Mahon Hill Trig Harman, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on Saturday 26 December 2009. Waypoint TP5294

Planned by: Max B
Watched by: Tankengine

Cache Details

	Send to GPS is for Garmin GPS receivers only.
Difficulty/Terrain:	1/2
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S35° 20.442' E149° 10.399' (WGS 84)
	55H 697509E 6087006N (UTM)

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Description

This trig is on private property, so you can’t go all the way up to the trig. But you can get quite close! (Within about 80m) – Walk up the hill from the road, or a more suitable location, just don’t cross over the fence.

A Trig Point is a virtual cache which requires a cacher to locate the Trigonometric Station at GZ.

A trig point (also known as a Trigonometric Station) typically consists of a black disc on top of four metal legs or concrete pillar, resembling a navigation beacon. It is also accompanied by a metal disc, which is located directly below the center point of the tripod or on top of the pillar itself.

Trig points are generally located at the top of hills or points of prominence in the landscape. Many provide unique views and challenges, with some being difficult to get to.

These points were regarded as valuable to surveyors, providing reference points for measuring distance and direction, and assisting in the creation of maps.

To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the trig point, along with your GPS receiver and (preferably) yourself. Long distance / telephoto type pictures are against the spirit of this cache. You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the trig point.

The original collection of trig points has been sourced from Geoscience Australia and may contain inaccuracies.

Please respect local laws and regulations when searching for trig points. If you believe that a trig point is located on private property or in a dangerous location, you may archive the cache, by clicking on Log this Cache and place an "Archived" log on the Geocaching Australia website.

If you feel that you can add to the description of this trig point or adjust the difficulty / terrain ratings, please feel free to edit this cache and amend the information suitably. Vandalism of the cache description or other information will result in your account being terminated.

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Ratings

Overall Experience

Cachers		1	4
Rating
Description	Needs Improvement	Thanks for the Cache	Worth Stopping	Top Cache	Outstanding

Logs

July 2010

17th

BigON

I was tempted to drive the beast up to here but there are too many eye's from nearby roads, easy walk up to the fence and I managed to catch a horse and flying crow in the picture!.

May 2010

2nd

Bewilderbeest

As usual, a trig point was harder for me than it should have been. I parked close by, made a short climb and could see the trig point not that far away. Alas there was a barbed wire fence between me and the trig. No access point was apparent, and as I walked along this fence in unusually good condition, I was starting to wonder how close one needed to be before one could claim the find. Thats when I finally spotted a place where I could get through the fence, and went all the way to the trig to claim the find. Yay!
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April 2010

28th

M_Family

I picked up this trig on a lunch time outing from work (I work close by).

March 2010

14th

Oz Lurker

Hmmm, glad I looked at the logs before I decided to hop the fence...

I came, I saw, I took a photo..

Job done.

TFTC.
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January 2010

9th

McPhan

Time to clean out some trigs. Harder to find a way in than expected but at least it's a fairly flat one - and short.

FR Gumby impersonation not appreciated by the Winglen.
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9th

winglen

Oops - if there was a theme to this morning's outing with McPhan, it was 'don't read the cache listing'!! We did climb over the fence and went up to the trig, in the belief that all those not archived are on public land. We hesitated on the Duntroon Hill trig though, because it didn't feel right. Photo obviously taken at the foot of the trig, oh well.

5th

albida33

I walked up from Hindmarsh drive and collected my photo. Albida.

3rd

mtbikeroz

Passing by, walked nearby, saw Trig, held up GPS, pic taken.

1st

Geocaching Australia

Responding to the Needs Archived.
I see no need to archive it. If people are happy to claim this as a TP find, then so be it. GCA will not play rules umpire nor arbiter.
You claim what you feel is legitimate.

December 2009

31st

SecretSquirrel-BJC

80+1731=1811

Well I drove by this morning and thought that I would log it. I personally think 100m distance for a photo isn't quite the ideal. Perhaps it is ok as long as this isn't the thin edge of the wedge of ridiculous.

Perhaps Ms Trillan-N7's Sword of Damocles will fall on this trig like it did on the archived one at this location.

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27th

SecretSquirrel-BJC

start of a slippery slope - 50m, 80m, 150m, 200m?

26th

mtbikeroz

Had a chat with TankEngine, reviewed the forums, reviewed TP3009 4 metres, TP4916 6 metres, what is a suitable distance????. Even TP4918, found by many in the ACT?

The forums and nobody has yet given a definitive figure.

I was just pointing out the earlier archived Trig.

In view of the proximity, I see no reason why this can't stay, until someone says so.

D.

26th

mtbikeroz

This very Trig was previously archived.
See http://geocaching.com.au/cache/tp2397

Discussion on this scenario on pp11 & 13 of the TrigPointing discussion in General ChitChat in GCA forum, http://forum.geocaching.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11922&start=165 .