McCowen Ingleside, New South Wales, Australia
By
Geocaching Australia on 20-Jan-11. Waypoint TP5588
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | TrigPoint |
| Container: | Other |
| Coordinates: | S33° 40.164' E151° 15.841' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 339057E 6273147N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 182 m |
| Local Government Area: | Northern Beaches |
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Description
McCowen TS3018
Serial number is: TS3018. Last inspected on: No Data. Elevation is: 184 meters.
Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: McCowen.
The trig can be located via a short scrubby walk from Chiltern Road, Ingleside. Follow the orange flagging tape when you get close for a track through the scrub.
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 access.
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 placing 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.
Logs
https://hikingtheworld.blog/2020/06/05/secrets-of-the-chiltern-trail-ku-ring-gai-np/
A white-painted, concrete 'Hotine' pedestal, with mounting plate on top, and a name plate. (No post and vanes.)
This one required a bit of a scramble up the wooded slopes off the Chiltern Fire Trail, itself off Chiltern Road. There wasn't really a track of any kind -- or, at least, we never found one -- but we knew that we had to get 'up top' by the easiest possible route.
We finally achieved our goal and found the old concrete pedestal, minus its vanes, but with its name plaque still intact.
Nice views from various places, out towards the Pacific Ocean.
Later we grabbed the nearby GC cache as well.
There was a rough path to some open sandstone formations and we followed that to the right and then a rudimentary track through the scrub. After a while we noticed orange flagging tape marking the path through the spiky bushes leading us to the highest point. A ten minute walk (no more) brought us to the trig base. It looks as though the mast and vanes were intact until recently and it may have been removed with a hacksaw. The plaque "McCowen T.S 1973" was intact. Looking at the Google Earth image armed with exact coordinates we could see the shadow of the vanes in the 2007 image.
A nice little walk. We only found out after getting home that there was a GC cache nearby!
A very enjoyable discovery. Great views too.
