Talc Head barrel farm Traditional Cache
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A small cache in amongst the barrels used as protection for an anti aircraft battery during world war II.
Talc head has a lot of history but is a much neglected part of Darwin harbour. In 1839, John Stokes aboard the HMS Beagle landed on Talc Head and named the area across the harbour Port Darwin in honour of Charles Darwin with whom he had previously sail with.
Talc Head was used to secure an anti submarine net to the shore with the other end located at East Point. An anti aircraft battery was also positioned there to protect the harbour from an attack from the west. It's here that the cache can be found.
Access is via a slow 30 minute drive by 4 wheel drive. Don't take a normal car unless you don't particularly care about it's future resale value. The cache is only 500 or so metres from the coast and Mica Beach but we couldn't find a public access to it. There are a few "alternative lifestyle" shacks in the area and rough tracks that go nowhere.
Turn off the Cox Peninsula Road at the coordinates below and follow the track east keeping on the main track. You will towards the end pass through a series of permanently open gates. The road (if you can call it that) is public access.
The cache should be a relatively easy find, it's just the journey in that's a challenge.
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