GCA Caches in New South Wales Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au Geocaching Australia 2009-09-02T04:02:44+10:00 2009-08-26T00:00:00.000Z GA1572 Echuca Wharf Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1572 Echuca Wharf Geocache Geocache Echuca Wharf WazzaAndWenches Echuca East New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 2

A view of Echuca Wharf

<img width="920" height="457" align="middle" alt="" src="http://www.railwayhouse.com.au/echucawharf.jpg" />   This cache has been placed for no reason other than to encourage cachers to get that perfect shot of a well known relic of days gone by. Early morning with the mists rising from the water can make for quite dramatic images. Please feel free to post a copy of your favorite photo when you log your find (or DNF, as the case may be).     Follow the defined path from the slip-way right to the end at the riverbank. Head upstream about seven meters. Its in a stump at the top of the bank. 2009-08-26T00:00:00Z WazzaAndWenches Other After a lot of time spent finding a decent image for the cache page, the cache is now published. Venture forth and find it :-) 2009-08-23T00:00:00.000Z GA1567 Blue Bottle Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1567 Blue Bottle Geocache Geocache Blue Bottle Team Beechmere Sutherland New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 2.5

Blue Bottle, Sutherland Shire

After finding our 3rd cache today at Engadine, Team Beechmere decided to hide their 3rd in return.    M10 and I went to the local hardware shop and decided that a slim blue thermos bottle (only $13) was perfectly suitable for our new cache.   We stuffed it with a small zip-bag, logbook sheets (hastily written), pen, and a couple of very minor swap items (key-ring clip, sealed nailfile). M10 and I then set off for a local walking track at the back of the Woronora Cemetary. Not finding a suitable hiding place, we were about to give up and go home as it was getting late.  We decided to check out a well defined side track and came across some natural features with some potential places to hide a cache of our size.  Within a few seconds we had found the perfect spot. This cache can be enjoyed by geo-kids, but please ensure they stay close by.  The bush is thick in places, but the Ground Zero location is close enough to the established path.   Use the hint if you have trouble with a GPS signal.    Further down the hill, you'll find another well used walking track.  Turn right and it will lead you back up to the playing fields and civilization  Ground Level 2009-08-26T00:00:00Z Barra Found This was my first ever... Excellent. I am learning all the time 2009-08-23T00:00:00Z beechmere Other 2009-08-21T00:00:00.000Z GA1564 Man Hole Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1564 Man Hole Geocache Geocache Man Hole Hardtail Faulconbridge New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 3.5

This cache will require a bit of DIY bushing. Just follow your GPS and take the path of least resistance.  You can drive to within 600m of the cache (as the crow flies, or as the GPS points). A  quick walk along the firetrail followed by a 20min bush bash will bring you to a spot you may like spend a little time exploring. If taking geokiddies take it slow and keep a watchful eye at GZ. Hope you enjoy. Happy caching. You must be up on top to enter the man hole 2009-08-21T00:00:00Z hardtail Other 2009-08-04T00:00:00.000Z GA1547 Kosciuszko Express Snow Cam Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1547 Kosciuszko Express Snow Cam Geocache Geocache Kosciuszko Express Snow Cam Camstal Thredbo Village New South Wales Australia Webcam Other 1 2

Don't Freeze to Death while you're Smiling for the Photo! At the start of 2009, I visited Thredbo and enjoyed it gratefully, so I decided to place a cache there but as Thredbo is in the Kosciuszko National Park, I wasn't allowed to place a physical cache there so I just took a set of co-ords near the Kosciuszko Express Chairlift so I could set a virutal up on GCA.  Until I discovered the webcam at the location of the co-ords... You can find the webcam <a href="http://ski.com.au/snowcams/australia/nsw/thredbo/thredbo5.html">here</a>. Beware though the webcam only updates itself every 10 minutes so you may have to wait a couple of minutes to see yourself on the webcam and it is only available from 7am-5pm Each Day.  To claim a find you must be in the photo with either a sign with the Geocaching Logo on it or with your GPSr. Have Fun at Thredbo!! (Apologies if the Co-ords are off a little bit...It would only pick up 3 bars!  Just stand next to the Chairlifts and you'll be seen...Look at the webcam page before you go posing if you don't get me!) 2009-08-05T00:00:00Z Camstal Other Published 2009-07-25T00:00:00.000Z GA1537 Tyagarah Rest Area Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1537 Tyagarah Rest Area Geocache Geocache Tyagarah Rest Area WaldenClan Tyagarah New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

Nice rest area on the Pacific Highway

This is a drive by cache located at the Tyagarah Rest area, just north of the Byron Bay turnoff.  The area has toilets, picnic tables and a small play area for the kids. It is also opposite the Tyagarah Air Strip where light planes come and go, and you will often see parachutists slowly floating back to earth. The cache has room for small swaps. You'll need a pen ( i forgot to put one in it). The rest area is accessable to both north and southbound travellers.     In fork of tree 2009-08-28T00:00:00Z petan Found Stopped here for a driver change. Glad to see these kinds of rest areas and nice that there was a cache to find as well. TFTC 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z wing6rider Found Crystal warrior and I were on our way to Byron Bay for a holiday. It was a short detour to find this new cache. We arrived in the dark and searched by torchlight. Found with ease, logged as FTFs (joint). TFTC 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z Crystal Warrior Found Found with Wing6Rider on our way to Byron. Quick detour for a joint first to find. TFTC 2009-07-26T00:00:00Z WaldenClan Other Good to go :-) 2009-07-23T00:00:00.000Z GA1533 What A View! Of Bungay? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1533 What A View! Of Bungay? Geocache Geocache What A View! Of Bungay? stringy Bootawa New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

Love the view or not

Another one of those great silent lookouts as such hidden away down lonely roads. This one of course down Abbotts Road. Just Take a picture of yourself, your GPS or both. Enjoy! The View <img alt="" src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1533/606.jpg" /> 2009-07-28T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 1705 And able to get a photo, just. Hadn't been down this road before, just past it many times. 2009-07-23T00:00:00Z stringy Other Al good too go. 2009-07-23T00:00:00.000Z GA1534 Hoppin Wallabies @ Bootawa Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1534 Hoppin Wallabies @ Bootawa Geocache Geocache Hoppin Wallabies @ Bootawa stringy Bootawa New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 2 1

Log a Wallaby

There's heaps of Wallabies here but where? Well these co-ords are not just there they are there because the Wallabies are most likely there. In the morning. There is boundaries for the geocache. Must be inside these roads.  1. Must be in Bootawa. 2. Inside the roads The Bucketts Way from Tinonee to Gloucestor Road and then too the Manning River Then the Manning River to Brushy Cutting Lookout. Then along the Tinonee Wingham Road to Tinonee. 3. Must have GPS in the photo of the Wallaby and the co-ords of where you took it. Enjoy.   Be quick with your Camera. 2009-07-28T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note Out there on dark, but the only wallabies to be seen were closer to some of the other caches in the area. Maybe another day/evening 2009-07-23T00:00:00Z stringy Other all good to go 2009-07-22T00:00:00.000Z GA1530 The View of Killawarra Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1530 The View of Killawarra Geocache Geocache The View of Killawarra stringy Bootawa New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1.5

Such a great view.

This is the first Virtual geocache in the manning Valley I have always loved this lookout (secret one) and I want too share it with other geocachers. All you have too do is take a picture of your GPS or yourself or both enjoy.  <img alt="" src="http://garmin.geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1530/168.jpg" /> 2009-07-28T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 1730 A bit dark to get a good photo, but the clouds were interesting. Thanks Stringy. 2009-07-22T00:00:00Z stringy Other Alll good too go. 2009-07-21T00:00:00.000Z GA1548 Swan Lake Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1548 Swan Lake Geocache Geocache Swan Lake Team Beechmere Cudmirrah New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 2

This is an easy cache for kids to find. It's a vegemite jar, so the yellow lid may give it away. Also, it's glass, so please don't drop it.

It won't take you long to log this cache. 2009-08-14T00:00:00Z Tuena Found Found this cache in it's lovely setting at 8 o'clock this morning. This is my first FTF for a GCA traditional cache & the first time I have been to Swanhaven, Cudmirah & Berrara, despite living in the Shoalhaven for 30 odd years. I should visit my own backyard more often as the scenery here is supberb. I had morning tea near the boat shed at Sussex Inlet & built up my bank of Locationless caches. Took a tee, left a piece of polished Unakite. Thanks very much. 2009-08-09T00:00:00Z beechmere Other 2009-07-19T00:00:00.000Z GA1538 Jugiong overview Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1538 Jugiong overview Geocache Geocache Jugiong overview The Spindoctors Jugiong New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

A nice spot to stop on the Hume Hwy and enjoy the view.

This cache container has had an interesting history. Originally it was placed in Royal National Park and was collected by a ranger. The owner is now living in the US, so we collected it on his behalf. It was then rebirthed in the Blue Mountains on what we thought was crown land. So third time a charm for this cache. The cache sits next to a lookout above the tiny town of Jugioing and the Murrumbidgee River. Before the mid-1990's, motorists had to travel through this 'quiet' town. Often I would be stuck behind a truck attempting to overtake another truck up this hill heading southbond) travelling no more than 20 km/h. Those were the days. Today it is a much quieter town. It's a nice spot to stop if you're tired of Maccas and other chain rest stops. BTW - Cricketer and commentator Richie Benaud first went to school here. Under the log in front of the sign. 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z Mick_d Found A good easy find on the way to Gundagai great view wet cold and windy but worth the stop 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z scotty_308 Found Nice views from up here. Spent many a summer day down in that river 2009-07-31T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found FTF.Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1620 on the way to the Geocaching NSW 2009 AGM.Had to stop for this cache as like for so many the area was very familiar.In the early 1980's baby used to visit here for different reasons as this was the place so many travellers stopped and required help with their health.Chest Pains, Lacerations, Burns from exploding gas bottles and fuel containers,and other minor and sundry ailments.Then most times it was a quick run to Gundagai trying to negotiate at night and by day some very heavy traffic.The cache was there and easy to find so we signed the log and after a look from the elevated ground continued ever eastwards.Tnx The Spindoctors. 2009-07-26T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Other 2009-07-06T00:00:00.000Z GA1515 GEOC2010 - Higher Education 2nd year Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1515 GEOC2010 - Higher Education 2nd year Geocache Geocache GEOC2010 - Higher Education 2nd year c.j.b North Lambton New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 2 1.5

A hopefully sneakily-hidden microcache within line-of-sight of the University of Newcastle Physics Department...

...where they have desktop masers and deathrays just waiting to be accidentally aimed into the surrounding neighbourhood by clumsy undergraduates. I know, because I was one of them. The area used to be apart of a much larger Birmingham Lookout Reserve, until the side of the hill facing the University disappeared in the late 1980s... hmm. Note: You cannot reach the cache from the University (where you'll be made to pay for parking). This was GC168AD@gc.com, but I've moved it off the site due to harassment from a manic score-hunter JABs insisting I provide caches for him. aim high and reach for a dream 2009-08-30T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found A nice hide. 2009-07-29T00:00:00Z The-Don Found 2009-07-10T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Did some revision of first year to complete 2nd year. Thanks CJB 2009-07-06T00:00:00Z cjb Other Back in action. 2009-06-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1486 Ace in the Hole Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1486 Ace in the Hole Geocache Geocache Ace in the Hole The 3 Investigators Darling Harbour New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 3 1

A cleverly camouflaged cache on the Darling Habour side of the city.

This cache is located in a history-rich area of Sydney. Market Street was once a main traffic thoroughfare linked to the Pyrmont Bridge. <center> <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1486/611.jpg" alt="" /> Source: <a href="http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_3.cfm?itemid=4500349&imageid=4500930"> Heritage NSW</a></center> The bridge has since been converted into a pedestrian facility towering over Darling Harbour, with an elevated monorail. All that's left near the cache location is one of the bridge pylons. Also of historical note is the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.shfa.nsw.gov.au/sydney-About_us-Our_heritage_role-Heritage_and_Conservation_Register.htm&objectid=4500425">Corn Exchange building</a> on the corner of Sussex and Market streets. <center> <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1486/351.jpg" alt="" /> Corn Exchange Building, c1900 Source: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_3.cfm?itemid=4500349&imageid=4500929">Heritage NSW</a></center> The building has gone through numerous uses over the years, including a commerce centre, Japanese department store, travel agency and a software company (who have <a target="_blank" href="http://www.atlassian.com/about/values.jsp">a video</a> showing the inside of the building). <center> <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1486/846.jpg" alt="" /> Corn Exchange in 1983, Source: Heritage NSW</center>   <center> <img src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1486/102.jpg" alt="" /> Corn Exchange 2008</center> Why all this historical interest? Well, the cache location is in the photographs and the pictures are useful in one of the hints below. Cache Information The cache is cleverly camouflaged, so here are some hints to help you find it: <ul> <li>The cache is the size of two decks of playing cards — enough space for a logbook and some geocoins</li> <li>Part of the cache is in full view</li> <li>There's no need to rise as high as Mayor of Sydney to find this cache — it's in a handy location, easily reachable by children</li> <li>GZ is away from traffic, and there's no need to search amongst dirt nor grass</li> <li>Photographic hint: The location didn't exist in 1900</li> </ul> Cache Souvenir As a souvenir to remember this cache, each Finder is invited to take one of the enclosed Playing Cards, which have a picture of the Sydney Opera House on the back. Where Square meets Round 2009-08-26T00:00:00Z Kunama Found Found at 16:46. Alas there was no ace in the deck, but the one in the hole was an excellent hide and fooled me for a good few minutes. Took ladybug; left dice. 2009-08-25T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found Nice quick find on a windy but warm winters day. I'd examined the pictures pretty closely before I headed off which made it pretty easy. Nice job on the hide... good one. Its been a while since I'd done a GA Cache TFTCSL [8D] 2009-08-22T00:00:00Z jrotenstein Note Pictures disappeared from cache listing due to a change in the GCA URL path. Now fixed! 2009-07-17T00:00:00Z tronador Found What a fantastic cache. Exactly as the description said. Walked up to it, grabbed it and walked off with it to sign the log. Put it back with not a muggle in sight. It's great to see the CBD with some really ingenious hides. 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z aussicache Found Found at night while on a walk to Darling Harbour. This is one of the best well thought out caches I have found. TFTCSL. Well worth finding. 2009-07-12T00:00:00Z smerrall Found There were plenty of details in the cache description and this narrowed thins down considerably. Looking at everything with an open mind soon revealed an incongruity and then the cache itself. Very nicely placed. 2009-07-10T00:00:00Z pwags Found Found this cleverly hidden cache this afternoon, as my milestone 400th combined GC/GCA find. Woo-hoo! A well-constructed container, had me searching for a while. Many thanks for this one. TNLNSL. 2009-06-24T00:00:00Z Cherryred Found At first I wandered around in circles while my GPSr send me crossing the street and back. "Bugger it," I thought, and put the gizmo away and used my cachey-senses and over-analysing skills to put my hand on the prize. Excellent cache - it's a perfect fit. I nearly had a heart attack when I put it back the wrong way up and finding it didn't fit as a muggle walked by; I am so glad I have a huge scarf for obscuring things. 2009-06-19T00:00:00Z Hunter/Finder Found Yahoo My First to Find A simple yet fiendishly cunning cache with a bit of history thrown in as well. Well done "The 3 Investigators", another great cache. [_:)] Took the First to Find Card [:D] Signed Log Hunter/Finder 2009-06-18T00:00:00Z jrotenstein Other Cache published on GCA. 2009-06-07T00:00:00.000Z GA1477 Hawks Nest Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1477 Hawks Nest Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache Hawks Nest Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Hawks Nest New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one.   Hawks Nest beach is a little gem, hidden away from all the tourist and packed full of surf and adventure. There is something for everyone here, Beautiful Shells, dingoes, lookout walk, fishing and of course the surf. We love it here and we want to share it with you all.   To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS   2009-06-07T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rocknroll 2009-05-31T00:00:00.000Z GA1474 The 3 Sisters Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1474 The 3 Sisters Geocache Geocache The 3 Sisters postman Pat Tamworth South New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 1.5 1.5

Three poles of Wood

These are a wood sculptures on 3 poles. they are carved out with a chain saw and the splinters are there so be carefull.   not the tallest 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z gd___ Found One last try for a FTF, but someone beat me to it. Guess I'l have to settle for a first to log. Nice poles though and would be plenty of muggles about during the day. TFTC. 2009-05-31T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other published 2009-05-30T00:00:00.000Z GA1473 The Long way around Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1473 The Long way around Geocache Geocache The Long way around postman Pat Westdale New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

road upgrades

As with most things in life some things stay on track and some get bypassed this is one of the things that get bypassed. at the base 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z gd___ Found With the night becoming warmer than it was all day I decided a couple more caches were in order before heading south so I decided to head down this way and see if these caches had been found this weekend. This one wasn't so another *FTF* for me, yay. Another great cache. Thanks PP. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other Publishing 2009-05-27T00:00:00.000Z GA1470 Dorsett Vale Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1470 Dorsett Vale Geocache Geocache Dorsett Vale postman Pat Ogunbil New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

And old School

Here is anothe school shut due to advancment in travell as you will see it has been closed for a long time (before the war) I think that there was also a house here to ar maybe the school house was used as a house for some time after the school closed I am still ooking for more detail for this location as I was  going to put this cache near the dam. But You would neet to travel thru private property so I retreeted back along the road, to this location I had spotted it along the road on the way in and though it would be a good location to fall back on. This might have you stumped 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found I decided that as I was so close and probably wouldn't come back this way soon I should head out and grab another *FTF* even though I would end up a little late for the Rocket Man event. Well worth the drive, it's shame we can't preserve history like this in better condition. Thanks. 2009-05-30T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other published 2009-05-27T00:00:00.000Z GA1468 Spill ya Gutts Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1468 Spill ya Gutts Geocache Geocache Spill ya Gutts postman Pat Nundle New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2

Tthe best parking spot is here S31 20.720 E151 08.539

Tthis Cache is on the lower side of the Dam it is along side of the spillway so stay out of it as it opens automaticly with no warning there is no need to go near it apart from Curosity(but we all know what happend to the cat :-O ) the best parking spot is here S31 20.720 E151 08.539 follow the track thru the fence opening up against it 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found *FTF* on the way to Rocket man. Nice spot but wouldn't want to get caught in the spill way. Thanks Postman Pat 2009-05-27T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other Another cache for the event 2009-05-27T00:00:00.000Z GA1469 Buckmans Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1469 Buckmans Geocache Geocache Buckmans postman Pat Niangala New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

This Memorial Comemorates the life of one Australias Pioneers who is reported to have opened up much of in land Auatralia to log this cache you will need to send me a Email with the place of his final resting point which is NEXT to his wife. There are two places please take note of the one with his wife!!! 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Very interesting piece of history that I would never have found on my own, thanks for bringing me here. *FTF* 2009-05-27T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other just published this Cache 2009-05-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1458 What am I? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1458 What am I? Geocache Geocache What am I? Sam Spam Kootingal New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

Can You Identify these animal made from steel? there are 2 of them From Greek mythology? 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found Finally getting around to logging this Cache. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Soptted this one during the Rocket Man event, and spoke witht he owner to get the OK to log. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Shifter Brains had already been to this cache earlier in the day and as they were leading the way it required a quick look on the way past. Thanks for taking me here. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z livinglife Found Found easily, interesting advertising 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Sam Spam Other This is a Cache set up for dads Event. 2009-05-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1459 Coach and Horse Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1459 Coach and Horse Geocache Geocache Coach and Horse G O T G Kootingal New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

This is a Tavern reputed to have been frequented by some of the biggest highway men in australia in the 1800's to log this cache please supply the person and the date that listed for the refurbishment.The information is on the sign just in side the fence on the side street it is to obvious but if you have trouble give the name of the first owners 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found YAY, my eyes are fim i cannot see. Alomst fell over the fence trying to read the signs. 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found Finally getting around to logging this Cache. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Loved the old building, obtained the required information and spoke to the owner during the Rocket Man event. Thanks G O T G 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found The tavern wasn't open but we didn't have enough time to stop anyway. Pesky and I struggled to read the sign in the faiding light but managed to get the required info eventually. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z livinglife Found Thanks for the cache 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z G O T G Other This is a cache Dad set up for me. 2009-05-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1453 Bridge 6 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1453 Bridge 6 Geocache Geocache Bridge 6 postman Pat Bendemeer New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

<div class="cache_description"> This cache is in a location with earlier generation of bridges for the New England Highway the cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin and should not be hard to find.Be Carefull on the Bridge as the Guard rails are missing and it is along drop to the rocks. </div> Next to concreate and can be reached from the road deck 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found as part of a rocket building exercise. late at night, cold at night, what else do you do? 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found We were so close for the FTF - only seconds away to be beaten by gd___. We were distracted by the FTF that we forgot to get te code works from this one. Thanks Postman Pat 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found At least this bridge is easier to find than the others. With an FTF up for grabs everyone was looking furiously until I walked past Shifter Brains and grabbed the cache only meters away and the *FTF* was mine. Thanks PP. 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other Another one for the Event 2009-05-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1454 Bridge 7 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1454 Bridge 7 Geocache Geocache Bridge 7 Postman Pat Bendemeer New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 2.5

<div class="cache_description"> This is the another in the Bridge series this cache is in a location with earlier generation of bridges for the New England Highway the cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin and should not be hard to find.This Bridge was bypassed in the 1980's when the new road was built and it bypassed all of Bendameer. Be carefull when walking on the old road deck as the terain is very uneven.    </div> If you can touch concreate you are to high against the wall 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found as part of a rocket building exercise. late at night, cold at night, what else do you do? 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found There was a race for the FTF for this cache - Mr Shifter located it and was walking around with it until Pesky spotted him and tried to take it. A good cache location, thanks Postman Pat. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found With everyone racing for the FTF on this one I rolled the dice and went to the other side of the river. By the time the GPS confirmed this to be the wrong approach and I made it back to the other side the cache had been found by Shifter Brains. 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other Another one for the event 2009-05-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1455 Bridge 8 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1455 Bridge 8 Geocache Geocache Bridge 8 Postman Pat Woolbrook New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

<div class="cache_description"> cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin This is the another in the Bridge series this cache is in a location with earlier generation of bridges for the New England Highway the cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin and should not be hard to find. </div> You Can Reach it from the road Deck 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found as part of a rocket building exercise. late at night, cold at night, what else do you do? 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found A good hide, with FTF for us after tramping through the long grass in the dark, and Maverick4x4 directing us from the roadside as to where the old road was. Thanks Postman Pat 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found We could see what looked like a bridge but the way to get to it was harder to see. Once the path was spotted things became easier. Thanks again PP 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other another one for the event 2009-05-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1452 I'll be stuffed Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1452 I'll be stuffed Geocache Geocache I'll be stuffed postman Pat Kootingal New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 1 1.5

just Look around and see why

one of the locals is a driver for a skip waste bin Company. If he sees an interesting toy he will put it on his fence but the some others have also donated some as well.Unfortunatley some of the local Hoons have seen fit to destroy alot of them so it looks untidy at times. Speed is the Key 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found oooh area fifty -one, perhaps. TNLNSL 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Found in the dark so we didn't see all the stuffed toys until we turned around. Very interesting, I wonder how many there are. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Found the cache without any problems then found the interesting fence while doing a U-turn. Thanks. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z livinglife Found Stopped and looked at collectors items for awhile, then found cache on dark 2009-05-14T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other Another Cache for the event 2009-05-09T00:00:00.000Z GA1451 Platypus Pond Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1451 Platypus Pond Geocache Geocache Platypus Pond WaldenClan Goonellabah New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

Located in the middle of Birdwing Butterfly Walk, is a pond that is fed by Tucki Tucki Creek. This area has abundant birdlife and has been known to be home to many Platypus. The Walking Track starts at Kadina St, 1st stop is Griffo's Birdwing Butterfly Gully GC11A3A and winds along the Tucki Tucki Creek until you reach the viewing platform at the end and Water Lillies GC1P03M.  There are multiple entry points along the track, so you can choose which place to enter. Cache is a small container with logbook and swaps Enjoy the walk.   2009-06-27T00:00:00Z Griffo Found A late afternoon walk after a busy day. A great spot with plenty of water running through the creek after the recent heavy rain. signed log. Tnln, tftc 2009-05-24T00:00:00Z WaldenClan Note Stopped by to check on this cache after the floods. All is fine. No water got up to the cache. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Renroc Found FTF Yipee that's me. :-) Thanks Walden Clan. Another one right on my doorstep. It is a great park. Found @0830 today. Lots of water hens but no platypus. This may well be Paddy's release point when my travel bug dog tags arrive. T highlighter L SES wristband. SL/TFTC A good cache for my 50th combined GC+GCA total. Renroc 2009-05-09T00:00:00Z WaldenClan Other Published 2009-03-30T00:00:00.000Z GA1429 Sandstone Stash Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1429 Sandstone Stash Geocache Geocache Sandstone Stash Biloela Balmain New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

You'll need to catch a ferry to find this stash, and why not bring your sleeping bag for an overnight stay? The western views from the cache are great, rivalled only by views of an iconic landmark if you wander around a bit too look east instead. You'll hopefully find yourself contemplating some stunning Sydney scenery surrounded by metal hulks from the past. Not 100% on the coords as this is a first go and the site keeps changing my entry automatically... 2009-05-04T00:00:00Z Biloela Other 2009-05-04T00:00:00Z Biloela Found 2009-03-29T00:00:00.000Z GA1443 Black Head Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1443 Black Head Geocache Geocache Black Head stringy Red Head New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

Up here you can see a long way.

A container with a few swaps. Please be aware of muggles below. And people watching from the top. Generally easy cache. <img alt="" src="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/images/ga1443/2671545908.jpg" /> Bush! 2009-07-20T00:00:00Z TheWobblys Found Found this whilst having lunch at the nearby beach Easy find. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found Found this with The Don. An easy find. I parked the car and The Don walked off with the GPS and a couple of minutes came back with the cache while I attrached the attention of the nearby muggles. TFTC. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found Found this with The Don. An easy find. I parked the car and The Don walked off with the GPS and a couple of minutes came back with the cache while I attrached the attention of the nearby muggles. TFTC. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z The-Don Found Found it with The Cash Man. TFTC 2009-06-14T00:00:00Z Jammer181 Found Found on Sunday trip to Blackhead with wife and geo-kiddie. Great views from above pool. TNLN, TFTC 2009-05-17T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 1040 FTF in company of Fang Shaw. Yippee! Had forgotten my cache bag (been 'called out'), so only left a Betadine prep swab. TFTC Stringy. 2009-04-28T00:00:00Z stringy Other all good too go 2009-03-11T00:00:00.000Z GA1415 Amp it up Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1415 Amp it up Geocache Geocache Amp it up Postman Pat Kootingal New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 2.5

just another Cache

This is also a cache set up for the local scouts navigation course. Think Beaches and Bet Middler 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found therre will be blood, or there was. Mav couldnt see below his knees in the dark. ouch! took a bit of wrestleing giant spiders to locate the cache. good oen guys. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Took us a little while to locate in the dark, even more fun was finding the best access in the dark. Thanks Postman Pat 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Nice cache, we struggled to locate and GZ for a while with a bit of wandering around, then Pesky went to the right spot. Maverick4x4 had a small disagreement with a post on the way out too. 2009-05-25T00:00:00Z livinglife Found Other half went by GPS and was searching amongst trees, I said think about the clues and after a bit of looking I spotted it, well hidden. Went back to vehicle for pen and a young muggler would not leave us. TFTC 2009-03-11T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other published 2009-03-11T00:00:00.000Z GA1414 Get your Skates on Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1414 Get your Skates on Geocache Geocache Get your Skates on Postman Pat Kootingal New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

a standard small Cache

This Cache is primarilly set up as a Navigation Exersize tor the local Scout Troupe but Iv'e placed it as a standard Cache. About chest High 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found tops location, made even more fun by it being 3 degrees,and 10:00 at night! 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Located in the dark during the Rocket Man event, a good spot, we will need to return during daylight to have a look around. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Nice easy find with nobody skating around, we all walked straight to GZ together. Thanks 2009-05-25T00:00:00Z livinglife Found A quick find,TFTC 2009-03-11T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Other publisher today. 2009-02-05T00:00:00.000Z GA1391 Talawahl Junction Jive Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1391 Talawahl Junction Jive Geocache Geocache Talawahl Junction Jive Grahame Cookie Kings Creek New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 2.5

This geocache is at the junction of a couple of tracks that lead to Talawahl Mountain on NSW Mid-North Coast. It is also a stage for the multi-cache, Talawahl Two-Step. Why not take a couple of hours and find BOTH!

Trail bikes or 4wd would be the preferred way to access the very minor roads involved, otherwise it is a very long walk in. Come in from <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Possum Brush/Hillville Rd on Breckenridge Rd.</st1:address></st1:street> Park off the track at S32° 2.952’ E152° 22.530’. It is just a short walk downhill to the saddle where there are several roads that come in and intersect. The cache is very close to there. There is also the coordinates in the logbook for “Talawahl Two-Step” cache nearly a kilometre to the south. So, if you have a spare extra hour, have a go at climbing up the hill to get a regular sized cache. Between two trees, under a log, behind rocks. 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z sao57 Found We regularly mountain bike the hills around this area & visited Talawahl Mtn a few months back, not long before Cookie set this cache. Anyway, the lure was too great & we (Jammer181, SteveParaglider & I) returned today & added this FTF to our list. Came in off Possum Brush Rd & up Bull Hill via Southern Boundary Trail, went & grabbed the 2 caches in the area & then left via Breckenridges Rd, one of the best rides in the area. We also logged Talawahl Rest Area on the way back to the car so we had the Talawahl Trifecta. Thanks for the cache Cookie. 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z Jammer181 Found Found in company with Sao57 and Steve Paraglider. Great riding in this area as outlined by Sao57. Took purple frog and left eraser. 2009-02-06T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Other Ready for someone keen enough to drive and walk in! 2009-01-31T00:00:00.000Z GA1378 Doggy Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1378 Doggy Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache Doggy Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Dutchmans Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one.   Doggy Beach is a little hidden place used by the locals to walk their dogs. Its not that great for swimming but it is fantastic to walk the dog or to take your kids for some dog viewing. We havent currently got a dog and little Miss Madstars loves them, so most saturday mornings we take her here to visit some of her friends. If your a dog lover this is a great little beach. Enjoy   To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 15:20. Recognized this area as I was lucky enough to by the FTF The Shady Tree in Feb 2009. Thanks for bringing me back again. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1378/thumbs/tn_6761445285.jpg' align='left'></a>1100 Not the best day for photography, but great for caching. Saw more dogs elsewhere. Just one here - to the West, but the camera came up all blurry that direction for some reason. TFTC 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Met some nice locals along this beach although it was a miserable day 2009-01-31T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-31T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is really ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-31T00:00:00.000Z GA1379 Kite Flying Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1379 Kite Flying Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache Kite Flying Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Corlette New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one.   We really dont know the proper name for this beach becasue we always call it the Kite Flying Beach. If the wind is up it is strongest here and we go fly the kite. There is heaps of room and Little Miss Madstars loves to run around chasing the kite. The houses around here and the Marina just add that touch of glamour. I wish I had the money to own a house or two here. hahaha The park near buy is a huge plus, Little Miss Madstars just looooves it. So bring yourself a BBQ dinner, a few beers, the kids and a kite and have a wow of a time. Enjoy   To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 15:05. Great spot. Need a lotto win to stay at Peppers. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Nice beach .. The walk near this beach is amazing 2009-01-31T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-31T00:00:00.000Z GA1380 Fingal Beach - MADSTAR Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1380 Fingal Beach - MADSTAR Beach Series Geocache Geocache Fingal Beach - MADSTAR Beach Series MADSTARS Fingal Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one.   Fingal Beach is a great beach to come and spend the day if you want a little higher waves for the body boards. The beach sand is beautiful and white and the view is gorgeous. The amount of times we have seen whales go by while walking along the beach is countless. This is really a nice beach to visit.   To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS 2009-06-19T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 11:30am. Staying across the road for a week and this is my last cache before heading home. We have really enjoyed our stay even though the weather wasn't great. Thanks Madstars we will be back. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1380/thumbs/tn_6801448194.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1380/thumbs/tn_5091448194.jpg' align='right'>1430 Another nice beach. Hopefully better weather next time down. A few kite surfers here. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found A nice beach if it was a nice day ..Photo taken on a cold wet windy day A different perspective 2009-01-31T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cach is ready to rock and roll 2009-01-19T00:00:00.000Z GA1366 What is it? - MADSTARS MODERN ART SERIES Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1366 What is it? - MADSTARS MODERN ART SERIES Geocache Geocache What is it? - MADSTARS MODERN ART SERIES MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

All you have to do for this one is take a photo of the art and then describe what you think it is. This first piece is nice and easy and fun.  Give me your views of the work and what you think of it. I love all art, especially if it is placed throughout the public domain. I see this cache as a way to share the art I find with you. Enjoy Nelson Bay... MADSTARS the ART Critic If you didnt get the chance to see them in the bay, now is your chance. 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 16:15. A good piece of artwork depicting the dolphins that inhabit Port Stephens, that create tourist income and symbolize how clean the water ways are. Thanks. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1366/thumbs/tn_9531448196.jpg' align='left'></a>1545 Again, my interpretation is tainted by not 'cruisingaround' too much! It's ... obvious. Some of the dolphins are trying to get out of the way of the tour boats. 2009-02-14T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found To Us this looks like the waves that match part 2 of What is it !!!! Nice stroll around town in the morning <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5466'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1366/thumbs/tn_1361303390.jpg'></a> 2009-01-19T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other THis cache is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-19T00:00:00.000Z GA1367 What is it 2? - MADSTARS MODERN ART SERIES Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1367 What is it 2? - MADSTARS MODERN ART SERIES Geocache Geocache What is it 2? - MADSTARS MODERN ART SERIES MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

All you have to do to log this one is to take a photo and then explain what you think it represents. Different or strange angles of the art would be appreciated. This piece of art has always made me think and I have always wanted to place a cache here. But the gardens are delicate and the muggle activity huge. So the next best thing is a Virtual on GCA. Enjoy the art. MADSTARS the ART Critic... 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 16:25. Another good piece of artwork greeting visitors to Port Stephens. Personally I think it is depicting both dolphins and whales which are important draw cards for the tourist industry. I hope both continue to grow in numbers and the whales can live in peace. Thanks. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1367/thumbs/tn_6091448195.jpg' align='left'></a>1540 Ummmm ... Sorry MADSTARS, but this is my photographic interpretation of the intersection art. (Maybe I haven't been 'cruisingaround' enough). With salt spray on my glasses I thought I was seeing a bunch of pelicans in front of a coastal / hill diorama. Young Fang thought it might have been more of the rivers. 2009-02-14T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found This is the Dolphins that go with part one on this series Anothe great series by MadStars <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5467'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1367/thumbs/tn_5881303391.jpg'></a> 2009-01-19T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-11T00:00:00.000Z GA1347 The Cauldron Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1347 The Cauldron Geocache Geocache The Cauldron MADSTARS Fingal Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 4.5

This is the greatest cache of them all if you want to have a fun walk and a fantastic natural spa. The culdron is a natural spa located at the end of Rocky point rd which is off Gan Gan rd. You can get half way down in a 2WD car and then will have to walk the final kilometer. If you have a 4WD you will have the luxury of driving the whole way. Once down there go to the co-ordinates and this will place you at a natural Sea SPA Bath. It is too rough at high tide so we recommend you come at low tide to really enjoy it. Then just jump in and enjoy. Make sure you bring your swimmers and some lunch because it is so much fun. To log the cache you will need someone swimming in the cauldron, but winter logs can just have a nice photo of the area. Enjoy a great place in the bay... MADSTARS 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found :0 What, nobody come for a spa yet. We were the FIRST then, by the looks of it. Yeehaa!! :) <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1347/thumbs/tn_8401431047.jpg' align='left'></a><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0337/thumbs/tn_7161431046.jpg' align='right'></a>Last cache of the 'Nelson Bay' area caching weekend before heading back to Taree. Got out of the spa at 1615, just as an older couple came over to check on the headland. (Phew) As I had been getting another Geocaching Australia cache at the same time - ie, GA0337. 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This Virtual is ready to please all.... 2009-01-10T00:00:00.000Z GA1345 The old wooden bridge Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1345 The old wooden bridge Geocache Geocache The old wooden bridge jay.trent Kurmond New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 2

nice short walk down to a creek

This is a nice walk down to a pleasent little creek. The cache is a yellow waterproof container. It conatins a logbook, a pencil and 1 item(can only fit one or two items in there. Place is dog friendly as far as i know. 2009-08-16T00:00:00Z Code1 Found After a short walk we found the old bridge and the cache. An interesting structure. Thanks for showing us. 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z skyejam Found It was a lovely stroll and short walk down to the wooden bridge. I climbed down and looked around for a while under the bridge then somehow my eye just caught a bright yellow container on the ground then I realised it didn't come with a lid on and I wasn't sure where it was actually hidden at so I left it there. I have a photo for you to see it where it was. TFTH and thanks for bringing us here. 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z sevabo Found Nice stroll to the old wooden bridge but skyejam found it on ground without the lid under the bridge. We will log GCA too, thanks jay.trent for bringing us here two in one. 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z jay.trent Other publish 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z teamgotcha Found Beautiful little location, and according the the logs, our first FTF! Nice work, keep the Hawkesbury caches coming! 2009-01-10T00:00:00.000Z GA1344 Dutchies Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1344 Dutchies Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache Dutchies Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Dutchmans Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one. Dutchies Beach is Mrs Madstars and Miss Madstars favourite beach to go to in the morning while Im at work. The trees grow out over the beach providing shade and the water is not too deep. There are also swings and a pirate ship for Miss Madstars to play on. All up its a very nice beach to relax for the morning. To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS   2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 15:40. Another great spot. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1344/thumbs/tn_9361445286.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1344/thumbs/tn_3661445286.jpg' align='right'></a>1120 Found Dutchies Beach HOUSE first of all - For Sale. Maybe this should be called Doggie Beach. Rather overcast, but still a nice day for caching. TFTC and getting us back to this area. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1344/thumbs/tn_9211445286.jpg' align='left'></a> 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found We really like this spot and the other nearby cache 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Another area we would have difficulty tearing Little Miss Shifter away from. A great beach, with quite a few people enjoying the area. 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This virtual is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This virtual is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-10T00:00:00.000Z GA1343 Billy's Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1343 Billy's Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache Billy's Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Mallabula New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one. Billy's Beach is just a great beach to come fishing. The fish just jump up onto the hook, it is truly unbelievable. To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS 2009-06-18T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 11:30am, while exploring The Tillgerry Habitat. Thanks. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found The Picture tells it all 2009-01-31T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found Went fishing here with friends on low tide. Very cool to see the seemingly endless sand. 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found We are very glad we didn't have the geokiddie with us for this trip, otherwise we would have spend all day here, and other places along the boardwalk. She would love this place, we may return with her soon. 2009-01-12T00:00:00Z Robyyy Found Found it Very nice place!! Great swimming spot for Toddlers ! and Grown up toddlers :) Triumphrocket 2009-01-10T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-07T00:00:00.000Z GA1333 Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1333 Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb Geocache Geocache Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb Everlasting Circular Quay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Little Beach is a great place our family goes to buy an ice cream and watch the Jet Ski's fly pass and get booked by the water authorities. My little Geo-daughter also likes the swings up the other end of the beach. Nice swimming as well. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one. To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Nice little beach. The Pelicans were all waiting for tid-bits from returning fisherman. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Little Beach During the week No Muggles about 2009-01-04T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This Virtual is ready to rock and Roll. MADSTARS Virtual Cache Team. 2009-01-04T00:00:00.000Z GA1331 Halifax Park Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1331 Halifax Park Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache Halifax Park Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Our Family loves beaches, if we had to choose between caching and going to the beach then the beach would come first. Nelson Bay and the surrounding area has quite a few beaches so I thought I would introduce all the geocachers to them. I have already placed quite a few GC caches in the area so I thought I would add a few virtual GCA caches. But I thought I would make them beaches, this way you can go caching in the morning and them take the family to the beach in the afternoon. If I do all the beaches in the area you can then experience them all and find your families favourite. We have been here a year now and have found some great sneaky beaches only the locals know about. I hope you enjoy exploring them all. Enjoy my two favourite past times combined into one. Halifax Park Beach is a little hidden place used by the locals and the caravan park patrons. The water is deep and the wind is blocked by the hill. It is Perfect for a beautiful beach day. To log this find just take a beautiful photo of the beach in question. No need to get a sign or distinguishing mark, I know them all. Just try and be creative with your shot. Mix it up, Sunset, Sunrise, Low tide, High Tide, Sand shot, Sky shot, Under water, high shot, low shot, etc etc etc Happy Caching and photographing.   MADSTARS 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 16:00 Another great beach even in Winter. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1331/thumbs/tn_6931447275.jpg' align='left'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1331/thumbs/tn_10001447275.jpg' align='right'>1340 Down in Nelson Bay with younger son, having a MADSTAR caching spree (something like 38 all up for Nicholas). Another nice spot, especially if it were to be sunny. A bit overcast today, hard to get enough light for a photo. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Another little beach in the series thanks madstars 2009-01-10T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other This cache is ready to rock and roll. 2009-01-04T00:00:00.000Z GA1330 North Shoal Bay Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1330 North Shoal Bay Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series Geocache Geocache North Shoal Bay Beach - MADSTARS Beach Series MADSTARS Shoal Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

MADSTARS BEACH SERIES

Using a six-digit Grid Reference is very handy to identify a certain spot when using topographic maps for bushwalking. The art of using Grid References is being lost however with the advent of the affordable and reliable technology that geocachers use - the GPSr. Come up Thunderbolts Way, and turn onto the Giro Road.

The UTM of 56J 0388919 6488991, when converted from WGS84 to Australian Geodetic Datum ’66 is 56J 0388814 6488801. This Grid Reference 888888 is on the Giro 1:25,000 topographic map (1st edition, that I have), so if interested, see the photo in the gallery.<a href="http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5272">geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5272</a> I recommend parking your car at S31° 43.633’ E151° 49.744’, then follow a very faint and overgrown track down to the creek where you head across, and then follow the ‘track’ from S31° 43.706’ E151° 49.708’ to a place where you decide to head up the hill to this cache LK-PGR8, or to go straight along the track to LK-RGR8. Over 25 years ago a bushwalking mate in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sydney</st1:place></st1:city> called this style of Grid Reference a Perfect Grid Reference (PGR), and it has stuck. (I have ‘found’ nearly 30 over the years). On lower side of tree between rocks. 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Other <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1322/thumbs/tn_399.jpg' align='right'>Ready for New Year - 2009. Good luck and best wishes geocachers! Go to the 'Gallery' to see a better sized portion of the 1st edition Giro map. 2008-12-09T00:00:00.000Z GA1297 What does a Cachers Christmas Tree Look like? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1297 What does a Cachers Christmas Tree Look like? Geocache Geocache What does a Cachers Christmas Tree Look like? Maverick4x4 Wollombi New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

Show us your Christmas Tree

A Quick find (should be close by) take a snap of your tree and post it here <img height="48" alt="W" width="61" align="left" border="0" src="http://www.christmasarchives.com/images/wdropcap.gif" />hy do we have a decorated Christmas Tree? In the 7th century a monk from Crediton, Devonshire, went to Germany to teach the Word of God. He did many good works there, and spent much time in Thuringia, an area which was to become the cradle of the Christmas Decoration Industry. Legend has it that he used the triangular shape of the Fir Tree to describe the Holy Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The converted people began to revere the Fir tree as God's Tree, as they had previously revered the Oak. By the 12th century it was being hung, upside-down, from ceilings at Christmastime in Central Europe, as a symbol of Christianity. The first decorated tree was at Riga in Latvia, in 1510. In the early 16th century, Martin Luther is said to have decorated a small Christmas Tree with candles, to show his children how the stars twinkled through the dark night.   <center><img height="256" alt="Luther's tree" width="320" border="1" src="http://www.christmasarchives.com/images/luther.jpg" /> </center> Christmas Markets In the mid 16th century, Christmas markets were set up in German towns, to provide everything from gifts, food and more practical things such as a knife grinder to sharpen the knife to carve the Christmas Goose! At these fairs, bakers made shaped gingerbreads and wax ornaments for people to buy as souvenirs of the fair, and take home to hang on their Christmas Trees. The best record we have is that of a visitor to Strasbourg in 1601. He records a tree decorated with "wafers and golden sugar-twists (Barleysugar) and paper flowers of all colours". The early trees were biblically symbolic of the Paradise Tree in the Garden of Eden. The many food items were symbols of Plenty, the flowers, originally only red (for Knowledge) and White (for Innocence). Tinsel Tinsel was invented in Germany around 1610. At that time real silver was used, and machines were invented which pulled the silver out into the wafer thin strips for tinsel. Silver was durable, but tarnished quickly, especially with candlelight. Attempts were made to use a mixture of lead and tin, but this was heavy and tended to break under its own weight so was not so practical. So silver was used for tinsel right up to the mid-20th century. The First English Trees The Christmas Tree first came to England with the Georgian Kings who came from Germany. At this time also, German Merchants living in England decorated their homes with a Christmas Tree. The British public were not fond of the German Monarchy, so did not copy the fashions at Court, which is why the Christmas Tree did not establish in Britain at that time. A few families did have Christmas trees however, probably more from the influence of their German neighbours than from the Royal Court.   <center><img height="284" alt="Decorating a Victorian household" width="401" border="1" src="http://www.christmasarchives.com/images/decorating_vict.jpg" /> </center> The decorations were Tinsels, silver wire ornaments, candles and small beads. All these had been manufactured in Germany and East Europe since the 17th century. The custom was to have several small trees on tables, one for each member of the family, with that persons gifts stacked on the table under the tree. The Victorian and Albert Tree <img height="512" alt="" width="200" align="right" border="1" src="http://www.christmasarchives.com/images/v_atree.jpg" /> In 1846, the popular Royals, Queen Victoria and her German Prince, Albert, were illustrated in the Illustrated London News. They were standing with their children around a Christmas Tree. Unlike the previous Royal family, Victoria was very popular with her subjects, and what was done at Court immediately became fashionable - not only in Britain, but with fashion-conscious East Coast American Society. The English Christmas Tree had arrived! Decorations were still of a 'home-made' variety. Young Ladies spent hours at Christmas Crafts, quilling snowflakes and stars, sewing little pouches for secret gifts and paper baskets with sugared almonds in them. Small bead decorations, fine drawn out silver tinsel came from Germany together with beautiful Angels to sit at the top of the tree. Candles were often placed into wooden hoops for safety. Mid-Victorian Tree In 1850's Lauscha began to produce fancy shaped glass bead garlands for the trees, and short garlands made from necklace 'bugles' and beads. These were readily available in Germany but not produced in sufficient quantities to export to Britain. The Rauschgoldengel was a common sight. Literally, 'Tingled-angel', bought from the Thuringian Christmas markets, and dressed in pure gilded tin. The 1860's English Tree had become more innovative than the delicate trees of earlier decades. Small toys were popularly hung on the branches, but still most gifts were placed on the table under the tree. Around this time, the Christmas tree was spreading into other parts of Europe. The Mediterranean countries were not too interested in the tree, preferring to display only a Creche scene. Italy had a wooden triangle platform tree called as 'CEPPO'. This had a Creche scene as well as decorations. The German tree was beginning to suffer from mass destruction! It had become the fashion to lop off the tip off a large tree to use as a Christmas Tree, which prevented the tree from growing further. Statutes were made to prevent people having more than one tree. Just as the first trees introduced into Britain did not immediately take off, the early trees introduced into America by the Hessian soldiers were not recorded in any particular quantity. The Pennsylvanian German settlements had community trees as early as 1747. America being so large, tended to have 'pockets' of customs relating to the immigrants who had settled in a particular area, and it was not until the communications really got going in the 19th century, that such customs began to spread. Thus references to decorated trees in America before about the middle of the 19th century are very rare. By the 1870's, Glass ornaments were being imported into Britain from Lauscha, in Thuringia. It became a status symbol to have glass ornaments on the tree, the more one had, the better ones status! Still many home-made things were seen. The Empire was growing, and the popular tree topper was the Nation's Flag, sometimes there were flags of the Empire and flags of the allied countries. Trees got very patriotic. They were imported into America around 1880, where they were sold through stores such as FW Woolworth. They were quickly followed by American patents for electric lights (1882), and metal hooks for safer hanging of decorations onto the trees (1892) High Victorian Trees The 1880's saw a rise of the Aesthetic Movement. At this time Christmas Trees became a glorious hotchpotch of everything one could cram on; or by complete contrast the aesthetic trees which were delicately balanced trees, with delicate colours, shapes and style. they also grew to floor standing trees. The limited availability of decorations in earlier decades had kept trees by necessity to, usually table trees. Now with decorations as well as crafts more popular than ever, there was no excuse. Still a status symbol, the larger the tree - the more affluent the family which sported it. The High Victorian of the 1890's was a child's joy to behold! As tall as the room, and crammed with glitter and tinsel and toys galore. Even the 'middleclasses' managed to over-decorate their trees. It was a case of 'anything goes'. Everything that could possibly go on a tree went onto it. By 1900 themed trees were popular. A colour theme set in ribbons or balls, a topical idea such as an Oriental Tree, or an Egyptian Tree. They were to be the last of the great Christmas Trees for some time. With the death of Victoria in 1901, the Nation went into mourning and fine trees were not really in evidence until the nostalgia of the Dickensian fashion of the 1930's. The American Tree In America, Christmas Trees were introduced into several pockets - the German Hessian Soldiers took their tree customs in the 18th century. In Texas, Cattle Barons from Britain took their customs in the 19th century, and the East Coast Society copied the English Court tree customs. Settlers from all over Europe took their customs also in the 19th century. Decorations were not easy to find in the shanty towns of the West, and people began to make their own decorations. Tin was pierced to create lights and lanterns to hold candles which could shine through the holes. Decorations of all kinds were cutout, stitched and glued. The General Stores were hunting grounds for old magazines with pictures, rolls of Cotton Batting (Cotton Wool), and tinsel, which was occasionally sent from Germany or brought in from the Eastern States. The Paper 'Putz' or Christmas Crib was a popular feature under the tree, especially in the Moravian Dutch communities which settled in Pennsylvania and there is more at <a href="http://www.christmasarchives.com/trees.html">http://www.christmasarchives.com/trees.html</a>   the green thing with flashing lights and glittery things on it (LOL some people have to have a glue) 2009-01-18T00:00:00Z gerrynewgirl Found Camping out in the bush with weroamin for Christmas we found the best natural trees to help us celebrate without the need for tinsel and baubles. I have included a photo for you. 2009-01-18T00:00:00Z weroamin Found Enjoyed Christmas in the bush Aussie style. TFTC. 2009-01-17T00:00:00Z richary Found Living alone I tend to have a Bah Humbug approach to Christmas. The obligatory small presents to family who don't live anywhere near, the phone call to the parents and so on. But that's OK. Anyway, the original festival was Saturnalia, celebrating mid winter in Europe and from then on the days got longer. But to the tree. I don't bother, however when I was up near Coffs Harbour in mid December I found this about 4cm high rubbery one washed up on the beach so it was my tree for this year. Something a bit different! 2009-01-02T00:00:00Z thistlecat Found Well this is a close up of our tree. We had a special travelbug visitor for Christmas, and as you can see, he enjoyed getting up close and personal with some of the other decorations. He is now roaming free again. 2008-12-24T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found This Christmas tree has been in Mrs Shifter's family since she was a young child, the decorations have great sentimental value and some have their special place on the tree every year. This year Little Miss Shifter did most of the decorating of the tree. 2008-12-15T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found My tree, in my house at Glen Oak 2008-12-14T00:00:00Z tronador Found Merry Christmas everyone. I buy a real tree every year. Put mine up today. I just love the smell of pine. 2008-12-11T00:00:00Z The Hancock Clan Found Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! Here's a photo of our Christmas tree. Look carefully and you may think one of the baubles looks familiar! Interesting reading about the history. We never knew the idea started in Crediton! Must have been Boniface. We know Crediton really well as we used to live very nearby before moving to Australia last year. It was our old caching territory! Thanks & Merry Xmas! The Hancock Clan 2008-11-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1313 Pound crossing Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1313 Pound crossing Geocache Geocache Pound crossing imagecatcher East Gresford New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

Largest laminated bridge in the world

You wouldnt know it driving across it at 100 kliks that this was the largest laminated wood bridge every laid in one piece. You have to stop and walk under it to see it.  its not in the grass 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Nomadtales Found Was in the area for business so bagged it on the way home. The logbook is still damp and I would say for any future cachers .. bring a zip lock bag to put it in. I used to drive over this bridge everyday on my commute to work, but rarely get there these days. 2009-01-25T00:00:00Z 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'>1145 Out for a 21/2 day caching trip around the southern Barrington area, and thought we'd drop by and grab another 'Imagecatcher' cache. (Missed out on 2 others of his worse luck). Log sheet was a bit wet, needs a better bag. Took photo of Fang Shaw under the bridge. <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1313/thumbs/tn_8771281394.jpg' align='right'>Left: pencil, snake, and play money ($110). Took: photo of geocoins brought along for the ride; but unable to drop them in. 2009-01-14T00:00:00Z Ikki G Found We were in the area (dropped off one of "The Crew" at a Scout Camp), so I arranged to do some caching on the way home. Great way to build a bridge and unless you were told you would not know. We drove over it a couple of times and you would almost wish the build the whole road using this system!! SOOOO smooth. Log pages still wet. TFTC Ikki G & The Crew 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found A interesting bridge, and an easy cache FTF. It was good reading the information and then walking under the bridge to look at the structure. The log pages are damp. TFTC 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z imagecatcher Other 2008-11-16T00:00:00.000Z GA1281 The REAL Pinnacle Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1281 The REAL Pinnacle Geocache Geocache The REAL Pinnacle zactyl Tyalgum Creek New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 4.5

Continue past the official lookout for the real thing.

I last visited The Pinnacle when I was 11, and remember it as being a real adventure walking out to the end.  Since then, The Powers That Be have (quite rightly) decided that it's a bit too dangerous for the general public and plonked a fenced lookout 200 metres from the carpark.  After admiring the view from the lookout, heartily state "I am responsible for my own actions!" and climb over the railing for a 1.1km walk out to the point.  It's about 45 minutes return, and is somewhat dangerous in spots, be careful.  If you can manage the climb over the fence, you'll be right for the narrow bit of path next to a drop to certain death, just be sure to hold onto the vegetation as you go past. ;) Take a photo of yourself out at the point!  Hope you have a clear day, it was a complete whiteout when we were there.   2009-04-19T00:00:00Z Xixau & Shenzi Found Great spot, nice little walk out to the Pinnacle. Surprised a few muggles at the lookout on our return. 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z OMY130 Found What a view, nearly as good from the platform without the excess vegetation. I'm unsure if we done it in 45mins but it was great. Not for the unfit, faint hearted or kids. A joint *FTF* with X&S, Jerry has the photos. Wow. 2008-11-24T00:00:00Z zactyl Other Worth the effort to come out here from the lookout :) 2008-11-13T00:00:00.000Z GA1270 Can you hear me? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1270 Can you hear me? Geocache Geocache Can you hear me? The Spindoctors Surry Hills New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1

Here you will find a plinth and bust honouring the life of an important individual. She helped John Hogan travel on the trains around NSW and at the time of her passing ( 6 May 1995) was the holder of a Guinness World Record - World's Longest Living Hearing Dog. To claim this cache you must email me her name and the number of hours she 'held on'. 2009-08-04T00:00:00Z blossom* Found My first GCA cache. It's an interesting memorial that most people seem to walk right past. Thanks Spindoctors, a great diversion on the way to work and I was still able to find it and log it with zillions of muggles walking past - great idea! 2009-03-24T00:00:00Z Cherryred Found Tracked this one down a few weeks ago. I am surprised at how many times I've walked past it without even looking, though more people may take notice now that the seats between the memorial and the footpath are gone. 2009-02-07T00:00:00Z GhostGums Found The cache was not far from the hotel I was staying at with the family while visiting Sydney for a few days Like the others, said it seems an unusual place for a memorial, but you wonder if there was a plan to expand at a later date with others. It just seems that people would walk straight past without ever noticing, and this cache is perhaps the driver to make stop and have a look. It is good to see something as valuable as the guide dogs being recognised, as the work that goes into them and the effort by the dogs themsleves is quite amazing. TFTC 2008-12-28T00:00:00Z smerrall Found A nice little memorial. Apart from the anecdote on the plaque, however, this seems an odd place for such a memorial. 2008-11-16T00:00:00Z steptoe Found Thanks Darren, An interesting little diversion before work, and well worth the detour, especially to gain a FTF. ciao, Steptoe 2008-11-13T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Other 2008-10-19T00:00:00.000Z GA1243 WanAus 57A - Big Park Bench Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1243 WanAus 57A - Big Park Bench Geocache Geocache WanAus 57A - Big Park Bench WanderingAus Broken Hill South New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

A virtual cache at the lookout overlooking Broken Hill.

<a href="<img src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Big_Park_Bench.jpg">"><img alt="" src="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/Big_Park_Bench.jpg" /></a> The oversized Park Bench was created by Sean O'Keeffe with the assistance of Bob Dyson and Frank Scognamigilo as part of the 2002 Landscapes and Backgrounds Contemporary Public Art in Broken Hill. Sean created this conceptual work so as to confront adults to sit as children - reduced in scale within an otherwise familiar environment. To log this as a find your log must include a picture of yourself, seated on the Park Bench holding your GPS. Wheelchair cachers seated below the Park Bench will be acceptable. If you enjoy this one check out my other caches:- <a href="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/WanderingAus_Placed_Caches.html">WanderingAus Placed Caches</a>   2009-07-19T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Went to look for this cache in the late afternoon and were looking straight into the sun while sitting on the Big Park Bench. Two of the three members of Shifter Brains in the picture. 2009-04-17T00:00:00Z Code1 Found Have been to Broken hill many times but this was the first time I've been up here. Grabbed a McCoffee and headed up to see the lights of town. TFTC 2008-12-21T00:00:00Z TheBeagleHasLanded Found Found whilst visiting Broken Hill on Christmas leave. Provides a great view of the town. TFTC! 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z stringy Note Back in October I had the GPS but I hid it for a photo. Only if I showed the GPS. After reading the message from wandering aus I had to change it from found it too noted. Big mistake. 2008-10-19T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Other In place and ready to roll. 2008-10-19T00:00:00Z firesafe Note Would love to claim a find but we visited and photographed back on July 19th this year 2008-10-16T00:00:00.000Z GA1240 WanAus 55 - Lake Benanee Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1240 WanAus 55 - Lake Benanee Geocache Geocache WanAus 55 - Lake Benanee WanderingAus Bumbang New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

An easy find near the lake.

Lake Benanee is on the Sturt Highway 15 Km East of Euston, and is a convenient place on the Sturt Highway to stop for a break or an overnight stay. Facilities include clean sewered toilets, picnic tables and shelters. The water level in the lake is lower than in earlier years due to drought and/or "climate change", but was a popular water sports venue in wetter years. The cache is a 1.7 litre clear square cliplock container inside a grey plastic bag, hidden a short walk from the parking area and out of sight of muggles. Initial contents are First and Second To Find cards, finders cards, 5 ring key ring with blue LED light, 6 piece jewellers screwdriver set, fly/mosquito head net, small porcelain doll, Australia dolphin key ring, blind spot mirror, Matchbox "Hummer H3" car, log book, pen, pencil & sharpener. When trading items please consider trading up or trading even and leaving items that you would want to find, and please don't take the pen, pencils or sharpener. If you can't trade up or trade even I don't mind seeing TNLNSL in the log. Also please don't put the pen or pencils in the log book bag, it tends to destroy the watertight integrity. Trackables (geocoins and travel bugs) are not tradeable items. Please feel free to take them without making a trade, but please leave a note in the logbook and your online log, and do log them online. If you enjoy this one check out my other caches:- <a href="http://travelwa.iinet.net.au/Geocaching/WanderingAus_Placed_Caches.html">WanderingAus Placed Caches </a>   Dogs do this 2009-08-29T00:00:00Z baby&Mrs gopher Found Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1210 on a very windy day. The lake has no water in it at all now and looks very bare.The cache and contents in good condition. Tnx WanderingAus. 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z firesafe Found Was making our way home from Canberra but it was getting late and the GeoDaughter was feeling car sick so a quick stop to stretch the legs before calling it quits in Mildura. Managed a second to find after 6 months [:)] Day 309 of non-stop caching [:D] 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Other Cache hidden on 14 Oct 2008, ready to roll. 2008-10-10T00:00:00.000Z GA1232 The Race is On - Hyper Cache Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1232 The Race is On - Hyper Cache Geocache Geocache The Race is On - Hyper Cache The Fox Team Ballina New South Wales Australia Other Micro 1 1

This is one of two caches (eclipse mints tin) that move from cache to cache, and are on a race around Australia ANTICLOCKWISE

This is one of two move-able caches (eclipse mints tin) that move from cache to cache, and are on a race around Australia ANTICLOCKWISE.

Two Rules Rule 1 - YOU CAN'T MOVE TWO AT ONCE  Rule 2 - ON THIS RACE  BOTH CACHES HAVE TO VISIT THE MOST NOTHERLY, THE MOST EASTERLY, THE MOST SOUTHERLY AND THE MOST WESTERLY CACHES IN AUSTRALIA. For more info find the cache. 2009-05-16T00:00:00Z WaldenClan Note Dropped it off today at Byron Bay on the Most Easterly Point. Cache has been placed with "GCX0QP Easterly Extreme" It was a perfect day at the Bay today. Plenty of muggles around because of the beautiful weather. Good luck with your journey. WaldenClan 2009-05-16T00:00:00Z WaldenClan Note I forgot to mention, I have replaced the old container with a new Elclipse tin and a new log sheet and pencil. 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z WaldenClan Found Found it buried deep and with all the rain we have had in the last few months, this cache is in a bad condition. The tin is rusted and the log sheet is damp and rotted from being constantly wet. We will refresh this cache with new tin and log and send it on its way. We are close to the Most easterly point so we will set it loose there. TFTC 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z aussicache Found Thought it was about time that I put a log in for this cache. Only a couple of months late :) FTF TFTC TNLNSL. 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Other =) may the best cache win 2008-10-08T00:00:00.000Z GA1227 West of Eden Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1227 West of Eden Geocache Geocache West of Eden Seeker Macquarie Park New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 2 1.5

This child friendly cache is located in a small park in Nth Ryde not far from a major shopping centre and a large garden nursery.  There is a bus stop within close walking distance. The cache contains a log and pencil only. Due to the high muggle factor on weekends please take care in retrieving and replacing the cache.  There is plenty of room to kick a ball around and play equipment for the smaller geocachers to have fun on after they have located the cache. Good luck Life has it's ups and downs 2009-05-07T00:00:00Z HamItUp Found Yesterday at lunchtime the grounds were swarming with muggles so took the time to watch some touch footie and soccer. Today was much quieter, just a few people enjoying the sunshine, so I made a quick find. 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z griz4b Found Surprised more people haven't tried this! The challenge isn't in the locating... it's in grabbing the cache and not being seen! griz4b and the geokids 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z smerrall Found I was familiar with the area from another cache placed here some years ago and I was able to drive by and not stop, certain I was unable to get to the cache. During the downpour today I was nearby and decided to head over and grab the cache. 2008-11-23T00:00:00Z willyboyblue Found 3 times I've been to get this and 3 times some kid has been sitting right where i want to be! This time, I took my own kids who manovuered their way into position and it was easy after that. 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z redgums Found Gee. I could have lost my dinner. TFTC 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Team Lego Men Found Easy find with Redgums. Could be a bit of a challenge on weekends. TFTC 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z Hunter/Finder Other 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z Hunter/Finder Found 2008-10-04T00:00:00.000Z GA1225 Dingo Peak Danse Macabre Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1225 Dingo Peak Danse Macabre Geocache Geocache Dingo Peak Danse Macabre Grahame Cookie Caffreys Flat New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 3.5

Dingo Peak (at 744m) is one of the highest in the Manning Valley, and rarely visited, so why not encourage those intrepid geocaching explorers with a piece of Tupperware! And the views are great too. You may want to use the Knorrit Flat 1:25,000 map, 9334-3-N (2nd ed.) to plan on how to get to GR218798 (AGD66)

<img alt="" align="left" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1225/419.bmp" />The "Danse Macabre" is: a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave (thefreedictionary.com). I can't promise the same experience that I had in placing the cache, but you need good navigation skills and suredness of foot. There are some steep rocky patches, and lots of bushbashing.   After dropping by the Knodingbul BD Ballet cache, walk or drive up the dirt track East until you have to choose the bushbashing route. There is a veritable forest of cycads to fight through depending on where you go. A sturdy stick is highly recommended, a) to help support you as you climb, b) to steady you as your foot goes through the leaf litter into one of the many crevices, or c) to be prepared if you see a snake – which I didn’t; but take a good First-aid kit anyway and a phone. Also, recommend you take some gloves to avoid dozens of ‘splinters’ from the tree ferns and 'wait-a-while' vines.   Even tho' you probably don't need a GPSr to find the cache you will need it to find your way back to where you marked your car. You just need to find the rock cairn of the old trig station. My 20m contour mapping shows that my coords may be out a bit, even though the topographic map indicates that they should be good. Under trig vanes 2008-10-14T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note As Fang mentioned, an attribute for ticks won't go astray. Also had my GPSr this time around so I could average the cache coords, and adjusted the longitude from E152 10.504 => E152 10.507 _7m to the east. If you come soon you might find a 'track to follow' some of the way. 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found After getting back from Melbourne on Friday, I found out that my dad had placed 4 new caches.So on Saturday afternoon, Dad took me out to find four caches in the Dingo tops area. This was our second cache for the day and my First FTF for the day. We drove most of the way up to the cache but there was still about 350 metres to hike. And unfortunately we had to bush bash the wholeway. There was prickles, big bushes and trees, leeches, ticks, ants and rocks, boulders and crevices all the way up to the cache. But we got up to the top in about 45 minutes. On the way up I got scratched, got bitten by two ants and banged my ankle. But I survived. I found the cache in no time. It was a cool view. We got down in about 45 minutes also. Then we found two caches on the way home. But later that night my mum pulled a big tic out of my head. And about 20 minutes later I started to get a red rash all over my body. So we went to the hospital and the doctor thought I had an allergic reaction to the tic. So I had some medicine and I was fine afterwards. TNLNSL. TFTC. Even though that bad event happened it was overall a nice cache to find. 2008-10-06T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Other (As I was placing the cache at 3:45pm, 4th October '08 I could hear the rumbles of thunder to the south. But by 4pm I had to pull the headlight out of my cache bag, it was SO dark. When the rain and lightning came I knew I had to get out of there instead of placing a couple of other caches I'd planned to; eg, GR227793 and GR221805. With my glasses wet, fallen light, lightning striking VERY close, and a bit of fatigue it was very slow going back to the car (GR215794). But that's enough of my experience; tell me about yours). Cache ready to go! Contents of cache: Screw drivers, Family bandages kit, Smith & Nephew lanyard, Stretchy frog, Foreign coins, Note-it pad, Pencil, Pen, Medallion (for FTF), What is Geocaching sheet, Log pad. 2008-09-11T00:00:00.000Z GA1213 The Lodge Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1213 The Lodge Geocache Geocache The Lodge MADSTARS Shoal Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1.5

This is a plaque honouring a wonderful man Roger Francis Mills.

Roger Francis Mills was the director of Nursing at the Tomaree Lodge from 1976-2001. When you actually walk past the lodge and then to this beautiful park you will see some of his influence.   To log this cache all you need to do is take a photo of the area and upload it.... But be creative.... Take a different slant on the area, look for a different angle.... I am hoping that in years to come people will look through the site and say "Man I gotta go there" It is a beautiful beautiful place...     Walk on past the boom gates... Your allowed 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 9:55am, after doing the other 3 caches in this area this morning. Lovely spot. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found We were not to sure about this area as it appeared to be on private land but asked a couple of people who soon showed us the way <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5456'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1213/thumbs/tn_9141310710.jpg'></a> 2008-09-21T00:00:00Z Konie Found After walking around a couple of other caches in the area I stopped by at this one. This is the view from near GZ. Certainly a great place to visit and the cache makes it even more appealing. Thanks MADSTARS. 2008-09-13T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other done 2008-09-13T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other ready for action 2008-09-13T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found A view from part of the walk-way up to the top of RADAR Hill. I absolutely love this view. 2008-09-13T00:00:00Z red tag Found Fancy that! There the same day as Pensive Travellers...wonder if we passed each other? This was a tremendous walk and we even managed to see the nursing home up close when we snuck through the back of it in the dark on our way back to the Hotel. Thanks for the virtual MADSTARS 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other Yes it is close to my GC cache a little piece of Heaven but its totally worth it... Plus this virtual requires more work. 2008-09-01T00:00:00.000Z GA1211 Dave's Detour Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1211 Dave's Detour Geocache Geocache Dave's Detour Gribbly Keiraville New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 2.5

<img src="http://www.bondy.id.au/Geocaching/gribblysmall.gif" />Dave's Detour<img src="http://www.bondy.id.au/Geocaching/gribblysmall.gif" /> To start your hunt you will need to find the Dave Walsh track which is named after one of the many past camp wardens of the Mt Keira Scout camp. Once on the track, to find the stash you will need to take Dave's detour. Ignoring the detour will take the athletic hiker up a steep alternative route to Victoria lookout and the Rats Keira Capers micro. The container is an ammo tin. It is about 220m walk in as the crow flies. There is plenty of signal once you get near GZ. Please ensure the cache is well covered when you leave. The area is good for kids under supervision. Steep gradients exist but are well away from the location of the container. The area is a little known spot with views of Wollongong. Pity about the tall bare tree with long vines that caused me to revisit it recently.  2009-01-24T00:00:00Z Krafty Charlie Found Thanks Gribbly for another walk in some of the best bush in Australia. After doing the cache bit I walked out to the edge of the escarpment and just sat and watched for a good ten minutes. What a great place to live!!!! T the fairy Princess L a Pen 2008-10-22T00:00:00Z Lucy & Roo Found Like Homedg, I can't understand why some cachers ignore GCA caches. After all, a cache is a cache. And this one is an excellent example, being a well stocked ammo can in a scenic location at the end of a short walk in an historic area. Thanks Gribbly. 2008-09-15T00:00:00Z homedg Found Woo Hoo - *FTF* . Down in Wollongong to check out some business prospects and couldn't resist checking to see if this one had need discovered. Really enjoyed the stroll along the track and after finding a well stocked ammo can (always a bonus) I strolled a bit further and took in the magnificent views for a while. An excellent cache. Thanks (I really don't understand why more people don't do GCA caches, they're really missing out.) 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z Gribbly Other Cache is ready to go! 2008-08-28T00:00:00.000Z GA1201 Dudley Beach Rocks Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1201 Dudley Beach Rocks Geocache Geocache Dudley Beach Rocks Biogenesis Dudley New South Wales Australia Multi Regular 2.5 3.5

A walk through bush and over rocks

This cache involves a short bushwalk navigation of some coastal rocks. There are some great views at various spots along the way too :). As with my first cache this cache tries to promote OpenStreetMap, and as such the FTF prize is a 1G USB stick with a bunch of OSM maps on it :). The path used to find this cache isn't on Google Maps, but is on OpenStreetMap: <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-32.98562&lon=151.72836&zoom=15&layers=B00FTFT">http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=-32.98562&lon=151.72836&zoom=15&layers=B00FTFT</a> At the posted co-ordinates there's a small carpark and an information sign, on the sign there are a series of numbered walks. The first piece of information you will need to calculate the final co-ordinates is the walk number for "Banksia Track", call this A. There is a track that leads from the sign down to the beach, the second number you need to calculate the final co-ordinates is the number of meters to Dudley Beach South, as reported on a smaller sign about 15m from the start of the track, on the right side. It is a three digit number, call it BCD. The final co-ordinates are: S32 58.XX0 (X-X-zero) E151 43.YY2 Where: X is the sum of the digits B+C+D (eg, if it was 320m to Dudley Beach South then X would be 3+2+0 = 5). Y is the walk number for "Banksia Track". Hopefully that's clear enough. This is my first multi-cache. At the final co-ordinates look for a rock that doesn't belong. 2009-07-27T00:00:00Z The-Don Found great spot.tftc 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found Found this one after a nice walk down to the beach. The co-ords are easy to plot once you get to the carpark. Someone has now placed a cross at GZ in memory of Lily and Liam which makes the cache easy to find once you get there. A nice walk down but a bit more difficult to get back up. Cache is wet after recent big seas. The log is wet as the container is not water tight enough once submerged. Didn't have a plastic bag to assist. Took the USB stick which was starting to rust after being in the salt water, however it still works. I have copied the maps and will endeavour to put it back soon for someone else to use. TFTC 2008-10-15T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 17:13 Dropped by a couple of weeks ago but the sun had set a while back and I thought perhaps it wasn't the best one to attempt in the dark, and the way I got to the GZ this time I was correct (OK, so I like short-cuts!). Got the info that I required near WP1 and moved on to the cache-proper/ Some great views on the way. Got to be a little careful of muggles here I guess as they could just walk by at the wrong time, I had one sitting just out of view thankfully when I was searching. Nice hide, I signed the log but made no swaps. Hope this cache is water-tight :) Thanks for the hunt & views. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4461'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1201/thumbs/tn_51125151.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4462'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1201/thumbs/tn_5761125151.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4463'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1201/thumbs/tn_9341125151.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4464'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1201/thumbs/tn_9841125151.jpg'></a 2008-08-28T00:00:00Z Biogenesis Other Published 2008-08-28T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Isn't it great when things just come together. I was logging another cache today that I missed out on FTF because of some mucking around, when I noticed this new cache come up and while it's not exactly on the way home I was heading out this way after work today, so I decided to have ago. Finished work, drove to the start and got the clues hoping the cache wasn't to far away as it was starting to get dark, ok now head for GZ, nice views on the way and get there while it's still quite light, start looking and bing there it is in the first place I look. Sign the log, replace and head back out and get to the car as it starts to get dark and I'm of to the shops with a FTF for the second day in a row :) PS - I left the map software as I don't have a garmin 2008-08-28T00:00:00Z Biogenesis Note Wow! Didn't expect it to be found that fast! Glad it was worth finding :). 2008-08-08T00:00:00.000Z GA1182 Dudley Bluff Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1182 Dudley Bluff Geocache Geocache Dudley Bluff Biogenesis Dudley New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 2.5

A short walk to a magnificant view

This is the first cache I've hidden, hopefully the first of many! The area around this cache gives magnificant views. From it you can see South beyond Lake Macquarie and North to Nelson Bay. I'm using this cache as a plug for OpenStreetMap as well. As such the FTF prize is a 1G MicroSD card pre-loaded with the OpenStreetMap data for Australia, compiled for Garmin GPS units. If you Don't have a Garmin GPSr which can take MicroSD cards please leave it for someone who does :). Cache is a Sistema box. In a low bush, about 50cm to the left of the track. 2009-08-01T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Not Found Walked down here today to find this cache. As I got to ground zero I came across a muggle lying down reading a book. Had to settle with some photographs. Will try again soon. 2009-07-24T00:00:00Z The-Don Found Nice walk 2009-04-20T00:00:00Z circuit Found found this one today after 2 dnfs. At least the day was not a complete loss. Nice view. Took WD40, left some Bindeez and a Maccas pinball. TFTC, 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Had some time to kill on the way to work this morning so went for a nice walk and found a cache. Great views from GZ and along the way with a fairly easy find at the end. TNLN TFTC 2008-08-15T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 14:41 Darned quick find considering the area (must be my geocaching intuition). Took the microSD and left a mobile phone/GPS holder thingy. Will copy the data form the card and re-release somewhere else :) Great views, never been here before, so thanks for the heads-up. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4101'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1182/thumbs/tn_801045959.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4102'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1182/thumbs/tn_9411045959.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4103'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1182/thumbs/tn_6991045959.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4104'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1182/thumbs/tn_4491045959.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4105'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1182/thumbs/tn_631045959.jpg'></a><a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4106'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1182/thumbs/tn_8231045959.jpg'></a> 2008-08-11T00:00:00Z cjb Found I had my EeePC (and OpenMoko Neo) with me, so I just copied the files from the microSD card, but otherwise took nothing, and left a Linux badge. Yay Free Software! (and it's a much nicer hide that the other cache what was in the vicinity a while ago..) 2008-08-10T00:00:00Z Biogenesis Other Finally found out how to activate a new cache :p. 2008-07-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1161 Landing Craft Training Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1161 Landing Craft Training Geocache Geocache Landing Craft Training MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

This memorial stands in a beautiful park within the Nelsons Bay area.

Its amazing once coming to this spot to realize that RAN personnel actually trianed here as boat crews for Landing craft. To think these guys actually took part in the south west pacific area in landing ships, HMAS MANOORA, HMAS WESTRALIA & HMAS KANIMBLA. The beach across the road is a excellent afternoon relaxation spot in the bay. There are also quite a few caches around this area as well... To earn this cache you must take a photo of it. Be Creative... Enjoy Sitting all by itself in the middle of the park. 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 14:40. Great part of our war time history 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Interesting piece of history thanks Madstars 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z Zom Found Found with the kids. A wedding was being held close by so couldn't do HMAS Assault. I'll come back. Thanks 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z homedg Found this was a night time assualt for me as well. i really enjoy the GCA caches that share some history and show me some sights I would have whizzed by otherwise. thanks for the virtual and the effort in putting the info into the cache page. 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found Found on a cold and windy early morning walk. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 18:24, I stealthily made my way through cover of darkness to this virtual geocache GZ(when there really was no need, it is a virtual after all). Actually, it wasn't that stealthy anyway, beware of the many sticks on the grass in the dark...Ouch. Thanks for bringing me here to yet another place I may never have been to otherwise. :) Found some more info <a href=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Assault">here.</a> (but still have to visit the location to answer the virtual!) 2008-07-19T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found Found on a lovely day down at the bay. 2008-07-16T00:00:00Z Team O'Grady Found A bit of lesser known, but important Australian military history Shows what a bit of Aussie ingenuity can pull off too! 2008-07-14T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found Had confirmation from Madstars! Yes! "FTF"! Will include a photo of the area next time I get down there. 2008-07-12T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other Active 2008-07-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1162 Honour Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1162 Honour Geocache Geocache Honour MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

This memorial has always struck me as different and now that I have stopped and looked at it I know why.

This memorial Honours the 20,000 United States of America Navy, Marine Corps, Army and Army Airforce servicemen who trained at Port Stephens for Amphibious warfare in the South West Pacific Area from 1942-1943. To count the cache as a find all you have to do is take a beautiful photo of your surroundings.   Have a great day. It used on boats... or below them. 2009-06-15T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 15:00. Thanks for making my walk around this area so interesting. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found A great memorial thanks for bringing us to this one well worth the visit <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5455'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1162/thumbs/tn_9391310709.jpg'></a> 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z Zom Found Found with 3 kids in tow. Thanks. 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z red tag Found Our third memorial visit today. Thanks for the virtual MADSTARS 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z homedg Found In town for the weekend and grabbed this virtual. A very interesting monument, thanks for showing to us. Hopefully we will get some fine weather tomorrow so we can get a bunch more caching done. thanks Madstars. 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found Found while on a short stopover; on our way to Cairns for holidays. TFTC 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found I have previously noticed this memorial as it is quite an interesting design. Now that there is a cache for it I went back to find the answer to the question. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 18:18 Answered the question correctly and "got carried away" and have included a photo as extra proof! :) Light wasn't the best at this time of day. Had driven past it on an earlier caching trip but hadn't stopped to check it out. Nice memorial. Thanks for the cache. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4068'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1162/thumbs/tn_2181044543.jpg'></a> 2008-07-19T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found Excellent another FTF. Awesome monument. Had a lovely walk up from the marina to get this one. 2008-07-12T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other Active 2008-07-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1160 Lest We Forget - Nelsons Bay Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1160 Lest We Forget - Nelsons Bay Geocache Geocache Lest We Forget - Nelsons Bay MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Every Australian should spend some time thanking those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

Being in the defence force I think that this memorial should be visited by as many people as possible. Its amazing to see that the memorial also includes names from the Gulf war... How times are a changing.. To count this as a find just take a photo and post it on the sight.     The big pointy thing in the park. 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 16:10. A very pleasant park and dignified memorials. A nice place to stand and reflect on those who have served to preserve our way of life. Thanks 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Always enjoy history 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found We always like caches such as this one, especially since we are infor family history adn often find information on these type of monuments. A good little park. Thanks Madstars. 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z Zom Found Found on a very busy day. Wine festival was on. A very nice way to break up an afternoon of caching. Thanks. 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z red tag Found Another nice memorial and thanks MADSTARS for showing it to me 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z homedg Found And yet another Madstars virtual that made me more informed and gave me a reason to pause and think about all that these unknown heroes and their families sacrifice. 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found Found while on a short stopover; on our way to Cairns for holidays. TFTC 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found In town enjoying the local sights while on on a break from work. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 18:44 Unusual to only have 2 minutes between geocache finds (to say the least), but it happened right here. Admired the work by the designer and of course those who have been remembered thereby. See dodgy night-time photograph I took: <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4070'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1160/thumbs/tn_6601044548.jpg'></a> 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found Two MADSTARS FTFs in one day, awesome. Yet again I love this type of cache where you can appreciate some of Australia's Defence Force history. 2008-07-12T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other Active 2008-07-12T00:00:00.000Z GA1159 Conscription Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1159 Conscription Geocache Geocache Conscription MADSTARS Nelson Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

This Memorial stands in a Beautiful part of Nelsons Bay.

While your visiting this wonderful town make sure you stop of in the park and visit the memorials that lie within. This virtual will highlight the conscription that took place during the war.   To prove you visited the sight just take a photo of the memorial. The most artistic photos get extra points.   Have a great day and enjoy the caching... MADSTARS Do dont need a hint... 2009-06-17T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 16:05. A very pleasant park and dignified memorials. A nice place to stand and reflect on those who have served to preserve our way of life. Thanks 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found History all around the bay Thanks Madstars 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Another quick and enjoyable cache. Took a photo and had a few muggles watching us, especially when we placed the GPS next to the monument. 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z Zom Found Found on a busy day as it was Wine Festival in the bay. Thanks. 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z red tag Found I nice memorial in a pretty park overlooking a stunning bay. TFTC MADSTARS 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z homedg Found Another interesting piece of Defense history. Thanks again for the info and insights. Email is on it's way. 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found Found while on a short stopover; on our way to Cairns for holidays. TFTC. Will add similar photo later 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found Found while cruising the waterfront pathways on the bike. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 18:42 Went quickly about this hunt as I had no change for the parking tickets on me at the time. Found what I was looking for and answered the logging requirements. Added a pic to show what it looks like at night, with a flash too. Thanks for the memorable virtual geocache. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4069'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1159/thumbs/tn_3001044547.jpg'></a> 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found Nice easy one for my first FTF. That's MADSTARS. As a defence member myself I really appreciate this type of cache. This site would make a good waymark as well. 2008-07-12T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other Active 2008-07-10T00:00:00.000Z GA1166 Yulludunida Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1166 Yulludunida Geocache Geocache Yulludunida Imagecatcher Turrawan New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 3.5

Volcanic Rim

Located in the Kaputar NP NE of Narrabri in NSW. This is a large volcanic rim about 500m in diameter. From the summit you can see 360deg views of the country. The walk has a height gain of just under 400m, 2/3's of which is bush track followed by a rock scramble up very solid rock. The timber posts and cairns show the best route up the rock. Just avoid any wet parts. the ridge to the summit cairn has a very interesting texture/formation to the rock, like walking up a huge dinosaurs armoured tail. Along the way there are numerous grass-trees close to 3m tall (300yrs old). These are growing in the rock and make for great photos against the orange rock and blue sky. The sign says 3.5 hrs but can be done a lot quicker. The rock section may not be suitable for kids under 12. Mick and I actually tried to go around the rim but got stumped on the southern side of the 2nd big hump (sth of summit) and we were back in 3hrs with a snack break. ten metres south of cairn 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z imagecatcher Found publish 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z imagecatcher Other 2008-07-09T00:00:00.000Z GA1164 Kaputar Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1164 Kaputar Geocache Geocache Kaputar Imagecatcher Turrawan New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

Mt Kaputar lookout

A very easy cache located at the lookout. Fantastic views provided by the 1510m elevation that look West, North and SE. Great rocky outcrops (numerous climbing routes in a small area). Within a couple of 100m there are about 4-5 other drive to lookouts. This is a great camp site too, free bbqs & hot showers. your standing on it 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z imagecatcher Other 2008-07-09T00:00:00.000Z GA1165 Kaputar Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1165 Kaputar Geocache Geocache Kaputar Imagecatcher Turrawan New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

Mt Kaputar lookout

A very easy cache located at the lookout which you can drive within 30m of and follow a boarded track. Fantastic views provided by the 1510m elevation that look West, North and SE. Great rocky outcrops (numerous climbing routes in a small area). Awesome dusk photography to be done with the colour of the rocks. It does snow here so rug up your standing on it 2008-12-18T00:00:00Z imagecatcher Other 2008-07-09T00:00:00.000Z GA1151 Silverton Challenge Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1151 Silverton Challenge Geocache Geocache Silverton Challenge Firesafe Broken Hill West New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

Are you up to the Silverton Challenge

It appeared that there is a lack of caches in the Broken Hill area and the difficulty of maintaining them. GC don't allow Virtuals so GCA was the place for this one. This will give you a chance to see some of the sites of Silverton during a visit to the area. Go to the various locations and email me the answers to these questions to claim a find. Q1: Go to the listed coords and what is the famous landmark at this location? (Ask the owner to do the Silverton Challenge while you are there if you are up to it) Q2.  Go to S31 53.078 E141 13.458 - Who was the Council Clerk when this building was erected? Q3. Go to S31 53.110 E141 13.505 - What is the number of the locomotive at this point? Q4. Go to S31 52.559 E141 13.879 - When did Rose Ann die and how old was she? Enjoy the sites of Silverton. 2009-07-20T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Throughly enjoyed walking around the town and finding the answers to this cache. It was quite windy the day we were there and the locals said there was likely to be a lot of dust in the next couple of days. Thanks Firesafe. 2009-07-18T00:00:00Z ROMA123 Found Completed this multi on a day in Silverton. Including the Silverton Hotel Challenge ...... with a certificate to prove !! Enjoyed getting all the answers. Confirmation from Firesafe that all are correct and I'm able to claim this as a find. 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z gemini7 Found Completed the Silverton Challenge - what a hoot!! We enjoyed going around Silverton answering all the questions with Roma123. A very nice place to visit Gemini7 2009-04-25T00:00:00Z Code1 Found After having a family BBQ at Penrose Park it was time to have a look around town. Have been to all the sites before except the gaol, which we discovered had some old photos of some the in-laws family members. Well worth spending the time to look about. Answers sent and permission to log received. Messed up 1 as I couldn't read my own writing. Thanks Firesafe for the tour of Silverton 2008-12-21T00:00:00Z TheBeagleHasLanded Found The Beagles absolutely loved this one. Was good fun. I grew up in BH, and this gave me the chance to take my wife to a few places where I spent a bit of time whilst growing up. Top cache!! 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 165 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and scored my find No 1014, and a First to Find to boot[:D][8D][:D][8D][:D][8D]. Answers sent to Firesafe and permission to log received - tku. Second visit to Silverton, last time the museum was closed and we didn't go out to the reservoir, so there were a few interesting things to see. T4TH Firesafe Keith 2008-07-10T00:00:00Z firesafe Other A new cache for the Silverton Area. 2008-07-05T00:00:00.000Z GA1149 Fly Point Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1149 Fly Point Geocache Geocache Fly Point MADSTARS Soldiers Point New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1.5

This is a great drive by virtual, a Great View for a nice Lunch.

This is where everybody slips in there boats so they can go fishing for the day. I love the view from here and just think it is really amazing. It is at the furthest point of soldiers point and well worth the drive. To make things interesting I thought I would get you to answer two questions... One is sign based and another is plaque based... The above co-ords will take you in front of four or five signs... Tell me the answer to the following... 1. How do you identify a grey nurse shark???? The next question will require you to back up about three meters to the big rock with a plaque on it... 2. It will give you the Date, Month and Year the boat ramp was opened... Send me an email with those two answers and you have made a quick virtual with the added benefit of a fabulous view. Don't forget to check out Pied Piper and Sailing @ the bay just up the road.... Another two easy caches... Read the Signs... Look for the picture of the shark. 2009-06-14T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 12:45. Just dropped the girls off at Bingo at the local club. Start of 2 hours of caching time. Emailed answers. 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1149/thumbs/tn_2351434146.jpg' align='left'></a>0910 Without a cache sheet, just the coords, hopefully able to claim this virtual cache. Thanks Madstars Unable to find the nearby Sunset Magic cache - but it was from an old cache sheet, not realising it had been disabled. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Nice area enjoyed the wonder around 2009-01-15T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found After finding the nearby GC cache we located this one, and obtained the required information. Oh to have the money to have one of the boats around here, some put our yacht to shame. Now off to get the next nearby GC cache. 2008-11-04T00:00:00Z Pensive Travellers Found Thanks for the cool cache MADSTARS. 2008-10-08T00:00:00Z Zom Found Found on a nice day off from work minding my daughter. Took her for a few caches around the area whilst running errands and doing the grocery shopping. been fishing off here many times! TFTC 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z Konie Found Another lovely spot for a short stop and to grab a few caches. A very pleasant morning with a few anglers about. I nearly felt like dropping a line in myself. After grabbing the required info it was off for a pleasant drive around the bay. Thanks MADSTARS. Logged with the permission of the owner. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 19:33 I'd extended my caching day past my self-imposed 7pm deadline just to try for a FTF here, glad I did! :) I'd otherwise probably never known about the Grey Nurse Shark Critical Habitat and restrictions near Broughton Island. Thanks for the virtual although I will have to return here some time in daylight to appreciate the alleged fabulous view :) <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4072'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1149/thumbs/tn_2061044564.jpg'></a> 2008-07-10T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other My second cache for Geocaching Australia... 2008-07-05T00:00:00.000Z GA1148 Dead Calm Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1148 Dead Calm Geocache Geocache Dead Calm MADSTARS Anna Bay New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1.5 1.5

This is an amazing Grave Yard on the edge of the sea.

I think most grave yards are pretty spooky, but this one is amazing... Its right on the edge of a National Park and right on the water.... Its not used anymore but its using some prime real estate. Its only a short walk out to the point to watch the whales go by, which I saw two of the day I placed the cache. Walk along the paved walkway and it will lead to a great view of the sand dunes. A bit further on and you will find a great park for the kids. This is a great place for a cache but with all the good hidy holes in the National Park its not possible to place one. So I thought I would give a virtual... To log this cache take a beautiful photo of the vista, try and include some part of the grave site in the photo. Very easy work for a fantastic view...    2009-06-16T00:00:00Z jkcourtz Found Found 13:15. Didn't have much time to explore as the heavens were just about to open. Quick photo. Next time will have a better look around. Thanks. 2009-05-09T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1148/thumbs/tn_4951433360.jpg' align='left'></a>1620 Getting dark early these days, so was already thinking about where we were going to camp for the night. Thanks for bring us here. Took nothing but photos; left no footprints. 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z Cruzzzinaround Found Strange sort of place!!! The Greed for prime realestate is most evident at this location 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z Jewria Found This was one of my first experiences in Geocaching. My dad and I and our caching buddies dropped by to pay our respect to Ikey. 2008-10-08T00:00:00Z Zom Found Finally walked up the road to check this one out. It's only a couple of hundred metres from home. Thanks MADSTARS 2008-09-19T00:00:00Z Konie Found Out for a day of driving around the bay and it was good to return to this lovely little grave yard. Did some family research here last year and it was good to come back and pay my respects to all my relatives that are here. After grabbing the required info it was lunch on the rocks with excellent views. No camera today, sorry. Thanks MADSTARS. Logged with the permission of the owner. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 12:44 Yay, a FTF for me! What a great little graveyard this is, I find these spots very interesting. Found the info, emailed the owner and low logging it. Great views for the inhabitants! <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4060'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1148/thumbs/tn_7771042553.jpg'></a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/4061'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga1148/thumbs/tn_4251042553.jpg'></a> 2008-07-10T00:00:00Z MADSTARS Other My first Cache on Geocaching Australia... Yahoo 2008-06-23T00:00:00.000Z GA1127 Message in a Bottle Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1127 Message in a Bottle Geocache Geocache Message in a Bottle chrishenry Rogans Hill New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1

A message in a bottle, come and see us! We love visitors!!

2009-07-18T00:00:00Z skyejam Found Found it quick and easy at 16.10. TFTH SL 2009-05-31T00:00:00Z HamItUp Found All quiet on the scouting front today. The clues made this one a quick find and doable in the wet too. TFTC. 2008-12-25T00:00:00Z smerrall Found I was in the area for Christmas, and the area was almost deserted apart from a huge guy I didn't want to upset in case he went off in a roid rage. He was soon on his way and I was able to grab the cache and be on my way. 2008-11-02T00:00:00Z Toonarmy Found Found with The Carey Clan who had already logged this one. Took a while to get round to loggin it though! TFTC 2008-10-07T00:00:00Z chase'em Found Quick find, although the GPS was a little confused under the tree cover. TNLNSL. TFTC. 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Last find for the afternoon before heading home. Geokiddie located this one and wanted a scout badge for her guides camp blanket, so swapped a crab like toy for one. TFTC 2008-09-28T00:00:00Z richary Found Needed 10 more points to complete Geosportz and this was the closest to home so went for a aquick run. Nice and quiet here this afternoon, added a little bit of camo as the shiny lid was clearly visible. TNLNSL, thanks chrishenry. 2008-09-20T00:00:00Z Alansee Found Found easily on a nice day as I was travelling around this part of Sydney doing some caching. TFTC 2008-09-17T00:00:00Z The Carey Clan Found Did this one with the smallest Geokid who found it by themselves without any problems. Nice place for a cache. Thank You for taking us here. TFTC. 2008-09-02T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 117 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and made an easy find. My find No 881, TNLNSL. T4TH chrishenry Keith 2008-09-01T00:00:00Z Oberonian Found Hunted around the area for a bit and then "Hollow!" we found it and then "logged" our find. Found it with my son on a lovely warm spring day. TFTC 2008-08-10T00:00:00Z sevabo Found found it easily and accompanied by my geodaughter and her geokids. thanks chrishenry for leading us there. 2008-08-05T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Nice easy find. Never had the opportunity to be a scout, but I can see how geocaching fits in well. 2008-07-25T00:00:00Z Everlasting Found STF for me!!!. Interest about scout area. No swap. SL. Thanks chrishenry for organising the cache and hunt. 2008-06-28T00:00:00Z The Owls Found This is my FTF. I was surprised that it was still available after being listed for 4 days. As the items in the cache are of a particular interest I took nothing. 2008-05-20T00:00:00.000Z GA1103 Not so "Hard Place" Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1103 Not so "Hard Place" Geocache Geocache Not so "Hard Place" watchdog05 Glenfield Park New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 2

An easy one for Kids

Accessible by 4WD, bike or walking. If you start from the Kapooka Bridge or Uranquinty. Can be real fun in the wet. Watch out for Kangaroo's.   There is NO REAL Need to park on the Highway and cross the rail line as this could be   Dangerous. The Cache is a small Plastic container containing a selection of small items to swap. No hints... to easy. Too easy for a hint. 2008-11-23T00:00:00Z murf Found OK, so I was out and about chasing more caches round this way today, and it took me a second to realise that I had already been here... So seeing as I've been there a second time (and to get this one off my to-do list), i'm claiming a smiley! :-) 2008-09-20T00:00:00Z murf Note Seeing as this is a duplicate of the GC cache GC1AKAR, I'll just note that I found this one... Just wondering why the duplicate cache though? 2008-05-20T00:00:00Z Roostaman Found Found it when I found Hard Place, and it appears to be a duplication. The owner needs to archive this cache as it will confuse some cachers. 2008-05-18T00:00:00.000Z GA1101 Ravine Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1101 Ravine Geocache Geocache Ravine watchdog05 Yarrangobilly Caves New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 2.5

Ravine-Kosciuszko NP

<div align="center" style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);">Ravine Cache. </div>   This is a fairly easy Cache located in the Kosciuszko National Park between Link Road (near Three Mile Dam) and the Snowy Mountains Highway. The Cache is a small plastic container with a few swaps inside. It is just off the Ravine / Lobb's Hole Track and should be easily found as I thought a family with  Kids might like this one. This track is sometimes closed due to Snow. I encountered Snow and rain on my way in to place the Cache and the Temp was about 3° C and dropping. Altitude of Cache: 860m. Ravine is a great open area with great camping spots and good fishing. Be prepared and take WARM CLOTHING.     All I'll say is that its on the left of track. 2008-04-27T00:00:00.000Z GA1086 Teg's Caching Bag Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1086 Teg's Caching Bag Geocache Geocache Teg's Caching Bag tegator Campbelltown North New South Wales Australia Other Micro 1 1.5

The co-rords above are for a cache close to my place where my bag is most of the time when not out caching. And when i know if iam going to be somewhere like an event i will put the co-rords to match where it will be and after back to home. To help all track where it is and will be. The cache is a small silver screw top container that is attached to my caching bag so if u see me with my black bumbag you can find the cache hanging off it and sign the log. 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z tegator Note home again 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z tegator Note back home till next event but can always be found with me when i'am caching 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z tegator Note did it again 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Found this one hanging around at the Blue Mountains Autumn event. Great cache idea. TFTC 2008-05-03T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Spotted and signed at the Autumn in the Bluies event. I thought I was meant to sign bub, but then spotted the cache. 2008-04-28T00:00:00Z homedg Found Well, It's a very rare event when a cache comes to you but when I saw this one pop up I thought I better give Tegs the guilts about returning my picnic table. When he came over to drop it off, I logged the cache. Piece of Cake! Thanks for the cache. An interesting concept. Oh, and an *FTF* as well. 2008-04-28T00:00:00Z tegator Note ON THE MOVE UP TO THE EVENT UP THE MOUNTAINS SEE YOU ALL THERE 2008-03-29T00:00:00.000Z GA1054 Boab Tree Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1054 Boab Tree Geocache Geocache Boab Tree Fred6603 Mount Gipps New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

A Virtual Cache located on the Silver City Highway between Broken Hill and Mildura

The Boab Tree or Bottle Tree is not normally found in this area of Australia. This unusual specimen can be found just off the Silver City Highway approximately 70 kilometres South of Broken Hill. You can drive to within a few metres of it making this cache a drive by. Before you log your visit you must Email me a photo of the tree to prove that you have found this unique specimen. 2009-04-20T00:00:00Z Code1 Found Logging this one late as confirmation email got no reply from the cache owner, and I forgot about it until today. Picked this one up on our way from Broken hill to Wentworth. Very nice specimen of the "Boab". I do believe that there is another specimen located on the Wilcannia Road also. The bull dust was thick in the pull off area. Thanks for the stop. Will resend photo if needed. 2008-02-29T00:00:00.000Z GA1024 Child's Play Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1024 Child's Play Geocache Geocache Child's Play The Fox Team The Entrance New South Wales Australia Other Micro 1 1

Finally a cache for the kids!!!

I thought to myself: Why is'nt there a cache for the kids in NSW yet??? So I have made a cache FOR KIDS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES ONLY(parents can help, but not too much!)!!! So the rules are: 1. It has to move to a playground if you find it(NOWHERE ELSE)! 2. Please hide it so muggle kids dont find it! 3. You have to say in your log at least three items of play-equipment! 4. HAVE FUN! Rocks in tree, BBQ seating side. 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Other Gave cache to the seals to move somewhere... BTW its now in an Eclipse Mints tin 2008-09-07T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Other Cheers, Thanks for your info gonna try and replace soon! Jeremy Fox 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z TheFourC's Note I have been checking this cache every week since I placed it. It was there a week ago, but was not there tonight when I checked it again. So it has either been muggled or someone has found it and not logged it yet. It was well hidden (even the workers who were working right around it for a few weeks didn't find it) - but either way, it's not there anymore. 2008-06-10T00:00:00Z TheFourC's Note Moved next to a nice little local park. I'm a big fan of parks that are fenced and even though this one is small, it is a beautiful waterfront park and it's fenced! It has climbing equipment, bridges, small slide (for the littlies), medium slide (for older tots), and big twisty slide (for the more adventurous). High muggle activity at the usual times, especially weekends. 2008-05-30T00:00:00Z TheFourC's Found Great hide Shifter brains. I wanted to take the 2 little C's to a park today so this gave me a place to go. Have been here before - lovely spot. Will move on soon. 2008-03-08T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note Moved to near a playground with climbing ropes, slippery dip, climbing boat and "standing spinners", and it is near the water. 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Note Have you moved this cache yet? If so please log soon =D Thanks S/B! 2008-02-29T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Picked this up on a Friday night caching expedition. Next to geo kiddies ballet, but we were not going to wait until Wednesday to look for it. Will move along soon. 2008-02-28T00:00:00.000Z GA1023 McDonalds Move-able Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1023 McDonalds Move-able Geocache Geocache McDonalds Move-able The Fox Team Tuggerah New South Wales Australia Other Micro 1 1

It is a film canister with no magnet...

As you walk into McDonalds (tired and weary, with your trusty GPS in pocket), your thoughts drift to what you like to eat... You walk up to face the attractive trainee... You thoughtfully say the things you want to order, and step aside... You take your fries, coke and cheeseburger to a nice clean table... As you nibble at your chips you think of how convenient it would be if there was a geocache nearby... You take out your Pocket-Pc and absentmindedly open up Google Earth and go to the McDonalds you're at, as you wait for the map to load. You think of how much chance there is of a cache being nearby... You blink, then you rub your eyes, then you jump up and down in your happiness! The other people in McDonalds look at you like you're an extremely rare and exquisite chimpanzee, the McDonalds trainee looks at you too, and accidentaly miss-aims the icecream, and it all goes everywhere... You feel (extremely) embarrassed as you hurriedly sit down... Then you quickly whip out your GPS, anxious to get out of McDonalds... How is the rest of the story gonna go? Well it is up to you! Just for fun, include your ending! =P Also the rules of this cache are: 1. It HAS to move to another McDonalds (NOWHERE else)! 2. It is NOT allowed inside the building, but place it within 25m of the store! 3. You can log what you ordered! 4. HAVE FUN! Next Left 2009-01-07T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Not Found I suspect it has gone. My data is out , as my records showed it was still inplace, not to worry i can confirm ther is no where emlse to look,and nothing to find. the "next left" clue has been remioved aswell, because the trees block the sign from the new road. oh well, might as well have luch while im here.... next left into the drive through! ( i did not read richlinks log until i got home today) 2008-10-19T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Note TYVM ricklink ill replace it Jeremy Fox 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z richlink Not Found Went to check this one out yesterday - not many places it could be and its not in any of them. Think it's gone walkabout. 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z gkseal Found Found this one will move today I hope 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z gkseal Note Moved it to the maccas at tuggerah. 2008-03-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note Hidden after enjoying a coffee. 2008-02-29T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Picked up after a mocha and a cookies and cream cheesecake for Mr and Mrs Shifter Brains and an ice cream for Little Miss Shifter Brains, and after finding the other nearby cache. 2008-02-11T00:00:00.000Z GA0999 The 4th Service Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0999 The 4th Service Geocache Geocache The 4th Service G O T G East Tamworth New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

Another ww11 memorial

This war memorial has four displays one for each of the services and one other :-O To log this Cache you will need to find out the date the Monument was placed. There is no need climb on to the Monument. While hear look at the Gates near by these Gates are Called the MAN O WAR and they used to be at Circular Quay through which the serviceman marched to War not all of them Returned on the Pedastal 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found Finally getting around to logging this Cache. 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z gd___ Found A quick stop to look at the monument on the way past. Thanks. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z livinglife Found 2009-01-03T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Thanks for the cache. Information sent via message. 2008-10-29T00:00:00Z kim_nd_jez Found This was a great cache my daughter really liked looking at the memorial. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z weroamin Found Bravely walked to this cache in bare feet but soon found the prickles in the grass. Huh, I had little to worry about compared to our ex-servicemen and women. TFTC Photo to come later. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z gerrynewgirl Found Found this cache on a return trip back up north with weroamin. Photos to follow. TFTC. 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and Ben . Found it 2008-09-09T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found Nice to see the gates have gone to a good home, I pass by the Man 'o War steps in Sydney on a regular basis. 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z The Lost Bunch Found found nice area info sent to owner thanks for sending us here 2008-04-05T00:00:00Z Sunshine Toledo Found Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty on 02/04/08 at about 6:00pm. Info sent to owner. Some pix coming soon. 2008-03-10T00:00:00Z homedg Found Woo Hoo, FTF on this one for us. Email sent to owner for confirmation. Very interesting information, particularly about the gates. TFTV :) 2008-02-11T00:00:00.000Z GA0998 Light Horse Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0998 Light Horse Geocache Geocache Light Horse Sam Spam East Tamworth New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 1

A Statue of a Light horseman

This my first Cache set up by Dad  as I'm to young to drive He has made it a Virtual :-D to log this Cache you must read the Placque and let me know what date the Monument was Placed in position.There is no need to climb onto the Statue.While hear look at the Gates near by these Gates are Called the MAN O WAR and they used to be at Circular Quay through which the serviceman marched to War not all of them Returned on Pedistal 2009-06-08T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found Finally getting around to logging this Cache. 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z gd___ Found A quick stop to look at the monuments on the way past. Thanks. 2009-05-24T00:00:00Z livinglife Found 2009-01-03T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Have visited before but didn't know the cache existed. Went back for another look today. Information sent by message. Thanks. 2008-10-31T00:00:00Z kim_nd_jez Found TFTC this was great even though the circus ppl there thought we were a bit wierd lol but still had fun my daughter loved the statue and proceded to pat the horse. TFTC again 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z gerrynewgirl Found Found this cache on a return trip back up north with weroamin. Photos to follow. TFTC. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z weroamin Found I recently watched Breaker Morant on a DVD so I have a high regard for the Australian Light Horse men and their animals. Thanks for taking me to this cache in company with gerrynewgirl on a return trip to Queensland. I will post the photo soon. TFTC 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and Ben Found it Thanks for the experience 2008-09-18T00:00:00Z richlink Found Fantastic sculpture and interesting reading the history. Thanks for bringing us to this location. Emailed answer to owner. 2008-09-09T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found Early morning walk to find this cache. Interesting to read some of the story of the Light Horse. 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z The Lost Bunch Found thanks for sending us here with caching info sent to owner 2008-06-27T00:00:00Z Geotrail Found It didn't take Sam Spam very long to reply my mail [:)] and give me approval to log this cache. A nice statue and a very special piece of history. Not a bad cache to start with. Keep up the good work. Geotrail 2008-04-02T00:00:00Z Sunshine Toledo Found Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty on 02/04/08 at about 6:00pm. Some pix coming soon. 2008-02-19T00:00:00Z big dazza Found Thanks Sam Spam for allowing me to log a find for this cache, but because I was here before it was a cache I will not claim the FTF. Thanks for the cache and it's great to see a youngster showing an interest in Aussie history. 2008-01-18T00:00:00.000Z GA0974 fire call Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0974 fire call Geocache Geocache fire call sparkadurry Kurmond New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 3.5 1

this is an old glue stock from school only couple of notebook size pages so please dont take up up much room filling this one out own pen essential not big enough to put a pen in sorry chaned the cache location only by maybe 30 cm but a lot harder than before and same co-ords look down 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z richary Not Found No luck for me today, could see some logical hiding spots but no cache. 2009-01-11T00:00:00Z jay.trent Not Found couldn't find it 2008-09-20T00:00:00Z chickdeputy Found Look what you find when dropping in to say Hi to some Fireys!!! Cheers ChickDeputy xxx 2008-05-21T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found wasnt hard this time was just lying in garden bed,drenched. rekon a 'Gardener' found it realised it was not rubbish and put it just in the garden. needs maintenance real quick. thanks Acko 2008-01-30T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Not Found reckon everybody thought i was the gardener,ripp' out weeds! but no luck just weed free,rubbish free garden better luck next time acko 2008-01-20T00:00:00Z Swampgecko Found A quick find 2008-01-17T00:00:00.000Z GA0976 Inlet Isle-let Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0976 Inlet Isle-let Geocache Geocache Inlet Isle-let beechmere Sussex Inlet New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 1

Team Beechmere (and friends) hid this one during a holiday in the Shoalhaven. Immediately after planting the box, four kids tested it out, and found it without too much trouble. This is a fairly easy cache, hidden on a delightful little island in the man-made rivers and canals of Sussex Inlet, surrounded by waterfront holiday homes. You can get to it by rowboat, powerboat, kayak, canoe or simply walk over the wooden bridge.

Behind the little rock in the bushes near the sandy path. 2009-04-19T00:00:00Z richary Found After staying just over the water for the weekend trip with the radio club, it was time to duck over and grab this one before the drive back north. Took the bridge option and a nice quick find with the hint. Managed to sign it and replace before the next cruiser came past. Thanks beechmere, a very nice little spot. 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z gadget13 Found Neat spot.Couple of minimuggles fishing nearby but all ok.hint..come frome the south. 2009-01-03T00:00:00Z TheBTs Found Good ol' TomTom took me within 100 metres. If only I had a boat. Another few K's driving got to the same distance away but a lot easier to get to. Once on the island it was just a short look to grab the cache. Gotta watch out for muggles though. 2008-09-20T00:00:00Z BlacknWhite Found We found this cache quickly while mum grabbed us some lunch at the local fish and chip shop. Outstanding cache and outstanding place to stop for lunch. 2008-02-06T00:00:00Z Lucy & Roo Found Have spent a lot of time working in Sussex Inlet over the years, but have never played tourist, and certainly never visited this spot before. Well today I did, and enjoyed myself having lunch and waiting for some persistent muggles to leave so that I could find the cache. I didn't really mind waiting, the surrounds are interesting enough to spend some time on observation. The cache was an easy find (for a cacher). Thanks Beechmere. 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z spinoff Found Great to find one so close to home. This is a lovely spot. I found tourists swimming in the river having a great time (no wonder there's no fish near here). Cache was easy to find & didn't need my GPS. NTNL. I hope many cachers visit & enjoy 'El Paradisio'. Thanks. 2008-01-22T00:00:00Z Tuena Found Had thought I might get a FTF but not to be. Certainly some expensive realestate nearby - a car in the garage & a boat either moored or on their private boat ramp. I took a highlighter & left a piggy. A pleasant location on a cool summer morning. Thank you. 2008-01-21T00:00:00Z Usat31 Found FTF. A nice and quick find in a lovely part of the world. Was hoping it may have been a GC cache too, but seeing as it popped up the day before our planned trip to Sussex, we thought we may as well have a bit of fun whilst in the area. Took Keyring with LED light. Left Green Highlighter Pen. TFTC 2008-01-16T00:00:00.000Z GA0971 Zoo by the water Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0971 Zoo by the water Geocache Geocache Zoo by the water mozzibeatz Myall Park New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

Good family location!

A nice place to camp near water. Variety of animals to see. Play equipment and bbq facilities nearby. A great place for the whole family. Between a rock and a hard place! 2008-09-28T00:00:00Z barryi Found TNLN, TFTC. Might come back here and camp some day. 2008-01-27T00:00:00Z murf Found Found @ 1530 I noticed this cache in GSAK the other day, and realised id missed it appearing because its a GCA cache... Upon seeing that noone had found it yet, I decided to go for a quick afternoon drive. Once I got to GZ, I had no trouble finding it. When I opened it and read the logbook, I was surprised to find that the Furcarwe Tribe had been here before me... In fact it says they found it on the first day it was placed, which is listed as 9/9/2007. Oh well, no FTF for me ;-) Thanks for a great cache in what is a beautiful spot. I've been over here before and dont remeber seeing the Zoo, so it was great to discover. TNLNSL, Thanks mozzibeats! Cheers, Murf. 2008-01-12T00:00:00.000Z GA0969 Long Way In Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0969 Long Way In Geocache Geocache Long Way In hardtail Putty New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 4

This cache will take you into the heart of the Wollemi national park. A beautiful place as the attached photo below illustrates, this is part of the trail you will traverse. To place the cache a 4wd trip and a 25klm return mountain bike ride over an undulating firetrail (due to a locked gate at the head of the Hunter Main Trail) were required.Go get it.

<img height="450" alt="" width="299" align="middle" src="file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/David%20%20Pearce/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/Kodak%20Pictures/2008-01-12/100_0364.jpg" /> Sit down and enjoy the views. 2007-12-31T00:00:00.000Z GA0960 Snatch Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0960 Snatch Geocache Geocache Snatch BillDary Merewether Heights New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2.5 2

Glenrock, NSW

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">This cache is in a beautiful location just off the track down among the spiders. If you follow the Camp Road track to the end you will find a place like no other, where the sunrise and sunsets are magnificant. Home of Scouting in the Hunter - make sure to shut the gate. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The cache is in a plastic container, you will need to bring your own pen. No pets allowed, no wheelchairs. The road is part tar, part dirt, part holes but all cars can manage this track. If you follow to the end it gets steep and windey and narrow so go slow.   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">It's taken me a while to get this cache operational - planned it a few times but something always came up. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Hope you enjoy the journey       burnt is the right direction, inside not out. 2009-05-28T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found Found this one whilst visting other caches in the area. Found with the assistance of the hint. TNLN. TFTC 2008-12-27T00:00:00Z tronador Found After completing another cache close by, we thought this would be snatched quickly and we'd be on our way. Uh uh... this took longer to find than it should have taken. The coords seemed to be out by 20 meters initially. Luckily Altaire spied an alternate set of coords and then quickly spied the cache. 2008-12-27T00:00:00Z Altaire Found After completing a nearby cache we stopped on the way out for this one. A short walk from the car park brought us to the search area however it took us a little while to find - thankfully the clue did the trick. Initially the GPS had us about 20m away however whilst signing the log we took another reading to find only a marginal differnce to the given co-ordinates. You get that sometimes. Anyway it's a nice "bushy" locale. 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z gd___ Found I was going to look for this cache a while ago when I found a nearby cache but din't have the time (after spending too much on the other one), but I had some time this morning. It was a tricky little hide but didn't cause too much trouble. TNLN TFTC 2008-08-11T00:00:00Z cjb Not Found I was made to search all over the place, until the GPS batteries went flat.. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z Biogenesis Found Stopped by this cache while logging a few more trails for OpenStreetMap. Nice little hiding place. Took nothing, left carabina keyring. 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 14:10 Wow, the mozzies were absolutely vicious here today! Great spot for a cache or two. Found without too much trouble, (except the insect kind - will aeroguard up next time!) found the co-ords about 8m off. TNLN. Thanks for the cache and the peaceful surroundings :) 2008-01-11T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found We were up at Lake Macquarie Yacht Club for an sailing regatta, so afterwards we decided to head a little further North for another FTF for us. Picked up geocoin. TFTC 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z BillDary Note Set up cache and dropped a coin 'Capricorn'. Due to the fact GCA won't let me drop a coin I have to do it this way. Capricorn Link http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=55c3b712-0173-44e7-bf72-411630d39daa Hopefully the powers to be can make this work somewhere in the future. 2007-12-28T00:00:00.000Z GA0955 Stick in the mud Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0955 Stick in the mud Geocache Geocache Stick in the mud The Spindoctors Liberty Grove New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 2

A kid friendly cache hidden amongst the mangroves of Homebush Bay. My first GCA cache.

It wasn't that long ago that mangroves were thought of as wasteland. Full of mud, smelly water and strange unwanted sea life. Today we know that they are a complete ecosystem, teeming with life, and essential to estuaries and other aquatic environments. From the Australian Museum website: <blockquote> Mangroves are among those very few land plants that can live in inter-tidal areas and can tolerate a constantly changing mixture of salt and fresh water. They survive in salty water by preventing their roots from absorbing too much salt and pumping out any excess salt through special glands in their leaves. Unlike other trees, many mangroves can breathe through their roots. They do this by extending their underground roots through the surface of the mud to form aerial roots called 'pneumatophores'. Pneumatophores can often be seen sticking out above the water and mud under mangroves, especially during low tide. </blockquote> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/5530'><img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0955/thumbs/tn_549.jpg'></a> The mangroves of Homebush Bay have undergone a transformation as a result of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. To achieve the title of the 'Green Games', the mangroves in the region were cleaned up and allowed to restore. There transformations continue today as boardwalks, trails and an education centre have been added to the region. While they may still smell and appear full of mud, take some time to explore the area and learn how mangroves form a part of our environment. On top of a large black plastic floaty 2009-05-10T00:00:00Z Hunter/Finder Found A pleasant walk today saw me in the vicinity of this cache. It has been in my todo list for the last year so decided to tackle this and others in the area while I was here. Well done Spindoc for the education value as well as a great cache Hunter/Finder 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z acaconly Found Nice hide and nice spot, few muggles on a rainy day, took small pot, left glow stick and bubbles. TFTC 2009-02-25T00:00:00Z matt 7_7 Not Found We found a cache left by an earlier geocacher. 2009-02-22T00:00:00Z zaukau Not Found Made another attempt with no success. Mozzies very active. Will bring torch and bug spray on next attempt. 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Other Dropped by geocache today and it was there. Have taken photos to assist future finders. Retrieved the plastic bag from the other side of the pontoon (five metres away) and placed it's contents in the geocache. Also collected some rubbish for the bin. 2009-01-29T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Other I will check this cache as I suspect it hasn't been found and still exists. There are school groups that visit and occasionally leave pencils and other objects behind. 2009-01-26T00:00:00Z matt 7_7 Found Thanks for leaving the bag & temporary log. Was able to find & sign it. Didn't leave any swaps. My 3 yo loved finding this one - nice exploration of the boadwalks. 2009-01-26T00:00:00Z zaukau Not Found Seems I didn't find it after all. Will try again today. Great area and well worth a visit. Original log: "Cache gone or not accessible at site. There are heaps of pens and a map I can't reach (blown out of reach under ...) I created a new cache at site leaving two ceramic objects I made and a very rough log, in a plastic bag. (Please reuse bag and seal to prevent it getting wet) Would be good if someone could place new log in cache AND take a ziplock bag for cache items. Nice hiding spot away from most people. Used a TomTom XL to find it (It has a satellite screen with co-ords and can drag maps when using your nail or stylus, e.g. like pen or key)" 2008-11-08T00:00:00Z Alpini Found Wonderful boardwalk. Coming at low tide pays off. TFTC TNLN Alpini 2008-10-06T00:00:00Z sevabo Found 11:40 I enjoyed stroll along the boradwalk. phew bit hard to find it but found it okay [:)] Thanks for organised the hunt. SL 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z skyejam Found 12.00.... Straight to here from my work close by i just finish worked at 11.30am. It took me for a while becuase GZ was confused but finally I found it. It was a lovely stroll along. TFTH SL 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on a wet and cold day 121 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and made an easy find. My find No 915, LCC, TNLNSL. T4TH The Spindoctors Keith 2008-08-03T00:00:00Z Altaire Found Even on a lovely sunny winter's day with veritable hordes afoot and abike throughout the park this area was very peaceful. We loved this mangrove area - it felt a primeval world away from the throngs. We quickly located possibly the biggest cache in the park - good to see something non-magnetic. We made no swaps today. Great spot! 2008-06-15T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Note The full contingent of Spindoctors (Dr Bob, Supernay and iZac), ventured into the mangroves to see if the cache was still there. Like Richary, I found a pen. But unlike Richary, iZac found the cache still in place. 2008-06-07T00:00:00Z richary Not Found Found the spot, and the large black floaty things. Found a pen on one of them and a pencil on another. But no sign of a cache. Hopefully the recent king tides didn't claim it! 2008-05-02T00:00:00Z Rikki Found Catching up on finding caches in the area and just had to find this one. After a bit of a search I found the cache. Had a bit of a scare when a group of people carrying alot of food came walking down the board walk. I thought for a moment that they were going to setup for lunch. Luckily they kept going and I could return the cache without having to harm any muggles. Left a carabeener keyring. TFTH Cheers, Rikki. 2008-04-19T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found This is a great Cache. We loved speeding along the board walk on the bikes at break neck pace. A smart hide and sure to be safe from Muggles, which the rain had kept at bay. Top spot and thanks for taking us there Took: Candle and the GC Left: Tape Measure and a Snake TFTCSL [8D] 2008-03-21T00:00:00Z smerrall Found Great spot for a cache. It took some searching as the GPS reception under wet trees wasn't so great. I really love these boardwalks and this is a great one. Unfortunately I didn't realise his was a GCA cache and left a geocoin. Hopefully this will be picked up shortly. 2008-03-07T00:00:00Z chase'em Found Nice boardwalk through the mangroves towards GZ, and then I had to wait for some students to move on before claiming the cache. TFTC. 2008-02-18T00:00:00Z Team_Chicken Found Had walked through here a number of times and yes there is only one type of place it could be - just multiple options. Hada quiet chuckle at the number of pens and pencils dropped here. Lovely walk. TNLNSL. TFTC J&J 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z homedg Found After clearing most of the caches within striking distance of work during 2007 it was nice to return from leave and find a few more close by. Nothing like a nice local lunchtime cache to allow for a diversion from the daily drudgery. Headed out for this one at lunchtime and the dappled shade from the mangroves provided enough relief from the heat to make it a very pleasant stroll out to GZ indeed. As stated previously there is no need to head into the mud to get this one, and after checking a couple of likely locations the well hidden cache was quickly in hand. A great cache in a spot I hadn't discovered in this park before. Very nice. Thanks Spindoc 2008-01-13T00:00:00Z GIN51E Found Cache #5 @ 4:15pm Last cache for the day and fantastic cache to finish off on. I get the feeling that when this walkway was designed they were only allowed to use a Set Square and a Ruler? Nevertheless i arrived at GZ just as the rain was starting with the thunder and lighting all around it rejuvenated my caching drive and i had the cache quickly in my hand in no time. A Great Location, Nice walk and good hide. Easily the best cache find of the day. Thanks Spindoc Bob, look forward to finding many more like this in 2008 and more years to come. 2008-01-13T00:00:00Z willyboyblue Not Found Found GZ easily enough but after a lot of poking around with sticks in holes in trees couldn't find it. 2008-01-10T00:00:00Z Toonarmy Found An easy find though I know from walking here many times that during school times the place is infested with muggles kids. TFTC 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Note Well done Tronador. Just a note to all future finders, you don't need to step off the boardwalk into the mud to get this cache. 2007-12-30T00:00:00Z tronador Found Woo hoo a FTF. Don't get too many of these. This is so close to home. I've been here many times before both on foot and by bike. It's really peaceful early in the morning before all the muggles arrive. Great hide. Figured out the clue as I was walking along as I approached GZ my GPS was out by about 12 m initially probably because of the canopy. It had me wading through the mangroves, which I refused to do. After ignoring the GPS, I found the cache in the only spot it had to be. Love the hide, future retrieval will be interesting to watch. No swaps. Thanks Spindoc Bob for another quality cache. 2007-12-27T00:00:00.000Z GA0966 Boomerang headland Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0966 Boomerang headland Geocache Geocache Boomerang headland imagecatcher Boomerang Beach New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 2 3

Boomerang Beach Pacific Palms

Before you hit the sand from the car park look at the headland and see why it is called the "Sleeping Dog"Follow the track off the sand onto the rocks and veer left after going around the first big boulder (size of a caravan). Head straight up into the bush. There is another track that traverses the brown slab section but not preferred. At NO point is there any need to travel along tracks at the cliff edge so find the safer tracks.Located on the northern side/face of the north rocky outcrop/blade. The cache is accessable without serious risk however common sense should be adhered to. Thongs are not suitable footwear. The southern approach to this is via the northern end car park of Boomerang beach. Just a point of interests, the beach further around to the North was/is has been a nudist beach for decades and is called Shelleys Beach. Looking south towards the sleeping dog, you may now see the "Dragons Head" - snout, fang long nose, brow. Not quite Machu Pichu but its there. in Rocks forming armchair facing north. warning it may be someones home! 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found Found this one with The Don. This was a good hike. Definately not for the Geokids. Imagecatcher says that there is no need to walk around the cliff faces but these are the only tracks that we could find. There would be a 50m to the rocks below if you fell. This is definately not for those afraid of heights. We found the track off the beach as described and then climbed to the ridgeline. From there the only track we found takes you across the cliff faces to the second head. From there it is a walk along a razorback headland to ground zero. The Don found the cache with ease once we found the correct lounge chair. Thanks imagecatcher. Not a very active cache but there are great views from there if you are brave enough. 2009-07-19T00:00:00Z The-Don Found Found this with The Cash Man. Only for the brave or stupid. 2008-12-13T00:00:00Z sao57 Found Found with Norm - definitely not one for the faint hearted. 2008-10-12T00:00:00Z shnappstix Found Not one for the faint hearted. Scrambled up from the beach to the south, took the recently cleared track back down. Even at the end of the track there was still some scrambling to the cliff edge. When finally realised where the cache must be the southerly wind ensured this would be a find I treasured. I left a great travel bug "the ride of the Valkaries" from Geocache.com, this seemed befitting of a viking needing a challenge. 2008-08-10T00:00:00Z If Not Found This cache chase did not go smoothly. Like any good cacher I decided to start from the furthest point, ie: Shelly Beach. The beach was deserted and the views made for a great photo. I scrambled up the rocks at the end of the beach and followed a feint trail up into the ever thickening scrub. After a battle I emerged on the top of the ridge and got some more spectacular views. But the cache was way over on the next point of the headland. I battled on through the scrub above the cliff tops. More superb views along the way which I doubt many see. I got to within about 100metres of GZ but the scrub just got thicker, so I had to detour down the hill to the southern beach. Finally, battered, scratched and bleeding I emerged onto the beach. That was fun !! Then I read the notes again and saw where I now had to go. NO! Not back in there !! I strolled the beach and walked back to the geomobile along the road. Happy I knew where the cache was at least and with some great pictures in the camera. 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z gkseal Not Found Went with the kids but did not like the final part of the track. Sorry but I had images of one of the kids going over the edge. Still it was an energetic walk and great views. got to within 60 metre's of GZ and decided that was enough. 2008-03-22T00:00:00Z antpadgem Found Left the tribe behind on the beach Now this is a good idea I must preach Especially if windy or in an approaching storm Or improper footwear, thongs, hows my form Slipped and scratched my way to the top Momentum the key, backwards, if I were to stop On the knife edge towards the GZ 25 knots blowing, one slip and I'm dead Hunched over and outa sight Filled the log and took flight Thanks imagecatcher for this cache Shame I did it in such a dash 2008-02-11T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found Now that was scary for a poor old man. my knees wer'ashakin' well anyways I timidly found it and RFevelled in the find! thanks Acko 2008-01-23T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 1650 On way to friends at Smiths Lake dropped by Boomerang Beach with the family, and Fang Shaw and self headed out to the headland. After a couple of false starts found the track mentioned and got on over to the cache with no further difficulty. Great views. Coordinates pretty well spot on. Took 1000 rupia note and left Chapstick. TFTC Imagecatcher, and hope to see you out there finding some caches soon. 2008-01-23T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found It took us a while to find a track that we thought might take us to the cache. We found 3 different boulders that were the size of caravans. When we saw the first boulder we tried to find the track but it was more of a dead end we thought. and the second boulder was the same. But the third boulder their was a clear track that was very over grown. After about 100 metres it became a track that was right next to a cliff. And after that we were very careful. When we came to the site of the cache I didn't even try to find it because I think I would've fell. But dad went and found it anyway. Now i'm thinking that we came along a cliff track that you said wan't recommmended. but at least we got the cacheand got back safely. Took Nothing Left Nothing TFTC. Now off to smith lake to see a friend. 2007-11-11T00:00:00.000Z GA0922 Wheels Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0922 Wheels Geocache Geocache Wheels beechmere Loftus New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 1

Team Beechmere's first cache

This being the first cache hidden by Team Beechmere, I spent about 15 minutes walking up and down to average out the coordinates.  I hope it's not too innacurate or too well hidden.   Watch out for two-wheeled traffic and do not even think about tackling this cache from the highway, no matter how close your GPS unit says you are.  The container is a small plastic box with a blue lid.   There is a standard cache note for muggles, plus a blank log sheet, pencil, and two (*)  common Magic cards from last century, which have highly appropriate names.   First finder is welcome to take one of the cards!    (*) Now 4 Cards!   Maintained 18/11.  Diego_ma, I'm sorry you didn't find it.  Be assured that you don't have to go anywhere near the speeding motor traffic.   Use the hint!     The cache is still there, lightly buried.   The Longitude coordinate has been modified by a mere 0.005 seconds.    Check the photos in the gallery.    Sorry that people are having trouble with this - I won't be hiding one in this fashion again.   A newbie's lesson leaned!   Lightly buried near edge of bike path, directly adjacent to the overhead wire loops. 2009-04-11T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Found Was in the area caching and noticed this one pop up. The previous logs didn't look inviting, but I persisted for 10 minutes and found a likely hiding spot. There are more than casuarina needles hiding this. Look for the log to find the log. 2008-10-08T00:00:00Z Pipes_down_under Not Found Thought I would have a go at a GCA cache as I was in the area with the geodaughter. Had a quick look (had not read the logs) and decided I wasn't going to spend too much time here with the bikes whizzing past. May try again some other time. 2008-03-27T00:00:00Z odlids Note The newly refurbished cache has been rehidden, co-ordinates remain the same. The new position is within 2 metres of the original location. Slightly larger (and hopefully more waterproof) container, still under the leaf litter but not buried. Cheers Odlid Dave 2008-03-23T00:00:00Z odlids Note Tried for this cache on early Good Friday morning, but the prospect of excavating 25 square metres of casurina mulch just didn't seem all that inviting especially with so many wheelies whizzing past. Went back this morning (before dawn) with a garden trowel and sucess of sorts was achieved...... Yes the cache was there as described but since it was "partially buried" and was in a "claytons plastic container" it had fairly naturally filled with water during our recent rains. Needless to say the log sheet was doing a good imitation of a slime mould and the quality chinese pencil had disintegrated into a carbonaceaus pulp. Now far be it for me (with some of my dodgey hides) to suggest that this is a poor cache placement but I am afraid this cache was never going to be anything other than a temporary success. Unfortunately the cache was beyond help from my field maintenance kit, so I have temporarily removed it to my cache workshop where it will be re-engineered into a "waterproof" container and restocked and rehidden today or tomorrow. Odlid Dave 2008-03-23T00:00:00Z odlids Found I suppose technically I found it ....... Signing the log sheet sludge was always going to be problematic!!!!!! Odlid Dave 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z tronador Found Woo hoo FTF! Tried again on my way to check out the enormous surf. This was one sneaky little bugger. The additional clues definitely helped confirm that I had been looking in the right spot. It was still not an easy find because of the immense amount of leaf litter. Future finders need to make sure they replace what they disturb or else GZ will look like wombats have been uprooting the trees. No swaps, thanks Teem Beechmere and Happy New Year. 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z tronador Not Found Spent a short time searching for this but no luck. Not sure burying a cache is the way to go. With the amount of leaf litter and casuarina needles it is like looking for a needle in a hay stack. The GPS said GZ was on the banks of the creek, if it is then it's in danger of being washed away. I came in from the bike track, even widened the search area. Can I suggest that the cache be hidden in a different way and not buried? 2007-11-24T00:00:00Z diego_ma Not Found I was hoping to get my FTF but no luck. I searched for about an hour but the GPS was insisting I should commit suicide and jump to the motorway. Speeding cars and trucks on one side, speeding cyclists on the other side. And the cache didn't show up. 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z beechmere Note Took the girlfriend along to show her how easy it was to use the Garmin. She walked past GZ, counting the distance down to about 10, from where it started increasing. "Why didn't it go to zero?" she asked,, when I stopped her walking to Woollongong. I explained about having to be on the exact line, and what to do when you got as close as possible. I quickly exposed the cache, and added 2 more cards. Still no lucky first finder. 2007-10-13T00:00:00.000Z GA0813 Cygnus atratus Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0813 Cygnus atratus Geocache Geocache Cygnus atratus TopoTurtles Collaroy Plateau West New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1.5

<div align="center">A mythical creature from ancient times,</div> <div align="center">Raises its snake like head to conceal, with a rhyme</div> <div align="center">A treasure worth finding, or at least hiding.</div> <div align="center">A beast of the myths but nothing to fear, don’t let your knees wobble… </div> <div align="center">For this herbivore has placed its stash away from what it prefers to gobble!</div> <div> </div> <div align="justify">You may or may not see the mythical beast but keep your eyes open and let us know what you do see.</div> <div align="justify"></div> <div align="justify">Hidden on an easy walking, or riding track. Two possible entry points, if you come in one it’s worth making it to the other. </div> read the rhyme 2009-08-28T00:00:00Z akira13 Found decided to take the dog for a good walk around the lake and picked up this nice little cache on the way. Nice camo on the container. TFTC TNLN 2009-07-23T00:00:00Z sylvan_heathcote Found Great spot and nice hiding place. Took a teddy bear, left a shell from Lord Howe Island. 2009-04-28T00:00:00Z red tag Found A nice easy find after logging the other nearby cache, but a VERY impressive camo job! Thanks, TopoTurtles! 2009-03-15T00:00:00Z richary Found Lovely stroll along the water and found after getting the nearby GC one. Loved the camo on this hide. Very nice. Found a GC TB which I will move on, no swaps. Thanks TopoTurtles. Then off to nearby South Narrabeen for a swim. 2008-10-18T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found On a walk along the lake side with a few friends, picked up the GC cache and then grabbed this one on the way back. Beautiful area for a walk. 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z diego_ma Found Found easily despite all the muggles... watch for the silent bicycle riders! They appear without warning! Nice ride around the area by the way :-) 2008-07-12T00:00:00Z TopoTurtles Note Quick check today found all in order. 2008-06-29T00:00:00Z willyboyblue Not Found I'm sure that this is probably an easy find but on a gorgeous saturday afternoon this track is busier than Pitt St! Felt way too conspicous tramping around in the bush so will come back mid week.Nice spot though. 2008-05-25T00:00:00Z the ogres Found Our first cache after a big break. This is a pretty regular walk for us. No swaps today. 2008-03-08T00:00:00Z antpadgem Found None around here I am afraid I fear, To Manly dam they have strayed Only pesky ducks in this neck of the wood Fly away, Naa, too fat, no way they could But wild life is plentiful Spectacular And beautiful Well worth the trip, stuff you will happen upon Just a shame It wasn't the majestic black swan 2008-03-03T00:00:00Z Riptide Found Found at easily 6.30pm after not being able to find the other cache nearby. TNLS thanks 2008-02-02T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found I really enjoyed the walk into this one through the rainforest and you've chosen a nice spot for a Cache. Thanks for taking me there Took: Another Flat Stanley TB Left: Bee Man TFTCSL [8D] 2007-11-06T00:00:00Z markkt Found I haven't been checking GCA much lately, when all of a sudden there's two new caches on my regular MTB ride. Didn't see any Cygnus atratus' today, just some bedraggled canoeists & dog walkers. TNSL Left TB Flat Stanley 2007-10-22T00:00:00Z smerrall Found With a few days off work, I decided to go caching today and saw that this was still unfound, and decided a little Northern Beaches caching was a good idea. I parked outside the parking area to avoid the fees and walked a pleasant path to the cache. I couldn't really see a great resemblance to the named creature, but a great spot nonetheless. 2007-10-13T00:00:00Z TopoTurtles Note Hidden today with the help of the Blandford Crew. On a 10.5km cycle and picnic around the lake. 2007-09-25T00:00:00.000Z GA1402 Disombobulate Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1402 Disombobulate Geocache Geocache Disombobulate Normanhurst Scouts South Turramurra New South Wales Australia Traditional Nano 2 2

One of 5 caches placed for navigation training.

<o:p></o:p> Normanhust Scouts have placed 5 caches out on the ridge behind the Pennant Hills sporting fields for use as in navigation training. They form a loop out and back from the sporting fields and can all be picked up in a couple of hours. The caches are: The Azaria's, The Penguin Party Box, Leaders Loot , Disombobulate, Plane Crash Black Box In the scrub 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2007-09-25T00:00:00.000Z GA1403 Plane Crash Black Box Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1403 Plane Crash Black Box Geocache Geocache Plane Crash Black Box Normanhurst Scouts North Epping New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

One of 5 caches placed for navigation training.

Normanhust Scouts have placed 5 caches out on the ridge behind the Pennant Hills sporting fields for use as in navigation training. They form a loop out and back from the sporting fields and can all be picked up in a couple of hours. The caches are: The Azaria's, The Penguin Party Box, Leaders Loot , Disombobulate, Plane Crash Black Box At the base in a hole 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z smerrall Found I was in the park anyway, so headed over to grab this. Unfortunately since it was placed in September 2007 and now it took a bit of moisture and the log was saturated. I tucked it away as it was laying out in the open. 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2007-09-25T00:00:00.000Z GA1401 Leaders Loot Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1401 Leaders Loot Geocache Geocache Leaders Loot Normanhurst Scouts North Epping New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

One of 5 caches placed for navigation training.

Normanhust Scouts have placed 5 caches out on the ridge behind the Pennant Hills sporting fields for use as in navigation training. They form a loop out and back from the sporting fields and can all be picked up in a couple of hours. The caches are: The Azaria's, The Penguin Party Box, Leaders Loot , Disombobulate, Plane Crash Black Box Laid back scribbly gum 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z smerrall Found As I was nearby I had to come in to find this one. I wandered down a fire trail or two, along a narrow track or two and was soon at the cache. A very pleasant walk. 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2007-09-25T00:00:00.000Z GA1400 Penguin Party Box Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1400 Penguin Party Box Geocache Geocache Penguin Party Box Normanhurst Scouts North Epping New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

One of 5 caches placed for navigation training.

Normanhust Scouts have placed 5 caches out on the ridge behind the Pennant Hills sporting fields for use as in navigation training. They form a loop out and back from the sporting fields and can all be picked up in a couple of hours. The caches are: The Azaria's, The Penguin Party Box, Leaders Loot, Disombobulate, Plane Crash Black Box<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Who is supporting this cache 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z smerrall Found I sort of found this. As I had found others in the series earlier in the morning I was able to identify the scattered litter as being the remnants of the cache strewn around. 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2007-09-25T00:00:00.000Z GA1399 Azaria Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga1399 Azaria Geocache Geocache Azaria Normanhurst Scouts North Epping New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 2

One of 5 caches placed by Normanhurst Scouts for navigation training.

Normanhust Scouts have placed 5 caches out on the ridge behind the Pennant Hills sporting fields for use as in navigation training. They form a loop out and back from the sporting fields and can all be picked up in a couple of hours. The caches are: The Azaria's, The Penguin Party Box, Leaders Loot , Disombobulate, Plane Crash Black Box At junction, up tree 2009-02-21T00:00:00Z smerrall Found I was in the park on the other side of the "Danger Archery" signs and decided to duck around for his cache. Unfortunately, the cache was open and the contents quite damp. 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z cpickup Other 2007-09-16T00:00:00.000Z GA0869 Baden Bulga Bear Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0869 Baden Bulga Bear Geocache Geocache Baden Bulga Bear BillDary Lindfield New South Wales Australia Other Regular 1 1

Pennant Hills

This will be an easy find for whom ever gets there first. Bear doesn't mind a short journey just as long as he keep moving. He wants to go around Australia as far as he can in twelve months. He has his Scouts friends watching his journey. He would like to fill his Diary with amazing stories and his album with photo's of his friends. He has a duffle bag for treaures he finds along the way and his camp blanket to keep him warm. He been in his current location for a while now so is ready to move on.   NEWS UPDATE: Nov 08 The Scouts have been watching his progress and have decided he will keep on moving for another twelve months - they hope within this time he will have moved to newer locations and get to see more of Australia. They are hope that he Bear will be able to tell some truely amazing stories around the next campfire he gets to.     2009-04-08T00:00:00Z Hunter/Finder Not Found Called in today while there was no-one around. My GPSr pointed me towards a large rocky area and when it indicated I was at GZ I started searching. I spent about 1 hour looking under every rock in a 10 metre radius but could not find it. I did see two banksia trees though. Oh well, I guess Bear has moved on to a new location. Nice area though. Hunter/Finder 2009-01-21T00:00:00Z HumphreyBBear Not Found Got there as it was getting dark, it was starting to rain.........I looked under rocks near that banksia and couldn't find the bear. Even asked someone who turned up at the hall if he was assosciated with the scouts (which he was) and he didn't even know about it!! I can take him south on 23/1 if he is still there........... 2008-11-04T00:00:00Z forthferalz Note will try to pick him up this week. Please contact me with EXACT no mucking about with vague hints location and a phone number if you want a rescue. 2008-11-04T00:00:00Z Burkey Turkeys Note A clue for you: Under a rock. If this bush wasn't in front of me, I would be able to see the banksia tree only a metre or two down the hill. 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z Burkey Turkeys Found mjb12..... Nice easy find! We felt bad leaving BBB in the same spot. He has been there for nearly a year now. If nobody moves him on soon, we will try to go back and collect him. We added a Gold Pirate Coin to his duffle bag and have taken his photo....MJB12 & the burkey turkeys TFTC 2008-05-08T00:00:00Z BillDary Note Baden here. Starting to feel the cold and cramps are setting in from being in the one spot for so long. I've tried wiggling my toes to help the circulation but it not working anymore. Would appreciate a lift by the next person passing by to a warmer location - i need to defrost a little bit and stretch my legs. Cheero chaps till next time. 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Note BBB's still there waiting to go on an adventure and the co-ordinates are OK. His clue has been made a bit clearer, so hopefully he should not be too much trouble to find now. 2008-01-27T00:00:00Z The Spindoctors Not Found I'm a little confused about this one. I drove to the location and then read the cache description. Is he there or not? I decided to commence a search, which felt like I was searching for a needle in a haystack as more and more cervices/overhangs revealed themselves. Needless to say I didn't find, especially after someone parked at the Scout Hall and their nine-year-old (?) decided to wander in the area. I felt it was my time to go. If I'm missing something here, please let me know. 2007-11-22T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found A most unusual find as BBB was in protective custody in the office. I had some explaining to do as he was caught on private property and he should have known that was a no no. Anyway all that's behind him now, he's free and off on his adventure. I'll drop him close to a scout hall very soon. 2007-11-22T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Note BBB's ready to be picked up. 2007-10-07T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Not Found Stopped and had a quick look before heading up to Gosford. Looked in the bushes and was unable to locate. We wanted to take him to a Guides meeting next week, maybe next time. 2007-09-15T00:00:00.000Z GA0863 SS1 - Secret Shopper (Size 42) Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0863 SS1 - Secret Shopper (Size 42) Geocache Geocache SS1 - Secret Shopper (Size 42) GeoMonkeys Erina Fair New South Wales Australia Other Micro 2 1

Move the Secret Shopper to a new location 10m or across the Coast

Enjoy The Shop till ya drop? Let the muggles do the shopping, there are caches to be found! This cache was placed to resurrect a game that stopped a while back when the cache went missing. So in  memory of  Grank's shop-a-holic series, here is the first in the new possibly improved, series. The rules are simple; - Grab this cache as many times as you like, as long as it has been moved by someone else previously (this includes me! Once someone else has moved it I won't know where it is either); - If you claim to "find it", you must move it; - A move must be completed and logged (with new coordinates) before the opening of business the next day; Now here is the twist... - Boundaries of placement are the area within the streets that imediatley surround of any major shopping mall  on the Central Coast. i.e from the Hawkesbury to the Hunter!  For example Erina Fair (i.e. Terrigal Drive, Karalta Lane, Karalta Road, Tarragal Glen Avenue). Shopping mall being defined as a group of retailers under one roof rather than a street of  individual shops. -  No Secret Shopper cache can be moved into or placed within the boundaries of a shopping mall that already contains another secret shopper capsule. however, you may move one within the bondaries of the location it allready resides in. - Hides inside a mall must NOT be inside any retail premises ,and must be accompanied by enough clues to locate cache without GPS reception, or state that reception is good enough in the location to get a satellite fix. The container is small, clear and holds only a log page and stash note, so bring a pen. This particular one is about 42 mm in diameter and about 4mm in thickness. there is a magnet on the container,but this does not mean the container is always going to be on a magnetic. Some of the Shopping centres I can think of, but may not be all of them. ( let me know if you know of one I've missed) Deepwater plazza : Woy Woy Town Centre: Gosford Imperial centre: Gosford Erina Fair: Erina Westfields Tuggerah Shoppingtown: Tuggerah Bateua Bay Village: Bateau Bay Charlestown Square; Charlestown Lake haven  Shopping centre. Wyoming shopping centre: Wyoming Tuggerah Super centre Bennets green ( not sure of layout or size) Lake Macquarie Fair; Windale Im sure there are more , some of which may be minor shopping malls that do not show up on my maps. these locations will be added as  they are located or suggested. 2008-08-23T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Picked up after an afternoon of shopping. 2008-07-20T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Not Found Looked with Maverick4x4 after going to the movies and we were unable to locate this one. 2008-06-18T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note Had a quick look for this one while the geokidde was at ballet, but there were a few too many workers around and we also ran out of time. 2008-06-17T00:00:00Z gkseal Found Found the cache will place at erina fair 2008-06-17T00:00:00Z gkseal Note Moved to erina fair 2008-05-30T00:00:00Z SkAttA BrAiNs Note i didnt realise this was still in woy woy... well its moved along now. reception is really bad at new location 2008-02-05T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note moved this one just slightly ,to a better location. it is now well hidden,and you may be seen by many shoppers if you try to find it durning the day. the fire hydrants will still help you. but the hose may be even more useful. 2008-01-17T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note hidden once again, not a big move for this one, and not happy wwitht the locaqtion but ran out of time today. the fire hydrant will help you find it. 2008-01-16T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note a miracle, after all this time the contaner appears in a place i had checked several times... maybe im just a blind freddy! will re-release cache very soon. 2007-12-03T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Not Found Im going to put this cache on hold. please do not move the cache if you cant give accurate set of co-ords. new cache released soon. 2007-11-15T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note update of coordintates I took waypioint but it was peak hour so did not look for cache, althouh a visual of the area shows several sneaky locations that i could not put a hand in with all the friendly locals watching. 2007-11-10T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Note Updated clue so you can find it... =p Hopfully you'll be able to find it now! Regards, Jazz 2007-11-07T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Not Found An extra clue and a cache check are probably required for this one. my early morning search proved fruitless,and also revealed very few places to stash this container... 2007-10-29T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Found found it in about 10 secs with foddledoddle(cause he knew where it was =p) 2007-10-29T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Note Just moved it to west gosford shops, but do not have a gps so I have given a good clue! =/ Sorry that I didnt give the gps coords The Fox Team 2007-10-27T00:00:00Z gkseal Found found it after looking for hours but didn't find it but came back and found it in seconds with dad 2007-10-27T00:00:00Z gkseal Note Moved it to Niagra Park Shops. 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Stopped at picked this one up (again) after taking the geokiddie to Guides. 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note Rehidden after picking up the geokiddie from Guides. 2007-10-17T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Note Remeber to stop and look for this. This is fun sorry for the delay 2007-10-08T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Found Found it with the aid of my seeing eye dog (pesky) now where to shop next 2007-10-03T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Not Found when I read the clue I was looking arround the gegs and the hoses for this whoops 2007-10-03T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note found it moved it. hah of course this is easy..I'll not be posting another find for these caches.seeing as they are mine.. 2007-09-29T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found The geokiddie had ballet nearby at 8.30am. Had the cache in hand by 8.40am. 2007-09-29T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note Moved to a shopping centre close to home, and other local cachers. 2007-09-20T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Note First to Move! Averaged to +-3.9m here (so satellite coverage should not be an issue). 2007-09-20T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 11:53am. A first to find! Co-ords got me within striking distance and the hints allowed the find. Had to wait for a muggle-free moment. Signed log, thanks for the shopping distraction... :) 2007-09-15T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note Initial drop is at above co-ords. if its not easy to find, try in the area where wood meets metal, protected by a stainless pipe. not far from the overpass 2007-09-03T00:00:00.000Z GA0850 The White cliffs of Dove...er White Cliffs Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0850 The White cliffs of Dove...er White Cliffs Geocache Geocache The White cliffs of Dove...er White Cliffs ack son of hack Gemville New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1

not that hard.

coming back home from the Simpson had to bring A.D. (son) to hear 'Mad Jock" and his story of his life. Just $5 bucks a head for a tour into his home/Mine and its worth EVERY CENT> I rekon A.D. musta wet his pants laughin so hard. Guess which tree its hiddon under. 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z ggkof Found Found @ 14:45. Rained last night and road down to Broken Hill was closed so diverted to White Cliffs to get home. Quick find on the way into town. 2008-09-02T00:00:00Z fianddon Found Our first cache to find - very easy. Staying in White Cliffs. Meant to have stayed a few days however we are now into our 8th week at White Cliffs. A must visit town - very friendly locals and lots of opal to be found. TN - LN. 2007-10-09T00:00:00Z JOCASE Found A small detour to stay underground, find the cache and meet "mad Jock". Son thought Jock was putting on an act then after 5-10 minutes realised he was not!! TN left a "last penny" 2007-09-02T00:00:00.000Z GA0849 Last Night Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0849 Last Night Geocache Geocache Last Night ack son of hack Nymagee New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 2

Day Eight

you gotta rekon that after 8 days in the deserts with no bathing facilities that 'She Who must be Obeyed' sed that A.D,(son) Jeep dog and i were NOT coming into the house till she had hosed us off!! well got up early in Banjo Patterson Territory ,the land of The Overflow and Clancy of Dandaloo and the street fights and we rekoned this place deserves a cache. look for the Rock growing tree stump 2007-09-02T00:00:00.000Z GA0848 Mr Poole Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0848 Mr Poole Geocache Geocache Mr Poole ack son of hack Tibooburra New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 2

Mr J Poole died of Scurvy whilst on Capt Sturts' Journey to find the inland sea.

To read the history is a triumph of strength and usually very sad. please spend some time thinking about these real heros not your w'end $1million sportsman who the press call Heros. sorry for the lecture Acko base of tree 2009-07-02T00:00:00Z pandpp Found A nice diversion from Milparinka. Encouraging to see that Poole's tree is still alive & standing. TNLN. TFTC. 2008-09-11T00:00:00Z ggkof Found Found @ 10:50 while on our way home to Melbourne after spending 3 weeks in Central Oz. TFTC TNLNSL 2008-07-13T00:00:00Z Team Waldron Found A quick find while visiting the grave site. T: Big Turtle L: Little Turtle TFTC 2008-07-11T00:00:00Z firesafe Found It has been a long time since this one has been found. An easy find near a significant location. Walked up to Sturts Cairn while here. Great view from up there. TFTC. 2007-09-15T00:00:00Z team bloopy Found We had been camping at Tibooburra for a few days and were on the way down the Silver City "highway" to Broken Hill when this popped up onto the GPS. A great slice of Australian explorer history and a first to find to boot! Amazing that the tree has survived in these harsh conditions and even more amazing that Sturt and his men got to here all those years ago in the first place. The cache description is right - true heroes! Took Sideshow Bob, left turtle. 2007-08-27T00:00:00.000Z GA0838 The cage Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0838 The cage Geocache Geocache The cage GeoMonkeys East Gosford New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 2 2.5

Access the cage, find the cache, wave to the Muggles

<img width="300" height="389" border="2" align="left" src="http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0838/858.jpg" alt="The cage" /> Find this cage: and find the cache! Wave to the muggles, all around I had to decide what to call this cache location. and "cradle to the grave" didn't sound very apropriate, but you will see why this name may have suited once you arrive. 'Mini Passover' was another name I had for it, but that gives away too much. The cache is a micro, log only, bring your own pen/pencil just in case the micro pencil is missing. not much more i can say about this location except it was on my to-do list for ages. Depending on what time you attempt this cache the Muggle factor will vary from Impossible to "any body home?" just a fun one  to fill in my quiet sunny afternoon. magnetic, up, not out 2009-01-29T00:00:00Z fishcachers Found Poked the "artificial: wasp nest with a stick and had to come back when wasps had left. Soon found the real cache. 2008-11-17T00:00:00Z Wyoming Wombats Found Finally got to do this one while no-one was about. Not the easiest to see but with a bit of poking around with a pen it plummetted gracefully into my waiting hands. 2008-10-24T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Found Out with the mrs (Supersnoop) having a coffee and cake and remembered the cache took basket ball left golf club SL thanks for the hunt Pesky 2008-08-16T00:00:00Z red tag Found Another cache we were determined to not give up on and once again persistence now allows us to log a find not a DNF. Thanks for the cache GeoMonkeys. Very enjoyable and boy this cache rocked !! 2008-08-16T00:00:00Z March Brown Found Found this one with red tag, we looked for some time before red tag sighted it then I helped to retrieve and put back. Thanks GeoMonkeys 2008-05-30T00:00:00Z SkAttA BrAiNs Found a quick find on a quiet cold night.... gee that cage is fun to rock!!TFTC!! 2008-05-30T00:00:00Z Cache On Demand Found Found with Skatta Brains & co. Spent about 10 minutes rocking the bridge. Many thanks for the cache. 2008-01-20T00:00:00Z GIN51E Found Cache #1 @ 10:30am First Cache of the day and a nice one to start the ball rolling with. Once the Muggles had moved on we started the search and it wasn't long before I discovered the Cache tucked away. The Hardest part is remembering where you have already looked. Thanks for the Cache Pesky. 2007-12-24T00:00:00Z beno Found great cache. took a few sweeps to find.not much foot traffic to worry about on the day before christmas! 2007-11-25T00:00:00Z Damo. Not Found Had a short look around on the bridge and from the ground but didn't spot the cache. 2007-10-23T00:00:00Z loofa Not Found In the area, and the images match. I had a good look but no success... :( 2007-09-16T00:00:00Z daznat99 Found Nice one! I wasn't able to reach it so a little thought had to go into how I could retrieve it. Am sure the cars whizzing past underneath were wondering what I was doing. THFC SL. 2007-09-09T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found This one was found with the assistance of the Geogirl, kids can be so handy for Caching. TFTCSL [8D] 2007-09-09T00:00:00Z smerrall Found The rain ensured there were no pedestrians out and about today, so I had the cage to myself. a couple of slow passes and I spotted its hiding place and was able to retrieve it and replace with only a little difficulty. 2007-09-02T00:00:00Z gkseal Found Took us a while to find because GPS not getting a good signal. Once we had a good signal we found it fairly quickly as we new where to look. Thanks for the Cache we found it as my Fathers Day Outing 2007-08-28T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found After finding the cage we managed to find the cache, even with the peak hour traffic passing below. Wonder what they thought we were looking for. Just a good thing one of us was tall enough to reach the cache. Thanks Pesky! 2007-08-27T00:00:00.000Z GA0839 Between K and M Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0839 Between K and M Geocache Geocache Between K and M GeoMonkeys Gosford South New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 1 1

what comes between K and M? a cache of course!

This site is one i thought would be a fun urban location to hide a decent cache, but alas when I first checked it out, I could not find a suitable location for anything larger than a micro. So off I went with ideas in mind for where, and how, to place the micro. Returned later in the week with something suitable, and made the drop. Please Ensure  the magnet stays in the container,as I couldn't get the glue to hold metal gate joiner. if you cant see it, its probably gone. 2009-02-09T00:00:00Z fishcachers Found Driven past here so many times it was easy to find. 2008-10-02T00:00:00Z Wyoming Wombats Found Many a painful afternoon was had when there was still hockey being played here. 2008-08-16T00:00:00Z red tag Found Muggle central on a Saturday so parking was a challenge! Finding the cache was the easy bit! Thanks GeoMonkeys for another find on our visit to Gosford today 2008-08-16T00:00:00Z March Brown Found Very easy find. A sporting event being held nearby had everyones attention so was easy to get to. Thanks GeoMonkeys 2008-03-22T00:00:00Z Toonarmy Found Nice easy find with The Carey Clan. Can confirm that the Cache is in place, dry and well. TFTC 2008-01-24T00:00:00Z flyingscozzies Found Had an hour to spend after work, so I thought I'd have a go. The name gives it away. TFTC The Flyingscozzies 2008-01-20T00:00:00Z chase'em Found A quick easy find but had to avoid local boys practising in the nets. TFTC 2007-12-24T00:00:00Z beno Found our first ever cache find. we are hooked. off to find another one. good cache - public yet completely concealed. 2007-12-02T00:00:00Z SuperMoosie Found Had thought about doing a cache here myself, but never got around to it. No need for a GPS I knew whre it was going to be. Its a pity it serves no function anymore due to the structure a few metres behind it. Thanks for the cache. 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z Super Snoop Found Thanks for this one... a nice easy find while I was out car hunting this afternoon. TNLN Super Snoop 2007-10-21T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Found found it awhile ago (but my name is in the log maybe even with the date?), gr8 spot... 2007-09-20T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Found Found this on the way home after a visit up the Mountain left GPSr in car Took Krasy Monkey left Matchbox 4x4 - love the Cache box SL TFTH 2007-09-16T00:00:00Z daznat99 Found A quick find on a muggle free Sunday afternoon. The log was slightly damp but able to write on it easily enough. Nice Hide, TFTC. 2007-09-09T00:00:00Z smerrall Found A quick find - the name says it all really. The race track was well and truly closed - both because of the rain and the flu outbreak. 2007-09-07T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found We parked in the car park opposite and as soon as I saw where GZ was going to be I understood the name of the Cache. The Geoboy had it hand within seconds of crossing the road. Good hide. TFTCSL [8D] 2007-08-28T00:00:00Z gkseal Found First to find did not remember all the details found it without the GPS thank for the cache we did have a nice walk in the park 2007-08-28T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found It took a bit longer to get home after taking the geokiddie to Guides, due to the detours we had to make to find a couple of caches. At least it was dark and our search was not as noticable. Another quality cache by GeoMonkeys. Thanks Pesky! 2007-08-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0823 I never tire of caching Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0823 I never tire of caching Geocache Geocache I never tire of caching richary Cathundral New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1.5

A nice drive by to break the long drive out here

It's a long drive to Broken Hill with not enough caches on the way. So to help break the drive I placed a few simple ones. Just off ground level, it's the only tree around GZ - as long as your GPSr is cooperating. A small Sistema container with a few small items. 2007-10-21T00:00:00Z Team Geo-Nads Found As you said it was a nice easy drive by TNLN Thanx 2007-10-21T00:00:00Z team tojo Found This was an easy find, in fact I didn't even have to get out of the car... My 8yr old was was still keen after a long day of caching so we let him do the legwork. Thanx 2007-10-09T00:00:00Z JOCASE Found Thank you for putting it a long way from the smelly end of the stop. Took small coin left an Unc. 1964 penny ( the last years pennies minted in Australia) 2007-08-26T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found Whoo Hoo! first official FTF. thanks Mr Richary i am now in Cunnamulla surrounded by Banana Benders and getting my brain boiled by the sun. anyways off to Haddons Corner and Charliville Thanks Acko 2007-08-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0825 Are we there yet? Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0825 Are we there yet? Geocache Geocache Are we there yet? richary Wilcannia New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1

Wherever you have come from, it's a long way

Another one to help break the long drive to or from Broken Hill. If you are travelling with kids you have probably heard "Are we there yet" way too many times by the time you reach this one. A simple drive by at a rest area. Base of tree, covered with bark and rocks. 2009-07-18T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Stopped here for lunch on the way to Broken Hill. It is a great little rest area with toilets, kids playground and a bbq. TNLN 2007-09-14T00:00:00Z powellbruce Found Found on the trip from Cobar to Broken Hill a good excuse for a leg stretch . Our ultimate destination is Perth. TFTC 2007-09-12T00:00:00Z team bloopy Found So many flies!!! But a great rest stop on the long black line to Broken Hill. TNLN. 2007-09-02T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found G'Day Mr R. Ichary A.D. Jeep Dog(AKA ute dog) and I grabbed this one on our way back from the Simpson, Big Red, Approdina Attota Knolls, Innaminka and your Famous Cameron Cnr Cache (which I shall be Forever grateful for helpin' me. Just got outa the shower as She who Must be Obeyed wont giv' us a kiss till i remove 8 days of dust sweat and NO tears as i got all the caches we looked for and set a few. Again thanks Acko 2007-08-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0824 Hip Hop Be-Bop Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0824 Hip Hop Be-Bop Geocache Geocache Hip Hop Be-Bop richary Nymagee New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

Great views from the only hill around

To help break the drive to Broken Hill, this is a slight detour off the road to get some idea just how flat this country really is! To drive to the location, when you get close to it on the Barrier Highway, turn down the Canbelego Road. After about 650 metres there is an unlocked gate on the right that allows you to drive to the cache location. Watch out for the low slung powerlines at GZ! Under the large rock under the powerlines. 2007-09-02T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found Well wot do ya rekon happened??? we set off from R we There Yet and then we gotta stop. At 1000 further along a Road train caught on fire and burnt to the ground(phoos L8R) we arrived at traffic Jam 1230 finally let thru at 1400. Pitythe buggers wot got there at 1000, Eh! anyways Jeep Dog chased Roos whilst A.D. found the cache. Thanks Acko 2007-08-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0826 Cottage Rock Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0826 Cottage Rock Geocache Geocache Cottage Rock imagecatcher Gingkin New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 2

Kanagra-Boyd Cottage Rock

Cottage Rock has possibly the best lookout view in the NP away from the carpark. It has 360 deg views of where you have come from and of where you are thinking of going. To get there you may have passed Stallion Point, a great overhung look out. You will have passed the Dance Floor cave (read the plaque for its name). Just before reaching Cottage Rock you pass Coal Seam cave, aptly named. When you approach Cottage Rock you would swear it was a ruin at first, perched high on a knoll. Beneath on the northern side is a great sunny spot out of the southerly wind, great for lunch, or to get out of the rain. Whilst you enjoy the view from the platform, fill in the cache log....its easy! You dont need long legs, but its a 'log on the rocks' 2008-08-01T00:00:00Z the old sod Found Finally i can add this Cashe! i had a few issues logging in so here at last is my log.... After a night on the Mighty Kowmung we headed back towards the Gingra Range and turned toward Cottage Rock to collect what appeared to be a Virgin Cashe! Altaire was first on the scene and had placed her GPS on the ground to allow it to settle, i did the same and proceeded to scout around for the cashe, after a couple of checks on the gps we noticed they were indicating different directions but both were well in spec for reception, i decided to check around again and finally found it! Yes, my first Virgin Cashe was in my grasp, but wait! whats this? apparently "Kitty Blackburn" of somewhere had found it first! my virgin had been MUGGLED! Oh well, as it has not been posted i will claim it as mine until 'Kitty' posts..... A beautiful spot on top of the rock has an almost 360 degree panorama, a tad windy but well worth the visit. Down below on the main track side is a cave which is well out of the wind and big enough for 6 to sit and enjoy a sunny and warm lunch break. A great side trip! Signed log. Cheers TOS (This cashe was 6 of 7) 2008-06-29T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 1205 Had come down from Taree for a weekend with the older son and decided to go past Jenolan and check out some of Kanangra. As I had been watching this cache for such a long time it was with some sadness that I not only missed out by 10 days a FTF, but also didn't get a chance to get down to Frisbee Field. Oh well! some other year. Left: small bottle of Povidone/Betadine and a 'mask' pouch. Took: Troy's business card. 2008-06-22T00:00:00Z tronador Found On our return from the Kowmung, altaire,The Old Sod and I plus 3 muggles stopped at Cottage Rock for lunch and the promise of an unfound cache. As I arrived at GZ with one half of altaire, the other half of altaire and The Old Sod had that "grin" on their face. It was The Old Sod who had spied the cache rather quickly and then rehidden it for the slower ones to refind. The clue made no sense and was of no help at all and when the cache was finally refound I found it to be a little distance from where the GPS pointed. After much searching I decided to climb to the top of the rock to admire the views instead. On clambering back down, altaire had the cache in hand and we all signed the log. I was quite surprised to find that the cache had been "muggled". A female muggle had been the unofficial FTF in April 08. Congratulations to the Old Sod on a well spotted hide. Thanks for the cache and the splendid location. 2008-06-22T00:00:00Z Altaire Found We were on our way out from a magic overnight trip down on the Kowmung with some people from our bushwalking club plus a couple of cacher visitors - Tronador & Old Sod. Sunny, cool and windy - not bad walking weather especially for the 600m ascent from the river. We'd been to Cottage Rock many a time before, it's a great stopping point for lunch or a snack on the way out. Old Sod nabbed this one first and we spent a whiles here having lunch after doing the cache business. Great location. Made no swaps. 2007-08-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0827 Frisbee Field Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0827 Frisbee Field Geocache Geocache Frisbee Field imagecatcher Gingkin New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 3.5

Its a hard hike in so I made it easy to find.

We walked and camped a bit further down on the river stones. Our party was 10 and it took 6.5 hours. We didnt train, we drank too much and brought far too many luxury food items but it was a great time. It is a big days walk and I have placed the cache in a purpose built cairn right on the grassy track, soon after the rock descent. Here we played frisbee until the daylight was lost. It was also the first patch to get morning sun. We had planned to do a circuit walk back up the KB but six hours in 7degree water would not have been fun so we took a strool West up the Kristy creek for a play on some rocks abseiling101. A chilly dip after the walk was in order and revitalised us all for a great feed of pizzas and more. The camp site was fantastic, amongst the trees on the north side off the creek junctions, soft stony river bank for the tens and fire with pristine water only metres away. NB please take a pen...I only had one for the weekend. Sorry In the middle of the grassy slope under the cairn. river camp is only 140 meters further. 2008-10-14T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note Have 'watched' this cache from a distance, wondering what the 'First-to-finders' would think of the terrain difficulty. Not surprised that they would also recommend a 41/2 for terrain. Would still like to get there, BUT... (Please be prepared, anybody else for the need of navigation skills) 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z Altaire Found After a series of drive by park & grabs in the morning we arrived at the Kanangra Walls car park with Tronador, ready for our trip to a somewhat more demanding and interesting cache. We're quite familiar with this area however it had been some years since we'd been down the Bullhead ridge. It's probably the hardest route into the Kowmung off the Gingra ridge and we knew we were in for a hard walk. Lumpy grey clouds to the west indicated some possible "weather"; later as we set off under our overnight packs. Along familiar tracks we traipsed, over Maxwell Tops, past Coal Seam Cave with Tronador managing to stay on her feet most of the time. At Cottage Rock we tarried a while in the warm spring sun to partake of luncheon. Then we were off down and along the Bullhead ridge, up and down it's seemingly endless undulations, over Bullhead Mt to Cambage Spire. All we had to show for about 4km of walking from the Gingra track was a descent of about 140m. From here the track plummets about 500m over 1.5km or so to the junction of the Kowmung River & Arabanoo Creek. A very steep descent indeed, particularly with our heavy packs. The knees certainly get a work out. Gingerly we made our way down, sometimes down climbing particularly steep sections until with relief we reached the bottom. Here we stubbed our toes on the "cache cairn"; before hastily making our way to a lovely nearby camp site to set up tents and gather fire wood before the arrival of an unwelcome shower. Fortunately it passed after a little while and we did the cache duties over dinner around the cheerful campfire. Though tired from the walk, the wonderful wilderness isolation of the area, the company and the delightful camp site made it all worthwhile. The next day was warm and sunny for the return slog back up the ridge. An excellent trip 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z tronador Found Wow what a walk. This was only my second trip down to the Kowmung and my first experience of the steep terrain down Cambage Spire. Altaire and I set off at a leisurely hour from the Walls carpark. Our packs felt rather "light" after the previous weeks 7 day epic in Victoria. We bounded along the plateau, ( I bounded a little more than the other two) past Coal Seam cave to a delightful lunch stop on top of Cottage Rock. We checked that this cache was still there, untouched by any muggles. Soon we heaved our packs and headed for Bullhead ridge. My pack no longer felt light as the steep terrain only got steeper. The walk along the ridge top was rather pleasant but then Bullhead mountain loomed before us, way up there! Then only to plunge down again into the depths of another gully. During the early afternoon we stood atop Cambage Spires and had superb views over the surrounding area and the crevice that could only be the Kowmung below. We were too high to see the river itself. Having taken a few photos I noted that the leaders, altaire, I was but a mere passenger, were not moving away from the cliff face. A tiny voice escaped from my lips, " Please tell me we are NOT going down that!" You want me to go where? We plunged over the edge and I found myself scrambling down a vertical rock face....... with a full pack on my back! After the sheer shock, came exhilaration and relief at having completed something that this fraidy cat fears most of all. Steep, slippery down hills... unharnessed. The rock scramble was easier than the remaining "walk" down a very narrow almost vertical track full of loose stones , vegetation and dirt. My knees were screaming at me to stop, but the only thing stopping me were my toes ramming into the ends of my boots and a large stick that Sir Altaire gave me to aid my balance. Probably wise after my earlier attempt at flying near Cottage Rock. We descended and descended and descended some more but the river never seemed to get any closer. We were still so high above the tree tops. At the mercy of this track it spat us out on a very grassy and delightful field. Sir Altaire and I saw the cairn immediately and knew that must be the guardian of the cache. We called out to lady altaire who had made a bee line for camp. All three of us needed to be present to unravel the stones and extract the treasure on this unfound virgin cache. So after dumping the weight from our backs we returned a few minutes later for the extraction. We allowed the treasure to spend the weekend with us by the river. Only returning it on our way back up the next morning. This was a delightful camp site and truely is a wilderness area if one has the means and fitness to tackle the mountain and the spire. We took 5.5hours to descend to the Kowmung and it took us 7.5 hours to ascend back to the cars. A very tough climb out and probably one of the hardest bushwalks/ backpacks I've ever done. Not sure if I would rate the terrain 3.5. More like 4.5 in my opinion. Two days and approx. 24km later, 3 tired bodies sat at the shelter in the car park and couldn't go any further without boiling the billy. After a rejuvenating coffee we took the slow road home in the setting sun. 2007-07-10T00:00:00.000Z GA0812 The Wall Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0812 The Wall Geocache Geocache The Wall Gribbly Wollongong East New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 2 2.5

<img alt="" src="http://www.bondy.id.au/Geocaching/gribblysmall.gif" />The Wall <img alt="" src="http://www.bondy.id.au/Geocaching/gribblysmall.gif" /> !! This cache should not be attempted in high winds or high seas !! !! The first part of the hunt is great for kids, the final location is not !! !! Minimal climbing skills may be required !! The posted coordinates take you to a small grove on Illawarra's Coastal Foreshore. Your task is to search the area surrounding the grove for the following information. 1) What year was the plaque dedicated to Lord Baden Powell unveiled ? 2) What year was the Corvette bearthed at Wollongong ? 3) What year was the Vietnam memorial opened ? 4) What are the first four numbers in the top left hand corner of the plaque dedicated to David John Leske ? Add the four answers together then subtract 7832 . Add the result to both the south and east minutes of of 34deg 25.000, 150deg 54.339 to find your destination To log this virtual cache as a find you need to send the cache owner a photo of yourself on top of GZ (Please don't put it in the gallery!). Yes up there - don't do it the hard way! 2008-09-07T00:00:00Z Gribbly Other Now enabled as a virtual cache as the container keeps dissapearing. 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z Gribbly Other I'll disable this one temporarily. Needs a very special container to fix it up. 2008-05-31T00:00:00Z richary Note As it needs a new container can you mark it as offline so it doesn't show up in the searches? I might head down there in the next couple of months for a caching trip. 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z Gribbly Note I'm going to look at a new type of container for this one as the original got muggled again and broken beyond repair. 2007-12-29T00:00:00Z Gribbly Note Checked it out today and the cache container has been muggled. I will Fix it up soon! 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z nighteez Not Found Well, this has been great fun except that I cannot find the little devil. Searched and searched but alas........must be well hidden 2007-11-13T00:00:00Z YoungGregB Not Found Dam micros! Searched for about an hour but I was never good with heights. Hopefully will be back soon to give it another shot. I think I went the easy way but I'll only know once I've found it. Greg 2007-07-25T00:00:00Z Lucy & Roo Found Awesome location, clever hide, and thanks to directing me to the sources of information, it really made me think, and not just about caching. I think I was the subject of a whole bus load of japanese tourists taking photos while at GZ. Fortunately there was no wind, little surf, the tide was out, there were no fishermen, and the sun was shining, making GZ a wonderful location to take a seat, enjoy the sunshine and some afternoon tea. TFTC Left: Pathtag PS, signed the log for KC first. 2007-07-20T00:00:00Z Krafty Charlie Found Great bit of history and a good time out in the winter elements. How you managed to find this hiding spot let alone get a cache hidden there makes this cache well worth while. By the way we were FIRST TO FIND but I did not take a pen to the cache site with me so I didn't sign the log. The next finder could you please remember to take a pen with you and sign the log for us. Thanks. Took the TB, enjoyed the outing and now at home thawing out. By the way, the Gribblet helped us find the 2nd set of co-ords but did not venture to GZ with Mr KC instead stayed back with Mrs KC 2007-07-13T00:00:00Z Gribbly Note Geocaching.com Travel Bug Added for FTF 2007-07-08T00:00:00.000Z GA0810 Hey Sugar Loaf Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0810 Hey Sugar Loaf Geocache Geocache Hey Sugar Loaf imagecatcher Smiths Lake New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1.5

Fantastic 360 views, worth the walk up the concrete path to the lighthouse

Up until recently our friends,Mark & Cath Minter were the lighthouse Keepers for this beautiful set of buildings and surrounds. Whilst they lived here, Mark spent many hours restoring and adding detailed paint work to fence posts, signs and so on...who will do this now? It is a bit od a puff up to the top but well worth every breath. The day I planted the cache we were exploring the rock climbing potential off the edge. Its 70m to the bottom, we have climbed here before so please do not attempt this without rope climbing experience! It was a sunny day that had a water spirals/whirly winds being pushed by a storm that chased a precession of whales passed the lighthouse all day. we even had hail. Rest assured the cache can nearly be reached while holding the hand rail. So dont venture to the edge on my account. Good Luck Go right around 2009-07-17T00:00:00Z The Cash Man Found Found this whilst holidaying in Forster. Came for a drive with TheWobblys and The Don to locate the cache. An excellent spot. Thats for taking us here. TFTC. TNLNSL. 2009-07-17T00:00:00Z TheWobblys Found Found this with The Don and The Cash Man. 2009-07-17T00:00:00Z The-Don Found Found this with The Cash Man and TheWobblys. TFTC. 2009-04-08T00:00:00Z Bloodnut Found Camping down the road for a few days, made the trip out to the lighthouse with a few friends to check out the area and the view. Waited for the other tourists to clear before making a quick find. 2009-01-07T00:00:00Z ducatiman Found Great cache - fantastic view, and historical site. Lots of muggles around, so needed to time the search. Took a Richmond fridge magnet, and left a travel coin. TFTC 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z shnappstix Found A fantastic spot. I originally found this one last year but returned to do some more whale watching so took the opportunity to check the cache out again. Lots of whales passing by, truely an amazing sight 2008-07-16T00:00:00Z gkseal Found Thanks for the cache. We took the afternoon to drive out and go for a walk up the hill to see the views. A couple of whales were spotted and kept all the muggles busy while my son grabs the cache quickly from its hiding place. The muggles were still looking for whales as the cache go put back. There's a good tip for you if you have trouble with muggles tell them about the whales you just spotted. 2008-03-22T00:00:00Z The Wandering Wilkos Found It only took a couple of minutes to locate this one. GZ provided a great view on a windy day. Left: Ten Dollar Note Key Ring TFTCSL [8D] 2008-02-10T00:00:00Z ack son of hack Found Wot a View.took Kids here when they were young. Could park just below Lighthouse, Thans Acko 2008-01-23T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found My second attempt at this cache, since last time it wasn't here. But suprisingly this time it was. My dad thinks that while they were painting somebody found it and removed it while they were painting. And then put it back when the paint had dried. The problem was that it was night time and dad wanted to make sure that the cache wasn't their or if it was their. So dad actually hopped over the fence to look and he found it. So he hopped back over but to his surprise the National Parks and Wildlife Service Security was 10 metres away. but All they did was ask him why he was over the fence and what he had in his hands. Dad just simply told him what it was and he left. Took nothing Left Nothing TFTC. The lighthouse is amazing at night. 2008-01-05T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note Came back with son, while down this way to find 'Myall High', so he could find 'Hey Sugar Loaf'. BUT, had a good look where the cache was before, but could only find a LOT of peeled paint, where somebody had recently repainted the semaphore shed. Hopefully somebody responsible found it, but it needs to be checked out. 2007-09-27T00:00:00Z antpadgem Found After a day of fishing and water fun Thought we would do the seal rocks run Never been to the light house Up for a walk with the kids and the spouse A great view of all types of land features Nature and a variety of creatures Down to the beach for a play What a great place, what a great day Please tell me that wasn't a dingo He threw a couple of Americans into limbo Thanks for bringing us here Definitely a great place to steer 2007-07-19T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 2120 [;)] After 20 minutes looking found it while hanging on to the rail. Also found rubbish, including a pad (that you don't write on). Interesting view of the lighthouse light beams in the light drizzle. Loved the sign! Brought some .com TB's and a coin for a visit, but cannot log them. Took: 100 year Federation medallion Left: encouragment stickers, and a couple of sudokus TFTC; will probably come back with the rest of the family 2007-06-07T00:00:00.000Z GA0778 lOgIc Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0778 lOgIc Geocache Geocache lOgIc Bronze Dubbo New South Wales Australia Multi Large 4 2

Just like the other logic, but better!

Welcome to Red Ochre Country. Logic is a one of a kind Mystery, Multi-cache. From a series of hard Red Ochre caches such as The Cunundrum, Catharsis, Ransom, Go Nuts, Fear of Fault and Buckleys, Logic is a ball of rubberbands wrapped in a riddle, trapped in an enigma, parked in a vault*. It will take you to some of the most fantastic places within the community of Dubbo, 27 in fact. Work out the logic and you'll visit at least 4, can't work it out and you may visit all of them! Lucky you. Please tell us about you ordeal in the log but in doing so retain the integrity of the cache for future followers. Allow about 2 hours give or take an hour and a half. For those that have already found Logic, you may have another go since the locations have changed. Log·ic n. 1. The study of the principles of reasoning, especially of the structure of propositions as distinguished from their content and of method and validity in deductive reasoning. 2. a. A system of reasoning: Aristotle's logic. b. A mode of reasoning: By that logic, we should sell the company tomorrow. c. The formal, guiding principles of a discipline, school, or science. 3. Valid reasoning: Your paper lacks the logic to prove your thesis. 4. The relationship between elements and between an element and the whole in a set of objects, individuals, principles, or events: There's a certain logic to the motion of rush-hour traffic. 5. Computer Science. a. The nonarithmetic operations performed by a computer, such as sorting, comparing, and matching, that involve yes-no decisions. b. Computer circuitry. c. Graphic representation of computer circuitry. Enjoy, The Bronze. *Disclaimer - Well maybe not that hard.  Can't figure out the Bronzed Logic. Look at it again. 2009-02-15T00:00:00Z weroamin Note Any wonder that this hasn't been logged as yet. It might be okay if you live in Dubbo but if you're a traveller; forget it! 2007-06-03T00:00:00.000Z GA0775 Views out to Sydney harbour and city Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0775 Views out to Sydney harbour and city Geocache Geocache Views out to Sydney harbour and city tubbzz Millers Point New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1

Be careful due to the high concentratiion of muggles but the view is worth it

Included in the cache are a selection of well known Australian symbols. 2008-11-15T00:00:00Z sevabo Found Found with skyejam, we enjoyed with an amazing view and interesting to watch cargo ship arrived. Thanks for organised the hunt. [:D] 2008-11-15T00:00:00Z skyejam Found 12.00.... Found it with sevabo. What a beautiful view of Sydney. There was a cargo ship arrived and passed us. Humid and Sunny. Thanks for the hunt. 2008-05-17T00:00:00Z chase'em Found Nice harbour side park with a great view of the harbour bridge and city skyline. TNLNSL. TFTC. 2008-04-17T00:00:00Z willyboyblue Found co ords are about 10 metres out- but is pretty easy to find. Kids loved this park- I've always seen it from the ferry but didn't know how to get there. Left Cape town TB 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z richary Found Took a little while to find as the GPS wanted me about 10m south. But once I started looking at other likely hidey holes had it quickly in hand. Had tried on Christmas Day but picnicking muggles meant I couldn't do a search. TNLNSL, thanks tubbzz 2007-08-18T00:00:00Z smerrall Found The park was almost deserted this morning and I was able to find the cache quickly. I had found the nearby cache earlier and returned to grab this one. 2007-06-28T00:00:00Z mandaj Found WooHoo - First To Find. What a great day - weather held up, no-one in the park, made swaps, signed log and caught the bus back to work in the city. Expected the cache to have a bit more camo - surprised it hadn't been logged yet. Funnily there's another cache just around the cornerish - Maddonna's Bra (geocaching.com)- also a FTF by me. Thanks for the chase and bliss of the find. Cheers mandaj 2007-05-19T00:00:00.000Z GA0759 Oscar Xray Lima Echo Yankee Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0759 Oscar Xray Lima Echo Yankee Geocache Geocache Oscar Xray Lima Echo Yankee Mix Oxley Park New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 3

What a view

<o:p></o:p> A well known lookout with 180 views over town, like many lookouts this one is a little run down but has a good view and nearby walking tracks. BYO pen. <o:p></o:p> half way down wall, just to the right of tree 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z matt_stomper Found Nice easy find at 16:45 in the afternoon with Shell_seeker. TNLN. TFTC!!! 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z shell_seeker Found Found with Matt_stomper whilst in Tamworth visiting family. We were up in the vicinity of the cache the previous day looking for another find and didn't realise this one was here until today. TFTC 2009-01-03T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Cache is in good condition. TNLN. Thanks. 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and Ben Fount it, good spot, good view. Thanks 2007-08-11T00:00:00Z ScoutsAreUs Found Second find of the day of seven, took some finding, TNLNSL 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z sgbrown82 Found Had to wait a while for people to leave but then found it easily TNLNSL 2007-06-19T00:00:00Z snappycroc Found We found this on the 30th May 07 right behind Postman Pat and Pressy. Great spot but very tricky with the passing muggles, by golly I didn't know so many people came here! 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 11th and final cache find of the day - 20:50, had come earlier but muggles parked right near the GZ and I couldn't wait around all afternoon. This time it was better, could park close and we had it after a few minutes search - clue didn't help much in hindsight as depends which way you are looking from doesn't it? TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache and the views (if only very foggy today) and bringing me back up here again - been a while. :) <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/1049'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0759/thumbs/tn_429619756.jpg'> </a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/1051'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0759/thumbs/tn_841619756.jpg'> </a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/1053'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0759/thumbs/tn_712619756.jpg'> </a> 2007-05-30T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found A First to find on this cache After finding tango alfa I then continued on into town and did some shoppine to be prepare for the dubbo event 2007-05-30T00:00:00Z pressy Found Found my second geocache - this is very catchy and I have some ideas for my own. If you follow the instuctions in order it will be found. Cache is in good condition, contents dry following rain and well placed. 2007-05-19T00:00:00.000Z GA0760 Tango Alfa Mike Whisky Oscar Romeo Tango Hotel Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0760 Tango Alfa Mike Whisky Oscar Romeo Tango Hotel Geocache Geocache Tango Alfa Mike Whisky Oscar Romeo Tango Hotel Mix Oxley Park New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1 1

Its easy to park and go if you are North bound, makes more sense if you are South bound, it’s closer to the Hotel so don’t dance the Tango.   BYO Pen, small swaps only.<o:p></o:p> 2009-08-10T00:00:00Z Mix Other thanks to Postman Pat we are back 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found it too. mulch had built up around it and water had gotten iin. 2009-06-11T00:00:00Z Mix Other 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Took a few minutes to locate, needs maintenance as log page was quite damp. Thanks Mix 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Found with the Bretheren of the coast while building rockets for the the rocket man event. Thanks Mix. 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z matt_stomper Found Found with shell_seeker in the afternoon. Had to be careful as many cars drive past here in the afternoons. TNLN TFTC!!! 2009-01-09T00:00:00Z shell_seeker Found Found with Matt_stomper whilst in Tamworth visiting family. TFTC 2009-01-03T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Contents are damp. Batteries rusting and were removed. New cache log sheet is required. Posed for a photo to look inconspicuous. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z gerrynewgirl Found Almost a drive by, found in the company of weroamin on a return trip up north. TFTC. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z weroamin Found In company with gerrynewgirl on a return trip to QLD this was a really easy cache and the hint made the difference between a search and a walk to. TFTC TN left token. 2008-10-11T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and Ben Found it. Good Spot Thanks 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z The Lost Bunch Found quick find our first for this days trip tftc 2008-06-07T00:00:00Z team bloopy Found Tango Hotel Alfa November Kilo Sierra 2008-04-19T00:00:00Z cmor Found my first find, quite easy and encourages me to look for more 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z Nilbog_Aus Found On the way to Armidale for an orienteering race stopped as we were passing by. Somehow Mrs Nilbog walked face first into a spiders web but recovered to find the cache. Thanks for giving us a reason to "stop revive survive". TNLN 2007-12-29T00:00:00Z homedg Found Rushing through Tamworth I couldn't resist grabbing the towns signature cache. Everything was done within minutes and we continued on our way. TFTC 2007-10-03T00:00:00Z qydjibow Found Easy find between passing motorists. Took dinos and left some marbles and knuckles. 2007-08-11T00:00:00Z ScoutsAreUs Found Left rope took 2 balloons, find four of seven for the day 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z sgbrown82 Found Hard to get this one in between passing motorists. still good fun though 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 16:32 find #3 today. Didn't immediately understand the cache name but figuerd it out before I arrived, got it quickly between passing muggles - was quite damp inside, dried out with car heater. Should be fine now. TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache. :) 2007-05-30T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found The first chance to get this cache arrived on wednesday only to be beaten buy someone to whom I explaind a little about Geocaching ;-)and found this one one day before me!! 2007-05-29T00:00:00Z pressy Found This is my first go at geocaching and I found it at 10am. It was in very good condition and easy to find using the hints. Took photos left some power. Instruction on how Geocaching works was given last night by postman Pat - Thanks for your input. pressy 2007-04-07T00:00:00.000Z GA0732 Breakneck Lookout Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0732 Breakneck Lookout Geocache Geocache Breakneck Lookout Dukes of Hazard Tinonee New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 2 2

Breakneck lookout

On the tower you will be able to find this cache. The hardest part of the this cache will be finding the right road in. The roads are all dirt but should be accessable by 2WD. Watchout for logging trucks, weekend motorbikes and me on my pushbike. Be sure to stop and ask me for directions. Bring your own pen. Good luck   Just hanging on! 2009-08-16T00:00:00Z Jammer181 Not Found I'm pretty sure this one is gone! Looked for 10mins with beezneez and friend to no avail - nice view though. This lookout needs a bin, some enviro vandals had left a load of rubbish around the tower. We were unable to take it with us as we were on our bikes. 2008-04-13T00:00:00Z Red Ninja Note I'm sure I found the remains of the cache (magnet still stuck to tower) but searched everywhere for the container could not find 2007-09-13T00:00:00Z stringy Found I knew there was a cache up here so I just happened to find it. I came up here for a drive up here after church with some other people. 2007-05-28T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Note Container size needs updating... 2007-05-25T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Find number 10 of trip (started previous afternoon) @ 00:12. Must agree with previous finder, this definitely isn't a regular sized cache - which initially really threw us when looking for it :) Got it after narrowing search to something a little smaller. Performed some maintenance as the attachment medium was unattached - superglue shoud fix that. Thanks for the hunt and views of the night sky. :) 2007-05-06T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note Took some of the family the hard way - backpacking - with a 12kg pack. At least it was day light this time. 2007-05-06T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found Came up with a 10 kilo pack with my dad. When got with in 20 metres of the lookout I saw it on the lookout. I ran to it climed up and got it. Nice view. No muggles. TFTC 2007-05-03T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found FTF, 2145 On way home took the scenic moonlit route. Had to hunt around, but was sure that Hazardous Duke would have placed it well, so kept on looking, even when I was about to give up. Wondering if the position is like Hawk II which my son and I couldn't find? Suggest announcing it as a micro cache tho'. 2007-04-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0724 Brushy Cutting Lookout Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0724 Brushy Cutting Lookout Geocache Geocache Brushy Cutting Lookout Grahame Cookie The Bight New South Wales Australia Traditional Micro 1 1

When driving from Wingham to Tinonee there is a great view (or vice versa); park at the Lookout

On the Tinonee to Wingham road, at The Bight. Enjoy the view to the West, looking over the pastures towards Mt Gangat and Mt George. Good views towards Wingham also. Then look towards Taree while finding the geocache. Be aware of 'lookout' and 'drive-by' muggles. You could see Kiwarric to the south; but not too many caches to the west. Just a micro that might be big enough to hold a very small item.<img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0724/856.jpg'> Don't forget to look eight feet up 2009-08-16T00:00:00Z GillyGang4 Found 2nd Cache for tonight. Only took a few minutes to find. Swapped 10c for gold hong kong coin.. 2009-08-16T00:00:00Z where's wally walker Found Kids liked the climb 2009-08-16T00:00:00Z Hookhunters Found This was our very first find! Went at night but were waiting for membership so went back the next day to write in it. My son shone his torch straight at it and then went to a different spot to look! Took out a Hong Kong coin, put in a 5 cent coin. Last time I was at the lookout was to see Mc Naught's comet! 2008-12-06T00:00:00Z Python99 Found My first cache. Out for a drive with my son and decided to stop for the great view and take a look for this cache! Found after a few minutes. Added 10 cents to the cache. Cache in good condition. 2008-02-16T00:00:00Z Red Ninja Found Cache no. 2 for today, great lookout. Very small container so only left 5c coin. TFTC 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z stringy Found Found it on the way to school, I'm came here before and it wasn't there. Lots of muggles and lots of my teachers driving to school so it was a bit embaressing. I can actually see the cache from my bus in the morning and the afternoon so don't think I got dropped off by the bus because my mum was working at the school canteen today so she let me to have a find for the cache and I actually found it straight away. Nice view, thanks for a nice cache Grahame Cookie. 2007-05-24T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Find #9 of the day @ 23:35. Best part about going for this cache was what I saw on the way here along Ridge Road, Tinonee @ S31 56.105 E152 24.410 - A real live Koala! A first for me, which now eases my suspicion that they only live in zoos or in other captivity. I've been driving for over 10 years and is one of the only native animals I have never seen. Anyway the cache was interesting, not where I expected it to be on approaching the lookout or closer to the GZ itself. Got it after a few minutes - interesting hide. Thanks for the Hunt :) Must return here in daylight to appreciate what was probably quite a view. 2007-04-13T00:00:00Z Dukes of Hazard Found All the kids found this one. Had a fun time, great sunset. 2007-04-07T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found Found it on our way home from church. Well camouflaged. The hint helps. 2007-03-31T00:00:00.000Z GA0721 Illuminati Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0721 Illuminati Geocache Geocache Illuminati GeoMonkeys Horsfield Bay New South Wales Australia Other Small 1 1

be enlightened by the Illuminati

<div align="center">This cache is best found at night</div> <div align="center"><img src="http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/_boogles/illuminati.gif" alt="The illuminati logo" /></div> The Illuminati is the name used for several groups, real and fictitious. Most commonly it refers specifically to the Bavarian Illuminati, an  <strike><a title="Age of Enlightenment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment">Enlightenment</a></strike>  Geocaching <a title="Secret society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society">secret society</a>. However, in the realm of conspiracy theory it refers to a shadowy <a title="Conspiracy theory" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory">conspiratorial</a> organization which is reputed to secretly control world <strike>affairs</strike> Geocaching,  usually a modern incarnation or continuation of the Bavarian <strike>Illuminati</strike> Geocaching.  In this conspiratorial context, Illuminati is often used in reference to  <a title="New World Order (conspiracy)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_%28conspiracy%29">New World <strike>Order (NWO)</strike></a> GEOCACHING. The Illuminati (The People of The <strike>Light</strike> Geocache), or illuminated ones, are believed to be the masterminds behind the events that will lead to  New World <strike>Order</strike> GEOCACHING. In rarer cases, the Illuminati refers to an elite set of enlightened <strike>individuals</strike> Geocachers who may not cooperate but are uniquely empowered by their <strike>enlightenment</strike> finds, much like the <a title="Intelligentsia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligentsia">intelligentsia</a> are empowered by their <strike>education</strike> Geocaching and intelligence. These are people who have become illuminated and have achieved The highest <strike>mystical understanding</strike> Find Count of the universe. Many secret societies and <strike>mystical</strike>  Geocaching traditions promise illumination or enlightenment, such as <a title="Zen Buddhism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_Buddhism">Zen <strike>Buddhism</strike></a> Caching and the original <strike>Bavarian Illumianti</strike> Nude up for a Smilie! some quote i stole form some Wikipedia and corrected! This cache is one of a series of movable caches that like many movables ,are just for fun. So once you have tracked down this illuminating cache. and have been brought into the Fold. find a location to place the cache in that will bring others into the society. It is not required that the light be placed in or near the domicile of another Geocache hunter, but this will make thier access to the illuminati easier. Post your find when you have been enlightend, then post a MOVE log when you place it in its new location.    2008-10-18T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Note hope this cache doesn't out fox me cause i'm going for it right now! 2008-10-18T00:00:00Z The Fox Team Not Found Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I think the co-ords need checking cause they point to under somebodys house. J Fox 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note correctig co-ords, it seems woy boys Secret mission included a big swim! I think not. resolving the coords based on a Clue i was given... I think they planned to out fox the fox team 2008-10-06T00:00:00Z woyboys Found Found it in my garden. Got a hint it was there but expected a box! Had just mowed the lawn and a little worried I mowed it so I went through the clippings and ditched them all over the lawn looking. Then looked all around where I believed it to be and finally found it! A little confusing because I have these things too! That was fun. Did a similar thing to a fellow Cacher! 2008-10-04T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note Ive plaed this nice and close to a team of relatively new geocachers,. lets see if they can find it before any other team. go for it woy boys 2008-09-25T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note I have retrieved this cache from the front yard of a fellow geocacher. I got sprung retrieving it,and they delighted in spendin hours interogating me. I wasn't ablt to escape until i had downed a cup of tea,and been force fed some biscuits! I have brought illuminati home to be upgraded,and repalce the snail eaten log book. a new location soon. 2007-11-19T00:00:00Z Super Snoop Note Cache has been moved to a new garden to illuminate. Cache is on private property but permission granted by owner to collect cache... 2007-11-19T00:00:00Z Super Snoop Found Owners were away but found cache anyway .... Cache has now found a new place to illuminate. :D 2007-11-19T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Found Found with Super Snoop Waved at the windows but nobody home 2007-11-14T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note It has been sitting in this spot for a little while. Finally go around to taking the coordinates. On private property, but have owners permission. Please be sure to take all the container. 2007-09-30T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found We were hoping to sneak away with this one but Pesky recognised the car and caught us looking for it. We stayed and had a chat for a while and as it was getting darker the cache revealed itself. 2007-07-20T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note back on the trails... so to speak. 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note sorry to disapoint, this cache has had a little accident,and is in intensiv care... will be re-light soon. in a new location. 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Note Has this cache moved to new location since it's last posted co-ordinates: S31o 54.120' E150o 47.110' ? 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found Picked this up ( well most of it) from Mix and will rebuild and re-release this cache some place in the big city soon. 2007-04-17T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note I have a replacement , we can rebuild him... if needed. Please email me photos,and story for my website.. he he he 2007-04-15T00:00:00Z Mix Note ok, long story but, some maintenance is needed, which I will do then return to the wild, and let it just be said officially 'do not attempt to operate this cache after consuming 3/4 of a bottle of Verdelho'. Others will log a find soon. 2007-04-14T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found as suggested easy to find early on in the night providing you can keep mix away from it ;-) 2007-04-12T00:00:00Z Mix Note moving into event territory... 2007-04-03T00:00:00Z psychokat Found Got a FTF by just beating Mix to it. Very Illuminating. 2007-04-02T00:00:00Z Mix Note it's on private land but you have permission to walk in a direct line from the number 5 to the cache. if no one has grabbed it in the next week and a half I'll move it to a spot near an upcoming event. 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z Grank Found Hmmm. Not too hard to spot out here at night. The local girls were most impressed with your light too Pesky! Well they must have been, as they reckoned you turned them on! 2007-03-31T00:00:00Z Mix Found found it in Psycokat's hands so grabbed it to move on... 2007-03-31T00:00:00.000Z GA0700 Boomerang XI Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0700 Boomerang XI Geocache Geocache Boomerang XI Grank Shelly Beach New South Wales Australia Other Small 1 1

My boomerang wants to return home

The point of origin for this “boomerang” is S33 23.056 E151 20.827 near Gosford NSW Australia. It has landed initially at “The Old Brush” Event where I hope to enlist some fellow cachers in distributing a number of Boomerangs across Aus and possibly NZ. Now it’s not a race. It is up to the initial finder to determine where and when they will deposit the boomerang – they may be going on holidays or a business trip in the next few months – a placement by the end of 2007 would be desired. The idea is to try and get this Boomerang to a distant location and to track its movement home. Once the boomerang reaches the full extent of its range (amplitude?) as nominated by the initial holder - it should return home. It is fine if the return trip is somewhat circuitous… PS Please note that the didgeridoo pen is part of the cache, not a swap – unless of course you swap it for a similar indigenous style writing implement. 2009-08-08T00:00:00Z Smelly Boot Note Left this one in a nice place. 2009-01-07T00:00:00Z Smelly Boot Found Found and picked up from GC1AF4A (Tiny Beach) on Sydney's North Shore - will move on soon. 2009-01-03T00:00:00Z winterdragon Found Unexpectedly found next to GC1AF4A - I hadn't dumped out any GA caches for my trip to Sydney. There weren't any details of its mission included, so I didn't know if a trip to Adelaide was acceptable - so left it where it was. Thanks Grank 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z Kunama Note Took a ferry and placed this further north, in the same location as cache GC1AF4A, since I don't have a GPS device to give accurate coordinates. 2008-12-09T00:00:00Z Kunama Found Have picked it up, will be moving it someplace further north when I find an appropriate hiding place for it. It will most likely be placed near another cache since I don't have a GPS device to obtain accurate coordinates for a placement of its own. 2008-10-09T00:00:00Z Anominous Sign Note Moved north into the city. 2008-10-05T00:00:00Z Anominous Sign Found Found at 10:30am. Very nice hiding spot. I might have to steal it for another cache. Looks like this one is on its return trip so I'll help it on its way north. 2008-09-24T00:00:00Z Damo. Note Found it in it's hiding spot. Not logging a find as I can't move it on. (Heading to airport first thing tomorrow morning) Was just replacing the muggled Mr Black cache and this looked like a good spot. Two for the price of one on Moveable GCA caches. Better be quick! 2008-09-04T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Note I'd been hunting down GA0541 On the Move - Mr Black (Cemetary) by caughtatwork and didn't read the logs beforehand. When I couldn't find it I pulled out the trusty iPaq and the first log mentioned it had been muggled. I was going to grab On the Move - Mr Black and drop Boomerang IV in the same or a nearby spot. The Boomerang is a bit further away from the back wall and hopefully will be safe from muggles. 2008-08-30T00:00:00Z WanderingAus Found WanderingAus wandered by on day 114 of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and made an easy find. My find No 839, will find a new home for it soon. T4TH Grank Keith 2008-07-21T00:00:00Z richary Found Moved next to ANSTO, Must be on the return loop! Behind a burnt tree but not inside the restricted area. 2008-07-12T00:00:00Z richary Found Retrieved this one today from where it has been sitting for a bit too long. Will move it somewhere, direction to be determined! 2008-06-12T00:00:00Z richary Note Could well be down that way in the next month. Is it on the outward bound or return trip? I can easily move it back to Sydney if it's coming home, or might be able to move it a few km south if outbound. 2008-03-23T00:00:00Z Lucy & Roo Note Boomerang still heading out. Camped at North Moruya Heads for Easter, decided to leave this cache here, adjacent our Campsite. A very busy place, right next to the airport and the river, lots to see and do! 2008-02-03T00:00:00Z Lucy & Roo Found The first time we attempted this cache, it was a disaster. We left way too late in the morning on what was meant to be a cool day, but it rapidly warmed up. The cicadas in the surrounding bush were deafening (I didn't think they could be that loud!) The walk along the fire trail was otherwise pleasant, until we got to the rocky cairn - this next trail was very overgrown. The kids were getting scratched, and I was coping the millions of spider webs because I went first. Then, my daughter was bitten on the ankle by a large red bullant, and when my wife stopped to assist, she was bitten too. Luckily we had cold water, we quickly applied compresses to both, then turned back - with 200m left to go! I ended carrying my daughter the 2.5km back to the car (Yes Tuena, I think you doubled the total distance - it wasn't 11km, but about 5.5km return), and my wife carried our son. Anyhow, I set off again this afternoon, parked at the deignated parking spot, and then rode my mountain bike to the start of the small trail - much easier! The small trail was again a spider web trap, but this obstacle was quickly surmounted, and GZ was found - it took me about 15 minutes to remember I was caching, the view certainly captured my attention! The cache is now in our possession, and will soon by relocated elsewhere. Thanks Tuena and Grank P.S I like this location so much, have left a cache behind - something I had prepared for somewhere else. GC1932C 2007-12-14T00:00:00Z Tuena Note In the Ettrema Wilderness. From the Kangaroo Valley Post Office drive 21 Kms towards Tallowa Dam. Park at S34 46.634 E150 20.240 & look for a locked gate opposite - this is the start of the trail. Follow this trail until a junction appears on your left. Turn here & proceed to S34 47.352 E150 19.466. This is the start of a narrow track to the cache (a small stone cairn marks the spot). Best to wear protection for your lower legs through here. Distance 11 ks return, grade 3-4, map: Burrier. Family friendly. As always notify someone where you're going, wear suitable clothing etc & take water & food. Once cache located, take sometime to admire the Shoalhaven River valley. From the car park travel 3 Ks down to Tallowa Dam which is interesting in itself. 2007-10-06T00:00:00Z Tuena Found Found at the Schools in (Coolah Tops weekend). Initially thought had to hang onto it until attended next event however noticed one hidden near Lightning Ridge. I apologise for the delay but at least it is now "lost in the Wilderness". 2007-06-03T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note Arriving on 9/6/07 so others can throw it. 2007-04-01T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Found this on the way to another cache whilst at "The Old Brush". Will move on soon. 2007-03-11T00:00:00.000Z GA0714 Monkey Face Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0714 Monkey Face Geocache Geocache Monkey Face imagecatcher Freemans Waterhole New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 3

Watagans NP - Gap Creek Rest/camping area near Cooranbong

Monkey face is the Hunter Valleys most popular climbing area. Be sure to take the 'Gap Creek" left hand turn, not the one to the lookout ie takes you to the base of the escarpment. There is a great camping ground and clean toilets and a water fall about 15mins walk down (did go there so..) Try and be discreet as there may be climbers scattered along the walls. This is also a reminder why we shouldn't throw rocks for lookout carparks! ...Im a climber below! Enjoy the wildlife, owls, goannas, wallabies, possums, bush turkeys, light brown snakes and some big march flies in March. The cache however does not require climbing and is only a 7 meters from the track that follows the base of the climbs/cliffs. Due to the cliffs shadowing the sky the GPS was left for 5min to get a fix (6m accuracy). Having said that, when you walk this track you will come across two large objects and wonder "how did they get here?" at 'curvy boulder' you are close! 12/10/07 I add a photo to help find it....due to the cliff shadowing the gps signal, a couple had difficulty finding this so I hope this helps. moon shape rock is very close 2009-01-10T00:00:00Z Rockandy Found Had lots of fun finding this one 2nd for the day have a few to find before a movie with the wife in the middle of the day. 2008-08-10T00:00:00Z stringy Found Found easily with Grahame Cookies GPS because I left mine at the car. After a day out abseiling at the nearby turkey face it was a nice cache to make the day worth it. Apparently you can drive up to the hill. I think those nearby cars was that some idiot put a rock on the cars eccelerater and and the car rolled down the hill and is now sleeping there where it is now. Thankyou for your great cache. 2008-08-10T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found I was up with my pathfinder group in the watagans abseiling when we also decided to find this cache. On saturday when we got to monkey face we set up camp and went for a nature walk. But on Sunday was when we got to go abseiling. We did it on Turkey Wall. After 4 abseils I decicded to have a break and with some other pathfinders and cachers we went 70 metres from where we were abseiling and found it. Was an easy find even though the coords were off a bit. A nice area and a nice cache. TNLNSL. TFTC. Was nice to find a cache so easily to where we were. 2008-08-10T00:00:00Z CIRLY10! Found Sorry so late. Was a fun day though at abseiling. 2008-08-09T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note Once again at Monkey for abseiling, so dropped by. The covering rock had split/slid exposing the container, so recovered as I was sure some of the Pathfinders would try to get this since it was only 70m from where we were abseiling. Memories are still there from when I broke my foot here coming down 'Animal Gully' in March!! 2008-03-15T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0714/thumbs/tn_212885045.jpg' align='left'></a>2035 Finally found it after a day on Turkey Wall abseil rock setting up kids with their harnesses etc. Went back at night for an hour until I finally found. Had smothered myself with Aerogard and it seemed to work to keep the mozzies and leeches at bay. Not much room in the cache. Left a blue stretchy lizard, and mini note-it pad, 2008-03-13T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found yes we found it. although a lot of serching went itno finding the clue shaped rock. 2008-03-08T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found We went on a drive to the Watagans with Pesky! Geomonkey, and what better cache to find in the company of a monkey that Monkey Face. The road into the Watagans has deteriorated in the recent rains, so it was an good 4WD trip into the cache. Enjoyed the walk up to the cache location, except for the leaches who seemed to want to feed on all except Little Miss Shifer who did to attract any, however none managed to have a feed. The cache ws located fairly quickly, it was a little exposed and was covered better upon rehiding. It had been found on 14/2/08 by another (possibly muggle). TFTC 2007-04-08T00:00:00Z hutchtables Found Well this was our first FTF and it was a fantastic location. The grass trees are magnificent as are the rocks. We came in from the Bangalow picnic area end and left via the Gap Creek end and included a walk to Gap Creek Falls as well. If you have ever spent much time in the bush the hide is fairly obvious as the covering doesn't quite match the surrounding material. The cache is in good condition but there was lots of leeches in the area. We took nothing and left a trumpet pin. Thanks hutchtables 2007-04-02T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Not Found so close, yet so far.... tried to locate this one before the "old brush" event. Should have left a few more hours early,as the GPS took us on a merry stroll up and down and back and forth in front of the monkeys face. Will be back... soon Being the local Monkey I Must get FTF! 2007-04-02T00:00:00Z maverick4x4 Not Found When with pesky to find this one walked up stairs and arround big rocks down on the flat but no a big DNF and off to the oldbrush event we went 2007-03-03T00:00:00.000Z GA0709 On the Old North Road Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0709 On the Old North Road Geocache Geocache On the Old North Road Mix Blandford New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 1 2.5

Recreate the photo (as best you can) to get a find...

Original 1911 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/661'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0709/thumbs/tn_252.jpg'> </a> My Recreation 2007 <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/662'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0709/thumbs/tn_995.jpg'> </a> On the morning of 9 April 1863 Peter Clark was slightly ahead of his (unrelated) mates James and Ashton Clark as they toiled up Warland's Range. He ran into Wilson who demanded his valuables, specifically a watch he wore around his neck. This watch was a gift from Peter's bethrothed, just given him when he set out on this droving trip. He would not part with it; he feinted in passing it over, and seized the bushranger with his left arm. Wilson fired, twice, and Peter fell dead. In those intervening few seconds, James and Ashton Clark arrived on the scene. They overpowered Wilson, bound him and carried him off to custody. Wilson was held in Maitland gaol, from whence he attempted to escape on 20 August by climbing the wall; but his blanket rope broke. "It has been stated that the behaviour of Wilson recently has been very violent" [SM 29 August 1863]. Several days later Wilson "managed to obtain and secrete about his person a small piece of crinoline steel, about three inches long, and in width and strength not much greater than the mainspring of a clock. With this apparently insignificant weapon ...he endeavoured with great determination to cut his throat ... He seems determined not to be brought to trial, as he refuses to eat or drink anything, hoping to starve himself to death." [MM, 25 August 1863]. He was convicted and sentenced to death on 31 August [SM 5 Sep. 1863]. When upon the trap he spoke a few words to the spectators present. They were to the effect that he was sorry for what he had done; it was an act of foolishness; and he hoped it would serve as a warning to others ... The rope was then adjusted, and in another moment the bolt was drawn, and a fine athletic hearty young man of twenty one was launched into eternity. When the executioner was fixing the noose, Wilson is said to have requested him to do it carefully, so that his death might be quick. His wish was fulfilled, for his death was instantaneous. He died literally without one single struggle. A quicker death is said never to have been witnessed ... Wilson has not divulged is real name ... he was tolerably well educated, and was supposed to be reasonably connected. [Maitland Mercury, 2 October 1863]. This story, and the legends, poems and ballads arising from Peter's death, are contained in John Meredith: Gallant Peter Clark (1988). 2007-08-25T00:00:00Z qydjibow Found Nice easy find. Did not know that this was here. 2007-05-29T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Had three false starts trying to get to this one as my GPS maps didn't have any roads near it and I was going off memory from Google Earth's road displays (not always accurate) but got it eventually. Interesting place, thanks for bringing us here. How did my re-enactment go? Sad / interesting to see so much grafitti on the monument also. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/935'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0709/thumbs/tn_148601644.jpg'> </a> 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z the bower birds Found Lovely spot 2007-04-22T00:00:00Z Mix Note http://gcamedia.blogspot.com/2007/04/upper-hunter-camping-abd-caching.html 2007-04-15T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Found What can I say Crank said it all. Edited to correct Date 2007-04-15T00:00:00Z Grank Found Found as part of the itinerary for the Upper Hunter Camping 'n' Caching Weekend. A very interesting memorial and a very memorable drive on this section of the Old North Road. If you have a 4WD or even something with a LSDiff it would be well worth your while to follow this few kilometre section of the road until it joins back to the New England Highway. .. oh yeah, someone from the event will post the pictures soon. 2007-02-18T00:00:00.000Z GA0690 Carey's Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0690 Carey's Geocache Geocache Carey's imagecatcher Mount Royal New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 2 2

Barrington Tops - Carey's Peak Hut area

"100k's north of newcastle, Barrington Tops national park conserves World Heritage listed rainforests, large areas of wilderness and wild and scenic rivers. The park has spectacular views and wildlife abounds. It's a great place for bushwalking, camping, picniking and swimmings." (NSW NPWS) The cache is between Carey's Hut and The lookout which is perched on the escarpment looking south to Chichester SF. Carey's Peak is 1545m, so it has an awesome view. After starting the track to the lookout there is a small track to the left (20m) which takes you to the cliff and a better view. It is only metres from the TRACK and a safe distance from the edge, just be aware of Joe Blows (snakes). we nearly stood on 4 that weekend. 2008-01-06T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Note Closest I got was about a 12km steep walk. Note to self, there is no road from Upper Allyn to the Barringtons, even if the topo maps and GPSr says there is... S32 06.626 E151 28.599 where my journey ended. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/2401'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0690/thumbs/tn_134810547.jpg'> </a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/2402'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0690/thumbs/tn_34810547.jpg'> </a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/2403'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0690/thumbs/tn_372810547.jpg'> </a> <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/2404'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0690/thumbs/tn_106810547.jpg'> </a> 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Dukes of Hazard Found A wonderful, cold, windy, magnificant, windy, painful, back breaking, blistering, cashe find. Hiked in 9km with a 16kg pack and stayed the night. Not bad for an office worker. Great view, found with Daisy and a small group of friend. Many campers, motorbike riders and cyclists along the trail. 2007-05-19T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Note Dropped by again as planned for a cache check. Only had 7 children, with 6 adult leaders. All well, and no snow yet, but fairly cold. 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found [;0] Found 1250, with 2 sons & 2 friends while scouting out a hike for 10x, 10 to 16 year olds in 3 weeks time. Great views, even if the clouds were buzzing by at 60km/hr, with a wind chill of 5__o. Placed a log pad and a couple of bandaids. Will hopefully be able to get to 'Barry' in 3 weeks times. (Good coordinates) 2007-04-29T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found Me and Shane schofeild tried to find it before Grahame Cookie found us but we tried to bush bash but then decided not too. Loved the view even though it was a bit cloudy. Left W.W.J.D wrist band and took nothing. TFTC 2007-02-04T00:00:00.000Z GA0603 Palmwood Peak Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0603 Palmwood Peak Geocache Geocache Palmwood Peak zactyl Palmwoods New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 4

Do you enjoy a challenge?

Make the climb to the top of Mount Boogarem! This might be the cache for you, if... You like battling through weed infested rainforest, and wresting with wait-a-while vines, with big, sharp, pointy teeth, um, thorns. You like arriving at the peak, to find there IS NO VIEW! NONE! It's overgrown with lantana. You can hold your camera over your head and get a shot if you like. You like leeches. The top of the peak is seething with them. You like bull ants. You might even be lucky enough to stand in the bull ant nest as I did while you're admiring the tiny little rock cairn that marks this geodetic point. I was considering putting a cache here (as I was picking off leeches), but I realised if I'd come up here for it, I would hate me. Once heading home though, I realised that some people enjoy a challenge, and it's certainly that. So enjoy! Get a photo of the 'trig station' (little rock pile) and also share with us how many leeches you pulled off your socks. I'll be back to place a container once I recover from this 'adventure'. UPGRADED: Now a small container. And I neglected to mention how many spiderwebs there are to walk through. Under rocks under the bush before the cairn. 2007-03-11T00:00:00Z Damo. Found Woop! I found it! :) Seething with Leeches is right! I have never seen so many in one place before. Maybe it's easier for them to travel uphill and they just keep going until the hit the top? I sprayed my shoes liberally with Tropical strength Aerogard beforehand and didn't get any inside. Picked 5 off the outside of them when I got back to the car. Quite a challenge to get to this cache! Thanks zactyl. 2007-01-18T00:00:00.000Z GA0672 Alien Abduction II Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0672 Alien Abduction II Geocache Geocache Alien Abduction II GeoMonkeys Lisarow New South Wales Australia Other Regular 1 1

Find the alien, protect him from the M.I.B.

<div align="center">Alien abduction II NEWS FLASH! The Gray is holed up in a bunker, far from the prying scanners of the MIB. But for how long. </div> The story so far... A couple of years ago a scientist who disagreed with the experiments going on in the secret lab he was being forced to work in as a prisoner, escaped with evidence of little gray men. To give "the Grey" the best chance of escaping he hid the little dude, contained in his environment cylinder, to avoid both being captured. Calling on the support network of global Geocachers to assist, the little gray dude has been narrowly avoiding capture by M.I.B. for a long time. His travels took him too many local, safe locations in Australia, but then in an attempt to return home, he teleported to the USA where he had heard that there was a possibility of joining up with others of his kind and getting out of this galaxy. Alas his attempts to gain entry to area 51 were futile, and even though he stayed around the area, and even went to Roswell in hope of being "taken", he missed the Mothership. Somehow he heard of a place where Aliens could make it big Ho-lee-wood! he attempted to meet up with a mothersip there, but was abandoned by his earthly supports. sadly M.I.B. captured him and brought him back to the labs to be examined and debriefed in their secret coastal base. Having gained lots of experience at hiding out and escaping over the last year or two, The Gray has made another break for it. help him keep one step ahead of M.I.B.!  ============================= Some rules: =============================  1. The Gray cannot leave Australia without  cache owners permission.  2. Please do not add anything to the container, as it is a special environment for the Gray.  4. Post some photos of his adventures to continue the story.  5. don't get caught by MIB  6. place a " too late" card behind when you retrieve him.  7. there is no rule number 3. 2008-12-07T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note This cache is now in the hands of the Mother Ship (owner) - hopefully he will be free soon. 2008-05-17T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Retrieved the Grey as he can't stay in one place for too long, or M.I.B. will find him. He is currently in a safe house and will soon continue his search for the mothership. 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z gkseal Note Moved it to a new location hope the MIB don't find it here. It's not exactly alone here, but the others are not going to complain. 2008-04-26T00:00:00Z gkseal Found found this one at night will move soon. 2008-02-16T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note The resistance has made contact with the grey, and moved him to a Hilltop Bunker where he can observe and hide at the same time. please be careful with extraction. do not let M.I.B gain access to the location codes. 2007-11-29T00:00:00Z the bower birds Note Found him at the CCCCC rogues event and handed him over to his owner. 2007-11-08T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Note So what are his actual co-ordinates currently? 2007-10-14T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Note contact via ether wave transmission, Alien dude ok, lnog distance to travel. will be secured in new location soon. M.I.B. lost on trans universe hyper way! be back on Earth soon. 2007-03-30T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Note On his way to find a transport ship at "The Old Brush". Updated coords will be available at the listed location on 31/3/07. 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000Z GA0645 Boomerang III Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0645 Boomerang III Geocache Geocache Boomerang III Grank Mount Panorama New South Wales Australia Other Small 2 2

Like a boomerang, this cache wants to return back from whence it came

The point of origin for this “boomerang” is S33 23.056 E151 20.827 near Gosford NSW Australia. Once the boomerang reaches the full extent of its range (amplitude?)- this will be where it initially lands - it should return home. It is fine if the return trip is somewhat circuitous. 2009-07-07T00:00:00Z Scenic routers Not Found No wonder I found the camo cover but no cache under it. Bah humbug to not checking the cache page 2009-07-06T00:00:00Z suzukifreak_1 Found Found it[:D]! I'll take this one with me when I head to the coast in a few weeks. suzukifreak_1 2009-05-18T00:00:00Z Code1 Note Moved to Brocky's backyard. 2009-01-17T00:00:00Z Code1 Found Have been watching this one for a few weeks and was in the area today so it was on the list to find. Got to the spot and had a bit of a search around without luck. Got a bit more enthuastic and finally located it very well hidden under about 6 inches of leaf litter and bark right where the hint indicated. This is our first GCA movable cache find and only our 3rd GCA find. TFTC and will rehide soon. 2009-01-17T00:00:00Z Code1 Other Found our first swaggie. Will move him on soon 2008-10-23T00:00:00Z mtbikeroz Note Moved very close to Orange, Have fun Boomerang. 2008-09-17T00:00:00Z mtbikeroz Found Gotcha. I'm travelling Nth next month, so I'll hang on to it till then if OK? I'll try and drop it off somewhere in the Cowra/Orange/Dubbo region. Will post new coords a few days after I drop it off. 2008-09-17T00:00:00Z mtbikeroz Other Dropping my first swaggie in here. 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z McPhan Note My prediction is that this one will be picked up shortly. TFTC and the moving experience. 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z SecretSquirrel-BJC Note This cache listing has a country of New Zealand...which makes it a little harder to be found by others.... 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z SecretSquirrel-BJC Found 11(+1042=1053) Found this cache today, hidden well near the start of Fore's new caches. How Fore!tunate. Lol! Have moved to a location where it can go much further North towards home with the right lift. Hint: ET Phone Home *Overall Experience: 3* http://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Rating 2008-09-06T00:00:00Z McPhan Found Is winglen psychic? Will hopefully move more northerly soon. 2008-09-05T00:00:00Z winglen Note Dropped this near home for another ACT cacher to collect - wrong direction of travel, but I'm sure it won't be there for long! 2008-08-30T00:00:00Z winglen Found Dropped past to collect this one. It was an easy find. It's likely to move a few kms further south again, but that's part of the fun! 2008-08-22T00:00:00Z If Note The third Boomerang is starting to circle back toward the central coast. But it's gone interstate (inter-terrritory) for a while !! It's hiding out near a small abandoned quarry in a nature reserve waiting to continue it's journey back to where it came from [:)] 2008-08-18T00:00:00Z If Found While strolling around Wagga Wagga today I made a very slight detour along my way to find a Boomerang wedged into the top of a very large tree stump. A tiptoes and stretch retrieve. My turn to throw it now. But how far ? :) 2008-08-06T00:00:00Z the farmers 5 Found Found on a night cache assault .Been to this well cached park many atime now and zoomed in to gz with the torches.A night bike rider with a torch went by conducting cache maintaince checks....a nightly ritual we suspect!!Thanks to Grank and Murf and chief observer "roostaman" deep in card tournament "winners speeches" thoughts at present!!...TNLN. 2008-05-21T00:00:00Z Roostaman Note Found a nice quiet bush setting not too far from where the visitors will be on the weekend. Hopefully someone will get to it before they leave town. 2008-05-20T00:00:00Z murf Note An opportunity has come up... There will be a bunch of travelling cachers invading Wagga next weekend. I'm putting this one out today for a Wagga local to pickup and take back, so it can be hidden in time for the event. 2008-05-20T00:00:00Z Roostaman Found Found it near work today. T: carabiner & L: a boomerang keyring. Now for a nice quiet spot to wait for some more visitors. Thanks for the fun Grank, Roostaman. 2008-04-23T00:00:00Z murf Found Found @ 1715 Day 10 of our NZ tour. When planning our trip, I checked for GCA caches in the South Island, and this was the only one that showed up! It hadn't had any love for 15 months, so we decided to stop off and move it along on its way... We arrived in a parking area nearby and went for a wander through the beautiful rose garden. It was nice to see such a beautiful, tranquil area hidden inbetween all the roads and bustle. After checking the GPS, it was pretty clear (even from a distance) where it would probably be, so we wandered over and picked the cache from its little hidey-hole. It was then that we spotted the waterfall that was mentioned, so we had to go and check it out... Very different! Unlike anything we'd seen before. After we grabbed some photos of the waterfall and the rose garden, it was time to move on (we were on our way to Christchurch). Once i've had a chance to sift through the many photos from the trip, i'll try and post a couple of Timaru up here. I hope to find a suitable place to hide it around here sometime soon, so watch this space! I'll also grab the UFD TB, and move it to a GC cache somewhere too... Thanks for our first moveable cache, and a visit to a beautiful place we wouldnt have seen otherwise! Cheers, Murf & Mrs Murf. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Grank Note It's on the move and reached Timaru South Island New Zealand. This is a really nice park - check out the waterfall! I'll post some pictures on my return home. You'll also find that "Zhovti Vody, Ukraine" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug is in the contents of this cache. As this is a GC TB please feel free to seperate it to continue its travels. 2006-12-21T00:00:00.000Z GA0649 Not So Crowdy Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0649 Not So Crowdy Geocache Geocache Not So Crowdy SuperMoosie Crowdy Head New South Wales Australia Traditional Small 1.5 1.5

Some of the best views in the area can be seen from here. A nice and easy cache suited to the whole family.

The Lighthouse was built in 1878 of stone and painted white. In 1926 it was automated by acetylene and finaly converted to mains electricity in 1972. The cache is a small black tube, with enough room for some small swaps. Currently it only contains a log and pen as I was a little rushed placing it. While you in the area, why not try one of the walks in the national park, 4wding on the beach or a spot of fishing. <a class="new" href="http://geocaching.com.au/cache/gc160ng">Packed Noodle</a> cache is also very close nearby   Next to the old external wall, under some rocks/rubble. Twist and pull to open. 2009-06-26T00:00:00Z richary Not Found It was pretty crowdy up here today with 3 whales off the coast and a few people watching them. On arrival two of them were standing on GZ so I headed off down the hill to get the nearby GC cache. Once the people had moved on I had a fairly good look through the stones but came up blank. It has been a while since the last find so hopefully it is still there and just cache blindness. Great views, thanks SuperMoosie. 2009-03-17T00:00:00Z SuperMoosie Note Edited size of container so it is consistant with anouther cache with the same container 2007-10-01T00:00:00Z evosheas Found Pinch and a punch for the first cache on the first day of the month. Fell in love with Crowdy Head today. 8 o' clock in the morning and ya wouldn't be dead for quids with a view like that. Searched through the rubble and voila. We received the little yowie character and replaced a plastic native american. 2007-07-29T00:00:00Z daz1950 Found I wouldn't say it was Not So Crowdy but I suppose it was to be expected on a Sunday. Took about 30 minutes to put it back because of all the muggles. Interesting place and would be great for whale watching on the right day. Thanks SuperMoosie. Cheers. 2007-04-11T00:00:00Z Fang Shaw Found It was pretty hard to find this geocache because their was heaps of mugglers around. Enjoyed the veiw of the bay and the lighthouse. Left Kiwi 10c and yowie. Took nothing. 2007-04-11T00:00:00Z Grahame Cookie Found 1045 - Spot on coordinates. Left Pariet pen; Took nothing. 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Find #7 for today, and hoping for a FTF, but another log in there already, just not logged on website - bugger! This took some searching but got it in the end, quite a few muggles dropped by and nearly got blown away by a fierce wind but glad to get it and thanks for the views. TNLNSL. <a href='http://geocaching.com.au/gallery/image/582'> <img src='http://gallery.geocaching.com.au/pics/ga0649/thumbs/tn_304505052.jpg'> </a> 2006-12-01T00:00:00.000Z GA0562 Bridge 3 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0562 Bridge 3 Geocache Geocache Bridge 3 Postman Pat Limbri New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 1.5

cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin

This is the another in the Bridge series this cache is in a location with earlier generation of bridges for the New England Highway the cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin and should not be hard to find. If you are standing on the bridge look for trees 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found in the dark with the rest of the crew.... is there a bridge here? 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found First of the bridge series for us. Found in the dark, so we couldn't see the bridge clearly. Thanks Postman Pat 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found My memories a little foggy on this cache. I remember driving down the old highway in the dark and getting out of the car. Pesky was saying something lick "there should be a bridge around hear somewhere"then someone found the cache (wasn't me). Didn't see much of the bridge in the dark. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z gerrynewgirl Found While I was just beginning my search, weroamin laughed as he had found the elusive cache. TFTC. 2008-10-21T00:00:00Z weroamin Found Ah, ha, ha, ha! In company with gerrynewgirl, I walked to where the GPS indicated GZ. Stepped over the guardrail and looked over the edge - no cache! Not until I was stepping back that I realised that I had my big foot on the cache. Well hidden hey! Thanks for the cache. TN left token. 2007-06-24T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and family found cache, exchanged items Great series Postman Pat Cheers Barcoo 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z snappycroc Found Almost missed this one, and we were parked so close! Again we left some scout badges and this was our 6th find for the day....time to go home! 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z pressy Found WOW we parked next to this one to march to another cashe not knowing that this one was here untill we returned and look at the next one avialable. This was find 5 for the day Thanks for getting us out and looking at part of our history. Pressy 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Find number 8 for today - 18:37. Nice hide here. TNLNSL. Thanks for bringing me here, I didn't even know there was an old road along here before. Thanks for the cache. 2007-02-21T00:00:00Z Team Falling Numerals Found Found this cache easily. We are doing the caches in this series in reverse as we are travelling to Tamworth from Walcha and not the other way around. TNLN SL TFTC Postman Pat! 2007-01-23T00:00:00Z the young gads Found Found cache just as it started to rain, had to sit in the car about ten minutes for the rain to stop before replacing the cache. Took stubbie holder and left a car. Thanks. 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Nice and quiet at the time. Found without too much difficulty. No exchanges. Thanks Pat. 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z qydjibow Found Easy find once I stood on the bridge and not in the creek. Took a toy phone and left a kite. 2006-12-01T00:00:00.000Z GA0565 A Bridge to Far Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0565 A Bridge to Far Geocache Geocache A Bridge to Far Postman Pat Kootingal New South Wales Australia Virtual Other 2 1

Just for fun

This cache relies on you getting the bridge series of caches (of Mine)and Getting the code words to get this one there are five codes one in each cache to comply you will need to get at least three and they are located on the cache stash note you will be then required to email me with the answer(s)to get the chance to log it. 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found codewords... bridges? Me thinks i was doing a different set of caches to everyone else! thanks for the fun. 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Whilst each cache in the searies if great on it's own, it's when you do them all that you really appreciate the old bridges. Thanks postman Pat. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Spoke to the owner and told him a few codewords during the Rocket Man event. The received the Ok to log the cache. 2009-05-23T00:00:00Z livinglife Found 2007-06-19T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Logging the last (?) of Postman Pat's Bridge Series after finding all 5 physical caches. Thanks for the bonus find! A well thought out and executed series of caches. 2007-02-21T00:00:00Z Team Falling Numerals Found We completed the Bridge series by Postman Pat in reverse order and had a great day out. Thanks Postman Pat for this series. Have sent our email to Ron with the codewords. 2007-01-23T00:00:00Z the young gads Found Nice morning drive around the country side to find all in the bridge series, this was our 9th cache for the day. Thanks Postman Pat hope to catch up with you the next time we are in your area. 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Got the whole series in two outings. They seemed to increase in difficulty. Thanks Pat. 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z qydjibow Found Easy afternoon drive picked up 3 of the Bridge caches, enough to log this one. I did not even no that a couple of the bridges existed, so it was good to see more of the local area. Thanks for the series, I will hopefully complete the others shortly. 2006-12-01T00:00:00.000Z GA0636 Bridge 4 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0636 Bridge 4 Geocache Geocache Bridge 4 Postman Pat Limbri New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1.5 3.5

Monier Bridge

cache is in an ammo tin Parking is available but watch out for the geokidies as it is a 100klm road the truck are fully wound up to get up the hill. It is a short walk/climb to get to the cache This is the Another in the Bridge series this cache is in a location with earlier generation of bridges for the New England Highway the cache is in an ammo tin and should not be hard to find. This bridge is rumoured to be the first bridge built using the monieer method Bricks and mortar there is a sign on the bridge with the details and can be seen on the way in. on the bridge 2009-06-07T00:00:00Z gd___ Found I just had to go back and find this cache after missing it last night. I found the way to the cache much easier than the night before and found the cache soon after. Thanks. 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Not Found This is a DNF I won't forget in a hurry. We were only 30 meters from GZ but couldn't see a safe way forward (it was just down from here). Anyway Pesky was about 5 meters away from me and as I made my way towards him the conversation was as follows. Pesky: Just watch your ste... Me: Argh, ooh, ouch... as I tumbled down over a couple of rocks. No real harm done but we gave up on the cache for the night. 2007-06-24T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and family found cache, exchanged items Great series Postman Pat Cheers Barcoo 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z snappycroc Found Found this afternoon after a bit of a bushwalk. Nice old bridge, shame its so overgrown! Cache in good condition, we left some scout badges. 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z pressy Found Find 3 for todays outing - kids have realy taken to this now. Thanks again Pressy 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found Find number 10 today - 19:51. This was another spot where night caching in the rain was a bad plan. Took it very easy on getting to cache with the combination of long grass / uncertain ground / slippery rocks / blackberry bushes making the going pretty rough. That rarely stops a dedicated cacher and was true on this occasion too. Another very interesting spot you wouldn't otherwise know about. TNLNSL. Thanks for this last Bridge cache and the others in the series, all spots were not too hard to find (once you got there), interesting and caches were in good condition and well stocked. :) 2007-02-21T00:00:00Z Team Falling Numerals Found We wandered through the long grass to get near to this cache, making lots of noise to let the snakes know that we were coming! Found the cache easily once we arrived at the bridge. Left safety goggles and picked up a camera bag. These bridges are so small compared to their newer counterparts nearby. TFTC Postman Pat. 2007-01-23T00:00:00Z the young gads Found Nice easy walk took a little while to find as it was cloudy and wet. The vines sure have some sharp spikes on them. Took mr wombat and left a small skate board. Thanks. 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Found it without too much difficulty. Cache is well hidden and in good condition. 2006-12-28T00:00:00Z qydjibow Found I did not even know that this bridge existed but thanks to the Bridge Series of caches I do now. An easy walk to an easy find. I enjoyed learing a bit more about the local area whilst completeing the Bridge Series. Thanks Postman Pat. 2006-12-01T00:00:00.000Z GA0637 Bridge 5 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0637 Bridge 5 Geocache Geocache Bridge 5 Postman Pat Limbri New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 2 3

This is the Another in the Bridge series this cache is in a location with earlier generation of bridges for the New England Highway the cache is in an ammo tin and should not be hard to find. If Travelling North Park Here S 30 58.376 E 151 06.289 if traveling park here for a shorter walk S 30 58.262 E 151 06.353 Stay on the Bridge try north 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found as part of a rocket building exercise. late at night, cold at night, what else do you do? 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found Approached from the northbound side and in the dark it was difficult to see the old bridge at first. Thanks Postman Pat 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z gd___ Found Another one where the apporoach is probably alot easier to see in the day time but we eventually made it to the bridge and Pesky located the cache soon after. Thanks Postman Pat. 2009-02-01T00:00:00Z If Found I found myself coasting downhill in the geomobile around lunchtime. So after a short detour to the lookout, it was off to find me a cache. There was rather a lot of long grass in the way !! Not to mention a few blackberries. Luckily they were in season. YUM!! But eventually I arrived on a bridge. One obviously not used for many years [:D] I found the cache after crossing the bridge. All in good condition [:D] TFTC. 2007-06-24T00:00:00Z Barc00 Found Barcoo and family found cache, exchanged items Great series Postman Pat Cheers Barcoo 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z snappycroc Found Found this afternoon after some confusion with coordinates. Cache in good condition. This was number 4 of 6 finds today! 2007-06-17T00:00:00Z pressy Found This was the second find for the day. I have driven past this area so many times and never knew such items were there untill a cache was there to find. The kids also enjoyed the hunt. A very clever hide - thanks heaps. Everything in the cache was dry and in good condition. We also introduced another couple of converts with this outing. Pressy 2007-06-16T00:00:00Z SUBYDAZZ Found 19:20 - find number 9. This one I nearly gave up on - suggesting not a good idea at night and in the rain. Parked at suggested spot Southbound carriageway but couldn't see a way to approach GZ from the area - grass too long and steep slopes. Went to other spot, then walked outside the armco, still got pretty wet but was a bit easier to get to from this spot in the conditions. Still, I got attacked by an angry blackberry vine but managed to find the cache - barely see there was a bridge there unless you are standing on it - amazing. Thanks for another great cache / location. :) TNLNSL. 2007-04-22T00:00:00Z Postman Pat Note I Finaly got around to puting the cache in is proper postion 2007-02-21T00:00:00Z Team Falling Numerals Found Found this cache after our GPSr lead us in a bit of a circle. Cache is dry and in good condition. One member of our team has good memories of the old New England Highway. TNLN SL and picked up the codeword for the final cache of the series. Thanks Postman Pat! 2007-01-23T00:00:00Z the young gads Found Found cache 3rd in the bridge series. Took whistles and left a jigsaw puzzle. Thanks. 2007-01-07T00:00:00Z Howyagoin Found Found it as the rain started. A good spot with little chance of disturbance. No swaps. Thanks Pat 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z qydjibow Found This took me the longest to find of the attempted Bridge series today. The GPS was jumping around a bit. I think that it was mainly luck that I happened to notice something that did not seem to fit in entirely with it surroundings and ta da it was found. TNLNSL. 2006-12-01T00:00:00.000Z GA0564 Bridge 2 Geocaching Australia http://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga0564 Bridge 2 Geocache Geocache Bridge 2 Postman Pat Nemingha New South Wales Australia Traditional Regular 1 1

This is the another in the Bridge series this cache This one as you can see has two generation of bridges is in the location for the New England Highway the cache is in a 30 cal ammo tin and should not be hard to find. there is ample parking if you travel north about 100 meters and park up behind the gravel mounds you can then walk or drive if you are game down the old tar bit down to the bridges Let the armco be your friend 2009-06-28T00:00:00Z GeoMonkeys Found found as part of a rocket building exercise. late at night, cold at night, what else do you do? 2009-06-06T00:00:00Z Shifter Brains Found A relatively easy find, again in the dark during the Rocket Man event. Thanks again Postman Pat.