The Canberra Centenary Trail is a 145 kilometre self-guided, non-motorised loop trail for walkers and touring cyclists that showcases Canberra and takes users on a journey between urban and rural environments past iconic sites and hidden treasures."
Users are able to join or leave the trail in many locations.” See attached link.
Map of Section 3 - Northern Border Campsite to Hall
This part of the trail begins at the Northern Border Campsite in Forde and follows the ACT/NSW Border, past One tree hill to Hall Village.
One Tree Hill has a special significance for the surveyors, past and present, who have helped to shape our National Capital. It played a vital role in the first surveys of the Canberra area; by Robert Dixon in 1829 and Robert Hoddle in 1832. Dixon and Hoddle were sent from Sydney to survey the first land grants in the Canberra region. They used One Tree Hill as a high point from which to review the area and a landmark from which they could get their bearings.
This section of the Canberra Centenary Trail is 13 kilometres long and is rated as a 5 hour walk or 1.5 hour ride. Unlike other areas of the Centenary Trail, this section can not be easily accessed at various points. The areas surrounding the trail corridor are private property and trespassers will be prosecuted. The trail is easy for a mountain bike ride or a pleasant walk/run.
As with all outdoor and bush activities, take plenty of water, and a spare battery for the GPS. Summer in the bush within the ACT does have an abundance of wildlife, including various reptiles. When this series was laid, our biggest concern was to avoid spraining an ankle in the many wombat holes however in the warmer months, snakes will be active in the area. Stick to the formed tracks of the trail and remain observant.
The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates
This Wherigo converts your player into a virtual version of the "Reverse Cache Box" which tells you the bearing to the cache, but not the distance. You may begin your search from any spot in the world using your Smartphone or Whereigo compatible GPS to navigate to the cache.
**As the cartridge produces whole number degrees, the triangulation is not accurate from long distances especially if the 2 readings are taken close together producing an acute angle at intersection, so don't be disheartened by a GZ that seems wrong, go near there and take more readings.**
The cartridge was created by day1976 and is available to download from the wherigo website. day1976's Open Source Reverse Wherigo .
Start up the player, find and load the cartridge. > NewGame > Find a Geocache > Answer > Enter First Code > xxxxx > Answer > Enter Second Code > xxxxx > Answer > The bearing to this Geocache is xxx degrees. This bearing is from where you are standing. It is now up to you how many times you relocate and obtain different bearings so as to triangulate the cache. The ultimate goal would be to find the cache with just one bearing reading, but for most, it would need a minimum of two bearings. Bearings are with respect to True North, so If using an OS map, allowances will have to be made, as Grid North, Magnetic North, and True North are all different!
To begin, you will have to type these two codes into your player when prompted:
JL3D9
LDQ9Q
It is suggested that you take the code with you on your journey. It will be needed if it becomes necessary to restart your player for any reason.
Have Fun!
How to download the Whereigo Cartridge
You may begin your search from any spot in the world using a Whereigo compatible GPS unit or phone app.
Link to day1976's Open Source Reverse Wherigo cartridge.
Log into wherigo.com using your geocaching.com player name and password. The cartridge type used on phone apps is the Pocket PC Device.