Comment on Bit of snow up in the ranges this weekend

Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Tau@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It’s a trig point, one of many around the country which were originally used for surveying purposes. They’re basically a vestigal structure now as things like GPS have made them redundant for modern use. This design is pretty common but you do find a few variations on the theme - basically all I’ve seen have the top circles on a post but the support structure varies.

  If you check out prominent hills in your area there’s a good chance that you’ll find some trig points, they were very widespread and large numbers are still around albeit often in a state of disrepair or with vegetation blocking them from view

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  • Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Oh wow! Okay very interesting, i’ll have to keep a look out when i’m bush walking.

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