Now this was fun!!!

After a drive down from Point Lookout to Jumpinpin with the crew, and a team effort cache hide there, wayn0 and I temporarily split from the crew and headed back up the beach via a couple of DNF trig hunts. Wayn0 had already been here, done that. He knew the track here. We had a 4WD. He didn't tell me where we were headed. I was just enjoying the sandy 4WD adventure going up and up and up. Noticing we were going up a fair bit, I figured there was most probably a trig ahead. And there was. BUT...

Not only was there a trig pin in the ground to be found, but also the tripod of Tripod Track Lookout! And a small section of view down to the ocean etc. But the tripod!!!

Wayn0 had read on the trig sketch that the old trig had been dumped in the bush to the side. So we split up to search for it. It only took me about 15 meters before I made the find - a tripod of pipes welded together laying on its side partly buried in the sand amongst the Xanths and Banksias. What a find! I got a bit excited. I had been wandering around barefoot but didn't care about hurting my feet and got in there and scratched around a bit hoping to uncover the vanes. But, alas, no vanes were found. From a section of pipe that I did manage to dig up from where the tripod of legs meet, it would appear that the vane section was cut off/removed and dealt with separately. Dealt with separately could mean they took them away, or rolled them down the hill. Who knows. From a later similar find we learnt that the vanes would have been welded to the post so may have made a cool rolling toy till the sand slowed it to a stop... somewhere in this bush area.

Said tripod is just over the edge in the scrub to the West. Enjoy. If anyone finds the vanes, please post a pic of the find!

Rated: for Overall Experience.