The Slog Stove Hill, Western Australia, Australia
By Matthew Supertramp on 11-Mar-12. Waypoint GC3E9WW

WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 105 - Karratha Day 1. With the temperatures likely to rise I headed off early to get as much done before lunch as I could. I did two 4wd caches first up on the ridges over looking Karratha, before heading to some more drive and climb caches. I did manage one drive by in the industrial estate. Over lunch I worked out a multi from an image I took and went to get it in the late afternoon when I went out for a shopping trip. I cooked at the van. Tomorrow is another day around Karratha.I parked in the saddle to the north of the hill, and started the precipitous ascent. It was a steady steep rock climb, and before I knew it, I was at the top. Then came the fun part, hunting around in all the red rocks to find the right one that had the cache under it. I was quite relieved when it was found and I could sign the lag and make a very careful descent to the car.Thanks for the cache Matthew Supertramp48780.2 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 1000 Finds Achievement A#85**Albida**

So we went for a walk, decided to try for a geocache

Cache Name "The Slog"

Following dirt track, Murphy (Geo Jack Russell) decided to walk through a mud sludge bog hole. Got rocks stuck in between his pads, I had to pick the rocks out and get covered in mud paste.

Carried on, found base of hill, and I crawled up the wash out to the top.
It's probably the hardest way to go.

Asthma Attack (mild)

Called upon my inner mountain goat to find GZ - found cache quickly enough.

Wife phone from the bottom of the hill to make sure I wasn't dead.

Scaled the mountain back down to the wife. Slipped, tripped, and cut my finger.

Made it to the bottom.

No beer was had.

But I did find a container in the bush.

The End!

are gone! TFTC

Nice walk. Great views. Found with Panda Dundee. TFTC

After having been on the plane so long I needed a leg stretch so this sounded just right. Headed over and looked up. Half way up had a couple of roos hop by making it look easy. Once at GZ it took a little to find the hide. The rubber seal is just starting to get tacky. Nice views. We completed the signign duties and re hid. TFTC

I'm out for a training run for the ultra-marathon I signed up for and hills, hills, hills are the order of the day. Once I'd climbed up to GZ via the steeper route, I took a breather and rewarded myself by finding this cache. Now to go find some more hills to climb....

Thanks for find #4528
TNLN

A very appropriate name for this cache! I'm a little short of breath after getting to the top.

Found after a short search. I think the coordinates were off a bit from memory but within 10m, which results in a few million hidey holes so it was a lucky short search for me.

I was surprised this doesn't get found more often being so close to town! I guess the steepness puts people off.

Day 16 holidaying in the Pilbara & our non-caching friends have left, leaving us to find some caches requiring a little more exercise than what they like to do We were leaving our camp & whilst Jase couldn't make up his mind where we were headed I made our minds up & pointed up the hill to this one!!!

We managed to park quite close but yet it was still a slog to the top... After catching our breath we begun searching & Jase made the find of this one after a few minutes of hunting

TFTC Matthew Supertramp [^]

We are in Karratha for a couple of days and have concentrated on grabbing some of the higher terrain caches. We were particularly interested in this cache as it hadn't had a find for 3 years. We parked on one of the tracks leading up and indeed found it 'a slog' to make our way to gz. Had a chuckle when we passed the novel lookout seat wedged on a ledge. It was pretty windy up there and amazing views - we soon signed the log to record our visit. Thanks Matthew Supertramp

Great view

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pug002 found it 20/8/2017 on our trip to the Pilbara geocaching. This onel was for geo hubby as a bit too ambitious for after recent surgery, however have to say some of the others really pushed me. Thanks Matthew Supertramp once again for your efforts.

Another smiley added here today on a 5 week Pilbara and Kimberley break, wow it was a hard slog but well worth it, as a child growing up in the Pilbara, this is my old stomping ground, thanks for the memories and TFTC

Found it. A nice view. A bit of patience required to find it with so many hidey holes around.

Taking advantage of the early morning coolness,
I was wandering the peaks
I headed down the pleasantly named ... Rosemary Road to find a track that would take me close to GZ
Parking on the saddle to the west of GZ, I had at least gained some elevation that I would not have to walk up
How lazy is that ??

Off I trotted up the rocks
This trot would have been a bit scratchy last year, but a fire (no doubt lit by somebody who lives down the hill) has taken out the spinifex, and only the new shoots are sprouting at the moment
The roos up here were still putting me attempts at bounding across the scenery to shame though

And after a very pleasant scramble up the hill I reached the top.
Good views
And a cache found too [:o]

TFTC !!

Fave dance time again !!

The kids dragged me to this one today. Luckily it was cool! TFTC

Cache in great shape

Found it. Very well named. TFTC TNLN

Great cache and great walk for the dog!

Fantastic 'slog' up the hill - great work out for us all!! TFTC!!

What an awesome view up on this hill. I did this slog while on a morning bike ride. I had to walk up the last bit but it was well worth it. I was a bit worried about the condition of the cache as the ground is all burnt but much to my surprise I found the perfectly fine cache in the first place I looked. TFTC and bringing us here. I will have to bring the kids up for the views.

Hard climb, quick find. Coords within 3m. Thanks Matt!

This entry was edited by DieOosthuizens on Monday, 17 August 2015 at 06:07:43 UTC.

Found 21st June 2015

Took a while to find, not recommended for young kids to find.

Good description it was iron ore had me going all over the top but found cheers

Awesome climb that was nice view

TFTC. We loved this one, a great late afternoon hike to introduce Nanna to geocaching. Quite a scramble to find the actual cache. Great views.

An excellent walk for some morning exercise and a great view at the top. Unfortunately I was disappointed not to find the cache. Spent a good 15 mins looking under every rock up there but it's just not there. Oh well. I won't be back soon. Caches like this really need a proper hint.

Beautiful view. Worth the climb

Great spot with a beaut view. Worth the walk. II think going down will be harder than up.

Finally on our second attempt! Thinking of the calories burnt climbing the hill! Found with tw1361 and the ego-cubs. TNLN TFTC

Awesome view and perfect day for it! 2nd try, well hidden. TFTC!

DNF - not from lack of looking.

Took us two goes but we did it. Saw four kangaroos and swallowed a fly. Such an amazing place and so lucky to live here.

This was our 1st cache find in a caching run of 3 Finds & 0 DNFs today.
We found it at 10:30 so this now makes our total find count 7095.
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Yes it's a slog to get to the top. Nevertheless Ian enjoyed the experience while Penny sat in the car and supervised.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent (Around 3 metres).
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Toy Car.
Thanks Matthew Supertramp for the hunt today.

Nice evening to take dog for a walk and I found this one before dark! Green bottle & pile of rock made this an easy find. This hill used to be a favourite haunt for me and the misses few years back. It's a great spot for views and noises of karratha. I need not worry about the darkness on the way back as the Pluto flare will show me the way home!!!!!

Yep definately a slog . Muggle daughter was all for doing this one and we got the 2wd a bit closer than thought. I nearly fell backwards while walking up the hill then did a little slip on way down but happy to say made it successfully.
Knees held up so still no replacements needed, thankfully, if only my 2 ortho specialists could see what I get up to .

Beautiful views from here and happy to say green bottle still in one piece and where it should be.

Took C3-PO TB and left elephant. I love C3-PO

Thanks Matt

is my C3-PO TB still in this cache??

Karratha from here looks grow and crowd. TFTC TNLN.

Found it..finally...three climbs...well worth the excise..right on the Co ords this time..and hint helped.left gyro torch....took tupperware key ring....thanks tftc

Went out to check on the cache and even though I am the owner of it, it even took me a good 10 minutes to find it. It was within 5 metres of the coordinates but there are lots of little nooks for it to hide in. However, if you look from the right angle you finally see it. But to make things a little easier I have now placed a pile of small stones and rocks on the big rock above the cache. (Also a green beer bottle pointing to the hiding spot but not sure how long that is going to stay there).

Went for the walk...thanks for the slog...and exercise...didn't find it...can anyone offer a hint...and I will head up again? - Oops...should have been "didn't find it"... apologies!

This entry was edited by sara.paton on Sunday, 07 April 2013 at 08:55:22 UTC.

Went for an early morning walk with the dog and checked in on cache. All good. Dropped off 3CPO TB to continue his journey.

OMG!!! The most beautiful sunset!! so had to look in dusk..
Took a while.. and about to give up, to be able to return safely when I suddenly found it!!
I took a newbie.. and she LOVED it!!

TFTC!!

Flientje
Belgium

Gotcha !!! Early morning SLOG for old Temingi.Retrieved GC to move on TFTC

This entry was edited by Temingi on Sunday, 29 July 2012 at 09:22:13 UTC.

Took Lucy the dog for a walk. Left 11-11-11 multi-event geocoin and took travel bug.

This entry was edited by Matthew Supertramp on Saturday, 02 February 2013 at 23:07:38 UTC.

Tricky to find with a smartphone, but great views! Will make sure the travel token gets to see Perth next week!

Found it!

Our old training ground, we used to run up these hills every second day until March when we left on our around Oz trip! How fast we loose fitness. Glad the weather was cooler, easier up than down.

Left two trackables.

Yeey, found it! Sun was a bit annoying and it was so windy, I always had my hair right in my face, grrrr! But finally found the cache, great feeling! And afterwards I sat down with my Shumbaboy and watched the sunset....nice TFTC

Great hike to get the blood pumping & burn up some cache kid energy! TFTC.

Coordinates changed from:
S 20° 45.214 E 116° 49.359

Coordinates changed to:
S 20° 45.214 E 116° 49.362

Distance from original: 17.1 feet or 5.2 meters.

I went to check the coordinates tonight (phew! what a slog!) and it took me a good 10 minutes to find the cache again. The coordinates have been updated accordingly.

Had a hard time finding this, the coords were pointing to 9m from the actual position.
Saw a dozen roos in the hills.

That was a slog! Great views though. Found this whilst staying at the caravan park over the road, during our big lap!

What a perfect way to start the day. Brilliant view (even to see the huge Pluto flare near the port) and a nice challenging hunt. Sent by GeoSon to find our northern most cache. Thanks Matt

YAY! The Milroy mobs first Cache find! Nice walk, would be great at the height of summer when the temp is in the mid to high 40's.....Great view and cache is in good condition......Thanks Matt.....(:D)

This entry was edited by The Milroy mob on Monday, 02 April 2012 at 05:59:10 UTC.

My first FTF find. Matt and family. Im very glad to be the first to put my name in the logbook. For me, the Slog down was harder then the Slog up the hill. I did enjoy lovely sunset while I was up there and the red ants just loved me.Nice goodies in the box, but didn't take any and I left nothing. Thanks for the cashe. Lovely one.

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