Peat's Grave Mooney Mooney, New South Wales, Australia
By barefootjeff on 18-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4X42A

Sadly this cache has been muggled and, with the reserve being increasingly used as a rubbish dump, it's time for it to go. Thanks to all those who took the time to walk up the hill to the historic gravesite. Rest in peace Frances Peat.

This was a triple treat! First the history lesson, then the cool spot for a campfire, but the best of all was the wildlife. A big bush turkey has built a massive nest only metres from the site. Please be careful not to disturb it when visiting. Tftc

After driving past many times over the years on the way to visit family on the coast, we finally decided to stop! Gorgeous little spot! And nice to learn some history! TFTC

Found. Enjoyed learning a bit of the local history. Thanks

Quick find with sjg66

Found with O319 on our way north. TFTC

Found with Shaneo58 on a nice day in late autumn, with temperatures in the low 20s. We just wanted to find some after a long break due to travel restrictions, for the last two months. We came down to the Central Coast to catch up on some old ones. We did an u-turn near here so came here also. Log signed and caches replaced as found. Thanks For The Cache barefootjeff
# 2343 at 9:59:00 AM on 30May2020

Found along with Bill Hill531.TFTC Bare foot Jeff.

Have wanted to do this one for a while. Driving past it twice every day has been annoying. But today was the day. An early mark from work and chance to stretch the legs up a hill. What a fantastic spot. Great history and some great views if you explore a bit further.
FP from BFJ, many thanks for the cache.
Dropped off a trackable coin to help it on its way.

I've been driving this road for over 40 years and remember the old road before the current road was built and never knew Peat was buried here. Thanks for the History lesson and cache.

We’re here from Texas visiting family while this coronavirus madness is going on. Just spent four days in Avoca beach. We are part of the CMA ( Christian motorcycle Association) back home. We have reservations to rent a bike for 4-5 days beginning in April if God willing. Enjoyed the story here. I feel this would be a good place for a mother that has lost a child to come and reflect. SL T- pictures of butterflies in the area. L- toward our temp Home away from our Permaculture Homestead till things calm down for us to leave. TFTC Peace with Gods Blessings

Made the hike coming back to Sidney from Avoca Beach weekend. Not s bad hike but can tell I’m outta shapes

Needed a break on our drive we saw this little stop and learnt some history about the area.

I read about this grave and have been looking for it unsuccessfully. Delighted that a geocache brought me here

Located at 10:58am. #1016.

A stop off to stretch the legs allowed me to jog around and head up the hill to make the find. Great views especially as the morning was nice and misty. Paid my respects at the grave and soon after had CIH.

Upon descending, the rain started and was incredibly refreshing. Hopefully it continues for awhile.

Cheers for the placement Barefootjeff.

Большое Спасибо! תודה! L’chaim! TFTC!

- Alephroom.

It seems the Central Coast Council are updating the date on their Service Interruptions due to Bushfires page but not its content, as the reserves I've checked are all open again. With milder conditions and some significant rainfall in the forecast, cache on!

Needed a toilet break on the way back home so I stopped by to find this cache. Thanks for bringing me here!

Central Coast Council has again closed all bushland parks and reserves ahead of this weekend's extreme fire conditions. The latest information can be found on the Central Coast Council's [Service interruptions due to bush fires](https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/council/news/service-interruptions-due-to-bush-fires) page.

The council bushland reserves are open again but may close during total fire bans or other extreme conditions.

All Central Coast Council bushland parks and reserves are now closed until further notice.

Found on the way to Newcastle TFTC well maintained.

Im really disappointed I didn’t have my camera with me. Dusk up here was beautiful.

The original container was starting to show its age, with some fine cracks appearing in the base and lid, so I've replaced it with a nice new one.

The park has reopened, with no fires reported during Tuesday's extreme conditions.

The reserve is currently closed due to catastrophic fire danger conditions. Please do not attempt this cache until the area has been reopened.

Cute location though the path is creepy

Found valve bouncing

Now we are heading north. On our stop here we found that cache. Unfortunately there is a lot of rubbish in this area although there are lots of bins nearby.
Einen lieben Gruß hinterlässt die GYLDe in dieser nun lachenden Schatzkiste DFDC

Vielen Dank für's Herlocken, Legen und Pflegen!
Many thanks for placing and leading me out here!
Bedankt voor het plaatsen en om me naar hier te lokken!
¡Muchas gracias por este cache que me ha traído hasta aquí!
¡Moltes gràcies per amagar i per mostrar-nos aquest indret!
Merci pour cette cache et les amener aussi à ce endroit!
Graças para o cache, Grazie per questo Cache, Obrigado por isso Cache!, Takk for at Cache, Tack för att Cache, Tak for denne Cache, Kiitos, että Cache, Ačiū už tą talpyklą, Paldies par šo Cache, Aitäh selle eest Cache, Dzięki za Cache, Díky za keš, Hvala cache, Köszönjük, hogy a cache, Önbellek için teşekkürler, Ευχαριστώ για τη μνήμη cache, Спасибо за то кэш, 感謝您的高速緩存, Dankon pro la kaŝmemoro!

TFTC Barefootjeff. I enjoyed finding this cache.The bush turkeys here are amusing, the dumped rubbish is not.

Tftc.

Shame that humans are disgusting. Amount if rubbish and crap around here makes me embarrassed to be a human!

Found it as part of Team NZ Mega 2020..
On our way to airport. We decided to find this one. A nice little spot.
TFTC

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* 20 years of geocaching worldwide.
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* And it's 2020 - all the 20s!

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Found this one with team NZ MEGA 2020 as we were passing through the area, over here in Australia for the GeoMuster mega event in Wollongong. Heading back to Sydney today to fly home tonight.

This was a really cool little spot and glad we pulled off the highway to make a find here. Interesting but sad history here. One of us deciuded to go for the direct route, despite the rest of us suggesting the road was the better path - and we beat him to GZ, obviously. Thanks for bringing this spot to our attention, bfj. TFTC!!!

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Planning for the [NZ Mega 2020](http://nzmega.com) event is well underway. It will be held in Auckland over Labour Weekend, 23 to 26 October 2020. It's going to be a massive celebration of geocaching:

* 20 years of geocaching worldwide.
* 20 years since New Zealand had the very first geocache hidden outside of USA.
* And it's 2020 - all the 20s!

Talk to your geo-friends and start planning to be part of [this event](http://nzmega.com) - you won't want to miss it!

A group of five of us from Auckland, New Zealand have embarked ourselves upon Australian territory to wile away the time here at the 2019 MEGA and to gather up some old caches and see the country while we’re at it.

We had seen this cache on FMZ's radar on our way a few days ago (he wanted to do one of this C.O's caches), but it was dark so I thought better of it since I happened to be navigator at the time, glad we ignored this until the day time and now on our way back to the airport sort of, we came in here for a look-see.

It was a lovely walk up and while my geomates went the long way, I went the more direct way and would have been more successful if it wasn't for the bush bach that was ahead of me! Now, I'm a kiwi that's never been bitten by a snake, a reputation I'm wanting to maintain for some reason... so I decided to join the path my mates had wisely chosen. However, I still wanted to be the one who found this cache first so to speak, and that I did, by walking up past the graves and soon had it in hand. rusty took some fotos and we meandered slowly back to the car the way we came and headed south.

All logs while in Australia were signed as NZ MEGA 2020 to save space. We are FMZ, Agazo, rustynz, harisree and myself.

Day 6: A group of Westies (rustynz, harisree, Gorby, FMZ and Agazo - temporary Westie visa holder), are in Australia from NZ to attend the OZGeoMuster MEGA in Wollongong. All logs have been signed NZMEGA 2020

Well gorby went right, and the rest of us went left, and we ended up meeting somewhere in the middle

A short walk from the grave, and the cache was soon located. Photos taken, log signed and we were on our way. Thanks for the hide and the history barefootjeff

This is the sixth day of caching for Team NZ Mega 2020, which includes Harisree, rustynz, FMZ, Gorby, and yours truly. We are now heading back towards the airport picking up a few as we go.

Gorby tried to make a beeline to GZ, but then decided better and came with the team aklong the road. He was then able to find the cache ahead of us. TFTC.

***[======== NZ Mega 2020 ========](http://nzmega.com)***

Planning for the [NZ Mega 2020](http://nzmega.com) event is well underway. It will be held in Auckland over Labour Weekend, 23 to 26 October 2020. It's going to be a massive celebration of geocaching:

* 20 years of geocaching worldwide.
* 20 years since New Zealand had the very first geocache hidden outside of USA.
* And it's 2020 - all the 20s!

Talk to your geo-friends and start planning to be part of [this event](http://nzmega.com) - you won't want to miss it!

Log later

Whilst not a particularly long walk from the track head, I made it as hard as possible for myself by accidentally taking every incorrect path on the way. As soon as I got to the grave I spited the hide though, and I soon had CIH. Spotted TB41ZQY while I was visiting.

TFTC

Found this cache after completing Hawkesbury Heights #5 Suspended Splendor with the Owner of this cache as he made his milestone 1000th cache find.
After arriving back to our cars, I made my way to this cache to make the find just as night was falling. TFTC Jeff, Fave Point for showing me this historic gravesite

What a great spot - have been to Deerubbin to launch the kayak several times, but there always seemed to be roadworks preventing me from making it to this location. TFTC.

On our way from Sydney to the Central Coast for a day of Good Friday geocaching. We stopped in here for a picnic breakfast. Lots of families and fisherman gathering and, of course, the obligatory coffee vans and Mr Whippy. We headed up towards GZ and almost fell for the direct route but decided to turn back to the not less-travelled road when dense overgrowth got in our way. Tragic little gravesite. And a shame that this whole area is not better maintained. Went up to check out the view after finding the container. Parking almost full by the time we returned to the car. SL TFTC Cheers... Gaztek

I parked at the main parking area near the toilets as I wanted to do a bit of walking after 2.5 days in the car. I walked around the the start of the track and headed in. I came to a fork in the track and the right way pointed to the cache in 120 metres, the left track went in the opposite direction. So I took the right track, bit of a mistake here coz it very quickly disappeared into the wilderness, the path got thinner and thinner and got sucked into the dense overgrowth. I was carrying my walking pole so I trudged onwards, I came to a massive boulder, taller than me and I clambered around until I could get myself up there and continued over the boulders, "hopping" from one to the next, This really REALLY tested my knee today as I am always so scared to hurt it after the injuries of previous years. I saw a little clearing and as I got to it I saw a path, the grave and that the path led to the LEFT choice in the fork!!! I was shattered. hot and tired I looked at the grave to pay my respects, children resting always make me want to cry, no-one should outlive their kids. I took myself up the the little cave so I could rest in the cool shade and then would attempt to find the cache in a few minutes, I sat down, got out my drink bottle, took off my hat - looked around and saw the neat cairn. Oh there - just a little out of reach, I will get it in a minute. guzzled the drink, took a photo from my vantage point and then grabbed the cache, dropped in a discoverable trade pack and replaced as found. Since I made it this far I decided to pop up top for a look at the view - so glad I did, an easy peasy clamber and I was on top of the world, I could see my car and wished for a parachute or flying fox. I turned and headed back down - on my bottom so I wouldn't slip. I made it back to the car - 2km round trip for me with all the extra wandering. Grabbed a caramel nut sundae from the ice cream van and found out it was 27 degrees today. Back to the car and off I went again. Thanks for taking me up there and I must trust the left! I am a lefty after all.

Mission! But well worth it. What a view!!!

Found this on our way to Morriset for a few days, as we always stop here for our lunch spot and have known it was here, just never went for the find, so was determined to get it this time. The view from the top looking towards the bridge and the river was fantastic as there were plenty of boats out on the water.
We were able to drive right to the grave. would not attempt in a low 2wd.
Fav point from us.
Thanks barefootjeff for the hide

Great cache! Thank you:)

Great cache!
Easy find
Starting trackable bob on his adventure!

Two novos stopped by today on the way home from picking up our much loved [Green Lantern geocar](https://coord.info/TB79T29) from being repaired (under warranty) after it suffered catastrophic engine failure on NYE. The car died on the M1 at Wyong on my way to Muswellbrook for a gig and got towed to a facility 200m from this GZ. When I went to retrieve it, I was very sad that it looked like it was all over. I figured that I would turn the car's light stalk or "RX4" marque or something into a hitchhiker and drop the TB here into Peat's Grave where it would be sure to live on. Seemed fitting for a few reasons...

But it turns out the Green Lantern lives!

I can't describe how great it is to have this car back. It is part of the family. For one, I can start geocaching again - sharing a car has been most difficult! After stopping by Deerubbin Reserve nearby for some soccer, we drove up to the top here, parked the Lantern so that it could overlook the EXACT location where it was left for dead ~2 months ago, and walked the 12m to this cache to mark the momentous occasion. We SLTN but left one of the 16 broken valves in the cache as SWAG. A collector's item I'm telling ya. TFTC, Jeff. We had been saving this find for a special occasion. This will do it!
#859

What a piece of history. TFTC

A routine check today ahead of its fifth birthday next week. All in good condition and still heaps of room in the logbook.

Woohoo!! Find #100 !! Great views. TFTC.

Came out for a boat trip, found above the launch. Great bit of history, TFTC from the UK

Great cache, thanks

Stopped by here whilst waiting for the rest of the crew before setting of on a kayaking adventure. A quick find after a short walk. TFTC

Pity it’s a bit overgrown up here as there may have been some nice views. At least the grave has been tended to. TFTC and the history lesson.

Interesting spot didn't even know this existed. Tftc

We decided to do the drive up. Hope the car is ok. Probably would have been better with a 4WD but all is good as were able to make the find pretty quickly. Grest spot TFTC

When I come to a rest area I generally check whether there is a cache nearby, they tend to be. This cache I would class as one of a few which stands out, not only because of the walk to get there (shame on the junk littered on the path) but also getting to young frances grave sight and stumbling on cache hidden in a cave. Thanks for cache description, voted. Tftc

Nice spot, great views

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TFTC Lovely view of the river

nice hide found on way home from Sydney to Newcastle with Djant tftc

Found with Jedi _Anakin
Thanks for the cache barefootjeff
This is my 830 find
Nice place would never had thought there was a grave here

Our first cache stop in NSW for the weekend. A interesting spot. Shame for all the rubbish scattered around. A quick find and sign. The resident brush turkey didn’t seem to mind our presence either... much too busy scratching all the leaves together. TFTC!

Awesome cache; awful to see all the litter and refuse on the path leading up to the grave. It must have been such a peaceful site when the grave was first laid, now with the constant noise of the highway and all the rubbish...

Still, really nice views of the river and the bridge.

Found on a break from driving

TFTC

First geo of our east coast road trip!

Out for afternoon stroll from overnight camp site. Interesting bit of history.

A lovely view from near the spot. Thanks!

Lived in the area for 14 years and never knew about this place. Great to learn more about local history. Nice easy find and nice view from top of rocks. TFTC

TFTC

We were travelling up to Port Stephens and needed to have a morning tea stop after travelling on Pennant Hills Road. As we boiled our billy, about a dozen Brush Turkeys stalked us. They were quite entertaining. Then we went for a walk up to this cache. A good break after that stressful drive. Left a TB. TFTC

Interesting story and site... Love this spot!! Tftc

TFTC

Arrived at the boat-ramp for a meeting ahead of time and found this great story and place. Driven past so many times and never knew. TFTC

An FP for combining history, nature and sightseeing for a stop from driving. TftC.

After negotiating Friday night traffic out of the city we pulled up here for a spell. Nice to find a cache as well and not just a cache, but one with with an interesting focus.
Thanks

#7238 11:45
We drive up to Central Coast quite frequently and I always think about the cache that is waiting to be found near the motorway exit.
Today we decided to take the exit to explore the large recreational area and, of course, for me to find this cache. Through a short uphill walk I arrived at Peat's grave and from there it was a short distance to the cache.

TFTC

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A routine check and all is well. Dropped off the Footloose tracable.

cashe and log in good condition. room in cashe for small to medium flat items.

you can follow "road" around like I did n climb rocks n loop back or look for worn path near grave to GZ

A nice little detour off the busy Freeway to nab our first cache today as we drive from Campbelltown to Maitland. Always love to look at the wide Hawkesbury River and today we got a lot closer to it! Up, up, up the track we went and found the grave near the top. A bit more climbing and we arrived at GZ and found a good sized container. SL at 10.07am Left: peg fridge magnet. Three bush turkeys were scratching nearby and one came quite close for a photograph, and was not at all phased by us humans. #5260 TFTC barefootjeff

On the few occasions when I have been travelling up the M1 towards the Central Coast, I have always wondered what it was like down at the rest stop area. From the motorway it looked quite inviting. Since there is also a cache nearby, I made the stop to satisfy my curiosity and to pick up a cache, too.

The rest area looks more like a good place to launch a boat than to spend the day with a picnic. After a very brief look we headed towards where the track up to the grave starts. Initially, I considered driving the track, but on the one side there is a gate (which has been bypassed), so I thought the better of that. A quick stroll wouldn't be too taxing, after all.

We made our way up the track, sad to note how much litter and dumping was up here. Perhaps a good place for a CITO oneday? It didn't take long for us to find the grave and read the inscription. Then I made my way to GZ and quickly made the find.

On the way down a ute with two people in it passed us, making its way to the top. A few minutes later they returned. Seemed a bit quick for them to have been caching, so I assumed they were just having a look at the lookout point. Hope they could look past the litter ...

What an interesting piece of history. Sadly a breakdown has resulted in our stop here but whilst waiting thrilled to be able to explore this area and cache! Driven past too many times to count. TFTC

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Stopped here on our way home from the nice Jerusalem bay walk

Thank you
Team sissifalke

After our trip to the mega we called at this one as we missed it on the way up, after taking in the view it was a quick find and we soon added our names to the log.

Thanks for the cache

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We planned to stop here on our way north but I wasn't concentrating at the roundabout and I was heading back on to the highway before I realized. I considered backing up but after spying all the police cars decided that was not smart! So we tried again on the way back. It was a much better time of day to be stopping and heading up here in the daylight rather than the dark. After doing a quick GCA virtual we worked our way to GZ and made an easy find. We also found a much easier way back to the track (as usual). Thanks barefootjeff, glad we got it right on the way back.

Found It!
An interesting spot and some interesting history. And a quick find to!
TFTC

Found this morning on my way to the GeoMuster at Morisset.

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

TFTC barefootjeff

Found while heading up to Morisset for the mega.
Left trinkets
10.15am
Tftc

Found on the way to Morisset for the Geomuster. Always wanted to stop here as it’s so beautiful. Thanks for bringing me here

Found on way to Gosford signed dsd

On our way back to Port Macquarie after a trip to the Snowy Mountains.

#10 for the day, we needed a well deserved break after escaping the madness of Sydney traffic, we parked as close as we could to the track and enjoyed a nice walk up the hill. We took the road less travelled to GZ but a quick find was had after spotting something suspicious.
Thanks for the cache

Nice spot to have a cache tftc

Very hot day for caching but worth the effort. Fascinating sight. TFTC

Great spot and interesting history. Shame of all the rubbish around
TFTC Wilbert67

Each year I follow the Aust Solo Speedway Championships which are held over four meetings. This year those meetings are at Kurri Kurri nsw, Undera vic, Mildura vic, and Gillman sa.
It only seems sensible to do some geocaching along the way. It helps to break the driving and I get a lot of enjoyment from it.
Please excuse this generic log as there are too many to do them individually, but I certainly appreciate the dedicated work of all the COs in providing us with this great hobby.

Found on a camping trip with aramil

After going up the path 20m rather than following the directions runner5ive and I looked in the wrong spot. After I corrected us it was found quickly.

TBs collected and will be passes from R5 to me so they are in his log. Taking them to Canberra!

Love the walk the view and cache placement thanks dropped some tbs

A quick find on the return trip from goulburn with kingfisher_au. We parked at the locked gate and walked up. Great views from gz. Thanks for the cache and for bringing us here. A favorite point for the view and the history.

TFTC, quick drive to the top, parked 15 metres from GZ, nice views.