Watagans 4x4 Event Weekend Watanobbi, New South Wales, Australia
By The Rats on 26-Sep-09. Waypoint GC1NG1F

Its time to put this one to bed.

Well, reading everyones logs it appears that all who attended had a great time. I know I certainly did and so did my kids. It was great to catch up with old friends and to meet some new ones. Chuck in a few caches, a campfire and a bit of 4WDriving (maybe more next time) and its always a recipe for a good weekend.
Planning is already underway for the 4x4 weekend some time in the new year...... Can everyone pick up their travellers as I'll be archiving this cache soon. Thanks to all who attended.

A fabulous weekend in an area I had wanted to visit for quite some time...and to find some caches - a bonus! Great company and a great time had by all as we tested man and machine on some of the tracks in the forest. Thanks Rats for the planning and making it happen again.

not so much as a first to find as a hard to find... through all that dust.
tagged on the end of what i think was the geocaching 4x4 convoy, but could not tell for all the dust it was throwing up.
I now know where all the red dust came from that blew through our area this last week.

thanks one and all for a great weekend. Both Paige and I had a great time.
and it was an excelent oppotunity to get the new Challenger dirty testing it on a couple of interesting tracks.

can't wait to get back out there now.

a great weekend had by all. thanks rats for organising a great escape complete with caches. Looking forward to the next one,

What a great weekend and what a lot of fun.
I've never been to the Watagans, so it was a great introduction. I'm sure I'll be up there again.
Thanks The Rats, I had a ball.
It was great to meet a few old friends from around the Sydney caches and a few new friends from the coast.
"Phone a friend" may well be used now when I'm battling to find a cache or two up there
Can't wait for the next one!!!

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[This entry was edited by rogpol on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 3:59:14 AM.]

We had a fantastic weekend but!
Great to catch up with so many friendly familiar faces and new ones too. Brilliant fun throwing the 4wd around and loved that hill! Looking forward to seeing the pics/video of that! A super evening too sat around the (imaginary) fire with such great company and a generous Maverick4x4 and his endless supply of chilli chips & lollies!
Big thanks to Rats for organising the weekend & thanks to everyone for making it such an enjoyable & memorable event but!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Thanks Rats for the fun weekend and thanks for all the other teams great turn out
It was fun following the leader (did not turn the GPRS on all weekend LOL)

see all next time

What a great time catching up with old and new friends!
Thanks to Dave, The Rats for organising a great event
and all the kids to entertained our kids.
The bonus close to home!!!
Thanks to all the teams for a great weekend!!


[This entry was edited by the bower birds on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:56:40 PM.]

[This entry was edited by the bower birds on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 11:57:16 PM.]

Thanks 'The Rats' for a very pleasant weekend in the Watagans.
Thanks also everybody who attended and made it a great experience.
See you all next time.

Thanks Rats for hosting yet another succesful and enjoyable event.
I was actually surprised at the great turnout, considering that it is a bit out of the way. It was great as always to meet and regreet some fellow cachers.
Oh, and thanks also for the great lucky door prize that I won. Sunday was actually my Birthday so it felt like a present as well as a prize. Very generous, thank you again.
Now to go wash the car

SL TFTE

2774.

As always a fantastic time, it was great to meet up with the familiar faces again and also meet the new ones for the first time.

We headed out on Friday after work and met up with homedg & co at the Turpentine camping area for a few quiet ales and a bit of a chat. The next day the others arrived and after a bite to eat we had a drive out around a few caches. But once the going got a bit tough I had to leave the big boys to their games...

Thanks Rats for a great weekend, and Molly thanks everyone for their pats and the food last night. She has fallen asleep and does not want to be disturbed for a while as she is well and truly worn out!

T: Caching Buffs Coin.
L: Nothing

Wata great event.

Thanks to those in attendance who made it such a great event.

Excellent event in a great location and went well even with a little wind.

Thanks to the Rats for hosting the event and a special thanks to my chauffeur rogpol.

Hope to chatch up with all in the future.

Dropping some trackables.

Just an update:
I've posted the coords for the Turpentine camping ground which I got from Big Matt.
The weather looks like it'll be a bit cool and windy, overcast skies with a bit of dust thrown in.

See you all soon. Go the Eels

Coin drop
"pesky's prize" and "Curse of the Pirates treasure"
will be visiting.

We're looking forward to the weekend so much that we have decided to head up this morning and will meet everyone at the Pines camp ground tomorrow.
You've got my number Dave if you need to give me a buzz.
See you there.

Hi all watchers, I have just heard from homedg and he tells me that he has set up in the Turpentine Camp Ground right down the end where there is a small bridge across to the Pines campground. The planned campground is a bit full apparently.

If I can get a GPS point and data service I'll try to get a point on the site tonight.

The Cash Man will attend the camping even though I am short one thing, a 4wd.

I intend to come and camp and see if anyone has a spare seat for the 4wding part I will tag along.

I live in Lake Macquarie so I will meet you all up there.

Hi Every one we are The Bower Birds we live in Lake Munmorah we will be attending your event 2 Adults and 2 children our names are are Kim&Helen ,Hannah And Daniel We wil also be camping in our camper trailer.We will meet up at Mandalong Rd. If any one is interested in finding more caches we can show you around as we have done most of the caches in and around the area.
Look forward to meeting every one both new and old faces . We will be driving a Mitsubishi Triton ute .
Thanks Helen

Unfortunately we wont be able to make it this weekend after all. We hope everyone has a great time.

Mavericks will make the trip (the family might be coming as well) + 1 campertrailer

TB Drop

Coin drop

team casho (x 5) are not going to miss out on this opportunity
will be bringing the jackaroo and tenting it

It looks like we'll have 8-10 vehicles for this weekend which is really good. I've updated the cache page with a few more details, please be sure to read through it.
To date, the weather is looking reasonable, however it may get a little windy and cold over the weekend.

Apparently, mobile reception is pretty good in the area. I'll have my mobile with me 0411635170 if you need to contact me. Also dropping off a few coins.

Woohoo! It looks like Mr H won't be working this weekend after all! We'd all love to tag along and camp for the weekend

Change of plans for me, unfortunately won't make it now due to an interstate visitor. Still can't say I'm complaining. Just have to try and make the next one!

Unfortunately we will be unable to attend (we are in WA and still will be on the weekend). Had he been at home (Gosford) we would definitely be there. Maybe next time.

Well with an interestung turn of events in the last few days.
Pesky ,and possibly even the whole family, will try to be there.
Sadly the old GeoBoy Bumpy truck will not make an appearance, he is no longer with us.
But GeoBoy II will be there. So I will be taking it carefull until i know My new vehicles capabilites.

Do you know how hard it is to import a H1 Hummer ??

Hey RATS,
WATA (pun) great idea, We will be there in the Jeep Wrangler and towing one of the camper trailers.
Only been into the Watagans a couple of times but it is a beaut spot with some great driving.
So far it looks like there will be a good turn out and we are really looking forward to it.

Count me in....been looking forward to visiting the Watagans....either a Suzie GV3 or Courier ...thanks Rats for the planning

We plan to attend, even though we have picked the caches in the area before.
We will be coming with our Pajero and Ultimate camper trailer.
Have handheld UHF's and full set of recovery gear.

Cache page updated with some coords and some to-do caches

I'll be there.. subject to finalising the logistics for Saturday sports.
Family won't be coming.. they prefer "walled" accommodation
so I may have space available if anyone wants to tag along.

http://www.sydneydistrict4x4.com.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=352

The weekend before, no worries, the weekend after, could do, but this weekend doesn't look great.

Damn!

This sounds like fun! I have a Suzuki Grand Vitara with a slight lift, when I first bought it I lived near Gosford so it knows the Watagans fairly well. Have explored a lot of tracks around there including the "training" area and some of the steeper more slippery when wet options.

UHF CB equipped as well as a handheld (and can bring along another 2 handhelds from the work truck if people need to borrow one). Recovery gear - snatch strap and shackles, and may have an another old snatch strap around somewhere as well. Plus a jacking plate for the soft stuff.

Oh, you've twisted our arm!

We'll be there, with our 80 series and a camper trailer.
We'll also have our furry child with us.

Mrs McPodie has some info from our last trip that we'll forward to you.

Published

Oh well, if we have to....

I'm sure you know what 4WD we have. We will be bringing the trailer and probably the dogs as they are welcome at the pines. We only camped there a few weeks ago with them.

If you need any recee trips done let me know.