Arthur Duffys Forest, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 09-May-12. Waypoint TP6346
Cache Details
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| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 38.892' E151° 11.792' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 332759E 6275391N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 196 m |
| Local Government Area: | Northern Beaches |
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Description
Arthur TS649
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Arthur.
Serial number is: TS649.
Last Inspected on: No Data.
Elevation is: 198 metres.
No other data available at present.
Logs
Hike out to Mount Murray Anderson and stopped here briefly to check out the very nicely preserved trig.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Easy to find on the way to Mount Murray Anderson - which is a great walk!
https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/06/06/mount-murray-anderson-ku-ring-gai-np/
https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/06/06/mount-murray-anderson-ku-ring-gai-np/
Rated: for Overall Experience
Love these old trig stations, found this on a small and sometimes indistinct track out to Mt Murray Anderson. Worth the extra walk out to the end if you have time, beautiful views over Smiths and Cowan Creeks, great rock platforms.
Rated: for Overall Experience
This has been one of my favourite trigs so far. It's in good condition and the track is quite and interesting with changes in scenery and vegetation. The walk out to Mt Murray Anderson is very interesting and the views are spectacular, even if I did lose the track a few times. I felt so isolated. It is well worth the detour if you have a spare hour or so (possibly slightly longer).
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this Trig today. It still looks in good condition with the vanes intact.
The Trailhead on the Perimeter Track is here >> S33 39.357 E151 11.977.
There is a small cairn and you can spot the faint track if you are looking for it. The eye level reflectors start a few metres in.
Between the reflectors, stone cairns and my few pink marker tapes the track is easy to follow.
After finding the Trig I continued on to Mt Murray Anderson. Again, the reflectors and cairns continued and I added a few marker tapes. After a while I heard voices and unbelievably a party of 3 came up behind me. An experienced bushwalker guiding two tourists. He had never seen any one else on this track and he had walked it often - What are the odds?
The walk to Mt Murray Anderson is worth it for the few weathered carvings and the fabulous view.
Emai; me off this site if you want a copy of the GPX file of the track from the Trig to near the summit of Mt Murray Anderson.
The Trailhead on the Perimeter Track is here >> S33 39.357 E151 11.977.
There is a small cairn and you can spot the faint track if you are looking for it. The eye level reflectors start a few metres in.
Between the reflectors, stone cairns and my few pink marker tapes the track is easy to follow.
After finding the Trig I continued on to Mt Murray Anderson. Again, the reflectors and cairns continued and I added a few marker tapes. After a while I heard voices and unbelievably a party of 3 came up behind me. An experienced bushwalker guiding two tourists. He had never seen any one else on this track and he had walked it often - What are the odds?
The walk to Mt Murray Anderson is worth it for the few weathered carvings and the fabulous view.
Emai; me off this site if you want a copy of the GPX file of the track from the Trig to near the summit of Mt Murray Anderson.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I revisited Arthur today. The small cairn at the trailhead has been removed so you really need to mark a waypoint as the entry is a bit obscure. However, about 10m in you start seeing the reflectors on the trees.
I continued past Arthur today all the way to Mount Murray Anderson. Great views out there and a couple of aboriginal carvings. Plus I am sure there is a half-built and never finished trig cairn on the rocky saddle just before the summit - see attahced photos.
I continued past Arthur today all the way to Mount Murray Anderson. Great views out there and a couple of aboriginal carvings. Plus I am sure there is a half-built and never finished trig cairn on the rocky saddle just before the summit - see attahced photos.
Found during a SBW 'Six Trigs in a Day" walk. Trigs found included: White, Cowan, Roach, Long, Arthur and Wilkins.
The walk involved lots of offtrack and by the time we got to this trig we were all feeling the heat so the plan to walk out to Mt Murray Anderson was abandoned for another day. A great day out.
The walk involved lots of offtrack and by the time we got to this trig we were all feeling the heat so the plan to walk out to Mt Murray Anderson was abandoned for another day. A great day out.
On a crazy mission to find Six trigs in day - but using minimal tracks, we approached Arthur from Long Trig! It's a fair way down and then a hike back up but not a bad way to fill in a day in the bush 
Took the sensible option to get back along the top of the ridge and there is a pretty easy route if you can keep to the faint track.
Took the sensible option to get back along the top of the ridge and there is a pretty easy route if you can keep to the faint track.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After years in the planning we finally got it together this morning to take a walk to Arthur trig and find the last of the KNP trig collection. The FTF was long gone and as you can see from the photo it wasn't found by the mysterious MoorBreeze but Tyreless who really did the hard yards to find it. Seeing his last note I knew there was a path marked now so it was going to be a lot easier than I first planned when looking at possibilities on Google Earth (and even Nearmap) some years ago.
Headed along the trail and made sure we had the waypoint for the turn-off in the GPSr. Still managed to walk past it while talking so backtracked and then took the seminal trail. There must have been a proper trail here once but you can see by the course of the new trail that it wasn't this. Lots of sticks and dead trees fallen over the path but the white squares and occasional cairns made it reasonably easy to follow. It got a bit ambiguous in places and at one point the white squares were all found on the opposite side of the trees for the return journey. We had to keep looking back to make sure we were on the right track. After a while we made it to the trig which was a well-preserved specimen with a good big cairn and vanes. No markings could be seen but that metal plate was lying there. Might have been the last bit of Graham Cookie's plane wreck?
No view to speak of - the trees have certainly taken over. We made our way back out admiring the Xanthorrhoea trees and their spikes in flower. It's not a hard walk at all, level and fairly open bush. The track needs some traffic to keep it going.
After we got back to the main track we turned left and walked Wilkins track to the Wilkins cache placed by Tyreless. Had been out there before trying to find a track to Arthur trig!
Headed along the trail and made sure we had the waypoint for the turn-off in the GPSr. Still managed to walk past it while talking so backtracked and then took the seminal trail. There must have been a proper trail here once but you can see by the course of the new trail that it wasn't this. Lots of sticks and dead trees fallen over the path but the white squares and occasional cairns made it reasonably easy to follow. It got a bit ambiguous in places and at one point the white squares were all found on the opposite side of the trees for the return journey. We had to keep looking back to make sure we were on the right track. After a while we made it to the trig which was a well-preserved specimen with a good big cairn and vanes. No markings could be seen but that metal plate was lying there. Might have been the last bit of Graham Cookie's plane wreck?
No view to speak of - the trees have certainly taken over. We made our way back out admiring the Xanthorrhoea trees and their spikes in flower. It's not a hard walk at all, level and fairly open bush. The track needs some traffic to keep it going.
After we got back to the main track we turned left and walked Wilkins track to the Wilkins cache placed by Tyreless. Had been out there before trying to find a track to Arthur trig!
Rated: for Overall Experience
I visited Arthur again today. Since my last visit the trail to Arthur has been re-established by local bushwalkers and is much more legible. The bushwalkers have also put up a series of reflectors at eye height along the route making it easy to navigate. Plus there are the other signs of use such as small stone cairns and bent-back branches along the route.
I continued following the trail a further 1.5kms before it petered out.
I continued following the trail a further 1.5kms before it petered out.
After last week's misadventure I was looking forward to having another crack at Arthur. The sun was out. I had done my homework in the meantime and had plotted 15 waypoints from google maps to guide me through the first half of the trail. Even with this information I lost the trail a few times but it was easier going than last week.
The trail leads across the brittlebush field to the eastern side of the ridge but from there it changes course to north-west across to the western side of the ridge. It is very vague but in places previous walkers have bent back branches to indicate the way.
The last 400m is easier. Here the bushfire was less intense and so the path isn't hidden in ground level regrowth. There are also those welcoming little stone cairns that let you know you are still on the right path.
Slowly and carefully I made my way to Arthur. Having read previously logs I wasn't expecting much but I got a very pleasant surprise! Trig intact, including post and vanes.
Next to the trig was a rectangular piece of metal on the ground, having fallen off the trig. I'm not sure what this was originally - a flag of some sort perhaps.
I have a lovely sense of achievement having found this trig
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Found at 8:52 AM
The trail leads across the brittlebush field to the eastern side of the ridge but from there it changes course to north-west across to the western side of the ridge. It is very vague but in places previous walkers have bent back branches to indicate the way.
The last 400m is easier. Here the bushfire was less intense and so the path isn't hidden in ground level regrowth. There are also those welcoming little stone cairns that let you know you are still on the right path.
Slowly and carefully I made my way to Arthur. Having read previously logs I wasn't expecting much but I got a very pleasant surprise! Trig intact, including post and vanes.
Next to the trig was a rectangular piece of metal on the ground, having fallen off the trig. I'm not sure what this was originally - a flag of some sort perhaps.
I have a lovely sense of achievement having found this trig
. Found at 8:52 AM
Rated: for Overall Experience
I had seen a track leading out towards Arthur on the goole maps aerial photo and thought I would give it a try.
I found the trailhead and the small stone cairn (see attached photo) on the Perimeter Trail (S33° 39.357 E151° 11.977). I lost the trail quite quickly however. The bush is regrowing after the bushfires 6 months ago. In addition, the weather today was rainy and the overcast conditions meant the light was very "flat". I picked my way through the bush and came upon the trail again in the more open landscape 100m from the Perimeter Trail. Then I lost it again.
When I had crossed the open landscape (it's a bit of a "snide field", as Dr Suess would say) I was still over 500m from Arthur with no visible track and the rain closing in. I'll try again on a sunny day because I like a challenge.
The heavens opened as I walked back along the Perimeter Trail to my car so I was relieved I turned back when I did.
Turned back at 9:54 AM
I found the trailhead and the small stone cairn (see attached photo) on the Perimeter Trail (S33° 39.357 E151° 11.977). I lost the trail quite quickly however. The bush is regrowing after the bushfires 6 months ago. In addition, the weather today was rainy and the overcast conditions meant the light was very "flat". I picked my way through the bush and came upon the trail again in the more open landscape 100m from the Perimeter Trail. Then I lost it again.
When I had crossed the open landscape (it's a bit of a "snide field", as Dr Suess would say) I was still over 500m from Arthur with no visible track and the rain closing in. I'll try again on a sunny day because I like a challenge.
The heavens opened as I walked back along the Perimeter Trail to my car so I was relieved I turned back when I did.
Turned back at 9:54 AM
Rated: for Overall Experience
Tried approaching this from Wilkins track after finding Wilkins trig. Got to within 700m but that was it. Found a great lookout at the end of the track though. Looks like Long Track is the way to get in.
Found so long ago that I forget if this is the one I found some aluminium, as if wreckage from a plane (or caravan), or where I was startled, thinking I could hear someone dragging a body through bush - while I was sitting down resting behind a log, only to find that it was an echidna!! Noisy critter!
Found: Monday, 30/7/1984, yep, at 1638, but my logbook tells me I didn't take a photo there - probably 'shat myself'. Oh GR32657520 AusGeo66 in those days, tho I still have the maps.
Found: Monday, 30/7/1984, yep, at 1638, but my logbook tells me I didn't take a photo there - probably 'shat myself'. Oh GR32657520 AusGeo66 in those days, tho I still have the maps.
Found it - but not the way I had planned. I walked in along Cowan Perimeter Trail Mallawa Rd in Terrey Hills. Theres a sign saying the public can not go down Bulara St so I parked on the corner. When you come to the cross roads in Perimeter and Cowan turn right along Perimeter which isn't shown on the graphic map - but you can see it on a satellite image of the area.
My plan was to get half way along Perimeter then turn down the short track to the left but when I got to the end there was a big gully thick with bush and I didn't have enough light. On the way out in between the cross road and the left turn down to the dead end I noticed a pile of rocks and what looked like an animal path. I decided to go back and see this this path led to Arthur. Yes it does and further. Arthur is only just there and in fact I walked right past it the first time. Hes by a big gum tree. I'm planning on see where the path ends up hopefully this week. Poor Arthur is now a small flat pile of rocks. It wood be good to rebuild!
My plan was to get half way along Perimeter then turn down the short track to the left but when I got to the end there was a big gully thick with bush and I didn't have enough light. On the way out in between the cross road and the left turn down to the dead end I noticed a pile of rocks and what looked like an animal path. I decided to go back and see this this path led to Arthur. Yes it does and further. Arthur is only just there and in fact I walked right past it the first time. Hes by a big gum tree. I'm planning on see where the path ends up hopefully this week. Poor Arthur is now a small flat pile of rocks. It wood be good to rebuild!
Rated: for Overall Experience
