Willans Hill Water Tower Art Turvey Park, New South Wales, Australia
By WotheNeeds2 on 01-Oct-23. Waypoint GA27439

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Coordinates: S35° 7.980' E147° 22.319' (WGS 84)
  55H 533889E 6112144N (UTM)
Elevation: 311 m
Local Government Area: Wagga Wagga City

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Willans Hill Water Tower Art

 

Artist: Poncho Amy

Location: Willans Hill, Turvey Park, off Captain Cook Drive, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Overlooking the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales stands the Willans Hill water reservoir, which is located off Captain Cook Drive, Willans Hill.

The water tank art was spray painted over two and a half weeks in June 2016 by Trina Collins, aka Poncho Army. The mural is all about water, but more specifically the actual use and function of the water tank and to represent that Riverina Water is safe water to use unfiltered. The children depicted in the mural are Sturt Public School students.

The water tower is on quite a steep hill, so steep that the author would recommend if you are travelling with a caravan to leave it down the bottom somewhere and drive up without it. Or better still, check into a caravan park and stay to see some of the other wonderful attractions around Wagga Wagga.

The town is also alive with street art, more of which can be seen by following this link, thus making an overnight stop probably a must to be able to view and visit them all.

In August 2016 apparently, the mural was partially destroyed by graffiti vandals and had to be repaired. No major vandalism is evident on the front of the water tank as you can see by my photos. There is still some graffiti behind the tank, but thankfully it does not mar the overall mural too much.

 

The Cache:

To claim a find on this cache all you need to do is take a photo of yourself and/or GPS with the mural in the background. Enjoy!

P.S. The above information was taken from the website: Wagga Wagga Water Tank Art

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17-Nov-23
Today, I was coming over to Wagga for the weekend. However I arrived early so I could have some free time today and get some geocaching plus shopping done before my two big days. This meant I could find this cache and two other that are located nearby. Making today's total four Smile! TFTC Big Grin
 
08-Oct-23
Caching in the area we visited this location and snapped the required pic which has been added to the gallery.
 
02-Oct-23
Spotted this new virtual and know the place well.
There is now a lot of graffiti on the base of the tank.
Logged the *FTF* and off again.
Thanks for the cache,
Roostaman
 
01-Oct-23
Ready to go! Very Happy