[Black Mountain] Peninsula Trig Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 06-Oct-11. Waypoint TP6046

we are in Canberra for the mega and stopped here for the cache TFTC

I’m on my way to Canberra for a special event over the weekend. What better way to fill in my time then with Geocaching. I started with collecting the long overdue finds along the Barton HWY. Then I headed into Canberra for lunch and to host my event (GA14468) which had an unexpected turnout of 5 people. Thanks for coming and allowing me to not be alone at the park. Afterwards I headed out to find some caches which I have wanted to make for quite some time. These included some past DNF’s as well as some regular/large sized caches plus ‘The Maniac’. (I’ve decided on doing one a day) I can tell you I’m not as fit as I once was I made it with a minute or two to spare. Unlike some of the others that had done the ride, I didn’t experience trouble with the cartridge and it came up with the right coordinates first time. Next it was time to settle into my motel plus have a shower. After dinner, it was time for some night caching! I found 5 Labs plus a couple of other finds which included the AL Bonus. I had an eventful day. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I found, for allowing them to bring joy to me and to the rest of the caching community. TFTE and TFTC’s

Day 13 Mainland trip
Today out hunting caches with Tassie Trekkers and this was one we found. TFTT

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Found this trig with whitewebbs whilst caching in the area.

Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.

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Great day of caching around the lake!
TFTC Wilbert67

Very happy to say that I am running out of trigs in the Canberra area. Sad though, because the trigs here are the best. This is not one of them! But the area around it is great.

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We were parked at the Peninsular to ride around the lake and what did I forget? ........ the GPS with GCA caches. Saw this on the iPhone map and thought it would be easy to find, especially after seeing photos. So our one GCA cache find for the day was Black Mountain Peninsula Trig.... can't bear to think how many we must have ridden past!

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Another great day out caching with Joolay after more points in the current game. Thanks to Minniek for the trail up Mt Stromlo and SDL for all his scattered around the area. We continued on and found a few trigs then topped the day off with a stash of movables. All logs were signed and cache returned to their hidey holes.

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Out getting caches for the summer game

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Quick find on the way home this evening

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After visiting the zoo thomo31 and myself headed out to do this trig. TFTT

Found with teamashy. We were planning to go look for this early this morning on the way to the zoo but the roads were all closed for a bike race. Had to do a big loop to get to the Zoo so headed here on the way back to the cabin. Photo taken with trip mascot/TB Bowra. Thanks

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Early morning bike trip. Didn't know this was a trigpoint.

Mosied on over to the peninsular on a lunchtime break between client visits and quickly nabbed this one at 13:40.

Thanks Geocaching Australia.

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They don't come much easier than this one. Grabbed on our morning bike ride around the lake. Rode up the little hill right to this one.
Thanks.

Grey summery morning. Part of my scavenger duties for the day. Have been coming to the peninsula for years. Photo attached

We jog out here regularly at lunchtimes but I've never stopped for the photo. Finally, a weekend walk with the dog and we got the happy snap! TFTT

Not what were expecting but glad we found it

With a lot of landscaping and construction on the peninsula, I wore my work garb and blended in. It should be a good place to visit when the work is finished.

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found on a wander around the peninsular - love the fluoro 'peninsular' pole

broke chain on bike. while awaiting support, I went down and collected this trig point

Last year mystery question was "why is there a pole with "Penninsula" on it? This year we have the answer!

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Was passing by and pulled in to visit this trig.

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A nice view from here of Lake Burley Griffin. I took a small detour to visit this trig during a ride around the lake.

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Bonus find across the road from todays daily find

Found today on the way back from a lunchtime cache run with Joolay. We pulled in and soon had the trig marker uncovered. Great to grab such a close easy trig. TFTT

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Went out with the geoson (Skypirate) caching and located this Trig around 6:25pm. Had just earlier located a GC cache. I still am affected by a cold and feeling miserable and tired due to some unusual hours at work as well I didn't want to have to do anything strenuous so the caches today were relatively simple ones to get to. Photos include the plaque in the ground before the trig pole and my GPS on the fencing. We had a nice moonlight reflection across the water nearby on the lake it would've been quite pleasant if the outside temperature had been a lot warmer.

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A day for easy access trigs with the Geodaughter and this one fits that criteria

I stopped by on my way home after and event today..

Quick stop n shoot on this one as I was collecting my daily GC cache.

Found on many occasion. I'll log this one for the time I was at the CITO event here. I very much like the area!

Found somebody else finding this while walking back to meet my transport home from the CITO event near this trig. Had forgotten I could come here and get details and find these
... So I found it without having to look - lol
Could not take a photo with my GPS - because my photo taking and uploading device is also my GPS device (my iPhone
But I did take a photo of the trig, and of myself peeking around the post - lol

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A quick find with LuckyL10n after the 11th Annual International CITO Weekend - ACT. An interesting spot for one of these!

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#GA21 - 16:55; A quick find with Boot65 after the 11th Annual International CITO Weekend - ACT which took place nearby. TFTC GCA

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Found on our way back to Dickson after a visit to the zoo.

Found while doing some caches on the Black Mountain Peninsula.

Found while heading out to the 12.12.12 event

Clearing out a bunch of GCA virtuals tonight, and this was the last. Not your standard trig, just a plate. Thanks RBirtles.

Found on a nice morning around Acton. A very nice view of the lake at this spot. Great park. TFTC Geocaching Australia!

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Came by today to fill in this gap in the area. Parked not as close as I could have but enjoyed the amble up to the trig. Great views from here on a bright, sunny and still Canberra spring morning. On a day like today you gotta love the trigs!
Cheers
MajuraHathi

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One of the less-strenuous trigs around. It seemed hard to believe this is a trig, but the plate is there to prove it. I was greatly relieved to make a find, my strikerate wasnt good today.

Thanks rbirtles for the research

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Another nice quick and easy one =) Handy when you are 9 months pregnant =)

We had never driven out on this peninsula before in our numerous visits to Canberra, and were amazed at the area. The trig was spotted very quickly.

Is this really a trig?!? Well I'll take it

After a lot of paddling and caches completed we stopped off for a nice trig find.
Easy to get at.

Found after the canoe/kayak event, but forgot to log till now!

TFTC!

A nice easy drive by trig. Good view of the lake.

A quick drive by grab on the way home with no surveyors here this afternoon.

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GCA 221 - 4334. Found this one - time to log the visit !

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448. Time to grab this one on the way home as I use Lady Denman Dr. Left the car running for FFP and McPhanKid as I sauntered up to the trig. Quick photo and then watched magpies bombing other black birds, poor things. Got a photo of them huddled under a low branch (I hope)

TFTT and the funiculee

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A nice drive-by Trig, the best kind

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Out with jusojara today and made a quick find TFTC

Grabbed this one today at lunch.

Was going to DNF it, because there was a surveyor using the trig!! (i know, someone using it for it's intended purpose! Scary! )
But..i got a photo of the trig. It counts..

Dropped by today to make the find on this trig.

Thanks for another one.

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I like that, A RIDE BY TRIG !! Found & pic taken.

Found it.

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Nice to have another trig around town. All pictured. Thanks

Albida

This was a really easy one to find, especially since the post marker has recently been repainted. And you can drive almost on top of it - great for a rainy morning on the way to work. TFTT

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*FTL* (First to Log) rather than a *FTF*

Found this trig after exploring http://www.actmapi.act.gov.au/ for unregistered trig sites. The ACT Survey Database states that it is still registered as a trig point so I thought that it be best placed on GCA as a physical presence can still be found.

A nice place to visit as well. Photos to be uploaded tonight.

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