Gallery of log for Millicent
After studying this trig on google maps for several nights, I decided it was quite likely that there would be access somewhere. So I caught the train to Cowan and walked up the highway to the two locked gates mentioned by Yurt. The first locked gate is the railway access and has a sign on it stating no unauthoised access to the rail corridor.
The other locked gate is for the power lines maintenance track and it is just that, a locked gate with just one panel of fence attached on one side in order to stop any vehicles driving up the track to the power lines. It is very easy to step around the fence end here and head up hill. This track runs on the outside of an old concrete and wire fence which marks the railway corridor. So I figured it was ok to walk up this track until I got close to the trig and then take a short cross-country trip to find the trig.
Millicent trig is still standing as can be seen from the photos (and lucky too as I'm not sure I would have found it if there was only a survery marker hidden in the thick undergrowth!) The traditional stone cairn has been dismantled and scattered around so you can see the State Survey Marker #262 as per the photo.
Nice to see another old trig still going well
The other locked gate is for the power lines maintenance track and it is just that, a locked gate with just one panel of fence attached on one side in order to stop any vehicles driving up the track to the power lines. It is very easy to step around the fence end here and head up hill. This track runs on the outside of an old concrete and wire fence which marks the railway corridor. So I figured it was ok to walk up this track until I got close to the trig and then take a short cross-country trip to find the trig.
Millicent trig is still standing as can be seen from the photos (and lucky too as I'm not sure I would have found it if there was only a survery marker hidden in the thick undergrowth!) The traditional stone cairn has been dismantled and scattered around so you can see the State Survey Marker #262 as per the photo.
Nice to see another old trig still going well