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Nichols Knob
The cache is amongst these rocks on the Western side of the knob.
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 October 31, 2009 by Lyn Pat and Nathan (792 found)
Can anyone list a set of coordinates for entry points, exit points, waypoints and interesting locations along the way.Perhaps with a bit of history thrown in or books to read. Congratulations on the first to find we wished it was us.
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 October 25, 2009 by Hugo&Sarah (762 found)
Yes! we are the proud FTF of this remote cache.
I am a geocacher from The Netherlands and when I first came to Australia a few years ago I was hooked on the outback and 4wd.
I already have been several times been back in Australia with my family and enjoyed every minute of it and when back in Holland I was searching for remote caches which where hard to get.
A year ago I found this one on the map from Geocaching.com.au and was very excited to do this one since it was so remote and there where no tracks to it as you are about 20Km from GZ.
Now it finally was the time, I came to Australia without my family to go on a boys trip with fellow cacher Barrabup sanctuary.As I still had to do some other things before we went on our trip I kept an eye on the cache and saw that the Equinox the placer of the cache had a look to see all was still there and placed some very attractive items in the cache for us, know knowing that it still was there and some nice goodies on top of it I was super excited and couldn't wait to go there.In Kalgoorlie I put new tires on my defender and 2 new spares on rims together with a big puncture repair kit to minimize to get stranded over there.I did watch the video and story from Equinox that he had placed on exploroz to get an idea to what was facing us as did I had a close look on google earth to find a way in.
When we finally arrived on lakes well road after fueling up in Cosmo I thought I had found the best way in from lake wells road, after 300m we crossed a dry creek and where struggling through thick mulga for at least 3km and then we where so happy when we came out and saw just spinefex for a while then faceing more mulga but not so think and just for a Km or so then a rocky ground for a few hundred meters when we passed Gibson Hill then again spinefex until we reached GZ! It took us 4,5 hours from lake wells road to do the last 18Km! We camped for the night and I saw why the rock formation just east of Nichols know is called red rocks when the sun rose.In the morning we took of again we doubted for a second to follow the faint tracks that Equinox left hoping it was a better way to get in. But we decided to backtrack our own which was much harder the we thought we lost it many times except in the spinefex where we left a pretty clear track but we had the track on our gps also to assist us.When I cam out of the first mulga on the way in I noticed that it was more clearer south east of where we entered.We decided to try heading south west from the point where we where facing 2-3 km of thick mulga which we had on the first 3km to come in from lake wells road.It was a very good choice no Mulga at all just spinefex and we did the 18Km from nichols knob to lake wells road in under 3 hours! I marked the coords where we came out and I am happy to give them to anyone that wants to give it a try also.Overall it was an adventure that exceeded my expectations and I thank Equinox Alan for his efforts to place this cache and I am sorry that it is not the oldest virgin in WA anymore ;-) The defender did do very well also and with no punctures we headed for De La pour Range NP which turned out to be a must see with beautiful breakaways and it must be a paradise for 4wd when wet, we headed for Sandstone, Mt Magnet and geocached our way back to Nannup through the wheat belt.Took: 2x 50 AUD notes, the book which I was very keen to get, exploreoz sticker.
Left: 1x 50 EUR note, a LED lenser flashlight.
I will upload some pics when I am back in Holland. Hugo
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 September 27, 2009 by Equinox (9 found)
As no one has visited this cache yet and as I have not done cache maintenance I thought I had better go and have a look to see how things were going.The cache was in poor condition mostly from water damage. I have replaced the container and put it in a waterproof canvas bag. As this cache has been Australia's Oldest Unfound (Virgin) cache now for about 3 and a half years I have put some items in it which would probably be of interest to a First to Find Cacher. I have included:
2 x $50 notes (total $100)
1 x reprint of The History of Australian Exploration by Ernest Favenc book complete with map in very good condition
1 x bottle of Driftwood 750ml Sparkling Brut (I know not really allowed but may be used upon finding) Happy Hunting!!!
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September 4, 2007 by The Red Devils (596 found)
Debated weather to log a DNF or a note, decided on a note, because the closest we got to the cache site was 11.4 kms so didnt get the chance to look around GZ.
We drove North from Cosmo Newberry on the 3rd, and arrived at a spot about 16 kms West of Nicols Knob, it was late in the day and we decided to camp for the night,then up early the next morning.
We drove on up the Lake Wells Rd another Kilometre or so until we reached the ridge line, and the closest this road gets to the cache. We found some fient wheel tracks leading into the bush, and thought we had scored a way into the cache area...think again.!!We got a few metres in and decided to waypoint our ball trying this one, and had two great nights camping in this remote area. .[This entry was edited by The Red Devils on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 5:53:13 AM.] [This entry was edited by The Red Devils on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 5:55:02 AM.] [This entry was edited by The Red Devils on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 6:09:45 AM.]
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Last Updated: 1/27/2010 6:54:22 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (2:54 PM GMT)
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