Head Out To See Sawtell, New South Wales, Australia
By xaxisycross on 01-Apr-11. Waypoint GC2RBDH

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Think this needs archiving, CO last on site in January.

Couldnt find it either, good views tho
Maby need to be checked to see if its still there

I never knew the blow hole existed,

caught a glimps of whales heading south ,great view

Spent about half an hour here looking but came up umpty. GPS wandering a bit but thought the clue would assist. Lots of paths around and even more orange rocks. Will try again.

Beautiful spot, muggled though, need to recreate the cache.

Searched for a good half hour and had no luck ): but a lovely spot to be on a lovely day.
great spot to hide a cache! if only it was there...

Moose and I climbed down the sharp rocks and found the blowhole, thanks, but no luck with the cache. Maybe next time.

Unfortunately another DNF for this cache.

The blowhole was going off though, the seas were rough and the wind was blowing a gale. Geo kids had a lot of fun with the blowhole and we all came away with hair that looked like we had put our finger in the power point.

I hope this cache is found or replaced so others can find this blowhole that we as locals didn't know about. TFTC.

The last 3 comments have been -did not find- so I didn't fancy my chances.. And sure enough, found a great spot to put a cache, but no cache.. Can someone who knows where it is check up on it? I get the impression it has been muggled or washed away

2215 - 2300 Was desperately wanting to get another cache at night, but should have had the cache sheet and some of the previous comments to go by. Had a good search all around GZ, out to 10m+ with no joy. Recovered some rubbish at least. Was very impressed with how rugged and sharp the rock is there, even being so close to the power of the waves.
Hope someone else can find it, may be a while before I'm back this way

Didn't allow enough time. Very cool blow hole. We are locals and didn't know it was there. Thanks for the spot!!

Unfortunately did not find it, we were there for about 20 minutes. Doubt it could of been muggled but who knows it is probably just our eyes. Awesome blow holes, never seen one before. Any more clues anyone could give me? Please help, but also please don't give it away to much. Thanks.

As it was a wet day we decided to go to the movies at Sawtell ("The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" - wonderful movie) and found this geocache whilst out there. Didn't notice any TBs in it though. Heard the blowhole but tide must have been too far out for the water to be blowing. TFTC

Sad but a lovely area. TFTC

Found at 4:32 PM GAFF1. Didn't know about the blow hole - it wasn't blowing out, but it certainly was making a huge noise. You could also smell the sea water as the air was compressed and shooting out of the cracks.
Thanks xaxisycross
Feedback: It was actually quite easy to get to GZ and definitely not a terrain of 4.5 - more like a 2.5. Also the hide was just sitting behind a pile of rocks in plain sight - so a difficulty of 2.0 would be more like it.

4th find on our big nat lampoons trip north. Was surprised to see someone had found on the same day....can't have been too far in front! Blowhole was very loud today. Took geo coin. Tftc

Quite an easy find. Sharp rocks everywhere. Glad geokiddies weren't with us! TFTC

Found with Skypirate~. Geo dad MrDamage helped with the GPS. We had our cousins with us. The blow hole nearby was really funny. Skypirate and cousin stuck their faces in it and the wind almost blew them over. It was really funny. We did this after visiting the little island cache.

first cache! Will def be a special place from now on...

Another addition to the physical challenge grid. A beautiful Easter weekend. Great views and the swell was fantastic.

Dropped World of Science Geocoin

I need to bring something to swap for next time!

Our first find! Left 2 trinkets and took 1for my boy. Will bring the coin north. We are hooked, this is so fun!

Nice cache. The blowhole is spectacular, like sharing your hunt with a really scary dragon nearby. All noise & wind though, no substance. TNLN TFTC aussieangel

Been coming to Sawtell my whole life and never knew the blow hole was there.. and boy was it blowing this morning during high tide. The kids had a great time standing above it and getting blown away. Thanks for the cache. ccpine took the geocoin to take further north and I added one I have had for a while.

A "breezy" find. TFTC.

Located 5:42 PM and dropped of the Sharkz coin a great place for a coin travelling the Aussie coast. This coin must be taken further North as that's the direction it wants to go. TFTC. Took nothing.

saw a green headed turtle and some dolphins while we search. fantastic views

Beautiful day, the ocean is a gorgeous colour. Love this cache took travelling coin, left coin!

TFTC...TN left Proximity Geocoin

Co-ords spot on..i wasnt sure where the blow hole was and forgot about it during my search..was just retrieving cache when there was a very unnerving noise so close behind me..laughed about it when up out of there but there were a few scarey seconds where i didnt know what was going to happen..Enjoyed this cache, thanks for bringing me here TNLN

No mistaking where the blowhole was today! It gave us a lot of laughs and some really wacky photos. Absolutely loved this cache (favourited). Took geocoin, left TB.

We must have searched for 45mins and still did not find a blow hole. Did use the spoiler images though. Left ninja & geocoin.

Used groovydoo's co-ords for a relatively quick find. Cycled to this headland from Coffs and was welcomed by a spectacular view! Lovely headland. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Coordinates changed from:
S 30° 22.611 E 153° 06.249

Coordinates changed to:
S 30° 22.612 E 153° 06.257

Distance from original: 42.3 feet or 12.9 meters.

Thanks to groovydoo and other intrepid geocachers, the update co-ordinates for this cache are S 30° 22.612 E 153° 06.257.
Originally done using a mobile phone GPS so there may have been accuracy issues. Apologies to any for inconvenience but for the rest, enjoy the beautiful spot and be sure to attempt Saw-Sea Wade, you wont be disappointed.

After doing the Island cache next door, I did this on the way out. A fun climb and quick find with the new coordinates, was within meters of these for me. The cache faces the blowhole and while there around half tide the blowhole was certainly going and so loud it had me worried each time it went off even tough I knew very well it was there. Awesome spot cool cache, thanks for setting it out there and then the replacement. Thanks a lot.
PS no GC in this one though.

Fantastic location. Would never have gone here but for this quest. Thank you! Found with Lillypilly.

Good find! Had to use alternative co-ords.

After a beautiful sunrise on a beautiful morning, we clamoured down and easily found this one. Groovydoo's and radnoski's new coordinates seemed pretty spot on. TFTC!

Look and looked, climbed and clambered for about 20 minutes or so.

Tried groovydoo's co-eds and still no luck.

Found a few likely hides but no cache to be found.

Headed up the Coast for a lazy long weekend and this was the only cache we looked for (I did say it was a lazy weekend!!)

No probs finding the location, but the rock clambering was awkward in the rain and wind. Eventually found the cache near the new coords, but still seemed to be 10+m out.

Found the cache and as I stood up after grabbing it, was nearly divebombed by a small bird of prey!!! There was also a pod of dolphins playing off the rocks - lots of animal activity all around.

TFTC

Gee, thanks so much for replacing this missing cache Radnoski. Last time we were here we had 0 metres on the gps, a likely location, but no cache. So glad to come here this time and find a cache. It was quite windy here today but still possible to grab the cache without danger. It was quite low tide late this afternoon so didn't even hear the blowhole this time. Do hope the cache remains now to enable others to be drawn to this great location and also to see the great views from this headland.
TN, Left: carabiner, SL

I was staying nearby so I have replaced the missing cache and log.

With groovydoo's co-ords (s30 22.612 e153 06.257), some photos from Aussie L and the hint I found the original spot and placed a new container.

A great spot and deserving of a cache. Nice one.

Cheers.

While signing the log one of those pesky cache stalking ninjas jumped on in.

Checked today and cache is gone

Heading down to Sawtell in a few weeks. Any chance of the owner checking this cache as there have been a few DNF's?

Cheers!

We used Groovydoo's co-ordinates and found a very likely cache location at zero metres but found no cache. Widened the search area but found no cache hiding in any likely spot. So it's a dnf for us today. I do hope the cache is not muggled.

Had a bit of a look around in the rain. The kids were waiting patiently(not) in the car, so didn't give it a good shot. Thanks anyway.

Found with GroovyDoo. Caution with sharp rocks, Do not slip. An airlift might be required..

FTF
Found today with Sgtkennykrash.
Wow, the air rushed out of the blowhole.
TNLN SL UH.

Coords had us looking in the wrong spot.

A great spot on a beautiful Autumn day with the blow-hole making plenty of noise.

It took us a while to locate the cache. We were looking in the wrong set of rocks.

We left the 'Not another Micro! geocoin'. T4TC.

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