Miles' Mine Mt Isa City, Queensland, Australia
By djcache on 02-Sep-11. Waypoint GC348XZ

No response from the owner within the last 28 Days and as per my original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Trying to find a new local to assist with maintenance now that the original assistant is non-residential.
DJ

This cache i think is MIA

Needs checking by the owner.
Along with fellow cachers, we found the velcro attachement points at the cache location.
But no cache container.
FelixII

Out and about but failed to unearth his one - we found a sticky velcro dot but no cache attached.

Searched the area, but sadly a DNF for us here today. [8)] Hopefully we were just cache blind again.

Thanks anyway djcache

Disapointed, searched for to long without any luck. Might be time for the CO to check it.

Today is day 16 of an adventure that will take me around Australia with a group of trackables. My caches visited can be tracked by checking out the Key Ring using the code TB4P4C1.

At this stage it just involves highway driving, but that will change and the places people take you to with their cache placements will inspire you to explore our great Country.

As a part of my contribution to helping make the "Easter 2017 Red Centre Experience" GC6825Z a great Event, I will be leaving a card in every cache that is large enough to take it. This card provides a number for a trackable so you can "Discover me". There is also the Web page address "red.ozmega.com.au".
Happy caching.

Had a good look for this one, and probably had any locals wondering what we were doing. If it truly is a small we should have been able to see it and make a quick grab but nothing could be seen, after the last DNF was the cache checked to see if it still exists.

So close and yet so far. As today is a public holiday I had a great opportunity, I just didn't have what I needed to get the cache.

Looking up high upon history !!

Bit of a jump....

Found it

Great cache, and fantastic location. Did not sign it today, as would have looked too suspicious during daylight hours. Looks like there are lots of trinkets still in the cache.

Found this with very little problems during the day. So many people around I had to leave it were it was and come back during the night. Do NOT try this on day light you will be seen. TFTC

Nice little climb to find it

Found it

Thanx for this nice Cache !!
Stopped here on our way
to the coast.
Good to find & log...

Thanx for this nice Cache !!
After intensive car care we had
a look around the city.
Interesting place...

Yay its there!!

Tftc

Found it

DNF

Searched searched for half hour my 3rd dnf of the day not pleased

Tried to find this one on a early morning jog around the ISA so I had plenty of time to snoop around. Based on previous logs and the size of the cache there seemed to be only one spot it could be hiding but after a while I gave up.

No luck

TFTC

Tricky to retrieve at 5pm, patience required, TFTC

Looking a bit fresh, must have been replaced.

The big move from Townsville to Mandurah WA. 5000km and lots of caches!:) Passing through The Isa and spending half a day here for some much needed stretching of legs and caching of course.
tftc sl tnln

Tricky, very tricky. We had a great opportunity to search as we went early in the morning but just couldn't nab this one. It was fun trying so a big thank you to djcache. Will attempt again next time we're in the Isa.

Dad to say did not find

After searching for 10 minutes gave up
Interesting spot to visit

No luck after 15minutes

Gave it 15 minutes - will try again

Not Found, too many muggles and nothing obvious.

#5343

On our trip trough Australia with the hole family we looked also for some caches. They often showed us places we would never had discovered. Thanks a lot to all the people who care about this lovely hobby .

Had to climb a little, cool.

Greetings from switzerland .

TFTC

Early morning walk on a visit to the Isa. Even if it was early I had to read the signs more than I wanted to find the right time for retrieval and return.
Like the hide, thanks
R

This entry was edited by karicka on Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 23:24:19 UTC.

Look skyward

Great hide

Awesome hide heaps of muggles chose I good time..great info to read..

Found this one during the afternoon.
Had to wait to the early hours to retrieve it.

TNSL
TFTC

Took my 4yo nephew to see Planes: Fire and Rescue. Afterwards, went for a walk and found the cache. Did not sign it, so as to not make a show of it though.

Visiting from NSW, loving all the caches in town!

TNSL
TFTC djcache

OK, why could I not find this last year, I'm sure we looked where I found it today.

[Pink]As we head from town to town as part of our "Purposeful Meander around Oz" the Rats and the Mini Rats found this cache. Dad did most of the hard work here. Sorry for the duplicate log but it takes nothing away from the find.

Thanks for being part of our great adventure. [/Pink]

As we head from town to town as part of our "Purposeful Meander around Oz" the Rats and the Mini Rats found this cache.
Plenty of passing muggles about but we went about our business and soon had the cache in hand.

Thanks for being part of our great adventure.

Great location, its Pitty one of the other finders has given so much information away of its location, spoils the search.
Took ring , left butterfly keyring. TFTC

Today, we moved camp from Camooweal to Corella Dam.
Timing was everything to grab this one. The photo idea was good,
so we used that method also. cache was in good condition.
Many thanks for placing this cache, djcache.

~8:20PM | #581

Arrived back to Normanton this afternoon. My last night in Mt. Isa, and I had to get this cache. Returned to the GZ, and with some well-timed attempts, the cache was in hand and signed. The cache and contents were in good condition.

TFTC, djcache.
Jay Of GemJay.

~5:45PM

A very bold hide indeed. I was unable to retrieve the cache itself do to the amount of muggles, so hopefully I can retrieve this soon. This is a very interesting location, considering there are ashes buried here.

TFTH, djcache.
Jay Of GemJay.

This entry was edited by GemJay on Friday, 13 June 2014 at 08:32:33 UTC.

Great spot to pose for a photo I posed while my wife took photos with I pad first photo was no good (retrieving ) so had to pose for second photo (replacing)

Was able to do this very stealthily while posing for photo no muggles very close either

11633 caches found

we picked the right time to do this as there was no one around

took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache djcache

Another easy find. TFTC

Relatively easy find...not so easy retrieve. Determined to get it as I couldn't find my first cache and needed to drop of the Travel Bug.
TFTC.

Easy one for a Miner, even easier for a minor. TFTC

Easy find! Had to be quick though!

Left this one to later at night, proved more difficult to put back due to traffic.
Nice spot.
Took nothing, left nothing. TFTC

Nice almost midnight find for a first attempt tinks we are hooked now

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a great way to explore the "land down under."
A few muggles about so had to be very stealthy. Quick find but a little harder to retrieve.
Took TB to move on.
Thanks for the fun djcache!

TFTC awesome spot

It's amazing how many people are around late at night. Took a while to find due to poor lighting but eventually spotted it and made a grab. Left my trademark laminated old Australian postage stamp and a geocoin I've been meaning to hide - Mount Isa is so far away from anywhere someone must pick this up and travel a long distance. Good hide.

Way too many muggles out last night with Arj Barker playing in town. Right outside my accommodation so i planned an early start thinking 5am should see me safe.

Didnt realise how many people draw cash at 5am in mt isa.

Stealthy grabbed it and snuck off.

This entry was edited by Geo Johns on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 19:29:52 UTC.

Ref other log

Thanks to xr400sim for organising the replacement. This one's back in action with some neat swaps and a traveller too!

To others. Please don't attempt it if it's busy or you're likely to be observed. Caches done for the sake of a smiley at busy times of the day just go missing and aren't there for those who do the right thing.

It's caching. If it's hard, even if you can see it, you can't always get it. It's easier when you come back at the right time of day though

Thanks guys.

DJ

Dropped off travel compass to begin its journey.

Email sent to xr400sim who volunteered to maintain it. Hopefully have it back on line soon.

DJ

We were in Mt Isa a few weeks back and as we had found this one previously we checked it out and it certainly is MIA. It either needs to be replaced or archived

baby&Mrs gopher Didn't Find this one even though there were no muggles at all on this Sunday afternoon and we had plenty of time to look at all the likely places.

Tried hard with this one missing something. And also very muggley.

I came,
I saw,
I drank a can of fizzy cola

But 11:00 am on a Saturday morning was no time to be trying to retrieve this little bugger [:o]

Thanks for the history lesson [^]

Serious props if you are able to grab this one! I tried 9.30 one Sunday morning, thinking it'd be easy since everything's closed, but still a ton of muggle car traffic. I've just moved here, so now it's my mission to get this cache!!

Went looking but too much activity. Even the plod muggles looked at us strangely. We'll get you next time.

Called by ..but way to many muggles around ..took a pic ... Maybe next time ...last Sept was the same ..ohhhh wellllll maybe a late night one sometime .... Thanks anyway

I could see it but too many people around so I had to walk away from it

Far to hard to be Inconspicuous though had a good look and could not see a Sistema container

tftc. nice easy find on a Sunday morning! started looking in usual hiding holes and then it was just there!

Quickly Found. TFTC Natingovivi from Germany.

Many thanks from Peter for this cache on the 13. Australia Trip (2012/2013).
Cheers Peter

When I arrived into town, I thought this place would deserve a cache NT, TFTC!

Great hide Found the cache but had to go back later when there were less people. TFTC

Yes.... can see it and could possible retrieve it. But put back I'n muggle territory? No way!
Great hide and deserves a point.

found in th company of keden1 and thank goodness for their height

Hi Found it with friends Kwaianna, a tall order but a good find. TFTC

First visit to a Geocache after a few years off. Definitely a muggle busy place. Had a browse around, read the signs. A group of people just off to the side were showing no signs of leaving so had to continue on with a plan to return later on.

This was our 1st cache in our caching run today - and we found it at around 07:22.
(So this is our 4708th total find.)

Yes aq very bold cache. We donned fluro vests and sallied forth very early this morning.
Cache is in good condition, but the structure seems to be missing some loght globes and fittings.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks djcache for the hunt today.

Found it but the traffic was picking up so I will have to come back to complete the logbook. Beautiful spot TFTC

TFTC Braved the traffic & made a spectacle of meself,!!1

Having flown in this morning for a meeting, now all done & dusted,had retreated to nearby Coffee chain establishment for bodily replenishment...

Having read cache description and a few of the logs I enlisted the aid of my muggle lunch companions (one a walking skyscraper) and headed over to GZ.

Wandering in an looking official we inspected this & that & Stretch just reached up & casually retrieved the cache as easy as pie

After an explanation session log was signed & reverse operation completed

TNLNSL

we then wandered off as my companions wanted to try another one - converts maybe

I had six hours to kill in Mt Isa and wanted to knock over as many caches as possible (all on foot, no car!). This was the first - yes, stealth required indeed! Expected a nano cache I was suprised by the size and the fact it hasn't been muggled. Waited for the right break in traffic (vehicle and pedestrian) and grabbed it. Putting it back needed a larger gap in the muggler traffic, but it finally presented itself. TFTC!

We came .... We saw the cache.... We saw muggles everywhere.... we weren't keen to stand on a monument anyway even if there were no muggles, so we left it for another time . Thanks for showing us this monument djcache.

Grabbed this one late on Sunday arvo when muggles were at a low.
Thanks djcache for the cache .

What a nightmare!!!!Muggles everywhere...We decided to go out to the dam and come back later. Success. No one around.Quick sign and off we went. Thanks djcache. Silky Seekers brisbane

Managed to retrieve but locals were watching closely as we tried to put cache back, so have kept until we can safely replace later today - sorry if anyone else comes today. Will log this when we return it to its home.

All back in place again - as they say in the movies "just do it"- the muggles sitting out front of the barbers shop watching us finally left and a quick rock hop and hey ho it's back safe in its hiding place.

After our muggles dodging exercise we can now log this one - left a lucky Chinese Feng Shui coin, although Miles sounded pretty lucky without it. Nice hide for the thrill of grabbing in a crowded place. TFTC 2BluFish

Easy find on a work trip - tftc

Gotcha, Easy find, Cache is in clear sight but with my height disabillity there was no way I could reach it even with the help of the large rock ,Thanks for the hunt.

This one took some patience, whilst trying to look inconspicous. Great hide interesting history lesson.

A great hide - spotted cache then made a quick grab log and had it back in place .... Thanks djcache for this bold cache