The Lapstone Zig Zag, the first of it's kind in NSW, was built in 1867 as part of the Penrith to Weatherboard railway and was the first of John Whitton's two Zig Zags.
For 25 years it carried trains up the Blue Mountains. It had a grade of 1 in 33. The first train left Penrith for Weatherboard (Wentworth Falls) on 11th July 1867. Three Years later "Logi" was built by John Lucas.
This cache will take you into the area of the Lapstone Zig Zag. Mountain bikes have been seen in the area. With the exception of the cache location, the area is reasonably flat. There could be runoff in the vicinity of the cache after rain.
The first waypoint is not a 35mm film container.
The cache container is a 2 Litre Plastic box.
The measurement system at the time this line was built was miles and chains. 6.8 chains is a good height to remember when looking for the first waypoint.
The first waypoint is the one you should find first.
edit 20 March 2026.
WP2 has disappeared due to someone disassembling and relocating the structure upon which it was mounted.
I offer three suggestions to obtain the coords of the cache container.
- From the original location of WP2 the cache is approx 528.95 yards on a bearing of 335.54 degrees.
- From WP1 it is 1897',5.6" away on a bearing of 347.9 derees.
- There is a monument bearing the words "John Whitton built railways Penrith to Bathurst Sydney to Albury Sydney to Queensland". When standing on the cache, this memorial is 50 chains, 12 yards, 1 foot, 4 and a half inches (approx) from the cache on a bearing of 32.47 degrees.