Addison Ingleside, New South Wales, Australia
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Geocaching Australia on 28-Apr-11. Waypoint TP5759
Cache Details
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| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 41.190' E151° 15.510' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 338578E 6271242N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 200 m |
| Local Government Area: | Northern Beaches |
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Description
Addison TS594
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Addison.
Serial number is: TS594.
Last inspected on: August 3, 1977.
Elevation is: 201 meters.
Year of construction: 1882
The trig consists of a stone cairn between busy Mona Vale Road and the cycle path. Parking possible in Addison Ave (note the name) or in the Bahai Temple car park. Don't park on Mona Vale Road.
This trig was originally contructed by Tom Swannell and his team in 1882. To find out more about the history of this trig see "Guide to the Historic Trigonometrical Stations of Sydney's North" by Tony Dawson, available for loan from Forestville Library (www.wls.nsw.gov.au) or purchase from Deerubbin Press (www.deerubbinpress.com.au).
Logs
#GA2613 - 13:25; Day one of the 2018 Oz Geomuster mission with Sol de lune. Today was planned to be an easy day travelling to the Mega site in Morisset via a few dragonZones in the Sydney metropolitan region before getting amongst the Easter traffic heading north along the freeway. After our first stop in Balgowlah, the GPSr had us headed out along a different route than we had originally planned. After collected four 'bonus' trigs, we were now back on track along our planned route when we stopped off to grab some snaps of this trig. Parked the geomobile in the temple carpark and headed along the track towards GZ. Located the nice pile at GZ, which was confirmed as the trig by the mark on the bikepath. TFTT Geocaching Australia 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Day one of an Easter trip with LuckyL10n to the 2018 Morisset Mega. Headed up via the northern beach suburbs of Sydney to grab a few trigs and dragonZones along the way.
No problems with this one and the trig was soon spotted. Nice rock pile.
Another trig and another dragonZone crossed off. Thanks for the fun....
No problems with this one and the trig was soon spotted. Nice rock pile.
Another trig and another dragonZone crossed off. Thanks for the fun....
Rated: for Overall Experience
I had a bit of trouble spotting this, as I was looking for a small stack of rocks...not the large one it turned out to be.
Rated: for Overall Experience
One more trig originally found way back on 26 December, 1983, at 1556, but I wasn't aware then that the nearby Baha'i Temple was also a trig (albeit a Passive one). Addison was photographed back then, but the collection of trig photos was tossed out to make way for another series, of family photos.
Stopped by this time on Saturday, 9th April, 2016 at 1006, as I was heading down to Kirribilli (from Taree) for a High School 40th year reunion. A bit more derelict this time.
Stopped by this time on Saturday, 9th April, 2016 at 1006, as I was heading down to Kirribilli (from Taree) for a High School 40th year reunion. A bit more derelict this time.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Last of 5 trigs found today, all in Ingleside. What a hidden gem. I wonder how many people drive/walk/ride past without knowing this is here. A diamond python was curled up within a couple of meters of the trig.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Another of the old ones - the 1882-3 trigs constructed by Tom Swannell.
I remain in awe of the ability of these structures to withstand the changes around them. Imagine what this place was like in 1882 when the trig was constructed? There would have been nothing! Today there is a 4-lane highway next to it and an exotic place of worship. Tom Swannell would wonder which planet he was on.
Found at 3:03 pm
I remain in awe of the ability of these structures to withstand the changes around them. Imagine what this place was like in 1882 when the trig was constructed? There would have been nothing! Today there is a 4-lane highway next to it and an exotic place of worship. Tom Swannell would wonder which planet he was on.
Found at 3:03 pm
Well not much to see from the road as you speed past, but once you look off the bike/pedestrian track the remains are there in the bush. Getting dark in here by the time I took the photo.
Found with blossom* for our marathon in the geosportz. Just a spare cache in case!
Quite surprising to see this large stone cairn still in place next to such a busy road, although half the cairn seems to have been dismantled.
2 for the price of one - having parked in the Bahai carpark, this was a short walk away, and very run down as the pic shows.
Last trig for the day, actually that should be for the night as it was quite dark by the time pjmpjm and i stumbled thru the bush to the cairn Trig. In fact it is very close to the track and as observed by Yurt seem to have been spared demolition on purpose as excavations seen to go around it, whom says the RTA (or DMR at the time) doesn't care!
Took some flash pictures of the cairn, which is in reasonable condition after being abandoned.
Took some flash pictures of the cairn, which is in reasonable condition after being abandoned.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found together with rogerw3 while on a major trig hunting expedition up to the Palm Beach area.
Yurt texted us that he'd located this trig while we were still travelling south from around Barrenjoey.
One logged trig followed another, and of course we had to stop for cappuccino, so it was already dusk when we arrived at the beautiful Bahai Temple and enjoyed seeing its top 'trigpoint' gloriously outlined against the evening sky.
However, we had to hurry and push on up the road a bit to find Addison Trig as the light was failing fast. Yurt has already given a description of the route. You don't actually have to enter the Bahai Temple grounds at all to get to Addison.
In the deepening gloom we could only see an outline just off in the bush, between the convenient but unlighted pathway and busy Mona Vale Road. Pushing our way in, we began to make out the details of a classic rock cairn, still showing evidence -- despite its decay -- of its original carefully crafted round shape. This was far from being an old pile of rocks.
I climbed up on the top -- helpfully cleared by Yurt -- and put my arm down the hole that once held the post. We could see not sign of any surviving vanes in the darkness. They're probably long gone.
rogerw3 took a number of flash photographs, but of course after dark pictures are less than ideal. However, we still enjoyed seeing what kind of care went into making trig cairns in years past.
A great experience -- worth 'Three Thumbs Up' at least!
Our observed GPS coordinates were within 2 metres of what rogerw3 calculated from the maps, so there's a slight discrepancy with Yurt's findings earlier in the day -- but even 9 metres is certainly close enough.
Another new trig for everyone to find and enjoy . . .
Yurt texted us that he'd located this trig while we were still travelling south from around Barrenjoey.
One logged trig followed another, and of course we had to stop for cappuccino, so it was already dusk when we arrived at the beautiful Bahai Temple and enjoyed seeing its top 'trigpoint' gloriously outlined against the evening sky.
However, we had to hurry and push on up the road a bit to find Addison Trig as the light was failing fast. Yurt has already given a description of the route. You don't actually have to enter the Bahai Temple grounds at all to get to Addison.
In the deepening gloom we could only see an outline just off in the bush, between the convenient but unlighted pathway and busy Mona Vale Road. Pushing our way in, we began to make out the details of a classic rock cairn, still showing evidence -- despite its decay -- of its original carefully crafted round shape. This was far from being an old pile of rocks.
I climbed up on the top -- helpfully cleared by Yurt -- and put my arm down the hole that once held the post. We could see not sign of any surviving vanes in the darkness. They're probably long gone.
rogerw3 took a number of flash photographs, but of course after dark pictures are less than ideal. However, we still enjoyed seeing what kind of care went into making trig cairns in years past.
A great experience -- worth 'Three Thumbs Up' at least!
Our observed GPS coordinates were within 2 metres of what rogerw3 calculated from the maps, so there's a slight discrepancy with Yurt's findings earlier in the day -- but even 9 metres is certainly close enough.
Another new trig for everyone to find and enjoy . . .
Rated: for Overall Experience
With rogerw3 publishing a lot of 'lost' trigs in the past week I took the opportunity to go and find this one as I was nearby. I'd suspected that the Bahai Temple must have some trig status as you can see it from just about anywhere in northern Sydney. However, I'd seen on old parish maps that there used to be another trig here which was probably supplanted by the temple.
Parked in Addison Ave (which was named after the trig?) and walked up the cycle path some 250 metres. There was a permanent marker on the left which I grabbed and also there were annotations of various survey bolts on the path. Got close to GZ and looked into the rough scrub between the path and the noisy road to spot a venerable cairn covered in sticks and mess. I got in there and removed much of the debris (knowing that pjmpjm and rogerw3 would soon be along) to get a good photo. It's very interesting how it seems to have been preserved - there's only the stones left of course but it looks to have been excavated around when the road was widened a way back when. It sits on its own little hill. A tree branch has fallen over it obscuring it slightly but it's still there in its glory. Roger's coords were 9 metres out which is pretty good in my book.
Thanks to rogerw3 for a great find!
Walked up the hill to log the Bahai Temple then.
Parked in Addison Ave (which was named after the trig?) and walked up the cycle path some 250 metres. There was a permanent marker on the left which I grabbed and also there were annotations of various survey bolts on the path. Got close to GZ and looked into the rough scrub between the path and the noisy road to spot a venerable cairn covered in sticks and mess. I got in there and removed much of the debris (knowing that pjmpjm and rogerw3 would soon be along) to get a good photo. It's very interesting how it seems to have been preserved - there's only the stones left of course but it looks to have been excavated around when the road was widened a way back when. It sits on its own little hill. A tree branch has fallen over it obscuring it slightly but it's still there in its glory. Roger's coords were 9 metres out which is pretty good in my book.
Thanks to rogerw3 for a great find!
Walked up the hill to log the Bahai Temple then.
Rated: for Overall Experience
