Kamarooka Kamarooka, Victoria, Australia
By
Delta-squad on 01-Nov-10. Waypoint TP5485
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S36° 30.811' E144° 23.037' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 265735E 5955909N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 179 m |
| Local Government Area: | Greater Bendigo |
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Description
Kamarooka Trig
An Australian Survey Corp trig that requires about 400m of bush bashing (on foot) from the sealed Rd. No formed tracks lead to GZ.
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.
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.
Logs
I was here last year and just not confident about navigating to it for some reason. Today, I had my doubts again as the light was going to fade, but I persisted...and then wondered why I had doubts? It was relatively easy compared to some that I have had to get to. So happy to have this ticked off the list. the colours and patterns in some of the rocks leading into the quarry are so beautiful.
Rated: for Overall Experience
When I attempted to navigate geohubby here he advised me we had already found this trig. It was many years ago
17:30
Never one to take the direct route home, I travelled west after today's 3 Month event to continue visiting Burke and Wills sites.
A bonus cache on the route between B&W hides, and a welcome leg stretch from my parking spot on the nearby road. A good one at that, with a nice view of the setting sun on the way back to the car.
GCA#203
Never one to take the direct route home, I travelled west after today's 3 Month event to continue visiting Burke and Wills sites.
A bonus cache on the route between B&W hides, and a welcome leg stretch from my parking spot on the nearby road. A good one at that, with a nice view of the setting sun on the way back to the car.
GCA#203
Rated: for Overall Experience
We have been in the area of this one a few times but have never battled the bush to locate the trig. Today it was a cool day and we had plenty of time. Hadn't realised there was such a hill here.
A difficult find, spent a lot of time scouting to find the best approach an in the end I resorted to a free walk through thick scrub, I was glad to see the trig marker when I got to the top
A quick trip to Bendigo turned out to be a much longer trip home. A few diversions from the sealed road to various caches cost us more than three hours.
Last time I was near this TP it was a little over 40 deg and I was dressed in riding leathers. Probably not a wise choice to go off wandering in the Whipstick under those conditions. Today we were dressed much more appropriately and the weather was much nicer. We drove as close to GZ as the track would take us then bush bashed the remaining 230m on foot.
Silly question, but why have a TP out here lost in the bush and all but invisible from a mere 10m away?
Last time I was near this TP it was a little over 40 deg and I was dressed in riding leathers. Probably not a wise choice to go off wandering in the Whipstick under those conditions. Today we were dressed much more appropriately and the weather was much nicer. We drove as close to GZ as the track would take us then bush bashed the remaining 230m on foot.
Silly question, but why have a TP out here lost in the bush and all but invisible from a mere 10m away?
wanted to have a look around here again.. certainly no view around or visual track at this puppet. Enjoyed the Bush a Bashing too.. Still so many Orb Spiders around.
Cheers
Cheers
Rated: for Overall Experience
3.00pm
Found by Roma and Max.
The whipstick is looking fresh and green after all the rain we have had and the trig point is surrounded by a sea of yellow flowering natives interspersed with glimpses of white, mauve, blue and purple.
This webpage shows a variety of flora that may be seen here.
http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~stocky/whipstick_plants.html#ground
At S36 30.800 E144 22.758 we found an access track to what must have been a source of road making material and now a very handy water storage which we hope will not be needed for fire suppression in coming summer months!
We took advantage of this track to park safely well offroad at S36 30.827 E144 22.826.
Thanks Delta-dog for bringing us to this lovely area.
Romax.
Found by Roma and Max.
The whipstick is looking fresh and green after all the rain we have had and the trig point is surrounded by a sea of yellow flowering natives interspersed with glimpses of white, mauve, blue and purple.
This webpage shows a variety of flora that may be seen here.
http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~stocky/whipstick_plants.html#ground
At S36 30.800 E144 22.758 we found an access track to what must have been a source of road making material and now a very handy water storage which we hope will not be needed for fire suppression in coming summer months!
We took advantage of this track to park safely well offroad at S36 30.827 E144 22.826.
Thanks Delta-dog for bringing us to this lovely area.
Romax.
Rated: for Overall Experience
My Mum (who grew up in the area) told me about this trig. I was amazed when I actually found it. No decent views to speak of, but worth the trek into the bush.
