Mount Trickett, a
mountain
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on the
Great Dividing Range
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, is located approximately west of
Jenolan Caves
The Jenolan Caves (Tharawal language, Tharawal: ''Binoomea'', ''Bindo'', ''Binda'') are limestone cave, limestone caves located within the Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve in the Central Tablelands region, west of the Blue Mountains (New South ...
, in the
Central Tablelands
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region of
New South Wales
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Australia
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With an elevation of
above sea level
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The comb ...
, the mountain can be seen from the nearby Jenolan-
Oberon
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Road. The 'summit' or the area generally known as Mount Trickett is topped by a high tower, and stands over above Jenolan Caves in the valley below. The tower location (around and called "The Porcupine") is not actually Mount Trickett or the highest point. The true location of Mount Trickett is approximately further west along Edith Road.
Features
Snowfalls are relatively common on Mount Trickett from autumn through to spring with perhaps ten to fifteen falls per season. Five or six of these snowfalls are typically heavy enough to close the roads near the summit. Icy roads during the colder months can also make travel in the area hazardous although it is usually navigable by 2WD vehicles. Particularly strong cold outbreaks make an approach from the Jenolan Caves side quite risky and the Oberon road is preferred. There is a nondescript gravel turnoff that leads you to a brick building at the summit with a sign that says "Navigational Facility". As with nearby
Mount Bindo
Mount Bindo, a mountain on the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia.
With an elevation of above sea level, Mount Bindo is one of the highest points on the Central Tablelands and attr ...
and
Shooters Hill
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, this is a common spot for 'snow chasers' to look for snow when coming in from Sydney and the
Blue Mountains.
There are no survey control marks (including trigonometrical stations) located at the summit of Mount Trickett.
Etymology
Mount Trickett may well have been named after Oliver Trickett L.S. M.S., as he was the licensed surveyor, mapper and modeller of the Jenolan Caves over twenty years in the late 1800s to early 1900s, (along with surveying and mapping most other major limestone caves in NSW, and surveying, mapping and modelling the mining loads of NSW, chief being the Broken Hill silver, lead and zinc load). This work was conducted whilst in the employ as Surveyor for the NSW Department of Lands and Mining Surveyor for the NSW Department of Mines. He became the chief superintendent of Jenolan Caves in terms of overseeing all access improvements at Jenolan in the early 1900s.
See also
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List of mountains in New South Wales
References
External links
Relief maps of the area– Provided by NSW Central Ranges Weather – see link below
NSW Central Ranges Weather– Local site with weather information and maps etc. for the Oberon Plateau area
Blackheath Weather– Another site with snow and general weather information for the area
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Trickett, Mount
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