Find and Sign the Eagles Wing Blinman, South Australia, Australia
By MalanDi on 21-Apr-11. Waypoint GC2RE0V

I had trouble finding this one but did have to send my husband out to find this one. The smallest one we have found.

Thx Wurschtl

We are in a rental motorhome and travelling north of Adelaide before making our way to Melbourne over the next few weeks. Today we made a return trip from Hawker to Blinman and found a few caches along the way. Mrs nzk was anxious about snakes but didnt see any on this part of the trip (Mr nzk saw one crossing the road while we were driving). A quick find here while no-one was around. All good with the cache though the container was much smaller than the description states. A great sculpture, thanks for bringing us here and TFTC MalanDi.

A torch definitely helped here for this tiny cache. Beautiful location. Tftc

Hate nanos on alot of magnetic surfaces with lots of cobwebs!! However found with the trusty torch. TFTC

Tftc

Caching with Mum, lots of places to hide here.

Found the place! Thanks for the cache

Heading South, stopping only at the caravan accessible caches, just adds a degree of difficulty on a days caching! Another caravan had pulled up here, but we were on right side for once! Located relatively quickly and signed and replaced in much the same manner. TFTC.

Tftc. The eagle was landed.

Was a tricky one, description said it was in an eclipse container but it was actually a micro capsule. Really gotta check all the nooks and crannies.

On our travels we found ourselves in the Flinders Ranges and took the opportunity to grab some caches, on the way back from the Blinman mine tour we stopped to grab this cache a tricky little thing to find but hawk eyed geo hubby soon had it in hand, thanks for placing it

Took a while but with much relief we finally found it.

Dnf

Easy

Staying at wilpena pound for a couple nights we decided to explore via geocaching.

Found while on holiday with mates sky trek is amazing, camping was a little cold in my tent but oh so worth it.

This was quite a challenge which I luckily resolves. A big area to search!

Travelling with richlink from Perth to Darwin up along the west coast and home again through the centre and the Nullarbor, picking up caches along the way. We headed off on a round trip from Hawker to Blinman. The scenery was stunning. We also enjoyed the history of the area. Thanks for the cache.

Travelling with iluvtrekking up the WA coast to Darwin, down the Centre and now in the Flinders Ranges. We haven’t been further than Hawker on previous trips and are in awe of the stunning scenery. It’s a nano not a mint tin. Thanks for the hide.

Yikes my favourite kind. Lucky for the spot on coords. Thanks for bringing us here.

Thanks for the cache in a great part of SA.

Thank you for the cache, great find while visiting one of my favorite locations in SA.

TFTC what an amazing piece of artwork

Not today

Quick and easy find

Tftc

Tftc

It didn’t take too long to find. Interesting sculpture TfTC

Bit tricky to find, had to use the hint but eventually succeeded.
One of my smallest nano caches so far.
Tftc.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Mr Smokey Bear will no longer be a part of Team Smokey Bear and will continue his adventures as "SmokeyBearOG".

So I'm relogging all previous finds under my new account.
Unfortunately this log will not show the original logging date.

**Thanks to MalanDi for this adventure, looking forward to many more.**

Adam
SmokeyBearOG

With geodog Tonka on a perfect caching weather day
Out doing my 2 favourite things Driving and caching
Could not find this one like person before the last one. I looked everywhere got on hands and knees even while someone asked me what I was doing
Looked at hint looked again nothing. Under rocks under wings front and back all over but nope not today

Nice quick find. Tftc

We searched pretty hard, no luck maybe next time

Well the nano surprised me! Thanks for a great hide and lovely place to stop! TFTC

A great day touring. Muggle husband did the deed. As I was signing log 2 trucks entered the property. Tftc Malandi.

Took a bit of looking around as GPS was off from where we found it. As mentioned, it’s now a nano. Replaced the cache closer to we’re GPS coordinates showed cache was. TFTC

Nice hide! TFTC

Took a while but I got there in the end and thanks for the owners of the sign for letting us use the sign awesome guys

Day 7 of our Flinders trip with Mattycat and Perfect DI and the turning point to start our trip back down south, with three searches and no success plus the previous DNF's we replaced this one as we had some spares
TFTC MalanDi

Another day in the great Frog'n'cat adventure of '22... continuing south from Arkaroola!

There were many scenic photos and we may have found the odd ammo can or two. In the whole trip only one bl^%dy mint tin! We love the Flinders Priorities...

Looking back we saw some DNFs and thought maybe we could redeem this. Plucked every feather... no luck! Looking back in logs again, one mentioned it was damaged, so perhaps it needed some TLC! Mr froghoppin had a handy nano, and it fitted just nicely in a special spot. He's flipped a note to CO - but yep, I'd appreciate help with maintenance on any this far from home, so it seemed the right think to do Hope that's helpful and keep on caching

Thank you MalanDi for placing this cache on our outback geo-travel map

---

Up in the donga, searching, spotting and signing cache logs with Purrfect Di, Jack, and the Froghoppin Duo, using some or all of the resources of GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife), Whereyougo, Garmin Montana 750i, Montana 680t, Etrex 35, Samsung S21u, Samsung S9, with Geocaching App, c:Geo, or Geooh Go, and Android Auto and other maps... or often with just plain old dumb luck Plenty of that luck stuff actually !!!

*Logs are composed and published with love using GSAK of course.*


---
Caching is a very hazardous activity!
Watch out for sand traps, snakes, surprise cliffs, boxing roos, wombats, things falling from trees, bulldust, and floods, and sharp rocks in your tyres
try not to get tetanus from rusty mint tins and don't fall off your ladder...
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- but especially lookout for germs and bugs !!! . [xx(]

Make Travel Bugs the Only bugs you share and pass on
Now that there are no real restrictions - even more important to sanitise and safely distance!!!


Heaps good of all those placing quality caches out and about around the countryside areas,
in sensible safe places especially! - it keeps our game safe, fun, and interesting

Thanks so much for reading all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, apparently! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where I could do it and go back to normal logs again !





---

Perhaps this one is missing? Had a good look

Had a pretty darn good look.

No luck today , spent a long time looking.
Cheers bulba's

Nearly ripped off every metal feather to try and find it. Spent quite sometime looking. No luck for us. Lots of muggles entering the property. Maybe they are sick of people tampering with the art work?

We’ve spotted a few soaring eagles. Love the landscape here and in awe of this ancient landscape. Day 10 in SA after numerous trips were sabotaged due to you know what and its a fab day. The Ikera- Flinders Ranges and it’s caches are high on the list along with several other random caches so hoping to tick all boxes before heading back to home base. I’ve learnt theRE are plenty of quality SA caches - plenty to pique the curiosity and anticipation of another surprise or fun cache. Dud pen so barely a mark. TFTC AND THE FUN and the effort to contribute to this fave game.

Unable to find this one, lots of spiders around so gave up.

Nice spot to spread your wings

Thoroughly enjoyed this drive, lots of emus and wallaroos to be seen!

Nice quick drive by at a cool art installation/property sign on the way from Rawnsley to Blinman. TFTC Malandi

Found with Nukky13 after sunset yesterday. Skytrek was phenomenal so glad I got to this spot!
TNLNSL
TFTC

Quick stop before we set up camp for the night, found with PSGV1. TFTC

TFTC. crushed and open cache found in likely location. Case not in a good way though might need new one and magnet. Thanks.

We've driven past this one so many times and not realised, so it was good to finally stop and get it. Nice easy find. TFTC

I found a container lying on the ground seems to match what is the norm in SA for caches , the hole in one end had a scrap of paper in it so I figured I was on the money
Great place to stay here we will be back again for sure
Replaced cache back in the intended location as per hint
Would have left our Geocoin but no room so just left our signature
Thanx for the Adventure Stay Dirty ️

1933

TFTC - we are staying here it’s wonderful

I really need to come up with a better system of keeping track of which caches I have found if im not going ot log them there and then.. Aghh, I think I will jsut go back to the old copy and paste log there and then. Ok so I have got through al lthe EC and Virtual answers submitted and logged now wading through the trads. I'm certain this was one of the caches we found while in the Flinders Ranges. TFTC

Found after a short hunt. Not sure its where it's meant to be though? Tin is pretty bashed up and open, time for a new one..what a great place and beautiful entrance. Tftc.

A nice quick find while admiring the entry sign. Thanks for the hide. 

Nice. It was on the road though so we placed it somewhere else.... Close

Awesome sign for a property

Found! Great place.

Found it didn’t have a pen to log the paper but figured something out

TFTC

It took 2 attempts as it was already dark by the time we arrived the first time, but we got there.

Took 2 stops as it was already dark the first time, but we got there.

This is a lovely feature and gateway to where we are staying. Finding the container took a few minutes! Thanks for the hide.

A long weekend away with sir_spectre in the Flinders Ranges. We had each been here before and strangely had few double ups so some revisiting was in order to try to get our maps similar. The weather threw everything at us but we just made our plans suit the conditions. Lots of 4WD and walks included.
Thanks to MalanDi from mogni

TFTC

Great find, beautiful sculpture. We had a few days stay here it was wonderful

Made this one more difficult than it should have been but got it in the end
Found with Earthlight
Tftc

Took a bit longer than it should to locate this cache.
Maybe we were admiring the wings too much.
Found with The X-Trailers.
A fav point today.
TFTC

Last find for the day before heading back to our accommodation

Came and stayed in the campground at Willow Springs for 5 nights with friends...
It is amazing how the landscape changes...it is so dry here...no sheep on the property only a few euro (fluffy wallabies)...the property relies on tourism to survive...
They have good facilities with amenities blocks and camp kitchen (camping, cabins, caravaning) and friendly staff...
Yesterday we did the 12km hike around the property following the informative map given to us at reception...it took us 6 hrs but we did not hurry...stopping, reading the description and exploring each locality...it is dry & dusty but has some great views from the top of the hills...
There are lots of rocks which I discovered differ from those on the sides of the creek to those in the creek bed...the ones on the side can be cracked easily along the "fault line" of the rock whereas the ones in the bed are too hard to break...
It would be nice to come back again some time...
The cache was easily located, signed and placed back as found...
Thank you for placing this cache, MalanDi, for our enjoyment

Found with Jac-Jam on our trip up to the Wilpena and Willow Springs for a short stay. A quick park and grab. TFTC.

Enjoying a few days in the Flinders. Unfortunately, Mr Frog twisted his ankle on our first day of our holiday and is on crutches, so we aren't going on any walks just enjoying the many great drives.
TFTC

Found after a few minutes of hunting around on a cold sunny morning.

TFTC

Cool wings TFTC

Another geocache on our own station... how lucky are we

We spend some unforgettable days in the Flinders Ranges with exploring, caching and relaxing. This one was an easy find and my third one in 2020. TFTC

Found while travelling towards Rawnsley Park. TFTC.

It took us some time, but yes there it was! tftc

Beautiful. TFTC.

On a road trip with CBC2 from Adelaide to Coober pedy via Oodnadatta track returning to Adelaide via the black top. Found many caches along the way some oh so easy and some more challenging. Thanks to all the CO s for their hides. Some took us to some wonderful places. SL TFTC Now for a days four wheel driving.

TFTC

Thankyou for the cache

Found it! No pencil though. ️

TFTC

Quite an impressive structure and a nice easy find.

TFTC TNLN

We had to ruffle a few feathers before this one was found.
TFTC

Staying at Wilpena for a few days and whilst driving around stop now and then to add a smiley. Seeing so many soaring eagles, we just had to stop here to add this as a smiley.

MalanDi TFTC

Found with gridge98

After walking St Marys Peak this morning we headed up to Aroona but for the evening. With a few hours up out sleeve we cached our way there.

A quick stop here for this one, found the cache fairly quickly although the lid is missing it will be fine. It hasn’t rained here for 3 years

TFTC

Find 1003. Container has lost its lid but contents in tact. Easy find when standing at the right angle. TFTC

Couldn’t find the mint container

Spent two nights in the campgrounds due of all things RAIN. With the country so dry and bare the overnight and full day of rain was most welcome, but more is needed.
Stopped to take a photo of the wing and turned on the GPS with a cache 12m away, what luck.
Located, log signed and replaced.
TFTC
Cheers
Lead'n Lace

Quick and easy with The-Shredder. TFTC

Nice place. TFTC