Wollongong Suburbs - Balgownie Balgownie, New South Wales, Australia
By
Hoojar, Chip & Ding on 14-Feb-13. Waypoint GC45ZQA
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Logs
Was expecting a nice easy find but either the cache has gone or I had "cache blindness" although checking the logs just now the cache hasn`t been logged as found for quite a few weeks which is surprising. Oh well, onto the next in the series.
Cheers from CATONY.
Cheers from CATONY.
I probably parked in the wrong street and had to walk across the park to get to GZ, once there it was a quick find. Great location for a cache hide! SL TFTC!
Drove straight in, parked, geokids were off, they knew where to look without the GPS. Dropped off volvokort 27 and retrieved 2006 Alberta Geocoin. TFTC Hoojar Chip and Ding
Found it! Finally got around to this cache this afternoon. Such a quick and easy find for the end of the day. TFTC!
Looked at the wrong thing for a minute then paid attention to GPS and hint for a quick find. TFTC!
TFTC. Day 2 of the August Raid. Enjoy training here (don't tell my fellow 3rd graders as I will get fined). Nice area. Found with CougerZ.
Cheers,
AH
Cheers,
AH
Thwarted on my last few visits here by muggles and did not even attempt.
Today it was all clear and a quick find and sign.
TFTC
Ironbark.
Today it was all clear and a quick find and sign.
TFTC
Ironbark.
The pressure was on to do a cache today and keep my current streak alive so headed out in the rain with Ace7 and walked across a very damp park to GZ. Not many places it could be and then we checked the hint and yep that's where it was. Signed the log and returned it to its hide. thanks to Hoojar for this cache and the series.
Number 2 for the afternoon with planet161 and geokid bebe... We took the army men and left some swaps...tftc
2nd today with geokid n ozartist 
nice one hidden from muggles took purple army men n left lil treasures
nice one hidden from muggles took purple army men n left lil treasures An easy cache ~300m from home and it's taken me over 2 months to get around to doing it. Ahhh well, nice afternoon for a walk TFTC
TFTCDespite the fact that there were lots of muggles about, this spot is almost muggle proof. Thanks Hoojar.
Made our attack on some more of this series, I had no idea there were so many Wollongong suburbs. SL..TFTC
Simple find, but clever, who would think to look there for anything if a Muggle?
I play cricket here, when traveling to away games v Balgownie. Last knock was 36* (18) so happy days of recent.
Thanks for the hide!
I play cricket here, when traveling to away games v Balgownie. Last knock was 36* (18) so happy days of recent.
Thanks for the hide!
Well I should write a lot about this suburb- it is the place where I have probably spent the greatest part of my life- lived for almost 20 years I suspect.
I used to play soccer where the cache is located for many years and it was also one of those parks that you might have found me after school.
Not too much trouble with the cache- thanks!
I used to play soccer where the cache is located for many years and it was also one of those parks that you might have found me after school.
Not too much trouble with the cache- thanks!
Deja vu! Again containers and again somebody very closeby! This time the grass was being mown but I was able to sneak around and make a find from the otherside without being seen! Just a mather of only moving when the mower went the other direction!
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
Livin in in balgownie the highlights include the pub the bakery the village atmosphere at the view of the scarp and now a geocache rest In soccer heaven judy
Quick find with snorris. Wouldn't have been so quick if I hadn't updated my pocket queries to the GPS this morning! Thanks.
With such beautiful weather it was too nice to sit at home on Easter Saturday so we headed to grab a few new suburb caches.
I was going to have a crack at the FTF on Thursday and may well have beatin Blue Mars but thats another story.
Thanks
I was going to have a crack at the FTF on Thursday and may well have beatin Blue Mars but thats another story.
Thanks
Found this one tonight while looking up how many "Wollongong Suburbs" caches we hadnt found yet and got excited when there was no logs. So we went on a midnight caching mission to try to be the FTF but we were beaten to it by 6 hours! Oh well.
TFTC!
TFTC!
FTF streak now stands at 12 , and 32 in total!
Spotted that something wasn't quite right with the listing - and just knew that Hoojar would be driven crazy in frustration
With a note to give the corrected co-ords published just before I left work, I was confident that a virgin log was awaiting. Without GPS I almost made a hash of the find, but realised my mistake just before I gave up. Quite a lot of muggles a about - but I'm sure that none spotted my find.
Used to live about 50m from here - good times
TFTC TNLN blue_mars
, and 32 in total!Spotted that something wasn't quite right with the listing - and just knew that Hoojar would be driven crazy in frustration
With a note to give the corrected co-ords published just before I left work, I was confident that a virgin log was awaiting. Without GPS I almost made a hash of the find, but realised my mistake just before I gave up. Quite a lot of muggles a about - but I'm sure that none spotted my find.Used to live about 50m from here - good times
TFTC TNLN blue_mars
Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 23.136 E 150° 05.063
Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 23.136 E 150° 53.063
Distance from original: 240850.3 feet or 73411.2 meters.
where it really is.
S 34° 23.136 E 150° 05.063
Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 23.136 E 150° 53.063
Distance from original: 240850.3 feet or 73411.2 meters.
where it really is.
The correct co-ordinates for this cache are: S 34° 23.136 E 150° 53.063
Ooooooops!
As the change is so far, we will have to await The Frog coming back online to change the listing. But for now, anyone can use this note to find the correct location.
Sorry!
Ooooooops!
As the change is so far, we will have to await The Frog coming back online to change the listing. But for now, anyone can use this note to find the correct location.
Sorry!
I was wondering why this one had not been found... And now I know why (Thanks to Monty's note)! Some kind of HUGE transcribing error on my behalf! Sorry 
