Grotto's Motto Rocky Point, New South Wales, Australia
By Crowmage on 07-Aug-05. Waypoint GCQ20P

Can't see myself getting back anytime soon so if someone else would like to replace this cache, please go ahead and do so.

Please fix it, it was a great spot. Or archive it so someone else can place one there.

Unfortunately this cache appears to have been muggled. I'll try to get down there and replace it with similar. Has been a very popular spot for a cache.

definitely muggled. Hows about we get this cache disabled for now.
Still had a good walk in and came across a bearded dragon having a staring comp with a blue tongue.

I took my son, great walk. I think I found where it should be, there was a rock missing but looked empty.

On our holiday to Australia we yomped the Spit Bridge to Manly walkway, a favourite walk that we have done before. This being our first time caching in Australia, included this one. Unfortunately, not reading the logs before we left, we didn'y find, but a great spot to stop and have lunch.

The wall does look as if it has had some maintainence carried out on it so maybe this was the time the cache went missing?

Thank you for bringing us to this area, and yes we did complete the walk to Manly and yes it still remains one of our favourites.

This cache _may_ have been pilfered... I went looking for it today, and although I didn't have the hint, I'm pretty sure I was looking in the right place. There were two small stones that had been removed from the wall, and a little pencil sharpener lying on the ground near them. I'll upload a photo to show where I was looking.

Thanks anyway for the cache - it finally motivated me to do the SMW!

I think the cache may have been pilfered. Will try again next time I do the SMW track.

I did take a little silver pencil sharpener that was on the ground in front of where I think the cache SHOULD be.

On the other hand, I met this really cool echidna halfway down the Grotto Pt track!


TFTC anyway...

Fantastic day for the Spit to Manly walk. Perfect winter weather.Took glow stick and dropped off Travelling Bilbo TB.
Great spot. Thanks for the cache.

Found easily under the cover of darkness. fairly hard walk even from tanya park and a brilliant hiding place.the hint gave a great help on our look and find

Nice easy find and what a fantastic spot. I see the lighthouse every day on my commute on the Manly Ferry, but never really expected to get up close like today. Great cache, in great shape - although the log book is almost full.

Took parkmoy's Irish geocoin and trinkets for the kids, and left some trinkets for some other kids.

TFTC

Nice view and like the hike. If there was a pub near here this would be my last cache of the day but it's on to Manly.
TN Left US coin. TFTC.

We like this spot too....but our 60 yr old dogs were getting a bit tired from our hike from Spit Junction...and we still have to get to Manly for the ferry back to the City.....#5 of 6 for me and #6 of 8 for Hawkeye747....Keep on truk'in...TFTC!!

Nice walk down to a place close enough to where we live but have never been to. Thanks for getting us out there! Took Kelly's Zebra

This was my first find and I'm taking TB (land rover) to US tomorrow. I only hope that it won't be my last.

SNAP! I was standing right on top of it!

Needed a walk today and decided to finally tick this off. Great location. Dropped TB2 is Go and Ireland 2007 Geocoin. Took TB Jessica's Giraffe and and TB The Cape escape.

Great Spot do do242

One of our memorable cache locations on our last visit to Sydney.Got my brother to drop off TB's here after his visit to Cape Town. This is the start our first owner TB's for our two girls. Thanks for the location.
Bushpigs - Cape Town SA

Nice walk on a perfect day. Easy find too! We had only just find the cache hidden at the lighthouse's partner.

Cheers.

This continued our lighthouse stop as the previous cache was the other one across the water that lines up things for the heads- or at least I think so. Nice pleasant walk.

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Fairly easy find, although there were some people nearby and we had to be secretive. TFTC.

#125. Second find on a return walk from Manly Wharf to The Spit with cousins Sune and Jane. had a quick look then decoded clue (didn't want to keep the girls hanging around). Cluse gives very good directions; a quick find after the decode. Left Land Rover TB.

Found it at about 16:30. The first cache during our Manly walk. A very nice spot. TFTC.
Greetings from the Netherlands.
Out: TB and clip radio.

Found this cache today on a great walk along the coast.
TFTC twinky...

Found @ 1350, YAY Fisrt to Find for 2008. Awesome Area have stopped at every little look out and rocky outcrop, walked and scrambled down to the waters edge dispite the bad weather to date, and WOW for it ALL Beautiful Spot..
Easy Find
TFTC TNLN

First for the day and a nice easy one apart from the cache guardian sitting about 2 feet above the cache. Certainly a fantastic view from this spot. Easy find, grabbed the TBs that were there and left another TB. Thanks Crowmage, excellent spot.

Second cache of the day. Great spot! I loved watching all the boats going by.

Took: German geocoin.
Left: Riding with Judi TB & Trade one for the Nipper TB. Both new arrivals from far away. Come and be the first to grab them in OZ.

A short detour on my first sailing race.
A quick find and then I had to head of for the marina.
TFTC
Alpini
proud PLG member
in: Coin

Like many before us we did this one on a walk from the Spit bridge to Manly.

Did this one with The Carey Clan. A simple find for our first for the day. Great views from this spot and very quiet, no one to disturb the hunt.

TN Left Bobo the bear

First Cache for the day and found quickly with Toonarmy on our Spit Bridge to Manly walk. Beautiful Views and Thank You for taking us there.

took red rover Tb
left koala clip
a long walk for good views
a nice place to hide it

Stopped in last month on holiday in the area. Wanted to drop off TB Red rover but left behind. Left with a non cacher to make the drop (family).Was dropped off on Sat, also logged.
Go Red Rover boy go!!- enjoy your stay in Auzz - Bushpigs.

A detour on our way home from the Manly Jazz Festival to grab this cache. We parked at the top of the trail and followed the well-defined track all the way down to the cache. A quick find and a great view. We checked out the aboriginal rock carvings near the track on our way back to the car.

A beautiful spot and a nice walk in.

Found by Secret_Sammy, little sis and bf.

TNLN TFTC

We weren't really sure about getting to this one, as the first "path" off the main trail we found was quite rough, unkempt & difficult going. That is until we crashed through to the main trail which we would've found if we'd stuck to the marked trail. OK - maybe we'll go back that way...oops.
Anyway - we were glad we came & enjoyed another great little spot on the harbour. We sat on some rocks & nibbled our snacks as we wathed the boats go by in glorious reflected sunshine. Thanks.
Took: Pencil & Ruler
Left: Some fishy friends to enjoy the waterside location.

Great little walk, fantastic views. Had a laugh getting caught in a shower - drenched we headed on to Manley. Thanks for the cache, In Karrabena clip out Boomarang
Bushpigs, visiting from Cape Town SA

The View from here is brilliant and the cache an easy find. Well worth the walk.

Took: Crocodile
Left: Cacher's Telexed TB

After dragging Mrs Riptide through the wet bush in the cold we were glad to be able to find this cache as we couldn't find the previous two. We were wondering how they got the material out here to build this lighthouse.
Took TB and PS2 game. Left boomerang & crocodile.

A great afternoon walk. Took nothing, Left nothing.

[Great view and a nice walk also. Took card left latex. A group of cachers arrived whilst we where going through the cache! Sorry. I was wondering if that might happen, but guessed it would be unlikely as it was only my 2nd cache.I had learnt of geocaching whilst looking at yewenyi's flickr images, but had no idea that i'd meet him on my first day of caching!]

Well the people before us found it and we found them going through the cache.

Found this just before another bunch of geo cachers arrived, nice walk and beautiful view

Charl, sorry if it came across as rude I'd better explain in more detail next time I meet another cacher

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Popped back with c.j.b. to show this glorious cache to Yewenyi, OzPhoenix and Sweet Clive.

We joined the queue to get to the cache, because two other cachers had got there first. I asked one his online nickname. He said, "I like privacy." So I backed off. What a way to kill a conversation! But checking the logs, I can see that really WAS his nickname.

Again, took nothing, left nothing, thank you for the cache.

Nice day for a walk and we love lighthouses. TNL-Gwen Frostik stationery. TFTC!

An absolutely stunning cache for my 150th find. Thank you so much, Crowmage!

It turned out that this cache was off the track that leads from the Spit Bridge all the way down to Manly. The views were so magnificent, and the bushland so gorgeous that now I'm keen to walk the entire length of the track.

Banksia nectar season was just starting, and we taste tested a few flowers on the way.

The lighthouse was a cute little white building surrounded by a white picket fence, and it resembled a toy lighthouse. c.j.b. found the cache quickly. Took nothing, left nothing, signed the log.

We headed back, with threatening thunderstorms to the south and east of us, and got gently told off by a local for parking illegally, but the conversation then got onto the topic of why the council hadn't bothered to put up a sign saying parking there was illegal, and then finally shifted onto the topic of property prices (like most conversations in that part of the world.)

We should be heading back to do more caches in this area next weekend, after this wonderful experience!

I really really don't think that one half of Barrabooka Street would be public and the rest of the same-named street 'a private road' (check the Dept.Lands registry at gsp.maps.nsw.gov.au). But it isn't the first time I've met someone claiming ownership of obviously public land while geocaching.

Left a PS2 game disc and the Findus TB; look the sunglasses..

A nice cache following a worthwhile hike.

Spent the morning at Clontarf and then stopped off to visit Grotto Point on the way home. Nice walk to a lovely location. There was a Large Lizard gaurding the cache but it soon ran off as we approached. Made a few exchanges and also took the Ship's Wheel TB. TFTC.

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Stinking hot day, I reckon we’re mad
Down by the waters edge
At least the kids will be glad

Promised the kids a swim, stuffed up did I
Couldn’t get down
We were a little too high.

At least we found the cache without drama
Hiked back out
Carrying kids, that’s karma

Left a ships wheel TB
Pretty apt
Considering where we placed thee

Great walk, enjoyed, was worried about muggles around but when we got to GZ all clear . Was with large group so swaps went everywhere so took some left some. Took travel bug "cornish pasty". Went via the walking path to cache and via beach back. Kids loved the return route lots of sea life in rocks. Have pics will upload when I get back to SA.

Found at 15.30. Wow white lighthouse. The weather was perfect for us to stroll all the way to Grotto Point. Thanks for bringing us there. SL

Found the cache at 3.30pm. Another excellent view. No swap Discovered Travel Bug. Thank you for organise the cache and hunt.

Very good to walk to find the cache there!!!
Good spot to hide it.

Nice view expecially white lighthouse. I took one TB Bah Bah and dropped another TB cornish pastry. TFTC

A good excuse to go back along this good harbour side walk.

A cold windy day keeps the muggles away, or so one would have thought, but the track that leads to this cache is quite the popular track, even on a cold windy morning.

Dropped off TB whose aim is to have photo taken with koala, so thought I would place it in this cache as it is quite close to the zoo.

Took Nothing
Left Travel Bug

Nice quick find with our new GPSr in a scenic location.
Took Carabinas.
Left Elephant toy, pencil sharpener and Bah Bah TB.

My third cache of the day on the Manly Scenic Walkway (started at Manly wharf). More stunning views and a nice walk. I did look at the hint, but it wasn't really neccesary.

Took: Ol'e one eye TB
Left: Nothing

My second cache of the four "spit to manly" with excellent views to boot. After a bit og searching, I came up with the tupperware.
Cheers
Yagen
Took: TB
Left: TB

Great view of the boats wizzing past. I have walked this trail many times (almost everytime I come to Sydney), and I never tire of this view.
A nice easy hide.
Took: Ladybug, Left: TB Frog.
Thanks, Robmc.

Quick and easy find. Lifted our sprits after failing our last two. Thanks! Mitch

Found! thanks for the cache Crowmage, another great cache of yours. found with my two friends who now are Geocachers. i walked on the top part of the wall on the way up from the water. walked right on top of it and dident even know it. until i reached the lighthouse, at that point i turned the GPS on and starte3d searching. TFTC

took Emergancy Poncho and left two karabiner's, BTW the karabiner's are NOT FOR CLIMBING AT ALL i got them at a $2 shop in the city.
found @ 4:46

(the log book is nearly full, about 10-15 pages left)

Another detour on our walk from Manly to Spit Bridge, but well worth the extra walk. Enjoyed the views and the location. Took Western Plains Zoo patch, Left Alien keyring & compass.
thanks Crowmage

Splendid winter's walk for the squires as we revisited this lighthouse after many, many years. A pity the bushland types seem determined not to make these wonderful places more amenable. Perhaps a seat or two would be welcome for tired trekkers...alas, we're not 21 anymore. Took a skateboard keyring, left an incense holder. Excellent hiding place, Crowman.

One of three geocaches that happened to coincide with the walk we'd planned to do. This is the first Australian geocache we've done during our visit from Ottawa, Canada and a good introduction to the joys of geocaching for the people we are staying with. Nice location.

Removed the Team Papyrus's Travle Bug (TBKQHT) to move it to Alice Springs. Otherwise TNLNSL.

Carried kids and made a bet on how long it would take for kids to be carried onthey way back. 1min 2mins and 5 mins. Lasted less than 1min. TNLNSL found with TopoTurtles.

Enjoyed a lovely walk down through the bush, even with the hordes of Sunday speed walkers. We were travelling with 3 kids all under three and as two were walking under there own steam we travelled at a much more enjoyable pace. I don’t know how the power walkers could have even seen the view at the speed they travel at. An easy find thanks to the clue. A great spot and worth the visit. We also found the close by cache Harbour Lights on this expedition. Dropped off the travel bug 'Papyrus'

Fantastic location - great views across the harbour. It took me a while to find as there were a few muggles around and it wasn't too obvious (to me anyway). I was pleasantly surprised to see where I live - thanks for getting me out and about, finding great spots close to home.

Decided to tackle this cache and Harbour lights as a pair. Nice walk. Stunning view from near the cache. Set my gear down and placed the GPS on a rock to average for a minute. Looked around and spotted a likely hiding place. Sure enough I had found the cache before the GPS had settled! Lovely spot.

Today I did the Manly Scenic Walk, and of course, checked before which caches would be along the way. I came up with 2, and this was the second one. Walking is nice, but with a cache as target, it is much more fun . The cache was easy to find, but due to the spot it will not be harressed soon (hopefully). Thanks for the view and cache, greetings from the Netherlands.

A lovely walk, and hidden in an excellent location. Another Beautiful day in Sydney and I'm glad I got a chance to enjoy it. Forgot to bring anything so just enjoyed the view and the location. Thanks for a great cache.

My first cache - in one of my favourite places.

Took a Kathmandu keyring and left a Chinese 1 Yuan coin from a recent trip to China.

This was our first geocache find! Was very exciting. Have both been locals for our entire lives yet neither of us had any idea that the lighthouse even existed! Is a really nice spot, annoyed that we forgot a camera. Weren't sure what we would find in the cache (what do people bring to swap?) so we were a bit caught out for something to add, eventually decided on a lighter for someone that may have forgotten one and would like to enjoy a cigarette (or something...) in this beautiful location. Took Todd the Hulk after we found out that he is yearning to return to his home soil in the US, (where we are going to be in a couple of weeks) to continue his journey to Ohio. After this exciting find we will be sure to go looking for more geocaches (a little more prepared with goodies next time)!

Cache #5 @ 4:15pm

Easy find after a pleasant walk and some great views.

Took Squishy TB Left Hulk TB

Forgot to Log the Hulk

This is our first geocache in Australia. We completed the entire Spit to Manly Harbour Scenic Walk. This was also the first find for our friend who lives in Manly. What a great way to start our Australian vacation.

Took Australian keyring, left TB Seaworld Squishy after taking its picture in front of Ocean World in Manly.

Chris & Renate from Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Fantastic views from GZ. A Water Dragon watched with interest as I found the cache, perhaps the same one that skycaptain photographed. Thanks Crowmage.

TNLNSL

This my second time at this spot, but last time I did not know about Geocaching. It was a nice walk from Spit Bridge to the cache and back, even though it was very hot on Monday afternoon. Glad I had enough water with me. I include a few photos of the wildlife and flowers along the track. I took the Classic Carols CD and left a balsa wood glider and a Kathmandu karabiner. The Kathmandu karabiner is complements of a non-geocaching friend.

Not the place to be on a strong windy day, but fantastic views make it worthwhile. TNLNSL

Nice run down the hill and back up again in the afternoon.
I Didn't know the Aboriginal artwork was there either.
Thanks

On a bleak and wet morning with icy winds that cut through our t-shirts as if they where not there we made our way to the cache location. After finding a broken spinnaker pole we found what we had come for and returned to where we had come after first checking to see if there where any nudies at the nude beach. But alas the wet and cold conditions must kept them indoors.
Left Sunglasses .

Went in tonight and nailed this virgin cache, a good cache to do at night, saw a bandicoot. Great spot. Took dice left two keyrings. Thanks Crowmage. Regards Philma & Bronte.

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