Cobar Gold Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
By Team Crackers on 21-Aug-17. Waypoint GC7B13H

#8200Back o Bourke Day 2! Dubbo->Bourke.Were on a road-trip chasing some LGAs we need between Coonamble and Kyogle, via Cobar and Bourke. The car is packed with TOTTs and snacks and we are prepared for long drives and short walks, hoping to gather the required LGAs without damaging our DT average in the process, all the while logging as many trigs as we could get to....Awesome spot! We were keen to visit here, as we love EC's and trigs, and this hill has them all. We were pretty surprised at the views from the lookout, and stayed a bit watching the workings of the active gold mine. Even my 11 year old son at home was impressed with a video we sent!Thanks for the cache!

#8200Day 2 of our Northern/Western NSW Roadtrip.Dubbo -> Bourke via 4 missing LGAs.Another long, but not quite as long, driving day. Heading out of Dubbo, through Cobar then north to Bourke for the night, pretty much grabbing anything that isnt a 1.5/1.5, especially high DTs, but theyre sparse out here anyways end of copy paste Wasn't expecting much here to be honest, driving up this little dirt road, but then walking up to the lookout, the pit got deeper and deeper and deeper! What a cool spot, got to watch some big trucks and other stuff ascending from the deep, driving up and around, picking up some dirt, etc. Collected our answers quickly, then spent about 10 minutes looking, watching, taking some photos, then also doing the nearby trig(s).Definitely an FP worthy spot! TNLN SLThanks for placing and maintaining this cache Team Crackers

Very interesting place.

Looked impressive. Also good views of the surrounding region. Tftc

Came out here this morning.Brrrr bloody cold.Had to be 1c with wind chill.Answers have been sent.Cool place.Thanks for bringing us here.Tftc

Continuing on with my well earned 2 week break and after staying in Rochester, Hay, White Cliffs, Cunnamulla, Toompine, Charleville then Cunnamulla again then Wanaaring for the night.So (after my very big detour due to lots of road closures) its now time to head back south towards home.The sun is still making an appearance after being cold and windy for the last week and it is good to get the suns rays onto you to bones.Most of the roads that were closed are now open so I stuck to the dirt to get down to her travelling through Louth.Cobar is a very bustling town and plenty of vans around as well.The last few times I have come through I had the van in tow so it was good to be able to come up and have a look at the pit.I like how there are tunnels that have been dug out when the pit pit was at different depths.A fav goes out to you for this one.Answers have been sent to the CO.Thanks Team Crackers TFTC.

Went up and looked in the mid morning, great example of the mining activity from the area.

Interesting looking down into the mine. A few others had also come to see this. Answers sent. TFTC Team Crackers.

Thanks for bringing us to this great place, loved seeing the mine. We found your cache today 26 May 2024 6:49pm , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC Team Crackers

What an amazing placeTftc

First of all, a couple of surprises with this fascinating location... Firstly, how did we miss seeing it on previous visits to Cobar? And secondly, could that viewing platform be built any closer to the edge...? Not that that apparently bothered anyone but me. MrG was hanging as close to the mesh as he could get watching the tiny truck, which we all know is anything but tiny, going back for another load. The best view of a working mine you can get without using a drone. TFTEC Team Crackers, FP!

Tftc Extremely interesting.

On our travels we found ourselves in Cobar and took the opportunity to grab a few caches, as geo hubby loves an earth cache we could drive past without stopping, such an amazing sight and history, thanks for bring us here

I didn't know why Cobar was the size it is, makes sense now with the gold that was.Headed over to the Capital GeoBash in Canberra, ACT with Freddo over 5 days, travelling through the central part of NSW before caching around the hinterlands. A nice few days over with great weather.Thanks for the cache

I found it on my trip west at the beginning of March.I've improved my knowledge of the area and its resources.Thank you, I've learned a lot.

Out and about caching today and arrived in Cobar. Went to GZ and gathered information to answer questions. Submitted answers to CO. Thanks for bringing us to this location. Giving a FP

Now on the homeward part of my adventure. I had spent the night in Cobar and decided to visit the local earthcaches before leaving town. On arrival at the lookout, I was excited to see one of the large trucks making its way down the slope. I have seen these type of trucks parked up at other mines, but never one in action. I took a LOT of photos here. I have never been to a working gold mine before. Thank you for bringing me here.....and TFTC

Found. Stopped into Cobar on our way south to Tas from Cairns. Such an impressive hole! Last time we visited actually saw a truck coming out from mine.

On return trip to Brisbane after the Bathurst great race. Grabbing a few along the way. Caching with my partnerThanks for the cacheTeam Crackers10 October 2023

Caching with Oddiewan with the Cache Crusader in tow. Were picking up caches in new-to-us LGAs in outback QLD and NSW on a two-week holiday. Camped in Cobar at the Res for two nights and explored the Cobar region. Much to our surprise we see an Earthcache with a by-line of Team Crackers. Well, we couldnt pass it by so made sure to collect the information needed to respond to the EC questions.Thanks for the fun, Team Crackers

After several visits to Cobar to race Cliffhanger 4wd Event, this year we had time to stop and take in the sights of this diverse townTftc

Now thats a big hole!Found on a sojourn all around during QOGM 2023 adventure. A fun jaunt with lots of dust, mud and starry skies. Thanks Team Crackers and clear skies from TeamAstro. ?? Cache the planet! Cache found in the company of deanside. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

On the journey home from Longreach QOGM 2023 having spent a great time caching with a great bunch of people. Teamed up with TeamAstro to find these caches. Just loving these outback trails, red dust, green foliage and blue skies!Answers sent to CO what a great spot love the history and the information suppliedThanks Team Crackers for placing this cache,for bringing me here and contributing to this great game for others to enjoy. Happy trails, Deanside

Found on a quick stop for lunch.Great to see Cobar thriving.Answers submitted to the CO. SL TFTC

Exploring outback NSW with the family on a crazy adventure with a few caches thrown in. Today we travelled from Wilcannia to Cobar and spent some time exploring the town. Great views here and fab history. Interesting to read about gold elsewhere as I only tend to think of it as a central Victorian thing! Ha ha. Answers sent and approved! Fav added. Thanks for the fab EC.

Thankyou for bringing me here. Thankyou for the earth cache!

Hubby is addicted to gold.... watched all of the shows, etc.
So very neat stop for us with lots of awesome info.

I'll email answers once we're back home (in ohio) from our road trip. Tysm!!

Freddo and Team Waldron headed to warmer climes around Broken Hill, Cobar, Bourke, Cunnamulla
and Charleville.

After a cold start in Broken Hill the weather improved once we got further north. Sadly our last night in Broken was wet which, pardon the pun, put a dampener on things.

All up it was a great week away and lots of caches were found with only 3 dnfs.

Thanks to all who placed and maintained their caches. The occasional cache was damaged and we refurbished it and we also left new logbooks as required.

Answer were gathered and sent to cache owner by Freddo. Approval to log has been approved.

TFTC

Interesting location. Bloody big wombats around here. Answers sent to the cache owner and approved.

Freddo and Team Waldron are heading north for a long delayed trip to the caching fields of Cunnamulla. This cache was found on our journey. Caches were fixed where necessary. Fresh log books added. Containers refreshed.

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

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SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Can’t wait!!

Fantastic earth cache. Fav point given.

Well this was a great experience to see.

Did not expect a hole this deep.

Great to be able to get so close too.

On tour up to Birdsville and spent the morning checking the sites.

This one was the highlight.

I gather all required info and big thumbs up from the cache owner!

TFTEC

Some fascinating history around this area. TFTC

Found It!
It's not a bad view of the big hole in the ground from up here. Answered the questions, took some photos and then onto the next cache!
TFTC

Great few hours in Cobar having coffee, wandering the main street, visiting Neweys, the Miners memorial was fantastic. And now to the incredible view up here. Answers sent to CO TFTC

TFTC and a favourite from me. What an amazing mine. I wish the trucks were operating today. So interesting and to see the fault line that was so obvious was great. I’ll send my answers asap. I’m visiting from the Hunter Valley.

Came for a drive up here and took in the great view. The viewing platform is a great addition to get close without dying. Answers sent, Tftc

A quick stop off here as we do a mini tour of Cobar. What an interesting place and a great view as well. We came back for a stunning sunset as well. Thanks for the earthcache and teaching us a bit about Cobar gold.

This place was amazing. I'd never have knwn about it had it not been for this earthcache.
Thanks for pointing out the very interesting feature as well.

We continued today our tour in NewSouthWales, AUS, and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Earth-Cache.

The weather was - said in one word – simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood.

The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The answers were sent.

Thanks to Team Crackers for the generation of this nice cache Cobar Gold (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.

PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they appeared.

Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood.

TFTC says H_M_A @ 3. April 2023 @ 09:28 o'clock @ [#20527](https://coord.info/GC7B13H)
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#12087 09:40
Together with my son, I am on a camping trip from Sydney to Broken Hill and back. On our 3000 km journey over 11 days we have seen some wonderful little towns, beautiful landscapes and many interesting geocaches.

After driving yesterday from Sydney to Cobar, we would have a day of rest and explore Cobar and its caches.
An interesting open cut mine. Fascinating to see the trucks go down the steep hill. From this high up those trucks look so tiny! The answers for the EarthCache have been collected and send to the CO.

TFTC.

Ocw the Bebes. Thanks for this earth cache. Answers sent by the Bebes. Tftec

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa

Staying in Cobar for a few days, caching is a great way to see the sights of the town.

What a fascinating location to visit !

Answers sent to CO

TFTC

On our roadtrip from Sydney to Perth. Bro imthamaninthebox and I flew over to Sydney to drive over to WA with 82yo ma n pa....managed to snag a few sneaky caches along the way.

Nice detour up to this lookout to see another amazing piece of our beautiful landscape and to find out more about our history.

Thank you Team Crackers for placing and maintaining Cobar Gold for us and others to find and enjoy!

Fave point added ️

What a view. It is stupendous. A favourite from us

We love looking into old pits.

FP given

TFTeC

Today we started with sunrise at the Living Desert sculptures and worked our way to Cobar.

I love looking in old open pits. This is a great one showing off text book geology.

What a year Sandyofthesea and I have had. We kitted out the Prado and took off from Perth, Western Australia at the start of April 2022 to travel more of Australia using geocaching as a guide to see the sights. We started with the Nullabour, Eyre and York Peninsulas, the Riverlands, visited family in Victoria and then back in SA it got cold. Flinders and the Oodnadatta Track was amazing and we finally warmed up in Dalhousie Springs. The Alice beckoned and then a change of plan and we ended up tackling the Tanami Track to the Kimberley and Bungles Bungles. Territory Day in Darwin was unhinged - please try and do it! The Gulf, the coast and the car breaker ‘Old Tele Track’ to the top of Cape York. This is a must but it’s not easy! Eventually made it to Brisbane to get some fixes to the car….. let’s see where we end up.

Team Crackers, I found Cobar Gold today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Tftc spot great journey of the mine

We visited this interesting place a while back on a family holiday out towards Cameron's Corner.
We had to cut our stay in Cobar short as one of the children woke up with painful ear infection and a cold so we had to pack up at 4 in the morning and hightail it back home. Cobar to the Central Coast in one day is not a trip to be undertaken lightly. Dad also learnt that the ground in Cobar at 4 in the morning is incredibly cold when the thongs got thrown in the car too early in the pack up.

The kids saw plenty of Emus strolling through the town much to their delight and they were suitably impressed by the size of the mine. They really enjoyed watching the massive trucks making their way up and down the road. They even managed to stay interested for the whole 6-7 minutes it took for the truck to make the climb.

Thanks for bringing us to this amazing spot with the Earthcache!

This is a very impressive hole in the ground, the mi ers tunnels are especially cool!
Answers sent to CO

An interesting spot to visit, DQ has sent answers for both of us.

Great view of the pit from the lookout. Hopefully we’ve answered the questions correctly. Thanks for bringing us out here

Tftc

Great view! TFTC

Found by Mary and David at at 15:40. You know where we are tonight. The Murrumbidgee and lachlan Rivers along the way are both running high and fast. Gets a FP. Loved all the information boards here. Our thanks to Team Crackers.

We're spending a few days in Cobar on our way to QOGM 2022 in Charleville and on our first day, we decided to head out to see the New Cobar Mine pit. What an incredible view. It's so hard to really gauge the depth of the pit and we would have liked to see a truck down there for comparison but no luck today.

Answers sent.

Thanks for find #3779
TNLN

Arrived from Griffith and quick detour to visit earthcache here. When I walked up to tak a look . WoW I didn’t expect to see like this. I stayed here bit longer to read info & look down. Its amazing. Im so grateful to visit here.
Fav point added.
Thanks for bring me here & earthcache.

Found while driving from Canberra to Perth. When we were at the lookout there was a local showing some out of town friends the sights so we were able to listen to his description of the mine which was very interesting.

Answers have been sent.

TFTC

It was really windy here today and I didn't notice until I got to the lookout, my jumper was in the car and I decided to tough it out until I had the answers. Other visitors to the lookout thought I was mad without a coat but having just spent three weeks on the Yorke Peninsula in far colder and stronger winds than this - I was fine. Today that one bar of gold - 15Kg is worth approx $838199.00. I would be pretty bloody happy with just one bar.

Email sent.
Thanks for the earth cache

Thank you lookout was great

TFTC very interesting and a pleasure to do.

Thankyou for the earth cache. Such an amazing and interesting spot. Cobar has been a great experience.

Thank you for putting an Earth Cache here. What an amazing place. TFTC

We had planned a road trip to Queensland to visit family in 2021, but our travel plans were stalled due to border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the world was trying to get back to a semi normal state, we decided to have another go at getting away from the cold and head up north for some sunshine and warmth. After spending the night in Hillston, day 2 took us out to far reaches of NSW, stopping to grab a few smileys along the way to break up the straight roads. A lot of wildlife came across our path some literally, plenty of emu, birds, and sheep with lambs to keep us amused.
What a little gem of an earthcache and well worth a visit. Neither of us had ever seen anything like this before, so it was very interesting to read about the mine. We have sent our answers through to the CO, thank you Team Crackers for bringing us to this one.

Heading out west for a couple of weeks, showing the GF the area on the way. Nothing beats checking out a big hole in the freezing cold wind. Amazing how much deeper it goes in the tunnel! TFTC!!!

We have been to this spot before and we are more than happy to have another reason to visit again. Thank you for the earthcache.

Visited and collected info today. Great view over the mine. Answers sent to co. Thanks for placing this EC here.

This was an awesome site to behold. Unfortunately, it started to absolutely bucket down again and as it was coming in sidewards, so the shelter didn't do much good but we stayed and watched a couple of trucks make their way up and down the access ramps. It was interesting to watch them with their gear changes and speeds and guess what and why they do what they do. If only we could look inside. Logged with CO's permission. Thanks for a great cache.

We had run into a fellow cacher a couple of days ago and she mentioned that if we were going this way, we should check out this cache as it was the best earthcache she had ever done. This was always on the bucket list anyway so we were rather disappointed to wake and find that the weather was still not playing the game. It slowed down to a light drizzle so we set off to attempt this one cache. By the time we got here, it was a lot heavier and I whilst we were at the mine, the rain got so heavy that we couldn't hear each other talk. As we were already wet, we stayed and did what needed to be done as well as watching the antics of the vehicles as they came and went. The walls of this mine have some interesting inclusions in them and in the rain, they are quite colourful. As we were advised, this was a great cache and a favourite for me also. Thanks for bringing us here.

Find #5756

Enjoying testing out the new geomobile wheels on a long road trip through western NSW from Gundagai, Junee, Temora, West Wyalong, Lake Cargelligo, Cobar, Bourke, and then up into QLD where the next leg of the journey will begin.

Collecting a few selected caches along the way and enjoying the brilliant autumn sunshine after all of the rain. It always great to be out in our great outdoors, making the most of the weather hail rain or shine, and enjoying the variety of caches in offer.

Wow, just wow! Loved see this mine in action and some fascinating history. Excellent EC, a fav point from me.

Thanks to Team Crackers for putting out and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment!

Tftc with drobbo. Drobbo has sent answers for us both.

Thanks for the cache. Found with Kimmy 533 enjoyed seeing this place.

Great view, very interesting to read how it all works. Answers submitted by tassie expat. Thanks for the earth cache.

What a fantastic viewing area. We learnt lots from there and from the description of this EC. Saw a truck go in, but it hadn't returned by the time we left (30mins later). Thank you so much for showing us this place. Answers sent to CO. Fav pt given. TFTC

Fascinating place to visit and the historical information is very interesting.

Third visit to this spot. I still have difficulty getting right up to the wire. TFTC.

TFTC

Like all geocachers, I’m taking the scenic, slow route to Townsville. Along the way we detoured for, amongst many others, this geocache.

An interesting cache that was, like most earth caches are for me, overthought I named the local goats, spook & Di, in your honour. A great spot.

Thanks for placing the cache Team Crackers, without hiders the game wouldn’t exist.

Date: 5 April 2022 Time: 5:53 pm
Find #12017

Travelling up to Townsville for the Mega Event and Maze with beckNmonts. Found this one along the way.

Day 2, starting at a beautiful free camp at Narrandera heading towards Cobar. A very spectacular view

Massive thanks go to Team Crackers for creating this one. Answers sent via beckNmonts.

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Lookout was closed for maintenance today, but the 2 friendly tradies let us in to have a look around.

Great pit - answers to be sent when I'm off patchy phone signal.

Thanks!

#16321 @0825
Day 4 of a 4 day road trip. Today was from Cobar back to Canberra. A few more finds here as I headed out of town. An interesting place to visit. Information submitted on 9/4/22 as I passed through Cobar heading for the Townsville mega. TFTC.

Wow, these massive gold mines are always bigger than you ever imagine them to be. Nice evening up here overlooking the surrounding landscape. TFTEC

Great views and good lookout. Will send answers. TFTC.

This is an impressive gold mine and the quartz fault is also fine. Actually rocked up here with lunch from the bakery but there’s only a little table (compass) so it was a short break. And also a traditional to log

Fun local history tour and you can see town from the lookout. Read the info boards, took a selfie, and ate my pie with sauce

Responses send to the CO. Dropping a FAVE here

TFTC Team Crackers

#11878 - 10:58:00 AM; After spending the night in Lake Cargelligo, day two of a mission through the Central West of New South Wales with Sol de lune to grab some of the dragonZones and counties to our west continues. Today's travels took us from Lake Cargelligo past Murrin Bridge, into Cobar, Bourke, Brewarrina, Walgett and on to Carinda to overnight. We collected finds in Lachlan, Cobar, Brewarrina and Walgett dragonZones and counties along the way. A detour up the hill as we headed in to Cobar and a stroll to the lookout, where we took in the views over the town and gathered the information for this earthcache. Answers sent off to the CO who gave a quick OK. TFTC Team Crackers

This is my third (or possibly 4th) time at this look out. Each time I learn something knew. TFTC.

After staying overnight in town, we had a flat battery on 71 year old car this morning, we were frightened to turn the engine off, all good, didn't need a push. Arrived GZ to get information information required, wazza9 will message to CO. Thanks to Team Crackers my 1st cache of yours, been here before for the trad

TFTC,
We did the Traditional here years ago but after crossing paths with Baktrak at the van park this morning we decided to do this cache.
Almost didn't happen due to a flat battery which I believe was caused by the clock and a cold night. I took the fuse out and with a drip feed tonight should be ok to get the 71 year old mistress home tomorrow.
Great cache, visited trackables.

Double wow for this site. The trucks look like our kids' toys!
Always a pleasure to be educated thanks Team Crackers
A fav of course

Visited with Mummy Penny in the cool afternoon sunset today. We were muggles out by a whole busload of tourists for a while but returned to read all the details. That's an impressive hole in the ground. Answers sent. Thanks Team Crackers.

Went to the lookout in the late arvo.
Could not search for the traditional as the place was very busy.
Made my observations, and will send my answers shortly
Thank you for hiding this geocache Team Crackers

R

a lot has happened since last here finally getting around to sending answers and logging cache
love exploring the town .
tft earth cache

We have selected a few caches to visit during our trip north, mainly ECs and virtuals.
Today we reached Cobar, set up camp, and off we went to take in the views into this brutalised landscape. It is amazing what the search for precious minerals makes people do ...
While we were at the lookout, a family arrived, the enthusiastic dad, a mine worker himself, explaining to his partner and children what the miners do and how the whole area is hollowed out some 2-3 km deep.
We took another respectful look at the earth works, trying to reconcile the gains from mining with the obvious disturbance and finding the answers to the EC questions.
The result of our deliberations has been sent and approved. Thank you for opening our eyes to the geological aspects of this feature!

Wow! Great views up here, and great info from the CO. We were there early-ish in the morning. so great colours to be seen. Also followed the tip on the info boards here to head down the road a few kms to the Peak Golden Walk, a peek into the past gold mining. We've sent our answers to be checked. Tftc!

Found on a trip around central New South Wales with e.gregory1. Our original plans were to travel through Bourke, Cunamulla and Toowoomba to attend the Dayboro event in Queensland and return via Port Macquarie and central NSW, but a series of events that included road closures due to flooding in southern inland Queensland, a covid outbreak in Brisbane and widespread storm damage and road closures along the north coast of NSW resulted in multiple changes of plans during the trip. As it eventuated our travels took us to central New South Wales, on a route from Broken Hill to Cobar, Nyngan, and Gunnedah from where we meandered southwards through some great scenery and historic towns that included Dunedoo, Wellington, Cowra and Yass. We then headed in a roughly westerly direction through to Temora, Wagga Wagga, Deniliquin and Swan Hill before making a final dash for home. All up we found a good mix of Traditionals, Puzzle Caches, Multicaches, Adventure Labs, Wherigos, Earthcaches, Letterbox Hybrids and Virtual Caches on a very entertaining and enjoyable trip. Thanks for the interesting Earthcache Team Crackers!

Find number 9060 at 4:02:47 pm on Tuesday the 30 March 2021
Travelling from Melbourne to Dayboro Qld for the mega over Easter. Whilst this may seem like an odd way to go, we have a weekend camping at Lake Fyans with family before we head north on Monday. One, two days is a long time in these days of Covid It now seems like we will not get to Dayboro due to work complications. It now looks like we are having an extended NSW caching holiday.
What a magic viewing platform, this place definitely demonstrates mans ability to dig holes in the sand
**Thanks for placing this cache Team Crackers**

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Looked as much as we could. No joy today.

Witnessed shift change from above. Very interesting spot

Thanks for organising this EC, we stayed up at the lookout for a good 30min watching the truck going up and down. Gremlinkids and gremlindaddy were mesmerised!

Another early start from Broken Hill for our caching trip with Wilbert67.
Trip so far has been quiet good except the COVID-19 that made us do a trip diversion.
Now travelling to Cobar and picking up caches along the way.
Thanks to all the COs for the placements of their hides.
This was a must to do.