North of Stanthorpe Applethorpe, Queensland, Australia
By Everlasting - Maintence by Team Robins on 08-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2GAKE

Time to archive - thanks to geocacher who visited... also maintenance to Team Robin...

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a great way to explore the "land down under."
Staying at the Summit with some very dear friends and, picking up a few caches!
Thanks for the fun Everlasting!

Tftc

I had to visit Robins Nest to pick up some TB's that I had left behind after the Christmas in July 2014 Event. I had an over night pass so intended to make the most of it. My main aim was to tackle the power trails around pikedale road and the rabbit proof fence.

Aliong the way I spotted a emerald spotted tree frog, a koala, one rather large goanna, lots of birds and managed to avoid 3 speed traps and one RBT. Fortunately no Joe Blakes but did manage to pick up a few prickles from a cactus that I shouldn't have touched.

I caught up with Ian and Chris late Sunday morning for a cup of tea and a chat (Thankyou) before heading home.



Thanks for placing this cache Everlasting

A quick and easy find.

The sun was going down and it was starting to get COLD. We kind of let Mr Herbz make the grab, while Mrs Herbz and I hovered indecisively near the warmth of the car. T4TC Everlasting

The sun was beginning to descend and the wind was picking up. Mr. Herbz made the find quicksmart before heading back to the Nest
TFTC.

In Stanthorpe for Christmas in July. Had expected it to be really cold but the weather is magnificent and perfect for a couple of hours caching before lunch. Thank you for placing this cache

Very easy one great fun

Found with J+J.au as we found some Stanthorpe caches We stopped along the way and enjoyed various cache hides and locations. Now back home and trying to catch up on logs. SL..TFTC

Baja15 and I are up north enjoying Easter break and have taken the opportunity to get out and enjoy the country side and collect some caches, the weather is perfect and thank you for placing the caches for all of us to find. Enjoying the varieties very much. TFTC

After some lunch at a well known Eatery nearby, I checked my phone and found that the nearest Cache
was in sight of where I was standing. So that was an easy find, and in a nice place. TFTC (Message to owner, the lid of the tin is broken, needs replacing)

Impressive entry to Stanthorpe. Quick find. TFTC

An enjoyable day of caching with LazzaL around Stanthorpe - lots of interesting hides. It was a great day to be around the town becasue most people were at the show. Thanks to Everlasting

Another nice day in Stanthorpe with friends Bruce & Liz, decided to have an easy day and just find a few around town. This is number 10 for the day. A nice easy find thanks Everlasting

A stop here to find another cache. Found quickly before we moved onto the next cache. As I was moving back to the car, Team Robin drove up and introduced themselves. It was a pleasure to meet them as we had done many of their caches during the day. Hopefully will meet them in 2015 when a mega event is held in Stanthorpe. TFTC

On geocaching weekend with Richmond Lad visiting Warwick, Stanthorpe and Tenterfield. We had great weather to search for these little treasures. Easy find. Met Team Robins creators of many caches around Stanthorpe.

This entry was edited by joojoo57 on Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 08:23:25 UTC.

I found this one way back in July/August but not sure why it was not logged/uploaded. Love this while area.

Found on a 4 day trip which included 3 nights camping in Stanthorpe with three of the kids, Jasmine 9yo and James + Jemma 7yo. Started off heading via Brisbane and the Planetarium, collecting a few around that area with Radnoski, met a few other fellow cachers, then headed South via Warwick to Stanthorpe, collecting caches along the way. Stayed at Top of The Town, and arriving late, a mad rush to set up a new tent ensued. But with help from the kids all was well.

The second day featured over 120 finds, and a clean up for me of the A.S. Series, Animal Series and the Fruit Run. Saw some great spots, and the kids had a ball finding a heap of caches.

The third day featured 86 finds, a few DNF's, but a sensational loop starting in Stanthorpe, and heading South and then back to Stanthorpe, a distance of around 200 or so kms. Visited some of the best cache locations I have been to, and quite a few fav points to be given out. A big maccas dinner the reward for the kids and me....

The fourth and final day, was of course the pack up, then a cruisy trip home, collecting only 22 finds, but there were still some good spots visited. Also got the chance to meet Team Robins, great to meet you.....

In summary, found 258 caches, got my 9000th find, and had a nice time away with the kids... Missed some awesome looking Earth Caches in the area, but will get them next time I plan a trip out that way. My sincere thanks to all cache owners for hiding and maintaining their caches, without whose efforts, I would have had nothing to find. I am using a generic log on the power trail caches, but on others, of course there will be a personal comment.

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Let the kids find this one. TFTC.

Nice easy find. TFTC

Easy TFTC

Easy find thanks

out for a long weekend geocaching with seffnjarah. fun time was had by all. tftc

Woke up early so went for a walk while the fog was still around to grab a couple of nearby caches before everyone else got up. A quick find with hardly any passing traffic Tftc.

Found this one on our way home.
Ratdog made the find she timed it between cars.
Tftc everlasting

Second find for a day of caching in Stanthorpe. This cache is no longer magnetic. Easy find. TFTC.

we didn't have this one so we stopped to get it. I had to time my finding of this one with the passing traffic but it was found quickly and replaced after Mum signed the log.

TFTC Everlasting

One of the better town signs that we have seen. Just a pity it didn't have the word welcome on it as we haven't got an S yet for the GCA locationless. Thanks.

Nice quick find!

Quick grab on our way back from Sundown National Park. TFTC!

Tftc one more for the day.

Found with TriBre, Sar Bear, Daisy Lexie, BosNewellgus, Fairy Bum, KidzJCT, Coopin8or, Gummy Dales, Trenton8or, Cache Lord, Jelly Fish and Liam02. (Did I miss anyone??)

We had been planning a 4 day trip to Stanthorpe to do a Hard run on all the Caches in Stanthrope, but due to some family issues we did not manage to complete this plan but the kids and us still wanted to have a run on putting up a Record Run for Queensland. So who is up for a quick 1 Day run to Stanthrope and back???

Mastamak and myself had put the plan in place on what our path would be but our main aim was to claim all the caches on the AS, Fruit Run and unnamed animal power trails as well as many individual caches as possible.

We had left Brisbane at around 8-9pm and had made stopped up the road from our starting point for a quick sleep before we started. We found our first cache at 00:06 and then the fun started. We had done well the whole day and it got to the point that we would need to leave or spend the night. We arrived back in Brisbane around midnight, Tired but excited from our record run.

Here is some Stats I have done.
Start Time - 00:06
End Time - 18:50
Total Run Time - 18:44
Total Run Minutes - 1124

Total DNF's - 8
Attempted - 363 = 19.37 Caches Per Hr
Caches - 355 = 18.95 Caches Per Hr

Due to the volume of caches found I have written a generic log for all of them. This should in no way detract from the fun we had in finding each and every cache. A big thank you to all cache owners in this area and I believe that the OZ Mega 2015 will be a great event if this is just the start of the caches.

This was the 289th find of 355 finds for the day. We had 8th DNF's by this time of the day, with a total of 8 DNF's for the day.

TFTC Everlasting #1934

Found with TriBre, Mastamak, FairyBum, Coopin8or, Cache Lord, Daisy Lexie, Jelly Fish, Trenton8or, Sar Bear, MonkeyJess, Jezzman00 and BosNewellgus.

An exhausting day trying to find the most ever in a day in Queensland. A successful result.

TFTC

Thank you all cache owners for putting out your caches for us Brizzie bogans we had a wonderful time and loved your work.=) =D DaisyLexie

Found with a Family of others on a 24hr run through the Stanthorpe Area. still way behind on my logs!

A 24 hr record breaking day out with TriBre, Mastamak and all 9 of the Geokids. Our journey started at 8pm on Sunday night. Dressed for the Antartic, off we set, chatting with CB radios on the way. Great sites and Memories were made, with some really interesting finds and antics by all.

Found with Mastamak (Dad) and a lot of friends and family.

We had a great day finding these geocaches.

Found with Mastamak (Dad) and a lot of friends and family.

We had a fun day finding these geocaches.

24hour trip trying to break the Queensland record for finds in a day with a lot of friends.

TFTC

Out on a big caching day with Mastamak, TriBre, FairyBum, KidzJCT, GummyDales, Cache Lord, Sar Bear, MonkeyJess, Jezzman00, Coopin8or, Trenton8or, Jelly Fish and Daisy Lexie.

A wonderful day albeit tiring was had by all. A nice part of the country. Thank you for bringing us to this area.

We were on big geocaching trip with family and friends. We tried to get as many geocaches as we can in one day.

TFTC

On a big day of geoccaching try to find the most in a day in Queensland. Without much sleep we geocached for 18 hours straight. In the end we found 355 geocaches in the day.

With friends and family on a Stanthorpe geocaching trip. A great day was had by all of us. TFTC

Found with TriBre, Sar Bear, Daisy Lexie, BosNewellgus, Fairy Bum, KidzJCT, Coopin8or, Gummy Dales, Trenton8or, Cache Lord, Jelly Bean and Liam.

We had planned a four day geocaching run to the Stanthorpe area but due to a few personal issues we were unable to do so. We instead decided that we would do a quick one day dash to Stanthorpe and back.

Our aim was to complete the AS, Fruit Run and unnamed animal power trails as well as many individual caches as possible.

We left Brisbane at about 8.30pm the night before and called in to Warwick for a couple of quick finds and a break. Right on midnight we were positioned for our first powertrail find.

Everyone was tired so we decided to head back to Brisbane early. We arrived back in Brisbane right on midnight.

In all we found 355 geocaches for the day with 8 DNFs.

Due to the volume of caches found I have only written a generic log. This should in no way detract from the fun we had in finding each and every cache. A big thank you to all cache owners in this area.

The shorter child didn't find this one.

We leave Stanthorpe to england highway to find caches all the way to Armidale for visit old mates for Lunch...Easy to find as well.. thank to all

Found this cache whilst out caching with Nyssaflutterby. We were in stanthorpe for an extremely enjoyable long weekend hosted by team robins. As per usual in stanthorpe the cache was found quickly. Thanks for the cache!

This was our first Christmas in Stanthorpe event (thoroughly enjoyable) and a chance for us to get to the elusive 1000 caches found.

We apologise in advance for the cut and paste logs that you will receive in abundance.

Thanks to all for the effort in putting all of the caches out in this lovely region.

This entry was edited by Jimmyproject on Wednesday, 12 June 2013 at 00:01:22 UTC.

Net88 and myself were heading for the servo to refuel to make sure we could go the distance of finding a lot of caches out on the back roads. Seeing as we would be driving past a few to get there it would be silly not to stop and find them! Net88 was on the ball at this one and had the cache to hand quick smart. We signed the log and replaced the cache as found. I remember driving into town at the start of this weekend thinking to myself that there would definately be a cache behind this sign. I was right.

TFTC Everlasting

TFTC. A quick dash across the road in the chilly wind and the cache was soon in hand.

TFTC

A quick find on the road side. TFTC

Caught up with Nurseyjulie, muggle Heidi and Charlie the geo-dog to do a caching run on a balmy afternoon in Stanthorpe.

Flash sign! Quick find!

TFTC Everlasting

A quick find after stopping for fuel.

TFTC Everlasting

Stopped at Maccas for a coffee. Quick walk across the road and C Sister found it. TFTC

Another afternoon Cache.
Great sign.
TFTC

Found at 10:07 AM GAFF1 in the company of Team Crackers and The Drovers while staying at Team Robins' place for a few days. Found this one at a distance of 12 metres which was odd as the reception here is quite good. This welcome sign is one of the best that we have seen in the country - very stylish indeed.
Thanks Everlasting.

A great day caching with pprass & Team Crackers, with Ian from Team Robins as our guide.
The day was a little cold with the threat of rain, but a good time was had by all.
We found a variety of caches, all well hidden.
TFTC, Everlasting.

Carried out maintenance on this one today

Came up to Stanthorpe to grab some of the many caches around here. Gave up on the AS series at #90 yesterday as we were defeated by the BLOODY COBBLERS PEGS! So we decided to do the fruit run today instead.
A quick find. Thanks Everlasting

Fun find on dark, cheers

In Stanthorpe for Easter and some caching. After a beautiful and busy day Saturday, Sunday was wet and windy. We set out to attempt some caches and I decided that they would only be drivebys. I didn't fancy diving into long grass and bush in the rain. A great day in the end and a wet cacher. TFTCSL

TFTC

Quick find while trying to look interested in the flora surrounding GZ. Another cache near a busy road very hard to be stealthy. The lid is off the container and the log is damp. Sorry we didn't have a replacement with us today. TFTC Everlasting

Found as part of our post new year trip north from Newcastle to Warwick. A nice quick find, once we had a small break in the passing traffic we could retrieve the cache without undue attention. Thanks for the Cache.

A few nights in Stanthorpe on our way south, and time for an evening caching. A quick find. TFTC Team Robins.

Found Ok

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.

Once in Stanthorpe I continued caching for a while longer before checking into a local hotel, having some dinner at the adjoining Steak House Restaurant (which was fantastic) then heading back out to tackle the 110 caches in A.S. series, which I did manage to complete (until more where added a couple of days later). Thanks Team Robins for the great time around here and I really enjoyed meeting up with you and having some of your fantastic home made ginger beer. A nice quick find here - thanks everlasting.

Found on the great Eclipse Trip of 2012 with Freddo.

A solid day driving between Guyra where we camped in the Highest Caravan Park In Australia and Robins Nest in Stanthorpe - where the monkeys play soprano in July. Thanks for the fun!!

Thanks to Everlasting and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Found on the 2012 Tour de Eclipse. Cache found in the last place we looked. I left my swaps in the Pahero and I did not have anything of equal value in my pockets. Thanks for the cache guys. We love your work.

Quick find before breaky at the nearby not so healthy fast food establishment. Thanks Everlasting

Quick park and grab while passing. SL TFTC

This was our 8th cache in our caching run today.
(So this is our 5102nd total find.)

A nice, quick find on our caching tour today.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks Everlasting for the hunt today.

Found @ 1020

The wesso family had 3 wonderful days on the granite belt touring around the Stanthorpe & Tenterfield regions. Along the way we found a couple of caches and this was one of them

We were heading back to the Sunshine Coast after our 3 day break. And this one was on our hit list.

This was a quick find. The log and container is in good condition.

TFTC Everlasting

Crossing the highway was the most challenging part.

#3196 What a gorgeous sign! Our GPS was playing funny buggars at GZ so we relied on common sense and thee nicely hidden container was located. Our thanks to Everlasting for the cache

Found on our way past to 'Thunderbolt'. TFTC Everlasting

Find # 3835, and another 60 for the day.
Found on the way to do the A.S. series. Another nice safe hide and quick find.
A perfect spring day and a quiet country road, just caching bliss. TFTC.
Cheers from the Riverina, Southern NSW,
Roostaman.

Out on a massive day with Brother Colin and doscrapbooking (more than 500kms)

A very picturesque spot for a cache on a glorious winter day. TFTC, Everlasting.

Hello from Sweden

I'm racing to get 1000 before I leave Aus.
So this is how this BIG day got started.
My brother [Brother Colin]and Heather (a wonderful new caching friend)[IolantheK],
got up at 04:00am and we got home at 08:30pm[:o)]

This is number 79 for the day of 115

TFTC

Last find at 8.30pm
Thanks Everlasting for the cache

Got the camera out for cover for this one... Quick in an out between cars

Easier find than its southern cousin because I was not the centre of attention. had to cross a extra wide highway with extra slip lanes to get here from our northern journey. TFTC.

Gotcha, Nice quick and easy find, Thanks for the hunt.

We have been staying at Top Of The Town C/Park for the last 2 days doing the rounds of the regional caches. As we are leaving this morning we realised we had missed the caches closest to the C/Park so are doing a last minute mini run as we leave. TFTC.

As we arrived at this location, a single magpie came down and sat on top of the wall less than a metre from us. He watched intently as we opened the container, signed the log and rehid the cache. Trust that he didn't muggle the cache after we left. TFTC Everlasting.

Nice Cache.TFTC

Easy Peasy. Just how we like it these days with 2 little ones in the car. TFTC...eatmorchikin & Stigglepot

Found at 1635 with Marg. Had to wait for the traffic to clear before diving in to grab this one. TFTC.

GeoWife and I on a trip to Mudgeeraba in QLD via the New England Highway.

Had to double back to get this nice little cache.

Tks ... Everlasting ... GazMag

#1,216

Found on our caching run from Stanthorpe to Warwick.

TFTC

Heading out of Stanthorpe today I thought i'd get lots of caches but things didn't go quite to plan. so I just relaxed and found the ones that came easily (and hid a couple too, just for fun).
This is a great place for a cache, easy to find and log and doesn't take too long. Weather really quite warm today and no wind so perfect for caching. thanks Everlasting for another smiley.

Nice quick find. Cache dry and in good condition

Thanks Everlasting

TFTC

I wanted to find this cache so it was a race between cricketmad and I and I managed to beat him. This was our last cache for the day which is good as it is almost dark and I want to go home.tftc Everlasting

Last find for the day caching with cricketmad and bushgirl8. It was a race between the two to find it in the twilight. tftc Everlasting Now for a cup of coffee! and something to eat.

It was exactly like the cache South of Stanthorpe thanks for both of these caches

Another quick find with Ainstar

Quick find with membsec. Quite a few muggles in cars! TFtC!