Kilpatrick Soldiers Point, New South Wales, Australia
By MADSTARS on 10-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1PRPG

We managed to stumble upon this cache while hiding one of our own. we have taken picture of the cache and removed it from the area now. Thanks MADSTARS

This cache has done its dash.

Tent city has taken over.

Muggles have visited this cache too many times.

Very wet. TFTC

Well worth the walk out to the end. Unfortunately when we got there the log was lying on the ground near GZ, the cache container is cracked and someone has set up camp within about 10 metres of GZ.

Log was far too wet to sign but took a photo to prove we were there. A beautiful spot. Nice to see one of the undeveloped spots around the Bay. You feel like you are miles from anywhere here.

Log book is unusable and container is cracked. Love the spot though.

I think this one is gone looks like someone has been living there and right
on where Gz is, found a spot that matched the clue but alas nothing...

Awesome little spot I never knew existed. Nice walk to the cache on a sunny afternoon. Great cache all round

Hard terrain, not for little kids. Must go at low tide. Found it easy enough

Found with Bedmaker.
Lovely walk among the mangroves to GZ. Looks like some locals had been camping nearby, we came across a campfire site.
TFTC

Found with TassieGirl while here on holidays.
This was a really cool spot to walk out too.
Made our way there and eventually found a way into where we had to search.
An enjoyable cache to walk out to.
TFTC.

Not my favourite dish but a different GZ found after a visit to Spiders and Snakes. Not a bad sunset either.

Oysters are good for stamina and could have been handy on this different trek to the cache, but we achieved our objective, viewed a sunset then returned to van park for some sundowners.

It was raining so I waited in the car for a couple of minutes. Like most showers today, the shower passed so I headed out. I headed to the point and took the left hand side. Some rock hopping over the slippery wet rocks. What a spot! I saw the fort and imagined the parties held down here. Clear skies. PS - I made it back without any rain but wet from brushing the plants and only carrying a few spider webs.

Found it. The area was a little bit creepy.

If someone would have a look at this one and check it out it would be greatly appreciated.

May the caching karma god grant you ten finds in a row....

Cheers

Madstars
Sale, Victoria

[^] 2allrocks: 23-3-2011: We left a "2allrocks Bookmark" --- We don't know this area too well so we are going the hard way all the time
We did enjoy the view among the largest oyster shells we've ever seen. HandA

Any help in fixing this cache would be greatly appreciated.

Worth the walk or scramble out to GZ.
The cache container is broken & log wet
As Madstars is unable to maintain could someone replace the 1Lt sistema container please so the cache can continue to operate.
PS he's been posted away.
TFTC.

A very interesting walk to this cache on a morning with a full tide but GZ located and log signed!!

Tks ... MADSTARS .... GazMag

#630

Tftc

What a great spot geokids had a ball with the thousands of crabs. TFTC.

A really nice spot, never knew it was there.
TFTC

Stomp, stomp, stomp, found Monster shells nearby.
On the way back, was meet with an army of Soldier Crabs. Both Little Bay Pirates went chasing after them to get a better look.....oh, and Dad Bay Pirate too. Whilst Mum Bay Pirate watched from a safe distance.
Past some Clean Up Australia people that were on their way to GZ. Possibly to clean up the Camp site.
TFTC.

Beautiful place with great view to the bay. TFTC!

Heinz-Minki-Team (Germany)

Reperio at 1725. Expected this one to be a bit more of a straight forward walk to GZ, but I'm glad it wasn't...a little bit of rock hopping was needed, and once I did almost a full circle of GZ looking for a way in, I was surprised to see the make shift camp here. Looked almost inviting in a sense, but instead got to searching for the cache, and soon had it.

Gratias.

Beautiful spot.
Let the bug travel once again.

11th of the Mad stars caches found for the day. Didn't see Kilpatrick in his camp today.TFTC
Cheers
dkmacca

TFTC

Found a track wide enough to drive down and parked just about on the beach, after a little stroll we landed at GZ, it was there that i seen the biggest oyster shell that i have ever seen maybe thats where the name has come from! We spent the next 45 mins chipping our own oysters from the near by rocks.

TFTC

Didn't see patrick out there but his camp site is still there right at gz. Looks like it has not been used for a while. The cache was a easy find but do this one at low tide or get wet.

TFTC

Another beautiful spot we otherwise wouldn't have been to. The camper has moved on maybe they thought it would have been a nice quiet spot but were surprised on a few occasions to be visited by geocachers? It reminded us of Survivor! TFTC

1st for the day. A very nice walk to cache had. Found cache without too much trouble but cache container will need to be replaced, crack in side wall & damp log. I hope it was a homeless person that used to call this place home because anyone else will need a clip around the ear for leaving all this rubbish for other people to clean up, otherwise a terrific spot, thanks.
TFTC / TFTH / SL

We followed the beach around as suggested by the previous log as the ground is very boggy at the moment. It's a lovely walk around and a very picturesque spot. It seems as though the camper may have moved on as we looked in the tent through the window but it was empty.
Thanks,
The Hancock Clan

Who killed Patrick, and why is he hiding out here?
It is good idea to follow the beach out to this one, because the inland route at the moent is just swampish.
A really relaxing walk and well worth the seeking. but when I got to the GZ it seems someone has set up a camp only about 2 meters away from the cache. a pretty permanent looking camp, too. I called out a few times but for the present it looked unattended, so i grabbed the cache, signed the log quickly and swapped out a hammer head tuna for an apolousa horse.
Thanks for the great cache... These are the ones I love and the reason I cache. well done Madstars.

Holidaying from Quebec, Canada. Having a geocaching great time!!
We're home swapping in Nelson Bay for three weeks.
What a great place and also a geocaching paradise.
Kind of strange to have a cache so close to a tent !

TFTC, TNLN, SL

Day two of theheadchef and spikeymikey's excellent adventures to Nelson Bay and as usual I found the easy path in and got there ahead of spikeymikey, long enough to pitch my tent as can be seen in the photo's......seriously though the whole time I was there I was waiting for some Cambodian druglord to jump out of the bushes and take to us with an MK7 because it was harvest time.....how close were we to Nimbin here? Took nothing, left a pair of stained undies.

Day two of theheadchef and spikeymikey's excellent adventures to Nelson Bay and as usual I found the easy path in and got there ahead of spikeymikey, long enough to pitch my tent as can be seen in the photo's......seriously though the whole time I was there I was waiting for some Cambodian druglord to jump out of the bushes and take to us with an MK7 because it was harvest time.....how close were we to Nimbin here? Took nothing, left a pair of stained undies.

This is the oddest spot to camp! Found our way out easily following the waterline, and then found the tent (no-one at home) and then the cache.
TNLNSL TFTC

That was an easy find today while visiting Port Stephens.
Thank you very much for this cache!
Greetings, Colonel Dago from Germany

Brilliant little spot. Got sooooo many cuts on my feet. Lucky my feet are stronger than most though shoes would've been nice. Tripped through a thorn vine, got a 3inch splinter from driftwood and slashed across my ankle from a tree barb to mention a few

Spent the day caching at Port MADSTARS with Mini Cash Man.

Well this was an adventure. We marched out to the end of the point and got close to the GZ.

Pretty thick bush out there and plenty of trees with rocks under them.

Attacked from the other side and was following the arrow and not paying attention to my surrounds.

I was standing on the cache when I finally looked up to see a tent and big campsite pitched in the middle of the trees.

I yelled out and luckily no one was home so I logged the cache and got it back.

Not sure what the camp is for but it was well established with plenty of use by the looks of things.

Thanks MADSTARS.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Very hot day and only a slight breeze out on the point after a short stroll around the waters edge.
Had to use a bit of stealth as a muggle was working on his boat moored nearby. Nice quiet area.
TNLNSL. TFTC.

#3/25 for the weekend. Up from Sydney took my cousin out to find some caches. He loves oysters so I thought he would enjoy this one. Well we looked and looked, fortunately it was low tide and an ideal time of the day. It seemed that I was looking in the wrong place, then David dissappeared and yelled out "I found it". Will I was blown away. He thought ouside the square and found it. TNLH.

Nice quick find. I just followed the footprints of the CC team to the Cache. Came to see their log entries a lot over the next few days

TFTCSL

Great little walk out to this one. Found it eventually - looks like someone was dossing down 5m away?! TNLNSL, and took a picture facing West don the bay. Another nice spot! TFTC!

CC.

A nice part of the world, but watch out for oyster shells and cactus plants! TFTC! (20/23 for the day)

Took the kids on a jungle adventure... tftc!

Our last cache find on our weekend away, and it was a great one.
We didn't expect this walk to be so challenging. Then again, maybe we should have kept to the water's edge all the way through...
We stumbled upon a campfire site near the cache, but no muggles were in sight on this lovely sunny afternoon.
Thanks for a great spot and an interesting path to the cache.

It was hot and nobody was appropriately attired for this one, so after some whining from the kids we were pretty quick to give up.

The fact that the boys stumbled across a few metre long snake skin within metres of GZ (we think) certainly helped with the speed of departure.

Will return better equiped for this one

Thanks anyway

We both had the day off so we decided to do our own little ‘invasion’ of Port Stephens. Our first full on all day effort. The point was very exposed to the wind which made the going hard at times. Once we found our way off the beach the cache was soon in hand. TFTC. [Cache 98]

nice view TFTC SLTN

Pt. Stephens Invasion.2. It was a great opportunity to go for a walk this time. Interesting area and lots to see in the low water. Thanks.

2743.51 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & The 12 Days of Caching Green A#58

Albida

because it was low tide myself and Tankengine cut across the beach, but when we approached the other end it got a bit muddy but so I had to do a bit of rock hopping till I got on dry ground. great location, looked like some kids den not too far from GZ...
found by Canberra invasion convoy: Tankengine,Zytheran,, betchatn0t, Sol de lune, Tealby, Red Tag and Albida

Great walk out past the mangroves to get this one.
TFTC

Found as part of the McWinTrexO'n team cache invasion tour of the area, Nearly scored a prickly pear out of this one, that'l teach me to be careful where I sit.[:o)]. Nice little pennisula, not as far as one I know in Canberra but that doesn't have mangroves or a bay.
TFTC

One of my favourites for the day, for the wander along through the mangroves. I remember remarking to my caching mates McPhan, RexTrex and BigON that we don't see this sort of scenery in Canberra - which goes for most of the caches across this long weekend. Thanks MADSTARS.

A great opportunity to explore this wee peninsula. Team McWinTrexON had a bit of an act finding the right hole through the shrubs into the final GZ - which avoided all the prickly stuff. A good defence! Thanks MADSTARS.

Another excellent location for a cache and thoroughly enjoyed the walk. It reminded me of a fishing trip to Darwin
Our group still consists of 8 and I'm surprised I havent been thrown out yet.
Thanks MADSTARS

thanks for the cache. Great weather, great company and beautiful scenery.

Found on our Newcastle / Port Stephens invasion from Canberra, Adelaide and Tassie!
The tide was well out when we hunted for this, so the area looked nothing like the map on the GPS! In fact, according to the garmin, I was walking on water! Mind you, I could tell there is water here often, as on occasion I sunk into the mud! - Great walk, great cache!

Found as part of the Canberra Invasion to Newcastle/Nelsons Bay/Port Stephens and surrounding areas with Tealby, Tankengine, Redtag, Zytheran, Mtrax and Albida. This was day two and it was going to be a long one..........

Low tide during our visit. Cache was found quickly giving us the chance to move on quickly as well. Thanks MADSTARS

My notes say that the sun was starting to set as we wandered out to find this cache, but I think it must have been still some way off because we saw a magnificent sunset later at another cache some distance away. We broke into two groups to approach this cache - fortunately the tide was still low, so I didn't get wet on my choice of route - an interesting wander through the mangroves. TFTC.

2133. Really enjoyed the stroll out to this one. Love mangrove swamps so this was heaven. Interesting that prickly pear is out here as I don't recall seeing it elsewhere in the area. Than again it's a plant and as a bloke, I shouldn't even know what it's called.

TFTC and the mangrove meander

Rated: for Overall Experience

What a beautiful place to visit on a beautiful Sunny Sunday. We had a lovely walk out to this cache. Some magnificent views along here - thanks Madstars for bringing us here. TNLNSL TFTC

Found this one after visiting The Mother Lode, what a lovely walk out to this spot.

Thanks Madstars.

Found it after making the find far more difficult than it should have been. TFTC

Last cache of a few around here this morning. Nice easy walk out and a very quick find. Time to head inland to Dubbo Cheers Gav [4130]

A nice stroll to the cache. TFTC

6:04pm
OK, now this one took a bit of finding, especially when we did not find the easy way in, until it was time to leave. We spent an age searching in there, boy turned it up and yes, lid is cracked. Took the easy way out and was now completely dark for the walk back.

Cheers

Found at 1135hrs

Humm, alll the way out to here. Nice spot and a low tide made it just that little bit easier. Noticed that lid to cache is cracked and may need replacing.

TNLNSL & TFTH

Top walk across the flats at low tide, quickly located the cache so we could look around more ! Thanx

Finally had the chance to go for a stroll and enjoy the peace (and the view!), TNLN, TFTC Madstars!!

Loved the rock hopping on the way to this cache. Not too sure initially about the spoiler, though- they are everywhere! TN left bouncy ball. TFTC (19th cache for bay caching tour 09)

Found 13:50. Nice walk and took photos around the mangroves. Did cache duties now feel like a feed of oyster Kilpatrick! TNLN. Thanks.

It was a little bit further out than we thought it might be but a lovely spot. UCP are spoil sports.
TNLN TFTC.

quite a walk to the cache
but very enjoyable indeed

we liked being taken to this spot

tftc


fattyacid and family

Found after searching under lots of rocks near trees (GPS went flat) good hide, although UCP can be a bit of a problem. TFTC TNLN

Nice little spot this one. Thanks Madstars

Tried to refill cache today with toys but no luck.

Cache still present but too many fisherman present to make the grab.

CACHE MUGGLED BY URBANCACHEPIRATES...

ALL SWAPS TAKEN>>>

CACHE NEEDS TO BE CHECKED AND REFILLED.

All negative comments can be forwarded to the Pirates.

An awesome cache

0820 Almost got the car bogged - in suburbia. After a bit of rain o'night, and very boggy grass, the little Metro only just made it back onto the road. Glad the windows were up (LOL)
Left: Surgical marker, scissors, and a pencil; also Irene the Yellow Skymarine TB
Took: 'Pez' TB
Brought through for mileage: B2B ingot; Baa, Oink, Coocoo, and Unakit coins; and Mushoo (the dragon) TB that was a bit big for the cache.

2189.

Another nice walk and quick find today. Had to wait in the car for a shower to pass but other than that a great spot again.

Thanks MADSTARS for the cache. TNLNSL

Found it No. 1510 ... lucky it was low tide ... TN and left TB

Found at 10.00am GAFF1. The 21st cache found on c-pprass's annual trip to Port Macquarie with the mothers-in-law and sister - the oldies are sad that we are leaving, but all good things must come to an end!
Another lovely and peaceful bay - would love one of those boats! It was a beautiful morning and we enjoyed the challenge.
Thanks MADSTARS.

Great hide out for the little kids.. almost didn't find then just as we were about to leave i thought i would check one more rock and there it was!!
great walk to GZ

TFTC
TNLN

Luckily rocked up here on low tide so had a nice easy walk into gz. Searched for a while without much luck thinking we were in the wrong area as it wouldn't be placed where the little muggles that must hang out at this area would find it. Just as we were about to give it a miss we found it!!

Great Spot and a good hide can't beleive it took us so long to find it!!!

TNLN
TFTC

Crystal Pauls

Perfect place fer a swashbuckler`s sea shanty.... Seafarin' hearty`s would rate this cache t' be havin' a terrain level o' three stars.... our peg leg`s be gettin' stuck in th' sand an' in between th' rocks!!!

Perfect place fer a swashbuckler`s sea shanty.... Seafarin' hearty`s would rate this cache t' be havin' a terrain level o' three stars.... our peg leg`s be gettin' stuck in th' sand an' in between th' rocks!!!

We watched the soldier crabs marching around at low tide. Great walk to the headland. Interesting "cubby". We wonndered what it mustt be like to walk to the cache at high tide? Took nothing, left TB.

What a big no HUGE effort for this one..Rain coming so it was time to step it up and run, lucky it was low tide and straight across the sand then the rocks and finally the scrub. Great little hide. Let me tell you it was the same on the return journey. Age is catching up with me. Time for a drink and nearly needed the towel.

TFTC

Tamykian

Found with kids......no muggles but cubby house is real close! Cache is sure to get muggled if cubby ges used a lot!

TFTCSL

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! missed on being a first timer by that much.GZ has been "developed " by what a thought was a hippy bong retreat.No potheads (or kids) today and found the cache and left before the narc squad blew in.(I"ll have to stop watching those TV cop shows.)

With the cubby building crew on strike today, we had the place to ourselves. It was a slow walk out as someone decided to go barefoot but was an easy walk as it was low tide.
Located the hide after a short search and opened the log to see the pages blank.
A joint "FTF" to the Tableland Cachers a long way from home. A very picturesque spot that we wouldn't have know about if there wasn't a cache here.

Thanks Madstars for showing it to us.

Found it with JAB's and Code1. What a surprise to get a FTF on a long weekend with so many people around. Walked out barefoot, not a good idea. No cubby house building crew today.

[This entry was edited by Dusselaar1 on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 1:28:36 AM.]

Well how good is this we drive all this way on a long weekend get caught and catch other cachers, seem to hot on the heals as another Team (ruffasgutts4x4) and believed that this cache would be a gone. We stopped by a few other cachers along the way and made no attempt to race for any FTF's.
Found ourselfs a close parking spot and headed of along the waters edge (low tied mades this and easy walk) to the point of the headland. After a short scraching around Code1 came up with the goods.
As any good virgin hunter would do we say thanks to cache owner for bringing us here as with out there hides we would not of visited any of these magical places.
An eppic weekend and a great time was had see GC1HDXT for more details of our epic journey.
JABs.

Found the GZ crawling with a dozen muggle kids turning the place upside down in their quest to build Australia's best cubby in the scrub. Rather than help them in either building the cubby or finding 'treasure' we retired to try again another time.

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