Moonbi Moonbi, New South Wales, Australia
By
geono. on 04-Aug-19. Waypoint GA13922
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S30° 58.594' E151° 5.969' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 318505E 6571445N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 759 m |
| Local Government Area: | Tamworth |
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Description
Moonbi Lookout can be accessed from north and southbound lanes of the New England Highway.
Moonbi Range rises from 500 - 1,300 metres above sea level. Banjo Patterson wrote in his poem 'Over the Range' of the obstacle the Moonbi Range created for travellers to the Northern Tablelands. Over the years many different routes were used to traverse the steep rocky slopes with even the current one being closed for 8 hours in 1998 when two truck-sized boulders fell on the northbound highway.
While Moonbi Lookout is a rest area it has also been approved for 24 hour overnight stays. There are toilets, picnic tables, shelters, bins, plenty of fresh air and spectacular views any time but sunsets can be magnificent.
The cache is a 750ml fruit container containing log, pen & pencil, stashnote and swaps. Please cover well and take care to be stealthy.
Congratulations Tuena - FTF
Hints
Furygrevat |
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Logs
Great little cashe, full of lots of bits and pieces. Didnt do a swap but added a little whale.
All in great condition and well hidden.
All in great condition and well hidden.
We've actually been looking for this one for a while, finally the eldest daughter was big enough to help out!
Rated: for Overall Experience
The plan was to stop here tonight after attending my youngest daughter's wedding 2.0 and 21st birthday 2.0 in Dubbo last night. She had both events fall in 2020 when covid restrictions were pretty shitty.
Google maps decided to detour me around north of Tamworth. I got to experience Moonbi Gap Rd for the first time ever. It was dusk and I could still see the giant granite hills either side of me. I was so glad I'd drifted to my destination this way. They looked amazing!
I arrived here in the dark, got my comfy clothes and ug boots on ready to sleep, cleared the seats to attempt sleeping on because my airbed I used Friday night didn't stay inflated many hours, and cooked up a coffee and mi-goring noodles on my tiny butane cooker. While waiting for the water to boil I thought I'd see if there were any cool trigs nearby I could watch sunrise at. And what do you know, I discover there's a cache right here!
So after cooking up the noodles I took them with me to eat at the lookout. After spending a little time enjoying the large dark empty expanse around me, it was time to go back and get that coffee (I sleep better on an instant/fake coffee) and find the cache on the way. It had me puzzled for a bit but I eventually noticed a good hiding spot and there it was!
I was tempted to take Zac the Zookeeper (I named a swag figurine) as a companion for the remainder of my trip and he could live with me in my tiny home. He'd fit quite well being so tiny. But I figured all he had to offer me was carrots, and they are a bit boring on their own, so decided to turn and walk away from him. You'll love the photo attached that I took off him. Hahaha. Told you it was dark. Hahaha.
Thanks for the cache to distract me for a bit.
Google maps decided to detour me around north of Tamworth. I got to experience Moonbi Gap Rd for the first time ever. It was dusk and I could still see the giant granite hills either side of me. I was so glad I'd drifted to my destination this way. They looked amazing!
I arrived here in the dark, got my comfy clothes and ug boots on ready to sleep, cleared the seats to attempt sleeping on because my airbed I used Friday night didn't stay inflated many hours, and cooked up a coffee and mi-goring noodles on my tiny butane cooker. While waiting for the water to boil I thought I'd see if there were any cool trigs nearby I could watch sunrise at. And what do you know, I discover there's a cache right here!
So after cooking up the noodles I took them with me to eat at the lookout. After spending a little time enjoying the large dark empty expanse around me, it was time to go back and get that coffee (I sleep better on an instant/fake coffee) and find the cache on the way. It had me puzzled for a bit but I eventually noticed a good hiding spot and there it was!
I was tempted to take Zac the Zookeeper (I named a swag figurine) as a companion for the remainder of my trip and he could live with me in my tiny home. He'd fit quite well being so tiny. But I figured all he had to offer me was carrots, and they are a bit boring on their own, so decided to turn and walk away from him. You'll love the photo attached that I took off him. Hahaha. Told you it was dark. Hahaha.
Thanks for the cache to distract me for a bit.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We spent a bit of time in Uralla on the way home and with the late hour and the chance to spend a bit of time in Tamworrh for the Country Music Festival we decided to camp an extra night at Moonbi Lookout.
This gave us the ideal opportunity to find this muggle free, though we had to find the cache in the dark as plenty of people seem to come up here to watch the sunset.
Don't know how we would have managed this one during the day without copping some pretty serious questions from onlookers. We aren't that sneaky.
Thanks for the Cache.
This gave us the ideal opportunity to find this muggle free, though we had to find the cache in the dark as plenty of people seem to come up here to watch the sunset.
Don't know how we would have managed this one during the day without copping some pretty serious questions from onlookers. We aren't that sneaky.
Thanks for the Cache.
GZ was deserted, but I didn't need long to find this one. Thanks geono. for the cache
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA5211 - 18:00; Day 11 of a road trip with Sol de lune for the CacheQLD - Dayboro Mega and we are now headed for home. After spending the night in Glen Innes, we headed south caching our way through Ben Lomond, Guyra, Armidale, Uralla then across Walcha and back to the New England Highway at Bendemeer before heading south again towards Tamworth where we plan to spend the night. Took the turn off up to the lookout and checked out the views while waiting for a muggle to leave GZ! He moved far enough for Sdl to make the find and add our names to the log, but was probably left wondering why we were loitering in the area 
. TFTC geono. 
. TFTC geono. Rated: for Overall Experience
Heading home from the Mega in QLD with LuckyL10n and this was our next stop. Bit of fun to get to the cache with a muggle nearby, however we made the find without issue after checking out the great views from the lookout. Very pleasant spot that I've visited a few times now.
Thanks for another one geono.
Thanks for another one geono.
Rated: for Overall Experience
GCA 2,785 Found with albida33 during a caching run around the Tamworth/Armidale region.
One of the GCA Trads we found along the way. A lovely area to visit - awesome lookout.
TFTC !!
One of the GCA Trads we found along the way. A lovely area to visit - awesome lookout.
TFTC !!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Tamworth and Amrmidale Trip March 2020. Day 4. I headed north with Fitzy_1965 along the New England Highway towards Tamworth. Today we decided to stay an extra day around Tamworth. We ere able to get a few GCA caches along the way.
Thanks
Albida
Thanks
Albida
On our way home from the Mega at St Arnaud and left Tamworth at about 8 am. Only a short drive today ( 400) Kilometers to overnight stop in Stanthorpe. Arrived very close and chose my elevation thanks to the hint. Replaced and recovered as found. TFTC GEONO. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
FTF. Braved crossing over the highway but not much traffic. No sooner did I find it that a fellow arrived to take photos. Replaced. Thanks for a rare FTF. Great views from the lookout.
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