MONSTER Boab Tree! Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia
By
Bushies2 on 19-Jul-09. Waypoint GC1W54V
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Logs
Sadly we have to archive this one because a new fence has been put up and there is no other way to access the cache.
Seeing that a fence was put up so we will go back and find another way to access to the cache soon.
Bit of a mission to get to now with a new fence.. Will take mountain bike next time...
#1175
Together with Juekru and SixtusDahastus.
We found this Cache during our Trip to Darwin/Australia
Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
Together with Juekru and SixtusDahastus.
We found this Cache during our Trip to Darwin/Australia
Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
Together with Juekru and ariele23
We found this Cache during our Trip through W-Australia from Perth to Darwin
TFTC and greets from Austria!
We found this Cache during our Trip through W-Australia from Perth to Darwin
TFTC and greets from Austria!
#2992 @ 07-08-13
Together with ariele23 and SixtusDahastus.
We found this Cache during our Trip to Darwin/Australia
We enjoyed the 4WD Tracks around Kununurra very much. Thanks for showing us this great area! Thats the reason why i started geocaching
Favourite!
Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
Together with ariele23 and SixtusDahastus.
We found this Cache during our Trip to Darwin/Australia
We enjoyed the 4WD Tracks around Kununurra very much. Thanks for showing us this great area! Thats the reason why i started geocaching
Favourite!Thanks for the Cache and nice greetings from Austria!
I thoroughly enjoyed the drive out here this morning 
I did at times wonder where on earth I was going to get the geomobile stuck though
At the nearby Siamese Twins I decided enuff was enuff and due to the close proximity of these twin caches set off on foot to find me a MONSTER !! [:o]
And from a hundred metres out I could see it.
It looked like a hydra, or kraken was lurking out here in the bush [:o]
And the closer I got the spookier the tree looked
That boab is well worth any amount of effort to see [^]
I am never going to see one to top it (probably)
TFTC and detour out to a beautiful place Bushies2.
Now its back to towne for some more supplies and some unfinished caching business
I did at times wonder where on earth I was going to get the geomobile stuck though
At the nearby Siamese Twins I decided enuff was enuff and due to the close proximity of these twin caches set off on foot to find me a MONSTER !! [:o]
And from a hundred metres out I could see it.
It looked like a hydra, or kraken was lurking out here in the bush [:o]
And the closer I got the spookier the tree looked
That boab is well worth any amount of effort to see [^]
I am never going to see one to top it (probably)
TFTC and detour out to a beautiful place Bushies2.
Now its back to towne for some more supplies and some unfinished caching business
This was our 10th cache find in a caching run of 10 Finds & 0 DNFs today.
We found it at 13:08 so this now makes our total find count 6949.
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We took our new Jeep geo-mobile on a few 4WD tracks today. No scratches, no dents, although we did come a little close.
We weren't too sure about the final creek crossing. the sand was a little too soft, so with no hesitation we struck out on foot.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Fair (Around 8 metres, but the cache notes are explicit enough).
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Clip.
Thanks Bushies2 for the hunt today.
We found it at 13:08 so this now makes our total find count 6949.
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We took our new Jeep geo-mobile on a few 4WD tracks today. No scratches, no dents, although we did come a little close.
We weren't too sure about the final creek crossing. the sand was a little too soft, so with no hesitation we struck out on foot.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Fair (Around 8 metres, but the cache notes are explicit enough).
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Clip.
Thanks Bushies2 for the hunt today.
Enormous. Wauw. We were on a trip from Perth to Darwin and could not resist this one. What a drive, what an enormous tree. Must be thousends of years old. Anybody an idea?
Thanks for showing us.
Greetz from the Netherlands.
Thanks for showing us.
Greetz from the Netherlands.
Wow. Really good detour. Nice drive. Love the tree. Gorgeous. Thanks for showing us this tree.
Left a frog to watch over this monster. Degrees had fun climbing up and over this one. Hooley Dooley, amazing boab. TFTC Bushies2
Interesting drive off track, beautiful monster boab tree but logbook was soggy so couldn't sign on it. It was our very first cache
Thanks Bushies2.
Thanks Bushies2.
We are unable to do the replacement due to our 4WD being repaired and we do not have another vehicle at the moment however we are trying our best to find someone to take us to this place. Thank you.
Even though this cache is listed as unavailable I still reckon its a great one. Just needs a new log book, sorry I didn't have one on me. Love the Boab.
This was our first GC for the Kununurra 4WD Club. Found it but definitely needs replacing - not so much the container but the contents especially the log book are all water logged. Maybe a change in container or maybe higher up will do the trick. Sorry didn't have a logbook to replace it with. Anyway, what a fantastic boab - we guesstimate that it is a couple of thousand years old. Took yellow tractor and replaced with blue racing car.
As mentioned before we are unable to do the maintenance due to our travelling till the end of this year.
Found at 4.05pm GAFF1. Certainly a grotesque monster - must be about 10,000 years old!
There were signs of water being all around the tree so we didn't think that we would find anything, but as we dug about 20 cms down we caught a glimpse of a green lid. The cache was there, but in a very sorry state. We took a TB out to move it on - a very rare occurrence for us.
Thanks Bushies2.
There were signs of water being all around the tree so we didn't think that we would find anything, but as we dug about 20 cms down we caught a glimpse of a green lid. The cache was there, but in a very sorry state. We took a TB out to move it on - a very rare occurrence for us.
Thanks Bushies2.
Temporarily disabled this cache till we get back from our travels at end of the year and do the maintenance. Thanks.
WOW!. Definitely worth the drive. What an awesome place. Just introduced some friends to geocaching & this was a perfect introduction. Thanks. Left Jeep travel bug.
Now that is the most monstrous tree we have ever laid eyes on - the stuff of nightmares. A fun day out cachng with Liz and Bruce while we celebrated Bruce's birthday.
What a massive tree and still looking very happy. Out with the 60 year old birthday boy of Liz&Bruce and Tangowithcupcake. We had a very enjoyable day helping Bruce celebrate.
Just when we thought we had seen every shape and size boab possible we got to see this wonderful monster. We picked these caches for today because just by reading about them we knew they would be in beautiful spots. Today being Bruce's 60th birthday we wanted the day to be special and we were not disappointed with the stunning scenery. We had a great day out in the company of Richlink and Tangowithcupcake and we thank them and Bushies2 for making the day special.
Wow what an enormous boab tree I have ever seen – larger than Prison Tree. Glad that I came and really loved it’s surroundings – going to miss the wonderful and beautiful Kimberly land when I get home in Perth. A nice quick find. Thanks for the cache and the great location, Bushies2.
Parked the geocamper at the creek crossing about 2 km. before GZ and hoofed it. Wow !! what a tree. I wonder how old it is ??? Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC
Nobody around when we visited this one. Love the tree - it's amazing to see how some Boab's grow. TFTC
we found the tree but it was inhabited by dept of conservation and land management or something doing a bio-diversity study on animals in the area could not get to search for cache
they will be there for two weeks may need checking after that
they will be there for two weeks may need checking after that
After coming all this way out here we were very keen to get the FTF but on our arrival OH NO 20 tents set up around the tree. As we got closer we realised that there was noone home- maybe scouts out on a hike? Lady Morris spotted a likely spot 6 inches from a backpack leaning against the tree, dived in, signed and then raced to the car in case they returned suddenly. And we raced away for good measure. TFTC - we didn't really get to appreciate the tree in our haste though.
