Avondale Eglinton, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 30-Nov-10. Waypoint TP5518
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 21.215' E149° 32.634' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 736719E 6306623N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 718 m |
| Local Government Area: | Bathurst |
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Description
Avondale TS10154
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Avondale.
Serial number is: TS10154.
Last inspected on: November, 1975.
Elevation is: 720 meters.
Concrete pedestal with mast and vanes.
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.
Addtional Information
Source: Geoscience Australia
Type: Horizontal Control Point
Elevation:
PID:
Other Information: Geoscience Australia
Logs
Well hubby knew I had to geocache and also knew that the dZ game was important to me so he got a ride to Orange to measure up shop for a job while I drove around collecting trig points and stations. One was an obelisk, one was closed off behind houses with only a small gap to see it, and 7 of them were a test line. I wish I was allowed to climb to the obelisk to see what it was for, but sadly no, it appeared to be private property all around.
Well I had a great time collecting lots of dragonZone points, I mean trigs. wink wink.
Go Griffin!
Another surprising drive-by Trig ! Happy to grab the near-by GC and this Trig at the same time...
TFTC !!
One of many already logged by rogerw3 but on the list for the 'mushroom - sighted early ahead beside the long straight road, parking was a tad dodgy so it was for a quick camera shoot.
Thanks.
Albida
Logged with rogerw3 while on the road. Major repairs were going on and a lot of workmen were very close to the trig. So we took our photos from inside the GeoBuru2 while waiting to be waved on . . .
Unfortunately as we got close to this trig we noticed that there was serious road works going on and it was soon obvious that parking was going to be impossible, so as we waited for the lollipop man to give us the go ahead signal we got our shots of the trig anyway.
