Batholith at Port Douglas Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia
By Cicero14513 on 24-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4GZE6

Cheers

Enjoying our holiday visiting these beautiful places. Thank you!

After doing a nice walk to Flagstaff Hill, we came to this spot. Interesting place. Thanks for showing us this spot.TFTCmagicchicken

Aloha! Story to follow.

So interesting

Thanks for the cache & the opportunity to enjoy a spectacular view as well as learn something new. Like others, I couldn't locate the information sign, possibly due to construction or damage.

Just logging in order to credit a visit to a TB that I picked up recently.

Well .... Unfortunately, I could not locate the information sign. There is construction on the town side of the path and no information sign to be found. I did find the gauge for measuring your catch though .I made the treck up to the very top of the stairs ... very slow going in the blaring sun and 32. And stopped at the suggested viewing spot too.Travelling at the moment and connection is sometimes spotty. I will investigate answers via online search over the next couple of days and email my answers once info is founf.Absolutely stunning view ... thank you so much for bringing me here

We continued today our tour of several AUS states in the NorthWest and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Earth-Cache.The weather was - said in one word simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood. The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The answers were sent.Thanks to Cicero14513 for the generation of this nice cache Batholith at Port Douglas (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood. TFTC says H_M_A @ 3. Oktober 2024 @ 11:14 o'clock @ [#22559](https://coord.info/GC4GZE6)

Couldn't find it probably construction team thought it was litter

There was NO sign at the stated reference point!Construction work is occurring in the area, so maybe the sign had been removed?So no way to get the information to answer the questions.

There was NO sign at the stated ref point!Construction work is occurring in the area, so maybe the sign had been removed?

Good spot

Was here from Seattle area for snorkeling the reef. Took walk on 4 mile beach and went to view point to look at this cache. Emailed answers in. Tftc

We stopped at Port Douglas for brunch on our day trip from Cairns to the Daintree. It was decided that we would take a quick walk at this lookout before venturing north. Thanks Cicero for the Earth Cache.

Thanks Cicero14513 for placing this earthcache. Find #10044 on 12/9/2024 at 5:20PMAnswers sent via email. I had trouble finding the sign but have made up for it in Research. I walked from the lighthouse to the beach. What a lovely place, thanks for bringing me here

On our Australian trip . After travelled from Darwin to Perth over the GRR, now on the Eastcoast .Starting from Cairns first headed up to Port Douglas, then back south .While in Port Douglas I went for this one. Interesting stones .TFTC# 17'761

Beautiful area, amazing views. TFTC

Une dernire earth cache en Australie avant de rentrer

Found with Pprime` as part of our Cairns and North adventure.Thankyou for the entertainment here.

Found with T4mmmy on a sneaky weekend away up north. And Heading a bit further north today. Paused here to check the seaside, rocks and earthcache.Thanks Cicero14513 for bringing me to this location.*{Overall find #12664}*

The information sign is no longer there. But we tried to answer the questions as best we could. Thanks for my first Earth cache

Greetings from Wales Today was our last day in this beautiful place so we chose to be a bit lazy, longe by the pool in the morning and then amble around the headland this afternoon. We climbed up from the northern end and got to the view point before following the path back down to Four Mile Beach via the walkway. Stunning views all around but pretty windy on the headland and beach.I gathered the info for this earth cache although I think the info board has been removed as park of the ongoing redevelopment of the park, and the answers sent to the CO so thanks for setting this earth cache. Fave point.

Went along the track with ilook4geo and worked out our answers, which were sent to the CO. It was a good view from up a bit and there were lots of muggles enjoying the sights as well. Thanks for this earth cache go to Cicero14513.

Came to Port Douglas with goingplaces2 to see how other people holiday. Had to pick up a few caches while we were there, of course. Did some observations and learned about the batholith. TFTC.

On our recent trip to Cairns, Cooktown, and surrounding areas, this was one of several earthcaches we did. The location was beautiful, and the walk going up the stairs was very popular even though a lot of the area was closed off for refurbishment.Answers have been emailed as requested.Thank you, Cicero14513, for placing this great earthcache. It was lovely to see

Day two and it is another early start with a drive to Cooktown as our final destination for day two of our North Queensland geocaching trip.The four of us jumped into the Bluewattle geomobile and started the day's adventure. We had a list and a few extra caches that were solved to grab along the way, which made it to the list. It was very much an adventurous time as we travelled up and then along the Bloomfield track. It was a very scenic journey and one of amazement to see the devastation in the area. Having been here just a few years before and to see it now, was a shock. just goes to show mother nature is the ruler. We left Cairns headed up to Palm Cove, to Port Douglas, through Mossman, Wonga Beach, to Wujal Wujal and Cooktown. It was some of the best caching journeys I have had, with laughs and jokes and caching stories, just great company. All the caches that we found had the logs signed and the caches replaced as found, thanks for the placements.There was a nice earth cache to do, we did manage some of the answers and have sent off our answers to the cache.

On our adventurous trip to Cooktown with my Brisvagas buddiesEarly start to attack our list with a few extras thrown in for keep us on our toes Great trip full of laughter and banterAnswers have been sent separately

Nejprve trochu konferenn cesta na Viruses of Microbes Cairns 2024 pozdji i dovolen ns pivedla k tto kei. Byl jsem zde ped 16 lety a te putujeme po naich stopch. Tehdy jsem vak jet o geocachingu vdl jen teoreticky. First, a bit of a conference trip to the Viruses of Microbes Cairns 2024 and then a vacation in North QLD brought us to this geocache. I was here 16 years ago and now we are following in our footsteps. We visited the 4 mile Beach after return from Agincourt reef. Dky za zakladatelsk poin a prci s tm spojenou. Greetings from Brno the Czech Republic. T F T C! _____________ Geocache: Batholith at Port Douglas By: Cicero14513 Size: Nezvolena D 1.5 / T 2.5.Ke nalezena dne 22. ervence 2024 v 17:49 This is my found log no. 13194

Bisoutje and I are on a roadtrip through a big chunk of Australia with a campervan. We stop at various places to see as much of this beautiful country as we can. Today we visited Port Douglas where the sea and rainforests seem to meet. We had a nice swim in the sea and were very grateful not to see any box jellyfish or crocodiles. To embrace the summer- (or winter?) feeling we walkee barefooted in the sand towards this EC to learn something about the stones we are seeing.The listing is short but informative enough. Very interesting phenomena. We believe that the information sign is missing but we managed to find the answers to the questions anyhow. They are sent to the CO.TFTC!

Thanks for this lovely cache along the walking trail. We walked along the beach and then continued to Flagstaff hill. Beautiful! The answers are sent to the owner. It was fun looking closely at the rock around us. Many thanks for this nice earth cache! Its always nice to learn more about the nature surrounding us.

Thank you for the fun Earth cache!

It would appear to me after a significant amount of looking that the Information Board has been removed, and so an exact answer to Question 4 is difficult to give! Answers have been sent to the CO which are hopefully satisfactory. TFTC Cicero14513

Did your Batholith at Port Douglas today. 8 June 2024 7:55 pm Tyfc Cicero14513 total caches now 6838 .

Lovely walk to see the view and solve over the dinner table at the end of the day with our caching buddies DriftonDillons over a wine.

We started our visit of Cairns and around by the coast and Port Douglas. Very beautiful coast with great beaches! Thanks for the earthcache. It was very interesting and i learnt a lot.

Staying near Four Mile Beach a lovely walk up Flagstaff Hill on our last day, walked past GZ as I was so busy looking at the views. Couldn't find a notice board

A late log as I have a few ECs to do and easier to log them at home. We visited this area on our first full day in Port Douglas during our weeks break in PD and Cairns. Came up here after checking out the market in town. Great views from the lookout and here. Answers are on the way to the CO. Thx greatly for the EC.

I enjoyed this location and the earthcache. Answers have been sent to the CO. Thank you for the smiley and the fun!The day:I was visiting from the U.S. and had a goal of driving all the way up the east coast starting in Melbourne and ending in Port Douglas over a few weeks. Today started in Airlie Beach and ended in Townsville.I was enjoying my drive up the coast and seeing new places along the way.Many thanks to all the geocachers who placed and continue to maintain their geocaches for folks like me to find. I know it's not always easy, but I do appreciate you.

Thanks for the fine information! Greetings from Canada.

Thanks for the earthcache. Interesting information. Beautiful climb up to an observation point past the cache.

Answers sent for Tigger33 and Lonestar Yoda.Nice and educational earth cache!!

Answers sent to CO. Did while walking down from the Flagstaff Hill lookout. Thanks for placing this earthcache

Heading back to Trinity Beach for a couple of nights before we start heading to Iron Range. Missed a few today but was rushing - will be spending time between butterflies and caches tomorrow. A quick walk up the hill to this Earthcache - why no butterflies here on such a hot morning? Anyway answers sent except for one - sign seems to be missing?TFTC Cicero14513

Found it , on our family holiday to the beautiful Port Douglas it was a delight to visit this amazing location. Tftc

?????????? Thank you for this earth cache ?????????During a long trip to Australia ?????? with Phiphi13?? and Titinne13??The answers were sent by Phiphi13

Thank you for this earth cache During a long trip to Australia with Phiphi13 and BastienMtThe answers were sent by Phiphi13

Merci pour cette EarthCache Lors d'un grand voyage en Australie en compagnie Titinne13 et BastienMtPremire partie : QueenslandPartis de Cairns avec notre Go-Van , nous dcouvrirons la Grande Barrire de corail, Fitzroy Island, Townsville, Magntic Island, Mackay, Bundaberg, Brisbane et les plages de surf de la Gold Coast et de la Sunshine Coast.Merci aux diffrents poseurs locaux pour leurs diverses caches, les mystres rsolues aprs plusieurs mois de cogitation, les tradi, les wig, les multi, les labs nous avons fini les journes sur les rotules mais le jeu en valait la chandelle ... Thank you for this EarthCache During a big trip to Australia with Titinne13 and BastienMtPart one: Queensland Leaving from Cairns with our Geo-Van , we will discover the Great Barrier Reef, Fitzroy Island, Townsville, Magnetic Island, Mackay, Bundaberg, Brisbane and the surfing beaches of the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast .Thanks to the different local owners for their various caches, the mysteries solved after several months of thinking, the tradi, the wig, the multi, the labs we ended the days on the knees but the game is worth the candle ...=> Batholith at Port DouglasThank you for setting up this EarthCache and discovering these places...A big thank you to Cicero14513 #6969

Sign missing, rest of answers sent. Tftc

The weather was not ideal but we enjoyed our visit to this stunning place. Mr MR has sent our answers to to CO. Thanks Cicero14513.

YGAT and I visited this great location before heading back south. I have sent our joint answers to the CO.

Thanks Cicero14513 for setting up this interesting earthcache.

What great views from gz
Cache answers sent by earthlight after we spent time at gz discussing answers .
Tftc and geology lesson

Found your earth cache with The X-Trailers. Loved learning something new and views spectacular. Answers were sent for us both. TFTC and a fav point today

Answers sent soon

In the area for a wedding doing all the caches we can
Sadly the sign with all the info is missing.

TFTC
Venimus, Invenimus, Signati

Visited this lovely spot on our first visit to Port Douglas from our home in WA. Will send answers as soon as I get my thoughts together. TFTC Cicero14513

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa

Visiting Port Douglas today, after the market we took a stroll around town.

A very busy location and Four Mile Beach is a lot busier than I remember from our last visit about 12 years ago but still lovely.

Answers sent to CO but unfortunately we missed one due to a missing sign.

Tftc

Ocw the Bebes around Port Douglas. Great location to see the beach. Answers sent by The Bebes. Tftec

An amazing day wandering around Port Douglas today. TF the EC which added to the adventure!

Drove all the way from Cairns for this EarthCache and an Adventure Lab along the way. Shame the sign has gone. Some nice views and answers sent.

TFTEC!

Answers sent. We know nothing about geology, so we did our best. We would not have seen those rocks if we had not done the cache. Thanks for making us discover that location !

Yoshie19

Found yesterday with another member of VStaab. We did some investigation on site and some online since the sign is unfortunately missing. Messaged answers. TFTC!

Today we flew up here from Brisbane. Arrived early enough to amble our way from Cairns to Port Douglas, getting some caches along the way. Of course I didn't reach my goal, but I never do with Little Turmoils in tow.

The cliff face here is magnificent. Answers sent.

Answers sent. Photo shows me being sad with the sad remains of the sign (which seems to have an afterlife on Flickr). Thanks for pointing out this interesting geology. FP. TftEC.

Information board has been torn down. TFTC

Easy.

Since we had the spare time, we did the detour on the way north through Port Doubles and do some shopping. Before heading back we checked out this location. As reported by others, the sign and parts of the fencing are gone. Nevertheless, I was able to answer all questions, making this my 101th Earthcache find and have sent all answers to the CO.

Hello again far north QLD! It is great to be again up North after some previous visits in the recent months. Of course this means getting a few more caches I am keen to grab since some time or that are simply in stunning locations. Thank you very much Cicero14513 for creating and placing Batholith at Port Douglas. It certainly was once again an amazing trip which brought me to great caches and vistas!

Loving the area… still no sign but tried my best with the answers

Interesting information on the batholith at Port Douglas. Sign not there but researched it online. Great views from the lookout. Lovely visit to Port Douglas and surrounding area

We started the day at the Wildlife Habitat then came to town. We hiked the trail around the south side up the hillside and down and finished at these interesting rocks. I looked them over to come up with some answers before we headed off to lunch.

LyleVB
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Cairns to Adelaide Road Trip
Day Two: Cairns and adjacent LGAs.
Weather: not too hot, and only a little rain today. Perfect!

Greetings from a transiting South Australian.

Answers have been submitted by email, approval is pending. The sign still hasn’t been replaced! The coastal scenery here is vastly different from where I live, and I appreciate the effort to make it understandable.

Thanks for getting me to stop here with your Earthcache Cicero14513.

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Register your interest now. We’d love to see you there!

Did not find, though I found the location. It’s a bit hard without the information, and it’s too hot right now to bother with google (February ). Worth looking for at any rate.

Stayed here a few days to visit the reef and the rainforest before returning to the UK after a month in Australia, primarily to visit our son and see something of eastern Australia. Interesting cache that required a little research to complete, in the process discovered that four mile beach is only 4KM long and was named after a Mr. Fourmile and his family, amazing what you discover caching! TFTC from the UK.

On the way to Port Douglas, we were actually chatting about what sort of rocks these where along the road.

When we arrived I looked at this EC and it answered our question completely!

Excellent information in the EarthCache!

Thanks for making it!

An interesting spot on a recent trip to Port Douglas. It was the first day of our stay in this beautiful spot and good to get an overview of the area from GZ, then enjoyed the rest of the walk to the top. Thanks for taking me to this spot Cicero 14513

I visited the Batholith today for International Earthcache Day. There were lots of tourists on the walking track. Answers sent to CO, thanks to the magic of Google map images I found the missing sign.

In beautiful sunshine we visited Port Douglas and dedicated ourselves to the rock on the coast.

found on our yorke to york trip. (top of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia to tip of Cape Yorke, Queensland )
so many great experiences and beautiful locations. how fortunate we are to live in this wonderful, free and varied country!
thank you to all cache owners and those who helped out with maintenance and especially to Cicero14513 for this particular smilie
answers sent following some research, hopefully adequate
a beautiful cliff top area, great views, interesting fir nations and lovely swim at the beach. what more could anyone want

Great walk. Glad I started off early. I learnt a lot about Port Douglas doing this walk and cache. Thank you.

Magnificent beach, and beautiful path up to the viewpoint. Thanks, Edwin

A fantastic view of 4 Mile from up here, a very blustery afternoon.

Visited GZ, no info board, howerver with what we saw & further research we've sent our answers to the CO.

Thanks for another Earthcache

Found it

We came to Port Douglas this afternoon and completed this cache, although we could not locate the information board.
A nice day even went for a brief swim.
Thanks for putting this earth cache together

Stopped in on our way from Daintree to Cairns. Collected our answers at GZ and enjoyed the views, but the information board is gone, nothing but an empty frame.

Cheers

Walked the track today and admired the rocks. No information sign about rocks. HNB

Spent a beautiful day at the beach and added a little sugar on top with this earth cache. Unfortunately the informational sign is gone, only the empty frame is left.
TFTC!

#270

Answers sent to the CO. A magnificent and memorable walk from the wharf ended close to this location, admired in amazing weather with my family and my wife’s side of the family. We had an amazing trip to Port Douglas and highly recommend it as a holiday destination. We will be back! tftc

Crystal Warrior and I were having a day out from a cruise ship. We did not have much time but did find 2 caches. This started us out on our walk, We did see some silly people where they should not be but that said we stuck to the path to collect our info. Hopefully all is ok... answers sent to CO and another nice EC completed while on a walk. Thanks Cicero14513

TFTC

Thanks for this cache, interesting geological formation. No board present but iTools Stan at it anyway.

I am from the UK and visiting Port Douglas for a wedding. I live in an area of red-purple basalt and there are similarities between the geologies of the two areas. I explored the clifftop path as part of an early morning run before returning later in the week to obtain information to answer the questions posed.

Thanks for highlighting this interesting geology and giving me a better understanding of the area. TFT(E)C

Our first day in pt Douglas so had to find a geocache or 2. We stood and just enjoyed the weather and view and also learnt what batholith is. No sign present for q 4
Answers as best I could coming. Tftc cicero

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 4015#

Found on: 30 May 2022 12:36

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: earth



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Came to from Cairns for the carnival. While here, we were able to walk the headland walk and grab this cache among the way.

Answers on their way.

**TFTC for the Not chosen Earthcache Cicero14513 TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 4015#
Found on: 21 May 2022 12:36
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: earth

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Came to from Cairns for the carnival. While here, we were able to walk the headland walk and grab this cache among the way.
Answers on their way.
**TFTC for the Not chosen Earthcache Cicero14513 TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

We had a great day in Port Douglas. When we arrived, the area was a hive of activity with a carnival happening along the beach and in the first street that runs parallel to the beach.
There were many kites flying in the sky, and being a weekend, the place was full.
We walked to this earth cache, and today, needed to park almost a kilometre away. It was sunny and the walk was beautiful as we made our way to GZ.
we sat and pondered about all the batholith.
We did a bit of googling, and read some more.
We have sent our answers to the CO.
Thanks Cicero14513
Domsky

Today is our last day up here in Port Douglas so Pa suggest that we go and see if I can gather a smilie for this the last cache in the area between showers . We made it and the answers have been sent to the CO. Thanks for bringing me here.

Still catching up on logging so apologies. Geoturtle37 and I have extended our trip for a lot longer than it was planned and this is one of the many subsequent caches found.
Earthcaches were not high on our list to do until recent times. Having someone that can explain what you are looking at travelling with you definitely helps. Lovely location.
Thanks for bringing us here with this cache.

Hadn't realised just how far behind in our logging we were so making a concerted effort to catch up before the dates from last year meet the dates of this year.
This was a really beautiful area that we may have otherwise missed had it not been for caching. It was only as we were leaving, after I had taken numerous photos, that we remembered why we were here.
Thank you for placing this cache for us to enjoy.

Up in Cairns for the long weekend to play in a Masters (definitely not Hasbeens) soccer carnival. With that done and dusted it was time to hit the tourist trail and after Kuranda this morning we ventured further north to pick up this LGA.

Thanks Cicero14513 for creating and placing this for us to enjoy. Nice spot. Answers sent.