Lyre Kariong, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 04-Mar-12. Waypoint TP6179

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S33° 27.089' E151° 17.943' (WGS 84)
	56H 341909E 6297366N (UTM)
Elevation:	226 m
Local Government Area:	Central Coast

Map

Whodunit Terrain

Description

Lyre TS7212

Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Lyre.

Serial number is: TS7212.

Last Inspected on: September 10, 1997.

Elevation is: 241 metres.

Fire trail goes straight to it from the main road at s33° 26.894' E151° 17.569' or you can walk uphill from the 'Egyptian' carvings at the GC cache nearby with a different access track.

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, 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 placing 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.

Hints

Lbh pna fcbg vg sebz 50 zrgerf njnl!

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
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Decode

Logs

13-Oct-24

HansJJ

Before I came here, I did a bit of research – SIX maps – Serveyers reports down loaded dating back to 1970’s. looking, there was a chance of finding of maybe 2 or 3 old plugs – see what happens – haven’t been lucky of late finding them but cross my fingers. Not some pleasant news during the week – needed a drive & a walk on the wild side – turns out a short walk for me. In google maps this track is called Lyre Trig Fire Trail – beautiful – look on my phone mapping – save it as favourites – lock & loaded – leave home – coming down Woy Woy Rd my phone says to turn here – knowing there was a 99.99% chance this track would be gated & it is, found a parking spot without blocking gate. Then I looked at the signs on the gate – WHAT THE FU-K is this shit show about. Look at all my notes & no nothing says anything about this. A sign from the local Aboriginal clang – amoung other items it has a symbol of NO human to ENTER this area, ring this number. ME sometimes I like living on the WILD side of life. I figured I follow track to trig & all is well. WELL doesn’t take long to find many foot prints & even mountain bike tyre marks along this track – many things were going though my mind at this point – WHAT THE F—K is going on here. Doesn’t take long to bump into a middle age couple walking their dog – I ask “I guess your locals – what is with the sign on the gate about” they didn’t know about it as they came from another direction – short conversation follows - don’t worry all is well your wright. Walk ON, & I did – walked to trig – to the local mob – I followed a designated track to trig – me being 1st generation Australian of DUTCH heritage I follow closely the progress of DNA testing of your clangs north of Perth & their blood lines dating back to 1600’houndreds with the ship wrecks of the coast – I was hopping this would come out in the voice referendum but not to be. I will leave it there. Now onto trig – well a nice trig found with a little paint work added. A nice clouded view had in the distance – knowing it would be cloudy & early morning rain I’m OK with this. Would be a nice view on a clear day. Found 2 off old trig plugs – 1 that Yurt posted on the 1st log of this trig & other in the centre of gal pipe – a plug – not common to find this. Used my new phone with GA Cacher app to log this trig – used my trusty Garmin GPS unit for the plugs – many thanks for the walk on the WILD side of life – it was short but nice..

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Oct-21

BigMatDozer

The crew walked up from the Egyptian carvings past some interesting caves to find this Trig point.
The pole and vanes were missing from the concrete plinth.

22-Mar-20

Chris Morison

Easy Going 2 k return walk from the Fire Control Centre at Kariong.

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Jul-19

alnic39

Took the mountain bike up from the gate in the rain. I figured I would get more wet walking...I think I made the right choice.

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Feb-18

riokun

Easy to access via the aptly named Lyre Trig Fire Trail, starting from opposite the Fire Station. Easy walk and I note there are a variety of side trails which apparently connect to some of the various nearby walks. The trig is located on top of a rocky rise, so there are some great views from here! Make sure you have a quick explore of the rocky surrounds. I notice Mr Cookie hasn't logged a find on this one, Very Happy

though I wouldn't be surprised if he has been here at some point.

TFTC!

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Oct-17

MrDamage

Found 6:58pm. On an afternoon of exploring with the girlfriend and decided to grab a few GA caches and maybe a GC or two and enjoy the exploring, views and scenery. This one was the last on the agenda and given the time we had just managed to fit it in and it was now dusky. So a quick walk back I hope before it is dark. Some views!!

Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Feb-16

Tyreless

Second trig for the day on a walk from Wondebyne to Woy Woy, having found Kariong in the morning. Fantastic views from this spot! Stopped for some afternoon tea and some water (fortunately the weather was overcast). The trig is as others have mentioned, a partly vandalised early 1970's plinth style.

Next we took a very nice footpad eastwards that went down through pleasant bush and over an aboriginal carving of a fish (or seal?) to meet up with the firetrails that would take us to Woy Woy.

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Dec-14

strike-a-light

Top views on a lovey day out

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Dec-14

blossom*

Another unexpected bonus on a lovely bush walking day. We started out quite a distance away looking at various aboriginal engravings and ended up at the egyptian ones near here. Then on the way out to the cars, a trig! Yeah! Certainly are some great views around here Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

14-Dec-14

GeoGenS

After finding both White (Mt White) and Girrakool Trigs, and a failed attempt at getting beyond the rifle range to find Kariong Trig, Shankspony and I headed up the Lyre Trig fire trail in search of this one. Nice easy find, with some fine views. Continued on the track and discovered some aboriginal engravings and the Egyptian heiroglyphs.

The trig is missing a vane and the name plate is missing.

04-May-14

Shifter Brains

Found while in the area looking at Egyptian heiroglyphs.

19-Sep-13

rogerw3

It has taken a long time to get there but I got it at last, by the time I got back home it was 5 trains and 2 buses later!
Nonetheless a lovely walk and so easy to get to as long as you do not have to do a suicidal walk along the Woy Woy road as I did.
Sadly this Trig has lost one of the vanes and the name plaque has been stolen at some stage.

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-Mar-12

Yurt

We'd planned on looking for the nearby The Lost Pharoah - Ancient Artefacts II (http://coord.info/GCM62M) cache for some time and I'd done some research on the area spotting a trig on a map of the area and also several mentions of 'Lyre' trig in descriptions of the famous but fake carvings.
Having found the 'Egyptian' temple we headed up the hill a further 300 metres or so on a very faint track which disappeared from time to time eventually leading us to another fire trail which came in from the main road. Easily spotted the pedestal style trig from 50 metres away and took our photos. Brilliant 360 degree views here, nice to see the water. Bahai temple as usual is visible from here too!
There's no plaque sadly and there are only three of the four vane blades but otherwise intact. About five metres away is a plug set in the rock with concrete around it with the inscription CMA (Central Mapping Authority) 1985.
An obvious trig which strangely has never been logged before.

Rated: for Overall Experience