Clybucca Water Tower Clybucca, New South Wales, Australia
By Richary on 11-Dec-13. Waypoint TP6815

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S30° 56.634' E152° 56.678' (WGS 84)
	56J 494711E 6576614N (UTM)
Elevation:	9 m
Local Government Area:	Kempsey

Map

Whodunit Difficulty

Description

Water tank near the Highway

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.

Official Code: TS10926

This one is easily visible north or southbound from the Pacific Highway, at least until they duplicate this section then who knows what will happen.

Logs

10-Sep-23

thomo31

Spotted on our way to Trial Bay Gaol NP Campground. TFTT

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Sep-23

BigMatDozer

We were on the road to Hat Head for a combined Father's day, birthday and second birthday camping trip when we spotted the water tower just before dusk. At this point the kids have been trained to look for trig points on too of watertowers and so the cry went up from the back seats. Luckily we saw the trig point from a decent distance so we didn't need to practice our emergency stops today.

02-Jun-23

Tassie Trekkers

one of several trigs we found whilst exploring the area Clan Minotaur

Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Dec-20

Squirrels0291

Found while out and about during our Hat Head stay! Thank you! : )

04-Oct-20

DiamonJs

Was out chasing some GC when one mentioned this one, oh wow look at that. Best pic I could get.

Rated: for Overall Experience

06-Sep-19

beetles2

Getting to this one was a real nightmare!!! Coming from the north our GPS sent us along the motorway and then wanted us to come cross country from that. Pulled in to the new Clybucca rest area hoping there would be a road access from there but no, had to travel a further 12kms past it and then turn around and come back on another road. Don't think we'd have gone to the trouble if it hadn't been a GCA cache.
Thanks.

02-Jan-19

bobbiesgirl

Have passed this so often didn't realize it was a Trig Point. Have enclosed the best photo I can

Rated: for Overall Experience

coongoola

01-Jun-18

ozglory

we actually enjoyed finding this trig. our photo looks like it is a long way away but I only have the gps camera and we were about as close as we could get without going through a fence

Rated: for Overall Experience

02-Apr-18

LuckyL10n

#GA2688 - 11:35; Day four of the 2018 Oz GeoMuster mission with Sol de lune. After leaving the Mega yesterday afternoon and caching our way to Taree where we spent the night at a local caravan park, the plan for today was to cache our way north past Port Macquarie, then through Kempsey, Macksville, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, Grafton, Casino, Lismore and into Ballina in preparation for some caching around Byron and the Tweed before setting sail south again for home. Although not part of the original itinerary, I was able to collect a few more caches in Taree, which Sdl had picked up on previous visits. After a detour to Kempsey and Frederickton, we headed back to the highway and missed the turn off to Clybucca! Managed to turn around and headed back so we could grab a snap of this trig from the locked gate at the main road through town. TFTT Geocaching Australia Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

02-Apr-18

Sol de lune

Day 4 of a trek along the NSW coast to Tweed Heads after attending the Morisset event with LuckyL10n. Another day with lots of trigs grabbed...along with the odd traditional or two.

In behind a locked gate this one, so a photo from the boundary fence was required.

Thanks for another trig.....

Rated: for Overall Experience

30-Oct-17

Team737

We nabbed this one on the way home from camping and caching at South West Rocks.

26-Oct-17

geono.

Didn't have the GPS switched on to alert us but easily seen while driving past. A lot quieter road now this is not the highway so we made a quick stop to grab the far-off pic.

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Apr-17

Boot65

I too stopped and grabbed the long shot for this one.

Rated: for Overall Experience

21-Feb-16

C○3 ♀ Ɛ○<<○3

gottcha. another trig down on my way home. Smile

27-Sep-15

cantanga

seen this many times but didn't bother because it's in the middle of private property. However if everyone else is happy with the long shot then so am I. Taken from the highway

06-Aug-15

HansJJ

pulled over from highway & took the shots – nice

Rated: for Overall Experience

22-Feb-15

Grahame Cookie

S30° 56.636' E152° 56.676'

I had been up at Stuarts Point for a leadership training weekend and it was too dark to photograph this on the way up, so made sure I had some daylight on the way home. I have seen it quite a few times, meaning to stop and check it out, so thanks to Richary for adding it.
There had been a trig on the water tower, that had been removed at some stage I remember, and SIX Maps NSW shows a 'Destroyed'/Dismantled code for such a trig, so I guess when the planning for the nearby roadworks started this trig was reactivated.
Took a short walk to get a closer picture, but the trig does starts to disappear if coming from the wrong angle.

11-Dec-13

richary

I spotted this one northbound a few days ago and was surprised it hadn't come up on the map. A check and it wasn't listed. So today stopped southbound to note the location for listing and grab a photo. Coords on the GPS are where I took the photo from, the listed coords are from google earth as this seems to be a privately owned paddock.