Favourites Series #1 - Favourite inspirations Wallaroo, New South Wales, Australia
By ExplorerClarke on 01-Apr-13. Waypoint GC48V1Y

The cache has been around for 6 years and due to the damage of the box. It's time to archive this. Thank you all!

The box is damaged and it's has been on its way to retirement. Time to say good night!

A quick park and grab after we hopped the fence. The container is VERY damaged and needs some love. TNLN TFTC

Found at 11:23:00 AM

An oddly attributed cache
Has put a smile on my face
For the seven and half
Of the stars graph
Has helped for challengeing cache

Thanks InnocentApple

After a great visit to Shellharbour parkrun volunteering to as marshal I left home rather late with a full packed car for a long weekend of caching. Took matrass, boat and walking/climbing gear so prepared for most situations. Slowly made my way through the highlands to pick up pieces here and there and then a quick run towards Canberra. Most of today's planning however was just outside the ACT but close to the border . Picked up the trails around Murumbateman and then towards Hall. Got pretty warm along the day, I think I saw 38 at some point. Luckily no long walks and all caches found quick, thanks for putting them out there!
TFTC Wilbert67

Good fun finding it was a blast

Found with great difficulty and pjbright and try AKA geo dad and geo brother TFTC

Came back with the boys today before it got too hot planning to avenge my DNF from way back. I’ve had this on my watch list and tracked the finds since then so expected the cache was located back at the given GZ. Today we got through the fence and sure enough there it was exactly where it wasn’t last time. Found with Treetoplis and LenLightning. Tftc.

Came down to Canberra for a handful of caches. I had a great day outdoors, working towards various statistic-based goals. Thank to all the Cache Owners for their contributions to the game.

A quick find after searching one of three likely spots. TFTC

Found it. Getting pretty old might need a refresh?

A fast find with nearby parking. As others have noted, the lid is broken and the cache needs a maintenance visit. TFTH

A quick find and sign log is dry but the container is without a lid Will be back next week and might bring new container if I can find one Cheers

Always nice to change a miserable face to a smiley - found this on second visit but container in a parlous condition.

So pleased to change my sad face to a smiley, and to delete from my watch list, took us a little while to find our way through the fence, then easy find, cache container very damaged, some maintenance needed, tftc.

#3410
Parked at the rest area waiting to meet up with friends. So checked to see if there were any caches nearby, as you do. Easy find of the damaged container
TFTC ExplorerClarke

This is a good one I don’t know how your ment to get in without jumping the fence
TFTC

Quick find, definitely needs maintenance. Lid is all perished.

Heading back home after 2 weeks of holidaying in NSW we fleetingly visited Canberra to grab a couple of quick finds and sign a challenge cache to enable us to get 3 states in a day.
A quick jump over the fence for the fit Triton and our team name was added to the logbook.
Thanks ExplorerClarke for the placement.

It is always good to be able to find a large size cache and this one was an easy find. Log was signed, all was replaced as found. Thanks to ExplorerClarke for placing this cache.

After a recent string of founds, it was about time I returned to this one. Having been here once before, it was a simple matter to cross the fence and make my way back to GZ. Found it straight away. It was in the spot I had searched last time and with its size, it was most definitely not here. Sadly, the lid is cracked and the contents were scattered about. The log however was still okay so I added my name and reassembled the cache and its contents as best I could. It is under cover so it ought to remain fine but it is in poor shape. It could do with replacement. This was daily cache #352. TFTC

My inspirational quote:

> "No matter where you go, there you are", Buckaroo Banzai

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found on Yass Road Trip.

Cache needs maintenance, lid destroyed and contents scattered. Tftc

We very much liked the look of the D/T rating for this cache and so having just left the Australian Capital Territory we stopped off to search for it. We made our way towards Ground Zero where once the cache was located we signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

Decided to do the centenary trail today, only able to convince Caro into joining.(logged as ABC) Trying to raise my d:t average for a challenge back home. Thanks for the cache

*19 Apr 2019, Found @ 2:44 pm, Find # 9126.*

Found easy enough but the container is a bit secondhand.
Day one of Clearwaters Mega.
Off on a road trip, on my way to Queanbeyan to join in the fun of a Mega event.
I had to make a stop here and there to find the odd cache or two on the way and I happened to stop at this one for a look and a find, now it’s time to hit the road again.

**Thanks to ExplorerClarke for placing this cache.**

Date: 18 April 2019 Time: 10:20
Find #10082

On the way to the clearwaters event in Queanbeyan with sedgwickDave and made a quick stop along the way for a few select caches, this was one of them..

Many thanks to ExplorerClarke for the cache. TNLN.

Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2019?*
[**THE**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7DN55)
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[**EVENT 2019**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7DN55)
*16th / 17th November 2019 – GC7DN55 – St Arnaud – Victoria*

Found @10:18 #6971
A quick find thanks to previous finder. Cache does need some attention. On the way to the Mega this Easter long weekend.
TFTC ExplorerClarke

Heading to Canberra... nearly there but first I must pull over, and dash across the road, over the fence and yonder to find this cache! All do e and replaced as found and soon I was back on my way again. Thanks for the cache, ExplorerClarke!

Dez (JezNDez), seffnjeff and yours truly the arthritic, ancient, apprentice, fresh from the fields of France, headed off on Friday from Brisbane, making our, far from direct way south, towards the Mega event in Queanbeyan.

Having found a gap in the traffic, made the crossing safely only to be faced with a fence which slowed me up considerably. By the time I arrive at GZ, the deed was done-

TFTC

Roadtripping from Brisbane to Canberra for the Mega with Seff (seffnjarah) and Lennondayz29. We started out of Brisbane on Friday afternoon, had our first overnight stop in Moree, spent Saturday caching our way to Dubbo, and Sunday working our way through more of the epic Seff-list all the way to Wagga. On the final stretch into Canberra now, and attracted by the very generous DT here, we quickly made it across the road and fence. In spite of the D rating we made a speedy find. TFTC.

Dez (JezNDez), Lennondayz29 and I headed off on Friday from Brisbane, making our leisurely way south towards the Mega event in Queanbeyan. Our overnight stop last night was Wagga Wagga and, with an early start, continued our journey towards Canberra where we are scheduled for a few days of caching before the start of the event. Today was another cracking autumn day with sun shining and barely a cloud in the sky.

Inspired by the good D/T and sizeable cache container, this made the cut for out to-do list on the run into the nation's capital. Finding a suitable parking spot on the opposite side of the road, we managed a safe crossing in a gap between traffic and may our way towards GZ. THe fence crossing proved a slight obstacle which was quickly overcome and it wasn't long before we commenced our search for the conatiner. Despite the difficulty rating we quickly located the container. All safe and well here. TFTC

Day 3 of my trip to the Clear Waters Mega. Dubbo to Queanbeyan, in a round-about way, covering more local government areas. Spotted this with an interesting D/T, so went for a look. TFTC!

Day 10: Clear Waters Mega Trip

A morning headache put paid to my days plans and I spent a far amount of time sitting in the peace and quiet of my car. Did and earthcache or two and several beginnings of multis where I do could be gleaned from the comfort of my car or a extremely short walk. As the afternoon wore on the headache wore off. Met up with Ardom who arrived down and we picked up a couple of good park and grab’ish DT fillers before hitting up tonight’s event.

Thanks ExplorerClarke for being part of my Clear Waters adventure.

This has been on my list for awhile and pleased to finally get out here. Fence was tricky but necessary and ripped pants was the result. Oh well they were old anyway. Log in good condition but the container is quite damaged. TFTC

"Life is what you make of it" was going to be my little snippet of inspiration for the book. However, it turned out there was no book and the cache was a good 30 or so metres from the coordinates. The cache has been returned to a location that aligns with the clue and the coordinates. The container is quite fragile due to sun damage and I suspect the lid is no longer watertight. TFTC

An opportune find while 12fieldtrip & I were in the area & spotted the D/T for this one. We looked around GZ, then read the logs & expanded our search radius. After a while I heard the triumphant "found it!". The cache was 30m from GZ & in a location not at all suited to the D/T rating or even the hint. So the log was signed, TB was grabbed, and cache moved back to where it ought to be. TFTC!

Tried hard to find it. Hard to get in and out foe one thing. Reading that it was quite a ways off i did ever bigger radius walks about thoses 30m out looking in all the places that looked likely given the hint. But nothing. Full of those gras seeds took me ages to get them out of the socks. Should have had gaters on.

11/12/2018 8:05:00 PM
I got to GZ and checked all the obvious locations without any luck,then I spotted something off in the distance and yay it held the cache Signed just as it began to rain lightly. The lid has some UV damage and the corner broke off while opening it by is still watertight but needs to be replaced soon.
Left a TB
Thanks

Given the number of DNFs, I thought I'd log a needs maintenance because it seems like the cache might be missing.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Would the CO kindly check this one. Thanks

No luck with this one.

We eventually found a way over the fence and were greeted by sheep - which makes a change from
Roos. I'm not sure if this is private land so we hastened to GZ found a few likely spots with prickly bushes but no cache at all. The series of DNFs is not encouraging.

I pulled up in the rest area and found a way over the fence. I was off to a bad start though as I was swooped by a magpie and then I almost twisted my ankle half falling in a hole. I found what seemed to be gz. I found the thorns but thankfully only got pricked once. I did the best search of the area that I could but I was unable to find any cache, large, small or otherwise.

We looked in various stumps, fought the blackberries, but no luck with this one, and we had some nice swaps to add, next time.

Oh dear - first of the day with TravelGran and a DNF! Not a good omen. Never mind, will place on watch list.

Co needs to check the cache I can not find it please come check it out I don't think it Is here tell us if it is


P.S
CO IT IS NOT HERE

Need a hint




Booooooooooooooooooooooo
Pooooooooooooooooooooooo

Do not take any notice of the pooooooo part this was a DNF

Today ended up being such a varied day, with an event, a mob find, multi, then a bunch of highway park and grabs, culminating in a puzzle at the end.

Funny thing was that only the event was planned, but I did about 20 today as i was 'passing'.

This was eighteenth for the day. Hardest thing about this was getting over the fence... did some heroics on the way in but was smarter on the way out.

Heading to Canberra for other reasons and had spotted near to see a cache close so went for it. Had to dodge the blackberries and a large find made after some looking.

Found with nissan 65 on a few days away caching. Log signed and returned to its hiding place. Thankyou for the cache .

Found with cullum68 thanks for the cache

Found while visiting Canberra on holidays from Brisbane. We had to be careful not to get spiked while extracting this one.
TFTC

While checking what I needed to fill my 4 x 4 terrain/difficult, I saw this 1 close by, so off this morning we went to find this one. One obstacle how to get there, but we worked it out, quick find. Thanks to InnocentApple.

Tftc,
We visited this cache so that Nana nel got the D/T rating she needed for a challenge.
Visited trackables.

We were hightailing it back home to Queensland after attending the Alexandra Event in Victoria, trying to keep one step ahead from a severe rain event We did pretty well, only experiencing one day of really heavy rain and not getting caught in any flooding [^]

We had no difficulty in locating the cache and with our name added to the log book, we returned to the car and continued on our way home.

Thank you InnocentApple for having created the cache for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy

Found the container out in the open with nothing inside. I've supplied a new log sheet bag and lots of goodies for the kids.

Found with Lpud. Too windy for walking or riding today, so we mapped out a road trip. Unfortunately the second cache we've done today that's been sabotaged. TFTC

Found with O319 TFTC!
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!

Another one ticked off the list.

No trouble with this one, quickly spotted once at GZ. TFTC.

Done.

This was a super fast find for a great D/T. Wish we had more time to spend exploring the ACT but we will certainly be back. Thanks for the cache and bringing us here.

Needed to grab a couple of caches to mark my trip home. This had a great D/T and was a nice quick grab after a very short stroll. Thank you for the cache placement.

Ok guess this is the last one in nsw before I cross the border. But was after large ones so had to slop. . Tftc

Found on a trip to Yass. Jumping the fence was tricky. TFTC.

Nice! Love the inspirational quotes

Eventually found a suitable place to jump the fence and then made my way to GZ for a quick find. TFTC ExplorerClarke

Paid a visit to this cache on 6 May, all looks fine. Cache on, geocachers!

Good find while driving / walking around the area.
Good place to stop and the fence was soon climbed.
Thanks for the fun. SL

On our way home from Canberra to Albury. This was our first stop for the day. Tftc

Off to Canberra from Bendigo to celebrate Grandma's 80th birthday. Not a lot of time for caching but we were keen to pick up a few on our way home today.

A nice sized cache that goes to show that most cachers are not guaranteed to be artistically inclined.
There are lots of great caches in the area so thank you InnocentApple

Hardest part of this cache was scaling the fence, but it's built well and takes a lot of weight if you go over one of the posts. GZ looked a bit evil, though gloves weren't necessary so much as a big stick to ensure there weren't any slithery guardians.

My quote was a humorous take on my personal belief that you just have to be a good person, you should get the reference if you're a 80's child.

TFTC InnocentApple

Easy park, just made our shorts legs reach over the barbed wire fence, strolled into the bush, found GZ, then had to think of something inspiring. Hmmmm, well you'll just have to go look for yourself, that is part of the journey isn't it?! ; ) Tftc!!!

Perhaps the fence was our biggest difficulty here being, well short! A bit dicey but made it over. Not the most inspirational quotes I could think to leave of but definitely enjoyed reading the ones of others. A bit of fun, thanks for the cache.

Ok ... I was out caching last night, and found a cache after Midnight ... so that can count as today's find? .... well, I guess it could, except I just logged it with yesterday's date ... I could change that - but using that as today's find just feels too much like cheating to me ... so - I came out here and grabbed one (am running out of anything to find closer to home ... just a few impossible puzzles - lol)
This one looked like a good "almost drive-by" ... also might be a good one to come back and visit in blackberry season - lol - if those things grow much more then that difficulty rating will definitely be correct
TFTC - was fun reading all the inspirations ... I added a short poem that I wrote quite a few years ago .

#2005 I was out here with the Green-Martian. We made the quick find faster than we expected, as the difficluty rating might be a little too high. When IamCoust arrived we headed to Yass for the day. TFTC InnocentApple.

While waiting for I am coust to turn up for a day of caching in yass, me and TheSkype found this one. The rating made us think this was going to be way harder than it ended up being. Tftc.

Since we only saw this cache 2 kms up the road we didn't get much time to come up with a favourite inspiration ....... consequently we can only say it's downright weird how the mind thinks when it's pushed for a meaningful inspiration! We loved the idea of this cache. Thanks for something different InnocentApple.

Found together with Schlauchen during our 3 weeks vacation in Australia.

Log to follow in November when we're back home.

TFTC and greetings from Italy.

#3663 14:50
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Logged with my Samsung Galaxy S5 using c:geo

Found it together with ravestorm on vacation in Australia!

Log to follow (probably only in November when we're back home)

Tftc
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Logged on my Huawei Ascend Mate 7 phone using c:geo
18. Oktober 2016 14:51

#6579 @1810
Off to do some sjhopping so did a long detour to grab this one despite the rain.Quickly found. TFTC.

A cold and windy day of geocaching. Managed 26 today before having to dash home for a school pickup. TNLNSL TFTC

Well my 17 year old geokid found it. I sent him over the fence. TFTC

We definitely wanted to find this cache as it fills in a blank space on our D/T chart as well as promising to be an interesting one. Being a large cache it was quite easy to find and reading some of the logs was a lot of fun. The log was signed with an added comment and then all was put back in the container which was hidden again. Thank you InnocentApple for placing this cache which was a lot of find to find.

My first large and so excited about it

Found it. Travelling to Melbourne TB in hand.

Finished in Canberra for the weekend and decided to go back to Sydney via Yass to complete what is outstanding there, may as well pick up a few on the way, found with Snickersallan

What a lovely idea this was, found with Bluewattle and we left our inspirations in the log whilst fending off the prickly bushes. Thanks InnocentApple, a favourite point from me and TFTC.

A big day exploring Canberra has nearly come to a close. Maybe one or 2 more on the way back to my motel.

This one was certainly prickly and I have the scars to prove it.
Dropped off a couple of TB's

Thanks

TFTC and also the great quotes by everyone!

I love a big cache, no TBs or Geocoins in it but there were some swaps. Cache was out in the open and easy to find.

A little bush walking and cache in hand TFTC

Found on the way to Canberra with CAD - enjoyed the little bush walk into this one once we had manoeuvred the fence! Gratitude makes what you have - ENOUGH!
T4TC:)

My family is my inspiration. Tftc here.

God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit is my inspiration! Quick and easy find! Tftc

It's raining, the grass is wet, why am I here trudging along behind Novice1 with 131? We're caching and out for the day, this being our first find.

First find on a trip to Yass. Thanks