There She Blow's Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
By The Rats on 25-Apr-02. Waypoint GC5169

Time to put this one to bed now that the earth cache is here. Thanks to all who have done this cache.

Looks like this one has gone missing. I'll replace it in the near future. Sorry for any inconvenience

We hold grave fears for the contined existence of this cache. After our bungled effort back in February, we set out today to make sure we didn't come away empty handed. Boy were we dissapointed!!
After several phone a friend options were made, and a very likely spot for the cache to bewas located, we have now made the assumption that this cache could well be muggled. I'm certain we were in the right spot. Photos of the likely spot have been sent to the owner to confirm or deny the position. We will post a note to let all know if we have been beaten by muggles or whether we just plain "stuffed it up".
TFTC Rats - a great spot in any event & we will find this one day.
Cheers.

WP1 was easy but WP2 took a little longer before I figured out just what was required. Once that was sorted the cache took several minutes as I was reluctant to go too lose to those cliffs but made it in the end. TNLN and thanks to The Rats - this one has been there a while(!) and some things are fading but still legible.

It took us several attempts, but we found it. First visit was in the rain and we missed the numbers at WP2; then found those yesterday afternoon but in doing the cache from memory I forgot to subtract the 29, and looked in the wrong place virtually on the side of a cliff! Finally completed it today, but gosh I would rate the terrain as more than 2.5. Thanks for the magnificent views.

Very windy and wet day but not to be deterred we scrambled over the rocks and had success. Put in large marble and took Peace Stone. TFTC.

The start of a very bad day's caching. Re-reading the description now, and some of the previous logs, I think there's no plaque at the second waypoint. I saw the writing on the stone and assumed the plaque that had once been there had been lost, and the co-ords could be gained from the xxx in WP1 and the co-ords in WP2.

Needless to say, searched quite a while without much luck. No wonder the clue didn't seem like much of a clue, as I was in the wrong spot.

Beautiful day once again- better than the 'big' one.

coin swap took between the poles coin dropped in compass coin ran into other cachers at the begining of it

Found WP1 quickly, found the large stone but it went down hill from there

We will be back to finish this one as its a beautiful spot.

Thanks Rats

11:07 Hrs
We came here with Team Webguy and I had a great laugh at WP2 when Webguy had to backtrack to get the extra information that was required from WP1. He has set a few caches in the past that have trapped me (and many others) this way, so I was quite amused when he became the victim.
After the laughter subsided we made our way to GZ and Webguy Junior spotted the hiding spot from quite a distance.
Another lovely location with exceptional coastal views.

TNLN
Dropped off “Free’s South Pole Coinâ€

Thanks Rats.

11:07am
Came here with the Nut clan. Made the Nuts day, but he can describe how. Tried too hard at WP2 and were totally blind to the obvious, GZ was easy. TNLN.

Cheers

Once again - an amazing view! Love to be visiting back in this area. Very refreshing. Took - Dog toy Left - Peace Rock. Thankyou

Had a great time finding this with some new friends.TNLN

Found this with the help of the rels that were on holidays. It was a warm and sunny day and great to be able to show some activity here when the big brother was not doing much. As usual it was someone else in our party that actually made the find. TFTC. Swapped a keyring for a keyring. Thanks RATS.

just love your caches and love our coastline...it was so nice of you to supply seats for us at GZ to just simply enjoy the view..we actually started this one yesterday, but did not want to interupt the wedding that was taking place nearby so decided to return today....TN, L El Questro Carrabina

Our first multi cache found with daughter and friend. Intially attempted at night but returned this afternoon.
TNLN

The blowhole was letting rip today, lots of muggles, but I still managed to find the cache and remain undetected (it's well hidden). A photo of the plaque made life easy!

Left: Keyring

TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

Thanks Rats, an oldie and a goodie!
Regards Philma.

The Little Blow hole was going off and the kids cheered it on. A great afternoons walk from Easts Beach in a blustery Southerly. No swaps. But lots of photos. TFTC.

This cache was quick with a beautiful view.
Mrs Diamond Dog found the cache but there was no way she was putting her hand near the lizards!!!! Diamond Dog had to come to the rescue and retrieve it.
L - 000 Red Balloon
T - Kiwi

What a great spot and an great hide. Nice work The Rats. No swaps. It would have helped had I obtained all of the necessary info from the plaque on my first visit to it. Parts of the coordinates are a little feint and will need to be attended to shortly. Swissball

I hadn't been here since I was a wee tacker.

I had to return to the first WP before going to the third, but no complaints.

Cheers,
W-L
1ARC

A really nice cache to do.
A really nice view to take in.
Found 1st and 2nd waypoints easily.
Had a small issue with the correct cache coordinates but after confirming the correct location on our second lap we found the cache.
Mr and Mrs Gribbly with the Gribblet
Thanks Rats

Found it at last! Third time lucky. Had to go and read all the logs to finally work it out.

what a fantastic time we had at this one. went to wp1 then with close inspection found wp2 then back to get the rest of the cords and there was a muggle sitting on it asked him to move so i could read then to the stash. while looking for the stash we saw a whale in so close i could easly have cast that far it was awsome smack in front of the cache zone the kids loved it we stayed for a fair while watching.tn and left key ring .thanks rats glad i picked today for this one .

Was beaten last weekend at WP1, couldnt find the co-ords in the fading light, but had better luck today. Nice hiding spot. Will return with the full Krew another day soon and leave some swaps. TN LN SL

Took the K9, Got the GPS covered in salt spray and still had fun finding the cache. Love the location as a local, easy find after two losses. Nice hide Rats

Thanks
BlacknWhite

Our first multi-cache, we enjoyed it immensely. WP2 slowed us down for a while, I was trying to be too clever! GeoTinka made here second find of the day.
Made a swap and removed the minties.

Nice easy one, once we had the maths done!

Thanks for the cache,

Dernel

A great multi-cache. The views were stunning. TNLN

Finch Brothers

Found with our camping crew comprising Fich Bros, Jennifer and Grumpy and Dernel. A nice location, really enjoyed the views. TNLNSL

Nice way to start Xmas Eve. Early morning exercise. Kiama's a wonderful place . On holidays.TFTC Rats.
Took SES whistle left CITO.

Our TB tour stopped here.

She was blowing better than her big sister. Cache was a little dicey to get to for us older codgers. Got it anyway. Spectacular views. TNLN

Thanks for getting us here,
Chris & Renate from Barrie, Ontario, Canada

There's lots of hidden treasure at this little spot, and there's a cache here too! highly exposed beware of muggles!

last find before heading back to Sydney to visit family. Found waypoint 2 ok but had some trouble with finding the obvius clue left there. Once next clue sorted, was off to GZ and a very fine find indeed.
Thanks Rats

We headed south on a nice day off to complete this one. Not much activity from the blowholes but we had fun climbing all over the rocks in the area.
Thanks Rats.

Found with not to much trouble great spot been here many times

This place was really beautiful! We liked it much more than the big sister!
no trade
Thanks, team libervir, Austria

5/15 founds by an austrian geocaching team while on holiday.
This cache was found while traveling from Sydney to Melbourne on the Princess Highway.
After visiting the big sister we traveled forward to this beautiful spot. We liked it more, because it wes less overcrowed by people and you have here the possibility to sit down and watch.... And no one disturbes you.

The cache itself was found quickly. We dropped the TB "Koala me home" which was brought back to Australia from us from Autria after some years of traveling around the world.

In/Out: Nothing besides the TB
Thanks for the cache.
Team Waxo from Austria


[This entry was edited by Waxo on Sunday, August 07, 2005 at 9:10:00 AM.]

Both the wife and the sister inlaw had got new cars through the week and wanted an excuse to go for a drive so myself and the brother inlaw got out the gps's and were chaufer driven to kiama to look for this cache. My brother inlaw actually found it (his first find but he is not yet registered). We took nothing but photos and enjoyed the blow hole which was going realy good with the big swell that we had that day.
When we first got there Cassie the wonder dog stopped in her tracks the first time she heard the blow hole go off but soon got used to it.
Anyway love your work keep em coming.......

I never knew this existed until today. Found WP1 & WP2 quite easily until the GPS went berserk. Had to use our keen eyes to find this one. Watch the geokids on WP3.
Took nothing left rubber ball.

After being impressed by the blow hole we headed off to complete the cache. Found with no trouble. Great cache in a great spot. Thanks Rats.

T: small compass
L: Yin Yang pendants and a fridge magnet.

Visiting from Melbourne and staying at Kiama B&B.
Fun clamber about the tops of these great stone columns.
Took: $2
Left: little travelling Compass (from [url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=4c194489-618b-459d-aec0-504268822f0e&IID=b9f4b4fc-cd7f-4c72-a535-36f1cc03dd3e]Four Craters[/url])

The male half of Cached had to go to Kiama for the weekend - his brother lives right on the coast. He was also taking the colour legend ( ) so I says - there is a cache right there behind Bens' place - best you be doing it.

And he took our sister in law Sharon for a walk and they did said cache. They both thoroughly enjoyed the walk and Sharon was surprised to find such a thing on 30m from their yard!


Signed the log, no swaps - and no 'cached' stamp because that was very busy back in Adelaide.

Thanks Rats

Second cache for the day after a birthday trip to Jamberoo Park. Found quite easily and took some photos of Little Blowhole. Picked up TB Lucky Me, TNLN.

Nice spot and she really blowed a good load...

IN: TB Lucky me
OUT: Frog

Out for the afternoon to do a rat cache or two, with the cheekyfrogs and cheekygeokids. Tested cheeky's newly aquired mathematical skills and she lead us right to the cache. Enjoyed the scramble and the find.
Thanks Rats

Yeah! Loved this one. Jamss and the whole cheekyfamily was out for the afternoon. Geokiddies big and small had fun scrambling the rocks. Took a few minutes to find part two but once we did. Off we went. Thanx Rats.

Found this one easy.
But the hunt for the JEEP 4X4 continues, the DingBats beat us to it today.

This had been a work in progress for some time. The last time we were here the cache was not. Today was beautiful, a nice crisp southerly breeze and clear blue still seas. I like the geology of volcanic latite. It provides the good soils for the lush Minamurra rain forest a little west of here.

The presence of the Jeep 4x4 Bug was an irresistable suprise.

YAY! second time lucky - again.
With the correct description this was an easy multi.
I could see the location as we progressed toward it and so hid it with a handful of gravel as well.

Left the JEEP TB as I have kept him longer than I said I would already.
Thanx rats for such a nice location,
Fleacircus

The weather was howling just right for the little blow hole. We have not seen it spurt up as much as it was today. Lots of people around but the hunt took us clear of them. Thanks for the search.

We diverted here on the way to saddleback but I hadn't really read the description. Went blindly looking for a pile of rocks at WP1. Found a likely pile but they were constructed into a monument that was too solid to move. Beautiful spot and armed with the instructions we will return with a picnic as suggested.

After abandoning yesterday's attempt at waypoint 1 due to a cloudburst and a driving northerly wind (yes, the blowhole was in full cry - the car was being continually sprayed by the blowhole) it was good to revisit this area on a fine day. + kiwi bather. - push pins. Thanks RATS.

We came down to look at the blowhole, and decided to have a go at the cache too, not getting our hopes up though. Got as far as the final point and found the likely hiding spot but no cache... I guess that's why it's unavailable. At least we know where to look next time.
Great spot anyway, the blowhole was going well.

Temporarily offline for maintenance

unfortunately for me I couldn't find the final cache.
the second wp is getting a bit worn also

Found the first and second waypoints... didn't have time to get to the third though...

I will have to return next time I am down south

This was only my second cache so it took me awhile. I even thought a few times that I wouldn't find it and might have to give up. Anyway, my persistance paid off and with some luck from the big stone I found the cache shortly thereafter. Like some others before me, I got a bit stuck on the second part of the cache because I was looking for another plaque (note: there is only on plaque). This was a fun cache that got my adrenaline pumping a bit. The wind was very blowy today so I had to get on my hands and knees and crawl along the cliff lines. I was hoping very much that I wouldn't get blown off the cliff. Overall, a nice private spot and very welI hidden cache. Took a stuffed bear for my girlfriend and left a orange rescue whistle. Big thanks go to the Rats for another great afternoon.

jkinley
The Yank Down Under

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First attempt at caching. Really enjoyed the seeking part, unfortunately could'nt find the stash so we proceeded to Seven Mile Secrets
Scenery great, Snugglers

Found by Maya and Ray (The Nomads) on 27th June, 2003 at 11-05AM, what a find this was, definitely not for the faint hearted. If the seas were calm it would be easy, but when they are at their worst and thundering towards you, it can be, and was, hairy. We made our swap, (so many good things to choose) of a video and Rock and Roll CD for a teddy and hair ties. It was definitely a cache to remember on this day. Thanks from The Nomads.

The little fella always seems to blow much better than the big one. Nothing swapped.

This was a fun one. She was blowing very well.
Cache is in a nice spot. Took nothing (coz we left the caching stuff in the car (doh!)).
Thanks

G&T (with some help from Zoie)

First find for the day. I mixed the clues as other has done and had to go back to wp 1 but it was so close that it wasn't a problem. Found cache quickly and intatct. Thanks Rats.

Decided that a side trip to Kiama on my way down the coast would be fun. I wasn't disappointed as both the cache and the little fella were great. Visited this little fella once before when I was at school in Bomaderry.
Great cache guys.

Rex
Team Phanargh

Took us 2 visits to find this one. On the first occasion we managed to copy a date from the plaque incorrectly and although it only put us out by about 20m, it was enough to prevent us finding the cache. No problems today though. We found it after only a few minutes searching. Nothing exchanged. Greg and Bev

Not much swell on the day, but enough to generate a huge thump. Lots of fun tracking this one down, but the final spot is a bit tricky when the wind starts to blow (hold on for dear life!!)
Took the jar of honey, and left a monster candy.

Gratitude to SES Rats

Capt Chaos spotted the cache from somewhere near Gerringong and we homed straight in on it.
Took a squishy ball thing and left a holiday guide.

Applied the souwester, and plunged headlong across the non-windswept headlands, to find a cache full to the brim!

Somehow managed to squeeze in a video (The Langoliers by Stephen King). Took a soon consumed tube of potato chips.

Thanks to Alternate Route for the transport!

CC

Found on a drizzly day without much swell, but still got a surprise when stuck head in hole - not recommended, folks.
Great spot, nice walk.
Took golf ball, left Pringles.

Dan & Block & Magilla the fearsome beast.

Decided to take a trip to Kiama with the family today, and it was well worth the visit. This was the first cache for the day, and what a lovely spot it was. Add the perfect weather for blowholes (sunny, right tide, and enough wind), and we were in for a bonanza performance! Both the little-un and the big fella didn't disappoint.

Mind you, this cache took a little longer to find than expected! – We found the first offset OK, but the clue confused us no end… So we tried plan B, and hurray – success! – Found by ThomasS and MattS. P.S. - Swapped the plastic lizards for a Microsoft Mouse. P.P.S - Just had another look at the description for this site, and it's all perfectly OK now! It's just that I had printed out the cache page ages ago, and at that time is seems to contain superfluous information which created the confusion. (also, we did find a second plaque near the said second stop, appearantly some-one didn't heed the warnings...).


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What can I say, great cache, great location.
The final spot was a bit hairy but none the less a great adventure. Swapped the Memphis Belle video for a set of crayons, a pot of honey, our signature items and a Northern Territory Emergency Services (NTES) stubby holder. Hey Rats better grab the holder soon if you want it before anyone else gets it. Good one Rodents!

We have this knack of driving to cache locations and walking as far as possible from the car without the rain and only on reaching the cache it dumps down. So after doing the normal cache stuff we sloshed back to the car. Shame about the rain as it is an interesting area and we would have liked to have spent more time looking around. Excellent cache contents as well.
Excellent one
SES Rats

A great day for a visit to the sunny (and very windy) south coast. A short search led to a well camoflaged stash. This could be an interesting place during a decent storm.

Thanks SES RATS
Regards from The Odlids
Dave,Deb,Louise,Sarah

User's web page
Oops we got a little too close!

A lovely autumn morning to go walking around the sea side. I was here a couple of days back but was making things too difficult for myself.

Today it was straightforward. Great cache with lots of goodies. I didn't take anything, just filled in the log.

Thanks to SES Rats.

Great treasure chest. Once we realised there was only one plaque we found the the cache with ease. Took the lollies for the walk back and left some more booty. This cache is well stocked.

What a lovely spot. Thank you Mr & Mrs SES Rats.

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bit of a traffic jam here today with the cache still warm from the previous two before me!
unfortunatly the little gal wasn't at her best due too flat seas and no wind
But we carnt win em all!

good one guys

Indiana jones and Mooza