Peate Mount Colah, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 17-Jan-11. Waypoint TP5586

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S33° 40.300' E151° 6.485' (WGS 84)
	56H 324603E 6272642N (UTM)
Elevation:	213 m
Local Government Area:	The Hornsby

Map

Whodunit Difficulty

Description

Peate TS3691

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

Serial number is: TS3691.

Last Inspected on: No Data.

Elevation is: 212 metres.

Set up in a PM box, no beacon was erected over this trig point.

There is a "fire hydrant" type hatch at GZ which, when opened, reveals the original plaque. There is a mark ('P.M.') painted on Amaroo Avenue indicating the location of this trig in the bush.

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 access.

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 placing 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.

Hints

Va tebhaq, prager bs pbapergr.

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

12-May-23

Tassie Trekkers

Snapped required pic which has been added to the gallery Clan Minotaur

12-May-23

Nana Nel

at GZ too much litter. thanks to CO

12-May-23

wazza9

Looks like we are at GZ.

06-Jan-20

Team737

Yep, a DNF on a trig - we couldn't place it, despite spotting the road marker....

30-Sep-18

Wilbert67

Two big caching days in a row to find some specific caches in the Hornsby and North Sydney area. Great weather and reasonable traffic made for an excellent day! This is one of the trigs picked up along the way.
TFTC Wilbert67

03-Apr-18

Goldenwattle

I was there. Photograph attached Very Happy

. TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Nov-17

alnic39

Not hard to find when there is a big hint on the road.

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-Mar-17

crash2079

#28
With all of the rain recently, I've caught a bit of cabin fever. Once it turned into a slight drizzle this afternoon, I went for a quick drive. Started with a nice walk to Gundah, a quick park and grab at Lucy then stopped off here on the way home. Followed the trail from the intersection but ended up within 10m of the road.

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Feb-17

LuckyL10n

#GA1272 - 13:45; Day 2 of a Sydney caching mission with Sol de lune. It seems we are on a roll collecting trigs under lids! This one made it three in a row! Only a short walk once at GZ and the snaps were in the can. TFTC Geocaching Australia Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Feb-17

Sol de lune

Almost stopped at the tell-tale sign on the road, but missed it by that much. Off into the bush and the marker was soon spotted.

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Jan-17

Boot65

Collected a few trigs while on a work trip to Sydney. This was one and after a short little bush bash, I found what I came looking for.

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Jan-17

Zalgariath

Peate is 215m above sea level, which was just what I needed today. A little scratching around needed and ducking through the bush so not wheelchair friendly. I've adjusted the rating.

Rated: for Overall Experience

31-Jul-16

Grahame Cookie

I was 'down in Sydney' for Geocaching NSW AGM, and wanted to get a few Waymarks, Geocaches (for the souvenir), and of course a few trigs, to make the trip 'worth while'. This is another one found back in the 1980, as a PM box.
I didn't have the description on the GPSr, but saw the "PM" painted on the road, and took off into the bush, and found the box.
Had to go back to the car to get a tool to open the lid. Only to find that the 'trig pin' was under a lot of water. The name plate is intact tho.
Thanks. Another 'unloved' trig point.

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-Mar-15

Kittykatch

Found today on the way north to Tuggerah Lakes. Great to turn off the road and grab a few trigs. TFTC

23-Sep-12

richary

A nice easy one to start the day, well to find it I had to actually look for the arrow on the road and follow it in to the bush. Once that happened it was quickly found. For some reason the iPhone that had been giving me a correct reading suddenly decided it was 50 metres away and refused to update!

31-Dec-11

Team Canary

1200 caches for 2011!!!

I just had to stop for a quick photo and nicely round it off.

30-Dec-11

alfyboy

After my outing with Purplepeopleater, I took off for a few quick caches and this Trig that he had already done. Parked and walked right up to the plate. Nice easy one. Managed to open it as well, but still full of water.

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Sep-11

Purplepeopleater

S33° 40.300' E151° 6.485'

Quick find on the way up to Gosford this morning.

GPS was spot on (for once!)

Rated: for Overall Experience

18-Jul-11

Baktrak

Found on a local practice run to start understanding trigs. Still full of water but you can see the stud at the bottom.

08-May-11

Big Matt and Shell

Found this trig on a tour through the Hills area.

Another one of these trigs that doesn't have a tower anymore.

01-May-11

glenferns

Peate trig - related to Peats ridge perhaps? Walked over the top of it a couple of times before I read the notes...

24-Mar-11

rogerw3

Last Trig Point for the day, another unusual one, it is only set up like a Permanent Survey Marker, but is registered as a Trig only, unlike Lucy that is registered as both a Trig and a Survey Marker.
This was full of water, obviously a common event here as shown by the rusted appearance of the name plaque.

Rated: for Overall Experience

31-Jan-11

pjmpjm

Full marks to Yurt and son for finding this one hidden away in the bush, about ten metres from Amaroo Avenue in Mt. Colah!

Like neighbouring Lucy, this one has elements of both a 'Permanent Marker' and a true 'Trig.'

It's presumably on the original site of the trig, and inside the metal 'hatch' the 'Peate T. S.' plaque is affixed. But it says 'PM' on the outside top of the hatch.

Warrants a discussion of the definition of a trigpoint.

Anyhow, a great find on a very hot day -- 37 degrees when I stepped out of the air conditioned GeoBuru!

Photo will be uploaded this evening.

Rated: for Overall Experience

19-Jan-11

Yurt

This was quite the unusual find. Rogerw3 had made me aware of other unlisted trigs in this area and I managed to locate a few on old parish maps. This one looked promising as there was bush in the general area. A bit of a random trek in the scrub before finding the "fire hydrant cover" type trig. It was full of water but it was exciting to see the original trig plaque placed under the hatch. Not sure when the change would have occurred but it certainly gives some hope that trigs like this are still around. See the photos. It's reminiscent of Black Mountain trig in Canberra.

Rated: for Overall Experience