Matthew's Prospect Kangaroo Island Council, South Australia, Australia
By alex on 28-Dec-03. Waypoint GCHDAW

That's five DNF in a row so unfortunately I have to conclude that it is no more. I'm not in a position to replace it so I will close it down and free up the site for someone else. Thanks to all who have visited and supported this cache over the years.

Not here?

We climbed to the top and had a lovely view but could not find the cache.

What a great new staircase and lookout. I found this cache some years ago. A look for it today with friends confirmed it is not there. Well possibly. Lots of garden work. I believe nearly $1M for this. $750k from SA gov $200 from local council. Wow. Pic. Thanks alex and clear skies from TeamAstro. Cache the planet! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

No luck here today

No luck today.. we really came for the trig

Docked at Penneshaw close to 7 a.m.
Collected car and wife and headed off to Kingscote.
Julie noticed this hill climb so we took to it.
Reached the top, both knees ankles are in pain.
Now going down.

TFTC Jeffjulie

Wet cold and a long way up but arms aren't long enough. New knee wont let me scale fence. Tftc

Had a good look no luck

Apparently I found this one about 20 years ago. I couldn't find it today though but I went for the view anyway.

Climbed all 400+ steps on a rainy morning. Good thing I had the place to myself. While I could see the cache, I couldn’t reach it. Had to hop over and clamber back. Not a pretty picture for at 69 with a bum leg. But, my name is in the log. Wasn’t going all that way for nothing. Thanks

A long arm avoids jumping fence. Big enough to see from stairs.

WOW! That was a climb but what an awesome reward! I could see the hide under foot but this 69 y/o grandma just couldn't jump the fence. And I wouldn't want to tromp around on the sensitive sand. I'll send a photo to the CO as proof of my find if you'd like

The hiding spot wasn't obvious, so it required jumping over the guard rail. Soon in hand.

TFTC

Perhaps the cache owner could write in the cache description, that with long arms, the cache can be grabbed without jumping onto the sand.

This may minimise the number of people hunting through the bushes and sand around GZ.

Added note: 121 years ago to the date, Matthew Flinders climbed this hill!

Great views and TFTC

Thanks for a nice cashe! (Czech republic)

Well worth the climb for fantastic views oh and a cache. SL TFTC

After approx 400 stairs, found. SL. TFTC.

Had a guessing for a minute. Had to wait for others to leave. What an amazing view.
Great condition, lots of swaps

Great condition look for amo box

Thank you for placing a cache in this fun spot!

Really good cache with an even better view. Tftc

What a climb! But the view was so worth it

What a climb!!! Tftc

The hardest we’ve had to work for a while, but oh what a reward! Amazing view. TFTC

Great old cache. Took a bit of searching though

We made the climb hoping the rain would hold off, by our count exactly 400 steps up! Once at the top, waited out one other tourist, before making the quick jump and grab. All is good with this cache, and the views were spectacular. Plus... the rain held. Yay! TFTC from Tennessee, USA

Made the climb but no luck. Spectacular views of the area.

Great view !
Worth the climb!
Tftf

Great location It took me a while to find the cache. I had to do the forbidden thing and jump over the guard rail.

Sick cache!

Fantastic views after an exhausting climb for an amazing geocache with little trinkets for the kids. Thanks for the hide. Favourite of ours.

Found it!! Couldn't retrieve without jumping the fence (not willing to do that tbh) and I tried to pull it, but my arm wasn't long enough... Aaaargh... Anyway TFTC, super nice views from the top!!!

Lovely view from on top of the world

Found it

great walk up and view. glad we looked under out feet

Found on our family holiday to KI. After quite a bit of huff and puff we were able to retrieve the cache with the very tips of our fingers. Great to see such an old cache still in action. TFTC Alex

Nothing better to do on a work trip but to find a cache! TFTC!!

Great views.

A large cache for little places to hide. Great views.
On a road trip from Perth to Canberra with a few side trips for LGAs. TFTC

TFTC. WOW What a hike365 ? steps. What a view. Totally worth it . Quick grab. Quick rail hop over and back.

Our gps was out by about 6m so after a little search we soon found. Great view!

Hi - we decided not to try. Seems from comments that you need to leave the fenced area, and Geo Hubby and I think this isn’t ok - 1. Too many muggles and 2. Delicate ecosystem. So nah - not for us.

Great view, worth the climb, found after a while. TFTC

We stayed in American River while on holidays.
It was warm but we found time to visit some of the caches in the area.
This was a great view from the top.
Took TB
TFTC

TFTC

Nice quick find with a beautiful sunset. Tftc

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location.
(HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Alex [^]

TFTC good find and got to educate some of the students I was with about geo cashing

Getting late in the day but enough time for just one more especially when its an Alex cache. Great location and a good workout. Caching with Wollaston and SeasonedBird. Fav point alloc

Great view and particularly appreciated and impressed that an AED was installed 3/4 of the way up. Very appropriate given the climb we thought. A fav point for the view. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC alex
Find #5678 at 18:38.

Found while caching with Wollaston and Liz&Bruce.

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out and maintaining hides and showing us your special part of the world

Log signed with group stamp

TFTC alex

Find # 3323

Day 2 of our KI getaway and now we’ll into our second week of holibobs. What a contrast to Flinders!
We drove from Penneshaw to American River via the western cape, enjoying lunch at False Cape winery, beach walks, stair climbing and glorious weather.
Great climb up here, glad not to need the defibrillator! Met some locals up top who told us about the new golf course plan to blight the view. TFTC Alex great to find a golden oldie!

Almost didn’t want to venture over but wasn’t too hard. Thanks & great view

Day 6 of our 6 night break on the Island. Our targets for the last full day were the Western area. What a challenge that was. Finally reaching the top the hide was not seen from the boardwalk so our only option was to scale the barrier. Fortunately there was no one around so care was taken not to cause any damage. There was no way we could retrieve the hide from above. Placed back as found. Thank you for the placement of the Matthew's Prospect cache alex find number 8485 on 14 September 2021 at 11:43 am

Nearly miss it, didn't have a lot of time. Worth the travel. I'm not sure we should be moving off the platform to retrieve caches. We need to be cautious. T FTC

After a week on the island, it was time to see it from the top. We arrived with others so extraction was tricky. Then an eagle graced us with a stunning airship. Some considerable time later, we dropped the token and investigated the contents.
Thanks for a well placed cache.

Tftc

Stunning location; well worth the climb. TFTC!

Found by The Boofs while on holiday TFTC . Great views from up here too.

Wow! This required some stealth but it was worth the view! TFTC!

Mr and Mrs Parrot took a trip overseas to Kangaroo island for the week.
We had a lovely time finding caches and interacting with the people selling produce and food to the public.
It fabulous to see the green starting to come back into the fire ravaged areas. We had hired a house in Kingscote and ventured out each day in a different direction to see the sights and what the island had t off.
We also picked up 60 odd caches along the way.
My thanks for the quick responses to the Geocaches and the virtual cache which we sorted out before logging.
It was good to be able to complete Wonders of the world and become an Ultimate Explorer during my stay.

I had gone out a few days earlier to find this one but with footprints at the listed GZ and no sign of a cache I figured it had been moved already.
Since by now I had been able to confirm that and knowing there is a de-fib machine halfway up the stairs if I needed kick starting again there seemed no excuse not to back up there.
Pity it was poring with rain.
Nothing like a challenge to start the day.

Thanks to Weredunn4 for relocating this to a more suitable location, if you feel the coordinates need fine tweaking please let me know. Happy caching!

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 50.625 E 137° 44.695

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 50.585 E 137° 44.710

Distance from original: 254.5 feet or 77.6 meters.

Cache relocated to a more suitable location.

Saw the note from the CO and as we were in the area, felt it would be good to assist in keeping this older cache alive, by relocating it to underneath the boardwalk.
Hiked up to the top of Prospect Hill, and then helped some tourists take a photo of their group and then patiently wait until they all left. Then retrieved the cache which was about 80m away, and relocated it. Tucked it away, then jumped back onto the boardwalk with only 30 seconds to spare before the next group of tourists arrived at the top
The new coords have been sent to the CO to amend this caches coords.
Have always enjoyed the views from this location - the wild coast to the south, and the lagoon system to the north. Fav point for this one!

I am requesting the next finder of this cache to remove it from its current location and if possible re-hide it in a more suitable spot on the top of the hill - under the boardwalk perhaps? Please send me the new coordinates so I can update the details on the cache listing. If there is no suitable hiding spot then please remove the cache and advise me and I will reluctantly close it down.

“Protect precious plants by only walking on paths." This was the message for this area. The cache is well now outside the area defined by a new set of steps and viewing platform. We decided to respect the ancient dunes and ecology in line with this request. It should be repositioned or archived.

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Logged using the Cachly app for iPhone.

Suggest this one be dealt with to respect the area. See some earlier logs. It should be possible to have a compliant cache at this spot.

After scrambling up 407 steps, we found a defib about 70-odd steps from the top (why there wasn't one further down, I have no idea!). When we reached the top we found ourselves on an enclosed platform. The surrounding signage made it clear that the area OFF the platform is for the native animals and is part of the preservation of K.I. Due to this, we did not leave the platform for fear of damaging the local environment and disturbing the local wildlife. We would advise the cache owner to re-consider the placement of the cache if the final location is within the surrounding landscape.

How great to get this oooolllddd cache! The stairs make this an easy climb up. It would have been a slog on the sand. Luckily we had the place to ourselves so it was no issue hopping the fence. Tftc and thanks for keeping it alive.

Found It!
Slowly I plodded my way up to the top. Quite a view once you get there! No one else up here today so I was able to quickly find the cache after admiring the views.
TFTC

Not sure what happened here, found an old saved log in c:geo mobile app... We'll just have to come back ??, remember the great views though!
TFTC & Cheers
Paul & Fabienne ????
22 January 2021 15:24

I wasn’t completely sure about Matthew’s prospects let alone mine if I attempted these stairs, so have left this one until near the end of my visit. Today I braved the stairs. Oh oh. Still more adventures to be had. I got to the cache ok but almost didn’t make it back to the stairs. This is what happens when you are short. I eventually made it back onto the platform with 30 seconds to spare before I was caught. TFTC

Beautiful views TFTC

Day 2 on the trip to KI and geocaching . Today was mainly around and between Kingscote and American River and a few other. This is a generic log and thank you to the CO for the placement of the cache. Thoroughly enjoyed the time locating them. TFTC

Caching around the America River area and finding lots of interesting places as well as a few caches. Thanks to the COs for placing them and enhance our enjoyment of caching. Happy hunting ...

Found on a five day break on and around the wonderful Kangaroo Island.
Thanks for the cache!

Found with cows with guns. Nice ammo tin.

Incredible views!!! Like others before me, sneaky jump over the fence and easily spotted!

Ummm had to time my naughty jump over the fence. Found without too much trouble.

TFTC Alex

This cache is now about 75 m from the newer (Sep 2019) stairs. We did not attempt to get off the gated area.

After some deliberation I decided to jump the fence. After all many others had walked that path in the past.. it was an easy find. Cache in good condition. #1700 for us! Tftc

Nomads travelling in their caravan around Australia. We have been on the road since July 2011 and discovered caching in August 2013. We travel with a bunch of travel bugs belonging to our sons and grand children. Where ever possible, we will maintain your cache as we travel.

We are here visiting, house and farm sitting for three months. There are only 86 caches on the island. This was our 18th, only 68 to go!

Still camped at American River,and today, Pennington Bay and surrounds was our target.

We climbed the steps here, what a task for a person with two bad knees, but I was determined to reach the top. When I honed in on GZ with my compass, I realized it was still some 80 metres away from the newly build lookout.

Reluctant to a) climb over the barrier and b) walk on the pristine sand dunes, we decided that we were not going to attempt this cache.

Cache Owner need to look at the logistics of this cache now that the new steps and lookout is open. To confirm our thoughts we saw a sign down on the dunes stating, "Protect precious plants by only walking on paths." This should form part of a geocacher's creed.

Personally I feel that this cache should be archived, but I leave the decision to the cache owner.

Thanks for taking me to this magnificent lookout Alex.

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Wahou !!! Monter un nombre de marches toutes neuves et incalculables ( plus de 400 marches comptées lors de notre descente), nous nous enfonçons dans le maquis et trouvons rapidement a belle bien dissimulée.
Cette cache nous complete l'année 2003 dans la matrice des caches trouvées par mois.
Nous favorisons et lui souhaitons longue vie.
Merci pour cette cache.
Bonjour de la France.
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Wow !!! Climb a number of new and incalculable steps (more than 400 steps counted during our descent), we plunge into the maquis and quickly find a beautiful well hidden. This cache completes the year 2003 in the matrix of caches found by month. We favor and wish him long life. Thank you for this cache. Hello from France.

So glad we can climb again! Great spot, TFTC!

Work continues …… access still not possible

The work of restoring the path has finally begun and should be finished by May. If you are really keen go the way the green girls went.

TFTC wonderful view

Still says site closed.

Found it

Still no access!
Maybe the CO should desactived temporary his cache...

Still closed

Track still closed

Due to the closer of the track, we came up the side/back way to this one as we had no clue is the stairs were safe.

The cache was in perfect condition at the time, thanks for the cache Alex and the nearly 12 month late reply.

Well I wasn't going to let a few signs put me off, I decided to investergate these caches as I was here over a year ago and it was closed then. So I decided to take the plunge. Well all the steps to the top are fine, a few are creaking but nothing is broken nor is it hanging off. Caches is in perfect condition safe and dry

Thanks for the cache Alex and thanks for bringing me to this awesome view just wow!!

Drove by Prospect Hill today. Track is still closed

Currently travelling past this cache every 3 weeks. Site is still closed, locals say no ETA on when the site will be re-opened. Will advise when anything new is known.