Shackels Estate Barden Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
By Sky Dog on 17-Mar-05. Waypoint GCN4DB

Log to follow

Out caching and kayaking with Sensible Sis. We arrived just before high tide and pulled our boats up onto the convenient landing area. Made the short scramble through the overgrown steps to GZ then commenced our lengthy search. After digging around we widened our search finding more and more steps and walls. However, the find eluded us and we finally gave up and made out way back to the boats finding that we each had several leeches. Managed to remove some with some gentle persuasion. However, I had three very fat leeches attached too firmly to remove. Eventually they dropped off and probably died from alcoholic poisoning.
Certainly enjoyed the paddle along this scenic river. Thanks Sky Dog for placing these caches in such a nice location.

Log to follow

I came across the coordinates to this one a little while back, today, it was finally time to have a go at this one. I made my way down the historical trail to gz. It’s cool to see how nature as reclaimed the land here. With so many places to search I was left scratching my head after about 15 mins of searching, I began circling around again and finally uncovered this sneaky hide. Sadly the cache contents were saturated, I was still able to get my name on there. Thank you sky dog for bringing me to this stunning location!

OCW PelDroedGwin

Another cache I’ve been watching for way too long....today was the day it to pick it up.

All WP’s from the series visited on foot.

Today we followed the fire trail, then the steps to a fascinating GZ- how quickly nature reclaims her space.

Took quite a lot of searching before PDG spotted it, nicely tucked away

Tftc

OCW the Bebes. Walked on in from David street to GZ. Searched for a good 10mins before actually finding the cache in it’s well camouflaged hide. Interesting place. Tftc

It feels like a looking time since I found the coordinates to this cache in the others of the series, but it wasn't until recently that I had the time and energy to paddle my yak up here to find the cache. Though I did attempt this once from the road above but was turned off by the private property signs.
But the wait was worth it! As a good start to the year on my yak while caching!
After grounding my raft on there old jetty I made my way up the stairs, and found more stairsstairs many possible places that could match the hint.
After a lot of searching around, and looking further about with no luck, I returned to my boat to grab my phone and try to find more hints from the past logs.
I eventually went back up and found it in a spot that I obviously didn't search well enough.
Afterwards I Sat on the steps of the jetty to write up my log. I sat here silently and still enough that little crabs started to emerge from the rocks around my feet.
A great place, and a real shame to see that some properties were left to decay so badly.
Thanks for the cache.

This cache gave us the most trouble of the day.
We arrived by canoe, pulling our craft up on to some rocks before starting our ascent.
We found some stairs and made our way up to GZ. What's this then? More stairs? We went up, we went down, we went around, but the cache was not revealing itself. We split up and went over the area again. We kept being drawn back to the main stairs, but they just weren't cooperating.
We circled around some more and still nothing! Then I tried circling back in the opposite direction and something caught my attention. What's this then? Ohhhhh!! Just what I've been looking for!
Quite a tricky find in the end, but I'm glad we found it. Now that we had all the coords for "Breakdown and Makeup" we could add an extra stop on our way back!
Thanks for the fun day out on the water!

This cache proven to be the challenge of the day. Arrived at the GZ found a few potential placed. Searched through each then widened our search without success. Read more logs, then more searches... Going back and forth a couple of times until Anominous Sign went back to where he searched before and uncovered the well hidden cache. Now we have Breakdown and Makeup's coords, we can not just stop here. Off we go zigzag up the river. Thanks for the cache!

Thanks for showing us a unique location. Got a bit distracted wondering about the history of this site before the cache was uncovered. TFTC!

I like a bit of a bush bash, especially if it leads to an interesting cache. Great location. TFTC SkyDog

I have had the coords for SE and DE since I found Breakdown and Makeup over 2 years ago. Today I decided to make an attempt at these with EverestHigh, using the land approach rather than by water.

We parked in Wardell Drive, and were put off by the numerous signs warning you about PRIVATE PROPERTY. We quickly negotiated a way downhill, with some bush bashing until we located the old steps. Suddenly we were within a few metres of GZ, and some old ruins and more stairs. There seemed to be so many possible hiding places, and the area is getting quite overgrown with vegetation. Another look at the hint, took us to one obvious spot and another level, before EH uncovered the well-hidden and well-preserved cache. Luckily we found an easier way out along a fire trail, more old steps, then an easier climb up the slope before emerging near the guard rail.

So glad to tick this one off, and a remarkable old area. It's hard to imagine the settlers living in this area so many years ago. It was worth the wait to find this one. Giving it a FP. Now onto Deepwater Estate. TFTC

After find the coordinates yesterday and reaching a temperature of 26°C today, we decided to grab a canoe and started paddling the three kilometres creek up!

GeoDirk found the stairs up and stayed with the canoe. Up I went! Halfway the stairs a fallen tree had blocked the passage and it took me 15 minutes to get through. And then the search started....

I had searched everything and everywhere, but no luck. Widened my search, no luck. Up the stairs, down the stairs, no luck. Ready to give up. Now i needed to find a way around that tree again, maybe this way.... Oh guess what, another set of walls within reasonable distance of the GZ coordinates! And more stairs. And more walls. What a mess.....

And then suddenly: why does that rock stand out? Oh darn, there it is, a floor higher than I was looking for it. Thanks to that fallen over tree...

TFTC!

Parked in Wardell Drive, and was careful to negotiate around private property at the top. I knew I was in for a steep bushbash, but halfway down I came across an abandoned concrete footpath, which helped take the nastiness out of the hill. Getting towards GZ and there was so many different twists and turns on the abandoned concrete pathways and plenty of abandoned old remains of brick huts. Never knew there used to be so much activity down here. Thanks for telling me about Shackels Estate. It was a great adventure. TFTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 1.720 E 151° 1.242

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 1.686 E 151° 1.242

Distance from original: 206.9 feet or 63.1 meters.

The old sign is no longer there. These co-ords take you to a brand new sign.

In the 12 years since this cache was placed, the steps up to the cache from the rock wharf is very overgrown with ferns. It would pay to bring a machete or something.

TFTC Sky Dog,

At long last I can post a found on this cache. We were going to go away this weekend but after a bad weather report changed our plans. How wrong that report was.

Our changed plans allowed Nana nel and myself the chance to catch up on some local caches today and this one was at the top of my must do caches. Arriving at GZ nothing was any different to last time and it was a matter of going back over every location already checked. Searched for 15 minutes and decided to PAF. No answer so it was back to hands and knees and looking everywhere. A leach locked onto my shoe and as I brushed it away I saw what I had missed every time before. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, how angry can you be with yourself. It was so obvious, the 2 log books were moist and we signed both.

With the last finders being 27/08/16, we also get some forgotten days.

I have awarded a favorite, visited a group of trackables and left one for the next finder.

Found today with Wazza9, arrived at GZ looked around everywhere like last time, rechecked the hint, and it was not long before Wazza9 was successful. Signed the log books and replaced. Thanks to Sky Dog.

Out on the Woronora with Canary, Bikerbuddy and Toriaz. The clue was spot on, but BB and I ventured further, admiring the extent of the brickwork. Amazing that this was once the site of a home. Canary persisted in the initial spot and made the find.

#4,482

Second of the kayak caches for today, with Alnic, bikerbuddy & Canary. This one was harder to find a landing spot for the kayaks. We each chose a spot & all of us managed to get to ashore without falling over. Canary kind of spoilt that afterwards by falling of a rock as we headed to GZ, but only did minimal damage.

We found some overgrown stairs and what looked like a good place to search. Nothing was found at first, so we spread out a bit. We got to explore this fascinating place a little, before Canary went back to the first search area, looked deeper & found the cache. Coordinates seemed spot on, which helped a lot. Alnic and I had another fight over the cache, then got around to opening, signing, etc.

Awkward return to the kayaks. Well, for me at least, I know it didn't look too elegant. But I made it back in without capsizing, and it was off for a short paddle to the last cache.

Thanks

This was our second cache along the river. I'd never kayaked here before and I was fascinated by the houses along the shore to our left, none of which had road access and relied upon the river to move backward and forth. It was like something from a story book. The right hand shore, where these first two caches were located, displayed numerous ruins from estates of days gone. I wondered what had happened to them. Perhaps bush fires. The cache notes talk about shacks, but what I was seeing was the remains of substantial buildings. I thought it strange that they had never been rebuilt.

Our landing was more difficult this time, but we all managed, and then we moved along the shore line to where we had spotted stairs heading into the undergrowth. Canary had a slip on a rock, but he was okay, so we all took it carefully.

We were soon at a spot where the GPS and the clue both worked. We had an initial look, but we found no cache. Alnic39 and I spotted more stairs winding up the slope, so we climbed them and found a wide bush track above, large enough to get a car down. As we descended we found Canary had returned to our original search area - it made most sense after all - and then found the cache.

This was one of the more fascinating places caching has taken me. A favourite. Thanks

My 500th Multi Cache!!!

I had been to "Breakdown and Makeup" on the 6th of August, so I had coordinates for the two on the river.

This stop was on some rock near the old steps. It was my first time getting out of a floating kayak!

Then it was back along the rocks where I took a slip almost into the water!?!

From here it was a climb to the old house. The coordinates took us to a spot that match the clue but none of us boys spotted it there. We all searched a little further afield till I came back and searched deeper from the side and made the find.

A great adventure in great company with bikerbuddy, Toriaz and alnic39.

TFTC.

Hear we go again with another failed attempt. We obtained the coordinates this morning from GCJDRD and knowing the tide would be out decided to have a go.
Arrived at GZ and looked every where without success. Even went up the second set of stairs to a track and even higher but couldn't find anything. Nana nel went back and started searching again while I PAF. He indicated that Nana nel was on the correct level and I joined her. After another 30 minutes, we gave up and made our way back to the car before dark set in.
One day I might get lucky.

After paddling up the river for 2 klms, started up the stairs, looked, looked and looked, unable to find the container, time to paddle back before dark. Hopefully one day.

actually the whole pole is missing not just the sign.

Found while staying with family nearby on a short visit to Sydney. Great spot for a camp with the kids but could do with a tidy up.
TNLN signed log. TFTC

Hello Sky Dog,

Now that I am home on the computer, I have just read all the logs. Yes the sign is missing. Lets not go into the problems your failure to review a previous maintenance request has possibly contributed to, other than to say ouch accidents can happen.

Please update. I am keen to try again someday, but I don't want to find that after putting all that effort into it, I am faced with problems that can't be resolved.

Thanks,
wazza9

What a disaster this turned out to be.

At the coordinates and there was no sign and after checking the 5 stored GPS logs I noticed I had the phone number for a previous finder. I suspect I was going back to a nearby sign but decided to check first.

Out of the bag comes the phone and while everything is open ops, an accident and we are in the water with phone, camera, GPS and everything else. Some how we managed to recover the items but can only wonder what will work when they dry out. All the contacts that were not on the SIM card, ouch are possibly lost.

Gave up and made our way back to the start.

I will post a maintenance request for the CO to check the sign and if necessary, post new coordinates and if necessary change the formula if some numbers are different.

Was not going to let this one beat me!

Found after about 15 min on a return visit - replaced ziplock on the log but it's in pretty poor condition. Would have replaced but for historical value.

TFTC

Sign appears to be missing and a cache check may possibly be in order (or I may just be developing an even greater case of cache blindness)

Cheers

delloro

Bit of a frustrating one this...

No sign of the sign, as noted by a previous cacher.

Managed to find Breakdown and Makeup with only the co-ordinates from Deepwater Estate, then returned to find the cache. Searched for about 30 minutes but had to give up.

Maybe next time....

Couldn't see any sign, perhaps it's been replaced?

Strike 2 for the morning, had fun being a mountain goat whilst my mate was definitely the billy goat! TFTC

Very funny. You didn't look so good stuck in the blackberries obayman. & who are you calling an old goat? We did well to find & hack our way up the old paths. Cache was pretty damp. Dried it as best we could before the other old goat decided knew a quicker way back to the boat .... blackberries, etc.
Oh, the sign is pretty illegible. I had to sms the Sky Dog. We really enjoyed this one. Quite an adventure. TFTC Sky Dog

I stayed behind for this one so our canoe doesn't drift away when Zal went hunting.. very difficult yet undervalued task indeed. Hope it makes claiming finding this cache less cheeky

TFTC!

Stage 2. Keeping with the main pack we confirmed our co-ords at the WP1 then pulled up to park. Trickier disembarking now at nearly high tide as the jetty was very slippery. Zhaoy stayed to secure the boat so it didnt float away and the gang headed up the slippery slope to the stairs and GZ. Alfyboy had approached from a slightly different angle and was closest to the cache making the grab. 2/2 for the Ginger bearded pirates!

We chucked around the log book and noted the final was behind us, so we would return to grab it on the way home after finishing the rest of the series.

Cheers Sky (Water) Dog (?)

Rated: for Overall Experience

Another stop on the river with MV and Steeba. Sure glad we found the steps, as otherwise this one might have been difficult! Anyway, we were away from the main group which made 'parking' our kayaks a lot easier, by the time we were leaving it was a real traffic jam down on the river!

Cheers

Another great cache, paddle, hike and hand it to the next cacher, you gotta love events, this is a beautiful area. TFTC

Day #7 of Dry July.
The second on the list for our expedition. Collected the information easy enough and headed off to the next landing point. This was a bit tricky as there were a number of possible spots. We picked the wrong one and had to double back and with the help of Alf were guided to GZ. Another fanastic cache along the river.
SL TFTC

Next cache on our most excellent canoe adventure today. With so many canoes all trying to land at the same spot, we were spread along the shore a bit. So we all made our way up several of the staircases and ended up at GZ where teh cache was found pretty quickly and the log passed around.

There are certainly a heap of stairways up the hillside and lots of bits of concrete all around. It must have been quite a sight to see the hillside covered in peoples make-shift dwellings in the old days, but I don;t expect it would have been the peaceful bushland haven then!

Thanks for the history Sky Dog, it makes it all so interesting

Second for the day. Landing at this one was a bit tricky with so many water craft at the bank together. Landing spots like this are a lot easier in a canoe than a kayak. Log signed and off we go.

I teamed up with Cattledog-81 and club bindi during the WRECK event at Woronora. Once we located the information it was off on a short paddle to find GZ. Very interesting history and ruins along here, TNLN thanks.

After getting off at the wrong spot we were directed by Alf to the correct place.

SL TFTC

Glad to read up some history in the cache notes- there seemed to be so much along here that is now gone. I was glad when I got there that so many people had trodden before me today making the steps not so overgrown as they probably normally are. After a looking a bit too high at first we got there. TFTC!

I teamed up with Jkcourtz and club bindi during the WRECK event at Woronora. Once we located the information it was off on a short paddle to find GZ. Very interesting history and ruins along here, TNLN thanks.

Found on Woronora Cache and Canoe Event day with JYGE.
TFTC.

Found during the WRECK event, thankyou

Was glad I finally found the half of coords I didn't have yet, even with all those people in front of me!
Great little spot for a hide.
TFTC Wilbert67

The WRECK team today were all over the river, and we had waypoints and co-ords and numbers all over the place... thank goodness for team-work!

And TFTC Skydog - an awful lot of work went into these a few years back - good to see they're all still active!

Teamed up with "pipes down under" and a good day was had finding these multis & traditionals along the woronora river. There certainly were some laughs to be had as everyone tried to decipher the required info for the multis whilst the traditionals weren`t so bad. A great day caching the wonny.
TNLN,SL TFTC

A great day for the second of a number of multies on this event. Great fun with the like minded.
Got some extra coordinates for another multi as well.

Reperio at 1030.

Having met up with Steeba and Hoojar at 'Deepwater Estate' it was on to this one, and like the previous multi, the information was gathered en route to GZ where we pulled up to another great spot that almost seemed like we were the first people to discover it. The stone steps leading up to GZ was like something out of an Indiana Jones movie, and once we were in the right spot, Hoojar made the find. It was a real pleasure doing your caches today with some great company.

Gratias Sky Dog.

Found as part of attending the W R E C K event which was great event with a huge turn out even more so being winter. The few spots of rain and clouds soon disappeared for great paddling weather up to The Needles. The caches up and down the river provide good breaks from paddling. We soon got the hang of the multis and which ones had co-ords for the other ones. Thanks to Sky Dog for maintaining the caches before the event. It was certainly beneficial to cache as a group as more eyes the better although we did overload some of the landing spots and almost needed Harbour Patrol to direct traffic but it was all good fun.

Deep Water Estate was first. We all managed to miss the numbers at first however those arriving in the second wave soon helped us out.

Next was Shackles Estate and while the numbers have seen better days we still managed to read them. The question was then which stairs to take and with cachers at multiple landings most of the stairs plus the recently cleared track was used. With so many eyes and hands the cache was quickly found and Breakdown and Makeup was soon worked out.

We continued up to Salinity Now! as we where told it was easier to land there and walk down to the Ruined Castles. On the paddle up we saw lots of good sized fish and bird life including a Kingfisher close up. Thanks to the CO for waiting to ensure a safe landing and a cache find. With the signing duties complete a group of us moved up to the Ruined Castles. Lots of other walls here for plenty of hiding spots. Again the advantage of many eyes and hands paid off with a quick find.

Up The Creek was next. We walked up the good trail up to an intersection to The Needles while some of the others paddled up to The Needles. We initial followed the good track up the hill as that's where the GPSrs were pointing. As we got higher we had a recheck and decided this track was not going to get us down to the river in this direction so we back tracked and cut down to the lower track which got muddier and more over grown as we went until we had to retreat up higher. Once near GZ we realised the river had to be cross but there was no avoid shoes or feet getting wet to get to the other side. After the log signing it was a return to the canoes. (The walk was probably one of the harder parts of the day).

Back on the water if was off to complete Breakdown and Makeup. We spied a nice landing spot and made our way the short distance to GZ where we found the cache after a short search and picked up a geocoin. With the signing complete we teamed up with a few others to complete 40/400. Up the slippery slope we went only to find we needed to be patient with the GPSr as it periodically froze with the poor reception. We had a bit of an extended search and after a few slip and slide came up with the cache from its neatly hidden hidy hole. With the signing complete and the cache re hidden it was a faster trip down the hill (not always on foot)

Once back at the W R E C K start and waiting for a few paddlers to come in we ducked off to quickly complete the nearby Muddy's First cache where we collected a Travel Bug. We also took the opportunity to find talk to a few others for other good near by cache suggestions. TFTC's

Tricky landing spot for such a large number of vesels. TFTC

The Neighbs and I teamed up for the WRECK event today. We had a little difficulty finding a spot to moor with all the others there too. Eventually managed and took a while to locate the right stairs. Then not too long until the log was signed. Interesting history indeed. I can't believe how many places are ruined along the river.

#1300
The next on our WRECK journey and with the WP info collected we all stopped at various 'steps' along the bank. Luckily, I happened to find the real steps and made my way to GZ. Checked the hint and then while the others were higher up, I made the find. Decided if I should secretly SL and not tell anyone, and then decided against it this time We SL and I replaced. Then L0cksmith and Purplepeopleater needed to SL and I took them back up to GZ again. Nice little area and Multi, thanx again SK, TFTC.

This was find #6 on our Woronora River Expedition to Canoe and Kache, and took a couple of minutes to find - eventualy I jumped down a level to check what I thought was the camo, only to find I had been standing on top of it just before that.
meanwhile the others were sitting in canoes below me either not wanting to climb or having already made the find previously.
thanks for the intertesting spots this series brings us to.

Found with 'Sat Down' during the WRECK. An interesting piece of history, indeed. TFTC!

On a day of paddling and adventure. This a nice easy multi. Thanks

Cleared a path up the steps with a machete through all the bracken and blackberries. The stairs were not visible at before I did this.
However having done that I discovered another path up the hill on the downstream end of the "wharf".

The cache container had a significant amount of water in it after months of rain, so I have replaced the sodden logbook. However I ran out of pens and the one in there doesn't work. So if the next person could bring one from Deepwater, I would be most appreciative.

Number four found on the five of the Woronora River Series! Easy, that gives the coords for the fifth as well!

However, reaching here was not so easy. Seeking the necessary information at the waypoint was seriously hindered by a tree growing in front of the object, and further, the contrast of the writings was ceasing by age, bleaching, rust and erosion. So we carefully passed three times, and I took photographs. On top, the object was in shade, which made it even worse to read against the sunlight. As we didn't get the full information, we tried to land - Koolkath jumping off the bow and - slip - deep into the water, with her two arms still hanging at the boat. Brrr. As she recovered her mood, try again - same scenario. So, that was probably not a way to go. Downstream the big rock was deep and still water, in which we could then stay and decrypt the signs. As we finally managed the task, back into sunshine, KoolKath drying her pants and reheating. Spotted good landing for GZ along an abandoned pier. Probably should by some fenders for the Arkaroooo.... So I hurried up the stairs to GZ - GPS jumping here and there. Just in mind, at Ruined Castles, it took me an hour or so - and poor KoolKath freezing in the shade. Clear, why this side of the river is abandoned: Too cool and humid. The shade side of the river. We've lived in such a spot twenty years ago - and you won't stop heating and trying to get out of there. Apart from summer time, when you would enjoy two or three months! The ground was again challenging for being barefoot. Many slippery leaves from the garden trees. Found some other interesting stairs and walked them up until the fire trail. I love these overgrown ruins! How forgiving the Australian bush is - fortunately, for all we mistreat it! These plants, these ferns, these grasses! Back to GZ, it finally focused to one location where I searched a bit more intensively with success. Expected one like the other containers, but this one is different - probably the original version. Thanks again, Sky Dog, for another quality cache - as you say, three like this value out 30 in the city! Well done! Hope I have enough favorites left - otherwise I'll top them up later on...

The Arkaroo - who loves the mountains and the waters.

Caching Team:

* The Arkaroo

* KoolKath

* RockSandra

Travel Bugs visiting:

* Arkaroo's Treasure (TB38AN6)

* The Arkaroooo (TTB415BN)

* Blue Desert Drive (TB3ZQ7E)

* Tasmanian Monkey (TB3FVE7)

* Girl Guides of Canada (TB3JT4A)

Day out on the canoes with the family and a leisurely paddle up the River. Love the sites along there . . . awesome. TFTC, TNLN.

After completing the nearby Deepwater Estate, Mr H & Mr Us thought we could handle another 1.5km paddle up the river so we could finally lay this series to rest.
Paddling up, we were continually amazed that houses just kept on appearing. We spoke to one local who commented "Best thing about living here is that there is no road. Worst thing about living here is that is no road" LOL But the serenity must be fantastic.
Back to the cache - this one took a little longer to locate. After we docked the Yaks at the rocky, slippery shore, we made our way up to a likely GZ through the undergrowth and in our best caching thongs..... well actually, I had just broken one of mine at deepwater, so I was slowed a bit.
We looked in the obvious spots to start with, but knowing the hiding technique of Sky Dog, we knew it wouldn't be just placed anywhere.
After reading the clue and some previous logs, we widened our search a bit, and after about half an hour, Mr H finally came up with the goods.
Again, a great hide, a fantastic location & heaps of history.
We will be heading back up here for another paddle to show Mrs H & Mrs Us the great views, so if you are planning a 6th for the series, then soon would be good .
Thanks heaps for the cache - TNLN.
Cheers.

Our final cache of the Woronora River Series and another fantastic location. We'd been out on the kayaks most of the day in the area with Usat31 and to top the day off the boys went off for a quick paddle to grab Deepwater Estate & then this cache. It's a really enjoyable paddle and we're sure to return again with the kayaks for a day out & a picnic nearby.
A tricky cache to find with all the dense bush that's around at the moment but after a fairly extensive search & good clue the prize was eventually found.
Thanks for another top cache and a super river series,
The Hancock Clan

Finished the woronora river series with this one. Took me to some really nice spots! Loved the history at this one and ruined castles

Tftc!! Is a little damp though!

this was the last of the woronora series i had left, the GPS seemed a little confused down here but i eventually found it. TFTC

Bit of trek through the undergrowth and some brambles didn't want to let us go!

after quite a bit of looking, I even stepped over it once, we finally found it right where I thought it would be.

What an interesting series of house 'wrecks' along the river. Most of us headed in the wrong direction, as Altaire found it at another house. Amazing how quickly the plant life is regaining control - either that or the gardener should be sacked.

Retreated after signing the logs and the threat of Tronador being lifted away by the mozzies.

No. 2 of the treasure hunt today, have I mentioned that the lent boat was too small and so my legs started getting numb after around 1 km of paddling.
So any cache on the river was more than wellcome.
TNLN
TFTC
Alpini
proud PLG member

With Deepwater receding in our wake our sturdy craft sliced through the water riding the rising tide towards our next landing point. The almost jungle like vegetation cascades down the steep hillside here rapidly burying the ruins of yesteryear. Much old stonework however is still visible here & there, peering out in quiet melancholy midst the overwhelming greenery. Steep hills & thick vegetation are not the friends of GPS receivers, however we had more than enough searchers to overcome this minor inconvenience and in short order the cache entrails were laid out on someone’s old stone lounge room floor. Or maybe it was their kitchen. Don’t think it was a conservatory. Anyway the log deed was done and the other co-ordinates were also done, ‘ere we sailed with the tide. We made no swaps but picked up the Wish You Were Here coin and parted with a travel bug. We liked this jungle clad, ruin surrounded location a lot. Thanks again Sky Dog.

After finding Deepwater Estate, we paddled further upstream on an incoming tide. Very soon we arrived at the given coords and retrieved the information that would lead us to GZ.
This estate was really overgrown and the thorny blackberries snared our legs as we climbed the steps.
Altaire took the correct ones and soon called out found it.
We were soon gathered around the cache once more to perform the caching duties.
Lovely spot. No swaps but left the Achilles Compass Rose Geocoin.


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[This entry was edited by tronador on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 at 4:19:09 AM.]

Rated: for Overall Experience

Second cache find on our canoe trip up the river with Tronador, Alpini, Spindoc Bob and Altaire. Tied the canoes up on the rocky shore and headed up some rundown stairs through climbing roses in what was once a garden. Had a look around through the ruins but soon found we were in the wrong spot when Altaire found it in the next ruin along. Nicely stocked cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

This place is surrounded by absolutely the most amazing flowers, almost like the Eden of my imagination. All you could smell was the overpowering scent of jasmine as you searched through the purple haze for the hidden cache.

after we had the info we were on site and had the cache in our hands for my no 50 thanks skydog frippy left coin, we collected the next clue for breakdown and we were on our way again up river not to far for bend beach thanks again

Found this one today for Bushy2233 50th find, we hired a boat and did the series. Awesome day to be on the water.
TFTC left geocoin
took nothing

Dropped in to make sure everything was still dry after all the rain. It is.

2:00p
Went in by foot, found an access track close to WP1 (check out the sign). Found WP1, access to the sign was overgrown. To the cache location was a bush bash, found more ruins, lots of caves. Great adventure, thanks for the hunt.
TNSL left spider and ERF Traveller TB

This was the second find for the day however the first in the Woronora series. The land by water was a bit tricky, with that slippery Woronora mud. Found the chase without a problem.
TNLN TFTH

10.00am with Team Webguy and Abowie.
We left the scurvy dog in the boat while we went on a raiding party. We put in a little early and had to explorer the region.

A nifty spot and we tought about building a cubby house but the weekend visits would get expensive. That highly experienced Webster knew just where to look.

TNLN thanks.

Found at 1000hrs on 16/03/2007 with Team Webguy and Team Wizbang.

Sat and bravely guarded the boat while the overactive chaps forged on up the hill.

Took nothing
Left bottletops
SL.

10:01am
Aaarrrr, a trio of river pirates aboard the SS Oyster Cruncher stopped in here to plunder ye treasure and walk ye plank.

Dammit, where is that plank?

We put in and tied up at one spot and wandered around exploring the many levels of steps, foundations, slabs and roads in this area, amazing, people will build just about anywhere.

Found the cache easy enough after looking in quite a few other places, nicely hidden away.

Grabbed a cutlass (knife) and deposited some candles made from human fat that strangely smell of talc. A really nice spot to explore. Forgot to get the part co-ords for Brakedown and makeup so was sent up once more to gather the info.

Cheers

Next stop after Deepwater...Found the clue and then the cache location. What a top spot! How good would it be to live here? Seems a distant era though when this was possible, still a worthwhile place to stop and explore.
TNLNSL, best wishes,
Wal & Jonathan

The old infrastructure and location where this cache was hidden brought out the inner child in me - I just wanted to explore, so I did.

Radiocob

Borrowed a boat to cache, had a great day. Nice area. Found an old road and car port with a great view. TNLN

Great spot low tide was the killer.TNLN

Took the time to have a look around as saw the steps go higher and higher. Interesting spot, just where does that road go???
Did my swaps and then battled the lowering tide as we had further to go. Thanks Andrew

Found this out on a boat one day with Sc00t, was an excellent series of caches and a great way to spend an April day.

Sorry for the late log.

Cheers
Twi$tie$
www.teambooya.com

Second one on our list for the Woronora River Series. Found quick enough, Twisties did some exploring up the hill.

Can't believe they pulled all the buidlings down, would have been a great place.

Thanks
Team Booya

Came by boat with KiwiLegend. Cache is in good condition. Lots of goodies still there because not many visitors come here. I've found that caches that are only visited by keen cachers normally stay in good nick for longer. I say, "Make 'em difficult and keep the rabble away"!!

We had the luxury of a guided tour of Sky Dog's Woronora caches today, with the cache owner in his boat. He insisted that we do the navigation, and told him which direction to go. We waited a while for some muggles who were sitting on the landing spot. Eventually, we decided that they weren't going, so we decided that the direct approach was the best, and told them about what we were doing, and looking for. They seemed pretty impressed when we finally found it. TNLN, TFTCATGT!

Armed with the co-ords from B&M I drove as close to the cache site as possible. However once I realised the type of terrain I would have to traverse to reach it I began to have second thoughts. After finding what looked like a track I began my descent. Imagine my surprise when halfway down the hill I discovered a staircase which led me all the way down to GZ.

It's probably still easier by boat but the work of past inhabitants certainly makes the land approach quite feasible.

Lovely spot.

Took carbiner left key chain.

This definitely would have been easier by boat, but was still enjoyable on foot [^] A very interesting location with a lot of the old infrastructure still visible. Thanks SWAG agg.

TN
L a small picture frame

Beta testing for SWAG Agg.

Found this back in mid march...
Worked without a problem...

Went on a boat with our new dog. it was her first time boating and caching... she loved it!!!

Thanks Agg

Beautiful morning for a paddle so the old seadog and I set out to tackle the dark and mysterious Woronora River in the good ship S.K. Firm & Willing.
Amazingly the tide was coming in, normally I always end up paddling against the tide so I don’t know what I did to stuff that pattern up.
Soon the tranquil morning is shattered. The paperboy is zooming around in his tinnie blowing on his whistle while making his deliveries. Then out of the hills comes the sound of chooks. Sounds like the place is crawling with chooks.
I really must complain about the cache location, I had to get my feet wet getting out of the boat and that is just not on. Despite having wet feet still found the cache.
Returned to the boat and lowered it back into the water getting my feet wet again YUK, the seadog just jumps on.

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