The Variety Bash (VB) is a caching tour of NSW’s Far South Coast. The Variety Bash includes a variety of caching styles, terrains, and difficulties as well as a variety of scenery; coastal, forest, pastureland and bush. Please note there is no petrol available in the small inland towns you will pass through. You will be travelling on some dirt roads, but they are well maintained and suitable for 2WD. Safe parking is available if you do the circuit in a clockwise direction. We know many don’t like micros in bushland areas but don’t be put off by the micros in this series as most are not what they seem.
Please make an effort to replace caches as you find them and to take care with them, so they can last for everyone’s enjoyment.
For those in need of refreshments and toilets a quick trip into the nearby village of Wyndham should do the trick.
Below is the route information you will need if you are to find the VB puzzle cache.
Heading south from Pambula (population 970) travelling away from Bega (population 4141) you will pass through South Pambula and Griegs Flat (population 151) you will not need to go through Mogilla to do the circuit. The circuit will take you through the little inland village of Burragate (population 99) don’t blink or you will miss it. You will also get familiar with foothills of Mount Darragh driving through forest and pasturelands.
You change direction once you reach Eden (population 3151) and head for Ben Boyd territory, passing through Nullica (population 8) and finally making it to the hamlet of Towamba (population 234). Then you will be heading towards the quaint village of Candelo (population 393), although you will not need to go there for the VB tour, the village is still worth seeing and has a few caches you might like to do. You are now quite away from Merimbula (population 3544) but not to worry, plenty to see and do on this tour, like checking out Jingera Rock before you arrive back in Pambula. Happy with a stack of caches and a puzzle cache to boot.