"Whose" Don Bradman? Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
By homedg on 11-May-07. Waypoint GC12TZJ

Easy find before this one was archieved
Thanks HomeDG for the cache

Foggy view this morning at 7:00am before heading to a work conference in Bowral. Tftc

[This entry was edited by Little Ravens on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 4:16:37 AM.]

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Found it....

A great view from this spot.
Log book is very full so we will log a needs maintenance.
Left Blackbird TB.
RinRis

Log book very full and will need replacement shortly.
Current logs are on back page and there is only space for one or 2 more logs.
Regards,
RinRis

Another cache location with great views......always enjoy that.

Yep, log book is full, however I managed to sign on a half full page. This is a great spot for a cache, thanks for bringing me up here.

Found this one without too many problems. Took the geocoin Goblindust and left tiny dolly. Nice spot, thanks

We couldn't find it because our GPS Had flat batteries. Will come back another day

Stopping over in Bowral for a lazy lunch with Geo Jen on a trip from Canberra to Wollongong.
Easy find on a glorious day. Did you leave something on top of a rock Ruskitrek ?
Cache book needs replacing - made my log entry on the back cover.
Left Goblindust geocoin (GD239), took TB which I plan to drop in Tumut in 2 weeks time.
Thanks homedg for the cache and the view.

I know it's not the Ashes, but had to give 'The Golden Duckie' some time for a history lesson. TFTC

3rd Time lucky!!!
found quiet easily with geofreind nedyah-hayden

Great Views!!!

TFTC

Bestybro
(MANIK MONDAY)

After staying at the exclusive "Berida Manor" last accommodation left in the area this was the first port of call at 09.00 on a three day caching trip home to Geelong.

After two DNF's I was a little worried that it was not there but I should not have worried as the cache was partly showing an thus an easy find. The next hunter will not have it so easy but it's not that hard. Great views from up here and sat and enjoyed. Thanks homedg for placing a cache in such a great location.

This was our 3rd go at this one with no sucsess. we found where it could be after doing phone a frend. there has been a lot of rocks moved so it colud of been found by some muggles

Been Up there twice but still didnt find it are you shore it is only 2 difficulty? I was Around the Oxely View lookout and got down to a Tree with a hanging rope as you go down the cliff is it around there???

Enjoyed the walk in and views, the hide was in a good position. Thanks for bringing us to this lovely spot.

Did The Don not spend most of his life in Norwood, SA. Playing for SA, Captaining SA and numerous other official duties both with the State side and the National side? So for all intense purposes he was SOUTH AUSTRALIAN through and through!!!!
Nice spot at 0530, in the mist and darkness. Peaceful...
TNLNSL
Thanks

Third find for the day on the way back from a couple of days in Vincentia. Cloud was still hanging around so no muggles out appreciating the views. Given cloud and tree cover GPS was jumping around a little bit, but eventually got on the right track. While signing log, a train whistle blew and the clouds parted for a glimpse of the town below and the train heading north. Took Aussiegirl Geocoin. Must visit again when the clouds aren't around. Thanks

Took a while to get a decent sat lock, but cacher's brain finally had it in hand! Thanks for bringing us to this great spot!
T: TB
L: geocoin

TFTC

Arrh, let me see. He was a cricketer wasn't he ?

I extracted the cache after making reasonably sure it was the only thing there.

Fantastic views from the GZ and a great walk. Thanks homedj.

Forgot TB drop

Searching the wrong rocks for a bit. Gecko. TN L peg. Blossom there 2812. No TB

Just today, listening to the 2nd Test v Pakistan, heard the info that the Don actually born in Cootamundra, not Bowral. Anyhow, killer views of Bowral and surrounds and great symphony of birdsong on this grey old avo up the Gib. The grey skies actually kinda dramatic. The iPhone compass flip-flopping about, and giving me a couple of bumsteers, but triangulated around to the correct GZ eventually. One false alley I investigated guarded by a rather skittish little skink. The inventory said to expect a TB, and was hoping to pick up my first, but alas, I’d been beaten to it. TNL-a white plastic peg. TFTC. (Oh, I signed log on the inside back cover, as it had reached the end. Not actually full, as plenty of blank space near the beginning, but the chronological logs have reached the end of the book) Great spot. Thanks homedg

Our very first cache. Don't think we would have even found it without the Vikings coming along. Thanks for the help. Kids expected to look and take nothing but Vikings were kind enough to leave extras behind and give the kids a little memento. Have our own little "treasure box" now to take on our journeys. TFTC!

Following the track out towards the cache, three kids were waiting and asked us "Are you looking for something?"
A bit further out we found their daddy, Trevor, scrambling around the rocks with an i-pod in hand. He told us that this was his very first geocache. Together we looked for and found the cache, to the joy of the kids.
It is always fun to meet other cachers on the hunt, and especially fun since this was a new cacher. Hope Trevor and his team will find many more caches!
This was The Vikings' cache #1200.

We got really close to this quite quickly but then a guy with a dog came by and sat right near where I reckoned GZ would be. After a while, with 7 people hanging around making the silence not quite so relaxing, the guy and dog duly departed which left us free to have a good look and find the cache Thanks homedg

Made a stroll in the evening to this nice lookout. TFTC and cheers from Germany.

Heading north for a visit to Sydney the Kalmlittleexplorers took the opportunity to find some caches in this area as we were passing through. Followed the GPS up a nice big hill where there were plenty of keen Bowral locals exercising on a Saturday morning we headed of on a nice walk through the park. Not surprisingly we all jumped out of the car and straight away noticed that it was much cooler atop this hill this morning than it was in Nowra!.

Arrived at GZ and soon had the cache in hand. The view from here is fantastic. the geo kids liked watching a large freight train role through town.

T - Dinosaur and princess
L - Key Chain Pad and TB

TFTC!!

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I came back to this one nearly a year to the day. This time I brought backup Found it in the end. Left TB. Enjoyed the view yet again before heading out to day on the green. TFTC

I came back to this one nearly a year to the day. This time I brought backup Found it in the end. Enjoyed the view yet again. TFTC

Little off course but with the help of my mentor, cache was found. And what a view! Top of the Mountain and then a Day on the Green

Found on our return home from a south coast holiday. Took a toy snake and whistle. Left a dinosaur and a few gold coins. TFTC. Took travel bug that needs to be back in Canberra by 25th December 2009. Will update when the bug has finished it's travels.

First cache in quite a while, decided to bring a newbie cacher along for the ride, who showed us all up by finding the cache before we did.

Excellent views from the cache location.

TNLNSL

For some reason I was expecting this to be near the Don Bradman museum so I was suprised when we started heading up The Gib. Did the short walk from the parking area and TLM The Elder quickly spotted the right spot. Loved the views from here, pleased it wasn't raining as I reckon the rocks could get a bit slippery. Dropped a TB. TFTC

Nearly followed the arrow off the cliff
Got there eventually but had to widen the search, looks like everyone else is doing the same.
TFTC

Pelusa found it, TNLNSL

Have been to the nearby lookout many times but first time wandered over to this great little spot. Lovely view of the tulip towns. We took shoeshine and left geocoin 2CAE9Z.

[This entry was edited by Trailor on Saturday, October 03, 2009 at 3:51:05 AM.]

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! A beautiful but hot day with wonderful views Thanks for bringing us here TNleft butterfly

Haven't been up here for years. Perfect spot for a picnic
Thanks for putting a cache here. Great view on a glorious day. Had a quick look but couldn't find it and decided I really needed some food.
Had lunch and while coffee cooled, had another look. GPS taking me all over the place but geohusband found it without too much difficulty.
Silly when you go cache blind ...had looked at GZ earlier!!!
Beautiful day.
TFTH

# 94

Drove up here with Anna, to see the nearby cache. OK off for a stroll where we nearly got blown off the mountain. Weather bureau later said apparent temp at Bowral at 3pm was -5, would have been windier and therefore colder up here! But a quick find with a great view then back to the nice warm car. Thanks homedg.

Had to visit the home of The Don
Or has there been some sort of con?
Wherever he played
Here, there, Adelaide
Cricket's worse off since he's gone

The views weren't that good by the time i got to the top of the Gib. The wind had changed and smoke from a nearby HR had blown over town. Still a nice spot to view the area from.

Found the cache quickly and signed log.

TFTC

Wonderful view for a nice Father's day outing. TFTC

My first geocache find. What a view....and a beautiful day for it too. Thanks.

What a beautiful area and great views! We enjoyed the quick drive up as well. TNLNSL. Back at the car, a lone Crimson Rosella posed for a picture. Thank you for sharing this hidden overlook, and of course for another nice cache homedg!

Retrieved: A Adrift Elf

Found about 10mt from what my GPSr thought was GZ. Exceptional view and well worth the drive up the hill. Dropped a TB.

Great View. Thanks.

Excellent spot for a cache top views of town tnlnsl thanks it was a great day out in the southern highlands with Frippy we will be back for more.

Final cache for the day, awesome views, again somewhere I probably wouldn't have come without caching... Another good day out. Cheers Frippy

Found at 2.50pm.

Great view from top.

Took little tiny whistle.
Replaced with Big Pink Whistle.

Oops, found this one a couple of weeks ago on a cold wintery afternoon before heading into town for a nice coffee. Thanks.

A perfect point to have a view over Bowral. Indeed after the rain from the last days the trail was very slippery!!
Take care everyone when it is wet!
TFTC Wilbert67

Got here just on sunset, very speccy indeed, wish the rest of the gang was here How beautiful is this area in Autumn, stunning I think.
If you are here late in the day watch out for the resident feral cat, scared me as much as I scared him [:(!]
Found after a short search TFTC dogtired

On holiday from UK. Enjoyed the walk from Bowral with 5yr old grandson despite the heavy rain.T glow necklace left 20p coin.
TFTC

a quick grab of the cache but the veiws were spectacular
the sun had just set giving on a beautiful purple red hue
could have sat there forever but more caches awaited
tnln tftc

On our way to Canberra for our niece's wedding and decided to do a bit of caching on the way. Great views and no muggles here!!. TN. Left a penny. TFTC

TB travels

A great view (or so we are told) the cloud base was a little lower than the cache, visibility was very low in the clouds and light to heavy drizzle made this a particularly hazardous search. We were stumped for a while checking out numerous possible hide sites. Geo wife took a fairly heavy fall after slipping on wet moss. This caused her to have almost a total humour failure and I was give orders to return to the car, do not pass go and do not fall of the cliff. I pleaded for 5 more minutes, request denied, I was still stalling for a little more time when I spotted the container. Log completed and back up the hill to a very dejected geo mummy who needed a clean up and a change of clothes. I will apply ‘get better kisses’ at a later time…
TNLNSL
TFTC

Roaring Ford

What an amazing clear day it turned out to be today.
and i cant think of a nicer place to sit and discover the treasures to be had inside the cache.
Keeping the Geotot wedged between us so she didnt wander over the cliff's edge. a worrying moment when powerplay's smiley spring rolled close to the edge.
Needless to say we are now the proud owners of a yellow smiley spring and geo science geek friend snatched the periodic table (pocket size she exclaimed ooohh and on the other side was more info of something of great excitement, personally i wasnt that excited, but each to their own) so i came away from the cache with nothing but a sence of personal victory as i'd been the one to find it. and what a spot.
Thanks for bringing us here Homedog.
Left a glow stick and a magnet as well as a geo frog.
was a little worried at sliding off the rock getting to the cache.

915 - Found on a run up the Hume - 9/17.

Im glad you could drive up to the top here! Another nice cache with amazing views - thanks!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

An early morning hunt before off to work,view totally obscured by summer fog,and moss on rocks very slippery cache soon found.left golf t,smiley spring,taken ruler.....TFTC

An early morning hunt before off to work,view totally obsured by summer fog,and moss on rocks very slippery cache soon found.left golf t,smiley spring,taken ruler.....TFTC

Great bush and view from up here. Cheers Gav [3200]

Found with the kiwi team on our great Australian caching tour. Interesting to see areas like this. Caught some great views along the way.
TFTC

Found this one with Moneydork, Tofska , Rediguana and ADV during our Australian caching holiday.

Team GPS.org.nz Cache Raid: The own looks good from this angle. Pity the old viewing shed has lost its view. T4TC, M@

Cought glimpses of the surrounding region through the trees. Nice spot. TFTC

Good look out! great hunt! spent the enitre time in stitches, cause dad had two accidents in the space of thirty seconds, trying to park the car! Also found out my neice had been born today!

Found 14:10 with geo-son Cattledog81. What a great view from up here. Geo-son was excited to find geo-coin from Gribbin UK. His future mother-in-law was a Gribbin from the Isle of Man. Left 2008 Emu geo-coin. Now off to the Bowral Pub for pizza and a beer.

Well, I searched for a while. Even found a couple of very cache-able spots, but sadly came away without the find. Will try again another day. Nice view, even if the warning signs are a little unsettling!

Found with Secretsquirrel-BJC.

One of 24 caches picked up on our day trip to Sydney.

Thanks for enlightening us about the Don's origin. I've been to both locations and regardless of the claims, it's always good to remember the man and his achievements. TFTC.

1104+11=1115 with Captain Tomato

Thanks homedg for showing me spectacular views.

[This entry was edited by SecretSquirrel-BJC on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 5:20:25 AM.]

Rated: for Overall Experience

found OK good hide good view Garnets

Found with my geocaching husband while visiting from South Africa. Lovely views.

Found after a short search as the sun was setting. I found the co-ords to be about 5m out. Some love views from the top. Took TB and left Coin. Greeting from South Africa.

2nd cache for the afternoon. found nice & easy With great views.
Left 1st C B Travel Bug

4th cache for the day with 2DogsTravelling. This was a girl-only find - the male member of 3KidsCaching having not been able to find it on his last visit with 2DogsTravelling. Gurls Rule!

This was our 2nd visit to this site, and thank goodness for 3KidsTravelling who finally found the cache - slightly further on from where we had been looking on our last visit and at the start of this one. Yay for the kids! I must admit I was somewhat nervous here though -not so much about the drop off the rocks, but because we are at the start of snake season, and the obvious places to look are all great snake hidey-holes. Luckily we saw no snakes, but it is certainly the time of year to be cautious.

Found the cache after a short search. Had a nice clear afternoon so the view was magic. TFTC.

Ended up at the wrong carpark so had to make the long walk up the sideof the hill to the top carpark only to find we had to climb more but it was all worth it. Cheers
L-Poker chip and deadly rubber snake oh and a Little chicken.

Took the long way up but enjoyed the magnificient views when we finally got there.
Thanks for a great cache.
Left shoe shine. Took pen and TB 'Blue Heart'.

12:00. Just near a favourite lookout, thanks for the excuse to return.
T sharpener L keyring

Another good find of 9 for the day.
TNLNSL

Thanks!

Thanks!

Found 11.00am.

Could not pass this one as big fan of The Don - and cricket in general.

TNSL dropped of Blue Heart Travel Bug

On my way to Sydney and stopping for a few in Bowral. A magnificant spot. TNLN. Thanks Homedg.

Had been here before but without success- didn't matter as the views are so great. Cache didn't elude me this time and after a short search was in hand. Great spot.

Quite a view from up here - must be good at night.

Found @ 1100, Great View TNLN w/ Mick & Jeanette

Found @ 1100hrs with "outafocus". Another great location well worth visiting. Found without too much trouble.
TNLNSL

Great views today with all the autumnal colours of Bowral spread out below. Great spot.
Took some pathtags & Left TB.

Have been up this mountain a couple of times before. However, it seems that everytime I’m here, it’s raining! That’s fine, but the views are probably a little less spectacular! Nice easy find. Re-reminded myself not to walk on mossy rock faces. Took nothing, left a pathtag. Lovely spot! Thanks homedg.

After the short stroll from the car park,we arrived at GZ and the views were well worth the drive to the top.After a brief search the stash was found.We sat back and enjoyed the "vistas" !!Well placed and a cache not to be missed.TNLN.Thanks for the cache.

Found @ 4:40pm with Fore!, Shadow! and Huxley the geo-hound.

10th of 16 finds for me on this Easter road trip to Bowral and back.

With our initial approach blocked, I took another more circuitous route and soon had the cache in hand unobserved.

The views were fabulous and you could see where the previous cache we had done was.

Took nothing, left pathtag.

TFTC!!!

The view at first was covered by a mist but it soon parted to reveal the sleepy township below. Seem to remember finding a cache around the same spot a few years ago.

This was the 11th cache of 18 for Shadow!, Huxley and me (yes, that’s grammatically correct), and the 10th of 16 for allrounder. We’d loaded up our garmins for this Easter Sunday bash and off we went in search of the goods!

Now THIS area had some spectacular views, although we had to try to coerce a couple of visitors away from their perch by “sharing†their view for a little too long so that we could launch an assault, but they wouldn’t budge. So we left the area and sent allrounder back in to circumnavigate and sneak it from the other trail. Yey for stealth.

Huxley spent his time foraging for food.

TFTC! TN Left: giant bug and periodic table.

Off on our caching adventure. 11/18 for me. allrounder, Fore! and Huxley made up the rest of the hunting team today and we were on a big trip as far as Bowral. Me? I read the papers the whole way there and back… you can only have so many navigators, you know!

T Keyring, L Keyring and pathtag.
TFTC! Fun!

Passing through to Nowra and a quick detour.

Great views over the area from GZ. There were a few possible locations for the cache to be hidden, according to the hints, and a thorough search of just about all of them at last revealed the cache. TFTC.

Found by Mary & David at 1410. We've seen the trand to claim celebrities at many towns around the country. We agree that he's still 'Our Don'. What great views up here. We found our very first NSW cache close by a few years back. Our thanks to homedg.