Gilead Gilead, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 10-Jul-12. Waypoint TP6465
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S34° 7.499' E150° 46.550' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 294885E 6221751N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 166 m |
| Local Government Area: | Campbelltown City |
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Description
Gilead TS10097
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Gilead.
Serial number is: TS10097.
Last Inspected on: No Data.
Elevation is: 185 metres.
The concrete tower is the passive Trig Point.
Logs
Easily visible from the Hume Highway. Heading south, just after Menangle Road.
Rated: for Overall Experience
No access to the area...can't see anything from 1.50klms away....on private property.....archived.
Tried to access the area of the trig today....with no luck at all. It certainly seems to be on private property and GammaPiSigma's log from 2012 seems to confirm all that. This one should be probably be archived....
Seems that, from the 2012 log, this may not be the tower. The is no access through the school, and there are plenty of fences on the properties above.
Using some local knowledge, Google Earth and cross referencing the position to the Appin topo I am very sure this is the Mount Gilead Windmill. Further information here:
http://www3.photosau.com/Campbelltown/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=001199
Old photo here:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16912325
According to this document the property is owned by the Macarthur-Onslows:
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/HistoryofGilead
PDF with further info here:
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/HeritageItemsinCampbelltown
The tower can be seen from Appin Road and from the Southern Freeway. Closer access to the tower is not possible as it is on private property.
May need to be archived.
Cheers,
Michael.
http://www3.photosau.com/Campbelltown/scripts/ExtSearch.asp?SearchTerm=001199
Old photo here:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16912325
According to this document the property is owned by the Macarthur-Onslows:
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/HistoryofGilead
PDF with further info here:
http://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/HeritageItemsinCampbelltown
The tower can be seen from Appin Road and from the Southern Freeway. Closer access to the tower is not possible as it is on private property.
May need to be archived.
Cheers,
Michael.
