North West Wander No.40 - HMAS Sydney East Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia
By Zodiakhorizon & K-Maximus on 18-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2HXC3

OCW PelDroedGwin Staying at the blowholes campground for a couple of days. Exploring this beautiful, rugged coastline. A lovely memorial and a sneaky hide. Tftc

Ocw the Bebes while we stay at the nearby camp area. A nice drive and soon found the cache. Tftc

MPLC

Whew! That took a while, but finally got to sign the log, thanks to reading previous logs. No whales sighted today, just five wild goats! TFTC

Found it after a thorough search on a wild weather day. We found your cache today 15 October 2024 10:17am , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC Zodiakhorizon & K-Maximus

We spent at least half an hour looking for this cache, but were distracted by breaching whales, and the sound of them calling to each other. What a spectacular experience! Thought we weren't going to find it but finally fluked it. Someone has replaced the log, but it's still the old container. Thanks for a wonderful hunt.

No find for us. Sad spot. TFTC

Not quick but photo helped, new log put in bag. Another amazing spot, so glad we could find this one after so many DNFs.Thank you Zodiakhorizon for placing and maintaining North West Wander No.40 - HMAS Sydney for us and others to find and enjoy.

Searched all the likely hidey holes, found lots of rabbit poo but no cache.

Spent a good 15 mins looking and feeling but no luck today. We came for the HMAS Sydney memorial to honour my late Father aWW2 naval veteran who always wondered where the ship lay. They found the site shortly before he died, so he at least knew that it had been foundCheersLead n Lace

Kids couldnt find this one

Thanks for the cache!Log book is full and the lid broke off.

Thank you for bringing us here. Always sad to think of all those lives lost.

Indeed, if you approach from the right angle then it is a quick find

A pretty long search through alol the nooks and crannies with no luck. Resorted to previous logs for clues. Walked towards GZ from the ocean and spotted the treasure. Tftc

Super fun

Cheeky little hide away

TFTC. Not a quick find. GPS was giving varied locations but found it after a while. A day ahead of Remembrance Day. Lest we forget!

Beautiful day for a cache! TFTC

A bit of history , a kangaroo, a sunset, a cache. Perfect!TFTCL, G, Y & L

Camping nearby over the weekend and thought Ill tackle an old hoppy for a bit.Reading some logs helped to narrow dow the direction. Quick after that. tftc

Found very rustie but book in good shape forgot pen

Found with NutcacheBNE, very interesting how close those subs got

Nearly had me stumped.

hard found but found it on hands and knees

We are camped at Quobba Station for a couple of days and after an unexpectedly tough 5km walk, I decided what's another 3km round trip from camp. Arrived at gz and with so many options... got to work eliminating each rock. After circling gz then walking towards it from the ocean side, I spotted the sneaky hide under a rock Id previously dismissed. Tftc

Dnf

Found

Wow took me a while, had to get on my hands and knees

It wasn’t the quickest of finds and hats off to those who said it was. Read past logs and got a hint from one of the posted photos that led Geo-hubby to point out the likely candidate but he didn’t spot the cache. I approached from another angle and saw the container. We had thought of replacing the mint tin but it is a perfect camo in its present state so decided against it. Found a few mts from where our gps indicated. Thanks for the hide ZH

Couldn't resist the urge to grab 'just one more' whilst making the trip South at the end of a quick trip to WA.
Enjoyed exploring this area, and the little history lesson!
Glad to have had a prompt on what to look for and where.
Cache container is a little rusty, but it and the log are still serviceable.
Thanks for another reason to explore this beautiful area and coastline!

Found with Dozenmater, TFTC

TFTC- found with rainygirl74

I'm winding my way up to Exmouth for the eclipse Arrived into Carnarvon yesterday and a very enjoyable evening rendezvous at the pub with friends making their own way up from Perth. Today we are heading north to Gnaraloo Station for a few days and picking up a few caches along the way. This was our final cache stop before heading on into Gnaraloo. A few DNFs here before us so was stoked to make the find fairly quickly. All ok here - TFTC

Took our time but found it with TheGrug & Barco. TFTC

TFTC!! been a while but it is here!

Had a fair old look but couldn't find it

Despite our best efforts, just too many hidey holes

DNF. Probably not the best area for a micro, but the view was a good way to replace the defeated feeling of a DNF.

Very good find, TFTC. Log is full so bring extra log if you can. Small rusted tin. Good luck to the next cacher

Quick find, no pen on us! Well camouflaged with rusted box

The kids searched for a while but even with the clues we didn't have any success.

Found after a great day at the beach and blowhole. I am really interested in the history of this terrible battle between the Sydney II and the Kormond during WWII. Tragic that no Australian Sailors survived.

Catching up on some late logs, now that I have time, while travelling.

We are on the road travelling up through central Australian and down the coast of WA. I was happy to grab a few caches along the way and this was one of them.

Enjoying this piece of coast and all the history. This took a bit but eventally found it under a rock that was a liitle different from the rest.

Thanks for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy finding it.

Tftc hard working o spot a rock hat looks suspicious!

What a lovely spot. Just took time to sit and reflect.
TFTC.

TFTC took us a while but we found it

First find of our holiday! Awesome spot. Signed and retuned. Cache in good cond. TFTC ????

4 pairs of eyes looking . Could not find .

Second found of the trip, with my mate geo_fabi
Just introduced geocaching to him.
Something todo on the road trip.

Awesome spot

Goodness me... talk about needle in a haystack. Took my time and walked around for ax while....tuff gig with this amazing view. Tftc 26/6/22

Took a bit of walking back and forth. Clues were very fishy but helped in the end.

Thanks for the adventure

Quick find with chooke. Thanks for bringing us here. Tftc

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TFTC the cache is rusty.

Very sneaky

First find for a while as we live in Exmouth and have found all the ones around our area. 16 years living there and are only just now getting down to explore this part of the coast. Loved every second of it, the caches were a massive bonus!! TFTC

Took a while and second look at the hiding place container found and log signed the lid is now loose from the body TFTC

Exploring Oz

Didn't find but only had a short amount of time and lots of muggles around will be back one day

TFTC after a good look around ground zero we found it lying out in the open a few meters away. We have replaced it back to ground zero

After two goes at this one we finally found it. Yes, fish frames did help, so not far from them. It is there, don’t give up. Beware of muggles.

4 of us looking no good!

I looked for ages, when hubby finished taking pics he joined the search and made a quick find. Thanks for bringing us here TFTC

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 3661#

Found on: 16 July 2021 12:54

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Great location with such a sad history. Found it after quite a bit of searching.

**TFTC for the Micro Traditional Cache Zodiakhorizon & K-Maximus TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

Found, was a bit tricky but find the fish certainly helped

Found it! Thankyou ️ windy day good for geocaching

#Find#: 3661#
Found on: 16 July 2021 12:54
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Great location with such a sad history. Found it after quite a bit of searching.
**TFTC for the Micro Traditional Cache Zodiakhorizon & K-Maximus TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

TFTC Found after a bit of searching, yes the clue from previous finds narrowed our search. Cache containers lid has disconnected but able to reseal. Log signed & a smile for us. Caravanning from Qld & enjoying picking up some caches as we travel.

Searched high and low. Found lots of fish, but no luck finding the cache

A nice find! I wish it was a quick one! Found with teamlaroche. TFTC

The fish hint definitely helped! Although still took a few minutes. Loving the coast along here. Found with RedRobbin25. Tftc

Continuing our travels north in better weather grabbing caches along the way. TFTC ️

Found with Sweet FA TFTC There is a fish everywhere but it still helps

I'm glad we read the previous activity - find the fish! Thanks for bringing us to this very rugged part of our coastline. It's quite spectacular. Found with Bjossi. TFTC

The fish also helped us to find the cache.....but there seem to be remnants of a few fish now, which makes finding that little cache quite tricky!! Nice memorial to remember those who lost their lives. Thanks for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.

Took a bit but got it!!

Found it after a lot of effort... remember to find the fish and after a bit of rummaging you will finally find it.

Beautiful part of West Oz. Thought we may have been able to see the wreck if the tide was right, but all we could see was the deep blue ocean. Found with Panda Dundee. TFTC

1st physical find during our 5 week holiday! Loverly spot, had to poke around a little as the gps wouldnt lock on to GZ! Found with Minergal TFTC

A quick find TFTH

GPS was all over the place, so it took a bit of finding, but we got there in the end. Lovely little memorial to the Sydney II and great view of the rugged coastline.TFTC

A lovely spot to pay respect to the lost sailors.... need to bring your own pencil

Looked and looked, and couldn’t find it hopefully someone else has better luck than we did

A harder find but the fish helped

Difficulty was more a 2.5/3. Well hidden. Great viewing spot.
Lest we forget

Whales put on an awesome display for you this morning!

A very busy cairn but we were able to wander off with the guise of looking for whales.

Good find amongst the rocks....so many rocks. TFTC

Tftc. Tricky find. Great location. Great for whale watching

Couldn’t find maybe next person might have better luck

Couldn't find it. May come back another day....

We are continuing our journey south and today are camped at Quobba blowholes. Drove along this impressive coast to see the HMAS Sydney memorial and pleased to find this cache as well. Good find today with the sea pumping. TNLNSL. Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

There are so many good hiding spots here but the fish hint helped a lot. I forgot the pen, so had to walk back and forth to sign the log.

TFTC ZH and KM

Another spectacular part of WA coastline. Monument is a fitting tribute to-those who sadly perished. Hide was not easy yo find given the hundreds of possibilities but a comment from a previous log helped. Tftc. All well here.

Have always wanted to come to see the HMAS Sydney II cairn. Have done it now and collected the cache. TFTC SL.

Found this cache quickly.
TFTC

Tftc ! Hard one ! Forgot the pen