The Old War Bunker Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
By brad1987 on 19-Jun-14. Waypoint GC57APY

Found it, with about 2.3 million ants. TFTC.

This took a little walking around through some wet grasslands and poking around the bushes but after looking under a few trees we found it. Good little activity for being stuck in the town for a few days waiting for good winds to sail south.

Took us a little while to find as the hint is quite broad. All good here

Found this one, just keep checking trees. TFTC!

Lovely little bush walk !

Somewhat away from the bunker, and the hint wasnt brilliant as every tree met the criteria! Great view from the bunker of a beautiful beach. T4TC

Awesome find. The bunker is a little different today but a perfect spot for some trees while watching the surfers get some sick lefts! I suggest following the path around the brush to the Boamee Dune Walk! Cool small track. Fluffy Lorax is blazed.

Tftc :]After a lot of bush tracking managed to find this sneaky cache hidden away. Left some swaps behind too

During a relaxing walk around the headlands, went off the path to find this. Tftc

Tftc, collected waiting for a Dr appointment, we never knew this was here. Tnlnsl

about to start the boambee beach dune walk TFTC

Tftc cache is signed and replaced

Sneaky hide. TFTC

Log was absolutely soaked may need replacing

In the Eastern states visiting some of the muggle Mrs. relatives we made our way to Port Macquarie for a 6 night stopover. A few finds made on the way from Brisbane and hopefully a few more can be found whilst we are here.All caches were is good condition unless stated otherwise.Arriving at this spot for a beak this structure was noticed and the Adder was curious of its purpose. Thanks to the C/O we now know. A short stroll to GZ from the structure and the hide was soon spotted and signed.Thank you for the cache brad1987 Find Number 10750 on 22/04/2024

A nice spot

Tftc

Visiting from Virginia USA, exploring Coffs Harbour area today. Under a three trunked tree. We added a waterproof logsheet.

TFTC. It's definitely a jungle out here when wet. Log was saturated. Sorry didn't have any replacement logs on us. Kids did a swap.

After checking out the remains of the observation post, I headed bush for the find. I found a few thorny vines beforehand, a reminder to wear shoes and long trousers, not shorts and sandals! TFTC.

Thanks for brining us here. Its a wonderful bit of Coffs Harbour. Tftc

Dont know if it was hidden exactly in right location. daughter found TFTC

Gr8 hint....ALL the trees r bent! Anyway, thanks for the cache; Ilived here years ago & never knew of the bunkers....

dont wear flip flops

TFTC

Overcast day after weeks of sunny days hereTFTC.

found the cache and had a look at the bunker. TFTC

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

Thank you Brad1987 for bringing us to this interesting World War 2 Coastal Observation Bunker - great structure and views.

Spot on coords, generous hint. TFTC

Hint appeared to be replicated several time in the vicinity of GZ. Found eventually in the gathering gloom.

Not quite the bunker but great to see it
A little like the bunkers at Queenscliff in Vic but they are more extensive
TFTC

The kids had a lot of fun exploring the ild war bunker before we headed off to find GZ. We ended up taking a slightly circuitous route which allowed us to watch some people driving along the beach. The cache itself didn't take too long to find and we even found a much more direct path back to the bunker.

Thanks for the cache!

Our last day of walking on the SICW from Red Rock to Sawtell. Lots of action on the beach from this viewpoint today. TFTC

Found it ! Awesome hide !!

Found just need to find the right tree

TFTF, took a little bit to find which bent tree

Another lovely morning. Thanks.
RVCL.

Found it - did not bring pen so couldn’t sign log book.

Quick fun find

Found quickly after we found the correct tree, tftc

Nice one!

Plenty of bent trees around but went deep and found it

Very cheeky hide

Found

Tftc

Great views of the Coffs coast line

TFTC

Occy nat and jab

Thanks for the cache! Every tree here is bent... But a beautiful grove of trees nonetheless

One last extra cache to end the day. My friend found it first. Need to BYOP.

Good hide

Our first stop on our road trip. A cache, a bunker and a bird with a snake? Fish??
Great views from here. Tftc

Fun little climb up. Beautiful views. Interesting history, woidl love to know more about the little bunker. TFTC!!

First stop on our road trip south with wombles. Beautiful beaches, lush green hills and a huge Osprey with something silver in its talons. Weird!
Found the cache without a hassle after exploring the old bunker.

Thanks for the cache brad1987

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We found this one after working our way through the Boambee Beach Dune walk series, we had just enough energy for this one. Couldn't see the bunker but we did find the cache.

Thanks to brad1987 for adding this cache to the gameboard.
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A nice easy find TFTC

After checking out the bunker and the view, we wandered over to find this cache. TFTH

Good supply of second hand bongs and bent trees here.
Needed ony one bent tree to find it

Thank you
R

Out on my morning walk, what a beautiful day! Nice quick find here, tftc!

We've been holidaying down in Coffs Harbour for the week. When we've been able to get to geomonsters out of the pool at the resort, we've been out and about exploring this beautiful part of the world.

Today was a little cloudy and marginally less windy, so Sandra dropped me off at Boambee and was to be picked up at the other end of the beach.

This cache required a little detour to my pickup point, but the view was worth it.

All the trees are bent so took a little while to find. As was the old war bunker.

This was number 30 for our trip.

Thanks!!

#3329

Cache #6 in the 2022 Wollongong to Coloola Cove trip.
Loggy was soggy. Took a while but we got there.
Tftc

Great little spot
TFTC

Gotcha - Found with a bit of searching. Tftc
Log is wet.

TFTC and some history.

First find for the day. Good surf rolling in. TFTC.

Wet but skill worth it

TFTC Thank you for hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity.
We are doing the Solitary Island Coast walk. It was nice to stop and complete this cache.

Tftc

Nice easy find ️

Heute wieder ein paar Dosen gesucht, das war eine davon.


Danke für's legen und pflegen sagt celly15299

Found as previous cachets indicate the log sheet too wet to sign

TFTC nice hide managed to write my name down but the log was soaking

Log needs to be replaced

Hard but log was wet

Found after 10minutes. Logbook wet.

Found after a long search in long wet grass. Thanks for the Cache.

#5270
We had a little free time before lunch on Mother's Day, so ducked out for a few local caches, grabbing 5, including two past DNFs.
This did take several minutes, mainly as everything in here is bendy. Coordinates are very good (2m for us) in any case, let the GPS settle, then do a thorough radius search.... TFTC!

Found today on a little morning drive with my Dad to come and pick up some caches around the area, ended up getting 5 this morning then 1 later while at a mothers day lunch! Overall had an amazing day driving around Coffs/Urunga!

After spotting the ruins from a distance, We arrived and then realised, Oh, it's not in the ruins... Once we walked into the bush and searched around, we read the hint but pretty much every nearby tree aligns with the hint... Ended up looking at the photos and finding it quite quickly afterwards.

TFTC

1 spider, 1 ant and 2 leeches later we found it! TNLN TFTC

Log is soggy

Crystaltheatre and I looked for way too many of the hint....there's so many! Good find TFTC

Zusammen mit meiner Schwester haben wir es das erste Mal zur Familie nach Australien geschafft. In drei Wochen waren Sydney, Brisbane (Goldcoast), die Hauptstadt Canberra, Melbourne und Yulara (Ayers Rock) auf dem Plan. Fernab von der Heimat mussten natürlich auch auch ein paar Geocaches gefunden werden. Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen, Legen und Hegen und Grüße aus Germany ????

Together with my sister we visit the family in Australia for the first time. Three weeks Sydney, Brisbane (Goldcoast), the capital Canberra, Melbourne and Yulara (Ayers Rock) were on the schedule. Far away from home, of course, a few geocaches had to be found. Thank you for showing this place and greetings from Germany! ????

Took a little longer than I expected because lots of places matched the hint. Eventually found the cache TFTC

We have been on our worldtrip, stopping by Coffs Harbour. Thx for that nice cash. My little one enjoyed the search. Einhornpups 2022

Managed to get this one in in between the showers. Lots of trees matching the hint but finally found the right one. Getting up here was a bit tricky. TFTC

Super cool

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Yay

We attempted to reach this cache way back in 2017 but the rally was on and the road was closed. Today we finally made it and located the cache after a short search and in decent condition.
Thanks for the cache

Great hide TFTC

Nothing like GeoCaching in thongs. Tftc TB dropped.

Staying in town with the Rats. We came down here to check out the surf and grab a nearby cache.
Thanks

I’m town for an overnight stay so we checked out the sites and grabbed a few caches.
TFTC

Tried quite a few trees before spotted. Tftc

TFTC. We headed here after a massive burst of rain. The trip to GZ was wet and we needed to avoid the puddles. After a short search the cache was found and signed. WE scored a bonus when we found another cacher’s stamp.

Found it! Now to begin the adventure through the dunes. TFTC

Found it

Found on 29th august 2021 with wacko and the gang

Good find, dry cache. I left a swap with bite! TFTC!

Visiting a friend in Coffs Harbour so grabbing a few caches too.
Whales just 100 metres off the beach!!
Beautiful day.
STL TFTC