Djarra Cowan, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 09-May-11. Waypoint TP5800
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 35.478' E151° 9.348' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 328869E 6281634N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 216 m |
| Local Government Area: | The Hornsby |
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Description
Djarra TS1839
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Djarra.
Serial number is: TS1839.
Last Inspected on: July 21, 1972.
Elevation is: 216 metres.
Cairn type trig, most likely on private property. Now NPWS property with demolition of UNSW station. Officially a permit is required to enter the park here. Muogamarra Nature Reserve is the park. Permits available by applying to the local NPWS office.
Trig is intact, stone cairn with mast and vanes.
Logs
I ventured in today. Parked at the gate. Signs said no walking, riding or dogs...and I have a National Parks pass on my car...so I THINK I was permitted to go in. Thistles told me not to follow my GPS unit, so I went to the left and found a trail leading right to the trig.
Rated: for Overall Experience
As the trig is there and it's not private property it can go back in. Make sure you contact NPWS for your entry permit. Most times of year it's okay.
This trig has been on my list for a long time but its presence in the middle of the UNSW field station meant it was off-limits. Well the station was demolished two years ago and the land returned to the NPWS. I came in from the Great North Walk and followed the road up to the wide cleared area. Only trace of the old station was the fire hose and barbeque along with the cleared (but growing back) area. I didn't even have my GPS with me as I wasn't planning on finding this but I thought I could find it by walking to the highest point and there it was! Took my photos on a grey day. Cairn and mast with vanes intact. I think there's an imprint of DJARRA on the vanes but hard to see in the light I had - a rubbing would confirm.
Followed the fire trail on down to a great view over the water - I think it's Bujwa Bay. On my return I followed the road back out, not the Great North Walk, and found the gate at the end of the road had a sign saying it was now the Muogamurra Nature Reserve and a permit was required to enter (whoops!) so I guess if you contact NPWS you can get access to log this trig. Maybe it can be un-archived.
Followed the fire trail on down to a great view over the water - I think it's Bujwa Bay. On my return I followed the road back out, not the Great North Walk, and found the gate at the end of the road had a sign saying it was now the Muogamurra Nature Reserve and a permit was required to enter (whoops!) so I guess if you contact NPWS you can get access to log this trig. Maybe it can be un-archived.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I spoke to someone today on our "6 Trigs in a Day" walk who had been to this trig and confirmed that it WAS on private property and also that there is a nice cairn there.
Saturday, 24/12/1983, 1700, Found an animal enclosure, no photo taken, so I'm assuming that there was no trig marker there (at least within search area). And, even in those days it was only marked with a circle on the map, and not the usual triangle of a trig.
