About SideTracked Caches
This geocache belongs to the SideTracked series that is popular in the UK and throughout the world. The first cache was placed on the 10th August, 2007, and is now spreading around the world. It is designed to be a relatively quick cache find around train stations for travellers but, of course, anyone else can find it too! More Information about the series can be found at the SideTracked Series
Please bring your own writing stick to sign the log and remember if you have not signed the log you have not officially found the cache.
Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park was originally a swamp, known as Blackwattle Cove Swamp. Noxious and polluting industries including an abbatoir were conducted here. The area was laid out as a formal park and oval in 1882 and named after William Charles Wentworth. In 1932 Greyhound racing began in the park and it's facilities dominated the area. In WW2 the area was used as camps for overseas troops.
In January 1922 a weighbridge and an adjacent siding was opened at Wentworth Park to transport goods from the nearby mill.
Wentworth Park Station
A goodsline from the shipping area of Darling Harbour towards Rozelle was constructed in 1855. By 1915 it was evident that the movement of goods trains was a disruption to the increasing Sydney passenger train timetables so extensions and relocations to the line were built to separate passenger and goods traffic. By 1919 an elevated viaduct, which is now heritage listed, was completed over Wentworth Park and this became the Sydney Metropolitan Goods Railway Line. At it's peak up to 40 train movements occured per day. By the 1990's the line was only used once per week so it was closed in January 1996 and converted to the L1 Sydney Light Rail.
The first section from Central to Wentworth Park opened on the 11th August, 1997. The siding became Wentworth Park Station.
To find the cache go to WP1, the weighbridge and look at sign there.
Count the number of photographs on the sign. Call this number ST.
GZ is located at the following calculation from the original co-ordinates -
S33 52.465 - (5xST) E151 11. 645 + (7xST)