Booloumba #4 - Mt. Allan Elaman Creek, Queensland, Australia
By HawMorFords on Tuesday 18 April 2006. Waypoint GCVGEM

18th

Would not like to be in that tower during a storm. However, the views are magnificent and the track completely empty.
 

9th

Enjoyed the walk up Mt Allan with SureThing. Have been here before, but never realized there was a geocache. All is well. Thanks.
 

18th

I found it (in the company of Wonder Wits). Nice when I got back to my slushie in the car. TFTC.
 

18th

This one was looking out of reach, time-wise, until Just a Trifle's story of driving in finally filtered through to consciousness about 5.00 am this morning ... Found a likely road in off the Kenilworth-Jimna Road, pleaded with geoson for us to walk just 20 mins in to see what we could discover, updated plea to 30 mins, and low and behold we arrived at the cache with no time to spare! (And, in my case, exhausted.) Cache is in good nick; GZ has survived the landscaping endeavours and fits in nicely. Enjoyed clambouring up the tower. Trip out went a little more slowly, but it was all well worth it. TFTC HawMorFords.
 

17th

1140hrs. We never set out to do this cache. But after le Deck the better half said it is only a k as the crow flies. In the end after all the zigs and zags I wish I had been a crow. Well worth it though and coming back was easy. TFTCSL
- Bug "Geo-Jim Travel Bug" taken
 

4th

A great walk for camp 4 along the "new" path.
easy walk -ie not taxing.
 

29th

I spent the weekend camping at Booloumba #3 campsite - a very pleasant spot indeed.

On Saturday I went for a stroll up Mt Allan. Got to the top and found the cache fairly quickly - signed the log and then climbed the fire tower to enjoy the views and the breeze.
The day was overcast and humid - so a refreshing dip in the creek was had on my return!

Note that there is now a new track which zig-zags its way up the mountain from the Booloumba ck side.
It is quite a bit longer (about 5km one-way) than the old track which went straight up, but the grade is easy which makes for a pleasant walk. See attached images for my track log.

The new track can be accessed from Camping area 3 by following the the Booloumba ck circuit walk at the southern end of the camping area - or from day use area 2.

Thanks HawMorFords - an enjoyable outing.
 

20th

Found on our way home after attending the Winter Challenge 2008 Event at Peach Trees, which was a lot of fun. We had to wait a bit before commencing the hunt as just after we arrived, another vehicle turned up. We took our time admiring the views, and checking out the red bellied black snake curled up in a nearby tree stump, thankfully not near where the cache was located. TFTC
 

27th

aaarrgh!,after ridin' are deadly treadlys as far as we could from charlie's camp ground we decieded it' not worth pushin' ye' bikes any further up!,so ye' pirates and ye' spuds leaned them up against a tree and set up ye' climb on foot.
up'n'up we went with moans from ye' wenches but we were rewarded with a fantastic view from ye' tower!
booty was still safe'n'sound even with a bit of earthworks at g.z.
ye' walk and bike ride down was awesome!
thankin' ye'
 

26th

This one was a great challenge and took just a mere 4 hour trip we cycled from Charlie Moreland Camping area as far as our little legs would take us and locked our bikes up agianst a Tree we thren continued our venture on foot(very slowly) all up hill for a futher 2.5km reaching 600m above sea level. Beautiful view and very pleased the journey home was all down hill. TNLNSL Thanks for the hide I think?[}:)
 

31st

While the track on the Booloumba Creek side is closed, you can still get to the cache from the Charlie Moreland camping area.  

31st

Track is still closed and by the looks of it it will be a while before it opens.  

27th

We'd planned a visit to this cache but the Mt Allan walking track is closed from the Booloumba Creek end. Oh well. Gives us an excuse to come back another time.  

29th

What a great spot with a great view.!Took us awhile to get there but well worth it.Cache location spot on.Thanks
T clip L.keyring
TFTH d.d.dudes
 

2nd

I decided to test out my new tomtom 920 with it's navigator 7.1 beta version with voice recognition software today. As I was finishing work and heading home, I told it "Bulimba". It dutifully said (what sounded like) "Bulimba" back to me and off we went
After finding myself at a picnic ground north of Brisbane instead of in an inner Brisbane suburb I decided that some of the software needs some fine tuning [:o]
Good news was that it did show some caches nearby, so off we went
The stroll up the hill from the picnic ground was pleasant enough in the early morning Queensland cool. Glad I had a couple of litres of water with me though
The view at the top was worth the climb and after a cool down I went in search of the cache. A couple of false starts and I found it about 10minutes later
I took a keyring and left a bouncy thing.
Oxyuranus microlepidotus Travel Bug visited
After another look at the views it was a far quicker run back down
 

8th

Tackled this from the Charlie Moreland side on foot (should have taken the car!) and just made it back before sundown. Exhausted from the walk, we went straight up the fire tower to rest and decrypt the clue. Came back down the tower and then tried to penetrate the lantana at the suggested spot before realising that there are two such signs mentioned in the clue. Great spot, great cache, though next time I'll drive. TN Left dragon toy. TFTH
 

7th

had intended to do this one today to complete the Booloumba Series - no good - track still closed!!!!
Was running out of time to attack it from 'Charlie' side, so it will have to be one for another day...cheers  

29th

Yep... the sign was there when we placed it. Not sure why but it could be as a result of works going on in the day use area.

You can still climb Mt. Allan (And access the cache) via Charlie Morlands.  

27th

The Mt Allan walk from Booloumba Creek side has a big sign across the track “Closed for Track Maintenance” DON’T Know how long it is closed for.  

21st

Actually, having a permit, we drove up to the top (much faster that way). Fantastic views - we thoroughly recommend it to everyone. IN: keyring and sticker sheet. OUT: Listerine & geocaching Germany sticker. SL

Next time we visit - we'll do the others. TFTC
 

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