Fruit Run No. 15 Cottonvale, Queensland, Australia
By Team Robins on 17-May-11. Waypoint GC2WCZ4

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We woke today to quite cool and foggy morning so we decided to wait around for things to warm up a bit.It was then we received a phone call from a family member traveling south that they were heading through Stanthorpe and would we like to catch up for a coffee. We never pass up the opportunity to catch up with family so it was on! They suggested we meet at a place in Thulimah, and we duly did.This set the agenda for the day. We decided afterwards to head further north up to Dalveen before working our way back home along the Fruit Run. It was only about halfway through the series we realized that there were fruit stalls all along the route, some open but many obviously no longer operational. We guess a new highway finished many of them!We collected a few other caches along the way as well.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Team Robins.**SKI Pair****

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Found it CheersThe mad myers

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Going great another ..Gotcha here today for us

Easy find by Campbell A

There has been some recent tree lopping work here but the cache is still retrievable. Returned it as found. TFTC

Back and forth and back and forth ... not a fan of poking and prodding in this environment ... plenty of fuel for a fire. Was just about to give up on this one and thought I would take just one more look ... and spotted what I thought was a hiding spot and sure enough ... there it was.

SLTNLN.

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Heading to Stanthorpe for the weekend and took a slight detour along this road.
There’s been a lot of new foliage added to the area but I found the cache under it after doing a lap around.

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Travelling with TBU1Bikesu from Rutherglen to Brisbane.

We stopped here, found the cache and signed the log.

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We are on our way home from the MEGA EASTER 2023 in Rutherglen.

We stopped here, found this cache and signed the log

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Quick and easy that make 75 finds. Out and about with Bluecare client.

Not stumped by this one

We are staying in Applethorpe for a few nights to look for a few of the many caches in the area we still have not found.
Finally the rain has stopped. Grass still wet but that isn't stopping us
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Train day today, so had to drive down for check in at Stanthorpe station. Bonus is thlat we get to cache for the day. Fruit Run still needs some work, so that was part of the plan. And the WhereIGo.

GZ had me pole dancing until I read the hint! Moved along, and found the cache. Thanks Team Robins

Good find. TFTC

Got it nice and easy

Found with Dozenmater tftc

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

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Found and signed the log

Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching

And another one on the Fruit Run. This fruit platter is getting tasty. Thanks

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Why did the tomato go to the ball with a prune? Because he couldn't find a date! TFTC

Quick find, pretty sure last time I was here across the road was a wood split service..?
Quiet today.
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Thanks for the hint - very helpful.

Fun

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Thus one was well hidden.

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Caching with MC and W M. Another great find. Thanks for hiding this cache for our enjoyment Team Robins

Kudos to Mrs Wandering Me for the find
Caching with Baby Birt and Wandering Me today
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No. 1352 for me

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Recently deciding to tackle the Apple art, a group of us got our heads together to solve all of the puzzles then visit the area to collect the wonderful caches between Warwick and Stanthorpe.
Our group of CHAMAD, NayFee, Triple Turmoil and myself had a fantastic weekend finding heaps of caches, we signed the logs Team TWOCAN.
Thank you to all of the COs who have spent time placing and maintaining these caches for us to enjoy, sincerely appreciated.
Thanks Team Robins for bringing us here.

I have just had the best weekend caching around the Warwick, Summit and Stanthorpe areas. With caching buddies (geonayfee, Willis007 and Triple Turmoil) for the weekend we got in a very large number of caches, completing the apple geoart, the fruit run and a few other special caches along the way. I had a fantastic weekend with lots of laughs and funny events it just made for a fun time; the puzzle solving in the lead up to the weekend was great also.

A big thanks to all the CO’s of the caches along the way; for placing and maintaining the caches for us to enjoy. Visiting this area and seeing places I would never see in a normal trip here was enlightening, so again thanks.

In the weekend I got around 180 caches so firstly apologies for the generic part to the log, I do not remember all specifically but some did stand out so I will add a little to those in my posts.

Day two and it was an early start, there is so much still to get in the area. A fun and eventful day in many ways, lol. As we started to work our way back home it was a matter of zigzagging and back tracking the caches to Warwick. The fruit run series we were setting our sites on to complete, most were easy finds, with just a couple we did not find, then there was the a few others as we passed by, thanks.

Day two on our epic journey around Stanthorpe and surrounds with Chamad, TripleTurmoil and Willis007.

After some much needed rest we woke up bright and early (Thanks Chamad for the farmyard sounds) and set off for another full day of caching around Stanthorpe to clear up the rest of the Stanthorpe Apple and a few other caches in between, then we slowly made our way back north towards Warwick while grabbing a bunch of caches we didn't get yesterday.

Same as yesterday we had a wonderful time exploring the area. I really enjoy visiting this part of the world, it's a great feeling to get out of the city and enjoy the country life.

Thank you to each and every CO for placing caches at these locations. We had a great time.

Signed as Twocans

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After meeting Willis007 and Chamad at a previous event over New Years, they invited me to join them on an epic geoart mission at Stanthorpe. After weeks of puzzling and planning, today was day 2 (together with Nayfee). We covered a lot of mileage, had a lot of laughs and learnt a lot along the way.

Between Stanthorpe and Warwick (on our way back to Brisbane) there are a LOT of caches to sign and we did a pretty good job of getting every single one we could - signed as Twocan to save 25 seconds of signing at each cache, as we had work to do!

All good in here. Enjoying the fruit run

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Day 3 of our Granite Belt Grabathon saw us heading North back to the GC. At least today is not wet! The temperature may reach 13 degrees today but the wind is stronger so probably still an apparent temperature of around 6 degrees. No one ever said the Geocaching was meant to be easy!

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We had made a start on the Wherigo and followed it for a bit but when it detoured off up the road we kept marching on the fruit run. We made lunch reservations at Varias weeks ago and weren’t prepared to risk missing it. tftc

Quick find

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Follow the hint for this one and it will be a cinch to find.
Working our way to our first 1000...won't reach it this trip but we're inching closer all the time. What is it they say abour the.
Thanks For The Cache Team Robins.

Out for a day's caching from Stanthorpe to Dalveen and beyond, most were easy finds while a couple took a bit of searching to find

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Saw something out of place right away... Granite belt camo. TFTC

8852 Located by baby&Mrs gopher ( We also sign as bMg on small log sheets ) at 1355. The Mrs is on a run now.SL Tnx Team Robins

TFTC. Log to follow

Tftc, great set of caches

Another one bites the dust

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It was a good caching day today and we picked up some more smiley faces for our map, along with ilook4geo. We found more caches in a few different series and only had one DNF to spoil the day. Each of the caches had the log signed, usually as GP2 and ilg. Each container was then put back into place as it had been found. Our thanks go to Team Robins for placing this cache and adding to the fun of the game.

Caching along mostly very quiet country roads today with goingplaces2 gave a really good result for the day. Logs were signed, caches were put back and we were soon headed off to the next find. Thanks for this cache.

Our last here at Stanthorpe befotre heading down to Queanbeyan for the 2019 Mega. It has been great, but with mixed success. Didn't achieve as much of the Stan's Apple puzzle series smileys as we would have hoped but we will pass this way again and will pickup and redo those ones that we missed. Yep another smiley and cache all good
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Total Cache Finds 6399

Along the run we go this is another quick pick up. TFTC

Quick park and grab.
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Bloody windy at the moment here

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Sorry for the generic logs but there are so many caches in this area and there are only so many things you can write. We have loved caching our way here and around the area. We are only here for a day or two so not sure how many will will get done, but we will do our best. Thank you to each and every CO for the effort that has been needed to place and maintain the caches that we were fortunate enough to make it to. Thanks.

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Today is the last big day of caching in the Stanthorpe area as I will have finished collecting the new souvenirs. Many thanks to Pa for putting up with my crazy addiction to caching, and souvenirs, and for chauffeuring me around for hundreds of kms. Maybe our holiday will start now.
Decided to travel north on the back roads as neither of us fancy pulling up on the highway. We found most of those we tried for with only 2 DNFs and 28 smilies. Most caches were in good condition, in fact a few had lovely new logs! I had never been to this area before so seeing the Rabbit Proof fence here was a highlight.
Thanks to all the COs and Maintenance teams for the caches along the way. All logs were either signed Smittengranny or SG depending on my mood, the time taken to retrieve the cache and the space available for signing.

Out caching in the area, this is one that I found ... TNLN ... TFTC

Another fast find but missed the one before as hubby wouldn't park!!

Nice one.

TFTC! Parked right beside it, I finally find out after 5 mins of searching. One must be getting tired?

Bugger he beat me. Tftc

Quick stop & sign. Kutgw

Sometimes it's just about the numbers and this run was for that and if course the planetary souvenirs. I truly admire those that have done 100 or more, we were exhausted after just over 50 but that gets us half way there. We still enjoyed the driving and looking on the back roads and thank you for your effort in putting them there for us to do this run. TFTC

Thanks for the cache Team Robins
We are staying overnight in Stanthorpe and decided this was a good day to do the fruit run series and any others that may cross our path
Thanks for showing us a bit of Stanthorpe and the surrounds

WillPunkey, Scoob and I went for a day trip to Stanthorpe to see the Apple and Grape festival and find a few caches along the way. The kids and I started on the remaining Fruit Run caches we have missed on previous visits.

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Mrs Esky, along with a muggle friend, travelled Stanthorpe way on a numbers run in preparation for the next milestone. However, on leaving home the weather didn't look too promising...only clearing around Applethorpe. Priorities in order...our first stop at Stanthorpe was the bakery for morning tea & a coffee to warm up...temp was 14 deg!

Down to the business of caching we worked our way around Stanthorpe before slowly caching our way north (and homewards) accumulating a record number of caches in the day for the Eskies with a total of 57...and only one brief shower along the way. Thanks to all the COs for a fantastic day.

Note: I have just realised that I signed EVERY single log for the 2nd instead of the 3rd.

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Monday 25 December 2017 (Christmas Day) - Found 7 from 7 caches. TFTC Team Robins.

And was an easy find.

Found today with kcsfinch.

Thanks for the hide on this cache, found and SL

Thank you for the cache. Log signed and cache replaced. *OCW Throsbyonchurch*.

OCW Throsbyonchurch, found cache and SL. Thanks for the cache.

Found 10 November 2017 at 12:24 pm.

A quick find for this one. The fruit store over the road looks long abandoned. There seem to be a few of these along the way.
Thanks Team Robins
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I set out bright and early this morning for a day of caching, but not before I'd kidnapped a geo-guru on my way through Toowoomba, to be my chauffeur, and to find a few he had yet to get further south. It was a big day and a good day. Found this one and signed the log, thanks for the cache!

Why did the geocachers cross the road? To get the cache of course . Found in a cachey spot & as per co ords. Tnsl tftc TR xo

Camping close by and went for a caching walk.
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