Paringa Bridge Paringa, South Australia, Australia
By
firesafe on 21-Jan-10. Waypoint GA1785
Cache Details
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| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S34° 10.836' E140° 46.465' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 479212E 6217796N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 26 m |
| Local Government Area: | Renmark Paringa |
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Description
We have been coming here for 3 years for a week each January at the nearby Riverbend Caravan Park. In fact this place is full of geocachers from Adelaide most years.
It was time to put something back for the local geocachers to find. You will need to bring a pen.
I was going to place this as a GCA cache only but Skippy convinced me to do do a GC cache as well so you can log a cache on both sites. [:D]
The Paringa Bridge was built in 1927 for the railway extension over the River Murray to Renmark. It is one of South Australia's significant engineering monuments.
The Paringa Bridge was designed so that one of the six steel spans could be raised to allow the river boats to pass through. It carried a single-track railway and also catered for road traffic with cantilevered roadways on both sides of the central spans.
The Paringa Bridge is a State Heritage Place protected by the Heritage Places Act 1993.
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A quick find, could see it from the car when we pulled up near the bridge. Thanks for the cache
Had to come up with something ingenious to retrieve it. TFTC
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We already had this as a GC find but didn't realise till today it was a GCA cache as well. Logging now and adding a photo from today as proof of being there. TFTC firesafe.
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Caching in the area we made a quick find here. Cache and contents in excellent condition. TFTC firesafe Rated: for Overall Experience
Heading over to South Australia for Christmas with Just a cacher and we decided to grab this one as we passed by.
A quick find here today and the cache was in good condition.
Thanks for the cache firesafe.
A quick find here today and the cache was in good condition.
Thanks for the cache firesafe.
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Heading back to South Australia for Christmas with the family and grabbed this one as we passed.
Thanks for the cache firesafe
Thanks for the cache firesafe
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We found this cache 3 years ago and claimed it as a GC find only. Returned today and signed it again so that we could get the GCA find on it. Not sure how this works but hope what we have done is okay.
When we were here this morning we looked up the opening times on the bridge. It was 9.15am and the website said it would open at 9.30. We could see a couple of houseboats lingering on both sides of the bridge so we wandered out to watch it in operation.
A smaller houseboat went under before it opened and I swear it only cleared the bridge by about a foot!!!!
Mr Beetle wanted to stand on the bit that lifted but I assured him they wouldn't allow that so we waited just next to the gates on the footbridge section.
Took a while to get back to the van, the opening of the bridge certainly backs up the traffic in both directions.
Thanks.
When we were here this morning we looked up the opening times on the bridge. It was 9.15am and the website said it would open at 9.30. We could see a couple of houseboats lingering on both sides of the bridge so we wandered out to watch it in operation.
A smaller houseboat went under before it opened and I swear it only cleared the bridge by about a foot!!!!
Mr Beetle wanted to stand on the bit that lifted but I assured him they wouldn't allow that so we waited just next to the gates on the footbridge section.
Took a while to get back to the van, the opening of the bridge certainly backs up the traffic in both directions.
Thanks.
Very nice to find an eight year old GCA cache that's still in place.
Mr J used to travel across this bridge every time he visited for the Redgum motorcycle rally in the early nineties.
We'd set up camp on the banks of the Murray, then head in to Paringa to stock up on grog for two nights of drunken debauchery. Mass-mooning of passing houseboats was always a highlight of the pre-dusk activities. I don't recall much of what happened after dark. The long, hungover, ride back to either Port Pirie or Port Augusta was always a very, very long one.
The cache was a quick find today, and I thought I'd take the cache back to the car to add a pathtag for the next finder. While I was at the car, some inconvenient river user decided to pass beneath the bridge. Needless to say, I had a very long wait until I could return the cache to it's hiding spot.
Thanks for the memories, firesafe.
Mr J used to travel across this bridge every time he visited for the Redgum motorcycle rally in the early nineties.
We'd set up camp on the banks of the Murray, then head in to Paringa to stock up on grog for two nights of drunken debauchery. Mass-mooning of passing houseboats was always a highlight of the pre-dusk activities. I don't recall much of what happened after dark. The long, hungover, ride back to either Port Pirie or Port Augusta was always a very, very long one.
The cache was a quick find today, and I thought I'd take the cache back to the car to add a pathtag for the next finder. While I was at the car, some inconvenient river user decided to pass beneath the bridge. Needless to say, I had a very long wait until I could return the cache to it's hiding spot.
Thanks for the memories, firesafe.
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Passing through Paringa today an with a little spare time decided that I could stop and find a cache or two 
This historic bridge has been a regular stop for me over the years. I think this is the fifth cache I have found in the vicinity since I began caching
Cheers & TFTC Firesafe
This historic bridge has been a regular stop for me over the years. I think this is the fifth cache I have found in the vicinity since I began caching
Cheers & TFTC Firesafe
Before we continued on our travels west we headed back to the SA border to pick up caches we went past in the dark last night. This was one of them. We quickly located the cache only to find that the log was a sodden mass that could not be saved. We replaced the ruined log with a temporary log in a small zip lock bag. and replaced the container as found.
Thanks Firesafe for a cache close to this historic bridge. We were able to spend a little time looking more closely at the bridge design because we stopped to find your cache.
Thanks Firesafe for a cache close to this historic bridge. We were able to spend a little time looking more closely at the bridge design because we stopped to find your cache.
This was a hard cache to log. The nearby car park is a muggle magnet. First attempt was thwarted by a couple with a caravan who seemed intent on driving up the footpath to the nearby caravan park. They were well committed when they had doubts, parked on top of the cache and explored on foot. Eventually, they figured the situation, backed out and drove 50m down the road to the official park entrance!
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Heading to SA for a cache trip for a week. Day 2 of our journey.
TFTC firesafe
TFTC firesafe
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#GA127 - 13:10; Day two of Sol de lune and LuckyL10n's great big SA Road Trip was half done by the time we reached Paringa for a double on this bridge! TFTC firesafe 
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Grabbed with another in the area while enroute to the Mega....
Thanks for the double trouble.....
Thanks for the double trouble.....
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Always easy when their are double caches!
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
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Always been fascinated by this bridge, as it seems to have most of its design dedicated to the central pedestrian lane, and the roadway either side as an afterthought. Found with McPhan on the return leg of our SA Odyssey III. Thanks firesafe.
We had left this one for the return journey which was a good decision as we could park much safer and closer in this direction. Nice to finally grab this one after we didn't manage to stop in time on the last trip.
TFTC firesafe and the Honker.
TFTC firesafe and the Honker.
Claiming the double log too.
The more GCA only caches around, the more people will be inclined to actually do them.
The more GCA only caches around, the more people will be inclined to actually do them.
Others have double-logged it, so I suppose I will claim it too. 
If I realised it was both I would have claimed GCA and left it at that.
We used to cross here on our way b/w Mildura and Adelaide, nice to stop and watch the bridge open.
If I realised it was both I would have claimed GCA and left it at that.
We used to cross here on our way b/w Mildura and Adelaide, nice to stop and watch the bridge open.
found 28th dec 2010 tricky find needs new log
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Found on our caching week with cached and the wackeys.
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Two finds for the price of one!
Found at 16:30 while returning to Adelaide from a caching trip in Wollongong. A beautiful bridge. Gotta love drive-bys when getting the numbers up. SL. TFTC.
Found at 16:30 while returning to Adelaide from a caching trip in Wollongong. A beautiful bridge. Gotta love drive-bys when getting the numbers up. SL. TFTC.
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Found after crossing the grand olde bridge westbound today 
I was there for the 9:30am opening too....only nothing happened
No big boats about I guess so the show didn't go on !
TFTC!
I was there for the 9:30am opening too....only nothing happened
No big boats about I guess so the show didn't go on !
TFTC!
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A double for me too thanks to help from the local Mayor. A quick find.
TFTC!
TFTC!
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Perth 10. Two for the price of one here. I love the old Bridge ! Albida.
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Found it on the way over to Wagga for the Mega Event, and only just realised it was leading a double life! TFTC firesafe.
Lovely bridge - interesting about old time, they work so hard to make it. SL. Thanks firesafe for organising the cache and hunt.
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Nice drive by with the cool breeze of the trucks passing . Thanks for another cache Firesafe
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just stood for a while trying to imagine how things have changed since this bridge was constructed in 1927 (prior to that there was a ferry service on the caravan park side of the river).... not a bad feat really building a bridge that long ago that can take the hefty trucks of today that were roaring past as I was logging this find.... its a funny feeling riding the motorcycle across this bridge, not really sure why though!
cheers 4 da cache firesafe!
cheers 4 da cache firesafe!
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I was under the impression that caches shouldn't swing both ways, they ought to be one or the other, but this one is both. No matter, I don't mind! I have logged it anyway. FTF here and Bronze elsewhere. What a strong little attachment device! Australia Day Find!
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