PTES 2784 Kimba, South Australia, Australia
By ThisMechaniCan on 18-Sep-17. Waypoint GC7CG9H

The nearby neighbour has complained about people in their yard, even though co-ords are no where near their yard, searching for things in flower pots and what not. When the cache was first placed the previous owner had no problems with it, but the new owner is not happy about it. I've decided to archive the cache to keep the peace in town.

My 1st ever fine. Took awhile thanks!

Mia

No luck today must be a good hide

Last find for the day. Cache ok. TFTC

Traveling to Venus Bay and some time to spare spent time looking under the wrong item.
Cheeky hide.

During our new years break, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I headed to the Eyre Peninsula to travel around the various coastal towns. We started the trip with Jeep trouble, but then continued in our alternative vehicle without 4WD to stick to the main tourist roads where possible. We travelled south-west to Tumby Bay and Port Lincoln via Whyalla, Cowell, Cleve, Arno Bay; west across to Coffin Bay; and then north-west to Streaky Bay and Ceduna via Elliston, and Venus Bay. We then headed back east staying in Kimba via Poochera, Wudinna, Lock, and Darke Peak.

Today, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I headed from Streaky Bay to Kimba, primarily driving along the Eyre Highway. Our first stop was a few of the geology stops around Wudinnna, including a hike at Mount Wudinna which was great. After calling through Kyancutta, we decided to take the round about way to Kimba via Lock, Rudall and Darke Peak. A few nice stops, and the Hellbent Hotel at Darke Peak was a highlight. We then spent the late afternoon to evening seeing Kimba's famous sights, and included a few very creative and well constructed geocaches.

This cache had me looking for a few minutes, until I found the cache had fallen on the ground. I had suspected this cache hide type, and it turned out I was right. The logbook was also separated next to the cache, but appeared to be ok. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Interestingly enough, the last finders were not in the logbook - I wonder what they were referring to when they said it was a "Nice hide"? Thanks ThisMechaniCan for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/jesswrigley stamp.

A fun week away with Davidwazza, exploring the Eyre peninsula! TFTC!

GS & ET

Nice hide

We arrived in Kimba last night for an overnight stop on our way to family further west. On a quiet Sunday morning we enjoyed a few finds around this lovely little town. Felt a bit uncomfortable searching so close to a residence but we made the find quickly. Thanks for the hide.

Day 13 of our Eyre Peninsula caravan odyssey with the geo-pup, from Darke Peak to Kimba.

Like others, we looked at the obvious first... then looked further afield!

TFTC

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A 2 week tour of the West Coast started in Streaky Bay, then to Coffin Bay, then to Tumby Bay and finally a couple of days in Whyalla.

All caches were in good condition unless I've posted a Needs Maintenance log.

I looked in the obvious spot but then looked where the cache is.

TFTC

Very clever. TFTC.

Very sneakyTftc

Tricky little hide, but found after abit of a wander. GPS took time to settle and we wasted time at what we thought was the obvious place for the hide. TFTC

Day 308 ( Thursday 2nd ) of our trip. Caching along the way. Heading to Kimba today. A total of 6 for the day and 6001 for the trip. TFTC

A clever hide in the middle of town.

Out with Jack and Sebastbat for a little June Long Weekend fun of our own - as this year's event was thwarted by a naughty virus! Headed out, umm, thataway... plenty of little boxes on the map to be turned into smilies

Only just making a small dent in the geomap for Whyalla and a bit to the west.
Sorry logs a bit generic as so many to do.

thanks for the cache ThisMechaniCan



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Gloves are handy - but only if you change them between finds !

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Initially distracted by what I thought would be the hide location the nicely hidden cache was eventually located. TFTC

Our first smiley in and around Kimba. TFTC

Thanks! My first Australian cache!

Yeah satisfying one. Thank you!

Straightforward hide here. Thanks ThisMechaniCan.

Good hide
Left new log
TFTC

Found it! Although cache log is missing and needs maintenance

Spotted obvious hiding spot from across the road . First find in town this trip now to watch the Melbourne Cup .tftc

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was simply driving from Coober Pedy to Kimba.

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

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

Thanks to 'ThisMechaniCan' for showing us this location, for the fun we had with 'PTES 2784' and for the smiley. The search 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 @ November 3, 2019 @ 19:28 o'clock @ [#14019](https://coord.info/GC7CG9H)

Love this cache and the clues found with Lonely RA

Found with MoSSau half way across

Tftc

TFTC SL Quiet street today. Thanks for bringing us here.

Wet day, but out with the umbrellas and yeh found it. Thank you. Like the little red engine.

We saved this one to do on the way home from Ceduna. Interesting little spot on the High Street. Found the cache exactly where the hint said it would be. Nice hide!!
TFTC and for making us stop in Kimba again. We still have a couple to find on our next pass through we do enjoy a stop in Kimba.

A quick find while spending a couple of nights in Kimba,TFTC

Clever, took a little while

A quick find for this one. Now back to the camp as it’s happy hour early today. TFTC. SL.

Nomads travelling in their caravan around Australia. We have been on the road since July 2011 and discovered caching in August 2013. We travel with a bunch of travel bugs belonging to our sons and grand children. Where ever possible, we will maintain your cache as we travel.

Settled in the reserve for a few days, out today to do our tiki tour of Kimba

Great cache - have seen quite a few of these as urban caches. We replaced the full log sheet for you. Thanks TisMechaniCan

Just arrived in Kimba for a caravan overnight stop lovely little town that is most welcoming
Signed and replaced
TFTC

Thanks Thismechanican, for the cache, found quickly as have seen these before....log needs to be replaced. Otherwise cache intact.

Random geocaching on our 4 month road trip Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania Adelaide, Alice Springs and back to Perth with Tessplus3, Hippo380, The Great Patrini (TGP)& Bellarina. TFTC

Found with vj187 eventually after almost giving up. A clever hiding spot. TFTC

Found with 2011*turtle on a second visit after reading previous logs. TFTC

Limbs is a beautiful little town - really like it and got great coffee at Eileen’s- bonus! Oh yes and we found the cache. Log it damp and disintegrating but still few spaces left.

After returning to the car I had a lightbulb moment. I went back to GZ and a quick find was had

Very interesting - thanks

Tftc

Found it but 2874 is what it was

Hi there ThisMechaniCan. This cache was a quick find today after leaving Streaky Bay and while headed towards Port Augusta the primary destination was to be Kimba. The container and log are in good condition - SL. Thanks to ThisMechaniCan for this cache - our find #6206.

After a good steady drive from Ceduna we pulled into town last night and stayed overnight at the wonderful free camp (donation) by the sports ground.
A peaceful sleep under the clear starlit skies, then woke up to a clear sunny day. A few caches in town and met the wife of one of the cache owners. Wonderful to meet the ‘locals’.
Thanks for sharing a tour around Kimba and different side of the silos.
The Silo Art is wonderful.
TFTC

Very clever! Tried finding it in the heat of the day and no such luck. Cleaner minds had us finding it in minutes.

Very creative! (Note: The paper was a bit wet)

Found it but couldn't reach it!

Loved this cache. It tool a little bit to locate, unfortunately the log was wet and difficult to sign. I think it may have become more of a blue smudge. When we were driving past later in the day we saw a couple of people here and stopped to say hello, and help them locate the cache by playing "hotter, colder". We also helped them locate another cache that we had found when we last passed through here over 9 years ago.
Thanks for another good hide ThisMechaniCan.

Good hiding spot

Found by Mary & David at 1115. Kept the log in the sun to help it dry out a bit. The silo art has helped the tourists to stop. Our favourite silo art along with Thalla in QLD. Our thanks to ThisMechaniCan.

Our second DAY IN Pt Lincoln and it was time to focus on caching in Lincoln itself and potential surrounds. It was a cold and grey day interspersed with rain, which was a bit of a downer when compared to the sunshine of the last few days. Despite this we were able to still able to make a good day of it, finding over 50 caches, though it was also a day of quality as well with some higher terrain caches as well. It was an enjoyable day as we were able to tick off some earmarked caches before we finally finished up at around seven.

TFTC

Found It!
I searched the obvious feature while Munja found the cache elsewhere. Then the name made sense!
TFTC

Good find

Come down to Kinba for my brother's wedding. Clever little hide.

On road trip to Perth
Found it
Thanks for the cache

Found on day 2 of our WA Adventure. Stopped overnight in Kimba so only right we should see the sites. TFTC

Tricky, good hide but I’ve seen them before, making it easy for me. Log is a bit damp. Tftv

Found while on tour of the Nullarbor.
The tour we loved was full of surprises as we used Geocaching and your Geocache as a guided tour .
A great hide !
Thankyou for your contribution This Mechanic can

A quick find before dinner at the pub. Thanks ThisMechaniCan.

With Timo tftc clever hide

Today we are heading for Port Augusta as we work our way back east to Victoria from Western Australia where we have been for around 4 months.
Since we have begun the trip east we have had strong winds and regular rain. Maybe we are travelling in the window of the weather!
We have been breaking up the journey by collecting caches on the way. This was one of many!
A quick stop on a Saturday afternoon with no one about. Initially thought it might have been on another object but the GPSr said no, next one.
Log very wet and torn but still managed to sign.
TFTC

A great find.thanks

Found whilst walking around town

Found by torchlight during a caching foray in the township of Kimba. Thanks for the cache ThisMechaniCan!

I still remember the first time we found one of these and how impressed we were. Now when we see this container type we pretty much know what to look for.
We have had several trips to Kimba and love the place and how well it caters for us 'grey nomads'.
Thanks.

In Kimba for a garage sale and a good opportunity to grab a few smileys. TFTC

Grey Nomading our way around OZ and staying a few days at the camping ground. Love the effort undertaken by the local Geo-legends. TFTC.

TFTC Thismechanican. All good at GZ. A fav from us. TNLN

Pumped that out

great little town . easy find

Once again we are touring Australia and caching as we go!
Great hide.... gets a fav from us.
Thanks for the fun ThisMechaniCan!
Cheers from Canada!

Great Cache. Found on a rather hot day while waiting for a Eyre repair after yesterday’s caching. TFTC!

Quick find after looking where the GPSr indicated
TFTC

easy find with the help of the camera on my phone
TFTC

Very good

Thx

On the way to Perth with AZ09. AZ09 fond it and we signed the log. Thanks ThisMechaniCan.

A clever hide, was very impressed with the silo art nearby. Thanks

Found it with Charlie Powell and it was a great find

Found it!! Clever

Found as part of a roadtrip with some members of the geocaching community to attend the TAR Centenary at Ooldea where 100 years ago the East - West Railway met and was joined.
It was then onto Maralinga for a camp and rest day for the Parrots while the rest of the crew went on a tour.
The Parrots then headed out across the Nullabor to visit the old Telegraph station at Eucla with a camp at the old abanoned homestead along the way.

I found it whilst we all where searching.

Found as part of a trip to attend the TAR Centenary at Ooldea & then onto a Maralinga tour.
Awesome week, great countryside, cool caches - even better was the great mates along for the trip
We cached with the following teams at some time during this week away.
Freddo, shonkylogic, egregory1, Team Astro, firesafe, froghopping, SA Parrothead, AnyMules, Moneydork, DISK, Red Iguana & Nibs

Thanks heaps for placing this cache for us to find

As my counterparts were distracted searching another object I found the cache on the other obvious spot.

Thanks for the cache ThisMechaniCan.

Found on 15 Oct 2017 at 11:30 am on a caching adventure with Froghoppin, MoneyDork and RedIguana. Find #5294.

A nice little hide

Sneaky hide but soon had this one in our hands
TFTC

Lovely old pump to be under.

Found on the great Transpacific Rail Centenary (1917-2017) trip incorporating a visit to Maralinga Nuclear site. Blast of a trip. [^]

Thanks to ThisMechaniCan and *clear skies* from TeamAstro. Cache the planet!

Found with TeamAstro while on our way to Ceduna. Nice hide. Thanks ThisMechaniCan for the cache.

Found with a mob heading to ooldea. Thanks ThisMechaniCan

Completely fooled by the red herring.

Headed over to Maralinga for a week, grabbing caches along the way. TFTC.

We were a little confused here initially , but after looking in a couple of wrong places [B)], worked out where the cache was hiding by its listed size [8].
TNLNSL.
Thanks ThisMechaniCan.

Just about to give up and found it

Nice quick find while passing through on my way home. TFTC. #294

Took us a while to work out what we do with it... bronze for us!

Found this with CherryRose after the South Australian Rural Women's Gathering in Cleve. Silver for us TFTC TNLNSL