Stranded on the Cooper Marree, South Australia, Australia
By Funky G.O. on 15-Jul-10. Waypoint GC2BZGQ

Cool cache.

Lid was left open on the pen so there is no ink. Cool cache spot though.

13231 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1120, We have decided to head down the Birdsville track. All in good condition. Made the find on our way to the south. SL Tnx Funky G.O.

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.
TFTC

Ok

we had such an wawesome adventure and to collect this was so much fun. tftcsl

Found while heading south last month
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Found on our outback adventure.
Caching with Beaker and Karlth2021.
TFTC

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.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

An early morning walk before hitting the Birdsville Track for our 3rd day heading south with fellow cachers Seizer. TFTC

Luckily we didn’t get stranded here today. Although if we had it could have meant another week off work. TFTC

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 got 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.
With a 3 tonne caravan we were not brave enough to drive to this one.
So Brad went for a walk. With the flies. Followed the geo- tracks.
This cache was a quick find in the first place checked. All good.
TFTC Funky G.O.

Fortunately not stranded today so managed to pick this one up without any problems.

TFTC TNLN

After finding "The Unsinkable" cache we headed across the road down onto the now dry bed of the Cooper Creek and drove to within about 100m of the cache as the sand was firm up to this point.

This cache was placed back in July 2010 and I was wondering why it survived the floods that came down from Queensland beginning in November of the same year then but after a bit of sleuthing realised that those floods were mainly in the SE of the state with little effect in the channel district out here in the west. If the Cooper Creek floods again then this cache will be kaput!

TFTC

Well this cache title came true.
170 ks north of Maree and the back axle of the trailer diintegated leaving us on the side of the road for 6 hrs until the recovery vehicle showed up.
Ended up coming off the track in the dark that was not fun.
Ended up in Copley for the night.

The Parrot tribe is off to the dead centre of Australia to attend the Big Red Bash.
This is a rock concert on the edge of the Simpson desert.
SA_Parrothead, Young Einstein's and H7 are in a convoy of 2 cars heading to Birdsville and back.
It is being billed as the most remote rock concert in the world and the last act will be Midnight Oil rocking it out as the moon rises.
Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart has a line - We carry in our hearts the true country.
We look forward to being a part of that.

Able to drive in.
This is a lovely spot.
A couple of trips back you woulkd have seen the water from here.

We've been wanting to drive the Strzelecki Track for a long time so a window of opportunity came up and we were out the gate!! We travelled up the Birdsville Track and down from Innamincka. Had a great time caching and admiring many views of the outback. The only casualty was the windscreen which had a close encounter with a rock on day 3. Got told in Birdsville that it wasn't bad enough to freight another up. Luckily it made it all the way home with the help of duct tape. We found some great views and historical places thanks to geocaching.
TFTC

Last cache before work at Moomba
Left travel bug

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.!

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.

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

TFTC

Thankfully not a drop in the Cooper today, so this one was an easy walk down from the parking area. Only on returning did I notice I'd walked past a huge bull lounging under a tree, but he was too hot to chase me TFTC.

Found 5.20
Took a walk to find it.
Signed & replaced.

TFTC

A 500m walk across from the barge and we made the find. Wouldn’t gave wanted to tow the caravan over!!!
TFTC

Random stop amidst our crazy adventure.

Traveling on a Central Australia adventure with the awesome K8tybee. On the hunt for as many australian counties as we can get! (And we made it across the Simpson Desert this time - yay!!). Thanks to everyone who keeps these awesome caches maintained. Such a brilliant trip. Tftc

Crossed the Simpson to Birdsville and taking the track down to Farina

Not too rough getting to GZ
TFTC Funky G.O.

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 3:25 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. turned it into a drive by

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.

What are you talking about [?]. Not a drop of water here today - sure you weren't looking at a mirage [:o)][?].
Seriously though, things can change very quickly out here .
TNLNSL.
Thanks Funky G.O.

Would have been nicer camping here

Easy find tftgc.

A quick and easy find today, nice bit of shade to pull up under as well.

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

A great spot

Nice ready find once the GPS. Decided which way was north. TNLN T4TC.

Cheers,
Ric:-)

Found it with TK2 ,, the beginning of a great trip away, tftc

It's a bit rough out here at momment as it's quite dry but well worth th visit,tftc

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.

17-7-14 NICE DETOUR
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

Easy find on our way down to the Flinders on day 10 of our trip.
TFTC

This was the 35th 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.

We are heading for the Simpson Desert. Stopped at the campsite nearby.
Good clean loos, just what is required when travelling the outback.
TFTC

Parked up on the roadside as we had the caravan in tow and walked in to this one or got carried in by the flies almost. Gps led me direct to this one and GZ was obvious from a long way out. Cache found quickly and signed while the flies attacked because both hands were being used..
Thanks to Funky G.O. for this cache

No dramas here. Cache has survived the summer in good condition. Drove the Nissan right to GZ.

Cheers

Bundy

Found no worries today. Last time we were here the creek was 5k wide and we were stranded at the ferry for a day due to high winds. Thx Funky G.O for the cache.

Great hide. Great location. Great cache. Thanks

Found at 9.45am on our way south.
A good way to stretch the legs
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Nice to stop about 10.30 with a a strong wind blowing, although not so strong to keep the flies at bay. We found the cache well protected and contents in good condition. TNLNSL TFTC

Mr Morris headed off the the Birdville Races from Bendigo along with Steve, a part time cacher and 2 muggles in another vehicle.
They travelled via Port Augusta, Coober Pedy and Mt Dare and then returned home via Hawker, Broken Hill and Mildura.
We think a dingo or something may have decided the cache needed to be somewhere else as it was some way away from the posted coords out in the open. Popped it back where it belonged.
TFTC Funky G.O.

Titanic of the desert

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Great little spot tftc

found with nematodes, tftc

wow, not many people come to this cache. We were the first this year! Looks like there are enough sports for the olympics in the photo's put up by the CO! TFTC!!!

This entry was edited by mrnoo17 on Saturday, 13 July 2013 at 22:50:21 UTC.

A good reason to break a long drive from Birdsville to Farina on a warm day. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Found with Pikapene

We were stranded in a sense. Had just found the cache when we realized there was no glass in the rear window. Out with the garbage bags and plastic tape. Thanks for the cache Funky GO

Found at 12:20pm, a bit off the beaten track but a nice lunch spot! TNSL Left: Disney explorer. Drove off to Maree very pleased to have made a clean sweep of the Coopers Caches. [^] Thanks for the challenge.

Nice spot fr a camp *grin*

easy find tftc
left dragonfly and leaf

easy find
left butterfly and motorbike
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Wanted to do the cache at the ferry but the road is now closed. This was as close as I could get. TFTC

Nice walk for an easy find. TFTC.

Found if after crossing the Simpson Desert and heading back... Thanks and Hi from Finland .

Nobody here, just me. It's VERY STORMY today, after quickfind of the box I cooked a soup. Indoor!



TFTC and greetings from Germany says Poparni!!!



Out: Coin, it had been waiting for such a long time

The people camping nearby must have wondered what we up to.

It was raining by now.

TFTC

Good spot to camp for the night left Coin

Wasn't too sure about putting our hands in there on this nice hot day, but Vic from Team Bounty had it out before we could get the walking stick out of the car! No swaps, the day was getting late and we still had a few kms to travel. Great to see all the water. Took TB Coasguard.

Had to have a look at where the track currenty ends. TNLNSL. Cheers.

A super quick drive by on this one.
The mozzies were threateningto carry off the car let alone a person so it was a quick grab of the cache then back into the car to sign it before jumping back out to replace it.

TFTC

Trackable drop.

Drove to 10m from GZ. There was another party camped halfway to the road but the Pajero is an effective screen for the cache stuff. Great location thanks for the fun. Water is everywhere.

I assumed this cache was at the cooper ferry and only turned the GPS on once we'd arrived at the ferry.
Unfortunately, GZ is (if I remember correctly) about 12 km from the ferry and I couldn't be bothered back tracking.
Seeing the Cooper in flood and going over on the ferry was a great experience though!

I wasn't really stranded here but with the Cooper flowing, you wouldn't actually mind if you were. The diversion to the Cooper Ferry was active but you can squeeze past the turn right signs - as you do It's OK, as the road is safe until it basically hits the water. It is a sight to see. (pics).

The cache spot was perfect so I had some lunch there, a cold beer, and a rest under the tree. I thought about camping here but I continued on back down, hung a left, and then went up to the Ferry.

There was a chance of a small helicopter ride there. The bloke said he would take me for a ride ($85). So why not. I had the coords for this cache in the GPS so he said he'd fly over the spot. Cool.

So after the normal tour around (boy, there is a massive amount of water visible from 1000feet, average cruise height), he headed for the cache and swooped down and back on the tree. Of course I took a few shots!

So I'd visited GZ a few times today. Once at 0 metres elevation (yep, logged then) and then later on at 290 metres and 250 metres. Fun fun fun! Caching by helicopter - a first for Astro!

And yes, there were clear skies. See the pics. Our thanx once again to Funky G.O. Never realized it was a silver podium at the time. [^][^][^][^][^][^]

The Random Road Trip crew stopped to check out the 'boat' that was used to float people, supplies etc across a flooded Cooper Creek back in the 1920's and 30's, so I headed down to find the cache. Found and all was intact, a FTF no less. TFTC

This one wont be under water. Unless there was another "20 year flood" recently.
Actually locals are saying they can nearly drive across the Cooper on the Birdsville track now. The water has dropped a long way there and there isn't a true channel where it crosses the road so it would only be half a metre deep or less. The cache should be high and dry, and over 100 metres from any water.

Unable to get to this one, water levels still too high

Was there a few days ago, but did not take the 20km detour along the track cause we too thought it would be under water. Oh well - next trip.

And I was only up there a couple of weeks ago - maybe I need to do another trip

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