Umina Umina Beach, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 23-Mar-12. Waypoint TP6293

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S33° 31.161' E151° 17.972' (WGS 84)
	56H 342077E 6289841N (UTM)
Elevation:	130 m
Local Government Area:	Central Coast

Map

Whodunit Container

Description

A Trig Point is a virtual cache which requires a cacher to locate the Trigonometric Station at GZ and to photograph it.

Umina TS10588R

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

Serial number is: TS10588R.

Last Inspected on: July 3, 1978.

Elevation is: 165 metres.

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. 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.

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Steel post (~~with mast and vanes~~ ) on top of water reservoir, which now supports a radio aerial - January, 2017.

Hints

Arrq gb fgrc onpx n ovg

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

10-Apr-23

barefootjeff

I'd thought about doing the walk up The Rampart from home as permitted exercise during the 2021 COVID lockdown but never got around to it, but being at a loose end this afternoon, I went for a drive up instead and took the required photos. My guess is the reservoir was made like this to provide sufficient water pressure for the surrounding houses. Many thanks for the listing.

Rated: for Overall Experience

31-Jan-22

BigMatDozer

Drove up the nice steep road to park at the bottom of this interestingly shaped reservoir. We used to live in a place at Horsnby that had all the same street names as here, so that was fun!

The reservoir itself can be easily seen from quite a way away in this area and has always caught our eye as we drove through the peninsula. Thanks for giving us a reason to head up for a closer look!

25-Feb-21

Mr&MrsFish

The road up to this point is steep and usually quite busy, there are also excellent walks out past the reservoir on the western rock shelves. I have included a photo of the vanes on top and a more distant photo of the reservoir.

Rated: for Overall Experience

10-Jan-21

Banj5150

Found with Team 737 while caching in the area

09-Jan-21

Team737

We were in the area for some good Central Coast hiking caches with Banj5150, and grabbed trigs as we went. This is the weirdest water tower I've seen.... I wonder why it was made this way, surely it would have cost more? The vanes are clearly visible, but you need to get a good 50+ metre up the opposite street.

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-Mar-20

Chris Morison

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Jan-17

alnic39

My mother lived in the house across the road from this for about 12 years. Of course, I was not into caching until much later and this wasn't a findable thing then anyway. Still, it was good to come back up the hill.

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Jan-17

Grahame Cookie

Wow! This is an unusual looking "Water Tower". Parked close by, and realised that I would have no chance of seeing if there was anything appropriate to photograph unless I moved away.
Even from the roadway the view is limited, and uncertain. I walked around to the back of it - past the Restricted Area sign, and was able to get a photo clearly showing the post that would have held the vanes, but now is holding a radio aerial.
Will keep it going. (Hope to get a Waymark for it tho)
"Found" at 1330, Sunday, New Years Day, 2017

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Jun-15

MrDamage

Found at 4:07pm. I'd been here yesterday in the dark to this location. But there was no way I could produce evidence, I even tried a high powered light attached to the car. I just couldn't get a photograph. So today did a proper visit in daylight and I have to say now that I can see the structure properly and looking at it with more interest (as I live locally I've seen this years ago) it is an interesting structure. Certainly about the only one on the coast that looks like this. I've attached 3 photo's two show the trig in the center of the structure the last a closer view of the structure. I don't understand why no one has been out this one for so long either. Its pretty easy to get too.

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-Nov-12

strike-a-light

Found with blossom on a rogaine Smile

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-Nov-12

blossom*

On a hike around the area today, we walked up from Umina beach to this one!!!! Sure is a steeeeeeeeep hill. But a very interesting find once we got there.

03-Oct-12

Hoogies

FTF!! I have now been to Umina Beach a fair few times now but I was never sure that this trig would still be there. I drove around on Castle Cct to closely look to spot the trig sitting on top of the water 'bubble' tank. The trig still has the white mast with what appears to be greyish looking vanes. From a few spots from the road, a successful find can be made. I will post photos when I get back to my PC.

23-Mar-12

Geocaching Australia

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