Glenrowan Nth 1982-Narree Worran PM 490 Berwick, Victoria, Australia
By PrincessDiala on 18-Sep-10. Waypoint TP5449

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S38° 0.781' E145° 20.830' (WGS 84)
	55H 354906E 5791451N (UTM)
Elevation:	163 m
Local Government Area:	Casey

Map

Whodunit Geocache

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.

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.

Using the web-based "Survey Marks Enquiry Service (SMES)", the details for this trigonometric station have been acquired.
The name of this cache has changed from the former name "Harkaway Hill" to "GLENROWAN NTH 1982-NARREE WORRAN PM 490"

Alternate names: GLENROWAN NTH 1982
Mark name: NARREE WORRAN PM 490

http://maps.land.vic.gov.au/lassi/downloadSketches.do?MARK_ID=13864

I wasn't game enough to access this trig point as it is behind an electric fence, but it is approx. 20m from the fence line.

Logs

24-Oct-23

Beautiful day to log a trig

12-Apr-23

Up close to a great looking trig.

Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Apr-21

Well we came in search of an old GC cache but there was some kind of dodgy looking park and meet thing going on so we killed that idea but scored the trig as a lucky bonus!

05-Apr-21

stainless-steel-rat

This was a surprise trig point as we were up this road going to look for an old trad GC but the place was awash with muggles?
We have no idea what the local none caching community were up to so after snapping a few shots of the trig we made our escape before we witnessed any nefarious activity from the filthy muggles!

Rated: for Overall Experience

24-Jan-21

Found by caughtatwork at 15:06 on 24/01/2021
Wow. I swear I've been here before, but no, it appears not. A simple driveby TrigPoint today.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks to PrincessDiala for the listing here today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

16-Sep-17

whoo hooo another Trig in a scenic location, thanks for showing this spot.

12-Jul-17

Mummy Short Legs

I had a bad luck run of 3 DNFs and decided that a TP was more likely to actually be there so off I went. A little flabbergasted by the size of the mansions on the way up the hill, I was met with two muggle-filled cars who were admiring the view. Glad that the muggles weren't going to spoil my finding this cache, I took the required happy snap and was on my way. TFTC Princess Diala

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Oct-16

We were on our way back from a maintenance run out in the Jindivik / Bunyip area and stopped here to admire the magnificent views. Thanks for adding this trig point Princess Diala.

07-May-16

We had just arrived in the Berwick area when we noticed that this Trig Point was nearby. After a short drive we arrived near the Trig Point but the first thing we really noticed was the view over Melbourne. This is a great vantage point and well worth visiting just for the view. The Trig Point was about 10m inside the fence. A photo of Mrs y'stassie with the Trig Point behind has been added to the Gallery. Thanks for adding this Trig Point to the GA database.

04-Jan-16

Finally located where the "Water Tower" which I could see from another Trig point was located "TP0931 -Pakenham Upper Area Pakenham, Victoria, Australia"
Bonus on the great views

Rated: for Overall Experience

16-Nov-15

themd

On my way to the nearby Mega event.

I bypassed here to mark this Trig off my finds.

Nice spot on the hill.

Some big homes here too.

TFTT Very Happy

Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

14-Nov-15

Melbourne Mega November 2015 with Sol de Lune and LuckL10n. I think this is my first Melbourne trig, a great outlook from here and some very nice houses.

Thanks
Albida

14-Nov-15

#GA719 - 14:50; In Melbourne with Sol de lune and Albida33 to attend the Melbourne Mega and associated events and activities, as well as a bit of caching of course. We had just participated in the CITO Event nearby and decided to collect a few GCA caches while we were in the area. Sdl had bagged these when he was here earlier in the year, but A33 and I were happy to make the finds too. Some spectacular real estate and great views from up at GZ made the visit worthwhile too! TFTC Geocaching Australia Smile

Smile

Very Happy

Clan Cerberus

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Jul-15

In the area for a couple days with my wife while she was attending an event associated with her hobby/passion, but I had a couple of hours where I could get a bit of caching in.

And, wow, what a location.....the views towards Melbourne and over the general area are fantastic. Found the trig easy enough and grabbed a few photo's. All up, a great area to visit....

Rated: for Overall Experience

13-Feb-14

Tassie Trekkers

Found on our "Making Memories" Tour of mainland Australia.

Today we explored Berwick and surrounds using geocaching as our guide.

A drive by trig - can't get easier than that! Curious cows watched on as we took the required photo. Views were hampered by smoke from the recent fires.

07-Feb-14

Great views all the way to Melbourne!

Rated: for Overall Experience

03-Jul-12

This was the first of this afternoon's pair of trig points for us today. With an 'electric' trig experience recently, I decided that a repeat wasn't the order of the day so we stayed outside the fence and got the shot at 14:35.

Some more great views for the memory banks Very Happy

Very Happy

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Thanks PrincessDiala.

01-Nov-11

12:12 pm 1/11/11

Out today on a very short caching run before i had to be back to my brothers place for a Melbourne Cup day BBQ.

A great view from here, its just a pity about the big ugly power lines.

Thanks for bringing me here

Thanks to Princess Diala for setting this one up, this is my 15th trig point.

Rated: for Overall Experience

10-Oct-11

Out on our usual Monday night caching run, this time accompanied by rain and cold weather. We headed south today to clear some caches in the area and some which I have not done. Slowly but surely, we moved east instead of going further down till Pakenham when we made a turn and headed back towards the city. Caching in the cold weather isn't much fun but anywho we still needed to do what's necessary.
I had about 30 finds tonight and we had a few DNF's.

As we approached GZ, there were a few cars parked there. We parked and snapped a photo in the dark before heading to do the nearby GC cache. The GC cache was found discretely after Trailrunning used his car as a sheild while he started searching. TFTC Smile

Smile

09-Oct-11

S38° 0.784' E145° 20.831'

Thought we would give this a go as it looked different & interesting, and tis!! The actual trig point is behind an electric fence obviously there to keep in the big BULL. Therefore with self preservation in mind we log this from about 10 metres away!! Exclamation

Exclamation

Very windy, but wow what a view.

Rated: for Overall Experience

16-Aug-11

After last nights aborted effort for night time caching (having a bad cold and all) I decided to get out and about today and get some fresh air into my lungs. The problem of course now is where to start. All caches from home are now some distance and after last nights effort I was concerned with caches in Berwick coming up as DNF. But I tried again and had a very successful job of it in Berwick, Officer and Pakenham. I was up here looking for another GC cache and came across this one. Thanks I will post the photo when I can get to a PC.

28-Dec-10

Found by Team Ladava while relaxing for a couple of days after the Christmas festivities at our son and daughter-in-law’s house after they had headed off for their camping break.
We have been here before for the nearby GC traditional but really enjoyed the excuse to return for that magnificent view.
A few curious looks at the old couple intruding on the youngsters 'parking' spot. Hey, we went 'parking' in places like this forty odd years ago.
Took the required happy snap albeit from the road side of the electric fence and left the young ones to it.
Our thanks to PrincessDiala for the cache and bringing us back to the view.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Dec-10

Found with Wild Josh and Reverse whilst in the area for a family Christmas get together. Great views from up here.

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Dec-10

Found with Wild Josh and Reverse whilst in the area for a family Christmas get together. Great views from up here.

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Dec-10

Found today with draw four and reverse. Great views from here

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Nov-10

Logged Trig Point at a location with fanastic views of the South east Suburbs.

28-Sep-10

Found it after found other cache nearby.
Tried to take photo of it in the dark but doesnt work...
hope that is ok otherwise I can go back again sometimes soon.

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-Sep-10

I tried looking for it before I published it?
I wouldn't have done it otherwise.
I don't know how to search for archived ones..

20-Sep-10

I don't understand what is happening with this Trig Point???
I was with a friend several months ago and I saw him find and log this Trig Point. The fence must have recently been electrified because it wasn't back then.
I'm pretty sure that I also have this Trig Point listed under a different name.

19-Sep-10

Geocaching Australia

Published

18-Sep-10

I was nearby looking for another cache on the other mainstream listing site, and as we drove to this location the bf mentions "Isn't that a trig point?".

It indeed was, but I didn't want to cross the electric fence to gain access to the disk underneath.
I feel that this distance (~20m from the fence line) is acceptable for people to log this trig point.

Views from here are fantastic, and apparently you can see awesome SE thunderstorms from here too! Wink

Wink

Rated: for Overall Experience

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