Currumbin Chimney Currumbin, Queensland, Australia
By The_Bogans on 27-Mar-14. Waypoint GC5152T

As the CO has not responded to my request for action, this Earthcache has been archived.

Just as an FYI the construction in the area has been completed. Not sure if the reference points remain the same

This area is under v bc construction and access is not allowed.
Please be patient, it should not be long.
Thanks

Messaged CO As area containing reference point 1 is currently fenced off for construction.

In the area recently after a recent event. We visited this site while the big seas were on so it was an interesting find.

Thank you for bringing me here.

THTEarthcache.

5144

Friday. On an excellent road trip with NyssaFlutterby this was our first cache on the way south of the border. Amazing tide flow here. Nyssa and I chatted about the area and discussed the answers. Admired the chimney and how it came to be. Picture (selfie) taken at this spot wonderful earthcache here and enjoyed the visit very much. Nyssa and myself discussed the answers we would provide and answers supplied as a small group effort by Nyssa.

This was the 1st of 10 caches found on this outing.

Thanks **The_Bogans** for bringing us here

A couple of weeks ago Mrs Slow Puncture and I started making a plan for a weekend away. We were very excited about heading north to grab a few DT caches. Then the start of this week rolled around and we started having doubts about the weather. It was “supposed” to rain, so plans changed and that’s how we ended up here. Going south instead of north.

We couldn’t have asked for a nicer day! Sun shining, warm weather. Perfect for a visit to this lovely location. As we strolled to GZ we watched all the muggles enjoying the water and if we weren’t on a mission today I would have been in there with them.

Arriving at the chimney we took our time to discuss the questions and take a few photos. I know it’s not recommended to cross over to the rock but it wasn’t a bad tide so I carefully made my way over to explore a little more.

Thanks for the Earthcache The_Bogans
Answers have been sent for both of us via GC messages.

I am back in Canada now and logging different virtuals and earth caches that I found in AUS when I was there. This was a beautiful place. The waves were sensational for a prairie girl from Alberta. TFTC (I will post a picture after I have found them.)

Was here following the event in Tweed Heads and we were picking up the multi information nearby. Realised I hadn't done the earth cache here so decided to do so. Have sent answers to CO. What a fantastic spot. Even through the surf was wild and there was lots of foam on the beach. Tftec

I sent the answers and received the ok from The_Bogans to log (on the 28th of Feb) but I backdate my log as I found this during a holiday in Australia, now im back in NZ.
It was a great time in Australia, we met some nice people, enjoyed snorkeling, swimming, stunning beaches, theme parks, indoor flights, kangaroos, koalas, more wildlife, boomerang, Parkrun, good food and and and - and some great geocaches!
Thanks for this earth cache, I remember a group of people doing yoga at the beach while heaps of kite surfers were in the water. It was a busy but nice spot here.

Very windy
Beautiful day
My fav beach

Awesome to see this rock. Beautiful place.

I have photos of the marker and platform. No shoes on to climb

Up for the Coolangatta Gold surf race so afterwards in a small amount of pain did a few caches.
Answers sent.

TFTC
Ironbark.

Answers have been sent to the CO.
While the rest of the family were doing the ropes course at the Currumbin Sanctuary, I explored the local geocaches.
This was a fabulous spot and I really enjoyed watching the incredibly skilled kite surfers.
TFTEC

Found this yesterday whilst at Swell Festival. Thanks for such an informative cache ... really interesting to learn about how our surroundings where formed as they are.

We came here today with Mr STW"s sister to see the sculptures and happened to find ourselves at the chimney looking at an enormous metal frog balanced precariously on the side of the rock. How exciting to find an Earth Cache here too! We're a bit battle-scarred at the moment and had just picked up Mr STW from hospital and the little walk around to look at all the sculptures was exhausting, but they were worth the effort and this piece of beach was stunningly beautiful. Thanks for the EC!

Came up to check out the sculptures today. Ended up also finding a GCA cache and Earthcache whilst there.

...I never knew they were called Chimneys! Thanks.

TFTEC

Spent the day at Currumbin with SMS and came for a nice walk along the beach after. We saw many whales breaching, not a normal sight for me back home. Answers on the way and photo attached. Thanks for the fun and a fave from me!

Lots of sand bankes up at the moment

Enjoyed visiting the area today
Joint log with tmann421

Another nice area visited and interesting Earthcache.
Thanks The_Bogans for bringing us here.

Answers sent.

What a great sunny day for a walk in the beach.

While caching in the area, we stopped at this spot to find the required answers. It was a glorious day. Thanks for showcasing the area. TFTEC

TFTC
Out today, trying to obtain all these clues for the ‘summer’ promo....
this one gave me one of the clues.

Lovely Earthcache, nice in today’s beautiful weather.
Cheers
Seemyshell

Visited here with the family before heading home. Nice spot, we enjoyed exploring the rock. Answers sent.

Caching in the area we visited Currumbin Chimney and gathered the required information to complete this earthcache.

Answers sent to CO.

Many thanks The_Bogans for creating this earthcache and highlighting this location.

Visited this while heading home to nz after attending family wedding inland. Fluked a low tide and small swell . Interesting rock formation. Tftc.

An interesting place to visit, didn’t climb the rock like others , answers sent

Thanks for the EC

We got here about 3.00pm knowing low tide wasn't till just after 5.00pm but what the heck.

Cyclone Oma was still making a mess of the ocean and as can be seen in the photo, we had to time our run to the rock.

Worked out our answers and took off back to the beach. Let's not push our luck. Answers sent to CO.

TFTC

just a tb visit today

Cyclone Oma may hit the coast in the next few days. The surf is high and the beaches are closed. Still, a few surfers are out taking advantage of the big waves Visiting from Canada. TFTC

Had lunch at the Suf Club nearby, (very nice) saw this Earthcache. After lunch came to have a look, before the storn hit. Very interesting place. Wazza9 will e-mail the answers. Thanks to The_Bogans.

TFTC,
We had lunch nearby and walked to here to learn about the Elephant Rock.
It was low tide with almost no swell so we were able to have a good look around.
I will send the answers for myself and Nana nel soon.
A photo tells a thousand stories. We enjoyed this EarthCache.
Visited trackables.

Find #2497
On our way back to the airport from Sea World, we spotted an EarthCache close to our route, so diverted in. We parked and walked over to the rock. We had to rock hop across a shallow trench, then checked out the structure. Very cool. On the way back we hesitated on the rocks and ended up with water up to our shins, so had to change footwear for the plane.... Best to leave shoes in the car for this one, but watch the scorching sands.... Thanks The_Bogans, answers have been sent.

Found with my Dad on our way to the airport....

### ***TFTC!!!*** ###

On our way from Noosa down to Yamba we stopped at this interesting Earth-Cache.

Beautiful view love it

We went exploring to the Currumbin Rock and Elephant Rock whilst there was a break in the weather. It was so windy though and we were amazed at the number of surfers in the water and how the use the rock platform to save themselves paddling out! Fascinating rock formations! We also climbed Elephant rock and were lucky to see some breaching whales! Thanks for taking us to this great place! TFTC

Great beach here and the chimney is impressive. TFTC

Found with Geo Hubby TB142 and Geo friends Rogerz1956 and Nature Girl. Answers and pics submitted by Geo Hubby TB142. TFTC

Found with Geowife kezza1211 nature girl and Rogerz1956 TFTEC

Tftc. Found with naturegirl, tb142 and kezza1211. Pic and answers sent by tb142

Found it today. Greetings from NewZealand . Interesting sculptures

I went to this earth cache on probably one of the busiest days with all the art work on the beach. I made my way over to the rock (chimney) and wondered what the significance of the two kids on the rock, now i am wondering if they were part of the art works on show as I have not googled it yet.
Did my observations just on dark, sent the answers to the CO and got permission to log the find.
Thanks for increasing my geography lessons.

Went here on a fine sunny day. Peeps about, all of us climbing in the water, on the rocks, and stuff.
Had a Victorian mate with us, and had to curse the cold weather that allows us to go to the beach in the middle of winter!! So funny.

Out visiting the Currumbin area. We had intended to arrive in time to watch the Bird feeding at the sanctuary but missed it due to a confusion in the times on the website. Instead we had coffee, visited the Honey place across the road, and a spot of geocaching. A lovely walk on the beach brought us to this interesting rock formation! We had a great day!

Thanks for placing the Earthcache!

A nice walk out to this cache, together with many surfers. Well at location we had some problems to decide were the stone platform was as we only could see a lot of sand, and no restriction to enter what we thought was the platform. Well we did our best to answer questions. Greetings from Sweden

After a long and amazing day at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary we stopped off here at sunset to check out the rocks here and complete the cache. What a beautiful area! Answers have been emailed to the CO and logged here in anticipation. Here with darthcacher1 and purply.

Out for a day of caching with Mrs RoddyC. She had previously visited this earthcache, so stayed in the geomobile while I made my way to GZ. I had never been here before. Such a pretty spot. Lots of sand to walk through at low tide. Loved watching the waves crash against the rocks. I have sent my answers tot he CO. TFTC

**# 21296** Found on our 2018 mega adventure to ACT, NSW, QLD and beyond.
Another fine Winter day for a trip to Currumbin while at the Gold Coast for a week.
Lots of muggles around today and a few more good safe hides.
Another excellent lesson and massive history here.
Thanks for the lesson and the Earthcache The_Bogans,
***Roostaman***

We've been here many times before but forgot to check out this Earthcache. Today after a big walk climbing up the east Cougal we came down to Currumbin for a coffee before heading home. As we arrived the rain began to pour down so we sat inside the cosy cafė to work out the answers. We hope they're ok. On the way out we stopped quickly to take a distant photo of the chimney in the rain! TFTE

I couldn't find a way to get to the info point from the beach side as the path has been fenced off for the Games Thanks for bringing me to such a lovely place though and greetings from the UK

A windy day but still worth a trip to the beach, view was cool from the top of the rock
TFTC

A windy day, but still a great spot. Nice to learn some things at the same time TFTC

Today we visited Currumbin Animal Sanctuary and also collected some caches. This earth cache was a treat as we saw a really big swell today due to a tropical storm some 2.000 km away... cool stuff!

TFTC

PS.: The answers were sent as a message to the owner

Cool ‘little’ slice of the Gold Coast!!

Staying in Palm Beach I spotted this location and thought it looked awesome in the photos so decided to come for a walk and visit the Currumbin Rock.

The area was pretty quiet today so I took a picture at WP1 and read through it answering the questions. I then walked to GZ which was pretty difficult wearing shoes and socks. I don't live on the coast either so walking through sand in shoes is not the best thing I have ever done, so I really had to work for this one lol. Emptied out LOTS of sand afterwards, probably should of just taken them off, oops.

Answers and pictures sent to CO.
TFTC!

Von Palm Beach aus starteten wir einen Tagesausflug in den Springbrook Nationalpark. Mit einigen Zwischenstopps, wo auch diverse Dosen gehoben werden konnten. Wir wurden auch teils mit fantastischen Ausblicken belohnt. Am Ende stand noch ein kleiner Spaziergang zu diesem schönen Ort auf dem Programm.
Vielen Dank an The_Bogans sagt der Steinbeißer98 aus Germany

Great walk from bilinga along the beach to find this one - last day of our holiday here only managed to get a few due to mass amounts of people during this time of year! Will send what I think the answers are as I'm not too good with earthcaches

One of the cruisiest places to do an earthcache, except for the crowds here today. We couldn't get a park anywhere near the beach so while MrG trawled the car parks I went to find answers for the cache. At least this actual spot wasn't teeming with beach goers. We've been past here many times over the years but at no time gave that lump of rock sitting on a rock platform any thought so it was interesting to read about the formation of the Currumbin Chimney and make some observations. We can guarantee, out of thousands at the beach today, I was the only one with a notebook and pen taking a selfie with the rock and judging by a few looks, it was a bit out of the norm. TFTEC The Bogans.

Answers to this great earthcache have been sent. This was my 14th EC of the week and they've all been great, so lucky to have seen the sights on offer. There was a wedding set up ready for later at G Z though the sand was almost too hot to walk on in bare feet. Grabbed the answers and admired the chimney- wonder if Santa will visit this one next week?? T F T E C The Bogans

It's head home today and farewell to our hosts. We have plenty of time to get to the airport and I have my eyes on a couple of caches, not a massive number of them though. We've had a wonderful week in the area, both visiting people, and places, and caches. Thanks to all the local C Os for their efforts.

Over on holiday from N Z for a week visiting relatives and the local caching flora and fauna have been checked to see just what is available to find. This is not intended to be a massive caching trip, but I did manage to pick up a new G P S whilst over here so that will help with the disappointments of the current unreliable Etrex20. Targets were to be as many of the Earth-caches as could be managed, an old cache in a hidden month not in N Z and anything local, whilst 'passing', within the tolerance of the family. So far so good in respect to quality rather than quantity.

Traveling from Cairns to Sydney in a Campervan we enjoyed sightseeing by geocaching. Today we've visited the gold coast. We bypassed Surfers Paradise and enjoyed some points of view from Burleigh Head to Coolangatta.
Thanks for bringing us to this great place - unfortunately we had no time to find out the answers for the earthcaches questions. But I can add a picture of "the big frog"... how I call the chimney.
Bigerchen (from Germany)

We have come to the end of our week on the Goldie.
A late flight today meant killing some time by Geocaching in between the southerly rain showers passing through and in an area that we seldom frequent.
The weather cleared and we had a very nice walk to GZ watching all the surfers coming in on the gentle inlet waves. Nothing gentle about the waves on the other side of the chimney though. They were causing plenty of spray.
An interesting Earth Cache thank you.
Answers sent to the CO.
TFTEC

Down from Townsville to attend a rock climbing course this weekend, learning skills I hope to employ for some T5’s in the future.
Before today’s activities I tried to visit GZ but the road was closed due to the cycling race so I returned tonight in the dark.
Another interesting feature that I would not have known about if not for caching.
Answers submitted.
Thanks the Bogans.

Master SEthRaven and I are here from New Zealand for a week staying with my sister in Brisbane. We came down this way for a couple of nights so we could do a few touristy things and I (of course) needed to squeeze in a few caches here and there and this one looked interesting. We came out today and watched an Indian couple getting a photo shoot of their pregnancy done and then when we got out nearer the Chimney there were more models out here also. I did the requirements and then we headed back to the car and our hotel. TFTC

Visited Gold Coast for my mini holiday from Melbourne and the weather was nice and cool today. Lovely beach to see around. Sent CO the answers. Today is Earthcache day. Worth to visit this place. Thanks The_Bogans for the earthcache

Visiting Tweed Heads from Brisbane for the loooooong weekend, and decided to do some caching. What a great spot and lots and lots of muggles.. Answers forwarded to CO. Thanks for this cache

#4488. I am visiting Australia and flew over here from New Zealand last week to attend a workshop in Brisbane. Now that the meeting is finished I have three days to sightsee and do some geocaching. After picking up caches in Brisbane yesterday I came south to spend the night at Tweed Heads. Later in the afternoon I visited the caches at Burleigh Heads. As it was now close to sunset I was heading south again to my motel. But decided to stop here to do the earthcache. What a beautiful white sand beach. Awesome sunset as well. The rock outcrop was examined from a safe distance to avoid getting wet shoes. The information was gathered here and at the display board. Have emailed the answers to the CO. Thanks for the earthcache The_Bogans.

Note Wellington NZ is hosting the "Wellington Geocaching Event 2018" on 21-22 October 2018. Hope to see some Australian cachers over there and give it a chance to become a Mega.

Out caching with Renroc for the day working our way up the coast from Lismore. We grabbed two Earthcaches today and this was the first.
A beautiful day on the coast today.
Answers emailed to the owner

Thanks



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Found today but will send answers when I get home

A beautiful walk at the beach and some learning, that's why we love Earthcaches!
Greetings from Germany!

I was walking along the beach with my mum who is visiting from NZ and we found this earthcache was nearby. I love earthcaches and this was a very cool geological location. Noted the answers and took a bunch of photos. Navigated between surf learning muggles. TFTC

Out and about on this holidaytrip down under. Many things to see and do here and of cause there are some geochacing to be done. 
Did spend some time studying the map before I left home, my list of geocaches that I Would like to find is long....so will have to chose wisely. 
Guess the best ones are not on my list, longer hikes, high trees and mulitcaches are anmong my favorites, but limited time made me put others on my list.
This was one of the caches I found during my stay here
TFTC

This was a busy roadtrip - driving from Melbourne to pick up CT_ZA in Sydney, and then spending a few days at the Gold Coast. 4500km covered in a week with much sightseeing and just a 'little' caching .

Finally having reached the GC and explored around there we started our journey back south. This was one of our first stops on our way home, and a very worthwhile detour indeed. Geocaching is indeed the best tour guide .
We explored around the chimney, took notes, and emailed the answers which were confirmed by the CO (thanks for that clarification on the weathering).

Thanks for this earthcache that was part of our fun adventure, The Bogans.

Grabbed this earthcache last weekend while we were in the area. Lovely beaches here. Answers will be sent to CO shortly. TFTEC

We went for a drive down the coast and ventured to this EC- an interesting feature. One cild had a ball on the shore on the way to examining the rock. Answers sent off. TFTEC!

We lived at Tweed Heads for quite a few years and have spent a lot of time on the local beaches. It is amazing that you can spend time but not appreciate the geology of the area. We thank you for bringing this to our attention. sL TFTC

This afternoon we visited the Currumbin Chimney and the associated wave platform. It certainly is an interesting area. As the tide was low and sea conditions reasonable, we were able to walk out onto the platform. Answers to the questions have been forwarded to the CO. A photo has been added to our log. Thanks The_Bogans for an interesting earthcache.

Monday 1 May 2017 - a superb sunny warm Autumn afternoon drive down the coast enjoying temps in the mid twenties and a light breeze. Found 4 from 4 caches (2 EarthCaches,The Chimney & Robina Rocks, and 2 trads). Plenty of people out and about enjoying the sun and surf, the river and the rocks.

Climbed to the top of the chimney and enjoyed the views. Will compile the answers and send to CO over the next couple of days. Thx MuggleDaughter. TFTEC The_Bogans.

Out for the day SUPIng! Beautiful spot. Now to elephant rock for linch

How utterly fascinating.

An amazingly beautiful spot even on a rainy day bring a picnic n make a day of it

Found this together with geo son and daughter(jazjazzyjaz). Thanks for this cache and bringing us to this spot The_Bogans, :^)

Thankyou to CO for OKing our (belated) answers!

I visited gz with TheWilkinsGang on Feb 25th, after a day in Currumbin Valley, and it was lovely to end the day at the beach. Tftc!

Had a delightful visit here this afternoon and finished off the day chatting with a friend in the late afternoon warmth on the beach. I felt a bit safer swimming here in the creek than I've previously felt at the nearby patrolled beach, where the rips can be quite strong. Thanks for placing the earthcache to bring me here, The_Bogans.

Really enjoyed coming to this beautiful area of the Gold Coast and viewing the chimney, lots of paddle boarders out today which was good to watch as well. Answers have been emailed to CO, thanks The_Bogans

Found it! Driving down the coast to Sydney. Sure is beautiful here and fun to to watch all the surfers and wind surfers. Thanks for bringing us here.

Wow! I want to jump right in and join all the surfers, and catch fish. Oh yes, and I learned alot!

Windy day on the coast. Lots of surf today. My sister sent the answers.

The last time we we visited here was Sept during Swell Festival and this rock was crawling with huge ants.
Today many kite surfers are making good use of the windy day.
We had a good look around, gathered our answers then emailed them to the CO.
Lovely spot. Thanks The Bogans.

Tftec the easiest of all to find.

Mr RoddyC has some caching time today, what better to do than be in the company of DiamonJs doing some caches around Elanora and Currumbin. We started just after 7.00am and finished about seven hours later on the first day of November - not too hot yet, and we covered a lot of different territory.

Pleasant area for an earth cache. Gathered as much information as I could, and will send it off to the CO.

Sighted at 1.10pm on 1st November, 2016. TFTC

Visiting the Gold Coast from Brisbane and never realised this existed. TFTC. Answers have been sent to CO

We had great holidays at OZ and visit also this nice place to become the correcht answers.
We get the permission to lock from the owner.
Thank you for the Cache
A Favorit Point from us
greetings twokoalas

Nice spot that I saw years ago. TFTC

Visited the area with Tomstache this morning on our way north. We were lucky to snag a park as it is a very busy spot on a stunning day. Made our way to the posted co-ords, gathers the info and then Tomstache had a paddle in the water to cool off a bit. What an interesting geological area, thanks for teaching us something today The Bogans. Answers e-mailed.

Looks like I forgot to log this cache. Thanks

Visited the chimneys as part of our visit to Swell Sculptures along the beach. Found it interesting to see the chimney covered in ants. Answers passed by the CO.

Gorgeous day. Biked here on e cruiser bikes hired from hotel. Visited the chimney on a previous trip and thought it deserved an earth cache. Lovely to be here again. Answers sent. NINO TFTeC