Noodling Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia
By The Rats on 22-Dec-03. Waypoint GCHCD2

Visiting Coober and really enjoying the uniqueness of the location. We made a find here and on request from the owner we have removed this one as he intends to archive it. Thanks Rats for the find.

This cache is almost 20 years old and has well n truly served its purpose of highlighting Coober Pedy. It’s time to put this one to bed.
Thanks to Winglen for grabbing the cache as they passed through town

Don’t slip up!!

We went noodling and slipping and sliding a bit too TFTH

Sir_spectre and I went on a long overdue holiday to the Northern Territory. We had some great experiences and saw some amazing natural wonders. Not all went to plan - covid closures, flood effected roads, renovations, hot weather, some car troubles and not forgetting the huge jump in fuel costs
Any caches that needed repairs were fixed and numeous logs were replaced or added too.
Thanks to The Rats from mogni

2003 cache. always good to get a old one. quick find. No time for noodling today.

Mogni and myself went to the Northern Territory for a 10 day holiday. We drove 5478 km's in those 10 days. The plan was to go up the Sturt highway and then go via Ayers Rock, King's Canyon and then through to Alice Springs stopping at the gorges/chasm/gaps along the way. As you can expect nothing goes to plan. Day 1 Adelaide to Cooper Pedy, made it just before the Roxby Downs turn off and blow the side wall on the tire of the 4x4, 193 km detour just to get a tire and even then it was the second tire place that had the tire the correct size. We had camels come in to the campsite in Erldunda Roadhouse, they even left hoof prints 1/2 a foot from the tent, at King's Canyon we had dingo's come through the camp ground both nights we where there and at Alice springs we had a mouse move in under the tent in their campground. Some of the aboriginal towns we passed where in lock down because of covid 19 so no going in to get fuel there, that changed some plans. The floods where way worse up in Northern Territory than i realized. Some creeks/rivers i could see the debris over 2 meters from the river bed and down one 4x4 track it washed the road away completely, the hole was 3/4 the length of the 4x4 and over 6 foot deep. The temp was 33 to 36 for 9 of the 10 days and finally cooled down for the drive home. We got 7 different caches types in the N.T. plus every different cache size. It was a good trip but not the one we planned. To many of the roads in the N.T. where damaged and not repaired ( still closed ) so that cancelled plan A but that's just a excuse to come back isn't it. Come back and see what you missed last time when the roads are fixed. We came with 19 regular " geocaching size " containers and a milk crate of small containers by day 7 all the regulars where used as replaced caches and by day 8 the smalls where gone. It was the UV rays a lot more than the floods that killed the caches and almost all the log books where saved, the micro containers seemed to have constantly full log sheets so they where replaced too.

Thanks for the good time

TFTC on a hot day in Coober Pedy!

TFTC nice find!

Tftc. Nice quick find on a 43 degree day.

Found on an expedition from Alice Springs to Adelaide! TFTC!

Easy find
What a fascinating play Cooper Pedy is

Left Cunnamulla after QOGM 2021 heading to Sth Australia, stopped in Mount Isa for a little spell and to catch up with new friends drrnrchr and attack all the caches here. Then WA then back to Cairns June 2022. 23 October 2021 12:38 pm Tyfc The Rats total caches now 2916 replaced container.

Thanks

Found at 12:19. I had been working in the area this week, and fortuitously had an unscheduled free day. A muggle colleague Chris joined me for the morning find all but one of the local caches.

The cache container is a little worse for wear but the log book is fine

Second cache for Coober Pedy! Travelling with mum and she’s a converted geocacher now

Nice quick find while visiting Coober pedy on our outback adventure ! SLTFTC

Tftc. Found with a turtle on a windy day

Great Cache, TFTC, Found with BunSpotter

Quick find on a drive around town

TFTC

A quick find on our way to dinner from our underground motel. Decided not to try noodling - where do you start?!

I am too impatient for noodling. I want to find a nice big stone in the first five minutes. The problem is I find plenty of stones but they are not opal. I did find this cache though.

We came to Coober Pedy again with ilook4geo and wanted to find a few more caches while we were here. This was an easy cache to find and the log was soon signed with two more names. Thanks go to The Rats for placing this cache but the container is not in good conditon any more.

Came along here with goingplaces2 to make a quick and easy find. Log signed, all replaced, job done! TFTC.

No time for noodling, just the cache, thanks. This one is not aging gracefully!

Fun find in the sunshine!

Quick last find before heading home tomorrow, thanks

Great spot. TFTC

Tftc

Kids are having a great time noodling and this was an easy find, thankfully not many rocks around this area... lol... faces house and mine is definitely worth the tour. TFTC

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 3389#

Found on: 18 May 2021 17:17

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Did the mine send Faye's house tour before finding this cache. The container is broken as per my log picture.

**TFTC for the Regular Traditional Cache The Rats TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 3389#
Found on: 18 May 2021 17:17
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Did the mine send Faye's house tour before finding this cache. The container is broken as per my log picture.
**TFTC for the Regular Traditional Cache The Rats TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

TFTC! Found some gypsum too

The cache was found after a morning of total frustration with internet problems. The lid is broken but I’ve hid it back as it was tftc

Cute find in sensational Coober Pedy. On my way to Darwin.... staying here 1 night. TFTC

Thanks for the cache. Grabbed the traceable gem.

Easy find in the morning.
The Lid is broken.
TFTC

Cool location!

Went to faye’s place this morning then back into town. Had no idea this one was right next door

Dropped by for a noodle with Purrfect Di and Jack.

Left a trackable that wants to be around precious rocks for a big adventure,
and Di left a SA Rocks geocaching painted stone from postcode 5041 too.

Safe travels to both!

Off for a northern tour with Purrfect Di and Jack...
somehow we ended up at your cache ! ! !

No fishing today - unless you count fishing the maxxtrax from the mud...
Had some noodles for lunch
Noodled a little but just found dirt... and your cache. A nice old one!

Today we had some fun. Got bogged on the way to a cache and being tourists, after much muddy maxxtraxing we managed to move on. All in all ok, as Di really enjoyed me unbogging the car LOL.

"A cache a day keeps the doctor away" - all part of my messy dodgy health care plan



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2020 won. it's not over yet!
- - search at a social distance wherever you can - -

Keep away from the nasty bugs ( except travel bugs of course )
- keep a distance from people as much as you can, they spread the nasty bugs! [:o)]
- go out and find or place some new caches in our regional areas where it's safer away from bugs!!

What a gorgeous little area thank you for taking me there and a nice easy find

Tftc!

Noodle-tacular!

Fun find with the geo kids on New Year’s Eve

Three weeks on the road for a family holiday to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock and Kings Canyon amongst other cool destinations had us traveling all over the place. We had a great time and the weather was extremely hot with bushfires that actually prevented us from going to some destinations.
We arrived late in the afternoon and stayed in Coober Pedy for one night as we headed to the NT. We explored the town and had some dinner before going to bed. In the morning we did some noodling before heading on our way.
Thanks for the cache.

We found opals! We found a cache! Lucky day! Thank youuu
No trade

Found during our visit to Coober Pedy looking around the town.
Thanks for the cache

Nice

Took a little searching, did a swap. Thanks!

Great spot for a geocache, used stealth so the muggles didn't see. Cache is beginning to crack and is quite brittle, may need some maintenance soon. TFTC!

Took the tour and came back later to avoid muggles!
TFTC
(container may soon need some maintenance, it's beginning to crack and break)

TFTC! Not easy to know which rock but we eventually got it. Great place Coober Pedy is!

Nice fine

Great town t.f.t.c

TFTC, exactly as description and hint said.

Tftc

Geoniece + geoboyf were very keen on trying noodling once they heard it was a thing. I spent most of my time taking photographs in the area, the light was very nice and this town is truly magnificent. Right as we were planning to head off for catching sunset back at our dugout I quickly checked the app (I honestly always forget to check until after we leave, a bad habit, this time I remembered!) and we went for a wander to this one. We went in the wrong direction for a little while, but got there in the end.

Photos are soilers.

TFTC!

While driving around exploring Coober Pedy we came up here to have a look, but decided we wouldn't go in. We went and found a cache instead.
Thanks for the cache The Rats.

Tftc

Lovely to have local chauffeur us around and we are giving directions!!!! Great to see this very unique town. We have have a great few days here and although not much open, due to COVID19 it was still fun. Thanks for the cache. We are travelling with TubbyBooBoo

Found it, thank you!

When I came into town, I honestly didn't know what noodling was or mullock heaps or Fossiking? I really was wondering where the catfish were?

After driving down the wrong roads to get here through town, I found where one could get his noodle on. I don't know if anyone finds any Opals out here and if they do, I wonder how long it takes to find a tiny bit of it?

Later, I came back and took a tour of Faye's house. They were closed for the season and working on repairs and maintenance outside, but the girl at the opal mine in town, called ahead and told them I was coming. They were already expecting me when I arrived. She said that if I paid the regular 10.00 admission, she would give me the tour and let me walk around and take pictures inside.

I stepped into the kitchen, which aside from the stone walls carved out of the rock, it was like any other Aussie kitchen, complete with the one piece stainless steel sink and dish drain I've seen in all the homes I've been in. Next was the dinning room that had seating for six. In the walls were carved cabinets and shelving, the ceiling was about eight feet tall and was just raw carved stone, but I think that and the walls had been painted at one time. The floors were flat and carpeted. It was a very commercial grade of carpet and probably hadn't been replaced in thirty years. To the right was the bed rooms. One then stepping down into the other. They were small but had room for the typical dressers and vanity and room to move around the bed. It was all decorated in a style your grandmother would have enjoyed.

A small hallway off the dinning room led past a wine cellar or closet and a wall of Aboriginal art and boomerangs. This then opened up into the living room. The living room was furnished with a small TV, sofa, chairs and a collection of movies. In the north country, we collect movies for long winter nights where we stay inside to keep warm. I assume it's similar here where you stay inside on hot days to stay cool. It reminded me of life up in the Adirondacks.

There was so much cool stuff to this place and the caretaker told me lots of great stories in my short visit there. I'm glad that they opened up the place to me and gave me the tour. Coober Pedy is a place I'll never forget.

Thanks for the find.

Found! This cache was found and logged on 3 February 2020 11:07. Thank you to The Rats for the creation and maintaining of this cache. The rest of this log will follow later, from home.

Two days in CP, doing the sightseeing, amateur opal hunting and a few caches as well.

Geoson Jnr was definitely happy noodling
TFTC

Auf unserer Australientour gesucht und gefunden

Danke sagen HunttheHunters and Missy

Hi

During our journey through Australia (from Darwin to Melbourne through the outback) I found this.
TFTC

Rather hard to find but we found it

●• Noodling•●
Le 3 décembre 2019


In Australia for 4 months
I travel by car , I am a backpacker with a friend. During my journey and hundreds of kilometers, I do geocaching. I thank a lot of the owners. Australia is beautiful
Un énorme MERCI à The Rats pour la pause et l'entretien de la cache ! Salutation de France

Easy find

Heading home from the 17th National Caravan Rally in Albany.
Taking a little detour up to Coober Pedy and Woomera.

Thank you

Unfortunately the house was closed! tftc

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was simply driving from Yulara (Uluru and Kata Tjuta NP) to Coober Pedy.

On the way we came to some interesting locations. Here we searched, found and logged this Tradi-Cache.

Weather was good in the morning and it should even get better during the day.

Thanks to 'The Rats' for showing us this location, for the fun we had with 'Noodling' and for the smiley. The search here and today didn't take too much time, fortunately.

Greetings from Germany and we hope to see you soon in the forest, prairie, desert or outback .

TFTC says H_M_A @ November 1, 2019 @ 18:19 o'clock @ [#13982](https://coord.info/GCHCD2)

On our way from Marla to Coober Pedy we stopped to find some trad. caches. We dont found opals but other fine stones.TFTC.

Something about the cache:
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Today we drove from Marla to Coober Pedy. We wanted to get to Coober Pedy in the early afternoon, but at lot of stops at all the caches along the way, did so we arrived a little bit late, but with a lot of found caches.
After check-in at the hotel, we drove to this cache to do a little noodling and to finish the nearby EC.
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Something about the day:
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From october 16 to november 6 2019, my wife (lp.dk) and I visited Australia for the first time.
After a flight of more than 20 hours, we landed in Darwin. After 2 nights in the city we continued in a rented car first towards Kakadu National Park and later towards Alice Springs.
In Alice Springs we were picked up in an off-road bus and went on a 3-day trip into the wilderness, with overnight stays in a tent close to Uluru.
Back in Alice Springs we drove all the way to Adelaide, from where we flew to Sydney, where we visited our son who has settled there.
After 5 days in the city, we flew back to Singapore, which we visited for 2 days before the final flight back to Copenhagen.
In total, the trip lasted just over 3 weeks.
On the trip we would like to find / visit as many Earth caches, Virtual and Webcams as possible, but also the other kinds of caches when possible.
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No trade.
Found together with lp.dk
Thanks to The Rats for this cache.
Found the 28-10-2019, as cache number: 12027.

Greetings from Denmark.

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Found after some noodling, fun but not successful this time

On a road trip with CBC2 from Adelaide to Coober pedy via Oodnadatta track returning to Adelaide via the black top. Found many caches along the way some oh so easy and some more challenging. Thanks to all the CO s for their hides. Some took us to some wonderful places. SL TFTC

What a great spot to visit. This ended up being a fairly easy find.

Thanks so much for placing this geocache for our enjoyment.

I was the one who ran over and grabbed it, then my name was put into the log also, and I put it back being careful to cover it with rocks again.

Thank you

Found the cache log says there’s a trackable, although I found none in cache great little spot TFTC

Whilst visiting Faye's Underground Home and Opal mine, we also made a quick cache find here. It is so nice finding such an old cache.

Faye's house was fascinating - 3 women hand dug this elaborate home with picks and shovels!

Thanks so much The Rats for placing this cache.

Only 40 degrees!!

Interesting place. Found cache on ground. Cleaned it up and put it under a pile of geo rocks at the GZ. Dropped TB. SL, TFTC.

Quick find in CP today. TFTC

My gps took my on a bit of a journey but found it in the end. The contents of the container were dry but might not stay that way as the lid has a big crack in it. TFTC

Found it!

TFTC
Out here in Coober Pedy for a couple days and decided to go noodling then realised there was a cache right there!

We found it very quickly. Thank you for this Cache at a very nice Place.

We stayed one day in Coober Pedy and surrounding area. The fays underground really was worth to see, especially the effort that was put into it. Also we did a tour through an actual opal mine, havent had any luck to find opal by ourselves. Found this one after having a look at the wrong side first.
TFTC, Jassi

Found

Had to lift rock! Haha

Unusual country but fascinating thanks we are from WA

Touring from Tasmania and staying nearby at the caravan park. Came out to try our luck at noodling. Did find some little slithers of potch, and I’m excited with that. Looked a little further and found this cache. Tftc

Yay. Found it. I did find myself accidently on private property for first attempt. So sorry

I found this with my family on a big trip to the Red Centre. My dad got the answers for me. TFTC.

I found this with my family on a big trip to the Red Centre. TFTC.

We had some time this morning before leaving, so we wandered around town seeing the sights & collecting smileys. This was a quick find amongst the piles, which the geoson loved climbing. TFTC. TB collected.

Roadtrip in Australia
Tftc

I found this with my family on a big trip to the Red Centre. TFTC.