North West Wander No.29 - Millstream Homestead Gap Ridge, Western Australia, Australia
By Zodiakhorizon & K-Maximus on 16-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2HAY4

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No action on NM log from 12 months ago.

At ground zero no sign of it maybe due to recent fire in area

Park track closed in this area

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

The area is closed off. I did sneak past and it is not there. There was a fire in the area and much was burnt and removed by Rangers.

Nice spot to sit

Nice quick find at a lovely spot
Camped the night and got eaten by sandflies {..
TFTC

Lovely cool walk in amongst the palms to a beautiful place. Tftc

We thought this National Park is wonderful! Really enjoyed the ambience and history in our all-too-short couple of days. The wander though the wetlands was a highlight and your cache, Zodiakhorizon & K-Maximus, was a bonus, many thanks. A Fav. from us for the location. TNLNSL.

Visiting Millstream Chichester National Park with friends for the day. Such a beautiful area. TFTC

What an amazing hidden gem.

I stayed overnight at the nearby campground. Before dark I did a little hike to the cachesite. Near the homestead I could see some kangaroos. I found the box after a few minutes seaching.

Team Mudmax found

Hot day tftc

We, that is Zauberkeks and Cacheaffairs, enjoyed a 4 week trip from Darwin to Perth and would like to express our thanks to all owners of the caches for the learning experience and the awesome views and places they showed us!

We decided to first try Millstream instead of Karijini -- and guess what -- the best decision we could have made!!! We loved the area! Even though the Snappy Gum Drive was closed, we explored the back road to the Fortescue River Crossing, enjoyed great views from the cliff, wandered the lovely grounds of the homestead, were delighted by lots of wildlife and huge flocks of Corellas, and in the end were very pleased with a cooling swim in the Deep Reach Pool!

Thanks again and greetings from Germany,
Zauberkeks

On a serious 4 week roadtrip with Zauberkeks from Darwin to Perth I would like to thank all cache owners for the fun and information factor!

As we did this walk with a relatively low sun, the lighting was wonderful!

Thnx and greetings from Germany,
CacheAffairs

Found while staying at the Millstream Nat Park. A beautiful waterlily pond.

TFTC. Easy find and great walk

Day trip from Headland. What a beautiful spot. Really enjoyed the whole experience. TFTC

Took a guess as the phone is not very accurate without reception. TF TC

Nice walk around the homestead. interesting story about this land and people here.
TFTC

Great early morning walk thanks!

Thanks for bringing us on this delightful walk. What a lovely oasis!

Found with broz4 31/07/2016

Yeah. And met some lovely people. Thanks.

TFTC Zodiakhorizon

Following a look around the Millstream Homestead,
I trotted off to find the veggie garden
There is so much history here,
from the dreamtime, to the modern day
And there are plenty of interperative signs along the way to tell the tale.

And at a peaceful spot by a lily pond,
a comfy place to sit was found.
As was the replacement cache

TFTC !!

24.04.16 after looking for quite some extended time, Bradandjanet placed a replacement cache, thanks for bringing us to this lovely clear area with amazing plant life

This cache was found while we are on our Brad&Janet's Excellent Adventure to WA. Travelling with Mr and Mrs Grump68, Mr and Mrs Yang, and the Others.
We organised two events. One in Karajini NP on 20 May and one in Broome on 27 May.
The adventure so far has included a kangaroo charging and head-butting our car left rear door while we were effectively stopped. And a big challenge which was the differential internal locking bolts starting to undo themselves while we were on the Menzies to Sandstone road a mere 570km east of Geraldton.
This enforced a change of plan which took two teams (Brad&Janet and Mr and Mrs Grumpi68) to Geraldton. Which was not been a bad thing at all
While in Geraldton we found a few local caches and even managed a first on a D4.5/T5 6 week old cache in the centre of town!
The other two couples and 4WDs continued on the planned route north and we eventually caught them at Coral Bay after our 4WD had finished its refreshment at the Geraldton ARB Day Spa
Since then we have had a great week in Karijini NP and Millstream Chicester NP again grabbing a few caches on the way.
Then the Gibb River Rd and Kununurra. And the highlight of being the first ever to find Australia's oldest cache The Legend Bluey at Truscott Air Base just over seven years since it was hidden.
And finally home down the centre of Australia.

This one seemed to be missing. Given the remote area ndand difficulty of CO maintenance we put a replacement magnetic cache at GZ. Can the CO please let us know if this was not ok?
TFTC Zodiakhorizon

No luck for us today. We searched a while but didn't find it. Are the coordinates accurate and is it still there?

Also didn't have any luck. Was pretty confident of what to look for but couldn't see it anywhere. Willing to give more details of where I looked if requested as it's hard for owners to maintain in these locations.

Looking high and low, but no luck today. But the walk has been great - so thanks anyway...

This water is magical. We loved the little hike. Thanks for bringing us here.

O ring is broke. The iPhone had me right on target. All ok TFTC

Yes it is still there. Very impressed by the clarity and temperature of the water. TFTC

Nope-looked & looked both in the evening & again in the morning but not showing itself for me . Beautiful old homestead & surrounds & great information panels inside & outdoors

This cache was still there, but well hidden - probably shifted from the original position. It was been moved 20cm to a more accessible location. Great place for a cache. Thanks.

I think owner needs to check as I think it is gone

Tanks for bring us to this location but no luck even lifted the likely hide down to search but no luck.

Visiting the Millstream National Park. Third find of the day.
Struggled with the other hide at the visitor centre, so decided to go for a walk and give this a chance. The pool was beautiful, and after looking through the previous logs I managed to make a quick find.
TFTH

Some would have great difficulty finding this cache were it's presently hidden. Persistence paid off (and my height).

Found it. Lovely clear water. Volenters were cleaning out the water lillies near GZ. They Dont belong here apparently.
Log is full and falling to pieces and will need to be replaced.

took photos spent hour looking climbed date palm so I could see higher but alas I,m to short thanks for the lovely walk and the bird life is great

Found OK with a bit of help. Had to do the walk a second time after the camera battery had recharged.

Great cache and beautiful location. TFTC.

Took a few minutes of hunting around but got there in the end. What a pretty spot! TFTC

A beautiful spot, very peaceful. The log might need replacing though as it was in 2 parts and didn't see many spots to write on.

Great spot this amongst the trees and pools. We were camped at Crossing Pool and headed over here for a nice walk. TFTC

Found it well hidden, also aware the monitoring station will be removed shortly so will be a issue down the track with getting access to the area! maybe need to contact rangers and have a chat!

On holidays here with my family... Dad found this one! TFTC Zodiakhorizon

Day Twelve of our holidays to Karajini NP, we have moved on and exploring some new areas... Today we visited Millstream and surrounding areas

After checking out the Homestead, we did the walk collecting this cache along the way! What a beautiful area, we were totally amazed by the crystal clear water here and found the history very interesting

TFTC Zodiakhorizon. Found cache easily although returning it turned out to be a mission as muggles seemed to appear from everywhere! All is good with the cache

What an oasis in the wilderness. Clearest water I have ever seen. This is a spectacular place. TFTC Zodiakhorizon.

I cannot describe this location is words. A true oasis in the Pilbara would be an understatement. This is the spot to be all year round. I am so glad to have made sure i visited this place before i leave my base in Karratha.
Thank you for this cache.... I struggled with the height even using the log....so i needed to be able to read these logs to ensure i found it....so think tall. Fascinating place. One of my favorites.

Almost a mirage in the red dirt. Beautiful stream running through. Read the previous log for a hint and soon had cache in hand and signed.
Thanks for bringing us here. Will return with a picnic.

This entry was edited by Kyzabra on Friday, 12 July 2013 at 13:57:13 UTC.

I think you do need to be tall, or otherwise a tad athletic. Lovely spot - thanks.

Bagged this one whilst showing family around the place....Never get sick of this place, so peaceful and tranquil.......T4TC Zodiak Horizon!

Didn't need the tall person just used the log. Spent a few days camping at Crossing Pool, Love Millstream

Late log entry. Found with Coast’n Along.

Coast’n Along and Kool Running heading north from Esperance to Karratha, then heading back to Albany in 5 weeks. Loved the history and stories of the days past of the old homestead and station. The walk to find the cache was lovely under the shade of the trees and the water so clear, just magic.

Lovely spot. Take a tall person with you if would like to find this one. Lucky for me I was on training with SES and the tall person in the team managed to find this one. I hate Nano’s out in the bush middle of nowhere. O-Ring is perished. Didn’t have replacement O-Ring.

What a lovely spot. Loved it in this area. Thanks for taking us there.

Ebb & flo

Magnificent pool

TFTC

A beautiful spot up here, the walks and history are quite interesting,just looking at places we have been and realised we have found this one. Sorry for the late log. TFTC

This is a really pretty spot.

Great walk into here thanks

Great spot - very beautiful and the kids found it quickly

Very nice spot here and totally unexpected. However, failed to find cache at GZ. Was running out of daylight and water level was at least a meter above ground level so assumed this one washed away? Will contact owner and see if I checked correct object. Thanks for the unique spot though.

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