Up On The Hill Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
By SNAFUADV on 25-Jan-02. Waypoint GC34E1

Perth/Darwin TripI wasn't sure if we should drive up the hill but decided to chance it after reading previous logs. Sure am glad we didn't have to walk up that hill! Magnificent views and a cool old cache. Joolay and I are travelling to WA and NT to qualify for a challenge that requires you to find a cache in every Australian state in a calendar year. Thanks for hiding and maintaining this cache SNAFUADV

After ignoring the do not enter we ventured up the hill for an easy find and fabulous views. So cool to get this oldie.Perth visit over and now for NT chasing all States and Territories in a year with Kittykatch. Looking forward to the adventure. Thanks for getting me out and about SNAFUADV

Love the redundant signs. Magnificient views.Freddo and e.gregory1 were heading up the middle of Australia following Stuart's well trodden route. We were travelling in air conditoned comfort and style. No stale food. No camels to carry water. We were leaving the cold winter for the northern season.Today was the day to find this cache. Today is the ninth day of Augustus Caesar's Month in the wonderful year of twenty twenty four. We found your cache container and added some inky stuff to the paper sheet or note pad you have supplied for a log book or scroll. The cache container and log book or scroll were in good condition. It was so hot. No wind today.With the log signed and the cache replaced it was time to leave. Onwards to the next cache. Woot, that is not to far.I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, and their continuing connection to it. I wish to pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past, present and emerging.I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count and winning that one hundred word diamond badge again. Somebody moved the goal posts. So many caches to find. So many caches to log. We find them, sign them and replace them.This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and an Apple iPhone 11 using the marvelous Cachly app. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs macro.Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun. Apologies for the generic part of the cache log. We do apologise for the generic logs. Thanks to all the cache owner for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke fr den Cache. Gracias por el cach. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos ktkst. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Ksznm a rejtst. Vdaka za cache. Dzieki za cache. Takk for at cache. Obrigado por isso cache. Dky za ke. Aciu u ta talpykla. Paldies par o cache. Aith selle eest cache. Tack fr att Cache. Tak for denne Cache. nbellek iin tesekkrler. Ksznjk, hogy a cache. Graas para o cache. Dankon pro la kasmemorone. Dank fr de csch. Eskerrik asko cache horrengatik. Na gode da wannan cache. Zikomo chifukwa cha cache.I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Blockheads Unite in 2025.

I found this cache on a trip from Adelaide to the top end with Freddo for a few weeks.That was a fun drive, except for all those speed bumps!The cache was a quick find and was in good condition.Thanks SNAFUADV for the cache.

Magnificent view, great place for a cache. TFTC

That was some drive up. I'm glad we didn't walk. OMG, what's with the speed bumps? Sure, know when you go over one of those, especially the top ones. Really good to get up there though as they are great views, great old cache!

A caching trip from Canberra, ACT to Cape York, Qld and then around the gulf to East Arnhem Land, NT.Now with a detour to Thursday Island, Mabuiag Island, Mornington Island and finally along the Savannah Way through Hells Gate, then Nhulunbuy and Wadeye.TFTC. A very steep road to the top for some very excellent views. Awesome.

Found it! Nice little drive out from Darwin

Wow.. that was quite the drive.... the speed bumps got worse the higher we got, not that there was much chance of speeding. Cache was found quickly then we have the daunting task of driving back down. Tftc

Travelling with richlink on a trip from Perth to Darwin and return through the centre to SA and home again. We are in Darwin for a few days before heading south again.
Today, we drove to Adelaide River, enjoying the scenery, history, and, of course, the caches along the way. And we couldn't let this old cache escape. Thanks SNAFUADY.

Travelling with iluvtrekking and a return visit after eleven years. Today we are caching down to Adelaide River and surrounds. Very steep hill but great views. Thanks for the hide.

We decided to ride our mountain bikes up here. It was a very steep hill and the brakes got a workout on the way back down. Being from nz I don't fully understand the reasoning behind the burnouts. The reason we thought was not the actual reason after speaking to someone about them. The cache has survived the fire. Thanks for placing it.

Geocaching with Jennyfromthefarm. Tftc

Ober Dinner a few Nights earlier at moorish cafe irondale asked which are the oldest caches in the NT so I came up with a list and we thought we would go with this one, glad we did as it ended up being just burnt out. The cache has survived though and the 10 year old replacement container was safe in its rock hide. Would have been a better view up here if it wasn’t for the bushfires but we will take what we can get. TFTC

Cache 9888 on 25 Mar 2023.

Greetings from the ACT! TikvaNZ and I are finally in Darwin after our initial plan to travel to Darwin in August 2020 was thwarted by COVID 19 travel coming to a grinding halt! Just here for the weekend, so focusing on different types, counties and a few different DT combinations!

Great views from up on this hill! We did drive up, crazy steep though! Cache was a quick find, small size. A couple of TBs visited this cache !

Thanks SNAFUADV for the cache and the fun!

#19826 @1000
AngelG27 and I are finally in Darwin from Canberra for the weekend. This trip was originally booked for August 2020, so we are finally using up our travel credits. Today's focus was counties from Darwin to Katherine with some interesting short walks thrown in. A fun drive up to this cache, Cache easily found. Great views. TFTC.

Today we are driving south from Litchfield to Katherine. We decided to take the quiet road for a while and stop to find this old Hide.
Given we were pulling our camper trailer, we decided to leave the car and camper trailer down at the road, and made the walk up a very steep hill to GZ.
It was peaceful, and the views on the way up and from the top were spectacular.
After signing the log on this old one, we gradually made our way back down the hill. Going down was easier on the heart and the lungs, but gave the knees a workout.
Thanks SNAFUADV
Domsky

We made the slow pilgrimage to the top of the hill and enjoyed the views. Being such an old cache made the wander worthwhile but we were knackered by the finish of our trek.
We were driving to Katherine for the first time ever exploring the Northern Territory so we were more tourist than cachers as there was so much to look at, and if we did all the caches we wouldnt get all the sight seeing in. Just means another trip up from South Australia is on the cards.
Thanks SNAFUADV for the cache. Took nothing left nothing.

Found with Dozenmater,,TFTC

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

Found while out 4x4 driving during afternoon tea break, tftc

TFTF

It is definitely a spectacular vista!!! I like the hill sign "use road at your own risk". Did wonder if the car would keep traction a few times on the way up!

T4TC!

Nice find! TFTC

Tftc, good to have friends with a 4WD.

This cache may be accessable by 2WD in 2002 but now it is a real 4WD track. This road was never repaired in the last 18 years.
Good to have a car which can do this.
TFTC

Long walk up the hill for me and the dog. Great cords. TFTC. Please beware there was a baby snake directly under the cache. Hopefully my disturbance will make it move but suggest sticks are in order.

TFTC! WOW!! Awesome view. Road is very corroded. Was a mission in my 4wd Hilux.

TFTC

Nice quick find.
Glad for the 4x4.
Visited 3 TB.
TFTC

Found after a short search. A beautiful view but definitely wouldn’t bring a 2WD up here. TFTC

Well, that was an interesting drive!! Lots of potholes and gullies going up a steep hill, made us thankful for our 4WD. When the cache was placed, this was obviously a bitumen road going up, but it's that no longer. Definitely would not go up there with a 2WD. Views from the top are amazing. TFTC

Thank you for taking cachers to this beautiful unknown spot!

1st here for the year

I don't think you should drive a 2wd Up there
Walking in the heat

Our trip from Perth to Darwin brought us trough a fair bit of country
Some stretches where long. With a ocassional cache. Without internet acces, the logs are datet, And for all caches in one. We Did enjoy, most of the caches. Fafo points will also be awarded. All CO's thanks for this hobby.
Our route:
Perth to Yanchep PN
... via Pinacles to Cervantes
... via Geralton to Point Gregory
... to Kalbarri "klimbed Big Red"
.. to Exmouth
.. to Giralia (farm)
.. via Top Price to Karijini "eco reserve"
.. ( short day) to Karijini NP
.. port Hedland ... staircase to the moon
. To 80 mile beach
..Broome
..Derby (the rodeo)
.. Fitzroy crossing
.. halls creek
..Wyndham
. Via Grotto to. Kununurra
.. Timber creek
.. Katherine
.. And Edith falls
.. to douglas
.. And just past bachelor
.. wangi falls
.. Darwin top beach
Darwin just not the AirPort.

TFTC nice view

Found - fltf

After the hype of finding my first 5/5 yesterday, I thought today would be a quiet one as we continue our meandering across northern Australia after attending the Red Centre Experience over Easter. Pa was very generous in the afternoon but we didn't manage to find many caches as we travelled to Batchelor where we are camped.
This was find #1 and I left Pa with the van while I drove to the top and found the cache. After adding my name to the log I replaced the cache where I found it. Not much of a view up here as there was low cloud/mist filling the valleys. However the views were more visible on the way down. It certainly was an interesting drive - not one Pa would normally leave me alone to do, but then he didn't know what was in front of me.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for us to find. TNLN SL

Phew bit of a mission to get up to this one!! The road is interesting to say the least! Great views! TFTC

Now travelling north towards Darwin after the Red Centre Experience.

Caching towards Adelaide River for ANZAC day. Of course we stopped for a few caches along the way. The list was soooo long today that we didnt finish and ended up free camping along the way and no pub dinner was had.

TFTC SNAFUADV

Adelaide River
Decided to head to Adelaide River for Anzac Day.
After setting up camp we headed out to locate the caches nearby.
I think the terrain ratuing for this is a little low. I realise now that in 2002 when this was placed the road to the top must have been in much better condition.
Great views from the top, worth a favourite point.
Thanks for placing this cache SNAFUADV

Tftc. Needs maintenance.

Easy find, with good views of the dry surrounds. TFTH

Nice little cache no room to leave anything, left as is. Nice drive up the hill

Nice view

This one turned out to be a fair bit easier than we expected. The road in is a bit rough with lots of potholes but mostly sealed. We did engage 4WD but did it easily in high range. Great views from this location. A quick find and sign on the cache. Thanks for bringing us here & TFTC.

Out and about from Adelaide River we took the tourist route to visit many new and interesting places. We picked this one up on the way. A good 4x4ing to the cache.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Great cache. Glad we didn't have to walk up this very steep hill. TFTC.

Found. TFTC.

After a slightly hairy drive up a steep hill we were very close to GZ.

Cache was a nice quick find once there.

TNLN TFTC

This entry was edited by Cat and Bear on Sunday, 21 June 2015 at 07:43:23 UTC.

My poor car and my poor teeth. Bit of a bumpy road but amazing views from the top. TFTC

There you go - don't know how many times I stopped over here in the last 3 years on the way through to the Apostles - and all the while a cache right underneath my nose!

Been up and along the following 4x4 track a few years ago before I even knew about caching. Forgot how fun the trails were. Thanks for the excuse and the view!

My kind of hill cache, one I can drive too. TFTC the view was magnificent.

Unhooked the caravan on the side of the road, and up the hill we went.
First gear, all the way. Very steep with lots of pot holes.
Once on top of the hill the views were awesome, but a bit foggy due to fires in the area.
With the cache soon found, we went nice and steady down the hill and back to the van..
Thanks for the cache, SNAFUADV.

We had be attracted to the 5/5 at Robin Falls and we saw this one was an old cache so we also ear marked that for a find. We saw the hill and then the turn off for the track up. Its was certainly a steep road up with a few pot holes to test out the FWD traction. We stopped close to GZ and after a short search made the find. Nice to pick up an old one. Great views from up here. We completed the signing duties and re hid.

This entry was edited by bella at waggy on Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 11:37:54 UTC.

Took a bit to find the right road up to this one. Great views from GZ and cache an easy find. Slow drive back down the very pot holed road! Thanks SNAFUADV for the cache

My caching day started early after a good nights sleep at Robin Falls
After finding the cache down on the little hill, I kept strolling up the hill to the ridgeline.
Then it was just a pleasant amble for about 200 metres to reach the tower
But about 80 metres from GZ I could hear the unmistakable racket of dirt bike muggles
Great timing !!
Well these sort of muggles are not interested in the scenery so they shouldn't be stopping long and so I sat down in a shady spot for a fizzy drink
And after 15 minutes, sure 'nuff, off they rode
I dashed in to find the cache before anyone else turned up
TFTC and views and excuse for a little hill climb [^]
From here I followed the ridge lines back to the top of Robin Falls to try to find the cache hidden there.

# 3561. Found on our way to Robins Falls area for an overnight stop. It sure was a long way up to the top of the hill and the views were fabulous on the way down again. Took: Purple Bicycle, Left: My new Pathtag. TFTC

What a road! Missed a few potholes on the way up, but I'm sure I got them all on the way down!

Great views! TFTF

Found this replaced cache today, not very clear views today due to the gathering rain-clouds.... a welcome relief when the rain came.
TNLN
TFTC

Tftc nice spot

We drove to this one, very pleased that the option was there, certainly did not want to do that climb in today's heat. The listed trackable is not in the cache. SL TFTC

good one

Excellent view from the top. A slow trip up in low gear, the road is looking a bit washed out in places. Thanks Ian and Penny for replacing the cvache. It sounds like the original owner is no longer active. T4TC.

This was our 1st cache in our caching run today - and we found it at around 09:06.
(So this is our 4622nd total find.)

We came upon a fire ravaged site with a lonely pile of rocks at GZ. As there was no cache in evidence, and suspecting it was missing (from a previous log), we replaced the entire cache.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks SNAFUADV for the hunt today.

Sorry to say but I think this one's gone
Had a good look around and up and found nothing regular sized. Pile of stones around the tree at GZ conatined no cache I could see

Found it. Popular cache with the scouts apparentely. What a view. TFTF

FOUND THIS ONE A FEW TIMES ITERESTING STUFF
TNLN

Thanks! Tnln

A good steep hill to drive up but didn't realise that oil warning light came on the dashboard of our Cruiser... still driving uphill slowly and nice views while uphill...found it easy and took T.B....checked oil level at the top, below second dot on dipstick OOOPS, need top up next day. Thanks SNAFUADV

Aussie Track-a-bear 3 (ref = TB328BZ) hasn't been seen since slat's placed it in Up On The Hill on 10/31/2009.

My Boomerang Won't Come Back (ref = TBKRTV) hasn't been seen since Kurin&Bousin placed it in Up On The Hill on 07/19/2006.

Time to mark them both as missing.

great hights to get to this one but it was great SLTNLN TFTC

This was a very nice spot and we enjoyed the drive up especially when we saw it was on the grey stuff. Lovely view. TNLN. Thanks SNAFUADV

Nice easy find. Magnificent spot, visited even before discovering geocaching.
TFTC

The Little White Wombat triumphed again... but all the way up in first gear... and all the way down again.

The view from the top was quite speccy, especially as rain could be seen falling, in the distance. And here we are in the middle of the dry, too!

The cache is a bit or a repository for distinctly second-hand electronics - and there are no trackables of any sort there.

Thanks SNAFUADV. Took nothing, left nothing.

Dont like driving at heights, so started to drive up this hill and couldn't bring myself to continue.

Had to wait until I could get a 4x4 to get up on the hill. Great views, easy find. Walked to top of Robyn Falls whilst there.

4x4 Club Trip to a swimming hole, stopped by and logged this one. Great view!!

In the general area and drove up to show some relatives the view. Checked the cache while we were there which is in good shape. Didn't notice any trackables though.

Great spot and well hidden. Well worth getting to the top. Interesting contents and swapped tatoos for marbles. WOPRRA and geoson Brodie

Found today with Raxyrum
Bit of a steep drive up isnt it, took quite a while to find the road at night time
grabbed 2 coins, one which wasnt registered in the cache but i will fix that up.
Left aussie track-a-bear 3
thanks for the cache.

found with slats,
took 2 bugs geocoin to move to qld
TFTC

Going past on a school camp so dropped of a GC.

found at 1615 thought we were never going to be able to get to this cache when we arrived there was a car load which we waited to go then set of towards the cache and a 4x4 came from the other direction we waited taking picture as half a dozen 4x4 came through.who would believe it this far from anywhere.
TFTCSL

The caching marathon continues (15th). Found by all of the crew @1315hrs.

T - clip and coin
L - elephant and car

SL TFTC

Pleased we left the camper in the park. Great view
TFTC

TFTC. whew!

Wow so beautiful view. Worth to visit. SL. Thanks SNAFUADV for organising the cache and hunt.

Trudders have all had a look in this box before but we are not muggles anymore! TFTC

It was one big weekend of geocaching. Nice hill.

we did not see any travel bugs here. Beautiful hill!

I agree it is a mighty hill. TNLN

WanderingAus wandered by on day thirty-two of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia. My find No 580 and another nice quick find. I didn't see My Boomerang Won't Come Back TB (ref = TBKRTV) or Nate's Nameless Bug TB (ref = TBN5WZ) in the cache.

LCC, TNLNSL, dropped Big JohnP's Li'l Roo (ref = TBKQT9), also dropped my WanderingAus Happy New Year 2008 Gold GC in for a visit before grabbing it back again.

T4TH SNAFUADV
Keith

Got up there and then another vehicle with some workers came up behind us. i don't think they cared.
Cheers from the Posspet Boys -Desert to rainforest to desert trip 08.

Decided to have a late night dinner up here for this one, was awesome especially to see the fires burning off into the distance. Thanks for a great cache!

BTW, my 2wd camry made short work of thsi track. Is a little steep but is sealed where it counts.

Cheers
TNLN

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found it easily on the way to Whoop Whoop with 2 geonewbies and one geokiddie. Lovely views, and took a few photos that strangely enough look very similar to what's already been published

Took koala keyring (coz otherwise the geokiddie cried) and the tupperware keyring, and left Nate's Nameless Bug. Great location, and first of three for the day (Whoop Whoop and Rockin' Robin).

After a good steep drive this cache was found without any trouble. Brilliant views to help us celebrate Australia Day and enable us to text the family as there was mobile service. In stubbie holder out ring. TFTC and the drive

Poor little Honda made it up the hill and what a view. Found nice big cache with no problems. Took little green frog and left red dice thanks for the great drive and view.

Took scenic route to Adelaide river and grabbed this one on the way. Left frog keyring. Thanks