Giants Chair Cania, Queensland, Australia
By Storkers/D.D.Dudes on 13-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1PZGB

Thank you for the cache, out: TB

Quite the climb up!! Thanks for this hide. Its nice and safe!

Thanks for the great scenery out with drobbonz on a very sticky day

Quick find. Great hint and directions. Staying at Cania Gorge retreat for a couple of nights. Nice hike past Fern Tree pool and then to this lookout for a great view. Thanks for bringing us here

Nice quick find amongst a very geocache-esque landmark

Did the 5k loop counter clockwise as has been suggested. This is an enjoyable walk, well worth the effort

A great walk to find this cache with amazing views

Good walk for the day! Now back to the van park for a rest

What an incredible journey it was to reach this lookout on top of the mountain! The hike was challenging, with steep ascents and breathtaking vistas along the way. But the real treasure was reaching this geocache spot. The coordinates were accurate, and I found the cache hidden amongst the rocks. It's a fitting reward for the effort it took to get here.The panoramic views from this lookout are simply awe-inspiring. I can see for miles in every direction, and it's a reminder of the beauty and vastness of nature. I left a small trinket in exchange for the one I took from the cache, and I hope the next adventurer enjoys it as much as I did.A big thanks to the cache owner for placing this cache in such a remarkable location. Geocaching has once again brought me to a place of wonder and amazement.

Found it on first day at Cania Gorge. Beautiful hot day and lovely track. Found quite easily but pen out of ink so had to use some old charred stick to log. Found the trackable and as the first time finding one have decided to move it on with us.

Found at 11.00hrs. Nice walk to this site and the lookout is amazing.

TFTC. SL.
Dropped Willy Watermelon TB

Thank you

Found today and we had an inkling that we may have found this cache about 10 years ago and forgot to log it.Great walk.
TFTC

nice walk

Found, pen completed out of ink so could write name. Great spot well worth the walk. Thank you

Nice easy find..needs new pen
All else in good condition
TFTC Dernel

Our last walk while in the area. Walked clockwise so got all the steps to begin with. Some great views from up here. A nice quick find.

TFTC

On my way from Canberra to North Queensland with a few detours for shires. TFTC.
Nice early morning cache. Still foggy out there but great views.

TFTC great spot

We walked the loop to the Fern Tree pool first, then up to Giant's Chair lookout. I think this direction gives a more gradual climb. The view was the best we'd seen in the park. Nice picnic table and viewing deck. Found the cache no problem. TFTC

I'm out for an early morning trail run from the nearby caravan park and stopped for a breather at the top of the climb, to check out the incredible view and to find this geocache, of course! Now off to the Fern Tree Pool.

Thanks for find #2468
TNLN

So reat to get out into the bush again. A lovely trek to this point after a hard day riding the new rail trail - kalpower to buliyan. I love ammo boxes! Added a few treasures. Tftc.

WOW Awesome :):) with share DeafVW DutchAus DeafPhantom

Wow long walk freak out and see red belly beautiful view with Deafies

Enjoy travelling with DeafVW, DeafCat and DeafPhantom TFTC

We went for long long long walk more than 5km
Love it
Saw beautiful Fern Rock pool sadly water is not clean And no water on creeks
We freak out so close to our legs red belly snake whew
Thank you beautiful view
I vote favourite

Took the geo kids L (7) and M (5). M enjoyed the walk and surprisingly she didn’t complain L however complained all the way that he was hot and sweaty. I enjoyed the physical challenge although at the time climbing the steps I hated it the reward at the end was wonderful. I took some obligatory pictures.

Easy find. Good view from the Lookout.
Thanks for the Cache.

Nice view but forgot to bring pen so didnt sign. Tftc

Nice easy find. The circuit walk was fantastic and really enjoyed the views. Thanks for the cache.

TFTC what an incredible view

Second for the day.. we loved this circuit.. view fantastic. Great little hide. Found and signed quickly as had muggles not far behind us.. tyfc

Lovely walk

Found with Geo-partner as she was smart enough to check that there were caches in the area when staying at the Big4.

Stairs. They're a thing

Everyone was keen to grab this cache ASAP. I wasn't so keen after our big drive. But we all do what we must do...

I did enjoy the stairs - said no Fangsoki ever. But after much huffing and puffing, I finally lugged my person up toward GZ. After taking in the view, we set about finding the cache. Thankfully, it was found nice and quick. A bit of effort - but the rewards were well worth it. TFTC Storkers

30/4/21 Find #4770
Fangsoki, Pprime and I were joining KBreeAHH and Ponchomon11 for a long weekend in Cania Gorge to celebrate KBreeAHH’s birthday. Arriving a day later than them, we had a detour via Gladstone first before making our way here and setting up camp.
With that done, and still some daylight left, we decided to head up here to the Giant’s Chair, a relatively short and easy hike for the afternoon.
Well those stairs were quite the warm up! After heading up and up and up some more, we eventually arrived at the lookout, where there was another man who left as we arrived, letting us know this was the only place he could get any mobile phone service. Once he began heading down the stairs to the carpark, we headed over to admire the view before making our way across to the cache, where we made a quick find.
Thanks for the cache Storkers.

Accio 16:47:07
An awesome long weekend away with Fangsoki, 1MinnieMoo, KBreeAHH and Ponchomon11 in this superbly awesome and amazing location. This was sort of my introduction (other than a previous visit to the Dragon cave and the drive in) to the whole majesty of this gorge ... and a great spot to look up and down it from. Lots of steps getting there, but well worth it. Easy find, even whilst distracted by the views.
Thanks Storkers/D.D.Dudes for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #9119}*

Found with cheekyado
Epic veiw tftc
Took army man and left a tracky!!

Easy find! TFTC! Great view

Thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Cania Gorge. Great walks and great scenery.
TFTC

Walked the long way

Tftc

Wandered up from the fern pool to the giants chair, beautiful view and a nice breeze today TNLN TFTF

Perfect breakfast view. TFTC

Zebby tavels

Tftc

Gorgeous views! Tftc

Found, forgot the bloody pen!!! Still needs a new pen.

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Nice find. Love these kind of caches. Needs a new pen. Will carry some on my next hunt just in case.

Easy find

Great cache. Great views.

Good find early on the 1st of the 1st in 2020! TFTC

Found . Pen no longer writes though. Lovely spot on top of the mountain. Hot day but cool breeze!

TFTC! Beautiful spot.

Quick find after nice walk
Tftc

Found it with TBU1BIKESU. Tftc

Found it with TBU1Bikesu.TFTC

Been here in 2008 last time. Now back for some memories and caches.

Beautiful track up!

Tftc

Found by myself and Kangapigg... Pen didn't work though and forgot my own so scratched it into the book... Love this area! TFTF

We spend the day in Carnia Gorge National Park and found this little one

Wow..... what a spot... the lookout is amazing... thanks for the cache... great walk with family and friends..

Nice walk

First find of the day, great spot tftc

Logtime: 09:45 #6323
Heute: 3. Cache von total 8 Caches.

Die Wanderung zu diesem Cache hat sich gelohnt. Die Box haben wir sofort entdeckt.

Google translate:
The hike to this cache was worth it. The box we discovered immediately.

Danke und Gruss
simeat und Frau
Switzerland.

Found by MrT while he did a morning walk along the 5km track. He went clockwise and found the cache along the way. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Found and covered with rocks and ground cover. Not right at the lookout

Beautiful views from this spot. TFTC!

Don't know where the Giant sat but I sat on the picnic table for 10mins to catch my breath then found and SL before enjoying the view then off back down to the car park. Now where is that Giant anyhow???.TFTC

Another little cardio training session for Mr H. Thank you for this!

easy find ith The Mercs1

Just had phone call from The X-trailers telling me what a great cache this was.
Definately on my to do list when in area next time .Apparently the steps were quite a challenge for them.

Up for a few days with friends had a chance to go caching.
Found OK
Thanks

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany. Tftc

Our second day at Cania and made an early start to the Giants Chair. It really got the heart racing but were rewarded with a great view. The cache was found signed and replaced. Picked up golden eagle tb.

Found it after a big puff up the hill. Then down to the fern pool, lots of birds here. TFTC

Lovely day for a walk in the park. Found with partner. Off to find another cache. TFTC.

TFTF, in good condition. Have taken the TB-Olivia's Dragon Seahorse & left the Golden Eagle Buggy to continue it's journey.
Just to note, the other two tbs are not here.

Beautiful spot. Visited on my birthday. Dropped off a TB whose mission is to visit National Parks. Hope someone can move it on to more beautiful spots. Now for the downhill. Aaarrgh.

We are camping nearby & decided to make the climb up to the Giants chair before heading back to camp for lunch. We didn't have time for the 5.2km circuit so were going to take the hard road up & back. Well that was the plan til we headed off along the circuit track & wandered why it wasn't very steep with lots of steps! Realized our error after about 10minutes & found the right track & headed up a lot of steps!
Finally arrived at the lookout to a fab view on a beautiful Qld winters day. Had a chat to some fellow travelers & then headed off to find the cache. A quick find of another great ammo tin. All good with this one, log signed, added a few swaps & replaced as found.
TFTC D.D.Dudes/Storkers

Great view from up here.
The cache survived the burn off TFTC

The area around GZ has been burnt off recently. All is well. Container and contents are all in excellent condition. Future cachers please cover the container well with rocks to protect it from fire. TFTC.

Recent burn off but ammo box all good, loved finding this one, it was fun

TFTC

My dad came geocaching with me as he knows that area pretty well so we went up there and nice look out near by after that we went to pool nice lots of rocks and walked to back to dad s 4wd took us all together 5 km walk which we enjoyed!! Cache is still there and well! TFTC

Boxed in. Yea, good one. (logged with Gazza)

Quick grab with Geowife and GeoDubby's. TFTC

did the circuit again to fird this cache nearly got muggled while looking in the box coulda looked a bit sus us two coming out of the bush tftf

Great find! Thanks! No trackable though:(. TNLTB. TFTC!

TFTC
Great Cache - Love Ammo Tins
Added a little extra camo from the surrounding ground to blend it in a little better.
TB Visited

The Dook

Nice big one

Found after a bit of looking around. This has been the only place that we have received phone service! An amazing view up here at 6am! Great hide

Found on a glorious day and great walk with views! Tftc! Astroboy1967 & youarehereoz

I did the clockwise route to GZ & did the rest of the walk to carpark – this was a nice walk as the heat / humidity was kicking in - TFTC / TFTH / SL

We took the anticlockwise route to GZ and enjoyed the various changes in environment (and temperature) between the creek bed areas and the higher forested slopes. Fern Tree Pool was a very pleasant surprise before heading up the stairs.

We passed a few walkers on our way and on reaching the lookout it seemed everyone arrived at the same time, some from our direction, others from the more direct steps route. So we decided to follow the cliff line away from the lookout for a quick cuppa from the Jetboil and wait for the muggles to to leave.

With a cool breeze blowing up the valley on a hot day, it was an easy way to rest up for a while until the coast was clear. It didn't take long to find the prize and the log book was duly signed. All is good with the cache, nice and dry inside.

We checked out the 'chair", deciding the giant must have had an odd shaped backside, or an very uncomfortable rest. Maybe the great views took his mind off it?

That done, it's down the steps we go. Sure glad we came the way we did, best going down than up. An excellent hide and a fav point from us. TFTC Storkers.

Tftc

Thank you! Our first since moving to Australia a couple of months ago.

Great place to walk. TFTC

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Tftc

This one was on our first "big" (5.2km) walk around Cania Gorge. The notes we got from the caravan park suggested that we should do this circuit in an anti-clockwise direction, with a relatively long gentle climb up past the "ferntree pool" (which was a little rancid due to the prolonged dry spell), followed by a steep decent for the last 900 metres past the Giants Chair. The cache itself was fairly easy to locate, and the view from the lookout was spectacular. We're glad we took the advice about the direction - climbing UP that 900 metre section would have killed us. TFTC Storkers, and Cheers from Bindair Dundat and the Princess.