Scenic Drive - Nelshaby Reserve Nelshaby, South Australia, Australia
By Ferret52 on 03-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4HTN9

Super Platz zum bernachten und jetzt auch noch den Cache gefunden, perfekter Tagesabschluss! Tftc and greetings from Minimuff from Mannheim/Germany

Quick find. Found with Mogni. Plan A trip involved us going to Farina to the bakery up there since the bakery is open only 6 weeks a year and take the 4x4 so we can get more of the caches that aren't on the highway. This trip was supposed to be 3 and a half or 4 and a half days long. It turns out that life changed at the last minute and the trip got shorted to 2 days. So we travelled up just to Port Augusta to place the JAMS account virtual reward 4.0 cache and place my adventure lab cache ( and a couple more that just happened to fall out the 4x4 ). We targeted more dirt road caches since we had the 4x4 and replaced the caches that had broken containers, any caches with logs found full or almost full were replaced. The wether could have been better for the trip but all the heavy down pours happened between caches and we just cached in light rain.

Sir_spectre has been unwell for a few weeks, so we decided to take a weekend off from chores and go and have some fun. many caches were found, many caches now have new logsheets a couple of containers even got replaced. As sir_spectre had his car, so we tackled some of the dirt roads and got his car dirty.Thanks to Ferret52 from mogni

A late night journey to Adelaide, stopped over the road to survive the drive ready for an early morning departure. A quick find made.

Quick find here today on my way past, cache was easily found and is all goodWith a few days off I headed over to the northern Eyre peninsula for a 2 night stay in Whyalla, my main aim for the few days was the FITG and the FTF trail plus finding a few caches here and there along the way. Just under 300 caches found for the trip. Thanks for the cache

Out exploring. Having a good day *Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Nice easy find on finals day!

TFTC

Out and about exploring the area, checked out the nearby campground for future reference on the way past. TFTC

Nice location

Quick and easy find after a quick afternoon hike at Hells Gate Waterfall via Napperby Gorge.

TFTC my grand son found it.sooo exciting.thankyou.

Good quick find. Tftc

New container in place.

Bit overgrown cache lid is broken. Dry inside still. TFTC

Decided to free camp tonight here. Lovely place. Then discovered there was a cache nearby so had to get it

Found

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. We are enjoying our time travelling SA. Fantastic towns, ruins, beaches and cliffs. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on a geo-guided tour.

Looks like the brief warm weather had gone and rain ️ is in the way so we are out with iluvtrekking grabbing finds while we can remain dry. It’s seen better days for sure. Thanks Ferret52

Cool find

Was showing a newb the ropes of finding aches and came across this cache. It wasnt my intention to be in this area this weekend as I was initially headed to JLW - There is enough room in the log but the lid of the cache is broken and I didnt have anything remotely close to the cache holder to replace it with - unless you wanted bright green...... and this would have been far too obvious for this cache... TYFTC SL TNLN

23/4/22 found it!!! Team Gabz

Great spot to stop relax & enjoy the birdsong - tftc

Got it

Camping close by. Thanks for the dusk stroll

A Scenic Drive by name and a scenic drive by nature. Knocked off this run of caches today. TFTC

Hot in the sun

TFTC nice find out and about with geo wife LynSteNet

TFTC

Just a reminder for all geocachers to be aware of your surroundings as snakes are on the move. The cache was signed & dated before being returned back to its hiding spot.

Left Cunnamulla after QOGM 2021 heading to Sth Australia, stopped in Mount Isa for a little spell and to catch up with new friends drrnrchr and attack all the caches here. Then WA then back to Cairns June 2022. 26 October 2021 10:59 am Tyfc Ferret52 total caches now 2954

Found with (venom), TFTC

Coming back tomorrow to walk the trail

Good find beautiful location

Great spot. TFTC

Wandering around the State for a couple of weeks and caching along the way we stopped for a couple of days at Lawrie Park. T.F.T.C

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Great, easy find

Nice place good hide

Found it someone has the dragon coin wanted to see what it looked like

Found it

Well it’s 2021 and I have finally said good bye to a not so great 2020 and it was great to finally be able to have a reasonable holiday as I have not had a decent break since 2019.
Made to South Australia and finally crossing the boarder and then being greeted by a couple of very friendly SA police offices for which i had the official paper work to allow me to enter.
After making my way west along the Eyre Hwy I went as far as Penong and the Eyre Hwy which I have not travelled along since the late 70’s when I was on a holiday with my folks and this was the last holiday before I started full time work as a sparkie and finding a few caches as I go.
Geocaching when towing a van is not always easy and I have to be a bit selective on which ones I decide to try and find for safe parking purposes especially along busy highways.
So then it was down to the Eyre Peninsula to see the sites down there Venus Bay, Coffin Bay National Park and Lincoln National Park were some highlights and I will come back again to have a better look around.
So after nearly 2 weeks spent on the Eyre Peninsula it was time to start heading back to Victoria but another lockdown in Vic has just occurred so now to change my plans again.
So Port Germaine was my next target for the night.
Another morning spent driving in the rain as I have not had the best weather on this trip what ever happened to summer.
The rain has stopped and as I have rounded the the bay and heading back down south the weather is beautiful on this side of town.
I have finally reached my destination for the night which is Port Germein so time to set up.
Another nice day is beaconing so I did the pier walk early which in my mind I had walked half way to Whyalla by the time I got to the end.
So now to tackle some caches around the town then widen my search area.
Continuing along the scenic drive which is way nicer then the main Hwy route to head south.
Just as I pulled up here 2 cars and a motor bike also pulled up so I checked out the information board “made a couple of phone calls” and the occupants finally decided to go for a walk so I was able to look for this one.
Made a bit of a noise going in due to the long grass and very warm weather but I didn’t notice any wriggly sticks lucky enough.
After a bit of a search I soon spotted the cache, added my name to the log and on to the next one.
Thanks Ferret52 TFTC.

Took a few mins to find this one tucked behind the dry grass.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Found by The Noodler.

In amongst the marshmallows on a lovely sunny day. TFTC

Found last night after a walk around the dam, didn't have a pen so returned this morning to log the cache. TFTC

Found with Jac-Jam while stay at the nearby camp area. a quick find after stomping around is some long grass hoping all the snakes were asleep. TFTC.

Thanks
Swap left
No path tags today

Got stuck into the new year today with Mr Froghoppin,
a nice drive and cache hunt on a cool rainy day!
Might be a nice place to wander around on a less rainy day.
Quick find and sign,
tftc Ferret52

Well camflagued, this took us a while to find, we thought the gps was not working well, but we weren't giving it enough attention.
We thought this was a good place to drop off the geocoin we had picked up earlier in the day. I am sure one of the holidayers camped near by will pck it up and take it urther on its way, but in the mean time there are good views of montain and sea from here.
TFTC

97th official day of our Australia Lap. With UMeHedgiE, Hippo380, the Great Patrini and Bellarina.

Random geocaching on our 4 month road trip Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania Adelaide, Alice Springs and back to Perth with Tessplus3, Hippo380, The Great Patrini (TGP)& Bellarina. TFTC

Enjoyed a picnic lunch here. Climbed the steps to behold the dam but alas it was bone dry

Out for another day of caching while waiting on van repairs. Whatever would we do without caching. Decided to take a different road to previously travelled. This scenic drive road showed a different aspect. Seems to be the place to live. New work at gz had us worried but cache all secure. Tftc

Unexpected stay in pirie was a good excuse to grab a few local caches. Good coords, TFTC!

Hi there Ferret52. This cache was found on a day out caching and touring about Port Pirie. The container and log are in good condition - SL. Thanks to Ferret52 for this cache - our find # 6223.

Nice easy find

Very dry here. Had a very windy morning. TFTC

Up for a gymnastics competition, quick geocache while we had the chance

Found with geoschnauzer, no pen/pencil so couldn't write in log. Tftc

Area overgrown but coordinates spot on tftc

TFTC

Pearl09

Took a couple of attempts in the rain, but found it eventually. TFTC

Staying close by
Thanks

Great cache and lovely area. TTB LTB

A quick find. TFTC

Found it in the first place I should have looked.... tftc

Found

Taking the scenic route home from the Oz Mega. A quick find here. TFTC

Hi there Ferret52.

We found your cache **"Scenic Drive - Nelshaby Reserve"** at 2:47:00 PM today. (This makes our find count 15989).

We cached around Gladstone, Port Pirie and Napperby today. On our trek we found a variety of container types. & ended up finding 32 caches with 0 DNF's.

Thanks for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

###Thanks for not placing an eclipse tin or a 200ml Sistema here. Once upon a time caches seemed to be "regular" sized,and well stocked with goodies for kids to swap. Nowadays it seems like every other cache is small and devoid anything to induce children to enjoy the hunt. It made us feel really good to find this cache in a "special" place.###

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

TFTC
On my way to the Red Centre Experience, camping down the road, so why not grab a cache while there is still light.
I dropped of a 'Pocket CITO'
Cheers
Seemyshell

We are heading to Alice Springs for the Red Centre event stopping and finding a few caches along the way.
This road was extra scenic today with the sun reflecting off the mountains to the right and a huge rainstorm looming in from the left making us uncertain whether we would be able to finish without getting wet.
The storm clouds to our left are now getting very close but they still haven't reached us and they are also starting to come from around the hills as well. There has been a lot of new work being done near where the GPSr was pointing in the way of the new fence but we are happy to say that the cache is still safe and sound and the log book now contains our name.
Thanks but once again for the cache.

#6443 - 15:00; Day 6 of the Alice Mega Road Trip with Sol de lune and now albida33 who joined us this morning for the rest of the trip, so most logs were signed S.A.L. as a result. After a second night in Burra, we were now caching our way to Port Augusta via Spalding, Gulnare, Crystal Brook, Port Pirie, Napperby, Weeroona Island and Baroota. After finishing our run through Port Pirie, we were now back on the Scenic Drive through Napperby and Nelshaby on our way to Weeroona Island. A productive run with eight finds from eight attempts, stopping at a variety of interesting places along the way. TFTC Ferret52

Alice trip 2017. Day 4. Today was the day I caught up with Sol de Lune and LuckL10n in Burra. We joined forces for the journey to Alice Springs. Today was a short trip to Pt Augusta collecting plenty of caches along the way.

Thanks.

22859.50 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Victoria Bushfire Silver A#131

Albida

On the road to the Alice Springs Mega with LuckyL10n and Albida33. We headed through Burra and Port Pirie before arriving in Port Augusta for the trek up the highway. Collected a good number of caches and all were found with no issues and the logs were soon signed. (Some logs were signed as S.A.L. to save space.)

Thanks for the cache and fun in getting to it and finding it.

After overnighting in Port Pirie it is time to continue our journey northward to the Oz Mega Event in Alice Springs. But first we must place some more smiles on the map for this area.

We've done enough around town and it's now time to hit the road and head north. Can't be damned going up the main road so we are going to take these back roads.

Sorry for the template log but we've left it too late to log this to remember individual caches.

TNLN SL TFTC

Thanks for taking us off the main drag.

In Port Pirie for a few days on our way to the mega in Alice Springs. TFTC

Port Pirie
Have booked into the caravan park for a couple of nights. We sure need it with the outside temperature of 45degrees.
After arriving we did some caching in the town area before returning to the caravan for lunch.
In the afternoon we headed north to Weeroona & then home by Scenic Drive. A great tikik tour of the area.
Thanks for placing this cache Ferret52

TFTC Ferret52

Couldn't find this one. Lots of soursobs. GPS said I was on top of it but I just couldn't find it. Also lots of muggles started showing up. Will come back another time.

Took a bit to find soursobs gave taken over

Camped nearby in Lawrie's Park, oxalis very wet and long.

Took a little bushwalk now in winter, but found it!

Found It!
TFTC

Nice one

Coords were good.

Nicely placed near our camp site.

Greynomads - Bill and Diana TFTC TNLN SL

Bit of a search as co-ords out, but eventually found. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 07.739 E 138° 06.747

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 07.742 E 138° 06.745

Distance from original: 20.8 feet or 6.4 meters.
Check on coords with two devices - like having 2 watches which one is correct. Minor update

found on a day out caching with TK2, nice and hot getting on and off the back of the bike, tftc

I was, very generously, offered a trip to Whyalla with Moneydork that was too good to refuse!
Today was a working day so while Moneydork worked, I cached Whyalla and the FTF PT
Then after he'd finished work in Whyalla, it was off to Port Augusta for more work, then we finally headed home ...still caching of course! [^]
Sadly, today was a day of 7 DNFs although 58 finds were made and the last cache of the day for me was a FTF at Redhill

Another scenic cache on our way home

TNLN. SL. TFTC Ferret52

I found this cache on my return trip from Whyalla to Adelaide.
It's a long way so we limited the number of caches we found.

Today we are on our way to Wudinna grabbing caches along the way, it was nice to be taken of the main road and discover these spots we have never travelled, saw some cool things along the way and the house with the old cars on the piles of rocks was cool to see. TFTC

Over from Whyalla staying with Ferret52. TFTC

Night time find. Watch your footing as the area is overgrown (winter)

An area I haven't explored before. North to south traverse on a beautiful afternoon.
This took a bit longer than I thought it would, but the prize was gained in the end.
TFTC Ferret52 )
3:46 pm - Find #1755

Didn't originally find this, but after having just met the CO at the nearby travel bug hotel, we'd gotten an extra clue so was pleased to have this one crossed off our list.

Thanks for the cache Ferret52.

A quick trip back to Pirie with Genghicat to visit the parents saw us grab a few more caches

TFTC