Locationless caches Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au Geocaching Australia GA1578 Five For One Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1578 Five For One Geocache Geocache Five For One Dazzatron Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 3 2 Find 5 Different Types of Caches <p> <div_prefs id="div_prefs"></div_prefs> </p> <p>To log this cache all you need to do is to find at least 5 caches in one day sound easy well there is a slight twist there must be at least 5 different types of caches. The caches can be either from geocaching.com or geocaching.com.au but must be caches that you have not previosly found before 31/08/2009. They can be any combination of the avalable types of caches</p> <ul> <li><strong>Traditional cache</strong> - a hidden stash comprising at minimum a log book (GC and GCA)</li> <li><strong>Multi-cache</strong> - a set of waypoints leading to the final cache (GC and GCA)</li> <li><strong>Event cache</strong> - a gathering of geocachers (GC and GC)</li> <li><strong>Virtual cache</strong> - a cache with no cache container (GCA only, grandfathered on GC)</li> <li><strong>Locationless cache</strong> - also called a reverse virtual (GCA only)</li> <li><strong>Moveable cache </strong>- find it, take it, hide it somewhere else (GCA only)</li> <li><strong>Mystery/Unknown/Puzzle cache</strong> - a catch-all to cover other possible caches (GC and GCA)</li> <li><strong>CITO cache</strong> - special type of event with Cache In Trash Out intentions (GC only, use Event on GCA)</li> <li><strong>Earthcache </strong>- view a unique geoscience feature on-the-ground (GC only, use Virtual on GCA)</li> <li><strong>Webcam cache</strong> - take a picture to log (GCA only, grandfathered on GC)</li> <li><strong>Letterbox cache</strong> - hybrid with letterboxing (GC only)</li> <li><strong>Podcache</strong> - multi-cache where the directions are provided in audio (GCA only)</li> <li><strong>Wherigo Cache</strong> - is a unique type of Multi or Puzzle cache witch requires you to follow a set of instructions on screen to reval the next part to continue. (GC&nbsp;Only)</li> </ul> <p>In your logs please make note of the GC/GCA&nbsp;cache numbers of the cache's visited.</p> <p>This cache can be logged more than once but the only thing is if you want to claim it a second or third time then I ask that you need to find an extra type for each additional find. So for the 2nd find you will need to find 6 types and for the 3rd log you will need 7 and so on. </p> <p>Good luck and look forward to seeing how people go with this cache.</p> Dazzatron Other Published GA1561 SNOWY MOUNTAINS HYDRO-ELECTRIC AUTHORITY Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1561 SNOWY MOUNTAINS HYDRO-ELECTRIC AUTHORITY Geocache Geocache SNOWY MOUNTAINS HYDRO-ELECTRIC AUTHORITY stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 State Survey Marks <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: medium; ">This is for logging the&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: larger; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">SNOWY MOUNTAINS HYDRO-ELECTRIC AUTHORITY</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; "><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; "><span style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">&nbsp;State survey markers.</span></span></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; "><strong><font size="4" face="Comic Sans MS"> <br /> </font></strong>&nbsp;They are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number on them. They can be found in the most surprising places. I have seen them on bridges, in the middle of footpaths, even on the side of monuments.<br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it.<br /> <br /> 2.&nbsp; Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the marker is located.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your survey marker a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you Find<br /> <br /> <strong>NB:&nbsp; I have borrowed this format from&nbsp;tronador</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center; ">Example</p> <p style="text-align: center; "><img alt="" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1561/899.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> stringy Other all good too go stringy Found Found on the main range track to Mt Kos. 3/1 stringy Found Found while finding Feel The Surge just inside mt kos national park. GA1551 WanAus 115 - Ridiculous Signs Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1551 WanAus 115 - Ridiculous Signs Geocache Geocache WanAus 115 - Ridiculous Signs WanderingAus Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Find a stupid sign and claim a smiley. <p>This cache was inspired by my discovery of yet another sign that had me saying &quot;What were they thinking?&quot;</p> <p>To log this cache:</p> <p>Find a sign placed by a government instrumentality that is ridiculous or just plain stupid.</p> <p>To claim a FIND of this cache follow these rules:</p> <p>&quot;Government instrumentality&quot; means any organization set up by or forming part of a department of the Federal, State, Territory or Local Government, and includes QANGOs (Quasi-Autonomous Non-Government Organizations)(such as CASA).</p> <p>The &quot;Sign&quot; MUST be a properly manufactured and printed metal sign permanently affixed to a building, post, fence or similar structure. Hand-written signs and computer generated paper signs do not qualify, although if there is a particularly good and enormously ridiculous computer generated paper sign displayed WITHIN THE PUBLIC AREA of a &quot;Government instrumentality&quot; and INTENDED TO BE SEEN BY THE PUBLIC you can add it as a Note, and if I judge it worthy I'll allow it to be changed to a &quot;Found It&quot;.</p> <p>Take a photo of the sign with your gpsr visible in the photo. Holding the gpsr at arms length at the edge of your shot is all that is required. You can include one or more cachers in the photo if you wish, but it's not essential.</p> <p>Your log MUST INCLUDE: The coordinates of the sign. <br /> A photo of the sign. <br /> The name of the facility where the sign is located. <br /> The name of the &quot;Government instrumentality&quot; which placed the sign. <br /> The reason you think the sign is ridiculous. <br /> If you were en-route to or from a geocache when you spotted the sign, the Code and Name of the geocache. <br /> <br /> You can also include photos of anything interesting or noteworthy in the vicinity, particularly any historic site or scenic feature, if you wish. <br /> <br /> You can log this cache as many times as you like, provided the sign has not been logged by anyone else. <br /> <br /> S12 22.730 E130 50.550 <br /> WanderingAus wandered by during a &quot;climatic refugee&quot; trip, sightseeing with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), and found this Ridiculous Sign on the jetty at Nightcliff Foreshore Reserve, obviously placed by the Darwin City Council. Lovely spot, nice jetty, stupid sign, and of course the inspiration for this cache. <br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1551/1019.jpg" /> <br /> <br /> I think it's ridiculous because it states &quot;NO UNAUTHORISED JUMPING - OFFENDERS WILL BE PROSECUTED&quot;, which implies that authorisation for jumping is available somehow. While I'm sure there is a section in Council that would be responsible for prosecuting offenders, I doubt that anyone would have responsibility for issuing a &quot;Permit To Jump From Nightcliff Pier&quot;. <br /> <br /> If you enjoy this one check out my other caches:-<br /> http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/WanderingAus_Placed_Caches.html WanderingAus Placed Caches</p> NTSTROM Found Found this ridiculous, or more to the point, humourous sign near GCQ9K3 'Capricorn Stuart' which is located at the Tropic of Capricorn rest stop on the Stuart Highway, about 30 km north of Alice Springs. I have no idea what government body or organisation was responsible for the sign, but it could quite possibly be a DIPE sign. NoFishNT is located in one of the photos with his GPS and the sign is located just to the right of the Tropic of Capricorn structure. TFTC WanderingAus Other Ready to roll - enjoy. GA1549 HARLEY! Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1549 HARLEY! Geocache Geocache HARLEY! stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Log a Harley <p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">In 1901, William S Harley, age 21, drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07&nbsp;cubic inches (116&nbsp;cc) and four-inch (102&nbsp;mm) flywheels. The engine was designed for use in a regular pedal-bicycle frame. </span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Over the next two years Harley and his childhood friend Arthur Davidson&nbsp;labored on their motor-bicycle using the northside Milwaukee machine shop at the home of their friend, Henry Melk. It was finished in 1903 with the help of Arthur's brother, Walter Davidson. Upon completion the boys found their power-cycle unable to conquer Milwaukee's modest hills without pedal assistance. Will Harley and the Davidsons quickly wrote off their first motor-bicycle as a valuable learning experiment.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Work immediately began on a new and improved second-generation machine. This first &quot;real&quot; Harley-Davidson motorcycle had a bigger engine of 24.74&nbsp;cubic inches (405&nbsp;cc) with 9.75&nbsp;inches (25&nbsp;cm) flywheels weighing 28&nbsp;lb (13&nbsp;kg). The machine's advanced loop-frame pattern was similar to the 1903 Milwaukee Merkel motorcycle (designed by Joseph Merkel, later of Flying Merkel fame.) The bigger engine and loop-frame design took it out of the motorized-bicycle category and would help define what a modern motorcycle should contain in the years to come. The boys also received help with their bigger engine from outboard motor pioneer Ole Evinrude&nbsp;who was then building gas engines of his own design for automotive use on Milwaukee's Lake Street.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">The prototype of the new loop-frame Harley-Davidson was assembled in a 10- by 15-foot (3 by 5 meter) shed in the Davidson family backyard. Most of the major parts, however, were made elsewhere, including some probably fabricated at the West Milwaukee railshops where oldest brother William A. Davidson was then toolroom&nbsp;foreman. This prototype machine was functional by 8 September 1904 when it competed in a Milwaukee motorcycle race held at State Fair Park. It was ridden by Edward Hildebrand and placed fourth. This is the first documented appearance of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the historical record.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">In January 1905, small advertisements were placed in the &quot;Automobile and Cycle Trade Journal&quot; that offered bare Harley-Davidson engines to the do-it-yourself trade. By April, complete motorcycles were in production on a very limited basis. That year the first Harley-Davidson dealer, Carl H. Lang of Chicago, sold three bikes from the dozen or so built in the Davidson backyard shed. (Some years later the original shed was taken to the Juneau Avenue factory where it would stand for many decades as a tribute to the Motor Company's humble origins. Unfortunately, the first shed was accidentally destroyed by contractors in the early 1970s during a clean-up of the factory yard.)</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">In 1906, Harley and the Davidsons built their first factory on Chestnut Street (later Juneau Avenue). This location remains the Motor Company's corporateheadquaters&nbsp;today. The first Juneau Avenue plant was a 40 by 60-foot (18&nbsp;m) single-story wooden structure. That year around 50 motorcycles were produced.</span></p> <div class="thumb tleft" style="width: auto; float: left; clear: left; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; background-color: white; "> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px; min-width: 100px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 94%; text-align: center; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><a class="image" title="1907 model." style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1907_Harley_Davidson.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><img alt="" width="180" height="102" class="thumbimage" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/1907_Harley_Davidson.jpg/180px-1907_Harley_Davidson.jpg" /></span></a> <div class="thumbcaption" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; font-size: 94%; text-align: left; "> <div class="magnify" style="border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; float: right; background-position: initial initial !important; "><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); display: block; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1907_Harley_Davidson.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><img width="15" height="11" alt="" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; display: block; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial !important; " src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> 1907 model.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="thumb tleft" style="width: auto; float: left; clear: left; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 0px; background-color: white; "> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 182px; min-width: 100px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-top: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 94%; text-align: center; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><a class="image" title="Harley-Davidson 1000 cc HT 1916" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1916.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><img alt="" width="180" height="98" class="thumbimage" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); " src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1916.jpg/180px-Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1916.jpg" /></span></a> <div class="thumbcaption" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1.4em; padding-top: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; font-size: 94%; text-align: left; "> <div class="magnify" style="border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; float: right; background-position: initial initial !important; "><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); display: block; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; " href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harley-Davidson_1000_cc_HT_1916.jpg"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "><img width="15" height="11" alt="" style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: middle; display: block; border-top-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-repeat: initial !important; background-attachment: initial !important; -webkit-background-clip: initial !important; -webkit-background-origin: initial !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-position: initial initial !important; " src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; "> Harley-Davidson 1000 cc HT 1916</span></div> </div> </div> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">In 1907, William S. Harley graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison&nbsp;with a degree in mechanical engineering&nbsp;That year additional factory expansion came with a second floor and later with facings and additions of Milwaukee pale yellow (&quot;cream&quot;) brick. With the new facilities production increased to 150 motorcycles in 1907. The company was officially incorporated that September. They also began selling their motorcycles to police departments around this time, a market that has been important to them ever since.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">Production in 1905 and 1906 were all single-cylinder models with 26.84&nbsp;cubic inches (439.8&nbsp;cc) engines. In February 1907 a prototype model with a 45-degree V-Twin engine was displayed at the Chicago&nbsp;Automobile Show. Although shown and advertised, very few V-Twin models were built between 1907 and 1910. These first V-Twins displaced 53.68&nbsp;cubic inches (879.7&nbsp;cc) and produced about 7&nbsp;horsepower (5.2&nbsp;kW). This gave about double the power of the first singles. Top speed was about 60&nbsp;mph (97&nbsp;km/h). Production jumped from 450 motorcycles in 1908 to 1,149 machines in 1909.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">By 1911, some 150 makes of motorcycles had already been built in the United States &ndash; although just a handful would survive the 1910s.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">In 1911, an improved V-Twin model was introduced. The new engine had mechanically operated intake valves, as opposed to the &quot;automatic&quot; intake valves used on earlier V-Twins that opened by engine vacuum. With a displacement of 49.48&nbsp;cubic inches (810.8&nbsp;cc), the 1911 V-Twin was smaller than earlier twins, but gave better performance. After 1913 the majority of bikes produced by Harley-Davidson would be V-Twin models.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">By 1913, the yellow brick factory had been demolished and on the site a new 5-story structure of reinforced concrete and red brick had been built. Begun in 1910, the red brick factory with its many additions would take up two blocks along Juneau Avenue and around the corner on 38th Street. Despite the competition, Harley-Davidson was already pulling ahead of Indian and would dominate motorcycle racing after 1914. Production that year swelled to 16,284 machines.</span></p> <div><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">To log you'll need too get the co-ords of the Harley and take a picture of it with you GPS.</span></div> <div class="thumb tright" style="width: auto; clear: right; float: right; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; margin-left: 1.4em; background-color: white; "><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; ">&nbsp;</span></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 81 of a "climatic refugee" trip, returning from watching the barramundi feeding at Territory Manor, Mataranka, and found this magnificent blue Harley in front of one of the motel units. The owners were quite happy to have their pride and joy photographed. Note the number plate, "HOG", which as you probably know stands for Harley Owners Group. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1549/9451612782.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 74 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and found this nice blue Harley at the Nightcliff markets. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1549/3251589815.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* *FTF* T4TH stringy Keith stringy Other All good to go! GA1545 Only the lonely. Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1545 Only the lonely. Geocache Geocache Only the lonely. Bundyrumandcoke Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 For all those forgotten lonely graves out in the bush. <p>I am always saddened to see a pioneer grave, lonely and unloved, somewhere out in the bush. Most of these graves date from the 1800s, or early 1900s. Most are rundown, some barely recognisable as graves. Some turn up where you would least expect it. All deserve to be remembered as a tribute to those who came before us, and shaped this remarkable land we call Australia.</p> <p>Please dont include recent roadside memorials to those killed in traffic accidents.</p> <p>If you can, upload a photo of the gravesite, and also include some information of who is buried there. But as these graves are often on private property, please dont trespass to gain this information. If a distance shot and no information is all you can get, then so be it. The more remote the better, and if it is a small cluster of graves, and not in a recognised cemetary, then it can be included here.</p> Tuena Found Grave site at Burrier on the Shoalhaven River. It is a cluster of family graves of the Thomson family, surrounded by a rock fence & is on private property. You need permission to enter. Those buried here (and indeed the present owners) are direct descendants of Mary Reiby (1777 - 1855), nee Haydock. Mary Haydock was born in England and transported to the Colony of New South Wales for horse stealing in 1790. When arrested she was dressed as a boy and using an alias, however her identity was revealed during the trial. She was 13 years old when sentenced. Arriving in Sydney in 1792 she was assigned as a nursemaid in the household of Major Francis Grose. In 1794 she married Thomas Reiby, formerly of the East India Company, who established a trading enterprise called Entally House. After his death in 1811 Mary was left with seven children and control of a large business which included rural properties, Bass Strait sealing operations and overseas trading. Through enterprise and hard work she became one of the most successful businesswomen in the Colony. As she rose in affluence, she also rose in respectability and socialised in Governor Macquarie's set. Mary lived in Newtown (Sydney) until her death. Mary purchased 800 acres of alluvial flats at Burrier & the grave site is located on that original property, which is still in the hands of her descendants. Mary's face appears on the Australian $20 note. The youngest person buried here (James Reiby Thomson Aged one month Died April 14th 1867) has the middle name of Reiby as does the present owner of the property. At the foot of this grave a sister is buried, having succumbed at 10 months. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1389">GA1389 SRR - Palmer by TeamGeoPlesk</a>, and found this memorial to the Teamster C. Palmer, who died in August 1871 while serving with a survey party during the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1545/1871622672.jpg"> Surely this must be the loneliest death of all - the actual gravesite is unknown and even the date of his death is uncertain. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Bundyrumandcoke Keith Bundyrumandcoke Found The lonely grave of William McMillan, bornin Inverness, Scotland, 25/12/1863, Died 8/10/1889. His grave lies very close to the Emerald to Springsure rail line, at the locality of Fernlees. His only visitors now are railworkers. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1388">GA1388 SRR - Wycliffe Welsh Men by TeamGeoPlesk</a>, and found this lonely grave nearby. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1545/301622668.jpg"> The grave is that of R.H.K. (Richard) Scott, brother of Francis Robert William Scott who was for a time the Postmaster at Barrow Creek before taking up pastoral pursuits in the country now known as Stirling Station. Richard was a stockman presumably working on his brother's property and was unmarried. The cause and circumstances surrounding his death on 1st May 1899 at the age of 34 years has not been determined. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Bundyrumandcoke Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and after hunting down <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1407">GA1407 Barrow Creek Telegraph Station by Everlasting</a>, found this lonely grave nearby. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1545/3111622671.jpg"> The graves are those of James L. Stapleton, Station Master, and John Franks, Linesman, who were killed by natives on 23rd Fedbruary 1874. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Bundyrumandcoke Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 82 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1386">GA1386 SRR - Tennant Telegraph Oven Hunt by TeamGeoPlesk</a>, and found these lonely graves nearby. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1545/3841622663.jpg"> The grave on the left is that of Tom Nugent, the boss of Banka Banka, who came to the area in 1896 with 1,200 head of cattle to establish the property. He and his family were frequent visitors to the Tennant Creek Telegraph Station. Tom died in 1911. The grave on the right is that of Archibald Cameron, a stockman at the telegraph station, who died in 1906. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Bundyrumandcoke Keith NTSTROM Found These lonely graves are located at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station. The grave on the left is for Ernest T. Bradshaw and the grave in the centre of the photo is for Ernest E.S. Flint 1854-1887. There is also 3 other unmarked graves at this site. TFTC Tuena Found Grave site of the Weir Family at Bangalee. Two pioneering families, the Condies & the Weirs, settled at Longreach on the Shoalhaven River during the 1850's & occupied the land for over 100 years. A site at the mouth of the Bangalee Creek was used as a wharf to load cedar and produce for transportation to Port Jackson. The first burial at the grave site occurred in 1859. The graves can be reached after a 2K bush walk. There is a Condie Family grave site as well however I had trouble finding it so will include it at a later date. Bundyrumandcoke Found [IMG]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n93/bundyrumandcoke/Agnesgallagher.jpg[/IMG] Agnes Gallagher died on 22 October 1889, aged 40 years. Her grave sits alone beside the Boolburra to Edengalba road, in central western Queensland. Bundyrumandcoke Other GA1546 Ramshackle and rundown. Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1546 Ramshackle and rundown. Geocache Geocache Ramshackle and rundown. Bundyrumandcoke Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 For all those ramshackle, rundown and abandoned buildings out there. <p>We have all seen them, ramshackle rundown and abandoned buildings out in the countryside. Farmhouses that no longer house farmers, sheds that no longer shed water, buildings that could no longer be called built. There are thousands of ex buildings and ruins throughout Australia that at one stage enjoyed a useful life, but now sit decaying into the ground.</p> <p>Take and upload a photo of your find, and give a brief description if you can.</p> Tuena Found Twin cement silos & shed in the Burrier area. These silos are scattered all over the Shoalhaven, with the majority having been built by a father & son team in the 1940s. The son, a neighbour of mine, lived to be 88. The silos were used to store corn for the many dairy farms that existed at that time. They had a capacity of 300 tons. The majority of silos are now rundown & none are used for their original purpose (don't meet current building laws). However some have been put to new use such as homes (with added reinforcement) & one is part of a well known restaurant. They are nearly always accompanied by a shed or an old dairy. Keeper of Time Found Took this shot while doing a nearby GCA locationless cache. Whilst the building look a little worse for wear they are meant to look like that. They are on the Kattemingga Lodge Estate near Trentham and the site has been used in the making of many films most notability "The Man from Snowy River". Bundyrumandcoke Found A rundown farmhouse beside the road to Boolburra in Central Western Queensland. Bundyrumandcoke Other big dazza Found I took this photo about a year ago, the house is located in Woodstock just south of Townsville in sunny North Queensland.The house was owned by one of the original pioneers of the area and is the oldest house still standing (just) in the area.I drove past it about a week ago and the "for Sale" sign is still there.Thanks for the cache Bundy. GA1535 WanAus 112 - Barbecues Galore Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1535 WanAus 112 - Barbecues Galore Geocache Geocache WanAus 112 - Barbecues Galore WanderingAus Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Find a free barbecue and claim a smiley. <p>There is another locationless cache for free BBQs but the list is stifled by onerous conditions, and some recent logs have just plain disappeared.</p> <p>The aim of this one is to build up a comprehensive list of free barbecues throughout Australia.</p> <p>To log this cache: Find a park with free electric or gas barbecues. Take a photo of one or more of the barbecues with your gpsr visible in the photo. You can include one or more cachers in the photo if you wish, but it's not essential.</p> <p>Your log MUST INCLUDE:</p> <p>The coordinates of the barbecue.</p> <p>A photo of the barbecue <b>with your gpsr visible in the photo</b>.</p> <p>The name of the park or facility where the barbecue is located.</p> <p>A description of the available facilities at the park, particularly toilets, tables, shelters, playground, historic site or scenic feature, as well as the number of BBQs.</p> <p>The code and name of the nearest geocache to the barbecue. If you were on the way from one geocache to another when you discovered the barbecue you can list both.</p> <p>Include photos of anything interesting or noteworthy in the vicinity, particularly any historic site or scenic feature. You can log this cache as many times as you like, provided the barbecues have not been logged by anyone else. That also means only one log per venue - e.g. four BBQs at a park is one find.</p> <p>This BBQ is near <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1BPHB">GC1BPHB Leanyer Recreation Park by caffiend42</a> and is one of four at Leanyer Recreation Park.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/85.jpg" /></p> <p>This is an amazing spot, unlike anything I've seen in over 40 years of Wandering Australia. Facilities include 4 free BBQs all under cover, heaps of picnic tables, a huge playground, an amazing water playground and a huge water slide, a skate park, a skate/bike/skateboard park, parking, change rooms, toilets, and kiosk, but the really amazing thing is that everything is FREE except for the stuff in the kiosk.</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/737.jpg" /></p> <p>The park, playground, pool and water play are open from 10 AM to 7 PM, and the water slide from 11 AM to 7 PM, Wednesdays to Sundays plus all public holidays and school holidays. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you enjoy this one check out my other caches:- &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;center&gt;<a href="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/WanderingAus_Placed_Caches.html">WanderingAus Placed Caches</a> &lt;/center&gt;</p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 88 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCPVMN">GCPVMN Communications Station by GeeLetcha</a>, and found these free BBQs scattered throughout a large picnic area at the Alice Springs Old Telegraph Station, which is open from ?? to 9 PM daily. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/321621078.jpg"> Facilities include at least nine free BBQs, each with a picnic table, bin and overhead light, two ladies and gents toilet blocks, plenty of parking, and an excellent Old Telegraph Station to explore. There are also three caches nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCPVMN">GCPVMN Communications Station by GeeLetcha</a>, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1PG45">GC1PG45 A Walk in the Park #1 by 2 Lost Souls</a> and <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1M4C2">GC1M4C2 Dead Centre #1 by 2 Lost Souls</a>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 80 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading for a swim in the Beautiful Bitter Springs, and found this free BBQ in the middle of the parking area. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/2191605372.jpg"> Facilities include one free electric BBQ and two picnic tables, ladies and gents enviro toilets, plenty of parking, and an excellent hot spring. There is also a cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC18KR8">GC18KR8 Bitter Springs by CHEDENT</a>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* Keith NTSTROM Found The Nightcliff foreshore in Darwin is a lovely stretch of coastline that has many kilometres of bike and walking paths. There are many BBQ and picnic areas along the foreshore, for tourists and locals alike. This pair of electric barbeques are only fairly new and the view out to the sea is magnificent. TFTC Shifter Brains Found Lee Point Reserve in Darwin. Four BBQs here and plenty of tables and seats, also toilets. Found after locating the cache "Lee Point" (GC19V3T). There are many more caches in the area also. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 75 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NKQ4">GC1NKQ4 A Stringybark Cache by NTSTROM</a>, and found these two free BBQs not far from the trailhead of the Stringybark Walk Trail at Lee Point. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/9801596204.jpg"> There are quite a few more free BBQs in the reserve, I didn't have time to count them all. Facilities include numerous free gas BBQs and picnic tables, some under cover, some water taps, rubbish bins, and a large toilet and change room block. Lee Point is also the jumping off point for numerous caches, including <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC19V3T">GC19V3T Lee Point by NTSTROM</a>, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NKQ4">GC1NKQ4 A Stringybark Cache by NTSTROM</a>, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC17J8A">GC17J8A Bunker down with a twist by gibbo003</a>, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1AXD6">GC1AXD6 Beach Strongpoint by NTSTROM</a>, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NJ9G">GC1NJ9G Bush Land Walk (The Escarpment) by gibbo003</a> and <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1MHBE">GC1MHBE Tribal Clay by NTSTROM</a>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* Keith Tuena Found A picnic area on the shores of Swan Lake, Swanhaven near Sussex Inlet in the Shoalhaven. The lake is shallow & ideal for kids with canoes. There is under cover seating, free eletric BBQ, plenty of shade & toilets. A traditional cache is nearby, namely Swan Lake GA1548. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 71 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC14TP2">GC14TP2 The Ridge Walk by Kerr NT</a>, and found this free BBQ strategically placed along the Palmerston Escarpment Walk. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/7471588169.jpg"> Facilities include one free electric BBQ and a picnic table under cover, a water tap, and a small playground. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1535/8671588169.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* Keith Keeper of Time Found This is a great BBQ area in a very small country town, very nice facilities and fantastic kids play ground close by. There is also one on my caches right next to the BBQ area, it's GC102BN - Play Lunch. Why not visit and try for the cache at the same time. gorbak Found Cornelian Bay "The playground located on the foreshore at Cornelian Bay is extremely popular and has been designed to offer easy accessibility. The playground fronts Cornelian Bay and has public convenience facilities and electric BBQs nearby." (http://www.hobartcity.com.au/HCC/STANDARD/PC_1057.html) The closest cache is "Snuva's Haunt" (http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gcj6ca). big dazza Found Found this great little riverside BBQ spot the other day when I found "The Lego Brick Wall"(GC1WBEB) which is about 3oom away.Located on the bank of Ross River in Townsville,I'm sure this BBQ would be very popular with the locals.Thanks for the cache. WanderingAus Other Good to go - enjoy. Tuena Found I might get a smilie for this one. I don't have my GPSr in any of the pictures however I have been the one & only caching visitor. I was amazed at the the quality of the facilities at this location, given its remoteness. It is located at The Salt Caves in the Pilliga Scrub 20.6 Ks in from the Newell Highway. The road in is graded with some minor washaways. It is suitable for 2WDs, as evidenced from my GC log. The picnic area has one sheltered free BBQ, two sheltered picnic benches & a pit toilet, all new & clean. You will need to bring your own water. The Salt Caves are metres away & can be explored with complete safety. There is a fire tower nearby but you can't climb it. On the way in you may see emus & roos (I did). The cache nearby is GC1DKJB, The Salt Caves. GA1531 The Cemetery Bonanza Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1531 The Cemetery Bonanza Geocache Geocache The Cemetery Bonanza stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Log a cemetery. <p>Had the idea of the cache while hiding a geocache near one. Log as &nbsp;many as you like.</p> <p>Take a picture of of the cemetery of you or a GPS or both!</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/280.jpg" /></p> <p style="text-align: center; "><img alt="" src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/354.jpg" /></p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 88 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1WXRZ">GC1WXRZ Alice Springs Garden Cemetery by NTSTROM</a> and found that <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=964591">NTSTROM</a> had missed out on claiming the Bonanza when he placed his cache here. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/3781621069.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 88 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCYQFY">GCYQFY Water Color by WaddlesK</a> and found myself at Alice Springs Memorial Cemetery. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/4411621070.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 88 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1N663">GC1N663 Stuart Town Cemetary by Allie2112</a> and of course I found myself at Stuart Town Cemetery, or is it Stuart Memorial Cemetery. Two signs, two names, maybe it's an NT thing. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/6381621075.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by in June 2008 on day forty-seven of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC18KT1">GC18KT1 Elsey Cemetery by CHEDENT</a> near Mataranka. I returned this year on day 80 of the current "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1VFG3">GC1VFG3Old Elsey Homestead by gibbo003 &TrewCrew</a> and had to go right past Elsey Cemetery to get there. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/1251605453.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH stringy Keith NTSTROM Found The Alice Springs Telegraph Station cemetery, located just on the outskirts of Alice Springs. TFTC WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by in June 2008 on day twenty-eight of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC133VW">GC133VW Jingili Cemetery by NTSTROM</a> in the Darwin suburb of Jingili. I returned this year on day 78 of the current "climatic refugee" trip, the laST day before departing Darwin for points South, and The WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) was kind enough to take the requisite photo. The sign at the entrance reads "Darwin Main Cemetery", but it's a pretty plain sign and I thought the cemetery itself was a better photo, and the name "Jingili Cemetery" a better name. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/4411598858.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH stringy Keith Tuena Found West Cambewarra Cemetery near Nowra has been receiving the dearly departed since 1874 & is still in use. There is a host of very old graves in surprisingly good condition. The cemetery is surrounded by housing which probably helps. baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher.Here is a cemetery that has been placed near a little Township called Corrigin in WA.The first burial here was a very good mate of the founder of this Cemetery.Since then people from great distances have come to leave their mates in the company of others. Since then there has been a record set with the most utes with "Mans Best Friend" aboard,set as well.A cache GCPRCH Sick Puppy_Corrigin can be found here also.TFTC Keeper of Time Found Macedon cemetery A peacefull area with some old graves and some unusual headstones. baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher on a caching day to Gundagai.Caught Roostaman looking for a multi cache at the same place. gorbak Found Cornelian Bay Cemetery. So many muggles.... "Through the years, there have been about 100,000 burials at Cornelian Bay. "Notable burial sites ... include the graves of Bridget Ryan, the first person interred at Cornelian Bay; bushranger Martin Cash, who lived to a ripe old age and died in his sleep; George Adams, founder of Tattersalls; and Tenis Sterio, the king of the world's gypsy communities, who died in Hobart in 1943." (http://www.srct.com.au/history.html) big dazza Found The old Townsville cemetery located in Church St. West End was in use from 1873 to 1989.Incidentally,people who live within 10km of this cemetery are not allowed to be buried there.Apparently you need to die first.Thanks for the cache srtingy. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 62 of a "climatic refugee" trip and found <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1GNZ8">GC1GNZ8 Garden of Remembrance by NTSTROM</a> within the Northern Territory Garden of Remembrance at the Thorak Regional Cemetery. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/7751574018.jpg"> I was so impressed by the Garden of Remembrance I took the photos there instead of at the cemetery gates. Photo above shows the garden, inset right is WanderingAus and gpsr at the garden. Photo below is the photo montage and information about "Darwin At War". <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/8201574018.jpg"> This Garden of Remembrance is well worth the visit without even taking the cache into consideration. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 60 of a "climatic refugee" trip and found <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1824P">GC1824P Fallen Heros by Kerr NT</a> across the road from the Coomalie Bush Cemetery and not far from the Adelaide River War Cemetery. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/631571810.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 60 of a "climatic refugee" trip and stopped for afternoon tea in the picnic area near <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC188GK">GC188GK Q.C.E. Hotel by Kerr NT</a> which is near the Adelaide River Pioneer Cemetery, thought to have been established in 1884 in conjunction with the Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/9711571813.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith Tuena Found Gerringong cemetery sits on the side of a hill overlooking the Tasman Sea. There are many pioneer graves here dating back to the 1860s. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 54 of a "climatic refugee" trip and with an hour or so to spare set out to find <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC13YNZ">GC13YNZ The Palmerston Cemetery by NTSTROM</a>. I had ignored this one previously because an hour of hunting to find a micro was not a very productive prospect, but with the chance to claim this cache as well it became worthwhile. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1531/791563279.jpg'> <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?id=964591">NTSTROM</a> gives the following information and more in his cache listing: <font color=blue>The Pioneer/Goyder Road Cemetery was originally called "Palmerston Cemetery" and is Darwin's first "official" cemetery. Among the gravestones and unmarked graves, lie buried the stories of hundreds of the Territory's pioneer men, women and children. There are stories of tragedy and triumph, hope and heartbreak. Here, in this final resting place, the 'occupants' sleep on oblivious to the modern homes and businesses established nearby and the thousands of vehicles that pass by. The Pioneer Cemetery is situated on Goyder Road and is also known as the Goyder Road Cemetery or Palmerston Cemetery. The Pioneer Cemetery was opened in 1865 and closed in 1919. </font> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith gr8cherokee Found Two Wells Cemetry stringy Other All good too go. The Cash Man Found Found this little historic cemetery in the middle of nowhere. It is off the Seal Rocks Road, Seal Rocks NSW. Just near the Myall High GC185NN. Great spot. GA1532 Doing it for them Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1532 Doing it for them Geocache Geocache Doing it for them stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 A cache maintenance thing. <p>&nbsp;I thought of this locationless while finding Tratty's Bronzed Nuts. I was down the sand dune and opened the cache to sign and no pen! So I called Grahame Cookie and he let me borrow the pen and dropped it in the cache.&nbsp;</p> <p>So I think geocachers who replace things in geocaches or them as a whole geocache should get some credit. So now they can score a find for the deed.&nbsp;</p> <p>To find it. Take a picture of the thing you replaced with your GPS and name of the geocache.</p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 88 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCYXXE">GCYXXE Sproeier by WaddlesK</a> and found the log book was damp and chock full, so I took the log book and mini ziplock bag out of one of my "just in case" micros and put it into the cache with the old one. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1532/4111621074.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith Elmer_Stratty Found "Duck and Cover" - GCF7AD - Has been off-line for ages due to flood damage. The cache was actually rescued from flood waters by Studit on his mountain bike! The cache has now been returned and 're-activated' we went to it to find the logbook didn't survive, so we replaced it with a spare we had. Elmer_Stratty. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 59 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and dropped in to <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCWARB"> GCWARB Darwin Travelbug Hotel by topendteam</a> to swap some travellers. I found the logbook bag was too small for the large logbook so I supplied a new ziplock bag large enough for the logbook and all the travellers. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1532/661574051.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith gorbak Found "In Cache of Emergency" (GC1HG6R) was quite wet when we found it, and evidently has been for some time. SG-3 dried it out, and I provided a new zip-lock bag. ack son of hack Note Do'H! why didn't i do it today!!! Found this cache muggled, i rekon by critters, as it was still there but no log sheet so i traipsed back to the ute and grabbed a log book to put into the zip lock. oh! well next time i can log. Thanks for the good idea Acko WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 51 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and on finding <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC13XYM"> GC13XYM Fishing for Clues on the Point by Groboz</a> I discovered a very damp log and holes in the logbook bag. I placed the old log in a ziplock bag and put a new log sheet in a separate ziplock bag. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1532/3851556961.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith stringy Other All good for the good deed geocachers. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 49 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and on finding <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC18QFN">GC18QFN Just The Little One Left by Groboz</a> discovered that a very recent fire had burnt a hole in the lid of the container and melted part of the logbook bag. I replaced the bag with a new ziplock, but didn't have a container with me. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1532/3931556957.jpg'> When I went online to do my logs that night, I was delighted to find this new cache had been published, and very happy to claim the First To Find. I have probably qualified for this find about a hundred times, the first time was at my find number 11 on my fourth day of caching when I added a logbook page to the micro GCR3FB A Dog Of A Cache by Comdek and Crew, and then at my find number 34 on my tenth day of caching I started a long run of replacing outer bags at GCVMK5 ANZAC Hill by Gekko 1. Regrettably the good turns very rarely if ever get acknowledged by the cache owners. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* *FTF* T4TC stringy Keith GA1521 Free-Style'n Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1521 Free-Style'n Geocache Geocache Free-Style'n Grahame Cookie Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 There will hopefully be plenty of muggles where you find this locationless skateboard park 'cache'. <p>As opposed to a 'waymark', this cache needs to be within walking distance of an actual geocache - whether you have found it or not!!</p> <p>Most suburbs and towns have an official skate/bike park where the locals practice, and provide us nurses with a few injuries to patch up. I will accept those unofficial jumps that locals have built&nbsp;in the area as well.</p> <p>To log this as a FIND, please include a photo of the skate park, either with yourself and GPSr in it, or with some adventuresome skater. AND, it MUST be within walking distance (that means YOU have walked it) from a local geocache. Give the coordinates of the skate park in the log, and the name or code of the local geocache/s you have looked for. Also, a general description of the park conditions.</p> <p>For logging as a NOTE, please give the coordinates, hopefully take a photo, and give a description of the park.</p> <p>As a continuation of my 'Dance' themed caches, you're welcome to video yourself doing some 'Free-Style' dance moves a'la Matt Harding, for the GeoMonkeys' GA0510 cache, <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0510">http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0510</a></p> Look for a skateboard or BMX bike red tag Found Found this SUPER skate park along the esplanade in Cairns - it seems to have all a skateboarder would desire, including rails and metal edging along the concrete surrounds (and is certainly used!). So if you are headed to Cairns and are a keen skater, you've GOT to see this!!! We walked from the south via Camels on the 'Nard GC1NKMX and KINGFISHER GCZA8V but Platy's Mob Juniors Caching Endeavours GC16PN7 which we drove to in the heat is also nearby. <img src=http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1521/9741612780.jpg> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on a "climatic refugee" trip, unsuccessfully hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1BPHB">GC1BPHB Leanyer Recreation Park by caffiend42</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_disapprove.gif">, but I was very impressed by the playground and other facilities at Leanyer Recreation Park. The park is located on Vanderlin Drive Leanyer, a suburb of Darwin. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1521/9641582463.jpg"> This skate park is the biggest I've ever seen, and surprisingly it was unoccupied when I swung past to take some photos. It's almost half a century since I last had skates on, and my bones are a lot more fragile now, so I decided not to try out the facilities. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TC Grahame Cookie Keith mundoo Found After an unsuccessful search for http://coord.info/GCXGXY I walked through the park to the Victor Harbor skate park. There was no-one there which was a surprise but then I realised that it was a Wednesday and most skaters would have been in school. This skate ramp is only a couple of years old and is very popular. The interesting thing about it are that it was built in sight of the main road into Victor Harbor and so the skaters are under constant public view, which makes it a very good ramp. Younger children are able to use it as well as the older ones. Next to it the Victor Harbor council have built a teens playground. Tuena Found This is Berry's SK8 park. Being by myself I thought it best to photograph the park when there was no one about - my son still SK8s however has long left home. The park has all the usual features such as bowls, grind bar, jumps, graffiti & is very popular. The committee responsible for its design included local youth. There is sheltered seating & the surrounds were clean. There is a GC cache < 100 metres away - Quality & you can also log a GCA cache based on BBQs, again < 100 metres away. My GPSr is sitting on the grind bar. Thanks. GhostGums Found This is a skate park near GC1BKM6 K6-05 Alexandra Hills Skate Park, which is in the bushland nearby. We went to the cache today to drop off a couple of travel bugs. The skate park consisted of two bowl shape things (I dont know about it sorry) which I think might be called half pipes??? Anyhow it is always popular and as you can see in the photos was busy today. big dazza Found This is the Bushland Beach Skate Park in Townsville,Nth Qld.The park has only been open for a few months so it's in good condition and well maintained by the local council.My kids tell me it's the best one in Townsville with a large bowl,grind rails,boxes,ramps,quarter pipes and a vert wall.I have a cache located at Mt. Low,which by coincidence is named "Mt. Low" (GC19JEJ), about 570m away.I didn't walk it today but have done in the past.Thanks for the cache. Grahame Cookie Other Ready for your hunting. GA1509 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1509 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Geocache Geocache Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Team_Ninja Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 This is another one of Team_Ninja's locationless caches. <p>While at the All Nations Park in Northcote a few days ago, we noticed that many of the things in the park were recycled (well, its is the site of the former Northcote runnish dump). Many of the bridges in the park were made of recycled plastic, as were the fences. See the attached photos.</p> <p>To log this cache:</p> <p>You must find something that is made out of recycled materials (eg the bridges at All Nations park) and get a photo, containing you or your GPS, infront of whatever you find.</p> <p>Post the coordinates and tell us how you found it, was it by chance of have you known about it for a long time?</p> <p>You can log this cache as many times as you like, however please don't log places that have already been logged.</p> <p>Have fun!</p> GhostGums Found A park seat made from recyled plastic. When I looked after waste at my local council we had some of these chairs made from recycled shopping bags. Not sure what this one was made of though. Found it while finding cache GCW7G5 Marchant Guides Everlasting Found Found the post at Semaphore South, S.A. - make from recycle etc. Thanks for organising the locationless. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 27 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and rushed out to claim the First To Find. Yesterday I hunted down http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1RQY3 GC1RQY3 St John's Walkway by Beagle Team, and today I saw this cache had been published, so I rushed back to the vicinity of the walkway to claim the find. The following two paragraphs explain the Reuse/Recycle nature of the walkway as detailed by Beagle Team in their cache notes. One year before Cyclone Tracy ravaged Darwin, residential accommodation for girls was opened by the Dominican Sisters of the Holy Rosary and Father Tyson Doneley was appointed Rector of St. John's. After the cyclone it became his task to restore the College. He took a new approach and began the formation of the St. John's, a coeducational, split campus, Middle School and Senior Secondary College. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1509/6151510898.jpg'> Determined efforts were made to minimise the effect of the "split" campus and a covered walkway was erected between the two campuses through the hard work of the Parents and Friends' Association. It was constructed of materials from the old Darwin Hospital. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* *FTF* T4TH Team_Ninja Keith Team_Ninja Other Published GA1510 Rodgie Dodgie! Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1510 Rodgie Dodgie! Geocache Geocache Rodgie Dodgie! Team_Ninja Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 2 2 This is another one of Team_Ninja's locationless caches. <p>Another one of Team_Ninja's railway themed locationless caches.</p> <p>Being a railfan, I love watching a goods train go past. It's amazing to stand somewhere where you can see the railway line for kilometers and watch a 1.8 kilometer goods train appear in the distance and get closer and closer, then go wooshing past.</p> <p>Your mission to log this cache is to find a goods train, anywhere in Australia, and take a photo of it with part of your GPS/r in the photo.</p> <p>PLEASE be careful when doing so, as trains are dangerous and standing too close to the tracks can result in serious injury or death. Don't stand too close to the tracks. Any entries containing photos that were taken within 2-3 metres of the railway tracks will be deleted (unless they are taken at a railway station).</p> <p>Static goods trains will be accepted, and in that case your log won't be deleted if the photo is close to the train.</p> <p>See the photo that I have uploaded for an appropriate distance to stand from the tracks to get the photo.</p> <p>If you're wondering about the cache name, 'Rodgie Dodgie' is what train drivers say when they are departing Seymour in Victoria.</p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 89 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading for the Alice Springs Railway Station at 4:30 PM on a Tuesday, and was amazed to find the gates chained and locked. The large sign visible through the gate reads "Welcome To Alice Springs Railway Station", but they weren't at all welcoming. I made my way to a vacant block on the other side of the marshalling yards and took a photo over the fence. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1510/7161622412.jpg"> On the off chance of a better vantage point I continued further around and discovered the inwards freight gate, and was able to get a much better photo from there. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1510/3311622412.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Team_Ninja Keith gorbak Found I hope this attempt at a find isn't too dodgy... a selection of freight trains at the controversial Hobart railyards. Everlasting Found Another spotted the goods train - long train - give me plenty time to grab my camera and GPS then photo. Phew!! Thanks. Everlasting Found On the way to next cache and it happen the train come so quick took a photo. Hope you like it. Thanks for organising the locationless. Team_Ninja Other Rodgie Dodgie! GA1490 Letting off some Steam Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1490 Letting off some Steam Geocache Geocache Letting off some Steam Team_Ninja Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 This is another one of Team_Ninja's locationless caches. <p>Almost everyone loves a ride on a steam train. There is something magical about them, and whenever one is around you can almost guarantee that rail fans will be flocking around it to take photos.</p> <p>Your mission to complete this cache is to find an operational steam train - anywhere around Australia - and to take a photo of it. You or your GPS must be in the photo as well. </p> <p>Note: Please only take the photos at a railway station. Trains are dangerous things, and standing too close to a railway line can result in serious injury or death. Make sure you put your safety first.</p> <p>Enjoy!!!</p> Mick_d Found The famous old 3801 at the back of our house at Cootamundra NSW Just a Trifle Found This is a picture with Puffing Billy in the background at I'll Huff and I'll Puff #6 holding a TB. It was quite cool on the day we were there, even though it was the middle of summer. Team_Ninja Other Published GA1489 Say Cheese!!! Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1489 Say Cheese!!! Geocache Geocache Say Cheese!!! Team_Ninja Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 This is another locationless cache <p>Love them or hate them, chances are that when you go caching in a town or city you'll run into some muggles. So, I've come up with another cache in my Locationless Muggle cache series. This one should be easy to complete while caching somewhere where you'll find lots and lots of muggles.</p> <p>To log this cache:</p> <p>You must have a photo taken of you with at least one muggle standing next to you</p> <p>You must be within 100 metres of a geocache that you are looking for when the photo is taken</p> <p>Please mention what you asked the muggle, their response and what cache you were looking for.</p> <p>Note: please ask permission of the muggle to post the photo of them on the internet.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Have fun!!!</p> Team_Ninja Other GA1487 The ULTIMATE Muggle Proof cache Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1487 The ULTIMATE Muggle Proof cache Geocache Geocache The ULTIMATE Muggle Proof cache Team_Ninja Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 This is a locationless cache. <p>Don't you hate it when you go to look for a cache and its been muggled?</p> <p>Or when you go to look for a cache and there are too many muggles around to find it?</p> <p>Or when a muggle has the cheek to steal one of your caches?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Well, I've finally come up with a solution to the problem. Welcome to the Ultimate Muggle Proof cache. No chance of muggles stealing this one!!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To log the cache, you don't have to do anything, however it would be nice if you could include a funny story about an encounter you have had with muggles while caching in your log. Only one find per cacher please - any other funny stories you would like to share can be written as a note.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Blind Betty Found Not the only time I've come across muggles, but one of the most annoying ones was a while ago in a former caching life. We were looking for a cache placed under a board walk on the beach. Unfortunately a muggle happened upon us and asked what we were doing. Quick thinking me said I was looking for a bracelet I'd lost and demonstrated how I was drying myself and the bracelet had flown off - probably landing on the edge of the boardwalk. The muggle then spent the next half an hour helping me find my lost bracelet and explaining to every muggle who'd listen that I'd lost my bracelet around here. Sadly, we didn't find any bracelets, and had to log a DNF on the cache as well. Burkey Turkeys Found Victora Cross (GCXT2R) We were looking for a really tricky micro cache at North Sydney. The area was filled with muggles looking at us search. We walked around and around trying not to be noticed ... but to no avail ... the only way we would find the cache would be to climb up onto the structure. After a minute or two, a group of people came up to us. We thought they were muggles. They were actually a couple of cachers - Agent Provocateur and Mercuryprawnhead. Busted in the field by other cachers. March Brown Found While caching after dark I was noticed by some unknown muggle who reported me to the police. The police eventually found me and after a significant time explaining what I was doing the policeman then helped me find the next one. madchilli Found While caching in Port Melbourne waiting for the ferry back home to Tas, (I wont mention the name of particular cache)but you end up underneath a small jetty on the beach, I was laying under the jetty signing the log (only about 50cm room) and some muggles wandered out onto the jetty stopping right above me. Not wanting to look like the wierdo hanging around under a jetty, I laid very still and thought I will just wait here till they leave..... then my mobile rang, the muggles left very quickly Team_Ninja Other dbrown64 Found After finding a cache that would appear to be cacher proof I returned to the site with a 12 year old scout who was interseted in trying Geocaching. At the time there had been only 2 finds and 5 DNF's. The young scout walked up to the cache and stated "It's under that rock" and proceded to retrieve the cache. This was done with the GPS showing the coordinates were out by 60 meters. I would call this one Cacher proof not Muggle proof. The young scout went on to find a further 5 caches over two days. GA1476 Australian Sundials Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1476 Australian Sundials Geocache Geocache Australian Sundials Pride of Ogres Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p><span style="background-color: #ff00ff"><span style="font-size: large">AUSTRALIAN SUNDIALS</span></span></p> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">A Sundial is a device that measures time by the position of the Sun. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">The earliest sundial known from the archaeological record is in Ireland and dates back to 5000BC but can be found in all cultures across the globe.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">In common designs such as the horizontal sundial, the sun casts a shadow from its <i>style</i> (a thin rod or a sharp, straight edge) onto a flat surface marked with lines indicating the hours of the day. However sundial can come in many different shapes and sizes such as,</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Vertical Sundials</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Reclining-declining dials</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Spherical sundials</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Shepherd dials &ndash; Timesticks</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Ring dials</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Card dials and</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Multiple dials. Just to name a few.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Sundials can be found in just about every town not only within Australia but around the world.</span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><u><span style="color: #800000">To log the find</span></u><span style="color: #800000">:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it (if possible).<br /> <br /> 2. Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the Sundial was found. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun,&nbsp;give the time the photo was taken according to the sundial.</span><span style="color: #800000"><br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you find or those that have been logged before. And if you happen to be travelling overseas lets get some from other countries as well like the one below. ABOVE ALL ELSE ENJOY!!</span></div> <p><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Houghton_Hall_Norfolk_UK_4-face_sundial.jpg"><img border="0" alt="File:Houghton Hall Norfolk UK 4-face sundial.jpg" width="800" height="362" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Houghton_Hall_Norfolk_UK_4-face_sundial.jpg/800px-Houghton_Hall_Norfolk_UK_4-face_sundial.jpg" /></a></p> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><span style="color: #800000">Vertical Sundial</span></div> <p>&nbsp;</p> SamCarter Found This cool sundial is located on the campus of the University of Tasmania. I think it is a nodus-based aperture sundial with some analemmatic aspects thrown in for good measure, but I have not been able to locate very much information about it, unfortunately (and so that bit was just totally made up!!). It consists of two arcs of brass (?), each rather like a bow, and these are joined at the ends, and rotate about an axis between them. There is a dial at the lower end, with minutes marked on the dial and hours marked at the end of the arms (this is sort of visible in one of the photos). The uppermost arm has a hole in it, and the idea is that you rotate the whole thing until the sun shines through the hole onto the lower arm. The lower arm is marked with an analemma (distorted figure 8, shown in the second of the photos I've uploaded), which is marked with the dates through the year. The sunlight will land on this analemma, and you adjust the dials (and thus the orientation of the arms and hole) until the ray of sunlight lands on the current date. Voila: read the time off the dials. Of course, the sun -- which had been shining five minutes before I arrived to take the photo today -- went behind a huge cloud that looked like it was going to last until sunset. My recollection from my earlier days here on campus was that the time was a few minutes out, and this may have been more noticeable at certain times of the year (e.g., perhaps where the analemma is particularly curvy). My googling efforts, from scattered sources, indicate that the sundial was sculpted by Marty Wolfhagen in 1993, and designed by Dr Tony Sprent from the Spatial Information Science department of UTas (he also designed the transit of Venus sundial at Campbelltown, which is made out of old farm equipment and is apparently very accurate). Pride of Ogres Found Found at Explorer park Nectar Drive Burpengary Qld. Park in lovely quite area, you would not know the highway was so close. The sundial is about 20m accross and the centre stands about 5m high Time photo taken 1130 ack son of hack Found This Analemmatic Sundial is in the Hanna-Match Park in North Richmond NSW. It's a part of a community project to celebrate the Centennary of Federation. We all pitched in with the Council and Hanna Match to clean up the old weed infested area and make a great area for all. The sundial is part of an art work that commemorates The First Peoples and the aprox 200 years of immigration since with its vast import of peoples from the world over into the Hawkesbury since. The one holding the Gps is another new Hawksbury local our locally shared grandchild 'Dawson The Laughing One'. Everlasting Found Four of us walked around the beautuful garden and spotted sundial - great for me so took a photos. Thanks. gorbak Found First to find (other than the owner!?!). This sundial is near the herb gardens at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. It was raining when I was here in the morning, so I came back in the afternoon after the rain had cleared and the sun was out. Unfortunately it was late enough in the day that the sun had dropped out of view, so no time reading was possible. I'll get a better photo on a day when it's looking less like a bird bath! Pride of Ogres Other Pride of Ogres Found Could not wait Had to give a FTF. Sorry world. Found just inside the main gates of Brisbane Botanic Gardens. Terrain 1 Difficultly 1 GA1456 The Lion's Den Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1456 The Lion's Den Geocache Geocache The Lion's Den Team RooBok Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 There are no lions at these coordinates as this is a locationless cache <p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p> <p>All over the world there are lions: statues, heraldic animals,&nbsp; etc</p> <p>To log this cache, you will need to find a lion and take a photo of it. You need to be in the photo too, with your trusty GPSr. Log the coordinates of the lion in the photo.</p> <p>Do NOT&nbsp;log real, live lions or pictures of lions; they won't count.</p> <p>Please only log each sighting of a lion once.<br /> &nbsp;</p> red tag Found We found these two beasts fronting the reception desk at the Hotel Cairns (in Cairns!) where we stayed. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 73 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and spotted these two lions at the Sticky Beak Shop near Palmerston. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1456/1181589814.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Team RooBok Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 58 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and spotted a pride of four lions in Stuart Highway, Pinelands. I only included two in the photo, as there was a large advertising banner between the other two. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1456/4761566436.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Team RooBok Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 42 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and spotted these two lions in Ellengown Drive, Brinkin. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1456/4861539217.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Team RooBok Keith gibbo003 Found Found in Taipei City on our holiday at the Taipei Martyr's Shrine. red tag Note while caching in North Tasmania I came across these rather brightly coloured lions adorning the front gate to a farm. It was a fairly remote area, and on dirt road it was rather surprsing to see that someone had gone to the trouble to put them there. From memory I knew a picture was required and I figured the GPS would most likely be asked to be in the pic but not until now (when I am about to log it) have I noticed that I needed to be in the pic also. I was traveling on my own but I wont use that as an excuse as I could have sat the camera on something so I figured I would post a note anyway. Nice idea for a cache Team RooBok WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 28 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and stopped to buy some fireworks at the insistence of my WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO). I walked past these two lions a couple of doors from the shop selling the fireworks, and grabbed the requisite photo. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1456/1821517958.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Team RooBok Keith Everlasting Note On the way to Victor Harbour and found the cache at "Halfway To Victor - GC1RQZD" Victor Harbour is South Australia's equivalent of the Sunshine Coast or Byron Bay. Each year more than 100,000 people make a day trip to visit the attractions at Victor Harbour. Thanks. Everlasting Found Spotted at temple so grab the camera and GPS. Thanks. madchilli Found Found this Lion in a friends garden Keeper of Time Found Just outside Kyneton, this lion made for a very impressive entry to the country property. gorbak Found Two for the price of one! These lions overlook the Chinese collection at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. Many of the plants in this collection were grown from seeds collected in the Yunnan province, near the Tibetan border. Team RooBok Other GA1444 QLD State Survey Marks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1444 QLD State Survey Marks Geocache Geocache QLD State Survey Marks Pride of Ogres Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 QLD State Survey Marks <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #800000"><span style="background-color: #cc99ff"><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt">This is for logging the QLD State Survey Markers.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br /> </span></b></span></span><b><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 13.5pt"><br /> </span></b><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">Survey markers or benchmarks are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number. But Some do not have a&nbsp;serial number on them. They can be found in the most surprising places, even places such as bridges, in the middle of footpaths, even on the side of monuments.<br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it (if possible).<br /> <br /> 2. Please include co-ords.<br /> <br /> 3. Please write a description of where the marker is located and what is impressed on the marker as there are many different wordings on them. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your survey marker a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you find or those that have been logged before. </span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">I encourage all to look and log as you never know where they will pop up.</span></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0pt"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)">NB: I have Borrowed This Format&nbsp;(With Permision) From </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51,51,51)"><strong>Tronador</strong></span></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0pt">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><em><span style="font-size: smaller">Having this under our profile we as a family are more aware of what is around us.</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: smaller">We have found a lot of Survey Markers just by doing this caching thing and very much by accident or stumbling across them.</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: smaller">We will continue to log when and if we find them,&nbsp;in some cases if we have not found the cache we are looking for we have found a Survey Maker.</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-size: smaller">We encourage every one to look. does not matter if we double up. It is just good fun.</span></em></p> GhostGums Found Found this one on Athol Street, Boonah, near the lookout. Marker read SURVEY OFFICE QUEENSLAND 40629 PERMANENT MARKER PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE $200 Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the numbers 2005 15. This is the first of this kind that I have seen with aknob next to it. 1 of 20 or so different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the numbers 2005 10. This is the first of this kind that I have seen with aknob next to it. 1 of 20 or so different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the numbers 93/02. 1 of 20 or more different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera on near Duncan Oval. Will require a pass in to find. This was a strange one Impressed with the words Field Step Out Point 1 of at least 20 or so different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera on Duncan Oval outside the Rugby shed. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Survey Marker and the numbers 7066 1 of at least 20 or so different survey markers within a 1km radis. WaldenClan Found This marker was found at the lookout at Coolangatta overlooking the Gold Coast. It has Permanent Survey Mark 98680 imprinted on it. It's located right next to a very big sculpture of an eagle. Terrain 1/1 if you drive up or 3/1 if you walk up from the carpark near the beach, like we did :-) GhostGums Found PSM 52633. Installed by the Queensland Survey Office Located on walkway on the Brisbane River at the City Botantical gardens. Got a few strange looks as people were weaving around me while I was taking the photo. Terrain rating is 1. stringy Found Easy find on Mt Gravatt. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6463'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1444/thumbs/tn_771546048.jpg'></a> stringy Found Just stumbled on this on Mt Gravatt as well. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6464'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1444/thumbs/tn_6251546049.jpg'></a> Fuddley Found Permanent Survey marker 100571. We found this one awhile ago while out for a walk around the block, didn't think much of it at the time, but found this cache while looking through the list the other day so thought we should list it, It is only about 200 metres from our front gate set into the grass outside a house a couple of doors down the street. Pride of Ogres Found Found by tripping over it outside the Gin Gin Motel just on the Eastern side of the highway. Maker is on a cement slab that can be removed if needed. Impressed with the words Permant Survey Marker penalty for interference __100 Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the numbers 2005 04. This is the first of this kind that I have seen with aknob next to it. 1 of 10 different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find.. Unable to read what is impressed on marker but will have another look. Number are 79385 1 of 7 different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera out side the All Saints Chaple. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Survey Office of Queensland Perment Marker S200. 1 of 7 different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the numbers 2005 12. 1 of 7 different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Perment Survey Marker 72354. 1 of 7 different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Department of Survey. 1 of 10 or more different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. 1 of 10 or more different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found while looking for another cache quite by accident. On Bowden St Zillmere at about the point where the is a walkway between houses. Terrain 1. About the size of a fifty cent peice. Only the words Survey Marker impressed and part of the number 13.... Pride of Ogres Found We found this one while mucking around as a Pride. Ogre No: 3 said is this a survey marker and low and behold it was. Co-ordinates are not quite but I forgot to mark them at the time. Next time we are out that way will update them. Marker is at a small power station at Nudgee beach park. Impressed with the words North Surveys P/L Survey Mark 503. Pride of Ogres Found Found while looking for anothe cache (which we did not find). Outside the Tin Can Bay Police station. The Markers number was 1840 did not have time to get the impression, too afraid of the coppers. The day was not a waist. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Royal Australian Survey Corps Survey Marker C554. 1 of 7 different survey markers within a 1km radis. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Department of Interior Bench Mark 69/1. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Impressed with the words Department of Interior Bench Mark 69/4. big dazza Found This PSM is located on Mt. Louisa in Townsville.For me the terrain is a 1, for those who don't have a key to the gates it would require climbing a mountain then scaling a fence and a spot of tresspasing. Not recommended for the unauthorised.Cheers. Pride of Ogres Found Found just outside a cemetery maker has survey written on it and a number, it is about the size of a 20cent peice. Pride of Ogres Found Found at Gallipoli Barracks Enoggera. Will require a pass in to find. Pride of Ogres Other Pride of Ogres Found A FTF Shame it's on my cache. Found vicinity of Critters Crossing on the Northern side of the road. Unable to get the GPS into the photo because of the fence. These are great cache's each state should have it. Log them all. GA1438 Sunrise! Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1438 Sunrise! Geocache Geocache Sunrise! Steptoe Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 You've gotta love a good Sunrise photo <p>Sunsets are easy to do, after all, most of us have been up all day and the sunset just happens.</p> <p>But for a good sunrise photo, you have to make an effort to get up and go somewhere to get a good pic.</p> <p>For this locationless cache, you need a good sunrise photo, preferably with somewhere interesting in it, and even better if you can get yourself and your GPS in&nbsp;it (not that easy though).</p> <p>Send me the pic (sunrise_pics@robian.net)&nbsp;to score the find, and I&nbsp;will upload it to Flickr (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37641714@N08/) where">http://www.flickr.com/photos/37641714@N08/)</a></p> <p>where others can admire&nbsp;them as well. The first two pics there are a couple I took on Sydney Harbour on an early start there for a job&nbsp;one day, just&nbsp;to get you started (no, I am not in them).</p> Keeper of Time Found This is the sunrise from the back of my property near to Mount Macedon in Victoria. As an early riser it is great to be able to stand out the back of the house and watch the sun come up. TFTC WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for the night at the Devils Marbles Camping Area. I woke up nice and early, walked through the bush in the light of the false dawn, and waited a few minutes for the sun to rise. The view over the Devils Marbles was quite spectacular, but the photos don't really do it justice. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1438/2581622667.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Steptoe Keith Sunshine Toledo Found S23 32.606 E145 09.281. This was the sunrise as we drove from Longreach back to Barcaldine to go on a tour to the north of Aramac. We had to dodge the many kangaroos on the road at that time; about 6:30am. March Brown Found Set off from Dover in South Tasmania at 5am and took these pictures as we headed south. Shortly after we were experiencing wind around 35 knots and gusts to over 50 knots. Next morning not so good we up anchored at around 1am and had no wind but still about 4m swell so motored about 25 miles north till a southerly change arrived and the rain with it spoiling any sunrise that morning. Still had a nice sail home. Great trip all up. Thanks Steptoe baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher May 2007 at Lake Birrabeen on Fraser Island.When we go bush it is always early to bed so thankfully this means an early wakeup each morning.Some of the sunrises that we have had the chance to photograph have made it worth while to us. March Brown Found Heading towards Tomahawk on Tasmania's north coast. Photos taken as the morning progressed. Very pleased I set off early. Thanks Steptoe baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 0800.After a weekend of DNF last weekend we decided to head out for an early drive North to try and find some caches.The sky was cloudy and rain could have been present ay any time.We came over the hill and this is what greeted us.Thought it was so different we would like to share. red tag Found Maybe not a great sunrise but the Tamar river in Tasmania was picture perfect. I had just found a nearby cache and as it was gradually getting lighter as I walked back to the car. The mist was rising off the water, there wasnt a breath of wind and the sun was reflecting off the windows of the houses across the river. The temperature was bitterly cold and it didnt get a whole lot prettier but hopefully the picture is reasonable enough to be ok for me to log this one Thanks for the cache Steptoe Team_Ninja Found Getting up at dawn has its advantages!!! This was a really cool sunrise that I woke up to in Sunbury a while ago. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day nine of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at Stanley Campground. I woke up nice and early, walked through the bush in the light of the false dawn, and waited 15 minutes for the sun to rise. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1438/6981500615.jpg'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1438/1341500615.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Steptoe Sunshine Toledo Found This is the sunrise from the beach at the camping ground at Kingscliff in northern NSW. We camped here for 4 days and enjoyed it very much. Everlasting Found While I found the cache at "Baby Boomers Day Out" - GC630D. Wait for while until the sunrise so beauty behind the trees.. Thanks. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day two of a cache placing run through the SouthWest and Great Southern Regions of WA and camped in the bush about 13 CroKs West of Tambellup. I woke up nice and early, walked through the bush in the light of the false dawn, and waited 35 minutes for the sun to rise. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Tambellup_Sunrise1.jpg"> <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Tambellup_Sunrise2.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Steptoe Shifter Brains Found Staples Lookout, overlooking Gosford. A great place to watch the sunrise and find a couple of caches (GA0570 and GC1M7Z2). As I was there by myself (rest of the family still asleep) I was unable to get myself in the photo. The second picture was taken 8 minuntes after the first, and no settings or effects were used. Sorry I was unable to find an email address that I could send the pics to directly - contact me and I will happily send them to you. steptoe Other GA1433 ACT Survey Marks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1433 ACT Survey Marks Geocache Geocache ACT Survey Marks Gwennie1984 Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p><span style="color: #333300"><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt">This is for logging the&nbsp;ACT State survey markers.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt"><br /> <br /> </span></b>They are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number. But Some do not have a&nbsp;serial number on them. They can be found in the most surprising places, even places such as bridges, in the middle of footpaths, even on the side of monuments.<br /> <br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it.<br /> <br /> 2. Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the marker is located. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your survey marker a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Please only log one of each type, ie. you can log this cache up to 9 times, one for each of the types.&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #333300"><strong>NB: I have Borrowed This Format&nbsp;(With Permision) From Tronador</strong> </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #333300">As an extra twist for my fellow ACT cachers, I have decided to include&nbsp;all types of survey marks. These list of marks includes: </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #333300">1. Trig Stations<br /> <br /> 2. Sectional Control (SC) Marks (denoted by yellow posts with 2 alpha and a numeric code)<br /> <br /> 3. Subdivision Control (SRM)&nbsp;Marks (a galvansied pipe marked with two red/white steel posts)<br /> <br /> 4. SR Mark (steel rod contained under a metal lid)<br /> <br /> 5. Coordinated Reference (CRM) Marks (typical round&nbsp;brass plaque with a number on the plate)<br /> <br /> 6. Kerb Bench (KBM) Mark (rectangular brass plaque with a large bulb on top, good for AHD level only)<br /> <br /> 7. Rural Bench (RBM) Mark (a steel rod marked by a yellow concrete post with a number beginning with&nbsp;R).<br /> </span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #333300">And for the especially enthused (help can be sort from McKenna or myself for these):</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: #333300">8. Drill Hole &amp; Wing (usually in a concrete kerb, description fits the name)<br /> <br /> 9. G.I. Pipe/Concrete Block (buried marks with no posts)</span><br /> <span style="color: #333300"><br /> <br /> I will add a list of people who can find one of each type of the first list (1 to 7) as well as those that succeed with the last two. For survey marks with identifying posts, all you need to photograph is the posts and record the number (if applicable).<br /> <br /> <br /> </span><a href="http://www.actmapi.act.gov.au"><span style="color: #0000ff">ACTMAPi</span></a><span style="color: #333300"> is a great resource for this (thought its default coordinate system for survey marks&nbsp;is ACG, PCG or CC).</span></p> <p style="text-align: left">&nbsp;</p> Trillian-N7 Other Published GA1431 Canoe Tree Capers Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1431 Canoe Tree Capers Geocache Geocache Canoe Tree Capers cdmark, GeoJnr, & GeoTilly Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 2 2 <p><u><strong>The Cache Bit:</strong></u></p> <p>Living and caching in an area such as ours we have been fortunate to come across and learn about some of our country's early indigenous history.&nbsp; GeoJnr with the assistance of GeoTilly created a GC cache called <em><b><font face="Verdana"><span id="CacheName">nuwi diramu</span></font></b></em><b><font face="Verdana"><span> </span></font></b><font face="Verdana"><span>and since that time we had been contemplating creating a locationless cache that could become an unofficial list of canoe trees/scarred trees in Australia.&nbsp; To do this we have created a few requirements:</span></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="4"> </font></b></p> <ul> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><font face="Verdana">There can only be one log for each canoe tree/scarred tree found</font></span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><font face="Verdana">You must include the coordinates</font></span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><font face="Verdana">Please provide a photo if it is possible to do so</font></span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><font face="Verdana">Please start your log with the name of the town/district</font>/city/area/region</span></li> <li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 128);">You can log a find as many times as you like providing it is a different tree.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><u>The History Bit:</u></strong></p> <p>The lower Goulburn region has been altered quite dramatically by European settlement. This area was once the home to the Kaieltheban tribal group which was a sub-group of the Pangerang (or Bangerang). The first squatter in the Tongala area, Edward Curr gave a detailed description of this groups way of life in Recollections of Squatting in Victoria (1883) and estimated a decline in their numbers from 200 to approximately 80 during his 10 years in the district. Curr attributed this decline to diseases, such as small pox, which were introduced during European settlement. Shortly after Edward Curr arrived at his Tongala Station on the Goulburn River in 1841 he needed to transport one of his flocks of sheep across the river, for which purpose a water craft of some description was needed. Curr persuaded three of the local Aboriginal men, with whom he had made friends with, to provide him with a canoe. Below, taken from Raymond West's &quot;Those Were The Days&quot;, he describes the manner of its making:<br /> <br /> <br /> <em><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">&quot;As the canoe was to be large and durable - that it, fit to last several months - the blackfellows [sic] selected an old tree, as well for its size as for its thickness of its bark, and also a little curved in such a way that the canoe, which was to be peeled of it, might have its bow elevated a little above the water; the entrance of water at the stern being usually prevented by a little wall of well-kneaded clay in that part. The tree chosen (an old river-gum of about twenty feet in circumference), a few notches were cut with the tomahawk, one above the other in its bark just outside of what was to be its edge, or gunwhale of the canoe. The operator having then roughly marked out on the tree the lines of his vessel, commenced cutting the bark along them with his tomahawk down to the wood so as to detach from the tree an unbroken sheet of bark, which would be the canoe. To effect this, the tree would be ascended gradually, by placing the big toe in the notches before mentioned, which were used as steps, the blackfellow [sic] holding on well with one hand and one heel, whilst he plied the tomahawk with the other hand. He also assisted himself by rearing against the tree a stout branch which happened to be at hand, and using it as a ladder to stand on whilst he chopped.<br /> <br /> The bark thus cut all round, it remained only to detach it from the tree, to which it still adhered. This was effected, as the sap was not well up, and the bark clung to the wood, by hammering the future canoe gently with the butt of the tomahawk, and by forcing the end of a pole here and there under the edges of the bark and prizing steadily. Gradually, in this manner, it was neatly detached from the tree.<br /> <br /> The canoe, being a heavy one, my sable friends then produced a cord which they passed round the centre of the canoe and round the tree, and the tied somewhat loosely, in order to prevent the canoe from coming down with too much violence. The last bit of bark by which it was suspended, was then severed and the little skiff lowered to the ground.<br /> <br /> Once landed, it was placed in the position of a boat turned upside down, some dried leaves and boughs were put under it and set fire to, the object being to dry up the sap, and so toughen the bark as to allow of its being moulded into the required shape. In a minute or two, the fire had burned out, the canoe was righted and put on a level; two or three pieces of stick were inserted after the manner of thwarts to keep the sides distended; the bow was permanently elevated being forced into the required position by means of a log placed under it, and in this way the canoe is usually left for a day or two to set and harden. The canoe I speak of (which could have been used as soon as it came off the tree) was about 18 feet long by 2 feet 6 inches wide, floated 8 inches clear of the water, and would carry five persons''.</span></em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <center><img alt="Canoe Tree Collage" src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/153948e2-7ee8-4ee9-8ca2-c2e2082b0ac5.jpg" /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &nbsp; <br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </center> Team GraMon Found [338] Found in main street through Finley, NSW after doing another cache in the area. A well preserved tree with information board. Also a lovely example of a growing Australian Bottle tree (Brachychiton Rupestris. Tealby Found Scarred Tree: Bairnsdale Playground, Victoria This tree is signposted, so is hard to miss. I actually waymarked this tree on 31/12/08 while caching (and visiting family) in the area. Team GraMon Found [310] 10.15am Found on the GV Highway on our way to a caching day in Melbourne. Sorry for the late logging Thanks cdmark cdmark Other Published GA1430 Travelling Trollies Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1430 Travelling Trollies Geocache Geocache Travelling Trollies Pride of Ogres Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>&nbsp;<span style="background-color: #cc99ff"><span style="font-size: medium">Ever wondered how that Trolly got to be so far away from where it should be?</span></span></p> <p>This cache to dedicated to all of those lost Trollies that end up so far away from all their friends, weather by foul play or design.</p> <p>To log this cache:</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; 1. Simply take a photo of the Travelling Trolly with your GPS in it,</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; 2. Log the coords of where the Trolly was found, and</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; 3. Give a rough guesstimate of how far the Travelling Trolly is from the nearest shopping center (no less than 500m).</p> <p>&nbsp;<img alt="" width="150" height="113" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1430/thumbs/tn_582.jpg" /></p> <p>King St Caboolture Qld.<br /> S&nbsp; 27&deg; 05.062'<br /> E152&deg; 56.816'<br /> 600m away from Kmart.</p> <p>This ones brothers were down the street a litte further, he just couldn't keep up.</p> <p>Enjoy the hunt.&nbsp;</p> big dazza Found Looks like I might be able to claim the long distance award so far.This Target trolley was spotted 3.6km from the nearest target store.Cheers. Mini-ogre Found Found this poor Woolworths trollie all alone at Strathford Av. 500m away from Woolworths Maket Place GhostGums Found A trolley that is now acting as a small dam in a creek near our house. The nearest supermarket is Woolworths Alexandra Hills, which is 1km away as the crow flies. There were two more trolleys nearby, but I will only log one [:)] Everlasting Found A trolley that is at street where I stayed at Friend's house. The nearest supermarket is Woolworths/Coles - Marion, SA, which is 1.4km away as the crow flies. Thanks. NTSTROM Found Found this battered specimen in Tiwi, Northern Territory. It is about 900 metres, as the crow flies, from the closest major supermarket. TFTC gibbo003 Found Found while visting in Palmerston. Trolly about 1.5Km from shopping centre. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 33 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and after dropping the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) at the Nightcliff Sports Club for her craft class, came across this trolley in Camphor Street Nightcliff, just 830 metres from it's home at Woolworths Nightcliff. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1430/3371519034.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Pride of Ogres Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 29 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and walking into the Mindl Beach Sunset Markets came across this trolley. Not sure where it came from, I couldn't find a shop anywhere within a kilometre. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1430/5961518421.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Pride of Ogres Keith euge tree Found Nephew thought I had lost my mind when I stopped for this one!!!Yes we may have had a goat in the car at the time but it needed to be done! 550 metres from its home at woolworths hope it finds its way home unlike the goat in the car! Riptide Found Spotted this poor thing getting overgrown in the vacant block behind our rental property in cessnock.Its name says Ritchies IGA which is 1.4km from here Pride of Ogres Found Poor things just laying there in the water. Made for good stepping stones. 700m away from Brookside Wollworths. Pride of Ogres Found Just waiting for the bus on Pullen Road. 1km away from Brookside Woolworths Pride of Ogres Found All alone! Found 600m from Brookside Woolworths. Pride of Ogres Found Found this lone one in a park over 1km away from it's home, Woolworths, in Veryan Park Logan. Ma Ogre saw it as we drove past. Good eyes. Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1430/thumbs/tn_8451388514.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1430/thumbs/tn_1301388514.jpg' align='right'>2125 (Don't know if that qualifies as a FTF) On way home and noticed this shopping trolley outside of the old BP service station at Purfleet (Taree South). It's unbranded, so could be from the fruit market 2km away, otherwise the closest shops are 3km walk away. Couldn't find the number for Trolley Trackers when I got home, so will have to check with the shops tomorrow. Pride of Ogres Other GA1396 Lookout, Which Direction? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1396 Lookout, Which Direction? Geocache Geocache Lookout, Which Direction? greenegrass Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>These directional markers, for want of a better name, are usually found at a lookout. They show the compass point North and the direction and distance to points of interest or prominant landmarks in relation to the lookout. They are&nbsp;most often&nbsp;placed there by a commmunity group, eg. Apex.</p> <p>The challenge of this cache is for you to:</p> <p>1. Locate and log the co-ordinates of a marker.</p> <p>2. Briefly describe where it is located, eg. lookout name, Town.</p> <p>3. Take a photo of the marker and include with your log.</p> <p>4. Take some time out to enjoy the view while you are there!</p> <p>Good Luck.</p> <p><a href="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5413"><img alt="Gallery" border="0" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1396/thumbs/tn_569.jpg" /></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5581"><img alt="Gallery" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1396/thumbs/tn_114.jpg" border="0" /></a></p> <p>Located at S40 50.113&nbsp;&nbsp; E145 07.815</p> <p>Tier Hill Lookout, Smithton, Tas</p> FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed! This Lookout is at the top of Mt. Nicoll Fish Creek Victoria and was erected in conjunction with a geodetic survey marker by descendants of the first settlers. The site was used by the family to watch out for new settlers - indicated by dying ringbarked trees WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by in June 2008 on day twenty-eight of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC133VW">GC133VW CASCOARES by NTSTROM</a>, and at waypoint two, which was at the Dripstone Cliffs, found this directional marker, which was used to find the final location. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/211598859.jpg"> I returned this year on day 75 of the current "climatic refugee" trip, and noticed that it was very close to the parking area for <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1P5FQ">GC1P5FQ A Short Night Stroll by gibbo003</a> which was placed earlier this year. It was too dark for a decent photo, so I had to come back later, and then I found I couldn't fit it into a photo because it was too high and I was too short, so I had to return on another day with a step ladder to take the photo. I got some peculiar looks, but I got the shot. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/8211598859.jpg"> The marker is a monument to the R.A.A.F No 31 Radar Station which was located there during WWII, and gives the distance and direction to Australian and overseas locations. The Dripstone Cliffs is a popular sunset viewing point in the North Darwin area. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH greenegrass Keith GhostGums Found We found this by mistake as SatNav took us on the wrong to a cache. The lookout is in Athol Street, Boonah, and gives you a great of the town and nearby Mt French. WaldenClan Found Found this while caching on the Gold Coast. This is located at the lookout above Marine Parade at Coolangatta. The views extend south overlooking Rainbow Bay and Tweed Heads/Coolangatta and north to Surfers Paradise and on a clear day up to Stradbroke Island with some beautiful beach in between. It is a 360o disc which shows points off in all directions including some islands off the coast. Tuena Found Found this marker at the Kingsford Smith Memorial Reserve which overlooks Gerroa & Seven Mile Beach. The vista extends as far as Pigeon House mountain which is to the west of Milton. Grahame Cookie Found 1200, At the Mt Gladstone Lookout near the Heidi Ho cache - GC124BK, close to Cooma, NSW. This was erected by Cooma Apex Club, presumably before metric, as it mentions it is at 3535 feet elevation. Good visibility, but rather windy; which sounded eerie with the holes in the railing! stringy Found After Piano Lesson in Taree, NSW. I asked mum too see if I could replace my geocache Taree Apex Park and While there, this one was here. Great views as well. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6469'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_9811547585.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6470'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_4541547585.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6472'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_7861547585.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6471'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_5551547585.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6473'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_2001547585.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6484'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_511547585.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6487'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_4991547585.jpg'></a> stringy Found Easy find on Mt Gravatt. Big Dial <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6466'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_9801546047.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6467'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1396/thumbs/tn_9981546047.jpg'></a> Everlasting Found At Near Cape Jervis (South of SA) beautiful view to see Kangaroo Island. Worth to visit. Thanks. big dazza Found Found this one at Normanby Range Lookout while looking for a cache of the same name.The view up here is awesome and well worth the drive and the nearby cache is a nice bonus.Thanks for cache. Everlasting Found At Eudunda, SA. Beautiful view By APEX Club of Eudunda (1989). Worth to visit. Thanks shazcol Found At iconic Cradle Mountain in TAS. Just next to the Waldheim memorial to the guy who settled the are and championed it's preservation for all. Nice heated day hut about 50M away with a balcony overlooking the valley and some of the board walk trails with Cradle Mountain in the background. I added a couple of Fagus leaves for some colour. Deciduous beech (Nothofagus gunnii)is Australia's only winter-deciduous tree, and you will find it nowhere else in the world except Tasmania. Read about it here: http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-54A3PL?open Not bronze but stainless steel by the looks of it. Everlasting Found Another one at between Blyth and Clare, SA. This Directional Marker was donated by the Brooks Family. as well breathless view so beauitful. Thanks. Everlasting Found Spotted at Hillriver Valley, Clare. South Australia. There such beautiful view... Thanks. gibbo003 Found Found while on holidays in Alaska. Thanks for the cache stringy Found On the shores of Kiama, the blow hole. couldn't exactly get a whole photo so I will post 2 pics. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5851'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1396/thumbs/tn_7161408384.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5854'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1396/thumbs/tn_251408384.jpg'></a> Trillian-N7 Found Found this plaque while looking for a lookout and a new cache hiding spot. It even gave me coords of the centre point. This is in a Rotary park overlooking Merimbula. Good views out over the bay from here. From this location it is: x 1.1km to Merimbula Town x 6km to Pambula Beach x 7km to Haycock x 20km to Eden x 25km to Bega x 36.4km to Mt Imlay x 101km to Cooma x 191km to Canberra x 365km to Sydney x 451km to Melbourne x 2197km to Wellington x 7720km to Los Angeles Pensive Travellers Found 'Carey's Peak' - at an altitude of over 1540m this lookout was definitely a hike. three mates and I thought we'd do an overnight trip from the Barrington Tops Guest House to the top of the 'Tops'. the climb took us from 332m to 1554m (at the maximum). We slugged our packs up for the trip and with a gradient of greater the 10% for a 10Km stretch it was hard work. Well got there in the end and the view was well worth it. See the photos!!!!!! To get to this location the terrain is definitely a 5!!!!!!!!!1 gorbak Found Brady's Lookout. This marker is WP1 of another cache, so I've deliberately cropped the photo to avoid giving away any spoilers. baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&mrs gopher on the South Island of New Zealand's west coast.This lookout and Direction sign was at the heads where the seal colony resides.TFTC NTSTROM Found Dripstone Cliffs at the Casuarina Coastal Reserve in the northern suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory. This is a great location where locals and tourists alike come for the beautiful afternoon sunsets. The marker is dedicated to the RAAF No 31 Radar Station from WWII. TFTC red tag Found On the western side of Rottnest Island, Western Australia we spotted this marker. It is in a magical place that really needs to be seen to be believed. Thanks for the cache greenegrass sevabo Found This direction marker is top a hill overlooking beautiful huge lake at Lake Argyle in Kimberley WA. Roostaman Found Found this direction marker at Auckland, NZ while doing a nearby Earthcache on top of Mount Eden. It was 2159km back to Sydney from here. The views were excellent all around and it was also the top of an extinct volcano. Thanks greenegrass, Roostaman. TeamGeoPlesk Found This direction marker is utop a hill overlooking Bendigo in Victoria. It is on a Poppet Head which is used as both a lookout and a fire watch tower. Interesting spot with some great caches around! TFTC (photo to come when gca photos are back online) firesafe Found Found this one with views of the Nations Capital while visiting here. I am having trouble uploading the image - will keep trying. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day three of a 14 day meander through the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Southwest regions of Western Australia, accompanied by his WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO). We found the Rotary Lookout in Esperance with sweeping views of the surrounding area. <b>Esperance Rotary Lookout</b> <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1396/6061321229.jpg"> The last time we visited this lookout, in 1990, our 1986 XF Falcon wouldn't start, so we "Angel Geared" all the way to the bottom of the hill with no power steering and no power assisted brakes - not a pleasant journey. When the local RAC agent turned up it took him one minute to identify the problem - the high tension wire to the coil was loose, which was a failure by the mechanic who did the service and tune-up before the trip. As is my normal practise, on my return I gave him a spray, together with no more of my business - I voted with my feet. To my surprise whden we got to the lookout I noticed a cache on the gps, so after claiming Lookout, Which Direction? I very quickly hunted down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7926f3cc-aeac-4955-8026-20d410cbaa49">GCKZ7H Rotary Walk by Westy Clan</a>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH greenegrass Keith hookline Found Found this great one in Deloraine, Tas. Erected by the Lions Club, a sculpture in cast aluminium showing a panorama of the mountains of the Great Western Tiers. greenegrass Other GA1393 The Royal Hotel Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1393 The Royal Hotel Geocache Geocache The Royal Hotel Pensive Travellers Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>There almost seems to be a 'Royal Hotel' in every town in Australia.&nbsp; To log this cache find and/or visit a Royal Hotel and tells us about it.&nbsp; Or if you don't like to visit pubs tell us some history about the pub.&nbsp;</p> <p>The attached coords and photo is of the Royal Hotel in Orange which can be found at the Cnr Summer and Lords Place.&nbsp; Located across the street from Robertson Park, this lovely old pub has had several make overs over the past few decades. The pub was originally named the Wellington Hotel when built in the late 1850's, but the name was changed in 1881. The hotel also was once the booking office of the Cobb and Co Company.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Please provide:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>1. Coords</p> <p>2. Location of pub (address)</p> <p>3. Picture</p> <p>4. Story</p> <p>&nbsp;You may log this cache as many times as you wish, however each pub can only be logged once.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Happy Caching.</p> baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher on 05/08/09 while on a roud trip from Griffith NSW This hotel is on the corner of the main street East St. and Victoria Ave. opposite the Victoria Square garden that is in comemoration of our Anzacs.The hotel is now called the Royal Mail Hotel but from what has been said was the Royal Hotel until the name change in the early 1920/30's.Of course the building is also used for other shop fronts now as well.TFTC baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher on our area drive.This is the Royal Hotel at Grong Grong.The hotel is a meeting place for both the local farmers truck drivers and more recently the Nomad tourists.The pub was opened in 1923.The town was a railway town so this was used as a watering hole for many people.The building hasn't had many changes since opening.TFTC MalanDi Found Royal Hotel in Balaklava South Australia Balaklava 99 K's north of Adelaide was named after the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War in 1854. The town first came into existence in 1849 as a stopping off point for the bullock wagons transporting copper from Burra to Port Wakefield at the top of Gulf St Vincent. Balaklava is the home of Alf Traeger (1895-1980) the inventor of the pedal wireless which played a major part in opening up the outback areas of Australia. MalanDi Found Found this Royal Hotel in the picturesque town of Point Lonsdale Victoria. firesafe Found The Royal Hotel at Kent Town is located at 2 North Terrace. I was getting a nearby cache GC1NVBF when I came across this one. Have driven past here for years and haven't taken much interest. Did a little research and found it is even on facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-Australia/The-Royal-Hotel-Kent-Town/15661144758#/pages/Adelaide-Australia/The-Royal-Hotel-Kent-Town/15661144758?v=info&viewas=1457257488 Day 285 of non-stop caching [:D] big dazza Found Here's Townsville's example of the Royal Hotel. Located in Stagpole St.West End it used to be my favorite Friday counter lunch spot back in the days when it was still acceptable to have a couple of beers at lunch time,it's a sackable offence where I work now.Thanks for the cache. Pensive Travellers Found Nothing to say I can't log my own cache!!!!!! Found this "Royal Hotel" in the main street of Dungog NSW, whilst on a caching day out. red tag Found Tha Theatre Royal Hotel is apparently one of Australia's oldest Hotels est. 1834. Its situated in Campbell Street, Hobart and offers B&B style accom, an award winning restaurant called Shakespeare's and a bar with an open fire place to enjoy a cocktail at. Thanks for the cache Pensive Travellers and the 'ok' to log it. Pensive Travellers Other Published and ready to go. Shifter Brains Found The Royal Hotel - 38-40 Pacific Highway Wyong. Established in 1889, just after the opening of the Sydney Newcastle Railway line. A well in the beer garden was the hotel's original water supply. GA1390 6o of Separation Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1390 6o of Separation Geocache Geocache 6o of Separation Grahame Cookie Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 2 1.5 This virtual / locationless geocache is available to most people, except those living on islands like Lord Howe, Norfolk, etc. Going on a bit further than the premise of the play and movie, "Six Degrees of Separation";, with Stockard Channing, also with Will Smith in the movie, that we would know everybody in the world by having just five other people connecting them in between, this cache is to get you further away from where you live, and find a geocache that is 6o different to your home. <p> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Win32)" name="GENERATOR" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page _ size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm _ P _ margin-bottom: 0.21cm _ --> </style></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">So, to log this cache:</p> <ol> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Work out your home Latitude and Longitude coordinates (that's the easy part).</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Add, or subtract, 6&deg; from either the Latitude, or Longitude.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Use a mapping application, e.g., Google maps, MapSource, etc, to search along that Latitude or Longitude to obtain a cache that is within <b>three minutes</b> (3&rsquo;) of the designated coordinate. For example, if your home is at S32&deg; 32.323&rsquo; E151&deg; 15.151&rsquo; (somewhere out of Singleton, NSW), then you could look to 6 degrees north or south. That would be, <b>THREE</b> minutes either side of S26&deg; 32.323&rsquo; (in Queensland), or S38&deg; 32.323&rsquo; (in Victoria). Or, looking east is a bit hard, but going west you would have <b>THREE</b> minutes either side of E145&deg; 15.151&rsquo;, still bounded by 6&deg; north and south of the home coords. So, for example, if searching north, there is GC1C653, &ldquo;Thrashing Around&rdquo; an 'unknown' cache, &ldquo;at&rdquo; S26&deg; 32.436' E151&deg; 50.167'.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Go, and find the cache, and log this one as well. State in that cache log that you have also used it to find the &ldquo;6&deg; of Separation&rdquo; locationless cache.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">When logging the cache, please put down only the nearest full minute of your home coords &ndash; we don't need to hunt you down and find you, but please record the full coords of the cache YOU have placed, if using that as the basis of the search.</p> </li> </ol> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">** I WILL allow you use the coordinates of any geocache YOU have placed for the 6&deg; search, so long as that cache is identified in the log. **</p> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"><strong>**&nbsp;Please note: </strong>You aren't just to be looking at the extremes (four corners), but rather looking anywhere along the four sides of a &quot;square&quot; with a 6 'minute' width. ** Only a Latitude, OR a Longitude has to be 6&ordm; different, NOT both.</p> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Here's a quote from Ouisa, in the play (courtesy Wikipedia): <i>&ldquo;I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find that extremely comforting, that we're so close, but I also find it like Chinese water torture that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the connection. It's not just big names&mdash;it's anyone. A native in a rain forest, a Tierra del Fuegan, an Eskimo. I am bound&mdash;you are bound&mdash;to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people. It's a profound thought: how Paul found us; how to find the man whose son he claims to be, or perhaps is, although I doubt it. How everyone is a new door, opening into other worlds.&rdquo; ) </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Separation_(play"><span id="_A30FCAE4-0642-4F79-97BD-4934EF72807A_" style="font-style: normal">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Separation_(play)</span></a></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm"> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.4 (Win32)" name="GENERATOR" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page _ size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm _ P _ margin-bottom: 0.21cm _ --> </style></p> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Further: if you have done a reasonable search and come up empty handed, you're welcome to log a DNF, and mention if a &ldquo;One Degree of Separation&rdquo; cache would allow you to find a similar cache. There is a large project in USA based on 1&deg; of separation, but relates more to actually <b>knowing</b> the cacher that placed the cache. (It would be limited by the 1&deg; difference in Latitude or Longitude, and only 0.5 minutes of leeway)</p> <p style="margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom: 0cm">Here's a link from Wikipedia on the general subject: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Use GoogleMap tangowithcupcake Not Found Six degrees from here ends up very wet except for northerly which lands us 56km from a remote cache which when last logged over a year ago was deteriorating and had been fenced off. One degree changes only the depth of the water and still strikes out in a northerly direction. A great concept though. It joins the list of many caches which this team will never be able to do, but which still can be admired for their originality Renroc Note This is a do able for me in 2 directions. My home location is Lismore S 28o 48 E 153o 20 Makes the eastward ones difficult. :-) SW After doing the calculations I find that one location should be about S34o 48 E147o 20 On looking at available caches GC1M458 Frogs Hollow S 34o 49.456 E 147o 21.177 appears to match almost exactly the co-ords I have calculated. That is IF I understood the directions correctly. I have contacted the owners of that cache and informed them that if they live locally to there they can come and claim any one of heaps of caches in Lismore that will probably suit their 6o needs. :-) Would appreciate feedback about my calculations. Don't know when I will get out that way but I do have friends who live not too far (in relative terms) so maybe I need to call in and visit them. Other options NW S22o 48 (51-45) E147o 20 (23-17) This is in Blair Athol State Forest 20km west of Clermont in Qld. Not sure of any caches nearby at this stage. NE S22o 48 E159o 20 Slightly over half way between Yeppoon and Noumea! Don't expect any caches here! SE S34o 48 E159o 20 While this is 350km south of Lord Howe Island there may be the opportunity to create a scuba cache somewhere in the location but doubtful. Renroc firesafe Not Found Did all the calcs and found 2 spots in the Ocean, one in the middle of nowhere south of Hay and one in the middle of nowhere east of Lake Eyre and is there a cache within 3 minutes of any of these spots - NO. So this would be the first DNF for this one. Grahame Cookie Other Let me know how you go with this, as I may have to 'fine-tune' it. WanderingAus Note It's a bit tough for us West Aussies, but I notice NORSEMAN 2 by EXPLORER59, just 569 CroKs from home (out on the Eyre Highway), is less than half a minute South and less than two and a half minutes East of the "6 degrees East of my home" point. I missed NORSEMAN 2 on the way home last November, so it's still on my "to do" list, but that 569 CroKs translates to over 300 litres of fuel for the return trip, and 200 litres of that would be at $1.50 or more. If I head North instead it's even worse, the nearest cache is my own WanAus 07 - Crossing Pathways, only 786 K North at Gascoyne Junction, but it is one degree three minutes South and 47 minutes West of the "6 degrees North of my home" point. I could go back up there after the end of the wet season (the road re-opened today to trucks and 4WD only, but I prefer to head South in hot weather) and place another cache within the 3 minute range. My question is, if I log a DNF for the North, can I also log a Found for the East? Happy caching, Keith (the Wandering part of WanderingAus) :-) From the Sunniest Place Down Under :-) GA1381 RSL War Artefacts/Memorabilia Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1381 RSL War Artefacts/Memorabilia Geocache Geocache RSL War Artefacts/Memorabilia MADSTARS Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>My favourite thing about RSL's is the canon's or tanks they have in their car parks or out on their front lawns. I have even seen a Huey Helicopter, that was awesome.</p> <p>To make a find on this locationless, I want the name of the RSL, a photo of the old military item displayed and the co-ordinates. No need to have a GPS in the photo, I think that ruins a nice photo. But try and take the photo yourself and dont copy it off the internet.</p> <p>If there is no cache on the piece of memorabilia try and place one. I find they are so much fun to look for. Its amazing how many hidy holes there are. You get extra points if you do...</p> <p>Say, if you place a cache on the same day you take the photo you can log this cache twice and count it as two finds. </p> <p>One find for the photo.</p> <p>One find for the cache.</p> <p>But remember it has to be a new cache with a date newer than this caches date.</p> <p>This will help increase our cache numbers.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I have also started this Locationless becasue I love taking heaps of photos of these artefacts as well, but more importantly I love climbing all over the artefacts looking for caches.</p> <p>I think the added bonus is we can introduce our kids to the RSL's and tell them what the Boys in Uniform did for us and our country (whoops and Girls).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Enjoy</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>MADSTARS</p> WanderingAus Note http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1381 S12 27.783 E130 50.498 WanderingAus wandered by on day 66 of a "climatic refugee" trip and watched the Welcome Home Parade for the Darwin soldiers recently returned from Afghanistan, Iraq and East Timor. The Abrams Tank is not yet an RSL War Artefact but I know MADSTARS likes photos of war machinery so I thought I'd post a preview of the Memorabilia of the future. In accordance with Royal Australian Armoured Corps tradition tanks are named, and this one is "Axed". The other tank which paraded and held ground today was "Anzac". <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1381/2001579074.jpg"> The Australian Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle is the vehicle of choice for Motorized Infantry Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment. The Support Sections of Mechanized Infantry Battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment, such as 5 RAR and 7 RAR, are also issued with the Bushmaster. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1381/7431579074.jpg"> The ASLAV-25 Light Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle is a mean looking machine. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1381/6951579074.jpg"> I have still more photos but I need to identify the items before uploading them. I won't claim a find for this one, it's just for the fun. T4TC MADSTARS Keith flange_1&tribe Found Well with nothing much to do on a cold rainy day we thought we would go for a drive and knock a few of these caches in the head This is our local RSL and anti aircaft guns big dazza Found This 40mm Bofors is located at the Charters Towers RSL and is the residence of GC1EYY6 "Once We Were Warriors",a nano placed by HDSpringer.Lunch time on a Sunday is not the ideal time to look for it though so I had to log a DNF,thanks MADSTARS for the opportunity to turn it into a find. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day seven of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter. We had limped along for the past 1,600 or so kilometres, with the V6 geoChallenger running on four cylinders<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_dead.gif">, mostly in second gear with occasional bursts of third gear on downhill sections (in a four speed plus overdrive automatic transmission)<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_disapprove.gif">, finally arriving in Port Hedland just before midday. Yesterday the only mechanic with Mitsubishi diagnostic equipment North of Perth only took a couple of hours to identify the faulty transistor causing the problem<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. There were no new ones available in Western Australia, and probably in Australia ("they never fail, so nobody carries them"), but he managed to locate a secondhand one in Perth, which he was promised "got on the truck to Port Hedland minutes ago". That gave us at least a day and a half in Port Hedland for another look around on our 7th visit to the town. I found this Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun in the Memorial Park in Port Hedland.<br> <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1381/10131482810.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day seven of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and found this Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun in the Memorial Park in Port Hedland. After a quick saturation check (nothing within 3.79 kilometres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on the gun, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic eclipse container containing only a logbook somewhere on it, and reported it as <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1481">GA1481 WanAus 104 - Port Hedland Gun</a>. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1381/7521495248.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day three of a cache placing run through the SouthWest and Great Southern Regions of WA and found this WWI Trench Mortar in the Memorial Park in Donnybrook.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/fc6c31ef-e482-4a66-9f40-56bde6503db4.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing within 260 metres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on the mortar, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic eclipse container containing only a logbook somewhere on it, and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1R02Y">GC1R02Y WanAus 94 - Donnybrook Trench Mortar</a>.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/fc6c31ef-e482-4a66-9f40-56bde6503db4.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day two of a cache placing run through the SouthWest and Great Southern Regions of WA and found and aircraft propellor and a replica torpedo in the Memorial Park next to the Narrogin RSL.<br> <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Narrogin_Memorial_Park.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing within 1.66 kilometres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache nearby, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a waterproof match container containing only a logbook nearby and using the aircraft propellor and replica torpedo as waypoints reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1QVFN">GC1QVFN WanAus 82 - Narrogin Memorial Park</a>.<br> <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Narrogin_Memorial_Park.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by at the start of a cache placing run through the SouthWest and Great Southern Regions of WA. First stop was Pingelly to fix up a previously muggled cache, so I detoured about 70 Km out of the way to claim the FTF of GC1QMD8 Half Time by aussie-O"s.<img src="http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_cool.gif"> As a result of the detour I had to pass through Boddington, and was very happy to spot this pair of Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun Barrels in the Boddington Memorial Park. <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/1a1bc9ae-4b5e-49a9-8fc0-a106f25d350d.jpg"> These barrels were made in 1942 and 1943 by General Motors Holden Ltd Australia and carry the Royal Cypher of King George VI. They were made available to the Boddington RSL Sub-Branch by the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing within 8.11 kilometres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on one of the barrels, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic key container containing only a logbook somewhere in one of the gun barrels and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1QVEY">GC1QVEY WanAus 87 - Boddington Gun Barrels</a>.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/1a1bc9ae-4b5e-49a9-8fc0-a106f25d350d.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing closer than 930 metres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on this Field Gun, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic key container containing only a logbook somewhere in the gun and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NKZ2">GC1NKZ2 WanAus 68 - South Perth RSL Gun</a>.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/fe1ec687-ba09-4713-bfcf-d28c926cc7ef.jpg"> I was advised by theUMP that placement of caches within the City of South Perth required the approval of the City, so I wrote to the City for approval to place the cache on the gun. My request was referred by the City to the President of the City of South Perth RSL Branch. On 23 Apr 09 I attended the monthly meeting of the City of South Perth RSL Branch at the invitation of the President. I explained geocaching and the nature of my request to the members present and the meeting gave unanimous approval to the placement of a cache on the Gun. After enjoying several hours of fellowship (as a member of the RSL) and a pleasant lunch with the members I then placed the cache again. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith richlink Found RSL Memorial at Kirup WA Was going to attempt to retrieve the cache located on this canon/gun but too many muggles close by. Had to settle for just a photo instead. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and found this de Havilland DH.100 Vampire Fighter Aircraft in front of the Beverley Aeronautical Museum.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/55acfd01-20d4-4e2d-862e-f30b9008bbdd.jpg"> The de Havilland DH.100 Vampire was a British jet-engined fighter which entered service with the Royal Air Force in April 1946 and with the Royal Australian Air Force later that year. Australian production of 80 Vampires fitted with the Nene engine was from 1949 to 1953. The Vampire outside the Beverley Aeronautical Museum was purchased by the Beverley Shire for fifty pounds ($100). The Hunt Road Vampire was offered to the Shire at no cost provided the Shire provided the transport from somewhere between Perth and Geraldton. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found I was concerned at how public the Vampire outside the Beverley Aeronautical Museum was, being on the main street only a couple of metres from the footpath. I expected that if I placed a cache in one of the likely spots it would probably be muggled within weeks. Fortuitously there was another Vampire just 210 metres away on Hunt Road/Great Southern Highway. This one was better placed to reduce the chance of muggling, and also had a couple of extra possible hiding spots<img src='http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_evil.gif'>, so I chose it for the cache. Unfortunately I couldn't get a photo of this one due to a road train being parked in front of it, so until I get a photo of it the other Vampire will have to do. If someone can take a photo of the Vampire with the cache in it and include it in their log I'll put it in place of this photo, with appropriate acknowledgement. <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/55acfd01-20d4-4e2d-862e-f30b9008bbdd.jpg"> After a quick saturation check (nothing within 18.26 kilometres by my calculation) I hid a magnetic container containing only a logbook somewhere in the aircraft and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1Q429">GC1Q429 WanAus 81 - Beverley Vampire</a>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by, returning to the RSL Memorial Park in Brookton to place a cache on this 25 Pounder Field Artillery Gun. I hadn't placed one here when I first found it because I had left all my micro and nano containers on the desk in the study when I headed out on my trip<img src='http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_blush.gif'>. <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/d2adca06-6126-4476-9615-bd4c2ae58827.jpg"> After a quick saturation check (nothing within 16.31 kilometres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on this Gun, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic key container containing only a logbook somewhere in the Gun and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1Q3WA ">GC1Q3WA WanAus 75 - Brookton Memorial Park Gun</a> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith R0gue Found Spotted this outside the 11/28 RWAR Recruiting Centre. I ride past this quite often on my bike. The actual gun is behind the fence, so no cache placing here I guess. shazcol Found Westbury RSL in Northern Tasmania. Across the road looking towards our car and the RSL building. Very nice village green area behind it. Not able to place a cache here today. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and found this Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun in the Memorial Park in Kirup.<br> <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Kirup_Memorial_Gun.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing within 10 kilometres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on this Gun, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic key container containing only a logbook somewhere in the Gun and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1PZDD">GC1PZDD WanAus 77 - Kirup Memorial Park Gun</a>.<br> <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Kirup_Memorial_Gun.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and found this 105 MM Pack Howitzer in the park near the Pemberton RSL.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/00b53f22-adc4-467b-b8e5-180476b0cd46.jpg"><br> I wasn't positive about the identity of the gun as there was no signage and the RSL was closed, but fortuitously I spent that very night at the nearby Big Brook Arboretum Campground, and the Camp Host for the weekend was a Vietnam Veteran, Peter Suckling, of 12 Field Regiment and 7 Field Battery fame. I showed him some photos and he confirmed that it was a 105 MM Pack Howitzer, in use in the Australian Army from about 1964. Made in Italy, they were referred to as the "Spaghetti Guns". Peter advised that only one battery took the 105 MM Pack Howitzer to Vietnam, all other batteries took the 105 MM M2A2 Howitzer which was in use concurrently with the Pack Howitzer.<br><br> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing within 380 metres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on this Howitzer, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic key container containing only a logbook somewhere in the Howitzer and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1PZCY">GC1PZCY WanAus 76 - Pemberton RSL Gun</a>. <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1381/91380177.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by to claim another find at The Gurney VC Club, East Victoria Park and Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch. <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/a3603212-6a20-4f87-8d06-680234a333a0.jpg"> I had thought I couldn't hide a cache here because the trap in <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e7261ed5-4538-4b53-b29a-49a4e2549da7">Bullet Train by Bear_Left</a> was set to be sprung using the Field Gun, but on checking found out it was open territory. After confirming with theUmp (and Bear_Left) that there wasn't a problem, I placed a magnetic key container containing a logbook somewhere in the gun and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1PGAX">GC1PGAX WanAus 71 - Gurney VC Club Gun</a>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith MalanDi Found Found the cache at this location and went back later to take some shots. Nice memorial in a park in Ringwood Victoria. Very dry but will pick up with winter rains. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and returned to this Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun in Beaton Park, Nedlands W.A. I had found it earlier because it already has the cache <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=68a00c75-d77c-4a4b-9b70-ac87d34b5ef6">GC1JFQV Beatons Gun by Team BD</a> hidden on it.<br> <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Beatons_Gun.jpg"> The gun, which was presented by 2nd/7th Australian Field Regiment Association, 9th Australian Division A.I.F., stands as a tribute to all gunners who made the supreme sacrifice in the cause of freedom. It was dedicated on this site on 27 September 1975. The excellent condition of the gun and the pristine park surrounding it are a credit to the City of Nedlands and all those involved. I particularly like this one because of it's commanding position overlooking the Swan River. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and found this pair of Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Guns in Stirling Square, Guildford.<br> <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1381/411345552.jpg"> During World War I Saint Matthews Church in Stirling Square was adopted as the Garrison Church for Artillery and Light Horse units training at the Remount Depot in South Guildford. The "Battery Banner" of the 8th Battery of the A.I.F. (Australian Imperial Force), which flew at Gallipoli and in France, was deposited in Saint Matthews Church in 1919. In 1920 a captured German Krupps 105mm Field Gun was presented to the Guildford Municipal Council as a Trophy of War to be displayed in Stirling Square. In 1928 the Artillery Comrades' Association decided to hold the first Gunners' Day ceremony, in which about 60 ex-gunners marched from the railway station to Saint Matthews Church for a short memorial service. They then gathered around the War Memorial for the laying of wreaths and the sounding of the 'Last Post'. The Gunners' Day ceremony haS continued throughout the decades and is one of many activities conducted in Stirling Square each year. In 1940 the German Field Gun was removed from Stirling Square and used as scrap for munitions in World War II. About 1960 the 3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, installed two 25 Pounder Guns on Stirling Square to replace the removed German gun. This action was an initiative of the Guildford sub-branch of the Returned Services League, who purchased the guns for the sum of ten pounds sterling. The guns were not maintained and by 1974 were vandalised and deteriorated to the point that they were removed from the Square by the 3rd Field Regiment. Shortly after the 3rd Field Regiment replaced those guns with two more 25 Pounder Guns which were surplus to their requirements. In 2000 the City of Swan agreed to the refurbishment of the two guns by the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society as part of the redevelopment of Stirling Square. The refurbished guns were returned to the Square in 2001. While I was wandering around Stirling Square gathering the above information and taking photos I was also dodging "occasional showers", so I quickly popped a magnetic keycase under the traverse ring of one of the guns, hit the "Mark" button on the gps, and ran for shelter. For the first time ever (after placing 69 other caches) I had forgotten to do a saturation check. I wrote up my notes, saved the Mark for the guns, headed off, and was "bitten in the bum by Murphy's Law". As I crossed the railway line I spotted an "F" on TomTom, which indicated I had previously found a cache well within the 160 metre radius. Once I got to a place where I could park I checked my saturation list, and found the start point for <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCKZBK">GCKZBK Arthur's Theme by Team Bungarra</a> wasn't a problem. As that is a stage of a multicache entered as "question to answer" or "reference point" the saturation rule doesn't apply. Unfortunately a further check revealed that <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1A756">GC1A756 Stirling Guns by Bill Boots</a> had been placed on one of the guns. It's over two months since Bill Boots wrote "Sorry Folks, it appears that it has been MUGGLED . I will replace it soon" - bugger[V] *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith NTSTROM Found The Darwin RSL Services and Social Club located in Cavanagh Street, Darwin City. Pictured is a small artillery piece, which is located outside of the club on a second floor balcony, above a guns and fishing shop if you can believe that! TFTC WanderingAus Note Due to a storm in a teacup over <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7ceb25eb-e1f6-4777-85f1-03207ee7638d">GCAAC8 South Perth Rox</a>, all caches in South Perth now need to be pre-approved by the council before Ian, theUMP can publish them. I didn't know that when I placed <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NKZ2">GC1NKZ2 WanAus 68 - South Perth RSL Gun</a>, so I will be approaching the City Environment Coordinator at the City of South Perth on Monday hoping to get permission for the cache. If I don't get it I'll have to take one of my finds off. Meanwhile <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NKZA">GC1NKZA WanAus 69 - Nollamara RSL Gun</a> has been published and is ready for hunting. WanderingAus Found After a quick saturation check (nothing within 1300 metres by my calculation) I determined that I could place a cache on this Field Gun, and I had come equipped for just such an eventuality. I hid a magnetic key container containing only a logbook somewhere in the gun and reported it as <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1NKZA">GC1NKZA WanAus 69 - Nollamara RSL Gun</a>.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/c7cec87e-4a9e-42d9-bf2b-27da36088c6b.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and found this Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun in front of the Nollamara RSL.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/c7cec87e-4a9e-42d9-bf2b-27da36088c6b.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by and found this very well restored Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun in front of the City of South Perth RSL.<br> <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/fe1ec687-ba09-4713-bfcf-d28c926cc7ef.jpg"> This Gun was restored in 2003 and was returned to it's place in front of the City of South Perth RSL to commemorate the Service Personnel of World War Two. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by to "find" the two artefacts at another sub-branch, The Gurney VC Club, East Victoria Park and Vietnam Veterans Sub-Branch. The Gurney VC Club is fortunate to have a Quick Firing 25 Pounder Field Gun Mk II (which surprisingly appears to have been made by Chubb in 1942) and a sea mine. <br> <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1381/3971339619.jpg"> I couldn't hide a cache here because the trap in <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e7261ed5-4538-4b53-b29a-49a4e2549da7">Bullet Train by Bear_Left</a> was set to be sprung using the Field Gun, so I had to settle for a single find. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by to "find" the artefact at my own sub-branch, Canning Districts and Victoria Park RSL. I'm not sure why we only have a sea mine, and nobody could help me out except for vague references to the maritime nature of the Canning River.<br> <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1381/4361339618.jpg"> I couldn't find a place to hide a cache on the sea mine (I don't have any nano containers, might have managed with one of them), so I had to settle for a single find. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day one of a 14 day meander through the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Southwest regions of Western Australia, accompanied by his WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO). We were on our way to <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=01c09c65-1eda-413c-bf89-33bf9d7e7c1c">GC1KAXA tangowithcupcake's WA Caching Birthday Bash - Albany 2009</a> scheduled for Sunday 1 March 2009. We didn't want to be late so we left home a week early, and also allowed ourselves an extra five days for the return trip. We stopped for lunch beside the RSL Memorial Park in Brookton and found this 25 Pounder Field Artillery Gun. <img src="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/d2adca06-6126-4476-9615-bd4c2ae58827.jpg"> The gun had seen service during World War II, and was purchased from the Army Supply Stores at Nungarin WA by Captain R.N.G. Meecham, who transported it to Brookton and donated it to the Brookton R.S.L. Sub-Branch for placement in the Memorial Park "In honour of those who gave their lives for their country". <center><B>Lest We Forget</b></center> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH MADSTARS Keith Shifter Brains Found The Entrance Long Jetty RSL has a 40mm Bofors Mk 2 Anti Aircraft Gun. The restoration of the gun was a joint project with Wyong Shire Council, Department of Vetrans Affairs, North Fort Artillery Restoration Centre and The Entrance Long Jetty RSL Sub Branch. The gun is displayed behind glass so it is a little difficult to get a good photo. Spinmeout Found This 25 pounder is one of two guns on display in front of the Cairns RSL. I did not get the details on the other gun, but did notice the sign that asks you not to climb over them, otherwise I would have. I have added both guns for this find. MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rock and roll. I like the idea of this cache. A cache to promote a cache...Mmmhhhh Its got me thinking for a new locationless Shifter Brains Found Gosford RSL has a 40mm Bofors gun. This gun was used as a clue for the multi cache "Maxime Glass" (GCQWPV) and currently conceals the cache "Thunder of the Guns II" (GC16F2X). GA1375 Gravity Station Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1375 Gravity Station Geocache Geocache Gravity Station Nastyrangey Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Gravity Stations <p>&nbsp;Gravity Stations across Australia.</p> <div> <p><strong><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4">This is for logging the&nbsp;Gravity Station&nbsp;markers.</font></strong><strong><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="4"><br /> <br /> </font></strong>&nbsp;They are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number on them with &quot;Bureau of Mineral Resources - Canberra&quot; on them.</p> <p>They can be found in the most surprising places. In&nbsp;the middle of footpaths, even&nbsp;at the&nbsp;base of monuments.<br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it.<br /> <br /> 2.&nbsp; Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the marker is located. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your&nbsp;Gravity Station marker&nbsp;a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you Find</p> </div> <div>&nbsp;<strong>NB:&nbsp; I have adopted this cache from Swampgecko and will be maintaining it.</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><strong>Nastyrangey...</strong></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> Go to lookouts and keep your eyes open. gorbak Found At long last. After visiting a total of five gravity base station locations, on multiple occasions, it finally dawned on me that not all locations actually have the bronze disc. Fortunately one of the nearby locations does indeed have a disc, but when I looked there the first time, it was without knowing precisely where to look. As the photo shows, GPSr reception is pretty ordinary at this location. This base station is at the bottom of the steps, on the wall side, at the front of the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania. It is wheelchair accesible, so terrain rating 1. gorbak Not Found Did not find, or did I? I was looking forward to using GPS to find a GBS, but after visiting three possible sites over the last couple of weeks, this was the best that I could find. It is near the Elizabeth St Pier, on Hobart's waterfront. There were no identifying features on this disc that I could see, so I'm not at all confident that this is a Gravity Station, hence the log as a DNF (for the time being). If anyone can confirm that this is the real deal, I'll gladly change my log to a find. For the record, all three sites that I visited are known to have a gravity station, according to an official source. They were all in Hobart, or very close by, and were easy to access, with terrain of 1 or 1.5. Nastyrangey Other Good luck with this one it could be tricky, there are many places where these Gravity Stations could be, Happy Hunting.. GA1372 I'm just dreaming Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1372 I'm just dreaming Geocache Geocache I'm just dreaming stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Tell about dreams about geocaching. <p>Last night I had a dream about geocaching. About how I was in America. I thought there was a geocache nearby so I looked, found nothing. Next day I had another look and a found an acorn attached to&nbsp; a string. So I opened it and written-Geocaching.com site. So I tried to to find the notebook and&nbsp; icouldn't so I open a ball and I wrote my name on it.</p> <p>So tell me about a dream you had about geocaching. No need of photo's or Co-ords.</p> dreaming in the night stringy Found Last night I got back from Queensland. Tried to find Wynnum Wader and couldn't. So in the dreammt mum went too the other side of the lake and went to a rock in the side of the tree and pulled out the container and amazed. Why? 100m from the co-ords. I felt like my GPS was nothing. So it had just told me that not everything is at the listed co-ords. dbrown64 Found My dream occurred after a DNF on Mount Scoria. I dreamt that I was looking for a micro. When I arrived at the GZ I was standing on a concrete slab that stretched as far as the eye could see in all directions. There were no hides any where to be seen. I kept returning to the same GZ for days. On my last visit I noticed at my feet a fifty cent coin that had not been there before. With no hide to be seen I picked up the coin and put it in my pocket. Proud of the fact that I had found something I went and found another cache in an area that was inaccessible (I dont know how I got to it)when I opened the cache there was no writing stick. When I reached into my pocket all I could find was the coin. It fell open - it was the first cache and in it was a pen, notebook A4 in size and heaps of swaps. This dream made me return to Mount Scoria 2 days later and I found the cache within minutes of arriving at the GZ. Since then I have found each cache I have searched for with ease. The dream made me focus on what is different. The dream has also given me some great ideas for devious caches. stringy Found In this dream I dreamt that I had a tackle at Geocaching Is The Key. I arrived in the night (without my GPS) and sat down at the bench. Then everybody came and sat near me. (public). And then latanzi sat next too me half asleep. So I looked under the bench and there it was. I asked latanzi "where is the pad?' so he showed me where the pad was and signed my and he signed his name.So I some how ended up on the Bootawa bus and got home. 'STRANGE DREAM'. big dazza Found Here's a weird one. Last night I dreamt I was at a caching event in an area with a few outdoor eating places,I don't recognise the area at all, the plan was to turn up at 12 noon (the busiest time of day),and find three nearby caches without being busted by muggles or other cachers and be out of the area by 1.00pm.Unfortunatly I couldn't find any of the caches and was sprung by four other cachers and questioned by police. meanwhile dozens of cachers logged all three caches without raising suspicion.Actually, it sounds like reasonable idea for an event.I just hope I would be a little more successful at the real thing.Thanks for the cache stringy. stringy Found Okay, I was at a lookout on a mountain overlooking Scone. I was sure there was a geocache here and went looking for it found at GZ, 3 note books and no container. As I was writing 2 men were walking up too me and stopped 2 meters away from me. I went and I went back to join Fang Shaw. I told him that I found it. So I pointed out where it was. Then we saw the men nick off with the geocache. So we raced back to the geocache and raced too find the men. Fang Shaw brang back a container and replaced it. the end. Grahame Cookie Found Had been checking out how many caches were still to find 80km from home, and had logged all except a disabled cache near Stroud. Then a message came through from a cache that had been disabled, but on my 'watch' list near Laurieton. BARGAIN. Had a fair idea of what to expect for "Mangrove Mania", but didn't sleep well, and kept on dreaming of the possibility of being washed out to sea on my lilo instead of being able to paddle across Queens Lake. The reality was easy. FTF stringy Other all good GA1349 Campgrounds Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1349 Campgrounds Geocache Geocache Campgrounds GhostGums Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>One of our favourite activities is camping. There is nothing more enjoyable than being out in the great outdoors, with the fresh air, cooking over a fire, local fauna wondering past, and of course the opportunity to pick up the odd cache or two.</p> <p>Anyhow I thought this would be an opportunity to build up a database of some of the great camping locations around our great country.</p> <p>To log this cache you need to provide the following information-</p> <p>1. Name of the campground, and state.</p> <p>2. What facilities are available (toilets, showers, camp kitchen)</p> <p>3. Activities</p> <p>4. Are campfires permitted and where firewood might be&nbsp;available</p> <p>5. If it requires a 4WD to access</p> <p>6. The nearest town and distance</p> <p>7. And of course GPS&nbsp;Co-ords</p> <p>A couple of pictures will also be good.</p> <p>Use the cache rating to rate the campground.</p> <p>I will start with one of my favourite spots</p> <p><span style="color: #800000"><span style="font-size: small"><strong>Peach Trees, near Jimna QLD</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="color: #800000"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #339966"><span style="font-size: x-small"><strong>S26&deg;38.240' E152&deg;26.980'</strong></span></span></span></span></p> <p>Has toilets, showers (requires 20c) and tables.</p> <p>Activiites available including&nbsp;swimming in Yabba Creek, bushwalking, and there are 4 caches nearby (as of Jan 2009)</p> <p>There are firepits scatttered around the campground. Firewood is available in Jimna, $10 for a 40kg bag.</p> <p>2WD accessible</p> <p>Nearest town is Jimna 4km away, but there are no supplies (except for firewood).&nbsp;For supplies you need to travel to Kilcoy, 50km to the south.</p> <p><img alt="A shot of the campground" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/troyk_photos/P1050639.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="Tables and a Eastern Grey Kangaroo" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/troyk_photos/P1080762.jpg" /></p> <p><img alt="By the campfire!" src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa281/troyk_photos/P1060688.jpg" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="color: #008080"><span><em>Only one rule, one log per campground, and you can make as many logs as you want!&nbsp;</em></span></span></strong></p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for the night at Conners Well Camping Area. The camping area is beside the Stuart Highway and has room for over a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway, particularly for breaks. We've never camped here before but have stopped for morning tea twice before. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/1671622737.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include a shelter, 3 picnic tables, a water tank, fireplaces, and a few rubbish bins. There wasn't a cache nearby, so I decided to place a virtual here. <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1585">GA1585 WanAus 129 - SRR - Conners Well by WanderingAus</a> has been placed for the enjoyment of the travelling public.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. I did think briefly of placing a container here, but I had concerns about survivability in the fire and flood environment around here. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for morning tea at Taylors Creek Camping Area. The camping area is beside the Stuart Highway and has room for more than a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway. We've never camped here but have stopped here once before. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/6501622670.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include 1 enviro toilet, 2 shelters, 4 picnic tables, a water tank, fireplaces, firewood and a few rubbish bins. There wasn't a cache nearby, so I decided to place a virtual here. <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1582">GA1582 WanAus 126 - SRR - Taylors Creek by WanderingAus</a> has been placed for the enjoyment of the travelling public.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. I did think briefly of placing a container here, but I had concerns about survivability in the fire and flood environment around here. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for a break at Prowse Gap Camping Area. The camping area is beside the Stuart Highway and has room for less than a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, but is still popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway, particularly for breaks. We've never camped here but have stopped here once before. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/3831622734.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include a shelter, 2 picnic tables, a water tank, fireplaces, and a few rubbish bins. There wasn't a cache nearby, so I decided to place a virtual here. <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1584">GA1584 WanAus 128 - SRR - Prowse Gap by WanderingAus</a> has been placed for the enjoyment of the travelling public.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. I did think briefly of placing a container here, but I had concerns about survivability in the fire and flood environment around here. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 82 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for a toilet break at Attack Creek Camping Area. The camping area is beside the Stuart Highway and has room for about a couple of dozen or so caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway. We camped here last year, and also stopped here for a break once. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/2871622662.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include an enviro toilet, two shelters each with two picnic tables, 2 water tanks, fireplaces and a few rubbish bins. There is also a physical cache in the camping area, <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1011">GA1011 SRR - Attack Creek by TeamGeoPlesk</a>, which I found on day forty-eight of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia in 2008.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 82 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for the night at the Devils Marbles Camping Area. The camping area is inside the Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve beside the Stuart Highway and has room for at least a couple of dozen or so caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway. We previously camped here in 2003. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/951622665.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include 3 long drop toilets, two shelters, picnic tables, fireplaces and a few rubbish bins. There is also a multi/virtual cache not far from the camping area, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCKHBX">GCKHBX Satans Balls by shonkylogic</a>, which I hunted down the next day.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 81 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for morning tea at Warloch Camping Area. The camping area is beside the Stuart Highway and has room for about a dozen or so caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway. We've never camped here, but we've stopped here for breaks a few times. <!img src="Warloch Camping Area.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include a fairly new ladies and gents enviro toilets which was not there last year, one picnic table under shelter, a water tank, firepit and a few rubbish bins. There wasn't a cache nearby, so I decided to place a virtual here. <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1580">GA1580 WanAus 120 - SRR - Warloch by WanderingAus</a> has been placed for the enjoyment of the travelling public.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. I did think briefly of placing a container here, but I had concerns about survivability in the fire and flood environment around here. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 79 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and stopped for the night at King River Camping Area. The camping area is beside the Stuart Highway and has room for a couple of dozen or so caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Stuart Highway. We've camped here a couple of times, and also stopped here for breaks a couple of times. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/9431605301.jpg"> Facilities in the camp area include a fairly new ladies and gents enviro toilets which was not there last year, two picnic tables under shelters, a water tank, firepits and rubbish bins. There was also a cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC19VDN">GC19VDN SRR - King River by TeamGeoPlesk</a>, but it was muggled earlier this year<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_disapprove.gif">. I was happy to have made the find last year, <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">, and did think briefly of replacing it, but I had concerns about getting a local maintainer for a GC cache, and my gca caches don't seem to get a lot of visitors. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith Tuena Found If you prefer your own company then the Greenbah Creek campsite in Goobang NP NSW is ideal. I have yet to have to share it with anyone. There is a pit toilet, fire rings & picnic benches. Walking & 4WDing are popular. You need to bring your own firewood & everything else. If coming in from the northern section you most definately need a 4WD. If coming from Peak Hill, which is about 40Ks away, then a 2WD should suffice. The road in is very rough with numerous mounds. If it is wet then neither vehicle type should attempt it as sections of the road can become boggy. NPWS would probably have closed the access gate anyway. There are 4 GC caches in the park. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 17 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for morning tea at Mathison Campground. The campground is close to Mathison Creek and has room for about a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Victoria Highway. We've never camped here, but we've stopped here for breaks quite a few times. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/2021502712.jpg'> Facilities include two brand new (since June 2008) EcoToilets, which unfortunately were already almost chock-a-block full, a water tank, two shelters each with two picnic tables, fireplaces and rubbish bins. Of course the major attraction for readers of this log will be the new cache I placed here, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7a78024c-ba5a-4e1c-99b3-56c04134239e">GC1V6TR WanAus 109 Mathison</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 17 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for a toilet break at Limestone Campground. The campground is close to Limestone Creek and has room for well over a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Victoria Highway. We've camped here a couple of times, and stopped here for breaks quite a few times too. The image shows the view from each end of the camp area. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/6931502723.jpg'> Facilities include two brand new (since June 2008) EcoToilets, which unfortunately were already almost chock-a-block full, a water tank, one shelter with two picnic tables, two more picnic tables, fireplaces and rubbish bins. There is also a cache nearby, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1C4J1 GC1C4J1 Limestone by CHEDENT<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">, which I had the immense pleasure of claiming First To Find on last year<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 17 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at Copperfield Dam Recreation Area Campground. The camp area overlooks Copperfield Dam and has room for a dozen or so caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Victoria Highway. We've camped here a couple of times, but never stopped here for breaks as it is off the highway and Pine Creek is only a short drive away. The image shows part of the camp area at the top, and part of the dam and two of the picnic shelters at the bottom. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/8071502724.jpg'> Facilities in the camp area include ladies and gents flush toilets and fireplaces. Beside the dam there are four shelters each with a picnic tables. There is also a cache nearby, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1HJ29 GC1HJ29 SRR - Pine Creek by TeamGeoPlesk<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 16 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for morning tea at Saddle Campground. The campground is near Saddle Creek and has room for over a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Victoria Highway. We've camped here about four times, and stopped here for breaks a few times too. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/2461502703.jpg'> Facilities include two Hybrid toilets, a water tank, two shelters each with a picnic table, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 16 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at Sullivan Campground. The campground is beside Sullivan Creek and has room for over a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Victoria Highway. There is a short marked walk trail leading Westward along Sullivan Creek, but a bit of bush bashing to the East along the creek opens up a long stretch of deep water. There are abundant good sized fish to be seen (if not caught) if I'm to believe the two fishos working it when I went out to place a cache. We've only camped here this time, but we've stopped here for breaks a few times too. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/2061502706.jpg'> Facilities include a long drop toilet, a water tank, five picnic tables, and fireplaces. The campground is located within Gregory National Park, under the control of Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission. Rubbish bins are not provided, please take your rubbish with you. Camping fees are payable in an honesty box, adults $3.30, children 5 to 15 yrs $1.65, children under 5 free, family of 2 adults & 2 children $7.70. Of course the major attraction for readers of this log will be the new cache I placed here, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=fa3ebeaf-2d3a-4d6c-a314-80cec97da388">GC1V6R1 WanAus 108 Sullivan Creek</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 13 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for lunch at Dunham River Campground. The campground has room for over a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've only camped here a couple of times, and stopped here for breaks a few times too. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/1831502697.jpg'> Facilities include two "Hybrid" toilets, three shelters each with a picnic table, four more picnic tables, BBQs, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. There is also a fairly new cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1QM9W">GC1QM9W Dunham River by Bushies2</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 13 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for a quick refuel at Cockburn Campground. The campground has room for over a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. It is situated at the junction of the Great Northern Highway (Halls Creek to Wyndham section) and the Victoria Highway leading to Kununurra and eventually Katherine NT. We've only camped here a couple of times, and stopped here for breaks a few times too. The first time we camped here was after "doing the Gibb River Road", during which we destroyed two tyres. The next morning on ABC local radio we were advised "they are starting to grade the Gibb River Road from both ends today". It's all a matter of timing, and ours had been lousy. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/901502700.jpg'> Facilities include two long drop toilets, a shelter with 3 picnic tables, another shelter with a picnic table, fireplaces and rubbish bins and a quarantine bin, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day twelve of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for a quick break at Little Panton River Campground. The campground has room for a few caravans, camper trailers and camper vans, but is more popular as a quick break spot. We've only camped here once, in late May 2003. As we crossed the causeway then we spotted a Brolga in the river, but by the time we parked and got back with the cameras the bird had flown. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/8331500625.jpg'> The only facilities are a couple of shelters with picnic tables and a few rubbish bins, and camping is free. What I hadn't noticed was a brand new cache nearby, published since we left home, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1T4N5">GC1T4N5 Put Your Little Pant On! by Bushies2</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_cool.gif"><imgsrc="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day twelve of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for lunch at Ord River Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. It is also one of two nearby camp spots where travellers leave their caravans to head in by 4WD to the nearby Bungle Bungles. We've only camped here a couple of times, and stopped here for breaks a few times too. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/6191502678.jpg'> The only facilities are a long drop toilet, a shelter with picnic table, a BBQ, fireplaces and a few rubbish bins, and camping is free. There is also a brand new cache nearby, published since we left home, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1T4PA">GC1T4PA Ord River by Bushies2</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. Unfortunately it is right in the middle of the most popular spot, not far from the toilet. Every time I got within 4 metres of GZ a muggle dog 5 metres from GZ started barking, and it's muggle owner came out to tell it off. Then another muggle couple pulled up and set up camp, also within 5 metres of GZ, and I decided it was not to be. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day twelve of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at Spring Creek Campground. The campground has room for a couple of dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. It is also one of two nearby camp spots where travellers leave their caravans to head in by 4WD to the nearby Bungle Bungles. The road into the Bungle Bungles is only 200 metres from the road into this camp site. We've only camped here a couple of times, and stopped here for breaks a few times too. I recall about four years ago, as we were about to re-enter the highway after a lunch break, seeing Grant Denyer's convoy, including a large satellite dish on a trailer, coming out of the Bungle Bungles after doing a broadcast for Channel 7's Sunrise program. We'd spotted his "Weather Winnebago" parked at Turkey Creek/Warmun on the way down earlier in the day. As I recall we'd watched the program that morning in Kununurra before heading South. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/3801502693.jpg'> The only facilities are a long drop toilet, a few picnic table, fireplaces and a few rubbish bins, and camping is free. There is also a brand new cache nearby, published since we left home, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1T4GB">GC1T4GB Bungles Bungles by Bushies2</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day eleven of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for morning tea at Ngumban Cliffs Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents in two large areas and one small area, and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've never camped here, mainly because we nearly always stay at Fitzroy River Lodge, but we almost always stop here for morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, or at least a toilet break. The photo shows the main camping area, shelter, tables, toilet etc, as viewed from the track leading to the nearby cache, at the top, and a close-up of the main features at the bottom. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/411500621.jpg'> Facilities include a clean and well-maintained long drop toilet, two outdoor picnic tables, two picnic tables under a large shelter, two elevated barbecues, makeshift fireplaces, and plenty of rubbish bins, and camping is free. There is also a cache nearby, out here in the middle of NOWHERE, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCP267">GCP267 Erehwon by Team OrrClan</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_cool.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day eleven of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for lunch at Mary Pool Campground. Then we decided to spend the night. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've only camped here twice, but we almost always stop here for morning tea, lunch, or afternoon tea. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/5891500622.jpg'> The only facilities are a brand new, clean and well-maintained 3 door "Hybrid" toilet block, makeshift fireplaces, concrete culvert picnic tables, heaps of shady trees, and plenty of rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day ten of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for morning tea at Nillibubbica Campground. The campground has room for a couple of dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/9671500617.jpg'> Six years ago, on the Sunday of the 2003 June long weekend, we were heading West and had planned to stop at Boab Tree Campground for the night. When we got there we found it surrounded by orange tape, closed for a full rebuild. We had no choice but to push on another 130 Km to Nillibubbica, where we were shocked to discover it too was surrounded by orange tape, closed for a full rebuild. Some twit in the Main Roads obviously thought it was a good idea to close both at the same time, so that anyone not stopping at Ellendale or Lakeside would have to cover over 300 Km to the next legal overnight camping spot. Luckily we spotted a large bus in the camping area and were able to make our way in past the tape, to find a brand new toilet, and the markings where the new fireplaces were to go. We've camped here five times in the past and stopped for breaks another four or five times. It's one of our favourite spots, even though it's close to the highway. Facilities include a clean and well-maintained "EnviroLoo" toilet, picnic tables, two large shelters each with two picnic tables, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day ten of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for a photo opportunity at Boab Tree Campground. The campground has room for maybe a dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway, but mostly for breaks rather than camping. We've never camped here, but we've stopped for breaks four or five times. We would have camped here on the Sunday of the 2003 June long weekend, but when we got there we found it surrounded by orange tape, closed for a full rebuild. We had no choice but to push on another 130 Km to Nillibubbica Campground. See our log for Nillibubbica for the full saga of that one. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/6711500618.jpg'> Facilities include a picnic table in the shade of the Boab Tree and a couple of rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day ten of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for lunch at Ellendale Lakeside Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents spread all around the lake, and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've never camped here, mainly because we are always travelling too fast when we realise we are passing it, there is no warning signage, and the track in is only about 4 metres wide at the highway. You spot the lake and all the vans etc just after you pass the track in. This time I had pre-loaded a waypoint and did a "Navigate To" on TomTom and it was only about 80 metres out<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. This image shows a section of the lake and a few of the campers at the top, and a 190 degree panorama at the bottom. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/7021500619.jpg'> There are no facilities other than lots of space and a great spot, but camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day ten of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for a toilet break at Ellendale Roadside Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've never camped here, mainly because we nearly always stay at Fitzroy River Lodge, but we almost always stop here for morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, or at least a toilet break. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/4591500620.jpg'> Facilities include a clean and well-maintained long drop toilet, four picnic tables each with a shelter, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day nine of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for morning tea at Goldwire Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've camped here twice in the past and stopped for breaks another four or five times. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/1451500616.jpg'> Facilities include a clean and well-maintained "EnviroLoo" toilet, picnic tables, shelters, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day eight of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for morning tea at De Grey Campground, on the banks of the De Grey River. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, spread out over more than a kilometre of riverbank, as well as an open area closer to the highway, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've camped here three times and stopped for breaks another three or four times. This image shows part of the camping area not far from the highway, then the view looking upstream with a fisherman who claims to have caught a couple of fish "yesterday", then the view looking downstream. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/5511500555.jpg'> The only facilities are fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. There used to be a toilet here, but vandalism saw it's eventual demise. There was also a cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCHPFJ">GCHPFJ Going Grey!!!! by Team : Pathfinder</a>, but it was "cleaned up" by the shire, removing a large lump of junk which had concealed the cache. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day eight of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at Stanley Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've camped here four times now and stopped for breaks another three or four times. This image shows one of the large shelters/picnic tables, an elevated BBQ and a couple of fireplaces, and in the bottom section, "Sunrise Over The Dunnys", taken the following morning. I also claimed a find of <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1438">GA1438 Sunrise! by Steptoe</a> while I was there<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_cool.gif">. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/6411500614.jpg'> Facilities include two clean and well-maintained long-drop toilets, picnic tables, shelters, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free.There is also a cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCB8B7">GCB8B7 Eighty Mile Beach by pnbrookes</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_cool.gif">. Not sure where the owner got the name from, Eighty Mile Beach is quite a long walk away. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day five of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for a break at the Mount Robinson Campground. The campground has room for quite a few caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've camped here twice and stopped here a total of six times. This image shows one of the picnic tables and shelters in the foreground, the toilet in the mid ground to the right, and Mount Robinson in the background to the left. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Mount_Robinson_Campground.jpg"> Facilities include a surprisingly clean toilet, picnic tables, shelters, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. There was an emergency telephone in the lightpole near the toilet, but it seems to have been removed. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day five of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at Bea Bea Campground, on the banks of Bea Bea Creek. The campground has room for a couple of dozen caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, spread out in four areas, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. This image shows the largest of the camping areas after about 8 assorted caravans and campers had pulled out. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Bea_Bea_Campground.jpg"> Facilities include a few picnic tables scattered about, fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day three of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for lunch at the Gascoyne River South Branch Campground. The campground has room for quite a few caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. This image shows a section of the campground at the top, and a nearby water trough and well as well as a view of the river at the bottom. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/5661476756.jpg'> The only facilities are fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day three of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped at the Gascoyne River Middle Branch Campground to check up on the nearby cache <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCKQ8T">GCKQ8T Middle Branch R & R by Wayne and Kathryn - Team Red Roo</a>. Two years ago, after reading the logs for the cache, I bought a container in Meekatharra (at great expense, real bush pricing) to replace the damaged one, but when I got there someone else had replaced it, so I only needed to replace the log book. This time the lid of the cliplock container had disintegrated, and I was happy to replace the again damaged container. The campground has room for quite a few caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. This image shows a section of the campground at the top, and the nearby bridge over the river at the bottom. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/6211476757.jpg'> The only facilities are fireplaces, rubbish bins and a picnic table, and camping is free. There is also that cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCKQ8T">GCKQ8T Middle Branch R & R by Wayne and Kathryn - Team Red Roo</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day two of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at the Lake Nallan Campground. The campground has room for plenty of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. We've now camped there four times, and since the last time a new "No Camping" sign has appeared on the Eastern side of the lake, so we couldn't use our favourite spot, furthest from the highway. This image shows a 180 degree panorama of the lake at the top, and our geoChallenger and caravan as well as an interesting pair of fireplaces at the bottom. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/9961476754.jpg'> The only facilities are fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day one of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and stopped for the night at the Jibberding Rock Campground. The campground has room for dozens of caravans, camper trailers, camper vans and tents, and is very popular with the grey nomads and other travellers on the Great Northern Highway. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/9271476753.jpg'> The only facilities are fireplaces and rubbish bins, and camping is free. There is also a cache nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCXHEX">GCXHEX Adventure Out - Jibberding by BibraBoys - Adopted by The Hallows</a><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_big.gif"><img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith Shifter Brains Found Lostock Dam at Barrington Tops in NSW. First time we had been here, having heard about it from a few friends and it is a very pleasant spot to camp. Cost is about $15 per site per night for an unpowered site. There are a few powered sites. It has toilets, hot showers, laundry, TV room. You can have campfires they have fire grates and half 44 gallon drums you can move around and position where you want - the wood is available for purchase from reception, or you can collect or bring your own. Access is along a sealed road and 2WD and caravan can access without hassle. The nearest town is Gresford, about 25km away. Fairly Magic Found Bicheno Caravan Park and Takeaway Food, Bicheno, Tasmania. Just spent two nights tcamping here. Powered sites for vans and small secluded tent area. Toilets and coin operated showers ($1/7 mins). Onsite laundry and gas bbq facilities, and takeaway shop in case you've forgotten the tomato sauce :) WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GCTVPW">GCTVPW Adventure Out - Boyagin Rock by BibraBoys</a> and came across the Boyagin Rock Campground. The approach road states "not suitable for caravans" or something like that, but the campground has room for at least 15 to 20 camper trailers, camper vans and/or tents. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Boyagin_Rock_Campground.jpg"> Facilities include tables and benches, fireplaces, rubbish bins and two long-drop toilets, and camping is free. There are walk trails to and around Boyagin Rock, and of course there is a cache part way up The Rock<img src='http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_big.gif'><img src='http://www.geocaching.com/images/icons/icon_smile_approve.gif'>. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered through the Southwest and Great Southern regions, looking for a place to spend the night, and found Big Brook Arboretum Campground.Big Brook Arboretum Campground is located 10 km north of Pemberton via Club Road, Pump Hill Road, Tramway Trail and Rainbow Trail. The campsite has room for at least 15 to 20 caravans and/or tents. Facilities include picnic tables, firepits and one long-drop toilet. There are a number of walk trails to the Arboretum. The nearby Big Brook Dam is popular for canoeing, as are the Warren River and a little further afield the Donnelly River. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Big_Brook_Arboretum_Campground.jpg"> The photo shows the WanderingAus GeoChallenger with attached tent, Camp Host's caravan, and one of the firepits and picnic tables. Camping fees apply, "Honesty Box" on site, Per Night Adult $6.50, Concession cardholders $4.50, School age child under 16 $2. In busy periods there is a "Camp Host". I spent the night of Easter Eve (the Thursday night) at the Campground, and there were about five caravans, four camper vans/small buses, and a dozen or so tents. Camp host for the weekend was a Vietnam Veteran, Peter Suckling, of 12 Field Regiment and 7 Field Battery fame, who happend to have served with my brother (known as Mick "Black" Lewis) both in Vietnam and in Australia. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith richary Found Camped here the other weekend at Newnes north of Lithgow on the western side of Wollemi National Park. There are two large campgrounds here, the first one doesn't require a 4WD to access, the other one we used has one soft sandy shallow creek crossing that would be require AWD at least. Facilities include the old Newnes pub (now a basic store and museum) and pit toilets. Fires are allowed (except during fire bans) though being a national park you need to BYO your own wood. Activities include various walks of varying distances as well as a loop walk around the ruins of the old Newnes Shale Oil Mining Facility that operated briefly around 1910. Absolutely beautiful spot and there are another couple of campsites that could accomodate 2-3 cars max if you wanted a spot on your own as well. firesafe Found We came across this one during our trip through the High Country during January. There was plenty of flat land, shade and toilets. It is located in the Otways and makes a good base for investigating the area. 1. Dando's Campground, The Otways, Victoria 2. Facilities are available - toilets, picnic tables and fireplaces 3. Activities - bush camping, river nearby, Otways and Great Ocean Road nearby. 4. Campfires are permitted but you need to bring your own firewood as the area has been picked clean, although there is plenty available to be found in adjacent forest areas. 5. 2WD are suitable to access this campground 6. The nearest town is Gellebrand which is 13 km to the NW. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day seven of a seven day meander through the Wheatbelt, Southwest and Great Southern regions of Western Australia and found Martin's Tank - the official camping area of the Yalgorup (Preston Beach) National Park, after hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=433858c8-2d3f-427c-8109-e38928a53168">GCV1XW Adventure Out - Martin's Tank by BibraBoys</a>. Martin's Tank campsite is located 74km north of Bunbury or 58km south of Mandurah. Turn west off Bunbury Highway, 61km north of Bunbury or 45km south of Mandurah onto Preston Beach Road for 12km. The campsite is beside Martin's Tank lake and has at least 12 individual sites separated by bushland as well as a large group site. Camping fees apply, Ranger collected, Per Night Adult $6.50, Concession cardholders $4.50, School age child under 16 $2. There is no "Honesty Box". Facilities include picnic tables and firepits (firewood supplied free), toilets and a water tank. Fire restrictions usually apply and are clearly signposted. There are a number of walk trails near the lake. Read the cache notes for <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=433858c8-2d3f-427c-8109-e38928a53168">GCV1XW Adventure Out - Martin's Tank</a> for more details about the campsite. As you may have guessed, there is also a cache, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=433858c8-2d3f-427c-8109-e38928a53168">GCV1XW Adventure Out - Martin's Tank by BibraBoys</a>, only a short walk from the campsite. <b>Martins Tank Group Campsite</b> <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/5951311489.jpg'> <b>The WanderingAus camper van at a Martins Tank Typical Campsite</b> <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/7351311489.jpg'> <b>Martins Tank Campground Toilets and Water Tank</b> <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/281311489.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day six of a seven day meander through the Wheatbelt, Southwest and Great Southern regions of Western Australia and camped at Belvidere Campground before hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8814f882-83cf-42ba-b111-2bcd525ed69b">GCY6PG Over Near Belvidere by TeamBeanDare</a> the next morning. Belvidere Campground is located on the Leschenault Peninsula, about 5 Km of gravel road South of Buffalo Road, on the shores of Leschenault Inlet. Buffalo Road can be accessed from Old Coast Road or from Cathedral Avenue about 22 Km by road North of Bunbury. This campsite has 10 individual sites separated by bushland. They are designated as 5 family sites, 1 group site, 1 family OR group site, and 2 van sites. Except in busy periods you could choose any site. Camping fees apply, Ranger collected, Per Night Adult $6.50, Concession cardholders $4.50, School age child under 16 $2. There is no "Honesty Box", but in the week of 11 to 17 Feb 09 the Ranger didn't seem interested in collecting the fees. Facilities include picnic tables and firepits (firewood supplied free), toilets and a water tank. Fire restrictions usually apply and are clearly signposted. The estuary is excellent for water based activites including fishing, and there are a number of walk trails, including one of about 8Km each way to the tip of the Peninsula. There are also three caches nearby, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=27fb3b03-15eb-4c86-a6ee-cdc95443ed34">GCR99D Belvidere by TeamBeanDare</a> is only a short walk from the road in, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=8814f882-83cf-42ba-b111-2bcd525ed69b">GCY6PG Over Near Belvidere by TeamBeanDare</a> is about 1.2 Km from the road in, and <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=61369dbf-27df-43d5-a611-23f4814e3abe">GCQDN5 Leschenault Trek by TeamBeanDare</a> is about 7 Km from the road in (although imho that one is best accessed by boat. I chose NOT to do that walk, 12 Km for one cache is a bit more than I'm prepared to walk - but if TeamBeanDare or anyone else cares to put another 5 caches along the track I'd probably give them a go). <b>A Typical Campsite at Belvidere Campground</b> <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/4021311468.jpg'> <b>Belvidere Campground wood pile and toilets</b> <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1349/4441311468.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day three of a seven day meander through the Wheatbelt, Southwest and Great Southern regions of Western Australia and camped at Potters Gorge Campground after finding GC1782A Beware the Muggles! by Jamus47. Potters Gorge Campground is located on the banks of Wellington Dam and is accessed from Wellington Dam Road, which runs South from Coalfields Road 17.4 Km West of Collie. Turnoff to the campground is clearly signposted 10.7 Km from the junction with Coalfrields Road. Dogs are permitted on lead. This is an open campsite about 100 metres by 100 metres, room for 30 or 40 assorted camper vans, caravans, and tents etc. Camping fees apply, Ranger collected, Per Night Adult $6.50, Concession cardholders $4.50, School age child under 16 $2. There is no "Honesty Box", but in the week of 11 to 17 Feb 09 the Ranger didn't seem interested in collecting the fees. Facilities include picnic tables and firepits (firewood supplied free). Fire restrictions usually apply and are clearly signposted. On 13 Feb 09 fires were allowed IN FIREPITS ONLY between 6:00 PM and 10:00 AM. There is a very large dam for water based activites, and walk trails around the dam and through the forest. In the adjacent Day Use Area there are toilets and an outside cold shower, 2 free electric BBQs with picnic tables, and a boat ramp. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GhostGums Keith hookline Found Lovely, lush and green campground beside beautiful mountain-ringed Lake Burbury, Tasmania. The cache 'Mordor' GCME5J can be found here. Cost is $5 per tent/camper per night. Clean and well maintained toilets, picnic tables, water tank & BBQ's. 2wd accessible. Bushwalking, fishing and boating available. Nearest (and only) major town nearby is Queenstown, approx. 12km away. Being on the west coast of Tas, the weather can be frequently rainy & wet, but the spectacular scenery in the area is worth it! big dazza Found Vincent "Bushy" Parker Park at Rollingstone in North Queensland is a popular camping spot for those from Townsville and is a favorite of the "Grey Nomads".You can stay for free for up to 48 hours (lots of people stay longer than that though) there are toilets,cold shower, swings, Picnic tables,and free BBQ's. Within walking distance is a couple swimming holes, a museum, hotel, shop and a couple of caches.Within 30 minutes drive you have the city of Townsville, Ingham, Balgal Beach and Paluma so 48 Hrs is nowhere near enough time to see everything the area has to offer.Come and check it out.Thanks for the cache. GhostGums Other Here we go :) GA1301 Crissy Lights Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1301 Crissy Lights Geocache Geocache Crissy Lights Rigger64 Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 The Name says it all <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This one came be so much fun the whole family.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To log a find you need to.</p> <ol> <li>Get a photo of the lights/decorations</li> <li>Put in the GPSr Coords for were you found the lights/decorations</li> <li>Give&nbsp;the display Rating.&nbsp;on a scale of 1 -10 (10 being really good(11 Being Mind Blowing)</li> </ol> <p>If You find a Whole Street of them put the Coord form one end to the other end.</p> <p>Eg: S38 07.302 E145 08.246 - S38 07.290 E145 08.213. &amp; Add a note saying it's a Whole Street.</p> <p>Log as many you can find &amp; the same Location can be logged by many Cachers.</p> <p>Most of all Enjoy The Hunt.</p> Go for a Drive, Walk, Push bike ride. Just get out There The Wackys Found Caught the last of the Chrissie lights whilst away on holidays - will upload the picture when I get home to a card reader - thanks heaps for the cache robtas Found spotted this chap lurking in a window. lost? pissed? or just waiting for the new year celebration? MC KENNA Found Cool lights here as there are several sets in Jerrabomberra I will rate these at an 8/10. Attaching pic as soon as phone charges. MC KENNA Trillian-N7 Found Some Christmas lights still up when Mc Kenna and I were night caching a few days after the holiday. I would rate it as an 8.5/10 (the pic is fuzzy, I didn't have a good camera on me). Shifter Brains Found Great Christmas lights which are entered in the local radio station contest. The lights are coordinated with music. They get a rating of 10. Tealby Found We had the best fun with this cache! I took some visiting family members out to see the lights that Winglen has marked (very impressive), and en route we spotted this house. So on the way home we detoured to check it out. The house was very nicely decorated, but we were blown away with the hospitality of the owners & their friends - who were handing out drinks & glow sticks. There was even a "live" (or should I say "alive") Christmas tree in the front yard to entertain us. Definitely a great spot to go on Christmas Eve. (The decorations were not quite as impressive/OTT as the other nearby house, but it was not too far behind, and their friendliness definitely rates an 11). PS I just realised this appears to be a duplicate of another GCA locationless cache - GA0271. red tag Found Someone has gone to a lot of effort in Blackmans Bay Tas. Last year their address was in the newspaper as one of the houses worth looking at but they might have been outdone this year by someone more obsessed. Thanks for the cache Rigger64 strong-arm Found This is a massive display running through a few streets. The traffic is chaos but the kids love the lights. It's very busy and they even have special council made signs directing the way to the lights as you get close. Barbour Road in Bracken Ridge, QLD and then try and get a park! I was trying to hold on to my son at the same time as take these shots so they are blurry to say the least. winglen Found We came out to see a workmate's Christmas display, then went looking for others. This one in Bonython ACT raises money for SIDS, and I presume they do this every year. It rates an 11 - the street was almost blocked with people and cars, and you can hardly imagine the variety of lights, moving talking penguins and Santas, even a talking Homer Simpson. Great fun ! Pensive Travellers Found I submitted this one under GA0271 already but here we go again. Besides I get a FTF for this one. Whilst this is a lone house, the fact that it's 20Km from the closest town, I think it's worth a visit. Timbertop Road, Glen Oak (North of Raymond Terrace, in the Hunter Valley) is where you'll find this little gem. Rigger64 Other Here we Go for another Year GA1298 Explorers Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1298 Explorers Geocache Geocache Explorers Oakman Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>Lets try and find every historical roadside makers of the brave men who opened up our country.</p> <p>Burke and Will, Hume and Hovell, Angus Mcmillian just to name a few.</p> <p>Take a picture and record there details. I.E. location, G.P.S&nbsp; Co ord's Log it. </p> <p>G.P.S in picture not required but would be nice.</p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 81 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and came across this plaque and cairn commemorating the exploration of Alexander Forrest, who reached the Overland Telegraph Line nearby on the night of August 31st 1879, after he and his party had made an epic journey from De Grey on the W.A. coast. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1298/8121622445.jpg"> There was a cache here, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=73846ab0-f025-4971-ab4f-925599069be6">GC19JBC SRRR - Forest by TeamGeoPlesk</a>, but it was muggled last year probably before I passed through hunting for it. I decided to place a virtual here to encourage cachers to take a break and see this historic spot. <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1581">GA1581 WanAus 121 - SRR - Forrest</a> has been placed for the enjoyment of the travelling public.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. I did think briefly of placing a container here, but I had concerns about survivability in the fire and flood environment around here. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Oakman Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 83 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and came across this cairn and plaque near Central Mount Stuart. The explorer John McDouall Stuart accompanied by William Kekwick ascended and named Mount Sturt on 23rd April 1860. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1583/134.jpg"> Later the name Mount Sturt was changed to Central Mount Stuart in honour of the explorer. Stuart's other companion on this expedition was Benjamin Head. There wasn't a cache nearby, so I decided to place a virtual here. <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/GA1583">GA1583 WanAus 127 - SRR - Central Mount Stuart by WanderingAus</a> has been placed for the enjoyment of the travelling public.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. I did think briefly of placing a container here, but I had concerns about survivability in the fire and flood environment around here. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Oakman Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 81 of a "climatic refugee" trip, finally heading South after almost 9 weeks in Darwin, and in hunting down <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1385">GA1385 SRR - Stuart Woz 'Ere by TeamGeoPlesk</a> came across this tree stump and a plaque. The explorer John McDouall Stuart is presumed to have carved the letter 'S' on the tree on 23rd May 1862 during his successful journey from Adelaide to Darwin 1861-1862. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1298/1441622661.jpg"> The tree has been a focus for thousands of visitors to nearby Daly Waters, and all have to travel the Stuart Highway, named for Stuart at the suggestion of the then Governor General, Lord Gowrie, in 1943. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1298/5001622661.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Oakman Keith Sunshine Toledo Found S23 36.376 E148 32.686 This was the day when we were travelling from Lake Maraboon near Emerald to Barcaldine. We went through the town of Comet and stopped to see the DIG tree cut by Ludwig Leichhardt about the 10 January 1845. It is well worth a stop. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 16 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and came across this plaque and cairn commemorating the exploration of Augustus Charles Gregory in the area, and his blazing of a tree on 2nd July 1856. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1298/4161502704.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Oakman Keith Team_Ninja Found I found a Hume and Hovell marker near Lake Hume, just outside the caravan park. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day six of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter. We had limped along for the past 1,600 or so kilometres, with the V6 geoChallenger running on four cylinders<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_dead.gif">, mostly in second gear with occasional bursts of third gear on downhill sections (in a four speed plus overdrive automatic transmission)<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_disapprove.gif">. After dropping the geoChallenger at the only mechanic with Mitsubishi diagnostic equipment North of Perth, I was told to "come back in a couple of hours", so I walked into Port Hedland for a look around. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Explorer_Gregory_1.jpg"> I discovered these plaques honouring the explorer Francis T Gregory, the first explorer of the NorthWest of Western Australia, who landed at Nickol Bay near the future Dampier on 13 May 1861. Gregory spent five months exploring and surveying the area East to beyond the future Nullagine, then NorthWest along the De Grey River to the future Port Hedland. From there he turned South then SouthWest, rejoining his Eastward trail at the Yule River, then returning to Nickol Bay and sailing South on 23 October 1861. His expedition resulted in the first settlement of the Pilbara and NorthWest in 1863. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Explorer_Gregory_2.jpg"> Having driven through these areas many times, I am in awe of this great explorer<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif">. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH Oakman Keith homedg Found This is a monument to the Hume and Hovell expidition from the Campbelltown region to Port Phillip Bay. Fairly Magic Found Burke and Wills Monument in Castlemaine Victoria. Erected to commemorate the first expedition to cross the continent of Australia, led by local explorer Robert O'Hara Burke. Erected in 1862 by public subscription. Photo to follow (camera cable at home). Pensive Travellers Found Boree Monument - commemorating Sir Thomas Mitchell whom explored the interior of NSW, QLD and VIC across four explorations. This monument can be found on The Escort Way, and 10km east of Cudal (30km west of Orange). R0gue Found Memorial just off Canning Hwy to John Forrest. "Sir John Forrest GCMG (22 August 1847 - 2 September 1918) was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament. As a young man, John Forrest won fame as an explorer by leading three expeditions into the interior of Western Australia. He was appointed Surveyor General and in 1890 became the first Premier of Western Australia, its only premier as a self-governing colony." (wikipedia) gr8cherokee Found This Monument is Dedicated to Major Mitchell and is located opposite the Turn off to the Dish at Parks in NSW winglen Found Edward John Eyre. This memorial and water hole is located on the Eyre Peninsular, SA, a few kms SE of Streaky Bay. In 1839, Eyre established a depot here at the Cooeyana Well, an important water supply for the Nauo, Wiranju and Kokatha people, in his first expedition to the region. He then used the site as a base camp when he returned in 1840 to make his famous expedition from Port Lincoln SA around the Great Australian Bight to King George Sound in WA. Pensive Travellers Found Found Capt Charles Sturt whilst on an Adelaide work trip. Charles Sturt opened up the Murray River Country and upon his recommendation the Colony of South Australia was created. Extract taken from: http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/sturt.htm Captain Charles Sturt Charles Sturt, one of the most important people associated with early South Australia, was born on 28 April, 1795 in India. He was the eldest of eight sons and one of thirteen children. At the age of five he was sent to England to continue his education. In 1813 he joined the British Army and served in Spain, Ireland, Canada and France. In 1827 he sailed for New South Wales to escort a shipment of convicts for Sydney. He remained there for several years. Sturt showed a keen interest in exploring the as yet unmapped country and its rivers. With Governor Darling's approval he set out to solve its mysteries. In 1828 he discovered the Darling River and in January 1830 the Murray River, which he followed until he reached present day Goolwa. With the assistance of the local Aborigines, Sturt and his party were able to reach the Murray mouth in South Australia. They had hoped to get the boat out into the sea but were unable and Sturt had to walk across the dunes to see the river flowing into the ocean. However Sturt had seen enough good land and it was his report of this journey that later influenced the decision in England to establish the Colony of South Australia. After his exploring, Sturt served for a short time as Commander on Norfolk Island before returning to England, where he left the army and married Charlotte Greene in 1834. In 1835 Sturt returned to New South Wales to take up his 5,000 acres of land granted to him for his military service. He failed as a farmer and the overlanding of cattle to the newly established colony of South Australia in 1838 were not a financial success either. This trip was made with Captain Finniss, G. Strangways, Mr McLeod and eleven men. They arrived in Adelaide on 28 August and were the guests of honour at a special dinner on 7 September. On the eleventh he left for the Murray River and Lake Alexandrina with T.B. and G. Strangways and Henry Inman. During his absence Sturt was appointed Justice of the Peace. On their return, Sturt wrote a detailed report which was published in the local paper. While in Adelaide he bought several blocks of land, did some surveying for the South Australian Company and gained the position of Surveyor General from which Colonel Light had resigned. He left for Sydney where he arrived on 30 October. In March 1839, while Sturt's brother Evelyn was involved in the overlanding of cattle, as was Henry Osborne, Sturt and his family moved to South Australia to take up employment as Surveyor General. Unfortunately for him Colonel Frome had been appointed to that job by the authorities in England and he lost the position when Frome arrived in Adelaide. After the birth of his daughter on 19 January 1843 and having settled his family at the Reed Beds, Grange, Sturt once more took to exploring. This time to settle the debate about an inland sea in the centre of Australia. His party, which included John McDouall Stuart, left Adelaide in August 1844, with a boat, and returned in January 1846. It had been a very difficult journey with temperatures often above the 45 degrees Celsius. When he finally reached the Stony Desert and the Simpson Desert he was convinced that there was no inland sea. It was during this trip in 1845 that he discovered the Desert Pea near a creek which he named Cooper Creek, after South Australia's Chief Justice Sir Charles Cooper. Sturt later became Registrar-General and Colonial Treasurer, at $1,000 a year. In 1847 Sturt returned to England, published his well known Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia and returned to South Australia in 1849 as Colonial Secretary. However in 1851 he retired to the Grange with a pension of $1.200 a year. Two years later the family once more returned to England due to poor health. Sturt died on 16 June 1869. Sturt Stony Desert, Sturt River and the Desert Pea are named after him in South Australia. New South Wales has honoured him with the Charles Sturt University and the Northern Territory with the Sturt Desert Rose. oakman Other oakman Found Hume and Hovell Found this marker while chasing other caches in the area. Hamilton Hume (1797-1872) was born in Parramatta, New South Wales on 18 June 1797 and was the first Australian born explorer making many small journeys from the age of a teenager before joining with William Hovell, an English sea captain who was an exceptional navigator but had little bush skills. Hume had explored many areas around Sydney travelling as far south as the plains around Yass. He was an expert bushman who understood some Aboriginal languages. In 1824 the set out from Appin about 45km from Sydney and were bound for Western Port, the port in Bass Strait that George Bass discovered in 1798. The objective of the expedition was to find out what kind of landscape lay to the south of the Murrumbidgee River. Together with four convict men, horses, bullocks and dogs, they carried enough supplies to last 16 weeks. It was the first Australian expedition to use bullocks and it was also the first to use an innovative odometer. Hovell had attached a device to a baby pram's wheel which, like a modern car's odometer, was designed to measure the distances travelled. When they arrived at the banks of the Murrumbidgee River, they found that it was flooded and couldn't cross it by walking. Instead they crossed the river by fixing a tarpaulin around the bottom of one of the carts and using it as a boat to ferry across the food and equipment. Crossing the river they entered unexplored territory fining the landscape to be mountainous and rugged. The weather became hotter and swarms of flies, mosquitoes and pests tormented them, making the expedition even more difficult. On November 8th, they caught site of the Australian Alps. Eight days later they reached a river which they named 'The Hume' but is now called the Murray River after Charles Sturt explored the full extent of the river. Near the Murray, at the place that is now Albury, the explorers carved their names on a tree on 17 November 1824. The tree is still there, with a plaque duplicating the carved words. The tree is called the Hovell Tree. They crossed the river westward of where they were as the river was very wide and the water was clear and deep. They penetrated further into crossing several major rivers, including the Ovens and the Goulbourn. Just south of Goulbourn, they encountered mountains covered with thick bush that scratched and tore at them. This mountain range was the very southern part of the Great Dividing Range. They made their way to the top of a mountain and named it Mount Disappointment. Travelling further they approached the coast whilst during this time admired the rich pasture lands they saw. In the middle of December they arrived at a bay which Hovell thought was Western Port. But his calculations were wrong as his pram measuring device had fallen apart. Where they actually were, was Corio Bay, in the town of Geelong on the western side of Port Phillip Bay. Western Port was 100kilometers further east, towards Melbourne. They reached Corio Bay - the area of Port Phillip Bay that Geelong now fronts - on 16 December 1824, and it was at this time they reported that the Aborigines called the area Corayo, the bay being called Jillong. As supplies were running low, the expedition set off for home the next day. They arrived back a month later and advised the governor of the wonderful grazing land at Western Port. This monument was erected by the residents of the district in December 1929. Hume and Hovell camped near this site on the 14th and 20th of December 1824. Oaklands Road Bulla. just north of Melbourne Airport GA1288 Urban Art Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1288 Urban Art Geocache Geocache Urban Art richlink Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large">URBAN ART</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">We have seen many great examples of urban art in our travels and</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">we are sure you have come across some as well.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">Urban Art adorns&nbsp; walls of buildings, bus shelters, light poles,</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">toilet blocks, to name a few.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">Please don't confuse grafitti with urban art, this locationless cache is</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">not about glorifying wantan vandalism. However, saying that we have</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">also seen examples of urban art that have been executed in a</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">'grafitti' style.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">To be able to log this cache, please upload a photo of urban art with</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">the co-ords, location&nbsp; and any information about the depiction if available.</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">Oh, and if you can't (or a member of your team) be in the photo with GPS</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span><span style="color: #00ff00"><span style="font-size: x-large"><span style="font-size: large">&nbsp;you&nbsp;MUST capture your GPS (or part of) in the photo.</span></span></span></span></span></p> Tuena Found Saw this one on the side of a loo at Werri Beach Gerringong. Shifter Brains Found These murals are on the wall of the Centre for Community building in Broken Hill. The pictures show only a couple of the paintings on the walls. Burkey Turkeys Found This urban art is near one of our caches Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. flange_1&tribe Found This urban art is located at one of our towns public schools The students lent they handy minds to painting a few walls around the school this is just one of many notice the GPS sitting on the pvc pipe.....lol Team_Ninja Found I found this at the All Nations Park in Northcote, just after finding a cache. Keeper of Time Found Found on a wall outside the Sunbury information centre, you have to admire the skill of the artist. steptoe Found A narrow laneway in newtown, Sydney. There is graffitti on many local stone walls, but this is arty, unlike the other local scribble, so deserved to be a find. Just around the corner (literally) from a fascinating old church and graveyard. Everlasting Found At Snowtown, SA. Spotted the art - cute animals. Thanks for locationless. NTSTROM Found The local toilet block in Tiwi, one of the northern suburbs in Darwin, Northern Territory. This toilet block displays some great examples of urban art. TFTC Everlasting Found Another interesting art at Dunmarra, NT. Please see the picture. Thanks Richlink for locationless. stringy Found Found this while in Wingham near the shopping centre.<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5565'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1288/thumbs/tn_9181326363.jpg'></a> Spinmeout Found I am always impressed by Dunny Art. I have a few pictures of various Dunnies around here and wuill post them one day. I find nothing more inviting than a nice mural on the outside of a Dunny. Here is one at Flying Fish point near Innisfail. Right next to "A Pointy Cache". Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1313/thumbs/tn_8491281394.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1313/thumbs/tn_3351281394.jpg' align='right'>While out for a 21/2 day caching trip around the southern Barrington area on the Australia Day weekend, I thought we'd drop by and grab another 'Imagecatcher' cache - Pound Crossing, GA1313.<p>Photo of the laminated bridge on left, and of younger son, Fang Shaw, under the bridge, with quite an impressive art display. Everlasting Found Another excellent urban art at Kununurra, WA. "Kununurra Picture Gardens" Thanks Richlink for organising the Urban Art. red tag Found Some Urban Art has somehow found its way onto a a wall beside the Huon River in the south of Tasmania. The Huon River is the fourth largest river in Tassie and starts from Scotts Peak Dam at Lake Pedder and flows south-east to the Tahune Airwalk where it joins the picton then heads through the rural township of Glen Huon, Huonville, Franklin, and Cygnet (Port Cygnet). When the river meets the Tasman Sea near Surveyors Bay, it is more than 5km wide and its total length is 170km. Thanks for the cache richlink Everlasting Found Another admire the art at Child Care Centre - Kununurra, WA. <BR> Happy New Year 2009. Thanks Richlink. gr8cherokee Found Found this SNAKE while doing a nearby cache it is a tribute to world environment day 1992 and is titled One Earth One Spirit MADSTARS Found Found this art work in the tunnel under the highway on our way to a GC cache. My little girl kept calling the artwork Humpty Dumpty.... robtas Found ART DEPICTS LOCAL PERSONALITIES IN A SCENE ABOUT LOCAL CULTURE IN NORTHWEST TASMANIA. The Wackys Found S41 9.484 E146 10.518 Local artwork showing history of the area- will upload the picture when I get home to a card reader - thanks heaps for the cache Everlasting Found Love this art on the side of the public toilet at Kununurra, WA. Thanks Richlink. gr8cherokee Found Great little piece of urban art on the side of the Kenilworth Hotel Shifter Brains Found This mural was done in 2001 by a group of locah high school students. The mural is on a local shopping centre wall. Shifter Brains Found This great mural is on the Girl Guide Hall where Little Miss Shifter attends Guides, and where Mrs Shifter is a Guide Leader. big dazza Found Townsville has many examples of urban art but this one is certainly the largest,coming in at almost 500 square meters it overlooks the CBD and was one of the first pieces comissioned by the Townsville city council way back in 1992.Thanks for the cache richlink,I'm sure you will remember it from your recent visit. winglen Found I can't count the number of times we have driven past this great urban art on caching trips. Today we finally stopped and took a few photos. This is the side of a utility box of some sort, near a roundabout in Tuggeranong, Canberra ACT. Mr Winglen in the photo. Thanks for the excuse to finally stop to look at this one! TeamGeoPlesk Found Logging this well painted historic train in Katherine, NT. Its one of the old steam locomotives servicing the territory on the old North Australian Railway. Its also appart of a multi-cache titled "North Australian Railway". richlink Other Urban Art on the side of a building in Ceduna, South Australia GA1287 Cheatah! Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1287 Cheatah! Geocache Geocache Cheatah! stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>Me and my brother has said Cheatah when we just see a truck with no trailer.</p> <p>So to&nbsp; log a find </p> <p>1. take a picture of a truck with no trailer with GPS andthe Co-ords</p> <p>Have fun!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Hmm I wonder how many Cheatahs there are out there!</p> Log a truck with no trailer. Shifter Brains Found Spotted this one as we were arriving for the Mindil Sunset markets in Darwin. Great paintings of "The Pireates of the Carribean". Team_Ninja Found Seen this one just before the Werribee exit on the Princes Freeway. Riptide Found Spotted this heading south on the f3 just before the Ourimbah turn off. Pensive Travellers Found Clocked this pair of Cheatahs!!!!! at the M5 end of the M7 on the return trip from Canberra. Blocking them damn traffic!!! Pensive Travellers Found Found this Cheatah! whilst out on a caching day with the geowife. (Dungog, NSW) Pensive Travellers Found Found this Cheatah at the location for a GC.com cache (GC1M4WY - Lest We Forget Medowie) I was logging. Rego NSW #XZY 546 TeamGeoPlesk Found Found this super cheater at Threeways in the Northern Territory... too lazy to even carry itself it needed another truck! TFTC red tag Found This cheatah was being guarded by two enormous rottweilers. They were also protecting several other trucks in the yard so I just did a quick loop in the car and wound the window down just enough to get the picture. Thanks for the cache stringy Pensive Travellers Found Found this Cheatah on Flood Street in Cudal (40Km west of Orange) and home to my 'in-laws'. NSW Rego #AL48HV gr8cherokee Found Found this Cheatah! in the carpark at Brisbane Airport Pensive Travellers Found I stopped by my Hinton Bridge Waymarks (WM5D9M & WM5D9N) to get another shot to add to the profile when I found this Cheatah!!!!! parked outside the Hinton Pub. Rego # FTW 550 (NSW). Cool cache stringy, thanks. March Brown Found There is usualy one parked here in Margate,Tasmania at this time of the year. Thanks stringy Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1287/thumbs/tn_6221219536.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1287/thumbs/tn_6061219536.jpg' align='right'> 1730, on way home from Gloucester with older son and saw a 'Cheatah' - 976GMW, from Queensland. Had a camera on hand, but the piker wouldn't take a photo of me with the 'Beast'; so had to include the GPSr in it. Then a couple of days later, just up the road at the Krambach School of Arts there was TWO cheatahs.<p>The owner came home as I was taking the photo of the front and was wondering what I was up to. Luckily I know the cache owner, so was able to say a friend was looking for photos of such trucks. Everlasting Found At Kununurra, WA. Found many cheatah at Mr Bushies2's work so We went there and took some photos. Plate Number is WY 12326. Thanks stringy for organising the locationless. Bushies2 Found It was Mr Bushies' workplace so I went over and had the photo taken with one of the trucks for Cheatah! Thanks for great idea! big dazza Found Finally found one while I had my camera and GPSr with me.The photo with the GPS didn't turn out to good though.Thanks for the cache. stringy Other Good to go GA1277 Lanolin Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1277 Lanolin Geocache Geocache Lanolin Winglen Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>The Australian woolshed or shearing shed is an iconic structure, usually of timber and corrugated iron. They can be small or huge and rambling, with various extensions of different age and character. What distinguishes them all from other rural structures is the enduring smell of the fleece and the lanolin that builds up on the interior posts and floorboards.&nbsp; It has a wonderful earthy smell and transports us both back to our childhood.&nbsp; Mr Winglen and I both grew up on properties producing the high quality wool for which Australia is famous, although we lived in different states with very different climate and rainfall, and hence different breeds of sheep.</p> <p>We can't recreate that smell of lanolin, but this cache requires you to send us a photo of an interesting shearing shed from anywhere in Australia or New Zealand - something with character.&nbsp; It does not have to still be in use, and&nbsp;a largely intact ruin will still count (for example the impressive stone ruin at Kanyacka Station in the Flinders Ranges would count).&nbsp; To log the cache you must post a photo, with your GPS in the photo,&nbsp;and the coordinates of the nearest access you can gain.&nbsp; (Remembering that many of these structures are on private property, I don't want coordinates taken right at the door of the building.)</p> <p>If you can include the number of 'stands' in your log and any known history, I would like that too, but logs without that information are OK&nbsp;too.</p> flange_1&tribe Found This old shearing shed brings back a few memories ......When i was 14yrs to 17yrs old i worked in the shed as a rouse-about for the local sheep shearing.....between working for my parents in the old shop located just up the road... Anyway this is the best shot we could get with out having to enter the property Not sure if it is still used but there are still sheep in the area MalanDi Found I was at Cordillo Shearing Shed in September of this year 2008 but as I was not aware of locationless caches did not take photo's with GPS in hand. However I believe this being the largest shearing shed in Australia and I dare say the world it deserves a mention. Info gathered on site and from Google states the following: It was first run in 1883 and ran sheep until 1940's when they management succumbed to the dingoes. They shore up to 80,000 sheep with 120 stands( blade shearing), in 1890 there were enough employed at the station to warrant the hiring of a full time teacher for the children. All stores was shipped by camels from Farina rail head some 600 kilometres to the south. richlink Found Located on Fraser Range Sheep Station WA - at the western end of the Nullarbor. Tealby Found Hmmm - I've got that deja vu feeling... London Bridge Woolshed - built in the early 1930s and was in use until 1973, when the property was acquired by the Commonwealth to protect the Googong catchment. 2,500 - 4,000 were shorn here annually. March Brown Found Guess this must be FTF then. This shed is on the Tasman Hwy near Buckland in Tasmania. McPhan Found Too slow by me. Found on the way down to a weekend trip to Kosciusko (using spell check, not the correct spelling) while with the cache owner. Unfortunately nowhere near a computer to log so no FTF. I love old woolsheds and have a pipe dream to do one up on the inside to be a luxury living area while maintaining the outside charm of the original building. Of course this will cost a lot so donations welcome. This is a 4 stand shed as told to me by by Mrs WInglen (she was only a farmer's daughter) and our Kiwi friend RexTrex (must resist the urge to make a NZ sheep joke in the log, failing fast, must sign off) TFTC and another "sigh" this would be a great woolshed to do up. winglen Other To get things started, a fine old woolshed located south of Tharwa in the ACT. GA1278 Wind Power Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1278 Wind Power Geocache Geocache Wind Power Gwennie1984 Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>Whilst wind turbines are becomming more and more common, they seem to be an issue that divides people. They are either loved or hated by communities. Personally I love the look of wind turbines and feel that they are an important aspect of modern energy production.</p> <p>This cache aims to locate wind turbines in Australia. Some are large farms run by companies and others are solo installations in paddocks.</p> <p>For this cache you need to take a photo of the turbine and coordinates of the location where you took the photo (as access is often restrictive to such areas). Also consider having a look at any information signs that may be at the site.</p> <p>To start off I took a photo of the Capital Wind Farm near Bungendore (still under construction).</p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong>S35&deg; 12.773' E149&deg; 28.316'</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img alt="Bungendore" src="http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh148/gwennie1984/geocaching/20091115-Goulburn/GC1EEPP_20081115_01.jpg" /></p> <p style="text-align: left">So while out and about on your travels you could come across some turbines, so photograph them and share them with the rest of the community. And you might even learn something about the technology.</p> Often in the local news. agap2 Found Found this a while ago, but only found out I could log it today!!! Thanks. Shifter Brains Found A lone wind generator at Coober Pedy. flange_1&tribe Found Found this beautyjust spinning around by it's self supplying power to a tasmanian chicken farm...(so i am told) Not sure if this qualify's as a farm being only one But it's the first one we have seen in real time sry log date was wrong ty Everlasting Found Lovely drive the car and spotted the Wind Power at near Cape Yervis SA. Pity not good photo at evening. Thanks. Beagle Team Found Windy Hill Wind Farm is located about three kilometres from Ravenshoe, which is situated 920 metres above sea level (highest town in Qld,) on privately owned Atherton Tableland dairy farmland. Generating Capacity 12 megawatts, Number of wind turbines 20, Equivalent homes powered annually 3 500. McPhan Found Found this one on the way back from the Bathurst Invasion weekend. Had to wait for RexTrex to do some work so that blades weren't up my nose. Taken from the GC cache Spot Windmill. red tag Found This wind turbine on Rottnest Island in Western Australia produces around 35% of the Islands power needs. The upgrading of the desalination plant and installation of a wind turbine generator has greatly reduced the reliance on rainfall dependant water supplies on Rottnest Island. This turbine will save approximately 430 000 litres of diesel per year and reduce greenhouse gases by around 1100 tons per year. Great idea for a cache Gwennie1984, thanks !! WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day six of a 14 day meander through the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Southwest regions of Western Australia, accompanied by his WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), after hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e9845e95-a303-46d7-8963-ca77b60e4f75"> GCD336 Cooee's Mad Dash by Team Enigma</a> we noticed this wind turbine near Bremer Bay WA. <b>Wind Turbine at Bremer Bay</b> <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1278/3421321235.jpg"> The Bremer Bay Wind-Diesel Power System comprises one 600 kilowatt wind turbine and a diesel generator. The wind turbine is expected to provide up to 40% of the electricity needs of the Bremer Bay community. Unlike most wind farms, you can drive right up to and around this wind turbine. That's the Geo-Challenger at the base of the tower. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Gwennie1984 Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day five of a 14 day meander through the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Southwest regions of Western Australia, accompanied by his WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), after hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=97f32bef-1313-4724-8e90-09e9b04fdfdd"> Im a Train, Im a Train a Choo Choo Train YAH! by Blair and CO</a> we noticed this wind farm near Hopetoun WA. <b>Wind Farm at Hopetoun</b> <img src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1278/9931321234.jpg"> The Hopetoun Wind-Diesel Power System comprises two wind turbines and a diesel generator. The wind turbines are expected to provide half the electricity needs of the Hopetoun community. Verve Energy were also trialling the use of biodiesel in the diesel generator but I've been unable to confirm whether they were successful. If they were, then all the electricity needs of Hopetoun are provided from renewable energy. Photo is not the best, but SWMBO wouldn't let me go past the big sign which read "This is private property and a construction area. No unauthorised entry beyond this point." *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH Gwennie1984 Keith Team RooBok Found These magnificent wind turbines grace the hills above Toora in South Gippsland. I've never been this close to a wind turbine and the size is awe-inspiring! There are 2 great geocaches near this location too: Poor Agnes (GCH2GR) and Toora Too (GC123TY) Photo can be found at: http://www.thebokandroo.com/pixelpost/index.php?showimage=88 Spinmeout Found This was the GZ for a cache called "The Windy Cache", unfortunately it is now archived due to muggling. It is a great spot to go and see these wind beasts close up, just outside of Ravenshoe in North Queensland. Craig D. Found Came across the Blayney Wind Farm whilst on an epic road trip chasing caches for the Well Rounded Cacher competition. It is located near Carcoar in NSW, and consists of 15 wind turbines, with a 660kW capacity. Thanks! (PS: GCA is not uploading images atm. Will hopefully have something up tomorrow...) MalanDi Found Stopped into Snowtown SA recently and took photos of a blade from the nearby wind farm. This is mounted in the main street and whilst taking a photo the Ghan train passed by in the background. I have been told there are over 50 turbines in this wind farm but cannot confirm this. Shifter Brains Found We knew about this locationless, but weren't sure where we would find any, then on the way back to Newcastle from Port Stephens we stopped to do one last cache and it was at this location, so we were able to complete two caches. Kooragang Island's wind turbine has been operated by Energy Australia since its installation in 1997. It provides GreenPower for Energy Australia's Pure Energy customers. The Vestas V44 wine turbine generator has the capacity to generate 600 kW of electricity. The turbine workings are housed in the nacelle that sits on top of a 50m high steel tower. Three 22m blades are connected to the hub, which is connected to and supported by the nacelle. The rotor diameter is 44m and the blades sweep an area of 1521 sq metres. The turbines start when wind strength reaches 14km/h and full output is reached at 58km/h. The turbines will automatically stop at winds of 72km/h or more. (Source: http://www.skillsone.com.au/Industry/3/Metals-Engineering/Video/678/0/Energy-From-The-Wind/) winglen Found The Snowtown Wind Farm (SWF), on Snowtown's nearby Barunga Range, SA. Took this shot as a bonus whilst doing the GC SWF series of 10 caches. Fairly new and reasonably well accepted by the locals. R0gue Found These wind turbines are just down the road from our house. They are inside an area where an Aboriginal community used to live, until they were evicted by the state government about 4-5 years ago. I assume they were being used as a power source by the community, and are no longer being used? Pensive Travellers Found This windmill is within the grounds of the CSIRO Energy Centre in the Industrial Park in Newcastle. More info regarding the work carried on there can be found here: http://www.det.csiro.au/energycentre/ The picture was taken at the coords listed, in the carpark across the road. richlink Found Passing through Esperance for a couple of days on our way home to Denmark WA. Visited the wind farm which overlooks the beautiful beaches of Esperance. There are fifteen turbines operating here. MC KENNA Found While trying to find a vantage point for this cache I found a great place to hide another one so look out. I love engineering so really enjoyed looking at these will try for closer next time. Pics are a bit distant but places to go things to do. MC KENNA richlink Found Wind Turbines on Thursday Island. We visited this location in August and found that the island community own 2 turbines. gr8cherokee Found This wind farm is at Cape Jervis Trillian-N7 Other Published with the under-construction Capital Wind Farm near Bungendore. GA1242 B&S Ute Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1242 B&S Ute Geocache Geocache B&S Ute gr8cherokee Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p style="text-align: center;">You have no doubt all seen one at some time or another</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Some of you may have even owned one... :- )</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <center><a href="http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/ozzyzrx/Ute/Minlaton%20Ute%20Show%202003/?action=view&amp;current=MED0015.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/ozzyzrx/Ute/Minlaton%20Ute%20Show%202003/MED0015.jpg" alt="Minlaton Show" /></a></center> <center>this was mine <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="text-align: center;">The B&amp;S Ute is the one with all the Stickers, Ariel's, Lights, Truck Mud Flaps and the Swag in the back and of course the <strong>BIG</strong> Bull bar</p> <center><a href="http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/ozzyzrx/Ute/Deni%20Ute%20Muster%202003/?action=view&amp;current=MED0003.jpg" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/ozzyzrx/Ute/Deni%20Ute%20Muster%202003/MED0003.jpg" alt="Sick Puppy" /></a></center> <p style="text-align: center;">These Boys (Bachelors) and Girls (Spinsters) will travel many miles to attend a B&amp;S event or Ute Muster.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">Some of the things these Ute drivers get up to includes Circle Work (Donuts), Flame Throwing, and lots of drinking with the preferred drop Bundy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <center><font size="+1"><blink><font color="Blue"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b56SusMmXtE"> click here to see a Ute doing Circle work </a></font></blink></font> <p>&nbsp;</p> <center><a target="_blank" href="http://s535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/ozzyzrx/Ute/?action=view&amp;current=FlameThrower.jpg"><img border="0" alt="Flame Throwing" src="http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee352/ozzyzrx/Ute/FlameThrower.jpg" /></a></center> <center><font size="+1"><blink><font color="Green"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P4UKjnwWe8"> click here to see Flame Throwing </a></font></blink></font> <p>&nbsp;</p> <center><font size="+1"><blink><font color="Orange"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DFvqgjcYf8&feature=related"> click here to see the Lot </a></font></blink></font> <p style="text-align: center;">Your goal is to take a picture of one of these utes with the usual GPSr in the shot and the co-ords listed</p> Oh! the listed Co-Ords are for the <font size="+1"><blink><font color="Red"><a href="http://www.deniutemuster.com.au/"> Deniliquin Ute Muster site </a></font></blink></font> , this is another big event for these types of vehicles. </center></center> You might find a few more in the bush http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DFvqgjcYf8&feature=related R0gue Found Spotted this one in the carpark at church a little while ago. Pensive Travellers Found Found this B&S Ute on the Hume Highway between Maluran and Excetor. red tag Found I have always considered myself very lucky to have spent a good third of my life 'a livin and a workin on the land'.... my #2 son has continued with the family tradition and when he called into work today I took the opportunity to grab a picture of us (and the gps) with his ute. Thanks for the cache gr8cherokee and for a brief moment of being a country chic again (just a much older one) Everlasting Found Finally I found it. Spotted this one at Kununurra, WA. Thanks gr8cherokee. baby&Mrs gopher Found S35.16.029 E147.05.383 Found by baby&Mrs gopher on Saturday 18/10/08 at 1300.The Ute muster at 62nd The Rock show in NSW.A good showing of some fine Utes. gr8cherokee Other GA1239 Small and Big Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1239 Small and Big Geocache Geocache Small and Big stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 <p>Log anything that is bigger or smaller than its normal size. I don't want any of those little umbrellas on cakes and stuff. Example: A big chair at Broken Hill, a small ayers rock near Karuah and if you can log&nbsp; a big orange, or the big mango etc. </p> <p>To log a find you need to:</p> <p>1. take a picture of the ting that is big or small.</p> <p>2. post co-ords of the thing.</p> <p>3. tell where it is.</p> big or small kaisho53 Found Found this small caravan overlooking a yard of larger models while caching in Adelaide last today... having forgotten to take a camera with us I had to rely on the one in my phone so perspective is not the best... This one looked small enough to tow with a large touring motorcycle kaisho53 Found Found this while caching in SA with Geodaughter. Would sure hate to be doing washing to fill this or ironing it after drying. Just what would have been needed for a large family before driers became the order of the day WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 72 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and found this Big Chain Saw in Stuart Highway Winnellie. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1239/2481588171.jpg"> I left the Kanga Loader and the Ride On Mower in the photo to show the scale of the chain saw. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 57 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and found this Big Golf Ball outside Darwin Golf Club. I did consider also claiming Big Golf Tee as a separate find, but I thought that might be a bit too cheeky. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1239/8771566435.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith Shifter Brains Found The Big Winch in Coober Pedy. The views over the town are very good from here. This is a replacement winch as the original was damaged in a cyclone. Shifter Brains Found Spotted this Giant Ant in Broken Hill on day 3 of our around Australia trip. I wouldn't like to see the size of its nest. drysies Found Thought we'd log this one as our first locationless. We visited Ned Kelly in Glenrowan back in April whilst doing some caches in the local area, and introducing some friends to the world of geocaching. The photo shows Big Ned....and my geokids who are the Little Neds, at the bottom! 'The Billy Tea Room' is recommended by the junior Geo's as having the best fizzy spider drinks to recharge the batteries while touring this historical town, which is situated just off the Hume Freeway in Victoria at the following co-ords.... S36.27.839 E146.13.267. gibbo003 Found Found on holidays in Valdez Alaska WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day seven of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and found this Big Wheelbarrow on the highway near Port Hedland WA. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1239/4741495277.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day four of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and found this Big Truck at the Tourist Information Centre in Newman WA while hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1PG5W">GC1PG5W Newmanland by lilla07</a>. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1239/3671476760.jpg'> This one could possibly be classed as "Small", having a mere 212.2 tonne payload, but it dwarfs my WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), back there beside the rear wheels. The WABCO 3200A Electric Haulpak Trucks were manufactured in the USA and assembled at Newman. They were introduced into service in 1975 and saw continuous service until replaced by the larger Wiseda trucks in 1992. I've been told that according to the contract of purchase, when no longer required at the mine they were to be cut up for scrap. This one was purchased by the Tourist Information Centre for $1. The truck was powered by a 12 cylinder 126.8 litre 2 stroke engine developing 2,475 BHP, and stopped by 3,150 HP electric brakes. With a net weight of 190 tonnes and maximum gross weight of 402.2 tonnes, it has 10 wheels with 5 piece rims fitted with Bridgestone 33.00 x 15.50 PR tubeless tyres. The cooling system takes 738 litres, crankcase 908 litres, hydraulic system 700 litres, and the fuel tank holds a miserly 2,650 litres. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith Just a Trifle Found We couldn't resist posting a picture of one of our favourite drinks! The locals are rightly proud of Bundaberg Rum. Now I just have to work out how to post the picture! WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day four of a cache placing run through the SouthWest and Great Southern Regions of WA, and detoured the 3 Km off the highway to finally visit the new "Big Orange". There was a "Big Orange" on the Southwest Highway just North of Harvey for many years, but eventually it fell into disrepair and was removed. <img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Harvey_Big_Orange.jpg"> The new "Big Orange" is located next to the Harvey River Bridge Estate Winery on Third Street, 1.8 Km North of the main street Uduc Street. You can also get there from the Southwest Highway about 3.5 Km North of Harvey, turning West onto Peterson Road which runs into Third Street. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith shazcol Found The big cricket stumps. Noticed these driving past on a cache trip. They are quite new I think and located at the Westbury Cricket Ground in Northern Tasmania. firesafe Found Another Big Ram - this time in Karoonda in the Mallee of South Australia. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day two of a seven day meander through the Wheatbelt, Southwest and Great Southern regions and found this Giant Ram while finding GC17CAK Baa Ram Ewe by nobodyZ. The ram is in the small country town of Wagin, and the sign explaining the ram provides the information to find the cache (so I can't put the specifications here). *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH stringy Keith hookline Found The big penguin at Penguin, NW Tassie! Sunshine Toledo Found One of the first BIGs that was built; the Big Pineapple, on the road northwards into Nambour on the Sunshine Coast. It used to be on the main north highway, Bruce Highway: but is now not on the highway so the business seems to be struggling a bit. The ice-creams are still some of the best around though. Pensive Travellers Found Found this big Gold Panner whilst hunting a cache very close by on the eastern outskirts of Bathurst. gr8cherokee Found Here is a picture of the Big Pelican at Noosaville red tag Found I drive past this very decent sized garden implement several times a day and figured being such a big fork it would be suitable. Thanks for the cache stringy Everlasting Found At Wyndham, WA. Interested about Warrin Park Monument. See GA1304. Thanks stringy organising the locationless. TeamGeoPlesk Found The big croc in wyndham, wa. Glorous thing, only wouldn't like to meet its father! TFTC <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4779'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1239/thumbs/tn_4871189033.jpg'></a> TeamGeoPlesk Found I hope this one is ok, its not a marked 'Big or Small' think but it is most probably the smallest roundabout i've seen! Its only about 1m in diameter with soooo much space around it... it begs the question of "Why did they bother?" This round about is located in Bachelor, NT at the turnoff to the Lichfield National Park. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4780'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1239/thumbs/tn_4331189038.jpg'></a> Everlasting Found At Townsville, QLD. I Spotted the huge Brolga at Townsville. Interest story about Brolga. Thanks. NTSTROM Found The big 'Boxing Crocodile' located on the Arnhem Highway at Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory. If you ever visit this location there is a cache at the location hidden by Groboz (GC1BXDF), and its a beauty! TFTC madchilli Found The big platypus.....at Bells Parade, Latrobe "self proclaimed platypus capital of the world" Everlasting Found On the way to Townsville. Spot - Big Mango. Thanks. March Brown Found We have driven past this rather large Brown Trout several times this time taking a picture. Although we were meant to be fishing this is the only capture for the day. It is located in Cressy in northern Tasmania Thanks for this one stringy Everlasting Found Found the big golf balls (2) At near Harvey Bay, QLD. Thanks. winglen Found The Big Trout in Adaminaby! We have come through here many times over the years, and always loved the big fish. It has had a facelift (such a thing for a fish? they wouldn't be affected by gravity like the rest of us!) and looks much brighter in recent years. We love the scale-like texture of his form, achieved with chicken wire! There is another cache nearby - it's ours! Big Fish GC120JB. TFTC! Everlasting Found At Mooloolaba, QLD. The Lobster - in the street (shopping) Thanks. richlink Found The Big Lobster Located on Princes Hwy at Kingston, South Australia. madchilli Found The Big Apple, Spreyton Tassie, Fruit and veg shop, butcher, cafe.... all sorts gr8cherokee Found Map the Miner The first sight that will greet visitors to Kapunda is that of 'The Big Miner'. This is a depiction of 'The Cornish Miner' who was instrumental in the development of this whole region. The plaque on the miner reads: 'THE CORNISH MINER. The Kapunda Mine. This statue is a monument to the profound, role and contribution of the Cornish miner in the Kapunda and in due course in other mines in South Australia. The Kapunda mine, established in 1844, was the first successful metal mine in Australia and contributed greatly to the economic development of South Australia. Up to its closure in 1878 ore to the value of more than __1 million was produced and up to 340 men and boys, mainly from Cornwall were employed. 'THE STATUE. The statue was named Map Kernow, being the Cornish dialect for 'Son of Cornwall'. It was unveiled on 5 June 1988. The sculptor was Ben Van Zetten who was commissioned.' madchilli Found The Big Spud, Sassafras Tasmania, its been here as long as I can remember WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 164 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia. I decided to place the virtual cache GA1243 "WanAus 57A - Big Park Bench" overlooking Broken Hill. I hadn't noticed "Small and Big", but the same evening I had planned to grab GA1200 "Sunset with Church" by stringy. I fired up the iPaq and looked up the GSAK html file for locationless caches, tapped on "S" and saw "Small and Big". The Big Park Bench fitted the description and noone had logged it so I happily scored my find No 1011. T4TH stringy Keith Pensive Travellers Found The sister-in-law came up from Sydney for the weekend, and the geo-wife and I took her up the the Hunter Valley Gardens. There we found these rather large mushrooms in the Fairy Tale garden. The geo-wife was taking a photo of my sister-in-law under one, so I thought it would be fun the take a photo of her taking the photo. Tealby Found Big Matchsticks - The Domain, Sydney This is what I wrote when I waymarked this interesting sculpture: Two very big matchsticks - one used (burnt) and one new! This is an unusual sculpture by a famous Australian artist (Brett Whiteley) near the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The sculpture is called "Almost Once", and was donated to the gallery a year before the artist's death. gorbak Found After so much time with my head buried down big holes looking for clues lately (see GC1DVB0), I think it's fitting that my big find was this big golf ball, at the House of Golf. TFTC. stringy Other all ready to go GA1216 NT State Survey Marks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1216 NT State Survey Marks Geocache Geocache NT State Survey Marks TeamGeoPlesk Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 2 2 NT State Survey Marks <p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This is for logging the NT State survey markers.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /> <br /> </span></b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">They are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number. But Some do not have a&nbsp;serial number on them. They can be found in the most surprising places, even places such as bridges, in the middle of footpaths, even on the side of monuments.<br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it.<br /> <br /> 2. Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the marker is located. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your survey marker a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you Find</span></p> <p align="center" style="margin: 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">NB: I have Borrowed This Format&nbsp;(With Permision) From </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><strong>Tronador</strong></span></p> </p> WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, sightseeing with The WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), and found this Survey Mark on a pillar, and another a couple of metres away on the ground, at the top of Anzac Hill in Alice Springs. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/4631622738.jpg"> There is a cache fairly close to the Survey Marks, <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=e9dec254-246f-499f-ac20-e9bbe1fc304e">GC18G81 ANZAC over Alice by way-finder</a>, but the rain came down in earnest as I was about to hunt it down, and I'd left my coat in the geoChallenger, so I left that hunt for another day and beat a hasty retreat. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/8411622738.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith Download gpx Shifter Brains Found Found this one as we stopped to purchase a cold drink on our caching day in Darwin. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down a cache, and found this Darwin Origin Pillar, an informative plaque, and then the Survey Mark itself on the Darwin Esplanade. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/9671588165.jpg"> I delayed logging this find to break the connection to the non-traditional cache I was hunting. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/4341588165.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down a cache, and found this Survey Mark placard and then the Survey Mark itself near the corner of Hamaura Road and Muramats Road in East Arm. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/3941582467.jpg"> I delayed logging this find to break the connection to the non-traditional cache I was hunting. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by during a "climatic refugee" trip, sightseeing with the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO), not even thinking about geocaching, and found this Survey Mark strangely perched on top of a pillar in Nightcliff Foreshore Reserve. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/5861575010.jpg"> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 47 of a "climatic refugee" trip, hunting down <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1RJPQ">GC1RJPQ Abridged by NTSTROM</a>, and found this Survey Mark a couple of metres from the cache in Stuart Highway Winnellie. <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/4721571941.jpg"> I didn't have time to get the requisite photo then, as I was in a hurry to get to <a href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1220">GA1220 Runway 11/29 by NTSTROM</a> hoping to get a photo of an FA 18 taking off, so I had to come back later. Finally remembered it today, day 61 of the trip. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 30 of a "climatic refugee" trip, trying to find Cafe Roma to go on the internet. I knew it had moved, gibbo003 even told me what establishment it was across the road from, I just couldn't remember what that establishment was<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_clown.gif"> After an hour of fruitless criss-crossing of the CBD, I parked in the car park at Woolies and went inside hoping to find a phone book. No luck there, and I had 30 minutes to spare before I had to pick up the WanderingMrs (aka SWMBO) from line dancing at the Stokes Hill Wharf, so I fired up the Magellan to see what caches were nearby. What luck, two Traditionals both less than 200 CroMs away.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_approve.gif"> I fired up the iPaq for a quick read of the cache notes, PMG seemed pretty straight forward, Chinatown Carpark a bit tougher, got as far as "displaying 30 metres, but I am" and the screen went blank.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_disapprove.gif"> It uses a lot of battery when searching for wireless hot spots, and I'd left the charging cable in the caravan.<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/icon_smile_blackeye.gif"> Undaunted I headed off, made one easy find and one more difficult find. On the way back to the geoChallenger I came across this Survey Mark in Smith Street, very close to the Woolies car park, so I went to the car, grabbed the camera, and came back for the requisite photo. Natural light did a good job of the mark, not so good for the gps, and the flash shot was out of focus for both, but you can see the mark. <img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1216/4961517959.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 24 of a "climatic refugee" trip, and found this Survey Mark outside the Bargain Furniture Mart in Witte Street Winnellie. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/8661508672.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 16 of a "climatic refugee" trip, heading North for the winter, and found this Survey Mark while hunting down http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1405 GA1405 Timber Creek Police Station and Museum Information by Everlasting. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/5011502705.jpg'> *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 2* T4TH TeamGeoPlesk Keith TeamGeoPlesk Found I know this is my cache but nevertheless i reccon a find such as this is still a find. I found this survey mark just on the pavement in stuart park while walking to repco to get a battery for my car after the last one died. Its in plain view and very easy to find. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4778'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_8001189032.jpg'></a> NTSTROM Found Found this Survey Mark near Casuarina Secondary College. Amazingly it is very very close to my cache, GC163A7 (The Fury of Tracy). This one has the survey number of: # S9321014. The terrain and difficulty rating of this marker would be 'One' on both counts. Thanks again TGP. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4359'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_5091097127.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4360'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_3081097127.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4358'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_9611097127.jpg'></a> NTSTROM Found I stumbled across this Survey Mark which is located near Dripstone High School on the corner of Trower Road and Henbury Avenue in Tiwi. It is located on the edge of the footpath at S 12 22.121 E130 52.976. I would rate the difficulty and terrain of finding this marker as 1 and 1 (easy). Top idea for a locationless cache and thanks to TGP for the cache and the chance for another FTF. 28/9/08. I just discovered that I only photographed the marker and not the 'Survey Mark'. Went back today and uncovered the real 'Survey Mark' which was covered by dirt and leaves.This marker has the number S92192016. Thanks again TGP. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4309'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_3331088834.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4356'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_9851088834.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4357'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1216/thumbs/tn_871088834.jpg'></a> TeamGeoPlesk Other Published GA1203 Vic State Survey Mark Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1203 Vic State Survey Mark Geocache Geocache Vic State Survey Mark Rigger64 Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1.5 1.5 VIC. State Survey Marks <p>&nbsp;</p> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div style="margin-bottom: 12pt"><strong><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #333333">This is for logging the&nbsp;VIC State survey markers.</span></strong><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: #333333"><br /> <br /> </span></b><span style="color: #333333">&nbsp;They are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number. But Some do not have a&nbsp;serial number on them. They can be found in the most surprising places. I have seen them on bridges, in the middle of footpaths, even on the side of monuments.<br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it.<br /> <br /> 2.&nbsp; Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the marker is located. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your survey marker a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you Find</span></div> <p align="center" style="margin: 0pt"><strong><span style="color: #333333">NB: I have Borrowed This Format&nbsp;(With Permision)&nbsp;form&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="color: #333333"><strong>tronador</strong></span></p> <div style="margin: 0pt" align="center"><strong><span style="color: #333333">&nbsp;</span></strong></div> They can be found in the most surprising places FlyingPigSquadron Found FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Geodetic Survey Marker on Mt. Nicoll Fish Creek set near Lookout. In memory of first settlers Geodes Found I was scoping out a spot for a new cache and just happened to come across this marker. It was quite unexpected, although it's at the top of a significant mount and I was most pleased to "discover" it [:)] TeamGeoPlesk Found This trip point in at the carpark for Mt Oberon at Wilsons Prom. I took the cheaters way out on this day and drove (rather than walking up) as it was sooooo windy. Terrain for this was therefore 1 and is wheelchair friendly. The marker is just next to the lookout. TeamGeoPlesk Found This survey mark was used in the construction of the Upper Yarra Reservior (Warburton) and is one of about 10 in the area. A great spot to camp and picnic. A terrain rating of 1 for this one. TFTC TeamGeoPlesk Found This trig point marks the top of Mt Dissapointment just to the west of Kinglake National Park. It was a short walk from where you park the car so terrain would prolly be about 2. TFTC, its a good one to keep me entertained! squalid Found This is very near the top of Mount Oberon. It was the starting point for "It's over on..." before if got fuggled. A good uphill trek from the carpark. Official data from www.land.vic.gov.au: Data Source: Vicmap Control - SMES Survey Mark Full Report - 352800030 TALLANG PM 3 9:52 PM on Nov 10, 2008 Mark No: 352800030 Mark Name: TALLANG PM 3 Mark Status: OK Alternate Names: OBERON Stamped ID: Last Used By: Map: 811914 Date Last Used: Plan Number: Beacon: Horizontal Coordinates - MGA94 Easting/Northing Zone Easting Northing Date Order Tech Source 55 443301.693 5678544.981 07/02/2008 0 TRIANGULATION OSG Vertical Coordinates Datum RL Date Order Tech Source AHD 564.3 5 UNKNOWN OSG Scale Factors Zone PSF Height Combined 55 0.9996396 0.9999115 0.9995511 squalid Found This one is at the carpark on the way up Mt Oberon. Terrain for this is easy - the bus will take you here, but any further and you have to leg it yourself. There are a few more further up the mountain. Here is some info from www.land.vic.gov.au: Data Source: Vicmap Control - SMES Survey Mark Full Report - 293800010 KULK PM 1 9:39 PM on Nov 10, 2008 Mark No: 293800010 Mark Name: KULK PM 1 Mark Status: OK Alternate Names: Stamped ID: Last Used By: Map: Date Last Used: Plan Number: Beacon: Horizontal Coordinates - MGA94 Easting/Northing Zone Easting Northing Date Order Tech Source 55 444250. 5679390. 01/05/2002 99 TRANSFORMED OSG Vertical Coordinates Datum RL Date Order Tech Source AHD Scale Factors Zone PSF Height Combined 55 0.9996383 bucketeer Found This one's a waypoint to a multi near the mouth of the Merri River in Warrnambool. There's a well paved track leading to a lookout just next to it, It's marked with 3 white timber posts. Ter/Diff:1/1 Rigger64 Found 37 24.638 E149 32.839 This one is @ Maramingo Hill About 8Km's from Genoa good Views for the top. This one can be got to with a 2WD car but it is more fun in a 4WD as there is some 4WD Tracks nearby all are forestry/Logging tracks. I Found this one whilst working on the Telco tower Which is right next to the fence from this Survey Mark. Ter: 3 Diff: 2 Rigger64 Found S39o 02.419' E146o 20.693 This one is @ Mt Oberon (Wilsons Prom) Great Views for the top. There is a nice walking track all the way to the top. If you are taking the Geo Kiddys along it would be a good idea to keep a very close eye on them as there is no railing at the top of the rock. I Found this one whilst working on the Telco tower nearby. And then Spraned my Ankle when i got back to the car after walking all the way up to the top & back to the car. (OUCH) Ter: 3 Diff: 2 Rigger64 Other Here's One to get you Started. it's @ Mt Nowa Nowa. Good Views for the top. There's even a Picnic table for you to enjoy when you get there. So why not take a picnic with you. If you are lucky you might even see a Kangaroo or Two. All the roads to this point are Forrestry Roads so you might see a log truck or two on your way there. the road is Dirt/Gravel you can get there by 2WD but take care if it has been raining the roads can get a bit slippery. Ter: 3 Diff: 1 GA1200 Sunset with Church Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1200 Sunset with Church Geocache Geocache Sunset with Church stringy Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Take a photograph of a churuch with a sunset behind it with the co-ords of where you took the picture. <p style="text-align: center;">This is the usual</p> <p style="text-align: center;">After piano lesson the sun has just gone down and my mum pulls out her camera and takes a picture of the church with the sunset.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1200/931.jpg" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">But this particular day I thought why don't I do a locationless geocache of this thing that mum does.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">To log a find:</p> <p style="text-align: center;">1. Take a picture of a church with a sunset behind it.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">2. Take the co-ords of where you took the picture.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">3. If you want you find out how old the church is.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">4. Say where it is</p> check the gallery SG-3 Found Snapped the other night, during a brilliant Hobart sunset! The Steeple Spire of the church in question is lower right of the image. The Rosny Chapel of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was opened in September of 1958. The building stands overlooking the Derwent River and the majestic Mount Wellington, and is seen in full view by travelers as they cross the Tasman Bridge. RapidSupreme Found I had a day trip to Bath and picking up a few caches to round off the day. Was climbing a hill on the outskirts of the town as the sun was setting. Turned around to check out the view and this virtual popped into my head - the photo will explain it. Thanks. mundoo Found The Church of The Holy Evangelists is prominently situated in the main street of Goolwa. Section 90, corner of Cadell and Crocker Streets and measuring 1 rood, (a true quarter acre), was granted to the church on June 29,1857, and was held in trust that it be used specifically as the site of a place for Divine Worship. In August 1865, the Anglican residents of Goolwa resolved to make every effort to erect a church in Goolwa. In June 1866 an architectural plan was drawn up at no cost by G.E. Hamilton. Just before Christmas that same year, the foundations were laid for the church A bottle was placed under the foundation stone, containing the following inscription on parchment,'The Foundation Stone of this Church of The Holy Evangelists, Goolwa, was laid on the 9th January, 1867, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Adelaide (James Farrell, M.A.), in the 30th year of Queen Victoria, Sir Dominick Daly, Knight, being Governor of South Australia, and the Right Rev. Augustus Short D.D., Lord Bishop of Adelaide. The architects were Messrs. Wright, Woods & Hamilton, of Adelaide and the superintendent of works Mr. Thomas Jones. The Trustees of the land were the Lord Bishop of Adelaide, and Messrs. E. Dutton, R.C. Sunman, and William Ray; the Incumbent, the Rev'd. E.T. Howell, M.A.; and the Wardens, Mr. Edward Dutton and Thomas Taylor Esq. J.P.' Work continued steadily over the ensuing months and the church was in use by early 1868, but without floor and windows until 1869. The consecration of the Church took place on 6th March 1870. Pews were constructed and installed in 1871. In 1872 tenders were called for plastering of the walls and staining the timber ceiling. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 164 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and spotted this interesting church complete with turret. As it was overcast I thought it might make a good sunset photo, so I consulted the Explorist for the sunset time and returned half an hour early. I took about 20 photos from diffferent angles, but the only one I liked was the one selected here. The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a prominently sited, Gothic-style, rock-faced stone church, and features a square corner bell tower and belfry having a crenellated parapet. In 1889 the Bishop of the Diocese of Wilcannia, Dr John Dunne, purchase the land upon which the Cathedral now stands, on the corner of Lane Street and Sulphide Street in Broken Hill. In April 1903 the Bishop asked Mr W.T. Knox, an architect practising in Western NSW, to submit plans for the building of a new Cathedral. In October 1903 a tender for 5,500 pounds by Mr M.K. Power was accepted and construction commenced soon after. On December 6 1903 the Bishop laid the foundation stone, and the Cathedral was officially opened on July 2 1905. My find No 1012, and a First to Find to boot[:D][8D][:D][8D][:D][8D], T photos L footprints. T4TH stringy Keith stringy Other GA1185 Tops Fun - Playground Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1185 Tops Fun - Playground Geocache Geocache Tops Fun - Playground GeoMonkeys Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Let's build a list of all the top playgrounds <p>Are you active Geocachers?&nbsp; Do you have children?</p> <br /> <p>Does stopping at every cool playground you pass while geocaching cause you to have a frownie?</p> <p>Or&nbsp; perhaps you're out caching and want to stop for a break,and give the kids</p> <p>a run around in the coolest playgrounds around, but don't know any in the area!</p> <p>Well frown no more. now you can score a smilie for all those rest stops and side trips!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>All you need to do is list your favorite, or you kids favorite, playground.</p> <p>Large or small, heaps of&nbsp; top eqipment or just a tyre hanging from a tree.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: larger;"> To&nbsp; successfully log this cache</span></strong></p> <p>Your entry <strong>must contain:</strong></p> <p>1:&nbsp;&nbsp; The name of the park or playground</p> <p>2:&nbsp;&nbsp; The GPS coordinates of the playground, of course!</p> <p>3:&nbsp;&nbsp; State, City, Suburb and&nbsp; street directory reference&nbsp; ( e.g. NSW, Kensington, UBD - Sydney 123 K7)</p> <p>4:&nbsp;&nbsp; A photograph or 2 of the play ground.</p> <p>4a: A&nbsp; proof of visit shot&nbsp; (you , your gps, kids, dogs etc)</p> <p>5:&nbsp;&nbsp; A descrpition of eqipment&nbsp; and other facilities (&nbsp;toilets, BBqs, shade / shelter etc.)</p> <p>6:&nbsp;&nbsp; A rating from 0 to 5 for excelence/ cool factor</p> <p>7:&nbsp;&nbsp; A review, and any kids comments etc.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>So not much to do to score this one.!</p> <p>You may log as many as you like, infact the more we can collect the better the database will be!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Wheeeee, that was fun! Shifter Brains Found Darwin Water Park. There are toilets, BBQs, tables and chairs, water ponds, play equipmnt and possibly a cache (it may be missing). mundoo Found This is an extremely popular playground on the shores of Encounter Bay at Victor Harbor. The playground is fenced so is extremely safe for small children and the play equipment has items geared toward the younger and primary school aged children. They playground is part of a large picnic area and there are public toilets next to the area. It has an old steam engine on display that the children can also climb into the cabin. The playground makes noises :) One of the climbing/exploring pieces of equipment is a train in the style of Thomas and it makes train noises to delight the children. When my grand=children were younger I took them to this playground often. mundoo Found Next to the Victor Harbor skate ramp the local council have built a Teens playground. It has equipment in it that is considered to be too big/hard/fast for younger children and is built stronger for the heavier weight of teenagers. I have to admit I have never seen teenagers using this playground but do see lots of primary school age children there. My grand-children have played here. gorbak Found Montrose Foreshore Community Park This has been a favourite playground of our boys. It has a climbing net (although not the biggest we've played on, it is still lots of fun), basketball hoops, space for flying a kite, an all abilities playground, and fun for all the family! Shifter Brains Found A great little playground in a rest area about 50km east of Wilcannia. The rest areas have toilets, a bbq, tables, play area, and a cache - GA0825 - "Are we there yet" Team_Ninja Found Coburg Lake in Victoria. This playground isn't massive, but I used to love it when I was a kid. There's also heaps of ducks to feed nearby and some free barbeques for geoparents to cook lunch on. Keeper of Time Found My home town of Woodend is getting a new playground, called "Woodend Childrens Park". It is still a work in progress but looks like it will be a great area for kids of all ages. It is close to all facilities being located just off the main street. WanderingAus Found ??? Can Anyone Top This Playground ???. WanderingAus wandered by on day three of a seven day meander through the Wheatbelt, Southwest and Great Southern regions of Western Australia and found this "All Ages Playground" while heading for GCK4ER Twonkwillingup by Phil & Sigrid Justrackin. I remembered stopping here to use the toilet about a year ago and seeing the disabled cache GCNEFG Heart of the Great Southern by Phil & Sigrid Justrackin just across the road - I note that it is STILL disabled :-(. Other facilities include 2 childrens playgrounds, 2 free BBQs, 8 picnic tables under shelter, park benches, bins, water bubbler, toilets, parking, and a miniature railway which operates on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM (weather permitting). If you want to ride the train you must wear covered shoes. *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 4* T4TH GeoMonkeys Keith Shifter Brains Found A great playground in Morpeth. Thankfully the geokiddie was not with us or she would have never wanted to leave. There are BBQs, tables, shelters and toilets ... oh and a cache. Geokiddie would have loved it and rated it a 4.5. Pensive Travellers Found This playground is situated in the small western NSW town of Cudal (40Km west of Orange on the Forbes Road). The town is home to my 'in-laws' and my niece and nephew. Whilst planting a cache nearby the kids played on the playgym. They loved it, see the photos. My cache is called 'Once Cacheless! Now Cached Cudal!' (GC1KPK2). The playground has the playgym, swings, picnic table and toilets. I didn't play on the swings myself, but looking at the kids I'd say this was a 4/5 playground. robtas Found KNOWN LOCALLY AS THE ROCKET PARK THE KIDS JUST LOVE THE DIFFERENT TO THE USUAL STRUCTURE BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM TOO. ULVERSTONE TASSIE. The Wackys Found S41 9.490 E146 10.025 When we first drove into town, the kids immediately asked if we could play at this park - it's a lovely spot at the mouth of the river, and a pleasant place for both young and old. Will upload the picture when I get home to a card reader - thanks heaps for the cache Tealby Found Howitt Park Adventure Playground, Bairnsdale - located on the Princes Highway on the eastern side of the town. There are coin-operated barbeques, toilet facilities together with a large variety of swings, sand pits, slides, see-saws and other play equipment for children of all ages - even the much bigger kids like the Tealby A & B Teams! The main attractions are the super slide that is visible from the road, and the flying fox - which is really cooool! I would rate the playground as 4.5/5 - although if you really love long slides & flying foxes then you would probably give it a 5. Very close to the playground there is also a "scarred tree" - once used by local Aborigines to build their canoes The park was named after anthropologist and politician, Alfred William Howitt, an early settler of Lucknow who headed the party that located the remnants of the Bourke and Wills expedition. Shifter Brains Found This playgound is close to home and has recently be rebuilt (it is now so much better than it was). There are swings, double slippery dip, mini flying fox and a mini climbing web. The geokiddie rates it a 5. The park doesn't have a name but is between Jarrett St and Blanche St at Wyoming in Gosford. Pensive Travellers Found I visited this playground whilst having a BBQ with friends in this park. Fun was had by all. This park is located at the coords listed above, at Stockton Beach, Newcastle. The park sits between the Stockton Surf Life Saving Club, the Stockton Bowling Club, Lynn Park Cricket Ground and Stockton Beach itself. There are toilet at the rear of the Surf Life Saving Club. A free BBQ area and large shelter are co-located with this playground. Whilst there weren't any kids present, the young at heart say the swings were tops (see photos for proof). This Playground is also co-located with a cache I placed to commemorate the day (GC1JNHW - The Day Engineering Died). WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 166 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia, and was impressed by the Sturt Park Adventure Playground in Broken Hill. The playground is surrounded by a childproof fence, and facilities include picnic tables, barbecues, toilets nearby (about 40 metres outside the gate), and a great range of play equipment including toddler gear and stuff for the bigger kids, but I was particularly impressed by the giant flying fox. I couldn't get a photo of the whole flying fox because a man in a cherry picker was giving the high end poles a coat of varnish. The playground is located in the Southern corner of Sturt Park, on the corner of Beryl and Sulphide Streets, Broken Hill Map A Ref F4 and Map B Ref N9. My find number 1015, T photos, L footprints, *Recommended* *Overall Experience: 3* T4TH GeoMonkeys Keith Shifter Brains Found A playground in Castle Hill, Sydney NSW. It is in Fred Caterson Recreation Reserve. There is a shelter near the play area, and a cache close by. The geokiddie rated it a 5, she loved the mini flying fox. zoratz Found S 149 03.448 E 35 21.632 2611 fisher, ACT nice playground with a bbq next to it. no toilets picnic tables next to it with very little rubish and a park bench next to it to rest tired feet on a rating of 1/10 of the playground I would rate it 8/10. red tag Found Dru Point Bicentennial Park is in Margate, Tasmania. Hobart Street Directory Page 24 F1 Its a great playground and its facilities include: Shelters and Electric BBQ's Picnic Tables Bicycle and Walking Tracks Kiosk Tennis Courts Public Toilets and Change Rooms Memorials and interpretations Significant native Bushland Reserve Enclosed off leash dog exercise/play area Bird Sanctuary Easily one of the little red tags favourite playgrounds and well worth a 5 rating. Thanks for the cache GeoMonkeys Shifter Brains Found This park is where the geokiddie plays every week before her ballet class. She rates the playground a 3 for fun. The park is at Hylton Moore Oval at East Gosford, UBD Map 35 J44. There are swings, 4-way see-saw, slippery dip, climbing rope and more. Geokiddies comments: its great fun. The only problem is that the water pools in the play area, after heavy rain. GeoMonkeys Other remeber the old playground equipment? see saws, rusty slides? where are they now? GA1186 Lollipops, Wiggles, Chipmunks and more ( softplay playgrounds) Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1186 Lollipops, Wiggles, Chipmunks and more ( softplay playgrounds) Geocache Geocache Lollipops, Wiggles, Chipmunks and more ( softplay playgrounds) GeoMonkeys Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 List your favorite "softplay" place <p>Does stopping at every cool <strong>Indoor Softplay Place</strong> you pass while geocaching cause you to have a frownie?</p> <p>Or&nbsp; perhaps you're out caching and want to stop for a break,and give the kids</p> <p>a run around in the coolest <strong>Indoor Sofptlay Place</strong> around, but don't know any in the area!</p> <p>Well frown no more. now you can score a smilie for all those rest stops and side trips!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>All you need to do is list your favorite, or you kids favorite, <strong>Indoor Sofptlay Place</strong> .</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: larger;"> </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: larger;"> To&nbsp; successfully log this cache</span></strong></p> <p>Your entry <strong>must contain:</strong></p> <p>1:&nbsp;&nbsp; The name of the <strong>Indoor Sofptlay Place</strong></p> <p>2:&nbsp;&nbsp; The GPS coordinates , of course!</p> <p>3:&nbsp;&nbsp; State, City, Suburb and&nbsp; street directory reference&nbsp; ( e.g. NSW, Kinkumber, UBD - Central coast, 123 K7)</p> <p>4:&nbsp;&nbsp; A photograph or 2 of the<strong> Indoor Sofptlay Place</strong> .</p> <p>4a: A&nbsp; proof of visit shot&nbsp; (you &amp; your gps, kids, etc.)</p> <p>5:&nbsp;&nbsp; A descrpition of eqipment and other facilities (&nbsp;e.g cafe or restaurant inside)</p> <p>6:&nbsp;&nbsp; Any entry fees and times etc</p> <p>6:&nbsp;&nbsp; A rating from 0 to 5 for excelence/ cool factor</p> <p>7:&nbsp;&nbsp; A review, and any kids comments etc.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>N.B. You do not need to enter the location to log the find,</p> <p>unless you&nbsp; choose to pay&nbsp; of your own volition or the kids force you to.</p> <p>you do not have to have kigeo-kiddies to log this cache but it makes it easier</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>So not much to do to score this one.!</p> <p>You may log as many as you like, infact the more we can collect the better the database will be!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> can we stay a little longer gorbak Found "Woody's Skate & Play" 10-12 Knoll Street, Glenorchy, Tasmania. "Woody's Skate and Play is a world of entertainment. Enjoy Skating, scootering and a huge double story play centre for 11yrs and under. Fully Catered Birthday Parties, Fundraising Events and lots, lots, more!" (http://woodysskatecentre.com.au/) My youngest son went there for a 6 year old's birthday party last year and had a ball. All the kids had lots of fun in the soft play structure, as did some of the adults! robtas Found DONT THE KIDS JUST LOVE THESE PLAYHOUSES. PICCIE TOMORROW The Wackys Found Glad I'm past this stage, otherwise I'd never get any caching done! Will upload the picture when I get home to a card reader - thanks heaps for the cache red tag Found This would be one of the little red tags favourite Indoor Softplay Centres that they reckon rates a 5 on the cool factor. Its called 'Kidz Bizzz Play Centre and Cafe' and is in Kingston Tasmania, Hobart Street Directory Page 19 B9 It caters for children under 12 yrs of age and is full of jumping castles, and climbing equipment. Its got a cafe and a few large plasma televisions with one for the parents (which is good when Geelong are playing!) they also do birthday parties. It's open Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm Sat and Sun 10am - 5pm Babies under 12 months are free Toddlers under 3 yrs are $6.60 Juniors under 12 yrs are $9.50 Limit of 2 hours play Thanks for the Cache GeoMonkeys GeoMonkeys Other Go get 'em! GA1110 Aussie Extremes Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1110 Aussie Extremes Geocache Geocache Aussie Extremes GeoScrubers Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 Dedicated to the extremities of Australia <p><font size="4">The idea of this cache is to find the extremities of Australia.</font></p> <p><font size="4">This can be geographical, such as the most northerly point of Australia (mainland)</font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/glen139/GeocachingStuff/photo?authkey=b6A0P5OPCE4#5207216713993733714"><img alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/glen139/SEPAAyoSxlI/AAAAAAAAATU/rn7xi206TDE/s400/top%20end2.jpg" /></a></p> <p><font size="4">Or, it can be a landmark such as the highest town in Australia.</font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/glen139/GeocachingStuff/photo?authkey=b6A0P5OPCE4#5207216696813864514"><img alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/glen139/SEO__yoSxkI/AAAAAAAAATM/8VBQGcPK9A0/s400/Town%20highes2t.JPG" /></a></p> <p><font size="4">&nbsp;Or, something like Australia's Southern most pub!!</font></p> <p align="center"><img height="449" width="600" alt="" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0115/110455624.jpg" /></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4">Let your imagination run wild...there are many ways to complete this cache.</font></p> <p><font size="4">Some other examples are the highest bowls club at Guyra,</font></p> <p><font size="4">Lamberts geographical centre of Australia, the most </font><font size="4">south/west/easterly</font></p> <p><font size="4">point of Australia, Mt Kosciuszko, etc.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">To log a find for this cache you must post a photo with either:-</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">A sign describing the location, or</font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Photo of&nbsp;co-ordinates on GPS and a photo of the surrounding area and a note </font></p> <p><font color="#0000ff" size="4">on the significance of the area.</font></p> <p><font size="4"></font></p> High Low North South East West gibbo003 Found Darwin has a population of 120,652, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities. It is the smallest and most northerly of the Australian capital cities, and acts as the Top End's regional centre. March Brown Found South east cape the southernmost point of the Tasmanian mainland, there are islands further south. Photo was taken from South Cape Bay on the way to a cache called South Coast Chaos which is Australia's most southern cache. This cache is a 50km round trip walk. Team_Ninja Found Here's a photo I had taken ages ago at the most Southern point of Australia's mainland - sorry about the dodgy photo, it was getting dark. R0gue Found Highest Vehicle Access in WA: 1016m Mount Nameless in Tom Price - 4WD only. This mountain (hill to you east-coasters) is right in Tom Price, and there is a very nice 4WD track driving up it. When we got to the top there was 8 or 9 army vehicles up there, with learner drivers, practising on the 4WD-ing. Unfortunately this meant it also took us half an hour to get down.... Nice views from up here. Thanks for the cache! Tealby Found I did the walk up to the top of Flinders Peak in the You Yangs - according to Parks Victoria at http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=208, this is the highest peak in the You Yangs. Elevation is officially 340m, but my GPSr read 345m at the base of the steps up to the lookout platform where I recorded the coords. Lots of steps (in fact there are apparently 450 of them), but otherwise the walk is not too tough - just over 1.5km from the carpark with a 200m elevation change once you are standing on the lookout platform (pictured). McPhan Note Two other things. 1) It was rush hour when Winglen's photo was taken. A girls school from Victoria had just entered. 2) It's the bulky clothing in my photo not my girth :-( winglen Found This is Australia's highest toilet! I passed by here with McPhan and Rex Trex on the way to Kosciuszko Tops, and we called in on the way back. It's built like a fortress to withstand the severe weather conditions, with about 7 or 8 toilets and room for change facility or emergency shelter. Rex was lucky enough to stumble in on several ladies getting changed! Probably putting on extra layers because it was very cold the day we walked up here. And there is waterless hand washing. TFTC! McPhan Found If not Australia's highest bridge then it's Australia's highest river. It's interesting (to me) that on 11 days before this photo was taken I was at the very other end of the Snowy River - Marlo Victoria. The really good news is that the river is bank to bank all the way down to the sea. Let's hope it stays that way. Thanks to Mrs Winglen for reminding me about this cache and to RexTrex for the photo. I'll leave his caption on the photo. TFTC and the chance to walk to Kossie. (Okay that's a bit of a stretch.) red tag Found I pass this way very frequently for work - so close to home, yet I never realized this fact! richlink Found Visited the Cape for a three week safari. Great 4WD'ing and a real adventure. Pensive Travellers Found Walked to the top of Kosciuszko on Easter Sunday this year. Was well worth the walk. The pictures included are the view from the top, and my sister-in-law and myself looking rather pooped. richlink Found The most eastern point in Australia, located at Byron Bay. We were actually collecting photos to do the very same cache, knew it was a great idea! We visited Byron Bay in April this year and walked to the most eastern point. GA0094 NSW State Survey Marks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0094 NSW State Survey Marks Geocache Geocache NSW State Survey Marks Swampgecko Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 State Survey Marks <strong><font size="4" face="Comic Sans MS">This is for logging the NSW State survey markers.<br /> <br /> </font></strong>&nbsp;They are normally a small bronze disc with a serial number on them. They can be found in the most surprising places. I have seen them on bridges, in the middle of footpaths, even on the side of monuments.<br /> <br /> To log the find:<br /> <br /> 1. You need to post a picture of the marker with a GPS Unit beside it.<br /> <br /> 2.&nbsp; Please include co-ords<br /> <br /> 3. Write a description of where the marker is located. <br /> <br /> 4. And just for fun, give your survey marker a terrain rating to let us all know how hard it was for you to reach it.<br /> <br /> <br /> Feel free to Log as many as you Find<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div align="center"><strong>NB:&nbsp; I have adopted this cache from Swampgecko and will be maintaining it.<br /> </strong></div> <strong><br /> </strong> <div align="center"><strong>tronador</strong></div> Look in the gallery for an example. Riblit Found Found while wandering around the rocks. Quick and easy 1/1 SSM 46695 is where you can see this view. <img src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga0094/thumbs/tn_511610924.jpg"> Riblit Found One in "The Paddock" SSM 69310 <img src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8091610926.jpg"> Tuena Found Found this survey marker at Gerroa in the Kingsford Smith Memorial Reserve which overlooks Seven Mile beach. The lid is jammed but the stencil on top says it all. Terrain rating of 1.5. Rainbush Found I forgot to include my GPS in the photo, it was in my pocket! Grahame Cookie Found 1350 Had thought that this steel square-lidded SSM, #142, would have been logged, as it is within close proximity to GCN6Y6, Snowy Mountain Hydro - Avenue of Flags cache in Cooma. It is right on the footpath, and took a bit of effort to open. Cache: 2 Terrain: 1 Shifter Brains Found Found this SSM while completing "The Living Desert" cache at the sculpture park outside Broken Hill. Difficulty 1 terrain 2 stringy Found Easy find in Alstonville in The Industrial Estate on the Way to Brisbane. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6465'><img src='http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1471545909.jpg'></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5751526947.jpg' align='left'> 1545 While getting a photo of Wingham museum I noticed this lidded survey marker on the footpath. A quick check, and I don't think its been logged by Stringy or Red Ninja. Certainly not identified as #36781 Rated: 11/2/1 (need to get the lid open to identify the number) stringy Found Easy find while waiting for the 4wd pumping their tyres after a beach trip in stockto. In Anna bay, 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/6327'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2071518047.jpg'></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5761447348.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4421447348.jpg' align='right'></a>1125 - On my way from Church to Work I remembered that I had seen this 'round' lidded Survey Box - 85604, and thought that if Stringy or Red Ninja hadn't logged it yet I would. It's on the corner of Bungay Road and Moon St in Wingham. (There should be a geocache witin 50m of here soon - hopefully) It is a steel lidded box on the grass verge. Cache: 2 (A lot of effort to get it open) Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5711435204.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6751435204.jpg' align='right'></a>1149 Had come back into town (Taree) to help with a one-on-one cooking demonstration. Mrs C had just bought herself a new camera, so had to compare what it was like, so I decided to grab this survey marker, SSM ? 1376 ? which was just up the road. (Will have to come back with some steel wool and scour the plate, and recheck the number, as it doesn't seem to fit into a 'series' that I would expect with the next SSM logged a half km away). This is a steel-covered box, on the grass verge on the corner of Pultney and High Streets, Taree. Cache: 11/2 (had to use a tyre iron to open it up) Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3951435205.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3331435205.jpg' align='right'></a>1311 On my many walks to the local library I had seen this metal-lidded box that looks like the hydrant cases, on the corner of Pulteney and Albert Streets, Taree. I could more clearly read that this is SSM 13774, tho' it is still an effort. It is behind some fencing, and the other side of a planter box, so not many pedestrians go that way anymore. Cache: 11/2 (need a tyre iron to open) Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1031434127.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8811434127.jpg' align='right'></a>0904 While getting Rocky Point geocache - GC1F2YQ, I noticed this SSM - 8272 that would only be 1m elevation, if that, from high tide. Is this the lowest in the state? Cache: 11/2 Terrain: 2 Thanks to MADSTARS for getting us out to here! Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6071428234.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1021428234.jpg' align='right'>1530 Had gone out to the Mayo Private Hospital at Kolodong (near Taree) to drop off some surgical instruments when I remembered that I had my camera with me, and that there is a SSM (44917) on the corner / roundabout of Potoroo Drive. Very overcast, so couldn't get a good close-up of the GPSr. Cache: 11/2 (difficult to see) Terrain: 11/2 (cars aren't very careful going thru roundabout) Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_7241428589.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1171428589.jpg' align='right'>While near the Mayo Private Hospital at Kolodong, I remembered that there is a small covered SSM - 151405, just around the corner in Bettong Drive. It is about half a metre from the gentle concrete curbing. Cache: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4561397355.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2341397355.jpg' align='right'>1600 While visiting the 'in-law-grandparents' at Kularoo I walked down to the shops for a Sunday paper, and found this SSM: 74028 on the corner of Harbord Crt and Boundary St, Forster. Cache: 11/2 (not as visible as some) Terrain: 1 stringy Found Near the Penrith SDA church. 1/1. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5849'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8271408383.jpg'></a> Shifter Brains Found Found this survey mark (# 70469) during the hunt for a cache. Terrain rating 1. Trillian-N7 Found Stumbled over this one while looking for 'Moruya Quarry'. Thought I would record it for this cache. Pensive Travellers Found Was pleasantly surprise to find this one virtually out the front of my Sister-in-laws place in Naremburn Sydney, on Dalleys Road. NSW Survey Marker #80114. T = 1 stringy Found Found near the Centre of Gravity in Port Macquarie. 1/1. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5750'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6241372005.jpg'></a> stringy Found another one near Black Head beach 1/1<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5719'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9181361721.jpg'></a> Red Ninja Found Located on the corner of Skinner St & Gloucester Rd Wingham is SSM #78908 and is the flip up lid style, located in the lawn not the gutter. Red Ninja Found Located out the front of Cullen's service division, Beeton Pde Taree. I must have walked past this marker a hundred times before I spotted it a few months ago. SSM #116995 Red Ninja Found LOcated on the corner of Warrawillah Ave and Kundibakh Cl, Wingham, is SSM #97870 Red Ninja Found Located on the corner of Cedar St & jacaranda Ave, Wingham is SSM #97877 stringy Found Found this one in Tinonee near opposite the post office. 1/1.<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5572'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4211326367.jpg'></a> WaldenClan Found This marker is located at the Tom Beatson lookout at Tweed Heads. It is just on the NSW side of the QLD/NSW border. There are fantastic views out to the sea. Well worth bring the binoculars for. There is quite a steap cement path from the carpark at the northern end and opens up into a very well maintained park. A great spot for lunch. There are also a couple of repeater stations up here as well. WaldenClan Found This is the Survey Marker located on the QLD/NSW Border. This momument has been created for it. stringy Found Across the road in Scone nearby Happy Anniversary. 1/1<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5435'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_211305301.jpg'></a> stringy Found Found this one in Scone whilst finding a multi geocache.1/1<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5434'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4191305290.jpg'></a> stringy Found Black Head opposite the surf life saving club.1/1<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5405'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3431296180.jpg'></a> TeamGeoPlesk Found This marker lies upon the NSW/SA border just south of Scotia Sanctuary (NSW). Collected this one on a border run with one of the rangers at the sanctuary to Renmark for supplies. Given that outsiders are not permitted into this area and access is via sandy roads, i'd say terrain of 4. The plug and marker were actually out of the ground, must have been dug up by a buldozer clearing a firebreak. Was an interesting find to see the plug! A great spot in good company. Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2231278882.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_621278882.jpg' align='right'>1700 While going to the son's school to pick up their book pack I thought I'd grab this SSM - 44930, on the corner of Kolodong Rd and Wingham Rd, Kolodong. Bowers cafe is just across the road, as is the Little Grub Preschool. The SSM is on the concrete kerb, and about 200m uphill of where we lived for _7 years. Difficulty: 11/2 - busy corner Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5621278997.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_261278997.jpg' align='right'>1710 Had seen this SSM - 90927, on Hargreaves Dr, Kolodong, a few weeks ago when I went for a walk around the industrial estate while filling in time before starting work on an extra shift at the nearby Mayo Hospital. It is on the concrete kerb at the entrance to what used to be Scheffenacker, now, Visiocorp. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 calumphing_four Found Near the end of Marmong Point on Lake MacQuarie. A short stroll from the relies, and an even shorter stroll (1/1) from the car park for the nearby boating wharf. Has had a memorial plaque added on the side for a bloke that loved fishing. (and yay I can log a cache on my quick trip East.) stringy Found aNOTHER IN OLD BAR. 1/1 SAME AS OTHER ONE I HASVE LOGGED.<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5338'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1271282919.jpg'></a> stringy Found In old bar waiting for some chips. Just before the big storm.<a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5339'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2481282907.jpg'></a> stringy Found In wingham. Corner of Rouse street and gloucestor road. used as part of a multi. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5188'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_7211256570.jpg'></a> stringy Found in Wingham. Corner of Summerville street and Warrawillah avenue 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5187'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2601256568.jpg'></a> stringy Found In Wingham. Corner of Primose street and Isabella street. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5186'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4361256567.jpg'></a> stringy Found Little shop around Wingham. 1/1. Corner of Bent street and Isabella street. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5185'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_181256546.jpg'></a> Shifter Brains Found SSM 131066, on the kerb at Rouse Hill. Spotted this one on the return to the car from a nearby cache. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Shifter Brains Found SSM 131067, on the kerb at Rouse Hill. Spotted another one on the return to the car from a nearby cache. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Shifter Brains Found SSM 122947, on the kerb at Rouse Hill. Spotted this one the way to a nearby cache. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1261250731.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_911250731.jpg' align='right'></a>On the weekend I had noticed another SSM in Wallabi, and had thought there would be a few in this new subdivision. I thought they'd be easy to spot, but they haven't been painted with a yellow dot yet, so are camouflaged. This is SSM 144912 (*Couldn't find 144911*) Difficulty: 11/2 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5531250732.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_7181250732.jpg' align='right'>SSM 144907, in the new Wallabi Estate. It is embedded in the curb of this house's driveway. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_371250737.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5281250737.jpg' align='right'>Another SSM - 144908, in the new Wallabi / Saltwater estate. No houses close by - yet! Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6781250747.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2751250747.jpg' align='right'>SSM 139640, a slightly older one to most in the estate. On a corner in the lower end. Difficult: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6941268677.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3151268677.jpg' align='right'>0635 Another SSM in the Wallabi / Saltwater Estate - 144909. Again on the gentle concrete curb, with no houses nearby at the moment. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3211268679.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9901268679.jpg' align='right'>0648 A SSM - 139639, on the curb outside of the new Wallabi Estate, on the way into Wallabi, just SE of the small roundabout. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3241268680.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6501268680.jpg' align='right'>0652 When I got back to the car I thought I'd have a look again on the curb nearby, lo and behold, there is SSM 139638, right on the curb, before the roundabout heading into Wallabi. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4411269457.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3781269457.jpg' align='right'>0700 Out early in the morning while Mrs C was walking the beach at Old Bar, thought I'd try to grab some SSM's from the Wallabi area. This one - 91381, is on the standard concrete curbing. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3451269459.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2791269459.jpg' align='right'>0710 A bit more of a drive, and a few more SSM's come into view. This is 91375, on a regular concrete curb in Wallabi Point. Difficulty: 1 Terrain:1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9231269460.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6521269460.jpg' align='right'>0715, Another regular, concrete curb SSM - 91376, in Wallabi Point, I think on Ocean Drive. A range of style of houses around it, from 'fishermans cottages', to brand new buildings. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9351269466.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6211269466.jpg' align='right'>0725, Still had a few more minutes before I had to catch up with Mrs C and her beach walk at Old Bar, so found this SSM - 41756. It's on the concrete curbing, but over a culvert drain. A beautiful morning for walking the beach, or finding SSM's. Difficulty: 11/2 - not the usual spot for SSM's Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Note <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9191269467.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3991269467.jpg' align='right'>0733, Finally at the Old Bar beach, and realised that this SSM - 91383, had already been found by Stringy, on 14/12/08. "Go for it!" 1/1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3461268678.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2741268678.jpg' align='right'>0640 SSM 144910, on a new concrete curb in Wallabi Estate. No houses nearby. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_7161225103.jpg' align="left"><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8421225103.jpg' align="right">1220 On way to work - Manning Rural Referral Hospital, I had already picked up 'the keys' for Theatre, and was heading to go past the Cafeteria when I noticed this SSM - 20360, that I had first seen almost 12 years ago. Grabbed a quick photo then back to work! Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 McPhan Found Found on a New Years Day trip to Batemans Bay and surrounds. The intrepid photographer finally located the shot. On the approach to that wonderful Bay attraction - the bridge. Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8871222764.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5641222764.jpg' align='right'>1054 While Mrs C was at the doctors I thought I'd grab this SSM - 13722, which I had seen one time when I didn't have the GPSr or the camera. It is a metal box in the grass verge area of Edinburgh Drive, Taree West. Difficulty - 2 (An ant's nest right next to it, and the lid was very difficult to open) Terrain - 11/2 Trillian-N7 Found PM12274 found on the corner of Surveyor St & Ross Rd in Queanbeyan. Shifter Brains Found A State Survey MArk near the Narara Bush Fire Brigade HQ on the Central Coast. This survey mark was used as a clue for a multi cache nearby (now archived). Rated as a 1/1. SSM #116184 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3821219732.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_781219732.jpg' align='right'>On way home from Bretti stopped by Human Sundial (Sun Dance) cache and realised I hadn't logged the SSM right next door. Grabbed a shot of SSM 55362 with the GPSr, and a photo looking 'West' along the road. This is a covered steel box SSM. Difficulty: 2 (hard to open) Terrain: 11/2 (Long grass obscures it) Pensive Travellers Found Located just South of the 'blink and miss it' town of Wallalong (West of Maitland, just off the Clarence Town Road), this Survey marker is co-located with the Wallalong/Bowthorne War Memorial. Survey Marker # 61522 Terrain: 3 Difficulty: 1 stringy Found An easy find in Old Bar near where I had my picnic.1/1. Have too put the pictures on later as it is having problems. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4885'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1861199422.jpg'></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3301209093.jpg' align="left">While helping a friend gets his computer from being repaired, I noticed this SSM: 23998 near 15 Bay St, Balcolyn (Lake Macquarie). Only had the wife's mobile phone (and GPSr of course), so the photos aren't real great, but do give an indication of the type of survey marker here - a lidded, steel box on a grass verge.</a><p>Difficulty: 1<br>Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2991209149.jpg' align="left"><a>This covered SSM: 52602, is on the asphalted footpath besides the Great Western Highway at Blackheath. I was on my way to the Fish and Chips shop for lunch when I noticed this one, so went back to the school's vehicle for the camera.<img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9041209149.jpg' align="right"></a> Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Elevation: 1101m (by barometer - not sure how accurate that was tho') Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9921209148.jpg' align="left">Had gone with the older son on his Biology (school) excursion to Jenolan Caves, and on the way home, while stopped at Blackheath for lunch, found a SSM or two. This is 52639, just on the western side of the railway line, on the pedestrian crossing at Blackheath.<img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_2111209148.jpg' align="right"></a> Difficulty: 11/2 (had to be careful of pedestrians and the opened cover) Terrain: 1 winglen Found It's funny how things turn out. With a weekend in the mountains, I thought I would look out for a survey mark, having only stumbled across one before (and no camera handy). To my amazement I found one within a few metres of cache number three that evening - Feel the Surge, with great views overlooking Lake Jindabyne. The marker is set into rock and a terrain level of three is set for the nearby cache. That's Rex Trex in the photo! TFTC! Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://img.geocaching.com/cache/128bec83-761e-47c1-bbf2-65d894b406e9.jpg' width=240 height=180 align="left">This SSM: 96373, has been used in my multi geocache - Wingham Waterside Waltz - GC172A9, to provide a clue to where the cache is placed. It is at the top of the hill in Lobban St, Wingham, set into the concrete kerb on the western side of the road. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 stringy Found Last one that I have logged in Wingham. corner of Keech and Ruth street. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4683'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8721171007.jpg'></a> stringy Found Another SSM in the Wingham town corner of Ruth street and Combined street 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4682'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5181171006.jpg'></a> stringy Found Another one of the five SSM's I have logged in Wingham. Corner of Skinner and Moon street. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4681'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6391171005.jpg'></a> stringy Found Another one of the 5 SSM in Wingham. On river view drive. 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4680'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3721171004.jpg'></a> stringy Found The industrial stoppage thing today and my mum was going to drop me off at school so I logged 5 SSM in the wingham town. first one - beginning of river view drive. 1/1. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4679'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1651171003.jpg'></a> stringy Note ever thought about South Australian ssm stringy Found Another SSM near my church in Taree. 1/1. corner of Whitby close and Gipps street. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4641'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5621165802.jpg'></a> stringy Found I have been waiting to log these state survey markers for weeks. Around 50-100m from church In Taree. 1/1 corner Gipps and Cowper street. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4640'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_3831165769.jpg'></a> Cherryred Found As SkAttA BrAiNs and I were wandering around between caches, we started following a rather uncommon bird at snail's pace, trying to work out what it was. By the time it flew off, we were standing right at this survey mark (#59261) on Wells St, Newtown. The co-ords my GPSr gave me stick this one on the footpath outside #39, but it is actually out the front of #51. Interestingly, this short section of road is NOT covered by Google Street View. Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 SkAttA BrAiNs Found found #40023 King St at Holt St Newtown (actually Cherryred found it but was kind enought for me to take this one :D).. i think this one is going to become addictive!! Difficulty: 1 Terrian: 1 SkAttA BrAiNs Found almost finished my retail therapy with Cherryred, cross the road and what are we standing on... another SSM :D Corner of Enmore Road and Phillip St: #52070 Terrian: 1 Deifficuty: 1 Cherryred Found NE corner of High St at Anzac Pde, Kensington. #153977 Terrain: 1 Difficulty: 1 Muggle count: few hundred at the bus stop down the road. Cherryred Found On the bend in the road of Anzac Pde, Kensington. #141141 Terrain: 1 Difficulty: 1 Cherryred Found Anzac Pde south of Doncaster Ave. #153976 Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Cherryred Found On the median strip of Todman Ave at Anzac Pde, Kensington. #59251 Difficulty: 3 (see where I was perched! There was traffic whooshing each side - and my scarf got caught on someone's side mirror. Very scary for a moment). Terrain: 2 (it's on a median strip!) Cherryred Found Lenthall St nr Todman Ave, Kensington. # 114439 Difficulty: 2 (in the gutter - and a car ran over it just as I retrieved my GPSr.) Terrain: 1 Cherryred Found Corner of Lenthall St at McDougall St, Kensington. #114438 Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Cherryred Found Corner of Lenthall St and Virginia St, Kensington. #114437 Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Cherryred Found SW corner of the intersection of Baker St and Virginia St, Kensington. There's a little kids' playground at this intersection. #59241 Difficulty: 1 Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1801134711.jpg' align='left'></a> With not many caches to find locally anymore (none within 60km radius) I've got to look closer at the kerbs. On my way to a friend's found this SSM, 94697, on the corner of Balmaringa Pl and Illingari Cct, Taree West.<img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_991134711.jpg' align='right' ></a> <p>Difficulty: 11/2 (right on the road surface of the concrete kerb, cars zooming by) <br>Terrain: 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4631134814.jpg' align='left'></a>Another SSM in Taree West right on the road surface/concrete kerb - on High St/Edinburgh Dr: 15065<img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5561134814.jpg' align='right'></a><p> Difficulty: 1<br> Terrain: 1 stringy Found While my dad went to the real estate nearby I thought I might log this SSM nearby.1/1. Is in Griffith. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4456'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6541122527.jpg'></a> stringy Found After walking around a block waiting for pizza I stumbled on this SSM. 1/1 Can't recall the street it was on. Forgot the date so I just did the 1st of October Is in Broken Hill <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4445'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4911120529.jpg'></a> WanderingAus Found Found #42093 just a couple of metres from the GZ for GCJMY3 The Thousand Lightyear Stare by Drunken Gunmen. Unfortunately I didn't find that cache despite a thorough search, but this was a nice consolation. T4TH Swampgecko Keith Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4611097064.jpg' align="left"></a>Going around Tinonee the next one in this series is 139646, on a concrete kerb on Caparra Close, outside of number (__4m accuracy). Terrain = 1 Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8361093762.jpg' align="left">Hey I missed one (139644), and logged this one next anyway - 139645. On a concrete kerb on the corner of Caparra Close and Peveril St, Tinonee. As I was photographing and marking on the GPSr the waypoint the owner was driving out and asked if I was OK. "Yeah we're fine thanks." Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_4201093762.jpg' align="right"> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_7611097066.jpg' align="left"> </a>SSM 139658 is the closest to my home on the concrete kerb of 69 Peveril St, Tinonee (we're 73 Peveril St). This went in, like the rest of this particular series about 2-3 years ago, when there was some more house plans and development going through Greater Taree City Council. As we walked around Tinonee my wife and I were surprised to see how many were installed. Terrain = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8571097066.jpg' align="right"></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9341097065.jpg' align="left">SSM 139657 is on the concrete kerb on Claxton St, on the corner of Bucketts Way/Beecher St, Tinonee.<a/> Terrain = 1<img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_911097065.jpg' align="right"></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_7651093620.jpg' align="left">A few more to log for Tinonee yet. This is for SSM 139643, which was placed about 2-3 years ago (along with some 12 others). On a concrete kerb on Washington Street, Tinonee, near the Gollan St corner. Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9361093620.jpg' align="right"><br clear="left"> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1281093579.jpg' align="left">In readiness for going to Port Macquarie for younger son's birthday bash tomorrow we decided to warm up the new GPSr on some Survey Markers here in Tinonee. Would love to know if anyone can better 20+ within a kilometer of their home!! The first one to be logged is: 139642, on a concrete kerb on the corner of Beecher St and Washington St, outside of the Earth Angels Child Care Centre. Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8991093579.jpg' align="right"></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_9221097067.jpg' align="left"></a> SSM 88251 is the first SSM I noticed when we were looking around Tinonee, some 5 years ago, while researching where we would buy and build. It is in the concrete kerb on the corner of Peveril and Claxton Streets. The occupant of the corner house shown in the photo (8 Claxton St) was the late Joan Corner - deceased August '08. Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6111097067.jpg' align="right"></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_401097111.jpg' align="left"></a>This SSM 68751 is in Burdett St, Tinonee on a concrete kerb. Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_6701097111.jpg' align="right"></a> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5001097116.jpg' align="left"></a>SSM 68744 is in the cul-de-sac of Webster Close, in Tinonee, in the concrete kerb. Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1021097116.jpg' align="right"> Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_1981097117.jpg' align="left">This SSM 95994 was the closest marker when I did my own 'linen plan' for the contours of our block. (In the end it wasn't used anyway, but it was fun.) It's on Peveril St, Tinonee in the concrete kerb, outside of Phil Burton's Signwriting business. Terrain Rating = 1 <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_8781097117.jpg' align="right"></a> murf Found While walking back from the recent local election I discovered this one right near my house... It took me a week to get around to getting out and logging it, but it was a very easy Terrain 1 when I did! richary Found Finding a cache today I came across one of these. This is on Cape Banks, at the northern entrance to Botany Bay in Sydney. Certainly some great views from here as well. #15028. Terrain = 2. WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 124 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia. I dropped the GeoChallenger in Condell Park to get a new catalytic converter fitted and looked at the GPS to see if there were any caches nearby. Nearest was GCK4D3 Plane Talk by Sky Dog, 2.82 CroKs away, but that would have been about 5 Km each way going around Bankstown Airport. GCQQG2 Salt Pan Creek Cycleway Scenic Stroll by Geo_Gadget_Guy was the next closest at 2.85 CroKs, with no great obstructions in the way, and it turned out to be just 3.35 Km each way. After reaching GZ and making an easy find I was returning to the muffler shop and with about 670 metres to go I spotted mark number 146772 right at my feet as I was about to cross Mons Street on Eldridge Road Bankstown. My find No 927, Terrain definitely 1. T4TH Swampgecko/Tronador Keith stringy Found Knowing that there was a SSM nearby where my music lesson is and having my gps with me I thought I might log it. There was a really nice sunset nearby as well. Corner of Wynter st and Manchester street I think. Rating: 1/1 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4159'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_5711060102.jpg'></a> Nilbog_Aus Found 1/1 #91659 on the approach to the Harbour Bridge. Where the trams used to cross over the car traffic. Wonder if it is some remnant? Nilbog_Aus Found #50199 1/1 Another close to the first. Cherryred Found This is #153448 which is just on the edge of the road on Balfour Rd near Todman Ave, Kensington. D2 T1 - a little bit hard to take an averaged reading and leave your GPSr on the road for a photo opportunity as cars drive by. Sure got a few strange looks, too. Cherryred Found After mouthing off about the ease in which I spot these, it became apparent over the next few weeks that the two I remember clearly are nowhere near where I travel, and since then I've passed another half dozen when not equipped with either camera, GPSr or even a pen to write a reminder to myself. Thus, I am pleased to report my first loggable find - #103620 on the road edge of Terry Rd near Marlow Ave, Denistone - a street I've walked up many times, but always on the other side until now. D1 T1 normally, but if you're coming from the train station and it's boiling hot, freezing cold or you're carrying a school backpack (which accounts for 80% of the time I've walked this way) then it's D1 T4. Pensive Travellers Found NSW State Survey Marker #8259. At the base of the flag pole at the Nelson Head Light House, I found this NSW State Survey Marker whilst logging a nearby GC.com cache (GC1A7Q4). Terrain Rating: 1 easy walk up a couple of steps onto a lovely lawn. Pensive Travellers Found Found this survey marker whilst logging a cache within 5m of the marker itself. Didn't take a photo of my GPS with the marker, so I hope the owner of this cache doesn't delete the log on me. The gallery of photos shows the view from the location though. Pretty spectacular really. The location is the Nelson Bay lookout, just as you drive into Nelson Bay on the left. The marker number is #8720. Terrain Rating: 1.5 a little tricky for a wheelchair ascent, but possible. CacheUsIfYouCan! Found Found this next to Black Burley (GC158JD). Terrain was a 1.5, the same as the nearby cache. Will post picture. Shifter Brains Found Weren't sure where we would locate a State Survey Mark when we noticed one right outside Mrs Shifter's work. They even made it very easy to locate. Located on the concrete centre of a bus turning area in Narara NSW. Rating for this 1/1.5. stringy Found While finding some Harrington gecaches I found this one near one geocache. I will rate this one 1/1.5, because you have to walk along way. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/3595'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_223958921.jpg'></a> steptoe Found Terrain 5 - but only if you are under 12cm tall, otherwise T1, D1. On the corner, a block from home, only really noticed it when passing as it was in use for a survey at the time. (almost forgot to attach the pic - that's what I get for logging this find on the PC that cant read the memory-stick). stringy Found While going to find the Geocaches in Paramatta park, I found tis one along the road. This is 1 terrain, 1 difficulty. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/3541'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0094/thumbs/tn_124953176.jpg'></a> Roostaman Found Excellent. Found one, it helps to have had a list handy prior just in case you wanted to do a multi based on all the marks around town..... Rating only 1/1 for this easy one minute find. Thanks for the cache listing, Roostaman. Cherryred Note &*^#*(!!*^&, do you know how many of these I see now that I've learnt how to USE theodolites and total stations?! They're bloody everywhere! Expect a dozen logs from me in the near future ;) GA1094 Deo Geo Cache Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1094 Deo Geo Cache Geocache Geocache Deo Geo Cache Grahame Cookie Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 This locationless, almost everywhere cache, is to celebrate our attendance, regular or otherwise, to a place of worship, <b>AND</b> our willingness to share our knowledge of geocaching with someone there! This is NOT the site for logging all churches* you go past; for that, go to '<a href="http://www.waymarking.com/groups/details.aspx?f=1&guid=a34c9763-5da4-4f4c-90f6-491e4308701d&lat=-34.291583&lon=150.931283&t=6" target="_blank">Waymarking.com</a>' and you can do as many waymarks as you wish. To log a <b>note</b>: take a photo of your GPSr in the scene, or, a photo of yourself in front of the church*. You need to give the coordinates of the building as part of the logging process. This log is for when you didn't share anything about geocaching with others there, even though it was a memorable occasion, e.g., wedding.<p> To log a <b>find</b>: Describe how you got into a conversation about geocaching or how you use your GPSr. Mention if it is the church* you regularly attend, or the reason you're attending (Wedding, Easter, Christmas, funeral, etc). It should be easy to get a photo of yourself (whether you want to include your GPSr in the photo is up to you) in front of the church*. Include the coordinates. Have you had any takers for geocaching? <p> Maybe you could mention in opening a discussion on caching with others, a verse like: <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:19-21;&version=31" target="_blank">Matthew 6:19-21</a> (don't store treasures on earth, but in heaven), <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2029:13;&version=31" target="_blank">Jeremiah 29:13</a>, (when you seek with all your heart you will find Me) or <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013:44&version=31" target="_blank">Matthew 13:44</a> (when a man found a treasure hidden in a field he hid it again); or just explain how satellites 20,000km above the earth help you navigate around this world finding hidden treasures, for example. A lot of church youth groups would appreciate a good role model with experience in the outdoors showing an interest in something they have in common.<br>If you are just visiting the Church* you are logging, I would appreciate a mention if you were able to get to any caches on your visit. And, if it is your regular Church*, mention how many caches are close by. <p> * The term 'Church', includes all buildings of worship; but, not weddings just in the outdoors. I will be happy to accept your logs from around the world (especially if you have to attend weddings in a church outside of Oz.) SG-3 Found Ta Da! Yes, SG-3 is a regular attendee and member of the Rosny Congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! I teach a Sunday School class of 10 to 15 wonderful, bright, struggling eighteen to thirty-year-olds, who have had to endure many a Geocaching analogy in their class. For example, how our reception from the Heavens is effected by where we situate ourselves- we cannot expect great reception if we spend our lives under "dense foliage"! I've also shared some of my "ventures into the wilderness" from the pulpit, to illustrate the fact that although we have the logs/experiences of others to help us avoid pitfalls (read "cliffs separating you from the cache") we can still find ourselves thinking that we know best! There are quite a few caches near by - most of them mine! Hope this is what you are after, and thanks for the cache! R0gue Found Not many church-going geocachers, huh? I finally managed to remember to take a photo at church today so I could log this cache. This is my church, Clarkson Seventh-day Adventist church. There is at least 1 other geocacher who attends here, however I didn't find this out until I turned up for a nearby cache which was at his house, and he answered the door! I have chatted to other church members about geocaching. It's easy to get into the conversation with them, when they wonder why you are getting changed after church and what you are up to. No-one has taken it up yet, though they are interested, especially families with kids who like to go 4WDing. There's not too many caches right nearby, but there are a few which involve a couple km walk through sanddunes. We have lots of that around here - sand. urch Found I hope this qualifies as a 'find'. This is my regular church - St Johns Lutheran Church in Northbridge, Perth. This photo is a family gathering for the baptism of our Grandson. All of those in this photo have had discussion with me at various times regarding geocaching, but sadly none have taken the step to register yet. However, at least half of the people here have been on at least one cache outing with me at different times. There are only about 6 caches in the inner city area of Perth. One I would recommend is The Impossible Triangle, GC1BQE8. Thanks for the opportunity to log this, Grahame Cookie. GA1079 Sandy Creeks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1079 Sandy Creeks Geocache Geocache Sandy Creeks penguiny Locationless Locationless Locationless Locationless Other 1 1 How many Sandy Creeks are out there? Once upon a time, I knew a man who, whenever anyone asked him where he was from, would say that he was from Sandy Creek.&nbsp; He was from Serbia, but would say &quot;Sandy Creek&quot; as some sort of unfunny joke (that he found <em>very </em>funny) as there appears to be Sandy Creeks all over the place.<br /> <br /> So just how many are there?<br /> <br /> To log this cache, all you need to do is:<br /> 1) find a creek that is named &quot;Sandy Creek&quot;, <br /> 2) log the coordinates, and <br /> 3) post a photo of you, or something semi-amusing standing in front of your chosen Sandy Creek sign. Fuddley Found On a run to grab some ftf today we came across Sandy Creek, on the road from Bundaberg to Moore Park Beach. Grabbed a quick pic before continuing on to claim 4 ftfs for the day. By the way there is not much of a creek at this Sandy Creek WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by