Located in NSW on private property, Gooroo Trig is close to the NSW and ACT border, and accessed via trails in the Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve. (You can’t get right up to the trig without trespassing, but you can get a good view from the boundary fence.)
The trig is a rock pile structure, described as “an older style of trig point which is not common in the ACT”. The trig post and vanes have been lost or destroyed. It’s unclear how the trig got its name; ‘gooroo’ is a respectful term for an elder or wise person in Aboriginal culture, but doesn’t appear to be an Aboriginal word.
A photo by pjw on the Geocaching Australia site shows a close-up of the rock cairn.
Getting to Gooroo Trig
The trig point is most easily accessed (or seen) by taking the Centenary Trail and then the Old Joe Firetrail in the Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve, which goes to the top of Old Joe Hill (and Old Joe Trig). A short detour along the border fence takes you to the top of Gooroo Hill (which is one of a series of small peaks that form the ACT/NSW border), from where you can see the Gooroo Trig.
The Centenary Trail (also called the Gas Pipeline Track) starts from a gated entry point along Horse Park Drive in the suburb of Kenny. It’s about a 25min drive from the centre of Canberra.
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