Mt. Miketeebumulgrai Elimbah, Queensland, Australia
By Urdera on 03-Aug-07. Waypoint GC14WQE

This is Number 4 visit to this cache for me I have had the pleasure of accompanying many friends up to GZ over the years. Today I accompanied "geocacher-in-training", rxrica.I'd love to say "yeah its all familiar". Not really We pulled up and made our way into the area. There certainly seems to be a clear enough track leading to the summit these days.Up, up, up we went. We took our time as we headed toward GZ. I gave a few updates on how far to go. The rocks are just as loose as I remember. We finally spilled out at the top.I let rxirca locate the cache and do the honours. This cache is fine condition. It's hard to believe it has been over 14 years since I first came here. Our trip down was faster - but not by much. We picked our way down. I took one tumble but nothing serious. We were very glad to get to the "bottom" and meander our way through the track back to the car.A top cache. I hope it's here for many years to come. TFTC Urdera

Went for a strenuous climb up here with RovingWombat. Its a good workout and the views are very nice. Always fun to reach the top of a mountain without a graded path, a real sense of achievement! Thanks Urdera for your pioneering work in the sport of geocaching.

Thanks nice short steep walk

Tough old climb up here but great to find such a great hide, great views and an original log book. Thanks for the cache Urdera

Took a drone up to see the view then Rained when I got to the top! Topendteam TFTC

Wow. What a climb. Grateful for some little pink ribbons to help guide GZ spot on!!!

After conquering Saddleback we decided we still had the energy for another climb. This one however was a bit steeper than Saddleback and the track was less defined. Despite this we thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and made a fairly quick find once at the top. It’s amazing that this cache has only been found 75 times despite the fact it’s been here for 15 years. It’s still the original logbook.
Thanks to everyone who ensures that these old caches stay alive.

Great walk. Not been found for some time so very happy to have done the walk with a bonus cache on top. Thanks to Neil (muggle) for accompanying me and helping locate and reveal.

My 100th

Found with LouLouRu14

This was our target cache for the day. Mt Mike. It was easy enough to follow the trail that started just to the right of the sign, and then follow the occasional pink ribbon to the summit. The track wasn’t too hard or too strenuous, and it took us about 35min to hike to the top. On arrival, we found a lovely cairn. Continuing further, there was a cache! Lovely ammo tin in great condition. Thanks for the journey on this lesser known and lesser climbed of the Glasshouse Mountain group. The view from the top was worthwhile. TFTC Urdera. FP for the journey, the view and the cache

Mt. Miketeebumulgrai
D 2.0 T 3.5 Regular Traditional Cache
Find # 8430

A very enjoyable caching day with Duppers chasing old caches and caches with difficult climb to qualify for some challenges and also picking up other caches that took our fancy.

Thanks for the cache and taking us here Urdera. Enjoyed the adventure. We parked near the sign and start our hike from here S 27° 00.834' E 152° 53.718'.

We met up with friends from the Sunshine Coast for some bushwalking. We have never climbed these two Glassshouse Mtns, and with an old cache on each, it was a good choice. After climbing Mt Elimbah, we headed here. A steep climb on a faint track with the cache quickly found under another SPOR. Nice to see another original old logbook. FP for the adventure. Tftc

Cool day to do this one, a bit of back and forward to follow footpads up

Tftc

Found it with my 73 year old dad.
He has been a local for 70+ years and only ever looked at this mountain from our farm... that is until today. We made a very slow trip up as his mountaineering skills have been lacking lately. The trip down was very quick and with no whoopsies.
Co-ords were spot on
FP just because!!
TFTC ️

In the area today picking up some caches and this was one of them. I parked opposite the sign and then wandered in to the given WP and then headed up the slope. A nice enjoyable pace and it wasn't long and I was standing near that roughly stacked Cairn at the top. I ventured off to GZ where the cache was soon in hand.

I sat and relaxed and had some morno's while reading back through the logs. I had a laugh when I came to D.D.Dudes log back in 2008, well I'm here now. Good caches will always stand the test of time

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for me and others to enjoy.

A FP for the adventure.

TFTC Urdera

Another mountain climbed and another cache! I parked down the road and walked along to the entry track (coords for the entry are in a previous log). I went right at the washout and followed a trail all the way to the top. There were pink markers in various places along the way and the burnt out stump was soon in sight. A little way further and my favourite cache container was spotted. Log signed and replaced as found. A very enjoyable hike. Thanks Urdera! Fav from me for placing this one.

Nice day for a walk

A steep climb! Nice views from the top. Thanks for placing a cache here!

I gotta say, the last thing on my mind this xmas eve was jingle bells. It was a hot, humid and awfully steep clamber up to this cache. I was expecting a hard walk, but there is a trail of faded pink tape that gives you something to look for every time you stop for a breather. The broken surface means no hurrying as you have to concentrate on where to put your feet. I was almost back to the road before I slipped. It's not a good day out unless you bleed a little ... right?
At the top, the cache was a quick find. TN/LN and looked through the early days of the log book. Such a shame no one writes in them anymore. Thank you for keeping this one going. I always love a bit of a climb, an ammo box and a view.

When Bruce saw it was our friend urdera's cache he was on his way. Had a swig of water, grabbed the stamp and up he went. Great outlook from the top and the cache is in good condition. Happy to get this golden oldie. Fav point alloc. Thanks Steve

TFTC:)

Tfc

Nice view from this side TFTC

Very rare that I get to go caching on a Tuesday. However I work for a great organisation that rewards staff who work hard with a day off on your birthday. So with another trip around the sun complete today, once all the birthday stuff was out of the way at home, I treated myself to breakfast at a local cafe before heading north with the aim of knocking over some of the lesser known Glasshouse mountains.

Having conquered Mt Saddleback nearby, this one was next. I parked across from the National Park boundary fence and headed up. It got progressively steeper. Part way up I spotted some tape, but to be honest, there was not a distinct trail that it was marking. I had chosen not to ear boots today and near the top, my 12 month old runners had a blow out. At the top, I caught my breath and wandered over and found the cache.

Looks like some muggles have also stumbled across the cache and signed the logbook. Nice to give this cache some love. First find this year Found in good order. Many thanks Urdera.

Pete

#4,958

Phew! That's steep [:p] So worth the climb! The pink tags on the trees were very useful. Thanks heaps for keeping this one going!

Wow a bit of a hike but lovely views from the top, TFTC.

I have a goal to climb all the mountains in the Glass House Mountain area which have permission to climb. This is one of my last to climb.

I had the day off work today so I decided to use the time to tick this mountain off my list.

I parked the motor vehicle at a suitable spot and walked along the road before heading bush following the compass to the waypoint. I eventually came upon a track that took me to the waypoint.

The entry point for this track is **S27 00.835 E152 53.720.**

From the waypoint, I made my way straight up over the rocks and other objects on the ground eventually making it to the top. Whilst it is still August and technically winter, this was really hot work and the perspiration was pouring out of me.

I signed the board at the Cairn at the top and then I made my way over to GZ and soon had the cache in hand.

The log was signed and returned to the cache and the cache replaced exactly as found.

All is good with this cache.

Find #1094

I headed down on a different track which took me further away from where I wanted to be however the bread crumb trail in the GPS got me back to where I wanted to go.

TFTC ***Urdera***

Was an awesome trek up! Wasn't much in the box but we definitely added to the box!!

Introduced a mate to geocaching and this was our second find on 3 peaks of the day. Easy find on the cache but the walk up requires pretty good fitness level.

Out with our muggle friend from Grassmere near Warrnambool and decided to do this cache as it had been on my to do list for quite some time and it was a good opportunity to show him the area. Parked up opposite reserve sign and started our walk straight up and it was quite a strenuous walk for us pensioners but it wasn't long before we were at the top. What amazing views from up here - well worth the walk. All good with the cache, deserves a favourite point for the adventure. TFTC Urdera

Between my French class and picking up our grandson from childcare we tackled this mountain. First time. Enjoyed the views and signed the logbook. Tftc

Found it with bikesu.Tftc

I was to attend a first aid course this afternoon, so that left the morning free fro a bit of caching. As we were attempting to clear little green boxes from this area, stortigirls and I decided to make this cache the target this morning. We parked at the entrance and followed a nicely trodden trail to the wash out. From there, the trail disappeared, so we followed animal trails upwards. We picked our way over and around rocks. Stortigirls was in the lead and, as she brushed past a small tree, was stung by a wasp. [B)] Luckily, my first aid kit contains Stingose. Once applied to the sting, we continued on our way. We stopped every so often to admire the ever increasingly amazing view. Once at the top, we located the cache and signed the log. We headed over to the cairn and added our name there, as well. More admiring of the view and photos taken before we headed back down the slope. I looked up from watching my footing to notice that the pineapple plantations were not where they should have been. If we keep going that way, we will hit the fence line. Not knowing what lay that way, we decided to head across the slope for a bit. Suddenly, I heard stortigirls let out a scream. My first thought was "Snake!" I looked up to see her taking her shirt off and waving it around. Well, she wouldnt be doing that for a snake. Phew! [:p] She had disturbed another wasps nest! [:o] These ones were a bit more cranky than the first ones and stung her quite a few times. [:(!] Out with the Stingose again! If she keeps this up, I will have to put it in my pocket [:p] Soon enough, we made it to the wash out and made our way down. Shortly after that, we were back at the car. Loved the walk. Loved the views. Could have done without the wasps TFTC

This morning Selva Girls and I had a few hours to cache before she had to head off to do a training course, so as we had been progressively clearing little green boxes in the area we took the opportunity for an early morning climb.
We followed the very visible trail up to the exposed wash out and then began picking our way along the animal tracks. A lovely cool morning and great views spoilt only by the multiple bites I sustained from not one but 2 nests of paper wasps on the journey. Fortunately Selva Girls' first aid kit contained stingose so these eased soon enough. We enjoyed the cool cairn at the top and took photos as well as signing the board nearby like previous climbers.
I had to laugh when we got home, Selva Girls was telling my daughter about our climb and said to her "I didn't know what your Mum was yelling at, at first" "Did you see the wasps nest?" she asked. "No, but she took off her shirt and flapped it around, I didn't think she'd be doing that for a snake" Ummmm yeah, fair call! All in all a fun morning, just watch for wasps on your way. Tftc Urdera

Happy to adventure up here with wombles and co. for a second time. It is all so different in daylight hours!

Thanks for the cache Urdera

This was an achievement for me. Might not be a huge one for everyone but it was the first mountain I've climbed in a long long time.
It was steep and I did need to rest quite a few times and I needed ventolin but I made it to the top!
I was quite pleased
Thanks to Nyssa who came with me even though she'd visited this cache almost 4 yrs ago!

Found the way to the top quite easily and located the cache leaving the owl key and not needing the insect sting stopper thoughtfully left in the cache. Signed the nearby mountaineering board and then veered a bit too far East on the way back down needing to correct our course when we hit a house boundary fence near the bottom of Mt Miket.....
This is our 5th Glasshouse Mountain peak cache we have located so far.
Thanks Urdera.

Mrs OC and I had a free morning and we're trying to summit as many of the Glasshouse mountains as we can, so we decided to tackle a couple more.

After climbing Mt Elimbah, we headed over here, after dodging an oversized tractor driving down the road with a big spray boom. It's pineapple and strawberry picking season, so the area is abuzz with activity.

It didn't take long after leaving the road to reach the base of the mountain, then the up began. It's a steady climb, but there wasn't much of a track so we picked our way between the rocks and trees. Mrs OC started to pull ahead, so I was playing catch up. She asked how much further, I said just keep going up until you're not going up anymore .

We reached the summit in 19 mins, though it felt significantly longer . There's a cairn here decorated with lots of handprints in paint, along with a wooden frame to sign, so we added our names. We wandered over and quickly found the cache, pleased to report its all in good nick.

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This cache is in good condition, and makes smilie #2684. Thanks **Urdera** for showing us this spot. Discover our code TGQNRV, and mention where you saw it.

Great morning climbing mountains and cacheing. TFTC

What a great morning. Tftc

This was a steep walk. I like these though. When i get to the top and i have sweat pouring off my eyelids. My face, my hair and my chin. I know i have had a good cardio workout. When i can write more than 2 sentences about your cache you know i have enjoyed it. Like the little graffiti drawer with texta supplied and like how the log book becomes a guest book.

Very rewarding cache!

Parked at suggested co ordinates and made our way in. Phew, nice hot climb to the top today with Jabie_b but the views and the breeze up here is sensational. We can see the weather building for some predicted storms. It took us 40 mins to climb with some much needed and more frequent breaks as we neared the summit. Nice surprise at the top. Also a local came and paid us a visit while we were taking in the view. Left a swap signed the log and had a ball. Tftc. Cache is in excellent Condi tion.

Despite the fact that the Glasshouse Mountains are seventy to ninety kilometres from home, I have felt the need to climb as many as is generally allowable for some time. Don't get me wrong, this is a process that has taken years, but we are slowly getting through this world famous set of landmarks!

Mt Miketumbul.. Miketeembulgy.. Miketeebulgri.. Mike Tee Bum Grey.. Mikey T will do! Mount However-you-say-it is one of the last two for me to deal with. Thankfully, also one of the smaller in the collection. I had planned to roadtrip and run up the hill myself on that ever dangerous 'one day'. However, Catscatscats22 had sung out, keen for a walk and I thought this and another small climb might make a nice hike for the day.

Though, the timing of doing such things in November is questionable at best. I had heard tales of the steepness here, but didn't truly appreciate it until I was parked on the slope myself. Having parked on the side of the road, packed a backpack with water, checked battery level in the GPSr and set off we trudged along the path of least resistance through the somewhat level approach to the base of the mountain.

From the road it looks a pretty lame little hill. However once we started going up, the up got going. I won't complain about being young and of relative fitness, but the heat added all sorts of extra difficulty as we made our way up. But onwards we plodded. A few breaks for air and water the only interruption in a consistent ascent. We even saw a goanna en route!

It certainly isn't hard to know when you're at the top. There are some odd surprises up here! After adding a rock to the cairn and beginning to admire the view, the geocache was next. The GPSr lead us right to the spot and a quick find of the handsome container. As expected, all in good condition here. The logbook was signed and we sat here for some time just watching the rest of the world go by, out there, through the trees.

Naturally, the return trek was a lot easier and less sweaty, but we got back to the car in one piece. I thoroughly enjoyed this mountain. Finding one's own way, steep but short. I can see why it gets talked about at events - it sure is unique and memorable. Thanks for this geocache and maintaining it for so many years, Urdera

With my usual geocaching playmates otherwise occupied today I set myself the ambitious task to climb six mountains to pick up the remaining caches I had left in the Glasshouse Mountains. My targets for the day were Mt Beerburrum, Mt Coochin, Mt Ngungun, Mt Timbberoowuccum, Mt Miketeebumgulgrai and Mt Elimbah. My fifth mountain of the day and a bit of a challenge on rapidly wearying legs to negotiate the rocky terrain, with no tracks evident. I did spot a few ribbon markers but they seemed to show no better route that the meandering course I took. The interesting "artwork" at the top was a surprise but I bypassed that to find the cache safe and sound. Good to see this one get a visitor after a little while unfound. The downhill usually is a killer on my knees and they were certainly feeling the punishment I had put them through today as I reached the bottom. TFTC

#202
Where do I start? I've recently moved to this area and saw this cache hadn't been found in a while. I teed up with my sister to go up, only 200m high shouldn't be too difficult with the kids.
Then I read the logs..."uh, cancel that climb Cassow11ry - sounds too dangerous with the little people".
Driving past the mountain way off in the distance, daily going to/from work it sat there taunting at me..."climb is back on, but we will just cancel part way if it is too dangerous".
Set to go, bags packed water and food insentives ready we drove toward the mountain. So that is 200m up close...we should be able to do it. (looking back at the description now I don't think we followed instructions walking directly toward the cache as the crow flies.
From the moment we stepped out of the car Mr almost 2 refused to walk so I carried him the whole way up and most of the way back down...as that was when he decided to walk, no not so safe little buddy. The older boys (10/7) powered up and got a quick lesson in the 2.5:1 ratio, feeling like we walked 100m but only covering a fraction of that.
My poor little 4 year old ended up with a face the colour of a tomato, but made it all the way up and back down all by herself.
We only had a couple of incidents: I lost my phone, and had to go back down the mountain to find it; one ant bite resulting in a few screams and a brief moment of nudity and a stack (from the 4yo) coming down the moment, which thankfully she laughed off.
We only saw 1 pink marker going up and a different one going down.
The decent is definately more difficult than the climb.
Thank you so much for this cache. We had so much fun and I am so proud of my little crew for stepping up and not giving up. It is awesome to watch the boys really show their leadership and help their younger siblings through the difficult parts.
Definately a favourite from all of us, as exhausted as they all are we all had a fantastic time and a real feeling of achieving something. (family of 5 aged 2-32 took 3 1/2 hours up and back with plenty of rest stops). Fp

#254

Found today with Privatears and co.. I can't believe people only post a "Found it" log for this cache.. I would presume no matter how you tackle this cache you end up with a interesting story to tell..

Having been asked to tag a long to this cache a while ago by Privatears.. Today had finally come... Completely exhausted from a very HUGE month.. I set off to my sisters place thinking 'How much coffee am I going to need to climb this mountain??'

Having packed up the tribe and braced myself desperately trying to find motivation.. I sighted the mountain for the first time and thought.. 'I should've had a redbull.. lol'

So off we set.. Tagging behind miss 4 to make sure she was ok.. we set off into the bush.. Quite some time later and many pit stops we made it to the summit.. What a fantastic hike!! Definitely worth the trek up especially with no marked trail to follow.. The view from the top is amazing and so is the surprise waiting there!!

Coming down was a different story.. i wish there was a scale where you can differentiate the getting to the cache to the coming back cos I would definitely give the scaling down a 4 or 4.5.. Between a nearly 2 year old thinking he can walk down the rocks/mountain himself and the 4 year trying so hard to hike down without slipping/tripping with her VERY TIRED legs it was definitely an interesting trip down.. But overall I can definitely say I enjoyed this day and am soo proud of my whole family on their efforts..

Thanks so much for the cache Urdera.. The cache is in good condition.. This gets a favourite for me..

I don't know if its because I am used to COMMENT options on FACEBOOK or not but I thought there was a way to respond to individual comments on here somehow. Urdera has been a little slack at geocaching in the last few years but we will be attending the MEGA EVENT in April at Stanthorpe. Just wanted to take the time to say thanks to everyone for sharing your experiences finding this cache, we always get a smile from reading the comments and are happy that so many people who do accept the challenge and reach the summit get as much joy (maybe insert other word here!) as what we did when we first discovered this location. We live in a beautiful country. Happy caching fellow cachers!

Found it.

What a journey! What a view. For the more experienced Bush walker

Found in the great company of others.
Nice Little mountain.

Thanks Urdera

Up bright and early to tackle Mount Miketeebumulgrai this morning with Team LJCC, Membsec, Dahumbug and Mountainman82.

The climb wasn't so strenuous for some, but a few rest breaks here and there helped us get to the top and back down again safely.

There are allot of loose rocks on the slope and some of them are quite big! There is also a bit of ground cover, covering over these rocks so they aren't easy to predict.

We got to the top and found the rock cairn, then made our way over the the cache.

Saw the cache before we got to it, so, tried to cover it up a little better when we left.

TFTC!

During the week a small group was formed to attack Mt. Miketeebumulgrai. Early start today, quick brekkie pick-up on the way and then we were first at the parking spot. Daahumbug and mountainman82 arrived and parked in a widened section of the road so we followed suit. A few minutes later Anglea and Dave arrived with TeamLJCC. After much discussion we headed up hill on the cleared trail and then into the bush. The climb was a breeze for mountainman but others of us needed regular breaks to cope with the steep slope. Eventually the top was reached and there was mountainman sitting near the cairn. Views are great, cache is quickly located and we all sign. The down hill was quite unstable in a number of places but we made it back to the cars where Ladymembsec informed us that she had just had a visit from the land owner complaining that we were on his private driveway. Maybe the local Council have other ideas because it sure looks like the road has been extended to the gate!!
Anyway nice climb, nice find, nice day and good company.
TFTC

So out on another adventure with Dahumbug! We decided to meet and team up with, Membsec, Angela & Dave, Team LJCC. Parked our vehicles and off we headed, Mountainman82 keeps hearing these stories that he hasn't climbed a mountain so I was out to prove myself today! I ended up getting in front and lead the way up the mountain, quiet a few loose rocks so foot placing was essential for this climb, turn around to catch my breathe and I seemed to of left the the group in the distance! got to GZ! spotted the cache, wandered back to a group of rocks and sat a nd waited for the rest of the group to find it before we all logged our visit. Thanks for the nice views and giving me a mountain to climb!

Lovely spot!

Brother Colin, IolantheK, teamDFL, T-Tech and myself were out for a Glasshouse adventure day. This was the last of the Glassy little hills for the day and at least three of us were feeling that this hill seemed to be bigger than it really was.

A great walk to the top and some great afternoon views (just before the sun was leaving for the day).

Up from Brisbane caching around the Glass House mountains with IolantheK, teamdfl, ruzzelz, and Brother Colin [^]
Arrived as close as we could to the parking co-ords and began our trek in.
I didn't take long for the heart rate to go up in direct proportion to the steepness. This was the last climb of our day but it was also the most taxing. Lots of rounding loose rocks under tufty grass made our footings uncertain teamdfl and I arrived first and we located the cache but decided to wait for the others before opening the cache. About half an hour latter IolantheK, ruzzelz, and Brother Colin showed up
Nice easy find [^]
The cache is dry and in good condition [^]
TFTC Urdera

Out and about on the Glasshouse Mountains for a crazy day with T-Tech, teamdfl, Brother Colin and ruzzelz This was our last mountain for today and most of us were pretty weary. We also only had an hour or so to sundown so we had to push it pretty hard. The climb is quite tough with lots of loose rocks, and there's no sign of a trail, so we all found our own way UP the hill. I know I struggled as my heart-rate skyrocketed. That was a tough climb Once we regrouped at the peak we took the short walk to GZ and it was a quick find.

The scramble back down was tough as well with several weary bodies tripping a couple of times Once back at the car the decision was made to head to one more cache for the boys to get, then to the pub for a well-earned beer. TFTC, Urdera.

Today there is a souvenir on offer for finding a cache.

Also P' has a MEG event happening. But a couple of us, Russelz, IolantheK, teamDFL, T-Tech and myself, have found the caches he is planning on going to today. So we decided to group up and tackle a couple of others.

We have found all the caches we 'must' get today...but there is still some daylight to be used up. So we headed a little further south for another walk. With only a hour before sunset could we do this one [?] Off we headed. All of those loose rock made the walk a little tricky as we were all a little tried from climbing a couple of other Glass House Mountains today.

We got to GZ with some of us making better time than the others...and some of us doing some pretty good impressions of a steam train.

A quick find...and I removed the food [:V] Now back to the car....and a beer or two at a nearby pub.

Thanks for the cache.

Out on a "rebel MEG" tour with IolantheK, T-Tech, Ruzzlez and Brother Colin. This was our last conquest for the day. We parked out on the bitumen road and walked in past the parking co-ords. Not sure, but I don't think you could still drive to the spot these days. Just a little overgrown now

We all headed upwards, slowly spreading out taking slightly different routes. A stop at the cairn to regroup before continuing on to find the cache and add our names. Another bump conquered ;-D

Cache #9 MEG5 trail.

I have never climbed three mountains in one day.....till today! This one had it's own challenges, different to the other mountains. Absolutely no tracks on this one, lots of loose large rocks, we were already fatigued from earlier climbs and it goes straight up.....ok ok they all went straight up! For this climb I was most grateful to Swellerfungus only days earlier ignoring my jibes about getting a "hiking stick" and being a wuss. I really really really like my stick and without it Mt Miketeebumulgrai would have been so much more difficult and I would have many more bruises than the few I did end up with. "Follow the pink tape, where's the pink tape..." There was tape tied to some trees marking a direction for us to follow...thank goodness for pink tape. It was the only thing that reassured me we were at least going in the right direction. There was lots of stop/starting happening, catching breath, easing legs and willing ourselves to the top. Epic effort by everyone for this one. We were tired and sore and hot and bothered and thirsty but we kept going with lots of friendly banter and encouragement from all around. We got there and it was great! Lots of thick long grass, so much so our fearless leader Pprime was able to create a comfortable resting place and almost have a nap.

A bit of a rest up here and then time to go down. Some of it walking and some of it on our butts, was pleased not to have embarrassed myself and torn a hole in my pants. What a brilliant feeling getting to the bottom and regrouping with only one final cache for the day.

Thanks Urdera for placing this cache, and to Fangsoki for the clue about the pink tape!

So glad there was a cache on top of this mountain. I don't think I would have persevered to the top without that goal. This was quite steep in a continual slope all the way up. With such a wet summer the grass is long and healthy and it was a job to place your foot, where you often couldn't see, and work out if it was a solid rock or a hole between rocks. Climbing up, up, up. Grass, trees, and the hiking stick, all did their job in pulling or pushing me up. In a straggled long line we all eventually made it to the top where a number of us immediately rested our legs, Pprime resting his whole body on the thick long grass. Great views were to be had from the top! A little further trek of about 20-22 metres found the cache in good condition. Thank Urdera for placing a cache up here to bring me to the top of my third mountain today as part of the MEG#5 challenge. A favourite point is awarded for the cache atop the hill, and for our efforts in reaching it.

Having already climbed two mountains today the legs just did not have enough left. Long grass, loose rocks and fatigue all combined and I decided that I could just not do this last hill today. The rest of the group soldiered on and achieved the smilie, well done all. Thanks to Mr Prime and the MEG5 group for a great day and thanks Urdera for the challenge.

What is MEG? Amongst a few 2013 GEOGoals I've set myself, one I have dubbed Mission Empty Glass (MEG for short). This involves tackling all caches I've not already found in an area I've defined loosely as 'The Glasshouse Mountains'. Every multi, every mystery, every mountain and everything in between. This, the fifth group outing took in a couple mountain climbs and walks in preparation for the future MEGs, plus two multis, and a couple others in the area. In small convoy with the Master Fangsoki and his Purple Paj, Miss Censations, Swellerfungus and Lady Sim, Miss Maddy, Bulldozer, KarenHippo, Crew153 and Aussie Liahona we drove to the bottom of this monstrosity. The flatness of surrounding pineapple farms gives way to the starkness of this mountainous pimple. It's an oddity alright.

After the scare at the previous mountain we paused for lunch before hurtling headlong towards the summit. There is really no pretty way of approaching this one, just climb. Climb climb climb. Not great on my knees, and it was Mountain #3 of the day, but that's what the warmup was all about. Pushing myself a bit harder this time to help next time. To say the climb is uneven is understating the case. It's a difficult climb. But not forever, and not impossible. Doable in steady stages with rests as needed (at least for us older folk).

Cache found all safe and snug. Return journey to ground-level accomplished with all joint in-tact and knees remained attached. All good!!

Thanks for placing this cache, Urdera. Mobbed in good condition.
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{Overall find #1928}

Part of the MEG#5 group. This was the nineth cache found for the day. I think this one killed nearly all of us. After climbing 2 other mountains near by this one was the most difficult for me. There was no track so it was a matter of climbing and going up and up and up until we got to the top. Not a bad view once we got there. Cache was in good condition.

What a ripper ramble this is. Our fitness was certainly tested at times, and there was no way to get up without a few breaks on the way. The terrain was rock and slippery at times, but not impassable with a bit of effort. Once at the top the view through the trees is truly 360 degrees, and the extra 20m to the cache was certainly a test for some. While the trip down filled me with trepidation, it was surprisingly easier than I thought it would be due to the very fortunate purchase of a hiking stick the day before. The benefits of the stick are many, but mostly I normally fall over all the time, and would have here but for my 'third leg'!. I really recommend you take one with you for this particular trip.
Climbing a mountain like this one is always made easier when you know someone has carried a cache to the top before you, so thanks Udera for making the effort for us in leading the way.

Adding fave pt.

I think I can, I think I can...

This was our third Glassy peak of the day under the leadership of the sunshine in my day!

The MEG#5 awesome group of 10 fearless cachers had by this time regrouped and were feeling rested and ready to head straight up the side of Mt MikeT.

We were strung out at times but waited for some to catch up. Lots of hidey holes spotted on the way up, but the best views were from the top. Pprime kind of slid down into a horizontal position and we waited for him to resolve back into an upright position before we went to look for the cache Some lame excuse about a dodgy knee

A lovely walk, if a bit rocky on the way down. This lovely chunk of bushland seems to be devoid of wildlife, or perhaps the wee critters could hear us coming as we called out up and down the string of cachers? I took some pics of awesome features though and will be back to post those soon.

Cache located at GZ in an obvious spot and my cute sticker now adorns the log

A great day out, thanks to the wonderful Mr Prime for organising these interesting events, and to the awesome cachers who graced me with their company and support up and down various hills today. Hugs to Max for doing all the driving and Kay for the tinned caffeine

TFTC Urdera, gave me an excuse to wander up yon hilly wonder!

After scaling Mt Beerburrum and Saddleback with the Meg#5 group f 10 intrepid cachers we were set to conquer this one. How hard can it be? Damn hard we found..

I have now been caching for nearly 9 years and i have scaled a few places before but I can't call myself an experienced climber.

We stood at the bottom and noticed that the slope just kept going up and up. There was only one way to go and that was to put one foot in front of the other and take one step at a time. I was surprised with my stamina levels and sorry that I hadn't done this sort of think at least 45 years ago. Pity they didn't have caching back then.

After numerous stops on the way up we finally collapsed in a heap at the top to try and regain some strength. It was with a groan that we discovered that we were still 20m from the cache and it was down the other side. However we headed over and soon had the cache in hand. It think this is the 6th ammo can that we have located today.

The return trip was not as exhausting but fraught with danger at almost every step as we had to negotiate the rocks hidden under the cover of grass.

Thanks to the support and encouragement of the others in the group. This certainly tested the body.

Thanks Urdera for giving me a reason to do this.

As my third mountain climb of the day I really didn't think I could make it. I couldn't have done so without the help and support of some awesome cachers in the MRG#5. The views from the top were nice. The trek back down though easier was far from easy with so many rocks. Managed to get down still in one piece. TFTC

Just dipping the trackable car while doing this one with the MEG5 group today.

I can't be unsure - but I [u]may[/u] have done this climb more than the cache owner now Third time for me - and it doesn't get any easier. Glad to get to the top again - and glad I only fell down on my hind quarters twice The cache was in great condition, Urdera

Plans had been in the making to grab this cache for a while, but one thing or another had kept Brightskies, ayepeacee and myself from making the mission to this cache. I had been out earlier in the day collecting a few other caches and thought to myself it was about time we finally put our plans into action. Although after reading all of the logs I was a bit weary of the local snake population A taipan.... really? Not my most favourite creature! Still it was best we got going while the going was a little safer then the middle of summer.

So Brightskies and ayepeacee picked me up from my castle on the hill in the swifty and we were soon zooming up the highway for our date with destiny and our chosen mountain. After a few failed attempts at starting the mission we quickly decided that a quick wander through a neighbouring property at this time of night wasn't going to disturb that many muggles. A hop, skip and a jump later we were on the right track with pretty pink ribbons in our sights.

Then to the straight up part. It was just straight up. A few loose rocks had us stumbling a bit, but nothing we couldn't handle and to my pleasure no slithering beasties. Upon reaching the summit the sight of all of us was rather funny. I'm pretty sure we hadn't crossed any water ways, but as Brightskies mentioned we were all drenched. The well hidden cache was quickly found and signed and after a short rest we were on to the homeward journey.

On the way back down I spotted something reflecting in my torch beam and quickly alerted the others to my find. Hmm, what the beep is that??? Brightskies and myself were still a safe distance and up and away from the strange little thing but ayepeacee was not that far away! So keeping a close eye on the crazy little critter we slowly continued down. When all of a sudden it bounded away! Hmm, at least it wasn't a zombie! Although I did have that scary movie thought in the back of my head at the time...... What if this is just a distraction and the even scarier creature is just behind us!!!! Which was really not a very comforting thought seeing as I was at the back of the group. Always the first one to get eaten by something

But after all that commotion we made it back to the quarry and quickly found our way back to the car. Oh and off to a well scored FTF as well

TFTC Urdera

=) I've always wanted this cache, mainly because of the very slow find rate and the challenge of the walk .... so a plan was hatched a while back to go out at night and find it. So Brightskies, Nyssaflutterby and myself made tonight the night to venture up .... Started out a bit weird when we came to a fence topped with barbed wire but we quickly found a way over the that first obstacle ... next we came to the quarry and made our way over to the left and found a more gradual way up . After about 100 metres up I finally spotted the pink ribbon markers I'd been looking for after reading Fangsoki and jasenjanine's log =) .. Walk was not as hard as Id expected but the loose rocks hiding under the long grass made for some fun times... great view of the lights down below once we made it to the summit and cache is still in place in great condition. We were pretty stoked to have found this one since its been sitting idle for 5 months. No snakes to be seen tonight.. but a small trippy creature on the way down with its eyes reflecting in the torch light was cool. Thanks Urdera for the cache , great location and a fun little cache to accomplish at night =)

Ayepeacee, nyssaflutterby and i had long been planning to make the hike up to this cache one night, after doing a night climb up saddleback mountain nearby and loving it. We had read the logs about the snakes and were wary but we thought night time was still a good time to go, as we are night cachers at heart. Tonight was the fateful night, nyssaflutterby was collected by ayepeacee and i, we had our head torches strapped on (except poor ayepeacee who was stuck with a handheld torch) and i had my backpack, my first aid kit including snake bite bandages, my GPSr and my hiking sneakers which not only look brown and khaki and camo, but have so much grip on them i can basically scale glass buildings. We had some difficulty figuring out a good starting area and where to park, but after a few gos, walking around and driving around, we decided with parking at the bolte gate, striding across some guys property and jumping his fence. We then went sideways to the starting coords the CO included and then started straight up. It was then that an FTF notification came through 6km from our houses. Ahh well, the FTF can wait. For now At first we didnt see the pink ribbons, but then Ayepeacee found one and we knew we were on the right track. The walk up was fairly steady and uneventful but each of us slipped a few times, as the ground was like a sea of grass camoflaging loose and unpredictable rocks underneath. We stopped for a minute here and there, the climb was hard work, and easily the hardest ive worked for a cache. All three of us were profusely sweating. It didnt help that the mountain was surrounding by fog, as it made everything so damp and humid, including us. By the time we reached the 'summit' we looked like we had been for a swim and hadnt dried off. After a short search the cache was found in an extremely apt cache hiding place and the logbook was signed. Awesome hide! Now for the trip down.. this will be slow, i thought. We actually did pretty okay on the way down, there were definitely a few slips, trips and falls, but we all managed to avoid serious injury. Nyssa mentioned that there was probably going to be ticks on us when we got home, and i started to worry, and no word of a lie, a few minutes later i found a tick crawling on my left hand so i picked it off, then a few minutes after that, the same thing happened on my other hand.. eek!! Tick invasion! After that i was convinced i was covered in ticks and we all got really itchy (but after getting home ayepeacee and i realised we had not been bitten by any thankfully). We wanted to hurry up so we could still make it in time for the FTF. We were all still sweating like crazy. As we neared the bottom, two glowing eyes appeared and stared back at us from under a log. Eeekkk what is it! Even ayepeacee was nervous to get too close. Then it hopped off somewhere and we still arent sure what it was, but it was probably a gremlin from the gremlin movies, because thats about what it looked like. We made it to the bottom and over the fence, trespassed back to the car and breathed a sigh of relief, then set on getting the FTF.. FTF FRENZY!! Thanks for an AWESOME cache, we had such a great time climbing this giant pile of rocks ^^

This is a huge 5 smile find
the climb was huge with no set track
stepped on one Snake and heard several more spying on me
the cache is worth the hike for the view alone getting up was hard
but so was getting down ...left some nice prizes and took
snow globe for my daughter

I had an early finish at Bald Hills today, and thought for some bizarre reason, that climbing one mountain yesterday, was not enough [:o)]

I ended up having to park the truck a fair way up the road and walked back to the start of the park. I made my way towards the parking waypoint point from the eastern corner, through some quite wet and overgrown ground . Somehow, i managed to keep my boots dry and i was soon at where i wanted to be … oh look, an old quarry. There seems to be one of these somewhere at the base of most mountains around here , but i suppose they had to build the roads out of something.

After i managed to find my way up the first obstacle, i quickly spotted a pink marker mentioned by Fangsoki in his log , and begun to follow them up. The countryside gets quite steep and rocky, and at one stage, a 1 meter long tiapan literally jumped out of the grass just in front of me, and darted off up the hill . I decided to alter my route around him slightly to let the little fella be

With a bit of huffing and puffing, it wasn't long before i was at the summit, and searching for the prize … which thankfully, came to hand easily, and in the first place i looked . I sat and added my name to the rarely seen log (9 finds in 4 1/2 yrs), and gathered my breath for a while [xx(]. All is in great condition and dry, but that would be expected being an ammo tin .

I took a few photos, before heading back down, following the markers once again … not necessarily easier than coming up, with all the loose rocks amongst the grass [B)]. Thanks for bringing me up here Urdera, a challenging little climb indeed with some nice views [^]. TNLN TFTC

Whoohoo been over 10 years since I have been up here. Lots of loose rocks to be careful of. Saw a baby brown snake on my way down. Mother snake must have forgotten him. I thought they would all be hibernating now.TNLN TFTC Thanks Urdera.

I was so tempted to hit that "Found it" button again - after going back up again today with Lokipagan. Amazing how much difference sunlight makes when doing this cache! I must be a tad fitter than the last time I did this because I don't recall stopping every 3 feet on the way up - and wheezing like a steam train. Team Lokipagan took it in their stride and made it look easy. I only managed to get one tick - and he didn't have a chance to "make himself at home". The cache is still in very good condition. The trip back down was not nearly as bad as when Radnoski and I did it. Losing sight of our pink markers was our big mistake last time. It was still a bit rough - but a lot more bareable. Or maybe I am just getting more "mountain-wise"? TFTC... again.... Urdera

Woohoo! We had heard all about this cache from Fangsoki who was happy to act as tour guide for us today and repeat the climb (crazy!!). As we approached Loki commented, it doesn't look that big... Silly silly. We began our ascent and soon discovered just how steep it actually was made worse by the treacherous footing. Still it could always be worse - at least the distance wasn't too long! Free of accidents, we reached the top and quickly spotted the cache. Took a few photos of the stunning views and made our way back to the car. There are actually pink tape markers to follow up to the top (of course we only followed them on the way down). A very satisfying cache that wasn't quite as hard as I expected although still a good workout that got the heart pumping!! Thanks Urdera

My giddy aunt - what a cache! Radnoski and I were in the area doing some caches when Radnoski spotted this one on our radar. Radnoski read out the description from the navigators seat while I drove. Sounded good - 3.5 terrain isn't TOO bad (this assumption was my frist mistake). Radnoski decided my TomTom was full of it and told me to take a shortcut. His great shortcut nearly ended us up in a pineapple farm. Back to TomTom we went and arrived at parking at about 4pm (in winter - this was our second mistake).

We kitted up - I took my GPSr, torch, and phone. I thought the mountain looked a bit foreboding but we went for it. 100m or so in is where it got interesting. Not being the fittest fiddle, I started to feel the burn going up the hill. Radnoski nearly sprinted up the hill and was constantly waiting for me. I don't remember how many times I asked him how far to go. Radnoski kindly waited for me at the top before we searched for the cache. I was stumbling through the grass on the top - exhausted.. keeping an eye on the GPSr - and the other on the rocks below my feet. I finally came up with this one relatively easy. The hiding spot for this one was excellent. I left a mountain goat for ironicy's sake in the cache. Took a dragon.

Getting back DOWN the hill was almost exciting as going back up. As one could imagine it was well getting dark - so on went the torches. I lost count the amount of times I fell over - I rolled down the hill in the big way at one stage. Then we had to tackle 6 foot ferns. Radnoski pummelled through them - ever eager to get back to the Geo-Territory. We finally stumbled out of area and back to the car safe and sound but exhausted.

TFTC Urdera - your cache took the wind out of my sails - but I thoroughly enjoyed it

[This entry was edited by Fangsoki on Friday, May 28, 2010 at 4:45:33 AM.]

I am not sure how I convinced Fangsoki to go climb a mountain (a short mountain but still a mountain) but it was there and we were in the area so why not.

There was no path but there were a number of pink markers tied around trees. I kept an eye on the next marker and looked back to check Fangsoki's progress up the hill. After a few rest stops we made it to the top and I was glad when Fangsoki quickly tracked down the cache because the light was fading on this cloudy winter's arvo.

I dropped in a few dinosaurs and grabbed a neat looking geocaching badge. TFTC

The trip back down the hill was interesting. It was starting to get dark and the pink markers were not to been seen (we were too far to the left). We were a little off course but made it back to the car after a detour through some thick ferns and a bit of swearing and muttering.

Despite being tuckered out we really enjoyed the adventure.

Thanks Urdera for setting this up. I was thinking on the way down that at least we didn't have to lug an ammo tin to the top of this mountain. Well done.

Rated: for Overall Experience

I was a bit puzzled about the carparking coords until I figured out Nat Parks had built a sign across the access track. What a great mix of swaps! Even a geocaching patch, which would be nice for someone who collects them. I don't usually do swaps, so I didn't, but I couldn't resist the packet of chips left by "Keith, Lauren & Jack" who found the cache on 05/07/09... My only problem with Mt Mike' is that it's pretty much round, so there wasn't a defined ridgeline to follow on the way down, and silly me didn't take a compass reading ... I had been looking forward to doing this one and I enjoyed it. TFTC Urdera.

After a strenious climb I somehow manged to get to GZ and soon had it found. Now to get back down.

Finally crossed this off the list of caches to do and amazing, i had more trouble driving in to the location! Why....i noticed a ditch of water as i approached from an obvious route and thought, gee... no 4wd and never won lotto
so lets go another way and no problem.Great climb with views
TFTC TNLN
Well done

Here with new young cachers frogs lair and puppies kennel. Frogs lair scampered up the slope with little effort and found the cache real easy,whilst the oldies were a bit slow. I had to rest a bit before getting to the top. The way up is much easier than down with loose stones and holes between the rocks. OVERALL A VERY GOOD CACHE. Congratulations to Just a trifle we were only a couple hours behind. Walking boots a must as it can be slippery with runners. Helen came down more on the bottom than standing. Left 2 friends with car and Harry potter stickers taken by new cachers. Thanks for an enjoyable afternoon and good cache
John, Helen, Tegan, Kris, Jake alias FL and Monique alias PK

This nearby cache came up on our list this morning and just couldn't resist the FTF coin. Wouldn't really recommend the suggested parking area unless in an older 4wd. While there are no formed tracks, there is plenty of evidence of walkers making their way to the top. You just need to watch which path you take on the way back. On return I didn't remember it being this steep. Good views of the Glass House Mountains, Caloundra, Moreton Bay and the city. Took TB and geocoin. TFTC

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