Lake Lyell #42 Rydal, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 20-Jul-15. Waypoint TP7161

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S33° 31.720' E150° 4.786' (WGS 84)
	56H 228796E 6286283N (UTM)
Elevation:	790 m
Local Government Area:	Lithgow City

Map

Whodunit Geocache

Description

Lake Lyell #42 TS?

Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Unknown, Lake Lyell #42 is used for convenience.

Serial number is: TS not allocated.

Last Inspected on: Unknown.

Elevation is: 795 metres.

Established by Elcom (Electrticity Commission) for the Lake Lyell Hydro Survey as #42.

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

06-Apr-24

geono.

No way of getting to #42 with it fenced off.. not to mention steep. The photo was taken from #43 as this was as close as we could get. This trig would have a great view of the spillway. TFTT GCA

Rated: for Overall Experience

09-Dec-20

Sophoutloud

Off on an adventure collecting some trigs. Of course there four were on our radar and there were all pretty easy to see from the road or around ad they were large concert poast. Didn't jump in the lake today, but its good to find swim spots inland, for another day.

Rated: for Overall Experience

09-Dec-20

Outdoornut22

Sophoutloud and I needed an excuse to get out of the house so we decided to drive 'Bells Line' to Lithgow and grab a few trigs on the way through. We managed to grab 13 across the day to bump up our trig count significantly. we had a great day out and most of the trigs we found were in great conditions, some even looked like they had a new coat of paint. Pretty big concrete trigs here, nice and easy to spot. it was pretty windy on the lake today and a bit cold to swim Laughing

Rated: for Overall Experience

28-Dec-19

Wilbert67

quick find after I had to change my tire at the lookout!
TFTC Wilbert67

28-Oct-18

HansJJ

Well this area is truly gated off so took the distance shots – before I logged this trig I took a look at the distance shots & there is a animal nest to trig – unable to make it out either a goat or dog, so I supplied all 3 shots - thanks Clan Griffin

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Jun-18

thomo31

Spotted this one up the hill but not able to get close to it. The sun was on it so it was difficult to get a photo with the number visible. TFTT

11-Jan-18

Splitty Miller JJCC

Found whilst doing a cache run in the area with teamMerlin.

Rated: for Overall Experience

11-Jan-18

teamMerlin

Came through on a cache run this afternoon and collected the four trigs around Lake Lyell. Will have to come back around and collect the other nearby caches, but definitely well worth the visit. No direct access to this one due to locked gates but spotted it over next to Lake Lyell #43.

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Jun-17

fitzy_1965

GCA 1569. Found during a run around the Oberon to Lithgow region with minniek.

Spotted this little group of Trigs on the map and made sure we stopped for them today. Nice to grab all 4.

TFTC !!

Rated: for Overall Experience

25-Jun-17

minniek

Fitzy_1965 and I headed out for another day of caching in the Oberon-Lithgow area. Decided to pick up some out of the way caches and to fill in some gaps. Picked up these 4 trigs along the way.

Rated: for Overall Experience

02-Oct-16

Grahame Cookie

Photographed from the dam viewing platform beside Lake Lyell #43 trig, @ 1836. Thanks.
Shame I didn't have more time to work out how to get closer to it.

Rated: for Overall Experience

15-Apr-16

alnic39

Not sure how PJM managed to get up nice and close to this one, but I preferred to log from a distance.

01-Jan-16

Toy Hunters

Found on a weekend trip to the Blue Mountains with Sol de Lune. We couldn't climb up to this one, so we took a photo from the best distance that we could. Nice views. TFTC GCA! Clan Cerberus

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Jan-16

Sol de lune

Out an about in the Cerberus Mountains yet again for a weekend...this time with Toy Hunters. Headed down to the lake to grab these 4, and although this seemed to be in an area we couldn't/shouldn't access, we grabbed our photo's from across at the viewing platform.

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-Aug-15

whitemushroom

A day with trigs and rogerw3 caches on various Lithgow hilltops ...end of the day seek of the four listed trigs around the lake.

This was not an easy one to find - hidden behind a high wire Keep Out compound. The Garmin gave a 63m distance and between the wire and the trees the top could be seen (of #42 I trust ... from both pjmpjm and rogerw3 logs they could get to stand with it).