Little Piece of Heaven Shoal Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By
MADSTARS on 08-Mar-08. Waypoint GC1A0E3
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Logs
Some locals who had seen it before double checked the log, but it is gone. Log next to rusty metal just next to track up.
Kids in the log and nothing there. A couple of locals had found it here before and said its gone.
TFTC. Never been out that far, awesome view and cool spot for hiding the container.
Left a plastic blue marlin in there
Left a plastic blue marlin in there
great morning walk with the geofamily Tftc, amazing view from here and at the top! Left one surprise coming from far away!
Great location, thanks for bringing us here. Dropped off a tb, we picked up in the Blue Mountains. Tftc
First cache in australis and of course a fav. After a great day in the bay we have been hiking to the summit. The view is breathtaking. Fantastic place on earth. Tftc...glen
What a beautiful place for my brothers first cache in Australia... Thanks a lot
Great spot! Nice easy walk after we punished ourselves climbing up to the summit on a very hot day. The coords were out for us by about 11m but my maps have not been updated for a long time, plus the hide was pretty obvious. TNLN, TFTC.
So glad we took the detour from the power trail for this one. Superb views of tomorrow's destination....Yacaaba Headland.
FP for the location. Thank you.
FP for the location. Thank you.
Find #: 1,255
Companions: 3 Geokids
Muggles: A few residents of the nearby facility
Weather: Hot summer morning
We were camping in Soldier's Point, and decided to go for a bike ride around Shoal Bay on a hot summer's day, trying to get there before it got unbearable (it was about 26 when we went, but got to the mid 30s later in the day). We rode around the bay and were soon at the LPoH - lovely spot! We puzzled over the hide, not finding any containers in the obvious and even less-obvious spots, until I saw it sitting peacefully exposed halfway up the hill. Hmmm. After signing the log I replaced it in the spot that seemed to match the co-ordinates and hint with some camo before getting back on the bikes. TFTC
Companions: 3 Geokids
Muggles: A few residents of the nearby facility
Weather: Hot summer morning
We were camping in Soldier's Point, and decided to go for a bike ride around Shoal Bay on a hot summer's day, trying to get there before it got unbearable (it was about 26 when we went, but got to the mid 30s later in the day). We rode around the bay and were soon at the LPoH - lovely spot! We puzzled over the hide, not finding any containers in the obvious and even less-obvious spots, until I saw it sitting peacefully exposed halfway up the hill. Hmmm. After signing the log I replaced it in the spot that seemed to match the co-ordinates and hint with some camo before getting back on the bikes. TFTC
What a gorgeous spot. Been here before but thanks for the cache and a reason to return
Had to wait a while for muggles to leave but nice quick find on my last day in the area. TFTC..
Found it nice hide! Didn't have a pen inside and I didn't have one with me there's a little crayon on the bag but someone plz leave a pen in there!!
Also in beautiful Nelson Bay we were lookin for some caches. We enjoyed the walk through the strong winds towards this cache. The box was easily found. TFTC and greetings from Switzerland
Found it, had to remove a few inappropriate swaps, recovered so it is less likely to be found by muggles, tftc
This entry was edited by aussieben on Monday, 12 October 2015 at 21:29:53 UTC.
This entry was edited by aussieben on Monday, 12 October 2015 at 21:29:53 UTC.
Definitely lives up to it's name! Beautiful spot! We disobeyed the sign and went off the paved track to find this one. Needed a shortcut after walking Mount Tomaree. Spotted it out the corner of my eye before having a chance to stand on flat ground to check the co-ordinates. TFTC!
Took our 3 and 1 year olds for a walk. Not the first time we have been out here as we really love the view but great to have an excuse to to it again. Girls earned an ice cream in exchange for their walking prowess. Previous finder was a muggle who left a note in the log to document their experience. Nice to know there are some good muggles out there. TNLN. TFTC
Been to this part of the world lots, but never to this spot - thanks for bringing us here.
Great spot. Spotting dolphins along the way and a great sunset to top it all off. TFTC
This entry was edited by PFLEAS on Saturday, 04 July 2015 at 02:10:03 UTC.
This entry was edited by PFLEAS on Saturday, 04 July 2015 at 02:10:03 UTC.
After we had climbed to Radar Hill & Blazing Guns my ankle was REALLY playing up so I only walked 1/2 way to this cache & Hubby went on to find it. A lovely place & popular with people. Hubby found easily. TFTC
Ah yes, heaven indeed!
Took a while to get to this one as we started coming from the gun cache, and couldn't find a suitable shortcut down. There were a few possible paths but we felt they were too steep.
Eventually walked through the retirement home, then out and back around before getting on the correct path.
Location is one of those hidden gems, not many people here, very peaceful. The perfect place for a park... or a retirement home for that matter.
Quick find on the cache. Also took the time to walk across the rocks to the little gun turret, which was interesting, but so windy that I almost fell off. Pretty dangerous actually.
Definitely a favourite point for this one, such a fantastic spot.
Thanks for the cache!
Took a while to get to this one as we started coming from the gun cache, and couldn't find a suitable shortcut down. There were a few possible paths but we felt they were too steep.
Eventually walked through the retirement home, then out and back around before getting on the correct path.
Location is one of those hidden gems, not many people here, very peaceful. The perfect place for a park... or a retirement home for that matter.
Quick find on the cache. Also took the time to walk across the rocks to the little gun turret, which was interesting, but so windy that I almost fell off. Pretty dangerous actually.
Definitely a favourite point for this one, such a fantastic spot.
Thanks for the cache!
Walked out to the point with the next generation and the one after that who were over from WA. Worked out the correct solution to the hint and did the duties.
Great walk. Tftc did this one while waiting for my geo hubby to find out if he has broken ribs from falling off rocks. Hospital staff are great.
Found with Orrsome86 and my son on a morning up at the bay. After Blazing Guns we headed back the way we came and saw this cache was down the hill. We did not want to go right back to the car and back again so we ventured down a very steep dirt track. This would have increased the Terrain by three stars and was even more fun as we had to pass Junior (who just wanted to run down the steep hill) on all the tricky bits (which was more then a few), he was worse then dead weight as he tried to pull us down with him. The cache was found in the second spot we looked. The way back to the car was much more like the given terrain. I especially liked the ruins on the small island nearby.
Thanks for the high heart rate, views and cache!
Thanks for the high heart rate, views and cache!
Found while in Port Stephens. We originally got the roads and paths for this one confused for the roads in the disabled centre, so we had to turn around and go back the correct way. Once at GZ, it was a very quick find, along with a very lovely view of the bay and the historical structures nearby. TNLNSL. TFTC MADSTARS!
The MajuraHathi party were wandering around the Head this morning, enjoying the burn of going up the hills, the singing and chirping birds and picking up some caches.
The Split and his dad dived off down the track from above and all of a sudden were found ourselves in heaven. We quickly found the cache as others who were also in heaven weren't noticing.
What a great spot to come to. Thanks Madstars.
We quickly returned to the rest of the party who had ambled off to the guns.
Cheers
MajuraHathi
The Split and his dad dived off down the track from above and all of a sudden were found ourselves in heaven. We quickly found the cache as others who were also in heaven weren't noticing.
What a great spot to come to. Thanks Madstars.
We quickly returned to the rest of the party who had ambled off to the guns.
Cheers
MajuraHathi
Quick visit as we had to get back quickly to have our last day at the beach. TFTC. Found with azazzlenic.
Found after the two caches on Mt Tomaree
Interesting walk, shame that it's harder to get to now the disability Centre is there.
TFTC
Interesting walk, shame that it's harder to get to now the disability Centre is there.
TFTC
It certainly is a "Little Piece of Heaven". Beautiful quite spot with no muggles about. TFTC!
