Pipes & Pumps Bungama, South Australia, Australia
By demon41 on 29-Mar-14. Waypoint GC518JX

TYFTC!

A bit of a struggle to get to it, but made the find. Tftc

This was an educational cache for me as I had not seen a gas pumping station like this before. Very interesting. Tftc

Found

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. 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.

Looks like the brief warm weather had gone and rain ️ is in the way so we are out with iluvtrekking grabbing finds while we can remain dry. Thanks demon41

Found.

Cheers and tftc

Great hide & location! Signed log. TFTC

Found on a trip to Crystal Brook and Port Pirie with Team Waldron for a few days. It rained steadily for the morning but gradually eased by mid afternoon. The aim for the weekend was to find as many caches as possible in the area which we accomplished with damp clothes, soggy shoes and a muddy car. Thanks for the cache demon41!

Away for a few days with Featherwaite to clear up Kadina to Port Pirie.

We pretty much achieved our target barring a few dnfs.

Raining today but this was a quick find.


TFTC

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A nice easy roadside park and grab. A good sized container too.

Thanks for the cache demon41.
Found on 27/3/21 at 11:28.
Find #13642.

Well it’s 2021 and I have finally said good bye to a not so great 2020 and it was great to finally be able to have a reasonable holiday as I have not had a decent break since 2019.
Made to South Australia and finally crossing the boarder and then being greeted by a couple of very friendly SA police offices for which i had the official paper work to allow me to enter.
After making my way west along the Eyre Hwy I went as far as Penong and the Eyre Hwy which I have not travelled along since the late 70’s when I was on a holiday with my folks and this was the last holiday before I started full time work as a sparkie and finding a few caches as I go.
Geocaching when towing a van is not always easy and I have to be a bit selective on which ones I decide to try and find for safe parking purposes especially along busy highways.
So then it was down to the Eyre Peninsula to see the sites down there Venus Bay, Coffin Bay National Park and Lincoln National Park were some highlights and I will come back again to have a better look around.
So after nearly 2 weeks spent on the Eyre Peninsula it was time to start heading back to Victoria but another lockdown in Vic has just occurred so now to change my plans again.
So Port Germaine was my next target for the night.
Another morning spent driving in the rain as I have not had the best weather on this trip what ever happened to summer.
The rain has stopped and as I have rounded the the bay and heading back down south the weather is beautiful on this side of town.
I have finally reached my destination for the night which is Port Germein so time to set up.
Another nice day is beaconing so I did the pier walk early which in my mind I had walked half way to Whyalla by the time I got to the end.
So now to tackle some caches around the town then widen my search area.
Continuing along the scenic drive which is way nicer then the main Hwy route to head south.
Another dot on the map that you would not know about as tourists you would not normally take this road but caching takes us everywhere.
So this is the great T intersection of gas pipe lines from up north that feeds the heavy industry of the area.
Made a bit of a noise going in due to the long grass and very warm weather but I didn’t notice any wriggly sticks lucky enough.
After a bit of a search I soon spotted the cache, added my name to the log and on to the next one.
Thanks Ferret52 TFTC.

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This weekend, I headed to Whyalla to catch up with a few other Geocachers and attempt some of the trails there. On Saturday, we targeted the FTF power trail from Whyalla to Iron Knob, and then spent the evening and the subsequent morning driving some of Whyalla's back tracks. On Sunday, I visited Cowleds Landing and back north, only to get severely bogged in one of Whyalla's clay pans. I then returned home via the August series.

Today, we started the day at a meet/greet breakfast event, and then I headed out with hevwalker and scramping for a few more geocaches south-west of Whyalla along the back tracks and main road, followed by the December trail series. I then continued south visiting Cowleds Landing and the proclaimed nudist beach. I next found *Potty Time*, only to realise that I had driven on the nearby clay pans, and then sank into the soft clay below on my way out. Eventually I had help in getting out, and finished my remaining time in Whyalla completing the pipeline August series, and calling into Whyalla Conservation Park for a few high favourite caches. I then made the long journey back to Adelaide stopping at a few miscellaneous geocaches along the way.

A kinda cool location, that I found the geocache description more interesting than the location. The geocache didn’t take long to find, and the cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks demon41 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Found with Jac-Jam while stay at the nearby camp area. A quick find after a short drive and turning south to head in to Port Pirie from our camp. TFTC.

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Thanks
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TFTC nice find quick drive by happy geocaching

TFTC a quick drive by on our way into Port Pirie for a weekend of Geocaching with Geo hubby Animal62.
Log & cache are in excellent condition, log was signed & dated then returned to its hiding spot

Got stuck into the new year today with Mr Froghoppin,
a nice drive and cache hunt on a cool rainy day!
A quick find before I reached the spot where I was going to look !
Sometimes you're lucky
tftc demon41

Lots of prickles and undergrowth here at this time of year, almost gave up as it waas rather hot too, but one more look and there it was.
T geocoin PCV6DH
L super ball
TFTC

8621 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1545. Arrived and started our search. Just getting into it and one of the local highway constables pulled up and made the comment you are acting suspicious. We are just geocaching. Left TB and the first 2 letters are PC. SL Tnx demon41

JLWE over for another year and time to leave Quorn.
Travelling with hevwalker and we found your a cache along the way

TFTC demon41

Following our farewell Quorn after the JLWE with LiB...
We are heading home and collecting a few smileys along the way...
TFTC demon41

Unexpected stay in pirie was a good excuse to grab a few local caches. Moving the TB along,TFTC!

quick find
Day 1
Adelaide to port Augusta.
This trip saw me travel to Maralinga to do the tour of the nuclear test site then up the Googs track, past lake Gairdner on to Mount Ive station, then in to the Gawler Rangers and finally hiking up Mount Remarkable before heading home.

Hi there demon41. This cache was found on a day out caching and touring about Port Pirie. The container and log are in good condition - SL. Thanks to demon41 for this cache - our find # 6216.

Not easy spot the cache should be 1.5 instead of 1 as cut on my hand... ouch!.
Signed the log and thanks for the cache and hunt.
Dropped off the trackable.

Found on a day out with the kids and their friends! Thank you!

Spied pretty easily. Had to stretch to reach it though. Did not have any cars drive by except for the 2 moments of reaching for the cache and putting it back. Lol. Interesting sound coming from the power poles nearby

TFTC

Good easy find

Our first for the day. TFTC

Out n about with geocaching wife. Tftc

Little bit of searching and quickly found. lTook nothing left an eraser. TFTC

Taking the scenic route home from the Oz Mega. A quick find here. TFTC

Hi there demon41.

We found your cache **"Pipes & Pumps"** at 2:15:00 PM today. (This makes our find count 15984).

We cached around Gladstone, Port Pirie and Napperby today. On our trek we found a variety of container types. & ended up finding 32 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.

**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:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

#6437 - 14:30; Day 6 of the Alice Mega Road Trip with Sol de lune and now albida33 who joined us this morning for the rest of the trip, so most logs were signed S.A.L. as a result. After a second night in Burra, we were now caching our way to Port Augusta via Spalding, Gulnare, Crystal Brook, Port Pirie, Napperby, Weeroona Island and Baroota. We had just finished our run through Port Pirie and were headed back to Scenic Drive when we stopped off for a quick find and sign on this cache. TFTC demon41

Alice trip 2017. Day 4. Today was the day I caught up with Sol de Lune and LuckL10n in Burra. We joined forces for the journey to Alice Springs. Today was a short trip to Pt Augusta collecting plenty of caches along the way.

Thanks.

22853.44 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2014 Cache Warrior 3 A#296

Albida

On the road to the Alice Springs Mega with LuckyL10n and Albida33. We headed through Burra and Port Pirie before arriving in Port Augusta for the trek up the highway. Collected a good number of caches and all were found with no issues and the logs were soon signed. (Some logs were signed as S.A.L. to save space.)

Thanks for the cache and fun in getting to it and finding it.

After overnighting in Port Pirie it is time to continue our journey northward to the Oz Mega Event in Alice Springs. But first we must place some more smiles on the map for this area.

We've done enough around town and it's now time to hit the road and head north. Can't be damned going up the main road so we are going to take these back roads.

TNLN SL TFTC

Port Pirie
Have booked into the caravan park for a couple of nights. We sure need it with the outside temperature of 45degrees.
After arriving we did some caching in the town area before returning to the caravan for lunch.
In the afternoon we headed north to Weeroona & then home by Scenic Drive. A great tikik tour of the area.
Thanks for placing this cache demon41

Found with dennisc52 and chrispy89. Tftc

Fund with loopy1972 and chrispy89. TFTC.

Quick find out on a beautiful morning with hubby. TFTC

Last day on the road after 6 weeks away. Started early in Port Pirie and headed through to Wirabarra to grab some of the JLWE caches and finally through Clare to home. TFTC.

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Driving back to Adelaide after working in the area and needed a break so pulled off onto the side road and there was a cache. Stopped wandered over the road and made a quick find, signed log and replaced.
Onwards with the journey home.
Gratias pro cache demon41

Found today on our trip to Port Pirie. Many thanks to the cache owners for providing this cache fr our enjoyment as we explore the town.

Greynomads - Bill and Diana TFTC TNLN SL

Arriving at GZ was not expecting to find the cache due to a fire having been here
Found after a short search
Cache and contents all good

A lot of wizz bang pipes and pumps to look at here
But nothing was moving, so I soon lost interest.
Where's the cache

A quick find once on the correct side of the road

TFTC

SA_Parrothead is out on the road and spending a few day up at Pt Augusta.
Picking up caches along the way when I get a chance.

Now that was a very interesting cache. Thanks for the history on this one.

Love a cache that teaches

I was, very generously, offered a trip to Whyalla with Moneydork that was too good to refuse!
Today was a working day so while Moneydork worked, I cached Whyalla and the FTF PT
Then after he'd finished work in Whyalla, it was off to Port Augusta for more work, then we finally headed home ...still caching of course! [^]
Sadly, today was a day of 7 DNFs although 58 finds were made and the last cache of the day for me was a FTF at Redhill

An interesting site of a night with bright lights.
A quick cache find

TNLN. SL. TFTC demon41

I found this cache on my return trip from Whyalla to Adelaide.
It's a long way so we limited the number of caches we found.

Found with auzzie convict tftc

Tftc found with polkys quest

We too, like the previous cachers , took some time searching, the wet and long soursob didn't help matters, but eventually we had the cache in hand. Thanks

Found by Mary & David at 1235. Left Pt Augusta this morning and cached our way south to Nuriootpa for the night. We do enjoy facts, figures and information. Wonderful views here. Took a while, as the soursob growth is enormous. Our thanks to demon41.

TFTC!

Found with dinko1974 tftc...

Found with sinderella72. Tftc

We are on our way to the Mega event at Stanthorpe but having left Adelaide we could not resist this diversion to pick up some of the caches around Port Augusta and Whyalla. Nicely done - we enjoyed finding this cache Thanks to demon41 for placing this cache.

Found by Mrs Thismechanican after a brief hunt. There are no trackables in this cache . TFTC. TNLNSL

Pipes & Pumps, and a cache, don't forget the cache

Quick find while on my way past,

TFTC
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

Found It!
Quick find. I would like to read a bit about this spot and why you put a cache here but sadly you've made this cache Premium Member only so I can't see the description
TFTC anyway

Day fourteen of my holidays,travelling from Port Augusta to Renmark, picking some caches along the way to break the journey. Found most, but missed a few. Second cache for the day, and another quick find.

My thanks to demon41 for the cache.

I have placed " Horace the Hungry Hippo" the Trackable in this cache , I collect him from Lanclin WA last week so he can continue his travels around Australia. I think he is heading east.

This entry was edited by demon41 on Monday, 17 November 2014 at 09:02:08 UTC.

Find #: 3347
Date: Fri 31 Oct 2014
Time: 09 24 AM
Today we travelled from Port Augusta to Adelaide, and managed to find a few caches along the way.
This was number 9 of 13 for the day.
Another quick find, which was good as we're in danger of missing a lunch arrangement in Adelaide.
Thanks for placing this cache demon41

Woo hoo find number 700 for KingsQuad now time to sit back and enjoy my drive home to see the family

Had a keen eye out for snakes as we saw many on the roads today. Thanks

Found while spending an enjoyable day with Moses on the Move and learning about the area
TFTC

Found on our way home from a little holiday out west SL TFTC

Another spot for a smiley, Thanks
TNLNSL

Found by The Noodler on a quick visit to Pirie. TN, left opal.

found 2/9/14

Catching up with late logs
Heading down from Port Pirie to Adelaide to visit a friend who is laid up in hospital we did manage to break the drive with a few cache stops along the way.
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These are strange looking pipes that looks a little like meccanno gone wrong but for 40 million dollars we would hope that they knew what they were doing.
The cache was found quickly after following the obvious geotrail.
Many thanks to demon41 for placing this cache

After 20 days away in the red centre, it was finally time to head for home and we picked up a few more of the ever increasing number of caches on this stretch of road toward Adelaide .
Think this one's new since we were last up here [:o)]. TNLNSL.
Thanks Demon41.

Good one.thanks

Quick find on a Saturday while taking our Japanese student Asuka for a drive to see the land and take in the Australian landscape it is sad to see the hills where the fire took hold several months ago the Green new growth coming through in patches slowly, but many bare patches in the hills so eventually we will see new growth again and beautiful scenery but it will take time to recover.. TFTC

Quick find on a Saturday while taking our Japanese student Asuka for a drive to see the land and take in the Australian landscape it is sad to see the hills where the fire took hold several months ago the Green new growth coming through in patches slowly, but many bare patches in the hills so eventually we will see new growth again and beautiful scenery but it will take time to recover.. TFTC

a quick find and sign then on our way again tftc

Found it lying in the open have put it back a bit more concielled

thanks to demon41 for putting this cache out for us to find

Long grass made more interesting search as we walked past in to start with but spotted the cache as we walked back TFTC

tb visits

On a numbers run to pirie, needing to finfd 25, but only managed 14 before running out of time.

most were an easy finds, a few were tricky and almost gave up.

the truck stop near by almost needed an over flow bat for the over flow bay, due to the tracgic accident near port augusta, they had to sit and wait it out for the road to open.

just glad that gz was out of sight of all the trucks

988

Found with AussieM&M in very very wet grass!! Thanks for the hide!!

It was early on in the day and the grass was a little damp when we made this find. TFTC demon41.

Gotta love pipes esp when they are pumping. Clear skies.

One of many fun caches found over the June Long Weekend.
A great time was had to, from and around Cleve on the Eyre peninsular.
Thanks for your cache [^]
Cheers

My uncle worked on this pipeline project. It was his last job.
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This cache was found using a Garmin Montana 650t. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.

Found on the way to the JLW event.

TFTC

Touring Australia having left Perth in late February we are leisurely touring South Australia after having attended Oz Mega.

Camped at Murray Town in luxury with power and water we decided to head to Melrose and take the Bridle/4x4 trail to Port Germain today.

Another quick stop on our way.

TFTC demon41

Day out driving with delta ducks and shark bait. Took travel bugs. Tftc.

Out for a drive in the area with the extended family. Took longer than it should have due to the growth of the weeds in the area. TFTC

Found while out on a drive in the country with the geofamily. TFTC

A quick find, before the sun came up, and a quick driving break. Picked up Adventures of Toad and Tadpole, and Rubber Chicken. Dropped off, Glowbug's Pink Gerbera Daisy Micro Geocoin and Canadian Flag. Thanks for the cache. SL Cheers

Quick find on our way to a netball carnival. TFTC