Observation Deck Belowra, New South Wales, Australia
By The Mountain Goat on 11-Mar-07. Waypoint GC119KA

Heading out of Bendethera today and stopped off to look for this one but alas I think the fires have got it. Nothing around GZ matched the hint and I didn't have any containers with me

After overnighting in Bendethera, I was in NM's 4WD going up the hill. Jumped out to grab this cache. Quick find thanks to good coords.

The log book was slightly damp but I was still able to sign it.

TFTC!

Found at 11:39:00 AM

Another quick find on the way to camp at Bendethra overnight. A great spot and this was a nice parking area for a cache.

Thanks The Mountain Goat

Continuing on my solo discovery tour. I got held up for quite some time so it was almost dark when I arrived at the coordinates. Slightly cooler now. I was thinking maybe the snakes will be out now the blistering sun has set.

After this I continued on for an overnight camp at Bendethera Valley.

we drove up to this one..it would have been a long hard walk

Good quick find as we trundled out of Bendethera. Cache is in excellent condition. TFTC TNLN SL

This was a quick easy find. TFTC

We observed... Nice view.

Nice cache it was a great with a partner

Found this cache on the way home back up the hill. Loved the views from up here and the cache took a bit of looking about before spotting it from lower. Did the legals and replaced as found. TFTCM
Cheers
dkmacca

Found with Stormcatchers and their log says it all. Drive and walk were excellent and the fish n chips at BatesmanBay on the way home were fantastic.

Decided to be the crash test dummy in mnjontours new 4WD today and this was the one and only cache we managed to pick up (of course that wasn't the main objective for today) . Wow, those erosion bumps were impressive, but the 4WD glided over them (mostly) with ease. Would hate to see what the other way in is like!
After a nice lunch at the bottom we decided to tackle the last 500m on 2 leg drive and it was a great way to get some much needed exercise and enjoy the bush ambience.
Cache found quickly, was quite damp, but managed to drain the water and sign our names. Sorry we weren't carrying any cache supplies to freshen it up a bit on this occasion. Hopefully it can get some extra love and attention it deserves soon
TFTC

Heading out of Bendethra after a solid 2 days of walking and a small amount of caving. A quick stop, worked out well as there was downhill traffic coming, and then onwards. As with previous finders, yes, the log is quite wet and the container well past it, but no replacement on me either.
TNLNSL, thanks for the cache The Mountain Goat.
best wishes,
Wal

Jar is perished, contents are wet. Sorry we didn't have a suitable replacement.

We drove right over the top of this one on Monday, so had to come back for it today. Contents unfortunately quite wet and we had no suitable container to replace the original. Great spot, thanks for bringing us here.

4430. Robatfarrer, Relish64, myself and families popped by this one on our way to Bendethera for a bit of camping.
Yes the container is in a rather sad state of affairs and the contents rather wet. We removed as much water as we could, signed our names and headed off to find a camp site.
Thanks for the cache.

Nice & easy. Great area

Container is getting perished. Won't be water proof for much longer. Didn't have anything to swap container with on us

Stunning view back into the valley here on a nice break with geo hubby thank u

Found with Geowife just hadn't logged it.

Thank you

A great area, definitely worth a visit for any camper!

Found on our Christmas four wheel drive adventure/camping trip. We visited some stunning locations and enjoyed the journey to this cache.

We spent the night at Bendethra Camp Grounds. A great spot to stop.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

[red]My humble apologies for the late log...[/red]

After living away from home for 6 months, I have managed to find all my caching associated paperwork / notes & photo's so I can (finally) log all my finds... [B)]

My sincerest thanks to all the cache owners for their hides & all the effort gone into them & I'm sorry for the generic log... I have seen many beautiful area's that I would not of seen or experience if not for your hides...
Thanks for bringing me here and for the cache... Found this whilst House Sitting in Queanbeyan... Loved the views & the 4x4 tracks... Fave point for getting me off my fat freckle and bringing me here... Fantastic area... Also, another unloved cache found...
- P

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing Dipped TB's...

Wet needs maintenance

Very nice View
Thankd for showing us this

WAs wanting to head out of Bendethara this wasy but was told by the Ranger that the road was closed. So only a short drive to get before heading out the east side.

What a great area will have to coem back down this track some time.

Next stop on my first 4WD-ing adventure: a trip down to Bendethra for the long weekend with Doppelfrog, JManJezza and the Jezza-mites. I don't recall what it was I observed here other than the cache itself...hmmmm... too much caching?? Never!

Out on a caching adventure with Jmanjezza & BatgirlandCo.
On our way home when we detoured to get this one. Weather was starting to close in, but a great little spot all the same.

TFTC!

2 containers. Old on very wet. New one is ok. Nice views.

Heading into the Bendethera Valley for the weekend with the Batemans Bay 4x4 club i thought this would be a great time to grab a few caches TFTC great spot for this one to hide

After having set up camp at Bendethera, we went back up the hill to find this cache.
The original container was still there, besides the replacement one and in the old one was an old, very wet log book.

It was quite a warm day, but we enjoyed caching anyway. Thanks for showing us this interesting area.

Great location and good to fine well done

Just checking on the cache with Geodad
TFTC

Recovered the Memorial GeoCoin that I had placed back in August last year. It should be moved on.

The cache container is cracked and the cache needs maintenance. I have placed a new log as the log in the cache was saturated and unusable. The cache container has been placed upside down in an attempt to allow it to drain and dry out.

Nice spot. We could see our travel companion below at the camp ground. TNLN.

This cache overlooks one of our most favourite places on this little earth. It is a fitting cache in which to place Sinjin's DEFCON coin. Hope you enjoy the views as much as we do. TeamCS

Was here with the Geo Dad. We were placing Sinjin's DEFCON geocoin in a favourite place.

Dropped of a Tb

quick find with bald derf
great veiws, great cache
TNLN

A lovely find after leaving the drizzle and blackness of canberra to find the skies opening up and the sun shing through as we headed down to the valley for lunch.
TFTC

Nice view over Bendethera. Even better next morning with some light, so here is a one pic for you. In:parrot Out: marbles TFTC.

took horse left keyring nice view over the camp site and hills

Couldn't see the camp due to fog.
Took Red Truck Left Marbles

Picked up TB Bruiser_Navy travel bug while passing on trail ride.
Thanks

Took skipping rope left Bruiser_Navy travel bug. My first bug let loose in the wild.

Cache found and logged using GeoScout http://www.navstation.co.uk/geoscout

Good location this one... you know your not far from camp once you get here.. thanks
Cheers

Last stop for photos before we head down to the valley to enjoy Australial Day
TNLN

stopped off after some fun 4wding then down to the campground
nice one

Nice view of the valley from up here. The GPS initially wanted me on the side of the track I didn't want to explore but soon settled down and led me straight to it. TNLNSL, then time to head back towards the coast without having time to proceed to Dampier further west. For another trip.

Thanks Mountain Goat.

Not much of a problem getting to this one. Great view of the campers down in Bendethra. Cache was easy to find.
Made swaps, Thanks Mountain Goat.

We really enjoy off road caches and this one does not disappoint, We came in from the Bendethra trig side and had no hassles. This certainly does give a nice overview of the camping grounds down below.
Thanks for another great cache.
TNLN

GOOD SPOT, NICE PLACE, TOOK NOTHING LEFT NOTHING!!

The road was good up until this point, great views of Bendethra I was surprised there wasn't more campers out here this week? Thanks

*Overall Experience: 4* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating

The 8th of 16 cache finds on our big four wheel driving adventure tour and I am beginning to see why The Mountain Goat's caches are popular with 4wd'ers, after the last 2 walking caches in Bendethra I was glad to see that this one is right beside the road which seems to be a theme with MG's caches, great views from up here too although the trees block it a little TNLNSL TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Third cache for the day was beginning to think that it wasn't a good day for caching due to the temperature was getting quite hot not quite sure if there was more dust on the in side the car or out arrived at GZ grabbed the cache and signed it thanks mountain goat

Almost missed this one, but thanks to the eagle eyes of the Ozkateer juniours we had this one in the bag before too long. Our third for the day. TFTC.

Found on our way home from your "Gone Bush" Event Cache. Thanks Mountain Goat for inviting us here and thanks to cache track for getting us there.

Great spot for a cache location with views as well
Thanks Mountain Goat

A quick, easy find on the way up to the Dampier Trig. A great spot to look out over the Bendethra camp grounds. As with the trig I was to find that I was beaten to the first to find by Albida.

Another great cache MG. Thanks.

TNLNSL

A flying visit on the way to Goin' Bash 2007. A surprise FTF, I expected the overnight event attenders to get there first. A chance to take a break from the drive dowe the escarpment.

6.TNLN
Visited: World Traveller Gold GC A#6 & October Signal GC A#49

Albida.

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