Mary Pop Ins Granville, Queensland, Australia
By mick & Kaz on 09-Jul-07. Waypoint GC147ZN

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The council have been doing a lot of work around Mary and have removed the cache (I don’t think they realised the cache was there) When all the work has been completed I will replace the cache, until then this cache has been temporarily disabled.

Pt. Douglas Trip 09.15. There was lots of signs of work in the area, but the cache support was still in place and the cache was here today. Thanks.

2667.140 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 Stars #1 - Orion A#26

Albida

Found it on our big trip around Australia. Thanks for all your aussie caches guys. MaJa

Found Ok

[This entry was edited by Rong on Monday, August 10, 2009 at 2:02:30 AM.]

Found good one no muggle there.Cute Mary Poppins.T.F.T.C

New cache container installed today 16/6/09

I was on the Maryborough Pub Crawl and was showing some friends the Mary Pop Ins cache. Unfortunately the container has been muggled. I will replace ASAP and will let cachers know when new container is in place

This was the cache geodaughter wanted to do as she is a big fan. we lloked everywhere and I am sure I had the right spot but alas no cache. Anyhow we enjoyed the visit.

Thanks to the hint and a break in muggle activity it was a quick find. Nice part of town and always worth a walk around. TFTC

Very nice old town and statue Mary. Found cache quickly with PaBa.
Thanks.

Pleasant morning walk through the nice old downtown and park, statue of Mary and the cache itself found quite easily. Thanks!

We stopped for a bite to eat and a few caches. A quick find and the locals all seemed oblivious to what I was doing. TFTC

Entered into the book of LEDGIN'S. Up this way visiting a friend with Silky Seekers. Looked in the obvious spot 1st and then read the hint. Oh well. Men and instructions??? Located the little blighter and said Gidday to Mary. SL. Thanks again Mick & Kaz

I love this place,such history. Found on way home from Hervey Bay with Ledgins.Good sneaky hide. Sl Thanks Mick and Kaz Silky Seekers

Thanks for the clue and the history lesson. TFTC

I was so excited to meet this Mary Pops as one of my childhood favorite movie with my family when I was about 7yo.
Great to know its our history here at Maryborough.
TFTC

Good fun finding out a little bit of info in your own area. Thanks for the cache.

Interesting bit of history that I wasn't aware of before. Thanks!

good to have learned that bit of history

TNLN
Thanks for this cage

First to sign the new log! Nice easy find. We pulled up close by and had to wait a couple of minutes to get a break in the muggles.

Great bit of history. We read through the story while we waited for our chance to replace the cache.

No swaps - Thanks for the cache

New log in place.

up from Sydney visting mum in Maryborough... she brings me to this statue every trip, but I never knew there had been a cache so close all that time! Found easily - log is full though, we wrote on the end. (didnt have any paper to replace with sorry) Great spot, TFTC

almost ready to move on and had one last look and bingo Captain Terror Spotted it. TFTC

Like all good caches, found it in the last place we could think of looking.

TFTC

found Mary quite easily

and geodaughter found the cache very soon after


thanks for the cache
and the history

took some photos

fattyacid and family

Found the cache at 1.30pm. Beauty and so happy to meet Mary.... SL. Thanks mick & Kaz for organising the cache and hunt.

Heh, Hike and I(Hoppi56) found it. We met a nice guy from Holland at the place.

Mary Poppins is one of the favourites of Krijgertje(F), so we had to visit Maryborough on our way south. A first quick search with only the coordinates had no luck and there were too many muggles around. So we went to the Judge’s Walk and took our lunch. I decided to go for a second search. On arrival I saw a couple sniffing around. I introduced myself to Hoppi56. We had a nice chat and a combined search had success.
TFTC.

Found it, log it & returned it
TFTC
Cheers
CamHelen

Found it!

TFTC

Little Fuddleys recognized her straight away, and would have stayed with her all day if we had let them. TFTC

15:14 Didn't know what to expect when I set off for this cache. Lo and behold, I turned a corner and there she was. Nice hide and easy find. Tftc

An easy find during a short stroll around a nice area in Maryborough. TFTC

WanderingAus wandered by on day eighty-seven of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and made an easy find.

My find No 748, TNLNSL.

T4TH mick & Kaz
Keith

Looked and looked, looked again. Grrr!!

Dirt

That was interesting, we didn't even know the author actually came from Australia!
We really liked the statue.

TFTC!
Team gracher

Found OK. This town has so much history. TFTC.

Found at 1130. Did not know the history behind the story before we did this cache.

Somebody explain to me how I missed this cache last time I tried ... today I looked where I had looked before, and there it was ... I didn't even need geomum's help with this... TFTC

Hmmm interesting little piece of local history TFTC.

geodad found this one. tftc really enjoyed looking for the micro cough cough

Quick find for Hubby, TFTC

A few people passing by, but I'd brought my father along as cover and the cache was soon lcated, signed and returned.
Thanks for the cache!
best wishes,
Wal

Found by torourke1 @ 1600H 04/04/2008,

Great little cache, easy find,

thanks mick & kaz.

Found @ 11:30

A very good cache, we thoroughly enjoyed the history lesson.

Walked straight up and grabbed this one at 1100hrs in the only place it could be. Ortaga and I were impressed with the history lesson.

TFTC

Lucky no one nearby, quick easy find. Nice seat close by to sign log and watch Maryborough Sunday life go by.
TNLNSL TFTC.

This cache's location explained nicely the strange billboards on the highway leading to Maryborough
I blew in on the west wind today to find a cache in Mary Pop Ins Borough
A practically perfect cache in every way
Lovely bit of history and sculpture.
I gotta say it... I can't help meself... it was Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious! [^]

Fantastic cache and our smallest one to date. A real challenge.
TFTC.

I have checked on this cache several times and it is still in place.
Good Luck

Spent about 30 mins at GZ, with lots of cars passing, waiting at lights, and plenty of pedestrians walking past which interrupted my search. I will be back when I'm up there next.

Found it .. read the clues ..TNLN

Mary's back in town. We will see how long this new cache container will last.

Good Luck

Visited cache site just to read about Mary & her creator. Even though I grew up in Maryborough, I never knew about this piece of history. Good to saw that the plaque is a re-cycled sign. Thanks for the history.

Don't ya hate it when you've searched everywhere only to find that it's MIA!

I'll return in the future

It was an enjoyable story, to learn that Mary Poppins began her life here.

Thanks mick & Kaz

This cache container has gone missing. Will replace soon.

Even the clue Didn't help me - First to DNF prize for me

Being new, this one gave me a new outlook on the micro caches. I found the clue pointed me straight to it. TFTF.

Not sure what the clue has to do with the location of the cache but lest I digress. This was found after a short search by geokids with sharp eyes. Don't take too much notice of the provided clue. You are in the area and don't need to have the clue that is given IMHO... TFTC.

An old chook visited

Found this one together with weroamin.

Still in the footsteps of BRC this was an easy find on a busy street corner. Very clever hide, but the hint made it an good cache.

Piece of cake. Detoured into Maryborough on the way down to the Cooroy Coffee Conclave. A very interesting location, with history that would surprise most americans. Much like the story of Winnee the Pooh, the yanks think that these tales come from the Disney factory, rather than just being made much more famous by the Disney adaptations. Found at 1330. Busy intersection-yes, but that shouldn't worry you.

Cheers
Bundy

Geoturd found this one after I had looked at the exact same place! Still trying to find out how I missed it!?

Anyway, easy find.

Found at 15:25hrs. Easy find with no muggles around. Just wait for the lights to change green so traffic continues.

TFTC. SL.

JG

Found this one on our early morning walk this morning. Mary is looking very regal today. TFTHSL.
The Goons

Yahoo, our turn to score a first to find.
Thanks Mick & Kaz, keep em coming & between us we will have a heap more caches around Maryborough.

Marty & Karen.

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