Queensland's Matilda Queensland, Australia
By geono. on 12-Aug-21. Waypoint GA22278

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	Virtual
Container:	Virtual
Coordinates:	S26° 20.485' E152° 43.825' (WGS 84)
	56J 473099E 7086477N (UTM)
Elevation:	87 m
Local Government Area:	Gympie

Map

Whodunit Difficulty

Queensland Government Department of National Parks Park Alerts

Description

Matilda, mascot of the 12th Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane 1982.

Since her starring role as the winking mascot of the Commonwealth Games, Matilda has been on the move. In 1984 she took up a prominant position along the M1 Pacific Highway at Wet 'n' Wild Water World at Oxenford on the Gold Coast. Matilda Fuel Services purchased her in 2009 for relocation to the Matilda Travel Centre at Kybong. A short move in 2020 and she now welcomes visitors to the Traveston Service Centre. With talk of Matilda's appearance at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games the co-ordinates may need a hop back to Brissie but with 11 years to go it's a safe bet she'll be at the present location till then.

To log the cache you'll need a photo of Matilda along with your caching name. This can be in any form - on clothing, written on paper, skin etc.

Congratulations 2Wagtails - FTF

Hints

Fur'f 13 zrgerf uvtu

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

06-Jul-24

BigMatDozer

we stopped here for a bit of a late breakkie on our trip up north. As it turns out, Servos with food are a bit more spread out than they are down in NSW.

Interesting but if history behind the statue. We wandered over and had a look but forgot the photo. With a light sprinkle and empty bellies the kids weren't keen on retracing our steps, so instead we got a photo from the brekkie table.

Thanks for the virtual cache!

09-Oct-23

redbackspider

geono. I found your cache Queensland's Matilda on 9 Oct 2023 at 1:24 pm. This is my find 120 and find # 7 today. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

16-Jul-22

wayn0

So I’m in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland after a 4 day solo hike then two days on the coast. I don’t want to waste the opportunity of being up here so decided to head a bit north for some Trigs and 4WD action. Of course I had to stop by to say hello to Matilda first, thanks for the cache Smile

Rated: for Overall Experience

27-Mar-22

Gullivers Travels54

We made a quick stop in the rest area and found this virtual TFTC

04-Oct-21

youngoldfella

Thank you for this one. I hope me being in the image is acceptable as I tried to get a selfie with me wearing a caching shirt with my youngoldfella on it but it did not work out. TFTVC Clan Minotaur

Rated: for Overall Experience

geono.

27-Aug-21

2Wagtails

As we drove through Gympie today we recalled this cache being published and promised ourselves we’d pop in here next time we passed. Very Happy

Glad we did as it’s lovely weather today and a perfect spot to stop for lunch. And that’s what we did.
Matilda’s looking pretty good considering her age. Very Happy

We actually saw Matilda at the Opening Ceremony in 1982. And have since seen her over the years at the various locations you listed above.

Thanks for the cache and memories Geono. Clapping