Moree South Area Trig Moree, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 12-Oct-10. Waypoint TP5465

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Type: TrigPoint
Container: Other
Coordinates: S29° 29.785' E149° 51.189' (WGS 84)
  55J 776617E 6733620N (UTM)
Elevation: 217 m
Local Government Area: Moree Plains

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Description

This trig is easily seen when heading North. Not so easily see from the other direction

 

 

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.

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02-Nov-23
On a trip with Black Bunny to see family and friends north of the boarder and doing a bit of caching on the way.

A quick find here today.

Thanks for the trig
 
02-Nov-23
On a trip to see family and friends with Just a cacher and dropping in to grab a cache or two as we passed by.

A quick find here.

Thanks for the trig
 
17-May-23
Found on our trip around the Big Island
 
17-Apr-22
I spotted this as I arrived at Moree. TFTC.
 
10-Apr-22
Found with fitzy_1965 on our way north to Townsville
 
09-Apr-21
Today my aim is to pick up as many Dragonzones as possible as well as claim Moree Plains for my GC LGAs map. I started in Warialda and after Moree I will turn south towards Gunnedah and if all goes well as far as Quirindi grabbing photographs of more trigs. TFTT Geocaching Australia  Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
31-Mar-21
Always a challenge to grab a pic of these high ones despite being able to touch gz. tftc
 
27-Mar-21
#GA5144 - 11:35; Day two of a road trip with Sol de lune as we head north for the CacheQLD - Dayboro Mega. After spending the night in Narrabri we stopped for a couple of local caches/trigs before setting off for Yarrie Lake for a short tour, then heading north for Moree, across the border at Goondawindi and on to Toowoomba for a couple of days. Picked up a snap of this trig as we arrived in Moree, which Sdl had logged on a previous adventure. TFTT Geocaching Australia Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
06-Aug-20
Found on a trip around at Moree.
Thanks GCA.
Clan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
18-Jul-20
On an epic plain trip with Uncle Grog, Pebbles and Dino into the back and heart of NSW over 4 days to White Cliffs, Bourke and Moree. Unforgettable not least to what was going on in the rest of the world at the time. Hard to ever compare to anything and very memorable. We just loved it and found a few caches on the side including some GCA caches. Thanks to the Co for the Cache!!
 
10-Oct-19
Five trigs in this town. Still sorting through which photo is which.
 
11-Aug-19
Our first cache in Moree, a place we have never visited before.
Spotted the trig on the silo as we approached but our GPS wanted us to access it from around the back. The first road it turned us on to took us to a locked gate but another alternative soon had us fairly close to GZ.
Never seen a silo with a checked building on top like this one before.
Thanks.
 
25-Apr-19
Passing through town this mirning as we head north. Spotting quite a few trigs atop silos as we go. This is one of them.
Thanks Geocaching Australia.
 
10-Oct-18
Thanks for the trig

I found this trig while travelling back home from my sons wedding in Newcastle.

Wednesday‎, ‎10‎ ‎October‎ ‎2018 at 1508

TFTT
 
01-Apr-18
Day 2 of our trip from Melbourne to Cairns. We left Ardlethan this morning and stayed at Moree tonight.
I saw this trig point as we approached the town but my husband was eager to get booked into a caravan park before late afternoon so we drove past. After setting up the caravan my husband offered to drive back here and take the required photo for this cache.
 
06-Nov-17
On our way from Nanango to Alexandra and the first leg of our trip had us with an overnight stay in Moree. Caches both GCA and GC to look for here as well as two CORS and many trig points at Goondiwaindi and Moree. Did not take log to locate any of them TFTC. Clan MinotaurVery Happy
 
25-Jun-17
another nice drive to airport. thanks
 
Third trig point for the day for us. On our way to Moree NSW.
 
27-Mar-17
There is a lot of interesting stuff on the top of this silo. TFTC Very Happy
 
05-Oct-16
Heading South we snapped this trig on the way past.
 
09-Apr-15
QLD Mega trip 2015 with Sol de Lune. On this almost 400km road trip we drove from Canberra to Stanthorpe caching in all the towns along the way with mostly great success. Around the Mega there were heaps of caches to be done including a few power trails. Despite the weather we got all of the planned caches done.

After the Mega we took a different track and found a few more Trigs. Thanks.

Albida
 
09-Apr-15
Another trig spotted on our way home from the Stanthorpe Mega.
 
27-Mar-15
Saw this before the Magellan announced we'd arrived - it & I. Popular place to site them. Photo to follow.
 
13-May-14
I noticed this trig point on top of the silo while driving north towards Brisbane. Stopping for a photo seemed like a good idea and I snapped some images of the trig point while stretching the legs and having a cup of coffee. I have to wonder what surveyors used for references before the silos were built.
 
06-May-13
Dancing Found it while our wives were CWAing. Yes the trig is hard to spot if viewing from the wrong direction.
 
09-Jan-13
Spotted on my way into Moree earlier today, I came back after finishing work to log this one
 
09-Dec-12
I don't normally do these types of caches and rarely look at the Australian web site but since they were local to me and I love all things Geocaching I went and found them. Interesting Smile
 
28-Jul-12
Saw it, then we didn't, then we did. Really not sure if it was in the photo when we did or didn't. You can't tell we're in a hurry to get to those artesan pools can you!?
 
At first thought it wasn't there, depends what direction you are viewing from. Spotted it eventually.
 
18-Jun-12
This morning we travelled from Narrabri to Goondiwindi and along the way we came across six elevated trig points mounted on water towers or grain silos. This was one of the trig points we found. The photo added to the Gallery contains two images: the first is of one of us with the trig point in the background; the second image is a closer view of the trig point marker. TFTC
 
28-Nov-11
Being on assignement here after the floods it had to pick up the three trigs here as well. At least they are flood save!!
 
05-Jul-11
Found on our way to Rockhampton.
 
17-May-11
Our first trig in Moree after spending the night here. We can recommend stopping and taking a dip in one of the artesian springs.
 
06-Mar-11
First of three trigs around Moree. Thanks
 
12-Oct-10
A trig which has remained unlisted until now. This is easily seen when heading north we couldn't see it when went went past it again going south
 
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