Line Of Lode Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
By Phate_less on 05-Dec-12. Waypoint GC41Q0T

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

Yeah, could not spot anything within the area we were allowed to access.

Epic fail you pwned us n00bs... You are only as good as your next find.

This one is behind a fence and should not be there - needs archiving

Maybe in the authorised personnel area.

Disabled as a fence has been put in front of the object where the geocache is located.

Awesome if someone could find it still and let me know tho.

Sadly, there's now a fence in the way.. with 'do not climb the fence' notices all along it..

See note..

Not looking for this one as you need to jump the fence that is there for safety. CO should move the cache so it's accessible to all without having to jump safety fences.

Wow, that was a tough one in the heat today. The machine was so hot to be around, let alone to touch. Took about 19 minutes from jumping the fence to climbing back after the find. The geo symbol was what helped me. I had it in my hand and put it back when I saw it! Phew! Thanks for the cache. Great location.

This one was a challenge.
First, terrain should be higher as it does require go over a fence. Unless maybe if you are there business hours and have access to the machinery.
Very difficult to find, considering a log by CO and previous finders mention type of container... a bolt.
Also Co ords should be slightly adjusted. They were out by 6m ... not sure of same with other people.

Checked over a few pieces of equipment and look in all spots before settling back on the first green machine.

Muggles came past about 20min of desperate searching ask me what I'm doing... I quickly explained the game to which they didn't seem interested and my hunt continued.

After popping my sunnies off I finally spot something in the shadows that was amiss.
Woo hoo.
Found it.
Did my cache dance.
Search through the bag for a pen, signed then back on the motorcycle for some neat photos.
Brilliant cache.
Log about half full.
Container good condition.
Tftc

Today was spent totally in and around Broken Hill. I started with the Living Desert with the intention of moving on to caches in BH. However, I decided to head to Silverton first, then back to BH. I didn't realise that we were allowed on the other side of the fence, and spent 10 minutes looking all over the place in the car park. I finally ventured around to the right side, and had the cache in hand after a couple of minutes.



My thanks to Phate_less for the cache.

We weren’t going until we found it. Nice tiny geocache. TFTC

It took my whole family and 20 mins but we found it. I climbed up to the top to get a birds eye view and looked down at two suspicious bolts in the main room one was a normal bolt and I put it to the side and picked up the second one to find a geocache symbol on it. TFT awesome cache and good luck to following people. Btw I forgot to put the real one back

But cache is back in same place

Quick find after a short search
TFTC

It was super difficult but we found it in the end! A great hide. Well done! Thanks!

Had a quick 10 minute search on this cache but not one I'm prepared to spend a heap of time on when it's so potentially hard. Beautiful look out. Thanks for placing cache here.

Missed it today

Wow. We knew we were in for it after reading the last few logs before we started. Kids were super keen to give it a go. Took 4 pairs of eyes, and all of us going over every inch, we even said “alright one more look and then we are going” twice before geo daughter located the hide. Thanks for the cache, a favourite from us!

17.09.18 the GZ has now been fenced off

Looked for all of 6 seconds, didnt find it so consoled ourselves with a coffee and cheesecake. Thanks for the hide.

???? tough but awesome.

best find to date. Took 30 min and 6 people.

Awesome adventure!

We are nomads. Having left Perth WA in February 2014 we now live in our caravan and go wherever the will or caches take us.

Well after the last 24months in Queensland or Northern Territory it has been a real temperature shock to the system today! [B)] 15degrees max but it feels like 10degrees with the windchill factor.

But back in the land of the cache so off we went exploring using Geocaches as a guide. We should have had warmer clothes on though.

Loved the nearby memorial. Accessed GZ through the gate! Took a bit of a search in the chilly wind but eventually found the cache almost at our starting point.

TFTC Phate_less

Horrible. DNF. Really hard. Impossible, kind of. It was really hard because I thought I found it but it wouldn't come off.

??

Some people might be happy to climb over a barbed wire fence that's obviously designed to keep visitors out and then spend ages looking for a bloody nano in a "haystack", but not me ... I've got other places to see and other caches to get while I'm in this part of the world today, so I'll pass on this one ... but thanks for bringing me up to the Miners' Memorial all the same Phate_less, I enjoyed seeing it and the view too.

Yipeee couldn't let this one beat us. Returned today and found it. TFTC

Alas this one got the better of us. TFTC

Eagle eyed Mr Treasuretraka spotted this sneaky hide.
TFTC Phate

Very difficult. Anyone with any clues would be good

Too hard

It was a fantastic day and I spent it finding caches around Broken Hill and Silverton. Thanks Phate for the cache.

No find for this one today. Doing a trip from Lake Macquarie to Broken Hill and back, and have limited time. Probably spent to much time looking for the rating. Here we are for a third go, armed with mirrors, an other 40 mins, and still no luck. Will have to try some other time Phate.
Attempted to find this at 7:12:00 PM on 30Apr2018

My God was that hard?! But fun. TFTC.

Easy find whilst looking at the machinery and Memorial on ANZAC morning. SL TFTC

No find for this one today. Doing a trip from Lake Macquarie to Broken Hill and back, and have limited time. Probably spent to much time looking for the rating. The GZ is right near a lamp post, this is where we looked first time, now on the second visit we had a closer look at the machinery, not sure which one to look at as the clue could lead you to at least 3 items and the lamp pole. When you are 70 it is hard to bend over, and the ground is not kind to your knees. spent at least 40 mins here to no avail. Will have to try some other time Phate.
Attempted to find this at 3:57:00 PM on 24Apr2018

Cache has been replaced.

Still a “nano”

But a little larger than the traditional nano.

If your a little “rusty” at caching make sure you don’t “bolt” too fast.

Cache removed to be replaced tomorrow.

Took about 30 minutes to find and returned to owner for maintenance

Dnf

In Broken Hill from Sydney for a good look around. We fortfied ourselves at the Broken Earth Cafe while we studied the logs which didn’t tell us much except it was going to be hard to find. We visited the sobering Miners Memorial. Then off to GZ. There we found something curious — a cachers trail of sorts! Looks like others had decided to take the short way in over the fence and had even propped up a makeshift stile!

And so on with the search. We figure the terrain rating could be higher because that gravel sure does a job on your knees. Made a preliminary check and found nothing. Mrs Gaztek got Mr G situated with the phone camera and started to make some tentative tactile investigations of her own. Hey, she found it! Pure luck and a very happy team today. Loving the Hill. SL TFTC Cheers... Gaztek

Words cannot describe how happy I am to have finally found this one on my 4th attempt, the original in October 2013! When I say “I” found, it was really geoboyfriend. He’s amazing. I couldn’t believe it when he said those magic words “found it”. I needed a find today, being the only day left in March to fill on my caching calendar and this one is the only one I haven’t found in town. And we got it! Yay! Thanks Phate for much Geocaching madness in relation to this one, finally a smiley!

Found this sneaky little blighter after checking out the nearby memorial. After a string of dnf's l thought that this one may of been a bugger to find but after reading a few previous logs l figured l was at the right piece of equipment and it was a case of getting down and dirty and soon spotted the nano and very carefully plucked it into my hot little hand, (today was very hot!) signed the log and returned it safe and sound. Quickly found, some days you get lucky l suppose. Thanks Phate less for the hide.

Had a look around today.... but it was really too hot to stay out in the open for too long.

No luck we went through the fence and thought it was the green thing reading the other post I think some one took it

No luck today

Despite having the whole team hunting for almost an hour we had no luck.

Had the whole clan looking for a while with no success.

DNF 1 of 1 on a day with 3 caches found for the day

Thanks Phate_less for you addition to the caching map however this one illuded us on this occasion.

The total count for the day was 3 consisting 3 Traditionals and 1 DNF

Grand Cache count = 392 total consisting of 370 Traditionals, 15 Multi, 5 Mystery and 2 Earth

No joy.

**# 17684** Found on the NSW outback leg of our 2017 escape trip.
Another fine Spring day for a late drive around at Broken Hill with Tassie Trekkers.
Not many muggles around today, and a not so quick find here.
Mr Tassie had the right idea and after a good scratch around he finally found it.
Thanks for the cache Phate,
***Roostaman***

Today we explored Broken Hill and surrounds using Geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way with Roostaman and this was one of them. An easy find at GZ.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Meeting an old friend in Broken hill, one whom we had introduced to caching many years ago back in Adelaide we learn that he is now working for the mines here. Future seekers may want to learn that the structures have been moved a few meters tk allow for renovations so the co ords are a few meters out however the cache is on the correct equipment. Fortunately there were no muggles around at all today so we could spend time searching for one of those nasty caches. The find was made and a smiley recorded. TFTC and bringing us here.

We had no luck with this one today

2nd attempt still didn't find this cache. Will have to come back another trip.

An exciting afternoon! This one a tricky nano, found after a short search! The highlight though was meeting the cache owner who made an appearance while we were at GZ! It was a pleasure to meet them and personally thank for the cache hide. Made our day! : )

So cold and congrats to all those who did!

Too old to get down and dirty. Knee pads sound like a good purchase!

Far out! Just too hard for 4 of us! Had us crawling around on everything! GPS kept sending us to the car park where there was nothing but new cars! Wish we had the luck of those that found it in 15 minutes!

Brrrr. It is cold and windy up there this time of the year. I took some time but I found it in the end. Thanks Phate_less

Travelling from Wollongong to Birdsville and back over the July holidays for The Big Red Bash, via.... a bit of everywhere...!

We were a bit worried about finding this one, nanos on machinery are always difficult. My gps had me on the fence side, using my phone camera as a geotool when Superseb0608 (younger and more willing to get hands and body grubby) came up with the goods on the other side. TFTC

TFTC one of the hardest GPS around 6m off

Bad timing meant too many muggles, and too cold meant numb fingers not conducive to poking around.

Beautiful view but such a cold day. Thanks for the hide. So small!!
Forgot a pen

Hooray finally found it with help by my geosister which she found it long time and explain me. I am so happy to sign the log. Fav from me.

Worth the visit even though we didnt have success. Too many hidey holes and too many muggles and not enough time ahhh well thems the breaks!

This took geohubby 30 seconds to find...the cold wind must have spurred him on...tftc and bringing us here...

While on our road trip back to Qld from the Red Centre Experience, Rothy6 and I stopped here to find this cache. Fence has been erected around machinery so Rothy6 went around it and searched everywhere at GZ but could not find it. A fellow geocacher stopped to let us know it is there but a sneaky hide. Still could not find it. Had to leave as we needed to be on our way home. Maybe another time.

No luck today.

Day 8 of our road trip from the Red Centre Experience event at Alice Springs to Sydney with Wazza9 and Nana Nel. Greetings from Arizona, USA. SLO TFTC

Well this one had us thinking for a while, until wazza9 had an idea & yes he came up with the goods. Good hide. Thanks to Phate.

TFTC,
What a great day caching around Silverton and Broken Hill with skibum1 and Nana nel.
This was a challenge.
After the end of the Red Centre Experience we are caching our way home the long way so that skibum1 can experience so much of Australia.
Visited a group of trackables.

Cool day outing for geocaching plenty of historical. yay Found its really hard to find but thanks to my mobile camera.
Thanks for leading us here

On my way back from the Red Centre Experience and decided to grab a few on the way home.

This one took ages to find but perseverance paid off. Top views.

TFTC

On late afternoon, we searched for a cache for a little while, the other geocachers told us that they couldn't find it by using their mobiles then they left but we still determined to searched until sevabo used her mobile camera as a mirror then she found it oh phew! Thanks Phate for bringing us here.

14 Apr 2017, 10:06 am TFTC not found by Singum

Must be on the other side of the fence were we could go into being Good Friday, it is a nice spot and I wanted to find the chair as the motel had pic but not where so thanks

I had a decent look but couldn't find it. Had a tough time looking around what I suspect the cache was hidden in from behind the (new?) fence.

We couldn't find it, looked for a while. Oh well, another time maybe. Had fun up here anyway.

Stayed at Broken Hill For 4 nights head to Alice Springs NT for Red Centre Experience Event.
Bit searched and finally got it
Found it
Thanks Phate less

7219
Head to Alice Springs NT via Kernag Vic, Wentworth NSW, Broken Hill NSW, Port Augusta SA, Coober Pedy SA
The weather was beautiful.
Beautiful adventure of natives
Found it
Thanks for the cache Phate

Found this on the 6/1/17. It hadn't logged so now we're back in Broken Hill to pick up more & noticed this didn't log. Enjoyed the Daydream Mine tour ysday.

YAY took me 15 min to find it YAY found it TFTC

Found it on our second go. Bloody hard find but great location. TFTC!

Took a while ---- thank goodness for the knee pad we carry.

I can here yesterday. I was hoping to stay looking longer but geo family had had enough. So it's time to move on. I was hoping to get back today but ran out of time. I really wanted to clean out Broken Hill before I left. No luck. I have really enjoyed this place. Maybe this DNF is a good thing. It just means I have to come back. Thanks for a great couple of days Broken Hill.

Unbelievable ... geohubby must get a bit dirty to get this little suc...er, LoL

In the heat.
In the high muggles activity nearby.

TFTC and thanks for placing the cache in here Phate_less

Looked for ages didn't find it

Such an amazing memorial! And so much fun machinery to play on! Thanks for the cache. Found eventually with five of us looking and getting a bit dirty.

P.s. the logbook is pretty full.

Search high and lode, but couldn't find it!

On road trip from Sydney with muggles. A morning tea stop enabled a search. A nano on this? Fortunately found in a minute. TFTC.

Tricky little bugger.....interesting spot with a great view. Don't understand why everything is shut though. Thanks for bringing us up here.

Came up here last night but there was a car parked right at gz so we came back again today. These little nanos can be nasty but before too long matt_geo called out "Got it". TFTC.

Oh no, not a nano. But with four pairs of hands it didn't take long to claim the prize. This could be a spectacular spot if properly developed. TFTC

Yay. Found on second attempt. Tftc.