Disused Stations - Carripook Bridgewater, South Australia, Australia
By SIDEandHEEK on 18-Oct-09. Waypoint GC1ZZV0

Archiving this geocache.

Found it on a beautiful Easter Sunday. Were hoping a train would go past while searching. But no it wasn't to be. Found the cache Not sure if that's where it should be as it was 12 m out. Lots of earth works happening maybe it was shifted. No travel Bug (thank goodness).
TFTC

This cache is in serious need of attention. It is in really bad shape. The contents are all very wet so therefore no log book to record a visit. Added a piece of paper to sign but it to will get damp soon.

The log book is very wet and the contents of the cache are all manky, it needs a total clean out and a new log book

Disused is not the word for this one, there is no station, just a pile of ruble and dirt. The trackable listed is not in the cache.

The station is no more. We had to wait while a goods train thundered by. I am not sure I like to encourage children to this spot so close to a working line. Cache log very wet and needs attention. Thanks SIDEandHEEK

Had to wait for a train first

Log book saturated - needs new one

quick and easy find, tftc.

Enjoy.....

Found after quite a bit of searching. SL TFTC

Found while out on a great caching day with lots of other cachers.
Thanks

A nice quick find while out caching with friends today. TFTC.

The cache was quickly found by Aussie M&M on a day out caching in this lovely area. TFTC

Took a little detour from our family walk to grab this one. It's always fun to learn more about the old railways, thanks!

Log damp. And no trackable either. Tftc

Poor old Carripook not much left, would pass here on the train for hikes in the hills TFTC

Found today on the way home from work.
The log is still pretty wet and i didn't read the previous logs till I got home tonight.
Great spot and a good histroy lesson.

Cheers and happy caching.

Found with ChrisWandering.

Found with Reckhi. Cache is waterlogged and log is soaked. TNLN. Needs maintenance. Couldn't leave our little Lizard there . No travel bugs were present in the cache either

TBJE5A not in cache, but listed in inventory.

Hello future finders. Can someone please help me dry this cache out and get back into service. If you choose to take it home let me know and I'll disable it until you can return it dry. Thanks

Enjoyed drive around this hill where my brother lives at Bridgewater..
Great spot...
TFTC

Dropping off offspring with granparents in school holidays makes a good excuse to cache the nearby area.
Did this one totally BFE-style , as I didn't even have the position loaded on the GPSr, so had to remember what I saw on the screen this morning. Given there is little left of the station/stop, there couldn't be that many possibilities. As it was, the first spot I looked yielded gold (or painted plastic).
The lid appears to not fit well with the ball-point pen in there, so log was a bit damp. Dry enough for my pen today. I replaced the dead ziplock with a plastic newspaper wrapper, but they never work on the front lawn. Took nothing else.
Kids across the valley gave me a friendly wave but no-one else around.

I love tracing old railways - these caches have been right up my alley. One of the tunnels down the line is now a mushroom farm, although I don't remember which one. TFTC

It certainly is a disused station these days!

The freight train didn't slow, just continuing to power on toward Melbourne with it's two engines, and 78 carriages.

A nice quick find and we were soon on our way again.

TNLNSL

Found in the obvious spot. Not sure if the "wrapping" was intentional or not. Left it there in any case. TFTC.

Quick find on nice sunny day. Enjoyed the short walk. Took magnifying glass left skeleton man TFTC

Found it!
Surprised at the camo for the cache, but had to be there!
Another disused station completed,
a few still to go!
Nothing left of this station at all,
TFTC and the history...

Found with The_Bogans,
TFTC

TFTC

TB"the (too much) duffman" passing through

Pretty easy one, TNLN TFTC

A quick find with k8eus tftc

Ps. Didn't see the trackable in there

Not too many hiding spot here so a very easy find. Expected to see a body part the way it was hidden but good thing it was a chache. TNLN. Cheers.

Stopped by the overland from melbourne on our way to collect the cache. An easy find once at gz. Cheers

Easy find, no TB in cache, took crab. TFTC.

Interesting to find a station even more derelict than the one in my village (Leigh Court, Worcestershire, UK) which was axed by Beeching in 1963.

Admired the many varied spoil heaps and also the Carripook Cube, which must rank as a must-see alongside Sturt's Dunny.

Took bow tie, left Hahndorf crab

Found this one while out caching with zoomrockey
Left trackable
Took trackable
tftc

The last of our 3 Disused Train Stations will have to find more.
TFTC

found with my two daughters before the 35 degree day kicked into full gear (my 5yo found it which made her day). Note: sorry Moloch the thorny devil TB this is a desolate as I can do in the short term and thought you needed to be moved on). will post picture later.

Popped in on a pupil free day. TFTC.....

found today with two awesome friends

TFTC

nice set of Caches

Found with geograndies.T eraser L level TFTC

Mrs Chippyroo took her mum and dad out for a spot of caching. A quick find. Took car and left an Artline pen. As we were crossing the road to get back to our car the bells started to ding and a freight train came past! TFTC

Good find - interesting area. TNLN. TFTC.

Found early this morning on our morning walk to burn some of those Christmas calories.
No muggles anywhere.
Took cat
Left lizard
Thanks SideandHeek

Yeah found it..a easy find..
TSLS took torch left car

Quick stop and the cache was ours. Thanks sideandheek

A nice quick find after visiting Carripook park for a cache. No trains passing by today, making for a peaceful logging ceremony.

I worked at Keswick rail terminal for a couple of months during 1992 as part of my apprenticeship. I hope that station doesn't end up like this one!

Thanks SIDEandHEEK.

Our first station in this series that's been totally annihilated .
Who would have known [?].
Took GC. Left eraser. SL.
Thanks SIDE and HEEK.

It's hard to believe there was once a station here. We made it a drive-by, although the people in the house across the way must've been wondering why there was a car parked here! Dropped in a coin. TFTC.

On way to geogrankids first t-ball game and did this on the way -obviously just missed the goods train too, as we had to wait down the road for it to pass. Dropped off ladybird TB. TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 0815. What a contrast to Mt Lofty. You would hardly know that there had ever been a station here. Our thanks again to SIDEandHEEK.

Another nice day to be out on the bike in search of more cache's!

Good find. Thanks for the cache!

As close to a drive-by as I've ever done. No trains seen. TFTC #567

an interesting spot. TFTC

Found during some afternoon caching. Had to do some other nearby caches while some construction muggles were working meters from GZ turning over soil with large machinery for something??

Had a bad feeling they might have buried or disturbed the cache, but all was well. SL. TFTC.

Easy find thanks B! Not much of the platform left.

A quick find on my way to a new cache a short distance away. TFTC !!

Nice easy drive by

TFTC

Just started to hail and rain when I was getting to the cache but managed to stay dry. Easy find. Tnlnsl. Tftc.

Straight forward find, almost got spotted by a couple of muggles that popped out of nowhere coming down the railway line. TFTC

Nice and easy (as long as you stay away from the trains!) TFTC

A few night time caches while 2nd daughter plays volleyball at Heathfield

Found (the bits) easily
Cache looked like it had been squashed. Is it s'pose to be under 5 tonne of concrete?? Had been some obvious work in the vicinity, mounds of rock & gravel close by.
Replaced the container, pencil & log book & put original log back in also.
A freight train came thru whilst I was at GZ which threw me a bit.
TFTC

Nice cache to add to the series. I can remember catching the train to Bridgewater for a day out and also the steam train runs from Adelaide to Bridgewater. It is a bit of a shame that these once hives of activity are no longer use - but do I enjoy the Heysen Tunnells and Bridgewater now being 15 mins from the CBD- of course! TFTC

09/05/10 1440hrs
Nice easy find. Took frame left frame. TFTC

TFTC easy drive by
Lucky we could drive right up to it because it was raining

Managed to drive up to this one, made the easy find, and then realised we were being watched from across the valley! I wonder how often that happens here. TNLNSL.

Our first find on afternoon out of random acts of cacheing (pick one cache, then randomly pick other caches nearby to find).

Quite enjoying this series.

TFTC

Easy find on a quiet day today TFTC

Easy find TNLN TFTC

Found with Poppadon at 10.55am. Nice spot,easy find, no trains.
TNLN, TFTC.

Found at 10:55 Am with XBRmob. Interesting location and good parking with easy find for the 'trained' eye!
TNLN
TFTC

Easy find in the rain on a public holiday.

Found on an Adelaide Cup run

I used to work in the hills and drove by here many a time on the way to and from Stirling East Primary. I must have been through this station as a child too, in the old days.
TFTC
Took Ruggers TB
SS

Hmm, not much Station left these days....


TFTC
Cheers and Happy Hunting from Southern Cross Caching

Quick cache on the way past. L Ruggers TB. TFTC

We drove right up to this cache .
Both geo grandsons out of car before us.
Found in obvious place.
Youngest was disappointed there were no trains going by.

Accompanied by Everlasting. Found it in an obvious place.
Thanks SIDEandHEEK for the cache.

Lava12 found it before me.... Interesting about history, Thanks for show us around.... SL. Thanks SIDEandHEEK for organising the cache and hunt.

easy find TN left lizard SL

Forgot to log visit from last week. Easy to find! TFTC

Speedmistress Triumphs at 0935hrs. SL TNLN TFTC

That was a station?! You'd never guess!
Found with Mossy '95

We were a bit cheeky here and made this one a driveby. Parked in the shade as the sun was hot.
Thanks Side and Heek. Slowly completing your series.

An easy find.
TFTC

We arrived, we found, we sustained an injury!..

Now we log...

TFTC

easy find.. Who knew eh!..

They sure did get rid of THIS station!

Be careful here...Geohubby cut his hand open on a railway bolt!!

TFTC

3rd cache today. Easy find.
TFTC

When these guys demolish a railway station, they do a good job. Not much evidence of it left here.

Took sightseeing lisa TB

Thanks SideandHeek!

I only saw the road when I walked to the cache! Drive by here could be problematic if the Overland or Goods was passing. Maybe a bit close for both vehicles!
Clear skies from TeamAstro.

Easy find on a drive through the hills. Left Lisa TB.

Could have done this as a driveby but I parked on the road. Cache was found in the first place I looked. Not much left here.

Found this one on my way out of Adelaide and on the way home. Enjoying the few that I have found so far in this series.
Parked close for a quick find.
TFTC

Decided to do this one on the way home from walking the beagle. Found easily. Left a turtle charm and recovered the Keychain Fun TB to move along. Thanks for the cache.

Decided to undertake a tour of some disused stations. This was the first on the list. Found with BantamCT, dropping off KeyChain Fun TB.

Found after a short walk along the track. The neighbours were doing some burning off but we found the cache without being seen. TFTC.

A quick stop in misty drizzle this morning on way home from work.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Cheers Mr B. I remember sitting in this shelter as a kid.