Training in Boonah -Stationary Boonah, Queensland, Australia
By onward bound on 30-Mar-07. Waypoint GC11RTF

Think its gone. Time to archive.

While the extensive search returned no joy, i did notice an open container that looked like it once was a cache.
Nice area just a shame that this cache is missing.

After searching for a while read logs and yeah...this one needs replacing. Nice bit of history though. Shame the cache has effectively been nicked.

No find on this one did "squib" return it yet" onward bound" -if not maybe an idea to disable or replace it yourself .Will try another time x

could not find it

Easy find. Sadly lid was only half on and cache was full of fairly foul smelling water. Took cache to see if anything could be salvaged....log book very sodden. Will dry and return cache next time I'm passing through but it really doesn't look salvageable. Bit of a sad first find really.

A quick find with the help of the hint. SL TNLN TFTC

The town is nice and quiet today with plenty of opportunity to go about caching without anyone noticing. A nice easy one for us.

TFTC

Found (15:45) an way home from 'Christmas in July' event in Stanthorpe

Nice easy find...

TNLNSL

Thanks onward bound for the cache

We kept the local traffic controllers busy as we went down the wrong street and had to double back

Cache was quickly found... so headed back to keep thos traffic controllers busy again.

Thanks onward bound, interesting bit of history.

Dodged the road works and the dogs were howling!

Quickish find after a pit stop near by.

TNLN SL

TFTC!

It's been a long time since I was at the Boonah show ground! Enjoyed a walk through the grounds, soaking up the afternoon sunshine and trying to remember the smell of cattle and the sound of loud speaker announcements! TFTC

Enjoyed the history lesson and the short walk around town. TFTC

My GPS was a fair bit out but found it anyway. Popular shortcut home from school I see. TFTH

Have been to Boonah heaps of times but never to the showground

It was just over 3 years since I posted my DNF on this one and I was determined to find it this time.

I'm sure this hiding spot was not here last time I was. This time the cache was easy to locate even with people in the nearby pavilions.

After logging the cache we heard the sounds of roosters crowing. I remembered that a long time friend lived locally and had show birds so we check the meeting out and located him. It was good to catch up with him and give them a surprise.

Found this after having a lengthy conversation with the caretaker Bob. He also told us about the pecan nut tree close by and encouraged us to help ourselves. Spent an afternoon cracking the nuts, they were tasty. TNTC TNLN

Found this cache while on holiday in Brisbane and surrounds. Thanks For The Cache TNLN SL

Thanks for the cache onward bound. We were onward bound today to Warwick and glad to have this cache to claim and log on our way. What a shame so many of these branch lines have closed down. I think so anyway. MMmmm - I wonder why they changed the name from Blumbergville to Boonah? Thanks for the info.
Took: thong key ring
Left: little purse with coins

Nice easy cache left keyring thong and TB thanks onward bound

Coordinates were a little off but found it eventually - took small book and added some little goodies.

At first was not sure if we where in the show ground or a caravan park? Soon found our way to GZ and was just leaving as someone headed over with cleaning gear.
JABs.

found at 9.25 pm easy find tonight TN/LN/SL had an enjoyble evening

Had some issues here on the exact location of GZ. GPSr insisted it was over near the "cookery". I looked, crawled, poked and felt all around but no luck. Peering around in the dark, I spotted a more likely looking "ramp" and soon had the cache in hand. TN/LN/SL. All this and the added bonus of a barking dog and lots of open windows overlooking GZ. A truly rewarding cache experience .

I think L&L would have given this up as a bad joke if I hadn't pointed out an obvious structure to search. We had spent way too much time on the 'wrong spot' but then found easily when we looked in the right spot.[^] TFTC

Out for an afternoon caching this one was a little difficult as tho Muggle children nearby were not going anywhere in a hurry TNLN SL TFTC

All the previous entries say easy find. I crawled under ,felt here , felt there ,looked here, looked there and came up empty handed !!! Should I hang my head in shame or has it been muggled ???

lovely place town thanks

easy found with pat ox...

Very easy find with sticker boy - we both found this last year when we were introduced to geocaching by aquilla, but didn't have an account yet. Was in the area again today and logged ourselves. TFTC. Took Magnifying glass, left paddle ball game and sherriff badge.

[This entry was edited by BrianFamily on Saturday, February 06, 2010 at 12:39:56 AM.]

Found after doing some nice easy 4wdriving in the area

a nice quick find today!!! tnln tftc

A quick easy find today. TNLNSL, TFTC.

The coordinates were off a bit for us but the hint helped.

Nice simple find
TFTC

Nice quick find thanks to the hint. We parked on the wrong side and had to walk across the showgrounds in the heat of the day - phew! Interesting location worth the effort. TFTC.

Quick find today by the Downey Clan. The GPS wanted to take us up to the top of the hill. But from up there it was obvious we needed to be somewhat lower, so quick drive back down hill to the park, and the geobrats hunted down the prize.

TFTC and the history!

Garfield69au

Another interesting bit of history. Found the cache quick which was good as muggles arrived just as I was leaving. TFTH.

At least the old railway building are being use for something. Better than allowing them to rot in place like so many others in the country. Preserves the history a bit.
Good hide away from prying eyes. Heaps of caravans parked here today.
TFTC onward bound - love the play on words in the title of the series.

We were a bit exposed doing this cache, as there was a barking dog, both the kids were being really noisy, but fortunately we found the cache pretty quickly.

TFTC

Took us a while to find this one as we were looking under the wrong ramp. We decided to look under the other one and found it straight away.

Found with abseilqld at 5:20pm, heading home.
Took Snake
Left bangles

TFTC

Having a great run today and this one was a nice quick one .the cache was lovely and dry

Out for a day of Geocaching with Belpayne. Our 20th for the day, found at 17:15 - took snake, left bangles TFTC

Found it. Very happy as was our first find.

TFTC

this was our first find. we swapped a magnifying glass for a lucky coin. tftc slinky malinky. (-:

Easy find. Nice spot. TFTC

As train buffs were were interested in finding the station. When we found it it was unlike any others we have seen in Queensland and unfortunately didn't match with some photos we have of the station from the 1900s. Perhaps the 1900s station was replaced at some stage.

In any case it was an interesting building with remarkable architecture.

TFTC.

Great place , found this one late TFTC T TB Jeep-Grace's GeoTruck

Beautiful building. Would have loved to look inside. Will have to come back when the Boonah Show is on! TFTC I love the history lessons.

Never been up this street before. Took geo coin left TB

Had to log this coin before taking it out. retrieved from this cache but it had not been logged here yet.

After sending Geokid to find with no luck, mum to the rescue! Maybe he should get his eyes checked.

J 5
Z 1

Found at 14.45pm. Out and about with Merrypanda today. This one was an easy find. Nice old station. TFTC

Good hide. Nice quick find. TFTC

Luckily there was no training today... Soccer off in the distance but very quiet at GZ. That was until I grabbed the cache... I took it back to the very convenient little shed to conduct business. While I was mid business, a car came cruising by at a "Very" casual pace. I ignored the occupants and carried on with what I needed to do and fortunately, they kept rolling... PHEW...

Tucked it back in it's hidy hole and got out of there pronto...

Cheers

Nice and quite here today. Interesting old building. TNLN. Thanks onward bound.

Found at 1200. Another quick easy find with GPSr being spot on GZ and the clue was more than helpful. TFTC

Nice old station. Easy find with Ledgins. We have certainly learnt a lot about this area today. Thanks onward bound. Silky Seekers.

Entered into the book of LEDGIN'S. Out and about today with Silky Seekers. Had to wait for elderly Muggle to depart then grabbed cache, did the deeds and returned safely. Thanks again onward bound.

Found it No. 1185 ... quite area ... TN and left Chinese Coins

Doesn't get much easier than this. quick find with some friends in tow, swaps were made by kids, but I couldn't tell you what - ther was much activity at gz with kids wheeling and dealing...

[Cache found and logged using GeoScout (http://www.navstation.co.uk/geoscout)]

Quick find early in the morning, although I had to avoid the eyes of the waking neighbours how were stirring and opening the over looking windows etc TFTC

A nice easy one to use up 15 minutes of spare time. GPS not required after reading the web page.
Took nothing
Left nothing.
Had to sign log with Fluro marker in the cache. May visit again to leave pencil.
TFTC

Why did I not see the cache last time I was here.

Because it was completely exposed this time. Back in palce and recovered with items which blend with the environment.

2nd of 4 finds for the day on our SEQ holiday. Found @ 1000 on our way back from visiting friends at Mt. Alford. High level of stealth required for this one as muggles can be watching on close by.

TNLNSL TFTC

Super stealth was needed for find #6 of the day at 1550hrs.

The old boy tending his veges in the nearbly backyard lost interest in me after I started taking photos of my little girl. Cache quicly in hand when his back was turned. Cache reurned when he bent over to pick up his rake.

TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache.

Mumma and Dadda NANKS were 'flying solo' today after dropping the geoboys at the in-laws'. We were off for a social week-end at Boonah with work collegues. Of course we couldn't resist grabbing a couple of caches that popped up on the screen as we drove along!

Well according to the cache notes it all began on November 2nd, 1880. Well, we visited 128 years later to the very day, on November 2nd, 2008! We took some time to have a look around what appears to be very typical and traditional country show grounds.

Thanks for the opportunity!

easy find for first timers

Found it and safe place. Hanging around in Boonah today.
TFTC

Found while out around Boonah today.
TFTC

The Geokids found this one too, clever hide, TFTC SL

It looked like a gathering of F3 cars in the showground. TFTC

The coordinates make this harder to find than it should be. A check may be in order but it is still an easy find. TFTC

had to stop in at Boonah showground on Sunday so slowdad and I decided to grab this cache while he had access to the gpsr's. My nephew likes to play with poppy's toys and he keeps changing the datum on it. Nice easy find and the first cache I've done of a night time. TNLN TFTC

At Boonah showground for the show this week and how can I resist a cache that's less then a hundred metre's- more or less- from where I'm working. Had to wait until after dark when members of the show society went home and we could walk up with having to stop and chat as more rides arrived to start setting up. The frogs gave the psychodaughter a start but we had the cache in hand quickly and got back with out being caught. TNLN TFTC

10.35am found with flapperjohn. Finding the cache was uneventful but trying to leave the area and get back to our car was interesting. I belive the groundsman thought we were stealing things and up to no good. He was not impressed. Put in an origami spinning top and took out colouring in pencils.

An easy find at the start of a caching weekend with the Jenesis team. TFTC.

Nice location. Everything in town looked so neat and orderly. TNLN. Thanks onward bound

We participated in a group find with two other cachers, The Phantom and The Sparker. Altogether there were six families in the group including 13 geokids. We all arrived at GZ around 8.30am and together with the harmonics of the geokids, obviously raised some worry with the elderly lady living adjacent to GZ. Sunday mornings are obviously uneventful and reserved for quiet cups of tea whilst reading the paper. TFTC

Nice easy one. Geo Granny checked on us from her house windows. Found in the company of Rossx4 and "the Phantom"

Easy find.

A quick and caching-obvious location for the hide....thanks.

The street was quite today fortunately, and we were on our way in 5 minutes. Thanks for the cache and the history lesson of Bonnah, quite enjoyable.

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Found it easy enough -the spiders were not that bad.
knew the grounds as it is a turning point in the 'Kooralbyn to Boonah' MTB ride.
All good .
TFTC
TNLN

Nice quick find. The cache is dry and in good condition. I really enjoyed the series. Thanks Outward Bound, we enjoyed our time in Boonah and will be back to enjoy the area and the caches.

aaaargh!,what a great piece of history 'ere!,walked around even though it was 30oc 'ere today!,thankin' ye'

Found this one fairly quickly. Was concerned the barking dogs in the neighboring house would give us away, however no one seemed to be watching despite the ruckus they were making.

A quick find while out on a bike ride. I had replaced the cache and was sitting down working out my next one when the park manager approached me and ask what I was up to. Told him I was a railway buff and was looking at the old railway station building. My bluff worked, and he proceeded to give me a run down on all the other buildings, town etc. A free tour as it were. Anyway, we had a great chat and the cache is still safe. SL TNLN TFTC

We found our 3rd Onward Bound cache at 1:40pm as the final of 3 on our Onward Bound to the Gold Coast Lunch Break. I have to admit that this is my least favourite type of cache hide where a private residence overlooks the cache search area and especially when a barking dog at a neighbouring property alerts all living nearby to your presence. We used the hint to minimise our time there. Thanks for the cache from D,H,H & A B-A.

Stopped at this one on the way to Mt Maroon. The heavens have finally opened and the drizzle was starting. I think the cache name was too long for our GPS as the other two near here didn't show up at all!

Ah! Boonah in the winter
On a sunny day, this is the warmest I've been for months
TFTC and railway history. A unique building, It's normally trains that leave the station. Not the other way round.

Old settlement...its great!
Thanks TTBLN
d.d.dudes

found during recovery from doing summit to do.
tftc
tnln

Find 1008 - Nice easy find in town TNLN

We reckon Onward Bound live in the street next to this .... having a good laugh at us all. But we didn't see anyone else out & about early this morning so maybe we snuck in & out without being seen. Left the "Sunshine On My Shoulder" CrowesFeat30 Geo coin for a bit of a view over this happening part of town.

Pleasant walk. TNLN.

Watched Rastas find it - his 300th!!! TFTC

Found today with lochb and Steve and Family watching over us..

Cache was quite exposed, therefore an easy enough find. Replaced and hidden from direct view.

This cache happens to be my 300th cache.... Nice feeling, now on to 400!

TFTC SL TNLN

Our second of the Boonah series on our Saturday evening out. We had some trouble with the local at the window so had to leave and return in a more stealthy way. With the hint, we were able to find it without any trouble. Plenty of large green frogs in the vicinity of the cache.

TNLN

Thanks to onward bound for the cache - enjoying the series!

We happened to be here on show day. Muggles everywhere - we'll simply have to come back to this great little town.

[This entry was edited by Nosugrefs on Sunday, May 20, 2007 at 6:59:57 PM.]

Spent 10min + doing the same as Crew 153 before the muggles on the nearby balcony took interest in my antics.

Must be a 1/1 I can never find them.