Terrible Billy trig - 'Upper Karuah River', Craven, NSW
S 32° 08.877 E 151° 47.854
56H E 386602 N 6442531
Quite well hidden, just a little off the dirt Berrico Road, is this concrete pedestal trig. Official Code: TS10616; Official Name - YES!: Terrible Billy; Elevation: 901m
Waymark Code: WMWPWH
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 09/28/2017
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As my log for GCA TP6067 says: (
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" Well, this was NOT planned for the day, but when Ben, "B" of LAB Service suggested it, I jumped at the opportunity to confirm a trig that was in my database, but not on GCA as yet. We had planned on heading out from Wingham, for him to find a few geocaches to bring his numbers up, (including the Difficulty and Terrain ratings). Most of which I had found back in January 2009.
" At "Frying Pan" - GCF1 he had retrieved a TB about "Billy", and in Ben's research for the best way to get around the Barringtons to find the caches had used SIX Maps NSW, and seen this trig (and tucked it away), as it was close to Hounddog's Bone, one of the caches highlighted for the day. He thought there may be route through to Berrico - but that is still unknown.
We parked about 30 metres up the road (north), and walked on down to beside the trig, and could see it. There is a substantial steep dirt bank there, and the dodgy looking saplings were surprisingly well embedded in the dirt, so that we could climb on up.
" To find a fully intact trig: white painted concrete pedestal, plastic post, with peeling black-painted semi-circular vanes, AND a name plate of T.S. TERRIBLE BILLY !! Very Happy, and Found at 1600, Wednesday, 26 July, 2017
* Lovely to find another unlogged/unpublished trig, 'just' 63 km from home! *"
Access: Berrico Road is dirt, but suitable for most 2wds. I would suggest park about 30 m north of the trig, and there is a very overgrown track that leads to the trig - rather than taking the shorter, but much steeper version UP a dirt bank.