TrigPoint This cache is listed on Geocaching Australia Rob Roy Survey Control Station, Rob Roy Nature Reserve Cuppacumbalong, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on Saturday 19 December 2009. Waypoint TP5278

Watched by: mtbikeroz

Cache Details

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Difficulty/Terrain: 2/4
Type: TrigPoint TrigPoint
Container: Other Other
Coordinates: S35° 29.521' E149° 7.558' (WGS 84)
  55H 692844E 6070314N (UTM)
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TP5278
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Description

Rob Roy Survey Control Station, Rob Roy Nature Reserve, Rob Roy Range. Three Yellow concrete post surrounding a survey control station benchmark set in concrete. Elevation 1087m.

 (Can you see my Mountain Bike blended in in there?)

 

The walk up is lengthy, 4km from the gate at the water tank at the back of Banks, ACT.

During winter this area often has snow, though it doesn't last normally for more than a few days.

From the top you can see Canberra and make out Telstra Tower, Lake Burley Griffin and the Captain Cook Jet and Parliament House.

On a clear day, from locations on the way up to this Trig, you can see Mt Bimberi to the West, Bowning Hill NW of Yass, and just great views. The trig location itself is obscured by trees.

NOTE - This SURVEY point is NOT the ROB ROY TRIG point at the TOP of Mt. ROB ROY.  That Trig point is actually the PEAK of the Rob Roy Range, and is about 500m Sth of this survey marker, and is about 200m off the track up there.

That Trig point is Waypoint 5000 in Geocaching Australia.

 

 

Hints

Fvg qbja naq unir n qevax!
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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Logs

December 2009

20th
Noted
I will log this survey point as a find in the GA1433 Squirrel mentions, in the meantime, this one is archived (until perhaps I find an unlisted trig somewhere, then I can resurrect this with a new name, coords etc).  
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20th
Archived
Thanks Squirrel, Point taken. (An oversight). I can't change the type from Trig to something else, as it does not allow anything else but trigs, so I have to archive it.  
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20th
Noted
http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1433

by Gwennie caters for ACT Sectional Control Marks  
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20th
Needs archiving
This isn't a trig and if we let this one in, then there are dozens if not hundreds of these 3 yellow pole type places in the ACT that others could then register and I think that it would devalue **real trigs**.

Having said that, it could be a GCA virtual owned by you but not a trig point. These sort of things normally get done in a locationless cache that could be called "ACT survey stations"  
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19th
Found it
I have been up here MANY MANY times in the 1990's and the 2000's. I have run all the way up here, walked, and even ridden my bike here.

I just remembered this OLD TRIG/SURVEY point, so up I go again on the MTB, this time with my GPS to get the coords. Always enjoy the ride down too, Coooeeeee.
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19th
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