Drift away Estelville, New South Wales, Australia
By
simonsurf on 30-Mar-08. Waypoint GC1APFT
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This cache has been muggled. I went for a look today and a search of the surrounding bush turned up the log book and a ps2 game cover. I will not be replacing this cache but it is still a worthwhile site to visit to take in some of the history of Mount Sugarloaf No.1 Colliery.
we got to the site
could see the mine opening
then LEECH attack
several members of the party were taken down by
leeches and had to leave urgently
apparently mrs fattyacid felt that screaming while urgently leaving the mine area would scare off the half dozen or so leeches that were on her leg.
in any case, i decided it best to leave urgently myself
and removed about 3 - 4 leeches from myself
we will hopefully come back another day
fattyacid
could see the mine opening
then LEECH attack
several members of the party were taken down by
leeches and had to leave urgently
apparently mrs fattyacid felt that screaming while urgently leaving the mine area would scare off the half dozen or so leeches that were on her leg.
in any case, i decided it best to leave urgently myself
and removed about 3 - 4 leeches from myself
we will hopefully come back another day
fattyacid
Not having read the changed description I decided to look for this one this afternoon and it is still there.
I first parked about 150m from the cache and walked to within 30m to find the cliff mentioned by others, so I returned to the car and drove down the hill and parked 350m from the cache and followed the road down the hill (there's a reason the sign says no vehicles, only serious 4WDs could attempt it) and across the bottom of the cliff. The entrance to the mine is quite obvious but the cache was hard to find but with a torch in one hand and miror in the other I spotted it and used a stick to retreive it and the rope that was attached and conected to the top then became visible. The netting bag holding the cache made things easy anyway, the plastic bag and the cache itself are very holey but everything is still dry.
I've never been down this part of sugarloaf before, thanks for taking me there.
TNLN TFTC
I first parked about 150m from the cache and walked to within 30m to find the cliff mentioned by others, so I returned to the car and drove down the hill and parked 350m from the cache and followed the road down the hill (there's a reason the sign says no vehicles, only serious 4WDs could attempt it) and across the bottom of the cliff. The entrance to the mine is quite obvious but the cache was hard to find but with a torch in one hand and miror in the other I spotted it and used a stick to retreive it and the rope that was attached and conected to the top then became visible. The netting bag holding the cache made things easy anyway, the plastic bag and the cache itself are very holey but everything is still dry.
I've never been down this part of sugarloaf before, thanks for taking me there.
TNLN TFTC
I made the mistake of heading in through the bush from the North with no notes. Walked down the hill only to find I was at the top of the cliff with no obvious easy way down. Having a 2 and 7 year old along stopped me climbing down…that and having to carry them both back to the car parked at the top of the hill.
DNF down to lack of commitment
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DNF down to lack of commitment
.No luck today. I parked on the up hill side and walked down hill for about 100m. I was on the top of the cliff and about 45m short of GZ. With no safe route down obvious and time running out before I had to be home I called it off. Next time! suzukifreak_1
I found this Cache on my way out of the sugarloaf area it is a very sneekey hide [:-O] I was almost going to drive down but when I looked at the road I chickened out Big time with the rain thats being dropped latley it is a bit washed out so I walked in only to be meet by some 4wd vehicles. I continued on to the cache I meet them at the cornner at the bottom of the first slope on the way down on the way back they had only gone another 50 meters towards the road the where useing a spotter to guide them going up when I mentioned that I had chickened out on driving down we all had a good laugh.I waited till they had first of the cars past the worst of it as they could have used my car as an anchour to get up [;-)]the worst bit. with their car up safe I continued on doing what all good cachers do
14:05. An arduous journey and hunt makes for a satisfying find. I was keen to get as close as I could to the cache by car, but with my suspension playing up and the road I found being beyond the adventurousness of both I and the vehicle I decided to take a different tack. But, as often seems to happen, I approached this cache on foot from the least best direction and spent some time navigating the terrain to actually get to the cache. Cliffs suck. There was a 4WD muggle playing in the area near the cache, but he was well away form the area as I approached the GZ. 
OK so then I thought I was where I needed to be, but I couldn't find what I was looking for, looked high and low, far and wide but it just didn't show itself - a moving GZ didn't help, but you have to expect that in a locations such as this. I kept going back to my instincts and the hints and just before I gave up I managed to snag it.
Upon retrieving the cache I found it an excellent example of why you should not use ex-food containers as geocache containers. I can just imagine the hungry critter, crazed by the lure (odour) of triple-choc ice-cream working feverishly in an attempt to secure the bounty, but then, having to leave disappointed, with only the bitter taste of plastic in it's mouth. The container and log bag, as mentioned in the previous log is in need of replacement.
Took a keyring, left a bangle and signed the log. Great spot, tricky hide. I averaged these co-ords (to 5m accuracy) at the GZ: S32 53.615 E151 33.649 (about 23m from co-ords listed). Even so, I think that the cache notes and hint help with locating the cache once you are there.
All in all a great caching spot (which I didn't know existed until now), just pity about the contained damage. Thanks for the Hunt!
OK so then I thought I was where I needed to be, but I couldn't find what I was looking for, looked high and low, far and wide but it just didn't show itself - a moving GZ didn't help, but you have to expect that in a locations such as this. I kept going back to my instincts and the hints and just before I gave up I managed to snag it. Upon retrieving the cache I found it an excellent example of why you should not use ex-food containers as geocache containers. I can just imagine the hungry critter, crazed by the lure (odour) of triple-choc ice-cream working feverishly in an attempt to secure the bounty, but then, having to leave disappointed, with only the bitter taste of plastic in it's mouth. The container and log bag, as mentioned in the previous log is in need of replacement.
Took a keyring, left a bangle and signed the log. Great spot, tricky hide. I averaged these co-ords (to 5m accuracy) at the GZ: S32 53.615 E151 33.649 (about 23m from co-ords listed). Even so, I think that the cache notes and hint help with locating the cache once you are there.
All in all a great caching spot (which I didn't know existed until now), just pity about the contained damage. Thanks for the Hunt!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Thanks to CJB for the maintenance work!!
I went up there today with a new container, something a bit more substantial, and rat proof, than an ice cream container. To cut a long story short, the new container didn't fit in the hole!
I've now taken some measurements and will fix it up in the next couple of weeks. If you come in from the south it's a bit easier on the family land cruiser:)
I went up there today with a new container, something a bit more substantial, and rat proof, than an ice cream container. To cut a long story short, the new container didn't fit in the hole!
I've now taken some measurements and will fix it up in the next couple of weeks. If you come in from the south it's a bit easier on the family land cruiser:)
An adventurous cache at a great (to me) site-- I'd found a reference to a Mt Sugarloaf Mine a while back, but couldn't find any further details. Found some stolen (and smashed) University computer hardware thrown into the trees on the way down (advice: don't try it in the family landcrusier, it's savage), and there's nothing I like more than finding 'forgotten' artifacts like this hidden in the bush..
It was a bastard trying to remove the cache... I eventually found a stick of the right shape to pinch the plastic bag and carefully remove it-- however if the cache itself ever falls out of the bag while its being moved, it'll be a goner (unless you bring a trained ferret, a skinny kid, or a pickaxe with you..)
The cache container is already being attacked by animals gnawing at the plastic.
Took nothing; left a Playstation game and a container for the pencils.
Blogged: http://kildall.apana.org.au/~cjb/wordpress/?p=255
[This entry was edited by c.j.b on Sunday, April 06, 2008 at 8:30:39 AM.]
It was a bastard trying to remove the cache... I eventually found a stick of the right shape to pinch the plastic bag and carefully remove it-- however if the cache itself ever falls out of the bag while its being moved, it'll be a goner (unless you bring a trained ferret, a skinny kid, or a pickaxe with you..)
The cache container is already being attacked by animals gnawing at the plastic.
Took nothing; left a Playstation game and a container for the pencils.
Blogged: http://kildall.apana.org.au/~cjb/wordpress/?p=255
[This entry was edited by c.j.b on Sunday, April 06, 2008 at 8:30:39 AM.]
I was present with Simon when he placed the cache, and despite having ridden motorbikes and driven 4wd's in the area all my life, I've never actually seen the old mine entrance. Well done for your 1st hide Bro...
