Windy Hill Mangalo, South Australia, Australia
By Tweety2 on 11-Mar-07. Waypoint GC11C4A

Thanks for the driveWindy hereBut cache is Inwood condition Tweety bird looks happyKiwi lost in the EP

Too many rocks.

Day 4 at Cowell and we hosted an event at the Commercial Hotel at lunch. It was great to catch up with Tweety2 and Martini989.After the event we travelled out to the have a look at the Ulbana Weir and to grab some caches on the way back. After a search through the rocks, we were about to call it on this one when Meggs finally made the find! TFTC

Definitely a windy hill, hence the turbines I guess?
Lik others before me, I eventually found this one about 8m from where GPSr wanted me to look.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Maybe the turbines were messing with my satellite feed today. I eventually located the cache 9 metres from my phone’s GZ and 2 metres from a bored stumpy lizard. TFTC

Another cache found during our 2022 South Australia Adventure using Geocaching as our guide.
Thanks Tweety2, we had a great time today driving the back roads

Found it

The Non Wangaratta Event Tour 2021!
Covid has postponed the Mega in Victoria until January but leave had been granted for AnyMules to attend with me and Bushfire. So Anymules and I went on a tour to Eyre Peninsular and mid north South Australia instead whilst Bushfire joined us in spirit only as covid meant he couldn't come here either. Not needing anything for my yearly goals I hoped I didn't add too many to the DNFs [B)]

Day 2: Let's head over and get the Cleve Cleaver.
Took a little while to find but did so and then got up close and personal with the wind turbines.

Only one of the three goals from last year achieved. So once again trying and fill my calendar with multi-caches and complete loop 11 again this year. [^] For my third goal I will try and get my DNF numbers from over fifty to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]

***Thanks Tweety2 for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Walked past it and had to turn around and go back. Good views from here.

Thanks for the cache Tweety2.
Found on 16/11/21 at 12:04.
Find #1.

TFTC. Container busted so replaced and put log book in new plastic bag.
Happy caching and safe travels!

Nice easy find on a Sunday drive, hubby found it before I did! TFTC

Found by Locky, about 7m from coordinates.
Lid is broken and needs to be replaced.

Staying at the Pt Gibbon camping ground, toured the area nearby, looking for caches, and to explore the region as cachers do. So many rocks, but eventually found it 7m from GZ. TFTC.

Travelling Australia since March 2014 it has been a while since in SA but enjoying this visit greatly.

We moved today to Cowell then headed out to explore the local area using Geocaching as a guide. Windy and rainy still so the GeoCruiser is covered in red mud [8)] from all the slipping and sliding.

TFTC Tweety2

Out by 10m for me. Fully expected to meet a death adder then lol. TFTC.

Found the 400ml clip lock container 7m from GZ
TFTC Tweety2

Nice day for a drive. TFTC tweety2

Hi there Tweety2.

We found your cache **"Windy Hill"** at 12:23:00 PM today. This cache makes our find count 13849.

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the local area today. We usually start the day off by nominating a cache some distance away from our camp site and then take a route mainly determined by the next closest cache according to our GPS. Today we did a circular route from Cowell towards Cleve.

We ended up finding 7 & DNFing 1 caches today.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Great spot & great place for a cache! TFTC!

Went for a Sunday drive and replaced this one today.

Searched for ages. Found the perfect spot where it should be. Rock Roof with a rock to hide, but i think it has been yoinked

Hunted for a long time with the kids and found a good hidey hole but no cache.

Incredible to see these big machines up close.

Found with GeoDad and muggle cousins while on a drive to and around Kimba while on school holidays. Great to see one of these up close - WOW they are big. Thanks

With holidays for the geokids and geoDad, it was time for a drive to knock a few geocaches off the search list and look around Kimba and surrounds. A nice quick find on our casual drive. Kids really enjoyed getting close to the generators, gasping at their actual size. Seeing them from a great distance makes them look so much smaller. TFTC

A great diversion from the main road to meet the fan club
Good views out to sea and some really good views of a giant bit or modern 'green' technology
On a cold and windy day, you could feel the power !!
Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh, Whoosh ..... etc

And with the 120 odd metre windmill whooshing away above me I noodled through the rocks for the cache

Gotcha !!

"HVAC-EMT's 4th Biofuel GeoDiesel" Geocoin visited this renewable energy location with me

One of many caches found on our way to JLWE

Cheers and thanks for the cache

Was with someone who found it yesterday but he wouldn't tell me where so had to hunt by myself turned out I was standing on top of where it was hidden thats why it took me so long to find it.

Sorry For The Late Log Have Fallen a Bit Behind in logging.

TFTC Tweety2

Found as a part of TheKellyGang, writing this as a genaric log as I was a part of TheKellyGang and am now out on my own.
If you do not agree with this you are more than welcome to delete the log.

At Cleve for the June long week end Event and meeting other caching teams the weather is fine this morning, we had bacon eggs and snags for Breakfast cooked by Geodad then cleaned up and time to go find a few caches in the area. So lets see how many we can find. Geodad found this one but muggles pulled up as Geodad was searching as he emerged the muggles were looking the other way but Geomum was out taking photos so do not think they noticed what Geodad was up to. TFTC

Found It!
Quick find and a nice view from up here!
TFTC

Oh no . Not another rock pile . We were FLAT out finding this one SL, TFTH and bringing us here

A Great weekend away doing the Googs Track with good friends. Lots of different scenery and a lot of fun
We had a great time seeing some good ranges of different styles of caches now it was time to grab a few caches around the Whyalla area.

Thanks for putting these caches out for us to find Tweety2

After completing our trek along the Googs Track and back through the Gawler Ranges, it was time to rack up some numbers in the Whyalla area - gee there are a lot of caches around here.

Today our focus was on the FITG series then down south to Cowell and return to Whyalla. Started out early but didnt get back until 10pm - got here on sunset. TFTC.

its nice being so close to one of these, we are fascinated to see them at long distance but to be standing almost right next to it is a fantastic experience, the cache was fairly easy to find and by golly that scorpion is huge compared to the ones back home, geowife got some really nice pics while we were up here.TFTC

We were in the area looking for another cache, so did this one as well.A very appropriate name,Quite blowy today.A quick find a we were on our way back to Cowell.Thanks for the hunt.

Always interesting to see these structures nearby.
Great views too - wonder if you cab see the Snowtown Windfarm across the gulf on a clear day?
TNLNSL
TFTC

Some people hate nano but for me it's hides in rocks,of course I found it but I was starting to say a few words.Gret to be able to read about the structures near by,tftc

Very windy today - TFTC.

Quick find with my Schatzy
I thought this was going to be a lot harder than it was, Phew
Great spot, I found the cache while Shatzuche admired the towers, loved that they built this veving bay and placed the info here about them.

TFTC Tweety2
Cheers and Happy HUnting from Southern Cross Caching

I loved this cache as the drive up was spectacular and the views from the top too. It was also my first time being so close to a windmill like this (Windfarms) They are massive structures and very interesting. Thanks for bringing me here.
SS

What a great place for a cache. SL TFTC

Great spot for a Cache nice warm day, the geo kids loved looking at the turbines and couldnt believe how tall they are.
Rocks Rocks and more Rocks no probs finding cache.

TNLN TFTC

Found today, we really like caches that are a decent size like this one! Especially in more rural areas where it isn't necessary to have micros etc.

Love windfarms, this one sure was generating alot of electricity today, as it was blowing hard up here.

Took the TB JACH to keep it moving.

Signed log

TFTC

Taking muggle grandparents for a Sunday drive on Mothers Day, just dropping off TB.

Awesome. 36,000 home were getting breakfast as I found the cache. Thanks guys for the journey.

An awful lot of rocks! A great spot to visit and read the info about the wind farm. More rocks than flies today! SL. TFTC.

Having recently done the Snowtown windfarm caches it was interesting to see these gentle giants in this part of the State. Great outlook. Thanks Tweety2

Darn Rocks again!! Beautiful day for caching. Surprisingly little wind up here today.
T- Tiger
L- Dino finger puppet
TFTC

found this one on a day trip from tumby bay to cowell and cleve. had a few other people there to help us look. found after a short while of searching. nice view [^].
T: dolphin 1 surf board TB
L: left pencil case
TFTC

Going through our old (Paper) notes and realized we hadn't logged this when we did it back on the 04/05/2008

We had a great day caching around the district for the whole day.

I can't believe that we didnt log any of the finds - turns out both the wife and I both thought the other had logged them!!!!!!!

Tftc

big arent they
took zebra
left hair brush

tftc, lovely views from up here, interesting information. T Jumbo cards, L Keyring

yep found it, tftc

From just about every cache around here, I could see these things. I had heard about them, but now could see what all the fuss was about.

Amazing things, just like at Chocolate Star Fish on the Hill (GCG91M). I took heaps of pics – so here are just a few.

They said the wind farm can generate enough energy for 36,000 average house holds. I only counted about 7 houses around here. Does that mean they are all above average house holds [?] So why are these guys so special [?] Why can’t we all have wind farms [?] If Goyder’s line moves, will they have to move these things[?] Will those 7 houses have to move too[?] So many questions. Just like locating the cache, I got lucky. So many rocks too. Picked the special rock within a special time. Just in the shade of the swooping blade so made me look just there. Handy really.

Clear skies indeed! Thanx again Tweety2 from TeamAstro. [^]

Have seen many of these from a distance, so I was pleased to be brought here to get all the details and see one close up. Tried to take one home in the RAV4,but height clearance was a proble. (See Photo)

Cache was a bit hard to find, gGZ was away from the rocks.

Cheers from Barra

Bit of a search for this one, well done.
Noticed some improvements to the car park since we were here when they just starting to built the mills.
And windy (great place for windmills)
Took Penguin chick
Left Octopus strap
TFTC Tweety2

Found the cache at 9.30am - search for while finally found it PHEW!!! Enjoyed view with Windy Hill. No swap. Thank you for organising the cache and hunt.

Found at 1715 on a cache run from Cleve to Cowell. Love the swooshing sound of the blades, they are so beautiful, reminds me of dancers. Don't like this type of terrain to stash a cache, particularly on a very hot arvo, but we decided to be brave and after about ten minutes careful scouring, we found it - phew!
TNLN

Pt Lincoln Trip 4th week of Oct
18 of 83 finds with 7 DNFs

Windy, Wet and misty here in the home of Bubbles8 who I have recently met.
I almost gave up when I saw what was at GZ as Iam not usually successfull with that style of cache. Today must have been my lucky day.
Spent some time watching the windmill blades appearing out of the mist, very eerie

Now this place sure lived up to its name. A bit out of the way, but well worth the drive.

TNLNSL

Hi Redmond here just thought we would check this cache on the way home from Gulf View. Got here about 9pm it was very cold and windy. It was very noisy and spooky up here at this time of the night not being able to see anything around you but the lights on the big windmills.

Great spot well worth the trip.
TFTC TWEETY2

found cach

took geocoin, neopet and ball.
left soldier and card game.
TFTC

been here before for a look, it still has a very "war of the worlds" feel to it
t - nothing
l - sunshine kansas geocoin and armyman
tftc

At 10.35h, the wind was blowing a gale. 2 of the towers were stopped. People were working in them WOW! Took - Bunya's Found It! Geocoin & Resus mask. Left - Cheetah, Torch & IKEA pencil. TFTC

[This entry was edited by Unka Dave on Monday, September 03, 2007 at 4:32:16 AM.]

gps made it hard but found it and left coin

took two shots to find this one. great hidey hole. bit slow logging my find. my fault.
t - roadrunner mug, dog
l - clamp, neopet

tfthsl

Had a look for this via the back tracks on the way through from Cleve to Cowell. Checked first that the dirt roads were passable with a couple of locals. Most of the roads were rough, but only boggy for short distances through the creeks where I employed 4 wheel drive. Despite getting very close. i missed a vital turn off, and ended up running out of time. Went into Cowell, where i had lunch at the pub and spent the afternoon with a colleague at the school. Coming out from Cowell, the final destination was much more obvious, and i had no trouble getting to the GZ, or finding the cache. It was well hidden, but coords were accurate. Funnily enough, this was the only cache which had got wet, despite being well out of the rain. It was still dry inside, however. This is a magnificent spot and operating at peak capacity today i imagine. TNLN, but some nice goodies still in the cache. Thanks for placing a cache here, and thus bringing me to see it.

A great place for a cache. Great idea Tweety2. Location certainly lived up to its name today. Was cold and wet as well.
Took toy magnet
Left pencils

First one for the day on a drive between towns. Felt miniscule beneath those monsters. Small breeze blowing and sound they made was very calming. Have to say this was an absolutely incredible spot - so pleased we went to find it. Took packet of tissues and left resuscitation mask. TFTC Tuccamore

What a view. Did you hear the windmills going around quite loud. I said to my husband, how many to look under. Found it just fine.

Thanks
tweety2

This find means that we have got the trifecta on these things, and found a cache associated with them on all three peninsulas – Fleurieu, Yorke and now Eyre [^]. They really are impressive up close.
Have to admit that I groaned when I realised where the cache was hidden. (I hate caches in rocks!! ) Despite that, we found it easily enough. Took a snoopy doll and left a pack of jumbo playing cards (I have been waiting for ages for a cache big enough to fit them in and that had room to do so)
Thanks for bringing us here Tweety2

What an interesting site.
With all this wind use it would even put Kevin Rudd to shame.
Took Geocoin
Left Goecache card.

very powerfull place indeed! Driving a toyota so didn't find steepness of hill a problem! found cache quickly which meant more time to take in the view.....again..., was only here the other day. Left H2 4X4 travel bug, reunited with nero geocoin. Took 'POOH' tissues. hope some more people visit this beautiful spot.

Well now Im the first to find your cache so as a surprise I thought I would leave you a present. Nero can stay here for awhile hope you don't mind babysitting.Thanks for the view and a look at the new additions to the area.
Took nothing
Left Wombat pin.

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