sandy hike Port Noarlunga South, South Australia, Australia
By rod81w on 22-Dec-14. Waypoint GC5J5PD

Found while out exploring with Rodney making the most of a little sunshine between rain

Time to say good bye

Alas no shinglebacks, but a perfect day for a walk in the dunes. Thanks for bringing me here.

Enjoyed a vigorous and scenic walk along the sandy track to GZ. Looked about for a while before widening the search then narrowing it back down again. A quick glance in a slightly different location and there it was staring me in the face the whole time. Thanks for the cache rod81w!

Difficult walk with the geokids through the sand, but we all had fun on a sunny and windy day. Found cache on ground but replaced in the most obvious place. Cache may need a little bit of TLC.

A rare day off and the weather was good enough for a beach walk - yay. After completing a near by multi, I found this track and kept walking. A great spot for some photos and a search for a cache, and another search, and another search. Check the map to see if Im close - just about to give it up, when I looked up and looked right at it! Not sure Im keen on micro's in the sand - but thanks for the walk rod81w.

That was a bit of a hike with some little cachers complaining about the ups and the downs but made it and very happy about it. TFTC

TFTC and nice little big walk nice hide

Hike indeed. The soft sand is tricky. Great view of local area. TFTC.

Nice view, nice sandy track and a nice search great hide. I was just able to reach it from the track.
Thanks for bringing me here.
tftc

That took ages! Sheer good luck as was totally unsecured and therefore buried. Managed a work around so is no longer buried. TFTC

Upon completion of a nearby cache, I thought I would continue this walk in the sand dunes towards this cache. I spent a good 20 min looking around the various bushes and just nothing was revealing itself.

I had to go through previous logs to try to gather hints and clues. I thought I would have one final stab at it and started being a little more intensive in my searching, and eventually found it hidden away. The clip to the container has broken a little, but should not affect the hide. A bit of an effort with this one, cheers.

Cache all good to be found

Sandy hike indeed But where to look, we thought at first, and then we found it straight away. Took some sand home with us (in our shoes). Lovely path, thanks for the cache!

A bit concerned that we'd taken the wrong trail in [B)], but followed the zigzag track to the cache .
Checked a few places before making our find .
TNLNSL.
Thanks Rod81w.

Well that was a marathon. Walked in along the beach which was very pleasant. Finding the cache was anything but. I rate sand below trains and rocks and then add micro into he mix. Gave up after a good amount of time and then realised there was one spot I hadn't tried. Thanks for another smiley Rod81w.

"Should we or shouldn't we" that was the question CPwanderer & I were asking ourselves...
It had bucketed rain on us earlier in the day...we decided to take a chance, which paid off...
This didn't look that far or hard on the map...it certainly got our heart pumping...we had already had a few longish walks today...one more to add to the total...
At GZ, we caught our breath...after a bit of a search the hide was found, the logbook signed and the sneaky thing was rehidden...
TFTC & the exercise Rod81w

Found with hevwalker after the slog through the soft sand to get to the GZ!!!!!! Some sand need shifting before we found the prize!! Thanks for the hide!!!

Monday night and a caching run with Moneydork to the southern suburbs
So cool to finally get a few caches in this area onto my found list rather than having them on my unfound list
2 DNFs for the night and 5 finds [^]

That's a hell of a walk for the last cache of the night!
Although it was very peaceful wandering in the not quite darkness with all the light pollution making it like twilight rather than night time.
The cache was eventually found but on my own, I'd not have found it without doing something that the fence is designed to prevent
Not everyone has arms a metre long!
Not sure if this cache started off buried or if the sand has moved[?]

TNLN. SL. TFTC Rod81w

Quite a hike in the dark. Needed the hint

I really shouldn't have read those logs.
I'm sure the weather varies the guideline rating anyway lol
Had a little scratch around and there it was...
at least not a rock this time - although grains of sand may count as rocks perhaps
Nearby lizard enjoyed watching me search too !
TFTC Rod81w

Found this one on my second visit to the location. I guess the first word of the hint is the important one.

Thanks Rod81w.

started looking in wrong spot when gps said reached destination. new at this. kept exploring and found it.. left a little dove charm

I spent around twenty minutes here, scouring plants and other assorted objects on both sides of the track, but walked away empty handed.

Found it with my dad ages ago. Thanks dad

Took a while but I found the sucker. TFTC. 7/06/2016, 1:37 PM Find #2256

Yeah.... we found a nano today! Happy hunters .... be ware... pic may give a little hint. Janleer Jnr says... gr8 find... look at the pics for a hint... adult reach! We needed one

Found It!
Yes, it was a sandy hike! A nice place and a quick find at GZ though!
TFTC

Cache is within guidelines rules, as stated in the hint REACH. There is no need to enter the boundary.

Nice walk though the dunes. There were some council workers spraying weeds thru the dunes, it looked like they were graffiti..ing them because the spray was coloured purple. TFTC rod81w.

#3057 - walked down the beach to find this one, almost gave up, but the i tried something, but I dont think the hide as it was is as per the guidelines. TFTC

Great sand trek with Geokids!!! TFTC!!!

you get 1/2 a fav point coz its not in the rocks like usual, and guess now I goto find the rest of the rocky series

After walking down past the surf club we found the path up the dunes a little way heading north up the beach. Had to leave the geopup and 2 of the gang as it was a bit hot! No need to leave the path for this cache
TFTC

Found by The Boofs TFTC ☺. Very sandy!

Found after a bit of a search... Not wrong about "sandy" lol.... TFTC

This entry was edited by The Eernisse Squad on Saturday, 29 August 2015 at 04:40:26 UTC.

A nice walk on the sandy track on a cool sunny day. Found the prize in next to no time though not the first place I looked. Thanks rod18w.

After receiving 3 emails saying we could not find it but none have logged a DNF I went today and checked on the cache, cache is still there. If you log a DNF I will be more than happy to send you a extra hint. If I only get an email no extra hint will be supplied.

Found on a afternoon walk in the area

Let geo daughter loose with the GPSr , took her a bit to find

Definitely sand and rain greeted us to this cache today. Loved the walk. Caching with3LG (Linda) TFTC

Plans change at a moments notice. Expected to be in the Hills doing a spot of caching but instead ended up South and then plans changed again and the other half, Mr 3LG, decided to head back with his ride for the day while Mrs 3LG stayed on and cached with Earthlight. We had just waited out a passing shower after finding the nearby multi. After discussing what would be the easier walk to get to this GZ we ended up taking the sandy hike in the dampened sand and drizzle. Finally at GZ, I suggested to earthlight to poke there and there is where she found the sandy little hide. A quick find and sign and time to trudge back through that sand and head northward bound for home. No DNF's today, which was surprisingly good
TFTC rod81w

A very well hidden cache. I like the idea. Just saw a glint of silver which helped.

TFTC

I found this one ages ago, but only remembered to log it after a trek here with the Ukulele Kid.

Nice walk up the dunes. TFTC

A nice walk with cara 81. Quick find. TFTC

Definitely a good workout! . One of my favourites so far. TFTC

This entry was edited by selzzup on Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 00:26:41 UTC.

As it was going to be hot today I thought I would go out early and grab a few caches in the Christies/Pt Noarlunga area before it got too hot. By going early I had hoped that I wouldn't have to contend with too many muggles, but even so there were still quite a few around. [:o)]
I headed towards this one from the south but was unsure of where the track started and ended up on the beach for a bit. [?] Found the track leading off from the beach and after huffing and puffing my way up the hill in the sand, (never did like walking in soft sand) I eventually arrived at GZ. [^] That certainly gave the heart and legs a good workout, and I'm sure I will be stiff tomorrow. [:o)]
Looked around where the GPSr was pointing and soon saw something that looked a little suss. [?] On further investigation the cache was found...cool.
Found another track to follow as I made my way back to the river.
Thanks for the cache rod81w.

Fun cache with a purpose. Nice views on a beautiful day.
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This cache was found using a Garmin GPSr, Montana 650t, Oregon 550 or Dakota 20. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.

SL with Hurtle TFTC

Another nice walk, with the geokids, this time along a track that I knew well from surfboat training days!
I had to carry the smallest geokid back though... lol
Spotted the cache very quickly with excellent cords and using the hint, could only just reach it legally! lol
TNLNSL
Thanks

Silver for me

I was glad I brought my husband along. As you know my husband does not like geocaching but he is good at finding it which drives me nuts.

If you stand still for a while and you will get good coordinates. Sneaky hide.

Thanks for the walk.

Thanks rod81w for the cache

Published

FTF @ 1800 hours on 24 th December. After a great family Christmas get together at our place - we needed the hike to walk off our pre Christmas lunch. Last person left, bit of a tidy up and rechecked the emails and noticed this cache still unfound, sweet, off we go.

Hmm so many little tracks to follow, hmm so many fences to not cross, yep soon had it figured and after a nice stroll from the footbridge end of town we were at GZ. We ended up searching in a 10 metre radius for this baby, we have emailed CO about an improvement to the hide to keep within the guidelines.

Took TB to travel along with us for a bit, signed log and replaced exactly as found, thanks rod81w for a great hike with great views and a cache to boot.