The Dragon Scale Rapid Bay, South Australia, Australia
By Northern Invaders on 07-Oct-02. Waypoint GC9892

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Have been keeping an eye on this one for a while, the CO hasn't logged on since 23 March 2008, probably time for it to go...

2nd try at finding this one with extra eyes, no luck, I don't think it is here anymore

Please check if it is still there as it has not been found since October 24th, 2010. Thank you.

Searched all over, using the clue and Nib's corrected co-ords, even going as far as 20 metres elevation as we widened our search [8].
Read through all the logs and rechecked the place others said it should be, but to no avail .
We think it's gone [xx(].
Can a previous finder (or the cache owner) confirm if it's still there [?].
An area truly deserving of a cache [^].
Thanks for showing us this place Northern Invaders.

Searched for ages and did lots of climbing - found Holy Rocker but no sign of cache.

Rapid Bay didn't like us today 0/2 then the rain came. Maybe next time?

Rock with hole bush, lots of nasty prickles but no cache.
Dont like heights at all but access to this is OK if you take your time. [?]
Based on all the clues and 30 Min with two of us searching, this does not appear to be there.
Will watch with interest...Returning another day to grab a smiley.

I am sure that I "got' the hint, but just couldn't find it... grrr. Very nice location though.

Yes, I failed again after spending ages there.. I think the terrain should be more than 2... Thanks for the hint.

It was a bit hard to find...was going to give up but finally found it!!

Tried night before but it was too dark. what a great spot on such a great day
all items apart from pencil and paper were gone so took nothing but left a car and a necklace charm
TFTC

A couple of days cacheing down south after our Bali trip - enjoyed the green countryside and beautiful coastal views. Lovely walk along the beach to the caves, but couldn't quite decide which 'president' to check. TFTC

Cool location, had much fun while searching - but didn't spot the cache.

GPSr was very flaky and couldn't get a good fix. Had a good look where I think the GPSr was trying to tell me it was. Being on my own I wasn't to keen on climbing to high in case I slipped so walked back with a DNF after about 15 minutes. A very nice walk early this morning anyway.

Wow, I didn't realise how old this cache was until just now. I have to say that this is an oldie but a goodie.

And it wasn't until I was walking away from the cache that I worked out what the signs scattered along the cliff face meant.

Thanks for the cache Northern Invaders.

What a gusty day it was and the sea looked very irritated. The other caves were worth a long exploratory look. Great clues, I am grateful that my partner was able to climb; he looked like a very large goat climbing up and down the rocky cliff. LOL loved it!!!

Tough for 2 stars. Children wanted to climb cliff also:)

Another one found with "How Do They Know". Tnlnsl Tftc

Found at 2.05pm after trying to fish at Rapid Bay with "Are We There Yet!" but foiled by STRONG winds, so we went geocaching instead. This is a tricky one because the ground level showed as 11m above sea level, so we didn't really know where to look for a few minutes. The clue helped and soon the cache was in the hands of "Are We There Yet!" and I followed to sign as well. TNLNSL. Thanks Northern Invaders. Great location.

This cache was recommended by Zytheran as a do for my sight-seeing trip down south out of Adelaide. Glad I did it...lots of fun. Checked out the caves too. Was going to swim but the sea was mad and it was a little too dangerous with the potential for rips. Thanks for the nice walk along the beach.

TFTC SL

After extensive searching on the site looking only at the GPS and an encounter with a small copperhead, we finally found the cache while trying another route to our suspected location. Our own fault for not writing down the clue before heading off.
Good spot. Cheers

Sneeky, make sure you have good shoes for this one. Group effort. Great Cache thanx

excellent spot. found while camping down at rapid bay for the oz day weekend 2010.
after some short mountain goating, found it with saggybaggyelephant. he got my photo which ill upload soon.

went right inside the caves, way cool.

TFTC.

Excellent spot and good hide. Great views of the bay and the cave was excellent too.

TFTC

Found while camping at Rapid Bay.
T lizard
L Bubbler
SL TFTC

Found with help of son-in-law.
He who climbs is successful.
Thought - Difficulty Rating maybe low - for older persons.
TFTC

I’ve had a couple of goes at this over the years, but each time my GZ has had me far in against the main rock face and I’ve concentrated my searches there. Obviously, I’ve come up blank both times. I could never work out what the second part of the hint meant and the first bit could describe a hundred places.
Today, with Auzee scouting for me from below as I scrambled all over the rocks, it was a little easier as she spotted something that had the hints making sense and guided me to it. I turned out to be the cache and was some 15m from where my instrument said it was.
I took a reading of the actual position and found that it differs from one that Four-fun supplied by only a couple of metres.
I think it’s time the coords for this were revised. Most of the finds for this have been through extensive searching and use of the hints or Four-fun’s coords. For those like me that the hints haven’t helped and who strangely rely on GPS coordinates, new ones could mean far fewer people leave the scene with DNF’s.
Having said that, I enjoyed the cache very much and the whole area is very interesting.

After a few attempts at making this a driveby, I gave in and we walked to GZ. Found after brief search. TFTC.

Found with JadedOptimists. Both o'cholios came here many moons ago (four years, in fact), long before we were caching, and actually walked around in this cave, so there was deja vu happening while searching for the cache today. Glad to make the detour today - Rapid Bay is currently a great spot that hasn't been ruined by over-development. Hope it stays that way. TFTC.

Found after much searching in areas that warranted a few more stars than the cache had been given. Thanks for taking us here, what a beautiful location!
TFTC
Bek-theraccoon

Left - Golf Tees and a hard hat stress ball (to protect future caches from falling off the cliff!)

Found while camping at the local camp site TFTCSL [^]

We came to see the new Jetty and to camp at the Camp grounds, so did a few thousand other people.

Fantastic weather for the Easter weekend.

Nick and I took the head lamps onto the cave and crawled though all the small tunnels at the rear of the cave.

Cheers from the Barramundi's

found this one with the Barramundis while visiting them at the campsite.

Had a couple of free hours this afternoon so took a drive down to Second Valley and Rapid Bay to grab some caches.

Did the climb and found the cache easily. Don't ever remember being here before.

Grabbed the TB. TFTC.

Day 293 of non-stop caching

Found the cache while geocaching with Team Waldron. Armed with a four wheel drive, four GPS units and a laptop, we had a great day searching up and down the southern coast. After lots of speculation where the cache might be, we tore up the hill (slowly) and Trail06 located the prize. (on this occasion) TFTC.

Out for the day with Trail06.

I wanted to drive all the way but Trail06 said I shouldn't.

If he says he found it he must have. He was doing all the climbing.

TNLNSL

TFTC

Thank you for your cache. We did not find this on our first attempt as we were not climbing high enough but returned with some help and eventually found it. Regards Thelly

l will be back another day, maybe with someone else's eyes.

NormyCrew found it on such a beautiful day. Great place for a cache, wonderful views of St Vincent Gulf and all the way back up the coast to Adelaide. Thank you.
Took - Geonut
Left - Lance LiveSTRONG Travel Bug, a perfect place for meditation.

Enjoyed the walk up the beach. Took a while to sight the holy rocker but then cache was soon in hand. Left MAXX'S Geonut Coin . Thanks.

Geokid James and I enjoyed a good walk up the beach. Cache did not reveal itself until we turned around and headed back down. tftc

A nice leisurely stroll along the beach then head across to the cliffs, then near the cliff the GPS has a psychotic episode and wants me to go home again. Step back from cliff and acquire lock and now its up that it wants me to go, so up I go until I reach a point where I think my life is worth more than this cache. I turn around and there a few feet below me is the prise !
Ya gotta love an adventure!
T - KANGAROO
L - PENCIL SHARPENER
Thanks for the cache!

Gorgeous views from this location! My 2nd cache.

This one was a little tricky to find

This was our second visit. Was here just over a year ago on a very hot day which didn't encourage a long search although we did take a while before giving up.

Nearly gave up when Mr S went a bit higher than he had before and voila!
Thanks Northern Invaders. Coming here always reminds us of a fishing/camping trip many years ago when we got very burnt and Mrs S ended up with a very large piece of the jetty under her big toe nail. Those were the days!

Had just found Norfolk with the stanleys. They had tried to one before and wanted to give it another go. They were successful this time and we were along for the ride. While I did search a bit, I had misinterpreted a note and was looking in the wrong places.

Quick find and nice cave to explore with geo son.

I think the last time we were here the limestone quarry was still working – and that wasn’t yesterday!
The GPSr led us to the GZ and Mrs. Allchin recovered the cache.
TNLNSL
TFTC Northern Invaders

Found the container without a lid and the swaps from Team Wibble. Repaired the cache with Helens & Kathh with new container, log book and swaps and hid in original location.

Sad to report that we're pretty sure we found the cache, or what was left of it. Found an empty SPC fruit container with the remains of camo paint, and a couple of broken crayons and a crayon box, and nothing else. Searched around for the lid, but could not find. Popped a pencil and a couple of small swaps into the container and rehid as best we could, but it won't last long without a lid (and it has no log book).

Cache has been vandalised as per log, and currently has no lid or log book.

This was a bit scary with the howling wind and showers! Found it anyway, then had a great time exploring the entire length of the nearby large sea cave. (Or should I say the geokid and Mrs matmob did - Mr m chickened out! ) Our geocaching bag always has a torch so this came in very handy here. I believe that the remains of some Aboriginal people were found in this cave years ago. It must have been a burial spot, its a shame it is being trashed with rubbish inside. Thanks for bringing us to a fun spot. TNLN.

Found it fairly easy after the walk over to GZ! Great view from GZ! Also explored the nearby cave afterwards and found that it went further back than we thought! If we had a torch we would have gone in further to see how far back it really goes.

TNLN

spent ages looking for this one, climbed all over the place... was probably standing right on top of it...

still a beautiful walk on the beach, thanks guys!

Now that the carpark has been closed off a bit from where you used to be able to drive to ,it was a bit of a walk always with the chance of getting rained on but we made it back dry - left a toy Roo and took the travel bug Hermine

Found it 2.20pm
Nice spot, a few muggles about.
Dropped off a Travel Bug
SL TN TFTC Northern Invaders

Drove down on the Easter Saturday after a big breakfast at Mrs Parrots family place at Normanville. It's great to be staying in the area again as I have so many great memories of my youth in this spot.
Rapid Bay still remains in my memory as the prettiest jetty diving you will find anywhere in Australia. I did an absolutely fantastic night dive there and I remember turning off the torch and watching phosphor like colours flashing through the water as you moved about.
Today the campground was packed with wall to wall tents. We parked next to the grounds in a car park hemmed in with boulders and made our way 500 metres over to the rocks.
I was carrying a replacement as after all the previous logs I thought this might be a cache rescue mission.
However the co-ords where spot on for me and the first place I looked produced the cache container. I suspected someone had beaten me to replacing the cache but was delighted to find when I opened the container that it contained the original logbook.
Made a mark took some pictures and back home for a lazy day before dinner on the beach. We even had dolphins with our sunset.

The Leafy Sea Dragon.
Although I have never seen one of these at Rapid bay I have seen one while diving over at Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island.

Took friends and even with all these eyes still couldn't find it.

Walked along the beach in the late afternoon enjoying my surrounding only to be disappointed not to find this one. Just means another trip to the beach.

Sorry to report that our trip to this spot did not come up with the goods. Checked all the george Ws with no results. Some are pretty prickly too. some have died off in the dry and this may have reduced cover. A few broken bottle bits to worry about as we scrampled. The lock wasn't great, but good enough to be pretty sure that it is gone.Despite all this it was a really intersting place to have a look at and we enjoyed the sights of the small town- a drive parallel to the beach heading north from the main rd to the beach shows of lovely quaint little places that would be great to stay in. thanks for bringing us here anyway invaders.

[This entry was edited by Irac- on Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 2:57:11 AM.]

Not a good start to the day with a dnf. Not happy Jan.

Years ago, when the jetty was open and camping free of charge, we used to camp here frequently.

Each time we camped, we would climb that massive cliff/hill above GZ. I had an idea to place cache up there but I guess I am 5 years too late. lol

17th find today and one of my favourites [^] A great stroll along the beach...I was obviously mistaken as a talent scout
en route ...The Dragon's Lair was cool and I loved the colouring on the rocks TSLSSL Found with BB ...TFTC from PG

Found with Postiegirl during our 2007 Fluro caching blitz.
A bit of a scramble and the cache was soon located.Enjoyed the walk and look around the sea cave. Shame I didn't have any caving gear with me, i would have liked to have checked out some of the holes around the place.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
BB

Team : A&R 23/9/07 11.25am
T:N
L:N
TFTC SL
Almost relocated the cache after finding it rolled down into a prickle bush, got it back then team R dropped their GPS into the said bush, and so we had to do a second prickly recovery. Had to get the mountain goat shoes on for this one, but was a nice walk along the beach as well.

Great location and a spot we would have never visited if it was not for the cache. After the cache we explored the cave which seems to be used by the local alcoholics.

Great walk along the beach with the GeoTerrier, but after half an hour risking falling rocks, (and falling cachers) decided it was time for a coffee.

Found this one at the end of a great day exploring the coastline by kayak with 8 others and looked after Brian & Martin from Blue Water Sea Kayaking. After 12km on the water, we must been tired because the hint was needed.
TNL-Keyring. Thanks Northern Invaders. Cheers 'scargoes (P&F)

At last the conditions were favourable. Under instructions from her below I found it exactly where it should be.
We took the plastic bull and left a Klem Bear and a dolphin clip. This cache has taken us less than 5 years to locate and so we are now very pleased to say thank you Northern Invaders

I didn't want to make this harder than it should be, especially since I was in thongs. I wandered around at base level for a few minutes to plan my attack.

Thanks

Found with Scouts_Honour on our little Fleurieu Trip

Find 15/30

Been caving here before...
Tis a shame that the first cave is so trashed...

Found with Team IJK on our little Fleurieu Trip

15/30

great little spot here.

will be back again for more exploring and hopefully some diving next time

Added another near death experience to this area of near death memories on these cliffs. GPS wanted us where we should never have gone but of course we did [B)] kggy eventually found it in 2 star terrain. took geocoin SL.

WE turned this cache into a level 4 rating with our GPSr taking us all over the cliffs. Eventually spotted it. TNLNSL. Thanks for bringing us back to an old haunt.

Climbed around for a while until Dr.E found it. Took SIDS bear, left Day of the Triffids geocoin. TFTC

For one horrible moment I thought this was a DNF. GZ's on a vertical axis can be problematic. Then all I had to do was walk back and voile there it was. A good way to end the day. It's a pity we couldn't stay for a little collation on the beach with those who had set up camp there with bonfire!!

13th & last of finds on a Deep South Sortee...

20m elevation maybe?

Found after about 10mins with the help of the updated co-ords from four-fun

A great spot. Very peaceful and very historic.

Left a magnet, took a frog

Thanks

Sure was hot on those rocks, should have worn sneakers. Did well though as we left sheet back at tent so worked on waypoints alone.

Found @ 17:15

What a unique place this is. After climbing and scrabbling around for a bit, it was easier to decode the clue and figure out what that meant.

TN L: Book Labels & SL Now off to see if batman is home!!

Alas, it twas then end of the day and the children had lost it. No dragon's today but TimTam was billowing smoke out of his ears after MilkyWay and Smarties decided to go for a quick dip in the sea ... in their good clothes [:(!]

Spent a lot of time here as a kid so it was good to re-visit and relive the good ol days. Found with Da Frizz in toe. TNLN

Stayed here often and always venture over here for a play. Stayed last night for a touch of fishing in which the results were consistent.Thanks .

Found 11:45. Out and about for the morning only (unfortuneately) with a pack of sullies, second find for the day. Took: Zebra toy, Left: SIDS Bear. Cheers.

[This entry was edited by Team Ermalesh on Sunday, February 05, 2006 at 6:43:24 AM.]

Found prior to lunch, as the youngest of the team's world slowly crumbled away due to hunger pains and not finding Batman in the cave. Team Ermalesh was the mountain goat for this snaffle (in training for an upcoming cache the following day). TNLN Cheers

Wandered down to Rapid Bay this morning after a couple of days in Carrickalinga. Great cache in a beautiful spot. Thanx.

took a bit to find about 15meters off tn but left tb to watch the fish caught cheers

After a bit of hydration, in the form of a paddle from Rapid Bay to 2nd Valley, with a stop over in the sea caves along. Before the drive home, a quick walk to stretch the legs and grab this cache.
Found it also waterlogged, emptied the water out, tried to dry it out as much as I could.
Took rusted ‘AA’ battery, left nothing, SL
Thanks

Stayed in the campgound the night beofre on a very wet & windy night, woke up this morning to excellent views and no rain for the first time in three days. After breakfast headed off to GZ ,cache was found after a short search, GPS showing about 15 meters off today
Took in some more of the scenery and headed back to the car as the rain moved in again, at least this time we managed to find one without getting wet
Thanks Northern Invaders for bringing us to this delightful place

Found it eventaully!!!!

After about 15 mins or so of wondering around the cliffs with posspet boys, he spotted it, only cm's from where i had been looking?

Very windy, bit cold, but was worth it to get the log in the end.

Dropped off a TB.

TNLNSL

After not finding this previously I returned with new co-ords and even then found myself quite a way out. Looks like the sats bounce off everything around here.
Nephew had been looking in the area for a while and I went up and down the slope. Just where he was looking I found the cache just cm's away.
TNLNSL

Third time lucky! But it still took me almost an hour to locate. GPS had it 15m away. Replaced the damaged container with a slightly larger one. Should last a bit longer now! A hopefully more accurate location also listed above. Cheers.

Found today (without checking GPS), same place it was last September..Can't see what the problem is, maybe the nearby cliffs are causing problems? When running back to carpark a single muggle (someone not holding a GPS at least) was heading north and was spied from afar to briefly climb up near the cache , but then dissappeared down into the gully. (They would have seen me near the cache from about 600m away at best.)

Muggle indeed [B)] Obviously the Foretrex mounted on the wrist is less obvious than the bright yellow eTrex! The coords seem to put me a few metres closer to the cave than where it was found after about 10 minutes search. Took a bear and left a crayon.

Next visitor might want to bring a spare container, the lid is getting very brittle and starting to crack. Thanks Northern Invaders. At least I got it on the 2nd go.

Nothing for 8 months and then 2 visits within 5 minutes. Didn't recognise you as I ran past!

Arrived in the area late last night and had a quick look around to no avail.(My wife decided discression was needed when she realised I was climbing around on a cliff 10-20 meters up in the dark!) Returned today and had a good hunt high and low but unfortunately all I got was scratches from all the prickle bushes. I now understand the name - your skin needs to be made of them to resist the thorns!!!!
cheers and sorry about the DNF

Sorry but must log a no find also.
Is there a fine for driving on the beach? I saw nothing about this. Almost got bugged though.
Looked up and down but couldn't find anything at all.

Hate starting the day off with a no find, it doesn't bring hope. Luckily the rest of the day was successful.

First tried to make this into a drive by only to be informed by a local that there was a $1000 fine for driving down that end of the beach [B)] So a retreat to the carpark and down by foot. Still couldn't find it, I suspect I wasn't looking up high enough as the GPS wanted me at the bottom. Did have a bit of a look higher but to no avail.

Oh well, an excuse to revisit this nice spot I have never detoured to before!

Nice beach, nice day. Found it without too much trouble. Took bouncy ball and glowing star, left 55c and something else I forgot. Woohoo 50th cache!