Weetangera Trig, Weetangera Hill, Latham ACT Latham, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 28-Jul-10. Waypoint TP5423
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S35° 13.376' E149° 1.887' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 684882E 6100343N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 597 m |
| Local Government Area: | Australian Capital Territory |
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Description
The missing trig on a lost hill!
Weetangerra ::595m::
A reminant trig station shown on: Federal Territory Feature Map 1915, Tourist Map of the Australian Capital Territory 1962 and the current topographic map Hall 8727-4S 2003.
The master control (MC) marker still survives to be found but the quadrapod is gone only the depressions of the footings are visble when the grass is short.
The trig is not in the suburb of Weetangerra but Latham. This district of the ACT was originaly known as Weetangera, bounded by Ginninderra Creek, Murrumbidgee River and Molonglo River.
Access is off Pohlman Street.
This is one of the few hill top trigs in Canberra that has been built out. There is a suburban open space running along the top of the ridge northwest to Ginnenderra Creek. There is a cycle path running near by, a play ground for the trig kids and some historic locations nearby.
CRANLEIGH HOMESTEAD SITE - GA1762
S35° 13.545 E149° 02.069
Home of General Legge. General during WWI, served Boer War, Comandant RMC, local pig farmer.
WEETANGERA SCHOOL HOUSE - GA2489
S35° 14.655 E149°02.869
First Weetangera school built 1875, school on this site built 1907. Demolished about 1968, the time the suburb was built.
A section of the map “Tourist Map of the Australian Capital Territory1962” showing the trig stations Charnwood, Pine Ridge, Crace, Black Mountain, Mount Painter and Weetangera.
It doesn’t have it’s own quadrapod so I brought my own.
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.
Hints
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Logs
I always amazed at the plethora of Trigs we have in this region!! Bonus for the day - I have now earned another shot in battleship.
Snapped this one whilst out and about caching in the area with whitewebbs
Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Blue - Cerberus or Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers and we found this trig. TFTT
Oh cool - not often I do a drive by trig, but if i am going to do a trig I don't have to walk up a hill to, that doesn't have much of a view - then this dull grey day was probably a good day to do it ... but now i had better go get the GC cache I had planned to do on my way home.
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Caching in the area today and couldn't resist picking up this nearby trig. TFTT 
After realizing that "OHC***EVERYWHEREISPRATICALLYCLOSEDFORTHEROOCULL!", i had to settle on a driveby trig instead.
It had it's issues of a normal one.
After realizing that yes, even through it may be called Weetangera, it really isnt located IN weetangera (It's my own fault, i only half read the listings, and drove around the suburb for a good 15 minutes..)
So close to the previous cache I had to stop for the photo and the find.
TFTC !!
Thanks.
TFTC and the mixed suburbs - Weetangera/Latham/Scullin.
I've seen all sorts of things that pass for trigs but this would have to be one of the more minimalist versions Ive seen.
2nd find ever =)
Interesting but "once was a trig"
But I guess it WAS there, and now it's in the past, in history.
TFTC
- just kidding, not often that a Trig is a drive-by, but always glad when they are!!!Bolt in concrete found. "Trig" found.
Upload pictures GGgrrrrr!
