Quandong-O Balaklava, South Australia, Australia
By AdrianU on 27-Dec-09. Waypoint GA1744

Ammunition box attached to a timber post next to a small quandong tree

The cache is about 150m from the western end of Uppill Road, and is on the northern side of the road. In particular the cache is an ammunition box attached to a timber post which is on the north side of a small Quandong tree.

The post was formerly used as a permanent orienteering marker hence the code 8P and the orienteering symbol that may be observed on the post. The post and cache box is hidden from road view by low bushes and the Quandong tree. The Quandong tree is part of a row of trees that were planted in 1999. This is the only Quandong tree at this end on the road. 

The cache contains a log book and if you are lucky there may be an O-voucher for you to take!

A couple of other Quandong trees may be seen at the eastern end of Uppill Rd where there is a fenced off area of remnant vegetation together with revegetation to Peppermint Box, Native Pine and Sheoak, all of which have been grown from seeds collected in the area. The trees growing in rows are Eucalypt varieties from Western Australia, E brockwayii and E dundasii.

The farming land immediately to the north of the cache site was purchased as a scrub block from the SA Government in 1866. The paddock is currently called 'Hogans' after the name of a previous land owner who owned it from 1905 to 1951. The land is cropped to wheat, barley and peas with sheep run on the land during the summer months. At the intersection of Wandel & Uppill Roads views over the Northern Adelaide Plains and to Yorke Peninsula and the Hummocks may be obtained.

Uppill and Wandel Roads, named after local farmers, are unformed, graded earth roads and should only be accessed by vehicles when road conditions are dry. When wet the roads become very slippery and you may get stuck!

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