Cobar Radio Tower Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
By Geocaching Australia on 28-May-16. Waypoint TP7383

We stopped for any trigs within a reasonable drive/walk on our drive from Dubbo to Bourke.

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One of several to log while here. TFTC.

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The sort of trig I don't expect to be a trig. The third GCA cache here... I enjoy a cluster of caches.

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very good views from up here.

nothing like a radio tower to keep the town in tune.

ABC had a good run all the way up to Birdsville.

Great to visit the hill top here.

TFTT

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Good view

A quick find with Just a cacher while we were in the area.

Thanks for the trig.

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Found with Black Bunny while we were in the area.

TFTT.

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Thanks for bring me here & TP

#GA5373 - 10:50; 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. TFTT Geocaching Australia

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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....

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Forgot to log this in August. Good to be back again and ticking it off the map

Passed through Cobar on our way out to Emdale roadhouse for the night. Picked up a few caches on the way.

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GCA 4,295. Found during our 2020 Outback Adventure tour.

Day 2 - and we drove from Warren over to Cobar. This Trig was a nice bonus as we visited the Pit Lookout. Wow - that's a big hole !

Thanks GCA !!

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West New South Wales trip 2020. Day 2. I was joined by MinnieK and Fitzy_1965 for a trip planned to go from
Goulburn to Forbes, Nyngen, Cobar, Broken Hill, Wentworth and Balranlad. After a sleep in we left our overnight
stop at Warren and headed to Cobar via Nyngen. There were a few caches along the way, but most of the action
was the Australian Towns series North of Cobar, and a great selection of local caches. The two Earth caches
were the highlight.

The Fort Bourke area was a highlight of this trip.

Thanks
Albida

Headed from Warren to Cobar via Nyngan today with fitzy_1965 and albida33.

I almost missed this one. Thanks to albums for running through the list of things we had to do here today.

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Woo hoo!! Another cache on the top of this hill. Such an interesting site. Tftc

What a high cache density here. A bonus for those of us who belong to GCA.

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Kinda like a two for one deal. Get the Robinson, then the tower. That's one awesome hole in the ground!

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Very windy today on the hill. Good view into the pit. Tnx for the Trig

Found while visitimg the Lookout, the GCA caches as well as a couple of GC Caches- this area isn't just rich in gold but loads of treasure is available.

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Visited here on our way home from the QOGM events in Barcaldine.
Awesome area. TFTC

A most impressive tower, and surrounded by more GC and a GA History cache as well. Well worth the drive up here caching wise.
Thanks for bringing us up here, and the view was pretty spectacular too.

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One of the many trigs we have found in our travels.

Many thanks Geocaching Australia for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience.

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We stayed in Cobar a couple of days and went to the lookout for the view, 2 trigs and a GC cache. The required photo has been added to the gallery. What an amazing view of the working open cut mine from the lookout. TFTT

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Earlier this year we headed to Brisbane for our niece's wedding. As we hadn't been to Burke we decided to go via Burke, Lightning Ridge including Cobar on our route picking up as many caches as we were able to. We enjoyed the many places we visited and found a few spots well off the normal route that we would not have visited if we had not been hunting for caches. Trig Points come in many varied forms. We particularly enjoy the older versions that usually involve longish walks in steep areas. Most have excellent views over the country side. The old stone cairns are particularly nice to find. These often have plaques attached giving details of when, who and why they were placed.

This radio tower is a newer version of trig point and can be easily seen from below. Although some see these metal structures towering above the landscape a eye sores they are a necessary part of our communications system. Before taking our photo of this tower we watched one of the giant trucks make its way slowly down the incline and disappear into the mine tunnel. This is a popular place for visitors so that retrieving the near by caches can be tricky at times.

Our photo of one of us in front of the tower is attached.

We arrived in Cobar this afternoon and once settled at the caravan park, we made our way around town and to find some caches. This was one of them. TFTC

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Ducked across the road after Church at the Camel's Club this morning. There was a small crowd gathering here to watch a truck head down the slopes and into the mine. Everyone disappeared once the truck did, so I grabbed my photos then.

2y'stassies

Did the drive up to claim the 2 off trigs here – nice sunny day - thanks

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Came up here to look for the GC cache and realised that there were 2 new trigs listed. It was cold and windy late in the day but still an interesting place to visit.
Thanks.

A radio tower trig at the Fort Bourke Lookout. An easy find whilst in Cobar for work.

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