KC Barden Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
By Altaire on 14-Apr-07. Waypoint GC1258Q

Have been eyeing this one up for a while, today was the day. Solo hiked my way here, stopping only at the cache with no name: I've been through the bush finding a cache-with-no-name (it felt good to be out of the rain!). Cos in the bush, you can remember your geocaching name - there ain't no one for too give you no pain.The trail head is really hard to find. I've been past here and I couldn't really work it out. Got it this time though it just requires a bit of lateral thinking. I won't give it away here it seems like a rite of passage.The trail! Got stuck going though the bush in a few places as the markers are difficult to find sometimes.Was all worth it in the end. Got the first view of the big lake just over the ridge, then finally when I'd worked out how to get across the river could get to a smaller pool that was very refreshing to swim in.Cache nice and easy to find given the clue. Exactly in a spot indicated by the clue there's a SPOR! Yep that's it.Thank you for sharing this place, must have been hard. I had the whole area to myself even on a warm summer day. Hopefully it remains an unfound spot.

Amazing spot, second time round water level was safe enough to cross over, perfect day/spot for a float and bevy. TFTC

What an amazing place

Dan was cycling along the pipeline track today and dropped in to visit this lovely area. After negotiating the river with the aid of a pole for balance, there was a short climb to this well placed cache. Safe from flood, fire and Covid-19. TFTC

Found on an overnight trip. Track in was nonexistent but the cairns were easy enough to follow.

Sunday with the kids, what is nicer than a walk together. We started at Waterfall (first mistake) so we could walk past the kingfisher pool and take the nice views while walking north. There were no Goannas at the Goanna track, a rip-off! At the pipeline we left the kids behind on the “only 750 meters from here” last part, which took us a good 90 minutes return. The pool itself was serene, really loved it. The cache was found after searching at the wrong levels, I was way too high in my quest here. Greetings from Kaori, Kenshi, GeoDirk, HanorahTLG and me!

I trekked it from the nearby cache, the cache that dare not speak its name, once at the trailhead I failed to spot the so called over grown track as the recent back burning has altered the layout of the bush, it was essentially a 300 odd metre bush bash down to the river and a short walk to gz. Once at gz it didn’t take too much searching before turning up the cache, I signed the log and done some swaps. On the way out I got right back up to the top of the ridge and noticed what looked faintly to be a track, the spotting of a few piled up rocks confirmed my theory, anyways thanks for the walk!

I knew this was going to be a 10km walk return from Woronora Dam road, so took my bike in the car and rode down the continously steep hills all the way down to Dingo Tunnel. Of all the years riding the pipeline I had never heard about Kingdom Come and didn't even know there was a track leading out there. Luckily the track was obvious to spot so left my bike there and stumbled up the steep hill and down the other side of the steep hill to Kingdom Come. I was expecting the track to basically be non-existent since it has been so long since it was last found however it wasn't too bad at all and was quite easy most of the time to follow the cairns. Once arriving at Boobera Pool then heading around past the campsite and on to the other side of the pool, I made GZ so much trickier than it had to be climbing 2 or 3 levels too high and putting myself into dodgy positions instead of trusting the compass. Headed back down and realised I had past that spot on the way up. What a beautiful place and thanks for bringing me here. Now for the long walk/cycle back up. TFTC

I caught up with Brewmaker to get some caches near the Woronora River. We chose a very hot day, so were prepared to have a swim in one of the pools. There were a few options, but we headed towards KC from the Mirang Road Trail. On the way Brew mentioned that this cache was nearby. I saw a tall hill across the valley and stated that I bet the cache was at the top of it - way too hot and out of our league to tackle today.
As we got closer to KC, Brew said that this cache (being careful not to mention its name) was just a few hundred metres away, right on the edge of a level track. So off we trekked for a few hundred metres, only to find that we were on the wrong track. Back we turned and then we realized that my prediction was correct about the location of this cache. So up we headed.
It was a very tough bush bash - rocks, thick scrub etc. We were hot and sweaty and tired, and had to stop and take a few breaks. We were hoping that this wouldn't take a long search after the journey up. Luckily the cache was soon in hand, but then we had to work out how to get back down and head off towards KC.
We picked a straight line towards KC and the trip down was a lot easier - less thick bush and far more open. Just a few rocks. Finally we made it back to the Pipeline Track and continued our journey.
Eventually we left the Pipeline Track (at the Dingo Tunnel) and after a few wrong turns, we found the right path. Those cairns along the way are a godsend (thanks to previous hikers), and it would be very easy to get lost if they weren't there. But there were still some small hills to climb and dry creeks to cross, and the cache was further away than we were expecting (and hoping). We passed a camp sight with fireplace, and saw the old rusty plaques on the tree nearby Angophora tree. Also lots of my favourite native flowers (Flannel Flowers, both the normal and small variety) and some rarely seen Christmas Bells (appropriate for this time of year).
We finally made it to the large rock platforms near gz - a very strange but nice area with little rock pools. We then saw that the cache was on the other side - oh no - more climbing. Finding the cache wasn't easy - there were many possible hiding places on different levels and our initial search was fruitless. Then Brew tried a different spot and I was so pleased when I heard him call that he had found the cache, well concealed but showing the tell-tall signs of a geocache hide.
From here we looked to our left and saw a magnificent large lake in the river - this is what we now desperately needed - a cool refreshing swim, to ease those tired aching hot muscles, and to wash off all the blood from our legs and hands (cuts from the bush-bashing). So we found a perfect rock where the side river meets the lake, and in we went in for a splash - it was heaven.
Eventually we had to get out and start the long trip back to the car. We made it (just) with just half a mouthful of water to spare. Phewwwwww.
Definitely one of the toughest hikes I've ever done, made harder for finding the previous cache.
But still, ya gotta do it, and we can smile now. TFTC

OCW Mikev1, why did we choose the hottest day of the year (34 degrees!) to try the caches in this area? Because we're crazy geocachers, why wouldn't we! So having just found 'The Cache That Dare Not Speak It's Name" (what a mouthful) and bush bashed our way downhill to the Pipeline Trail.

This was the easy part. We soon found where the pipeline disappeared into a cave and then the trail that would eventually lead us to GZ. It was a long hike and quite difficult, but at least it was well-marked with the rock cairns clearly showing the way so we wouldn't get lost. They are so helpful! We added a few to the tally. Thanks to those who put them there. [^]

Eventually we arrived at GZ and after looking in one spot, I found it in the second place we checked. Phew! After all the hiking we were exhausted, so with signing duties complete and cache replaced, we headed back to the Booberra Pool, where a well earned swim was waiting for us. How relaxing was this? Unfortunately, we had then make our way back, and so all the cooling off was soon gone and forgotten as we made the very long trek back to the car.

What a fantastic area. TFTC and bringing me to such a beautiful place. The bush setting, the sound of the birdlife and the lovely pool is deserved of a FP from Brew. We covered about 15 km over 5 hours today, and although we were exhausted at the end, it was an enjoyable experience. A nice frozen coke on the way home helped ease the pain, and a cold beer upon returning home topped off a great day with great company. But I still don't know what the KC stands for??

I've wanted to find this one for a while, and made two attempts before. Once from the south pipeline but couldn't find a track leading away from the pipe, and the second I got to the turn off from the pipeline, but ran out of time to go any further.
Today i had plenty of time to go the whole way, and grab another cache on the way out.
The last 600m was rougher than i expected and a couple bits of creek crossings were wider than i was comfortable with. I just had to take the step of faith across the thin, bending log above the rapid flowing water.
The trip went without any issue and am planning on being a party down in the spring.
Thanks for the cache.

Wow, such a nice spot. A fair hike out here though. Saw a little camp settlement on the way. Thanks

We went to Helensburgh today... wow! Here are some very awesome caches! Thank you for this cache, really enjoyed finding this! (:

What can I say but that I absolutely loved this one. A great walk in with great company from the Dam Rd, beautiful scenery, a fantastic area around GZ, all the while accompanied by the beautiful sounds of the Australian bush, punctuated only by the sound of Aries44 falling into the river!

A fantastic cache in a wonderful location. Would love to return and explore this area further.

Dropped a TB.

TFTC

Found with the D's on a great walk through a magnificent area of Heathcote N.P. The water looked so clear and inviting I decided to check it out by accidental immersion. Lying on my back like a crab with half in the creek and half out. Nothing broken with rather wet clothing on a 13 deg C day. So it was onwards and upwards to the cache. Mr D was ahead and above and suddenly I heard a familiar sound of a container rattling. Signed the log and visited a trackable. TFTC Altaire.

A fav from me.

On this, my second, attempt. There isn't anywhere near the same drama as my first attempt.
Once again, cycled in via Sarah's Nob. Parked the bike by the 'pipe tunnel' then followed the cairns to the ford.
After the morning sprinkles, it has turned out to be a top day. So the rest of the trip, two fords then the final climb to the cache was 'almost' mundane.
But this has to be the 'one stop shop geocache'. Besides the ride in, track-walk with beautiful scenery, the cache was also impressively well stocked. An FP for making me go that extra little bit on this one.
TFTC Altaire.

Lovely spot, challenging hike in but well worth it. River was a little high following all the rain lately. TFTC

After completing High Point, thought I would try for this cache.
Rode down the service road from High Point, joined on to the Pipeline Trail and reached the 'overpass' over the pipes. At that point, the rumblings of an approaching thunderstorm could be heard. Taking a chance that the storm will blow over, I locked the bike by the metal footbridge at the 'tunnel' then started following the trail of cairns. As I reached the ridge, rain started falling. Still, I thought, it might be a brief shower - so continued. The descend to the pool was dicey with the falling rain making the surfaces slippery. But the real problem occurred when I reached the creek and saw where the ford was as indicated by the last stack of cairns. The creek has swollen quite a lot, to the point where many of the rocks were submerged and the rest of the ford wasn't visible. Considering that, the difficulty of the return climb in now pouring rain, and the possibility of flash flood in the creek as well as the rill that made up much of the trail, decided to call it quits. But the journey has been exhilarating even without a find (yet).
I will return.

postlog: the ride back up the service road was challenging. Had to let the tyres down to about 15 psi to get any traction in what is more like a water-slide than a fire-trail.

So after spending the morning bush bashing to other caches within the area I thought this would be a walk in the park. I mean. It had waypoint to a trail head and all! Mistake!

After finding the trail head it was up and over the hill. The trail was steep and although there were cairns along the track it was challenging to follow. Upon reaching the creek I though why am I still so far from GZ?! Then I read the previous logs. The track crosses the river. Twice. Sure. So on we went, following the cairns. Over one creek, past a camp site (wow) and over the creek again. Geodad struggled a bit here as his legs aren't as long as mine. And I was struggling as it was now 4-5 hours since we'd started the day and I'd only drunk 1L of water. But luckily after crossing the creek for the second time we found the cache. And the trip back was a lot easier as we knew the track and weren't worried about getting lost

I think this cache was the highlight of geodads day

Having been to "Kingdom Come" before I knew my way there. Still, over 2hrs walk each way from the Princes Highway in over 30C temps made it a tough morning. Cache in good condition although about 15m lower down the hill from where my GPS want me to try and look.

A great spot. We will have to return and camp the night so we can fully enjoy this lovely area. A favourite point from us. TFTC

Hi Altaire,

Myself and some friends overnighted at KC this weekend. Ever since I first came here in 2007 I have wanted to come back and spend the night. What a great spot for an overnighter and my companions really liked the location as well.

I don't know if you have visited KC in a while but the area is looking good. We met a local fellow at the camp ground and he has taken a shine to the place. He has become a regular visitor undertaking maintenance on the trail and cleaning up (the area around the fireplace was raked clean of debris). It was so much easier to find our way over the ridge than last time I visited although not any physically easier I should add.

Anyway enough babbling. I decided that since I was in the area that I would do a cache check. Happy to report that all is fine. Only problem encountered was how much the scrub has grown since my previous visit.

Cheers,
Michael.

10:10am.
WooHoo! Found with "The Neighbs". Weather was ideally for such an adventure. I love an ammo can!
TNLNSL
TFTC

Found with 'sesblocker'. Great views from GZ. Now to get the other caches in this bushland area...
TFTC!

Teamed up with "pipes down under" again today for an assault on some of the caches in this area that haven`t been found for quite some time. An early start on a sunny winters day and a great walk got us to GZ after finding the turn off & following the cairns up & then down the hill, we were glad it hadn`t rained a huge amount recently as the creek crossings were slippery enough as it was, wouldn`t have wanted to try this one after heavy rains. The cache was soon in hand after a bit of a scramble & pipes will move on the TB that had been here for nearly 2 years, all in all a great, but sometimes challenging walk, would love to come back in summer for a swim.
TNLN,SL TFTC.

As can be seen from my previous attempt from almost a year ago, I was determined to get to this and grab the poor old TB that has been there for near on 2 years.

Teamed up with CATONY again today with an early start on a sunny winters day and a great walk. What an incredible spot and I will definately be back again.

Such a simple description of this cache but in reality, a great trek from a simple fire trail, pipeline inspection road, bush track, a descending track by using a plethora of needed cairns, creek crossing, great camping area, huge swimming hole, slippery and wide rock creek crossing to a small cave that housed an old Ammo can and such a great view of this basin. The contents of this Ammo can were prsitine as if the cache setter had placed it on the same day. These are such an ideal cache container. Incredible to see the FTF log for bath salts left behind that were still there in perfect condition. I should have grabbed these for my much needed bath tonight but had nothing to swap.

Thanks Altaire (Cache setter) and especially to CATONY for trekking with me today for this find.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

Not so much a didn't find it but more 'ran out of time'. As this cache has been unfound for so long the geowife and I decided to attempt it. It was the wrong type of walk after all the rain over the last week. Too much water and left our run far too late and only managed to get within 200M before sadly, having to turn back. A great walk otherwise.
I really wanted to get to the TB to move it on.
This will not be a last attempt.

Don't know if there is another approach then the one I did, but the star rating could at least be 4!? Came in over the Mirang rd and found a track going in, followed that for a while but couldn't get closer then about 500-600 meters. After 2 big bushbashes earlier I was warmed up anyway.
This took me all the way down hill, across a creek and all the way up hill again and finaly down to the cache!! And all bush it was, all scratched up and tired but very satisfied.
TFTC Wilbert67

Nice sunny winter day to do a bit of cache hunting. Left from Heathcote Scout camp and walked the pipeline until the turn off. Easily found turn off point just before the tunnel, and it remains well cairned . After attempting to cross the Woronora River on the southern side of Boobera Pool, which was a bad ideas after the heavy rains a couple of days ago, we decided to bush bash around the eastern and northern boundary of Boobera Pool to finally reach the Cache. Cache has many goodies. Left a yellow foot rock wallaby [toy] and took the teddy bear. Approx 11km round trip from Heathcote, so for those intending to do the trip, it a good idea to pack a lunch and have a picnic at Boobera Pool.

Thanks for a great cache.

Kombikids

This has been on my list for way too long.
I usually advise people to make Google Earth your friend. In this case that was terribly bad advice. In fact, if there was the hardest way to do this.
Added to that I was very poorly prepared with not enough water, no food, no compass, no map, no first aid kit and the battery on my Blackberry showing only two bars.
I thought it was going to be a simple jaunt for a couple of hours. How wrong I was.

In a straight line from the start of the Mirang firetrail to the start of the track is about 2.5km. There are a couple of tracks that you take you a fair way there... but then they disappeared into dense scrub and rugged terrain. What I thought would be a relatively straight forward cross country turned out be a full-on bush bash. I eventually made my way back to the fire trail.

"...no sharp eyed geocacher would have any difficulty in following the cairn track" you say. Well you are right up until I reached the creek at the bottom. The cache was only 250m away. Naturally I chose the wrong side of the pool and had another difficult bush bash around to where it was. By now the battery was down to the last bar and I was dreading the thought of it running out and me not finding it after coming all this way.
However the battery made it and a quality container chock full of quality goodies was located quickly. After finishing the business there, I then found the easier way in - of course. Being such a warm day the pool was too inviting and I enjoyed a fabulous swim in the cooling waters.

The walk out was non-eventful.

If you really want my advice, and you may not after demonstrating my lack of wisdom, skill, anticipation, common sense etc., I'd suggest riding in by MTB to the beginning of the track and walking the rest.

Thanks Altaire. A great adventure and a fabulous spot. I understand why you would come down here to camp.

dobrá keš,moc romanticképrostredí pri pohledu z mustku

This wasn't on my to-do list today but since I was so close doing H2O I continued my bike ride along the pipeline towards GZ. With no cache notes or additional waypoints I wasn't sure where to leave the trail but using the topo map I picked a good spot, so I thought.
Well isn't the bush thick around here. My progress was very slow, worse than last week at Nav. I soon made it up onto the ridge and heading along slowly when all of a sudden I popped out on the cairn track. Wow how easy is this. From here I made good time to GZ.
This a beautiful spot and one that I'll have to come back to one day, with the camera next time. After doing the caching stuff I returned via the cairn track which is so much easier. As it was I was only 100m up the trail.
Great to use this Altarie cache as a warm-up for another Altarie cache I have planned soon. Thanks

what an awesome spot, this is why caches should still be allowed to be placed in national parks. One of the best ive been to. Never knew this hidden gem existed. A little bit of interesting history as well. I will definitely be re-visiting. Thanks.

What an awesome place to swim, this place is great! If only the water wasn't freezing. After grabbing the cache, we ate, then took some photo's. Left a coin and took a coin. Now for the walk back up the hill with lots of cairns. Never get lost.

After finding cairn u find it we set off for this one and after a little look at the tunnel where the pipe goes threw the mountain we set off for the cache and after a short walk we had arrived at a great swimming hole but it was a little cold for a swim. The goods where in hand not to long after and we grabbed the coin and bug to move, we then stopped and enjoyed the place and had morning tea great place will be back thanks .......

We had a lovely walk to the cache this afternoon. The cairns were extremely helpful and made the route very easy to navigate. Even so, by the time we got to GZ we were all pretty hot and so a dip in the waterhole was just what we needed. Lovely!
Because of where we'd parked (on the Woronora Dam road) we ended up on a bit of a tight schedule due to the gates locking at 7 and had to return after this cache rather than head off to the two other nearby ones as we would have liked. However, we'd love to return to this area again anyway and now have the perfect excuse!
The wildlife was in abundance today and we spotted many beautiful parrots plus a lovely small/medium-sized goanna climbing up a tree in front of us (we find them to be wonderful creatures!).
Thanks for taking us to this lovely location. We left a travel bug & a geocoin.
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

The trail as suggested is easy to follow and beats 'bushbashing'. What a delightful location. GPS was out at GZ but a look around for 10 mins and the cache was mine. Took Volvo TB to be serviced and will enter it in the Targa Tasmania soon

This was a great walk on a beautiful day. The location was better than I expected. Must get a few people camping here but it was well looked after with no rubbish to be seen. The recommended route was a good idea and glad we didn't take a different approach as planned. Thanks for bringing us here. Swapped a tiger for a bear and left the Volvo TB.

10.05p with Lost_Gecko
Thought we do a few caches in the Heathcote National Park tonight but turned out we only had time for this one. Took us longer than we planed. Parked the van near the scout camp, road being resurfaced and there was a meeting at the camp, so it took a while to find a parking spot. We walked down to the coords for the trailhead mentioned in the notes. Now the fun began. Found the beginning of the track. Thankfully the cairns are still along the route but because this was at night it was difficult to find the next set of cairns, a few times we had to search for them. We placed additional cairns so our return trip would be easier. We lost the track after the first river crossing but because we were so close to the cache we decided to bush bash the final leg, we found the track on the way back. The tree cover made our GPS receiver give false readings. We spent way to much time searching the area with our headlamps. To come this far and not find the booty was not an option. After another search Lost_Gecko found the prize. Decided to call it a night, and return to the van. We'll be back to do the other caches another night. TFTH
Took FroggyTourAustralia TB
LNSL

It was either home maintenance work or caching today, so I got out the bike and walking gear for a trip into Heathcote NP. Went in via Mirang Rd Fire Trail with the bike to speed things up. The disappearing pipe spot looks like fun, though no torch to go exploring. Over the ridge and down to the pool, it must have been a great spot before the dam when the rains were in. I found the cache and then found the significance of KC on the way out.
All in all, a great half day out not far from home.
No swaps, left Froggy TB to keep the tadpoles company, thanks for the cache!
best wishes,
Wal

What a wonderful walk. Unfortunately we didn’t make it to the cache. It’s a good idea to look on the map as well as the GPS. Came to the creek and gave up as the GPS showed me to go over the next mountain. I started the climb but gave up half way. Later when I looked at the map, I realized I had to follow the river around the bend to get to the cache. I’ll be back soon to finish this cache.

Wow! What an adventure! I set off from Woronora Road on my geo-cycle, and had not gone far into the National Park before I started to pass los and LOTS of armed soldiers. They must have been on some kind of APEC Training Exercise. Eventually I was stopped and questioned about what I was doing, where I was going, etc. Finally I was able to convince them that my bike riding in a NATIONAL PARK was not going to hinder our National Security, and so I was free to go.

Then to top it all off I rode over a red belly black snake. Or maybe I bunny hopped it... there was a lot of adrenaline at the time. I continued to see soldiers here and there until I finally reached the spot where I wanted to stash my geo-cycle in the scrub and head bush.

Here the drama was not quite so great; I did however see another two red bellies. Finally I made it to GZ, signed the log, and then had a quick swim on a fantastic 24 degree winters day.

Then it was time to head back to the car, and you guess right, I had to again ride passed all of my soldier friends! Thankfully no snakes on the return journey.

Cheers for quite an afternoon!

Found by Pi and semi-muggle friend Glenn,

So it is Thursday and an email arrives in my inbox. It's from a bushwalking buddy of mine and he wants to try walking from Waterfall to a place that starts with the letters K and C in Heathcote NP. Hmmmm...I thought to myself, that seems vaguely familiar. After a little more thinking it comes to me, of course. So I shoot back an email with some of the details from the cache description. Fast forward to Saturday arvo and we finally make phone contact. After comparing notes and discussing route options it becomes apparent that some caching action will definitely be on the cards for this walking trip.

Before we get to the cache trip just something to note. My friend has walked this area numerous times and has used the scout camp as an access and exit route. I have used the scout camp as an exit point on one occasion and I never had a problem, we even stopped and had a chat to some people there. But on a recent trip my friends group was stopped and advised that they were trespassing. I thought I would mention this so people are aware that the scout camp may not be the "Friendly" path.

We set off from Waterfall along the Bullawaring track and stopped for morning tea at Kingfisher Pool long enough for me to find the Kookaburra cache. Several k's in we turned off the Bullawaring and headed over the ridge on the Goanna track. This takes you down onto Pipeline Rd and from here we just followed the directions given in the cache description. We made it to our lunch spot at KC without loosing the track and in pretty quick time so we gave ourselves a 50 minute lunch break.

Finding the cache was not as straightforward as it might have seemed as my GPSr was pointing about 10mtrs away (up amongst the cliffs) from where we actually found it. Find honours go to Glenn. Cache stuff done it was back across the rapidly flowing Woronora River for a quick sit down before we started the trip back.

We only lost the track once on the way back up to the ridge but easily found it again. Once back on the Pipeline Rd we headed south (instead of north back to the Goanna Track) to find the alternative route that heads back up the ridge and meets up with the Goanna Track. It didn't take long to find the alternate route. After a few hundred mtrs the Pipeline Rd crosses the creek at a small causeway. Just before the causeway is an old fire trail on the left hand side (approx position: S34 06.329 E150 58.090). Once back on the Goanna track it was just a straightforward return trip to Waterfall.

Our route worked out at just under 15k's and I have to admit my old legs were a bit tired when we got back to the car. This is definitely not the shortest way to the cache but it does make a good day walk option for bushwalking cachers.

TNLNSL.

TFTC,
GPS.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Returned with some bushwalking buddies. Did the great walk to KC, and let them find the cache. Took China coin.
After all that rain, the creeks were up and it was Interesting trying to jump across the Woronora, but we made it without getting our feet wet, all but one!
Crossing the causeway, meant taking our boots off, calf deep!
Cache is still high and dry in it's spot.

We where supposed to go on a bushwalk this morning after our morning run at the yoga place. The run was only 1km and the bushwalk was just up to the apple pie shop at Otford and they where worried about the hill. So a small detour on the way home to the normal MTB starting point and a quick blatt and before you could say my karma run over my dogma the bike was hidden and I was off on foot. Along the way I did notice that the door that is always locked was open but one must stay present. Shame we could not just walk from home as it would be a nice walk but being run over by an army tank would spoil your day. Arrived at the cache location and found the cache overflowing with goodies and after selecting a suitable swap found could not fit all of it back in BUGGER. So unpacked the cache again to take another swap and presto the problem solved and to think I still can’t do a rubik’s cube. Made my way back to the bike, this time I had marked its location so it was a quick find and after a detour on some MTB tracks back to the car.
Took Light thinge and candle.
Left Kenny DVD and KC and the sunshine greatest hits CD (it was very small and easy to fit in).
Also left a coin.

Wow, another FTF! This is a fantastic day walk. I had walked in this park before, knew the Pipeline Track and had heard of the great swimming hole mentioned in the description...... but didn't know how to get there and never knew about this great track that leads up, over and down to it. It's not really marked on any maps.
This NP is probably the closest to my home, that has any decent bushwalks in it. So I set off this morning to explore some new ground. I knew where the Scout Camp was but had never walked on The Friendly Track. It is a very pleasant stroll along this down to the pipeline. The scout camp was desserted so it was a good opportunity to try and find this track as another entry point to The Pipeline Track. I'd only ever used the track in the next street, Oliver Street, as this doesn't pass through any private property.
Not long after I stood on The Pipeline Track, followed it as mentioned, its a bit of a road bash, until I came to the location of the track that would take me to the swimming hole.
The given waypoint was spot on and I had no trouble finding the trailhead. The track is very over grown and yes it is a bit vague in parts but nevertheless its still a track and with the amount of cairns along the way, you can't really lose your way. At some places the cairns were placed every 10 meters, which is very reasuring. It's also good to see that they haven't been removed or knocked down, which I know certain types of bushwalkers love to do, because they hate them. I think I would rather have these than see walkers get lost, then have to be rescued, as seems to be happening a lot these days.
Once over the ridge, the track opens up a bit and you start to see some wonderful views. Not long after I reached the creek, there seems to be quite a lot of water flowing through at the moment so I had to choose my crossings carefully, or end up with wet feet.
Now that I had found the pool and a very deep and lovely one at that too, it was off to find GZ. It didn't take long, just needed to make sure I stayed away from the drops. I scrambled up, had a look around and bingo, I found it! Once again another fantastic cache container, and one of the best stocked caches ever.
I sat myself on a nearby rock, had a good look through all the goodies, signed the log book and swapped the unactivated geocoin for a bottle of bath salts and a bath loufre. The mozzies came from nowhere, and were drawing blood, so I rehid the cache and made my way back down to the nice pool. Definately came down a whole lot easier than the route I took up.
With the cache business finished, I sat myself in the fantastic Autumn sunshine near the water and had my lunch. It was hard to imagine that the car was probably only about 6km away.
This was a great day walk, the waypoints were all spot on and the cache was well thought out.
Thank you Altaire for showing me a new track and sharing this special place. Altaires caches are certainly well worth doing!

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