Shipwrecked Bell, New South Wales, Australia
By GeoScour on 03-Mar-07. Waypoint GC1134Y

First multi cache tftc signed ljblazeit

Found during a road trip around Central NSW. A short stop for this older cache. I had to do a lap to find the entry track. A short uphill walk followed by a clamber up to the top. Cache found in an interesting rock formation. TFTC

Had to park down the road a bit then made the hike in. Found the answer the crunched the numbers quite quickly. Managed to also locate the cache quite quickly which was nice. TFTC.

Parked on the road and went for a walk up the hill with ilook4geo. We had previously worked out the new numbers and went there to find a cache in a well protected position. Great view from up here. Signed the log book and replaced where found. Thanks for bringing us here and for placing this cache go to GeoScour.

Walked up along the track with goingplaces2 and found this cache. Already had the new co-ords in hand. Signed log and replaced. TFTC.

Tftc- out and about with Storeyteller and the shoeiiz ! Great day out

What a great day ro be out exploring this seldon visited region.
TFTC

Tftc - nice easy solve and find

#12353 15:55
After a nice day in and around Mount Wilson, this was the cache for the day. TFTC.

TFTC. Found it with Irondale.

Found geocaching with malfromthefarm.. Tftc

Would recommend parking on the main road and walking up the hill. Great view. TFTC

Nice detour, tftc

Tftc. The road in is very washed away now. We parked just off to the opposite side of the road. A little precarious but managed to get to it

Such an amazing part of NSW so being stuck here waiting for Qld to let me back in isn't such a problem when you have amazing caches to find!
Loved the theme of this one, hint made sense when you look where your going.
TFTC

Some history from the locals who I brought with me, this hill is called Water Trough Hill. If you take the lower track for a few hundred metres you will come across the water trough cut into the side of the road for the horses which were used back in the day for transport etc. The trough was cut in here in 1894, as per the etching into the stone. There is a natural water flow keeping it full. Keep your eye out for it or you'll walk right passed it.

foudn with my family after our trip to the farm

found on our way from the farm. tftc

last cache on our way home tftc

#1,153
OCW Calypso62, Smurfguy, Smurfclain and TJ_Awsome for the weekend.
We collected the information from WP1 but did not do the calculations until later in the night.
We where back today to find GZ and the Cache.
What great views from up here, even with all the bushfire devastation. I am amazed how well Mother Nature repairs itself.

#4338
Out with the geo-family to find this cache. We were returning from a weekend in the Capertee Valley so decided to grab this one after visiting Wp1 on the way up. We didn't do the calculations then to work out GZ but as the CO knows, we should have! The cache was snug and dry even though the container has a crack in the lid. What great views there are from up here. Thanks for the fun GeoScour. This is worthy of a favourite point for the great location. Adding one to your tally. Cheers.

Climbed back to the top to grab this cache, after 2 days earlier climbing up to get the info....
Great location and great spot.

Enjoyed the cache.
TNLNSL
TFTC

Amazing view from up here. TFTC! Also the lid of the container needs repair, it’s got 1 crack in it.

The only safe place to park was heading eastbound and stopping about 100m west of the cache where the overtaking lane ends, then a dodgy run across the road just before a crest and corner, so can be very hard to see. Awesome walk up to a great view over the mountains. Saw a snake slithering back into the pile of rocks at WP1. The rock formation at GZ is incredible. I finally got the hint once I saw it. Great cache. TFTC

#5001
Didn't plan for this multi but why not. I do see where the cache name appeared from, and pleasure to knock this one off.
Discovered the screw lid is cracked but contents survived the previous day's rains, fp

Wow, this one has been around a while. Didnt really get the maritime shipwrecked theme but found cache no problems.
As others have mentioned, the old 4wd track is DEFINITELY not an option for any vehicle these days. I parked across the road 100m down in the pullout and walked up.
TFTC

#3502
Day 1 of our roadtrip to Canberra and back, a recreation of one we did 3 years back, to now share with our youngest team member. With the Putty Road closed, we diverted through Sydney traffic (joy) and onto the (smoky) Bells Line of Road to Bathurst, our stop for the night. We managed 18 finds for the day, with just 1 DNF. A good start.
We had stopped here before, but it was raining (if only!) and the kids baulked at it. Today the visibility was even worse, from smoke.... We parked next to a mobile speed camera, and grabbed our stuff to walk up the hill. As we left another fellow called out - an RFS officer, they were assembling a team to backburn this area in an hour or so. Can we have 20 minutes?? OK - after trading UHF freqs we jogged up the hill, made a scramble for the cache, Samuel signed us in while I flew over and grabbed the trigs. This is a great spot, but no views today unfortunately. TFTC! No maritime connection is obvious to me?? Forget trying to drive up here too.....

Found with my Dad and big brother on our way to Bathurst today...
###TFTC!!!###

Found today on day 1 of our five day road trip. Today we were heading to Bathurst!!!


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Solved the coordinates without any problem and found the cache quickly but couldn't see the maritime connection!!

#An Austrian in Australia#
I was looking for a different Multi but since I did the calculation wrong I ended up here. I can confirm one thing: The four wheel drive track CANNOT be used with most vehicles it has changed a lot in the last 12 years

Thanks for the hide.

TFTC

All the best from Austria,
Baumi_B

Out caching with oldmorty and marj01. An early morning start is always on the cards when out with marj01 and today was no exception. After driving from the Eastern Suburbs to Lithgow, we made a U turn and headed back via the Bells Line of Road caching as we went.
6.40am - Out of the car and a climb to the top of the world just as the sun rose upon the Blue Mountains. An unbelievable location. I took a tumble as the rock I was holding onto gave way. No harm done. Just as well as it was the first cache for the day and we had another 47 to find. A favourite point from me for the unbelievable location. TFTC GeoScour

This was the first for the day and was hands down the best one, want a great location and rock formation. We, being Frazeydaze, Oldmorty and myself, arrived as the sun was just rising, on a beautiful morning. Thanks for the cache

Out from the eastern suburbs for a days caching with frazeydaze and marj01, and the chosen area was out west and in the mountains. Four of the caches in the mountains that were more than park and grabs, Shipwrecked, The Castle, Weather Beaten and Shrouded in Mist provided spectacular views over the mountains. This was our first cache for the day and provided 360° views as the sun rose on this Anzac Day. However, we nearly became shipwrecked here as frazeydaze fell overboard, well she slipped while climbing and went for a roll. Not too much damage done and we were able to continue our day. TFTC GeoScour and a fav point from me.

Thanks for the great hide

Heading up the mountains to go canyoning, and to my luck three in the group were geocachers. Although the others wanted to do here anyway to find the water trough.
We missed the trough on the first way past. Dellero and i went up to find the two caches, while the others backtracked to find the trough.
Thanks for the cache.

Today I finally got to pick up a couple of those caches that bug me every time I drive along Bell's Line of Road. No more will the icon taunt me as I pass by....

Stopped on our way to a nearby canyon to pick this up. All in good condition.

TFTC

A quick stop on my way to the Blue Mountains! I liked the bus stop caches for their variation in containers! Finally back at this location for two more very interesting caches! Love the views as well as the rock formations.
TFTC Wilbert67

Crossing the Blue Mountains on our way to Mudgee, for a long weekend of camping. Stopped by the side of the road and walked up to the top of the mountain. The heat of the day had started to set in, but we managed to get up without too much trouble. Found WP1, located the required information and performed the necessary calculations. Headed over to GZ, where we soon found the cache. Signed the log, replaced and headed downhill back to the waiting car.

In the area doing some hiking with my wife (preparing for a hike on the Milford Track (NZ). TFTC.

Straightforward track, once you find it. Nice scenery. TFTC

I've being wanting to do this cache for years and today was my day that I happened to be traveling along this road alone and not have any whinging family members complaining about stopping to do a cache. Made my way to WP1 and soon had the co ordinates for GZ. Found the cache in good condition and left my mark. TFTCM
Cheers
dkmacca

Another 'must-do' cache ticked off at long last. We've driven past here so many times but never got around to stopping before now. Great views from up here! TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Out with Team Merlin to Blackheath we decided to grab the nearby Geocahing
Australia trig cache and this cache.

Determining the required information on a previous trip we knew the location of GZ we proceeded the short distance to GZ where a find was quickly made. With cache in hand we both signed the log before replacing as found. Both the cache container and log are in good condition.

TFTC GeoScour

Out with JJCC for a drive up the hill to Blackheath for an errand and as we passed noticed all of the waratahs in bloom. Pulling over just near the start of the locked track, we walked along to the base of the hill to investigate and as we were so close decided to grab the nearby Geocahing Australia trig cache and this cache.

Having worked out the neccessary number prior to the visit we knew the location of GZ, but first off we found the trig and took some photos, after which we proceeded the short distance to GZ where a find was quickly made. With cache in hand we both signed the log before replacing as found. Both the cache container and log are in good condition.

The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust) and Vanlith The Youngling.

TFTC GeoScour

Just upgraded our membership and chiming back in to award a fave point here - this is maybe my fave GC so far (83 finds) this one is what GCing is all about, thanks GS.

Wow what a great view from here. Lovely spot and love this GC! As usual TBs have alluded me but never mind. TFTC a well thought out hide.
#51

Did this one with phlphotos. He saw the sinking ship while we were looking for the old trig pin. Nice one. Great views from here.

#616 walked to the Geodetic Station with alnic39 and we watched the storm rolling over the Lithgow area from here. We worked out the number required and then got reasonably close co-ordinates. Walked to the end of the point and spotted our destination, worked the best way to get to the area and walked there. Found the cache quickly, signed log, took the TB and replaced as found. Thanks for the multi and bringing us to this spot, GeoScour. Before walking back down watched the storm for a bit more as it was where we were headed for next.

Staying at Mt Tomah for a few days, we had to return to Sydney this morning to deal with an emergency but were back in time to grab a couple of multis in the area. It was blowing a gale at the trig but, before too long, we had the cache in hand. The views are incredible, well worth the struggle up. I left a TB.

Thanks GeoScour.

I was very interested in seeing a trig station up close and personal. For me they are normally just specs in the distance. After calculating GZ we determined the safest way there and upon arrival soon found the cache. Thank you for placing this cache in such a spectacular spot but, realistically, I don't think you can drive up to the trig anymore.

I'd been plotting to do this and its neighbour since last visiting for the winter solstace.
Finally passing by again so stopped to stretch the legs. I went along trail a bit too far before realising where I was heading and what was involved to get there, so backtracked to a less steep approach.
After the climb, I wasn't looking forward to a long search and was rewarded with a well-covered hide right at the wreck site.
Thanks GeoScour.

TFTC! log to follow

Enjoyable multi, short walk, excellent weiv. Does look like a ship wreck. My hands r frost roite now. Tftc shouldve done this after 'the division bell'

Found the dirt track that leads to the top of the hill. Got the required numbers and found the co ordinates for gz. Short walk and quick find. Great views. Nice area. Cache in good condition. Fav point.Tftc

The funny thing about this one is that I was here yesterday, not realising this cache was here too! Was logging last night and having a look around and saw this one, so returned today to find this one. Now that I was locally knowledgable, parked close to GZ and found the quickest / easiest route to GZ, taking nowhere near as long as yesterday. Really is a cracking view up here! Thanks.

Sometimes you just get things wrong I spent about 20 minutes on the coordinates I'm kept getting on the 7 km away went back to the road and sat in my car worked out straightaway do not think I was doing anything different so walk back up the hill to the beautiful rock formations found cache and now watching the storm. Tftc tnln

Cant say i took the easy route to this cache. i found a 4WD track to go down but it lead me around the base of the rock i wanted to be on top of so i went back to the nearest point and trekked up the hill instead. half way up decided it wasn't really thong country but too late for that now too. What a great spot this is, i loved my mini adventure getting to the top and finding the information needed. I'd actually passed the cache on the way to the top, thinking to myself "that looks like an interesting formation". I did notice the track I should have driven up but think the entrance from the highway is a bit too nasty for me.
tftc GeoScour, had a great time finding it.

This one would have to be one of the easiest trig stations I have walked to, great and a nice quick concise calculation had us making the grab without any trouble. Nice multi in a spectacular location. Thanks. SLTN

We left our geo mobile at the bottom, defiantly not for our geo assault vehicle even with high clearance , once collected the required information a short walk and the reward were ours. TFTC

Tftc this one was our first for this kind of cache

Tftc great find found with team hadagoodgo and team superevil

The first of the day on an outing along Bells Line of Road, with Mrs ASO, Kieran6, and the elder geoson, Kieran6 and I made the run for this one, to find on arrival near GZ, amazing 360 degree views and can understand the namesake of the cache.

Many thanks for this cache GeoScour & little were we to know at time of finding that we would be returning to GZ at Sunset.

TFTC and thank you for the great location. Caches like this make it a worthwhile activity. TNLN

#1,621

After WebGuy's canyoning event in Wentworth Falls, bikerbuddy & I headed over to Bells Line of Road for Division Bell. And while we were in the area, he suggested I should look for this one as well (he'd found it on a previous visit to the area).

Found the old trig (great to find one still intact with vanes), got the information & made the simple calculations. Set off to look & soon had the cache found.

Thanks for placing a cache in such a great location!

Since 2009 I have had in my list of updated caches these finally coordinates that I needed to make my way to. I am canyoning in the Bluies all the time, but I never seem to find the time to nab this cache. Today was the day. In 35 plus degrees I enjoyed the views, watched the approaching thunderstorm, and finally put my name in this log book!

Cheers

1335, GAFF1, Geoson and I were in the area on our final cache for oor Bells Line of Road day out, we worked out the necessary information and head back up to GZ.

The cache was soon located and some awesome views from up here, it all made sense when we approached GZ how the rock formations we like a Shipwreck

SL, cache in good condition. Thoroughly recommended.

TFTC GeoScour

1919 GAFF1 On way to Lithgow for an Event, from Taree. Had been here MANY years ago to find the Trig Station (1985)
Took dud pen, and 'Money' TB
Left: pen from Darwin 'Australian Aviation Heritage Centre', and a "Correct Site Marker" - surgical marking pen.
Through: Coins - 3Bros, AustLighthouse, Iconic Bridges, B2B ingot, Baa, Neigh and Oink, SummerLovin521TB, and trackable shirt.
TFTC GeoScour
(With sunset @ 1724 am claiming this for another in the 'Night Caching thesis')

Great spot- found with the family.

Great walk- found with the family. I love these ones!

TB Drop-Penny Penguin- purse with overseas coins.

Where to go for day 43 of my caching streak? The WaywardWoman suggested this one, rather than something closer we could normally do after work. So we found a good place to park across the highway to tackle this one, because there was no way the Pulsator was getting up that goat track, no matter how carefully we took it.

When we got to the stated coordinates I was happy to see a trig. I took a photo to log it as a GCA cache. We then worked out the coordinates for the final hide easily, and were happy to see it wasn't too far away.

There were some amazing rock formations on this hill, and some good views, despite the overcast weather. NickoHeap and Garks liked this one. Thanks

# 1274- I had intended to stop for this one last time I was up here on my own, but really didn't have the time. Today, being strike day, we took the opportunity to go for a cache further away.(The boys had a slow start to the day and it was good to get out of the house and away from the computers.) Once we found a spot to park, it was a relatively short walk to the top, some quick, easy calculations at the top and another very short walk to the cache. Great views and a geography trig photo for my classroom!
Once NickoHeap spotted it, I recognised the spot from pjmpjm's photo. Great place- definitely a favourite! The rain stopped for us to make the find. Thanks.

A neat multi off the side of the road. I misread the instructions at first and was looking for a container that had the final waypoints. After a few minutes I realised that the answer was staring right in front of me. With the numbers collected and final GZ deduced I then took the long way to the cache - why did I go downhill?

Once at GZ it was obvious what the cache name was about. Wondered why a ship would be wrecked at 1000 m above sea level/ The container was found quickly and I spent a few minutes reading the logs, before adding mine and heading back to the car.

BTW - The trig at these coordinates is one of the best in the region, what a view of the area.

Bit of a rocky hide. 360 views from trig.

Gotcha !!! TFTC

I was able to solve the WP1 clue easily, having been up to the site in question last year on a GCA mission. And I still don't know why I didn't attempt this cache then . . .

Today I climbed the hill again with rogerw3, after a drive down Bells Line of Road. Having already found the cache himself, he let me loose on my own, to see what I could do . . .

And, in fact, I saw a particular 'thing' in the near distance, in front of the endless views, that led me straight to the correct spot -- even without use of my GPSr.

Great views, as expected! And a great cache too, still in good shape after a long time. TNLNSL.

Many thanks to GeoScour. It was wonderful to have an excuse to climb up here again on a beautiful and sunny winter's afternoon.

# for today:4, TOD: Afternoon, Conditions: Perfect, Cache Condition: Great, Others: Glenferns, Alfyboy, Honeysoy, Marlo & AB(Muggle) , Notes:

An excellent stop and cache. We walked up the 4WD track as the base of the track is very eroded. Found the trig point and after a few arithmetric errors had a sensible coords for gz. A quick find ensued and then hung around trying to work out which of the rock formations resembled the shipwreck.

SL TFTC.

Two birds with one stone - a GCA cache and this fun little multi. Number six for the day up the mountains, thanks geoscour!

Cache Hunt 656; GAFF1; Weather, Sunny/couldy; Helpers, Glenferns, Purplepeopleater, Honeysoy, Marlo & AB(Muggle); Cache condition, Great; Find of the day, 4th; STATUS, Found; GPSr at GZ - 3m

We parked a little dangerously just off the road and walked up the 4x4 track. Got to WP1, which also happened to include a Trig...Bonus smiley After a calculation error by some members with maths and inputting coords, we finaly had a GZ. We walked down and Honeysoy and I found cache and left it for AB to find as well. SL. TNLN and replaced. Checked out some possible shipwrecks and walked back to he car. More great veiws from here, TFTC.

Finally a dry day to go out and find some caches. I made up a list of 6 caches that have come up over the last months in the Bell – Dargan area. This is my 6th cache and final find for today and after a short walk up the hill to the Geodetic Station and working out the final co-ord’s found the cache at 15:25. Fantastic views from this location. Cache is in good order. TNLN

For the short walk needed up the hill, forget the 4WD bit, it will be more trouble than it is worth & it is a bit tricky finding the trail in any case. Parked at the locked trail gate & made my way from there. I agree with rogerw3 this cache deserves more traffic, there loss our gain. Top 360° views at both WP1 & GZ & what views they are. By the way that’s 1 hell of a ship wreck; you couldn’t make it even if you tried. TFTC / TFTH / SL

Came here looking for something else but figured I may as well check this one out while I'm here...turned out to be dead simple and now looking back I could of guessed where the cache would have been, Beaut spot and the cache name makes perfect sense Thanks for bringing me here, took the bug

Had great fun doing this one, very simple multi but the location is amazing, what a view.
Walked there from bell station, and quickly found the cache.
Took nothing, left Yowie and 2x Olympic pins.
Also left Yowie TB.
This cache deserves more traffic, well worth the effort. The track up the hill is now only 4WD, but it is only a short walk up there.

Was able to do some research on this one before leaving home to get the final co-ords but it wouldn't have mattered anyway as this is a simple offset multi. Great views from GZ and a spot that I have been meaning to get to for some time. TFTC!

For anyone being afraid if the cache is still there... I can tell you YES it is. There was even a log in the book between 13th of June and now, but you of course need to be able to log the cache. Nice peace of work..., found the cache in good condition, and even saw a spider doing his job (catching the anoying flies and bugs in the nearby area). I don't know about driving the track, but now I really think that you need 4WD with lot's of ground clearance. We did not even try with our hired car... Thanks and greetings from the Netherlands.

This was a different cache. Most of the time we've found traditionals, therefore a multi would be nice.... only 2 points, but what a view. To bad about all the insects around here... Thanks for the cache. Greetings from the Netherlands.

What an amazing stone formation, it really does look like a ship.

TLNL. TFTC.

Quick find with great views. TFTC!

The longer you cache its bound to happen that you visit a place more than once and this is one of those times. I'd done a cache here before so a fter quick sramble I approaching GZ.
Witht he surrounding area about to cop a thunderstorm I didnt stay long.
Thanks for bringing me back here. TNLN Thanks

Spotting the track up to this one as i headed to "The Castle" It wasn't long and i was parked at the top next to the trig. With the info gathered and the new co-ords in the GPSr it was off to find the prize. A little while later in the black of night the cache was locate safe and sound in its hide. The track up is getting a bit erroded but was no problem to negotiate.

TFTC

Up early to find this one at 07:00 on a glorious day - loved the views. I could even see over to "The Castle", which was the next cache attempt on my list.
T: Crocs Rule TB

A great location (I'm glad I didn't attempt to drive up this track though ) - thanks GeoScour.

Not sure if Hertz would have liked us bringing the Camry up this track! So we walked.. Great rock formation.
Dropped off a Steve Irwin TB

Great rock formations here!

After the maths were done we soon found GZ. An easy and quick find for the end of a great days cashing.

Cheers The Old Sod.

TNLNSL

Parking nearby we wound our way up the hill to another fine lookout. Wpt 1 was rather large and obvious and soon the required information was found and deciphered.
With the calculations made alpini, the Old sod and I went off to find GZ while Altaire watched.
Alpini spied this from afar and with The Old Sod, they contemplated the best means of retrieval. The Old Sod removed the cache from it's hidey hole and soon we all had the caching business completed and were admiring the surrounding views.

That was may one of the quickest multis I've ever done...
TFTC
TNLN
Alpini

Another great spot in the mountains !!The cache would have ben half as much walkin if I had of had a closer look at Ozi. Anyway Mrs R made the second trip with me and a quick find was had, thanx, top spot.

Loved the veiws and was a great way to start off a caching run. As we left you could see bow.
JABs.

Nice easy multi with a brilliant view and a nearby bonus.
TFTC

This was our second attempt at this one (previous one not logged as we didn't even make it to WP1) and a delight to find. Our previous attempt stopped us just metres short of WP1 due to a nice little brown snake guarding the station. Being the middle of winter and dark (it was probably midnight) we decided to very quickly make our way back to the car and try again at a later date. This was our later date and as mentioned was a delight to do. We love easy, quick multi's that take you somewhere speccy. TNLN.

Nice quick find on the way to Newnes FYAOAL Event ...No 1 of 16 for the weekend.