SWAMP MONSTER Salamander Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By MADSTARS on 16-May-09. Waypoint GC1RECT

Gone

Didn't find it. Looked in the obvious two places but no luck. With no logs for a few months I'm thinking this may be gone.

No swamp monsters today but an awesome spot to go for a walk too TFTC

Survived the Swamp Monster!

Almost a drive-by - a short walk to an easily spotted cache. TFTC

Found it

Thanks for showing us a different aspect of the area.

TFTC!! We were amazed by this spot!! We loved it!! Thanks for this one =)

Fun journey!

Nice, quick drive-by. Looked ahead in the direction the GPSr was taking us and thought, 'that's the obvious spot', but it wasn't! Co-ords were spot on and cache revealed. Enjoyed the mangroves at low tide and mozzie free! A successful caching day! SLTN TFTC

No swamp monsters were seen today as we made out way through the swamp area to get to GZ - it was a pleasant walk. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thaks for bringing us to an interesting area MadStars and thanks for the cache.

Quick find. TFTC

Nice easy find. Thanks

Thanks for the cache

After a swampy search and wondering if we would really see a swamp monster - Mr 7 found it! Thanks!!

Quick find

Picked up tb will move along

Quick roadside stop

Found by Mary & David at 1700. What a perfect name for this cache. Mangroves fascinate us - primeval, primitive, prehistoric, and just plain eerie. Glad the tide was out. Our thanks to MADSTARS.

Great fun for the kids. Thank you.

Found by my trip around the world. Now i'm eventual in Australia, my favorite continent and country.

When i stayed in Nelson Bay, one day was reserved for caching, this was number 4 on my short list.

Beware of the moscitos. They need only one second to find me [:(!]

After that my way is up to the north of new south wales. Next stop Taree

no trade

thanks for the cache

Greetz Sandman633

P.S. Unser Leihmaskottchen, Travelbug Rascal the little racoon, war natürlich wieder mit auf der Tour, auch wenn es noch kein Ziel von der Aufgabenliste zu erreichen gibt.

Quick find.. TFTC

A lazy day around Nelson Bay with Bettyboo, and then in the afternoon a short ride down to Fingal Bay.
The tide was well out when we arrived so we saw no Swamp Monsters, or so we thought.
After we signed the log we noticed the real Swamp Monsters - the Mozzies! They were vicious! We made a dash for it.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 4434. Robmc and I stopped to pick this one up. We had driven past it several times yesterday with Pprass. We were almost carried away by the real swamp monsters, as Rob mentioned. TFTC

Walked in the early morning from my hotel to find some caches. No entry point given so followed the needle and did some bushwalking!!!Nice fun.
TFTC-Meryl-The Netherlands.

Kids found this one

Fortunately the monster from the deep was replaced by the beauty of the mangrove swamps. An easy find. Tftc.

Thanks for the hunt Madstars,
Really loved the location it reminded me of some of my fav fishing spots.
Tnln

After a false start on the wrong side of the water an easy find

I think we must of upset the swamp monster, just as we were signing and finishing off the heavens opened up and we found ourselves in the heaviest downpour you could imagine. It wasn't far to the car but we both returned drenched. One to remember. SL..TFTC

Quick driveby cache

Low tide, the mangroves look cool. TNSL TFTC

A nice easy cache to get.

Dodgy hide - the bark on top a give away

But tftf

Billdary

A quick walk in after a break in the rain. Quick find TFTC

Came with seaeagles1997. 8th cache today. TFTC

Not creepy but very wet day. Cache was fine. Would be a great spot on a fine day. TFTC JenneG &Budgy Nowra

Another good cache located while on holiday in the area.

No monsters located today.
Signed log here then on to the next one!

My first ever cache in mangroves.
The GPS decided it was going to chick a hissy fit and only give coordinates from on the road so luckily saw it from 20m as coords never got within 59m.
Tftc tnln nice box

Pbd

PBD

TFTC! Bring mozzie spray!

#22 a nice view, but there were so many mosquitoes it wasn't funny!

Thanks for the cache! Don't forget the mossie spray!

Lovely day, enjoyed around some caches at Port Stephens, Lucky very low tides as walk through well and easy to find and cache dry well thanks

With hardly any blood left after surviving mosquito attacks at 'Monopoly' and 'At the root of it' we tackled this one. Parked nearby and after a short walk towards and along the swamp we made the find.

Thanks for the cache MADSTARS!

No monster around today only a cache. A nice spot!

TFTC left knights man

If it wasn't for geocaching, I would of overlooked this little spot. Great hiding spot. TFTC

Andy, Sarah and james found the Swamp Monster! Went out at low tide, approached from the wet side... was quite an adventure. Easy to find, and in good condition. Swapped plastic figures.
Thanks!

Nice walk through the mangroves to the cache. Very friendly mozzies here. SL TFTC.

We ventured toward Nelson Bay with DiMorgan for a good day of caching. The weather was overcast but quite pleasant. We had a list of caches to wanted to find and this was one of them. This is such a scenic part of the coast which makes caching most enjoyable.
Thanks to MADSTARS.

We have spent the day geocaching with Liz & Bruce. Headed to beautiful Nelsons Bay where we saw
wonderful beaches, sand dunes & crystal blue water. Found many caches along paths & trails. A very successfull day of caching.
Thanks MADSTARS

Scary swamp. Tftc

Thanks for taking us here...

I walked right past it at first, but saw it plainly on the second pass.

found it to easy

Great place to hide. I got tired after all the caches we did earlier on the bikes with EDTAM26 so I got ride home with Geodad after this cache. TFTC.

30/09/12 12:09 PM. Cache #131. 10th one in a 2-hour 15-cache frenzy while holidaying up here on the long weekend. We used to come up here as kids and stayed 2 doors down from a swamp monster. Cache is nicely high n dry.

The fifth and final cache on the morning cycling tour. Techno Marksman called for the support vehicle at this point which allowed me to power home and get the heart rate up. No monsters sighted but maybe they only come out at low tide! TFTC

Inadvertently came at low tide so had no problems getting to the GZ! Nice little spot for it, cheers

Number 11 for the race FTW!

Another day of caching around Corlette and Salamander Bay.
A nice walk among the trees here and an easy find despite my GPSr insisting it was much further along the track.TN left 1952 penny. Thanks MADSTARS.

Nice Cache, TFTC

Parked near the entrance to the track that leads to the GZ. Low tide so the walk to the cache was dry.
TFTC

Found it yay ! With gendiki 1

Great find tftc

TFTC. Muddy, but nice area.

Found it with razors_girl23. Spooky in here in the late afternoon.

We liked it here and no mozzies! Maybe smelling like a campfire is a natural repellant. Thanks Madstars.

At first sight this area did not look great but improved as we neared a rather obvious GZ for a find. Thanks for a good hide, we enjoyed it.

Found nice and easily. TFTC and for the walk near the mangrove swamp.

Loved this one, was a bit put off by the description and being in boggy wet fields for an early cache but what a great spot and too wet after all the rain. TFTC

First of a few caches for the day with geofamily. The family found the title a bit dubious, so I went in quickly and grabbed the cache. Easy find and a nice spot.

TFTC Madstars.

Inoculated ourselves with Bushman's before we took the plunge!. Nice cache guarded by angry mozzies!

No swamp monsters to be seen, but hundreds of monster mozzies, ouch! SL,TNLN, TFTC (we think)

Found at 11.50am.

Don't stand still too long as the mossies will eat you alive.
Must have good blood to do this cache.

Easy find & still dry after all the rain.

Took stingray.
Left Abbey Chace Toy.

TFTC (but not the mossies)

The place is definately guarded by a mass of monsters! Bring your aeroguard!!!

Swamp mozzie not swamp monster. The mozzies were attacking in squadrons as we found the cache, log signed we ran away. Thanks for the cache

Far out, the mozzies were insane here today. We soon parked, walked and had the cache in hand. Blackie_71 DNF'ed this one last visit, so this was a good one to cross off the list for him
Cheers from Browngang

We just missed someone being here:)

Great little trail but beware the mozzies after a bit of rain!!

Great spot, easy enough to find. Loved it

Away on holidays....our 6th find....what a great area & such an appropriate name....perfect for a cache....made a quick find then dashed back to the car for the mozzie spray....don't think I would like to come through here at night though would be very creepy....T4TC....

This entry was edited by 4DXPLOR on Monday, 30 January 2012 at 01:42:12 UTC.

Found in the early evening, so walked quickly amid the mozzies!

Great cache for the family. Left $2 coin. TFTC

I enjoyed the walk through the mangroves to this one, and once at GZ, bikerbuddy made a quick find.

Thanks Madstars [:).

Nice cool shady spot, no swampy smells. Thanks MADSTARS.

This was a very easy find next to the mangrove swamp with bedawn and Toriaz. Thanks

Real swamp monster conditions... tide was up, heavy rains, overcast and lots of stormwater discharge from the other side of the road

TFTC

This is a vey narrow road for bike riders, but fortunately no one ran over me.

Only find for the day, had to be done before the 0700 start to the day at the resort. thanks for the walk. T4TC

TFTC

Really quick find, might have been the uneasy feeling of being watched and the threat of imminent attack by the a fore mentioned MONSTER. TFTC.

No Monsters here today just us geocachers

This cache became a pipe dream as I drove past on the wrong side of the road and by the time I returned I was wet and the storm clouds were still looming. A quick walk down to GZ and the swamp monster was revealled.

Thanks.

Mr horsey and two youngest geokids set out for this one. Found in obvious spot. SL Took car and left helicopter. TFTC.

Nice hide but there was no sign of the Swamp Monster! Maybe it was watching my every move from its lair.... TFTC!

Found with bedmaker.
A nice little walk through the swamps to find this one.
TFTC