GCA Caches in Australian Capital Territory Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au Geocaching Australia GA0954 The Red Sentinel Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0954 The Red Sentinel Geocache Geocache The Red Sentinel SecretSquirrel-BJC Top Naas Australian Capital Territory Australia Traditional Regular 2.5 4 Sentinel Rocks - a rock squirrel adventure <p><font color="#ff0000"><b>You will need to read this listing and review the three spoiler photos to find the cache - the GZ coordinates are probably dodgy - given that I had 20m accuracy.</b></font></p> <p><img height="480" width="640" border="0" alt="" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga0954/406.jpg" /></p> <p>On Saturday 15<sup>th</sup> August 2009, Captain Tomato and I were riding our bikes down the hill of Cotter Hut Road, returning from the start of the AAWT walk to Cotter River past Split Rock and Coronet Peak.&nbsp; It was just before 5pm and the sun was very low in the West. We stopped and looked across the valley, and the rock, in the picture above, was glowing incredibly with a strong warm crimson - reflecting and absorbing the red rays of the sun. Right away, I knew that two things were going to happen - I was going to stand below that rock and place a cache there so other people would also have an extra incentive to see this orangey wall. Of course, if you want to see it glow crimson then you probably have to go to the other side of the valley.</p> <p><b>I love massive granite boulders especially when it also has sharp clean lines! </b>Unfortunately I didn't visit this spot when I found <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e12e3370-c9c8-459c-96f4-5a88a4cebf40"> Tankengine's GCJ163 Lego Land</a> which is not too far away - and is also another absolutely marvellous location. I also placed <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1565"><strong>GA1565 Sentinel Lookout</strong></a> very close by - perhaps 15m to the right and about 30m higher.</p> <p>Finding the cache... Ok study all three photos and then find a box shaped alcove under that view.&nbsp; In photo view 2, you see a massive flake. The ammo box cache is hidden behind a flake which is partially hidden by this flake.</p> <p>Oh BTW, if you face the orange wall, there is a huge block on your right. If you are like me, you will have to go and have some fun getting up on top of it - it is a little tricky in cachers' terms (4.5) - you just have to easily scramble your way through the maze. There are even a couple of Winglen lounges up on top. It is a cool location because you are level with the start of the base of the orange wall. I didn't hide the cache up near there because the chances of finds of this cache are already pretty low by not listing it on GC.com and it isn't a metro drive by.</p> <p align="center"><b>*** First to Find Honours Awarded to mtbikeroz ***</b></p> mtbikeroz Found Cooeeeeee, a *FTF*. Having completed the GC cahe, Ridge of Stone, the GCA cache Sentinel Lookout, I decided to continue the adventure in the ICY conditions. It was DRY, everything was DRY, but REALLY COLD. Around the northern face of these boulders I skirted, climbed a cascade of boulders, and WOW, I was rewarded with a magnificent orange rock face - BEAUTIFUL just as the sun was disappearing behind some clouds, really ORANGE GLOW. I whipped the camera out, but didn't quite get the full orange glow from a setting sun. Also took a pic of cache and snow nearby too. WONDERFUL little alcove, MAGNIFICENT specimen of rock, wonderful colours - top spot Squirrel. How did you find that! Did it take much time to locate it? As I had finished Red Sentinel, (Man it was COLD),(My helmet was keeping me warm), I eyed off the range westward and saw snow coming in BIG time. Took a pic of it coming in, pic may not show the full effect - another visual feast of the snow coming in, a day of great sights. I was already having snow flurries upon me, so I made a beeline for my bike, 15 mins away. A very gentle breeze, snow flurries, minus 2 degrees up there, made it back to my bike, unlocked it, and I was down the hill fast and got to the car in the campground at 5:45pm, with enough light to spare, but only just. It was 3 degrees at the campground. I also saw 4 black wild pigs up there, snort snort. Thanks Squirrel for some magnificent caches with fantastic views & Great formations. Coooeeeeeee SecretSquirrel-BJC Other Yippee my second GCA cache GA1565 Sentinel Lookout Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1565 Sentinel Lookout Geocache Geocache Sentinel Lookout SecretSquirrel-BJC Top Naas Australian Capital Territory Australia Traditional Small 2 4 Sentinel Rocks - another rock squirrel adventure <p><img height="31" width="31" border="0" alt="" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1565/211.gif" /><font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000"><b> This cache is potentially dangerous and deadly</b> </font> <font face="Times New Roman" color="#ff0000">so if you attempt this cache, then you take Full Personal Responsibility for your actions. &nbsp;Do not use the information provided in this cache listing unless you are a skilled and experienced outdoors person who understands and accepts the risks of participating in dangerous sports and activities. You must exercise your own judgment as to the difficulty and your ability to safely protect yourself from the inherent risks and dangers.<b> I don't assume any risk or liability for anyone attempting this cache.</b> You must read this listing carefully and when you are on site you must assess whether you have the necessary experience and comfort with exposure, and whether the approach is safe.&nbsp; It could be that by the time you arrive at the cache, <b>the existing log bridge over a 3m drop may not support you or it may be unsafe</b>, and you may have to construct your own bridge of logs or a ladder, thus making it then a Difficulty/Terrain of (5,5). Risk is the driving element of rock scrambling. It is up to you to decide how much risk you are willing to be responsible for; that will determine your actions.&nbsp; Be aware even the best trained and most highly experienced persons are vulnerable to acts of nature. <b>Evaluate your experience and the risk honestly before you put your life in danger. </b></font></p> <p><strong>MANDATORY&nbsp;LOGGING&nbsp;REQUIREMENT (remember, this isn't geocaching.com)</strong> - Photographic evidence that each cacher has reached the GZ - not just one of a team. (Gee I hope that someone else ever finds this cache other than Captain Tomato, mtbikeroz, winglen, Tankengine and BatGirl&amp;co.)</p> <p>I really enjoyed standing on the edge, soaking in the view and placing the cache here. Whilst in this location, you will definitely want to explore <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e12e3370-c9c8-459c-96f4-5a88a4cebf40"> Tankengine's GCJ163 Lego Land</a> not far away and also my <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0954"><strong>GA0954 Red Sentinel</strong></a> about 30 metres below and about 15 metres to the right looking out to the view.</p> <p><em>You can probably find your way in about here - S35 35.578 E148 56.582.</em></p> <p><strong>I recommend that you look at the four of my photos - just in case my coordinates aren't spot on</strong>, and to get an idea of the terrain, and have a peek at the &quot;bridge&quot;.</p> <p><em>A final request - please be gentle covering the cache over so that it doesn't crack - thanks!</em></p> <p><img height="640" width="480" border="0" alt="" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1565/437.jpg" /></p> <p align="center"><b>*** First to Find Honours Awarded to mtbikeroz ***</b></p> mtbikeroz Found Cooeeeeee, a *FTF*. Squirrel - you mention the 3m drop at the wooden bridge, but you failed to mention the 10 metre drop after the bridge. And you also forgot to mention, the bridge may have snow and ice on it !!!!!! OK, I found the GC cache just along the ridge line, then came up here. I found the ICY wooden bridge, worked out a way across - sort of chimneying with my arms between the adjacent rocks and placing very little footage on the slippery logs. That navigated - OMG - the 10 metre drop that I now had to walk/crawl beside. That negotiated, I was soon rewarded with a FANTASTIC view, and a cache too. Took the Mandatory picture - proving my (stupidity) presence of finding the cache. All the while I was up there, no breeze. Just as I was signing the log, a gust came through - WOW - that chasm acts like a wind tunnel, WOW. That died down just as quickly as it came, I renegotiated the 10m drop, the icy logs (Pics taken to prove it), then off I went to find the Red Sentinel. Found that too. As I had finished Red Sentinel, (Man it was COLD),(My helmet was keeping me warm), I eyed off the range westward and saw snow coming in BIG time. I was already having snow flurries upon me, so I made a beeline for my bike, 15 mins away. A very gentle breeze, snow flurries, minus 2 up there, made it back to my bike, unlocked it, and I was down the hill fast and got to the car in the campground at 5:45pm, with enough light to spare, but only just. It was 3 degrees at the campground. I also saw 4 black wild pigs up there, snort snort. Thanks Squirrel for some magnificent caches with fantastic views & Great formations. Coooeeeeeee mtrax Note good to see more GCA caches... now to find some silly enough to visit with me... SecretSquirrel-BJC Other Yippee - my first GCA cache. GA1163 Kaleen Walk Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1163 Kaleen Walk Geocache Geocache Kaleen Walk derf Kaleen Australian Capital Territory Australia Traditional Micro 1 1.5 An easy walk through the Park <strong><font color="#993366">An easy strolle along the pathway . Lots of parking close by but if you ride its real easy.<br /> This cache is in our home suburb and we walk this way on a regular basis. </font></strong><br /> <strong><font color="#339966"><br /> However do you know that Kaleen was named from the Wiradhuri word for &lsquo;WATER&rsquo;, with a street theme of Australian rivers.</font></strong><br /> <strong><font color="#0000ff"><br /> Not far away is the Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station (est. 1939) comprising 2 transmitting halls, several aerial arrays, a guardhouse, accommodation, messing facilities, a plant room, workshop and stores was an integral part of the district. Extensions, which had been added in the 50s and 60s, included a two-storey administration building, a regulating office and maintenance rooms. <br /> A prominent station event in a non-military application was the broadcasting to many overseas countries of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.</font></strong><br /> <br /> In&nbsp; Feburary 1973 Belconnen&rsquo;s first set of traffic lights was made operational at the intersection of Belconnen Way &amp; Caswell Drive.<br /> <p><font color="#006600">In terms of urban settlement Belconnen was forty years old in 2006. Development started at Aranda in 1966 and eventualy moved out, the most recent urban development being Dunlop and Bruce. Belconnen had been settled by Europeans farmers since the mid 1800s and some traces of agricultural activity remain. Before then it had been the home of the Ngunnawal people for some thousands of years.</font></p> <p><font color="#006600">An ACT Pathtag for FTF<br /> </font></p> Beware gym junkies are near by peteandsara Found OK I am so clueless. I didn't know until recently there were GCA only caches. So I had a look and Kaleen walk was closest. Geo 7 yr old and I head off to GZ and she made the find all by herself without any hints. When we arrived she said "Right I'll get my laser geocaching eyes on" and eureka. TFTC derf Note A quick maintanence check Alls well MC KENNA Found Not sure why this eluded me on my first visit as I'm sure I checked that place doh! Nice day out with Gwennie. MC KENNA Trillian-N7 Found This cache drove Mc Kenna insane, so I dropped by it with her today and spotted the location straight away. A really nice hide. Thanks, Gwen Tealby Not Found I searched quite extensively for this one, so it is either gone or I am blind - which is a real worry for 1* difficulty cache. Knowing my luck, someone will log a find tomorrow! MC KENNA Not Found I had a look last week and did not find so will look again tomorrow. MC KENNA McPhan Found I had just finished a SS cache and remembered that there was a GCA cache nearby. Quick call home to get the coords and off I go. Quick find after finding a way to get to GZ. TFTC and a look at the backside of Kaleen. aussiepuschaks Found A fortunate grab as we were riding nearby on the bikes - no deviation in course required. A quick find and back on the bikes for another cache further down the road. TFTC teamppss Found A quick ride by cache whilst touring the area for the weekend. TFTC SecretSquirrel-BJC Found 9(+887=896) 4pm Thanks derf. I liked the hide. It might be a difficulty of 1 for experienced finders but I remember when I was new to the game - that type of hide was not even on my radar. I also enjoyed stretching my legs in a different area. *Overall Experience: 3* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating mtbikeroz Found Now that was definitely a SNEAKY hide. Thanks for the peaceful little spot. derf Other tate_alec Found Woohooh, FTF on my first GCA only cache. Saw this one while at work and decided to duck out during morning tea. A quick hunt around the GZ and I quickly had the cache in hand. TNLNSL TFTC GA0896 Street mapping Australia Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0896 Street mapping Australia Geocache Geocache Street mapping Australia mtrax Stirling Australian Capital Territory Australia Virtual Other 1 1 Mapping Canberra using OpenStreetMap <p>We all like something for free and free maps are what we love. Here is your chance to create your own.<br /> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org">OpenStreetMap</a>&nbsp; is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project was started because most maps you think of as free actually have legal or technical restrictions on their use, holding back people from using them in creative, productive or unexpected ways.<br /> <br /> My effort has started&nbsp; <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?zoom=14&amp;lat=-35.3524375&amp;lon=149.0414071" target="_blank">here</a> in Rivett and Chapman with was done mostly with the Yahoo map tracing with some GPX files loaded to help. ie you can do most of this purely online.<br /> but feel free to trace bike paths and footpaths with your GPSr tracks.<br /> <br /> To post your find register with OpenStreetMap and trace a suburb or significant area&nbsp; &nbsp; either and/ or name roads or POIs for already mapped areas. <br /> When you post your find mark the approximate Co-ords of your work and/or a link to the map area.<br /> <br /> <br /> You can trace roads using the Potlatch online tool and&nbsp; the map tiles are rendered weekly (wed).<br /> More information can be found on there <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page">Wiki site</a><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page"><br /> </a></p> <p>If you are just naming existing streets please spell out Street and Road fully ie don't use Rd or St abbreviations</p> <p><br /> Note there is <a href="http://users.tpg.com.au/users/stevez/OSM/">another site</a> which has translated these img files which can be loaded into Garmin GPSr which means you can use your work after you have crafted your map, or you can now download Routable versions for Garmin GPS devices from <a href="http://emexes.powweb.com/osm/download.html">this site</a>.</p> <p><br /> Good luck and have fun mapping</p> Use the Wiki or the mailing list for OpenStreetmap CraigRat Found I've become hooked on OSM! I've been mapping the Launceston/Tamar Valley region as well as any small towns I go through on my frequent travels. I've mapped some hefty chunks of Tasmania, and I'm loving it! http://openstreetmap.org/user/CraigRat Nilbog_Aus Found Milsons Point and Kirribilli are mostly done with streets and street names surveyed on the ground. When I started mapping big chunks of the north side of Sydney were empty. Now everything is pretty much filled in and slowly getting surveyed. I am looking forward to the day soon that OSM maps become not only an option but the best option for my Garmins. firesafe Found I have been adding information to OSM for around 12 months. I originally started adding the Kangaroo Island and outback trips but my biggest effort was a large chuck of the Adelaide Hills around home. http://openstreetmap.org/user/ScottT The Spindoctors Found <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-33.78882&lon=150.67705&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF">Glenmore Park</a>, western Sydney. Still a work in progress, but the hard work at least has been completed. What a spaghetti maze this suburb of Sydney is. It is where my partner's parents live. Amazed at the pace of the project since I started getting involved about 18 months ago. TeamGeoPlesk Note Great to get some free data,! Mabye this could be converted to a loc cache for all to enjoy... or a new one following this format?!? Below is my contribution for Katherine, NT. <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-14.4687&lon=132.2661&zoom=13&layers=B000FTF">OSM Katherine</a> Edited: Didn't realise this was canberra specific so log changed to noted. shonkylogic Found Mapped my local area <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.94753&lon=138.61385&zoom=16&layers=B00FTF">OSM Parkside</a> Also mapped some areas around work S34 53.800 E138 37.00, but that's still a work in progress! Thanks for the cache. murf Found Over the past months, i've been adding detail to Leeton... <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-34.55373&lon=146.40723&zoom=15">OSM Leeton</a> SecretSquirrel-BJC Found 2(+861=863) 7:45pm I first heard about this and thought that this was not my cup of tea. I can't wait for my edits to be updated on the main map server and be viewable.... Thanks mtrax *Overall Experience: 3* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating mtbikeroz Found FINALLY. That WAS a PAINFUL experience. I found it easier riding the required 148.1km, than the overall procedure. Last saturday, I started off finding a GC cache in west Belconnen. I then (all on the bike of course, from home), went and circumnavigated the following lakes with the GPS tracker on: Lake Ginninderra, Yerrabi Pond, Lake Burley Griffen and finally Lake Tuggeranong, then back home, completing 148.1km for the day. That night I loaded the gpx files into open street map, after the tricky gpxBabel conversion process. Sunday, I was notified the tracks were successfully downloaded - indeed they were. Then drop out after drop out, unresponsiviness after unresponsiviness, their "maintenance" symbol appearing many times (which from their Help, indicates they are having problems at their end (congestion etc) ), and after 2 hrs, of hassle, I had loaded and named Yerrabi pond cycle track and Lake Ginninderra cycle track. I then gave it away for the day as it kept on telling me they were too congested. Monday afternoon - I finished Lake Burley Griffen and Lake Tuggeranong cycle tracks super QUICK, then checked everything - and all 4 Canberra Lake cycle tracks are in, loaded and named! Yay. Thanks mtrax for the learning and interesting experience. Not your fault they are congested our Sundays. So, now, the cycle tracks circumnavuigating the following 4 Canberra lakes are in! 1 - Lake Ginninderra, Belconnen. 2 - Yerrabi Pond, Gunghalin. 3 - Lake Burley Griffen, including ALL the basins. 4 - Lake Tuggeranong. Thanks mtrax, one big 148.1km Coooeeeeeeeee. nm7s9 Found I've surveyed and mapped Campbell, bits of the Airport and Symondstown, parts of Queanbeyan and parts of the stuff to the East of it. Also the Far South Coast and some bits of the Sunshine Coast. I wish I'd known about this when I was driving around California, although there is one intersection of the interstates in Vegas that I wouldn't be keen to map. mightybent Found I have mapped and named all the streets of Hawker and finished off the the mapping and naming of Weetangera. I also named all the streets in Cook. Looking forward to seeing the finished maps later this week when they are refreshed. My first GCA cache. Thanks mtrax Wasptor Found Spent a bit of time tonight entering all of Conder into the map. Yet to enter all the street names, but the roads should be there. Street names can be for another night. :-) I love the idea of opensource information, and happy to do my bit for this one. Thanks for showing me the web site. GA0829 A walk in the Park Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0829 A walk in the Park Geocache Geocache A walk in the Park Team O'Grady Turner Australian Capital Territory Australia Virtual Micro 1 1 A nice spot for a quick inner city walk or cycle, and GeoHounds love it. <p>This park is dedicated to a particular individual and celebrates an aspect of Australian multi-cultural community, which is explained at GZ by a plaque.</p> <p>To log this cache email me with what park is dedicated to and just to show you were there, how many bushes are planted around the plaque.</p> <p>Enjoy the park!</p> Nil urch Found Found the plaque and associated information today, Sadly the area around the plaque, and even the plaque itself is deteriorating. Email with required information sent to owner. Thanks for the cache, Team O'Grady. gorbak Found Last find of the evening. I've sent the email, and also been doing some further reading about some of the history relating to the topic of the cache. TFTC. The Spindoctors Found An unknown memorial to most Canberrans. Used to walk past here to work when I was at ANU. BTW - The fifth waypoint in Northside Meander used to be attached to the original object that was here. SecretSquirrel-BJC Found 3(+861=864) 1:10pm Thanks Team O'Grady for showing me this plaque which commemorates a very special aspect of our Australian life. The park is still beautiful in winter - even if a little stark. Email sent.... *Overall Experience: 3* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating livandmez Found Nice little spot to have a wander. TFTC! LivandMez. Pensive Travellers Found Thanks for the lovely walk through the park. Tankengine Found A nice easy find! Have sent the answers to Team O'Grady! Thanks. richlink Found Parked in the nearby school and walked across to this nice little park. Got the required information. climbatize Found nice Marcus Vitruvius Found Found at 1900. Amazing the things you learn while caching. TFTC. mtbikeroz Found A pleasant little park, right on the bike path too - Have emailed the required info to Team O'Grady, Thanks for the interesting info. Roostaman Found I had a little trouble with the parking in the dark, but found a spot nearby & went for a walk. It was definitely very interesting and I left educated. I know someone who may be interested in this info too. Thanks Team O'Grady, Roostaman. mtrax Found Not far from work (when I visit the office), the rain stopped just in time for me to checkout the clues. I didn't bring geodog on this one but she would have enjoyed this walk. McPhan Found Since working at Mac House, I've walked this area several times during my lunch. Had never been this side of the "creek" before. Surprised that the plaque is not grander given the significance it has had on tens of thousands of lives. TFTC and the history. Captain Tomato Found Found @3:20pm. A very nice (and easy) virtual cache to find on a pleasant afternoon. This was a good example of the different style of cache to show my geoparents who are visiting for the weekend. Thanks Team O'Grady for the cache and the confirmation. nm7s9 Found Found this morning. The co-ordinates that I had put me right in someones backyard, so after circling the block a few times I decided to DNF it. However on the way back to work I saw what looked like a good GZ for this one and indeed it was the correct GZ. Owner has confirmed my find. The co-ordinates (roughly) of where I found it were S35 15.594 E149 7.650 Team O'Grady Note Congrats on the FTF! Coords updated to remove effects of my "fat thumb syndrome". Sorry! Tealby Found Rats - I thought I might get the FTF on this, especially with the miss-typed coords (just one digit out can make a significant difference - particularly when you blindly try to follow the arrow without looking around first!). I walked right around the block trying to find a hidden park that I was unaware of, when I stumbled across the cache right next to where I had parked the car!! Confirmation received that I was in the right spot. TFTC & the opportunity to learn something new. Team O'Grady Found Enjoy your walk in the Park! GA0465 On the Buses Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0465 On the Buses Geocache Geocache On the Buses ADAcache Fadden Australian Capital Territory Australia Other Micro 1 1 A moving cache with a difference. This cache container is a "metal" eclipse mints container that fits nicely into the place that it has been hidden in. The requirement to log this cache is that it be placed in a bus shelter in the ACT. BigO'N Note Moved to an almost identical sheltered spot just a couple of suburbs over. Log is taped back together and bagged now. BigO'N Found Crikey!.. this was almost in my front yard. Better move it before I get an infestation of cachers. A quick walk over the road and there it is just hanging around minding its own BUSiness. Now to find a suitable resting place for it, the log also needs some TLC as it's falling to bits but I will fix that up. Gigglygecko Clan Found It's been here a while - maybe ACtion have changed the bus routes? Will place on a busier route ;) Gigglygecko Clan Note Moved cache to a busier route - works on the 67 Tuggeranong service! HumphreyBBear Note Found a hole in the map where this one could go..... HumphreyBBear Found Grabbed this one after a long night at work. Will scout a new home for this one!! Trillian-N7 Note Moved to a new location. Magpyre Found Found with Gwen. Thanks. Trillian-N7 Found As this poor thing wasn't in the ACT, Magpyre and I had to launch a rescue effort. Will find it a new home soon. Love the idea of the cache though. wink. inc Found Found this after being told about it by another cacher and as it is allready green i moved it to another green shelter but you will have to look low TFTC Team Dean Found I love caches close to home! MC KENNA Note SORRY for the delay - but its back sporting a new colour (will rub off) to make it a little more inconspicious. An interesting fact about this kind of cache is that it can hide very well hence its delay in being placed. The delay was because I lost just after finding it as it got stuck under the car seat and up..... All good now just had to pull the car apart to retreive it. Yes that is in A.C.T. MC KENNA MC KENNA Found Grabbed this little bit of fun and have a special bus stop for it he....he.... he..... MC KENNA zoratz Found nice easy find TFTC zoratz Note very close to fisher quizzer TFTC CBR900RR Found Easy find close to home CBR900RR Note Not a big move, but closer to home for me winglen Note This is a nifty idea for a cache, and one we are glad to move on. Only moved to Weston, but it travelled around in my backpack much further, including to places in Namadgi where strangely enough I did not find any bus stops!! winglen Found After a DNF, then a bus stop full of people up near Dickson (didn't even try) we found this was nearer home. Done! Pensive Travellers Found I was in Canberra for a short visit, and thought this cache was interesting. Found quite easily on a cold morning in Canberra. Pensive Travellers Note Moved this cache along to a new bus stop. Bewilderbeest Note Just a small move Bewilderbeest Found All I had with me were the coordinates for this one so I wasnt sure what I was looking for, but still managed to find it quite quickly. Thanks SS-BJC for moving it to a convenient northside spot for me! aussiepuschaks Note Found this after some initial doubts due to Winglen's log (and a bit of help!). Now located on the northside. Captain Tomato Found Found this one on our rounds today. Met up with aussiepuschaks too - great to meet you both. Captain Tomato Note Dropped it off again so Secretsquirrel-BJC can move it on. aussiepuschaks Found Logged the move, but not the find (still have my L plates on; thanks secret squirrel for pointing this out!). SecretSquirrel-BJC Found 1(+859=860) 3pm with Captain Tomato After a Namadgi cache, I traipsed along with CT for a couple of other southside caches. Then we went to pick up this one. CT and I had done a preliminary search and were about to restart the search particularly on one "difficult" spot. A car pulled up and they said "Have you found it?" It was great to meet up with the Aussiepuschacks and have a chat. Mr AP had the strength to deal with the "difficult" spot, and hey presto, suck eggs winglen (just joking) Well-hidden mbo and thanks ADAcache for this fun moveable cache. This is my very first GCA cache. *Overall Experience: 3* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating SecretSquirrel-BJC Note Ok after the excitement of 3 cachers simultaneously finding it and a couple of virtual drops, this is a real physical drop and it is now located in a bus stop in Northbourne Avenue near Dickson. Unfortunately the hide is not as tricky as where we just retrieved it from - as they have said previously, not all bus stops are created equal! winglen Not Found We have often meant to pick up this cache while down here. Had a good look today and did not find it. Either we missed the one hollow where it is hidden or it is actually in one we looked into - or it isn't there. There are not that many possibilities, althought there are a lot of spiders! mtbikeroz Found Gotcha on my way home from work on the bike. Will drop it off in a SOUTHERN, VERY SOUTHERN bus-stop in the ACT soon, Coooeeeeee. mtbikeroz Note Dropped off in a new bus shelter, In Canberra's most Southern suburb, on a stop for one of the Intertown 313 series. livandmez Note Nice quick nab then took it for a drive across town but not too Far(rer) away. TFTC LivandMez! livandmez Found Nice hide. TFTC LivandMez! bigmac2 Found easy find at the bus stop, just near my house. lots of chewing gum near the cache. have to be careful and wash your hands afterwards! nm7s9 Note First I tried to place it at the aptly name GeoScience Australia bus stop, but there is no bus shelter there. It has ended up outside my first ACT "home" (McQuarie hostel), now being rebuilt as The Realm Hotel and appartments. There are two bus shelters close together. It is placed in the more cache safe one (orange seat) nm7s9 Found For the life of me, I couldn't extract the log from the cache. Fortunately a pocket knife in my car had a pair of pliers in it. terrortorian Note Reentering coordinates? do not know where that express bus went. terrortorian Note Not quite so central. I have dropped it off just up the road. terrortorian Found Took a run out here to see what we could see. cache was quickly found after we stopped at a local sporting ground. That Magnet sure is strong. Will drop off after work tonight. Maybe somewhere very central. mtrax Note Closer to the Stars is closed so a quick move done instead mtrax Found Kept Cache in Weston Creek. McPhan Found Had to wait for the bus and then outrace a commuter to the shelter to nab. McPhan Note Cockatoos. Tealby Found Realised this was not too far from home, so grabbed it on my way past - googlemaps showed it on the other side of the road, which added an unexpected degree of difficulty, especially as I hadn't bothered taking a GPS. But all was well in the end - that magnet sure is strong! TFTC. Tealby Note This should be easy to "peruse"... Tankengine Found Nice easy find... Although could be tricky at different times! Tankengine Note Hmmm - not as easy to relocate as I thought! It seems not all busstops are created equal! Ash-Dash Note DID IT VERY QUICKLY Ash-Dash Found oh yea my first gca cache boooyaa. tnln Everlasting Note Put into the bus shelter. Everlasting Found Found the micro at 2.30pm. Love your cache and SL. Thank you for organise the cache and hunt. lattejed Found Quick stop before the next bus come along. geodementia Found Seems to not get logged as a find unless I log it AND move it..... geodementia Note Got this one under way whilst in the ACT for the weekend. Moved to a similar looking location. GA0199 Canberra's Battlecache Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0199 Canberra's Battlecache Geocache Geocache Canberra's Battlecache leja1965 Duffy Australian Capital Territory Australia Other Small 2.5 2.5 A game of Battleships for Canberra <p>The cache is currently located at: <b><i>S35o 21.034' E149o 1.710'(J2 Miss)</i></b></p> <h2>Canberra's Battlecache</h2> <p><em><font size="xx-small">Original Idea <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=9427c078-ed44-4b7c-9632-359b3a1592a0">UbercacheMonkeyfromHell</a></font></em></p> <p>Welcome to the &quot;Canberra's Battlecache&quot;. Just like the board game (&quot;Battleships&quot;) you guess a square that contains a ship take a shot by hiding the cache in this square then you are told if you got a hit or a miss. Once all ships are sunk the Game is over and the player who has most hits is awarded the win. The winner can proved <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=8ece6cc6-c2c9-4f4b-be69-de0cc95aa89e">Leja1965</a> with the start position of the next game.</p> <h3>How to play</h3> <p>Move the cache from one square to another square. Report the new cache location via Geocaching.com.au and <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=8ece6cc6-c2c9-4f4b-be69-de0cc95aa89e">Leja1965</a> will make a log of hit/miss or miss fire. Then someone else will move the cache to a new location. A square is represented by the grid below Each square starts at a new minute from S 35? 12 to S 35? 21 and E 149? 0 to E 149? 09.</p> <p>The Battlecache has one new rule. The concept of a mine. One Square will be a mine if the player places the cache in this square the mine explodes and the player is hospitalised for the next 5 moves.</p> <p><strong>Example:</strong></p> <div style="margin-left: 2em;">Cache is placed at S 35? 15.345 E 149? 07.344 then square S 35? 15 E 149? 07 or d8 is the shot location.</div> <h2>Current Game</h2> <p>Bearer of seal envelop containing a copy if the ship positions is Sacada. He can play as long as envelop is not opened.</p> <h3>Ships Condition</h3> <ul> <li><strong>1 Carrier:</strong>&nbsp;5 out of 5 Squares hit (Sunk by Secret Squirel 26th June 2008)</li> <li><strong>1 Battleship:</strong> 0 out of 4 Squares hit</li> <li><strong>1 Cruiser:</strong> 0 out of 3 Squares hit</li> <li><strong>1 Sub:</strong> 1 out of 3 Squares hit</li> <li><strong>1 Patrol Boat:</strong> 0 out of 2 Squares hit</li> <li><strong>1 Mine:</strong> 0 out of 1 Squares Exploded</li> </ul> <table frame="box" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>&nbsp;</th> <th>E 149&deg;0</th> <th>E 149&deg;1</th> <th>E 149&deg;2</th> <th>E 149&deg;3</th> <th>E 149&deg;4</th> <th>E 149&deg;5</th> <th>E 149&deg;6</th> <th>E 149&deg;7</th> <th>E 149&deg;8</th> <th>E 149&deg;9</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;12</th> <th>a1</th> <th>a2</th> <th>a3</th> <th>a4</th> <th>miss</th> <th>a6</th> <th>a7</th> <th>a8</th> <th>a9</th> <th>a10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;13</th> <th>b1</th> <th>b2</th> <th>Hit</th> <th>Hit</th> <th>Hit</th> <th>Hit</th> <th>Hit</th> <th>Miss</th> <th>b9</th> <th>b10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;14</th> <th>c1</th> <th>c2</th> <th>c3</th> <th>c4</th> <th>c5</th> <th>c6</th> <th>c7</th> <th>c8</th> <th>c9</th> <th>c10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;15</th> <th>d1</th> <th>d2</th> <th>d3</th> <th>d4</th> <th>d5</th> <th>d6</th> <th>d7</th> <th>d8</th> <th>d9</th> <th>d10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;16</th> <th>e1</th> <th>e2</th> <th>e3</th> <th>e4</th> <th>e5</th> <th>e6</th> <th>e7</th> <th>e8</th> <th>e9</th> <th>e10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;17</th> <th>f1</th> <th>f2</th> <th>f3</th> <th>f4</th> <th>f5</th> <th>f6</th> <th>f7</th> <th>Miss</th> <th>f9</th> <th>f10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;18</th> <th>g1</th> <th>g2</th> <th>g3</th> <th>g4</th> <th>g5</th> <th>g6</th> <th>g7</th> <th>g8</th> <th>g9</th> <th>g10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;19</th> <th>h1</th> <th>h2</th> <th>Miss</th> <th>h4</th> <th>h5</th> <th>h6</th> <th>h7</th> <th>h8</th> <th>h9</th> <th>h10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;20</th> <th>i1</th> <th>Hit</th> <th>i3</th> <th>i4</th> <th>i5</th> <th>i6</th> <th>i7</th> <th>i8</th> <th>i9</th> <th>i10</th> </tr> <tr> <th>S 35&deg;21</th> <th>j1</th> <th>Miss</th> <th>j3</th> <th>j4</th> <th>Miss</th> <th>j6</th> <th>j7</th> <th>j8</th> <th>j9</th> <th>j10</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><a title="Google Earth Map (May not be accurate) but can be guide" href="http://www.theScoutResource.com/forum_images/Canberra/canberra_map9.gif"><img height="714" width="600" alt="Google Earth Map (May not be accurate) but can be guide" src="http://www.thescoutresource.com/forum_images/Canberra/canberra_map11.gif" /></a></p> <h3>Score this Game</h3> <table border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Player</th> <th>Shots</th> <th>Hits</th> <th>misses</th> <th>Accuracy</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Sacada</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mtbikeroz</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>McPhan</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>SecretSQurrel</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>100%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>lattejed</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>50%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tankengine</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mr Darcy</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Eagle</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Leja1965</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tealby</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0%</td> </tr> <tr> <td>CBR900RR<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-size: 13px;"> </span></span></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0%</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h3>Past Winners</h3> <table border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Game</th> <th>Player</th> <th>Shots</th> <th>Hits</th> <th>misses</th> <th>Accuracy</th> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>The Rules</h2> <p><img align="right" alt="" src="http://img.groundspeak.com/cache/4ab07fcd-51ab-4f17-8e90-f8dbade87d90.jpg" /></p> <ul> <li>Play fair and ethically</li> <li>Hide to Cache according to the <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx">Geocaching Guidelines for hiding caches</a>.</li> <li>The cache should be retrieved, hidden and logged on with in 24 hours if possible.</li> <li>A player can not take two shots. The player must wait for another player to move the cache</li> <li>The cache cannot be moved to a new square until the result of the shot has been added to the Log by <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=8ece6cc6-c2c9-4f4b-be69-de0cc95aa89e">Leja1965</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=8ece6cc6-c2c9-4f4b-be69-de0cc95aa89e">Leja1965</a> decision is final. :-)</li> <li>Players can have multiple finds on this cache as the cache does move around.</li> <li>Another person will be given a seal envelop with the Ships positions to verify at end of game that Leja1965 has not been cheating.</li> <li>A miss fire is reported when Leja1965 believes the rules have been broken and no hit or miss will be given. The result will be Miss Fire with the reason why.</li> <li>After Retrieving the Cache please attach one of the paper tags found inside the Cache to nearby tree to inform others the cacher it has moved. This will hopfully let other caches not waste time finding a moved cache.</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Cache container is meant to represent a Sub. Please feel free to add to it. Send me pics and I will add somehow.</p> <h2>Other Battlecaches</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0204">Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0209">Melbourne</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> Gigglygecko Clan Found Found the sub - for our first GCA cache - YAY :) Having trouble trying to work out velocity and trajectory...will place when we have details sussed out. Love the concept of this one :) Gigglygecko Clan Note Bombs away........ on target??? leja1965 Note Miss all are free to move except CBR900RR CBR900RR Note J2 - hit? CBR900RR Found Collected the sub, will place sometime this weekend leja1965 Note Phan has made a hit on HMAS Duffy a sub that burns its way through the area. It is ablaze and about to sink. Go forth and finsih her off. All can move the cache. McPhan Note Close to home. Base of a big Gum. McPhan Found I've wanted to do this one for ages but was worried about the lack of responses to moves. As I was driving home from my parents last night an unknown icon popped up on the TomTom. Checking I found that it was this one - so I nabbed it. I won't put it out until the weekend as it is slightly damp, so I'll give it time to dry. mtbikeroz Note Welcome back Leja1965. leja1965 Note I am sorry I neglected this for so long. Tealby Miss Mt bikeroz & Secret Squirrel Hit and Hit and SUNK HMAS Brisbane. All are free to move this cache. Good Luck SecretSquirrel-BJC Found 5(+866=871) 5pm Thanks Leja1965 for a very novel and fun concept. If there was a critical mass of cachers who wanted to play, it would be great. I think there is just such a huge number of caches to chase at the moment - at least for most people! Thanks MtBikeroz for a very well-hidden cache - amazing I found it in that jungle! I am going to make a move, and then when you (leja1965) return, you can score Tealby, mbo and myself all at once. Great fun! *Overall Experience: 4* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating SecretSquirrel-BJC Note Hit?!?!?!?! If mbo hit the carrier at B4, and the carrier has 5 cells, then I get a hit at B3 - if I was accurate - that map is a little hard to see properly for my old eyes. SecretSquirrel-BJC Note Hi Leja Are you still looking after the Canberra BattleCache? I was going to make a move but theoretically I can't until you judge the previous move(s). Tealby and Mtbikeroz have moved with no confirmation of hit/miss Regards SS mtbikeroz Note A HIT!!!!!! Leja seems to have gone AWOL, ?????? Cache is hidden at base of a large shrub (4m x 4m) right adjacent the base of the trunk, hard to get to because of dead branches, and partially covered in leaves. mtbikeroz Found FOUND IT - FINALLY, oh FINALLY. Leja?????????????? Are you still there?????????????????????????????????? (I'm serious). Also, I have also removed some sexually explicit literature from within - someone found it!!!!!! I'll drop it off soon, hopefully getting a hit. LEJA????? Eynowd Note After a screwup on my part, I ended up putting it back where I'd found it. As far as I know, it's still still at the coords Tealby listed in her log entry. traineediplomat Note Is this still alive? Eynowd Found Found this not too far from one of my cache hides. Now, where to put it now... Tealby Found Found with Biggles303 - he took a couple of soldiers & replaced with a glow in the dark dinosaur & an elephant. A good start to the day, that only went downhill from here with 2 subsequent DNFs :( TFTC Tealby Note Quick fire at D6 - round fell into a pretty obvious spot not too far from a couple of Eynowd mystery caches - the ones I couldn't find!! Tankengine Found Found it! Now to take aim... Tankengine Note Fire1 - at J5... Now to see if I hit anything... leja1965 Note Thomas missed. All are free to move cache except Tankengine. leja1965 Note B8 Miss. Sorry Eagle did send me the coordinates a few weeks ago but got lost in my Junk Mail folder. All are free to move the cache. lattejed Note Earth to Eagle over, where have you landed? over leja1965 Note Can not see a change to the coordinates. Please email me the coordinates so I can update. eagle Found Found it easy enough. Coords supplied care of my Magellan Gold. Good Luck. leja1965 Note B7 Hit on Carrier. HMAS Belconnen is on her way down. She is listing badly. All are free to move the cache except Lattejed. Have fun and a merry Christmas to all. lattejed Found After recalibrating my sonar I went out for a quick attack. After a quick find, I reversed course and returned to the main fleet (Commodore wagon). New coords are S35 13.448 E149 06 337. Depth approximately 598m, but look out for the old torpedo tubes nearby. sacada Note <b>S35o13.460 E149o5.986</b><br> <br> I have had an incorrect setting on my GPS that has thrown out the coords by about 200 metres. Sorry for the goose chase lattejed. lattejed Not Found No luck again, it must be someone else's turn. sacada Note Not too many hiding places there. You shouldn't get stumped! Not over the fence. lattejed Not Found Another DNF, my satellite guided sonar kept putting me on the wrong side of the anti-submarine netting (the fence line). leja1965 Note B6 Hit on Carrier. Well done Sacada. All can now move cache except for Sacada this round. sacada Found <b>S35.13.559 E149.05.916</b><br> Nearly gave up after not being able to find it for a while. I then decided to keep going and broaden my circle. Glad I did.<br> I have now relocated not too far away.<br> Took marbles and left toy soldiers and ball. leja1965 Note A5 is a Miss. All are free to move the cache except for lattejed lattejed Found Ahoy there, I took the bathythermograph along this time and was able to break through to make a clean pick up. New coords S35 12.546 E149 04.978. sacada Note <b> S35.13.710 E149.04.150</b><br> Well, I popped out and had a look and cache is still sitting there in full view waiting for someone to grab.<br> <br> I have a new GPS, so here are new coords to hopefully get more accuracy. Mr Darcy Not Found The satellite gods were kind, or so they claimed. EPE 3m which is about as good as I get, but no submarines here. Not even their heat signature! I looked high. I looked low. I poked. I prodded. I peered. All to no avail. leja1965 Note Will get Sacada to check. lattejed Not Found Nice afternoon to search for a sub, but too many trees were interfering with my sonar. leja1965 Note B5 Hit on Carrier. People are free to move the cache sacada Found S35'13.702 E149'04.154 Found and moved. Under baby gum. leja1965 Not Found Went to put the papers in at lunch time spent whole time looking for cache. Couldn't find it so either it has moved on and not reported yet or I am blind. leja1965 Note Still a miss but People are free to move the cache sacada Note Google Earth have updated their maps. I checked 'Pole Position' and it is now very close to the cache. Also, your house is now fixed, Leja :D sacada Not Found Had a try to find this afternoon. Didn't have my GPSr with me so I was looking at the Google Earth image. Looked on all three levels as I didn't think it would be on the road. Failed. Will try again later with GPRs. leja1965 Note Sacada is trying to catch up to add the paper notices. So until he does dont worry about last rule. leja1965 Note Google earth due to the nature of flat photos and curved earth is inheriently inaccurate. You only have to look at some well known caches that have correct coords to see the error (Pole Position) so I wouldn't be too concerned. My House is split and in two different location on google earth :-). It is always good to check anyway. Mr Darcy Note Double checked the location. It was with reasonable limits. I will never trust Google Earth again! It is not on the main road, but that still leaves an interesting 3D challenge as Sacada found out ROFL PS did you check out that upper level tunnel that goes in from the other side? LateEdit: The co-ordinates were good. Shame I can't say the same about my eyesight. Corrected location: S35 17.200 E149 07.060 leja1965 Note First Salvo fired into Square H3 resulting in a Miss. The cache can now be moved. Hope you enjoy. leja1965 Note F8 is a Miss leja1965 Note First Shot (I play just to get started) S 35 19.636 E 149 02.339 Mr Darcy Note I checked the new location on Google Earth. It shows the co-ordinates about 30m from the actual location. I will recheck on the ground tomorrow as there is a busy road in the vicinity. It is still in the same zone though (Phew!) Mr Darcy Found I Love the concept, but I'm probably too busy to play actively. Still I couldn't resist a FTF and my first GCA only cache New location has an EPE of 4.9m TNLNSL Mr Darcy