Another Brick From The Wall....Almost Traditional Cache
This cache has been locked, but it is available for viewing.
Another Brick From The Wall....Almost
-
Difficulty:
-
-
Terrain:
-
Size: 
(small)
Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions
in our disclaimer.
Another Brick
from the Wall... Almost
|
At the posted coordinates you will be standing in a nice
little park next to the Waranga Basin Wall.
The construction of the earth dam began in 1905 and was completed
in 1915 using picks, shovels and horse-drawn scoops.
The site of the basin was a former swamp in the then Waranga
Shire.
It was commissioned by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission
to irrigate the Western Goulburn Valley.
At the time of construction, the Waranga Basin embankment was
described as the largest project of its sort in the world with an
embankment height of 8.8 metres and length of 7 kilometres.
Between 1915 and 1926, the embankment was raised in stages and a
core wall was inserted. By 1921, the embankment was raised to 12.2
metres allowing the storage capacity to be increased to 411,000
megalitres, its current capacity.
The major road between Tatura and Rushworth crosses the
outlet.
The area now covered by the Waranga Basin includes a swamp that was
known as Warranga (the aboriginal name) or Gunn's after one of the
early pastoralists who established his squatting run, also called
Waranga, in the area surrounding the swamp.
Gold was discovered near Waranga Swamp in 1853, making it one of
Victoria's oldest goldfields.
|
|
You are looking for a small Sistema container. Please
replace it as you find it and bring your own pen.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Jungf va n anzr