Gallery of log for Topham
I loved this trig! It was a real expedition and well worth the trip 
The bush was incredibly thick as we headed off from the Topham track towards the trig. I stayed 6" behind strike-a-light's back so managed to avoid the exhausting task of pushing through the inpenetrable green barrier
At one point, I dropped back a few metres and almost lost sight of him!!! After about 100m and 15 minutes, he suggested that it was too thick and maybe not worth the struggle but I voted to carry on.
We changed tack a bit and headed directly up the hill in order to hit the top of the spur with the idea that there would be more rock and thus less bush along there. Eventually we reached a very rocky knoll and the bush was indeed much easier going.
As we climbed up the rock, we noticed a small bit of faded pink tape. A bit futher along the spur, a few more bits of faded pink tape were visible and this proved to be a real bous on the way back.
We easily reached the trig once we got to the bare rock areas and proved that you could indeed see the Bahai temple from everywhere in Sydney! Fabulous views around here and so many little honeyeaters everywhere. At least someone enjoys the thick bush!
On the way back, we decided to follow the pink tape as far as we could and it turned out to mark a faint track that led us the whole way back!!! The tape was quite scattered so it really took a lot of concentration to keep on the right track. A number of times we lost the track, especially on the more open rock, and so we both scouted around a fair bit before getting back on track with a small bit of faded tape again.
Whoever has marked this route and made the track has cut some of the scrub at a very sharp angle, making a spear-like top to the sticks. According to strike-a-light, just at crutch height!!!
For anyone who wants to try and follow this, the WPs are
S33 36.552 E151 16.131
S33 36.546 E151 16.105
S33 36.553 E151 16.082
S33 36.564 E151 16.061
I loved this trig
The bush was incredibly thick as we headed off from the Topham track towards the trig. I stayed 6" behind strike-a-light's back so managed to avoid the exhausting task of pushing through the inpenetrable green barrier
At one point, I dropped back a few metres and almost lost sight of him!!! After about 100m and 15 minutes, he suggested that it was too thick and maybe not worth the struggle but I voted to carry on.We changed tack a bit and headed directly up the hill in order to hit the top of the spur with the idea that there would be more rock and thus less bush along there. Eventually we reached a very rocky knoll and the bush was indeed much easier going.
As we climbed up the rock, we noticed a small bit of faded pink tape. A bit futher along the spur, a few more bits of faded pink tape were visible and this proved to be a real bous on the way back.
We easily reached the trig once we got to the bare rock areas and proved that you could indeed see the Bahai temple from everywhere in Sydney! Fabulous views around here and so many little honeyeaters everywhere. At least someone enjoys the thick bush!
On the way back, we decided to follow the pink tape as far as we could and it turned out to mark a faint track that led us the whole way back!!! The tape was quite scattered so it really took a lot of concentration to keep on the right track. A number of times we lost the track, especially on the more open rock, and so we both scouted around a fair bit before getting back on track with a small bit of faded tape again.
Whoever has marked this route and made the track has cut some of the scrub at a very sharp angle, making a spear-like top to the sticks. According to strike-a-light, just at crutch height!!!
For anyone who wants to try and follow this, the WPs are
S33 36.552 E151 16.131
S33 36.546 E151 16.105
S33 36.553 E151 16.082
S33 36.564 E151 16.061
I loved this trig
Rated: for Overall Experience.
