Kittyhawk Murrumujuk, Northern Territory, Australia
By NTSTROM on 16-Jul-07. Waypoint GC14C6D

How good very hot tho bring water

Tftc. Just an amazing part of history. This cache is the only place I could find the co-ords for the wreck. Its rained a few times in the last month. Not for a week or so. The track was very very easy to navigate. I suggest that in the build up is the best time. Reading other logs, I have had no issues. Been in 2wd with road pressure in the tires the whole way.

Tried coming out to the cache at the start of the dry season, big mistake. Got bogged 600m into the track and had to be saved, we got stuck, realllyyyy good! Had our first rain last week and thought, its time to visit, now more than ever! Track was beautiful, the scenery was stunning, no issues getting to GZ. Cache is amazing, so much history and so much effort put in by the cache owner, an absolute fav point of ours. Thanks for sharing and thanks to geocaching taking us places we would have never seen before. Hint - make sure you bring mozzie spray, theyre everywhere!!

thank you so much for sharing your found information

Great to see after all these years its still a great cache to visit.Fantastic to see the cache stand has been upgraded and visitor log made very official. Added in a 45/70 shell for someone to take on their next visit.

This is one of my favourites. We spent 3 days preparing and researching this cache and pleased we did. The midden was amazing and probably the highlight of the adventure. The cache is very well presented and holds a wealth of information. No scratching around to find this one.

Ocw the Bebes as we went for a day trip to Gunn Point. See the Bebes log for the route in we took. A long anticlockwise loop to Gz with no issues and a shorter same direction section back out to the main track where we got bogged a few times. A great fun cache to get to and nice history. Tftc

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa Heading to Gunn Point to check out the beach we decided to take a little detour to GZ. The track on started off great, my advice to others would be to trust the track. At times it seemed we were going in the wrong direction and getting further away from GZ, I struggled to could see the track on satellite images but soon enough we were 12m from GZ. I enjoyed visiting this little known location and learning the history of the plane and pilot. Great job on the cache itself m, nicely constructed with great info. Worth a FP from me. The surrounding area is beautiful. At this point we had two choices..return the way wed arrived (which seemed like the long way out) or continue on the anti clockwise loop. We chose the latter and thats when the fun started. In total we got bogged in black mud 5 times its a while since weve need the maxtrax and winch so it was good to practice and there were plenty of trees to use ! A fun detour and no harm done.Tftc

Well this was a fun adventure for a Saturday! Yesterday we tried to access this cache, noting the dry season has started but got stuck about 500m in off gun point road! Thanks to ol mate who helped pull us to safety! Rest assured this cache will not be accessible for atleast about couple of months, in which we will try again!

Thankyou for taking us to this historical site while we are camping at Gunn Point, would never have anything about it if it wasn’t for this cache.

Nice

Absolutely gorgeous drive out. Cycads in new bloom

Find 3000
Staying with Friends in Darwin for a few weeks. Gunn Point is an area I haven’t been to before.
This cache we were looking forward to so we did our research into conditions etc.
Being the dry season the track was in fairly good condition and an easy drive in.
We used the Coordinates:
S12 16.945
E131 05.962
As Start of Track off Gunn Point Road.
At Gz the wreckage was soon spotted. So much history in this lonely place. Did some reading signed the log book and all back safe as found.
This a milestone cache for me and as such deserves a favourite point for the interest, adventure and fun.
Thanks for your cache.

Excellent thanks love it

Awesome

We drove in part of the way and parked the geobus then took the quads in. Definitely followed the coordinates provided in the Beagle teams log of 4/8/07, great quad ride in and much quicker than with a larger vehicle. On the way out we continued the road on the other side and joined up with the original track. This is the worst track and would be murder in the wet season. So much deep furrowed ground where people have been bogged. Easy cache find in an interesting place. The history book at the cache talks about two completely different people to the cache notes - and one of them died at this spot from the crash. So, somewhat confusing and not sure which is correct. Sad spot though. TFTC

Great adventure. Respect

Best Cache I've found so far, I ended up riding in on my mountain bike from Gunn Point Beach and it was nice to site down and read through the log and book before riding back to my car

What a great spot! Didn't spot the coffee tin, however the toolbox seems to be the new norm.
Signed the book with our geocaching names.

Well we found the wreck!
Four sets of eyes looked high and low, but could not find an ammo box or coffee jar. I’m convinced the geocache is no longer there.

The track was good, it was early July after all. But there was plenty of evidence of others having a difficult time, and many boggings.

The drive took about 45 mins each way, and the coordinates provided in the Beagle teams log of 4/8/07, made it easy.

Thanks again NTSTROM for a wonderful adventure that took us to an amazing historical site.

Great find, better to do in the dry season

I tried for this cache on a lark, and took completely the wrong track, ending up on the other side of the creek. Fortunately it is the dry season and I was able to walk across the mostly dry lagoon, now a grassland, and approach GZ on foot.

I found the obvious container and signed the book within with my real (not caching)name, and perused the fascinating historical info, but am not sure it is the exact cache as it did not contain a coffee jar or any cache loot. I'm not very sure it counts as an ammo container either. Despite searching high and low until it was dark, I did not locate any other container. If I've gotten it wrong, please feel free to remove this log.

Looked at this cache listing some time ago in the wet season, so today was a great time to take a look at this one. A great WW2 story with the book in the cache the kitty hawk really come down in the middle of nowhere TFTC and the history lesson

What a Historian's dream. This part of the Bombing if Darwin is often talked about, but had no idea where the wreckage was until NTSTORM kindly pointed the coordinates out. Well worth the windy, tree dodging journey in to pay homage to a conflict that shaped our little capital. My Grandfather served with the airforce and was stationed in Batchelor before joining the advance to Papua New Guinea in WWII.

Thanks darwin adventurers for replacing the ammo tin and keeping the cache active. A great educational experience. T4TC!!!

Epic trip.
Recent fire made the track invisible as I was within 500m of GZ. A bit of 4WD’ing and moving some deadfall over the “track” soon Had me arriving at GZ.
What a fantastic site given that I have never heard about this story of the aircraft and LT Perez in WW2 at the hands of the Japanese “enemy of the day”.
Slight damage to the log as somewhat scorched due to past fires.
Anyway awesome cache and thanks for bringing me to the area as I wouldn’t have known about this incident.
Visited 4 TB.
TFTC

After meeting Tassie Trackers at an event, and hearing about their adventures to get to this cache location, we decided to go out and try it for ourselves. Having been told that the track was now relatively clear was a huge incentive, as given another few months or perhaps another year before we return here, it was now or never. We found the track some 900 metres north of the original waypoints, because of the roadworks going on in this area. In we went, crossing and crisscrossing around trees and branches. We literally followed in Tassie Trackers tracks and after only an hour or so came to the cache location. Interesting piece of history here. The plane must have impacted very hard to leave such a big indent. Being such a remote spot, the pieces of the plane will most likely survive many more years. Thanks NTSTROM for placing this cache. It certainly is one that will be long remembered for the fun we had just getting there.

What an adventure this cache turned out to be, we left Darwin at 10 am and headed off to the first waypoint at Gunn Point Road as per Beagle Team’s log - that was very helpful. A new road has been built much higher and we had to access this track from about 900 meters further north. We then headed to the power line track and made our way back south to the first waypoint.

There were a few deep ruts in the track, but managed our way through. As we got further towards the second waypoint lots of trees had fallen over the track so we had to clear our way through these trees. After the second waypoint we headed south to Shoal Bay and back up to GZ. It took 4.5 hours to get to the cache, weaving our way through the trees, but well worthwhile once we arrived at the crash site. In a short time we had the cache in hand, signed the log that has been scorched in the ammo box. It took only 1 hour to return, a very enjoyable day out.

This is why we love geocaching - this cache ticks all the boxes for us - 4wding, history and location.

Thanks NTSTROM for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Found!

With our time in the Northern Territory soon coming to an end we wanted to explore Gunn Point and grab the Geocaches there before we left.

This was our first cache of the day and getting to the GZ in the Geo Jeep was half the fun!

Once at the GZ the cache was found quickly by the Cat and the log was signed. We then took the opportunity to explore the area and have a look at the aircraft wreckage.

Thank you for placing this cache here for our enjoyment in such a historic location. A favourite point from us.

TFTC

Today with Felix11 we tried to get into the cache area, but due to a lot of over the track and being boggy we retreated back to the main track and headed off to find the 3 caches in the area. We will have to come back sometime when the track dries up.

Tried to get access to this one with Tassie Trekkers, but only 300mts onto the track we encountered water running along the track. Even with the GeoCruiser we decided it wasn't safe to continue. Have to wait till it dries out some more.

Love finding wrecks, but everything in the cache is burnt, needs a new log book and some tlc

Burnt out in recent times so easy to find. Just watch out for the dead blue tongue. Cache is a little burnt but still ok.
Took bullet
Left playing card

Out at gun point cruising around thought we would drop in and grab this cache with Akh08 a nice little drive in the bush. Cache a little scorched by a recent fire

Out at gun point cruising around thought we would drop in and grab this cache with Akh08 a nice little drive in the bush. Cache a little scorched by a recent fire

Out at gun point cruising around thought we would drop in and grab this cache with Akh08 a nice little drive in the bush. Cache a little scorched by a recent fire

Deze cache konden wij niet zomaar doen. We hadden ons oog erop laten vallen omdat er een TB in zat die daar al meer dan een jaar in lag te wachten. Dat leek ons voor de eigenaar ook best frustrerend dus bedachten we een manier om er te komen. Onze auto zou ons namelijk nooit ter plaatse kunnen brengen.

De vriend van ons nichtje bleek wel over een geschikt voertuig te beschikken en hij was gewend onder deze omstandigheden te rijden. Daarnaast is hij momenteel Door de weeks beschikbaar dus met hem maar even een afspraak gemaakt.

Een maal onderweg bleek het maar goed dat we het niet zelf zijn gaan proberen. Ook treffen we het dat het momenteel een droge tijd is, anders hadden we een heel team moeten mobiliseren.... Gelukkig was dat dus allemaal niet nodigitale maar het juiste pad vinden bleek nog wel een uitdaging. In eerste instantie stonden we aan de verkeerde kant van de kreek. Prachtig uitzicht, daar niet van, maar zo konden we de cache onmogelijk bereiken. Dus het hele pad weer terug (wat eigenlijk niet bedoeld was voor een auto maar een quad) en opnieuw op zoek naar een ingang, ditmaal wat lager.

Dat bleek het juiste pad en ook wat beter begaanbaar. Langs de route kwamen we inderdaad aan de andere kant van het water en het uitzicht was hier nog mooier.
Wat een prachtige natuur en het contrast is ook enorm als je beseft dat hier een vliegtuig is de oorlog is neergetort. Als je naast de wrakstukken staat wordt je er een beetje stil van.

De cache is ook door bosbranden aangetast maar gelukkig was de inhoud nog redelijk in orde. De TB gered en onze naam op de logrol geplaatst.

Onze chauffeur bleek een moeder te hebben die ook cached dus wellicht kwam hij nog eens met haar terug, hij weet nu toch waar die ligt.

Bedankt voor het plaatsen van deze cache.

Groet team Geo Burgt.

Awesome historic site well worth the visit. So many recognisable parts of the plane. Cache was rather damaged so it was replaced with a lovely new ammo tin. Took nothing, left a Tb. Hopefully someone makes the trek out to collect it soon or else I'll be forced to head back to help it continue its geojourney around the globe. TFTC!

Awesome historic site well worth the visit. So many recognisable parts of the plane. Cache was rather damaged so it was replaced with a lovely new ammo tin. Took nothing, left a Tb. Hopefully someone makes the trek out to collect it soon or else I'll be forced to head back to help it continue its geojourney around the globe. TFTC!

Thanks for placing a cache out here. Container needs urgent replacement prior to the wet, clip seal bag has been changed but as per photo containers are destroyed by

Thanks for placing a cache out here. Container needs urgent replacement prior to the wet, clip seal bag has been changed but as per photo containers are destroyed by

Damaged cache

Damaged cache

Nice one

What a lovely ride to a place we did not know existed. We have lived in Darwin and surrounds for 7 years and never gone out this way before. TFTC. We followed the waypoints that Beagle Team had put in their log and it took us right up to the cache. PS The ammo can is gone, but the coffee bottle is still in tact.

This entry was edited by Mr&Mrs Oyseka on Monday, 10 August 2015 at 06:16:35 UTC.

Yay. TFTC. love the historic site.

First one found by accident

Found this one pretty quick. Was a fun drive out and thanks to the previous loggers who had posted the coordinates for the track from gunn point rd. Did the whole loop and had a bit of fun in the ruts in the less travelled way. Awesome wreck and thanks for excuse to bash around the bush a bit.

Really enjoyed this cache, seeing so much wreckage just lying around. I wonder where the rest went. The shell middens were interesting to observe also.

The main dirt road in was in great condition (lots of trucks in for first 5 Kms).

Out caching Gunn Point with Windy05. Great site, judging by the hole in the ground she must have hit pretty hard. T4TC.

This entry was edited by Croker Crew on Saturday, 20 July 2013 at 04:51:16 UTC.

Found while out caching with the Croker Crew, really like these caches with some history that take you to areas you would otherwise have been unlikely to see.
Thanks for a neat cache.

Many thanks NTSTROM for the visit to a unique in-situ war relic. As mentioned previously, you don't find many of these shot down by enemy fire over Australian soil! I made it my Bday outting to trek out this way today.
We took our catalytic-converter-equipped xtrail directly to the crash site, taking care not to stop or tarry on the long dry grasses. All that is needed for the trip (in the dry) is a bit of clearance as all obstacles are easily avoided/by-passed.
I wasn't sure how we were going to pick the correct entry point, but my astute wife deduced that there was certainly enough info on the cache description to figure that out... Only later did we see that some past logs had more coords posted. In anycase, it was a better adventure without the extra info.
I was, however sad that I didn't see/know about the modems until it was too late!
Once we were on the track, we were lead the 8.8 km directly to the cache (but I was surprised that we eventually approached from the SW!!)

I'll post yet another photo of the wreckage. Too bad I couldn't find any identifying markings or wounds, but this site has seen a few bushfires and a couple decades of life by the sea...

Well this cache goes straight to the top of my favourites list

Last night I was camped on the beach at Tree Point and witnessed a sight reminiscent of 1942 [:o]
From my vantage point across Beagle Bay the flashes of light from the thousands of fireworks being set off looked for all the world like it must have on those dark days back in the 1940's [:o]

So this cache find became a sort of pilgrimage today.
I had to find it !!
And after stumbling around three other caches, I set off along the road looking for any signs of a likely way into GZ.
Turns out that my first choice was the correct one [^]
Although I was not certain of it until I reached the shoreline some 900 metres from the cache

There was no way I was driving the geomobile any further though !!
So the last 900 metres was on foot
And what an adventure that turned out to be !!
As if the drive in wasn't enuff !!

At about the 600 metres to go mark I encountered some of those wild cattle that everyone craps on about !!
Fortunately I had the element of surprise on me side and before the bull with the bl@@dy big horns and cahooleys could think of charging ... it turned and ran [^]
Him and his three mates !!
Stampede [:o]

Then there was the snakes ....
I saw the snake wriggling in the grass before I stepped on it.
But what was going on, it wasn't slithering off and seemed to have something attached to it.
I worked it out !!
Not shedding it's skin at all !
Mating !! There were two snakes locked together

I left them alone and wandered onwards to GZ

Then I got buzzed by a sea eagle [:o]
Will the fun ever end ?

Finally I stomped my way to GZ.
Oh !! Wow !!
I have visited a lot of aircraft crash sites in OZ !!
Almost all accidents !!
But this is the first time I have visited the site of an aircraft that was actually shot down by enemy forces over Australian soil [:o]

Standing next to the wreckage and thinking about how it got here is a really amazing experience
Just as amazing as the fact that this site is not mentioned anywhere and remains rarely visited

Which is a good thing
It makes this place all the more special.

The cache was a nice easy find too.
Not an ammo tin, but the coffee jar seems to be handling the elements fairly well

TFTC

PS: If your AWD or 4WD has a catalytic converter, don't try this cache in the dry season.
Self immolation is not pretty !!

What a fantastic time we had getting to this one. The road was in good condition with the only obstacles easily manouvered through or around. About 700m from GZ it was VERY wet and muddy but not boggy and we got through easily in our little Terios. The long grass was a bit of a problem when it was high than the windows but it just added to the adventure. Great hide, great spot Our 9th for Australia Day. TFTC.

Found
After having lunch on the beach we decided to go find the cache by the gps it was about 8 km from the reserve so we found a track and followed it but unfortunately it came to a dead end at a creek so it was time to turn around and head back out to the road and find the proper track. The first bit of the track is going to get wet soon so I would begin to be careful. The rest of the track is good also starting to get wet at the mudflats the last bit of the track was very tight and only just fitted through some of the gaps with the patrol. Quick and easy find. No more ammo tin. Nice spot looked like the plane hit the ground hard.


T:amoury car
L:Starfish

thanks it was a good trip

Dropped off Obsessed with Geocaching - Geocoin

Success this time with the track nice and dry today. Quite enjoyed the drive in and out. Suzy, the GeoJimny had no problems winding around the track. Some of those washouts look like they could provide an unpleasant surprise if you were driving in the wet and they were filled with water just looking like a small puddle.
Made it all the way up to about 160m from GZ when we came across a large tree that had recently fallen across the track. If it had of been way back, we would have tried to navigate around (testing out the new bull bar) but as it was so close we strolled in.
Fascinating piece of history, thanks for bringing us here.

It was interesting reading that this had recently been replaced with an ammo tin. We found the original? plastic sistema (full of water) and the jar hidden nicely together but no ammo tin.

Took TB

TFTC

Found the way in from the main road thanks to Beagle's coords below. The first 200m of the track was quite boggy still at the moment and we thought if there is another 7km of this we might just wait until it dries a bit more before we try again (we were by ourselves with no recovery gear).
We'll be back.

Very nice drive to find it, followed the compass arrow to within 600m, thinking it was the closest we could get and walked in. Must read all the description next time.
Nice history lesson too and amazing the site is still relatively intact.
Dropped one TB took the one there.

Possibly bent a steering arm hitting a stump on the drive out, but will do anything for a Smiley.

Edit: not a bent steering arm but bent steering knuckle with rack and pinnion

This entry was edited by McRunBecks on Monday, 12 December 2011 at 02:36:09 UTC.

Found this morning with Squeak and our mate Andy (yet to sign up), good drive and surprisingly solid under tyre - given the amount of rain thats been hanging around, wont be too long till its under water though.

We followed Beagle Teams coords on the way in and kept following the same track which did a loop back onto itself meeting back up at the second point listed in their post (S12 17.485 E131 05.254), bit washed out in area's but not enough to require 4wd and a bit more of a direct route to GZ.

Thanks for the cache!

Found this morning with Sardok and Andy. Nice easy drive in with the ground still hard under the tires. Track is tight in between the trees in sections but is easy to follow.

TFTC TNLN SL

Many thanks to ShellcaseNT for taking the time and effort to replace the cache for me. Listing updated accordingly.

Went this arvo and replaced cache with an ammo tin and a jar inside and new log book and some goodies including a TB (World Marble) and took Urulu Geocoin for a visit and retrieved it.

NTSTROM advised and will have him update cache details.

Had been to this site before it became a cache. Area has been burnt out so a more hardy receptacle required for the future.

Should be a heritage site for the Bombing of Darwin.

Advised by NofishNT re this one. We will go out in the next couple of weeks and replace the cache as NTSTROM is out of the NT. NTBBB are you also up for a trip?.

We made it to the wreckage on a nice little bush track, winding around trees and washouts.

Amazing little spot and a great piece of history with so much wreckage in tact, even found part of the old radio from the plane and batteries.

Spent an hour looking but couldn't find the cache however, the coords took me to a spot right near the base of a tree with a hollow in it. In the hollow (which was all burnt out) was the remains of a pencil lead and some burnt paper/aluminum foil. If this is the location of the cache, then it's now with the gods.

If this is not where the cache was, can the owner, or someone who has previously found it, please message me and I will go back and have another look.

Thank you so much for introducing me to this spot, Fantastic!!!

Great Sunday drive but unfortunately came up empty handed. Did a lot of scouring around the wreckage and came to the conclusion that the cache may have been burnt out.

What a fantastic part of local and Australian History.

We really enjoyed this cache. I'm not sure the exact date we found it. A bit behind on the logging Good to get out and explore areas we wouldn't have gone to otherwise.

We really enjoyed finding this one and spent some time contemplating the force of the crash and trying to identify what different parts of the wreckage might once have been. We were tempted enough to try driving out on the road leading from the wreck. This required lots of precision driving (angling between close-growing trees and branches), then the "track" eventually petered out 700m from the route in, leaving us in impenetrable bush (and facing a long drive out again). Oh well - nothing ventured, nothing gained...

Well, what a history lesson today! After finally finding Kittyhawk (3rd attempt) had a good look around the site, amazing what is still there after 70 odd years.
Coincidently, today was the 65th anniverary of Victory in the Pacific (VJ Day). (8d)

On the way in to the site, did you notice the Aboriginal shell middens as you approach the tidal flats? These are depositorys of various molusc shells, collected from the tidal bay, and cooked over the coals till open, then the shells are discarded, accumulating in sometimes huge piles of shells, over hundreds and possible thousands of years. These particular examples are fairly large, the biggest is actually driven over on the track, is 1.5 metres tall, and some 30 metres in diameter, containing hundreds of thousands of shells, how long did it take to accumulate?
While having a look around the midden, i found a .50calibre projectile, (Type used in WW2 fighter planes) maybe from the dog fight between the Kittyhawk and a jap zero maybe?
Any way, great history lesson for the family, both cultural and historic today.
TNLNSL
Thanks NTSTROM for a great Cache!

ps, also carried trash out, a car battery on the side of the track, a few hundred metres from the cache.

Nice drive through the bush after lunch on the beach. Track a bit agricultural with some fallen trees over it requiring detours but in all a good trip.
TN LN signed the log.
TYFTC.

Lunch on the beach at Gunn Point was a nice start then off to find the Kittyhawk. Drive through the bush was great even though the track was a bit agricultural with some fallen trees over the track and requiring detours at times but all in all a good trip.
Took plastic truck, left Keyring.
Signed the log.
TYFTC.

WanderingAus wandered by on day 64 of a "climatic refugee" trip. As we turned off Gunn Point Road we drove through smoke from a VERY recent fire which had swept through the area. I had to dismount from the geoChallenger about a dozen times to remove fallen branches, but eventually we arrived at the Kittyhawk wreck site without adding to the scratches we already had.

I was concerned at the evidence of fire passing through, but very quickly made a GAFF 1 find of a container in good condition and untouched by fire.[^]

My find No 1633, LCC, TNLNSL, dropped my WanderingAus Happy New Year 2008 Gold GC in for a visit before grabbing it back again.

I didn't see Bunya's All In One 2007 GC (ref = TB1H2WF) in the cache, but I did find it later in the day at GC1TE6J Fresh Water Camp by CHEDENT.

I read the log by jatbula in investigating what happened to Bunya's All In One 2007 GC, and our tale of what happend next will go some way to answer the question posed "Where does the road go on to from the wreck?"

The WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), who as usual spent the day at the wheel, decided it would be a good idea to continue along the track, as it seemed to be heading in the right direction to meet up with a track we had noticed branching off straight ahead at S12°17.488' E131°05.257'on our way in, where the track made a 90 degree right hand turn. The track got progressively harder to follow, and as well as dismounting to remove fallen branches I also had to spend a bit of time hunting to and fro to pick up the track.

Finally, after 1.9 Km and with only 710 metres to go, I made the decision to turn back.[xx(] At S12°17.868' E131°05.238' there was no reliable continuation of the track. Just 45 minutes after leaving the Kittyhawk wreck site we passed it again, and 23 minutes later reached that 90 degree right hand turn.

*Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3*

T4TH NTSTROM
Keith

Rated: for Overall Experience

Many thanks for expanding my local knowledge on the War.. Where does the road go on to from the wreck/

Finally...... Some more scratches on the 4B. great drive in. Thanks for the track log NOFISHNT and TFTC NTSTROM. Took signal geocoin, left bunya geocoin. SL

Decided it was time to go exploring for some new camp sites and cache sites just out of town and Kittyhawk looked like a good reason to head north for the long weekend. Used the Beagles waypoints to find the track head and went the long way round to find the crash site. A short search revealed the cache and we swaped toy plane for toy car and left a geocoin to further extend his travels. Nice bit of history and a fun drive in that I wouldn't attempt during the wet. Thanks Steve for bringing us to this new and interesting location.

good to find this one after the drive in put a few more scratches on the 4wd never mind good cache

Was well worth the effort. We all really enjoyed the trip and history lesson but not the mozzies that tried to carry us off. Another cache we paid for with our blood. Took a blow up ball (which we thought was a stubby holder) we left a plane.

Ash and his Dad Ex Nihil found this today. Darwin has been having one of its wettest periods ever, no hope of getting a vehicle in other than an amphibious tank so we walked. Beautiful, pristine scenery, wildflowers under flooded paperbark, squally showers kept us cool. A delight in the Wet Season. Our view of the place looked very different from the photographs posted but it was too wet to carry a camera. On the way in we kept to the track but it proved rather circuitous for walking so we took a straight line back through the bush, no problems, actually it was easier because the wheel ruts on the track just added another 6" to the flood water. If you are walking, I suggest you leave the track at the right angle bend about 1,200m in once you have passed the paperbark grove and either take a straight line or just keep the estuary below you on your left and the Sclerophyll boundary above you on your right until you get within 100m. There is actually a faint track directly to the site but you could pick a better route walking. If you drive please go via Beagle Team's waypoints, if anyone else attempts to drive in directly it will do too much damage to the soft ground, the long way around is on high, hard ground except for the first bit. Do not attempt to walk it unless you feel completely comfortable about getting back on map and compass alone after your GPS has shit itself at the far end. This is the second 'plane wreck cache I've been to in Darwin. Thanks for a great cache.

Great drive through the bush to this historic WWII site. Found with number two son late afternoon. Easy drive in although high clearance was needed for the first part of the track. Not a great deal left of the old plane but still enough to see what it was. Read Groboz's "log walked in but not a muggle about to get a lift out". LOL at that we had two muggle 4X4's come in as we were leaving. Took nothing and left nothing. Thanks NTSTROM for the great afternoon drive.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Did this cache on the way home from camping. Great little track and a great piece of history. Thanks NTSTROM. Well done Groboz on the walk in there! TNLN

I fired up the planet destroying, gas guzzling, greenie squashing 4x4 and set off to Gunn Point. Great site had heard of this back in the 70's when I came to Darwin but never found anyone who actually had been to it. Great site thanks for the cache.

The following waypoints may assist any other intrepid cachers:

Start of track off Gunn Point Road S12 16.945 E131 05.962
Turn towards S12 17.485 E131 05.254
Turn towards S12 17.892 E131 04.035

Also if you can use the Garmin track then obtain from the cache owner.

[This entry was edited by Beagle Team on Sunday, August 05, 2007 at 2:17:54 AM.]

Rated: for Overall Experience

Not being the owner of a gas guzzling, planet destroying 4 wheel drive I decided to trek into the location from gun point road. Walked in from the north 3.1 km which took 40 minutes each way. You WILL need good footwear, water etc if you attempt the walk in and look out for snakes (I didn't see any but they're there).
At the site there was more wreckage than I expected and parts such as wings etc were readily identifiable. Thanks NTSTROM for a great historical cache location, especially since I have a soft spot for warbirds.
Grabbed the Geocoin (as usual) but otherwise TNLN [^]

FTF - Finally.
Amazing wreckage considering it is nearly 70 years old.
TNLF
Excellent location for a cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Dropped off the Geo-Jellies Geocoin.

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