Grong bridge Grong Corobimilla, New South Wales, Australia
By hoogs on 19-Jan-08. Waypoint GC18QF6

Despite the request by 'JohnoMawbs', it would seem the cache owner (or passers-by) is either unwilling or unable to maintain this cache.

The cache owner has not responded to the request to address the issue associated with this cache and appears to be relying on passing geocachers/seekers to maintain the cache.

The cache is the property of the person who placed it - if they are no longer interested in looking after it, then it has effectively been abandoned and is accordingly de-listed. Apart from the care and maintenance of the 'physical' aspect, if the cache has been abandoned, it means the CO is no longer monitoring the logs - one of the responsibilities of cache ownership.

Accordingly, this cache has been Archived on the basis it has been abandoned.

**Note: Dear CO and Reviewer, The only thing this cache needs is a new logsheet as the container is in good condition, watertight and it is at a great location that geocachers should be able to visit.** It would make me and others sad if it becomes archived. I didn't have anything suitable to replace it with me this time.

I have a free day… let’s go caching. I decided on finding the last section of the ‘RGGT Trail’ and the loose caches between the final of the trail and Narrandera. It feels so good to have finally finished the ‘RGGT Trail’ and off my To-Do-List. I started this trail on the 31 October 2016 and finished it on 26 November 2018 which is a 757 day journey. This includes 5 attempts and lots of fun and laughs.
Day #1 (31/10/16): Caches #1 to #19
Day #2 (05/04/18): DNF’s from #1 to #19
Day #3 (17/04/18): Caches #20 to #32
Day #4 (25/07/18): Caches #33 to #61
Day #5 (26/11/18): Caches #62 to #81 (A.K.A. Final)
It was such a nice drive around the county side with a clear sky, a lot of wildlife running/flying around and getting lost in Matong Forest. I did eventually find my way after nearly an hour of driving and walking around the area. Before heading home, I had lunch at Subway in Narrandera. On some of the smaller logbooks I signed as 26/11 JM and TB visit on all found caches today. I would like to thank Riverina Geocaching for the great trail and to all other CO’s of the other caches I found and for the fun I had while finding them.

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###**CACHE OWNER ACTION REQUIRED PLEASE**###

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I notice from one or more log entries that this cache would seem to be in need of some help - **there appears to be a need for owner intervention.**

The guidelines indicated that periodic visits to check on the cache, as well as prompt attention to any logs that indicate there is a problem, are part of the [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) I cannot see any log that indicates a recent visit by the CO to this cache.

If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable it.**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235) Therefore, the cache is being temporarily disabling so as to stop it showing up on search lists and to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) within 14 days, so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?**

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Repair and/or Replace your cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you don't plan on fixing it up then please [**Archive it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (within 14 days). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when I next look at the cache page, it is likely that I will unfortunately have to de-list (Archive) the cache on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.
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Found it. Log needs replacing.

Found, needs a new log book

We looked a long time, before found it on the ground, in the place where it shouldn't be by the terrain and coordinates. Put it back where it should be by coordinates. Nice cache, thanks.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

No luck here for us sadly, a few no finds on this one now, may need a check?

Well we also didnt find this, but neither did we see a tube. And i went down below , then i climbed the bank. No luck. Funny how you dont really perservere when the previous log was a dnf. What a pity

I'm logging this one as a did not find. There was a tube that looked like it could have been it that had fallen off the bridge down to where the creek is but I didn't go down to look.

Tftc

4th time lucky thank god.

An easy find. Log is full and needs replacement. I squeezed in GW. TFTC hoogs.

Nice easy find but needs a new log book/paper as it's been used that much it's falling to bits

Quick find,needs some TLC. TFTC

Day 9 of our Road Trip.

Second of seven for today.

I thought we would find an old bridge. Instead we found a pretty spot for camping one day.

TFTC.

Found - was on wrong side of bridge for too long

After a phone call from Roostaman, we decided to do a caching trip to Narrandera and Leeton.
We traveled along a lot of bus tracks and around the lovely towns, picking up a good variety of hides.

All cache signed and replaced as found.
Many thanks for placing this cache, hoogs, for us and others to find.

Found it on a nice drive with Geodog Ace who looked for trolls under the bridge.

A nice quick find thanks.

Found with Yanco ag Vennies. Thanks for the cache.

TFTC hoogs

Great spot here.
TFTC

Nice easy find.

Love the container. Very pretty spot. Thanks for the hunt

An easy find along a lovely drive with time to,enjoy the scenery. TFTC hoogs

Had an over night at Grong Grong so took a drive to find a couple of caches.
TFTC hoogs

1510. Found with Relish64 on our Narrandera-Ardlethan-Griffith-Darlington Point road trip. A nice little spot and a quick find. TFTC.

Christmas holidays, not working, family catchups long overdue, food enough for a small country, summer weather .... and seventy found caches. What a perfect week.

Afternoon boxing day run to clear my Narrandera section of the map ... with Mrs Prime and the Prime mum onboard we headed off towards Grong Grong. Yep, we can see Galore from here. My mum grew up here, and has lived in the area most of her life, visiting relatives all over the place, including even Victoria Avenue - this same road further in town. Today was the first time she'd ever been out here. We had a ball of an afternoon. Saw an amazing little bridge as we approached GZ, but not that one hmmm? It looked like a private bridge? It looked good anyway.

Not sure about buying any fish around here IF, although there was a family down there trying to catch some for me I think Probably wondering what the hell I was up to, but I looked official, checking the bridge barriers out for structural integrity or somesuch thing - cache found, signed, returned, quick check the other side and then away we go again. Simple as really!

Thanks for placing this cache, hoogs. Found in good condition.
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I don't like fishing, but do like using bridges
Bridges are useful, they allow you to drive to places that sell fish, ready caught and cleaned [^]
This was a nice location by the creek, even if it smelt of cows
TFTC.

My first ever cache search! Found it!

9416 kms travelled in 21 days, one awesome eclipse observed near Mt Carbine in Northern Queensland and 712 cache finds, including a small handle of FTF's.

This was a trip I'd been planning for over 12 months with the main reason being to observe the solar eclipse on the morning of the 14th of November. I had decided to drive to Palm Cove and back, where my penthouse accommodation was located, while the rest of the family flew up and back. I love the drive and the unknown adventures that lay ahead; and I even think the last time I did one this big may have been for the previous eclipse in Australia which occurred over SA.

Apart from the great experiences, awesome scenery, and the characters met, the other reason to drive was to also do some serious caching, with the plan to stop at some power trails along the way including the Fruit Run and A.S. series near Stanthorpe on the way up and the Mid North Coast Wander series, just out of Port Macquarie, on the way back.

I had five days to travel each way with ten days in between spent in Palm Cove holidaying with my family. My route up took me from Melbourne to Tocumwal and up to Glenn Innes, through Toowoomba, Rockhampton and the coast road to Cairns while my route back was a bit more erratic. Heading from Cairns to Townsville then via Charters Towers to Rockhampton. From here it was through the amazing mining region to Roma then across to Dalby down through Stanthorpe (again) to Armidale, Port Macquarie, Wagga Wagga, Tocumwal and then home - phew.

I followed the Old Narranderra Rd along to Grong Grong before continuing up north along the Newell. A nice easy driveby along side the waterway. Thanks for the hide.

Had to look hard for this one. Was great fun. Thanks. The clue helped.

Found at 4:02 PM GAFF1. What a fantastic spot - lovely country and on such a clear day everything sparkled.
Thanks hoogs

Nice spot. Nice hiding spot. Great container.

This one found by my apprentice geo-Ned. He's a fast learner. Must be my good teaching!! Thanks and cheers hoogs.

great cache, great clues, great hiding spot
survived March 2012 flood waters
thanks hoogs your sincerely bunny on the hop

[:(!] On my way back to Griffith after visiting my geoson and his geofamily to pick up a few caches along the long way back, packed the geo car close to GZ and then a short walk, arrived at GZ and within a couple of minutes I had the cache in hand. SL TFTC/TFTH

[:(!] After the recent floods part of the earth has washed away from the bridge opposite to where the cache has been hidden, an eye should be kept on the cache as the repairs are carried out, the crew that fixes the bridge might discover the cache.

Nice easy find with Satchmo Satchmo. TFTC.

You get in trouble for calling Wagga Wagga Wagga, do you get in trouble for calling Grong Grong Grong??
Thanks for the cache in this quiet area area.

NEF TFTC

This was a pretty easy find as it appears the 8 legged friends had pushed this from it's hidey spot and could nearlly reach it from the car.
Tucked it back in amongt the many webs out of sight before heading off.
A nice old bridge with no muggles fishing today!
Many thanks for the trip down this road Hoogs, most enjoyable!

A quick find today while doing a bit of a caching run between wagga and narrandera. What a great way to spend Australia day, caching with family, beautiful weather, perfect scenery. We have never been down this back road before. Thanks for bringing us down this way.

TFTC, found quickly, but had to get rid of all the 8 legged friends guarding the cache.

TFTC Must have been awhile since this one has been logged, had to fight the bodygaurds of spiders from this one before we could log it, found with Hinklenator.

We had previously ventured south from Grong Grong to visit 'Sunshine'. For whatever reason we then headed back to the Newell. This time, despite the grey skies and showers we decided to take the 'back way' to Narrandera. The road is very good and presented no problems even as it became wetter. As with all of our journey south this time there was water laying everywhere and the river looking very full. The cache itself was found quickly, signed and replaced in the cold. Thanks Hoogs.

I dont uonderstand the coordinate.

Found on the way home from the Wagga Mega event activities but logged much later, sorry. Thanks for the cache

Nice quick find while out with Biggles Bear. My thanks to hoogs for the cache.

Found 12:45, in the company of Muzza during the Oz Mega Event.

TNLN, CSI=2, thanks hoogs.

On the way to Wagga, this looks like a nice spot the campers have here.

Campers down on the river, glad cache was shielded from view. What a great spot to camp!

[This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 4:06:15 AM.]

5th for the day on my way up to Leeton and Griffith. Pretty quick find my by daughter Jessica. She doesn't normally come caching with me, so it was good to get her out.

an old chook visited

Armed with the correct co ords we found this one easily then viewed the rising water nearby. TFTC.

Ninkanpoop huh! It's a good thing that the Narrandera area is very much free camping friendly, so gerrynewgirl and I hung around long enough to go back and grab this one, but this time I copied down the correct co-ordinates and it was a quick easy find, although the 43 degree temperature made that railing super hot to touch. TFTC

As that previous ninkenpoop said........Grong coords. Pity we didn't have an internet connection to check as I reckoned there was something Grong with what weroamin had written down for the coords. You can't win them all.

Not so much a DNF for this one, but a ninkinpoop for putting down the wrong co-ordinates. Its amazing how one little number could make all the difference. As I passed by that bridge though from Sunshine to Bundingerry, I did wonder #@!%$???

This road is a great alternative to the Sturt Hwy. between Narrendera and Wagga, more scenic and very little traffic. The cache is an easy drive by. TFTC.

Found in the company of McPhan and Winglen while on our way west.

A nice quiet side road and a novel cache hide - well done Hoogs, enjoyed visiting this river area and its abundant bird life.

2287. This is getting to be a pain - not the cache which nicely highlighted the fullish river, but the ever present seeds. WARNING - at this time of year do not wear mesh shoes with socks! (I'm such a fashion plate!) Winglen found the cache quickly and we were back into our (sort of) Wild Hogs adventure/homecoming.

TFTC and the bridge.

Rated: for Overall Experience

After parking at the wrong end of the bridge because the maps said to, a quick find and a novel container. Thanks Hoogs.

Luck we like micro's !! found the neat container first place looked and we were off ! thanx

Found and logged at 12:45, Nice spot by the river
Thanks To Hoogs

It's an ongoing learning experience as to what makes a cache container and this was another new one for us.
Added a new log sheet.
Thanks hoogs

this is the first bridge i have something on. Log is full but I had no replacment with me.

Found on Australia Day with baby and Mrs Gopher who had already found it Saturday.We located it quickly and did the paperwork on one of the last few spots left for a find.Nice rest stop and probaly a great fishing hole too.Thanks to hoogs.TNLN.

Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1505.TNSL Tnx hoogs
Needs to have a new log sheet to replace the one that is there.

Another lovely spot on this tour of the back road, TFTC

We drove into the rest stop which is clearly well used but rather clean especially compared to some. More grass seeds as we climbed the bank and the cache was a quick find, thanks hoogs.

A quick driveby with nary a sole on this lonely stretch of road today. Alan parked nearby and after we logged he went back for the car and returned to pick me up kerbside.
Thanks.

A quick find- was able to park nearby with the driver and car ready to roll. TFTC!

Innamincka 08. How is it on a deserted road, when you want to get out and poke around a bridge, the cars and trucks arrive all at once ? Thanks.

1497.7. TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 06 Earth Geocache GC A#17

Albida

Found at 10:30AM on the 29th of June by Maya and Ray. Easy find. Thanks for the cache. The Nomads.

Another quick find on the way back home from Leeton. We were fast running out of light so it was a quick sign of the log and then back to the road.

Thanks hoogs for the cache.

TNLNSL

After the GPS led us up the wrong side of the bridge for a while we eventually persisted long enough to find it. The clue helped.

Found @ 0926
On my way to the Wagga Invasion event, I took the back road to grab a few caches I hadn't got to yet.
After meeting some interesting characters at "Sunshine", I went back to grab this one before heading on to Wagga.
Found easily, although the coords also had me on the wrong side.
Cheers, Murf.

Rated: for Overall Experience

So many beautiful locations along here. We had no idea how picturesque this side of the river would be. We are have collected coords for some of our favourites to put in the Camps book for future use. TNLN. Thanks hoogs

Found fairly easily by Henley. Thanks Hoogs.

scary spider now lives in the same spot.
Ute Dog didn't help SHE JUST WANTED TO rn after rabbits!!!
Acko

Found at 1100. Appeared to be a nice easy drive by until the co-ords initially had me looking on the wrong side of the bridge. Interesting container choice.

TFTC.

Found while in the area. TNLNSL. Thanks, Bluedog.

Found on the way to work. Lots out here now.
Thanks again hoogs,
Roostaman.

STF at 9am. We were driving past the area and saw this new cache. Pretty spot and we loved the Bee Eaters we saw. Thanks.

Found at 1915, second FTF for today. Thanks Hoogs.

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