Brandons Mill Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
By jasenjanine on 29-Jan-11. Waypoint GC2JJJ5

I drove some roads that I really didnt enjoy as I was desperate to find this cache with the abandoned structure attribute for a challenge cache the is almost complete. Give me city driving any day! I hadnt downloaded an offline list and found I didnt have reception when I reached Brandons Mill. Luckily my car navigation gave me a general idea and the cache was located exactly as the hint said. The log was signed and everything returned as found. TFTC and a fav point for providing me with that attribute

Found it

Attempted Sunday 4WD adventures with the muggle husbands. Its been a lot of driving on dry dutys roads so far! Found 1 fun little 4WD trail on the way here! Thankfully there are some caches to target and keep my spirits up. Nice and easy find, cache is in good condition. TFTC. Found with Ali!

found with gorjess516

Out doing some 4WD'ing for the day.Lunch at Brandond mill.Well constructed cache.

Wasn’t aware the cogs were here. Thanks for the hide!

Great hint to make an easy find.TFTC

jasenjanine I found your cache Brandons Mill on 19/9/2022, 1:40 pm. This is my find 4231 and find # 5 today. Found it after a brief search with the help of the hint. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

Wonder how this looked in its heyday.

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC jasenjanine

Find # 8301

Heading to QOGM 2022 Charleville

Found as we wandered around. Thanks for placing a cache here as we love hides like this, taking us to interesting places we would have otherwise never found if it wasn’t for Geocaching. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC jasenjanine
Find #10596

Out on a family drive. TFTC

Nice find while exploring the area and the old Mill site. TFTC

A lovely drive through the forest brought us to GZ where the well hidden cache was spotted. The container is in good condition and we signed the log and replaced it as found. Thanks for showing us this place jasenjanine. Fav for the adventure getting here.

This was our first find of the afternoon, and what a great place to come to, TFTC

I betwixed the cogs

Not as obvious as first thought when parking the car. Found with NutCacheBNE

Nice quick find TFTC

Didn’t find it the first time but managed to locate it this time round.

Watch out for this inquisitive guy.

Very long grass. And low internet connection but got there in the end.

Found after a bit of a search, not as obvious as first thought.

Having enjoyed a country caching drive nearby my youngest and I decided to keep going to explore Brandon's Mill. We spent quite a bit of time exploring what was left of the mill before we began searching for the cache. The recent rain had made the plant life go mad, and there was initially no sign of anything matching the hint, but following the numbers and battling the long grass and weeds I spotted a likely something and soon had the container in hand. Tftc and for bringing us here to this spot; we love historical caches. Take a Favourite point for your collection

We had no intention of finding this geocache today. KbreeAHH wanted to take her shiny new 4WD out for an offroad spin. A red Triton - just like a red rocket I bet has been here before! Once we'd navigated the unremarkable tracks of Mt. Mee and D'Aguilar National Park, we headed farther north and I mooted the idea of finding the geocache on Beacon Hill. From a lunch break in Woodford, we headed off to find access to the area.

In that planning, I noted this geocache a few kilometres north. Yeah, nah, we figured it'd be too far to 4WD today. But we evidently got here, and it was due entirely to my error. having left Beacon Hill, I was in the driver's seat and upon getting to the bottom of Beacon Road and rejoining Brandons Road, I turned left and headed north. I thought we were heading south, but I was evidently having a bit of a moment.

And so we trundled along until Kab noticed we weren't going the right direction. Guess we'll find a place to turn around. That next opportunity was just after a sign indicating Brandons Mill. Hm, that name rings a bell. Sure enough, there's a geocache here! Either way, we'd have a look about but may as well grab the geocache too!

The whole Bellthorpe National Park is hugely green and no exception here. The grass and weeds were overgrown at GZ, but with some poking about, I evicted any potential inhabitants and could looks methodically around the (I am guessing) driveshaft here for the geocache. happy days!

Meanwhile, Kab checked out the structures and I would catch up and join here for a few moments before we got back in the car, pointed the right direction and blasted towards home. What a fascinating place to visit and a little bit of history. Thank you for this geocache, jasenjanine

Out geocaching while stay at the Woodford Show Grounds for a couple of days. A quickish find followed by an even quicer retreat after signing the log and rehidig the cache to get away from the guardian mozzy sqn's.. Hint ifyouget attacked by a unch of mozzies than you at probabily at the GZ. TFTC.

Found it TFTC.

Found it. That was quite a tricky one as this was the second time coming back and we’re bout to give up on. TFTC

Found it. That was quite a tricky one as this was the second time coming back and we’re bout to give up on. TFTC

Great location. Love discovering local history through geocaching.
A FP from us
TFTC

Out for a Freaky Friday with teamdfl Our original idea was kayaking at Bribie Island, but the threat of 40kph winds shelved that! Happily we both had plenty to find between Glasshouse Mountains and Bellthorpe so met up at North Lakes and travelled on in one car. First job was an AL, now we meandering along westwards using caches to guide us...

After our adventure getting to Beacon Hill Bounty, we made our way northwards again to continue on to this cache. Despite the 4 magpies that kept flying around, I was fascinated by the history here. It is great to see so many relics. teamdfl made the find. TFTC, jasenjanine. Have a favourite point for the history lesson

Having made it to Beacon Hill we knew that this one would pose not problems at all. Well the magpies at GZ made us a little nervous, especially considering I was still healing from a strike two days ago. Mr Maggie was less attentive once we moved from GZ, so we were able to have a good look around the old machinery. As soon as I got food out the magpies and butcher birds all wanted to be our best friends,

We checked the wrong spot first, but soon spied the right spot. Another awesome spot for a cache, so another favourite point. [^]

Heading home from Kilcoy today and after all the years off looking at the two caches in the hills I decided to detour and have some fun.

The heavens were wrapping the top of the hills nicely as I ascended towards Beacon Road as I was going to head out to the lookout. Sadly after turning onto Becon rd and travelling about a kilometer I found that the recent rain and low visibility made it a bit more interesting than I wanted, so turned around and headed for this one. After all I can always come back.

The main road was pretty good and eventually the visibility cleared and I soon arrived at this one.

I wandered over to GZ for a quick find and after signing the log returned all as found.

I ended up spending some time there checking out the history and then after morning tea headed off.

On the way out I spoke with a Ranger and he mentioned the Beacon road was a dit dodgy today.

Great to get back into these hill that I haven't been to in over 20 years.

TFTC jasenjanine

TFTC L ovely spot.

Chilly morning our adventuring with friends. Tftc

TFTC smile 6419 out and about with Brislions and miss Millie geo dog had a great day



Thank you, jasenjanine, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Out today with grannysmith1947 to grab a few up the coast. We had a great day.
11 traditional and a multi. And a first to find.

Cache a day to keep the doctor away, or is it to keep me sane. No it’s to keep my streak alive. jasenjanine TFTC *534* streak. *3150* Finds

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Wednesday. Couldn’t believe what we came across all the way out here today! Pulled over for a look-see and got to watch the mower men clear up the whole area just for us Luckily they were too, as the bits of grass left showed that we would have been walking in up to our waists in long grass. We didn’t realise there was a cache here as we didn’t have any phone reception, but about 3km down the road, managed to get a second’s worth of reception and Mr SP spun the car around and we headed back to this amazing out of the way spot. Couldn’t believe its been so long between finds and so we gained a fair bit of unloved on this cache as we signed the new and empty replacement log. Absolutely fantastic hidey spot. The mower man had even mowed right up to the spot but you would never have known the container was there, so it is very safe in this spot!

This was the 7th of 7 caches found on this outing.

Thanks jasenjanine for bringing us here

A huge thanks goes to dickbev for checking on and replacing the cache at this historic location. The container is now a short 90mm pvc one, and has been move slightly to a safer location as the original hiding spot had deteriorated and was not able to conceal the cache any longer.
Happy hunting

Coordinates changed from:
S 26° 49.352 E 152° 40.759

Coordinates changed to:
S 26° 49.346 E 152° 40.773

Distance from original: 84.2 feet or 25.7 meters.

Cache location has been moved a bit as the original hiding spot had deteriorated

dickbev have kindly checked up on this one, and it seems to be missing. The hiding spot also looks as though it has deteriorated over the time, so we are looking to relocate the cache a short distance away. Stay tuned

We looked where the map told us it was and couldn’t find it please note if this had been relocated or taken away maybe write a hint and give us photos of what the surroundings are but other than that DNF. If it was hidden in the big thing it may of fallen into the water inside

Nice

Thankyou!!! The dogs loved having a run

I needed to get out into the fresh air for a bit, so a solo caching run was in order. The cache was quickly located and the log signed. What an interesting place! TFTC

After an amazing geocaching holiday with my geohubby WallabyTim, we were making our way home from Plainland to Noosa the back way via Kilcoy. The original plan was to head straight home but the allure of caches was too strong. We were so pleased to take this detour on the way home. It was a wet, foggy winter's day so the scenery was magical, eerie almost with so few people around. Thank you for placing a cache at this historical spot. A favourite point from me <3

Found this cache with my Amazing Geo-Wife KaleidoscopeCass during our 6 day roadtrip starting off with the Geocaching for Newbies event held at Widgee, Qld. Cache was found and signed and logged, Thanks for placing this cache and being a part of our journey!

Dora the Explorer! and I had decided to go to Kilcoy today to grab some caches however on the way, we decided to take a diversion and grab a couple of caches in this area.

I had tried to get this cache previously however had approached it from Aherns Road and the GPS was trying to navigate to the cache through paddocks and locked gates so the mission as abandoned.

Dora the Explorer! had been here before so she navigated and I drove her 4WD vehicle. The last few days had been quite rainy and as such the road was quite slippery and was a challenge in itself however we made it to GZ without incident.

There is a lot of history in this area.

The cache was found and the log signed and the cache returned as found.

All is good with this cache.

Left a trackable.

Find #1533

TFTC ***jasenjanine***

Nice little drive up into the hills.
Quick easy find, quite exposed.
Made our mark & tucked away out if sight.
Interesting bit of history in a nice peaceful spot.

TFTC

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The Geo Dawg headed south early this morning to Bellthorpe,Waruran and other places, Hoping ti find Fame Fortune and Caches and have some fun.
What a great place you.ve brought us to Great spot great cache the Geo Dawg loved it here
Wil award a favourite for the location

Thanks for the cache and the adventure jasenjanine

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Great location, thankfully found it quickly as had very little reception trying to cache on phone! TFTC!

Many thanks to Miss_Direction for replacing the damaged container here, and placing it back to its original location. Please don’t move the cache to where you think might be a better hiding spot folks

Found this one a bit away from his original hidey hole and a he had been through some tough times didn't have a container so we have just ziplocked and returned to co-ordinates for now TFTC

Grabbed a few caches from the region surrounding Woodford today while in the area for an event at the festival. After a lovely winding drive up through Bellthorpe (wow they've done some great work on the retaining walls here) and along the forest track, the mill site came into view.

Nice to see some preservation of the old gear here. Took some snaps before finding the container after a short search.

Thanks for the hunt **jasenjanine**, this find makes #4561. Discover our TB

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Yew out driving around , stopped on to grab this geo wow way out here hahahahha

Tftf.. After a great drive to test out the 4x4 from stoney creek end not sure where we were at all we stumbled upon this.. Cheers

Long road to cache but well worth to see the old mill machines.

We were a bit thrown when we couldn't fine the incinerator. So we looked for the thing that looked like an incinerator and we were good to go!

Picked up the TB to get it back into circulation. Cache is in good order. Tftc

Quick easy find tb drop

It was a lovely drive up here and after finding the cache we had a good look around, very interesting. The birds were very friendly, one decided to hop in the car. We had never been in this area before. Thanks jasenjanine. A favourite added.

Upgrading all our caches to Premium

After a beautiful drive through Bellthorpe Forest we arrived at Brandons Mill, I opened the door and two butcher birds landed on top of it before I even managed to get out of the car. They stayed with us all the time we were at the mill and shared our food with us which was only salt and vinegar crisps and chocolate digestives but they didn't seem to mind. Cache found all in good condition. This is the type of cache we enjoy being far away from the hustle and bustle of civilization - so gets a favourite point from us. TFTC jasenjanine Now off to Beacon Hill Bounty

Tftc

Found on 27/02 while out for a 4x4 in the National park. Nice little spot to stop. Tftc.

We decided to head ot today and do a bit of exploring around the forest and to also find a few caches along the way.
This was an interesting spot and we enjoyed looking around at the ruins and ready the history of why it was here.
The cache was found ok and all was fine with it.
TFTC

Unfortunately we found this one by accident as it wasn't put back in its hiding place and was sprawled over the ground. But was a great place for a quick visit, then back on the road. Good hiding place though.

Out today with Fairy Mother on a trip from Widgee to Kilcoy, via Wratten State Forest, to find those unloved caches along the Murgon Kilcoy Rd.

Did not get there.
Around the RH corner past the last mailbox, a SQUEEL from Fairy Mother, I looked up, OH $-it, by then we were at the first speed bump, at least somewhere to rest and gather one's thoughts and access the situation. I have taken my trustie geoute to some very inhospitable places.
BUT that hill???
Nothing for it, a slow reverse to the small layby at the corner, and off to the next cache.

This one id definitely 4 x 4 only.
TFTC jasenjanine

Love history stuff like this. Lucky my husband was there to fill me in in what it all was used for. Great cache my daughter found it nice and easily.

Brandon's Mill is well worth the visit. Just wished there was a sign with a write up of the history, like when it started and how long it was operational. GZ is actually a crane pivot. TFTC.

Nice easy find. Saw two of the rangers check on the cache. All is in good condition. TFTC

Geo kid izzy found it. Tftc

While camping at Yandilla we (d73 and a whole bunch of other friends) decided to go for a drive on Easter Saturday afternoon through the hills and check out the national park. Love how caching takes you to all the good spots that you might otherwise miss!!

Thanks for the cache today! A favourite point from us [^]

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Found it eventually. Was looking in the wrong place to start with but we got it in the end. Thx jasenjanine for the hide.

1926. After spending the night at Beacon Hill Bounty, we traveled back out to Stoney Ck rd and turned Left and after a easy drive to Brandons Mill.
While Mrs.K. did her Birdwatching I looked around the area at the relics then located the Cache, Signed log 9am.
Jason-Janine - TFTC. and bringing us out here to see this!

This entry was edited by kingfisherau on Monday, 16 December 2013 at 02:10:39 UTC.

We had been planning our day exploring this area for a week or so now, and after climbing Mt Coochin this morning, we were happy to be sitting in the air conditioned car touring the area
The views as we drove along we gorgeous. Can't believe we live so close but have never bothered to come in and see these parts
We could see smoke in the NP as we started the drive in and soon realised the fireies we doing some burn offs nearby.
As we approached GZ, we had to explore the area before looking for the cache. We had some little maggies approach us that were extremely friendly
After a look around, Mr Parko and I found the cache quickly but were saddened to see someone had added mints and a jelly cup to the container
Ants had taken up residence, so we removed the food and cleaned it out and added a new baggie, as it was quite sticky thanks to the mints.
Thanks jasenjanine for bringing us up here, if it wasn't for this cache, I don't think we would have ventured in here. A fave point for sure

Thnx for the cache

This entry was edited by Golden Dire Wolf on Saturday, 12 October 2013 at 09:31:41 UTC.

Heading up to our campsite and stopped here on the way. So cool to stop and take in the scenery. Thanks for the cache jasenjanine

A weekend of camping and 4wding in this area and we stumbled across this interesting area. We half suspected there might be a geocache here, but as we had not set out looking for one, we didn't know...drove up the road to get reception and saw we were so close! So we turned around and went right back to make a nice easy find (even though the cache location is NOT an incinerator, it sort of looks a little like one...if you squint... ) : ) Anyway, an interesting rest stop and on our way through. Also marked my Husband's birthday and he was very patient looking for this, especially seeing as we were heading to the pub for a birthday drink and lunch! TFTC.

Was in the area having a drive when we noticed an unfound cache on the screen ... well we can't have that now can we? On arriving at ground zero we soon had the cache in hand and with the log signed, headed on our way. Thank you for having placed the cache jasenjanine.

Because the weather is hot and dry decided to do the four down this way today. Left home at 0800 at arrived at this GZ at 1045. After finding the nearby Beacon Hill Bounty drove back out to the main road and turned left and noticed it was only approximately 5klm to this one. 3/4 so far. Good road.

Arrived at GZ and quickly had the cache in hand. A good little bit of history in this spot. Now to drive in towards Woodford for Woodfordia. TNLNSL TFTC

Thanks for directing me to this great old ruin. It is very interesting to see the forest growing back and to think how the timber must have been processed and transported out of this place. TFTC

Found Ok

TFTC. A great day for a drive. What interesting relics. Decided to do a couple of your caches before you head off to W.A.

My family has a long history with hardwood sawmills, so this was a trip down memory lane for me. An easy find. Cache is in good condition. SL. TNLN.

Thanks for bringing me here.

Pete

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Quiet, peaceful and scenic spot - and bonus, Butterfly Lady's geo coin was there!

TFTC - Left a yo-yo, and took the coin for a new adventure!

Very interesting Thanks

Very interesting site, a lot of history from the early pioneering days

What a lovely quite spot ..Found with Maldi...gee this hasn't been visited for quite some time ..Cache was in good nick..Sat on a log & had smoko ..Thanks for taking us on this drive ..

LOvley spot very quiet and peaceful found with bubby Outback Di...very interesting area would'nt have ever visited unless I was caching..tnln

Visited the Mill past the road to Stoney Creek picnic area as Bellthorpe West Road still closed from the floods. TNLN TFTC Thanks jasenjanine for bringing us here

well hidden but easy to find

After tackling the nearby Jurassic Jaunt - this one was a walk in the park. I parked near GZ and examined the different machinery and the mill. It's great these all have been left here. I found the area very interesting. The cache was found in an excellent hidey spot after a little search. I opened it up to find another *FTF* for myself Took the FTF prize and the trackable. Thanks for bringing me here jasenjanine. Your previous caches did not disappoint - and neither did this one. TFTC

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