Tickets Please Port Bonython, South Australia, Australia
By askjgraz on 17-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3B3G4

Couldn't find this one

GPS is out

Scenic drive, didnt realise there were so many bush camps out this way. Tickets please, looked like a popular spot, could do with a CITO. Thanks askjgraz for this adventure tftc

Ocw the Bebes as we stay in Whyalla and made the trip over here to pick up a few caches. Saw quite a few kangaroos on the beach / rocks today. Tftc

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa A lovely drive along the trail, beautiful scenery. Spotted some Roos cooling down in the water near GZ.Tftc

Took this long to get the bro in laws cache TFTC

Camping in the next Bay. Beautiful spot. GPS got the wrong end of the stick!

Camping nearby so found it while exploring with BluebeardOZ. GPS coordinates are about 7m out. Other logs and hint were helpful. All in good condition.
TFTC

On our travels we stopped to grab this cache, as we were free camping so close we could miss this opportunity, a fun cache and quick find, thanks for placing it

Great spot and great cache, was worried it was going to be a nano, so pleased it wasn’t!

Found it TFTC

Took us a few minutes to find the cache. The previous comments helped. After talking to a local, we discovered that this was an old school bus. I wonder what stories it could tell. We were lucky enough to spend 3 nights here - such a beautiful location!

Walk with siblings and doggo

Found with my Shatzy while up visiting our new grandson. Decided to take a drive along the coast and surrounding area, which is quite stunning. I'm not surprised it's stuck where it is

TFTC
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

Gps also took us to the wrong end but we quickly had it in hand. Great views, thanks for the cache!

Found it at the other end to where gps indicated. Very cacheworthy spot! Wonder what the history of this is? Thanks

Took a bit of a hunt but eventually located. Thanks

Out in a chilly day with iluvtrekking tidying up some stray caches.Glad it wasn’t a nano. Thanks for the hide

Found while visiting Whyalla for a few days with Team Waldron and TeamAstro, with the aim of finding as many caches as possible in Whyalla and surrounds. Day 1 saw us travel up from Adelaide and tour the very scenic coastline around Port Bonython and Point Lowly. On Day 2 we headed out to the Fill In The Gaps" (FITG) series, then to Iron Knob and back via the First To Find Power Trail (FTF PT) series. On Day 3 we cached in and around the City of Whyalla, and on Day 4 headed out to Whyalla Conservation Park before heading for home. Thanks for the cache DeltaDucks!

Quick find with grandson ️

Checking out more of Whyalla, the steel city, where every corner has a rusty mint tin...
and some of the nearby coast today as well.

As usual, a day packed with exercise and great views.

Spotted your cache along the way

This old beast could tell a story or two

Appreciate DeltaDucks for placing and maintaining this cache on our SA geo game map


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Searching with Purrfect Di and Jack the Monkey, finding and signing cache logs alone or with family and friends using some or all of the resources of GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife), Whereyougo, Garmin Montana 750i, Montana 680t, Etrex 35, Samsung S21u, Samsung S9, with Geocaching App, c:Geo, or Geooh Go, and Android Auto and other maps... or often with just plain old dumb luck Plenty of that luck stuff actually!!!
*Logs are composed and published using GSAK of course.*

A couple of maintenance assist tasks on the trail caches too. Looked like there had been some extreme weather since we were here last... oh yep, the floods the day after we left!!!


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Caching is a hazardous activity!
Keep a lookout for sand traps, snakes, surprise cliffs, boxing roos, wombats, bulldust, and floods,
try not to get tetanus from rusty mint tins and don't fall out of trees...
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- but especially lookout for any old bugs from alpha to omega !!! . [xx(]

Try to keep Travel Bugs as the only bugs you share and pass on
Now everything's opening more - even more important to sanitise and safely distance!!!


Really good of all those placing quality caches out and about around the countryside areas,
in sensible safe places especially! - it keeps our game safe, fun, and interesting

Thanks heaps for reading all this addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere, apparently! You win a virtual smile for the effort and getting to the end of the log





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This took us a little while to find. Beautiful place to camp. We stayed a couple of nights.

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 3: Exploring around the outskirts of Whyalla.
Whilst I followed my GPS to the wrong end, Anymules used the hind to find the cache.

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

Took a little bit of a search as the coordinates had us at the wrong end.

Thanks for the cache DeltaDucks.
Found on 17/11/21 at 12:31.
Find #14700.

TFTC. Interesting piece of history, wonder how it got here and/or what happened??

Hunted for ages ???

Away for a week on some R 'n' R from the shop and to recover from an exhausting 10th Birthday celebration for Geostuff. Out today from our campsite to find a few caches..This one was literally 200m from our campsite, We could even see our van from GZ. A quick find. TFTC

Having a mini holiday getaway to Whyalla with scramping...
A nice bit of Artistic Junk along this beautiful coastline...
TFTC DeltaDucks

What amazing stories this piece of history could tell. Took hevwalker and I alittle while to find this one...but not too long which gave us tim er to admire the magnificent views. TFTC

Day 311 ( Sunday 5th ) of our trip. Caching along the way. In Whyalla today. A total of 10 for the day and 6040 for the trip. TFTC

This weekend, jesswrigley and I headed to Point Lowly and Whyalla to scuba dive with the cuttlefish, who annually migrate there over the winter months to breed. The cuttlefish were plentiful, with the largest groups that I had seen from several prior visits there. Whyalla was a good little city, but unfortunately due to COVID-19, a number of steelworks and mine tours had been cancelled in the current times.

This morning, jesswrigley and I started our day with a cuttlefish dive at Stony Point, right before the rains were forecast to come through around lunchtime. The cuttlefish were plentiful, but the water was certainly cold at 13°C, with drysuits only providing partial comfort. A few geocaches were then found locally, followed by lunch and another afternoon dive. We then drove around the eastern side of the peninsula to Fitzgerald Bay, returning to the Point Lowly lighthouse cottages accommodation for the evening.

This was an interesting structure just left to rot/corrode away. We didn't realise that the cache was also hidden alongside this, as initially I thought they were pointing us away from the structure. After a few minutes of searching, I located the cache rather exposed. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. I've hidden the cache a little better in a location more likely to be found by Geocachers, just near the posted coordinates. Thanks askjgraz for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Having a great day caching and exploring the coast. This one made us laugh as Grandad often jokes with the grandkids about needing a ticket when we drive them to school. TFTC

Found It!
I found it at Hurtle's coordinates. A bit of touch up work (and an engine) and it should be good to go again!
TFTC

Took a few minutes to find. Eventually found about 10m from where gpsr wanted me to be.

Spending a few days in Whyalla and found a few cache, or 300!
Had managed to solve all the puzzles before coming over too.
Of the nearly 300 found on the trip over and back from Adelaide, 95% were found within 50km of Whyalla Central, with approx a dozen dnfs also. Amongst all the finds was my 17000th find.
Also managed a lot of 'unloved' finds too.
What is it with Whyalla and mint tins? lol
TNLNSL
Thanks

Cache was found in good condition on a very windy afternoon.

Unloved for 268 days

[Scrat visited your Cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822).

TFTC DeltaDucks

Slowly travelling home, enjoying the sights and smileys
TFTC

Thank you

Thanks!

Got it after reading the hint. Found with VCM. Container and log book in good shape. TFTC #ttmug ️

Would be a great spot to camp

Tftc. Quick find.

Found at 4.00pm, A great scenic drive, but I wouldn't be waiting for this one.
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

After setting up camp the night before with 3LG today we are hoping to locate as many caches in the area as possible before meeting up with The X-Trailers.We headed out towards The furtherest and worked our way back.
A great day weather wise .
After catching up with The X-Trailers we headed further nth along the coast to see some great views.
TFTC

Touring the area today with Earthlight and 3LG
Great views today from GZ
GPS had us one end cache found the other
Cache and contents all good
Tftc

After a good lunch we set off to grab more local caches and after doing the ones in the Conservation Park we tackled these ones, its a magic drive through these parts and enjoyed finding the different caches along here. We all loved this one TFTC

Hi there DeltaDucks.

We found your cache **"Tickets Please"** at 12:06:00 PM today. This cache makes our find count 14005.

We thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area. 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 started at Port Bonython and after doing a circuitous route we ended up back where we started.

Today we found 30 & DNFing 1.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 9 metres 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.

I was, very generously, offered a trip to Whyalla with Moneydork that was too good to refuse!
Today was a leisurely tour around the Whyalla area which resulted in my finding 48 smileys and with 3 DNFs

No fishing for me today but cache finding did occur
Took me a few minutes as my GPSr had me at the other end but soon enough, I had the cache in hand

TNLN. SL. TFTC DeltaDucks

On the hunt with Bear and Bell. Early start to the morning, so we had to cache for a couple of hours before we could go shopping!

Found with Tweety2 while camping out this way Oct long weekend. TFTC

Found it while out with I foundit 2. I love this whole area. Some of the best coastal scenery in the state

Found by Mary & David, in company with pprass (signed as m & p), at 1645. Our last day in the Whyalla area, and we cached around Point Lowly. This conveyance has seen better days, but a great rusty graveyard. Found quickly after consulting the hint. Our thanks to DeltaDucks.

Found at 4:47 PM GAFF5 in the company of maccamob. We signed the log book as "M & P".
Last cache for the day and what a day we had! Fantastic scenery, beautiful weather, lovely caches and great company.
We had a bit of a problem finding the cache as the GPSr indicates to search at the other end of the bus. David soon had that sorted out and at a distance of 10 metres had the cache in hand.
Thanks DeltaDucks.

Took me a while.... then I reread the hint! DOH! Even so I looked at it twice before I woke up!!! Great fishing spot. I've caught heaps of King George Whiting here (in the boat). TFTC DeltaDucks

found it we have been to this spot before we started geocaching. found a pencil so thought it may be missing but looked further and found it

found it. The clue helped me with this one after reading it again. TFTC

Could have spent all day looking for this one. Time was agin me, so took the hint
Pity about all the rubbish lying around, some ppl are just PIGS
TFTC

TFTC DeltaDucks

Only found the pencil

I can't believe I went fishing here yesterday and didn't even think to check on this cache, What is happening to me?

Thanks for the hide Andrew. TNLNSL

Found while geocaching with Ferret52. Sorry about late log only recently decided to sign up. TFTC

Quick find great view would be nice fishing spot

Found on a geo trip to Whyalla, Port Augusta, Iron Baron, Kimba and other places with The White Dog Gang and Team Waldron. A great few days with lots of interesting caches. TFTC.

Doing a Whyalla & surrounding area run with Team Waldron & Trail 06.
This was one of the many we found.
Cool spot, thanks for bringing us here
TFTC DeltaDucks

On a 3 day caching expedition to Whyall and beyond with Trail06 and The White Dog Gang.

All log books signed TW, T6 and TWDG.

We started in Adelaide went to Whyalla, Pt Lowy and Port Bonython, Iron Knob and Iron Baron, Kimba.

Apologies for the generic logs.

TFTC

Good cache
Micknellie

As there was someone just over the bank we had to use quite a bit of stealth here.
The cache was quickly located but as we didn't have any tickets we couldn't have a ride.
Thanks.

Catching up on some very late logs.
We headed out to Port Bonython for a day of sightseeing and of course caching on our last full day in the Whyalla area.
We were taking in the fantastic views as we pulled into GZ. We were not expecting what we found and even though we did not have tickets we did not think it would be an issue today.
If only this could talk.
As with most hides on these it took us a few tries before we came up with the nice hide.
So now we have validated out ticket.
Many thanks to askjgraz for placing this cache.

Thanks to the hint I found it very quickly. Thanks for the hide! A great view!

Nice views a rusty relic and on a wonderful sunny day took two circuits before we spotted the cache TFTC

Nice spot!

After a scenic drive along a very bumpy, sometimes muddy road, I made it to here
But what was here that required a ticket ?

Oh !! I see
How did this get here, or more sensible, why was this left here ? [:o]
Was this really a sharabang ?

TFTC.

Touring Australia having left Perth in late February we are leisurely touring South Australia after having attended Oz Mega.

What an amazing day we had today. Last day travelling with iluvtrekking and the weather was fantastic. The boys headed out on their own in the morning and grabbed about 10 caches before cooming back and collecting us girls.

Then it was off to Port Bonython and Point Lowly. What a fabulous area, Im sure we would never have headed out here if not for Geocaching so thankyou so much for sharing this area with us.

On our way out of the area now. Then onto tackle the August cache series before racing home to feed the cat on time!

TFTC DeltaDucks

Out and about with Felixll for the last time on this trip, tomorrow we start our long trip home.

But, as all good caches know, there is always time to gather in a few more smilies. So, we headed off to Port Bonython and we are so glad we did. It is such a beautiful spot, the views are breathtaking and we had a fantastic day.

Thanks DeltaDucks or your cache.

A few light showers throughout the day, didn't hinder our cache run too badly,
on our drive from Whyalla out to Point Lowly.
With a few bush walks and a lots of drive by's, a pleasant day was had.
Cache was an easy find, and in good condition.
Thanks for placing this cache, DeltaDucks, for us and others to find.

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a great way to explore the "land down under."
Our GPS was way out, had us searching the wrong end... we searched for quite awhile, then just when we were about to give up, there it was.
Thanks for the fun DeltaDucks!

I was out bike riding with Dad, we rode from Point Lowly to Fitzgerald Bay and back to Point Lowly via the coast road. This cache just happened to be at one of our rest stops. having been with dad when he found it made for a very easy find for me. TFTC. It really is a great spot, we have been fishing here lots of times. Dad took some photos but they would give away the hide if we posted them here.

Just a TB visit, I was out riding with the lad (The Scarlet Manuka) and we grabbed a couple of caches for him while we were out there. The cache is all good.

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 askjgraz

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 August Pipeline series then north east to Point Lowly area finishing a little earlier today at 7:30pm. TFTC.

Found it on the ground . lucky me.TFTC

Nice spot

How can anyone get tired of this view. It was a tiring job to find this but we did it. Tftc

I was here with a previous finder... Cold...warm...warmer.... really helps a lot, pity you cant add that to paperless caching. The afore mentioned previous finder rode in this bus in 1970 not long before it died out here.

A fantastic spot along this coastline, TFTC

Found with fishinsazz in the first place I looked. The hint really gave it away, but it would have been the first place I would have tried anyway.

Found with fishingmad. Dad had this one before I even got out the car. He told us where it was going to be before we even pulled up and he was right, just beating my brother to it. TFTC.

Started way off and used nouse rather than coords. Nice spot!

Hint added after Freddo made me aware it was lacking one. Down goes the Telstra share price

Hey I just saw the hint! Well done. Both Optus and Telstra now will be contacting the cache owner to remove the hint. The coords are accurate but hey they still leaves a 7m circle to cache in (think pi R squared). Hint appreciated on a structure like this one, esp when the views around a sooo nice!

Thanks to askjgraz and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Found after paffing. Without a hint this cache will always add value to Telstra shares when a cacher is in the area.

This entry was edited by Freddo on Monday, 16 April 2012 at 12:59:04 UTC.

Finally got! GeoDaughter had it in had eventually as the GPS Had us about 6m away had to use a phone a friend option. Muggle mum loved this one, i think im getting her hooked. TFTC

Got a Ticket Today, on a Public Holiday, Thankfully it's the Cache, got the heads up on this one, I too started at the wrong end. TFTHSL, cheers diggers09

Eventually found – very close to the first place I checked . . .
Was getting a bit annoyed and fortunately quitter’s luck kicked in.
Thanks askjgraz.

Nice quick find, trusting cacher's brain rather than the gps (which, like others, put me at the wrong end). TFTC

Hoping to get a Ticket, but it's another DNF ...

Found pretty quickly. Checked all the obvious spots. Was getting abit wet as it was raining on and off.

Missed it on my first sweep of the area - but found it when double checking my search. TFTC.

About to give up, but had another search and there it was.
Nicely hidden.
TNLN TFTH askigraz.

Silver for me on this one.
This little magnetic had me going for a long time on a hot day. I thought it would be down low, under or in the frame, but I was wrong. As I got to the other end of the bus I put my hand under the **** and it just fell into my hand...