Mt. Arapiles Lookout Natimuk, Victoria, Australia
By Duntulum on 05-Jul-20. Waypoint GC8W4V1

We are in Horsham for a long weekend away. Having never cached in this area, it is going to help us with a number of challenges. The hardest being GCA0HZW, where you need 20 geocaches in each Victorian LGA. We should get that in Horsham, probably not in the West Wimmera, Hindmarsh, and Yarriambiack LGAs that we will all be also visiting. After the event in Horsham and then brunch, it was time to head west to the West Wimmera LGA, stopping at Mt Arapiles first.It was hard keeping my eyes on the road as the mountain kept drawing my eyes to it. It is a very impressive mountain, especially with how flat the rest of the area is.Once on top, the view was even better than expected, and we could see the wind turbines in the far hazy distance. We were stunned that we could drive right up to this lookout. We were expecting a lovely, if hot, walk to it. Cache found relatively quickly after starting from the wrong side first.Thanks for the cache, Duntulum.Hunter

Beautiful views #MWC

Found it!!

Under and behind makes sence

Had to get my knees dirty for this one. TFTC!

Didnt know how to access it.

Thanks for the cache!!

what a view tftc

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Found by Aussie Train Driver 23/06/2024, find number 1785.I found this one after completing the circuit walk from the summit to the bottom carpark and back. Distance wise it isn't that long but the hike up and down certainly gives the legs a work out! Some spectacular views from this mountain. I had GZ to myself but missed the cache on my first attempt. Thanks for the hint, I soon realised my oversight and had my name in the log book. TFTC!

Beautiful spot. TFTC

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Perfect day to be at these lookouts. Thanks for the cache

Perfect #640, so back to even numbers and third find in Australia! TFTC!

#4 Jerrys #4 Easy find! Thanks Duntulum

Beautiful view! Also found one at the other lookout up the road but not marked on here.

Great spot. Thanks for the find

Great view from here. TFTC.

Easy find. Amazing views

Wasn't expecting one out here!!! Made my walk so much better!!

Nice easy find. Tftc. Lovely day for a look around. First cache I've looked for since last year

TFTC

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Out for a drive with the family Great views Sl thanks for the cache.

Yeah thanks for the hide

We found it close to a very cool lezardBeautiful view !Greetings from the Yukon and France

A bit tricky

Cool

Lovely place, good climbs around

TFTC

Our for a walk with the fam, having a great afternoon together

Went looking in the school 11th July 2023 with children from Nhulunbuy NT and found it.

Hehe

What a top view!

Found the cache between muggle viewers.

Found out and about during a quick trip to the southern deserts where the stars shine so bright!

Thanks Duntulum and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

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After climbing mitre rock, decided to come for a drive up to get this cache. Thankyou.

Stunning view!

Was really Fun to find this one

Beautiful lookout....

A quick grab while at the lookout on the way back down the hill after visiting the Summit.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Mr Smokey Bear will no longer be a part of Team Smokey Bear and will continue his adventures as "SmokeyBearOG".

So I'm relogging all previous finds under my new account.
Unfortunately this log will not show the original logging date.

**Thanks to Duntulum for this adventure, looking forward to many more.**

Adam
SmokeyBearOG

Love the view of the fields, Mitre rock and the salt lake. Great location. Thanks.

Great views TFTC

Great find

A quick find while out on a nice drive around the area. TFTC

Took us a while but we found it

Found on a great school holidays adventure thanks for the view

Awesome spot and good location. Sandwiches, views and a find!

I like where u put it great job

Good hide

The kids really enjoyed finding this one. TFTC

Beautiful spot for a picnic tftc

Found it

Found it! Great View

Found it

Quick find after admiring the views from here. Tnln, no tb.
Tftc

Great walk great view

Came up here after holidays and had a quick search and found it in a few minutes.

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Thanks wasnt too hard to find

We came here about 12 years ago and loved it then. Now back for some geocaches.
We left a butterfly and a ️ sticker.
STL TFTC

nice one dunty tftc

Found on a trip with a cpl DIRTBAGS,
Little Desert & Big Desert.
Cpl 4WD DRIVES with a plan for campfires,caches and sand dunes.

Quick find and lucky the warm hot cross buns from Smokey Bears car oven were good because the weather sucked at this point

Tftc

Today I started my return home, heading from Kingston SE to Horsham, picking an assortment of caches. There was no-one here when I arrived, so I made the most of it to look for and find the cache first, then admire the views. What a great spot. This gets a favourite from me.



My thanks to Duntulum for the cache.

The rain has been kind to us over the last 3 days allowing us to enjoy some caching and placing. Sitting at Mt Arapiles Lookout eating our lunch we were able to take in the magnificent views before making the quick find.
Thanks Duntulum for the placement in a brilliant location.

Found it

Tftc

The view was superb. Easy find. Left a travel bug.

I’ve had “This Is SA” on my radar for a while. We have been camping out at Wooroonook lakes and while this wasn’t around the corner, it is probably the closest I will be for a while so we decided to head out west to the border. Not only was it in my radar, it will help me finally complete my first and second D/T loops.

Another great lookout as we made our way back from the border. The sun was shining after the previous days rain and the cache was found quickly.

Thanks Duntulum for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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On our way back from Little Desert, we stopped by here to take in the views. Removed some rubbish from the cache container and added our names to the logbook. Awesome views!
Thanks for bringing us here today by placing this cache, Duntulum

Not much of a lookout today as the cloud has rolled in and barely able to see 10 metres let alone the view into below. The cache was a quick find.

Thanks Duntulum for the cache.
Found at 8:42 am on 18/4/2022.
Find # 2495

So many walking tracks around here, really need to come back and explore! A great view here and easy access for kids. Thanks for highlighting this spot.

Cool Spot
Among some of worlds best rock climbing and bouldering

Find # 10668

Found while heading home from a SA trip with sharkiefan.

We had based ourselves in Millicent for a few days making the most of a long weekend.
We got a lot of adventure labs finished and also gained some skills with the new fishing pole. Getting about 25 caches out of trees to sign.

It was a great trip back to SA after a 2 year break (due to covid restrictions)


I had to detour for this one. So glad i did the view from the look out is just awesome.


TFTC Duntulum

Thanks for a great find, love the lookout!

Cache replaced

23 January 2022
12:45 pm
1523
Many thanks Duntulum but today was not my day!
I will have to return another day to try again!

We looked under a number of things and behind a number of bushes however all we came up with was a big fat redback spider.

Found with Georocks101. Stunning view and it didn't take long to find the cache. Thanks Duntulum

Ended up being an easy find with JelenaGreenleaf. Great view! Tftc

15/11/2021 5:23:00 PM
Desert Caching 2021 - Day 4 - The drive home
After a late get away from camp at Snowdrift in Wyperfeld, I headed towards home, and soon hit the black top and started to make good time, a least until I started detouring for caches again.
I detoured to Mt Arapiles for the technical tree cache on the western boundary and took a drive up here as I haven't ventured up here for some years.
Great views from GZ and the country looks the best I can remember.


Thanks Duntulum

After driving some tracks across the Little Desert we could see Mt. Arapiles and a quick google search showed we could drive to the top so we came to check out the view. It was good to look over the area we had just driven. Watched some rock climbers summit the nearby crag whilst we were there.
Cache was found fairly quickly.
TFTC

What an amazing view,never been to the Arapiles and it has blown me away. It's a perfect day, warm, no breeze and quiet. Not a lot of people up here, found a beautiful picnic spot in the shade, finding a cache here is the cherry on top

Tftc

Found with my muggle partner when he decided to come for a drive before going for tea at the Nati pub

Easy

Found on a lovely spring day with Beaumobile. Would recommend everyone comes up here when the canola fields are planted!

Great find as usual!

Nice quick find! TYFTC

Good find! ️

Great one!!

Geocaching is leading us to towns and LGA’s we’ve not visited before. We are aiming to find 31 multi-caches this month and appreciate the information we learn as we travel.

Thank you for your cache in such an interesting location and adding to our memorable road trip in regional Victoria.

Nice place for a cache

Nice one!

Visiting Horsham over the long weekend.
Out for a walk, finding some caches on the way. It's a foggy morning.
TFTC

Found by the three and half year old on a weekend trip away. Fantastic views and lovely place for lunch

Felt bored today so decided to have a drive out to Arapiles and for a bonus find this cache. Pretty easy find. Tftc

Great views, especially of the heavy showers in the area that kept teasing us all day. Had lunch here. TFTC
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

An easy find, huge showers everywhere. Managed to get lunch done before a shower set in.

Beautiful views. Good coordinates and cache in good condition. TFTC Duntulum. Found 6/5/21 11:28 am. Cache 1918 for us.
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Found and logged using the Cachly app for iPhone.

What an awesome spot