Vincent Mt Vincent, New South Wales, Australia
By Big Matt and Shell on 23-May-10. Waypoint TP5519

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S32° 55.593' E151° 30.278' (WGS 84)
	56H 360186E 6355863N (UTM)
Elevation:	407 m
Local Government Area:	Cessnock City

Map

Whodunit Container

Description

Vincent TS4546

Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Vincent.

Serial number is: TS4546.

Last Inspected on: May 28, 1985.

Elevation is: 426 metres.

This trig is located of track on top of Mt Vincent. It is only a short distance from the car but can be challenging to get to.

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 faded, worn black disc on top a concrete pillar. 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.

Logs

26-Jan-22

BigMatDozer

Enjoying Australia Day lunch up Mt Sugarloaf and couldn't resist logging a few finds while we were here.
Nice drive to get to the picnic area were we disembarked and prepared for a walk. The track has seen better days with one section of staircase completely missing, but at least it was easy to follow. What an awesome spot for a trig point. When the trees were cleared it would have been visible for miles around.

23-Jul-21

Banj5150

After spending the day logging trigs around Lake Macquarie, I finished the day up Mt Vincent

07-Apr-18

Tassie Trekkers

One of the many trigs we have found in our travels. Excellent views.

Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience.

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Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Apr-18

whitewebbs

We were in the area and did the walk up to the trig, what a great view from this point. The vane was broken unfortunately. The required photo has been added to the gallery. TFTT

Rated: for Overall Experience

23-Mar-17

phlphotos

After doing the caches & trigs around Mt Sugarloaf came as close as I could go with a 2wd then headed out on foot. Missed the track to the left instead headed around to the right, this got a bit rough & slippery in places. But found a spot we could get up to the level of the trig at which point we found a track up the top. Got to tbe trig they followed the path back down towards the car but a couple of caches.

Rated: for Overall Experience

23-Mar-17

teamMerlin

Out doing a cache run around Mount Sugarload and Vincent. After finding the caches around Sugarloaf we drove our 2WD along the main dirt road then walked in from as the road to Mount Vincent was unsuitable for the car. Making our way around the base of the mountain crown we spotted some trig debris on the Elrington side of the hill and surmissed that it was part of the trig up top. After finding Noonans Discovery we made quick progress over to the trig. The path out was very quick as we passed the what it left of the old staircase on the way down...definitely the better route to the top as the approach we took was steep and slippery. Overall a good trig, but pity about the damage to the top portion.

Rated: for Overall Experience

24-Dec-16

Team737

Three generations of us headed up into Sugarloaf for some Christmas Eve fun, always nice to grab trigs on the way to caches..... this one was cool.

Rated: for Overall Experience

24-Dec-16

Samuel737

found on our way to Noonans Discovery.merry christmas.TFTT

31-Aug-16

mr_roo

Found while walking with my bushwalking club.

12-Sep-13

Grahame Cookie

S32° 55.605' E151° 30.290'

1645, 12/9/13 Tho I had previously 'found' it on Monday 10/12/1984 @ 1340 !!!! That time it was on a Solo Walk from Hallidays Point (near Taree - where I now live) on a 'diagonal' / South Westerly hike finding Repeating Grid References on my way to the Watagans on a 2 weeks holiday.
My Trig Log Book shows GR 60105563 (Aus Geo 66) on the Wallsend 1:25,000 map, and an elevation of 426m. Later that day I also found Heaton trig at GR56285108 (on the Quorrobolong map), tho when I went back there recently I was unable to see it.
This time I was on my way to Stretch Your Legs II: A lovely Stroll, and didn't even have Noonans Discovery loaded on the GPSr until I was on my way back to the car. (Well, the gpx file was loaded, but it seems I can't see ALL of the caches that have been loaded). It was a lovely walk, with only a couple of ticks to annoy me later.

Rated: for Overall Experience