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Australia : Queensland

8.5 km (5.3 miles) WSW of Googa Creek, QLD, Australia
Approx. altitude: 574 m (1883 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 27°N 28°W

Accuracy: 326 m (356 yd)
Quality: good

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#2: My GPS receiver, 324m from the point #3: My GPS receiver, 324m from the point #4: Lantana’s one redeeming feature: It has pretty flowers #5: The communication tower, about 450m North of the point

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  27°S 152°E (visit #4) (incomplete) 

#1: This is as close as I could get.  This thick tangle of lantana plants blocked my way.

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

21-Mar-2022 -- Having relatives in southeast Queensland, I visit this area at least once a year. Over the years, I’ve managed to visit most of the Degree Confluence Points here. Until today, however, I had deliberately put off attempting to visit this particular point, because I knew - from the reports from previous visitors - that the area surrounding the point was choked by invasive lantana plants. Not having a machete, nor the time to spend using one to hack through lantana, I knew that this was going to be an incomplete visit. My plan, however, was to hike to the communications tower that’s visible from satellite imagery - about 450m North of the point - and hike South from there as far as I could, to see how close I could get to the point.

Getting to the communication tower was easy. I parked at [-26.99239,152.00096], about 900m North of the point, next to a trail that runs along a series of high-voltage power pylons. I then hiked South along the power-line trail to a junction at [-26.99508,152.00296], then turned right (West), to continue up the hill to the communication tower (next to a farm).

From the communication tower, I was able to hike not much more than about 100m until I ran into impassible lantana. At this point, I was 324m (+/- GPS error of 2m) from the point. However, I suspect that this approach - hiking from the communication tower - is likely to be the easiest for future visitors armed with a machete.


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#1: This is as close as I could get. This thick tangle of lantana plants blocked my way.
#2: My GPS receiver, 324m from the point
#3: My GPS receiver, 324m from the point
#4: Lantana’s one redeeming feature: It has pretty flowers
#5: The communication tower, about 450m North of the point
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