Mt Alexander South Harcourt North, Victoria, Australia
By
Romax on 23-Sep-11. Waypoint TP6040
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S37° 0.135' E144° 18.566' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 260586E 5901493N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 724 m |
| Local Government Area: | Mount Alexander |
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Description
This brass trig identification disc is located between two short pipes imbedded in granite and is in an area where there is evidence of significant quantities of granite having been mined over time.
Final approach will be on foot up an easy slope lightly timbered with some dense bracken to be negotiated depending on direction taken.
Care should be excercised at GZ as there is a steep drop away on the eastern side.
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 get to.
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, along with your GPS receiver and (preferably) yourself. 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 place an "Archived" log on the Geocaching Australia website.
If you feel that you can add to the description of this trig point or adjust the difficulty / terrain ratings, please feel free to edit this cache and amend the information suitably. Vandalism of the cache description or other information will result in your account being terminated.
Logs
TFTT
) but alas, someone has removed the actual survey marker 
. At least that didn't detract from the views out to the east. 
Thanks Romax.
There are a lot of very squarish blocks of granite littering the slopes.
Signs of a quarry at some time in the past
No actual structure at GZ, but the survey marker is there.
Also some nice views out over the flatlands to the southeast.
This TrigPoint was a little tougher than the one up the hill. GabGab and I took the easy way up to the cache, but it was still a little bit of a struggle for 12 year old legs. Nevertheless we took it slow and easy and soon we were at the top of the granite blocks admiring the marker in place between the blue posts. We took a slightly easier way down as we could see some narrow tracks that we missed on the way up.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks Romax for taking the time to list this TrigPoint at Geocaching Australia. I wonder why so close to the other one. Maybe sighted from a different angle.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
Having visited this GZ on another geo mission back in 2006 it was very pleasing to see no vandalism had taken place here in the intervening years.
Unfortunately that was to prove not to be the case later in the day when we visited another trig not that far from here where the brass ware had been purloined since our last visit!
