Dead men don't lie Bronte, New South Wales, Australia
By The Spindoctors on 24-Aug-08. Waypoint GC1FHTN

This cache has once again gone AWOL. Given that we don't head out this way as often was we'd like, we're handing this locale to the locals. Hopefully you'll find a better hiding spot. Sorry to those people who have lost trackables in this geocache. We thought it was an out of the way hide, safe from muggles. It now appears it wasn't.

R.I.P. This one was a classic- thanks!

Apologies for the delay. I will make it a priority to get out there in the next few weeks.

Time to head out and check on this one.

I had bad luck today. I found just one geocache today. And I had a walk about 22 km. But the weather was fantastic until 3:00 p.m. I have taken a lot of pictures.

Beautiful summer day at bronte but no geocache!

Visited here this morning and tried both acesses, but I could not find. It is a fantastic spot. I was pretty sure I knew where it should be but I couldnot find even a small rock that would have hidden a cache. Hope I was mistaken and it is still there. I will keep a watch to see if someone else finds it our the cache owner confirms that it is there.

Alles gut, danke euch!
Hotz vom Plotz

Placed the GPS on the spot and it stated 1m ,but do you think i could find it.Looked at every spot within 10m up and down ,here and there ,but zip. Will keep an eye on this one .Top spot for a cache and the views speak for themselves.

First cache while visiting Sydney. The views are spectacular, and with such beautiful weather, it's a great day to go caching. TFTC grabbed TB's to move them along.

Forgot one Coin

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Nice view over the ocean. One of the nicest caches we made.
It took some time to find the right place. Now we are a bit dirty because of the rain of the last days!
Thanks for the Cache
BaGo

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In/Out: Some Coins

On a holiday in Sydney.

I walked from Bondi to Coogee and also logged this cache which is at very beautiful place.

IN: Multiple GCs and TBs.

TFTC and Greetings from Finland.

Edit: Date when I found this cache.

One of the best on this island! Don't go down on the ledge if it has been raining!

A real beauty! Take care if its wet.
TFTC, TNLN, SL

Fantastic view. Be careful near the cliff.

Visited with serendipiter

Great lookout! We really enjoyed it! T4TC!!! TN/LN

The muggle activity today could only be described as Pitt St in peak hour, but being a pioneer of this area and it's associated walking track. I knew exactly where it would be. Alas some muggles had laid a blanket and were picnicing right on top of ground zero. Bummer...next time.

[font=Comic Sans Ms]Not the best day for a visit to the beach so it was good to be able to walk along the headland to this and benefit from the great views. We took a rather circuitous route to this but eventually got to GZ.
I put the GPS on the ground and we started to look around, but I had barely looked in one place before I heard "got it" from Gary who was on his first caching trip.
A brave find.

We sat and enjoyed the view for a while then returned to Bronte.
Great location - thanks for bringing us here.

[purple]TNLN
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I had a great stroll from Bondi Beach to the cache. The retrieval was scary but adrenalin. Thanks for the challenge. In ear rings, Out TB, ball. TFTC

Beautiful coastal cache, great views, thanks for bringing me here.
No trade.
Greetings from Slovakia

Found this one with NepeanCacher on our day in bondi. Loved the views, did some rock hopping then laid out over the cliff and watched the waves break below. Thanks for a great cache!

This was a big thrill but not too scary to retreive it. Youngest Geoson was not happy with the edge and didn't like us going close. Took nil, Left a # 14 pool ball Travel Bug we picked up in Brisbane as one of it's goals was to visit BONDI BEACH. Thanks for a very lovely view and great spot. I will come back to sit and soak in the view. TFTC

Nice easy find!?!

No seriously, thanks for the test of our skill and confidence. One of them needs more work.

TNLNSL. TFTC and the stress.

Found 0837 (with redbackspider)
Nice little spot, easy find. TNSLLN
TFTH

509 - 1 for today. Found on 10/01/2010 at 8:37 AM.
With Lost Gecko. What a view and what a long way down (if you fall), easy find. TNSLLN

New Years Resolution:
Get up earlier and go caching, get less DNF's.

%##*!

We didn't look at the web before leaving, (we had a very bad internet connection) just pulled the figures and because I had walked the cliff with family before, hurried out the door.
We very nearly made a GeoTalk call in on the DNF. We should have done - that would have been funny. Can you believe we got there too early?

New New Years resolution:
Sleep later, read the caching page prior to leaving.

Decided that this cache deserved another go as there are too many geocachers out there in need of scaring.

Please be careful if you attempt this geocache and do not take any risks when retrieving it.

Dropped by this cache today as part of my maintenance routine. Unfortunately the cache was gone. I wasn't in the mood for searching below for it. Sorry to the bug and coin owners whose items were in there. Will try to replace in the next few weeks.

I've walked along that cliff many times, but never found this area before. Be very careful up there when it's windy! TNLN SL TFTC

Scariest cache ever, especially compared to a regular dutch cache haha very very awesome!

Dropped off a TB

Wow, what a great spot for a cache! Terrifying, but great! We, too, employed the belly manouver to get at it! TFTC! Oh, but we didn't see any Travel Bugs inside either...

Wow this was an adrenalin pumping cache, high on a cliff with the surging waves below it made it very challenging.
It was easy enough on the belly, but it was easier to see while looking from a southerly aspect, then sliding along to where i could reach it but not see it.
TFTC
Nothing in the cache except for a pen and log. all the TBs are gone?

Having an afternoon flight back to Adelaide gave me the opportunity to spend the morning doing some Sydney caching.

Could not believe the number of walkers / runners and the not so nimble bowlers around here. Managed to find a discreet way from the south to get to GZ but it was very wet underfoot and didn't want to go too close to the edge.

At GZ it didn't take long to spot the cache - used the belly method. With the wind today the rock on top is a must. Took a little track to the north on the way home and melted into the muggles. TFTC.

Tried to find this cache while on a walk with Milhouzen. Got a bit spooked by the cliff and couldn't get a good reading on the GPS. Beautiful spot.

Umm didn't like this location. Very dangerous place to do geocaching. Ok didn't have to be once you've found it but searching everywhere caused a few concerns. Geocaching is supposed to be a safe fun pastime not a dangerous sport. Certainly take note of the warnings placed on this site by the owner. TFTC anyway. Lovely views and area for a non caching walk !!

Found with GeoDyer. Very scary, even though it was wet and windy.[?]

Found it!! This was my second visit to the site & I'm happy to have got it alive!! Scary location and I would definitely recommend taking this one lying down or you may find yourself a dead man!! GeoDad wasn't impressed with extreme location but we all live to tell the tale!! Took the Jethro TB as all my family are Cornish!! I will use it for good luck whilst travelling up the coast and then I'll find a nice location to get it back to the UK!! TFTC. [xx(]

TFTF. Great hide. Logged and replaced. Cache stalkers. Pendlebury & Naz

A good cache site - though bizarrely, there was a glamour photo shoot going on at the time we arrived. Handy though, as the photographer took a few pictures for us.

Just a quick stop to drop off Jethros Dog Tag - hopefully he will find his way back to Cornwall one day

This was our first geocache so we were quite excited to find one that was so extreme. A great secluded spot, which probably explains why there was a glamour model doing a photo shoot right on top of it in her bikini - All a little embarrasing!

A very ingenious location that was eventually discovered after a while. This location worried the geomum and the geodad.

TFTC

PS. Didn't see any TBs or GCs. Also, there were no swaps so I left quite a few.

Geodad says - spectacular location, make sure you take a moment and breathe it in. Actual cache location requires much caution if you have Geokiddies in tow. Don't take this lightly!

AWSOME VIEW!!!

TNLNSL

PS: Didnot see any TB's but because of all the muggles we grabbed the cache and signed the log book without paying much attention to the contents, sorry

On February 14 my geocoin TB22H61 was probably placed in the cache. If you visit the cache please let me know whether it is still there in accord with the logs. Thank you.

Great location. A bit windy today though to balance on the ledge, so decided to go for the 'safer' option to access the cache. TFTC!

AARGH! Trust you Aussies to make geo-cacheing an extreme sport- as if Australian wildlife wasn't worrying enough,this was absolutely terrifying with waves crashing on the rocks 1000 feet below! Luckily the cemetery is handy for those who slip! "The cupboard was bare" so left a geo-cacheing badge, Dr Who keyring and Ageing Hippy tag to start her travels around the world.No coin found. Back to the UK where we hide things under logs and up trees!

[This entry was edited by happileigh on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at 12:58:45 PM.]

[This entry was edited by happileigh on Thursday, March 05, 2009 at 12:41:56 PM.]

found with useful tip "this cache is located at the top of a very high cliff" nice place, geocoin put inside

Decided to do this walk from Coogee to Bondi and back again and this time visit the cache.
I took the lying down option and was rewarded straight away. Even though it was not all that windy today, I was surprised with the wind at this point. I made sure I kept a good hold on the log book, cache container, GPSr and myself.
A fabulous walk along here and can't wait for them to finish the boardwalk at the 'Dead' centre of Clovelly.
Thanks again Spindoctors, you took me to another great place.
PS No coin I'm afraid.

It took a few minutes to find the correct access, but once there it was decided the thin ledge was too risky without a rope, so tried the less dangerous "hanging over the ledge" approach. TNLNSL Thank you for the cache, the beautiful views, and the surprising little fishing spot Spindoctors!

Did not see: GW5 Sunburst Geocoin Silver Proxy

Last of 5 for the day. Found it just on dusk.
Retrieved from cliff by Mo.

TNLNSL, "GW5 Sunburst Geocoin Silver Proxy" is not present in this cache.

Great spot! Felt a bit precarious, but was good fun and a great view!
TNLN

Great views! Found with Sparkle Ball. TNLNSL

TFTC

very great place to hide a cach. We found it after serching a few minutes (maybe 10min).
TFTC and greatings from Germany
houba.de

couldn´t find this one as I was looking without gps a bit farther, kublaj showed t right place to me on our coast walk from maroubra beach to bondi beach and back.... holding breath I was taking out the container ... very smart spot to place a cache. thanks a lot !!!

I had no doubts about the group that accompanied me to this cache they were totally unprepared, have difficulty with heights and are scared of tiny garden spiders to boot. Good thing we at least had torches amongst us as we trapsed down here at 9:10 PM. As we arrived at GZ we spotted some strange happenings down on the rocks below, these eerie green lights bopped and jumped around on the surface of the water 15 odd metres from the rocky shore line, the owners of which shone their torches on us at more than one occasion, just as well we needed to be a little further around. The troops stood back a little from the edge so there was absolutely no hope of me being saved if something went wrong while I retrieved the cache. Thankfully it was an easy retrieval and we were soon enjoying a laugh while the log book was filled out. What a great spot SpinDoctors how do you discover these spots?
Again a cache that had no trackables inside, it seems to be a regular happening tonight. I returned the cache to it's vantage point hide though I heard the words uttered "don't drop it for f*** sake RAGS" . All was well and we soon made our way out. Thanks for bringing us here Spindoctors nice work as usual! TNLN

Hey what can I say ..... RAG's is spot on but I was there to make up the numbers and provide Phil or should I say Philipa with moral support. Thanks for a great cache and a bag of laughs but Iam sort of glad i was unable to see 3 feet to my left.... and for this reason a night time assault was a good thing .....
hey and my 300th find to boot...
SL TFTC TNLN

Nice spot for the cache. I've een there alone, so a could enjoy finding cache. thanks

What a fantastic cache location. How do you find spots like this?
We wandered along the path then ducked off into the bushes and came upon a magical garden with fairies flitting about. ( I have a vivid imagination).... but it sure was special.
GZ came into view and in a flash the cache was retrieved. I'm not sure what others find so scary about this cache. Nothing about this was scary. If your approach seems death defying it probably is... there is a much simpler way. The hidden cliff top lake is a gem. Top spot, Spindoc.

Found the track in and strolled past the bowling club with games in full swing. However the path is thoughtfully out of sight of the bowlers as is the cache location. We walked along through a vegetative tunnel and thence out into the open again.
Arriving on site, Tronador had the cache in hand before we could blink. These cliff top coastal caches are a treat to do. We had glorious views out over the sea which was calm today under cloudy skies. Spindoc Bob & Alpini were with us and we all tarried a little while to take in the scenery whilst the cache duties were carried out. We thoroughly enjoyed this one. Took nowt however left the Sunburst proxy coin.

This has got to be the best find so far..excellent spot. well done. Took Howie TB. left something ( forgot what )

Wow. Very nice cache. I didn't have the cache info on me so I was going in blind. Coming from the North I followed a trail down to the water and then clambered my way along the base of the cliff south towards GZ. At one point I had to traverse a thin ledge which really got my heart beating. It was then that I came to a dead end with nowhere to hide a cache so I had to face the daunting challenge to make my way back. At least the ocean was relatively calm.

After getting back to the start point I chose a higher path and found the cache soon after. I do love these rock hopping caches. Thanks Spindoctors!!
Left: TB Howie

If any cacher claims I got stuck on the ledge then just ignore the log. It's simply not true, I'm too scared to get on the ledge in the first place. The doctors are killing me...this is scaaaary. Quick coin drop and I was outta here.
Team Vainui

Ignored all the hints given in the description. Went with my daughter and with team vainui. OK the later had to be convinced it does not hurt to retrieve the cache...
Also we ignored the ledge. It is easier from the top...
Very nice views downwards.
Thanks Spindoctors, this is the way I like it. Terrain 3.5 for laying down is may a bit high, I am not lying .
TFTC
In: TB Out: Coin

Alpini
proud PLG member

scary hide. tftc.

'wiggins dont go. i dont wanna see you die. ill risk my life for the cache.' so i decided to retrieve this cache by walking the skinny ledge over crashing waves after discovering the easier way. great fun thanks spindoctors

Actually dead men do lie. One of the most famous incidents was during WWII where a dead man was used to misdirect the Germans about D-Day.

A few years ago there was a cache placed very similar to this one, just north of here that led to a bit of trouble. We don’t know the entire story and only found out about it because someone tried to imply we had something to do with the tragic outcome.

The other cache required you to jump the fence and walk along a narrow ledge to reach the cache. Someone who should not have been there fell and apparently this happened just after we did the cache. There was a bit of a stink about it and we understood no caches where to be placed in such locations again.

Time moves on and people have short memories or don’t know about such issues.

Super spot up here (wouldn't like to slip though)! After a short hunt we noticed the cache but had to wait for a while to retrieve it due to an inquisitive crackerjack at the nearby bowls club!
Took bracelet, left make-up set.
Thanks,
The Hancock Clan

Was informed last night while at work that a cache had just been published so i checked out the info and Frippy and I went for the early morning find, we parked nearby and set off on a short walk once at GZ the cache was located not long after so we sat and watched the sunrise a good one it was what a great spot for a cache. Filled out the log with a FTF & left TBug Thanks for the great find Spindoctors

What a great place! The sun was just coming up when we arrived at GZ. The cemetery also has an awesome view. I hope I get a view like this when I kick the bucket.
Thanks to Taje00 for letting us know there was a FTF available, straight from work Bushy2233 and I came. After a few minutes of searching Bushy had the goods in hand, we quickly signed the log, then back to the warm car.
I was half expecting to run into Philma as he usually nabs the FTF's around here, I'm sure he will be visiting soon.
Thanks to The Spindoctors for the cache.

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