Start or Finish?? Parachilna, South Australia, Australia
By Ian Mac on 22-Apr-03. Waypoint GCG7PM

We both looked for this one a couple of times but couldnt find anything. Superb views after small climbs here.

Torch came in handy! Time for a cuppa TFTC.

Found the place. Thanks for the cache

No luck, new structure here now so not sure if has been moved in the renos

TFTC

Only looked for a couple mins but did not find

Have this one a good go but still unable to locate

Not here

Mr and I are staying at Wilpena. We stopped here on a little tour to have a look around. The coordinates were a little off and its no longer a container with a blue lid. Tanks for the hide

Found it! Couldnt locate it at first but a quick read of a few previous logs had us looking at the right structure. Quick find once we knew the area to look in. #420 TFTC!

Great spot and good activitie for kids

It was in the first place I looked tank

All packed up and shifting camp to Leigh Creek via Moralana Scenic drive to connect with the highway north, having walked about a third of the Heysen we couldnt resist the side track to see the finish line, cache was found after a short searchTFTC Mac & Missus

Travelling with richlink from Perth to Darwin up along the west coast and home again through the centre and the Nullarbor, picking up caches along the way. We headed off on a round trip from Hawker to Parachilna Gorge. The scenery was absolutely stunning, we also enjoyed the old railway line all the history along the way. Thanks for the cache Ian Mac.

Travelling with iluvtrekking up the WA coast to Darwin, down the Centre and now in the Flinders Ranges. We haven’t been further than Hawker on previous trips and are in awe of the stunning scenery. It’s not a regular but a mint tin so look carefully. Thanks Ian Mac

A great bit of organisation here. Thanks for bringing us here. I especially love the stile....climbed over many of these in England.

Found after a good look for a regular, accidentally stumbled upon the cache. Note for the next cachers: you are looking for a small
TFTC

Compass was leading me astray for a bit, took longer than it should have!

With half the team heading home via Maralinga and the AnneBeadell the other half remained in Geraldton to help out sick friends
I am travelling with Geoturtle37, micaparamedic and Papi4506 picking up any caches most of us do not have.
Because of road closure due to rain we had change our Woomera plans and head down this way, but still caching.

We were out this way to grab another cache nor too far away and then head back on our way south so this cache was both the start and finish for us, if we had walked on the trail
We looked around GZ for a few minutes before locating something that turned out to be the cache. a bit smaller than we were looking for.
We have now added our names to the log and returned every thing as it was before reading the information signs

Many thanks Ian Mac for showing us a beautiful part of the world

Working our way home from a tour at Maralinga with a group of cachers, mainly from South Australia. Now there is only Geoturtle37, Team Crackers, Micaparamedic and myself.We are having a great time, visiting new, remote locations and finding caches as we go.This isn't where we were expecting to be but very pleased we came out here. Great destination that we will certainly come back to. The cache was found once we altered our expectations re the size. Thanks for placing this cache and bringing us here.

Team Crackers, Micaparamedic, Papi4506 and I are heading back to Melbourne slowly. We are enjoying going to new places (for us anyway) and finding some caches as we go.We were loving the area and pleased to stop for another cache. We couldn't see anywhere for a cache of that size but kept looking and then "found it" rang out. We will come back when we have more time. There are more caches but the area is beautiful. Pleased to another old cache found.Great place for a cache, thank you.

TFTC. We are looking forward to getting to the end of the trail in a few years time

TFTC. Well the cache ain’t a clear plastic box with blue lid but hey it’s a great spot.

Thanks for making a trip through this beautiful part of the world that much more enjoyable. A quick find for us today.

TFTC a quick find along our journey. Much smaller then in description.

Quick find after our 12km hike along Parachilna Gorge at Angorachina. TFTC

We called in here on our way past and after a bit if searching located thd cache.
TFTC

With geodog Tonka on a perfect caching weather day
Out doing my 2 favourite things Driving and caching
In the flinders
Found nice and quickly on a gorgeous morning stroll
TFTC

Took a bit of searching as I was looking for some thing bigger. Nice location. Tftc

Lovely spot to stay or finish! TFTC

Had a really good look around maybe next time

TfTC

Found while camping in the spectacular Parachilna Gorge. I haven't been here in a while and was reminded this weekend how beautiful this area is. Thanks for the Cache

A bit of scrambling but got it signed. Cache OK

1 July 2022 14:57. Found with Hearse068 while camping with camping buddies on our Flinders Ranges school holidays trip. Thanks Ian Mac for the cache.

It’s 18 years since I came through here, pre Geocaching days. Nice to come back.
STL TFTC

Found it. Was looking for an entirely different cache but found it.

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

Found with Dozenmater,,TFTC

After camping the night in Parachilna Gorge we were heading to do the Blinman Pool walk. It was only after stopping here that I realised why the cache was aptly named. Maybe I will get to walk some of the Heysen Track over the next few years
Cache was quickly found then we read the information boards, well worth the stop.
TFTC

Took a while as we were looking for a ‘regular’ sized hiding spot! TFTC

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Wow so many old caches up here in the Flinders! Great to finally visit the start or end of the Heysen we are going to the other start or end on Sunday.
TFTC and for keeping this oldie alive

Travelling through to Blinman. TFTC

Quick find even the size is micro not a regular.

Beautiful location. Now looking for a relaxing site to camp.

Good hide!! Beautiful scenery!!

Decided to do a little geocaching on our holiday in the Flinders and surrounds. TFTC

Took some time off work to venture into the Flinders Ranges with (VENOM), we're camping nearby at Wilpena Pound and exploring the area. TFTC

Tftc, nice sunny day, cheers

Found it exploring flinders

We enjoyed the drive today with ilook4geo, through the Flinders Ranges with all its rugged mountains and different rock formations. This was an easy cache to find. Log was signed with both names before being put back as it had been found. Thanks go to Ian Mac for placing this cache.

Spent a very pleasant day in the Flinders Ranges with goingplaces2 and this was one of the caches we either found or completed. Learned some interesting things and enjoyed the ones that we were able to find for a smiley. TFTC.

Starting an 18km trek on the Heysen Trail and couldn't resist doing this cache. Nice easy find.

Found while exploring the area.
TFTC

Thanks it was really fun for me and my friend

Found with Mosaikmum and Agelessone while on our holiday trip through Queensland, central Australia, Flinders Ranges and Broken Hill TFTC

Would love to walk some of the Heysen Trail some time. Found with agelessone and vk2rg while exploring the Flinders Ranges. Signed log. TFTC!

Returning to Hawker after the excellent Blinman underground mine tour. Time for a cache or two. Nice to see where the Heysen trail starts/ends. Quick find. Container has morphed into an eclipse tin. Tftc

A nice quick find as we made our way through the gorge. Nice place to stop for a picnic lunch. Thanks for the hide.

Hot day nice place safe to say we won’t be doing the long hike TFTC

Great little cache. Thanks

TFTC

No luck today

A final look, get a drink.

Found during my Flinders Ranges 2020 trip. Thanks for the cache!

Grabbed while the others in the area weren't looking.

A quick find on our way through to the highway. To be clear for future visitors, this is a micro not a regular as listed. Thanks for the hide.

on our way to blinman in the rain. Enjoyed the scenary so much. thankyou for bringing us here.

All good TNLNSL TFTC

TNLNSL

Camped at Parachilna Gorge for a few days during school hols and boy was it a popular place! Found this on 30/9 with family & friends on the start of our walk along the trail, but forgot to log it until 3 wks later Container is not the same as in the description, but still a good find and in good condition. TFTC.

TFTC

Great spot, beautiful views

Found with earthlight
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After a day of caching around the area,The X-Trailers and I decided this area has become too civillised since we were last here over 25 yrs ago.
Enjoyed locating the cache.
TFTC

It was really hard but we found it in the end
I love how difficult it was

Quick find as we passed through to camp. Tftc

Good idea

TFTC!

Stopped to grab this one on our way from Blinman to Parachilna. TFTC

Found with GoShaz going to camp here

Found with Traceywithaneee. I’d love to hike this but I’m a bit old for it now.

Found while driving a loop through Glass Gorge and back to Blinman. A quick find. Nor a regular anymore! TFTC Ian Mac!

Found with Jac-Jam while travelling north trough the Flinders ranges. another quick find while driving through to blinman. TFTC.

Weve visited the southern end of the Heysen trail many times, so it was good to see the northern end after many years of walking parts of the trail.
Hunted around for a minute before spotting the cache tucked away out of sight. Log signed.

Great to see the northern end of the trail after walking quite a bit of the very southern end. Cache spotted and log signed.

Found while on a short break tftc

During our first camping trip after the lock down had eased. Easy find.

As our campervan would get through these gravel roads here, we hired a 4WD to make theses scenic drives in the Flinders Range.

A short rest after travelling quite a time on a gravel road. The cache could be located quickly and off we went again...

Regards from Switzerland.

We were interested in seeing where the Heysen Trail finishes (or starts!) as we have been involved in building the Lavender Trail - also the brainchild of Terry Lavender who designed the Heysen Trail. He had a vision for a walking trail on the eastern side of the Mt Lofty Ranges, but sadly before it could be realised he passed away. So a dedicated band of volunteers ran with his idea and the Lavender Trail is now complete - starts (or finishes!) at Murray Bridge and ends (or starts!) at Clare. Found the cache co-ordinates a little out, might be helpful to include a hint. Thanks for placing a cache here.

Nice quick cache to pick up on our travels around the area.

TFTC TNLN

Still heading westwards to the Outback Hwy from Blinman so when this cache appeared on our "radar" we decided to have another short break from the gorge road to search for this cache. I guess this location if either the start or finish of the hiking trail that traverses most of the Flinders Ranges where the other end is near Saltia not far from Port Augusta. *Some trail!* - From here via the Mawson Trail through the South Flinders Ranges, then joining with the Trezona, Yanyanna & Wilcolo Tks before becoming the Heysen Trail at Wilpena for the lengthy leg to Saltia. You would want to know where your water points are along the way, that's for sure!
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Spending some time in Leigh Creek area. Whilst touring around catch up on a couple of smiley faces.

Mac & Missus TFTC

Found after a lot longer than it should have - where I first looked, but I was expecting a larger, different coloured object. Hoping to come again on foot sometime soon. TFTC.

Number 100 and at the end of 53 days doing the Heysen!! Champagne time at the Prairie!

Came to see Csaba! complete the Heysen Trail for the second time in 9 years. Well Done Dad! Tra La Laaa

Came to see Dad finish the Heysen Trail again. Great work. Turtle Out

Been here before and now a second time via the Heysen Trail.

This one took us a fair bit of searching, for such an easy hide. Don’t you hate that??? Thanks for placing the cache Ian Mac.