Bulga Colo Heights, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 21-Aug-11. Waypoint TP5991
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 22.956' E150° 44.082' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 289281E 6304003N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 257 m |
| Local Government Area: | Hawkesbury City |
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Description
Bulga TS5525
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Bulga.
Serial number is: TS5525.
Last Inspected on: May 29, 1976.
Elevation is: 260 metres.
Concrete pedestal the mast and vanes have burnt down.
A Trig Point is a virtual cache which requires a cacher to locate the Trigonometric Station at GZ.
A trig point (also known as a Trigonometric Station) typically consists of a black disc on top of four metal legs or concrete pillar, resembling a navigation beacon. It is also accompanied by a metal disc, which is located directly below the center point of the tripod or on top of the pillar itself.
Trig points are generally located at the top of hills or points of prominence in the landscape. Many provide unique views and challenges, with some being difficult to access.
These points were regarded as valuable to surveyors, providing reference points for measuring distance and direction, and assisting in the creation of maps.
To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the trig point. Long distance / telephoto type pictures are against the spirit of this cache. You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the trig point.
The original collection of trig points has been sourced from Geoscience Australia and may contain inaccuracies.
Please respect local laws and regulations when searching for trig points. If you believe that a trig point is located on private property or in a dangerous location, you may archive the cache, by clicking on 'Log this Cache' and placing an 'Archived' log on the Geocaching Australia website.
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Logs
Yep, that's a pretty extreme 4WD track, we parked the Forester at the bottom and walked up, a good leg stretch after Putty....
A roadside park and walk up a rugged old road - with an old neatly constructed sandstone blocks retaining wall along the way - the trig is offset in a forested spot ... in reasonable condition with name pate, sadly the mast has toppled leaving a fire burnt tiger spotted pattern upon the melted plastic.
The name plaque is in place, we could not find the vanes and a remnant of the mast mostly burnt and melted was found with an interesting Leopard pattern.
We parked next to the road, pulled ourselves up the slope & bush bashed until we stumbled on a track that look us to within 10m of the trig. Canary then spotted the trig pedestal through the scrub.
Plaque still intact, and we found that we think are the burned remains of the vanes.
We parked on the road and bush bashed up to find a track!?!
We followed that for an easy find.
The base and nameplate were intact. We found old white, melted, plastic vanes nearby!
