Hale Hike Half Way Williamstown, South Australia, Australia
By ajtmb on 30-May-12. Waypoint GC3MGBT

It is probably there but I couldnt find it and I spent at least 5 to 10 minutes looking

Thanks guys, might need a bit of TLC though because the pen didn't work and there was a bit of water in it. Nice location.

I've been meaning to do the 4 km hike in the Hale Conservation Park for a long time now, and today was the day, with sunny skies and a coolish temperature. Enjoyed a very scenic walk with some great tracks and nice views over the landscape. Thanks for the cache ajtmb!

Thanks

A couple of quick caches after a late Christmas lunch, partly to try and walk some of it off, but mainly to maintain a streak. Today has been the coldest Christmas Day in Australia that I can remember, and some light rain was falling as started the walk. I was the only person on this circuit today. This is my final cache left to be found on the Hale Circuit; Id saved a couple for a day like today. Knowing the circuit, I went anticlockwise to the cache, then back the way I came. Still full from lunch! The cache is holding up well for its age.Thanks for this hide ajtmb.

Certainly an interesting park but with plenty of views. Log book is a bit on the damp side but is in a plastic bag. Able to SL. TFTC atjmb.

Easy find, log wet and mouldy. Replaced with some spare pages and double bagged - that was all we had on us. Looks like the container might need to be replaced at some point. TFTC HouseofJones

Very wet mouldy and rotten inside the container. Couldn’t sign the log book
TFTC

Will do a maintenance walk soon, If you get there before me, your welcome to remove the wet log book and replace it. Thanks

Found it, was wet inside

Was wet inside, log was mouldy

Half way. That means I still have half way to go. TFTC

My husband came along with me but he was busy with his metal detector. An enjoyable walk around Hale Conversation Park.

Found it nice and easy.

Thanks ajtmb for the cache

TFTC

Out for a walk in Hale Conservation Park for Father’s Day today. Great weather and no DNF’s lead to a great day. This cache is one that was found on our loop.

Find #4540 on 4 Sep 2022.
TFTC ajtmb!

Steep

I recently completed the one cache find in each of the 360 degrees from home location challenge. I have now decided to continue and aim for five finds in each of the 360 degrees. Today I was targeting specific caches in missing cells for this challenge and a few solved mysteries along the way. Very enjoyable to be out and about in the glorious sunshine.

This trail through Hale Conservation Park was the main target of the day. This is my favourite type of caching where I can park my car, strap on my hiking boots and hit the walking trails.

Sadly no animal encounters today but some nice views along the way and of course a good amount caches to keep me busy.

Thanks for the cache ajtmb.
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Found it nice walk

Half way, is that all. A long way home from here. Thanks ajtmb.

Replaced the wet notebook. The container looks waterproof enough, may not have been closed properly at some stage. TFTC

Found with JayG10 and fluffymaxi.
Log is damp

I've been thinking about doing this hike (and caches, of course) for a while, having passed the reserve a lot of times. Today was the day. I found all except one. A very pleasant walk on a nice cool day. Thanks ajtmb.

First visit to Hale and it's lovely. Great walk with lookouts and views! Cache found, log signed and placed back. TFTC!

Found it signed as Brown Family

TFTC ajtmb

It's a bit soggy, may need a new log book or container at some point tftc!

A nice easy find. Tftc

We are in QLD so will fix it when we get back latter this yr, You can log the cache even if you did not sign the log book becouse its wet.

Found but couldn't sign due to water damage.

Quick find from previous a catchers hint, much appreciated!

TFTC

In and around Williamstown for the weekend, first walk around Hales, oh, for a hint!... Tree fork for the next finders.

TFTC

Visiting from Tassie and out on a geocaching day trip with gridge98 we had Hale Conservation Park on our itinerary. A nice walk and a good hide ??

A nice walk around the loop to this cache,the cache was found nicely hidden and is okay

Today Nettieknows and I headed to Hale Conservation Park to complete the loop walk before going to the Barossa for lunch and collected a few caches on the way home. Total of 19 caches for the day.

Thanks for the cache

No 3 on todays trail

Found it!

Ta

Pearson's found 13/4/20

Found by the Aussie branch of Dobie's Pride & Nick plus a million flies

Thanks for this cache. Found today on an almost perfect day for hiking - not too hot not too cold except for a very brief rain shower that had a bit of wind. Found by the Aussie branch of GronwoldFamily/Dobie's Pride along with Nick - first timer, and a million or so flies.

Found it

Found quickly whilst doing the Hale hike this morning SL TFTC

We were about to go on a maintenance walk around Hale Hike when Ian and Penny, who were camped nearby, said they were going out to grab this series. They offered to take some spare new containers from us and replace those that needed it, as well as check on the others. Big thanks to them for helping us out with this. Cheers, ajtmb.

Geocaching with jesswrigley on a nice Autumn day. The plan was a hike around Hale Conservation Park that took a few hours, which was a nice walk seeing mica deposits, a dry waterfall, and views of the surrounds, followed by a stop for afternoon tea at a Kerrsbrook cider place.

The coordinates were good (GPS showed accuracy here), and logbook in good shape. Another location with great views, thanks ajtmb.

Beautiful day for a hike around the Hale Hike Loop! We were lucky enough to get a day off work and enjoy the weather!

i there ajtmb.

We found your cache **"Hale Hike Half Way"** at 10:57:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 22035).

We started the day off by heading out to do the Hales" loop walk. We headed out in an anti-clockwise direction, because we thought it would be the easy way. We (well Ian anyway) thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area. We ended up finding quite a variety of large container types hidden along our route.

We found 10 caches today & DNF'd 1. Thanks for placing the cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.
##Thanks for placing a large cache here. It made us feel really glad to find a large, kid friendly cache (with swaps) here. ##

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** Cache needed some maintenance, so we made the repair and restored the cache.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Container is broken. Needs to be replaced ASAP. TFTC

Half way on a very hot day tftc

TFTC.

Nice

Behcj. Cold morning for a walk. Tfth. 90 down. Note book wet and container damaged

Out & about on another adventure with froghoppin...today's destination Hale Conservation Park...
We made it to the halfway point...good spot to stop for refreshments...spectacular views near here and we saw an unusual growth on a tree...
Cache needs some TLC...I think something has been nibbling it...
Thanks ajtmb

Out with Hevwalker for an afternoon walk around the Hale loop, half way point reached unfortunately container is in more shape with a couple of holes left covered to keep out the moiture
TFTC ajtmb

Out for a cache today.
Filling in the ones I missed a few years ago, and a lovely day for a brisk walk around the loop.
Thanks for placing these out there ajtmb

A lovely day for a walk and an easy find at GZ. Co Rainer has suffered a bit and could use a replacement.

Thanks for the cache ajtmb.
Found on 25 Apr 2018 at 12:02:44 pm.
Find #6401

Both Bri and Sal ventured out today for a lovely walk around Hale Conservation Park. We met up with Anymules and Kiwi Ozzie at the parking area for a clockwise loop along the Hale Hike Loop. What can I say, this walk is fantastic with ever changing scenery and terrain. [^] Finding 10 caches as we walked around was just a bonus. Then it was off for lunch in Williamstown. [8)]
Another quick find. Is is us or is this gonna take longer than the two hours they suggested. [:o)][B)]


**Thanks ajtmb for this cache. **

Half way done on the loop with a very tired geopup. TFTC

A damaged cache container. Still some worthwhile swaps for the geokids. Tftc.

Found It!
A quick find here on the way past. This trail was surprisingly busy today...
TFTC

Cache little worse for wear. Was exposed prob from storms. Re hidden. Gr8 hiking trail. One of my favs

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Found along the hike on a beautiful day. Thanks for bringing us here

""Sneaky Squeaky" Woz ere" A quick but enjoyable find. From Me To You From SQ72 T.F.T.C

Headed out today with sneaky squeaky to grab the caches in the Hales conservation park, the weather was great for us today and we managed to grab all the caches in the area while grabbing the clues for the letterbox cache. TFTC

Half way on me healthy, Hale hike today,
and a cache was found
Putting it back,
I was almost snuck up on by muggles [:o]
First one's I have seen today

TFTC and exercise

Woo hoo, half way and we are really enjoying this trail. The native vegetation is gorgeous. Thanks for the hunt this afternoon: )

Nice one!

Found while doing the Hale loop walk - signed log

Found

Another nice spot. TFTC

5 and counting

Wolf-fox found it! TFTC

While staying nearby in Williamstown we took the opportunity to walk this very pleasant trail. 24 degrees and plenty of shade followed by increasing cloud cover made for a very enjoyable walk

How nice to walk a trail and find all containers in good condition and with plenty of swaps
This would definitely be a good trail for families

Many thanks for a great series and for giving us a bit of much needed exercise ajtmb[^]

Our last full day in the Barossa so we headed out with iluvtrekking to grab as many finds as we could. Took all the back country lanes - our type of caching. The two geo-men volunteered to do the walk and managed to find all containers and be back at the car within 1 hr15 mins. Thanks ajtmb

The last day of our SA caching holiday with richlink dawns and we are off to places a bit farther a field in a quest to grab as many smilies as we can in the time we have left. Thanks for your cache ajtmb the two menfolk set off on this little adventure while we waited in the car.

Halfway there!

Found with gugless. Tftc.

Once again out in the Mt Crawford area with Debandy and the Geo son attacking another outbreak of cache. Many cache were defeated in the assault and much fun was had by all.

Thanks for the cache!

Out in the area again with Cows with guns and his calf finding many caches on such a beautiful day.
Thanks for the cache.

Out with the North of the Cross geocaching group doing a hike in some beautiful weather. Hale Hike loop was the plan for the day.

Woo hoo half way, lets stamp a geocaching log and keep going.

Found on a great hike with the scouts. TFTC

Halfway and we had found our pace, we quickly located and signed this cache noting that halfway was not halfway from where we started.
TFTC

Great view tftc

Roverrock is correct - great view but I suspect better views are to come once the rain goes away! Cache quickly in hand and at least the climb up the hill is keeping us warm On to the next cache.

I'd thought that 2 hours for a 4k walk was a bit excessive, but I've been going for nearly an hour and just found the Half Way cache. Thanks ajtmb

Found while walking the loop - did not see anybody else today! Took nothing. Left nothing. TFTC.

TFTC.

Tricky but we got it in the end.

Thank you ajtmb for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.
Found 6 June 2015 3:12PM Find # 348

Did the hale trail to finally do some of ajtmb's (my parents) caches.

Did the hale trail to finally do some of ajtmb's (my parents) caches.

Fifth find on the loop. TFTC!

With a bit more time to spare today I returned to walk the entire loop (& collect the rest of the caches along it[^])
Cheers & TFTC ajtmb

Tftc

Half way and really enjoying this walk, it's definitely a hidden gem!

Found this one while out with ttrogg for a great day in the hills.
TFTC ajtmb

Been wanting to walk this circuit ever since the Hale Hike series came out, hard to say why it's taken so long but finally, after getting DPA outa bed, today was the day.
And what a great little area it is, nice walking only path most of the way, terrain enough to get the heart working but not the legs hurting. Another new favourite area.
Thanks for the series and cache ajtmb

found with ryanmc05

Found #5 for the day

Found with ryanmc05

It was not quite all down hill from here (wishful thinking). A very lovely day for a stroll in the hills though.

TFTC

Nice little hide, and a lovely loop track to walk. TFTC!