McKinlay McKinlay, Queensland, Australia
By karicka on 06-Sep-19. Waypoint GC8D7Q9

Good fun! Loved the creative box and all the goodies.

Good little spot. Shame that the staff at the hotel are a bit rude.

WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 139 - McKinlay to Winton. After fuel and the two McKinlay caches, it was a straight drive to Winton. A few roadside stops, but no more caches. It was the first overcast day I can remember in ages and it was a nice temperature all day. After setting up I walked up and down the main street of Winton and had lunch and checked out the shops. Dinner was in the van after buying lunch. Tomorrow is another quiet day in Winton, I need to do some washing and will do the Labs as well.When I pulled up at these two steam engines, I was a little worried. Last night the pub owner was saying she saw one searcher spend over two hours here. I was happy the GPS took me to one of them and it was in the third location I checked out. That could have been a lot worse. Time to get rolling to Winton now.Thanks for the cache drrnrchr49069.2 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 Jan Signal A#5**Albida**

Nice job, I like ones I can find without the mind games

Nice sleepy town here. TFTC

We are on our final leg returning home. Its been a long drive, 7000ish Ks.McKinlay is the final stop to look at stuff and cache a little.This was a easy one which was good cos the adventure lab gave us trouble on one part.I blame my iPad as usual.Im not sure why the container is covered with sand but what the heck. TFTC Venimus, Invenimus, Signati

Nice camo. t4t$

Loved the camouflage! Kiddies would need a boost

Found with Loopy1972 on our half lap of Australia via Darwin, QLD and NSW. Thanks karicka for the cache.

Found with DennisC52 while on our half lap of Australia. Thanks (owner) for the cache.

Went for a small walkabout to GC.nice morning. Tftc

Cool container and cool location! Found with Chookney

TFTC! Jellybeeean23 and I were looking for a while and then muggle husband helped with this one because he wanted to keep travelling Definitely not for the vertically challenged!

Staying at the Walkabout pub for a couple of days and thought I would check out some caches. What a fantastic place. All good here. Now, onto the next one for the day. TNLN TFTC

Was a bit tricky to find but TFTC

Love a quick find and the cache containerSafe travel and fun adventures to all Tftc

Love the hiding spot! Very cool. A quick overnight stop for us and a handy cache as a distraction from packup. Thanks for placing it

Really cool to be here. Great movie. Great pub. Great, lunch.

Tftc, with Turnarounds cheers

Found with KLCED. Great place. Tftc

With these things when the GPS is bouncy the satellite picture helps a lot. Thanks to the tower here. TFTC

Neat little container. Nice easy find here.TFTC

Nice hide. STL TFTC

Loved the camouflage on the boxTFTC

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 28 - Mount Isa - Barcaldine, Queensland (750 km)Vera naveer jsem dojela do hornickho msteka Mount Isa, takov mini Ostravy, kter le opravdu v kopcch, a to skoro do posledn chvle nevypadalo. Dnes tedy m dal cesta vedla prvnch 150 km vysoinou, pak 100 km bu a dalch asi 400 km kolem nedozrnch pastvin dobytka. Toho je tu ale hrozn mlo. Asi li ped ltem na porku. Celkem jsem ujela 750 km, ale krajina se mnila, slunce bylo milosrdn kryto mraky, teplota klesla pod 30C a foukal vtk, take jsem u po setmn dojela do Barcaldine sice unaven, ale spokojen. Taky jsem mla bhem dne spoustu zitk. Zastavovala jsem u rznch keek u cesty, zejmna u rznch pamtnk, nap. u pamtnku vnovanmu Dreamtimes - asu snn, co je vlastn historie Aboriginc a jejich kultury, nebo pamtnku vnovanmu pnm Burke a Wills, kte byli nco jako Lewis a Clark v USA - dobrodruzi a objevitel vnitrozem Austrlie. Tak jsem si chtla odlovit jedinou keku v okrese McKinley u starch zemdlskch stroj a zapadla jsem obma pednmi koly do bahna. Bylo to na okraji mal obydlen kiovatky (vesnice) a mstn staci m natst bhem pl hodiny velkm pickupem vythli a j mohla pokraovat. Ke jsem stejn neodlovila, neb bych pky dopadla stejn jak auto. Pda je tu hodn podmen po vech tch boukch a detch. A to v rdiu vyhrouj jejich pokraovnm a taky pchodem tropick cyklony. Nevm, co si pod tm pedstavit, ale nezn to dobe. Pak jsem jela na benzinku doplnit ndr a piel mi dal asi stolet stak ct, e benzin je jen u stojanu .2, neb dochz. Tak to m pekvapilo. Na ostatnch stojanech vude npisy Out of order a vidla jsem je vlastn u nkolik poslednch dn u benzinek. Co se dje, netum, asi njak vzne zsobovn. V rdiu si u stovali, e v Alice Springs je vykoupen supermarket. Nejvt pekvapen ale pilo v malebn obci Winton, kam jsem jela na mstn vlakov ndra, tedy sp stanici, samozejm pro keku. Po jejm odlovu jsem zahldla njak pohyb na trvnku ped ndram a hele, oni to nejsou sochy, ale iv klokani ! A dal byli jet ve stanici. Tak j tu jezdm autem tisce kilometr divoinou, abych je vidla, a klokani zatm jezd vlakem ! Tak to je jasn, e se nememe potkat. Byla jich cel skupina vetn matky s klokntem v kapse a v klidu se psli na trv a taky se tam jen tak povalovali nebo poskakovali. Konen jsem je tedy vidla mimo ZOO. Pozorovala jsem je asi 20 minut a pak u musela uhnt dl. Prost dnes se den vydail a ztra m ek posledn dlouh pejezd na pobe a pak 3 noci na jednom mst, abych si trochu odfrkla.I spend all day on the Hwy from Mt. Isa to Barcaldine. I found some caches on the road, saw many monuments, hills and mesas. I try to find an only cache in McKinley and I got my car stuck in the mud. The local nice old men helped me and pulled the car out. The biggest surprise awaited me at the cache at the train station in Winton. I found the cache and suddenly I see a whole group of kangaroos coming from the station. I drive thousands of kilometers through the wilderness to see them, and they take the train ! Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic.

Awesome container, had me having second thoughts. Thanks for placing and maintaining.RVCL.

We were travelling in this area after we left QOGM 2023 in Longreach, then to Mount Isa and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Now we stopped here for a break and a smiley.Found the cache with TBU1BikesuTftc

fun.....

A quick stop n find. Thank you especially to my geo buddy whom spotted it. Thank you for the cache. Cheers and Happy Travels.

Trickster!

On my way from Longreach to Mount Isa today.Stopped past this one since my mate Rickard hid it and all.Being colourblind I struggled to see it.Anyhoo got it in the end.Frank who owns the pub across the road rounded me up thinking I was stealing sone parts of the tractor.Ended up giving him the full muggle description of geocachingThank you*onwards to Cloncurry I go*

TFTC smile 17058 ?? out and about on a lovely day ?? signed and replaced as Team Q4 Snickersallan Hatzofff and RoddyC Thank you karicka for placing this cache for our enjoyment ????

Travelling with RoddyC, snickersallan and grannysmith1947 as Team4Qld.Travelling Mount Isa area to Longreach to complete some challenges and get some more smiles alonh the way.Looking forward to having lunch here but no luck. Kitchen closed for the season back to our backup supplies for lunch TFTCache karicka

My homeward journey has started in the company of RoddyC, hatzofff, and grannysmith1947. To save space in the log sheets, we are signing as Team 4 QLD.It was a lovely stop here with some nostalgia, but unfortunately, there is no food for sale until the end of the season. Cache was found quickly by hatzofff.Thank you, drrnrchr, for placing this cache

On my way home the long way via Winton across to Jundah and then Blackall for the night. TFTC

We (RoddyC, hatzofff, Grannysmith1947 and Snickersallan), leave Mount Isa and head for Longreach as we continue to sign as Team Q4. Found a lunch box, but the Pub's got no food - nothing to put in it!Log signed and cache replaced as found on 29 September 2023. TFTC, karicka

Cool find (with some help) camouflage was a good touch!

Unique find and camoGlad to have found a karicka placementThank you for maintaining drnnrchrTftc

TBU came up for QOGM No. 5 in Longreach. Before, during and after QOGM 2023 we met fellow cachers, enjoyed talks, meetings, eating, drinking, having fun and of course caching. We found this cache and signed the log.Tftc Karicka and drrnrchr for maintaining

Day 18A big day of driving ahead of us from Winton to Mt Isa with not many caches in between. The wind is whipping the car from side to side along the flat plains of the highway but we have noticed the wind dies off in the afternoon.Took a few minutes to locate but when the well camouflaged container was found we realised we had already looked there.Thanks drrnrchr for the well placed placement.

Carried out cache maintenance on this cache 25/9/2023. Added a couple of new log sheets. All is good with this cache.

bunadoorian and I stopped here to pick up this cache before doing the Ad Lab here. This took a bit of looking but bunadoorian finally had the cache in hand. I was surprised to see the Crocodile Dundee hotel across the road. TFTC and for bringing us here karicka.

As per previous logs this cache took us quite a while to find. Very cleverly hidden. Now we have a smiley face for McKinlay. TFTC.

Heading to Cape York with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 & Team Crackers, after the QOGM in Longreach.This is one of the many caches that we found whilst in the area. The log was signed as PDGC, to save space, (Papi Drovers Geoturtle Crackers).Thanks to all the Co's for making this trip, more enjoyable. Signed and replaced as found.

On our holiday trip, we will be stopping in many different towns before making our way to Longreach for QOGM 2023. We will be taking in the sights and sounds of each town, exploring the local culture, and trying out the regional cuisine. We are looking forward to a fun and exciting journey!

Here's one to find today. Thank you for placing the cache   drrnrchr.

Spending a couple of nights at Winton, slowly heading to QOGM at Longreach
A day on the road only stopping at McKinlay to do the AL & the one cache.
This took a while to locate, hubby had already given up & then I had another looked in a previous spot & there it was.
FP given, for the history of the pub next door.
What a great way to tour the country following the geocaching trail.
Thanks to the CO for placing this cache

On our travels we found ourselves at walkabout pub and of course had to stop for a quick one or two then wandered over to find this cache, it took longer than is should have bet we soon had it in hand, thanks for placing it

Day 98 of our greynomad trip up north from Vic, after a the JLWEvents in Wudinna SA, a tour of Maralinga and caching to claim LGAs in the Eyre Peninsula, through to Alice Springs, Uluru, Darwin, Kakadu and Litchfield we continue our journey back south to Vic through Longreach to attend QOGM. It is also day 97 of a streak.

Ticking of the only easily accessible cache in this part of our 360 degree from home sector, and a new LGA + geohubby got to visit Walkabout Creek Hotel. Must give a fav point for all these reasons.

TFTC TB's visited

Thanks for the cache.

This our first find. Two excited kids today

We are heading to Winton today . Pulled over here to check the Walkabout Pub out and do the local A.L. Then we headed over to find this cache. My sharp eyed wife soon had it in hand.The cache is in great condition .. Signed

Didn't take too long to find the container that looks like it had been in a flood. Thanks for the cache

McKinlay
2.0/1.5
Small
Traditional Cache

Day 3 of our Sunny Coast to Alice trip. Left Longreach even before my radio alarm went off in Coolum. Why do we wake up so early when we're on 'holidays'? Ha ha...

Thank you for the cache karicka/drrnrchr. Forgot to top up at Winton - that was such a sleepy town, our brains took a nap it seems! In between finding a cache excitement, running low on gas nervousness and looking for letters for an ad lab waypoint, I forgot to take a photo here too! Aaargh...

Of course it's Sunday, the servo is closed in Mckinlay! Will we make it to the next town? How thrilling! Lol

TFTC

Took a while but got there

Great hide, my favourite so far this trip. Thank you.

McKinlay was transferred from karicka to user drrnrchr

Find number 12230 at 10:41:57 am on Thursday the 20 July 2023
Departed Melbourne the other day and travelling north for the winter, well, for the northern warmth actually (hopefully ), passing through as many small towns as I can grabbing the odd cache here and there as I travel. Leaving Kynuna this morning and heading north west before heading back east again hoping to find somewhere for the night just Cloncurry and Hughenden, ended up at Julia Creek. I'll be heading out first thing in the morning to Cloncurry before doubling back east
A quick find before a wander through the Walkabout Creek Hotel...
**Thanks for placing this cache karicka**

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Found on our way out west, took a little while but Mr Parko then spotted it. TFTC

Found

Found it 11/07/22

Found at 3.15 pm

Put wrong date, found it 11/07/23

Very well camouflage great hide

Very well camouflaged

On a 12,000 km circle from Queanbeyan to Darwin and back. Found on one of our explorations, TFTC.

So glad to see that there was a cache nearby when we stopped for a refreshing beverage. Nice camo on the cache too. TFTC Karicka

Found it with Oz Keg on our way to Darwin

Took a little bit of time but found it in the end. TFTC

Good hide. Staying behind the Hotel TFTC

Today, we traveled from Hughenden to Mount Isa via Richmond, Julia Creek and McKinlay. We stopped sometimes to get a geocache along the road. This was the fsecond one today. Thanks for hiding this one and as always TFTC, MumDad2000

Out with outback di great hide thtc

TFTC in good condition. Clever hide

Found Ok

Bit of a late log, but found and signed on 12/10/22 with _hitam on our drive down from Darwin.
The cat took a little walk over some of the old machinery before we escaped straight back into the aircon.
TFTC

Quick grab and a stretch of the legs

While travelling north we stopped off here to collect the AL and this cache. Couldn’t get the AL to load via internet but this one was on my off line list so no problems with this one. A quick find and back on the road to the next stop. TFTC.

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Speaking of walkabout creek, I'm a huge Dundee fan, it was the first movie my nanna took me too as a kid at the Rutherglen star theater. Thanks for the cache we grabbed this one coming through to the station.

Great hide. Had to read other comments to find more hints.

We travelled 8,500km through 5 states for a 60th birthday party over approx. 6 weeks. We endured many days over 35C and then saw a lot of water in the eastern states. We enjoyed travelling east with family and then they travelled back to Alice and we made our way home to SA, trying to dodge the rain and wet weather.
Caching is a great way to see the many wonderful sights and learn about the places we are travelling through.
Thank you to those who take the time to hide caches
TFTC

Went for a walk around town after a cold drink at the Walkabout Hotel. After finding Queensland’s smallest library we headed to the cache. TFTC. SL.

Find No. 63

Love the cache! Was hard to find at first, until I climbed up on the wheel

Time: 10min
Accuracy: 5m
Condition: Awesome
Trackable: ——
Swapped: 4 Nail Polish

Trackable Snickers Visited!
TFTC! -BoabAdventur3z

Another look and geohubby had the cache in hand. He did look a bit smug. Tftc

Just could not find

Yes. Took a while to find but got it.
Great to visit the pub etc.
TFTC

On our drive today from Mount Isa to Winton, we stopped by McKinlay.
How could we pass up the opportunity to visit Walkabout Creek and Crocodile Dundee!
There was absolutely no sign of a creek here today.
As we started to look for this one, we noticed it was placed by a friend and fellow Brisbanite, Karicka!
Although we were in such a remote part of the country, curiously, another geocacher (Kerrysgate) stopped to say hello, and since he and his wife had signed this one just a couple of hours earlier, he pointed the way to GZ.
Lovely to say hello to a fellow cacher in the field.
Thanks Karicka. It was great to have a beer at walkabout Creek pub. A favourite point here.
Domsky

Had a good poke around but no luck today.

Took us a bit to find this one while the kids played basketball. Love the flies

We’re rekindling fond memories of our years spent up here in the ‘80s. We haven’t been back here until today.

A lot has changed in the region - most noticeable is the good road (Landsborough H’way) which is now sealed. Wow!! And the pub has had a big make-over.

But the best change of all is there’s this cache here now. And we found it. Camo is nicely done too. We’re first to sign the new logsheet.

Thank you karicka.

This was a must for me staying here. Thanks for the Cache.

Spent the night here at the Walkabout Hotel. (I loved the CROCODILE DUNDEE movie) found the cache while waiting for my steak to be cooked.

Great camo!! The husband completely missed it. Have put in a new log sheet, path tag and potentially some flies. Loved it. Thanks so much

Great spot for a refreshing beer and released some flies. Hahaha

Love the container, found on a cold windy day while heading to Mt Isa.

Heading towards Mt Isa we picked up a few caches along the way and this was one of them.

A quick find, caches and contents were very good and the co-ords were good.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Found on a rather wet day. TFTC

A great trip over to Queensland.
Was able to put a few smileys on the map.
This was one of them.
Now catching up with logging them with five minutes on the computer.
TFTC

Nice one,

Thanks for your cache Dry now not muddy