Macarthur Panther #1 Gilead, New South Wales, Australia
By Noodles22 on 11-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4FV1R

FTFNL!!I was pipped at the post for an FTF this morning so this is my consolation prize first to put my name in this shiny new log. Coming from the south decided to use the generous dead-end that the Steam & Machinery Museum uses, and walk up. Cache in expected location, tho even knowing this, calling it a park n grab is a bit of a reach!!!This is the first in this series Ive netted. Hope to put the whole lot away eventually before years end. (not one for setting high bars!)Thanks Noodles22 for the cache and new, dry, clean, ample log.

Wow, two full log books!I removed the full books and put in a new one.

I stopped for this cache on the way back from Menangle and parked near the Steam and Machinery Museum.There was a large sign "THIS MUSEUM IS NOT FOR SALE". Good on them!As I walked along the road I didn't see any panthers but I did see lots of road works. I also spotted some very old and cute cottages up on the nearby hill. The cache was a quick and easy find. The logbook appears to be the original one and technically is full but there is plenty of room if you share a page with a past finder.TFTC # 5794

Found tyftc

Found It!Didn't find any panthers but I did find the cache! Then a fire truck went roaring past with sirens blaring.TFTC

This was the last in this series before solving the puzzle cache. It was also the easiest to find. TFTC.

Starting off an evening of caching, I came down to check out the first location where the Macarthur Panther was spotted. No sign of it here tonight, but I did have to clear tons of spider webs in order to access the cache - so arachnophobes beware!

Thanks for the cache!

Pretty quick, did it with a friend

Out on a Lake Illawarra SES clean up mission today. Found on my return journey, mainly to avoid the boring Hume Highway run. Made a quick find here to complete the series.
SL TFTC

took a quick cache check today.
Very much still there, but weekdays you may have road workers parked right next to gz due to the recent developments nearby. Might be easier after hours or weekends.

Appears to be gone, no longer there

Quick and easy. TFTC

Lol

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Almost a PAG from the car. Another Panther found. TFTC

QAEPAG. OCW Brewmaker and Martin Cousins. TFTC Noodles32

A common hide nowadays, parked 4m from container

A very quick find. As I was walking to the cache someone stopped to ask if I was ok. Ahhhhh I hate it when that happens but at least people are looking out for others. I’ve never seen a black panther in the wild in Australia be it MacArthur or Lithgow Panthers but I have heard about them. TFTC

Nice park and grab. TFTC.

Fun and easy

Found it

TFTC

Great cache, quick one to find

Easy find for Geokid 2. Forgot our swag tin. TFTC.

Found and another smiley ??? ??? too. Thanks for the placement of ***Macarthur Panther #1***, *Noodles22*. Finally I've now got it officially logged.
DustyJaperJet

I found this cache as a joint part of “Team” Throsbyonchurch and in which name the log book was signed. I now have my own account as I’m old enough to cache myself, so I am claiming a fair share of my earlier finds. As I had no caching name at the time there's no log in the book for me but I’m claiming the find under team ToC. Thank you for the hide.

Quick find. This seems to be a common hiding spot but no complaints here

Found with MizCupcake on 30/6/2020 just late posting as iv3 had to upgrade to premium. TFTC! We're going on a panther hunt!

Had this one in my sights for a while. Now that the rest of the Geo gang have been on it, thought that I would get on the action. TFTC

Been meaning to tick this fella off for ages. I drive right past this and the three others I did this morning on a regular basis and always saying to myself, next time. But this morning I decided I’d attack these 4 right after my morning run.

Parked up pretty much right next to the GZ. It seems that the local council gods were looking after me and had obviously mowed etc and made things so much easier. Being early on a Sunday morning and no markets, the road was pretty quiet. Was pretty sure I knew where it would be, but almost made it a very difficult retrieval! So I now have my first panther.

Found with Littl3Vix. I knew exactly where it was before I even parked Tftc!

Easy one. TFTC.

Geohumans found the cache while Geodog was on panther duty. No panthers found today but we did find the cache

Quick find thanks

Quick find with Deep_99 while getting some essential exercise. SL #4479 on streak day #2864 TFTC

Quick find with Ris768 thanks Noodles22 for placing this cache Log 2346 SD 1224

Quick find TFTC

Easy find

found it

Somewhat tricky find for a beginner. Quite close to the road.

Someone thought we had broken down when we were Looking for this one

A quick find on a visit to the area thanks for the cache tnln replaced as found sl

Quick find. No black cat today. TFTC

DNF

On our way home from a shopping adventure and thought we’d pick up a cache or 2 along the way.

Nice quick park and grab. Found with Gundrills. TFTC

Quick park and grab

Me and fishgibbon got a score down by the motorside

Came to the area for a morning event and to explore an area with a few clues needed for the current game. Quick find in the expected spot. All in order here. Thanks Noodles22.

Nice day for a bit of caching... the mystery is still afoot. I've got all the clues and just now collecting to unlock the vault.

Quick find and clue noted. Thanks

A quick easy find

Found with Firesafe and Moneydork on the last day of the OZ Geomuster 2019 Mega Event. A great weekend with many caches found. My apoligies for the generic log.

Thanks for placing and maintaining the cache.

TFTC
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

On the way back down to the Mega stopped for this one. Early in the morning in the mist made it harder to spot what I was doing. I soon found the container

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Noodles22

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Last day of the Oz Geomuster and grabbing caches north of the event site. TFTC

found - way too close to road.
do not recommend for geokids.

Nice and cold out tonight. Trying to piece the mystery together, good find

Quick park and grab
Thanks for the cache

Quick park and grab.
TFTC

Too close to oncoming traffic

Good hide! Thanks

Found it

Thanks!

A very easy find, on a day caching while in Sydney from Brisbane. TFTC Noodles22

Nice park and grab. TFTC

Tftc

Found!

TFTC

Found TFTG

Tftc
Too close to the road

Found it. Tftc

Clever hide! Our 7 year old loved it!

Nice and casually hidden

#8 - A nice easy find this afternoon.
Traffic can come flying past so make sure to stay guarded
Not as close to the road/dangerous as people seem to make it out to be. Just time your search well and its perfectly safe.

It’s to close to the road.

Beware of oncoming cars. TFTC

Good adventure with my sister. Was a nice and easy find

Easy Find. TFTC

Quick easy find on the way to cricket team BBQ for son

Picked up this one on the way home from a morning kayaking on the Nepean. TFTC

Quick find while in the area. Tftc

I came here a long time ago and remember being frustrated by not finding it. A look through the logs suggested it was not too hard and sure enough I spotted where it was straight away. Guess the several hundred I have found in the meantime helps.

Thanks for another find Noodles 22

Found it

Quick find

Yay! Nice and easy find!

Ftf

I found with some fellow geo cacher members help

Quick find

Quick find thanks

Forgot to note I took travel bug gsd0d6

Quick park and grab

Park and grab tftc

On my way to the Blue Mountains to visit family for the weekend,my plan was to grab the 30km radius challenge cache on my way,the bridge was out so I needed to drive the long way around which meant finding more caches like this one.
Thanks noodles22 for the cache

Found this s night used the torch a 'lost something' approach thanks to this I found what looks like a dead baby brown snake nearby almost trod on it (nice little adrenaline rush) didn't play with it as it can still cause damage even if dead back to hunting a found it nice and easy typical roadside hide tftc

Sooo..car bridge is not foot bridge..also inconspicuous body dump

Tftc

Quite a easy find.

Was saving this one up for a rainy day,and no one on my tail out of ctown.oh it is a rainy day,#454 as I near my 12 months geocaching anniversary in 2 days,tftc

Out along this road enjoying the scenery , and finding the cache. TFTC Noodles22

Having a great day caching in this area, This was a nice easy find for us today. TFTC

Quick find as the senior geo-gangsta and I decide to go for a drive to grab a couple of caches. Dropped off a TB and picked up a couple more. TFTC!