Tunks Dural, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 10-Dec-10. Waypoint TP5562

Long time between drinks for this GCAT … While on a jog to the end of the firetrail I noted this trig here and just had to visit A small but doable bushwhack at the end - always fascinated by how these spots must have looked when the trig was placed, given they needed to be visible from afar. TFTT

Late afternoon trig hunt with phlphotos. Enjoyed the walk up from the gate to find this one.

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Such a pleasant walk up from the gate. Just a matter of getting room to take the shot.

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#GA1276 - 14:45; Day 2 of a Sydney caching mission with Sol de lune. Another one where we had a short walk and short bush bash to reach the pedestal, but all was good and we got a snap. TFTC Geocaching Australia

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Next stop on a caching run with in the area with LuckyL10n. Shortish walk along the trail and then a little bush bash at the end and the photo was snapped. Great to see these 'out of the way' ones still in situ.

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One more 'Re-Finding' of a trig originally found in the 1980s. Found it then at 1125, Thursday, 5/7/1984, took some photos, which were subsequently thrown out.
Back for a bushwalk to find this concrete pedestal trig. Still missing the name plate, post, and vanes.
It would have been a lot harder to find it if I was just using a topo map like in the 1980s, as the bush as overgrown it.
I had thought that I had passed the vanes of an older style trig on the way to it, but on checking the rusty metal by the side of the track I found that it was just junk.

Overshot this one slightly looking for a way in, but then as I walked back spotted the trail. Obviously as others have mentioned this bush must have been a lot thinner in the early days as no chance of spotting a trig here now from any distance.

Early morning find as Tunks bush was full of muggles

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Out on a Dural frog drop run and took the opportunity to photograph the local trigs. The last few metres involves a bit of scrub and then the trig's white shape appears. Fascinating to imagine what the area must have been like for the trig to be viewable from a distance.

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I enjoyed a nice walk along the fire trail here and easily spotted the little track heading in to the trig. I wonder how on earth this track stays so visible? I can't imagine anyone but a few GCA cachers have been here in years. Yep, hard to imagine this area clear enough to use this trig from a distance away

The last cache for the day. I hesitated when I saw it was a 400m walk but thought what the heck!
Easy stroll out along the firetrail, but once at the end, the fun starts.
Fantasctic to find another of these obelisk type trigs, especially when they are hidden in dense bush. Recommended for trig enthusiats:)

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Dropped off geokid for swimming and thought I'd have time for a quick GCA cache. I followed the gps up the dead end road and parked. With over 500m still to walk, I started to run. The light was fading fast. Got to 40m off Trig, but didn't realise there was a track going to it. Ran around and came in from another clear track, but still came up short.
Bush bashed the remainging 30m, until I stumbled across the Trig Nice one!! Got the Pic and then found the small track out again Nice one hidden along here. Ran back as the last of the daylight disappeared

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Found today with pjmpjm doing the driving duties as usual, very much overgrown now but still easily accessible from the track. The mast is not fixed to the pillar and is just sitting on top, even though the fixing screws are in the top plate.

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An easy walk along a nice fire trail from the end of Mitchell Road brought me to a faint trail and -- voila! -- there was the badly damaged trig, right in the middle of the thick tea-tree bush.

Who would have thought that there was once a panoramic view from this spot? It's hard to believe now. So I guess this trig has served its purpose and is now of interest only to us geocachers.

Yurt's 'reconstruction' was still in place and I took a couple of photos (to be uploaded in the next 2-3 hours when I get them off my cameras -- including one of sole remaining feature remaining feature, the 'survey' inscription on the metal plate. Nothing else remains -- just the concrete pedestal.

Anyhow, it was a pleasant walk on a not-too-warm early summer's day, and the interesting fire tower is nearby.

I'll give this one a 'Three Thumbs Up' for obscurity and the nearby fire tower!

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After finding 'Rose' up at Glenorie we thought we'd take a look for this one - the closest unfound trig to home. Only published yesterday but a good time to go for it. Parked at the end of Mitchell Road where there's a gate and fire trail. After about 500m there's the power lines crossing the track with the cleared area beneath. Then we walked on past GZ to the fire tower which has a mysterious sign about being Railcorp property. A long way from the railway here!
At the corner there's a faint track into the bush and this heads straight to the trig. Sadly the top has been knocked off and the plaque has been removed - what would anyone do with it? There were a couple of pieces of white PVC pipe which we reassembled to make something of a trig and took the photo.

An interesting spot anyway and I'm surprised there isn't a Two Dogs cache nearby!

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