Levitation? Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By wing6rider & Crystal Warrior on 15-Nov-10. Waypoint GC2J9N9

Took us a second trip to find this one! After going through previous finds we found a hint that helped us finally track it down. No pen though Awesome hide, one of our favs! Tftc

Great hide, took a while for us to find the the well hidden cache. Thanks!

Another blue face, not having any luck today

Pondering the location and cachemetwerking tears off to the location after stepping back to look from afar, nice hide

Clever hide - the previous log that said they found when they took a step back was definitely the trick for this find!

Found on a chilly night walk with our dogs. Cheers

Nice

Beautiful sunny day ! Easy one

Bisoutje and I are on a roadtrip with a campervan between Cairns and Adelaide and have now touched ground in the capital Canberra.We scheduled for 1 full day here to be able to see and experience the city. It was a cold day but the many interesting Geocaches we found during the day made up for it. We saw many interesting buildings and enjoyed walking through several parks and along the river. This was a quick find. And indeed, we are still dry.TFTC!

Had to walk away and come backto spot it. TFTC

Easy find tftcsl

TFTC!

Great wee cache. Found with the help of my pals Harry and Laura.

Nice quick find with my fluffy assistant.

Nach unserer gestrigen Anreise war heute fr Docla und mich der erste Tag in Canberra. Unser Sohn, der schon einmal hier war, war uns dabei ein guter Fhrer. Mit insgesamt 10 Caches war es fr mich ein sehr erfolgreicher Tag. Den haben wir schnell gefunden. Vielen Dank fr diesen Cache und Gre aus Deutschland. After arriving yesterday, today was the first day in Canberra for Docla and me. Our son, who has been here before, was a good guide for us. With a total of 10 caches, it was a very successful day for me. We found it quickly. Thank you for this cache and greetings from Germany.

Quickly found together with Bobby2911- TFTC!

Thanks to a other cacher at the spot. It was a quick find.

After we finally discounted something else that had us fixed for a while we finally found it.There was a bit of a break in the cold spell today and the sun was out much earlier and things warmed up, even though the temperature only got to 13 degrees. We had been keen to ride our bikes round Lake Burley Griffin so today was the day. We only made it to the Farmer's Market on our first attempt then had to return to the van with our purchases!With that done it was back out to firstly catch the tram into town and then the ride round the lake. On our way round we picked up a variety of caches, trads, multis, puzzles and quite a number of Virtuals. Some were straightforward while others challenging.Lunch at the National Portrait Gallery was welcome. We made it home just as the sun was settingThank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache wing6rider.**SKI Pair****

Found after a short search, at least I didnt have to contend with muggles. Thanks for the cache wing6rider and Crystal Warrior

Out caching to recover from my recent wisdom tooth removal operation. I spent the majority of the week doing nothing at home while it rained outside, and even though the cats really enjoyed my company, I had a severe case of cabin fever. Today I made my way down the highway to Canberra, finishing off some ALs where I could and starting some more. I always accidentally seem to start more than I finish.This was a cool spot, and luckily I had it to myself today and the restaurant was closed. Thanks for placing this cache here TFTCGeneric stats and facts for the day:Public toilets: loads of them, in fact almost a set at every rest area!Steps taken: 10629Weirdos encountered: not necessarily that weird but a dude metal detecting near the reconciliation walkWeather: very chilly, extremely chilly when the sun went down Snack situation: maccas coffee and department of pizza for dinner

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En route to dinner in Kingston and Baristayan still needed to find a cache for the day! So we returned to the scene of a previous fail, to tackle this one which looks to have recently been enabled once again.Forgot the torch didnt we and dodged a likely contender which threw us off the scent before the very clever hide was located.Thanks! Mission accomplished, lets go smash some

Very nice cache!We really enjoyed a bit of night caching in the cold its 13 degrees and its not even winter yetFor those baffled by the cache, all I can say is: look at the DT. Its pretty accurate so dont overthink this one. Its very clever but doable.Log was quite full so we left a spare to help this cache get some extra life span Thank you!

Good stumper one

Spent ages at Queen's Quay before having to walk away, and then another 40 minutes trying this one. Looked in all the wrong places multiple times. Tried walking away from GZ to look from a distance, tried feeling around some surfaces, tried taking photos from low angles and examining them for anything out of place. Nothing. I eventually decided I had no choice but to move on and leave both of these unfound - when I saw the tiniest hint in a old log. It didn't help at all with the location, but suggested a technique which in turn suggested a detail of the cache I didn't previously have. Okay, maybe just one more look. And so I doubled back to GZ, and this time I saw it almost immediately on arrival Nice to know the GPS co-ords had me in the right area all along, at least!

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Our time in Canberra is drawing to a close. today we headed in on the light rail with the geobikes to try and complete the bridges loop around Lake Burley Griffin. Wow awesome weather , chilly at the start but hot in the afternoon. Markets on so lots of muggles to add to the DT rating. Fantastic day, Mr F jumped on a boat to the Captain Cook Fountain. Plenty of memories and photos' from today.Oh wow, Mr Felix sat within 3mtrs of this cache whilst we waited for our lunch! We had not looked for a cache here until after lunch. [B)]TFTC wing6rider & Crystal Warrior

Found once muggles moved along. TFTC

I go airport yesterday Canberra and Sydney and found it ????

Great hide thank you was good fun as we from Hobart with ShannonPC ????

Cafe closed made this one a bit easier. Log almost full.

Over here for Capital GeoBash Mega which has now concluded. One of my night cache finds all over the city, TFTC

On our last day in Canberra after the mega bash we had a lovely walk along the waters edge, luckily the cafe was closed today and had booting way around, thanks for placing this cache

Levitation?1.5/1.0 Micro Traditional Cache Thank you for the cache wing6rider & Crystal Warrior.1 April 2024 1:04pm

TFTC.....we were looking for a coffee when we came upon this cache....so many muggles though! Found the cache, signed the log, passed on the coffee and the walk went on.....

Our stay in Canberra for the GEOBASH is coming to an end.We visited Reserves, Forests, Memorials, Lookouts, different suburbs, and of course the CBD.We found this cache and signed the log.Thanks to all COs who placed and maintain the caches for our fun to find them.

Found today caching with E_Smiley. TftcGeorode

1 April 2024 10:08 TFTC wing6rider & Crystal Warrior for placing this cache, number 14039 for me. TrinityNZ and I loved this part of Canberra. Fortunately, a QEF!I would like to show my respect and acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the Land, and their continuing connection to it. I wish to pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past, present and emerging.

Found while visiting Canberra for the GeoBash mega, on a glorious day. The weather really has been amazing - I definitely didn't want to return to New Zealand at the end of our trip. Infoferret was quickly onto this one, signing the log as TINZ for the both of us. Thanks for the cache

Found on Easter Monday during the Capital Geobash.TFTC

We were all set to leave Canberra early however as the fog was thick we decided to just wander around and grab a few caches until it lifted. Thankfully a quick find before the coffee queues got too big. TFTC.

We stay for a week in Canberra with TBU1BIKESU for the MEGA 2024.We are stopping for some smileys. We found this cache and signed the log.Thanks for the cache to the CO. A fav point from me

Quite a sneaky hide here, but we found the lovely Rhubarbroad and had a chat whilst we did our best to look inconspicuous. *The generic bit*In Canberra for the GeoBash Mega. Enjoying the sights and the variety of caches to be found. Thanks to all organisers, volunteers, sponsors and COs.

This took us way too long as we thought it was hanging over the water our last cache in the section of Canberra today TFTC find 298

Got it, beautiful area TFTC

Since I'm in Canberra for Mega, I've enjoyed seeing many places as well as the warm weather.Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache ?? wing6rider.

Found it With Deaf Team Beautiful all day same area Thank u

We heard about a Mega in Canberra a year ago. Having never been to the big capital, we booked our accommodation and the planning began.Which caches shall we do? Wow they really love their mystery caches in ACT! Ok, we need to get our thinking caps on and solve some of these puzzles pronto. We have made the trek from Adelaide to be here and appreciate the efforts of all those involved to make the Capital Geobash happen. We have hired bikes to ride around the lake today.

Found during the Mega event. wing6rider, thank you so much for placing it for everyone to enjoy and highlighting this area. ??

Signed as T241. Great hide. I did my part for the team by going to the bar. Blending in.

*** draft log for stats tracking, more later ***GC2J9N9 Levitation?31 March 2024T17:45:39 AEDTTFTC wing6riderQuick find with muggles busy in their own convos.

During the geobash mega.Thank you for the cache and hunt. With deaf group ??

A good find while doing the Bridge To Bridge Walk with GeoLorikeet.TFTC

Found some extra cache fodder here once we arrived. Not what we expected to do, but after coffees and a bit of other cache work, we collided at GZ with BootnBee for a successful outcome. Thanks wing6rider. Take a favourite from us.

Massive caching days continue. My online logs do not match with days found simply because I cant keep up with online logging sorry. My alliance of 5 all from WA are three young fit boys and two less young ladies who try to keep them honest. We have been up trees and ladders way more than I like and, like all geocachers who insist on wearing shorts in hot weather, our legs are ripped to shreds from hiking. Logging WAC since the three boys usually cache with a fourth called the Cockburn Crew based on their LGA. Having an almost totally cleared map locally, its difficult to explain the excitement of having a map that has caches literally everywhere. Ive cached in Canberra once with my partner and also at the Queanbayen mega but theres still so many to find. Long days and during the few hours allocated to sleep Im so sore I barely sleep anyway. Thanks so much for your contribution to making the days so exhausting and enjoyable. Much appreciated!

Logged as M989. Looked and looked. Regrouped Tilda241 went to get a beer, read everything again. Rejoined the search with another group of cachers & a better idea of what we looking for and found it almost instantly this time. Visiting Canberra for Capital GeoBash & today I am caching with Tweety2, Tilda241 & Mabelsa

Attempt number 1 we failed, even made the muggles move from the drinking spot! Walked away almost defeated. Cue a fresh set of geocachers and the search was on again. This time we walked away with a smiley.

Found 31 Mar 2024 at 3:16:46pmOut and about on a cycling tour of part of Lake Burley Griffin with Team_Crumble in a beautiful sunny day. We cycled about 20km today, picking up a few caches as we went.A late lunch saw us relaxing and sporting from a distance some suspicious looking characters searching for something!! ????Many thanks to wing6rider for placing Levitation? for us all to find

Out and about enjoying the sunshine and walking around this side of town caching. Still lots of muggles about walking around the lake on Easter Sunday. Meet up with some other cachers here. Quick stealthy find here. TFTC

During our weeks trip with Bare Foot Guru, Infoferret and Trinity to the Canberra Mega we logged as a combination of "BFG, CF, BIC, BITC" depending on who we were caching with at the time. The trip took us on a flight to Melbourne first, then a drive to Canberra, followed by a drive to Sydney before flying out again. Where possible I will add commentary to each find about the cache. Thanks for all the caches, hides and effort put into hiding and maintaining them.Quick and easy find.

As part of the tour group, we walked a ton of miles and signed all the caches as LT2. If there was any levitation happening during the finding of this cache, I did not see it. LOLThank you for the smiley and the fun!The day:Today was day 3 of my time in Canberra for the GeoBash Mega from the U.S. and getting to spend time with my friends. Hooray! It was another day that started with an awesome tour around Lake Burley Griffin. The weather was warm and the cachers were friendly. We were led by tankengine, one of the cachers who had a hand in the gadget caches at the mega, has awesome mysteries and other caches in the area. He kept us moving the entire time and we were able to get all the caches on our list. Then I attended the mega which was a lot of fun. There were so many people! The gadget caches were amazing, the adventure labs were fun, and the evening get together for trivia was a blast. Many thanks to all the geocachers who placed and continue to maintain their geocaches for folks like me to find. I know it's not always easy, but know that I appreciate you.

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I'm out this morning with HansandLinda exploring the parliamentary triangle and surrounds on this beautiful sunny day. The muggles were thick down near the waterfront but everywhere else we only seemed to meet geocachers. What a great way to spend the morning.Thanks for find #5963TNLN

Very clever cache! TTFC

Quick find at the Easter market, TFTC

Found with LT2 group #mega

Found during the Mega event on the LBG tour (signed as Lt2). Lovely day and didnt realise they started doing markets here! Definitely a wonderful place to spend a Saturday.TFTC!

Wow, lots of muggles today! Found with LT2 on a beautiful sunny day.

Found while attending the Mega and out with the tour group at Lake Burley Griffin. A great day out. Log signed for the group as LT2Another great day for caching. ?? TFTC wing6rider

TFTC wing6rider your cache Levitation? that we found today. We are in Canberra for the fun and games of the Mega. Another day in the National Capital. A pleasant Saturday morning to be caching around the Parliamentary Triangle with MeAndDe. Our aim today was mainly virtuals but we stopped and found other caches as we passed close by. This one had us stumped a bit and with so many muggles about we were going to give it a miss. The girls decided to utile the nearby facilities and I used the time to search a bit. Bingo!!! Great hide in a busy location.Find Count: 19422

While attending the Canberra Geobash participated in The Lake Burley Griffin Lake tour this morning. A most enjoyable walk around the lake and surrounds taking in a variety of caches and scenic locations. Our group signed the log as LT2. TFTC

This is day 4 of our Australian adventure. While here, we participated in the Lake Burley GeoBash tour. What an amazing walk enjoying the sights navigated by Tankengine. Thank you wing6rider and Crystal Warrior for placing this cache for our enjoyment today. LOTs of muggles here today, but the group caused a good deal of distraction for cache retrieval and replacement. Logbook was signed as LT2. TFT ?? ????

Out and about as part of the Capital GeoBash Mega activities. Thanks to Tankengine for organising the Lake Burley Griffin Lake Walk tour, showing us around and for placing the cache. So many muggles about today but I guess there was safety in numbers and the cache was retrieved without a broblem. Log signed as LT2

In Canberra to attend the Capital Geo Bash mega event. I attended the Queanbeyan Mega event a couple of years ago which is when I did a lot of the touristy things. This trip was more focused on Geocaches. There has been an abundance of new high quality caches published since my last visit so more than enough to keep me busy. I was up early and set off in the dark. Thankfully nobody around at this time of the morning so I could search in peace. Found without too many problems. Thank you wing6rider & Crystal Warrior, for placing Levitation? for the geocaching community.# # #14328 # #

Found with hevwalker on the Lake Burley Griffin Tour 2. All logs are signed as LT2 to save space. Beautiful views during the walk around this part of lake. This is a great hide and cache, thanks for sharing all your wonderful places in Canberra and putting out so many cool caches. This area's cultural content and the sculptures are beautiful. TFTC

Found on a sunny Easter Saturday as part of the Canberra mega.On a mission to get to a milestone by the end of the day.Thought this may be difficult with lots of muggles enjoying the sunshine but it turns out there were a few geocachers to take cover with!thanks for the hide

Day 5 of our Capital Geobash mega-holiday, and first up for us this morning was to join the tour of Lake Burley Griffin, led by our wonderful guide Tankengine. This tour was heaps of fun, and all caches signed as LT2. Despite lots of muggles, there was enough of us in the tour to provide a shield and distraction for the quick find and replace of the cache. TFTC wing6rider.

This one had us stumped. Decided to go look for another and try again on the way back. Walked away, turned around for another look. Hang on is that? Yes. Got it. Thanks for the fun

I had just sent a message to the CO saying that I couldnt find it & could I have a hint please. I decided to walk down to find another as I turned around and looked back zi spotted the hiding place. Thanks

Took a few minutes of looking but got there amongst all the muggles on this hot mega day! TFTC!

Exciting times over the next couple of weeks as we takeoff for the Capital GeoBash in Canberra! Its going to be a flood of Sandgropers over east, with a host of West Aussies making the trek east for the event. Im travelling with fellow Cockburn Crew members Leg5 and Barnzy12, starting in Sydney and hitting the road to Canberra, before returning back to Sydney. Honourary mention to our fellow member, Cravo10, who couldnt make it after recently introducing a new geocacher to the world the week prior. Once in Canberra, the agenda is set, well team up with a host of Western Australians to conquer caches. Collectively, were hoping to make it the biggest ever weekend for cache finding. Following the event, the journey continues back to Sydney, with a mission to clean up caches and new Local Government Areas (LGAs), ensuring no cache is left unturned in this epic geocaching adventure. Something tells me that well need a holiday after this, well, holiday. All logs have been signed as WAC to save space, abbreviation for Western Australia Crew. Cheers wing6rider! Join us in Augusta, in Western Australias South West, for WA Goes Big 2024 (GCAGV8Y) on Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. Log your will attend now!

Out and about with My good caching mate Omegaman1971, there are always plenty of laughs while we are turning caches into smiles.This is one of the caches found today.Thanks wing6rider for the cache.

Cockburn Crew on tour to the Canberra Mega. Day 1 involved a bunch of caching around Sydney before making our way to Canberra for the Capital Geobash. We found a huge variety of caches, and its great to cache in new territory that we havent explored much in the past. Unlike our home state of Western Australia where we have found just about anything and everything.A beautiful day with great weather and even better company. Thank you to the local COs for a great day in and around this great country of ours.

Busy vibes and crowd allowed us to blend in for the quick reveal. TFTC!

We were unable to find this one.

Tricky spot with all these people around, but they were entertaining themselves, so easy for me. Signed and replaced as found. Thanks for hiding and maintaining this cache.

Part of the Sandgroper contingent that has come to the Mega to explore new hunting grounds. Its sure to be a great week with many finds and laughs with lots of great friends and maybe some new ones along the way. Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment. Logged as STG

Over here for Canberra Mega from Western Australia picking up caches and meeting like persons. TFTC signed as WA6 (Geotrakka Meme28 Burns345 ic_nothing cirrus_wa and Neva2old)

Day 2 of my magnificent mega caching experience in Canberra and surrounds.Today I C Nothing, meme28, geotrakka, Burns345, neva2old & I (signing as WA6) focussed more on the central Canberra area with a couple of tours booked at Parliament House & the Australian War Memorial, was fantastic to see these places and meet caches from all over the place too.The evening was spent on another mega tour at Mt Stranger.Once again a great variety of cache types and containers were located and with a large group the competition to get hands on the log first was high, with plenty of laughs along the way too.Thanks wing6rider for placing Levitation? for me and others to find.I added my name to the log at 23:37 on 28/3/2024.This is find number 8417 for me.

Another beautiful Canberra night on our GeoBash week. Out and about with our WA5 team and Neva2Old. Logs signed as WA6.Cache found with no issues. Cheers

Very happy to be here for my first Mega event from WA. Out to fill my grid and find some high favourited caches. Lots of laughs catching up with old friends and making some new friends along the way. Signing as a team - WA6Some logs are delayed and out of order - Apologies for that- its been hectic trying to keep up! Many thanks wing6rider for placing this hide for me to find and adding to my adventures.

We spent quite some time while having a pint looking for this. Actually annoyed me that I didnt see it and theres no hints maybe next time

As soon as I gave up and marked it as not found my partner saw it hahahVery very clever. Tftc

I was at the nearby Enlighten festival with a girlfriend. We had done a Spirit and Chocolate tasting experience (fabulous!) and still had an hour until light up. So we grabbed a couple of geocaches. We searched in a few places before I looked from a different direction and saw something familiar. Thanks for placing this geocache!

6 months ago, during a frenzy, we said to ourselves "why not going to the mega in Adelaide for the leapday". From scratch we moved on to preparing an 18-day project in Australia.Our objectives are simple, visit a small part of this immense continent while validating a few caches. There are so many caches (impossible to do everything) that we will select. Our plan will allow us to visit Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Mount Gambier and finish in Adelaide for the famous Mega.During our stay we will log PestiHoot for Pestinette and Blackhoot.During our 2 days in Canberra, we visited Black Mountain, the surrounding parks and the parliament while following the caches and labs. We made some great discoveries and great experiences.Thanks to the caches we visited many sites evoking Australian culture and history.Thanks for the cache and the discovery of beautiful or original spots

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~The logbook is signed **pesti-Hoot** for *pestinette* and *BlackHoot*.In: Nothing.Out: Nothing.Thanks **wing6rider** for the cache.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~*Here is the palaver from my log "3615-MyLife" that you still don't have to read:*After multiple outings together, here are some examples: the park at T5 in the Orlans region, the Letterbox Matrix in Provins on the return of GeoBulles 2023, a getaway to Rambouillet and Fontainebleau, the Mega in Oliveira de Frades in Portugal, that in Spain in Camarasa with a memorable passage in Andorra, a foray into the Drme at the beginning of the year, I have the immense luck and pleasure to accompany the pestinettes who asked me last summer to be part of this crazy trip to Australia to participate in the Adelaide Mega on February 29 !So I start by thanking them once again for the invitation as well as for the preparation of all logistics and the program of discoveries planned for these 17 days on Australian lands: Jasmers including three from the year 2000,webcams, virtual ones (full), challenges, Earthcaches, mysteries, Events.I would just add my two cents with the Matrices by cache type as well as obtaining as many Addons as possible for Leap Day ! Then depending on the time that we will have left at each of our stages, all caches allowing usto visit a nice new place.We only visited a tiny part of this beautiful country which makes us want to come back although it is not next door and I would also remember the warm welcome of Australians and their kindness.I sincerely thank all the poseurs without whom the exploration of all theseplaces known or much more discreet would not have been possible. A big thank you for your personal investment for the pleasure of all and ours in particular during this beautiful trip shared in friendly company ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~**Against a sedentary lifestyle, geocache! Get Out and Play! Saia and play! Sal y juega!**

Found after a short search! Thanks for the cache!

Amazing hide new fav

Nice and quiet this morning so an easy find.

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Took quite a few minutes.TFTC