Stanthorpe Rocks! Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia
By Net88 on 31-May-14. Waypoint GC560AD

What are the chances the last person here before me was my mugglemum. Muggle husband and I are camping near for the long weekend and popped out for a hit of exploring. Answers sent, TFTC.

Nice short drive to this scenic spot- thanks for taking me there!

Thanks for bringing us here. Awesome view. Thanks Net88 for the cache and interesting area.

Found on the first day of a 3 day trip to Stanthorpe. A bit gloomy and rainy but still some lovely views. Enjoyed a walk around before answering the questions.

Headed south to Stanthorpe today for a spot of caching. Originally, I had planned to attend the Mega Event that was held here 10 years ago, but due to life inspired hurdles, had to cancel at the last moment. So a lot of mystery caches I had solved back then needed finding today. Awesome spot and views from the lookout were great. Thanks for broadening my geological knowledge. TFTearthC. Answers sent to CO. TBs Prado Owl ; The Great Leap Forward Geocoin ; Bee Croc ; Rawhide ; RobS72 2000 Finds GC ; Forest Hill Ear Tag ; Iceland Geocoin ; and Kiwi Bird visited.Find # 2263.

This was a great location on its own, but the Earthcache gave us reason to linger longer and enjoy the view more. As usual when we come across granite we think of benchtops as we have granite benchtops at home. not the same as this granite though!We made out observations and had the usual discussions before finalizing our answers.Answers sent.Another very cool day today, but the sun was out much earlier and at least the day seemed brighter even if the temperature wasn't.We decided to have a quieter day so the emphasis was on the Lab in town and some sightseeing and whatever caches that took us near.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Net88.**SKI Pair****

This was a great lookout and both Pa and I appreciated the Earth cache that drew us here. Answers have been sent to the CO.TFTEC Net88

We called in here a few years ago. We forgot what a great spot this is. Timed it right this morning to be here. You can see for miles today. Thanks for bringing us here. Sent photo and answers to C.O. tftc An AFP from us.

Great

Enjoying a weekend in Stanthorpe with legend and out looking for a few caches while we are here. Found some new geocaching friends, snigglepops.

An interesting earth cache, in an interesting area. TFTC

First visit here was September 10th but I have been up several times since to appreciate the most spectacular sunsets!TFTC ...

Found with Chrisval7. What a fantastic spot overlooking the countryside. Thank you.

We thoroughly enjoyed visiting this earthcache. It was a highlight of the area. Without the caches/S here we would not have visited, so thank you!

Questions answered by Miss 7 and Mr 9 and sent to CO. Cool place up here.

On a windy Sunday afternoon, why yo o but go out and do an Earthcache!
It’s always nice to learn about my area. TFTC

Beautiful spot love this lookout

We had the opportunity to spend Easter in Stanthorpe so took advantage of the days off to find some caches while we were here. Great view from here. Answers have been sent to CO.

After a hike in Girraween NP, there were still a few caches to collect. Nice views from up here, answers sent. Tftc Net88

This weekend, an overnighter at Girraween National Park was planned with the aim to tackle Mount Norman. An early start on Saturday had me attend Warwick parkrun and visit Warwick, Leslie Dam, Stanthorpe, and then Girraweeen to walk to Underground Creek. On Sunday, it was a walk/hike through Girraween's south vicinity visiting Mount Norman, Castle Rock, and Turtle Rock, before venturing across the NSW border, and then heading northwards via Ballandean and Stanthorpe, detouring past the *Elementary* series and *Stan's Apple* series.

Today, my plan was starting out the day with Warwick parkrun at 07:00 hr, and subsequent geocaching within the Warwick area. I also visited Leslie Dam which was a nice picnic spot, before then detouring back through Warwick for a late breakfast, and continued my onwards journey south along the New England Highway to Stanthorpe. I found a few of the *Snow Flakes* granite geocaches, partially conducted the *Fruit Run*, drove east past Stanthorpe Airport finding some of the *Stan's Apple* geoart, before then visiting Mt Marley and Quart Pot Creek. We then took a late afternoon walk in Girraween National Park to Underground Creek, before establishing our campsite for the night.

There were some great views from this lookout, and I got to appreciate the cute township of Stanthorpe from here. The landscape continued to be shaped by granite, and this EarthCache provided a good overview of its composition. Answers collected and sent to the CO for verification. Thanks Net88 for the EarthCache placement and maintenance.

In Stanthorpe doing the apple series and I always love to go to the local lookout, this was no exception.

Favourite Point Given.

Only original thing I had with me was the geodog

TFTC

Busy spot today. Splendid views.

Morgo sent in the answers

TFTeC

We are heading south from Brisbane in 2023 and picking up as many new LGA’s as we can.

Cracker of a view!!

What a year Sandyofthesea and I have had. We kitted out the Prado and took off from Perth, Western Australia at the start of April 2022 to travel more of Australia using geocaching as a guide to see the sights. We started with the Nullabour, Eyre and York Peninsulas, the Riverlands, visited family in Victoria and then back in SA it got cold. Flinders and the Oodnadatta Track was amazing and we finally warmed up in Dalhousie Springs. The Alice beckoned and then a change of plan and we ended up tackling the Tanami Track to the Kimberley and Bungles Bungles. Territory Day in Darwin was unhinged - please try and do it! The Gulf, the coast and the car breaker ‘Old Tele Track’ to the top of Cape York. This is a must but it’s not easy! Eventually made it to Brisbane to get some fixes to the car….. let’s see where we end up.

Net88, I found Stanthorpe Rocks! today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Great view. Love the rocks! FREE telescopes! With geowife on 20th anniversary road trip.
TFTC

Great lookout that we wouldn’t have gone to if not for the geocaches - both the earth cache and the old cache from 2008 nearby. And now I’m on 592 finds! Need to convince hubby to let me find 8 more caches today (unlikely).

He did put the binoculars on two spots he thought I’d like to look at - the thermometer in town & the Anglican Church sign that reads “Jesus is the Gift You Won’t Return”.

**Found Sunday 13-November-2022 at 11:04 Smiley #1992**

Chasing some attributes for the November challenge, so we started road tripping. Drove past what felt like thousands, just to chase certain caches for the Off Road Attribute.

Awesome lookout! Very cool views, not sure about the binocculars being powerful enough to look into peoples backyards but it was cool to be up so high. There was a mountain bike race of event on, so there were a lot of people of varying ages riding or pushing bikes up the hill, that's dedication!

Thanks for the cache **Net88**

Rogersclan13

Lovely little spot!

Arriving into town I decided I had time to do a few caches before heading to my secret cottage. Gorgeous views up here! Answers sent. Tftc

During our recent stay in Stanthorpe, we visited this lookout and worked on the answers for the earth cache. Our answers were sent to CO.

It was a nice spot, and we enjoyed also our brekkie high up there. We had to defend our sandwich against couple of birds, but they weren't able to get it off us.

Tftc Net88

Another find on Peppa and PirateLinda's Brisbane to Stanthorpe Jaunt.
Teamed up with Beardman75 and Captainvimes this morning to grab a few more caches before heading home. Captainvimes sent answers in for the group .

Lots of tourists on a sunny day today
Have never been here before so enjoy the view.
Hope answers are ok.
Not in appropriate footwear to wander far for answers.
Tftc

Albert (full name: Alberto Malich the Wise) is Death's servant. He has been living in Death's Domain for the last two thousand years, but because time does not progress there, he has not aged. Alberto Malich was once a seriously powerful wizard and founded Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork.

Amazing views from up here. Answers sent by CaptainVimes. Thanks for the cache

The final day of PirateLinda’s and my Stanthorpe weekend away… After the delightful event last night, we caught up with Beardman75 and Captain Vimes for breakfast… some possible caches for the morning turned into a plan and we were off with Beardman75 at the wheel, Captain Vimes up front, and PirateLinda and I fighting over the armrest in the back…

I normally avoid Earthcaches… but groups make everything more entertaining…

Tftc… Captain Vimes submitted our answers… normally too…

Answers sent. Great view and background information. TftEC.

*Finally catching up with my back-logging*

My partner and I came down here yesterday for a valentines retreat. I've always been so fascinated with all the granite boulders. Such a lovely lookout here! I love that the telescopes are free to use. TFTC! Answers sent to CO.

A late log, came up to the snowflake festival and wasn't that amazing.
We where up early and the cloud cover made for a spectacular photo.
We decided to come back and watch the fireworks later at night from here.
Amazing view.

Heading down to Stanthorpe to the markets - just in case we needed to spend more money this side of christmas. Took the old highway through the villages, buying cherries, apricots and apples. As you do. Caching along the fruit run. As you do. After lunch in the park, we headed up this steep hill. Did I say steep? glad we were not walking.

Answers have been sent to the CO.

Thanks Net88 for finding this location for an earthcache. FAVE POINT for todays fun

We always enjoy visiting local lookouts and a lookout with rocks and a Earthcache is always extra good.

Answers sent.

Thanks for find #2504
TNLN

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Answers sent by through website. TYFTC from NutCacheBNE and SuezyD

Rocky little place.

Visited here for the most bearish sunset this afternoon! Loved how gorgeous this place is.

Thanks Net88

Visited here for the most bearish sunset this afternoon! Loved how gorgeous this place is.

Thanks Net88

Took today off work because it's my birthday and I didn't want to work on my birthday. Was hoping to see some snow today, but not quite cold enough. If it snows over the weekend I might head back down. Great lookout. Will send answers when I get home tonight.

Great view

Heading to Stanthorpe for caching. Took two extra days of. Yippee. Now day two.

One of my main things today was trying to complete the Unique Difficulty/Terrain Challenge. Of course one was for my next D/T loop, still one to go on my 5th loop.
The funny thing is I did try to keep records of what I did today, so hard doing by yourself.
As I log everything hopefully everything works out and I kept good records.

Todays haul 43 and the breakdown is 5 traditional, 33 mystery, 3 Earthcache and 2 Letterbox. Lots of fun finding caches or learning stuff about the local area.

Thank you CO for bringing me to outback Queensland.

Sorry for the generic log

Net88 TFTC* 5193 *Finds*

Found while caching around NSW

Answers Sent to CO

Thanks for the Cache Net88

GeoJoe_

Visited here a couple of days ago, just sent the answers and photo through to CO.
Thanks for showing us

##Out for a tip around to do some more Holidaying now that the Mega has finished. We are heading down to NSW. It may take a few days to get there, but still going.

Answers Sent to CO for the cache for reviewing

Now for the adventure to begin.

Thanks for these cache you have found the info for and spent time to research, Net88

LilDonna_ ##

Great views of Stanthorpe and interesting to learn more about granite rocks. Favourite.
Thanks for the Cache.

While spending Easter in this area, I had a day of caching including visiting this lookout and learning about the local granite. Found the nearby trad and tb visits too. Answers sent to CO. Thanks for the EarthCache.

We're currently staying at Tenterfield and I had to go to Stanthorpe this morning to run an errand. I could have spent all day here, there's so many caches on offer, but I satisfied myself with this just one as I figured the view would be worth it. And I wasn't disappointed, the view from the lookout is wonderful.

After gazing out across the valley for quite a while, I then took some photos and notes of the granite covered hill so that I can compile my answers to the questions posed by the CO, which I've now done.

Thanks very much for providing me with a reason to detour up the hill Net88.

We decided on the way into town that we would walk up here in the morning, its funny that I just saw two caches up top on the map and saw a walking track so decided that but didn't actually notice the road on the map at all and was a little embarrassed to discover it after the walk. Still, just a quick climb, nothing tricky, though last nights beers surely haven't helped things.
Great view from the top, and some great information in this listing to ruminate over as we played with the telescopes. We came up with some likely answers before retreating back into the shade to find the other cache up here.
Thanks go to net88 for the information here and helping me explore all the cool granite up this hill. Well worth the walk, I reckon the sunsets up here would be *chefs kiss*
Answers sent, cheers for the earthcache.

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Found while on a weekend mission with Chamad, Willis007 and Nayfee. We came to get the Stanthorpe Apple, but couldn't drive past any of the others. We were there to flood our maps with smilies. The boulders in this whole area are amazing pieces of nature's art.

What a lovely view from up here! A weekend trip to Stanthorpe wouldn't be complete without heading up here. Must admit I was thankful we could drive rather than hike up that hill. A great spot for a quick bite to eat, rehydrate, and plan the next few caches.

Thanks for a great little earthcache Net88!

TFTC and TB visits

Visiting Stanthorpe this weekend to collect our solved apple art puzzles and all of the other great caches between Warwick and Stanthorpe.
Such great views up here, was good to head up this way and view the town from a different perspective.
Thanks Net88.

Great location for an Earthcache. We have sent our answers to the CO.
TFTC

This was a great thing to do. I love this spot. Thanks for taking me here.

I AM GUR

Out today for a quick drive to Stanthorpe for a couple of particular caches to finish off my 4th loop and grab a couple to get me closer to my 5th loop.
It was just a quick trip into the area today as I had to be in Ballina by 4pm, plus I could not wait till next year to finish my loop, lol.
Today I grabbed a few puzzle caches, a couple of trads, a couple of earth caches, a letterbox and a couple of challenge caches. It was a nice drive down at this time of the morning with no one on the roads, gave a good chance to stop and do some sight seeing along the way too.
This was one of those I found today. What a great place to visit and the views were great today. I made good use of the free telescopes and got a good look at the town, got to come back here. The questions and answers have been sent to the CO, thanks for bringing me up here.
Thanks the placement and with the log signed and cache replaced as best as I could, I was on my way to my next target.

Tftc Net88, great view from here. Thanks for bringing us here and for the info

Decided to head up to the lookout to check out this Earthcache and the view and I wasn’t disappointed, the view was fantastic, so thank you for giving me a reason to visit.

My partner and I came to Stanthorpe to chase some snow, since we can’t go over the border, but after completing this Earthcache my partner wanted to go home, but we only just arrived! Literally not even 10 minutes ago! It took us over 3 hours to get here... Oh well!

Answers sent through to CO. Hopefully they’re ok.

#1212 - TFTEC

Sent the message and photo (if I did it correctly!) Nice and peaceful as muggles left the area. Tftc Net88

Visited GZ and retrieved the required information, answers sent to the CO and approval given to log.
A nice outlook from here, thanks for placing, a fave point from me and

TFTC

Lovely place for good views of town. We enjoyed learning something about the local geology.

Answers send to CO early this afternoon.

TFTEC Net88.

On our drive around town we stopped here to appreciate the view of Stanthorpe and the surrounds. From here it is easy to see the effects of the drought, I hope that it rains soon. After gathering the required information we send a message to the CO, and continued on our way.

Thanks, Net88 for showing us this spot.

Drove up the mountain and did our best to answer the questions. These were sent to the CO.
Enjoyed getting an overall view of the city from this lookout. Thanks to the CO for creating this earth cache.

It was a great view from the lookout here and the viewing equipment available made it even better. Viewing the rocks with ilook4geo and working out the answers to the questions were interesting too. These answers have been sent to the CO. Many thanks to Net88 for bringing us here and showing us this particular part of Stanthorpe.

Out on a Sunday caching adventure with MattyRx and Seemyshell.

We were squinting at the solution of Q1 and then realised there was an easier way to look at it. haha

TFTC

Out caching with friends No_Tomorrow and Seemyshell, trying to complete the Apple GeoArt in Stanthorpe. Took a break from the puzzle caches to grab this Earthcache. The last time I was up this hill was 2010 - when there was a lonely solitary ammo can up here to find. Nice to see a few others in the vicinity now!

Out team investigated GZ, and answered the questions. Answers have been sent. An amazing view of the town, the hills and the granite from up here. Sunset would be stunning from this location. Thanks for placing this one Net88!

TFTC
Out caching with MattyRx and NoTomorrow, we had started these puzzles about a week ago. Some were very challenging. This Apple had some good DT ratings and filled some good gaps.
All caches were found in good order with dry log books. Although a few took some extra time.
Cheers to the COs.
We will be back to complete the series.
Seemyshell

Had a good crack at these questions! Took a few selfies featuring the view and my new apple earrings TFTC

What a beautiful area Stanthorpe is, have been through the main street & of course travelled around it, now have seen a little bit more with HippyDonna. TFTC

Thanks for bringing MrGravel and I to this beautiful area.

Nice views from the lookout whilst passing through the area. TFTC

Mrs Woodyrothwell and I have a love/hate relationship with EarthCaches. When the subject is interesting it’s All G, but when you need a science degree or rocks are involved then divorce proceedings are just round the corners and the lawyers start circling like vultures.

This one was just a little bit different because we drove up near sunset and underestimated how bright things would be. We needed something to distract ourselves from thinking about our burning retinas.

In fact Mrs Woodyrothwell was surprised this was the only EarthCache we did in town after seeing granite on every corner. She feared we would be doing hundreds of them. Answers emailed. tftc

It was early morning when The X-Trailers and I ventured to this lookout. A beautiful view by time we left after a misty arrival. Am forwarding answers for both of us . TFTC

Explored the area with Earthlight
Drizzly rain and clouds so views not the best
Liz has forwarded answers for us both
Tftc

Sorry, we are only now catching up on oh so many logs. The answers have been sent. This is a beautiful area. Thanks so much for placing this cache so that we came to have a look.

We are slowly catching up now that we are back. Answers are about to be submitted. Thanks for bringing us here with the placing of this cache.

Reaching the top of our walk we enjoyed the view over the town, what a magical spot. We looked around and snapped some pictures before taking in all the details we needed to answer the questions.

We were up there for around 30 minutes, the whole time someone was in a ute and he kept his motor running the entire time, when we left he was still there but never got out to look at the view. Maybe he was keeping warm unlike us wet, cold, soggy buggers.

Answers sent to CO.

Tftc Net88

Found it while exploring Stanthorpe with a friend. Thanks for setting up this EarthCache for us as we wouldn’t have know it was here without it.

Making our way home from a massive caching expedition in the Toowoomba area and picking up a few more caches on the way. Answers sent via message centre. Fantastic views from this lookout.

Up here with my dad, who lives part time in the area. I love the view up here! TFTC

Gotcha - answers sent.

Came up here for a great view of Stanthorpe. It’s a very pretty spot thanks for the EarthCache
Fav point for this one

Heading south to find a few caches and earn the Old Year and New Year souvenirs. We managed to dodge the nasty storm cells that passed through the region and I found a number of caches on my 'to do' list.

This was on my list and we enjoyed the view a while as I tried to sort / find the required answers. I've emailed them to the CO. A neat view here, would have been interesting a few hours later as the storms passed through?!

Thanks for the Earthcache, Net88!

The rain was just holding out for me today, so there was a great view from up here. Lots of rocks to climb about on. Answers sent to CO. TFTEC!

We spent a very wet few days in Stanthorpe. Everything was so green and lush in the spring time. We loved visiting GZ, although we did find the answers a little tricky to answer for this earthcache.
Thanks Net88 for heading us up the hill for the beautiful view and the geology lesson. Lots of granite here!

Domsky

Shame that it was so wet as a beautiful view from here. KerriMG and I stood in the rain trying our best to answer these questions. Hope we were on the right track.
Thanks for having an EC up here Net88

Found 9 November 2017 at 4:07 pm We have travelled up from down near Canberra to see hubz' terminal sister in Bundaberg. We stayed in Stanthorpe a couple of days to collect many of the caches. What a beautiful location. If it wasn't for geocaching I would have missed out on coming here, and especially learning about this feature. I love Earth Caches, we have many new ones down home of which I am yet to complete, all much to do with volcanic activity. Thanks for bringing me here. Sent email over a week ago, no response from CO.

What a beaut spot for an Earthcache. Lovely view over the town and surrounding countryside.
Finding and discussing our answers were a bit of fun. Answers have been emailed to the CO.
Many thanks Net88 for the time and effort taken to set up this cache.

This cache was visited whilst participating n the Cycle Queensland 2017 Adventure Tour - Goondiwindi to Currumbin.

Today is our rest day. After a nice breakfast in town my riding partner suggested a walk to Mt Marley, who am I to turn down a gift horse (knowing there is a cache there).

Nice views. Answers sent to CO.

Thanks for the cache Net88.

I found this with my boys. WillPunkey spent 1/2 an hour with the telescope Thanks for bringing us up here. will give answers soon

I did this one during the Mega. Sent answers to CO.

A visit to the lookout certainly gave us a panoramic view of the Stanthorpe area and the opportunity to take a close look at some of the granite boulders. The information collected, we have sent the answers to the questions to the CO. Thanks Net88 for an interesting Earthcache.

I decided to do this Earth cache today. The required email has been sent. Thanks for the cache I learnt a bit more about granite and how it was formed.

The information was collected on the first day of our Pilgrimage to the Red Centre. To get time to do all the computer work for travelling while travelling has been difficult. Hence the delay.

Lovely views and thanks for bringing us (austrees and I) to the lookut for the panorama with this cache.

Answers sent. Completed this on the way to Girraween National Park.

9/10/16, 1:47 pm Find #452
After spending the weekend with NyssaFlutterby and Wombles&Co in Girraween completing another Earthcache, we were on our way back to Brisbane and made a quick stop here to grab a couple of caches. A nice spot, and it was rather quiet here today which is always good for Cachers. This was a nice end to a great fun weekend. Thanks for the cache Net88.