on top of it.
Dropped by this one during our lunch break while up in Canberra for work today. A nice quickie at 12:50 and we were on our way for some tucker.
Thanks Geocaching Australia.
Thanks Geocaching Australia.
This was our first stop of the day on our Canberra tour. Our friend took us up to the Telstra Tower and Dr THR snuck off to find this survey marker. This was a very interesting stop.
We came across the Black Mountain Trig Point when we made a visit today. The required photo has been added to the Gallery.
Oh that trail on the southwest side was a killer! Came up here after finding a couple including a nice old one nearby!
Found on a very nice Canberra day. A nice trig near the tower. Thanks Geocaching Australia!
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This is a very small trig I have to say..Came up to the mountain today for some caching and Munzee fun before it got too dark. But really nothing compares to a trip to the zoo..HA HA!
Heading up the mountain for sunset and a spot of caching and Munzing. This was the first trig off the rank and the pin was quickly spotted. Not much of a view at GZ but nearby you get great panoramas of the Yass Valley. Just had time to cap a few munzees before the fading sun demanded attention.
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nice quick and easy, what I was hoping =) I've had this as my fail safe for a fair while knowing I could find it straight away if I need to just get one. Been sitting on it way to long
Found this trig while finding some GC's in the area. Love the trigs. As GPSr and camera is same unit, you get my left hand only!
I am amazed at the cyclists who power up here, ride back down and then do it all again, wow! I was puffed just coming back up the last several hundred meters of track from the nearby caches.
Thanks for the trig.
As GPSr and camera is same unit, you get my left hand only! I am amazed at the cyclists who power up here, ride back down and then do it all again, wow! I was puffed just coming back up the last several hundred meters of track from the nearby caches.
Thanks for the trig.
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A very easily located trig that we were glad we could drive up to rather than walk.
I'm glad this on ewas labelled or I may have missed it! Out with mr_roo on a Black Mountain odyssey, we found caches, Munzes's and I snapped this trig point along the way. A great view from the mountain at night, both in the foreground (with the tower lit up) and the sights of Canberra al around.
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Unlike other Trigs I really did need the GPS to find this, not that obvious! After a bit of wandering about spotted it okay.
I've been up here a few times and never realised this was here. Logged the cache the forked out the cash and took the boy up the tower.
Thought i'd finally get around to finding this one, today!
My foot was playing up again, so an almost-driveby trig was what i really did need! And it was only 45m away from where i parked, what a bonus! Not many trigs on big hills have that sort of luxury!
Quick and easy "Hey-Look-I'm-At-The-..Trig-Point?" photo taken, then could run away.
Hooray!
My foot was playing up again, so an almost-driveby trig was what i really did need! And it was only 45m away from where i parked, what a bonus! Not many trigs on big hills have that sort of luxury!
Quick and easy "Hey-Look-I'm-At-The-..Trig-Point?" photo taken, then could run away.
Hooray!
A nice litte find on our day out seeing the sights.
The tower nearby is certainly more visible than the trig!
The tower nearby is certainly more visible than the trig!
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Up at the mountain for a copy of caches so grab this rig as well.
Thanks for the visit.
Thanks for the visit.
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Catching up on logging some GCA trigs.
Found this one on 01 March 2011, had the place all to myself so it was a quick and easy find.
Found this one on 01 March 2011, had the place all to myself so it was a quick and easy find.
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Came up Black Mtn today for a few caches, a trig point was a bit of a bonus - especially given the vertical distances to the others!
Pretty quiet up here on a Sunday afternoon, but the sights were still worth seeing.
Cheers
Pretty quiet up here on a Sunday afternoon, but the sights were still worth seeing.
Cheers
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GCA 39 - 3489 - Catching up on logging some GCA Trig 'finds'...
Found this one on 13 Dec 2007 very early on when I first started caching - I was doing the (currently) 2nd oldest active cache in the ACT "Geocache".
TFTC !!
Found this one on 13 Dec 2007 very early on when I first started caching - I was doing the (currently) 2nd oldest active cache in the ACT "Geocache".
TFTC !!
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Went for a trip up the mountain and made the find without the GPS just guessing the general area. Not a lot to see ut at least it's marked. Will upload photo when home in a day or so.
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Found while collecting a few other caches on Black Mountain. Took a few goes to get the photo since the camera kept falling off the rock where I was balancing it while I ran back to the trig.
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167. This must have been the first time up here in the Adventra as I was able to use the blipper to lock and unlock the car. This never happened with any of my previous cars. Not a lot of people around this area but enough to wonder what I was doing I guess.
TFTT and the tower
TFTT and the tower
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A lunch time visit as I was working at Black Mountain today. Nice to see that a real trig existed here as I thought that the tower may have claimed the title. Photo to be uploaded tonight.
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Found while on a caching trip from Adelaide. How could we not get this one while we were up here.
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Apparently not all trig points look the same... this is the first of what I will now call "non-trig point trig caches."
Well, what do you know! There is a trig point up here! Had a quick look at one stage, when I was on my trig finding spree, but didn't see it at the time! Thanks!
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Lots of tourists all over the place, I had to wait for a few minutes for some nearby folks to finish up their lunch and move on before I could get the required photo. That's my plate of meat BTW.
Thought the big thing nearby was the trig until I got up here with jusojara today. Good stuff another thing I know about the ACT now
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I always guessed there should be a trig up here, now I have been to it . Visited today with Ju, So and mr_roo.
. Visited today with Ju, So and mr_roo.Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with SecretSquirrel-BJC.
It was nice to track down a trig that didn't require a day trecking through the bush to find. TFTC
It was nice to track down a trig that didn't require a day trecking through the bush to find. TFTC
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121+1934=2055 with Captain Tomato
Sadly not much left - but that's progress for you!
Sadly not much left - but that's progress for you!
Thanks for finding this trig. It was nice to have a GCA close to home!
I visited tonight and fortunately the flash and tripod worked a treat.
I visited tonight and fortunately the flash and tripod worked a treat.
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Well at least there was NO SNOW up here, unlike my earlier adventures this day.
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I had actually been meaning to come up here for a look for a survey mark. It is pretty much where expected. Albida.
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Found it and published it today.
It was fun to virtually find a virtual cache.
Just enough of it remains to make a find.
It was fun to virtually find a virtual cache.
Just enough of it remains to make a find.
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