Harris Hill Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 26-Apr-11. Waypoint TP5710

Out in the beautiful weather with Outdoornut22 we decided to head for the mountains and I'm glad we did because I love the view! despiser the fires I think we found an old track to this trig. I don't know that people were heading up here to look at the trig but its such an impressive rock formation I think I can understand why people try to get on top of it! loved the view from this spot and cool to see the bush slowly start to regenerate.

Sophoutloud and I decided we had to make use of the beautiful day the weekend had provided us and after a bit of deliberation on the Geocaching Australia map we decided that Kings Tableland would be a good day outing to somewhere we hadn't been in a while with the bonus of being able to get 7 trigs and a virtual. All the Trigs we found were in great condition and most were tidy and well painted. walking trough the bush up here was pretty easy at the moment as there is still no undergrowth although it is pretty sad to see the many trees have been damaged to an extent that they were really struggling to shoot out sprouts and keep growing. This outcrop was really cool it sticks up out of the canopy and we could identify it for the rest of the day (guess that's what you want in a trig point ) after a bit of a rock scramble up and over the top we were at the trig. It is still in the same condition as described in previous logs which was good to see as it has a wooden mast

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After enjoying the sights from McMahons Point at the end of the road, we started heading back along the trail. Found somewhere we could pull off the road and MrT headed off to look for this trig. (Being a terrain 4 I decided to wait at the car). He headed up along a ridge and up too early. Then down and up the next and found the trig. After taking a photo, he found an easier way down. This treck only took 20 minutes! TFTT

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I did an early morning run to the end of Kings Tableland Road to McMahon's Point and Battleship Tops. I was last time down this way in April 2015 and I had some unfinish trigs to do that in 2015 I looked at and noted some information on them. I even kept the paperwork on these trigs. So today it was time to complete these trigs along this road. It was a coolish November day which was good as it helped in achieving the find. I am glad I have done some other off-track trigs early this year as it helped with this walk. As like usual and with no difference today hard way to trig and easier way returning to car. I have come to realise when jonnosan says “it was quick side trip on the drive out to start the Euroka search. a fun scramble with great views from the trig”. For him it may be a quick side trip – for me it was a 2 GPS trip, 1 directing me to trig and older 1 cookie crumpling to trig. Basically, it is an off-track bush bash with rock scrambling involved. There is no other option there will be rock scrambling to this trig. So, don’t do it when it is wet, you will be sorry. I must agree with rogerw3 the view up here is amazing. It is well worth the effort to get here for the view of the greater blue mountains area. I even took a video up here as I was very impressed with the view. Another trig not visited often but well worth the effort getting here. There is a good parking spot along Kings Tableland Road to park and start your walk from there. Thanks again for the challenge and the view.

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a quick side trip on the drive out to start the Euroka search. a fun scramble with great views from the trig.

I wanted another challenge for the 1550th!

This slightly steep and tricky 210m bush bash fitted the bill.

The view certainly made the climb for the effort! Wow!

This trig turned out to be quite a gem, pjmpjm and I expected to find a partly demolished cairn type trig as the most recent data mentioned a leaning mast and partly collapsed trig and that was 32 years ago, so what would be left for us to find.
The climb up the ridge did prove to be a lot harder than the "easy climb" mentioned by the last inspector. There is about 250-300 meters of bush bashing, heavy in places and some rock climbing, but the result is so worth the trouble.
We got near GZ and spotted the leaning trig through the trees, it is still up, one of the vanes has been torn up but has been thoughtfully placed in a rock crack where it will remain for a long time. We spent some time enjoying the amazing view, one of the best if not the best in the Blue Mountains!
We started back when half way there pjmpjm found his GPSr missing, no argument, we head back trying to follow the reverse route we just took (no track of course) and very luckily the dark grey unit was spotted on a grey bed of pine needles and general mulch, so lucky it had not skittered down the slope to oblivion.

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Found together with rogerw3, the second trig of our afternoon expedition down Tableland Road in Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains.

We drove far, far down the road -- well beyond the Notts Trig -- until we were as close to the published coordinates as we could get, and then parked and started up the slope.

We had expected a moderately challenging 15-20 minute ascent, but the reality proved to be somewhat different! Nevertheless, we steadily continued to head upwards towards the coordinates, up and up, even though the way became narrow and rocky and steep . . . and finally we topped the rise, saw the spectacular panorama around us, and discovered the badly leaning but almost completely intact old trig!

This was a find to be treasured -- 3/4 of the old vanes attached to the old wooden post -- and the 'Harris' name plaque still fastened to the remaining vanes! We had expected perhaps a scattered rocky cairn, so this discovery was a real treat for us.

Searching about, we quickly found the missing quarter vane wedged into a crevice in the rocks. There was also supposed to be a NSW State Survey Marker in the adjacent area, but the pine needles and heavy ground debris foiled this final task.

And the views were even better than those from Notts Trig -- we could see forever across the Jamison Valley and beyond.

However, autumn days are short and we had to head back. After re-traversing the worst past of the climb, this time downwards, I suddenly discovered that my Oregon 300 GPSr was missing! A quick check of my belt showed that the loop of my pants -- where it had been clipped -- was torn off. What to do? We decided to head back up, realising that a small dark gray machine could be very difficult to spot in the steep and rough terrain. rogerw3 led the way, remembering how we'd descended (there was no discernable track) and we looked left and right, up and down. Finally, just before we reached the top of the rocky outcrop for the second time, rogerw3 reached down and picked up the errant GPSr! Very thankfully I re-attached it -- to my belt this time -- vowing never again to trust my belt loops!

The rest of the afternoon was much more uneventful. But we did drive still further down Tableland Road, checking out a possible route to more trigs much further south.

Nevertheless -- two old Blue Mountains trigs in little more than two hours -- what a great adventure!

It was certainly worth 'Four Thumbs Up' . . .

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