Along the pipeline Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia
By The Hancock Clan on 20-Aug-16. Waypoint GA8407

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	Traditional
Container:	Small
Coordinates:	S34° 5.716' E150° 58.721' (WGS 84)
	56H 313529E 6225436N (UTM)
Elevation:	103 m
Local Government Area:	Sutherland

Map

Whodunit Terrain

Description

A beautiful bush walk to the trailhead of Lake Eckersley.

This cache is hidden in a small pocket of land along the pipeline trail that falls outside of National Park boundaries, and was was hidden in order to qualify for the 1500m challenge (publish component) of GeosportZ 2016.

There are several ways to get here, but we suggest parking on Princes Highway at S34°06.108 E150°59.666 and following the Mirang Fire Trail. To find this cache alone, you're looking at a 7.2km return walk. It's fairly easy going that's quite hilly in places, but it's a beautiful walk and you'll be surrounded by wildlife and native flora including an abundance of Gymea Lilies, especially along the lower section of Mirang Fire Trail.

The cache is hidden close to the trailhead to Lake Eckersley, which is a stunning location on the banks of the Woronora River with camping available. It's only about 500m away and well worth the extra walk.

Hints

QPPPKK

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

08-Jun-19

Nana Nel

In the area today completing a big walk, stopped to pick this up, quick find by Wazza9. Signed log and replaced. Thanks to The Hancock Clan. Dancing

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Jun-19

wazza9

out to find Cairn you find it today. grabbed this one.

24-Jun-18

ziggiau

Had a nice walk along the pipeline to this spot and even though I saw the SPOR I disregarded it as it looked like it was meant to be there. Turns out it was just the right rock for the camp job. Thanks Hancock Clan.

02-Jul-17

Team MavEtJu

What a beautiful day to go for a walk, GeoDirk and Jarrah were ordered to come along as they were the naughtiest during lunch. We followed the usual track: Oliver street, down the hill, turn left and start walking. This time it wasn't just the waterhouse, or the bridge, or the pools. No, it was further than we ever have been on this track. My surprise when we saw a wooden table in the forests and a leak in the waterpipe, which we reported to Sydney Water. All with all a great walk and worth it, again. TFTC!

Rated: for Overall Experience

05-Mar-17

Wilbert67

Was in for a bit of a walk today and decided to pick up the remaining caches in Heatcote national park. started walking from the highway via the mirang rd firetrail. Lovely walk, but very humid today. Just before going up the hill and around the bend to reach this cache, I had to take of my shoes and handle the flooding! Cache was found quickly and only the second to do so!
TFTC Wilbert67

Rated: for Overall Experience

26-Sep-16

tronador

I approached GZ from Woronora Dam Rd and having done Flying Monks, it did not take long on the mtn bike to cover the 4 or so km to Lake Ekersley. Nice down hill ride. I locked my bike up here not 5m from GZ, also saw a baby eastern brown snake slither off into the scrub. Hmmm this took longer to find than I thought it would. I checked both sides and came up empty handed. I have no idea what the hint was refering to and after my 3 trip to the other side something else caught my eye and I uncovered the well concealed cache. Yeah FTF.

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-Aug-16

The Hancock Clan

Good to go Smile