The Toppers Club Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Team Red Roo on 18-Aug-05. Waypoint GA0200

Rats Castle, Central Plateau, Tasmania

Elevation - 1376m



Mr T climbed to the top of Rats Castle recently, it was a 5klm return journey.

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A Trig point located at McConnell Lookout

For those looking for a picnic with panoramic views, then ‘McConnell Lookout’ is idyllic. Set 356 m above sea level, the views across the valley, the township of Gayndah, the orchards and farmlands, the Burnett River, to the mountain ranges in the distance are truly breathtaking. A viewing platform hangs on the edge, providing the best opportunity to really absorb the panorama eastward and southward.



For those a little more adventurous, via a 4WD track or by foot, will reveal further views to the north and the east. The flora is amazing, gripping on to the rocky, arid terrain – ‘black boys’, eucalypts, paper daisies, grasses . . .

Back in September 2019 i pulled up at the Montgomery car park and set off down the PCT track as after talking to some locals they informed me that the climb from the Montgomery circuit was really steep. After walking along the PCT track i came to the intersection for the trail up the mountain. the climb was steady until the last 500m which was hard, but was rewarded with a bench seat at the top of the mountain, Unfortunately the view was obscured by the fog but was well worth the climb to tick this one off my to do list, Only have 2 more mountains left to climb in the area now.

Elevation: 470.83m above sea level

A steep arduous climb up Galah Mountain to the trig, no other cache within at least 5km as the Galah flies.

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S35° 2.367' E132° 17.000'TOP on HOP (GC4E40K) is a cache on top of the mountain, I made it up there after a long arduaous but fun hike with 5 of us on a huge trek, including Richlink, McFonz, Barny and Cravo.
There is no other cache around for miles
Thanks for the Locationless Cache

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TOP on HOP (GC4E40K) Nearly ten k's in and out, no other caches around at the time. One of my best caching days ever... for just one smiley.

This was a huge day out. Mt Hopkins. At the time of finding, there were no other caches on the trail. Approx. 9km walk each way. A T4.5 cache.
Part of a group and WEL had a great walk

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Over two days we walked a number of the trails in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa. No we did not get to the highest peak (>3,000 m) but we did manage to get over 2,000m

Day 1: Ampitheatre park - We picked one hike to Tugella Falls (I think), about a 14km return trip seeing Eland, Baboons and many other gazelle type animals. There was a geocache near where we stopped but I did not have phone service so I missed it . I have added a couple of photos of this day.

On day 2 we drove to Cathedral Peak Park and took a 6 hour return hike into one of the gorges to see a waterfall. We actually chose one hike, ended up loosing the trail and then making our own way over the top of one of the ridges to join a different track. The first photo is part way back down to our car on the walk on day 2 (Height 1799m at photo location). This location is more than 2km from the nearest GC cache.

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This is me, and my dog at the top of Slieve Binnian in the beautiful Mourne mountains of Northern Ireland, back around 1991! so well before any caches were nearby.

My hubby had said we were only going to climb one of the smaller ones, until we were nearly at the top and he was sick of me whinging about being tired, then he owned up to where we were really heading!

Its a great spot, always looked really impressive from a distance with its craggy summit, looks even better close up.

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Reached Kala Patthar, Nepal; after visiting Everest Base Camp, Oct 2010.
Photo shows myself with peaks of Nuptse & Everest behind.

A cache along the Camel Hump Fire trail at Pierces Creek, just outside of Canberra, called Tidbinbilla Trail. The mountain is known as Black Spring Mountain.....and the nearest cache is Tidbinbilla Tail....1.12klms away as the crow flys.

No real views at GZ, but certainly some good ones along the way.

Thanks for the locationless.....

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Machu Picchu is located 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above sea level.
Machu Picchu is located in the Cusco Region of Peru, South America
The cache I did just before this picture was Descubriendo Machu Picchu GC14Q8X. The walk to this cache was several days along the INCA Trail and I was able to get another cache after the trek also. The trek was one of the most challenging Ive ever done and I made some wonderful friends and have some unforgettable memorise from it.
Thanks for the cache Team red roo

Mt Balfour, West Coast of Tasmania
Mt Balfour is marked on mst maps of Tasmania such as the RACT Touring Map of Tasmania. The closest other cache is approximately 25km away. From where we left our car we walked 2.3km (one way) along a very rough 4WD track. The altitude of Mt Balfour is 413m. Two photos are included in the Gallery: One of us at the Trig Point on Mt Balfour; a panorama of the view from the south (mountain area) to the west (coastline) from Mt balfour – the panoarama has been stitched together from 13 individual photos using Adobe Photoshop Elements

I made it to the top of Mount Westmacott near Waterfall, NSW in the Heathcote National park. In fact I was going for the local Trig Point http://geocaching.com.au/cache/tp5984 it is only 253 metres high but it is a 1 and a half hour walk and climb from the Waterfall Station.

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Mt. Banks
Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road, NSW

Found with pjmpjm on a Trig hunt. Got to this one after a false start, but got on the right track and climbed the long arduous trail to the summit.
Unfortunately not much of a view as the top is thickly wooded.
Altitude of 1049m on the GPSr although the topo map show it as 1062metres.

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Mt. Charles
Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road, NSW

Found with pjmpjm, a shortish bush bash up the hill from the parking along the road.
Great views from the top, but lost the picture of that! Still I have the shot of the Trig Station at the apex of the hill.
The topo map shows the altitude as 934m, the same as pjmpjm GPSr.

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Mt. Charles
Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road, NSW

Climbed up here with rogerw3 to log the Charles Trig, and also discovered the old original trig.

Great views!

My Oregan 300 (pictured) gave the elevation as 934 metres.

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Mt. Banks
Blue Mountains
Bells Line of Road, NSW

Climbed up here with rogerw3 on a beautiful day!

Elevation is 1049 metres.

Our intention was to log the King George Trig -- and we succeeded!

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We went up to Mt Elliot which is located Near Corryong in the Upper Murray Valley area of Victoria. This mountain is the location for a hanggliding competition every year. The Corryong Cup Hang Gliding Competition is recognised as one of the most enjoyable competitions in the Australian soaring calendar. It's all about having fun and learning. The aim of the comp is to foster the development of cross country competition flying skills in all levels of pilots, in a non stressful, friendly environment.

Corryong is a perfect location for low air time hang gliding pilots to gain valuable experience flying in mountain terrain. The area offers wide open landing fields and you are only a few thermals away from Australia's highest peak Mt Kosciuszko.

Corang Peak, Budawangs Wilderness.

Climbed Corang Peak as part of an overnight walk in the Budawangs. Altitude was around the 860m mark.

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Mt. Warning. The first place the sunrise touches the Australian mainland. Altitude was approximately 1150 metres. It took me 1:20 to the summit with a 20 minute rest and 1 hour even to the bottom.

Views on that day were non-existent as I was in a cloud. Photo is of me and the lightening rod at the top.

I climbed Mt Imlay on 20 March this year to claim the trig. It is the imposing mountain rising behind Eden on the Far South Coast of NSW. The track leads off from the picnic area at the end of the Burrawang Forest Road. From here the track climbs steeply, rising 600 m over its 3 kilometre length. The last 500 m follows a rocky, razor-backed ridge to the trig station. From the summit, on a clear day you can see Mallacoota in East Gippsland to the south, Narooma in the north, and to the southern tablelands in the west. However when I was there Forests NSW were burning off so the view was restricted.

The track takes a good 4 hours return to complete. Carry water and wear quality walking boots.

I have attached photos of the trig with my GPSr & an info plaque about Telstra's Seaphone tower nearby.

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130+2064=2194 with Captain Tomato

Finally getting around to back-logging a find on this locationless cache. It was a great day on 18/4/2009 when I ascended alone up the slab to the granite cap of Coronet Peak - deep in Namadgi above the Upper Cotter River.

The coords are actually of my GC cache "Princess of Namadgi" which is just below the granite cap.

You will have to take my word that the cairn is the one on top of Coronet Peak.

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129+2064=2193 with Captain Tomato, FarmerFrentzen and BigMatt

Finally getting around to back-logging a find on this locationless cache. The photos are when we made the summit of Tidbinbilla Mountain to hide my GC cache "Tidbinbilla Traipse". The coords are of my GC cache about 20 or 30m from the cairn.

It was an absolutely amazing day on 1 May 2008.

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EVEREST BASE CAMP,NEPAL
Altitude 5364m

Realised a dream and reached Everest Base Camp on March 28th 2010
It took us 13 days to walk from Lukla via Gokyo Lakes.
Altitude 5364m

Highest altitude was actually from the top of Kala Patar but there is already a virtual cache there.

Mount Peel is a prominent peak to the southwest of Toowoomba, between the suburbs of Drayton & Westbrook. According to the 1:250,000 topos it is 709m, my GPS recorded it as about 725(+/- about 5m). A bit over a km to walk in, the last few hundred metres to the summit is off track. There is an abandoned trig point marker at the top. At the time of climbing the nearest cache was 1.8km away - I placed GA1992 on the summit.

Mt Buggery 1608m While placing a cache in area

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94+1798=1892 with Captain Tomato and mtbikeroz

High on Mt McKeahnie, yet another mountain in Namadgi, I re-joined the Toppers Club now for the third time.

At the time that I stood on this mountain, there was no cache within 3km of the summit. However after our caches are published on geocaching.com, this location will become unavailable for the Toppers Club.

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75+1728=1803

Mt Scabby is a flattish topped mountain with wonderful open alpine environment and is the "birthplace of the Cotter River". Found with mtbikeroz and Captain Tomato on a marvellous blue sky day! Google says 1780m, others say 1810m. My GPS said half way in between.

We were up here placing a series of caches - see GC21C1A Source of the Cotter

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This will have to be a personal best for me this year. GCGM1b Ripley Believe it or Not!! MarkII located at Opossum Creek. The area is known as White rock. After an approximately 2.5 k walk along relatively flat terrain you then begin to clim and climb. When at the top of this climb there is another climb to the area adjacent to the bottom of this monstrosity. then ther is the climb to the top. For a 56 year old with a crook knee and ankle this was a feat of endurance. I am not unfit but brought along two 30ish friends to assist me with the climb.

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Climbed Mount Raoul on 19th Sept 2009 and achieved a FTF after a good bush walk and in some places a good bush bash at 1427hrs. The co-ords are S43*12.375; E147*47.149 but did not record altitude at the time, but I can tell you it was high. As yet, no other cacher has claimed this cache. I enjoyed the walk and the views. TFTC OldSaint.

Bootawa Hill

I thought, why don't I log our hill in the backyard!

Had the oppotuntiy to walk it with mums friend at work and her family from China.

It was 1.5km each way and the elevation is 203m.

It has a great view, seeing the sea and elsewhere, but it wasn't a good day to see the view as it was in a dust storm and very windy.

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Bother!!!! I didn't have the cache description with me, and I didn't remember that drivebys don't count! This was Skyline Tier, on the East Coast of Tasmania. I should point out that it wasn't an easy driveby, though: the geoSuby got a bit of a workout getting here because it was reasonably difficult terrain (easy enough for a serious 4WD, but I was glad of the low range and fortunately the geoSuby had sufficient clearance). Nearest cache was at least 2km away, and the views from up here (ignoring the tree-felling bits) were good. I'm now wishing I'd jumped out and walked ... but in fact I suspect I'd have ended up only having walked 499m anyway! Thanks, for the amusement; I'll know better next time!

'Carey's Peak - Barrington Tops' - at an altitude of over 1540m Carey's Peak was definitely a hike. Three mates and I thought we'd do an overnight trip from the Barrington Tops Guest House to the top of the 'Tops'. The climb took us from 332m to 1554m (at the maximum) in altitude over approximately 18Km in distance. We slugged our packs up for the trip and with a gradient of greater the 10% for a 10Km stretch it was hard work. Well got there in the end and the view was well worth it. In total we hiked 45Km across to to days of the weekend.

See the photos!!!!!!

To get to this location the terrain is definitely a 5!!!!!!!!!

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Mt Gudgenby, ACT Australia
Height: 1739 meters

Third Time Lucky:
As a part of a Secret Squirrel expedition up on to Mt Gudgenby to lay caches, we took the opportunity to join The Toppers Club prior to officially laying them. A magnificent top to join the club on.

This was a tough climb with lots of bush-bashing and granite slab-scrambling along the way. A truly suitable top to be on top of, with a great team of guys - Secret Squirrel, Tankengine, Mtbikeroz and Sol De Lune. Thanks guys.

13+1166=1179

High on Mt Gudgenby at 1739m I joined the Toppers Club.

At the time that I stood on this mountain, there was no cache within 3km of the summit. However after my caches are published on geocaching.com, this location will become unavailable for the Toppers Club.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Pigeon House Mountain, NSW Australia
Height: 719 meters

The Curse is broken:
RexTrex successfully gains a second DNF for The Toppers Club, thereby fullfilling the requirements detailed on his previous DNF and allowing him to attempt a real effort to join this exclusive group!

Being very careful not to be disrespectful to the very nice Australian mountains, a DNF is claimed because this mountain top is within about 12 meters of the cache GC10FNZ Pigeon's Loft - somewhere just over the side and down a sheer rock face.

Now to look for a real mountain somewhere!

Mt Twynam, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW.
Height: 2195 meters

The Good:
RexTrex boldly plants a hoof on distant Mt Kosciuszko and poses for his 'The Toppers Club' picture taken from Australia's rooftop. (RexTrex smiles.)

The Bad:
Moments later, RexTrex is advised by friends that the cache he has just visited (GCF7-Used to be Australia's Highest)is a mere 723m at 14 degrees (True) from this location and this Topper does not count. (RexTrex cries - not a pretty sight.)

The Ugly:
Further, his friends advise him that on a secret web page, accessible only to Aussies and not to Kiwis, there is a rule saying anyone who has the bad taste to place their clodhopper on top of Mt Kosciuszko during a picture shoot is fined by having to achieve one further DNF of The Toppers Club before being allowed to try again to join that select band. (RexTrex breaks down - please hide the geokiddie's eyes!)

The Boast:
(RexTrex whispers) I can't do that. Or can I?
(Slightly louder) I might be able to do that!
(RexTrex swells like a Mr Toad) I CAN DO THAT!
Look for me back here, gasping from lack of air after some incredible climb to a mountain-top cache, boldly claiming a DNF to offset my lack of taste through a misplaced boot, so that once again I will have a chance to join the REAL Toppers Club! (RexTrex exits stage left, whistling.)

Mt Goolman - south of Ipswich, Queensland.

Altitude - 453m.

Climbed on a humid Sunday morning with the intent of placing a cache (GC1HRM0) up the top. We started off before 0700hrs from Harding's Paddock Picnic Area, went via the Mt Goolman Lookout and then off track to the top of Mt Goolman, arriving at approx 1100hrs.

The final approach to the summit was a bit tougher than I had expected, and the lantana was hideous. Views from the top were a little disappointing due to the tree cover on the summit, but there is a good view across to Flinder's Peak, Mt Blaine & Mt Perry. Ivory's Rock is also visible.

On this weekend we came down to the Porongurups and Stirlings for a photography expedition (and to fit in a few caches along the way). Saturday afternoon we climbed Castle Rock in the Porongurups, and Sunday morning we climbed Bluff Knoll.

I was hoping to log Bluff for this cache, but only realised when we got home that it was not within the rules because there is a cache up there already. However, unfortunately the cache that was on Castle Rock was archived, so now the closest cache is over 1km away down on the road level.

The elevation change for Castle Rock was over 300m, from 279m at the carpark up to 584m at the very top of the rock. Great views from up here, and a nice walk to get here. The last few metres are a bit more dicey, but it's well worth it.

Thanks for the cache!

Sentry Box Mountain in the ACT, a spectacular rocky peak. Two peaks in fact and we climbed them both - to put caches on both! One is the higher Sentry Box Mountain, and nearby is the prominent boulder on the second slightly lower peak, giving the mountains their name. We made this climb with McPhan, from the Naas valley after a bike ride up the valley for about 8km. The weather was superb, and it was absolute elation standing up on top with views for miles. Highest point, about 1703m.

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Federation Peak is located in south West Tasmania and was climbed by two of us in 1992.
The photo is a view looking 600m down to Lake Geeves.
Federation pk is 1224m above sea level and took us 10 days to reach and walk back out. It is one of the most sought out peaks in Aus for bush walkers and involves a low grade climb to reach the peak and two people have died attempting this climb. Although low grade it is extremely dangerous due to its exposure and bad weather often encountered in this area. The walk in from all access directions involves long sections of mud, often swollen creeks difficult walking and steep climbs. Only for fit experienced walkers.
At the time it was one peak which it was not possible to see evidence of human interference with the landscape from.

THRUMSHING LA (Bhutan) 3744m Shangri La is a fictional place, but if there is a real place that is close to it then that has to be the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. The road from west to east across the country was only built late in the 20th century and is rarely travelled by westerners. Between 16th and 26th February 2008 sixteen Australians (15 muggles and 1 cacher) on ten Royal Enfield motorcycles made the west to east journey along this road. The highest point on the road is Thrumshing La, listed as 3750m, but I only made it 3744m. That's a personal high point for me. More Himalayan stories: You've Got Mail GA0277 Link Things of stone and wood GA0667 Link Lakhang Cache GCGBZT Link Geocaching By Motorcycle GA0980 Link So Nice they Named it Twice GA0639 Link Toppers Club GA0200 Link Marking Many Milestones GA0643 Link Decorations on the Truck GA0301 Link Hot Guwahati! GCKP3J Link Jackalope Bob TB18QA4 Link 8KT Travel Bug TBN3JA Link

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MT KINABALU, BORNEO
Altitude 4095m

I summited on January 9 2008!
Total distance walked= 19km over 2 days with a vertical ascent of approx 2500m.

Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo is the highest mountain between the Himalayas and New Guinea. It is still growing by 5mm each year.
I climbed the mountain over 2 days with an overnight stop at Laban Rata. A fantastic walk which is unrelentingly steep in places.
There are 2 routes, and I chose the Mesilau trail on the way up, adding 2 km to the total but giving myself extra time to acclimatise. I descended along the Summit trail with its seemingly endless 2500 steps.

Mount Catur, Bali Indonesia.
Altitude 2096 mts.

My wife and I both climbed this mountain to log 'Pura Puncak Mangu' cache while we were holidaying in Bali.
It was a very challenging climb on a jungle track, it took us 5 hours return. We started at 6.45 am to beat the heat - it took a couple of days for the calves to recover!

We took the Blackwood Scouts to the Flinders for a 4WD trip and no trip is complete without a hike to the top of St Marys Peak. Some of the crew got to the top in time for some others from the group flying over the top to take a photo of the unfurled Scout Banner.

At the time there is was no cache anywhere close but "Z" hid one a couple of months later.

The elevation was 1170 metres with a spectacular view of Wilpena Pound

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Schilthorn, Switzerland.
2973m

I was poking around the Locationless list trying to find some ones I could knock off abroad and realised I've already pulled this one off.

I was spending a couple of nights in a little mountain village called Gimmelwald in the Jungfrau region of the Alps and one of the walks they recommed you do is this one if it's a clear day.
I woke up in the morning to a clear blue sky and only the minor remnants of a hangover so got my stuff together, picked up some local chocolate and cheese for sustenace and headed up the mountain. And up. And up. And up. This was one one the most physically demaning climbs I've ever done. I rarely take rest breaks, but needed more than a couple on the steepest sections. But my god the views were worth it. Looking out over to Eiger and Jungfraujoch was breathtaking, marvelling and the goats and cows (with obligatory bells) seemingly unconcerned with the fact they were grazing on a slope steep enough to kill them if they stumbled and began to roll!
The final section over ice was a little dicey, the legs were already pretty wobbly so I was pretty glad there was no wind as I minced along a bit of a knife edged ridge to the summit (10km and 1500m up later!).

Of course being Switzerland once I got to the top I had to put up with all the tourists who'd paid a ridiculous amount to take a gondola up and eat in the fairly ordinary revolving resteraunt. But with those views, I think that the focus wasn't on the food!

Thank's for the locationless and giving me the chance to revisit that walk and that day.

PS The climax to 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' was filmed up here for the movie trivia buffs amongst you all.

Wyn and I were planned to climb up there twice time and each time it was postponed. Therefore, promised to Wyn that we will climb up any lookout at Mt Augustus, WA to toast a glass of wine to him. We did it.

It was planned to climb up to the Summit, however, due to the lack of required sufficient of time to make to it. So the plan was changed and climbed to Edney’s Lookout nearby on the same mountain (nearest cache was over 2 kms away)

TANTANGARA MOUNTAIN, KOSCIUSZKO NP, NSW
Altitude 1711m

This is a beautiful wilderness area in the northern section of the park. It's an off track walk north of the Snowy Mountains Hwy, west of Adaminaby. The views from the top overlooking Tantangara Reservoir are outstanding. Depending on which route you take, it's approx only a 6km return walk. You may also come across brumbies, which roam these parts of the mountain.

KLEINER MUNTANITZ AUSTRIA
Altitude 3192M
This is an excellent side trip on a 2 day walk in Southern Austria.
The walk is the Sudetendeutscher Hohenweg and starts and finishes in the town of Matrei in Osttirol. The total distance over 2 days is approx 28km, with an overnight stay in the Sudetenduetscher hut, where you can buy hot meals and sleep in a comfy bed with your own bedding.
The top gives climbers a 360 degree panoramic views across the ranges of the eastern Austrian Alps including Austria's highest mountain, Grossglockner and the Dolomites in northern Italy to the south.
The side trip is a 6km return climb/ walk from the hut over very steep loose scree slopes, with parts covered in ice and snow even in summer. No technical equipment is needed but good boots and hiking poles certainly make it easier. ( I wish I had crampons for the ice sections, one slip and it would have been over the edge and a long way down)

Tomaree Head Part of the tomaree national park the lower part of this area has WWII bunkers and gun placemens.. Then at the summit is relics of radar instulation from WWII as well as stunning views of the area and out to sea Terrain Lower area is moderate to hard while the walk to the summit hard and requires stelth

I wouldn't say mountain so i will have to go with other except when at the location it still feels like your on top of the world. Located at Mooney Mooney and a 700m up hill walk you arrive at the top which only stands 170m high but you still wouldn't want to get too close to the edge.

White Mountain National Park - 550 m. There so beautiful view see long way.

Walking
No tracks are provided. White Mountains National Park is very remote and undeveloped and is only suitable for well-equipped, experienced bushwalkers. Walkers must be well prepared and responsible for their own safety.

Camping
The Canns Camp Creek campground is approximately 11km west of the Burra Range lookout or 19km east of Torrens Creek. This is the only camping area in the national park. Access to Canns Camp Creek campground is recommended for 4WD vehicles only. During the wet season, between October and April, the road can be closed.

Eight campsites are provided in a peaceful open woodland setting. The campground is relatively undeveloped, although a basic toilet is provided. Visitors wishing to camp need to be self-sufficient and bring water and gas stoves. Fires are not permitted within the national park and the creek rarely flows. The campground is unsuitable for caravans or motorhomes. Camping permits are required and fees apply.

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Since the rest of the first fleet is following anyway I might as well reccomend this cache which is for hiders to be able to log a find against their own caches. Thanks again Team redroo my Devil's Elbow cache is now published http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCWN6M

Taking heed of the good advice to break your journey I picked up "Taipan View" on Flat Rock and then crossed the road for a quick 1.1 Km climb up Mt Zero on the northern edge of The Grampians en-route Bendigo to Adelaide. At 400m it's hardly a mountain but being totaly separated from the range is a distinctive landmark and popular climb. Mt Zero

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Mosquito Hill, appears on most maps we have of the Fleurieu Peninsula, and there's also "Mosquito Hill Road" that we've driven past many a time wondering where it went...
You can drive near to the top of this hill but for the purposes of finding the cache we parked at the bottom of Trig Point Road (gee, wonder what's on top of this hill?) and walked up.
When we got there we discovered the trig point is just inside a fence on private property, and that the views from the trig point are probably amazing, down to the coast and covering Victor Harbor, Goolwa, probably even the Murray Mouth. But we couldn't see it! An electric fence between us and a lovely view....
(Can't remember how to upload pictures, here's a Flickr link to the photo:)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91575271@N00/173654886/

Came all the way to the top of the Macedon Ranges to place a cache. Big effort for Shelly, it's a steep hill to walk up!

Camels Hump sits just behind Mt Macedon, and is often missed as part of the ranges. It is the weathered remains of a mamelon (a mass of sticky lava that oozed out of the earth about 6 million years ago). It's about 1010 metres high.
Images are in the Spruce Mooses gallery. http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/album41

By 9:30am this morning the ice on my steep driveway had cleared enough for me to get the car out - for the first time in two days! After driving for three hours I finally made it to Mt Amos on the sunny (and much warmer) east coast of Tasmania. Beautiful weather and beautiful scenery made the walk very pleasant indeed - nearly convinced myself it was spring! Climbed for 11/2 hours up track and steep, slippery rocks and very nearly reached the top. I chickened out when I had to cross a stream (getting my shoes wet and even more slippery) and then climb STEEP rock face above a very big drop. I didn't want to be the first Fleet to Federation fatality! (But I did climb from sea level to about 370m)

It's just taken me an hour to get that photo to appear, I hope its big enough to count!?

"Significant other feature"

This is the Devil's Elbow + terrible photo at about the only place you can have one taken with this feature without risking a plunge into the Leven Canyon.

The Devil himself is not visible from either of the more comfortable vantage points in the area. Couldn't get my piccie alone! We trekked in for the second time with children with one on one adult assistance. More photos in the gallery.

This one was quite an effort, no cache on top or within a KM ... till now

If you want some of your daily 30 go get the cache.

Altitude reading was 254 meters.

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I was hoping to use this "peak" but I failed in one of the requirements... I didn't walk in the required 500mts. but anyway here for your viewing pleasure is "Rooty Hill", for the purists amongst us, the map does show a "trig station" however it is no longer there.. a survey mark does exist. I do have another "top" in mind for this cache, stay tuned....

The photo was taken at the survey mark. Alt 71mts

Day 11 of our Larapinta Trail walk. This is the group (including oneself) on Brinkley Bluff, probably the hardest climb of the walk, even though it is only at 1200 metres. It has its own rescue helicopter pad, which says a lot! It was the only point on the Larapinta Trail with one!

This second photo is taken at the point where we first came out on to the ridge at Brinkley Bluff.

This is a log of Mt Sonder, the fourth highest peak in the Northern Terriorty @ 1380 metres. We camped overnight at Redbank Gorge Creek before making the ascent of Mt Sonder the next morning. The walk is approximately 16 km returns, so guess satisfed the 500 metre rule. Mt Sonder was the first of many highs on a 16 day bushwalk of the Larapinta Trail.

This peak, Mt Norold in SW Tasmania was the highlight of our 2005 Tasmanian walking trip.
At 978m, it is not the world's tallest.

It took our party of four, 8 days of off track walking to reach this point and another 6 days off track to reach the nearest road.

Some of the scrub encountered slows progress down to 100m per hour.

We finished the trip by climbing an untracked ridge onto the Western Arthurs near Lake Cygnus.

A great adventure as we saw no sign of humans having been in this area.
Thanks for the cache Team Red Roo
K&M

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Didn't make it to the top of the mountain, but this was at the Annapurna Base Camp in Nepal. Altitude 4126m. You would probably want to be carrying Oxygen to go much higher. The distance to the mountains behind me is about 4km. Khansar Kang (7485m) on the right looks higher but is just a bit closer, Annapurna I (8091m) on left is the 10th highest mountain on earth. It took 5 days of walking to get here, last couple of hours it was snowing and the water bottle on the outside of my pack froze up. Google Earth Waypoint.

Rated: for Overall Experience