Gallery of log for Lockyer
Parked along the Old Great Northern road trail beginning off - northern off end & walked the rest of the way in.
In a little annoyed with the state of this road / trail has become, a classic case of “lock it up & through away the key” & let it become a walking track. They could at least use it for firefighting purposes, but I guess you “lock it up & through away the key” & purchase million $ fire aircraft tankers to fight the fires. I guess that’s a way to justify spending million $ on aircraft. This is a historic road – I believe they at least could look after it but others have different views on this.
Are – getting to the trig – I will start off with last trig station report - Survey Mark Sketches dated 31-03-1995 – melted mast replaced – regrowth needs to be cleared to see surrounding trigs.
Access to TS 2873 Lockyer - Obtain key from NP&WS for locked gate on Old Northern road – 4WD needed.
Follow Old Northern road south. – Circuit Flat Bridge Then Locked Gate. Turn right along track on crest of ridge (this is the sidetrack that leads to trig from Old Northern road) park vehicle – 10-minute walk – climb boulders to top of ridge. Head west along ridge to Trig.
Now – my trip to trig – I’m glad I have a good GPS with good mapping. Found track that goes to trig – my GPS has a dotted trail to trig – well I needed to get out my OLD trusty Garmin geko 301 GPS & use it to cookie crumble every 100 meters to trig to be on the safe side of life. You need to be good at looking at the ground to tell where the track was once & in many spots, I was relying on gps mapping where the track was once – but there are many sections where you can tell where the track is. It was interesting it pick the spot to climb to top of ridge. 100 metres from trig the view from rock ridge line is amazing & looks like someone has camped here – photo supplied – no view to be had at trig site.
Trig station report - Survey Mark Sketches dated 19-07-1974
Found – brass trig plug found in rock 2.65 meters – I was unable to find this.
Placed – G I pipe set in concrete – I was able to find this – photo supplied
In the end a very enjoyable walk on the wild side of life had today – many thanks.
In a little annoyed with the state of this road / trail has become, a classic case of “lock it up & through away the key” & let it become a walking track. They could at least use it for firefighting purposes, but I guess you “lock it up & through away the key” & purchase million $ fire aircraft tankers to fight the fires. I guess that’s a way to justify spending million $ on aircraft. This is a historic road – I believe they at least could look after it but others have different views on this.
Are – getting to the trig – I will start off with last trig station report - Survey Mark Sketches dated 31-03-1995 – melted mast replaced – regrowth needs to be cleared to see surrounding trigs.
Access to TS 2873 Lockyer - Obtain key from NP&WS for locked gate on Old Northern road – 4WD needed.
Follow Old Northern road south. – Circuit Flat Bridge Then Locked Gate. Turn right along track on crest of ridge (this is the sidetrack that leads to trig from Old Northern road) park vehicle – 10-minute walk – climb boulders to top of ridge. Head west along ridge to Trig.
Now – my trip to trig – I’m glad I have a good GPS with good mapping. Found track that goes to trig – my GPS has a dotted trail to trig – well I needed to get out my OLD trusty Garmin geko 301 GPS & use it to cookie crumble every 100 meters to trig to be on the safe side of life. You need to be good at looking at the ground to tell where the track was once & in many spots, I was relying on gps mapping where the track was once – but there are many sections where you can tell where the track is. It was interesting it pick the spot to climb to top of ridge. 100 metres from trig the view from rock ridge line is amazing & looks like someone has camped here – photo supplied – no view to be had at trig site.
Trig station report - Survey Mark Sketches dated 19-07-1974
Found – brass trig plug found in rock 2.65 meters – I was unable to find this.
Placed – G I pipe set in concrete – I was able to find this – photo supplied
In the end a very enjoyable walk on the wild side of life had today – many thanks.
Rated: for Overall Experience.
