Rockleigh Millthorpe, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 12-Jun-16. Waypoint TP7392
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | TrigPoint |
Container: | Other |
Coordinates: | S33° 26.412' E149° 13.234' (WGS 84) |
55H 706420E 6297705N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 965 m |
Local Government Area: | Blayney |
Description
Rockleigh TS10167
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Rockleigh.
Serial number is: TS10167.
Last inspected on: Nov, 1975.
Elevation is: 970 meters.
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 get to.
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, along with your GPS receiver and (preferably) yourself. 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 place 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.
On private property on top of the hill but visible from the road.
Logs
A roadside image for this one.
Thanks
Albida
Next Trig on fitzy's list - another one outstanding in the field !
A weekend run up through the Oberon, Bathurst and Orange regions to tackle a number of puzzle series, lots of trads, plus a number of trigs as well. Although there were a number of DNFs, in all the caches were nicely placed with good coords. Glorious weather certainly added to a very fun weekend. An early departure with a few quick stops along the way saw us soon at Oberon to start the campaign in ernest. Once that area was cleaned up we headed north to Bathurst and Orange. Driving around the back roads we came to this one. Another trig in a paddock shot. Once near the trig of course it was a quick stop for the required photos, admired the views, then it was off to the next one. Photo of the trig attached.
Another nice trig to add to the collection. Really enjoy finding these in all sorts of odd places, including the new CORS type which seem to be popping up in every country town plus the big cities.
TFTC !!
A second trig for the day that was not on the agenda, but found with a misdirection by the Georeindeer Garmin navigator and a trig-fevered eye sighting ... hillside in good view, but well within private lands.
Trig is inside the property but visible from the road.