As only Goyder Cairn Redhill, South Australia, Australia
By Tk2 on 15-Jan-10. Waypoint GC230MN

We are on a road trip from the NSW/Vic border to WA and am picking up some caches along the way. This was a nice, quick find on the way by

Starting to rain again.On our way to PT Augusta for a week with friends.Picking up some caches along the way. Thanks TK2 for making us stop and stretch our legs

Find number 13631 at 11:34:57AM on Wednesday the 21 August 2024We're on our way to WA Goes Big, travelling from Croydon (Melbourne, Victoria) with a caravan in tow and making a leasurely caching holiday across the Nullarbor and back.Today we're heading for the road west, up to Port Augusta and then west as well as grabbing the odd geocache along the way. Destination for the day is Iron Knob.A quick stop and find on the side of the highway.**Thanks for placing this cache Tk2**---*WOW, so much happening here in Victoria*Dont forget to log your will attend for Victorias first ever Block Party in March 2025, the [**The Sunbury Event**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).Theres also all those lists of amazing geocaches at [Geocaching Victorias List webpage]( https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists), go check them out.

Thanks

Seen a few of these Goyder cairns on our travels.Our running mate is back from NZ and about to tackle the next 2800km to Darwin. Caching around Red Hill and Crystal Brook while he restarts his run.Tk2, I found As only Goyder Cairn today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Good rock!

Nice quick find #3 for today but only just started so let the numbers add up TFTC

A quick stop on the side of the road to stretch the legs.

With a few days off work I decided to head north for a night to the Flinders Ranges, and attempt to find SAs longest unfound traditional cache and Mount Abrupt plus what ever I had time for in the area. A beautiful part of the world up here.

Thanks for the cache

A quick find TFTC

Quick find and also replace cache as lid was missing. TFTC

Very long grass so we followed Chookster's lead and stomped our way to the cairn. Despite having a snake bite kit in the vehicle we'd prefer not to need it.. Very interesting story about the significance of Goyders line. Cache was quickly found and stamped. Tftc.

This was the first of a few on the way home from an awesome few days camping at Mambray Creek with Karyn71. The grass was really long and we had to stomp our feet to scare away any "nasties". Found quickly and logged. TNLN. Cheers.

Quick find by me and Chookster on our way home from a holiday. The tin, bag and log are functional but all in need of a rejuvenation. TFTC

Another cache hunt on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-tour. We have enjoyed our time in SA, but it is time to make our way back West.

Love the story of the Goyder Line.

All well with the ageing cache Cheers and tftc

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. TFTC Tk2
Find #7287 at 10:34.

Out on caching adventures with Wollaston.

Discovered with lid off and full of tiny snails, evicted the occupants and found the lid.

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot in logbook with stamp

TFTC Tk2

Find # 4912

GPS correct

TFTC

Lovely view of the hills on our way to Blyth, especially at golden hour. Cache needs some maintenance though. TFTC

hello

This weekend, I headed to Whyalla to catch up with a few other Geocachers and attempt some of the trails there. On Saturday, we targeted the FTF power trail from Whyalla to Iron Knob, and then spent the evening and the subsequent morning driving some of Whyalla's back tracks. On Sunday, I visited Cowleds Landing and back north, only to get severely bogged in one of Whyalla's clay pans. I then returned home via the August series.

Today, we started the day at a meet/greet breakfast event, and then I headed out with hevwalker and scramping for a few more geocaches south-west of Whyalla along the back tracks and main road, followed by the December trail series. I then continued south visiting Cowleds Landing and the proclaimed nudist beach. I next found *Potty Time*, only to realise that I had driven on the nearby clay pans, and then sank into the soft clay below on my way out. Eventually I had help in getting out, and finished my remaining time in Whyalla completing the pipeline August series, and calling into Whyalla Conservation Park for a few high favourite caches. I then made the long journey back to Adelaide stopping at a few miscellaneous geocaches along the way.

Unfortunately, it looks like this Goyder plaque doesn’t get a lot of love compared to a number of the other Goyder stops, as evident from the long grass around it. At least it was a quick find cache find for me this evening, marking this as my final find for the day. The logbook was in good shape, but the cache container doesn't currently have any lid. Thanks Tk2 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

earthlight wanted a drive to Kadina for some geocaching and to place an adv lab there[^] and I sure wasn't saying no
We had a big day starting about 9am I dropped earthlight back at her home about midnight[|)][xx(][|)]
Believe it or not though, we never got to Kadina Port Wakefield got an adv lab instead[^]
On our way home, we had AMAZING fish and chips for tea in Port Pirie at the 'Church of Fish and Chips' run by Spirou Seafood and Salad[:X][^][:X][:X][^][:X] Delicious![:X][^][:X] You know the old 'Port Wakefield for a hamburger' drive[?] I think it's just become a 'Port Pirie for fish and chips drive'[^][^]
Once earthlight was home, Rex and I went to spend another hour or two at Hunting Ryan[?][^]
My total was 34 cache finds and only 2 DNFs so I was happy[^]

Some awesome sights seen[^], great back roads travelled (some more slippery than others especially after rain showers passed overhead) and Rex had a ball running some roads and chasing vermin out of cemeteries[^]
We saw lots of 'old schools or sites'[^], entered tiny townships and learned lots of history[^]
It was great to be out in the country and finding caches with good company[^] and as always, geocaches showed us things we never would have seen otherwise[^][:X][^]

Thank you to all of the CO's who gave us a reason to be out and about[^][:X][^]




TNLN. SL. TFTC Tk2

Worried about Jo-Blakes, i wandered through the high grass to the 'Rock' with trepidation but made a quick find and sign at 12:02 on Monday 21 September 2020.

The log within is dry
TFTC Tk2

Got stuck into the new year today with Mr Froghoppin,
a nice drive and cache hunt on a cool rainy day!
Goyder pops up everywhere. If only his caches were all in a line...
tftc Tk2

Thanks TK2 another nice quick drive by

TFTC TK2 it’s getting late now so just picking up the last few for today. Thanks for bringing us to this location, the cache was signed & dated then returned to its hiding place.

Popular place for caches, third one we have found along this line. TFTC.

So after a great weekend of fun, frivolity and food in Quorn we packed up camp and headed back home to Adelaide. We took the scenic route and found 33 caches on our way plus adding 5 new dnfs to our tally.
It was quite overcast but we didn't get wet so that was a bonus. It was nice to see some of these small country towns although we were quite underwhelmed by the Golden North factory at Laura we had been expecting something much grander and a nice ice cream cafe! We had a nice packed lunch at Wirrabra and finally arrived home at 6pm in time to cook a roast supper.
Thoroughly enjoyed our trip to Quorn another part of the state we would like to explore further.
After 5 dnf further up the road trip back from Quorn I persuaded the geohusband to let me add in some extras so we could collect a decent amount. This was one of them, always wondered about Goyder and today 2 caches about him. Quick easy find. TFTC Tk2

Park and grab while heading to Adelaide. Met a few of his relatives who live in WA.

Trying hard to ignore the rubbish joke in the title of the cache,
I stopped by this lump of rock to read about the line
Yeah !!
Nothing I didn't know already

As for the cairn ...
... well I guess it is in its infancy and will grow a bit more one day

TFTC in this parched bit of SA

On my way to Port Augusta and picking up a cache or two, with Rumble the Yowie! TFTC
I replaced the log as shredded and tricky to sign.

Have driven past this hundreds of times on our travels between Port Pirie and Adelaide. Stopped this time to have a look at the cairn and gather the cache. Love this type of history. Tftc

An interesting cairn and a quick find thanks.
Find 1069

This was an easy find, despite Owl's technological difficulties.

Quick find. Log is running out of room. TFTC

Good spot.

slowly making my way back to adelaide from a long weekend holiday in whyalla. quick find.

We saw snake near cache so we left it

TFTC, SL, TNLN.

Quick easy find. Found with VCM. Signed log book VCM and TTMug. Thanks for bringing us here #ttmug

Find #668 on trip around Australia with Willow the little black adventure cat. See vancatmeow.com for updates on where we are. 22 months on the road.

Thanks for the cache!

Having completed an audit against my finds and those of The Wackys, now logging those that I have missed. Many caches over a number of years. These days I actually keep up.

Thanks for thecache.

Found with Robtas and/or The Wackys

Cached

TFTC

Love the view of the wind turbines. TYFTC

On the road again Slowly making our way back to Darwin on a slight detour ... There's a school in Darwin named after this guy... T4TC:)

Heading to more caches found on the way TFTC 7th

*Found whilst en-route to Woomera*...

Another magnificent area caching has taken me... Another chance to stretch the ol' legs and break up the drive...
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Tk2...

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped log...

**#8824**

Out for a drive with muggle sister and of course had to stop for a few caches along the way. [^]
Another Goyder cache, have done a few now.
Thanks for the cache Tk2.

Quick find on a chilly but sunny afternoon. TFTC

Did a goyder cache yesterday so made this a quick find and photographed the sunrise Tftc tnln

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Driving back to Adelaide after a day or two working in the mid north and saw this on the way. Goyders line has always been a fascination and when the kispds were young it was always a topic for discussion. So when I saw this I had to stop. Quick find, sign log and replaced.
Onwards to home.
Gratias pro cache Tk2

Stopped for a driver change on the way up to Whyalla for work. Nice view. Already knew a bit about Goyder from another caurn further inland. TFTC.

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**Date: 12 June 2016
Time: 12:03 pm
Find #7741**

Day twenty two of my across the Nullarbor, then to Perth via Denmark trip. Unfortunately I was now on my way back home after a great couple of weeks getting to Perth, I guess it had to happen at some point. I am now really close to the end, but not before attend the June Long Weekend events in Wirrabara.

Heading towards home now, picking up caches along the way.


**Thanks to Tk2 for the cache. TNLN**

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*12th / 13th November 2016 - GC65688 - Anglesea - Great Ocean Road - Victoria*

5496 Found by baby&Mrs gopher on a tour of the district 1545. Another Goyder Cairn to add to the list of finds. SL Tnx Tk2

TFTC

We read the plaque and learned something. Nice quick stop.
Chris & Renate from Ontario, Canada

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a great way to explore the Land Down Under" ...


Thanks for the fun Tk2!

TFTC learned something new good one Thanks

Found it. Learned something new, took a few pics and off we go again. TFTC

Quick find. TFTC.

Today we are on our way to Wudinna grabbing caches along the way, a quick find with some great views. TFTC

Tftc.. go goyder go..

Tb visit, cache found in June

Until we started caching, we had not heard of Goyder and the Goyder Line. It is amazing that Goyder could complete such important work with limited resources, slow transport and little data. Pioneer scientists and researchers were highly skilled. There are many memorials and cairns around the country celebrating the work of Goyder - it was pleasing to visit another. Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks for the cache Tk2.

Nice spot!

We were off on a road trip to Woomera sadly work related but we got the oppertunity to do a few caches on the way to break up the drive.

Was looking to the hills but didn't see where it could hind in thin air hehehe.. so looked to the bottom of the mountain and made the find

Thanks for the cache Tk2

Cool monument in the middle of nowhere!

We are loving SA with its beautiful hills (mountains?), green grass and sheeps. Someone could think that it's nothing special or uncommon but after weeks spent in the north, with the desert as background and spinifex everywhere this is very welcome to us and remember us a bit of home. Well, more than every other place we saw in Australia so far. So thanks for this cache

Andando verso Adelaide ci possiamo godere il paesaggio del SA con le sue dolci colline, prati verdi e pecore ovunque. Potrà non sembrare niente di speciale ma dopo settimane nel deserto dive tutto era piatto e l'erba era tutto fuorché verde questo è un cambiamento che apprezziamo particolarmente. I pascoli poi ci ricordano un pò casa, più che ogni altro posto visitato fino ad ora. Grazie per la cache

Jacopo e Lisa

Found on way back to Adelaide

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Enjoyed wander around the country - loved scene - plenty see the wild animals etc... [8)]

Thanks for hide the cache for me to found it
Again thanks Tk2[font=Verdana][/Teal] [^]

Easy find, just right as the light died fir the day

This man needs more than a Cairn. He did great
things for South Australia.

Found cache quickly and enjoyed the view.

Thanks Tk2

Little Squirell

A nice easy find to break up the trip back to Whyalla from a day at the Clipsal. TFTC

A quick find to break up the travel home. Thanks

Easy find. Good to stop at an historical Marker like this

Outing for caching with crank1, whitepaws9, Laker63
Found it.
TFTC

On way to Perth with accompany with Laker63, whitepaws9 and rosejj
found it
Thanks Tk2

on the way to perth...with crank1, whitepaws9, rosejj and 2 partner...

Travelling to Whyalla
TFTC

TFTC.11.00. From Perth to Melbourne is our last vacation journey in Australia, along this route, we look for caches. Greetings from the Netherlands

Easy find on way to Perth, thanks.

Found by The Noodler. Sneaky little sucker.

Geocaching on my way back to Adelaide with the Noodler

Nice to read about the state we are visiting and I notice in reading about Port Pirie the line is still mentioned. Thanks for the history and the cache.

Interesting piece of history that is still relevant. We are heading to the other side of his line - arid lands. TFTC

Heading home after a week away and leaving early to beat the traffic jam from Pt Wakefield but of course there is always time to find a cache or two. TFTC

Man this place needs a little bit of TLC by the local council. Could have got lost if I didn't have my trusty machete to help cut my way through the jungle vines. Cache located quite easily once at GZ. Then the battle to fight my way out through the undergrowth that seemed to latch at me every step of the way.
TFTH
TFTC

Too wet to sign. None the less, nice stopover on the way home. There are a number of goyders line caches about, hopefully making more people aware of who he was and what he did. TFTC

Find #16 on my whirlwind trip around SA's outback checking out various sites including Maralinga, Emu, Dingo Claypan, Coober Pedy, William Creek, Andamooka and Woomera... all in 8 days!
A nice and easy find.
Thanks Tk2
TNLNSL
TTFN
Beaker

Found with sesblocker. Signed on a piece of paper as log was full. TFTC!

An easy find with The Neighbs. Log will need replacing soon as we only had a small piece of paper to sign and put in the container. TFTC!

I bet he had no idea his cairns and caches would be as famous as his line! SL TFTC

Another Goyder cairn, another Goyder cache.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Touring Australia having left Perth in late February we are leisurely touring South Australia.

Staying in a 'Free Camp' we werent sure what the weather was going to hold for today. Turned out quite magical, with grey thunder clouds overhead but sunshine still shining through.

We visited the towns of Merriton, Redhill, Koolunga, Yacka and Gulnare also Threadgold's Crossing. A busy day and lots of fun exploring, but with sadly 4 DNF's.

Thanks for helping us tour this region by visiting your cache Tk2

Quick and fun

WanderingAus wandered by on the way home from Murray Bridge, and TomTom alerted me to the presence of this cache. I pulled over and made a very quick and easy GAFF 0 find of this cache.

TNLNSL.

*Overall Experience: 2*.

T4TH Tk2
Keith

Rated: for Overall Experience