Gold Coast Beaches - Burleigh Heads Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia
By
MattyRx on 24-Nov-18. Waypoint GA13158
Cache Details
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| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S28° 4.744' E153° 26.898' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 544046E 6893957N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 11 m |
| Local Government Area: | Gold Coast City |
| Tour: | Gold Coast Beaches Tour |
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Description
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Please note: Multigrip Pliers may be required to open this cache!
Burleigh Heads' surf break attracts surfers from the Gold Coast and beyond. At the headland of Burleigh, locally known as "The Point", barbecues and cricket matches are held, and spectators can watch the surfers. On Sunday afternoons, local musicians and fire-twirlers often come out to the park beside Burleigh SLSC for a jam and dance session.
Burleigh is like the Byron Bay of Queensland. A little bit quirky, hip and trendy, and with lots of good food to eat.
The area of Burleigh Head was formed between 20 and 23 million years ago from molten lava due to numerous eruptions of Mount Warning. Flowing lava reached the shore in the area to form Burleigh headland and Point Danger. There's an Earthcache™ to celebrate this fact, if that's your thing. (Well nowdays there's an Earthcache™ in every bloody council gravel quarry.)
Burleigh could well be The Gateway to Adventure. There are some beautiful parks just inland, perfect to have a Teddy Bear's Picnic. Just mind the trolls.
The cache is designed to blend in to its surroundings and is hidden in plain sight. Due to the nature of how the container is constructed, there's only room for a pencil and a logsheet. There is information recorded on the cache container that will assist you in finding the Gold Coast Beaches GeoTour Challege Cache. (If only it was an EarthCache™)
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thanks for this trail I am enjoying it heaps although there are lots of tourists and a wariness of Corona Virus but all in all I had a good day
Found the cache nice and easy.
TFTC
Caching in the area with whitewebbs and this was one of the caches we found. The 4th cache in the geotour and the start of a great day's caching taking us on a grand tour of some beautiful beaches. Cache and contents in good condition.
Many thanks MattyRx for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a
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Blue - Cerberus or Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. Out and about caching in this beautiful area with Tassie Trekkers targetting GCA caches and this clever hide was one we found. This is the first geotour we have followed, thanks for compiling. A great way to see the beaches in the area. TFTC
. Looking forward to the rest of the series. TFTC MattyRx
One thing that gives Burleigh the edge over the other beaches - it has a national park with superb ocean views.... And how that bit of land managed to not get snapped up for housing years ago must be the miracle of Burleigh. TFTC MattyRx.Thanks for the cache.
We grabbed a park in the carpark between 3rd and 4th Ave, plenty of available space, and walked further north to where the cache was. I admit this has been one of the few of these caches that I have used my GPS on. I knew it was within one of the walkways to the beach, but exactly which one. We had plenty of fairy wrens entertaining us on our journey either by the males showing off their blue and black plumage or singing from their hiding spots amongst the brush.
Thanks for the cache.
