Walgett Reservoir TS7322 Walgett, New South Wales, Australia
By McKee Clan on 02-Dec-10. Waypoint TP5521

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S30° 1.689' E148° 7.017' (WGS 84)
	55J 607700E 6677570N (UTM)
Elevation:	135 m
Local Government Area:	Walgett

Map

Whodunit Container

Description

Walgett Wate tower trig

A Trig Point is a virtual cache which requires a cacher to locate the Trigonometric Station at GZ.

A trig point (also known as a Trigonometric Station) typically consists of a black disc on top of four metal legs or concrete pillar, resembling a navigation beacon. It is also accompanied by a metal disc, which is located directly below the center point of the tripod or on top of the pillar itself.

Trig points are generally located at the top of hills or points of prominence in the landscape. Many provide unique views and challenges, with some being difficult to get to.

These points were regarded as valuable to surveyors, providing reference points for measuring distance and direction, and assisting in the creation of maps

To log a find on the Geocaching Australia website, you will need to include a picture of the trig point, along with your GPS receiver and (preferably) yourself. Long distance / telephoto type pictures are against the spirit of this cache. You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the trig point.

Please respect local laws and regulations when searching for trig points. If you believe that a trig point is located on private property or in a dangerous location, you may archive the cache, by clicking on Log this Cache and place an "Archived" log on the Geocaching Australia website.

If you feel that you can add to the description of this trig point or adjust the difficulty / terrain ratings, please feel free to edit this cache and amend the information suitably. Vandalism of the cache description or other information will result in your account being terminated.

Logs

03-Nov-24

wayn0

Art AND a trig, nice!
Thanks for the cache Smile

Rated: for Overall Experience

03-Nov-24

C○3 ♀ Ɛ○<<○3

got it. cool solo art. solo art virtual coming soon. there's another from over the border still to do also.

05-Oct-24

BigMatDozer

Nicer than your average water reservoir.

17-Jun-24

Goldenwattle

Heading for Lightning Ridge, logging caches, trigs, etc on the way. TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-Feb-24

2Wagtails

We are wandering around Walgett discovering some interesting sites and boticed this trig atop the water tower. Nice. Smile

Thank you.

24-Apr-23

Gullivers Travels54

we are staying in Lightning Ridge and took the day to come down and visit Walgett and to grab these couple of points tftc

17-Jul-22

Team737

We're driving up to Lightning Ridge today, making a 4hr drive into 8hr of course with 18 caches - 13 GCA and 5 GC.... We had great caching conditions today, temps to 22 degrees even, and dry (for once!).
I've never been to Walgett before, and I think once may be enough!

21-Jul-21

LuckyL10n

#GA5387 - 17:30; Day two of a mission through the Central West of New South Wales with Sol de lune to grab some of the dragonZones to our west was now underway after overnighting in Lake Cargelligo. 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. Collected this after arriving in Walgett. Great portrait of a country music legend too Clapping

TFTT Geocaching Australia Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Jul-21

Sol de lune

Out on a road trip with LuckyL10n to grab a few dragonZones in outback NSW that we still had to visit including Bland, Carrathool, Lachlan, Cobar, Brewarrina, Walgett, Coonamble as well as grabbing a few caches in previously visited zones. A fun 3 days with over 2200 klms notched up along the way. A visit to the little town of Carinda which is famous for a visit by David Bowie to record a film clip for one of his single releases, was a bit of a highlight. A neat pub with great food and a good sort of atmosphere. Well worth the drive off the main road to check it out. At $55 a night the accommodation, while basic, was not too bad.

This was one of the many trigs we found while out and about. No issues here and the required photo was soon snapped.

Thanks for another trig....

Rated: for Overall Experience

10-Oct-20

TG47

Found this with Smittengranny this afternoon.

10-Oct-20

Smittengranny

TG47 and I went for a short tour of Walgett this afternoon and grabbed photos of the two trigs here. Thanks for publishing these trigs to keep us amused on a Saturday afternoon whenwe should have been at a granddaughter's wedding except for COVID 19. Dancing

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Aug-20

GLISS!

Visiting Walgett before heading to Carinda. Let's Dance.

12-Aug-20

Nibletricecakes

Visiting Walgett before heading to Carinda. Let's Dance.

11-Nov-19

youngoldfella

Day 2 of our journey to St d Today we are driving from Goondiwindi via Moree to Bourke. It was a very good drive. Another trig/cors to add to our list. Clan Minotaur

Rated: for Overall Experience

16-Oct-19

gregandjudi

Day 18 of our outback adventure which included QOGM 2019. Back into NSW today and really travelled further than I anticipated - St George to Dubbo. Will spend a couple of nights here and decide where to from here.
A little divergence into Lightning Ridge and ran into someone Greg went to school with while we looked at opals.
Thank goodness for GCA caches as the journey would have been quite boring

10-Oct-19

alnic39

Quick visit to Walgett for the trigs and I was on my way.

Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Jul-18

geono.

However we've travelled to western NSW in the past it wasn't through Walgett. This was our first visit and quite an eventful one at that....... Saw a guy riding a bike smoking two ciggies at once. Confused

Then MrG walked in on a female traveller who didn't lock the unisex loo door. Big surprises all round. Shocked

Finding the Water Trig was the least eventful thing of the visit. Laughing

24-Apr-18

whitewebbs

This trig was one we found while outback in NSW. The required photo has been added to the gallery. TFTT

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-Apr-18

sylken

Tavelling from Gulargambone to Lightning Ridge we stopped by to grab this Trig Point.

Many thanks for the hide Geocaching Australia

Rated: for Overall Experience

29-Apr-17

2y'stassies

This morning we located the Trig Point on the western Walgett Water Tank. The area was very busy this morning as all teams in the regional rugby competition were gathering at Walgett for a gala start to the season. The required photo has been added to the Gallery. Thanks Geocaching Australia for the cache.

27-Aug-16

albida33

Cairns 2016 trip. On my last day of travel I grabbed a few trigs before leaving town for the day.

Thanks
Albida

12-Jun-16

beetles2

Grabbed this one this morning as we left Walgett. Here yesterday as we attempted the multi but didn't have anything to get a photo with as on bikes. Thanks.

11-Jun-15

Tuena

Two towers, one trig. A warm day in this town with vast plains surrounding it.

19-Nov-14

Tassie Trekkers

Found on our way to Dubbo. Can't get much easier than this - a drive by trig.

Rated: for Overall Experience

27-Sep-14

Shifter Brains

Found on our way through town heading for Lightning Ridge.

30-Jul-13

Roostaman

Found on the way north on our 2013 winter escape trip to Qld.
A few stops for trigs helps to break up the drive.
Thanks for the cache/trig,
Roostaman.

Rated: for Overall Experience

09-Nov-12

ack son of hack

Still trying to get back to the Ridge. having a fun trip with Ute Dog II
set off early this morning and hope to get to the Black Queen and then get somewhere from Lightning Ridge to Warren to camp and find some caches there as well.I love caching it takes and shows us soooo much.
Ta Acko

28-Jun-12

Canberra_bushwalker

An easy find after stopping for lunch in Walgett.

16-May-11

Big Matt and Shell

S30° 1.689' E148° 7.017'

This was to be our last water res trig for a while, the coordinates were a bit out too but we found the trig and will update the location.

20-Apr-11

Oz Lurker

Nice easy drive-by on our way North. However it wasn't where i was expecting it to be - the coords may be out. Mine are a little off also - wasn't a good day for accurate coords.