Bongil Bongil rail bridge Bonville, New South Wales, Australia
By
Logan2450 on 21-Jun-17. Waypoint GC77NYG
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Logs
Looked in the general vicinity, couldn't see it so it's been replaced. Next time I'm down I'll bring a more discreet cache replacement.
Looked high and low. Maybe someone's taken it as there were 4 of us and couldn't find ...
I found the location of the picture but cache wasnt there. When I arrived and looked around a little kid ran away with something in his hand my guess is he had the cache thanks
We enjoyed a lovely Picnic BBQ where lots of Friendly Kookaburras joined us for lunch as well.
They obviously aren't scared of People. Then we walked down the path and found the Rail Bridge which we wouln't have found if not for Geocaching. Looked around a bit then looked the other way and Found it!!
They obviously aren't scared of People. Then we walked down the path and found the Rail Bridge which we wouln't have found if not for Geocaching. Looked around a bit then looked the other way and Found it!!
We found this one while walking the North Bank Track.
As a major train nerd, I really like how close you can get to the bridge and track.
T4TC
As a major train nerd, I really like how close you can get to the bridge and track.
T4TC
Found. Great spot to watch life go by. Log book was saturated and had disintegrated so I replaced it with a new one.
Had a good hunt around on Wednesday morning with no luck - bit overcast so I’m blaming the light
Still amazing location
Still amazing location
Decided today to find this cache along with ilook4geo and twista747. Arrived at GZ , stood and stared - very carefully. AT last this nano was spotted from one direction but retrieved from a different one. 3 More lots of initials were added to the log and all was replaced where it had been found. Thanks go to Logan2450 for placing this cache.
Walked from the picnic area with goingplaces2 and twists747 and made the find here. Cache retrieved, log signed, job done! TFTC.
Took a bit of looking to find this one, with ilook4geo and goingplaces2. Happy to sign this one. TFTC.
Quick walk after having lunch at the nearby picnic area and had cache in hand as soon as I looked up. Signed and replaced
Found it after wandering around for a while then noticed it was right in my face. tried to sign but log book is chocka and I didn’t have any replacement paper sorry
Found 4/5/20 with theprodigalgoat
We didn’t have a pen so I took a photo of the log
Luckily no trains came
TFTC
We didn’t have a pen so I took a photo of the log
Luckily no trains came
TFTC
I think it's been nearly a year since I had a dnf here. Out for an early paddle and figured this cache was a good reason to head up this river than than another. Easy find today, ity it wasnt that way last time but thats the way it goes sometimes Tftc.
After a lunch on the picnic area i did a quick walk to this nice and quiet place. Beautiful old bridge.
Thank you for showing me this place.
Thank you for showing me this place.
havent had a ride out here in years!...lil tricksy to retrieve cache..logs helpful in locating as GPS wasnt friendly here..thanks for the cache to bring me out here..also...log quite damp but still just signable
What a lovely peaceful walk in at seven in the morning,although 150m from bridge along came a train,found the treasure then soon on the way back some cyclists riding bye,nice spot by the river thanks for bringing me in and TFTC.
Possibly just the way that I went to get it and where I first saw it but I did stick to the path, but no matter, StoneFaced you are right it can be grabbed without going onto the train track.
Found 24/3/19. Be careful of trains along this line as they are still active and there is a trespassing fee which can exceed AU $200, on top of that the trains can be going high speeds. Wish though I did see a train as I love seeing them.
A long walk to cache as my phone led me to the furthest PA waypoint for some reason but a good one because it was a good walk which I enjoy too.
Other than the long walk and the fear of a train coming from any direction TFTC.
A long walk to cache as my phone led me to the furthest PA waypoint for some reason but a good one because it was a good walk which I enjoy too.
Other than the long walk and the fear of a train coming from any direction TFTC.
Found 24/3/19. Be careful of trains along this line as they are still active and there is a trespassing fee which can exceed AU $200, on top of that the trains can be going high speeds. Wish though I did see a train as I love seeing them.
A long walk to cache as my phone led me to the furthest PA waypoint for some reason but a good one because it was a good walk which I enjoy too.
Other than the long walk and the fear of a train coming from any direction TFTC.
A long walk to cache as my phone led me to the furthest PA waypoint for some reason but a good one because it was a good walk which I enjoy too.
Other than the long walk and the fear of a train coming from any direction TFTC.
There is absolutely no reason to go on top of the bridge to gain this cache! Stick to the footpath and grab it from there!
On a 3-week-long holiday in Australia and some geocaching along the way.
(more story to come once back home)
Greetings from Finland and TFTC!
(more story to come once back home)
Greetings from Finland and TFTC!
What a beautiful spot. The water looked very inviting on this hot day. Log was a bit wet but could still manage to sign it. It is also nearly full so will need a replacement soon. Tftc
With the showers holding off,
I enjoyed the creekside stroll to reach this rusty relic
Amazing to see just how many rivets have rusted away leaving black spots on the steelwork [:o]
How many more can disappear before the whole lot collapses ??
At least some have been replaced with bolts,
but not many
Meanwhile I poked around for the cache.
And finally from a distance I spied it sticking out a bit.
A stick gave me the extra reach I needed to get at it
TFTC.
Could be a noisy spot sometimes [:o]
I enjoyed the creekside stroll to reach this rusty relic
Amazing to see just how many rivets have rusted away leaving black spots on the steelwork [:o]
How many more can disappear before the whole lot collapses ??
At least some have been replaced with bolts,
but not many
Meanwhile I poked around for the cache.
And finally from a distance I spied it sticking out a bit.
A stick gave me the extra reach I needed to get at it
TFTC.
Could be a noisy spot sometimes [:o]
Nice spot for a bike ride. Watch out four redback spider webs. Sent photo as no pen. TFTC.
Found after standing on tippie toes. Cache has excellent coords but it is definitely more of a T2.5 terrain.
Thanks for placing this cache Logan2450.
Thanks for placing this cache Logan2450.
Quick little find explaining some friends how Geocaching works. This one happened to be located exactly where I told them how to find caches and we picked it up on the spot. 
TFTF
TFTF
Found on trip to Coffs to pick up a few things. Had some time to kill so grabbed a cache or two
Put cache back where I found it, not sure if it was meant to be there.
SL TFTC
Put cache back where I found it, not sure if it was meant to be there.
SL TFTC
Found in the company of pprass- this was a tricky one, not only to find the cache but to get to it. Unless your 7foot tall, you'd have no problems reaching the cache. Fortunately I like to climb- reached and signed . TFTC
Found at 10:28 AM GAFF5 in the company of NurseHayley.
Another visit and once again we had a difficult time finding it. We were advised by the CO that even a 5 foot nothing person could reach this cache from the ground. Well let me tell you if you were 5 foot nothing - you must have Mr Gadget arms to reach that cache! I am 6' and Hayley is 5' 7" and we could not get anywhere near the cache location! Had to do some climbing onto the concrete structure which may be a bit tricky when one of those trains comes rumbling through.
Cache was well camoed with all sorts of crud which made it a D of 2.0 alright - but a T of 1.5 is a bit under rated from our experience.
Thanks StoneFaced.
Feedback: Looking at the photo of where the cache was originally located, I think there has been a bit of cache creep as that photo shows it right next to that concrete siding - and it ain't quite there anymore.
Another visit and once again we had a difficult time finding it. We were advised by the CO that even a 5 foot nothing person could reach this cache from the ground. Well let me tell you if you were 5 foot nothing - you must have Mr Gadget arms to reach that cache! I am 6' and Hayley is 5' 7" and we could not get anywhere near the cache location! Had to do some climbing onto the concrete structure which may be a bit tricky when one of those trains comes rumbling through.
Cache was well camoed with all sorts of crud which made it a D of 2.0 alright - but a T of 1.5 is a bit under rated from our experience.
Thanks StoneFaced.
Feedback: Looking at the photo of where the cache was originally located, I think there has been a bit of cache creep as that photo shows it right next to that concrete siding - and it ain't quite there anymore.
DNF at 11:18 AM.
Spent quite some time looking for this cache - couldn't find anything even when looking at the spoiler photo and PAFing!
Spent quite some time looking for this cache - couldn't find anything even when looking at the spoiler photo and PAFing!
I am quite sure that this cache has disappeared. The spoiler photo area was thoroughly searched - even the ground all around the base of the concrete support.
What a surprise this beautiful hidden picnic area is - and another surprise, we had the only car in it. 
We continued on to the walking trail to the rail bridge and soon realised there were an awful lot of places to put a cache . . . . and fingers crossed it's nowhere near that wasp colony. 
Spot on co-ordinates pointed to somewhere more accessible and the cache was soon found. Crikey, there's some rust happening on this bridge! TFTC StoneFaced.
We continued on to the walking trail to the rail bridge and soon realised there were an awful lot of places to put a cache . . . . and fingers crossed it's nowhere near that wasp colony. Spot on co-ordinates pointed to somewhere more accessible and the cache was soon found. Crikey, there's some rust happening on this bridge! TFTC StoneFaced.What a glorious sunny day for some Caching. So many places this one could be, but we found it reasonably quickly. Being tall can come in handy at times. TNLN SL TFTC
TFTC, I parked at the forest picnic area, wow what a great picnic area, I certainly did'nt know this was here, what a hidden gem. I made the pleasant (even in the light rain), 400 metre walk along the forest trail to GZ. A black nano above head height on a steel railway bridge, I thought this may be a tough one, but once I allowed the GPS to finally settle under the low cloud cover a surprisingly quick find was had.
