Wallaroo Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, New South Wales, Australia
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Geocaching Australia on 12-May-11. Waypoint TP5806
Cache Details
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| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 36.702' E151° 14.568' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 336981E 6279512N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 182 m |
| Local Government Area: | Northern Beaches |
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Description
Wallaroo TS4576
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Wallaroo.
Serial number is: TS4576.
Last inspected on: January 17, 1973.
Elevation is: 188 metres.
Wallaroo has a huge stone cairn, well and truly still there. Take the Salvation Loop track and then the Wallaroo track which will take you within 100 metres of the trig. As the hillside is extremely thick bush, it's best to continue along the track about 250 metres past the trig, cut through to the ridgeline and come back along the ridge as it's relatively easy going along the top where it's a lot rockier.
Logs
Spent a great day paddling over to West Head to Little Shark Rock Point beach. Came upon this trig on the way down to Hallets beach from where I launched my packraft. This trig is another of the beautifully built ones in Kuringai.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Strolling to the end of Wallaroo Track and back I decided to find Wallaroo Trig despite the steady rain. I had my new rain trousers test driving for the Overland Track but only a cheapo plastic poncho so didn't want to go bush bashing. Mindful of earlier comments I ventured past the closest point on the track to here > S33° 36.798' E151° 14.444' where Geoboy's tiny cairn is still in place. Then as noted below followed the ridge to the Trig. You will get quite close before spotting it although it is is in excellent condition albeit without a timber pole and vane.
Remarkably, along the way I stepped onto a largish rock and sitting on top was a silver coin or token, about the size of a 10 cent piece very corroded.
Update - The coin turned out to be a silver Queen Victoria Shilling. I would love to know how it came to be there.
Remarkably, along the way I stepped onto a largish rock and sitting on top was a silver coin or token, about the size of a 10 cent piece very corroded.
Update - The coin turned out to be a silver Queen Victoria Shilling. I would love to know how it came to be there.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I found this on my way back from searching for the Waterfall cache at the end of the trail. Followed the ridge in and after a bit of bush bashing I found the trig. It's well constructed on a solid sandstone foundation and will easily last another 120 years.
Heeding strke-a-light's words of warning I returned the way I came rather than bush-bashing straight down the hill.
I saw Yurt's geoboy's stone cairn still there beside the track on my return journey.
Found at 9:33 AM
Heeding strke-a-light's words of warning I returned the way I came rather than bush-bashing straight down the hill.
I saw Yurt's geoboy's stone cairn still there beside the track on my return journey.
Found at 9:33 AM
Rated: for Overall Experience
A very popular track for walkers, joggers and bike riders today! Lots of wildflowers out as we walked. headed past the trig to a point where we could easily cut through to the ridge and quickly found the trig. The bush bash straight down the hill was rather painful to my delicate nether regions - defintiely NOT the recommended route 
Our second trig for todays extended bushwalk and a really worthwhile trip. The Wallaroo track is very wide and easy walking with lots of flowers out and some nice views from a few spots. We looked up the hill through the very thick undergrowth at the closest point to GZ and decided to keep going a bit further, looking for a clearer route. As the track climbed up a little and we got pretty close to the ridge that the trig was on, we cut through at some rocks and up to the top. It was still a bit of pushing through here and there along the top but pretty easy going and we soon came to the huge stone cairn.
After photos and fiddling, we thought we'd give Yurt's "direct" route a try back down the hill to the track. Bad idea, it was so thick that it would have been heaps easier and quicker to have simply gone back the way we'd come in. Never mind, not too far and downhill - plus I got to go behind strike-a-light so got a path pushed through for me
After photos and fiddling, we thought we'd give Yurt's "direct" route a try back down the hill to the track. Bad idea, it was so thick that it would have been heaps easier and quicker to have simply gone back the way we'd come in. Never mind, not too far and downhill - plus I got to go behind strike-a-light so got a path pushed through for me
With virgin trigs around this area disappearing fast we decided to head for this one while we could. Had planned to do it last weekend but illness and three days of rain postponed it. With blossom* and the newcomer MoorBreeze picking up the unfound trigs we had to act fast.
We'd worked out that the northern end of Salvation Loop track was a 300 metre shorter walk than the southern end so parked there and headed along the newly upgraded fire trail. The track was wet but being sandy country, posed no problems. On the way we looked up to a high bluff in front of us and picked out what looked like a cairn. Nothing is listed there though. We lost sight of it as we progressed along the trail.
We turned right onto Wallaroo track from Salvation Loop after 1.5 km - the sign here says 'Walleroo Track 3.0km'. The track was still rather wide along here. Now and again there were wide turning circle areas for the trucks. At about 400 metres from GZ we started to go downhill on a very steep slope and away from the correct direction. Just as quickly we headed back up the hill towards GZ. Passing to the south/west of GZ we looked for a way in and up the hill getting to about 70 metres away but the bush looked impenetrable. We kept going until it went up the hill a bit and the bush got clearer and drier. This was about 250 metres from GZ.
Following the ridge and rocks from here was a lot easier than trying to bushbash up the hill but it wasn't particularly easy as it appeared no one had been up here for a very long time. The odd wallaby track (or wallaroo track?) and following the rocks helped. Got to within 12 metres of the trig and couldn't see it. Very bushy up here but finally we approached from the right side and found a very substantial trig in good order. All stones seem intact although the post and vanes are long gone. Took our photos. There's a large burned tree nearby which looked very old, you'd think they'd have cleared it all those years ago.
Decided to bushbash back to the track which was about 90 metres away. This was very hard but quicker than retracing our steps. The next finder might want to head up this way - there's a pink ribbon where we came out and the geoboy built a tiny cairn.
Pretty good experience this one. A good longish walk and a trig in great condition.
We'd worked out that the northern end of Salvation Loop track was a 300 metre shorter walk than the southern end so parked there and headed along the newly upgraded fire trail. The track was wet but being sandy country, posed no problems. On the way we looked up to a high bluff in front of us and picked out what looked like a cairn. Nothing is listed there though. We lost sight of it as we progressed along the trail.
We turned right onto Wallaroo track from Salvation Loop after 1.5 km - the sign here says 'Walleroo Track 3.0km'. The track was still rather wide along here. Now and again there were wide turning circle areas for the trucks. At about 400 metres from GZ we started to go downhill on a very steep slope and away from the correct direction. Just as quickly we headed back up the hill towards GZ. Passing to the south/west of GZ we looked for a way in and up the hill getting to about 70 metres away but the bush looked impenetrable. We kept going until it went up the hill a bit and the bush got clearer and drier. This was about 250 metres from GZ.
Following the ridge and rocks from here was a lot easier than trying to bushbash up the hill but it wasn't particularly easy as it appeared no one had been up here for a very long time. The odd wallaby track (or wallaroo track?) and following the rocks helped. Got to within 12 metres of the trig and couldn't see it. Very bushy up here but finally we approached from the right side and found a very substantial trig in good order. All stones seem intact although the post and vanes are long gone. Took our photos. There's a large burned tree nearby which looked very old, you'd think they'd have cleared it all those years ago.
Decided to bushbash back to the track which was about 90 metres away. This was very hard but quicker than retracing our steps. The next finder might want to head up this way - there's a pink ribbon where we came out and the geoboy built a tiny cairn.
Pretty good experience this one. A good longish walk and a trig in great condition.
Rated: for Overall Experience
