The Gravitron Summertown, South Australia, Australia
By Nibs on 16-Jan-05. Waypoint GCMGXA

Heading toward Adelaide for the Leap Year Mega to celebrate my first 4 years caching with commenced on a Leap Day event.We have arrived and now just scooting about to collect a large bag of D/T's and oldies while here.So close to the date!!!

Muggle65 and l have arrived for the Mega. After the scenic route taken from Brisbane, we really needed a good leg stretch. Thank you for the exercise and the fun

Found It!
This was my 20,000th find. I've been wanting to find this cache for years now so it seemed like a good one for the milestone find. Walked up the hill to the point of only 80m to go where things get steep. Then very carefully went down to GZ and found the cache in the obvious spot! The return trip up the hill seemed a bit easier.
TFTC

Great cache. In good condition.

The sun was out and I was in need of some fresh air and exercise so a hike around Waterfall Gully seemed like a good idea.

I chose the shorter but steeper approach to Long Ridge Track. Not as young as I used to be so I needed several rest breaks on the way up.

Once on the track, I had to dodge a few kangaroos before making the steep descent down the slippery hill side.

I found the fence line mentioned in previous logs and followed it all the way down to GZ. A couple precarious moments slipping and sliding but managed to stay on my feet.

Cache found in good condition.

Much easier scrambling up than down. Once back up to the top I could rest and admire the views.

Cache of the day for the fun and adventure. A favourite point from me.

Thanks for the cache Nibs.
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Today I headed to cleland for the last of 2 walks that I have left in the park for the time being with the caches currently active.

After walking along the long ridge track I came to the fence and made my way down it towards GZ, awfully steep and slippery after last nights rain so I held onto the fence the best I could, I managed to get to HZ without landing on my bum. An interesting location and cache was found in good order.

TFTC

Tftc! Steeper than I thought. Don't believe previous posters 4 year old loved the journey - if so, I am impressed!

Ultimate geocache!!!! Our 4 yr old loved it.

Took it very slow going down, partially on purpose and partially to keep looking for what would be a really obvious hiding spot. It was great when I found it.
I didn't leave the cache too hidden as I would hate for someone to get there but miss it. No one else is going to come down here anyway. The previous log really helped me. I recognised the black felled tree and wooden post. TFTC!

The Gravitron story, part 2. My daughter and I were after this one for a DT grid fill, on a coolish afternoon in March 2019. On that occasion I made it all the way to GZ incident free, but in failing light and hence time pressure, you just don’t look properly. I ascended back to the top, part way on all fours, defeated and embarrassed I did not see the cache.

A wonderful message from DavidWazza re-ignited this challenge. Confirming it was there for the taking I mounted a new attack today. Again I did not leave much time for messing around, but knew I could do it as there was no GPS work to do, I knew where it was, just had to high tale it and make it happen.

I parked the car in the last vacant space at the bottom of the Winter Track. The guy parked next to me was just getting into his car as I arrived. I stowed my backpack out of sight, grabbed the shoulder bag and some wet weather gear. I looked up and he was about to reverse into oncoming traffic. I leapt out the car and played traffic marshal eventually giving him the all clear to reverse out. I stopped the last oncoming car and they all made it away safely. Cool, off I trek, through the gate and see the geese at the homestead near the pond. What a great photo, but I quickly reminded myself of the task at hand. The Lord was telling me something, but I was too focussed to realise. Timestamp 3.50pm, did some time calcs, all good. Powering up the track I round the hairpin and head north west again and near the ridge track. Great, I need to check where this other cache is for my return trip so I grab my phone. Wait, what, nooooooooo. I left it in the car by mistake after the parking lot debacle. 20 minutes in, I can’t afford a 40 minute delay to go back and get it, so onward I go.

I get to the 200m sign, look at the slope and take a breath. Timestamp, 4.18pm. As anyone knows, this descent starts steep, and then gets steeper. I am holding the fence and inch down to the black felled tree blocking the path, and cross the fence, same as last time. I go a few more steps and lose my footing, my bum hits the slippery red clay and rebounds as my feet do a mid-air foxtrot Fred Astair would be impressed with. My fingers are still embedded in the chicken wire and my torso continues its descent until my elbows snap straight. My soft keyboard fingers strain as my whole weight is dangling. My feet return to the ground in a sideways push against any leaf litter in the way. The pain from my finger joints cause me to let go after about 5 seconds and I do a pivot and launch to grab the sturdy pine fence post to prevent further uncontrolled descent. I take a moment to rest with a two-arm body hug of the fence post that would have had ScoMo asking if we were family members. No need to check if anyone is watching, no-one in their right mind would be anywhere near here. Rested, I am, ready to keep going, maybe a little slower.

If you are on the western side of the fence, there are some tracks teasing you away from GZ which I took for a little while, then headed back to the big one. I arrive in one piece, with what I am suspecting as a nice red wet patch on the back of my jeans. I venture in, make the find and sign the log. Thanks David for leaving a nice clean page showing for me. Cache is in good nick, all back safe and sound. My return trip was back up to the ridge track (not like David), quite a bit of it was using feet and hands to spread the load. I decided to slide up under the black felled tree, to hard to deviate around it. Back at the 200 sign, timestamp 4.42pm. A little rest and then back down the Winter track. Back at the car, timestamp 5.10pm, washed my hands, put something from the boot on the seat for the drive home. A real satisfaction for achieving this one, thanks nibs, I got two adventures out of this little beauty. FP for you, and my third on this DT square now. I always take photos of epic caches, but for some reason, I have none this time!

Glad to see this is still providing a challenge

Today with COVID-19 requirements still in effect (but starting to be relaxed), and an evening that seemed to have a break in between miserable and drenching weather, I decided to head to Chambers Gully for a run. It was certainly a hard fitness session. I decided to wear my old runners for fear of the likely mud, but as it turned out, the terrain was in good stead. The plan was to jog up the "ETSA Track" to Sugarloaf Hill, and then do a loop back down towards Chambers Gully Track back to the car. Along the way, a couple of geocaches were planned, but with the nice evening and weather holding up, I continued to extend my run around the hills. Some awesome views from that hill, and rather enjoyable evening.

OK, where to start with this one? Perhaps, firstly, with the required preparation. The CO mentions that this cache:
*should only be attempted in sturdy footwear that has good grip.* Well, I decided to wear my old runners that had no grip, were falling to pieces and easily allowed moisture through; and
*In wet weather, the star rating of this will increase by two!* It had been raining, and heavily. Whoops; and
*DO NOT attempt this at night!* ️ Yeah, I'm obviously no idiot ha. Although, I was probably close to this, when I was coming down the hill as the sun was heading low in the sky and starting to set.

So I descended via the Long Ridge Track. The first part wasn't too bad, and there was a process of following a kinda loosely maintained animal track down. As I was thinking that, and within 50 m, I slipped in some mud. I yelled some profanity, but it was a mere bruise in mud. I continued to descend, and another slip on my elbow. Juggling an old broken replaced container in one hand, and my phone/GPS in the other hand was proving too difficult, so I tucked that away at least, and made a more conservative descent.

I eventually made it to GZ, and started looking around. I entered from its opening, and within a short search, I found the cache. Quite an interesting place, and nice find! The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks Nibs for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Did I then mentioned that I continued my return to the tracks via a further descent? I used the fence as a ladder as I held myself between swapping between hands and feet for stability. Some of those trees that I used for holding my weight weren't properly rooted, and so highlighted the risks and terrain even further. The trickiest part was probably the rocky jagged wall that was near vertical, just before the Chambers Gully track. A couple of dog walkers saw me, and thought I must have been an idiot for choosing my path. I joked that I had taken a shortcut (which I kinda did down). Phew, glad I was back on stable ground, and I did need to put a wash through of all my clothes, since it was covered in mud from this cache scramble haha.

Thanks to Brisal5 for a great log; very few take the effort these days.
And glad that The Gravitron is still providing thrills and spills

Ended up doing this one with brisal5 after the event at Long Ridge.
As you can tell from brisal's log, it was quite the adventure!
Thank you for this cache a definite FP coming your way

I started 2020 with some improbable caching goals that only lasted until mid February.
With so few caches within 20 kms of home they are now to just complete the Calendar to have found both a mystery and a multicache on every day. Should be able to do one probably not both. [^]

Today I didn't need to find any caches but it was a leap day and there were plenty of events on offer. So I planned to make it to four events and cache around the second one as I had quite a few unfound caches near there. [^] That WAS the plan but as usual there was blood, ripped daks and falls and things didn't quite go to plan. [B)]

After attending the sunrise event at the Long Ridge Lookout it was time to get all the nearby caches. This was one of the target caches. I joined forces with Sushilord, becktheraccoon and jambochicken after the event for a great time exploring the caches around here. It had been a year since this cache was found and two of the group had already found this one and so were not interested in riding the gravitron again.

So it was just jambochicken and I that made the descent down through the prickly olive bushes hugging the fence line using the uprights as brakes. [^] Olives growing along or fallen across the fence line, necessitated pushing through the olives at times. Finally arriving at the probable GZ I had to go over the fence to get to the access point for the cache. I got stuck half way! Rip! [B)] Then my first search of GZ didn't reveal the cache and resulted in clouds of dust. But it was very dark so I pulled out the phone and turned on the flashlight function. There it was, hiding in the shadows. Safe, sound and the contents completely dry and in super condition for it's age. All that was left was to gingerly go back over the fence and slowly make our way back up to the top again.

This was the cache where two of my caching trilogy came to pass. I ripped my daks on the fence and somehow got back with blood all over my arm. [B)] How the hell I didn't fall over doing this cache will remain one of the great mysteries of the universe. [:o)] A FP from me for challenging me to go somewhere I never would have gone if not for caching. [:X]

***Thanks Nibs for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Was hoping to fill a d/t square with OZGrumpy but I could only get 30m from GZ. He made it all the way down but couldn’t find the cache. And with impending darkness we had to abort. We’ll be back one day!

Decended all the way to GZ, great tree with lots of hiding places. Turned every rock and fallen branch desperate to make the find. It was a super effort to get here but darkness loomed. Miffed to be here and not find it. That is one steep hill.

13 months unloved - so this was a must-find cache today. As we were walking down the Long Ridge track we were reading the logs for this cache - yup - it looked like a challenge. Got to the fence and the geowife stayed at the top as I made the descent - a bit quicker than expected - slid part of the way on the dry leaves, but thankful for the fence to slow the descent. Arrived at GZ and went to the obvious spot but it was bare. Hunted around the object but that was void of a cache. Went back into the obvious spot and had a better look - nothing. Gutted. Didnt want to DNF this one or PAF it as there was only one real hiding spot. Then went for a walk down the hill below GZ.... and there it was!!! Out in the open - 10m down the hill - possibly had been displaced by animals, but it was the cache! Soo happy to get this one. Signed the log and put it back in the obvious spot. Cache of the day - got a real buzz out of getting this one.
The walk up the hill was easier (and safer) than getting down. Fav point for the challenge and the hiding spot.

That was a tough walk down! Had to hold the fence all the way down.

Strangely was easier back up.

Cache all fine. Took trackable. GZ was obvious, but still had to negotiate some spiders and their webs. Good hide!

TFTC

Found while taking a walk in the northern part of Cleland Conservation Park.
Thanks for the cache Nibs

Sadist. Unfortunately I can't back down from a challenge so down I went. Writing this, I'm sadly contemplating the trip back up to where the Balkan is patiently waiting.

Yeeks!

Nearly two years between the find and the log, but I still remember that hike... Just...

Thanks Nibs

ZZzz..

On my last day in Adelaide, I thought I had better venture out here to see what the area was like. I'm not convinced I should have after this one! TFTC Nibs

Today's Task list:
Find a D1 T4.5 cache
Survive
Complete next DT grid
Get today's exercise

Gravity sucks!
At 9.8 m/s/s

This is a cache I have walked "past" a number of times before. Too low or too high. They are the only options. Duting a previous DT grid completion it was on the list but another of the same DT mix was found first.

Yesterday we still had two to go to fill our current DT loop but after a FTF late in the day (aided by Ruff Ruff) there was only one spot left.

This seemed to be the best choice.

Janet stayed home with Ruff Ruff this time.

Parking at Cleland I got the mountain bike off the roof of the R4V4 and headed towards the end of the Ridge Track.

My nephew is an elite downhill mountain biker who has ridden for Australia on the World Cup Downhill MTB circuit. He has taught me everything I know about downhill MTB riding.

However that is an infinitesimal fraction of what he knows. So I decided that maybe I would not try to ride the last 90 metres. My nephew will think I am soft.

Soft maybe but at least not in hospital. A man's got to know his limitations.

So downhill I went. Wearing cycling shoes....

I crossed the fence three times. And eventually arrived at GZ. A previous finder had said it was easy to find.
Not for me.

However finally I spotted a well hidden flash of green and there was a cache!
Woohoo!

I took a moment to read some early logs including the FTF. There is a second logbook now which says something about the mental state of geocachers generally.

"Here's a dangerous cliff. Go and climb it!"
"Don't be ridiculous. Do I look stupid?"
"There's a geocache up there."
"Oh, why didn't you say? I'll be right back"

So I added my name to the log. And rescued a TB after 10 months trapped here.
Took a photo to record my log and another DT loop completed.

Then all I had to do was walk back up the hill to the bike. Which had a jammed rear brake meaning I had to carry it back to the car.

Task list review:
Find the cache - tick
Survive - tick
Complete 10th DT grid - tick
Get today's exercise - over-achieved big time on this one

TFTC Nibs. A bastard of a hide. Well done

**81 x 10**

A short (130ish) metre walk UP from the bottom of the hill along the creek/rock slide. Seems a much better idea at the time than the long walk around to come from the top. And a good climb it was. At GZ a quick and easy find was made in the obvious spot. TFTC. 24/04/2016, 10:20 AM Find #2070

been planning to do this cache for a while for d/t grid but timetable with other cachers didnt match, so this long weekend was a perfect time. anymules and rod81w took the route from the base and climbed up, easier than what i thought it would be. dropped a tb for the next adventurer.

Out with sir_spectre and anymules and seeing as all 3 of this needed for d/t grid a group assault was formed from the bottom. Up and up we went then finally a cache revealed itself.

On past visits we had looked at this but were not in the right area or time poor. Today was different and we headed up the winter track and then out Long Ridge Track until the closest point. It just kept getting steeper and at one stage it felt like we where skiing on the leaf litter and we wondered how we would get back up. We soon arrived at GZ and a quick look soon spotted the hide. We completed the signing duties and zig zagged back up. We saw some roos, a bush rat of some sort and a koala. A favourite point from us.

My god what terrain! I now know why it's called the Gravitron!! It trumps that show ride by miles ha ha . No bees to bother me and no muddy slipperiness, all sweet as! Great cache and hiding spot. Puffing like crazy by the time i got to the top again. Found at 08:45 on Sat. 9 April 2016. TNLN SL TFTC Nibs

Needed this for my D/T grid so off I set. A couple of days ago a man was rescued from near here after spending a couple of days injured at the bottom of a cliff. Wanting to experience that myself, I came alone because I have no friends. Took TB, LN TFTC

Hiked up the hill to The Chamber today to honour its CO - RIP Just Cameron.
His description for that cache said why not go up the top of the hill and do The Gravitron while you're there.
So I did. Actually went up and down several hillsides, but ended up on this one just before sunset.
Made the descent carefully with use of the fence for a brake, located the cache right there...
in very good condition for a 10year old cache
The looks at next closest... down there - can't be too hard...
Thank whoever for the almost rabbit proof fence.
The almost vertical at points descent from the cache to the track below was exhilarating and somewhat crazy.
Especially that last bit - where my landing seemed to scare a dog walking muggle
A few muscles are telling me about it all now - but well worth the experience.
Left a travel bug for the next lucky climber.
Fav point for this one. Well worth the climb
tftc Nibs

Wow steep, awesome cache

The name filled me with dread. The location can be bad-ass if you wander off the track. The area contains more than a few high terrain caches which are no joke. So I’ve been avoiding this one. But it turns out I need this one to fill my D/T grid, so it had to be done.

Worked my way up to the top along the rather pleasant trail from Chambers Gully, and fortifying myself, went over the top and down, down, down, down. I’m very glad I decided to bring my hiking pole as the surface slipperiness and slope wasn’t providing much grip. Picked my way through the feral olives and got down to GZ. Glad to find my choice of hiding spot was correct and I didn’t have to spend too much time looking.

Took note that the fence line looked rather clear of bushes albeit very steep. Again my hiding pole was invaluable in providing purchase up the slope on the way back.

Tough climb in. Tough climb out. Didn’t need the rope I brought along but I could see it being used if necessary. And, as is getting rather an annoying habit these days, I left my sunglasses at GZ – I gotta tie a string to them so they don’t wander off.

Great adventure.

Thanks for the cache, Nibs

On the journey to this cach it became apparent that you need at least two special people to find this cache...one nutter to hide it and a second nutter to find it!!! Used a stick to get back up and left it by the cycle stile. Enjoyed the fabulous vista from the nearby lookout while writing my log tftc

Will I or Won't I go down there ? Arrrrr, Go on, can't be that bad, can it ?
Carefully picked my way down then slipped the rest of the way on my backside. The only thing that stopped me was a small tree near the fence ( now who put that there!). That put me about 6 metres from the cache. How lucky was that. Thanks for the fun and the cache. Cheers

I enjoyed this sharp descent and ascent to find the cache in an interesting spot. I wonder if the tracks here are made by wombats and also what is the boundary demarcated by the fence? Someone went to a lot of trouble to build it.

Today was a great day to ‘clean’ up some of the more fancied and higher terrain caches in the area.
I had been here before, but never made the descend, but today in the company of DrJim7 we made the scramble down to GZ and found the cache in the logical spot still in good condition after nearly 10 years.

For the way up we choose the unusual fence line route. Nice and steep and quite exhilarating. But nothing that a satisfying sip of water couldn’t fix.
Tftc Nibs

What a hike! On a beautiful sunny day walking with my fav Muggle we forgot about the days of drenching RSI. That turned the terrain into mud and moss. Eventually found tha cache in a great spot! Thanks for the adventure!

Revisited on a very blustery, rainy day via the Long Ridge Trail with King Cash. Spent a lot of the walk in the clouds! Saw 9 koalas, 12 kangaroos and a rabbit along the way.

Went along the ridge track while in the clouds and freezing.
Fun walk down to the cache
TFTC

3:30pm. How in the heck is it standing?! Great spot for a cache. Thanks for bringing us here. Geoboys loved it. TFTC.

Slippery when wet! Bring first aid kit and maybe leave young kids behind!

wow what a cache this one is, from the top you see the bottom, somewhere down there, lucky for us we had a young fit guy with us that was keen to go down and get the cache, after bringing it to the top for signing he then returned it back again and once again return to the top, oh the joys to be fit, he is new to caching and the caches he experienced today will live on his mind for a long time to come, a lot of fun was had by all today.TFTC

3LG, their almost muggle friend, Tank26 and I headed out for a walk....should have called it an exercise and endurance test!
Up hill and down dale...those muscles are sure going to hurt tomorrow!
Still, 4 trads and an unusual multi successfully locus cache'd all made for a great day out [^]

We were very thankful that gravity was nice to us today!
I used to love the Gravitron at the show and this was almost as great but a lot more exciting due to the fear factor!

TNLN. SL. TFTC Nibs

A difficult place to get to especially on a wet day good idea to bring grippy shoes overall nice spot good cache

Came down from the top. Not too dificult, slippery at times but no damage done to the body today.

Calf-splitting fun!
I always enjoy getting scratches, wet and dirty!

tftc! fell on my butt 3 time on wet moss. took TB

So I am in Chambers Gully area grabbing a few caches. Having just picked up "Stranglethorn Vale" I thought it would be a good idea to 'cut' through the scrub and head straight up to this cache to save a bit of time. Well I would suggest never ever doing this. While the views were amazing the scrambling in and under and around the vegetation was not.
Found the cache and dropped off geocoin for the next adventurer. Exited back up to the long ridge track and made the easy way back to my car on waterfall gully road. TFTC and the adventure!!

Muff1 asked junior byercat if she wanted a challenge and byercat said she was up for it. Junior found the going down a real challenge as she was hurting all the way. Found the cache in the logical spot. This on will remain as one of her triumphs. Thanks Nibs.

I am convinced that the Adelaide air has sent us crazy this is the fourt time we have been up here in four days. LOL

Well I am pleased we did not read any of the logs prior to doing this one or perhaps we may have chickened out. The name is a dead give away. We also are very pleased we did not do any slipping or sliding and that there was a fence to help with the downward motion and then to use same fence as a grab and pull to help us get back to the top. SL TFTC

Considered doing this in the dark last week but a quick peak over the side of the ridge soon put paid to that. Not today!! With the setting sun as a backdrop and a silver on Long Ridge Views it was onwards and downwards towards Gravitron.

A slip here and skid there. Some conveniently placed trees and a handy fence and I was soon at GZ. Found earlier in the day by Muff1, nice. Signed my name and headed straight down the hill to the gully floor. Newton could have used this cache as part of his experimental work on gravity. Somehow, it doesn't seem to provide quite the same feeling as the other Gravitron.

TFTC Nibs

Woah what a way down the hill. Found the cache no worries using the fence to abseil down. A recommendation to all thinking u can keep going down, it gets harder and steeper and then there's a cliff!!

Bek-theraccoon suggested we should try this cache on a Pine Forest Rovers caching adventure. I had seen the cache pop up from time to time and thought it would be fun. It was only when I started logging the cache that I discovered that attempting the cache at 2300 and when it was wet may not have been the best idea especially after reading the description again. Anyway we found the cache with no serious or long term injuries. TFTC Nibs.

Who's idea was it to do this one??? hmmm let me guess... Nowhere2Bseen pehaps. "it won't be hard" he said. "Its only only down there"... this was all fine and good until the steepness was truely revealed to me. I took the walk down slowly and close to the fence... being a little accident prone I figured I need to take it easy. But I still managed to slip and slide, and scream in fear and I managed to do about 5m of sliding on my bum.
Finding the cache was a little challenging - the GPS had us all over the place, and we should just have looked harder around the most logical place. Finally cache was in hand... YAY!!
We signed the log and replaced, took a few piccys, although the steepness of the hill doesn't really come out too well in a photo. The climb back up was a little challenging, and thanks goodness for the fence, that certainly came in handy in spots as it was a little slippery underfoot.
TFTC and the adventure.

This cant be too hard, it is only 90 metres that way I said, pointing down the hill. MissyLJ wasn't convinced but none the less we departed for the bottom of the hill the short way We made it to GZ after a few slips and trips. MissyLJ spent part of the descent on her back side . After locating GZ and the cache we signed the log and placed it back carefully to prevent the muggle possums from raiding the cache . Nibs, you have done well with this one
TFTC

It takes a particular kind of person to put a cache in a place like this. The steepness of the terrain was one thing, but the thorny thickets of young olive trees was quite another! Thanks for the challenge...and the cache!

We used gravity to assist us in descending to this cache. We actually had some puzzles/multis near here we were collecting and headed over to this. We hadn't done our homework though and only read about it as we approached the top.
A slightly drizzley morning, what the heck, off we go. We actually think it is harder going down steep slopes when the grass is long and dry which seems to make it much more slippery. Damp and green wasn't too bad (although Mr TiedyeSmileys pants looked somewhat muddy at the end from trying to slide down parts of the hill).
We must admit that we only continued with the fence there as we used to help lower ourselves hand by hand down and wasn't too hard.
After signing the cache log, we continued down to the bottom. The last few meters were actually the hardest of the lot as it seemed to go vertical and we couldn't see too well what was there. A diversion off to the gully on the left soon had us safe at the bottom.
TFT adventure and cache.

(Formerly DavMal60) Wasn't to sure just what to expect on this one, but it wasn't to bad. Had the hiking boots on and by making sure I didn't put the feet onto the slippery moss, and the occasional use of the odd fence post, made it to GZ without any mishaps. TNLNSL then did the return journey, again without mishap. Loved this one(Probably coz I didn't roll down the hill to GZ) TFTC Nibs.

Why did we do this at night? Because it was there

Got to this one about 9:30 at night after finding and following the fence down. Possibly a good thing we couldnt see where we were going. TFTC

Found at 21:45 half way through our night caching adventure around Chambers Gully with 3 caching teams.

I wouldn't recommend this at night (or in the day for that matter ) Maybe it's better in the dark because you can't see how steep the descent is.

At one point I slipped and slid down at 9.8m per second (for a 10-15m) until I was able to grab the fence to stop my fall. herdd found the cache, we all signed and scrambled back up to the top.

I'd hate to attempt this in the wet with slippery green grass. SL.

*Recommended* for the proof that Gravity is not such a weak force after all, but only recommended for the very fit, brave and cautious.

Slipped and slid all the way up from the bottom (second one in a row that we did this way) !
After checking out several other likely places, one with bees, found the true GZ.
Can't say much about the view from here .
Took spinning top. Left lizard and new log book (only one page left in the old one now). SL.
Thanks again Nibs. Now which is the other cache you were looking for [?]

While up here a little while ago doing another cache, I was dead keen to have a crack at this one, given it was only 90m from where I was standing. But I saw sense and backed away at the very insistent urgings of the company at the time! [B)] Anyway, today's Cleland adventure included grabbing this one, and surprisingly, getting to the cache from the top wasn't too bad - but the rest of the descent was! I didn't read the note about needing a new log until getting home; it's pretty full, but there's still space left to leave a mark so a replacement isn't needed urgently. Thanks for another memorable cache, Nibs.

After making it to the sugarloaf, the next cache was Gravitron. Can't be that difficult, only 90 metres away. Wrong!! A bit slippery in light rain but the fence and walking stick helped and soon the cache was in my hands. Now for the trek back to the Long Ridge Track and to Cleland car park. The last one for the day and a very pleasant excercise through parts of the park I've never been to before. Thanks Nibs.

Found in company with Sunny Bunny. Parked at Cleland, pleasant walk on the trail. TFTC.

The Log book has been full since 2006

The walk to the cache was very pleasant.
Found with Gordo42

TFTC

Full since 2006???? Then what have people been signing for the last 4 years? Or did you mean 6 minutes past eight in the evening? It was reported on 25 Jul 09 as having 10 pages left, so I'll probably run with that.
Even so, it probably COULD do with a new log so I'll stick one in sometime these holidays - Or the next visitor could kindly put one in for me . When they get there, they'll appreciate why I'm not keen to go back. It'll be my 4th or 5th visit .

Found as a side detour from on eof my favourite walks in the area on a beautiful afternoon. Had to convince the teenage kids that it was do-able! Appreciated the "handrail" and wouldn't have done it in wet conditions! Quite an adventure, and probably the most challenging cache I've done!

Few cuts and bruises. Obvious once you get there

This was the fourth of five finds in the area today, involving an enjoyable walk of 5.75km over just shy of two hours in an area that I haven't previously visited.

I actually found it easier to get back to the top than getting into the cache, even with the help of gravity on the way down.

Thanks for the cache Nibs.

Awesome! I love hills! Amazed anyone found this location in the first place to make the hide! Very cool TFTC

While technically I didn't get to the cache - I was with team J@M and the M of the team went to retrieve it. Given the amount of hiking I had done to get there I am claiming at least some of the glory! We were worried about the welfare of M on such a steep slope on a damp day (particularly when we realised M had all the phones) but we regrouped in one piece and set about the rest of geocaching trip. Nice hide!

Came to this one from the Chambers Gully track and looked at the downhill slope and thought 'no way, it wouldn't be there would it'.

Had to trust the GPS and Mrs J and HappyGAF decided to stay about half way from the top whilst I slid on the wet soil all the way down to GZ. Once there the cache was fairly easy to find but I stuck around for a few minutes pondering the climb back up.

Thanks to the kind folks that installed the climbing assistance device, I made it back to the rest of the team and we were soon on our way again. Now feeling the pain of muscles that haven't been used in a while and wondering what the next 4.5 terrain cache will be that we tackle.

Thought this one would have been harder.Found it challenging going across this slope when i realised i was to far west.Nice shortcut.

The Gravitron mustn't be used very often, because its all mossed over ! Made it to GZ without issue and making good use of the nearby "handrail" on the return. After all the hype in the logs though, this wasn't nearly as difficult as I was expecting!

Thanks for the cache!
Bek-theraccoon with K8eus

PS. Log book is getting double-sided full, it can probably take 10 or so more pages of logs.

The gravitron was developing full power today [:o)]
Gee gravity sucks [:o]
But despite the attractive nature of the downhill run, I was doubting the ability of my super grippy boots to extract me from the side of the hill in an upward direction after finding the cache
Fortunately there is a handrail and it provided the necessary extra antigravitational force to haul myself back to the top of the abyss after finding the snug little cache
I don't want to be revisiting this cache for a while [:o]

That wasn't too bad, at least there was a track, (sort of) and something to hang on to,
A good fun walk, although I was crazy enough to try and continue down to chambers gully, in the end I gave up that and went back the long (and safe) way
TNLN
thanks

Next time we see you Nibs we are going to check your feet and make sure they are not cloven hooves! Mrs S piked out 60m from the cache, but Mr S persevered. That is some serious terrain.

Thanks Nibs, we think.

A surprisingly easy find. The slope was nice and dry today so no slippery sliding on my bum occured.
Saw the 'fred' in the cache. Nice touch Nibs I have heaps of these things at home that I could use as swaps.

TFTC

Halfway down, and I had to let go of the fence to work around an inconsiderately positioned olive tree. And made a few more meters progress on my posterior, in the mud. Decided that this really isn't a wet weather cache, it's just too slippery. I'll be back when it dries out!

Certainly do need a good pair of hiking shoes for this one. TNLNSLTFTC.

I had occasion to struggle up this hill again today for the "Chambers" cache. I couldn't come all this way and not just do a maintenance check on this one. The cache is fine and ready for the next finder [^].
Bugger! I had forgotten how steep and slippery that hill is [:o].

I had occasion to struggle up this hill again today for the "Chambers" cache. I couldn't come all this way and not just do a maintenance check on this one. The cache is fine and ready for the next finder [^].
Bugger! I had forgotten how steep and slippery that hill is .

Gravitron has been on the list for ages, and seriously I thought I would never get this.

Well whatdoyouknow. Tonight, just on dusk, I find my self slip sliding down a slope, holding on to some fence (that, by the way must have cost a fortune to install), dodging Hawthorn bushes (yep, the ones I got stuck in the eye before at 10 sailors )…… and arriving at GZ in the dark. Insane [?]

Definitely!

Nibsy, finding this spot by accident was a bonus. Bet you searched high and low initially. You poor thing Night time is definitely cooler this time of year, plus on your way back you can’t see the dangerous bits…..

Happy it is off the list – clear skies and thanks to Nibs from TeamAstro [^]

Found sometime between 8 and 9pm with other Aesir Rover Scout Stuey during one of our night hikes. We came down from the closest part of the ridge, not realising that the fence had a clear slope next to it, so much bush-bashing ensued - plenty of branches to hold onto when slipping though.

Great caching location - far more enjoyable than urban caches IMO.

A hell of a spot! i have passed the spot before at a hell of a time like stoping a fire along the fence line in 1994.
I am glad that just me big JC did this one and i didn't have little JC with me a bit to hard for her little legs i think. Regards JC TNLNSL

Bloody hell that was steep. Gravi'wow'! Great walk but, Frahmar and Tarmar enjoyed this very much. Came in from Waterfall Gully. Once back at Waterfall Gully we had a shower at Waterfalls No 2, a great reward for a walk on a pretty hot day. Cheers Nibs. TNLN

Second for the day, great hiding spot

TNLNSL

Now I know why it's called The Gravitron. Because all the other names that came out of my lips as I was sliding down the hill were already taken!
At 100kg, when I slip I keep going! [B)][B)]
I parked at the Waterfall Gully Rd Winter Track gate. I'd bagged it in 40min round trip. May have been 10 minutes longer if I didn't slip.

Thanks for this one! I'm still smiling.

Had a good idea of where this one was so didnt turn on the GPS till actually at GZ just to confirm the locale. Looking at the well worn path, and the spines on the Hawthorn poking through the man made structure, prompted a trip downhill slighty to the east, progress in the mode of a unsteady crab had Team Nibbler at GZ without too much trouble. OK, into the Geo Backpack for the Geo Torch and soon after adopting a Geo Crawl the Cache was ours. TNLNSL. Thanks Nibs

Some early morning drizzle made this a whole barrel of fun to complete. The worst bits are where the shrubs grow out far enough that I had to let go of my security blanket to continue down. Despite this, the only spill I took was going back up. Took quite a while to spot the container, there was one very obvious spot, but I failed to see the cache. Sent a text to Miss J waiting back at base camp to get the hint from the Zire. Before she could text back with the lack of hint, I found it. Well hidden. I was a bit knackered when I finally made it back to the top, but enjoyed the whole thing. Took superglue, left a Chicken Run chook. Thanks Nibs.

The hard part of this one was not locating the cache, but getting to it. Great views, motor cyclists tearing up Greenhill Road.

TNLNSL.

3rd find on this hill today (1 was a GCA.com).
I agree with FeatherWaites view of the man-made structure placed there for cachers!
Found easily in the very end, pure evil the descent. And it got worse as I decided to continue down instead of climbing back up. Actually wasn't too bad in the end... when I finally made to stop sliding downhill very fast.
TNLNSL Left swaps in car!!! DOH

Thanks Nibs

I extend my gratitude to the kind soul/s who strategically placed the supporting structure that allowed access to the cache site. Did they roll it out from the top? Did they push it up from the bottom? If it was rolled out in the wrong place, did they have to wind it back up to re-align it? How could anyone have carried a bundle of droppers down that slope? Or up, for that matter? One would never know. These questions, and many more, rattled around in the mind as one descended treacherously to locate the cache. It never ceases to amaze me how the activities of kind-hearted muggles can so adequately compensate for the sadistic nature of cachers. Cheers Nibs!

Took my friends Bruk and Meron out caching. Practised 'finding' a cache with an easy one that is nearby, and then slowly descended the mountain for our assult on this famous place. Ms Shonky decided the terrain rating was more than her match and stayed at the top.
Slowly slowly slipping down the slope on our bums... whoops, that wasn't so slow but at least there's something to grab. That dried grass really has no grip at all.
At GZ the hiding place should have been obvious, but no container. Hmm.. perhaps it's somewhere else (damn, I should have brought the cache notes down the hill!). Not wanting to go back up the slope to get them I phoned a friend for a hint and soon had the container in hand.
Now real challenge... getting back up to the top. It reminds me of climbing Uluru a while ago - two feet and a hand to drag oneself up. Lucky that chicken wire is there.
A great location and a very enjoyable "Walk". Thanks Nibs!

Rated: for Overall Experience

Very HOT up climbing up here today......but well worth it! I feel like I have searched here (exactly) before,but for a different cache......maybe I'm dreaming. Great put,took a while to see it. Thanks

Attacked this one from the South, up Winter track and up onto the ridge, smooth sailing so far, checked out the lookout wich is reccommended and then decided to go for the cache. down hill . really down hill. 2 of us managed to get down with the assistance of the chicken wire but the other had a 10 metre slight and now has a grazed buttock [B)]. Found the cache OK and then proceeded all the way down to Chambers Gully and walked back to the car.

An enjoyable 1 1/2 hour walk. highly reccommended.

Took light and left lighter.