CHARLIES HILL ST412 Southwest, Tasmania, Australia
By
AlbyDangles on 22-Jan-17. Waypoint TP7567
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S43° 24.552' E146° 8.099' (WGS 84) |
| 55G 429963E 5193379N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 65 m |
| Local Government Area: | Huon Valley |
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Description
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 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. Long distance / telephoto type pictures are against the spirit of this cache. 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.
Addtional Information
Source: Geoscience Australia
Elevation: 95m
Logs
This morning we started walking from New Harbour and had made excellent time walking to Melaleuca as I was on a mission to find three trig points before catching the plane back home.
The first one to find today was Kings Knob, I had left the rest of the party at the mine as I couldn't allow any time to stop and chat with other walkers.
Back at Melaleuca I quickly found Airstrip Rise before having a bite to eat and heading off again.
I meet up with the rest of the party and GrahameK was the only one silly enough to on the walk with me. As we left Melaleuca the weather was still rainy and miserable, but at around half way there the sun came out and it got very warm. We stopped and removed the rain coats and left them on the side of the track with the other gear we didn't need.
The track wasn't the best and we spent a lot of time leaping over puddles and mud. When we got close to the hill we had a discussion about where to leave the track and the best approach up as it was VERY steep. GrahameK seemed to fly up but I struggled a bit with the steepness and the lack of traction on the slopes, once on the ridge it was easy going and we soon found the trig.
Unfortunately we didn't have too much time to enjoy the view as we only had an hour to get back to the airstrip to catch the plan. That is if they could land because the weather was pretty bad earlier.
On the way back down the hill I took the approach of sliding most of the way as it was the quickest and safer way to go.
At one of the streams crossing the track we had a wash and a big drink of the very nice fresh water.
We picked up out gear from where we had left it as we walked past, at the last stream/puddle we washed our very dirty boots and gaiters as we didn't want to be too untidy getting on the plan.
Back at Melaleuca we meet back up with the others who informed us that the plans were coming today.
Because of the recent bad weather they were going to send in extra plans to that every one out, there must have been about forty walkers wanting to leave Melaleuca.
Today was a massive day I had walked 25km in 6hous and found 3 trig points.
As it's been nearly six months I'm claiming a *FTF*
Found at 1400 on the 28th of January.
