Oooo... civilisation! Tarcoola, South Australia, Australia
By Cooper & Co on 24-Nov-11. Waypoint GA3809

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Type: Traditional
Container: Small
Coordinates: S30° 27.570' E131° 50.123' (WGS 84)
  52J 772251E 6626879N (UTM)
Elevation: 117 m
Local Government Area: Pastoral Unincorporated Area

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Hello world!

Whether you're on your way to Maralinga on nuclear weapons business, or Oak Valley to experience South Australia's most remote Aboriginal community, you're bound to stop here at Ooldea Tower. It's the only place you'll get mobile phone reception for hundreds of kilometers! Wow. The world outside still exists! Although you will be excited by the phone coverage, you really should not come out this way without a satellite phone as well. Although the dirt road leading from the Eyre Highway to this point is well maintained, I have put a fairly high terrain difficulty because of it's remoteness and the fact that it would be a muddy bog in the wet.

If you're lucky you'll see the Indian-Pacific train making it's way past on the route to Perth.

The cache is a small clip-lock sistema which I had handy. It is an easy hide. Initial content is an Aussie flag pathtag.

I can't guarantee I'll ever be out this far ever again to maintain it, but I think the chances of this cache being muggled are far less than being chewed by a wombat.

 

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Haqre n ebpx va gur pbeare ohfu...
ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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Logs

27-Jul-24
found, stamped log and replaced. thanks to CO
 
27-Jul-24
eventually got it.
 
16-Jun-23
The container has been replace. It is now under a stone Cain. The bush it was under has been removed. Hope this is ok
 
14-Jun-23
Logged by baby&Mrs gopher at 1430. Needs some tlc We will repair on our way back. Tnx for this isolated cache.
 
14-Jun-23
Found on our way in to do the Maralinga Tour with a group og geocachers. said bush has been burnt, as had some cache contents. will replace in the way out.
TFTC SL as Maralinga Mob.
 
16-Oct-17
Was here for the Centenery and found a blank log after 6 years. Yay a FTF. The container crumbled so will replace on the way out. TFTC
 
04-Dec-11
Very Happy
 
26-Nov-11
It's taken me two days to get home to Adelaide since hiding this one, which should give you an idea that it's not your average Sunday afternoon driveby!
 
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