BRRR! Barrington, New South Wales, Australia
By Team yota on 06-Aug-05. Waypoint GCQ17G

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Ministro - Matt

Team Yota

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tiddalik
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An amazing drive up to the look out not much to see as there was too much cloud. However without much hope after many DNFs we looked anyway with no luck. Caution for the position ivy geoson doyens unhappily

Geocache may need to be checked by owner as it has not been able to be found since 2018

Dnf

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Well the drive was well worth the effort, for the views went on for ever...Top spot could see Liddell Power Stations (Not from GZ but a little to the north at little lookout )
At GZ this area was fairly well searched with a disappointing result near the old trig. Oh!Well that's caching! Thanks Team yota.

Trampled trough area for ages. Followed hint and gps to the spot where it said it should be. Found lots of good hiding spots but no cache. Great place for snakes

Saw a snake. ended up finding after much consideration. TFTC

Once again another spot I never knew existed. Put me on edge a bit when starting the search and ended up a few metres away from a slithery friend sunning itself. Thanks for bringing me here and TFTC

Found while I was staying at the Upper Allyn over the weekend. Bumpy drive but on arrival it was a magnificent view and worth it
TFTC.

Found during an off-roading/camping trip with my Service Dog after a few false starts into the scrub, I found a much more accessible path to GZ and voila! All three TBs are present, I took two to continue their journey and left one for someone else TFTC

Found it. Up in the clouds so no view today

With Hoojar. Great mist forest but no view to be seen. TFTC

found it still foggy, still no view

Well, this is (was) my oldest still active DNF. 11 years ago (tomorrow) I came here during my first week of geocaching, hoping for my very first FTF. I came up empty handed, not even getting to see the view due to rain and fog.

11 years later and I am back again, still raining, still foggy, still no view... but the cache was very easily found.

I was with a large group of friends on a camping trip. They all know that I am a caching addict, so many conversations were had about my cache blindness. Let's just blame the fact that I was very much a novice!

Thanks for the cache, and for the ability to knock it off of my DNF list all of these years later!

Cheers

An adventure into the Barringtons and surrounds with the entire family today. We had lunch at the picnic area near Lagoon Pinch and then went for a swim at Ladies Wells. Brrr indeed!

We took the 2wd accessible road all the way to the top. Only one point where a 2wd would struggle - there's a rut around a fallen tree about 2.5km drive from the cache. Lee must have gone the much harder way before me

I scored a free rash near GZ from some stinging nettle - ouch! Quick find thanks to Lee's log, and the reduced cover! Cache and log in good condition. This was cache #2250 for me. TNLN TFTC

What a day.... a 'venture drive as put by young Oliver, 3.....

We set off for Brrr today, for two purposes, a good day out and a forest drive, and a 'Head in the clouds' badge! Weren't our head in the clouds by the end!

As is usually the case, my 25k topo maps didn't actually extend far enough to show us the way, so had to depend on GC/Google maps, which sort of led us astray.... it seemed to show we needed to transit past Ally's cache on the way, so we set it as a WP and set off into the bush, but when it got further and further away, we turned back, then eventually found ourselves looking at a decidely overgrown track that I wouldn't try with a 70's landcruiser whose duco I cared nought about....

Asking advice from a couple of campers didn't really help, and we found ourselves up a very steep hill, and quite ready to call it quits. Given we still had a lot of spare daylight, and the weather was holding, I pulled out the Garmin (should have done as step #1), and saw quite clearly the initial road we were on was right.... so off we backtracked.

Once we were on the right road (maybe the odd sign would have helped?) we climbed Mt Allyn with no problem, and found the carpark and GZ with no problem. The road up is a pretty rough surface gravel track, would be fine for 2wd (maybe an old 2wd!).

I couldn't make the hint make (as I had remembered it wrong!) sense, even though we couldn't see the powerstation I knew it was to the southwest, and the cache was nowhere to be seen.... After 10 minutes searching I was starting to contemplate this might be a DNF, after a 6 hour trip and 3 wrong turns.... We sat and waited for the Garmin to get sorted, then widened the search around the concrete trig (?), to my relief spotting the cache in behind some rocks, the buildup of leaf around her proves she isn't found often, such a shame for this awesome spot.....

If you are in a complete whiteout (as we were), the power-station would normally be found to the SW of the Mt Allyn Lookout....

Cache contents slightly damp, but in pretty good condition, thanks to the great container.... we left an aluminium whistle, and took nothing (we did not leave the tampon!)

Thanks for a great cache, and an even better day out with my two sons.....

We had a nice drive up to the National Park, we did a scary water crossing on a causeway on the way. Dad was about ready to bail out after two wrong turns, then my brother got very scared at the cache! We had a very fun time doing this cache, thanks very much....

Today we spent the day heading up towards the barrington with chippyroo.

We found this cache for a qualification for a challenge cache closer to home. awesome views up here. TFTC

#4233

TeamSenz and ourselves decided to go for a drive and grab some caches. We are trying to get some higher altitude caches for a challange cache in the watagans, and this one was on the list.

It was a pleasent drive winding our way up the mountain to a location with awesome views. Aaron and Mr C left the girls in the car and went for the short walk to the top of the hill found the cache.

TFTC Team Yota

Find #1547 - 3 for today. Found on 2/01/2015 3:56 pm
Looked in the wrong spot for quite some time. After letting the GPSR settle down, eventually found the cache. Great views. Thanks. TNSLLN

Lovely spot. Found with geo-kids TFTC

Gorgeous view. Nice find

found it

Awesome views from this place. definately brrrrrring a jumper. Even on a nice day this place was cold. Found with Billdary and the geokids. TFTC

Nice walk to the top and the brrrrr was there today. Great views with geokids and chainsnore
TFTF
BillDary

Wow, what a ride. Glad I wasn't driving! Talk about slip sliding away! And it hadn't even rained yet.
Cookie was 'packing it', but it seems it was just a branch caught up under the car, and not the gearbox (this time). Quite cool up there, and it took us about half an hour (in the dark) to find the LOVELY ammo tin.
Left a bird whistle that I found close to the cache.
Hedge Hopper and Lost Keys TBs, and Converse County geocoin through
TFTC Team Yota

Beautiful view. Quite a nice drive but need to go via Patterson Forest Rd as a few of the other marked tracks/roads are closed. Tried to find a track to Mt Royal area but was unsuccessful.

TFTC

Was running to get to this one from the carpark as the GPS was beeping at me and was just about to cut out (loss of battery) whyen we reached to GZ. Was a little hard to find and was mistaken for a rock a couple of times with all the rust that has grown on container. TFTC

good spot,great drive.tftc

Nice Sunny day, although could not see power stations due to low cloud over near Muswellbrook way. Was pleasant 12 degs C. Had to hunt around a bit to find cache. Few leeches around.

Found in conjuction with Pipes_Down_Under, we stumbled around making as much noise as possable after being warned by a passerby of a snake in the imediate area. We had almost had give up then there it was.Pick up travel bug.TFTF

Kembla and I made this find much harder than it really was.
We tentatively felt our way around the concrete structure per Kembla's log warning of a snake in the area only to find that the cache was not that far into the bushes.
Kembla grabbed the TB to be placed in a new place.
Nice views and not so cold.
TFTC

this was cold up here we couldnt see the powerstation throu the fog but found the cache TFTH left TB

We drove up to this lookout at the evening of our camping in Chichester State Forest. We searched everywhere we thought would be a possible hideout according to the clues and previous logs, but to no avail.

Enjoyed a nice drive up the hill with the HAVOC crew to this cache. Big Matt was quite impressed at how well the 2WDs were doing until we told him they were 4WDs and it was only him with the trailer in tow that was struggling. The views at the top were quite spectacular despite the clouds below and I *recommend* this cache to anyone.

Thanks.

Found this whilst attending the HAVOC at Barrington Event. After camping at Frying Pan in the Chichester State Forest we broke cam and headed to the Upper Allyn.

After finding Ally's cache we headed up to this cache. The weather was not great and the roads we but with a convoy of 4WD's we headed upwards.

In the lower sections of the climb it was pouring with rain. However we continued the climb and eventually got above the clouds and out of the rain.

In the final stage of the road there was a small landslide that had been cleared thankfully as it would have been quite a feat reversing four vehicle back down the road. It appears to be a regular occurrence as there is a permanent sign on the gate.

At the top of the mountain the weather was very pleasant. No rain and when the sun came out it was quite warm. Easy to see that in winter it would be covered in snow. The GPS told me that we were at 1125m above sea level. Easily the highest cache I have ever found. Unfortunately all the valleys were shrouded in cloud cover reducing what would have been a magnificent view.

Thanks Team Yota.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Operation: HAVOC in Barrington Tops

Cache Hunter: Zalgariath of Sydney
ICD^ Location Number: 051210#6/9
Mission Status: SUCCESS #1435
Hunt Time: Approach 5mins – GZ 5mins
Muggle Factor: 0 (Nil)
GAFF^^: 5 (Pprass grabbed it!)
Swaps: Nil
TB Visited: Jumbuck Finger
Cache Status: Good Condition

Report: A big group of HAVOC Cachers on the Camping event made the grab today. Lucky Id left my 2WD ute behind as even the Fourby's had to take it slow in some patches on the way up from Ally's Cache. We punched through the rain clouds but unfortunately at the top the mist obscured what Im sure would be an amazing view! Still, while a few of argued over if the concrete thing nearby was a Trig or Not... (it was Not ) Pprass made the find and handed the impressive can around. I left my swaps in the car unfortunately but wished I could have left something behind in this cool cache. Great effort... not Brrr at all today, but was sad to miss the view

“ZAL” Medals Awarded to Team Yota: “!!!!$$#****”
GZ Area – (!)x4) (Great Location)
Sneakiness – ($)x2 (Camo’d)
Great Container – (#)
Overall – (*)x4 (Top Cache)

^Improvised Caching Device, ^^Geocaching Assistance Find Factor

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found at 11.30am GAFF1 in the company of the Barrington Tops event crowd. A lovely drive going up over a thousand metres through rain forest and low cloud. Heavy rain at times, but it was warm and the crowd was in good spirits and so the time taken to get there was hardly noticeable. We tried a more direct approach from Ally's Cache to start with, but it turned out to be a dead end, so we went the more traditional long way.
A quick find and then it was back to lower grounds for the last cache of the 3.
Thanks Team yota.

Our 4654th overall find.

What a drive this one turned out to be. We took a bit to find the right track but the track just seems to keep climbing and climbing and a bit more for good measure! I got a bit nervous on the last stages but we got up to the car park and then all of us were out heading up to the GZ. pprass made the find in the end and we would have loved the view if it wasn't for the clouds!

Thanks to Team Yota for the cache. *Overall Experience: 4* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating

TNLNSL

Rated: for Overall Experience

good views, easy to find

found is one over the Easter long weekend on our camping trip. Excellent spot shame it was raining though so view wasnt the best.

Found cache in good condition. Thanks

I found this cache on a long weekend caching and camping spree. Took a while to find the right road up to the lookout. But then a short walk from the car park to GZ. Took a while to find the cache but finally found it. A cool container. No muggles. No view. Very foggy. On the way out we got a flat tyre which was hard to change.
TNLNSL.
TFTC. A lovely area.

1635 Knocking off the last of the 'Barrington caches' that come up as not done when I do searches in the Manning Valley. NO view today. (Ended up with a flat tyre on the way down to Allyn River)
Left:
Brought through: Mushoo TB; Baa, Oink, and CooCoo coins, and B2B ingot.
Picked up a few bottles (CITO) while looking for the cache.

Our last one for the weekend and what a great one it was. Magnificent views, great location. Thanks for leading us here.

Took the family on a beautiful day with a great view up and down the valley. It took ten or so minutes to find the cache to which we added a couple of Mcdonalds toys and added to the log.

Traveled up from Gunyah Hut in heavy rain and cloud. Had to dodge a few fallen rocks on the road as well. Just as well I've seen the view before.

No swaps. TFTC

1 of 2 found today. Have been eyeing this one off for a very long time and decided to bring some first timers along for the ride. Spent a good 20 minutes looking for the bugger but got there eventually. Had to bail out really quick after logging due to incoming storm and stomach grumbles for lunch.

T: Compass Carabeena
L: WhizKidz Signature Item - Pirelli Tyre depth gauge.

Thanks for bringing us to this awesome little spot.

Found the cache while in the area for a search exercise with Polic Rescue Squad, VRA, RFS, SES. Initially TNLN but had to pick up a patch for one of the little buds who is crazy about emergency sevices, so deposited a new key chain compass/thermometer for a swap on the Sunday.

Was not cold there on the weekend, very nice weather in fact.

...the target of the search VH-MDX, a Cessna lost 20 years ago, was once again not found.

Thanks for the cache!

I have been up here several times previously, as recently as around 3 months ago, but never knew there was a geocache here! Co-ords were spot on for me. Interestingly you can see roughly where I put my most recent cache on Mt Royal from here, although it was 11.1km distant. Surprised that so few have logged this cache. TNLNSL. TFTH.

[This entry was edited by SUBYDAZZ on Friday, October 06, 2006 at 6:04:16 PM.]

Rated: for Overall Experience

Even on a warm day like today it was a few degrees cooler up here. Quite chilly in fact. A clear day but I couldn't make out the Stockton sandhills as you can on some days.
Thanks for the views Team yota. TNLNSL
Cheers.

A day of firsts. 1st- 1st find, son’s first bush BBQ too. We walked up from the small BBQ area until the GPS said we were 20m from the cache only to be faced with a cliff. Then figured that there must be another way. Took some finding, but we got it. It would have a spectacular view if we weren’t in the middle of a cloud the whole day.

Grabbed the travel bug, left a bubble blower.

I was in the area on Sunday and had a poke around. I couldn't spot a thing! It was pouring rain and very foggy and so I even missed out on the view

Cheers,
W-L
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