Waratah Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, New South Wales, Australia
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Geocaching Australia on 12-May-11. Waypoint TP5808
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| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 37.770' E151° 13.806' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 335837E 6277518N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 197 m |
| Local Government Area: | Northern Beaches |
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Waratah TS4625
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Waratah.
Serial number is: TS4625.
Last inspected on: January 20, 1973.
Elevation is: 182 meters.
Waratah trig is a very large stone cairn type trig. Follow the Waratah track for about 3km until a vehicle turnaround area where your GPS points left and follow the little track up to the saddle. From here, there are two small tracks. One heads a bit left to a brilliant lookout and the other heads a bit right to the trig and more great views.
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.
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Came for a walk out here with my sister to find the nearby caches and got this trig while we were here. It truly is amazing how they got all those rocks here , awesome views here as well . Thanks for the trig
Rated: for Overall Experience
Came for a walk out here with my sister to find the nearby caches and got this trig while we were here. It truly is amazing how they got all those rocks here , awesome views here as well . Thanks for the trig
Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice views from the trig station - but even more impressive views from "Paddys Castle" nearby - one of my favourite trig stations so far!
https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/06/13/waratah-trail-west-head/
https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/06/13/waratah-trail-west-head/
Lovely walk out on the Waratah track, even through it did get very hot and muggy.
The pile of rocks for the trig is quite impressive although all that is left of the pillar and vanes is an old post.
Found the nearby GC cache as well.
The pile of rocks for the trig is quite impressive although all that is left of the pillar and vanes is an old post.
Found the nearby GC cache as well.
What a great looking trig & a stunning location. TFTTP!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan
I very much enjoyed getting to this one and the views were very good. This is my favourite type of trig; good views, an interesting walk and a decent looking cairn.
GCA cache #1. Visited while hunting Paddy's Castle and Waratah geoCaches. Enjoyed the nice ride in via MTB on cool winter's morning. Great views to be had!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Out for a bit of exercise on the trail and to pick up a couple of caches too. Nice to see one of these old cairns that still has good visibility. There aren't many. This one has wonderful views in several directions. The Garmin had S 33° 37.7687 E 151° 13.806.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found nearby Paddys Castle cache a while ago and neglected to log the Trig too. Revisited the Trig today with a muggle mate just discovering bushwalking. It was a lovely day with enough cloud cover to shield us from the sun that we knew would be out with a vengeance this arvo. Left the entrance on West head Road at 7.00am and returned at around 10.30 so it was a lovely amble with lots of stops to take photos and explore little truncated tracks to the side.
Found nearby Paddys Castle cache a while ago and neglected to log the Trig too. Revisited the Trig today with a muggle mate just discovering bushwalking. It was a lovely day with enough cloud cover to shield us from the sun that we knew would be out with a vengeance this arvo. Left the entrance on West head Road at 7.00am and returned at around 10.30 so it was a lovely amble with lots of stops to take photos and explore little truncated tracks to the side.
Great day out. Can't believe how easily accessible West Head is, and how long I have ignored it! Really enjoyed finding this one
Rated: for Overall Experience
Took the day off work to do a bit of exploring in Kuring-gai Chase National Park. With cars parked opposite the Waratah Track locked gate, we set off on mountain bikes with a plan to ride to the end of the firetrail and then hike along the ridges to the end of the peninsular. Along the way we stopped to look at aboriginal engravings and also did a side trip to Waratah Trig and Paddy's Castle. Waratah Trig was a beauty. Sensational views and well worth the trip. Nabbed McCarr trig on the way home. A great day out and much better than work!
Rated: for Overall Experience
14/09/14. 7:05 AM. GCA Cache #18. My first GCA cache in a long time (too long). I came for a jog up the Waratah Track to get the 2 new .com caches; it took me about half an hour to jog to the trailhead, and not much longer to walk to the old stone trig. This GCA now claimed in the name of Clan Carberus. Now off to the Waratah cache. TFTC }:)
Rated: for Overall Experience
0050 - Yep!
Tho I had been here after visiting 'Long' on Sabbath (Saturday), 4/8/1984, 1645; as I was trying find ALL of the trigs that I could identify on the Hornsby 1:25,000 map as I was living at Wahroonga at that stage.
This time there was a GREAT incentive with a recently published geocache, and as I had the hope of getting a FTF for September I thought that I would take the journey south, and with some extra walking required to get to the track it was still well worth it.
This would be another trig that I would consider worthy of having a working party have a go at replacing the wooden trig mast. So next time back in the area I would hope that it would be in daylight and thus be able to get some better photos, and also get Arden while at it.
Tho I had been here after visiting 'Long' on Sabbath (Saturday), 4/8/1984, 1645; as I was trying find ALL of the trigs that I could identify on the Hornsby 1:25,000 map as I was living at Wahroonga at that stage.
This time there was a GREAT incentive with a recently published geocache, and as I had the hope of getting a FTF for September I thought that I would take the journey south, and with some extra walking required to get to the track it was still well worth it.
This would be another trig that I would consider worthy of having a working party have a go at replacing the wooden trig mast. So next time back in the area I would hope that it would be in daylight and thus be able to get some better photos, and also get Arden while at it.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I came back here again and this time with Mrs T - her first trig. Now she has some understanding of why I love them. We saw the epic carvings and 2 wallabies which made Mrs T's day. Also found some echidna carvings near the start of the trail. This is such a great walk!
No bush-bashing required. I came out here on the second shortest day of the year but the air was crisp, the sun bright and the approaching showers formed ever approaching rainbows.
The aboriginal carvings near the trail are epic in scale, including the human figure photographed by Yurt and a giant whale with a man inside.
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The final ascent to Waratah is on a well worn path and Waratah is still in pretty good shape. Fantastic views up here!
I took my photos and started the walk back along the trail as light rain started to fall.
Found at 8:55 AM
The aboriginal carvings near the trail are epic in scale, including the human figure photographed by Yurt and a giant whale with a man inside.
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The final ascent to Waratah is on a well worn path and Waratah is still in pretty good shape. Fantastic views up here!
I took my photos and started the walk back along the trail as light rain started to fall.
Found at 8:55 AM
Rated: for Overall Experience
This is the best trig ever for the magnificent views from here and the hilltop just across from it. This spot truly does have 360 degree views and they are well worth the walk to get to. Most definitely outstanding. And the trig cairn is pretty impressive too 
Rated: for Overall Experience
After tiring ourselves out treking to Arden and back twice, we continued on towards Waratah trig. The flowers along this track were really brilliant and there were so many spots where you could stop and spend ages getting photos. Heaps of honeyeaters all around and we could heard birds everywhere. We passed quite a few birdwatchers and photographers stufying all the flowers. We spotted 2 waratah flower buds along the way so I think it's well worth a return visit in a month or so when they're out in flower.
We came to the "turn left" spot and headed up the hill. Without looking at the gps, we continued on to the highest spot in front of us to find we'd come to the best lookout in Sydney bar none!
I think you can see for 100 miles from up here and there were some lovely rock orchids out in full bloom - wow!
After an awful lot of photos, we headed across to the next hilltop where we could see the trig. Another really huge stone cairn surrounded by the most beautiful display of flowers! I certainly give this a 5 out of 5 and I wish I could award more points still.
The walk back was held up yet again by more photo taking as it was just so beautiful. Definitely take this walk in spring if you possibly can
We came to the "turn left" spot and headed up the hill. Without looking at the gps, we continued on to the highest spot in front of us to find we'd come to the best lookout in Sydney bar none!
I think you can see for 100 miles from up here and there were some lovely rock orchids out in full bloom - wow!After an awful lot of photos, we headed across to the next hilltop where we could see the trig. Another really huge stone cairn surrounded by the most beautiful display of flowers! I certainly give this a 5 out of 5 and I wish I could award more points still.
The walk back was held up yet again by more photo taking as it was just so beautiful. Definitely take this walk in spring if you possibly can
Rated: for Overall Experience
Another one I'd seen on old parish maps but it looked rather remote so hadn't made an attempt on it. When it was published this week along with Arden we thought we'd have a crack at it. The new National Parks pass is getting a workout!
We followed the Waratah track (not much parking there at the start but it's there) to Arden trig. From there it was exactly 2km as the crow flies. Followed the fire trail from there with a few ups and downs for the next couple of kms. On the way there is significant Aboriginal rock art to the right of the track, I won't give coords, you'll probably find it.
Reached a point on the track where it looked like service vehicles turn around and the GPSr pointed hard left. A little track led up the hill for the final 100 or so metres. Reached the saddle and the track was marked out by little stone cairns. We reached the top and found the largest stone cairn trig we've found so far! Only a post remains in the middle with no vanes or plaque. No survey marks or bolts nearby and only a couple of initials carved in stone.
The cairn is a classic - I do wonder where all the rock came from - there's no sign of where it was extracted from. It looks as though more stone has been piled on top of the original cairn but nothing has fallen off. Great views all around - to the ubiquitous Bahai temple of course and elsewhere.
One of the best - the sign at the start of the Waratah track mentions the views available from the trig as well! Oh and this was our 400th GCA find.
We followed the Waratah track (not much parking there at the start but it's there) to Arden trig. From there it was exactly 2km as the crow flies. Followed the fire trail from there with a few ups and downs for the next couple of kms. On the way there is significant Aboriginal rock art to the right of the track, I won't give coords, you'll probably find it.
Reached a point on the track where it looked like service vehicles turn around and the GPSr pointed hard left. A little track led up the hill for the final 100 or so metres. Reached the saddle and the track was marked out by little stone cairns. We reached the top and found the largest stone cairn trig we've found so far! Only a post remains in the middle with no vanes or plaque. No survey marks or bolts nearby and only a couple of initials carved in stone.
The cairn is a classic - I do wonder where all the rock came from - there's no sign of where it was extracted from. It looks as though more stone has been piled on top of the original cairn but nothing has fallen off. Great views all around - to the ubiquitous Bahai temple of course and elsewhere.
One of the best - the sign at the start of the Waratah track mentions the views available from the trig as well! Oh and this was our 400th GCA find.
Rated: for Overall Experience
