Mummy, why is part of that hill painted green? Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
By Prof Freddo on 19-May-19. Waypoint GC882BC

Another spot along the Broken Hill tourist trail ticked off. I have been here several times before I knew about geocaching. Nice to have a reason to be revisit these interesting places. TFTC!

Today we visited the memorial to the miners who have died from accidents and incidents in the mines. There are so many. The reason for the visit today was to see the name of Janets great uncle who died in 1915 two days after being injured in the mine. We also visited his grave site at the Broken Hill Cemetery and also the grave of Brad's great grandfather who died here in 1898 when Brads grandfather was only 9 days old. And while we were here we thought we should do the EC. Answers collected, sent and accepted. TFTEC yet again FreddoBrad and Janet are on another epic trip. This time across South Australia to Broken Hill. Then through central and Northern NSW and up into Qld where we will be picking up a new hybrid house-on-wheels. Then we will head south down through more of NSW via Sydney to catch up with B2. Then further south until we get into Victoria from where we will head back into South Australia. Along the way we will grab caches of opportunity.

GCLOGAN TripGrimRaider and I enjoyed our visit to this location. Lots to see and a cool EC too. I am travelling with GrimRaider to GCLogan and then to western NSW on our first trip with the van. Thanks for hiding this cache Freddo

Amazing tribute to those who died in the mines. TFTC

What an interesting place to answer questions about the area. TFTC

TFTC Great place to visit.

Interesting history tftc

Interesting cache. TFTC

I have visited before but only briefly, so good to have another look up here, and at things from a different angle. Can't recall if I noticed the green before, but do now and know more about it too!After a long period of outback, yesterday we turned east at Port Augusta and enjoyed lush greenery and gumtrees of the lower Flinders Rangers as we passed through. Quite a contrast. Having travelled late, we arrived in Manna Hill last night to stay in their towns rest area. Waking to another very different scenery of flat dry country in a little town passed by most travellers, so many trucks, and the odd train. Goats! I love these tiny litte feral goats, it's great to see them as we drive past, yes, the little things amuse me! Took time exploring towns as we passed. Broken Hill kept us way longer than intended or we had time gor, but just made the time. And it was HOT!!! Only 30C but a different heat, still nicer than cold though! We pushed on late into the night, Nyngan was our limit and had a great rest stop facility in town. A good place to stop after a long but great day, thanks fir your cache!

Another long trip around AU over the top end with lots of detours. Now heading back east across the Nullarbor with a stop at Maralinga, Ceduna, Lincoln National Park, Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Broken Hill & Orange.TFTC. Nice to be back on the stage heap. Interesting place.

When to this Earth cache just on sunset so what I saw may differ with brighter light.I sent my answers to the owner of what I believe the answers would be.Thanks Freddo for putting this together for everyone to attempt to answer the questions.

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi. Staying in Broken Hill for a few nights and grabbing caches as time permits as we are travelling with muggle friends. Today, we decided that it was time that we visited the memorial at the top of the mullock heap. Went through the memorial, and it was particularly touching and also quite distressing, looking at some of the information. It is amazing how safety has advanced in major ways since the beginning of the mine. Wandered around and gathered some information for the answers that have been sent.Gratias pro cache Prof Freddo

Great views and a nice memorial up top.

T-Tech and I are travelling on the Indian-Pacific train from Sydney to Perth! Wahoo! Tick that one off the bucket list Our first stop was Broken Hill and we took the United We Stand and Miners Memorial excursion. Loved learning the history of the strikes in such an entertaining way, and we enjoyed the tour around town. After seeing the Memorial and getting a panorama photo of the train, we headed to GZ to get the questions sorted, and I have sent my answers to the CO. TFTEC, Freddo.

Down from Brisbane with IolantheK continuing our 3 week adventure that will end up in Perth via the Indian Pacific Now in Broken Hill so we had to get at least one cache before the train took off again.Just happened to be on a tour of the Miners Memorial which gave us the opportunity to collect the answers.Answers sent to CO via IolantheK.TFTC Freddo

Been working around Canungra in SEQ for a couple of months and on the road back home to Manda in Adelaide. Spent the night in the motel across the road and popped up here to grab the cache and enjoy the view before I hit the road for the last stretch home.Its chilly up here today TFTC

I walked up , proving fat boys can walk Thanks for the cache it made the walking worth while

Found with The_kennanator, Xman1507 and Barbie_OCE. TFTC!

TFTC

Nice view from on top the hill. I learned abit from the information and the questions. TFTC!!

Its great to finally visit Broken Hill and see the history here in so many different ways. Geology, man-made geology, natural beauty, some land rehabilitation and the history of the town. Today we drove this climb which gave us views across to the town. This strangely man-made mountain of waste was quite amazing and also in someways devastating. I guess the view of this mullock hill is just something that the locals take for granted, but it is hardly truly inspiring; more of a realisation of the devastation to this beautiful part of the world. We are grateful to be shown this area through caching and the use of polymer here with something we were unaware of. We have sent our answers to the CO Thanks Prof Freddo Domsky

Thanks Prof Freddp for the earthcache on top of the Line Of Lode. It is well worth a visit and one of the more memorable places to visit in Australia, let alone, Broken HIll.

Wow what a great Earth cache Prof Freddo, and such fun to find. Buddy the geodog helped us with this one. Found on May 19, 2024. # 9195This one earns a favourite point for sure, what a spectacular location.

Interesting place and great View over Broken Hill and the Outback.Great story about BHP.Thanks for the Earthcache

We forgot about the half hour time difference and had expected to be up here for sunset. We failed. There was still quite a bit of glow though, so our trip up definitely wasn't wasted. We really enjoyed visiting the memorial and taking in everything the town has been through. A fun earth cache on the way back to the car. tftc

#19598 - 4:31:00 PM; Day four of a road trip taking the long way to Adelaide from the National Capital with the geohoney. Spent the night in Broken Hill, and after grabbing brunch, we set off to Silverton for some sightseeing, collecting a few caches in and around the town, before heading back. On return to Broken Hill, we did more sightseeing and caching as well. Headed up the hill to visit the Miner's Memorial and the big red chair, then did the geology lesson, gathering the information required for this cache. Answers were sent to the CO who came back with a quick OK. TFTE Freddo

We have arrived in Broken Hill, and first stop is here to have a look at the town from above. I've been hearing about it for nearly 20 years now, so it's great to finally be here!Answers sent, tftc

Travelling the town with Freddo, no paint to be seen here.Headed over to the Capital GeoBash in Canberra, ACT with Freddo over 5 days, travelling through the central part of NSW before caching around the hinterlands. A nice few days over with great weather.Thanks for the cache

Richmond Lad and I have come to BH as we make our way back from the Leap Forward event in Adelaide. This is a great spot to get an overview of the city and its surrounds. We collected the answers and sent via RL. Thanks for the EC.

Out and about caching today and arrived at GZ to do this Earth Cache and gather the answers to the questions. Answers sent to CO. TFTEC Freddo.

A sunset visit to GZ today, after flying in from Brisbane a little earlier and catching up with friends in town for dinner. I recommend a visit to the Tipsy Camel if you havent tried it. On arrival, I was concerned it would be a little too dark to study the geology on the hill, but it was generally ok. I did follow up a couple of days later before heading home though, to ensure I could compile appropriate answers to the questions. I snapped some sunset shots while here, then we wandered over to the memorial. Theres a lot of names on the walls which is sad, but I guess given the population that work in the mines and the length of time mining has been occurring here, its inevitable that this list would grow over time. A nice start to our weekend in The Hill, on what is our first visit. Thanks for the E/C Freddo.

Out and about with TBU1BIKESU for more smilies Tftc Prof Freddo We enjoyed our stay in Broken Hill - for refreshing our memories from visits years ago

Answers were sent to CO.We enjoyed our stay in Broken Hill - for refreshing our memories from visits years ago when we hadn't yet been cachers.Working on the answers takes always time ... So we log the earth caches only after we had sent the answers to CO.Tftc Prof Freddo

Were making our way towards Adelaide for the Mega on the 29th of Feb but were also stopping along the way to find some caches. And this was one we found today. What a great location. And we quickly spotted the green hill in the distance. After collecting our answers, we visited the memorial and took in the views all around. The cache description was an interesting read.Thank you Freddo.

Found by iamapom at 13:04 on 29/12/2023. Thanks to Freddo for the EarthCache. This is Iamapoms find number 2775. Greetings from Melbourne Australia.

TFTC Freddo your cache Mummy, why is part of that hill painted green? that we found today we made our way south for Christmas. In Broken Hill for a few days using caching as our guide. We had visited the area 10 or so years ago before caching , so it was good to get a different perspective on the TownAnswers sent to the CO.Find Count: 17295

Day three of the road trip, brought to you by (many, many) goats, a lot of emus and an eagle. The AL brought me here, so it seemed rude not to bother with the earthcache. Thanks for the interesting information.

Continuing my adventure, I came to this earthcache. I gathered the information for my answers then went off to explore the site, particularly the memorial. Thanks for bringing me here and TFTC

Jennifer 55 found it while visiting with husband. Thank you for the information about the mining.

Happy International Earth Cache Day!Attended the miners' memorial atop the mullock heap, and stayed on to log this cache. A glorious Broken Hill day.

Being on an excursion from the Indian Pacific didn't give much of an opportunity for caching but this was a convenient one at their last stop on the tour. Great views, which prevented a proper search for the green hill (which is only green on the top at the moment) until they were leaving. Thanks for providing Owl's only find!

Day 25. A last minute plan had been hatched to make my by way to QOGM. Very little planning had been done but a very rough outline was in place and it was going to be a day by day trip.I continued the journey home, tagging on with posums for a few days. After spending the night at Innamincka we headed south through Camerons Corner and then I headed further south to get close to the border.This is quite and interesting formation. A nice view from up here at night. Answers submitted to the CO.Thanks Freddo for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Are you planning a trip to Victoria? Check out some of these caches on the nominees list for the 2022 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. The shortlist is available [here](https://coord.info/BMC8QYR)

29 August 2023During our stay at the Broken Hill NSW for a few days Sent the answers and log from CO permissionFav from meHere's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache Freddo.

School holidays road tripping (yah for long service leave) and weve headed north to unexplored lands! Today we arrived in Broken Hill so set about finding some sights. We had the obligatory pic on the big bench and then gathered these before heading to the memorial. Amazing views here. Answers sent and selfie attached! Thanks for the fun and adventure.

Something special or unusual goes here:A great place to visit. Enjoying the tour around Broken Hill called in here to get some answers which have been sent. As usual I can only hope they are somewhere near the mark because as a geologist I make a pretty good cacher!The Generic Bit:QOGM adventure - I was able to catch a ride with Muff1 who were heading to the QOGM event and team up for 3 weeks of caching adventures. 3 weeks in a swag - will my back hold out[?]Day 2: Today we moved eastwards from Cockburn only as far as Silverton for the night so we could explore around there and Broken Hill. **SAs Leap Year Event GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. - BOING*****Thanks Freddo for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Tftc a great one for here.

A very nice tribute to all of those lost.
Took a few for us to spot the green.... further out then I was looking.
I'll email answers once home from our road trip.... we're from ohio [usa].


Tftec.

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Freddo and Team Waldron headed to warmer climes around Broken Hill, Cobar, Bourke, Cunnamulla
and Charleville.

After a cold start in Broken Hill the weather improved once we got further north. Sadly our last night in Broken was wet which, pardon the pun, put a dampener on things.

All up it was a great week away and lots of caches were found with only 3 dnfs.

Thanks to all who placed and maintained their caches. The occasional cache was damaged and we refurbished it and we also left new logbooks as required.

Easy with the cache owner in the car.

TFTC

Found and answers sent. A very sad but interesting place. Thanks Freddo.

Not a lot of visible green here atm, but there were glimpses. Amazing to think this "heap" is stable after so many years of dumping. Looking forward to someone being able to make a go of the cafe and conference facilities up here as it's a great spot.

TFTC Thank you for creating this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity.

Mummy, why is part of that hill painted green?
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Thank you for the earthcache Prof Freddo. Nice views from the top. Answers sent.

Back up here for this earthcache, what a spot! We came back a third time for the sunset as well, which didn’t disappoint. This mullock heap sure shows what a lot of stuff they brought up from underground. Thanks for giving us lots to think about and discuss with your questions and for another great EC. Answers sent.

In town for a few days with Geokids 2&3, so a visit up here was obligatory!
Answers sent before logging... lol
Thanks for the earth science lesson
TFTEC

I found this really interested as I never thought about the huge amount of " waste" that is brought to the surface when mining.
Great views here too. Answers sent to CO.

Done with Trodectus while touring BH and seeing some amazing rocks. TFTC

Came here today with Coybear2000. We are visiting Broken Hill for a few days and are doing some caching. TFTC.

Enjoyed coming up to this new feature in Broken Hill. So much so that we did it twice!

Here for Easter from Adelaide revisiting places we used to visit when living here 25 years ago. Thanks for the memories and great caches.

Was too hard to not get on the bench!

We continued today our tour in NewSouthWales, AUS, and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Earth-Cache.

The weather was - said in one word – simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood.

The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The answers were sent.

Thanks to Prof Freddo for the generation of this nice cache Mummy, why is part of that hill painted green? (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.

PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they appeared.

Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood.

TFTC says H_M_A @ 29. März 2023 @ 18:14 o'clock @ [#20499](https://coord.info/GC882BC)
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Together with my son, I am on a camping trip from Sydney to Broken Hill and back. On our 3000 km journey over 11 days we have seen some wonderful little towns, beautiful landscapes and many interesting geocaches.

Driving up That Hill for the EarthCache. Unfortunately the cafe was closed so I was not able to get my caffeine fix. I loved the big bench overlooking Broken Hill. The memorial for mine workers nearby was impressive. Interesting to read how these unfortunate mine workers came to an early end of the lives.

TFTC.

I was here 12 months ago, and then visited this EC again tonight with GoodLook, McLookers and TheDame. GoodLook provided the answers to the CO, and guess what Prof Freddo?.... here is my 'found it' log .

Thank you for the earth cache.

Answers submitted by GoodLook for our group (GoodLook, McLookers, micaparamedic and myself).

What an interesting location for you to bring us to.

Thank you Prof Freddo for the earth cache.

While completing the AL, we gave this EC a crack. Collaboration on the answers with GoodLook, micaparamedic and The Dame, they were emailed by GL. Wow what a heap and what a view.
Thanks for the earthcache Freddo

Currently on a roadtrip with buddies to Mildura, MacCabe's Corner, Broken Hill, Tibooburra, Cameron Corner and Orroroo.

Tonight we are in Broken Hill and after a delicious evening meal with McLookers, micaparamedic, and TheDame we swung by this location as part of an Adventure Lab, and whilst here we saw this Earth Cache.

Answers have been sent to the CO for our group.

Thanks Prof Freddo!

Answers have been sent to CO.
Visited here with jelenaGreenleaf. Its a stunning view, that comes at such a high human cost. Tftc

Tftc

A very sad memorial to the fallen. Great view over the town site and beyond. Tftc

On our roadtrip from Sydney to Perth. Bro imthamaninthebox and I flew over to Sydney to drive over to WA with 82yo ma n pa....managed to snag a few sneaky caches along the way.

Nice detour to the top of town to see another amazing piece of our beautiful landscape and to find out more about our history.

Thank you Prof Freddo for placing and maintaining Mummy, why is part of that hill painted green? for us and others to find and enjoy!

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa

Headed up high for a view over Broken Hill and to visit the Miners Memorial.

An nice easy EC here, not too technical. Answers sent to CO

Tftc

Ocw the Bebes. A nice place and we really enjoyed the memorial structure. Answers sent by the Bebes. Tftec

We are on our way to Rutherglen Mega. Today we are seeing Broken Hill and caching here as well.

I had seen all the signs to go the the Lode Reserve, so we followed the signs. When we were there I checked for caches and bingo there's an Earthcache. We have been to Lightning Ridge, Cobar, White Cliffs and now Broken Hill. We've really added to our Earthcache finds! Flinders Ranges next!

TFTC

Answers sent in to CO.

Cruising around Broken Hill today. This spot will be mint once the cafe is finished.

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.

Freddo, I found Mummy, why is part of that hill painted green? today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Found with TeamBarritts on our road trip west back home to Perth from Brisbane!! Tftc!!

Out for another day of caching with BJA3 heading home to Perth.

All good here,  thanks for placing and maintaining this hide for us and others to enjoy!

Answers sent to CO!

amazing location with lots of details
visiting on our way back to adelaide from a 3 week trip

Thanks

Up this way for a lookout with Purrfect Di.
Seeing some sights, taking some pictures, located your earthcachey spot!

There was some touristy stuff to do and see, and a cafe that needs a bit of work still.
Green seems a good colour when your grass won't grow. Don't they do a similar thing painting the Adelaide Hills? Sent message to CO with answery stuff...

Thanks Freddo for placing another earth cache on our ever growing Aussie geo-map


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Great of all those placing quality caches out and about around the country areas,
in sensible safe places especially! - it keeps our game fun, and interesting

Really appreciate you reading all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, apparently! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and we can put an end to these long logs !!!




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Found on our western NSW tour. What a fascinating spot. Answers submitted to the CO.

TFTC

Went up for a look at all the miners that have lost their lives, as a few of my relatives lost their lives mining too. TFTC Freddo

Staying a night in Broken Hill and visited this site to make our observations.
Lots of work going on at the moment, will have to return in the future to see the results.
Logging with permission.

Thanks Freddo for creating this earthcahe and highlighting this location.

Found by Mary and David at 15:30. We were up here yesterday doing the Ad Lab. Back today to have a crack at your Earthcache. All in all, a fascinating place. Our thanks to Freddo.

A very sad reminder of those who have passed in the mining industry here. Love that there is a memorial to them.
Answers sent to CO

Have been here a few times and it keeps changing. DQ sent our answers. Thanks for the earth cache.

TFTC. Staying in Broken Hill for a couple of night. Love this type of cache as so much is learnt of the area.

In cold windy day ww made the drive up and we’re not disappointed, thanks for doing this cache

Found while visiting from Canberra on a trip to Perth.

We came up here for sunset but there was a gale blowing so it wasn't as nice as we had hoped for.

Anyway, we stuck it out and did the earthcache while we were here.

TFTC

Tftc loving the caches in this town great history lesson

All checked in for the evening, taking in the tourist sites, have to come up here! Most of the area was still closed, but the lookout accessible. Cracker sunset over the desert. TFTC!!!

Visited this location today and grabbed the answers as well as having a look around. Love the chair and the miners memorial. Unfortunately the cafe is being renovated. It would be great sipping coffee overlooking the town. Thanks for the earthcache at this location. A favourite point from us.

Tftc

We are traveling north to warmer places and as it has been quite a long tome since we stopped in Broken Hill. A lot has changed in the town from the work that is being done on That Hill to the work being done in the main street. It will be well worth another visit in around two years time. Our answers have been sent to the CO.

Spent the day in Broken Hill. Between work commitments I headed up here for a look at the views and this EC

Cold winds but the sun was warm

Thank you for this EC
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Lovely views early in the morning. Rocks and surrounds analysed and answers sent to Freddo. Thanks.

Our first stop (and first cache) in Broken Hill. The view was amazing and the memorial was thought provoking. It'll be even more interesting once the new works are done. Answers sent to CO. Mullock heaps near us are way smaller from coal mining years ago in Gippsland. Thank you for the educational component. TFTC

Visited and worked out with tassie expat while exploring this interesting area. Answers submitted to CO by tassie. Thanks for the EC.

10th find on the Thommo Road Trip 2022. TFTC. Answers have been submitted.

Great spot. But super windy up here today.

My original log was incorrect so I now submit this one and yes, our answers have been sent. It was an interesting but bleak place to visit. The memorial is quite a testament to those that the workers had to put up with. Thank you for bringing us here with this cache.