Sandy Head Sandy Beach, New South Wales, Australia
By earthly65 on 23-Mar-12. Waypoint GC3F7HY

gave a second search to make sure but I think this one is gone :-/

Thought Id give this one a go even tho it hasnt been found in about a year. No luck unfortunately, I suspect its gone but would love confirmation on that. Beautiful little walk!

Tftc. Found on a child free walk!!

Even though there were 4DNFs before me I decided to make it 5 as after a thorough search I came up empty handed.

Beautiful spot, despite not finding it

I’ve been back a few times and no luck

No luck

Not lucky on our way through

We walked the beaches and headlands from Emerald Beach. There were plenty of birds, whales and 'roos as well as the views and cache.

The cache was a quick find but will need some attention as it was extremely wet.

T4TC

Heading north we picked up a few caches along the way and this was one of them while staying in the Grafton.area.

After a detailed search we came up with the goods. Cache and contents were only in so - so condition as we had to add another piece of log sheet as container was very wet.

Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Cool find. Log very wet. Needs maintenance.

We found this cache on a walk put the the headland to spot the trig point out there. Quite a nice walk with some varied vegetation as you go along.

The cache is in poor shape as others have mentioned with a sodding wet log.

Onwards to the end and then down for a swim.

Thanks for the cache!

Needs attention.. awesome spot. Merry Christmas

Found the cache but couldn't sign. Container in good condition but log wet and slimy.
If there's a long way or a short way, I end up going the longer way. Beautiful scenery along both tracks

Lovely day out at the blues and berries festival yesterday and stopped at Sandy Beach on the way home for a sticky beak and a cache!!
Log to wet to sign so piccie as proof of find

Logs to wet to sign

Great spot and views tftc

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TFTC Thank you for hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity.
We are doing the Solitary Island Coast walk. It was nice to stop and complete this cache. Log too damp to sign.

Bit too soggy to sign. But we a wonderful walk. Thanks for showing us this lovely spot tftc

Hallo,
Auf unsere Reise durch Australien hier einen kurzen Stopp eingelegt.

gesucht...gefunden...geloggt

Danke für's legen und pflegen sagt celly15299

Leider ist das Logbuch total durch genässt,

Very very easy find took about 2 seconds to find #fun

The rain has stopped for the morning and I have a day off . Housework didn't appeal as much as this cache did. Wonderful walk from home to get here and really enjoyed the views. Walked out to the tip of the headland afterwards, saw lots of ground cover wildflowers, almost made me think I was wandering in an alpine meadow. Log was history and I hadn't checked the logs before I came so no rescue kit with me. Will wander back again with a fresh log book over next few weeks.

Nice walk to GZ. Logbook soaked

Logbook really wet and what a walk!

So grateful Earthly65 bought me to this lonely cache in such a beautiful spot.

Relogging found caches under the name Bonkersandshush to my other accountGAZKERSH.Thanks.Had a search around and found the cache in the open.Awesome walk and views to and around the cache location.Thanks for the cache

Great cache

Found with bonkers and shush

TFTC

Had a search around and found the cache in the open.
Awesome walk and views to and around the cache location.
Thanks for the cache

Easy find

Making the trip with the family from Tyalgum to Newcastle in a day fitting in a few stops.

Here a lunch break at the Sunken Chip which we had in good memory from earlier in the year and a walk on the headland.

Thank you earthly65 for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

Found 16/8/2020 with JessYoung96.

Easy find, JessYoung96 got this one. Nice sunny day to get this smiley.

Now, off to lunch! hehe

TFTC.

Found with TheProdigalGoat on the 16/8/20

Easy find spotted it pretty much straight away
First cache of the day
TFTC

The government has now allowed for us to move around NSW. We hooked up the caravan & headed north, our 1st stop being Coffs Harbour camping at the Rugby Club.
Today we went as far north as Woolgoolga & stopped to find a few caches on the way back.
Parked near the end of the road & walked the track from there. With a good hint the cache was quickly spotted. We walked along the beach to return to the car.
Great views from the sand hills.
Thanks for placing this cache earthly65

Found cache was MIA on caching maintenance run out here today...cache replaced...happy caching!

I'm on a 3 day holiday to Sandy Beach and this is just up the road from my air bnb. I was very happy to see what seems to be a secret beach on the other side of this trail. find was quite quick at GZ but I doubt it's back in its correct spot. Once found I signed the natural camo put in by the last finder, and as I returned back to the trail I was able to spot the missing log book. It was very wet so I was unable to sign it, but I feel better knowing this cache has its guts back inside of it. Thank you for helping me make memories on my holiday

Today I departed Brisbane on my way south to spend Christmas with some relatives in Vincentia, NSW. I had allowed myself a few days of relaxed travel, which gave me plenty of time to do some caching along the way, including a visit to this cache.

It was well and truly dark by the time I arrived at the end of Sandy Beach Drive, so I grabbed my trusty head lamp and wandered off in to the bush towards GZ. A confusing maze of tracks in here but I had plotted a few handy waypoints prior to my visit to assist in navigation.

As I approached GZ I quickly spotted the lid to a Sistema container laying in among the scrub, which did not bode too well for the health of the cache. It was in an awkward spot between thorny vines and fallen branches but I managed to squeeze in a retrieve it. A further search of the area located the base of the container, but further searching failed to locate any sign of a logbook. Replacing the parts together and with my usual caching kit back at the car, I had to resort to some natural logbook material to make my stamp to record my visit (see photo). Not knowing exactly where the cache was supposed to be, I placed it at the base of a small tree, with a rock to cover it.

Heading back to the car I managed to miss one of my turns and wandered down towards the beach before realising my error and heading back to retrace my steps. TFTC

Did not find

Back at Sandy Beach for the night as staying at a lovely Airbnb Decided to hurtle up the hill before it got dark. What a lovely walk and amazing views! Met a skippy grazing on the coastal heath.

Didn’t realise there was a trail directly to GZ and took a shortcut bad me but always tread carefully. Cache located easily and walked back towards the beach, then up the hill to the lookout. Great way to wrap up the day

Sun is blood red from the forest fire smoke

TFTC earthly65!

Great walk and scenery. Good hide. Cache and log in good condition. tftc

Tftc

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Earthly65 [^]

Tftc Quick find, such a nice area here!

Now we have been in Australia for five days. This is our first trip to this country, and we like it. We landed in Brisbane and are now driveing south. After two days in Byron Bay, we went for Ballina. We have had lovely weather, but now the rain will come. Mr Kummus wanted to go to Sandy Beach to have a bath, but first we had to look for the cache. We found it quite easily. CO says that there are not so many places to hide the cache up here. In Norway it would probably be hidden up in the fantastic, big tree. En stor takk til CO for cachen. Greetings from Norway.

First little jog for awhile - nothing like a destination to set a goal and get out there. Quick enough find. TFTC

Trackable visited 13/07/2018
TB3H6TJ - 1 Million Geocache Geocoin

Great view from the headland. Went for a good old wander before returning to the cache. Thanks for bringing me here!

Dried cache out best I could. New bag for the logbook. Cache tag sticker appears to be bank and blurb sheet very fragile. Still workable.

Located, cache damp and pencil is broken. Will try to come back to dry out and replace pencil

it took me a bit of searching as I thought it was different tree. when i followed gps and read previous logs, found it quickly. i was lucky to find it before heavy rain started. cheers. dekuji.

Gorgeous spot. Down this way for WRC Rally so hoping to collect a few caches as well!

On holiday from the UK. Enjoying the coastal walks and views.
Quick find.
TFTC

A quick find whilst showing visitors our beautiful home.
TNLN
STL
TFTC

Enjoyed the walk, and great day to be on the coast, Thanks for bringing us here. Soon had cache signed and returned TFTC

Sl tftc

TFTC, quick find, nice spot.

5311. Found with Relish64 on a windy walk. A nice quick find and then off to visit the trig a little further along the track.
TFTC.

Enjoyed the beach & bush surrounds, lovely views & lot's of crabs. Thanks for the cache, gr8 free activity for my holidays.

#201 found by geouncle beauitful spot amazing veiws tftc

Well hidden. Thanks!

Kids loved it. Tftc

Waiting around to start the day I thought I'd start my day a bit sooner.
I headed out early to run the few km to find this cache.
There was not another person in sight, just how I like it.
Such a beautiful spot.
Tftc

Today was a family day out geocaching, the steaks were high as to who was going to find the most caches. When we neared GZ the race was on and two ran off and one stayed back to let the other two battle it out to find the cache. By backing off and staying behind he accidently found the cache and the other two were surprise. They thought for sure they were on the right track.

After the cache was found we walked up to the trig spot and there were men up there flying the model aeroplanes, good time to be flyihng with the wind that was about, but they were very cautious with us up there walking about as the planes were flying very fast.

TFTC Earthly65

Nice one

Travelling along the coast in beautiful NSW. Tftc

Thought we knew better than the GPS and went to the obvious spot.....the obvious spot is not always the spot. Following the GPS we soon had the cache and then continued on to the headland. MrsG had pricked up on 'trig' in the cache description. Trigs are well known for having great views. Not disappointed . . . beautiful views of the coastline and Emerald Beach. TFTC earthly65.

Found thanks Cach number: 63

Thanks for the great find
Found with Brad1987 & summerr123

Wow what an area. we started at the carpark near the trail start at the top of the hill. after following the track to gz we had a little bit of a search before the durr why didn't I see that before moment. After signing the log we turned to walk back to the car before someone said why don't we walk to the end of the headland, and im glad we did. An awsome cache location. Thanks for the cache. Found with batdos and summerr123

Tricky Cache took a bit because eCrucial and I were thinking too hard about it TFTC

Our first one, and only a few hundred metres from home! Have walked this track many times and never spotted GZ Btw, the Headland is officially called 'Bare Bluff'! Well worth a walk to the end.

After the partial success at Hearne's lake I decided to come up here for the cache and the trig. A bit of a stroll up to GZ through the GZ and after checking the wrong tree first found the correct one and there it was. A nice little hide after a nice bushwalk. After heading up to the trig I went back down to the beach for a swim. Thanks earthly65.

Wasn´t the best time (1.30Pm) to do this cache on this location. All three of us were sweating like crasy, but we finished the walk to the highest point after we found the cache and it was worth it.
Thanks for showing us this beautiful place earthly65. FP for that

This has been my holiday destination each summer for 30 years. So great to bring kids here with a geo motive too! TFTC

Gotcha !!! TFTC

Thanks for ze siq cache! Found thanks to da kdawg of da crewwwww!

Thanks for ze siq cache! Found thanks to da kdawg of da crewwwww!

Larns, Matty & Lucy Loo had a fun time in the beautiful summer sun searching for our very FIRST geocache find. We tried to find earlier in year but couldn't-thanks for re-establishing and thanks for the view!

Larns, Matty & Lucy Loo had a fun time in the beautiful summer sun searching for our very FIRST geocache find. We tried to find earlier in year but couldn't-thanks for re-establishing and thanks for the view!

Larns, Matty & Lucy Loo had a fun time in the beautiful summer sun searching for our very FIRST geocache find. We tried to find earlier in year but couldn't-thanks for re-establishing and thanks for the view!

Yeeew! Siq early morning find by Kdawg of dacrew!
Peaceful early morning walk along ze dunes and raddest little cache brah!
TFTC/TNSL

What a great walk on such a lovely morning . Fantastic views , surfers and swimmers enjoying the weather. Easy find TFTC

Come in to Sandy Beach at night with a truck to the shop,and I hate the drive up and down and through all the roundabouts,anyway,wanted to come in by daylight and get this cache,nice enough beach front and nice walk to the cache
.TFTC.

Sneaky sneaky hideout. Well done earthly65. TFTC

Nice little hide. Thankyou for replacing this cache after recently muggled. Thankyou earthly 65.

Checked on this cache after recent dnf and found it was missing....have replaced it with a different type to hopefully keep it safe....same gz....happy caching!

Searched for half an hour but was unable to find cache lovely spot though

Fantastic walk with the pleasures of a snake

The stroll out to Sandy Head is a beaut
Great scenery,
lots of trails to follow,
a trig point,
and of course ... a cache to find [^]

After a bit of wandering around, it was obvious that the trail I was following did not lead to GZ [:o]
I ended up down on the beach to the south of Sandy Head
Finding a trail up the cliffs, I followed that and ended up at the trig point
From the trig another trail led back towards 'towne'.
And that trail went past GZ

I found the cache in the first place I looked !!!!!

TFTC and an excellent sandy stroll [^]

Find #2031...

A beautiful day to be out & about around the area... Love exploring this fantastic country and always love visiting new area's...

Good Co-Ord's led to a straight forward find, made the grab, signed log & replaced...

Thanks earthly65 for bringing me here...

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing Signed Log

*Cache Condition ~ Fine...

2nd for the day. I searched in what I thought was the obvious spot but Mr Beetle found it at a less impressive example not too far away. Thanks.

This is a DNF for us, wasn’t a wasted trip as we walked to head to do Aust. Trig. GPS was jumping around about 20 metres.

Found at 11:24 AM GAFF1. The beaches around here remind us of the rugged ocean beaches on the Mornington Peninsula around Melbourne.
We made this one a T of 3.5 by practically running all the way as we suddenly had to be back home by 2.00pm for an important appointment. Otherwise this would be a more sedate T of 2.5.
Thanks earthly65.

In the area on a short holiday with my family. A beautiful area and lovely walk to the GZ. TFTC.

A nice cache and a nice walk. Somehow we saw a red bellied black snake sunning itself on the path. Not the right times to see them! TFTC Earthly65

A cache and a trig here now....thanks earthly65

Up in Coffs for Christmas. Out enjoying the coast and picking up a few caches. TFTC!

It was second time lucky for me with this one. The first time I searched it was nowhere near this GZ - I must have used the original co-ordinates. The original spot was much more scenic than this one!. TFTC.

Had to take a couple of passes of the GZ till I spotted the hide. TNLN TFTC