Magnetic Hill Penrose, New South Wales, Australia
By strike-a-light on 18-May-10. Waypoint GA1887

We named this cache in Penrose Forest because of the interesting rocks that cap the hill.

These rocks at the top of the hill must have a lot of iron in them becasue we've always had trouble getting our compass to point in the right direction round here! There is plenty of evidence of mining around the hill and on the top you'll see the remains of an old mine shaft - unfenced so please do take care.

Not so long ago the whole area was a uniform forest but Penrose was logged a few years ago and now "Magnetic Hill" is left with a little "topknot" of trees! Another 10 years and it will once more be surrounded by a tall pine forest as the young trees can be seen growing in their rows all around.

Turn off the highway at Kingsbury VC rest area (lovely picnic area and toilets) and drive a short distance to park in Burnt Cottage Rd around S34° 37.300' E150° 12.900'  You can then walk up the dirt road to the top of the hill where you'll see the interesting rock formations. The top level has huge boulders, the next level down large boulders and the level below that small boulders, before the open land begins. The cache is hidden in the area between the "huge" level and "large" level so climb down past the huge ones and start to look around the large ones.

The ground can be rather rough and you would need to keep a close eye on young children. This is NOT a good cache to attempt at night.

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