The Old Portal Place Bells Creek, Queensland, Australia
By holster on 17-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1Q6MN

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Out today with the rest of the MummaBear and the cubs gang + Nathan and Alyce.

We headed to the sunny coast gathering caches for this months challenge and some oldies along the way

Signed the log as MB&C

Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment and giving us a reason to stop.

Found with DFC_JLK2019, MummaBear66, Captain Monkey 96, T1NY96 + Nathan_and_Alyce.

Out today with the rest of the MummaBear and the cubs gang + Nathan and Alyce.

We headed to the sunny coast gathering caches for this months challenge and some oldies along the way

Signed the log as MB&C

Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment and giving us a reason to stop.

Found with DFC_JLK2019, Princess1005, Captain Monkey 96, T1NY96 + Nathan_and_Alyce.

Out and about with MummaBear & the cubs exploring the wonders of the Sunny Coast and surrounding areas.

The goal for the day was to work towards this months challenge, so the main focus was to find caches with high favourite points and any others we’d come across.

We had a great day out and I’m sure we’ll be back again soon as we’re not even close to completing this months challenge.

Thanks for bringing us here.

#3640 - TFTC

Out today with the rest of the MummaBear and the cubs gang + Nathan and Alyce.

We headed to the sunny coast gathering caches for this months challenge and some oldies along the way

Signed the log as MB&C

Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment and giving us a reason to stop.

Found with MummaBear66, Princess1005, Captain Monkey 96, T1NY96 + Nathan_and_Alyce.

Out with TBU1Bikesu for same more smilies. Tftc holster

Today we visited the Sunny Coast to clean up some more caches.

This cache was in good condition.

The more trees are chopped, the more animal protection fences are built. We found the open gap to enter the forest and found the cache.

TFTC Holster

Good hiding place it took a bit to find but overall fun

It was only a 200m walk from the end of the fence and I loved the old stumps among the germs. Thanks for the cache

holster I found your cache The Old Portal Place on 18/4/2022, 1:35 pm. This is my find 3368 and find # 7 today. Found a way in and followed some sort of track to about 50 meters from GZ. Then it was basically a bush bash in. GZ has overgrown with ferns. Found a likely place for a cache but dismissed it after a brief search. Checked other places but returned to the original spot for a more thorough search. Found it, should of searched more thoroughly the first time. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

This one appears to be completely and permanently fenced off.

While the edge of the road has been fenced the area is still accessible. You just need to approach from a different direction.

This cache was the second find for today, I had hoped that I could get over the other side of the highway, but unfortunately construction had blocked the underpass near Aussie World, so this was my only cache for Palmview today. I had approached GZ along a well-used trail, but my shoes unfortunately got muddy and wet by 2 large puddles on the way there. Then it took a long bush bash to GZ, with fingers crossed I didn't run into a slithery friend. Once at GZ, the cache was located quickly and log signed. The ziplock baggie for the logbook is partially broken now, but with a sturdy lid like that, I don't think water will be getting in anytime soon. Thanks for bringing me out here holster.

We parked in a safe place and took the walk option. Overcame a few obstacles before arriving at GZ. Log signed and replaced as found. Came back out to the car a different way. A fun adventure this morning! TFTC

Heading home after the Noosa triathlon. TFTF.

A lovely spot to escape the traffic

Out today on Sunshine Coast picking up caches climbing a mountain. And getting caches for Mystery at the Museum. Had Grannysmith1947 with me to help. TFTC holster #1511

TFTC smile 4794 out and about with Brislions to meet a few cachers at a near by climb after the climb home we headed what a big tree Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment

Long have i looked at the palmview caches amd wondered how to get there on a tredley..
Well today i was out exploring, and came across an old road that led me to within cooee of the cache. Bit of a zig zag bush bash and i was soon signing a logbook, that i'm sure will be here many years to come.
Thanks holster for the cache, my first find in palmview!

Awesome spot off the road and into the bush. Loved it

Quick and easy, just follow the path left by previous cachers. TFC

Heading home after a day caching on the Sunshine Coast, we realised that we might have enough light to find this one. I parked the geomobile and stortigirls and I made our way across the earthworks and into the bush. Typically, we went the harder way in. The cache was quickly located at GZ and the log signed. We then found an easier way back to the geomobile. Typical!! TFTC

I was on the way home from a caching day on the Sunshine Coast with Selva Girls and we had just enough light to stop and find our way in here for a smilie. We took the harder way in and the easier way out (of course), dodging the earthworks and clearing going on to widen the road. Tftc holster, I am glad to have this green circle now turn yellow!

Drove up from Canberra, for a much needed holiday staying with my parents in Caloundra ... Up here for a few weeks (Christmas, and most of January
Been finding at least one cache a day since I left home, went to Widgee for the NYE Geocaching weekend, and had heaps of fun up there finding lots of caches with a bunch of great people, now back to caching on my own (or sometimes with my muggle parents if we are out and about together)
Heading back "home" to Mum and Dad's place after we spent a few days camping at their friends cane farm on the banks of the Maroochy river. Mum came back in my car, and was going to come in for the walk and find this with me, until she realised we would be jungle bashing in our sandals... (for a couple of minutes I wished I had put my shoes on, when an ant or something bit my ankle, but it stopped stinging after a minute or so ... although it was swollen and itchy for quite a few days ...)
TFTC - quite a pretty little spot hiding among all the mess of roadworks and whatever.

Found it

Scary

Yep yep yep found it

Nice short walk through some bushland. Cache located fairly easily. Just follow the log.... TFTC

Adventure plus with kids. Spiders and sticks with a long reach into a dark space. Gold.

Found it! Tftc the kids loved exploring around here.

Hunted for ages but just couldn't find this one, even though both the GPS and hint suggested that we were in the right spot. Still, the geokids enjoyed exploring and found plenty of other things to make this a worthwhile little diversion anyway!

Goodies found it

nice easy find.tftc

Tftc

TFTF! Had me going in circles for a bit. All good now! Thanks

#8941 Found and Logged at 7:57:00 AM
Traveling through Queensland to escape the 2016 southern winter
Out and about sighseeing around Caloundra and Nambour picking up a few caches on the way
Thanks for the cache holster

Work finished early so decided to get a few on the way home. Found it

Hardly realised this natural piece of bushland exists so close to the highway.
Thanks Holster

After an event at Dunethin Rock, I decided to do some caches on my way home. Cool cache. TFTC!

#7746 Cache Found

Had to drop my Grandson and his Girlfriend up at Auuis World fpr a couple of hours fun and rides, So now what to do while waiting, Why Geocaching of course so I headed out to try to find a couple of caches in the Dark. Nice cache thanks for bringing me here and for the adventure.

Thanks for the great cache and adventure holster

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Nice n easy

A good bush bash to get to this one!! Take the aeroguard too.
Found, signed & swapped. TFTC

1849

Catching up on missing cache notes.

Kerry from Slow Puncture has been up the Sunshine Coast way for work, has set a goal of trying to get at least one cache every day, depending on where work takes her. Maybe more than one a day if time permits!

I think I spent more time taking photos of the lovely fungus and moss than looking for the cache with this one. I’ve never seen scarlet fungus before, so I took several photos of the two that we saw growing out of the tree, along with the lovely moss. The thought of putting my hand inside a large log in such warm humid weather, but luckily I didn’t have to delve too far. Log was in dry and in good order. Signed and replaced.

Thanks ***holster***, for showing us this place.

Walking through the bush... close the GZ I headed to a specific spot but RoddyC said it should be over where. In the end my first thought were right and wee could sign the logbook.

Cachers always go in the hard way and come out easy way. With Nadine1989, the three of us were wandering around the bush for quite a while with just our phone lights before I spotted this one.

Found at 6.35pm 6th February 2016. TFTC.

TFTC

Found this one this morning while out and about. All good with this cache. TFTC

I got lots of spiderwebs on me but it was worth it. TFTC

Out and about with Cosmo03 and Geokid. Looks like we took the long way to get to the Portal but got there in the end. We managed to clear some webs for those who follow!....Geokid was right on this once we got to GZ. We signed the log and replaced as found.TFTC!!!

Found it

Quick cache for the Geo-kids. TFTC.

Lovely short walk after strawberry picking.

Great spot. Bagged been replaced recently, notebook still a little moist.

TFTC

A bit of a hike through the bush to get to this one. Saw a few little lizards (all with legs thankfully). Found the cache and all is in good condition. Picked up a TB to move on. TFTC

Nice walk after a day at Aussie World. Left TB.

Nice fernery

Caching is so much fun with the whole family. Especially when bush bashing involved. Found with Secret7(P). Ta

Out for a caching trip with geographyman and the rest of the family. This one was our first for the day. Good cache, good location.
TFTC holster

What an awesome place for a cache! Loved GZ. Bush bashed in the hard way through the wet ferns; nearly kissed a big Golden Orb spider on the way out. AND LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT!! Logging this on the app, but when I edit this log later this is SO getting a Fave point.

This entry was edited by therangerrik on Sunday, 28 June 2015 at 06:40:45 UTC.

Quick find tftc

Nice quick find. TNLN TFTC

Smilie #1846

Parked roadside & headed bush.
A short stroll through a bit of 'snake country' style long grass, multiple inhabited spiderwebs & a nice thick ferny grove brought me to GZ.
After a few second's hesitation I reached in & came up with the cache.
TNLNSL & replaced as found.
Began the return journey, to the Geo-beast, & found the much easier 'track' to follow out.
It always seems to be the way!
Easier out than in! LOL ...

TFTC holster

Picked up a trail towards GZ and had a bit of a bush bash for the last 50 meters. Hint was a great help and I soon had the cache in hand - I don't think this one would ever get muggled!! TFTC holster

Absolutely beautiful pocket of forest here. The ferns make it look like something out of Jurassic park.

I found this last night, probably not the best pick for a solo, dark, wet, night cache, but it was an adventure, I lost the track pretty quickly and waded through the fern in the dark on uneven ground, eventually got to the cache, some massive amazing stumps around here, thanks!

Quick easy find taken the trackable drop it off at noosa

Returning from the Sunny coast, this one was a quick detour. Parked where the Brissy workers who catch a lift always seem to always Park, and made my way through the carpet if ferns. Found the big old girl having a rest, and made the quick grab. Nice container, like these ones as long as the o-ring stays put. Dropped off TB. Thanks for the cache

Nice walk in along the path. Left a pen for others to log

Only one of us had shoes on so despite being early on a Sunday morning before all the animals were off to church, just one of us went. Very little bush bashing as tracks are pretty clear. At GZ I found the most amazing log. Would love to have seen it standing tall in the forest. Now, where are you Mr Cache? Quickly in hand, logged off and back to sisso2.

This entry was edited by sisso on Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 12:58:40 UTC.

Found at 1500.

After bush bashing for a few minutes, I realized wearing thongs wasn't such a good idea.
I forged ahead and soon spotted the cache, even after dealing with some GPS bounce.
Great cache and hiding spot.
I left a whoopie cushion for the next big kid and took a green alien.

TFTC!


This entry was edited by electro_man on Monday, 22 December 2014 at 07:21:33 UTC.

Nice bushy area TFTC

Our very first time and we found it

Found this cache without to much trouble.. Beautiful spot so close to busy roads...

I did incur a bit of a self-inflicted injury finding gz.. i MAY have slapped myself in the face while walking to the location due to walking into the biggest spider residents that you'll ever see!!!

I took TB AH4339.

Thanks Holster for the cache.

This entry was edited by Cassow11ry on Monday, 01 December 2014 at 06:41:17 UTC.

I had pulled up across the road and found it all a little bit busy going on there, so decided a little look on the other side of the highway may be good. A lot less people so I parked the car and wandered in a little towards the cache.

As I approached GZ there were a couple of options to take a look at and I was soon holding the cache in hand, the signal for me in here today was pretty good. I soon had my name added to the log book and heading back towards the car.

TFTC

Dropped a little bug nice and close to the Hwy to hopefully help it on it's travels.

Found it!!!
Awesome find!!
Gotta get the right track

Brilliant spot! Didnt even realise this area was here! Thanks

This entry was edited by The Big Kids on Thursday, 23 October 2014 at 06:38:57 UTC.

Had planned a few caches around Ettamogah on my way into the area a few days ago to visit friends but car gps was playing up with the heat and nightfall had descended by the time I got here. Probably just as well I waited till daytime as, while an easy find, wouldn’t like to be out here on my own in the dark tripping over the uneven undergrowth which was still an issue when I could see it.

Dont forget the aerogaurd for this one. Just a short stroll of the beaten path. TFTC

Rain about today, but we still headed out to grab a few caches in nearby towns.
Parked close by, and enjoyed a short walk in the bush.
Cache found quickly, and in good condition.
Many thanks for placing this cache, holster, for us and others to find.

Booyah Found it!

First one for the day.. you know its going to be a good day when you find the first one!

Thanks for hiding this here holster!

Stopped to looked for this cache in a lovely spot after the wappa dam event. We sure made this one harder than it needed to be. Glad we took the jeep . Once at gz it took us a few minutes before we had the cache in hand. Geogremlin was very impressed by this hidey hole

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Out and about grabbing some 'local' caches... What a great area that I would not of stopped at if it wasn't for caching...

Nice & quiet this afternoon... Found this well hidden cache, stamped log & replaced...

Thanks for bringing me here holster and for the cache...
- P

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing
[blue]Cache Condition ~ All good...[/blue]

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Out and about grabbing some 'local' caches... What a great area that I would not of stopped at if it wasn't for caching...

Nice & quiet this afternoon... Found this well hidden cache, stamped log & replaced...

Thanks for bringing me here jasenjanine and for the cache...
- P

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing
[blue]Cache Condition ~ All good...[/blue]

very thick forest but found it TFTC

Found with Dranyer and Nice Place... Thank holster

Great find. Enjoyed the search and the kids loved it also. Well camouflaged PVC pipe
Happy hunting
Wayne, Megan, Coen, Teale

Such a peaceful place so close to such a busy highway! TFTC.

Captain Terror and I were up at Caloundra for the night and this morning after grabbing a surprise first cache we were soon on our way towards this one. The Captain had already found it, and been back with a few other cachers, but he was nice enough to agree to come for the short walk with me to keep me safe from spider webs and getting dirty

We followed the track up until we had to turn right and head in through the bush. There was quite an obvious geo trail that we were able to follow practically right to the cache. It took a moment or two but wasn't long before I had the container in my hands. I signed the logbook and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache holster.

Have passed this place many times but never the right time to stop. With a bit of spare time between appointments I managed to find a geotrail that lead right to GZ. A short search and the cache was to hand. A quite magical little area so close to the highway. Tftc

A 7am start had the x-trailers and myself hitting the rod to locate some caches.
This was my first for the day and a great spot.
A bit soggy underfoot but ok.
Loved all the old tree stumps and ferns are the area.
Took trackables to visit.
TFTC

Out caching with earthlight so dropped our trackables in for a look
tftc

Stopped in at this one on the way home from a weekend away! Picked up the TB and left a present! TFTC

Lovely cool walk in to this great cache. Birds singing. Our first for today. Dropped off TB and picked up TB. TFTC All is well here .

What a beautiful enchanted place to hide a cache. Thank you for bringing me here holster !

I can just imagine Fairies flying free amongst the moss covered logs and the ground cover of ferns

I left behind a few trinkets that I swapped for a little wooden turtle, and my Geocaching buddy MinkosDes left behind a TB to continue on his journey.

TFTC

Found again with jjjml great day of caching so far

With m@m@

Showing Fairy Mother this great cache whist dropping off TB Donkey Kong.

This entry was edited by MinkosDes on Monday, 24 February 2014 at 10:27:27 UTC.

found with samdoggy
tftc

Nice walk! A large goanna gave us a bit of a fright......