Mataranka Thermal Spring Mataranka, Northern Territory, Australia
By firesafe on 10-Jan-17. Waypoint GC6Z57T

An afternoon in the pools for kiwinic and myself after lunch at the boss bar. A great spot.

Found it with Hally4 on our half lap Beautiful spot, TFTC

Freddo went for a swim. Apparently he was croc bait for his companion. Answers sent to the cache owner and politely accepted.Freddo and e.gregory1 were heading up the middle of Australia following Stuart's well trodden route. We were travelling in air conditoned comfort and style. No stale food. No camels to carry water. We were leaving the cold winte for the northern season.Today was the day to find this cache. Today is the twentieth and sixth day of Julius Caesar's Month in the wonderful year of twenty twenty four. We found your cache container and added some inky stuff to the paper sheet or note pad you have supplied for a log book or scroll. The cache container and log book or scroll were in good condition. It was a cool cloudy and raining. No wind today.With the log signed and the cache replaced it was time to leave. Onwards to the next cache. Woot, that is not to far.I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count and winning that one hundred word diamond badge again. Somebody moved the goal posts. So many caches to find. So many caches to log. We find them, sign them and replace them.This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and an Apple iPhone 11 using the marvelous Cachly app. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs macro.Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun. Apologies for the generic part of the cache log. We do apologise for the generic logs. Thanks to all the cache owner for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke fr den Cache. Gracias por el cach. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos ktkst. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Ksznm a rejtst. Vdaka za cache. Dzieki za cache. Takk for at cache. Obrigado por isso cache. Dky za ke. Aciu u ta talpykla. Paldies par o cache. Aith selle eest cache. Tack fr att Cache. Tak for denne Cache. nbellek iin tesekkrler. Ksznjk, hogy a cache. Graas para o cache. Dankon pro la kasmemorone. Dank fr de csch. Eskerrik asko cache horrengatik. Na gode da wannan cache. Zikomo chifukwa cha cache.I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Blockheads Unite in 2025.

Sent off the answers and got the thumbs up. Beautiful area. Thanks ??

A good place to rest, swim some slow laps and enjoy the soft water.Thanks for the EarthcacheAnswers sent

With familysteiner who sent the answers. Ttfc

Answers sent to the CO. A very popular place today, being the school holidays. Tftec:)

Wow what a great Earth cache firesafe, and such fun to find. Buddy the geodog was not able to help us with this one. Found on June 24, 2024. # 9433Answers sent to the CO.

Had a great trip to the NT. Went to these springs whilst the kids were at a local school. Tftc!

Very much enjoyed the pool and, while reluctant to hang around in town looking for caches, were pleased to find one here.

be happy to log this Australian EC I sent the answers to the questions via eMail to the owner.Thanks for showing this interesting place

An early morning swim (bath) after staying at the gravel pit near the Elsey Cemetery turn-off.Answer sent. Favourite awardedI reckon I have found almost all of the firesafe Earthcaches now.We are supporting our mate who is running to Darwin (@curlyrunsnz). He started at Stewart Island in November, just south of the South Island of New Zealand and made to Cape Reinga at the tip of the North Island by New Years Day. He then flew to Tasmania, ran to the ferry terminal in Devonport and sailed to Geelong. Since then it has been a long hard slog across Victoria and into South Australia up the Stuart Highway but he is now close to the finish line in Darwin.firesafe, I found Mataranka Thermal Spring today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

OCW PelDroedGwin Our second dip of the day, we started off at Bitter Springs then headed to Mataranka Pool. The water is the perfect temperature for me. Headed up to its source for this Earthcache, answers sent to CO. Tftc

Ocw the Bebes as we stay in Mataranka a couple of days. Enjoyed a dip in the designated spring swimming area and then collected the answers from nearby. Answers sent by The Bebes. Tftec

We embarked on the journey to explore Rainbow Spring and were mesmerized by the natural beauty that unfolded before us. As we walked along the trail, the signs provided intriguing insights into the origin and significance of this geological wonder.At the viewing platform, we marveled at the clear waters of Rainbow Spring, glistening under the sunlight. The knowledge shared on the signs deepened our appreciation for the intricate processes shaping this natural phenomenon.As instructed, we refrain from disclosing the answers to the questions here. Instead, we will email them to the cache owner to uphold the integrity of the Earth Cache.We enjoyed swimming at the springs.

Vandaag rijd ik van Tennant Creek naar Mataranka. Uiteraard met af en toe en stop. En dan kan er ook een cache gevonden worden!Mataranka Thermal Spring was cache nr 6819 om 15:29. firesafe bedankt voor de cache!Volg me op instagram voor : gc_badmintonner

We had an amazing experience while staying here, visiting the springs after 10pm and experiencing a sound bath with Tibetan singing bowls. Not something we'd usually find ourselves partaking in but was a very powerful experience. After staying in the campground for a few days we are moving further south. Answers sent. Tftc

Well my whirl wind tour of 5 states in 3 weeks has started and after reaching the SA border and now the NT border it was time to locate a few caches here or there as I won’t be doing that much caching on this trip as I’m with muggle friends.
We have finally reached a spot where we are staying for 2 nights and now to visit a great place that I have stopped in at before.
We donned the bathers and off we went for a swim.
I took the pics of the boards as I went to work out what was needed.
A great spot for a small swim or just a float around with a noodle.
Answers have been sent to the CO.

A fav goes out to you for a fantastic spot.

Thanks firesafe TFTC.

What a great area. Only watched this one but soaked.at Bitter springs. Tftc

A late arrival into Mataranka so it was a trek in the dark to find the information for this EC. Thankfully all devices played the game and we found the information and made our way out without incident.

On our travels we were staying at bitter spring but had to come here to have a look, with a bus in it was too busy for us but still a wonder of nature all the same, thanks for the cache

Darwin to Adelaide Road Trip
Day Four: Mataranka to Threeways
Weather: perfect.

Answers sent by email. There’s no cheating by using the information from Bitter Springs because the information is slightly different. It all looks very inviting here, but I didn’t go in. Bit too crowded and rowdtpy for me, and there are caches to be found further down the highway.

Thanks for the Earthcache Firesafe.

It’s officially a mega - GCA1DNA “The Great Leap Forward”
Adelaide, South Australia. February 29, 2024
We would love to have your company.

Travelling with iluvtrekking up the WA coast to NT and now down through the Centre. Our first visit to Mataranka so we enjoyed visiting today and gathering the required info to send to the CO. Thanks firesafe

We stayed at Bitter Springs but wanted to come and visit here on our way out. We had a lovely swim here without too much of a crowd. Answers sent to CO. Thanks firesafe

Travelling with richlink from Perth to Darwin along the west coast and returning to Perth through the centre and the Nullarbor. Stunning location. Thanks

We walked to Mataranka falls and back and enjoyed a swim in the thermal pool near the end of the day, hoping there would be fewer swimmers. Answers sent CO. TFTC

Day 39 of our greynomad trip up north and after a the JLWEvents, a tour of Maralinga and caching to claim LGAs in the Eyre Peninsula, we are attempting to escape the southern weather that has been wet and windy.

Another day of sunshine, and we headed out to find a few caches before we suffered from the heat What a lovely little oasis and it was quite a surprise to see the water so clear.

Answers sent to CO

TFTC SL TB's visited

We made a quick visit here but again were turned off by the crowds. We had a quick look at the pool then had cold beer at the 'pub' and watched a bit of "We of the Never Never".
Answers sent by SSR and permission to log received.
I'd always wanted to come here for a look.
Thanks firesafe

Our Northern Territory journey began in Darwin around 3am after a very delayed flight. We drove as far north as Fresh Water Camp (northeast of Darwin), followed by a loop to Liberated Cox (out to the west) and Litchfield National Park returning to Darwin. We then headed south with overnight stops at Katherine, Daly Waters and Devils Marbles before reaching our southernmost accommodation at Erldunda. From here we did a day trip to Lamberts Gravitational Centre on onward past Finke. Our last couple of days were in Alice Springs with a side trip via Hermannsburg and Glen Helen, all up covering just under 3800km. My thanks to all the COs with hides throughout the territory for helping make our trip so enjoyable.

We enjoyed a bit of a walk round and collected the information we needed to log this earthcache, answers sent to CO and approved.

This trip was sort of in place of a trip to a Mega that got canceled due to accommodation problems, I was quite happy when Goose said do you fancy to caching break in the Northern Territory as this would be the last State or Territory for me in Australia.

Our plan was to fly into Darwin on the Friday night have a couple days in the area then start heading South stopping overnight whenever we needed to, our next goal was the drive to the geographic centre of Australia at Lambert Centre and then head back to Alice to fly home ten days later.

We both had a great trip finding some important old caches, large ones and the odd clever one too, we found Ammo Cans all over the place which was nice as i think we have found most of the ones at home in Tassie.

Thanks for the cache.

Found on 04/07/2023 at 12:48:00 thanks to firesafe for placing this cache for me to find.

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Found on our roadtrip from Darwin to Yulara. What a stunning place. While I was researching the area I found out that the aquifer that feeds the springs is one and a half times the size of Italy. How mind-blowing is nature? Thanks for bringing us to this stunning place.

I like a thermal spring & have swim in Iceland's oldest surviving public one (very basic!) and in a few in the Azores. However, thanks to a lot of nights sleeping in the car, this was the most appreciated and of course I gathered the required info from a few signs - answers coming via Messenger. Awesome spot for an EC as well as a relaxing and refreshing dip. TFTEC!

SP(UK)

Just about to jump in the water, but, priorities first! Cache answers emailed to CO.

TFTC!

Had a wonderful swim down at the thermal pool. The water temperature was nice and warm. Learnt about the surroundings environment. Great experience Tftc

TFTC firesafe

We visited this area and went for a couple of swims. Amazing great on such a warm day. While in the area we did a couple of walks although we could not do some as they were still closed. We were surprised at the amount of water that flowed from rainbow springs

Thanks for putting this earth cache together

Answers sent to CO.

I like that is is walled and has a sand bottom to walk around. Beautiful with palms around

TFTC

This morning we visited the Mataranka Thermal Pool and the Rainbow Spring. Lovely area and nice walk around. Thanks for this Earthcache and as always TFTC, MumDad2000

PS: Fav. point allocated.

Another EX being ticked off TFTH

Travelled past on our way to Ktown after our 5 day journey north. Collected info and sent to CO. this used to be a regular haunt of ours when we lived up here. TFTC and a trip down memory lane.

Answers sent to CO. TFTC

Answers have been send! What a beautiful place!!
TfTC

Find number 10928 at 7:55:56 am on Saturday the 20 August 2022
On the road again, and on our way to Daly Waters Pub for the night and then onward further south into the colder climates
The springs and pool are nice but we liked Bitter Springs just a little bit better.
**Thanks for creating this earth cache for everyone’s enjoyment firesafe**

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Staying in Katherine for a few days provided us with a great location to explore surrounding areas.
One of our day trips was to Mataranka, where we did a couple of short walks, visited the Elsey National Park, and had a swim at the end of the day some lovely thermal springs.
The place was popular, and we decided to head into the water a little further downstream away from the start of the springs, although we pretty soon noticed that everyone floats down this way on their noodles!
We have sent our answers to the CO for this earth cache.
It’s a beauty!
Thanks firesafe
Domsky

Another spring all natural. Came and stayed for a little while. many people have found this place. It's awesome. answers sent.

What a great spot to chill out and relax. It was quite busy here today with lots of travelers taking advantage of this great location.

What a beautiful spot to rest. Great music and whip cracking demonstration last night. My Earth Cache travel coins visited.

Soooo amazing, great early morning dip and back for coffee

Answers sent to CO
We are staying in Mataranka for the night and I wandered down to see the hot springs. There were too many people enjoying the springs today for me to hop in

Found whilst enjoying a walk here today. Sadly no time for a swim this trip in swimming pool area.. Did look inviting however. Answers have been forwarded.
TFTC

I am staying at Mataranka tonight, and wandered down to the water to find the answers for this. Answers messaged. I remember this spring before it was concreted in. I had swimming goggles and I could watch the tiny fish that inhabited the spring. I wonder if they are still there. Overhead then was a thick mesh of spider web. Very atmospheric. Not the same now. I prefer Bitter Springs (or did last trip, as I haven't seen them this time), but they were booked out, and so I am at Mataranka. Makes it easy though to log this Earth cache, so that's an advantage . TFTC firesafe.

What a wonderful spot for an earthcache! And this was an excellent earthcache. Full of good information to go with a dip in the thermal springs.

I know this is a favourite spot of the cache owners, and his interest in the area shows in the detailed presentation of the facts in the description.

Thanks firesafe for an excellent earthcache.

Found with Slack1962 on our travels. TFTC

TFTC

Awesome place
Tftc

TYFTC what a great spot to stay on a NT adventure

TFTC, a nice quick swim a few days ago.

Thanks for the cache! We loved at little overnight visit here to Mataranka

Catching up on some late logs, now that I have time, while travelling.

We are on the road travelling up through central Australian and down the coast of WA. I hope to grab a few caches along the way.

Grabbed the info needed for this on the way for a lovely warm swim. Logged with permission.

Thanks firesafe for highlighting this lovely area.

TFTC

One of my favourite places to go for the most beautiful warm soak. Staying at little roper stock camp nearby was a real treat too especially if he's been cooking curries for a sit around the camp fire with a delicious meal. Thanks for this earthcache Firesafe and fav point.

Fantastic geological site. As well as a great swimming hole.

Catching up on some missing logs from the trip.Day 19 of the long road trip from Perth to the Townsville Mega via the southern states and then back to Perth again via the northern part of Australia.Today was heading north to Katherine and then westwards towards the border.Answers to the earthcache questions obtained and sent off.Thanks for the earthcache.

Catching up on some missing logs from the trip.Day 19 of the long road trip from Perth to the Townsville Mega via the southern states and then back to Perth again via the northern part of Australia.Today was heading north to Katherine and then westwards towards the border.Answers to the earthcache questions obtained and sent off by Chwiliwr.Thanks for the earthcache.

Stunning!

On our 2nd tour of WA now slowly heading north on our way home to Cairns. Did your Mataranka Thermal Spring today. 24 March 2022 11:16 am Tyfc firesafe total caches now 4468 .

We have really enjoyed our travels this time, a great Earth Cache here.
Lots of fun exploring the area and having a well earned swim - awesome in the early morning when no-one else was around - great for photos
After a great trip around half the country, up the west coast to Darwin via Kunnunura, Katherine, an amazing two weeks in Darwin, out to Jabiru and Litchfield. Down the middle to Alice Springs then on to Millicent for the Geoventure2020 (in 2021).
We then hit the road to cross the WA border before it closed due to a few cases in SA.
Now we are home with a few of the repairs finished, it is nice to have an opportunity to catch up on logging some finds that need more information as part of the logging requirements.
A huge thank you to all the COs along our travels.
TFTC

One of my favourite spots on this journey so far! A refreshing two-hour swim was nice after camping for five straight nights. Answers sent. TFTC

My husband and i are on a 8000km road trip from Brisbane to Uluru and we detoured to Katherine and today we are on our way to Tennant Creek and we were told last night from a couple we met on a dinner cruise down the Katherine Gorge that this was a great place to visit and it sure was. we enjoyed the walk to the springs even though the bats were busy above us and then we both had a dip and then gathered the information. There were quite a few people here today and amazingly we bumped into the nice couple we met on the dinner cruise last night. Bought a few souvenirs and got back to the car to find a peacock pecking at our car which looked like it had a lot of scratches but they just wiped off. Had a great time here . Thank you for taking us here and the great earth cache

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 3851#

Found on: 15 October 2021 13:45

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: Earth



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Great spot to swim. There were heaps of bats though so be careful.

Answers on their way.

**TFTC for the Earthcache firesafe TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 3851#
Found on: 15 October 2021 13:45
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: Earth

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Great spot to swim. There were heaps of bats though so be careful.
Answers on their way.
**TFTC for the Earthcache firesafe TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

TFTC

Quick visit here and then to the pool, tftc!

After almost 9 weeks on the road, it was time to head back home to my family in Adelaide.

On this trip I have safely travelled through four states/territories and somehow managed to avoid the everchanging and unpredictable Covid hotspots, lockdowns, quarantine and other restrictions.

I started from Adelaide at the beginning of July and travelled on my own for 3 1/2 weeks up through outback NSW into Queensland and up the coast to Cairns where I met up with FeatherWaite and another friend from Hobart. For the next 3 weeks we travelled up the tip of Cape York and Thursday Island and back to Cairns, then headed our separate ways. I then headed west across the Gulf to Roper Bar and Mataranka with a few side trips, and am now heading south again.

I have visited some some fantastic places along the way, particularly in the national parks and other remote natural areas, and I’ve seen a range of wildlife. I’ve also managed to find quite a few caches along the way!

It was great to visit the springs at Mataranka for a refreshing swim after quite a few hot and dusty days. What a beautiful area. I ended up camping nearby in the Elsey National Park. The Mataranka area was another highlight of the trip!

Thanks firesafe for an interesting earthcache.

TFTEC. We were camping in the National Park in our van with friends. We had a lovely soak in the warm pools. There were a lot of people there the day we were there in June. Felt refreshed after we had done a long walk and spotted a croc in the nearby river. I nearly got sucked in by the flow of the water down one end. I did look at treat I’m sure with my legs in the air. My friend had to rescue me. We couldn’t stop laughing.

Not as warm as I thought it would be but then again, the info sheet explains why.
Tftc Wassa.

What a relaxing way to spend a couple of hours.
Nathan 'Whippy' Griggs put on a fantastic show too!

I visited this lovely pool today, after a morning walk to the Mataranka falls. This is a very relaxing part of the world. I love Elsey National Park and Mataranka.

Tftc discovered this earth cache with Crack n Lee Lee, PeteBev and 2As.
Lovely area, interesting facts

Found with 2beez call and petebev

A nice day out exploring this interesting area.
That's alot iof water moving

Spending a couple of days at Mataranka, before we head up to Katherine to wait out the lockdown, that we are hopeful will be lifted in a couple of days, otherwise it will again be another trip curtailed due to covid.

Answers sent

Day 30 of the Darwin Geoventure 2021

TFTC firesafe
Total Cache Finds 11312

Beautiful spot. Extremely busy though this time, but still an amazing place

We enjoyed a lovely swim in this beautiful place. Answers sent. TFTC

We arrived late and ended up at the end of the runway in the overflow area, so it was a long walk to the pool, but lovely after a long day in the car. Loved Mr Whippy, he is a character.

Answers sent to CO.

Thanks for bringing us here.

Exploring Oz

Mataranka had been on my bucket list for many years. I’m so happy to finally make it .what a magic spot

Had a wonderful swim then gathered info for this cache
Fav Point
Tftc

After a few bevvies at Daley Waters the heat had builded and it was great to cool of with a dip here.

Great spot to sit and enjoy.

Was trying to work out if the area had flooded with all the palm leaves lying around.

Took note of what was needed and have pm'd some likely answers.

Surpised it has not been logged for awhile!

TFTEC

Beautiful spot! TFTC

TFTC, the hotsprings in Mataranka are just awesome.
Answers sent to CO.

We have had a nice swim in this pool this morning.
Thank you for showing us this place.
TFTC

We agreed this is the best place we visited! Truly purified! Loved every minute we were there!

Noch schnell etwas Wissen vor Weihnachten gesammelt.

Danke sagen

HunttheHUnters and Missy

Spent a lovely two days visiting here from the Jalmurark Campground. TFTC

The Rainbow Spring was our final goal when we left Humpty Doo today. After 5 hours of driving we took our head lamps for a moonlight swim at the Thermal pool. There were even other people in the middle of the night. 3 months ago we already visited the Bitter Springs, but in daylight. I don't know if we missed the really good spot, but the rainbow spring is much less attractive than expected.
After a short dive into the water and taking some pictures we left to spend the night on the 12 Mile Camp ground in the national Park.
TFTC

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was simply driving around in the Kakadu NP.

On the way we came to some interesting locations. Here we searched, found and logged this Earth-Cache.

Weather was good in the morning and it should even get better during the day.

Thanks to 'firesafe' for showing us this location, for the fun we had with 'Mataranka Thermal Spring' and for the smiley. The search for the answers here and today didn't take too much time, fortunately.

Greetings from Germany and we hope to see you soon in the forest, prairie, desert or outback .

TFTC says H_M_A @ October 27, 2019 @ 08:23 o'clock @ [#13913](https://coord.info/GC6Z57T)

Something about the cache:
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Found on our way from Katherine to Tennant Creek.
We had a nice swim in the spring.
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Something about the day:
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From october 16 to november 6 2019, my wife (lp.dk) and I visited Australia for the first time.
After a flight of more than 20 hours, we landed in Darwin. After 2 nights in the city we continued in a rented car first towards Kakadu National Park and later towards Alice Springs.
In Alice Springs we were picked up in an off-road bus and went on a 3-day trip into the wilderness, with overnight stays in a tent close to Uluru.
Back in Alice Springs we drove all the way to Adelaide, from where we flew to Sydney, where we visited our son who has settled there.
After 5 days in the city, we flew back to Singapore, which we visited for 2 days before the final flight back to Copenhagen.
In total, the trip lasted just over 3 weeks.
On the trip we would like to find / visit as many Earth caches, Virtual and Webcams as possible, but also the other kinds of caches when possible.
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No trade.
Found together with lp.dk
Thanks to firesafe for this cache.
Found the 22-10-2019, as cache number: 11971.

Greetings from Denmark.

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On our rute fra Katherine to Tennant Creek we stopped at several places to find some caches. At this place we went for a swin and find the answers. TFTC.
Answers and photos by lyngerup,dk

TFTC. Excellent spot. Interesting information about the amount of water that runs thru the system. Visiting from Brisbane.