Hird Smith Glengallan, Queensland, Australia
By bristracker on 12-Feb-12. Waypoint GC3CF7Z

Found with the family on the Cycle Queensland rest day. As EngPhil mentioned, the container was totally destroyed, so we retrieved it. As such, this cache is no longer findable.

TFTC bristracker, we'll get the remains back to you soon!

Find #1692 at 11:30 with the family on a rest day during [url=http://cycleqld.bq.org.au]Cycle Queensland 2015[/url].

We had use of a car for the day (we were otherwise on somewhat slower transport) and took a drive to some local attractions. Noticing this one on the archived-but-available list, we stopped to grab it.

Unfortunately the container is completely destroyed. Broken into little pieces. We retrieved the remains and sent a message to the CO offering to return them to her when next we cross paths.

This cache is therefore no longer findable.

Thanks for the cache, bristracker.

As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it's been a number of months since the last owner note. I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it. Should you replace the cache after 30 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

After two days caching in the Warwick area, headed towards Toowoomba with iluvtrekking. We didn't want to go the direct route up the highway so criss-crossed the gorgeous countryside picking up finds along the way. Thanks bristracker

Found the cache with richlink, we signed the log and returned it to it's hiding place. TFTC

A quick stop on my way to Toowoomba. The container is brittle but it remains at gz. Thanks for the cache.

Thanks to cachers for updates on the state of this cache.
It may need to be archived so will check it out.

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Currently staying at Lake Leslie we thought we would just bimble around today, checking out the local countryside.


We had fun out and about , and managed to find your cache.

Bring on Qld Mega, not long now. Woo Hoo.

Umm this cache was sitting out in the open. Seems the fence is being replaced so cache is likely to disapear. We added a stash note (hopefully they will relook)

TFTC bristracker

Looking forward to meeting other geocachers at the next Australian Geocaching Mega event

GC4X31B Queensland Geocaching ---- Event - Stanthorpe 2015 www.qldmega.com

Fence is being replaced. Seems this may disappear.

Pay for a CO check. [^]

Tftc...

On a weekend in Stanthorpe and Warwick with geo-friends to tackle the caches of the area. Thanks to all CO's for bringing us to this area to search for there different caches along the countryside roads as well as in the towns. TFTC

Our weekend has nearly come to a close but we have a couple of hours till we meet Team Robins for a chat so what do you do, you cache. TFTC

On a caching long weekend with a group of geofriends. Completed many of the series, trails and individual caches from north of Warwick to south of Stanthorpe.
Thank you to all C.O.'s for placing these caches around this beautiful region of Queensland.

Out for a weekend of caching with geo friends. TFTC

What a lovely place this is, very busy as it is Australia Day and the markets are on. Cache found quickly tftc

TFTC beautiful house with corn all around

Had a lul in HEAVY rain just enough time to grab this one. Easy find TFTC

Tftc

Nice quick one thanks. Glengallen is amazing!!

Thanks for the cache nice spot

Quick find travelling home from Warwick after work. Dropped off TB.
No other TB in cache.
Thanks for the hide.

Found on way home. No tb inside

Found with the girls

Continued on towards Warwick and took a slight diversion to this cache.
Beautiful homestead and area, especially when the owner drives past in his beautiful red Porsche.
Took 2 TB,s to move them on.
Thanks for allowing us to see this lovely home.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks bristracker All good with this cache

Found with Tassiegirl13.
We were out this way for a caching weekend and this was next on our list.
With the caravan in tow it was handy that there was plenty of area to pull over and park.
At GZ the cache was soon located and our names added to the log.
We were actually here a few months ago for Mothers day and did the Glengallan tour.
If you stop it’s well worth it.
TFTC.

Quick find by geoson on our way to Gold Coast.
Left travel bug

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there bristracker. We found your cache "Hird Smith" at 2:53:00 PM today.
This was our 15th cache find in a caching run of 15 Finds & 0 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9417.)
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Today's cache run was in the company of Team Robins, Rainforest Cookie and Rat Dog 12.
We thoroughly enjoyed our zig-zag route through the countryside, visiting many interesting spots along the way.

Thanks for not placing an eclipse tin or a 200ml Sistema here. For over ten years we have watched the quality of caches get steadily worse and worse. Once upon a time caches seemed to be "regular" sized,and well stocked with goodies for kids to swap. Nowadays it seems like every other cache is small and devoid anything to induce children to enjoy the hunt. It made us feel really good to find this cache.
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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, but the listed trackable "Little Big Foot" is not in the cache, could bristracker (or the TB owner) please "Mark the Item as Missing" so it can be removed from the cache inventory. (This option is under Actions on the trackable's web page). .
Took: Nothing.
Left: Smiley Badge.
Dropped Trackable: "J:s Bug".
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

Good, quick find... didn't have time to go explore Glengallan today, but will return one day to do so... TFTC!

Needed to do a quick turn with the van but didn't take long to locate find and move on?
TFTC

Nice one, thanks for the cache !

Found it easy find thanks

Found it while out caching with Lindy Rose on her second day of caching, she has got the geo bug now & will not give up until she has found it. Had 2 days of caching up here in QLD with her, it has been a great couple of days, pitty tomorrows Monday & she has to return to work. I think l will try for some in Toowoomba tomorrow

Quick find on a lovely winter day. No fence climbing required! TFTC

Thanks for highlighting this homestead for us, it certainly looks impressive, even if it isn't all of the building they originally intended to build. We love the places caching introduces us to. A quick find as the light faded. Thanks for the hide.

I really confused myself here. After finding this cache on Friday, I then discovered the log sheet inside the ziplock bag on the front seat of the car on Saturday.
I decided to drop it off in the cache on my way home from Toowoomba to Lismore on Sunday hoping no one would look for it in the meantime.
When I arrived at gz I opened the cache to find another log book. Bigger than the sheet I was returning.
Not to worry. I returned the sheet I temporarily borrowed and returned the cache to its location.

Alzheimer disease is setting in.

Cheers

An easy find on my way to Toowoomba for the Anzac weekend. Took Tb and visited another. Thanks

Tftc

out with my girls today we stopped here to drop off a TB and they found the cache.

Good parking makes for a happy cacher and the parking here is great even for a large vehicle. The co-ords were spot on also making for a happy cacher. The listed TB is not in the cache. Thanks bristracker for giving us a reason to stop and stretch ourselves. SL TNLN TFTC

Lovey spot. Thanks

We stopped at this one on our way to Wallangarra today.
Was able to park quite close, luckily, as the rain started coming down just as we arrived at GZ.
Easy find.
Thanks for the cache bristracker.

Nice easy find. Shame the homestead wasn't open NYD, it sounds very interesting.

TFTC. Easy find. Merry Xmas.

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a great way to explore the "land down under."
Had tried this one last year without success.... this time no problems!
Thanks for sharing the history bristracker!

After spending the weekend in the Stanthorpe and Warwick area we headed home via Toowoomba and passed this one on the way.

I parked close by and it was a quick find.


TFTC bristracker

Verry boggy but contents were still dry.

the water was everywhere so Mum opted to stay on the track , we know what can happen if you deviate in places like these.

I could see any obvious places here for a Large cache but Mum saw it near my foot.

Cache all good,

Found this one with Aussie Liahona helping them find a few they had missed from a previous trip. They had found this one already so helped with the find. There was no TB in it though. TFTC

first cache of the day on our round trip to Toowoomba. We off to check out the bush christmas and cache our way home. I think we got 16 caches today.. not bad.

easy find by me while Ratdog was scratching her head as to its where a bouts. No TB today.

TFTC bristracker

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.

Nice easy grab here. TFTC.

No travel bug sorry

TFTC
TNLN

#84!
Have driven by this homestead many times and have never been inside. Once again, today we were just passing on a day trip out to Queen Mary Falls! Thanks for the reminder that we do want to come and have a look oneday!! Good swaps today! left some new ones including some lego. Thanks for the cache!

Easy drive by. No.199.

Found with angloj as the sun was setting. Beautiful sunset. TFTC

Found with Kestalkeeper on our geocaching day away from kids!! TFTC
No trackable though

Found with Black Bunny whilst on our long, long caching trip.
Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for us to find!

Found with Just a Cacher as we make our way homeward from our northern escape.

A quick grab here today while enjoying the sunshine.

Thanks the cache bristracker.

Found on my way home from visiting family in Queensland. I was really sorry to find that the homestead wasn't open (I was there on the wrong day) as I would have loved to explore.
Easily found
TFTC
TNLN
SL

1 day too early to visit the homestead. It certainly looked impressive from the road though. A quick find, thanks.

Found Ok

We were out for a (non caching) drive and stopped in at Glengallan for a look and a late lunch. Had a quick look to see if there was a cache here and this is the answer.

It is well worth the visit going through the old homestead. If you don't stop and smell the roses then I suspect you really have missed point of geocaching and the reason why the CO has placed the cache. http://www.glengallan.org.au/history.html

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, bristracker.

Thanks for the history.

I would have liked to visit the homestead but I still have a long drive ahead of me.

My last cache for the day.

TFTH

A quick and easy drive by. TFTC. No TB in cache as per inventory.

Visiting from Newcastle NSW, on our way to Toowoomba for a couple of nights, spied the beast as I was walking towards the posts, no need to tell you that Leslea was reading in the car, although yesterday she got into her wellies and searched with me! TFTC bristracker!!

Here from Canada, caching our way across Australia....

Had a good look for this one but unfortuately came up empty handed.

Thanks anyways bristracker

Searched for a bit then stood on the fence and spied it. TFTC

Quick park and grab on our way home from Stanthorpe

TFTC ...[^]... bristracker

Good spot! TFTC!

This took is AGES! Our compass was jumping around but find it eventually we did

Found with Max_Buzzkill on our Geocaching Mini Vacation!

On our way to Toowoomba after spending a few days in Stanthorpe and this was on our to do list. Quick find which we like.

TFTC

we went to the homestead for a coffee and some very nice and fresh sandwhiches when i to my surprise there was a cache at the entrance. it took only a minute or so to locate and about the same to sign.

Lovely scenery and if you happen by this one i highly recommended making the minor effort and going to look at the homestead or atleast the coffe shop that has plenty of history and displays re the homestead.

awsome thankyou

Found this while on our way to Warwick and Stanthorpe for the weekend. Quick find tonight before heading to our accommodation. Thanks for the hunt bristracker

TFTC

One of 225 finds during a Brisbane and back drive. Went to Brisbane for 5 days with my family flying up and back while I drove with a car load of stuff for our working holiday. Well a holiday for me and my boys while Leanne had a wedding expo to attend, but we did manage to get to Sea World for a day, where we had a great time, before they flew back.
After some caching in Melbourne it was on to Tocumwal for the night then two more days to Brisbane. Five days there then the same trip back but in reverse. A total of 4516 km travelled with 225 caches found and even a couple of interstate FTFs along the way. The trip turned out to be a trial run almost for a Solar eclipse / Cairns trip I'm doing in November.
After caching in Melbourne I made my way to Tocumawal where I stayed the night then made my way just south of Goondiwindi, crashed in the car at a truckstop. Up at about 8:00 the next morning and soon hit the road again to make my way to the Gold Coast via Warwick. Found a place to stay then headed out to do the GCPT series which was only about a kilometer from where I was staying. Off to Brisbane the next day to stay five days with the familay, cache with the kids and tackle the monster series in Sandgate when I had the time.
After a great time in Brisbane it was time to head back home with the fam flying and me driving. I had a scattered number of caches to collect on the way home with a couple of hundred kilometres between some of them. Cached Warwick along the way, got a FTF out of Moree then made it almost to Coonabarrabran for the night.
A nice quick drive-by while heading into Warwick.
Thanks.

Yay, found my first cache!

Yey! Found by Dad who yelled out have you looked there? After we scratched around everywhere for ten min. Thanks for the find. It's a lovely excuse to get out of the car on our 3500km roadtrip.

Out with IolantheK on a mission to Warwick today. A fairly successful day, with our main objective completed. It was night by the time we got here, but it was a quick find with nobody around to see us

this one is back up and running thanks to a visit from Aussie Liahona
it is not a big container
it's at the base of a post

Called in today to check on this cache for Bristracker only to find that a lot of clearing has taken place and that the cache is indeed missing. We replaced the cache and it is now a 250ml lock n lock with a few swag items and a new log. Please take care with GZ and happy caching.........

It isn't there anymore

Not there anymore

Tftc no tb tho

Tftc

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 9 for the day.

TFTC

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

The hint certainly helped us zero in. Someone drove out of the grounds as we were searching, but didn't seem to mind us. TFTC, bristracker.

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

Heading south down the highway we stopped for this one. Thanks to the hint our search did not take too long.

Thanks for the cache.

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

TFTC

I literally stood on top of this before geokid (12yo) pulled it out from under me. No TBs in the cache. Dropped off Blond Puppy TB. TFTC

What an impressive place... Nice quick find.. TFTH

Great hide

A little bit of family history here. Mrs Bundys parents used to live in Warwick, and were pioneer members of the Glengallan restoration committee. I think it had opened to the public prior to their departure for warmer climes at Bribie Island.

Easy find at 1540hrs.

Cheers
Bundy

A quick stop and a stretch of the legs for Rusty while we the cache. An easy stop when towing a caravan.

Thanks

This entry was edited by Ian&Sue - Team Pathfinder on Saturday, 19 May 2012 at 08:43:49 UTC.

Found and logged at 9:53, A quick pick up heading towards Toowoomba
Thanks bristracker

easy find on my way back from Allora , the Geodog had to help me find the cache ,took path tag , left Kiwi souvenir, SL, thanks bristracker for the cache