Trig Point Lookout - Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne, Vic, Australia
S 38° 07.934 E 145° 16.198
55H E 348375 N 5778099
The Compass Rose of the Trig Point Lookout in Cranbourne Botanic Gardens is also an Orientation Table.
Waymark Code: WMX2KX
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/17/2017
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The places that this Orientation Table indicate are, clockwise from North:
- North
* Narre Warren: 14 km; Mt Dandenong: 34 km
* Berwick: 13 km
* Pakenham: 19 km; Mt Baw Baw: 96 km
- East
* Strzelecki Ranges: 58 km
* Tooradin: 13 km; The Gurdies: 38 km
~ Western Port
* (French Island); Mt Wellington: 25 km
* Quail Island: 12 km
* (Phillip Island); Cowes: 36 km
- South: * Stony Point: 28 km
* Hastings: 21 km
* Merricks North: 30 km
* Red Hill: 34 km
* Arthurs Seat: 37 km
- West
* The You Yangs: 77 km
~ Port Phillip Bay
* Black Rock: 29 km
* West Gate Bridge: 47 km
* Melbourne CBD: 45 km; Mt Macedon: 101 km
* Dandenong: 17 km
On the south side of the post that the Orientation Table is affixed to is rectangular (but curved to fit the post) bronze plaque, which reads:
"Trig Point Lookout Directional Dial
donated by the
Sarah and Baillieu Mver Family Foundation
September 2001"
There are 18 wooden steps on a curved staircase that lead up from the crushed gravel track to the circular lookout platform. There is a warning plaque at the base, to keep clear if there is a thunderstorm.
Visited: 1300, Tuesday, 24 May, 2016
Artist / Creator:
Sarah and Baillieu Mver Family Foundation
Date of creation: September 2001
Location / Access:
Trig Point Lookout, Cranbourne Botanic Gardens
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- Table and landscape
- A close-up view of the table : why not with your finger showing a particular direction (your city, country, your holiday residence ...) (optional)
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