Mount Henry Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 10-Dec-10. Waypoint TP5534
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 50.394' E150° 37.552' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 280319E 6253059N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 190 m |
| Local Government Area: | Penrith City |
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Description
Mount Henry TS3234
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Mount Henry.
Serial number is: TS3234.
Last Inspected on: October 13, 1977.
Elevation is: 194 metres.
Concrete pillar & black disk.
Logs
Having a poke around Mulgoa and spotted this trig just off the road. Got the photo
So we drove a short way onto the drive that said private prosperity in order to find and photograph this trig. Turns out we should have just stayed on the main road. Way better places to stop and a better view of the trig!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Out trigging with Sophoutloud today on a mission to take over Penrith. It was a beautiful warm day and we were surprised how many of these trigs had survived the urban expansion of Penrith. They were all found in varying conditions from as perfect as the day they were built to pretty broken and covered in graffiti. It looks like this one you need to go down the road off fairlight which is private but the best view is off the main road and it looks like a nice trig 
Rated: for Overall Experience
After visiting The Rock lookout MrT spotted this trig on our way out. Had a hard time finding a clear spot to take a photo, but managed one on my phone and added our Mascot and GPS later.
Geocaching Australia (GCA) Cache Find Number 1295 - 14323 overall cache finds.
Found while heading home to Canberra today during a work trip up in the Penrith region. While I mainly looked for GC caches, when an easy GCA cache comes along we go for that as well. Trigs are particularly nice to track down and find. I was very happy when they became part of the GCA cache family. Its especially satisfying if you have made a big climb up for one ! I have also now joined dragonZone in Clan Cerberus, so there are more reasons to find those GCA caches. Its interesting to find the many different types of trigs. From the traditional metal legs and vanes, to the concrete base with vanes, to the ones on top of water tanks (especially the red ones !), as well the new CORS type. When you look on a GCA map and see all those hundreds and hundreds of blue 'Z's it shows just how many there are out there. Shame so many are on private property and cannot be accessed at all. So as far as I'm concerned every trig that can be found and photographed is a real bonus !
The trig was quickly 'found'. Piccie taken and posted. Nice Trig in a field !
Thanks Geocaching Australia !
Found while heading home to Canberra today during a work trip up in the Penrith region. While I mainly looked for GC caches, when an easy GCA cache comes along we go for that as well. Trigs are particularly nice to track down and find. I was very happy when they became part of the GCA cache family. Its especially satisfying if you have made a big climb up for one ! I have also now joined dragonZone in Clan Cerberus, so there are more reasons to find those GCA caches. Its interesting to find the many different types of trigs. From the traditional metal legs and vanes, to the concrete base with vanes, to the ones on top of water tanks (especially the red ones !), as well the new CORS type. When you look on a GCA map and see all those hundreds and hundreds of blue 'Z's it shows just how many there are out there. Shame so many are on private property and cannot be accessed at all. So as far as I'm concerned every trig that can be found and photographed is a real bonus !
The trig was quickly 'found'. Piccie taken and posted. Nice Trig in a field !
Thanks Geocaching Australia !
Rated: for Overall Experience
On a trip out to the Nepean Lookouts stopped for this trig.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Another easy trig to get to. In fact, you could drive right up to this one.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We came down this road after one of the pokemon caches, and spotted this trig as we drove back. I've been down this road a few times for caches before, so I'm surprised I have never noticed this trig before. I actually wondered if I'd already logged it & just couldn't remember it, but I stopped and took a few photos in case it was a new one for me.
On a morning cache run not far away from here so dropped on over for a happy snap
Rated: for Overall Experience
This is an easy Trig to find and is also in good condition. I parked at the Mt Schoenstatt centre and walked over to the trig, there were a lot of visitors here today walking all around the centre. No name plate on the Trig at all.
Rated: for Overall Experience
First on a Trig hunt in this south-western Sydney area ....
Rated: for Overall Experience
Travelled this road many a time, it’s good to complete this 1 today, was surprised to see no identification plague on this unit. Interesting area this is.
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Trig number 8 for the afternoon Trig hunt with pjmpjm. The usual Warragamba square concrete pedestal type Trig. There used to be the ubiquitous rusted steel box but this has now gone, you can still see the light colored patch where is used to sit.
Rated: for Overall Experience
It was nice to come here and search the lovely shrine here.
And grab a Trig Station!?!
And grab a Trig Station!?!
This Mulgoa area trig was mounted on a concrete pedestal not far from the road. I was able to inspect it closely.
Surprisingly, there's no indication that it ever had an kind of side plaque mounted. I've never seen a concrete pedestal without side plaque (although they're often removed or vandalised) and so don't know what happened with this one. There's also no top plate, something else I've never noticed on a trig.
However, the characteristic black circular 'vanes' are still attached and in reasonable shape. At the base of the concrete pedestal, there's a large rusted, locked metal box, another puzzling anomaly.
So, all in all, this was a rather unusual trig! I was very happy to log it. I've given it 'Three Thumbs Up' because it's a bit of an oddity.
Surprisingly, there's no indication that it ever had an kind of side plaque mounted. I've never seen a concrete pedestal without side plaque (although they're often removed or vandalised) and so don't know what happened with this one. There's also no top plate, something else I've never noticed on a trig.
However, the characteristic black circular 'vanes' are still attached and in reasonable shape. At the base of the concrete pedestal, there's a large rusted, locked metal box, another puzzling anomaly.
So, all in all, this was a rather unusual trig! I was very happy to log it. I've given it 'Three Thumbs Up' because it's a bit of an oddity.
Rated: for Overall Experience
One of the better trigs I've found. This one having a nice view towards to east looking over all the nearby properties. And one of a few which isn't damaged by youths with vandalism and graffiti. A very nice Trig Mount Henry was.
