Wolgan Gap Wolgan Valley, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 06-Mar-12. Waypoint TP6185
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 18.234' E150° 6.642' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 230977E 6311295N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 1065 m |
| Local Government Area: | Lithgow City |
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Description
Wolgan Gap TS5996
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Wolgan Gap.
Serial number is: TS5996.
Last inspected on: January 18, 1978.
Elevation is: 1066 meters.
This Trig station is a concrete pillar with mast and vanes.
Logs
Found with rogerw3 today, after a 5km round-trip walk. The GeoBuru2 just couldn't manage the 'fire trail' at one point and so we had to leave it behind.
Much of the trail is very nice, however, and we had a pleasant walk with many views.
Trig is in pretty good condition, with its plaque intact, apart from the vanes.
Joint 2TF . . .
5 Thumbs Up for the adventure . . .
Rated: for Overall Experience
Out and about on a Trig day with pjmpjm. We parked at the start of the track and walked to the trig. Great area well worth a visit. The mast has gone but the vanes are hanging in a nearby tree!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Well, what an adventure!
Set out with All Strung Out and after a short track drive off the Wolgan Valley Road the GeoReindeer was baulked at a set of boggy waterlogged crossings. Abandoning the Reindeer, ASO and and the 'fungus set off, with a gingery stepped crossing over the ruts to a short distance further a decidedly unfriendly awd track that rose up, and up up with knee deep ruts. A stagger up, with the realisation there was 3 km to do ... but the track, after its initial 'reach for the sky' settled and it was a clock race with a fast setting sun to reach the GZ coords.
Along the track, off on a side track, over some scrabbly stone ... and then, wonders of wonders, a pristine, white trig (sans vanes alongside) all aglow in the last day's golden sunshine rays.
Wow, well worth the effort for a old cacher ... the youngster did ok, but I look forward to his son dragging him out this way 25 years hence.
A BONUS too ... a FTF (well, seriously first to log I guess) but a gem to have in the count.
Set out with All Strung Out and after a short track drive off the Wolgan Valley Road the GeoReindeer was baulked at a set of boggy waterlogged crossings. Abandoning the Reindeer, ASO and and the 'fungus set off, with a gingery stepped crossing over the ruts to a short distance further a decidedly unfriendly awd track that rose up, and up up with knee deep ruts. A stagger up, with the realisation there was 3 km to do ... but the track, after its initial 'reach for the sky' settled and it was a clock race with a fast setting sun to reach the GZ coords.
Along the track, off on a side track, over some scrabbly stone ... and then, wonders of wonders, a pristine, white trig (sans vanes alongside) all aglow in the last day's golden sunshine rays.
Wow, well worth the effort for a old cacher ... the youngster did ok, but I look forward to his son dragging him out this way 25 years hence.
A BONUS too ... a FTF (well, seriously first to log I guess) but a gem to have in the count.
Rated: for Overall Experience
