Waterfall Way - Bakers Creek Falls Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia
By Magpiecottage (placed by aussie_rover89) on 07-May-13. Waypoint GC47PGD

We had to wait for two muggles to leave - one who seemed to be in an extended discussion on the phone. We'd almost given up when they also decided to leave so we returned to make a quick find. Magnificent views!

Lovely views tftc

Nice quiet spot, great views worth the drive.

Fantastic views of the waterfall and only 25 mins from home. Thanks for bringing us here.

Quick find, beautiful views tftc

Great view and nice spot for abseiling Tftc!

Found with elledee08

TFTC. Found with Rogey05

Reperio 06:12Day 3 of our tour of Tamworth caching trip, and Master Vitruvius and I were up early to continue our way through the caches from Hillgrove and Wollomombi and then back to Tamworth. This was a very cool place to visit early in the morning, and after enjoying the view, we soon located the cache. Gratias magpiecottageAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Thankfully the road isn't closed to this glorious spot! Thanks for bringing us here it is beautiful

Found on a family camping trip by my eldest daughter, thanks

Apologies for the late log here (13.01.24) but I've had a busy time since getting back to the UK.Quite a wild little spot here, without much of a wall to stop you going over the edge, but since I had the place to myself I enjoyed hunting around for the cache. Carefully. Great views.TNLN-TFTC!SP (UK) on an epic trek right around the world.

One of my favourite geocaches, have been coming here for years.

ime for another solo road trip. This time it'll be three days from Brisbane to Dorrigo, Port Macquarie, Tamworth, Quirindie, Armidale, Grafton and back. All to find a few choice geocaches see some places I've never been to before, and others I've seen but too briefly. Today is the third day on the road. Unfortunately for me, my too-brief planning meant the itinerary ended when I arrived in Tamworth. But that's ok, some motel wifi and the geocaching map helped me plan out a chilled (if long) drive home. In my looking about for attractions in the area, Bakers Creek Falls and the gorge got a mention. I looked into it and yup, geocache there!

After leaving Armidale, I'm off via Waterfall Way. Getting along the fast bitumen, I made sure my offline list was saved and turned off onto the dirt roads. My little hatchback might be a little unlikely in these parts, but we've done an awful lot of gravel, dirt and dust! After visiting Metz Lookout, I decided to come to this geocache next. I had no idea if the dirt would get worse, but we'll see how we go.

Needless to say, there was no issue and I enjoyed being off the beaten track. The tiny turnoff lead to a hidden carpark and an area I had all to myself. No messing about, I headed down to the lookout. How incredible to have such a view down the length of the gorge. Unfortunately, the sun was a bit low, and the falls while flowing, were in the shadows of the cliffs. I took some time to watch the vista before me. Then onto the geocache.

Just a quick jump down and with a bit of looking carefully about, had the geocache spotted, in hand and signed by 13:10. I replaced as found and have little else to say other than the waterfalls reminded me a lot of Apsley Falls a bit farther south, and that this detour was also very worth the time! Thanks for showing me this place, magpiecottage

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Took longer than it should have to find this.

TFTC

First for my new user name. Thank you

A trip to check out some of the awesome places in NSW and grab some old caches. TFTC.
Awesome views down the valley. Quick find.

Waterfall was dry today but the view is still spectacular of the Gorge. Thankyou for placing this here.

Staying around the Armidale area to cache for a few days.
Today was a power trail day, we tackled the Gara, Hillgrove-Metz and Long Point trails and started the Chandler Trail. Overall a very busy day of caching.
Another nice little detour from the trail, sadly the falls weren't going today but the gorge was still beautiful. Managed to make a quick find.
Thanks for the cache

We came out to check out the waterfall and grab the cache at the same time.
Made a nice quick find, well I thought I had but there were only 2 names on it. One in April and the other July. Very strange when the last finder was in October per the app. Had another search and found the original. I have removed the replacement cache that was put there when it shouldn't have been.
Thanks for placing this cache here for us to find.

Wow thank you for bringing me here
Thanks Magpiecottage all good here

Wonderful place, power of nature
TFTC

Vandaag gelukkig prachtig weer en daarmee ook magnifiek uitzicht.
En ook nog een cache vinden, hoe gelukkig kun je zijn!
Tftc

Signed the logbook and we’re on our way

LTF

Out for the morning caching in and around Hillgrove, most were quick finds but spent far too long searching for the two at which we DNFd Great view of the falls

TFTC

We arrived just after another group so the cameras were used as a cover to look for the cache, just as they left another family arrived so we had to be stealthy again. Thankfully they were not there for long so we were able to have a good look and find the cache, spotted by Mrs Shifter and retrieved by Mr Shifter.
A great view of the falls from here.
Thanks for the hide magpiecottage.

Fun

Found!

Rolled into Armidale on a drizzly morning but soon cleaned up to a lovely day for caching and exploring. Then decided to head out to Hillgrove on a discovery tour Completed the labs as well. Scored a free dessert with dinner. A fun day pour moi

Loved the views and just located the cache as a car pulled up above. Had it replaced before anyone came down. Took a selfie with Violet the Tabby

TFTC magpie cottage Dropping off a FAVE.

Nice drive

Such a wonderful location. Hadn’t been to this lookout before. Thank you!

Thanks for the fantastic views, nearly drove straight past this one!

Great lookout!

Out tackling the PT, enjoying the drive in the country. TFTC

Last full day of caching in and around Armidale so we decided to tackle the Hillgrove area. Nice quick find, TFTC

Nice spot to stop. Thank you

3:53:00 PM: (1 of 4) Find#12211
doh muggles just as we arrived had to be sneaky to grab this one..
Day 4
Armidale
caching in the Armidale area today around Hillgrove loop
This is a Road trip north from ACT, originally to Dayboro, but now a caching trip around NSW for the Easter break.
found with StrangeTrousers
thanks magpiecottage

#7052 Day 4 of our "Dayboro Plan B" trip. mtrax & myself, having decided to ditch the mega came up with a last minute re-route using some of the accommodation we'd already booked and find some interesting caches. To this end we were very selective and only chose caches with sufficient FPs along the route. Today was just around Armidale, but we took a side trip back to Hillgrove after having to skip it due to time yesterday. Glad we did as it was a great place to geocache and we also grabbed a short trail on the way. Weather was more favorable today with some wind but not cold.

Muggles here. Awkward but mtrax got it eventually.

Thanks magpiecottage

Find # 6813
Nice quick find and another magnificent view!
We give this cache a favourite point for the view.
TFTC Magpiecottage (placed by aussie_rover89)
31 March 2021 2:23 pm

Could hardly see it though it was in front of us. Blends in perfectly.

Gorgeous view, but alas the falls were looking pretty dry on our visit.

Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

Found with bedlem2 glad we stopped good veiws

Whoo. I am not getting down there for any gold. Happy with the cache.

Falls not running but the gorge is still worth a look. Cache in good condition. TFTC

Another wow moment!! What a beautiful spot

Nine of us took the motorcycles on a ten day trip thru Country NSW. I was the only cacher but where ever we stopped I made time to check for near by caches. This was one of them. Sorry for the generic log. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache

Out collecting the various trails and a few extra caches today. A good day in total with only 1 DNF

Thankyou to the CO's for placing and maintaining the caches

**Total find count: 1047**

After what has felt like an eternity, we are finally taking our first geocaching road trip since Clear Waters with Crzymelly, TeamPQS and HubbyandMrs.

Today was "trail' day. We elected to complete the Gara Loop, Hillgrove-Metz and Long Point geocache trails. All found logs were dry and had room for more names.

**TFTC magpiecottage**

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The following TBs and Geocoins helped with the search to find the hidden cache:
* Miniature Itsonlybarney
* GeocachingNSW 2016 Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2017 Geocoin
* Geocache Talk Geocoin
* Planetary Pursuit Micro Geocoin
* Geocoin Club Jan 2015 - Rescue Coin
* Geocoin Club May 2018 - Blodeuwedd
* OzGeomuster 2018 Geocoin
* Col Miner HAVOC Geocoin
* Geocoin Club June 2018 - Illumination
* Caching Under the Moon
* Geocoin Club July 2018 - Dive Deep
* Geocache Talk Blackout Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2018 Geocoin
* Clear Waters 2019 Geocoin
* OzGeomuster 2019 Geocoin

Another big day of caching with @itsonlybarney, @TeamPQS and @hubbyandmrs. We decided that we would head out to Hillgrove from where we were staying in Armidale. We had a great time on the Hilllgrove-Metz trail, then we headed into town, luckily we had lunch with us and stopped off by the little playground for the geokids to be able to have a run around to stretch their legs. Once lunch was done we collected all the caches in Hillgrove and then headed out to complete the Long Point Trail. Loved all the Hillgrove history with all the signs indicating what was originally there. The Oyster Saloon sounded yummy. TFTC.

A peaceful and magical spot. TFTC

Quick find while visiting another waterfall. Tftc.

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Incredible location. Incredible find.

Tamworth and Amrmidale Trip March 2020. Day 6. I headed north with Fitzy_1965 along the New England Highway towards Tamworth. This was our day to get the cache trails to the North and east of Armidale, it was a long day with rain showers on and off all day. The day was mostly roadside caches, but they were all of differing levels of challenges, especially when you have to deal with Farmers Friends and Stinging Nettles at almost every cache.

Thanks for the cache magpiecottage

28722.57 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 October Signal A#49

**Albida**

20,703. Found with albida33 during a meander up to and around the Tamworth and Armidale regions.

Day 6 of our trip. Enjoying the luxury of staying in a hotel room after our campsite booking got cancelled, it was a nice easy start to the day. Headed out to where we finished last night for what turned out to be another big days caching. We aimed to finish the various trails around Armidale. Next stop for the day, and we came up with a quick find. Signed the log, replaced the cache, then headed off to the next one.

TFTC magpiecottage !! Wow - awesome views from here !

Staying at the BlazeAid camp in Yarrowitch and today we were rained out from fencing, so it was a good time to head for Ebor camp to pick up some bits and pieces and see some sights and find some caches along the way. Since it was the Waterfall Way and there had been lots of rain, that was where I focussed my efforts. Waterfalls were pumping today, with many locals and tourists out enjoying the sights and the rain after such a dry spell.

The long-drop here was more like a pond-drop with a torrent flowing through the cubicle. Hope it doesn't flow down the hill !

Very wet around the hide and some contortions required to extract the cache without getting very wet myself, but managed and made the first log in the replacement.

Thanks for the cache and the reeplacement !

Cache in soggy condition magnets missing, replaced container with smaller one with better magnets and hopefully a bit better protection from the weather. Please replace exactly as found where it's more likely to stay dry.

Beautiful spot, easy find. Thank you

On the road to the fall
Tftc
Not magnetic anymore

Found, guarded by a (dead) little snake see photo.
No water in falls TFTC

Found while on a geocaching holiday with tmann421.
Enjoyed the trip around and all the great hides.
Stamped TM/WW NZ, or if in pen our full names

Another day of fun driving / walking around the area with woolwood9.
*More good caches found along the way* **TFTC**
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or our full user names or tm421/ww9 in pen.

Good area and view - hide soon spotted.

Thankyou beautiful view

Found! Be explorative and look under the lookout platform

what a great spot. sadly no water falling today but still a lovely view. fav point. thanks

I found this with my family on an afternoon drive. TFTC.

This place is amazing. Bushwalkinggirl and I found the cache. Logged as BGR1. TFTC

Wow. Was not expecting to see this. Definitely want to come back when there's been more rain. Amazing. Logged as BGR1. Found with Bushwalkinggirl, Googlasaurus and Roarts.

TFTC

Out for a mothers' day scenic drive & some caching with the geofamily. Some amazing views from GZ! Signed as BGR1. TFTC.

Echo echo echo. We loved the view

Nice
View

I did my first drive and grab geocaching tour. Coming from Switzerland, normally we would go for a walk to look for caches. So thos was intersting and I finally got the hang of it. I did the Gara River Tour, did some hikes and finally took a detour through Hillgrove following the magpie cottages trail.

With our base established at Uralla we headed out to different surrounding localities finding caches as we went. We enjoyed exploring the area and this was one we (us and Snakepiters) targetted and found. Thanks to magpiecottage for hiding this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Serious day caching around the Armidale greater area with Liz and Bruce. Good country dirt roads with the car again covered in dust. No DNF's today and some creative caches or great hides were given fav points. we didn't get all the caches in the two days here so we will be back to enjoy the locals hospitality.
TFTC magpiecottage
Total Cache Finds 6103

Found #300 for us!!

A pretty spot to stop, a tad hot still so the wife stayed in the car, a bit of a trickle going over the falls, but still cool. Easy find thanks.

Lovely lookout here, lots of water coming over the falls at the moment.
TFTC

Found to spot. Had lunch while group of 20 muggles admired view then a quick find. Tftc.

Nice find, beautiful spot!

TFTC

Spent a couple of days in the Armidale district with geoson. Enjoyed the challenges. Found it TFTC

Spending a couple of days caching in Armidale and surrounding areas with Geodad Whitey Wiskas ..
Nice little spot to stop for a bit, but the falls weren't running ..

All Good .. TFTC ..

There are so many really good caches to be found in this part of the world and we wanted to spend some more time here. Today we thought we would work out a run to find more of the Hillgrove-Metz series.
Hillgrove is an interesting town with all the signs indicating where the businesses used to be and the fact that some buildings have beem removed and erected again in other places. We found all the caches we looked for, signed each log and replaced all as it had been found. Thank you to maggiecottage for a prolific contribution to the caching game and for adopting this cache.

Quick find. Thanks for the cache.

Gotcha! Easy one.... took a bit of scrambling and we had to be very vigilant with the geokids. Neat little cache. TFTC

28 July 2018 14:44
TFTC, aussie_rover89 (adopted by magpiecottage), SL,
My find # 104

That one was a bit trickier! Wish I was shorter. TFTC

Heading North for a short holiday and collecting some caches along the way.
Thanks for placing it for us to find.
Not much water flowing today.

TFTC aussie_rover89 (adopted by magpiecottage)
Find 5891 logged from c:geo.

Visited TBs, particularly PnavE_81's TB Racer 2016 (goal is visiting lakes rivers and seas), so he could see Baker's Creek Falls at Hillgrove NSW Australia.

Would you believe we had to wait for 2 muggles to leave. The kids and us really enjoyed this spot. another example of where geocaching takes you. Found with Staybe and Co log signed SO or OS we tended to get ourselves confused. 3119 3:52:00 PM magpiecottage without cachers like you we would have no game. Thank you. TNLN SL

Magnets in place again. Positioned within 3m of GZ due to proximity of 'Farmers Friends'. Happy hunting!

On a geocaching weekend to Armidale with Ozglory. Had a lovely time and saw some beautiful countryside & buildings. I'm definitely falling in love with Armidale.

This trail was our target for the weekend and we got back out today to finish it.

What a stunning view!!! Shame the waterfall wasn't running but super impressive non the less.

A couple of motorbike riders were also enjoying the view so waited for them to head off before having a look around. A nice quick find today.

Thank you so much for placing this cache.

Some logs may be signed as O&S to represent Ozglory and Staybe & Co.

Wow.... we hadn't expected to find a gorge when we stopped, I so wish we could be here when the falls are full of water.

We first found the magnets stuck under the boardwalk and thought the cache had fallen and gone missing. After removing heaps of Farmers Friends I continued the search just in case I could find the cache, then suddenly I spotted it. We placed the magnets back inside the cache but it wouldn't stick to the metal so we carefully placed it in a secure place near GZ.

thanks for sharing this spot.

Ian & Sue - Team Pathfinder uses T.P. to sign smaller logs.

This was a quick find but magnet is missing, couldn't see it anywhere. Thanks for maintaining magpiecottage

Our second time out this way and doing the Hillgrove-Metz loop this afternoon. We had a good time finding the various caches as well as visiting Bakers Creek Falls and the view from Metz over to Hillgrove was amazing. Thanks magpiecottage for this series - we appreciate the time setting up and maintaining these trails!

Today was our second day around Hillgrove during our stay in Armidale. The weather was great and hopefully we find the caches we are looking for!
Apology for the generic email. The caches on the country roads are always great to do and some of the sights, gorges and waterfall (with no water falling) were fantastic. TFTC magpiecottage

Very worthy of a FP due to the scenery.

A nice quick hide on a day in Armidale and surrounds, looking for a wide range of Difficulty and Terrain ratings. This is a lovely area and would be even better with a bit more water flowing. Thanks for this cache, aussie_rover89 and magpiecottage.

Day 2 of the trip the Geo-Muster mega next week-end. I am travelling south from Toowoomba with my Caro.
Today, Caro wanted to find 25 different D/T combination for a challenge cache in Brisbane. I have already completed the challenge but was happy to go along as I was going to spend today caching around the greater Armidale area anyway. [^]
The day started out this way with 8 different D/T combinations found before heading back to Armidale.
A short search for his cache before Caro found it.
Unfortunately there was no water flowing over the falls today.
Thanks for the cache.