The Hidden Cemetery Gladstone, South Australia, Australia
By Tk2 on 15-Jul-12. Waypoint GC3QHG5

In fairness I didnt search for very long as I couldnt find anything that fitted the hint, I didnt want to disturb any of the rare plants, and the day was heating up and the flies were becoming active!However, thank you for bringing me to this place, the graves are very poignant And it was wonderfully peaceful and thought provoking here this morning

Interesting to see this up here in the back of the cemetery cache seems to be missing so replaced with a mint tin

With a few days off back in Adelaide I decided to head to the mid north again after still having some caches to find up this way from my last visit 2 weeks ago, nice to be driving around on the back roads exploring new places and seeing the country side.

Thanks for the cache

Interesting area, spent some time here. Annoying bull ants and orb spiders, but no cache. Reluctant to step into the grave site, all other areas searched.

no luck for us today

Lots of ants and flies. Kids not keen to stick around long

TFTC. Day 19 of honeymoon caching trip. Staying at Crystal Brook with glorious weather on our last “big” caching day before heading home !

Happy caching and safe travels!

Found it, signed and replaced it where I'd found it.

Title matches the find in a nice spot. Also a good view of the town. TFTC

Wow. What an interesting piece of history, and what a view!

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. Another very chilly morning had us rugged up well. This is why we love geocaching!
We are enjoying our time travelling SA. Fantastic towns, ruins, beaches and cliffs. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on a geo-guided tour.

Out in another chilly day with rain ️ threatening. Ranging a bit further afield from Port Pirie with iluvtrekking exploring the surrounds. Loving these back country roads - our type of caching. Thanks Tk2

Found it

Not for us today Cheers and thanks for bringing us to this hidden grave.

Wouldn't have known they were there! TFTC

Walked into this one and found an appropriate access the the back area. An amazing little gem that is rarely seen, unless your the resident kangaroo in these parts. A little bit of history just clinging on. Fav from us. TFTC

Took off to the North with Jack the Monkey, Sebastbat, and Purrfect Di today.
Dropped in on a medieval fair and saw cacher Chrispy89 along the way!!!
Thought we'd better find some caches too...
So off we went again, after stopping for some regional icecream
Quite a bit of history here and an unexpected find in the outer edges of the graveyard!
Cache in peace.
tftc Tk2

TFTC SL It is very well hidden. Only cachers would find this. Bet half the towns people don't know that this is here. Found while exploring the Gladstone area.

TFTC nice find great views nice hidden gem

TFTC this was indeed a hidden cemetery. We signed & dated the log then placed it back where we found it. It’s so sad to see that quite a few babies are buried here.

Hello

8578 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1420. The flowers are out in full bloom after the recent rain. SL Tnx Tk2

Breker, found this interesting place, scared a mad hare!!
If it wasn’t for our caching friends places like this would never be known about. I believe our historic places should be signposted, and made accessible to everyone and maintained. I’m certainly glad I had the opportunity to see it.
TFTC

this is as far as i got on day 1. Stayed overnight at Gladstone and after putting up the tent and cooking dinner i went about clearing the town out. I started to wonder if the co ords where out till i found the " hidden cemetery ". heading in the direction of port Lincoln for some 4 x 4 caches in the national parks and the kayak caches down there. I left a day earlier than expected so getting some " bonus " caches in on the way down there. quick find.

Camping in Jamestown for the weekend to attend an event and maybe see some airplanes! HHmmm I seem to have lost my eyeglasses...If anyones finds a random pair of specs at the cache, could you contact me to arange their return.. Wow, after a walk through the cemetery and out the back gate, I was not expecting this hidden cemetery! A quick find after reading the headstones. Thanks for bringing us out to this forgotten place. A fav point from us TFTC

Interesting reading the ages on the graves

Tftc

An interesting wslk to the spot. Smiley easily found. Tftc

Long forgotten memories. TFTC

Didn't know this was here. Very interesting.

We made this trip up north to pick up some of the caches we keep driving past as we head to/from the outback .
Well, we weren't expecting that !
TNLNSL.
Thanks Tk2.

That was unexpected. I hadn’t read the description just the name and was thinking well this is hidden way out in the open. However as I got closer and found the back gate I realized something was up and read the description. A fantastic extra. Fav point allocated. TFTC

Location, Location, Location

Thanks for the cache, Tk2

After a day out hiking on the Heysen Trail a caching session with Malco! was required. Great hides in Gladstone. Thanks

On the way home from our annual pilgrimage to Darwin for the V8's, this time from the east coast. TFTC.

I love cemetery caches, there are so many stories....Out and about with Budgie 23. TFTC.

Tftc and the history...

Hi there Tk2.

We found your cache **"The Hidden Cemetery"** at 11:13:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 15958).

We cached around Gladstone today. On our trek we found a variety of container types. & ended up finding 4 caches with 0 DNF's.

Thanks for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels, & this spot is certainly well hidden from the general public

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

In Jamestown for a few days, heading to Pt Augusta and picking up a few caches. TFTC

TFTC Tk2

Found. Do watch your step as there are some beautiful flowers on the ground.

found with crispy89

Oh now this was an interesting location. I actually quite like wandering through a cemetery every now and then and I found the walk up the back track into the 'field'/ old cemetery was fascinating. How interesting!

Found whilst driving home after attending my first June Long Weekend Event (JLWE) - Wacky Wirrabara Wonderland!!

I had a ball this weekend and I can't wait until next year's event [^] . I was invited to team up with the GOTHS, and due to their experience, strategy, creativity, hard work and energy we ended up coming joint 3rd! Woo Hoo!! SOOO AMAZING!!!!

Most of the attendees camped at the camping grounds, but there was a small group of Wacky Geocachers who stayed warm and dry at the local pub - Seascout78, Laighside Legends, Astro, four-fun and myself

We all had a blast - heaps of fun, laughter, fishnet stockings, deadlines, no door on the shower nor on the women's toilet area in the accommodation (OMG, totally crazy but true!!! [:(!]), great food, great company [:X], early starts, late nights, alcohol, shed parties , freezing temperatures, someone needing a 2 hour nap during competition day , clear skies, Mark's spectacular driving [:X][^], sliding down a hill , mud [:(!], a 350m walk down and up a steep difficult hill when we could have driven to 30m from the cache [:(!][xx(]! Haha and they are the things I am able to mention, the info that needs to stay in the memory bank would be a more interesting read I reckon!

Please note, the caches I found this weekend may be signed as "GoodLook", "GL" or "GOTHS" - as I was an honorary member of this wonderful team of people: Brisal5, Mogni, Aussie M&M and alternkia for this Queens birthday long weekend.

Thanks for the cache!

Found at 20:46 with sxc, Shonky, ywdg and Waldren
Thanks Tk2

Away for a weekend of caching with WhiteDog, Shonky, Uni, and Southern Cross

We started around Bowmans and finished the second day at Booleroo Centre.

Yet another cemetery. We were there just as the sun was setting. A long walk through snake country.

TFTC

Found on a mid-north caching run with Uni & Medusa, Southern Cross Caching, Team Walrdron and TWDG. Thanks for the cache.

Out for a 2 day Mid-North cache run with Uni & Medusa, Southern Cross Caching, Team Walrdron & shonkylogic.
Hot weather & good fun made for an enjoyable couple of days.
This cache was one of many. Cool spot, great cache
Thanks for bringing us here
Tk2

Found on a New Year's trip up North with The White Dog Gang, Team Waldron, Uni & Medusa and shonkylogic. We had a fantastic time finding a lot of great caches along the way. While the weather was hot the company was great and we had fun times. All in all 150 finds and six DNFs for me over the two days.

TFTC and sorry about the generic log,
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

Found with The Poss. Spent the day in Jamestown at the AirShow.
Great day, flies now getting friendly.
Now this old cemetery is refreshing.
Follow your GPS to this hidden piece of history. Aerogard and watch passing through the long grass.
Cache found and signed. TFTC!

Our forth and last cemetery cache for the day. Wonder why this part wasn't fenced off and included with the rest of the cemetery! Had an interesting experience here, Mr Beetle was bitten on the foot by a large ant but the fun didn't stop there. He though he had brushed it off but it had crawled up his trouser leg. Think you can guess the rest!!!
Thanks.

Found on way home from work this evening tftc

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Enjoyed wander around the country - loved scene - plenty see the wild animals etc... [8)]

Very Impressed - enjoyed wander around this area - Kangaroo give me fright when I walk
same time he jump out...

Thanks for hide the cache for me to found it
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Tftc found with polkys quest

Found with auzzie convict tftc

found it.
TFTC

Interesting cache. TFTC.

Travelled 350km, 8 smileys and one DNF. An enjoyable day of sunshine, flowering canola and cute lambs.
Thank you for hiding this cache

Found as a part of TheKellyGang, writing this as a genaric log as I was a part of TheKellyGang and am now out on my own.
If you do not agree with this you are more than welcome to delete the log.

Touring Australia having left Perth in late February we are leisurely touring South Australia.

Staying in a 'Free Camp' just out of Crystal Brook. It rained really hard overnight and we werent sure what the day was going to bring.

The morning was okay but some of the dirt roads we were to attempt were impassable! [xx(]

So a modified list was called for. Just after lunch the skies opened so any walking caches were also scratched from the list for today.

We enjoyed our tour of Gladstone, Caltowie, Jamestown, Bundaleer and Georgetown. Some very pretty and interesting scenery.

Very interesting to see the GZ here. Nice to see such friendship carry on.

Thanks for helping us tour this region by visiting your cache Tk2

After completing our 2nd trip around Australia, we are now heading towards Alice Springs.
Left Auburn today, and drove to Murray Town, caching along the way.
A nice surprise to find, this small extension to the cemetery - a great piece of history.
Cache was found quickly, and in good condition.
Many thanks for the hunt today, Tk2.

Day 4 of my trip to the Oz Mega in Murray Bridge with Mistraluna.

Now heading south from Wilmington down the Horrocks Hwy (Main North Rd).

Was a quick find in the dark.

Thanks Tk2 for the cache.
(134 of 629 for the trip.)

Day 4 of our trip over to the Oz Mega event in Murray Bridge. Cached all day yesterday starting in Whyalla. Now caching through the night as well. Will have to return another day to see what this area really looks like. Thanks for the cache Tk2

had no idea these extra plots were here. after a bit of bushwalking (in biker gear..whew) and beating off several thousand flies. I ALMOST gave up on this one as a DNF

BUT

after one last search around there it was.

TFTC TNLN SL

My favourite find for our little trip North - I would have snapped this little place up for a hide too! Loved it and the history SL Thank you for bringing me here

Made our way here, as my Bestie loves these sorts of interesting places.
Found the cache out in the open, so replaced next to one of the brick pillars, and secured with a couple of rocks.
Very interesting that these graves are outside the cemetery proper.
Thanks for bringing us here TK2.
TNLNSL

Out driving the country side on a nice spring day with a bit of caching included. This is very aptly named! Tftc.

We loved finding this cache. Such an interesting cemetery.
Thanks for showing it to us.
Cheers & happy caching

Replaced container and new log

Found It!
Interesting little spot. Shame it's PM only
TFTC anyway

Cache had been messed with found glass vial close by and log on ground. Was able to open the log as it had been wet and signed. Lid missing have put back in place with opening buried in the ground to keep dry. TFTC

tb visits

was a nice walk up to the cache in between showers. took longer then it should have. tftc tk2. cache was dry with all the rain that had been so far

TFTC found with David the last one on his first day of caching.

What a lovely little well kept cemetery out in the middle of nowhere... there was plenty of kangaroos around amongst the graves.. Never seen that before...
Took us a little while to find the cache but only because "Someone" wasn't looking properly.. Probably took us a lot longer than it should have...
Thanks Tk2 for the cache.

Spent a while searching for it but it was in the first place we looked but someone didn't look hard enough not mentioning any names. A great out of the way Cemetery with a lot of history.

TFTC Tk2

Never new a cemetery was out here found a roo

What a great hide. Had no idea those graves were out there. TFTC

We made this one a lot harder than it needed to be! Thank you so much for bringing us. here. Geocaching is just brilliant for finding these hidden treasures of places. TFTC!

Very interesting, tftc, geo kids not real happy about the large bull ants nest close by.

Thanks Tk2 for the cache, Thought GPS was steering to a wrong GZ, but it was spot on, A historical site. Got to GZ only to discover I left the pen in the Geo vehicle, however returned to SL and spotted a Fox. TFTH.

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

Found on the "I'm not Diving with the Great White Sharks trip". A great day weather wise and caching wise driving from Adelaide to Port Lincoln.

A top spot out the back. I looked and looked then paffed. Confirmed that this one had disappeared from its hole. The green lid was still there. I replaced this one - hope that's OK Tk2? Abuse me later if it's not!

Thanks to Tk2 and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Travelled north to finalize the quarterly BAS inputs and an afternoon free - what else to do?
Enjoyed my time rambling through the area and collecting some caches.
This was the third cache attempted, and I must admit initially didn't think that the cemetery was hidden at all. How on earth did you fond this spot?
Thanks for the cache and bringing me here Tk2

Wondered where we were heading. Interesting find.
Did not like the bull ants..
Thanks Tk2

sneaky hide but it didnt fool DEMON41 who soon had it in hand , glorious day for a dirtbike ride thanks

found on geo ride with desertfox41, thought the resident lawn mower was neat. tricky hide as well, watch out for the bull ants. TNLNSL

Quick find in a interesting location. Staying in Gladstone on ly a stones throw from this one!! THanks Tk2 for the hide!!

A Day to go Caching with out Geomum she can work and earn some money, while Geodad and Geodaughters go Caching for the Day Quality family time for the Girls. TFTC

This entry was edited by TheKellyGang on Sunday, 26 August 2012 at 11:50:44 UTC.

Wow. What an interesting place. Is there a reason that these people at the back have been left out in the cold. Actually I like the way it is all returning to natural park. Bury me under a tree.

It certainly is a very hidden place. A pity there is so much unmarked history here.
Soon found the correct cutting edge, signed the log and were on our way. A very cold afternoon with a strong breeze blowing. TFTC TNLN SL

Silver for the frogs, thought this would just be another cemetry cache, but turned out to be a well hidden part of the cemetry and a well hidden cache, enjoyed the hunt TFTC Tk2

FTF Thought u had me on a wild goose chase what a very hidden cemetery... TFTC TK2

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