Gun with a View Allora, Queensland, Australia
By Team Robins on 02-Feb-12. Waypoint GC3BY4A

Great stop overpark

Paper / Notepad inside is very wet, needs replacing.

Good hide, TFTC

TFTC

After reading the logs

TFTC
Nice and quick find thankyou

Found

Found it. Thanks for hiding.

Found it

Found. Was a challenge

Third for the day & a challenge. But we got it.

Found with Tassiegirl13.
We were out this way for a caching weekend and this was next on our list.
When we arrived at the park and saw a couple of cars in the parking lot we thought we might have to give this a miss as they would have to be using GZ.
But no they weren’t, they were down the other end doing some personal training. The person on the ground was working hard while the trainer ‘motivated’.
With them far enough away that was our motivation to get stuck in and start looking. After a quick search we soon came up with the cache.
TFTH.

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there Team Robins. We found your cache "Gun with a View" at 1:41:00 PM today.
This was our 18th cache find in a caching run of 19 Finds & 0 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9390.)
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Today we spent some time caching with Team Robins on a trek up to Toowoomba and back. We certainly chipped away at some more of the plentiful caches in the area.

Please excuse the boilerplate logs. It's really not an excuse but, we find it really difficult to craft individual logs when we do so many "similar" caches in a day.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent. (We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Smiley Badge.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

Out caching with TeamBellingham today. Found cache high and dry. Nearly gave up, but read previous logs before driving away, found a clue, and then found the cache.

Found with ...Valkyrja...

Found.

Had to return,too many muggles around

Found on the second trip... Muggles were around

Found it while having a girls day out caching with Lindy Rose & Blue Murano today, we had to make a return visit as there were muggles near where we worked out gz was, as thought we soon had cache in hand signed and were on our way.

Looked and looked but no joy for us.

As we surveyed the likely hide with some trepidation we realised that our stomachs were sending a message. We decided that this was a likely spot so Mrs.R prepared lunch while I walked over to find the cache - thankfully not where I thought it would be. TFTC.

Lunch and its only 2pm Mum is slipping she usually makes me wait until at least 3pm on caching days.

I made the find as she had forgot where it was. We enjoyed a stroll to the creek (Dalrymple Creek) with the geopuppies.

TFTC

We arrived here just as the sun was dipping down below the horizon. We are en route to Toowoomba to pick up our new puppy in the morning. As we arrived in the car park we thought we'd be in for a long hunt but fortunately the arrow led us somewhere else and Mr. Herbz spotted it. TFTC Team Robins.

Found it! TFTC. Had help from my 4 little geocachers. Easy find

Good spit

I am glad I took a moment to read the plaque. Opened in 1910 to Commemorate those who served in the Boer War by Brevet Colonel H Chauvel. He was well thought of even then apparently.

Nice

Took me a while. Interesting gun and nice hide. Had to skulk due to passing by muggles but GZ gave me a bit of screening.

Thanks. Easy find.

Great place to visit

Good location, easy find.

We've travelled this road many times and can't say we've ever noticed this gun before.
Well today we had a good look at it then proceeded to GZ and found the cache fairly quickly.
Thanks Team Robins

Lol Finally found it! Not in the gun yard!!

....not on the gun!!!!

Found it, easy

GC3BY4A
Gun with a View
301120KDEC13 (Google DTG for details)

65 Km from Home
Our New Years Camping and Caching run.

We once searched for this cach4 with no info and no GPS, we were miles away from this relatively easy find.
Talk about bad timing, while we searched a 4x4 turned up to use the dump point, we waited but it didn’t look like it was going to be a quick operation so had to do a ‘bold’ replacement of the cache and head for the car. Oh dear, for mercy’s sake use chemicals in your cassette dunny (unlike this operator), by the time we got back to the car, which was now directly down wind, the air was so thick we could almost taste the stench. We hit the road as quickly as possible, got the windows down and grabbed a mouthful of mints each to try stave off the lingering smell.

We took nothing but shocking memories, we left nothing but footprints
The hide, the container and the log are all in good condition and ready for the next cacher and the stench should be gone by now.
Thanks for the cache Team Robins

Roaring Ford, discovering Australia and the World, one hidden treasure at a time.

Easy find when we broadened search area

Tftc

TFTC merry Xmas. Easy find.

Cache # 2616, Found @2:04:00 PM.

A quick find on our way to Southbrook to visit friends

Thanks to Team Robins for the cache

A view of the gun

Where you would expect but not as obvious as you might think.

A town with some nice old buildings, and some great snags at the butcher! TFTC

A chance find on a desperately needed break while on the road. Looked in likely spots and there it was. SL TFTC

TFTC

TFTC
TNLN

TFTC

After searching for a long time inbetween passing muggles, we decided to read the logs and something jumped out at me, cache was then soon in hand.

Thanks Team Robins.

Had a careful check around for a bit then as the local muggles moved off we were able to spot this quickly TFTC

#65
On our way for a weekend camping and we couldn't resist finding a few caches along the way. we often stop at the servo across the way, and always some for the Allora Auctions on the June long weekend, but have never stopped in this little park! After having morning tea while waiting for the muggles to go away it was a quick find! Thanks for the nice rest stop!

TNLN

Woohoo to another find as we near Warwick. Nice view of the gun. TFTC

Glad we had shade above while looking! Found with Kestalkeeper on our geocaching day away from kids!! TFTC

Probably wouldn't have taken as long if it had been on the gun. At least we might not have looked so suspicious poking and prodding about that. Muggles were coming and going and I reckon we were about 40 minutes before we got a real chance to search. Did use some of that time constructively though and empty the van loo at the dump point here. Thanks.

Found Ok

The last cache for us to find here in Allora, and an really enjoyable walk it was today, with lunch at the local cafe, a little shopping at the supermarket, and a beaut exploratory walk through the extensive park which had us finding 2 caches. Good hide here, so glad it wasn't on the gun [^] TFTC yet again, Team Robins

Found while attending Christmas in June Stanthorpe 2013 and also travelling through the Granite Belt Country, Great Cache. TFTC

A great day out caching around Toowoomba with Ian from Team Robins.
We found a variety of caches, all well hidden.
TFTC, Team Robins.

Great find. Easy find for the kids

Off for a Day trip to Queen Mary's falls With Geodad (Pipes Down Under) first cache for the day found with no problems.

This one ended up being a very quick find with DropBear90 on our way south for the day
TFTH

We didnt need to enter the locked gate to find this one. But we did see this poor fellow.

the gate was locked so had to leave it.

This entry was edited by newo2020 on Tuesday, 09 April 2013 at 23:45:24 UTC.

A second attempt at this one, as muggle activity was too close yesterday. Found cache at GZ. TFTC.

Having found, and been frustrated by a few 'Micros' on 'guns' it was pleasant to have to use the GPSr to actually find where we had to look for this one on our way back home to Taree from EasterFest / Toowoomba.
While Frosty was going to look over the cannon I headed with the GPS to another spot, and soon had the cache, tho a Terrain rating of 2 might be a bit more appropriate.
TNLN
TFTC Team Robins

1205hrs. A quick rest stop on our way to Stanthorpe and a weekends caching. Had the park to our selves and a quick find. TFTCSL

Here from Canada, doing a bit of caching as we explore Australia....
Quick find as we are on our way to visit some wonderful friends

Thanks so much for all the fun Team Robins!

This is our type of gun cache.
Thanks Team Robins

nice easy tftc

Groan, not another micro on a gun
Yes I do love the challenge, but always breathe a sigh of relief when the gun has a big fence all the way around it
So this was more of a micro near a gun....
... much easier and a big relief when you are trying to head for somewhere to camp for the night, instead of spending hours poking around in every nook and cranny on some silly gun that hasn't been fired for years and is full of cobwebs and lots of old, smelly grease and passing people looking at you funny and banging your head on the barrel every time you stand up....
Oh! That's right this wasn't at all like that
I'll give this cache a favourite point [^]

Found it TFTC ??

Getting sussed out by a magpie ^_^

Found with Max_Buzzkill TFTC

After searching for a nearby cache with no luck due to high muggle concentration we took a stroll over to this little one. The cache was quickly located and consequently signed as we watched some hippies get moved on by the council for camping in the park.

The church next to this one and the town in general contain alot of family history so is always nice to see caches placed in areas that hold personal value. Cheers for the hide.

No-one around. Easy find.

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.

Today I finished off the fruit run cache series in Stanthorpe and picked up a few other caches along the way before continuing north at about 1:00 pm, heading for Rockhampton. I got as far as Goomeri where I stayed the night.

I felt a bit stupid here after jumping the fence and searching all over the gun for 10 minutes before realising why there was a fence all around it and the entry gate was sealed closed. Because it wasn't there and I didn't read the GPS and cache page properly, just a bit too eager to make the find. I moved over to the actual GZ and quickly found the hide. Thanks Team Robins.

Nice and quiet here today. Quick find by Mr Parko before I had even got out the car.
Found on our way home after spending a great weekend on the Granite Belt caching. Thanks Team Robins

GOOD HIDE GEOMUM found this one TFTC

Easy find... That's a big gun. But you will need to go to another level to find it. TFTC

How frustrating. After reading how easy it was by other cachers it took us ages! I said to my 7yo son who was attacked by magpies in the process..if it was me this is where id hide it. Not there. But if I'd looked properly...would have saved about 45 min. There it was after a second look. Aaagh!!! Great hide. Thanks!!!

Out with IolantheK on a mission to Warwick today. Found after a quick search. I think it was dark by the time we got to this one, but it was still a fairly easy find

I first thought, not another gun. I hate guns. But all is cool today.

Tftc

Tftc loved the gun

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 8 for the day.

TFTC

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

oh dear, not another one ... ah, no, that was easy TFTC, Team Robins.

Out for a BIG day with my sister 'doscrapbooking' and my friend 'IolantheK'.

As we headed south this one was on the list. First thoughts....O dear...but the GPSr pointed us a little way away...thanks goodness.

Thanks for the cache.

Great hiding place. TFTC!

Gotcha, Another macro and a gun without a clue, But what a supprise when the GPS lead me away, another quick and easy find, Thanks for the hunt.

TFTC

Last time I was here, a couple of months ago on the way down to the Mega Event, I didnt even bother getting off the bike, as there were muggles everywhere. This time, I had the place to myself, and an easy find was made at 1515hrs.

Cheers
Bundy

It was raining so we hoped this wouldn't take us too long to find.
Took a little longer than expected were looking in all the right places , eventually geo hubby found it.
So will keep moving on.
TFTC

Found and logged at 10:05, A quick pick up heading towards Toowoomba
Thanks Team Robins

First one for the day, and first to sign the new log book! No rubbish, and the wasps very sluggish!! Thanks for the find!

another one in our pocket TFTC

Third find for the day , cache intact but had been muggled.
After extracting the wet tea bag and log i was unable to sign the log, so decided to clean out the cache add a new log book and water proof bag. Tnlnsl tftc Team Robins

We found 3 out of the 4 caches in town.
No rubbish on top today!

We stopped here on the way home from a day in Warwick. The cache was sharing its spot with some rubbish, which was placed into the near by bin. Future finders should be careful of the wasps.

Last before the light failed.

On our way home we came through Allora with the caravan in tow. Picked out a few caches to do and this was one of them. A clever hide Team Robins. We'd both looked there and not seen it. It took a recheck of all the places we'd looked before I spotted it. Thanks for the cache in a nice little park with generous parking.

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.