Oberon Dam 1 Oberon, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 08-Feb-16. Waypoint TP7276

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	TrigPoint
Container:	Other
Coordinates:	S33° 43.405' E149° 51.999' (WGS 84)
	55H 765626E 6264819N (UTM)
Elevation:	1057 m
Local Government Area:	Oberon

Map

Whodunit Difficulty

Description

Oberon Dam 1 TS?

Official name of this Trig Station as per NSW Department of Lands is: Oberon Dam 1.

Serial number is: TS number not allocated.

Last inspected on: No Data.

Elevation is: 1067 meters.

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.

You are encouraged to leave a description of your journey in your log to help others in finding the trig point.

The original collection of trig points has been sourced from Geoscience Australia and may contain inaccuracies.

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Hints

Arne gur pne cnex . . .

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

06-Apr-24

geono.

Found while on a visit to the dam. Checked the map and realised there were 3 more.. Cool

TFTT GCA

Rated: for Overall Experience

29-Sep-22

thomo31

We found it while visiting the area with rogerw3 . TFTT

Rated: for Overall Experience

12-Jan-22

BigMatDozer

Stopped at the dam for a break on our drive between Kanangra Boyd and Abercrombie River National Parks. We actually found four of these here. The one near the carpark and three along the creek. The fourth one is up the hill a bit and behind the trees, so you can only see it from the pathway on top of the dam wall.

13-Feb-21

squirebarney

Out touring today with friends.
They brought me here to the dam and hey presto, there is trig point cache.
Thanks

02-Nov-20

Snoopy1976

Thanks found whilst scouting some locations

02-Nov-18

Lis + Pete

Down at the dam and doing a few caches.

06-Jun-18

HansJJ

Was continuing on my caching run in the greater caves area & today did the slight side tour to the dam - being a week day it was very quiet here today - thanks Clan Griffin

Rated: for Overall Experience

03-Mar-18

2Wagtails

On our recent holiday travels we visited Oberon Dam and came across this survey marker.
Thanks Geocaching Australia.

19-Jan-18

LuckyL10n

#GA2365 - 16:10; Day two of the summer sojourn in the Blue Mountains with the geohoney and today a trip to Jenolan Caves was the order of business. Made our way down to the caves from Leura after breakfast in Katoomba on the way through. I was surprised at the speed limits as we made our way along the Great Western Highway, but they were certainly appropriate given the nature of the roads. Ended up behind a tourist on the Jenolan Caves Road, which was quite interesting when they overtook two cars stopped at a traffic control stop before they saw the traffic controller Doh

Anyway, we managed to pass safely before the steep descent started Dancing

After an interesting tour of the Orient Cave, we headed towards Oberon and stopped by the dam to grab the three trigs here Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

09-Sep-17

albida33

The Road Less traveled weekend two around Oberon. Day 2. After a morning visiting the TRLT caches south of Oberon I sopped by for lunch and these fore GA caches.

Thanks
Albida

31-Aug-17

Sol de lune

First cache around the Oberon Dam and number 1000 overall. Have travelled a few k's to get them, but has been a lot of fun.

Spotted this one easily enough and then noticed the other two nearby as well. Photo's snapped and all was good. Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Apr-17

minniek

Headed out on a geocaching weekend through Bathurst and on to Orange with Fitzy_1965.

Fitzy enjoyed this stop - 3 trigs !

Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Apr-17

fitzy_1965

Geocaching Australia (GCA) Cache Find Number 1320. Found during a run up to the Oberon, Bathurst and Orange regions with minniek.

A weekend run up through the Oberon, Bathurst and Orange regions to tackle a number of puzzle series, lots of trads, plus a number of trigs as well. Although there were a number of DNFs, in all the caches were nicely placed with good coords. Glorious weather certainly added to a very fun weekend. An early departure with a few quick stops along the way saw us soon at Oberon to start the campaign in ernest. A nice drive out to the Dam where it was a case of three-for-one really ! Pretty happy about that ! Once there of course it was a quick stop for the required photos, admired the views, then it was off to the next one. Photo of the trig attached.

Another nice trig to add to the collection. Really enjoy finding these in all sorts of odd places, including the new CORS type which seem to be popping up in every country town plus the big cities.

TFTC !!

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-Jul-16

alnic39

Found this at the end of a full day of finding and hiding.

21-Apr-16

rogerw3

Found today with whitemushroom on our caching tour of the area.

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-Mar-16

whitemushroom

An easy walk from the nearby Team MavEtJu virtual GA7740 (though one could drive) - this trig is quite prominently placed in front of the dam wall. Sans mast, vanes and name plate, it does retain the 'survey' top plate.

Rated: for Overall Experience

01-Mar-16

Tuena

Returning home from Rogerw3's event in the Blue Mountains decided to kill two birds with the one stone. As I was walking back saw a quonset hut, submitted it as a Waymark & its been approved already - hey hey a new Icon. Worthing stopping for this trig sitting below the dam wall.

Rated: for Overall Experience