Red Hill Fitzgeralds Valley, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 26-Feb-14. Waypoint TP6866

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Type: TrigPoint
Container: Other
Coordinates: S33° 30.377' E149° 21.489' (WGS 84)
  55H 719046E 6290094N (UTM)
Elevation: 1022 m
Local Government Area: Blayney

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Description

Red Hill TS5582

 

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

Serial number is: TS5582.

Last Inspected on: April 2, 1984.

Elevation is: 1024 metres.

 

Conrete pedestal with mast and vanes. This trigpoint is on private property but is visible from the Mid Western Highway just past the gates to Bundanoon station near Blayney. Trig is quite easy to spot but hard to get close to.  From the fence you can see the holes in the vanes though.

 

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.

 

Logs

29-Sep-24
#GA5866 - 1:35:00 PM; Stopped off for a quick snap of this trig enroute to Leura and the Blue Mountains with the geohoney for a couple of days of R&R. Probably could have got a better angle, but, the trig is still visible in the snaps. TFTT Geocaching Australia Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
07-Jul-24
Driving home after a weekend away in Bathurst with a big mob from Canberra and surrounding areas. Tftc Geocaching Australia.
 
11-Nov-21
A quick stop and grab with Black Bunny while we were in the area.

Thanks for the trig
 
10-Nov-21
A quick grab while in the area with Just a cacher.

Thanks for the trig
 
25-Jun-21
Some more lovely farms in this area and another sneaky trig! Grabbed this one with GLISS! on the way to Bathurst for the weekend Smile
 
25-Jun-21
Pulled over and spotted this one. Now onto Bathurst.
 
13-Jan-21
Out with Sophoutloud on the way home from Kozi and grabbing a few caches and trigs as we go, hopefully will be able to claim a few more regions. Getting late in the day and we still have quite a way to get home but we just couldn't resist grabbing a few more, sleep is for the weak right? bit of a long shot for this one but it is quite easy to see from the side of the highway
 
28-Jan-19
A quick spot on the way back to Bathurst
 
22-Dec-18
Found this one on a trip out to Bathurst.
 
17-May-18
With a planned visit to Wagga Wagga decided to take the longer route down south in order to pick up some caches in different GA dragonzone / GC LGAs that we previously did not have. Pulled over and grabbed a photo before continuing our journey.
 
10-Apr-18
Started at Bathurst bright and early for a bit of a trip down south, have a few trigs picked up to go after, got a relaxing trip as have to be back home on Saturday see how far I can go & how many trigs I can get photos of on the trip. This was the third stop on the first gay was at Red Hill and took the required photo once I found a spot to shoot from, got closer here than Torrens. Thanks for the trig Geocaching Australia. Hopefully there will be a few I can get closer on the trip. Clan Phoenix

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29-Jan-18
Spotted this one as I was speeding past. TFTC
 
17-Sep-17
GCA 1728. Found during a run up this way today with minniek.

Last minute plan to head up here filling in a few gaps and ticking off some previous DNFs. Managed to grab 4 Trigs as well. This was the fourth one. Nice drive up as close as we could for the photos.

TFTC !!
 
17-Sep-17
Last minute plans late last night for a country drive today with fitzy_1965 lead us up to Blayney. I ended up with 24 GC (filling in gaps up the road from Goulburn) and 5 trigs. This is number 4....closer than the last few.
 
27-May-16
A day-long backways roady for History mysteries and trigs with rogerw3 ...

A roadside stop - and take care here with the stop and start, 'tis deadly busy - for a sighting on a distant hill.

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27-May-16
Found today with whitemushroom on a western touring trip. This is on private property but is still visible from the road, take care with the parking as this road can get busy.

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16-Aug-15
Winter weekend in Bathurst and Surrounds with Sol de Lune. As we headed around the area we saw a few trigs not far from the roads we were on.

Thanks.
Albida
 
21-Jun-15
Another trig and another distance shot from the highway...but you can see it....
 
26-Feb-14
Spotted this one from the highway as I was headed west. A bit far away but I could see it quite clearly. Hard to get a good photo without a decent lens though.
 
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