Sidney's Vainui Beach Car Park Smiths Lake, New South Wales, Australia
By Team Vainui on 13-May-07. Waypoint GC1TNPJ

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Thankyou for a good explore! Had a bit of fun 3D scrub bashing, only to find a much easier way out.Cache a bit moist.Pic: the local sea eagle judging me

Bit of a bush bash to get to it. But we found it. Also saw a beautiful whale and calf close waving.

TFTC. Found on a rainy day, with Lesleet. Bonus saw a whale and calf, very close to shore.

The bush is impossible to get through. May have become overgrown since original placing.

Very dense bushes. Multiple paths and the navigation kept jumping around.

this was another amazing headland cache today. i was planning this as my 4000th, but we missed one earlier, so its my 3999th. oh well. container is a classic, and the geo formations that it looks over are amazing. would love to spend the day here, to see what changes during the tides. thankyou for bringing us here today. fav from me.

A nice walk along the board walk to the beach. Walk along the beach to rocks then rock hopping to then walk up to GZ. Lovely views from.GZ. A favourite from me

Great Spot.NB the cache is quite wet. We would have stopped longer and aired it out but too late in the day. TFTC!

TFTC left some cars as the supply appeared to have dried up. With red_ear_slider

Nice day for a climb! Found with Portstevo

What an amazing spot, Digit the geodog found a friend to play with and we spent ages on the beautiful beach while we grabbed this one

Really nice spot ! Thanks for the new log book
TFTC

On behalf of the CO, a new container, inner container and log book is ready to be placed when I visit the area next week.

Found whilst on holidays

Find #: 3,271
Companions: None
Muggles: None
Weather: Sunny winter morning
Cache condition: Needs some TLC

While staying in Smiths Lake I decided to go for a jog along the beach, which included a small climb up the hill to this cache. It took me quite a while to find the container (the co-ords are fine, it’s just hard to move between search-points!), so I was happy when I finally spotted it. The outer can is pretty rusty, and the log is damp, but I was able to make my mark. TNLNSL, after which I enjoyed the view in both directions. TFTC

Too spiky to be fun but the view is amazing

Thanks for this great hide and bringing us to a beautiful spot

Great spikey spot- unfortunately no cars left to swap, the 7 yr old didn’t want to swap his car for shell

Hard find but fun TFTC

Found with Lua Amy Trev and Livvy
Thank you!

TFTC

Battled through some spikey bushes and a rusty tin but we got there. Found with Lauries4. TFTC

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found it! great spot and lovely view at the top

Found

We thought we were going to get aids

Wooo! Box smells like death. Hard find but fun. Spikey.

Cellito Beach was the final spot to enjoy on our weekend away around the Seal Rocks/Boomerang Beach area. After wandering through the lovely rainforest boardwalk entry we sat down on the sand and had some lunch. This quickly turned in to a nap on the sand. After waking up some heavy clouds had emerged and the wind had picked up so we decided to quickly run up the headland and grab the cache. The cache was found quickly and we left a replacement logbook and the original is quite damp.
From here we went further up the hill and marvelled at the Northern cliff for a while. The Northerly wind crossed with an Easterly swell made the waves below quite tumultuous and moody. Then we made our way down for a quick swim before heading back home.

Thanks for showing us this lovely spot!

Cache in tact. Found with the help of a photo spoiler. Book is soaked from condensation inside sistema container. Swapped a car but was only 1 in there. TFTC.

Found on a windy afternoon. My grandsons first ever geocache. He loved it !! TFTH

Found!! So cool!

Needs done up too dangerous to find

OMG wow what a sunset view! Loved this so much. TFTC

We enjoyed the walk to GZ - firstly through the rainforest and then up the hill for the great views. The cache was quickly located however the log was very difficult to sign as it’s very damp and as the ammo tin is becoming quite rusty it is a little hard to open. Thanks for bringing us here.

Found it! A bit soggy and wet though. Great climb up and an awesome view!

Good cache!! A good challenge for the kids. A bit soggy

Got a message from the CO giving us extra hints about finding the cache. Armed with this knowledge we went back, this time with long trousers instead of the shorts we had on and some sticks for poking around the area and managed to find the prize. Photo published with CO’s consent. TFTC.

Photo.

No joy last time, no joy this time not sure there will be a next time.

Found it but couldn’t log as it was full of water

It was so fun thanks we struggled find

Great cache we loved it

Found with geotild on the way home from a birthday lunch. We were on limited time so we high-tailed it up the hill giving ourselves just 5 minutes to search in the hope to give this some cache a little love. We weren't full of hope know there had been DNFs previous to us. We made it up the hill in quick time and lucky for me I went over at the right time at the right angle to spot exactly what we had come for. Great hide Team Vainui

Steep walk into the bushes for a quick find with Kestel. TFTC

Argh 2nd DNF for today
Wasn’t sure I should be stomping on al the vegetation so gave up. Beautiful location!

Enjoyed the hunt but DNF

Was going through my finds and realised I hadn’t logged this find. I found this on the 4.8.19 with Sosillyadventures2.

Good Boardwalk. Headed to the cache with Lana dog if anyone finds a retractable leash could they please message me and hand it into the Sandbar caravan park.

Had a search and the cache was soon found
And bonus it’s an ammo can soo good
Awesome views from here thanks for the cache

As we were driving here, it started to rain and only got heavier. We pulled up in the car park and as we checked the weather, the rain stopped. The sky didn't look too bad so we decided to take the walk beach. So pleased we did as it is very nice. We almost didn't locate the cache but managed to find it in the most unusual way. Thanks for the cache and bringing us here.

This trip seems to be spent with water deciding what we do, where and when. We approached here and it was raining rather heavily. Not long after we arrived, the weather cleared and we walked the boards to a beautiful beach. We took longer than we should to find this cache and it was found in an unusual way but find it we did. Thank you for bringing us to this lovely area. Such a shame the weather wasn't better as we would have spent more time here. Always next time. Thank you also for the cache and maintaining it for so long.

Fairly over grown. Great view. Maybe next time.

TFTC great spot to go exploring from the beach, stunning views

TFTC. Quick find at GZ with awesome views. OCW Miltsy92

TFTC. Nice place. OCW Lookoutlexiisabout.

Been meaning to find this one for ages, especially when I lived up in Taree; just was never sure how to access the cache itself. Whilst staying slightly north of Pacific Palms, decided to give this one a shot after finding the road to the cache. This is a truly amazing location, so a big thank you for bringing me here. This is why I love Geocaching! Terrain rating is definitely closer to a 3 at least. TFTC!!!

I’d read how lovely the view was and it didn’t disappoint today. Lots of beach goers about so I had to park up near the golf course, which wasn’t all that far (~300m). Easy boardwalk access to the beach and then a bit of a climb for view and cache. I came to gz from underneath but I think coming from above may have been a better option. I was not prepared with any cars today (currently only 2 in the cache) so only logged my visit. Great hide. TFTC.

TFTC GREAT CAHCHE

Spectacular view!! What a spot

The terrain is definitely harder than this, also the area is overgrown and quite dangerous so I better gave up

Tftc. Good view of one of our favourite places.

It was overgrown and the marker kept jumping around. Beautiful outlook and this beach is amazing. So happy to have come here looking, even if we didn't find this one.

Thanks so much for this cache!!! not only we had fun looking for it, but also enjoyed amazing sunset!

That was a good hike

Such an amazing cache! Thanks, left a little car in there
Found with Dinggas

Amazing location, TFTC

Great hide!

What a beach! And what views! Thank you for locating the cache where you did. We could spend hours watching the waves from up here. While I had given up a few meters from the cache, Jomingara being the master relentlessly scoured until the find was made. Excellent hide.

Found with the geopartner Sharanyaexpress.

First day on our extended weekend up the coast. We stopped by Cellito on our way to Smith's Lake from Forster. This beach really is paradise. the walk from the car park to the beach is easily the nicest I've experienced.

The walk up the hill to gz was a lot of fun and led to great views and a spot to sit and enjoy a view of the whole beach.

Thanks heaps for the cache

Sunday funday caching in the area. Nice little walk and beautiful view! Thank you for the car park!

Sunday caching, had fun. Tftc!

No luck. There is a lot of undergrowth after recent rains?

Thanks for the cache !

Great spot here at Cellito. Enjoyed the muddy road driving in and the rainforest boardwalk.
GZ was a little tricky as GPS was about 5-6m off and harder than terrain rating due to the overgrowth. The cache itself was a good size and camo. Amazing views and roaring swell to enjoy. Swapped a VW Bug and VW Van cars for the pink car and lizard for the geo kids.

Love the adventure and the case! Tftf

found! however only one car remains

This is a great spot for a cache, enjoyed the boardwalk through the forest and then the climb up to this one. Big swell today although the beach still looked nice. TFTC

3/10/10

What a beautiful little spot. Sorry we couldn't give up any of our little man's cars to trade. Spikey... don't go bare foot or wear thongs.

Climbed to GZ, and then wandered a bit before geowife spotted it. Such a great view, so we took the chance to climb the headland further. TFTC

After the rain, a beautiful day on the beach.
Great place!
STL
TFTC

TFTC spectacular views

Staying in the area for a few days whilst on a road trip from Sydney to Brisbane. Enjoyed the walk through the littoral rainforest to the beach which was beautiful!!

Thank you very much for placing this cache and showing us this special place.

Found, great views. Left 2 new cars for the owner.

Found on 9/6/19. 3 boys aged 6 replaced objects with matchbox cars as requested by owner

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Found the cache in great condition. What a magnificent view from here!!

Magnificent spot getting a favourite point from me. Beach and rocks, sun, surf and wind to temper a hot day.... What more could I ask for? Loving life. Cache found in good condition. Dropped my new tb off to. What better spot could I ask for? Tftc

After enjoying the white sand, beautiful waves and the hot sun, we walked up the hill. Many plants and trees were scarred with Black from the recent fires. Followed something that resembled a path which took me to the left of the cache and about 30m our. Walked over the smaller plants above the cache and then walked down towards GZ. Spotted the cache easily and wow a big one! This is my 2nd cache of this container (I won’t spoil the fun ) Took out the big logbook and signed my name. There is no more cars in the carpark though. Took a travel bug and returned the stash. Walked back around to the rock cliff and it’s seriously cool, check it out. At some point in time, the ground has shifted diagonally. Anyways, tftc and here is a favourite point for the view and the cache container.

Sidney's car park has a new container courtesy of Wazza9. Thank you!
So it's open again for a new round of matchbox parking. Get your old toy cars out and put a smile on a kid's face.
Thanks for supporting the cache.

Thanks for the cache replacement.
We can confirm that your maintenance person has placed a regular container about 2M from GZ according to my GPS.
WHAT A GREAT LOCATION to want to share with others. There was even a sea fog rolling in along the beach. As per our discussion, Nana nel and I had no idea if we would find anything but gave it a go and located it and signed the log. Also left 2 TB's to start swaps going. The cache is a bit exposed at present but in time should get covered by vegetation.
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Found today with Wazza9, what a great location. Beautiful view, signed log and replaced. Thanks for bringing us to this gem. Vainui. Merry Christmas.

Was on exact coordinates but did not find. Likely burnt up in the fire

Will need to disable until I get a chance to replace the container

Probably got burnt. Beautiful view

Looks like cache location has been burned out from brush fire

There was some brushfire lately so I hope the hide didn't get burned. Apart from that an awesome view. I even went up to top for a look. Great view! TFTC

A lot of potholes along the road and I wasn't sure I was going to the right place initially...but wow! What a beautiful beach and fantastic views! TFTC

Found with Michelle0568! Beautiful spot! TFTC