St George Lake George, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 22-Jun-13. Waypoint TP6728

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Type: TrigPoint
Container: Other
Coordinates: S35° 2.640' E149° 22.247' (WGS 84)
  55H 716243E 6119507N (UTM)
Elevation: 890 m
Local Government Area: Yass Valley

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St George TS5225

 

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

Serial number is: TS5225.

Last Inspected on: November 30, 1978.

Elevation is: 894 metres.

 

Trig is a cairn with mast and vanes.

 

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. 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.

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31-Mar-24
I was a touch intimidated by all the private property signs, but knew I was allowed to procede. I decided that I needed some exercise, so I parked the car and took the mountain bike for the ride. 7km there and 7 back. I thought being on a bike would be less intimidating to any prospective landowners with questions. None appeared, though I was overtaken by a 4WD with Victorian plates...
 
02-Oct-20
Sophoutloud and I are on an adventure to Canberra via Goulburn, at first we tried to come into here the wrong way and found a locked gate (thanks Google Confused ) but eventually after a long slow trip in on the rough gravel road we found what we were looking for, a lovely old trig still mainly intact Clan Minotaur
 
01-Oct-20
Ohh on an adventure through a small piece of nsw on our couple of days off. A bit of a mission to find this one maybe more so figuring out if it was legal to drive to it. But we got there and glad for a 4Wd to do so
 
15-Mar-20
This was a weekend of events and epic cache days. It started with a Friday afternoon back road trip to Goulburn to visit 11 Australian Animals series caches and the two events. Saturday started with a fun event celebrating a special day of the year followed by caches targeting DT grid caches. Sunday was another trip to Goulburn where I finally managed to visit the Ridge Road caches above Lake George. In Goulburn along with the two events I did the Graveyard Adventure Labs and the caches associated with that. My weekend finished on Monday with another walk along the Molonglo to get a Where-i-go and an unexpected challenge cache.

My second trip to Goulburn took me along the Ridge road where I eventually visited the two caches up here plus the trig.

Thanks.
TNLN
**Albida**
 
29-Sep-16
Out caching along Ridge Road, very muddy today after the rain. We stopped to photograph this trig.
 
02-Nov-14
#GA227 - 17:05; I was out with MrDamage on a mini-mission to collect some caches on the high side of Lake George and then on to Gunning. This one popped up between the two traditionals wer had identified and with just a short detour, we found the trig in among the trees, stopped and grabbed a snap before heading off again. TFTC Geocaching Australia Very Happy
 
14-Mar-14
Grabbed a quick selfie before heading east in search of a new TE cache. Where are the views????????
 
14-Mar-14
GCA 979 - 9046. Found while grabbing the nearby GC Cache.

Slight lean but the old Trig is doing ok.

TFTC !!
 
14-Mar-14
After nabbing the nearby TE cache, it was just a short walk over to this trig. Apart from the lean, all looks fine with it.

 
06-Jul-13
Out on a cache maintenance run, trig chasing and the odd obscurely located cache or two.
Went in along Ridge road, passed a local, he smiled and waved at me, carried on past some bee hives, some more road, some MORE beehives, and finally a trig just off the road. Certainly obscured in the trees now. Then unsure of whether or not the road ended northwards, I returned the way I came.
 
23-Jun-13
scouts. i blame those pesky scouts.

(i also blame roger for publishing this for me..)
 
23-Jun-13
Cool - I wonder how someone found out about this trig recently, and published it! Decided to come up for a drive today, and give it another go, after a failed attempt yesterday! Thanks for the directions Bron!
 
22-Jun-13
WAHHOOOOO A *FTF*!!!

Do you know how weird it is finding a trig that no one else has apparently discovered?

How to get here, follow ridge road all the way. if you get signs saying private property, go back and go the other way at the forks in the road (does that make sence)
if you are driving past a load of beehives, you are going the right way.

If you can see a shirt tied to a tree, that may of been some careless scouts.. Brick Wall but you are in the right area Smile
 
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