Lowering Copeton Copeton, New South Wales, Australia
By
geono. on 24-Apr-18. Waypoint GA12196
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S29° 54.250' E150° 55.150' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 299093E 6690014N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 570 m |
| Local Government Area: | Inverell |
/150.919167,-29.904167,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Views of Copeton Dam and the spillway.
Copeton Dam, upstream from Bingara, was completed in 1976 and at 100% has a capacity of more than double Sydney Harbour. Water from the dam is released directly to the Gwydir River. The gate-controlled concrete chute spillway is capable of discharging 1,280,000 megalitres of water per day. A hydro-electric power station (completed in 1996) generates up to 21 megawatts of electricity from the flow of water leaving Copeton Dam.
Copeton Village and Dasey Town, two small villages in the valley, were flooded in the the making of the dam. In 1993 when the water level dropped to 3%, the remains of timber slab houses and graves were once again exposed.
Congratulations Tassie Trekkers - FTF
Hints
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Logs
Great location. That water looks very inviting on this very hot day.
Found with NTM on route to a yet to be published trig..
Thanks for the cache
Found with NTM on route to a yet to be published trig..
Thanks for the cache
Rated: for Overall Experience
gosh, it is getting hot! wishing I was in the water with the turtles down there. or in Glen Innes already, but wayn0 wants more caches so here we are. haha. thanks for the cache.
Camped at Copeton Waters for the night. A quick stop on our way out to look at the dam nd do this cache. Cache is in good condition. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Oh wow! What a surprise to find this cache here. 
Nice. 
No water here at the moment - just wallabies grazing on the grass.
Thanks for placing this cache Geono. All is well with the cache.
Nice. No water here at the moment - just wallabies grazing on the grass.
Thanks for placing this cache Geono. All is well with the cache.
Woo Hoo [*FTF*] @16.15hrs detoured in to find this one and we weren’t disappointed what a great location to visit.
Many thanks Geono for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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