Bushranger's Cave

4 April 2004

Fourteen people drove down to Numinbah Valley and parked at the Queensland/NSW border on a sunny Sunday.

We started walking up a dirt road on the Qld side of the border fence but found we had to cross over to the NSW side. So like a band of refugees we crawled under the fence into NSW, hoping no one saw us. The track along the fence became steep as we approached Mt Wagawn. There were good views to the south of Mt Warning and to the east of the Cougals.

As we reached the cliffs of Mt Wagawn we came to Bushrangers Cave. Here we had morning tea and took a few photos. Then the really steep climbing began. The earth was slightly wet from recent rain and we had to scramble up hanging on to tree roots and tree trunks.

At just past the half way mark, Karen found that her mobile phone had fallen out of her backpack and nowhere to be found. After a short search, we decided we would look for it later as we came back down. Near the summit we came upon 20 scouts resting in a sunny spot. They were walking down to Bushrangers Cave from Binna Burra. Karen had a talk with them and asked them to be on the lookout for a mobile phone.

We had lunch on the Mt Wagawn track and then made a slight detour to some lookouts close by. We could see the ridge we had just walked up on.
On the descent we thought it would be a good idea to ring Karen's mobile with another mobile in case we could hear it ringing. Much to Karen's surprise someone answered her phone. A scout had heard the ringing and found the mobile! Karen was triumphantly reunited with her mobile back at Bushrangers Cave.

Many thanks to my fellow walkers who came out to enjoy this beautiful day. Richard