Joan's Cache - Lake Harry Farina, South Australia, Australia
By Funky G.O. on 15-Jul-10. Waypoint GC2BZGA

Decided on a late afternoon venture from Marree down part of the Birdsville track to see the hot artesian bath, along the way we stopped and had a look at the ruin, a nesting crow provided some entertainment. Cache was soon found in good condition and numerous photos takenTFTC Funky G.O.

On a bucketlist trip.
Cape Leewuin WA to
the tip of the Australian Mainland,
Cape York Qld.
Thanks to all the COs for the caches along the way.
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We are on a Bucket List Trek, from Busselton, in the South West corner of Australia, up to Cape York, Australia's most Northern land point.
We are travelling through several iconic tracks, through the Gawler Ranges, the Oodnadatta Track, the Birdsville Track, the Bloomfield Track and the PDR Track to Cape York.
As we meander across this awesome country, we stopped here to enjoy the scenery, check out the history and wonder what life was like here in the Outback all those years ago.
Thanks to the CO's for adding to our journey as we head to Cape York.

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We stayed here last night as we were running behind, checking all the points of interest along the way. I stumbled upon the cache when taking photos before we had a chance to actually look for it. Thanks for the find on our little outback adventure

Drove along the Birdsville Track, just to say we've been on it, but the afternoon was made interesting by stopping for caches, and this was no exception! TFTC

Daughter found it by accident. Noticed a spot that she said would be great for a cache and found that there was actually one there. Found on our travels to Birdsville 2 weeks ago!

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we found this one before but forgot to log so finally got to logging it. tftcsl

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Great history, found on our way back to Longreach. Tftc

Found it TFTC Found in good condition. Every time I see an old stone house like this I think this may have been some woman's prid and joy

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Awesome location TFTC

Another great excuse to stop and poke around on pour southbound trip

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Found on our outback adventure.
Caching with Beaker and Karlth2021.
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Found with Kellmik and Karlth2021 on our 15 day, 7000+ km trip around the outback taking in iconic locations such as the Gawler Ranges, Googs Track, Kingoonya, Woomera, Oodnadatta Track, Marree, Birdsville Track, Mungerannie, Birdsville, Bedourie, Boulia, Diamantina NP, Winton, Longreach, Windorah, Haddon Corner, The Dig Tree, Innamincka, Old Strezlecki Track, Milparinka, Silverton and Broken Hill.
In all is was an absolutely fantastic trip with lots of wonderful things to see.
This cache was one of over 120 that we found during our outback drive.
Lovely old spot full of history... not the first time here but there was no cache last time.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

Great piece of history. Found with fellow cachers Siezer. TFTC

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Quick find on a hay run
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We made it up the Birdsville Track with minimal trouble and then I broke the van in the Birdsville Caravan Park. D’oh!
After a few false starts I did get it fixed.
The trip up the Track was pretty straightforward and the chance to stop for caches along the way helped add to the trip.
Overnight at Mungaranie Phil’s and then Janet and I continued north. The track was good apart from the corrugations which actually weren’t too bad.
This cache was a quick find in the first place checked. Which may have been a bit lucky. But we’ll take it. Fascinating place.
TFTC Funky G.O.

Placed trackable here.TFTC 11/08/19.Cheers .

Interesting ruins, worth stopping for. Can't believe how many cars zoom past these places. TFTC

TFTC. Interesting History.

Found as part of an extended trip with FeatherWaite, Freddo, Team Waldron and a couple of non-caching friends that saw us travel from Adelaide to Coober Pedy, through the Painted Desert to Oodnadatta, then on to Dalhousie and Mount Dare, before crossing the Simpson Desert to Birdsville and then back down to Adelaide via Marree and the Flinders Ranges.

We had pretty good weather, with moderately warm days and cool nights, but plenty of flies!

It was great to be able to find some remote caches in some really interesting and scenic locations.

Thanks Funky G.O. for the cache.

Found in the company of Freddo, e.gregory1, Team Waldron, occasional cacher out of retirement SteadyOn and muggle friend Tony during an awesome trip to the Simpson Desert, staying at Coober Pedy, then camping out at Dalhousie Springs, three nights in the Simpson Desert, Birdsville, Clayton Bore and Aroona Valley. Thanks for the cache Funky G.O.!

Heading south along the Birdsville track today on our 5 week outback adventure.
Sad to see all the broken glass everywhere and the story board is completely faded. Tftc

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On our way to Birdsville for our 4th Big Red Bash! Managed to stop at a few caches along the way.

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We were staying at Marree and drove up this way to grab a cache or two. It would've been a hard life out here in the early days. TFTC

Not much of a lake after six years of drought! TFTC.

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Nice spot and interesting history! All well at gz, tftc

This took us a bit of hunting but finally spotted and logged.

Found 11.20

Signed & replaced.

Took elephant
Left nothing, sorry.

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We are on the homeward leg of the annual sun chasing trip. Grabbed the caches around Birdsville before heading down the track. TFTC.

A nice stroll around the ruins. It must have been a tough life living here.
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I knew there was a cache here somewhere but did not have the exact coordinates. Yes, my service provider was not Telstra. When trying to get some internet data at the Marree pub, my device decided it need to get updates instead. In the end our data limit was reached and so was my patience. So did not have the cache details. But success was still achieved as we explored these ruins. Thanks for the history and placing the cache.

The only water here was at a leaky bore. TFTF

Quick find
TFTC Funky G.O.

Luv old ruins, but would have hated living out here in the old days, what a life. TFTC

Found with GF07 , BB&N and THTSGLD on a road trip doing a little detour on the way to get some numbers . Thanks for taking the time to place this cache 1:22 PM

On a fantastic road trip with Gonefishen07, Hearse068 and thtsgld making our way to the Birdsville Races and hopefully making the Event there my 3000th find.
So much fun.
Thank you so much for placing this cache

Found while on a road trip with Hearse068, BorisB&Natasha and THTSGLD. We are heading to Birdsville for the races Trying to get BorisB&Natasha close to 3000 before we get there so taking a detour to get some numbers. This is one we did to help her get closer. Thanks for taking the time to place this cache. hard place to live. Thanks so much for sharing fav point given

Found with BB&N, GF07 and H068. Passing through on the way to the Birdsville Races to celebrate GF07's 50th birthday. Good times. TFTC.

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One of a few today as we head up the track on a 2 week holiday. An interesting site in dry, cool weather, luckily no rain (at this stage). TFTC

Nice spot for smoko nice colours in the sandstone

Tftgc. On our way to farina. Good to see to old history of the area.

Driving the iconic Birdsville Track during a trip across Australia. Found this one when stopped for look at this interesting place, a bonus of a Find makes the experience so much better, thank you Funky C. O.. TNLNSL. Apologies for the late log.

Found while on our east west trip, heading for Marree. Interesting ruins.

We camped here, full moon was spectacular. Heard dingos off in the distance as we were going to bed. Easy find. Tomorrow we finish the Birdsville track and then get stuck there for 5 days waiting for parts to fly in to fix an issue with the 4wd.

This cache was found on an awesome trip to Alice Springs and the Red Centre MegaThere were many many awesome experiences shared with LakeEyreMax, Lost55 and TK2. and on occasion moneydorkThis one as we headed homeThere was a lot going on and I was neglectful of logging, but did keep notes and luckily can shadow TK2 logsPlease accept my apologies and late log - it reflects my tardiness rather than the quality of the cache experience and the enjoyment derived

Nice old building

Quick find while on our trip to Birdsville. And more ruins! A reminder of how populated this harsh country once was and how tough our ancestors were.

Quick trip from Marree up to Clayton Wetlands for a bath and stop to get this on the way up. TFTC

Thanks! A great spot.

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Found it. Fire.

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Found with Csnt hide

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Quick and easy find.
Found on the way to camping on the Birdsville Track for Easter.
Picked up monster TB.
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It would have been a harsh existence without the invention of aeroguard TFTC

Stopped here for lunch - hot and windy!
Found after a bit of a search - comments about the recent fire were much more helpful than my phone GPS which had me wandering in circles!

Lonely spot - but great. Left Little Monster trackable

Nice easy find.

TFTC.

Cheers,
Ric:-)

My Dad ( Harry ) loved the outback so I wanted to make sure I visited this lake! What a great cache that we were lucky to find being that a recent campfire had been lit at GZ. What a fabulous story and the cache notes were really interesting. I took heaps of photos here and so enjoyed the experience. It's cache like these that make the hobby so much fun! Appreciate you bringing us here! SL Thanks

Yes a very interesting experiment in agriculture out here!
Found the cache behind a pile of ashes. Someone decided to make a fire pit in that corner! The cache survived unscathed though.
Took the tb to move closer to a chance to get to Ulster.
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Found it with TK2 , a great spot for a stop and a cache, the beginning of a great trip away, tftc

Nice placement for a cache and a good reason as well, cache container is in good condition,tftviews

Found on our travels with the Lake Eyre Yatch Club. Loving the old ruins and the stories that go with them. Beautiful day, no wind, clear skies. TFTC

Great history, found on the way back from our Simpson crossing TFTC

Nice easy find in a typical location. Lovely old ruins and surrounds. Left trackable Red Hand. Please take it with you drop somewhere else.

I forgot to log that we dropped the red Hand trackable here when we visited.

The SA_ParrotHead team are heading to Haddons Corner via the Strzelecki track the home via the Birdsville Track.
This is the last corner post I have to find and has been on my bucket list for a long time.
I went to Poeppel and Cameron Corners with Beakers Bunch & Mogni and Surveyor Generals with Nibs, Burtons and Young Einstein.
Mrs Parrot is coming with me this time to complete the set.

Last cache of our trip before heading into Marree then onto home.

Loved a cache with history.

Coming down the track from Birdsville today we decided to do a few caches as we realised time was on our side, thank you to the CO for this cache we love looking at ruins and to hear a personal connection in a that your grandma lived her is awesome - thanks for the cache and the location, hubby loved the native Zebra finches they always sound so happy SL TNLN TFTC TB's along for a visit

Room a little while to find but we got TFTC From w a. Nice place to stop

Found during TWDG's trip to the Birdsvillle Races in Sept 14
Cool caches, great country.
Thanks to all who have placed caches
TFTH Funky G.O.

Found this one pretty quickly once in the area. Thanks for bringing us here. Another spot that geocaching has taken us, where otherwise we would've driven straight past!

Thanks for the great story to go with this cache find Funky G.O.
The Lake Harry residence is showing its age now.
The incessant winds have eroded the foundations at the base and the whole thing is looking like it will collapse soon

I searched around for the cache this morning and soon found it in one of the holes

Then I had a good old stroll around the gardens to view the olde boilers, Model-T's, various bits of pipe and stuff, before heading up the nearby hill to find me a Trig-Point

The house looked a lot smaller and lonelier from on top of the hill !!

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Thanks.

Found this one while travelling the Outback Loop (Lyndhurst-Marree-Birdsville-Innamincka-Lyndhurst)with friends. Well worth the stop to stretch the legs and take in some history. TNLNSL. Thanks Funky G.O. for the cache.

17-7-14 WOULD BE GOOD TO SEE IT AS IT WAS
This cache was found when I took the patrol for a scenic drive through four states to see some more of our beautiful country and not having to go to work each day. TFTC TNLN

What a fascinating place! So quiet. Great to reflect on what was here before. Also got some great photos. Thanks Funky G.O.!

Easy find on our way down to the Flinders on day 10 of our trip.
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This was the 39th find of a total of 49 caches found by Boxer and 5 Vietnam veterans club member mates, on a 10 day trip up to Marree, then onto Mt Dare, across the Simpson desert to Birdsville,then back down to Marree, then home to Kadina. A very interesting and at times very challenging trip. Stopping to find caches helped break up the trip and get out and stretch the legs.Thanks for the cache hide.

First cache found on our trip to Birdsville. We are heading across the Simpson Desert.
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Stopped in to find this one at yet another ruin along this stretch. Searched for a little while before the geowife find the hide.
Thanks to Funky G.O. for this cache

I was trip leader for the High Range 4WD club and had a penfriend from Malaysia with us too.
Thanks for the cache.

Cheers from Barra

Within the the ruins... Quite a tricky one, but I found it! TFTC

Nice easy find. Cache has survived the summer well. Loved the outdoor shower nearby. Surrounding campers would not like me using it, if there were any around, and we had camped here.

Cheers

Bundy

Found no worries today. Counted at least 100 cockies in the only tree around. Always a great place for a free hot shower. Thx Funky G.O for the hide.

Found at 12.30pm on our way south,
Amazing to think this area was so fertile once.
so desolate now
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Thanks
K&M

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