Stranded in the Onkaparinga Port Noarlunga South, South Australia, Australia
By J_&_J on 21-Aug-16. Waypoint GA3411
Cache Details
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Type: | Traditional |
Container: | Regular |
Coordinates: | S35° 9.412' E138° 28.793' (WGS 84) |
54H 270449E 6106652N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 2 m |
Local Government Area: | Onkaparinga |
Description
J & J's twenty-sixth geocache hide. A good sized container hidden along the Onkaparinga River.
The Onkaparinga River is a river runs from its source between Mount Torrens and Charleston in the Mount Lofty Ranges, and flows south westerly to an estuary at Port Noarlunga.
If you want to learn more about the river, click here.
If you are more interseted in finding this cache, then you should know that you will probaby get wet. It'd be a real good idea to acquire some sort of watercraft to make your journey as efficient as possible.
Below is a photo of J heading off to hide the cache.
Adiós, muchachos!
A good place to launch your vessel is from Lava12's cache Peaceful Spot, From here you will have a leisurely paddle of about 270 metres to the nearest bank. From here, GZ should stand out about 117 metres away.
The cache is a 100mm stormwater contraption, loosely cable tied to the largest shrub on the island. It is held in place with eight heavy duty cable ties to prevent the river having it's way with the cache. Simply unscrew the lid where the container is resting to access the log book.
Anyone who has previously found our "Weather Tower" cache may well recognise this container. That's right, this container previously spent quite a few years on Yorke peninsula as a totally different hide!
Happy hunting!
Hints
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Logs
Today's trip was planed to line up with low tide which meant the creek was narrow enough in places to jump across it. I disturbed a couple dozen kangaroos at GZ who looked a bit surprised to see a person out here. Looks like they've been living under the bush the cache is in. Found the cache but then the return jump across the creek didn't go so well when I landed in some very soft mud on the other side. I pulled my leg out of the mud but my shoe didn't come with it. After retrieving my now very wet and muddy shoe, I walked back to the car as it started to rain...
TFTC
While I managed to get to GZ without getting too wet, there was a considerable amount of smelly, sticky mud involved
Definitely a fun find and the FTF was a nice bonus
Cheers & TFTC J & J