Gate 21 @ Swamp Oak (Bibbulmun Track) Dwellingup, Western Australia, Australia
By trail_geek on 18-Feb-07. Waypoint GC1194Q

I am regretfully archiving this cache since unfortunately there has been no action to restore it, or any communication from the cache owner, trail_geek, requesting additional time.

An ample opportunity has been provided for the Cache Owner to respond, but since this opportunity has been ignored, I can only conclude that the cache has been abandoned.

Caches archived under these circumstances are unable to be Unarchived, and this location is now available for the placement of a new cache, by somebody else.

Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

###Cache Maintenance Visit Required please.###
This geocache has been brought to my attention as needing an Owner Maintenance visit, as the logs indicate that it is most likely missing, or else some other problem exists with the cache. See the [GCHQ Health Score](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) process.
I agree that it certainly seems necessary to have it checked by the Cache Owner.

The cache owner needs to:

* Take action to restore the cache or address issues such as correcting the D/T rating.
* Re-enable the cache by posting an Enable log
* Post an Owner Maintenance log to advise what has been done and to clear any Needs Maintenance attribute which is present.

Otherwise :
* Post a Note Log to request more time if necessary or provide other information..
**Do not use an Owner Maintenance log for this. That is for use only **when you actually do something to repair the cache**.

Alternatively:

* Archive the cache, and remove any remaining geo-litter from the site.

In the meantime, I've temporarily disabled the cache page to await owner action by trail_geek and to take it off the playing board to prevent further geocaching community inconvenience.
[Please see the maintenance section of the Geocache Hiding Guidelines.](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines?expand=1#cachemaintenance)
**I will check back in 30 days** to see that action has been by the CO.
If nothing has happened, I will assume that the cache has been abandoned, and, unfortunately, I will need to Archive this cache.
*Caches archived because of lack of maintenance/abandonment will not be unarchived.*

The Geocaching Community needs to have a degree of certainty that a cache is in good condition, waiting to be found, and the CO has a responsibility to maintain their caches.

Please see [my profile page](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?u=Balayang) for additional information.
Thank you
Balayang
Community Reviewer -Australia

Searched gz and extended search but cache didn’t show itself.

Despite being easy almost didn't find TFTC

Could not find any sign of this long I found cache- had read all the previous log entry’s- searched in and around all logs to no avail- an entry in child handwriting from this year in the cabin log book suggested they were there for the geocache but they have made no entry for this cache online. Suggest the cache is missing.

Too far up the track for us to get and the section was closed off.

The GPS coordinates led us deep into the forest and away from the campsite. Without reception we were unable to load the description stating it was near the campsite. May come back again to look closer to the campsite.

No such luck finding this one with LauraTheExplorer92.

GPS coordinates took us past the hut and tent sites deep into the bush. Others appeared to have searched the same area judging by the tracks to nowhere!

A nice way to end the day none the less.

Having walked in from Nanga Road on a bit of a day hike, my friend and I ducked off to discover this cache near such a lovely campsite. As previously logged, the ammo tin is in good condition however the contents have been burnt with the logbook unreadable. I was kicking myself that I didn't have a spare logbook with me however I did add a very small envelope which I signed that should be good for a few more signatures if it manages to stay dry. No ziplock bags with me either I'm afraid so if I'm out this way again in the near future I will come prepared. Thanks trail_geek for placing this cache here and for the smilie.

Unfortunately has been burnt.
The Ammo box has survived but the log is burnt and in tatters .
A new log is urgently needed.
Unfortunately we are not carrying one.
Could just scribble name/date on damp remains.
It was also found exposed and propped up on a log.... returned where found.
It is so sad that so many of these caches fall to the same fate.
TFTC at a gorgeous little campsite and shelter.
The weather today is very pleasant and we made a speedy hike in from Dwellingup just on lunch time with a further 7 days worth of supplies on board.

Out on an adventure with Barnzy12, taking the Captiva on one last potential outing before handing it back in. TFTH

Headed out today with Cravo10 to Lane Pool Reserve and the Nanga Brook area to complete some caches that we have wanted to get for a long period of time.

Great day out in the bush, finding several caches which hadn’t been done since 2018 was a great thrill.

Put the car through its paces and it came out in good shape.

Thanks to the COs for their caches we had a great day.

Thank you! Spending a week on the Track hiking from Dwellingup to Collie.
Found this one before leaving camp in the morning. A prescribed burn has been through here at some point, and the contents are a little crispy and melty. But the ammo can itself is in good condition. Left it where I found it, a little exposed after the fire. But it should be fine as its out of the way.

Found after walking out of Dwellingup this morning on our way to Albany. Beautiful spot here. Thankyou for the cache

Pretty flash B-Track shack nearby. There was a dude packing up in there who said nothing until we went back past after the find. Nice one. TFTC!

First cache off the rank today! Left the geo ute and walked over 1 km to the cache, which was a quick find. Much jubilation! Now to walk back uphills and downhills! TFTC!

Our first for the day and with the controlled burn in the area my lungs were not all that great, but we did the walk up and down the hills and great to find this one.

Thanks for this cache trail geek

Found it after a 1km walk from river road in this beautiful setting we bumped into a hiker and got our hands on the cache.
Cache is in need of some more tradeables so if anyone is heading out that way my kids were a little disappointed such a large cache and no treasure absolutely beautiful walk tftc

was in the area cleaning up a few loose caches .... TFTC.

TFTC trail geek

Was a bit of a hunt, as the phone GPS didn't like all the trees and sent me in circles. TFTC

Fnd while Bibb Trekking - Dwellingup to Collie - all in good order.

found it a while back on a school camp where we had to hike from island pool back to dwellingup and on the way had to pick up a few caches, private ones for the school and proper ones for the public this was the cache that started my geocaching journey a month or 2 back thanks for inspiration trail geek. MY FIRST CACHE EVER!!!

My first geocache find.
Kids had allot of fun walking up the steep hill from Charlies...

Found on Lads Trip with Dave, Brendan, Alex and Chris. That was a hectic hike from Lake Poole Reserve. TFTC!

Staying for a few days camping at Charlies Flat campground decided to head off to find this one. Plenty of tracks to take here and soon had a course plotted. After a relatively short hike arrived at the hut and soon had the cache in hand and log signed. Great container but not much in it and unfortunately had forgotten to bring any swag with us so couldn't add any of our own. Really enjoyed the quietness of this location and stayed at the hut for about an hour just resting and taking in the sound of the birds only. A real contrast to the camp site where the constant buzz of generators, crying infants and inconsiderate campers seems to be the norm. Thanks for bringing us here trail geek. Favourite point just for the quietness of this location, really enjoyed it (and needed it!).

Knew roughly where this would be as we had walked this trip before when doing sections of the Bibbulmun Track. Great walk in the late afternoon sun.

we strolled along the Bibbulmun track for a quick find at gz , only to relies, i had lost the pen on the track in. Being very resourceful nick quick smart fashioned me a what he called a bush pen and ever so neatly signed the log!

Not very many swaps in here.
left a collectible pin for the next finder to swap with

Mmm. found this one but missed Dwellingup Hide. A bridge too far to walk at 4.5klms and I wasn't driving back but got this one. Last one for the trip.

Staying the night, eventually with 16 year nine Scotch College kids. Glad the container was cleaned up.

Thanks for the cache.

Found whilst spending the day in the Lane Poole Reserve with my family (jasenjanine)... TFTC trail_geek

We are hosting an event at Nanga next month, so I headed out this way for some more event preparation... We also had some time to grab a couple of caches whilst we were here

After visiting the Nanga Campsite, we headed to Bob's Crossing... This cache didn't seem to far away, so from what my maps on my GPSr showed me, I was pretty sure I could find a way to this one! I did not no where Swamp Oak campsite is but from my maps I eventually navigated our way to Gate "31z'... Approx 400 from GZ (as the crow flies )

I set off on foot with my kids (5&2yr olds) and we had a nice walk to GZ... We even saw some emu's along the way. The kids were so eager to find this cache after our walk so once I spotted it, DangerMouse09 was quick to make the grab [^] TFTC trail geek!

Note: All was good until DM09 opened the ammo box & we saw what was inside OMG, the sight & the smell of what ever it was that had taken over the whole container was horrid! After some time I worked up the courage to remove the contents... Amongst the pile of slop was an open packet of Beef Jerky & Ketchup Satchets, so I can only presume that was what was growing in there [?] I did my best to remove everything (including the logbook) as all was a mess... Before replacing as found, I placed a new log book although the container still needs a good washing out

Found it!! Someone needs to maintain it though.

We stayed at swamp oak camp for our 3 day camping holiday and was excited when we found out there was a geocache just a little hike away from our camp. We met some nice people and introduced them to geocaching, and they seemed really keen. Nice cache, wasn't too hard to find, but we enjoyed the hunt. TFTF!!

Great find, needs new swapables

Tfth! Needs a little maintaining though

found while out with Fe4me dropping of hikers tftc. --- also found it needs to be dried out we gave it a bit of protection but does need mantenance.. thanks trail geek.

A quick find after meeting up with the hikers we dropped of earlier in the day at the Dwellingup Tourist Centre.

TN left cache card, TFTC trail geek,

Pretty easy find with cameron and jayden whilst hiking on the track found it in the morning after we spent the night at swamp oak campsite met some guys with a bong lol tftc

(Chwiliwr team catch up log)

After the previous cache way to the south we crossed the river and walked along the road to get to this cache. Had a quick conversation with some campers preparing their evening meal and then went on to find the cache.

Thanks Trail geek for the cache.

After the previous cache way to the south I crossed the river and walked along the road to get to this cache. Had a quick conversation with some campers preparing their evening meal and then went on to find the cache.

Thanks Trail geek for the cache.

Found it while we were walking along the bibbulmun track. Took the geo-coin! TFTC

On a run to explore Dwellingup and chase down a few caches in the area. A beautiful mild sunny day, just right for a walk in the bush.
This was our 6th for the day and we walked in from gate 21 which ended up not being a long walk. There was no one in the camp as we went past - probably as it was late Sunday afternoon but we were impressed with the facilities and the cleanliness of the area. [^]
Onward to the cache which was quickly found. Signed the log and took the box of clips as a swap for a tape measure. Also left one of our stretchy lizards, one of our OZ mega pathtags and a Canada GC.

Thanks for the cache trail geek - we enjoyed the walk.

Found a track a bit closer, fast walked in, found and gone!
Took nothing, left nothing! TFTC.

Beautiful walk to this cache for the first of the day. TFTH TNLN

Fantastic day to be out in the bush! The first hint of summer, with a very warm 27 degrees today. I was thoroughly enjoying driving around in our 4WD in the Dwellingup bush, and this was the first cache we stopped at.

I parked at Gate 22 and walked in from there. I didn't go all the way to the hut, but I could hear that there were quite a lot of people enjoying the hut today. I was happy to make a quick find of the ammo tin.

I was planning to go on to more caches further along the river, but when I returned to the car I could hear a hissing sound, and while I was hopeful that it was an insect, I had staked a rear tyre, and that brought an end to our caching activities for the afternoon.

So after changing the tyre we headed off to the mountain bike track and did a few practise laps in preparation for a race in a few weeks, and then into town for dinner.

Thanks for a lovely cache trail geek.

No need to phone a friend today, but I brought xtineclark along with me Had a nice stroll up the hill, enjoyed the (very) small part of the Bibbulmun Track we experienced, lunched at the campsite, and found the cache on our way back out. TN(except photographs)LN(except footprints). Thanks trailgeek!

WOW! We are super impressed with the hut (having never seen one before). Kudos to the people who built them and to those who now maintain them.

We parked at Gate 22 and had a really nice walk through to the hut. Absolutely beautiful part of the country.

I think someone said in their comments that this was close to being one of their favourites? I can see why...

An easy find as we finished our walk for today . Still some privet in the riparian areas but nowhere near as bad as along the Murray River the day before. TFTC

Lovely walk through the bush for an easy find. TNLN.

We decided to drop our packs off at the shelter before retrieving the cache. Had a cuppa and then went to find it. TFTC

We dropped our packs off at the shelter, had our lunch and a short rest then made a quick find of the cache. TFTH

We took a morning stroll to find this cache thinking it would be a fairly quick find. Upon arrival at our GZ we searched high and low and then spread out to search further a field in every likely spot a geocache could be hidden but no cache was to be found. Since Ians' GPS had been giving some "interesting" readings of late we regretted not bringing the Magellan as a back up as we suspected it could have been us that was out but then the cache hadnt been found since last November so it may well have been missing.

Recalabration! We were off in a completely different direction, this seemed like a more likely area much much closer to the hut than we originally were. Within minutes we the cache was found! We cleared the box of some rubbish and a coke bottle that had been left in it, signed the log and rehide it ready for the next finder.

We haven't been to Swamp Oak for nearly 8 years when we walked the Bib track from Dwellingup. Time goes by so fast.

thanks for bringing us back to this lovely spot.

this is the first bibbulmun hut ive seen, really enjoyed this spot, First cache for the day

It was a bit tricky finding gate 21, but we found it!

What an awesome place. Of all the caches around Nanga, this is close to the top of the list because of the location. The shelter was well looked after and we enjoyed looking throught the log book of the hikers.
TNLN
TFTH

took nothing left nothing. Using it to educate.

Big Hike to the Cache glad it was winter as vast quantities of water may have been required. Had a fantastic weekend Camping. Celtic Crusaders

Set up camp at Charlies Flat and walked "as the crow flies" to this cache just over 1 km away. MY GOD what a hike! We are definitely not fit. I thought the top of the hill would never come...and then had to go down the other side..which meant coming back up again before the big decent to our camp. Thought about walking around the road but it would have been dark by then so had to just wrestle the rugged terrain again. Good for the heart and fat burning though...and justified the enormous meal we ate later on! Thanks for the incentive to get off our bums and away from the camp fire. Nice to see another Bibulumun track camp too...we visit the one in Mundairing frequently for picnics. Decided the cache was lacking in "treasures" so we took nothing but left a stationary set. Did this with Celtic Crusaders on our winter camping weekend in glorious Dwelly!

took nothing nice spot

TNLN T4TC
Enjoyed the wlak, parked the 4X4 about 300mtrs away, nice camp area.

Drove all around this one till we got to within 250metres.
TFTC

Another great place along Bib track.

The full team found this one today, after Geo Dad finished work. It was an awesome bush walk from river road (approximately 1.4kms return). Their was 2 families and a group of 3 camping at the hut. Geo daughter found this one with much excitement .

Signed log, find No.17
T - Monster finger puppet, pack of pencils & frog toy
L - Pirate treasure map, bird whistle & a hart bangle

Found whilst camping in the area for easter 2010
We cant remember what we swapped
nevermind, took GC

Good cache now Time To Hit The Road

--coights

Not sure we got as close as it is possible by car despite a 4WD. Ended up being about 1Km from the cache and after a good walk with the kids leaving arrows made of sticks we found the cache and also found our way back to the car. Maybe some parking coordinates would help people.
SLTNLN Thanks for the hunt.

This was our last find in the reserve for the day. We decided to walk along the track to GZ and found gate 21. Plenty of walkers and campers in the area. Found the cache pretty easily and grabbed the Running with Scissors TB. We dropped off the Keeper of the Moutain TB. We also signed the log, left a balloon, a coin and our calling card. Nice location. TFTH & TFTC

Walked 4.6k round trip from Charleys flat
Great shelterrs for the walkers
Awesome area
Thanks for the reason to visit
TNLNSL TFTH

What a great walk in & ran into a couple from NZ who came just to do the Bibbulmun. Thank you very enjoyable

This was my first find. Lovely walk with all the family. Thank you.

Gate 21 @ Swamp Oak (Bibbulmun Track) was transferred from Aushiker to user trail_geek

Nice walk from the closest road to this one, Impressed by the facility's on the track available for the hikers, I would live to walk the track one day.
Took some friends out to this one to introduce them to caching.
TNLNSL

Many Thanks Aushiker

Regards Dharma Team

Nice bush walk to get this one. TNLN. thanks Aushiker

Great day for an easy walk. found with no problems.
cache is in great condition.
TNL: Astroboy
collected Ursula Mauseturm Geocoin and dropped TLC off for a visit!

My interest in geocaching has waned to the point I am pulling out of the game. Where possible I would like to see my caches and trackables adopted by another cacher so if you are interested please contact me. However, caches which require maintenance or appear to have been muggled will be archived. Lang may yer hum reek! Andrew.

Made a detour (well, took the scenic route) on the way home - needed to find a cache of 1*/2.5* combination to get the final cache done for 'The Well Rounded Cacher' competition.

This is the first cache I have done of the many in this area, so will be back to explore properly, allowing the caches to be my guide. Today was a lovely taste of this beautiful forest.

TN Left Ursulas Mauselium GC. Thanks for the hunt, Aushiker.

we walked over 700 mtr to get to this one and found that gate 21 is close to gz.
1 of ten for the day in the reserve
tnn
t4th

found with jangary & bings1, at 1530 another cacher found this one about 2 hours b4 us, can't remember the other cacher's name.

TN L calling card

TFTH

Found in company with A wombat and a bingz after the driver got hopelessly lost.
TNLN
TFTH

Black Swans found it on a nice evening stroll over from Charlie's Flat campground where we were staying... followed by a not-so-restful night of very noisy very drunk camp neighbours!

In: LED torch and mini -compass
Out: calculator

Cheers!

Forgot I found this one with the Cadets. Nice easy find.

TNLN TFTC

Relatively easy find once gps stopped bouncing around. in the area to get another nearby cache and hopefully FTF.TNLT SL. thanks for the exercise.

Did this one on a Bibbulmun end to end N-S. Just been resupplied so it was a dinner of sausages
T: Mammoth
L: Calculator

Thanks for the hunt

Drove to nearest spot by road. Walked in with two families, 3 little kids and a baby in a backpack. Wonderful to be back on the Bib. which we haven't walked since BC. After finding cache, walked on to campsite to have a quick look and break before walk back to cars.
Took earings and necklace
Left spiky/spongy blue ball

found by a young gun of the team
good find on a wet day with lots of clouds

TNLNSL

T4TC

Aussie-O's

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We grabbed this cache during our 1st camping trip to Lane Poole Reserve. Perfect weather and total peace and quiet, a real stress buster!
T: mobile charger & pen
L: Jewellery & keyring

Thanx Aushiker for a top cache.

Were in a bit of a hurry as it was getting dark .
great location .
TNLN

Walked in and signed the log. Warm day so not off the river for a swim.

Late log, as I was out trekking as far away from the Internet in the short time allotted... Nice to see that geocaching is never too far away though. TNLC TFTC.

TFTH
Found this cache with 1st warnbro scouts. The scouts thought we were talking about money when we said caches. It was a good hike.

Thanks Two+Four.

Easy find at a lovely spot. Pulled in off the main track and parked and walked the 700m. Can in fact drive to the gate...might have been a better idea had I known how bad the "Marchies" were going to be.

We seemed to be a couple of days behind TLC on each of our finds this weekend.

TNLNSL

TFTH and bringing us to this part of the Bibbulmun Trail.

Team Prado - WA 1968

Found with team Kampies, while hiking
TNLN

very nice setting. My gps did show that it was still 10m to go, but thankfully the box was big and easy to find

Such a nice day to be out walking, and geocaching.
Found this one quite easily, then had a look at the camp site. Quite a few muggles in the form of walkers on the track, heading in both directions.
We will be back in a few weeks to find more caches.
T. Foreign currency (not worth much).
L. Angel, toy Alladdin and calling card.
TFTH.

Found this one without to much trouble, nice walk through the tall trees. took compass, left foreign currency.

Nicely done. Camping near lane poole and found it on the way home. Easily found. Didnt take anything. Box contained electric toothbrush, puzzle, compass, toy car.

Found whilst completing another section of the Bib Track. Absolutely pelting rain. We intended to drop of a trackable or two but raining too hard to bother. Thanx Aushiker, the next couple of caches in the area are on our hit list but will have to wait for another weekend. TNLN

This was a funny cache! We dragged along 7 children and 2 other reluctant adult cachers (who would have been happier sitting by the camp fire sipping hot chocolate!)We took the more "challenging" route and totally bush bashed for an hour up the side of the hill- realising later that we parked in the wrong spot and got back in 10 minutes. After much whinging, whining and stiffled giggles (by us) we found this friendly cache! Unfortunately, we haven't converted this tribe to the virtues of geocaching but we had a lot of fun. TNLN.

Found in the company of a lot of friends. We walked in from the lane pool area, about 600m along a nice track. The hut was occupied so we skirted around it and made our way directly to the cache. 10 people looking made it easy to find. As it was a first for some of the people they seemed almost mystified at the concept of finding something so small hidden in such a large world. Dont you love technology ? We took nothing but added a compass and a magnetic frog so the cache looks a bit better stocked. After the cache we went to the hut and had a chat to the people camped there. One guy was doing the end to end walk and had posted his suplies to himself at various towns along the way. Thats something we have never thought of doing. Clever man. Thanks for the great walk Aushiker

Enjoyed our walk looking for this cache. Not a sole in sight. T : TB L: Glass Egg and Calling Card. TFTH.

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