The TARDIS Trail - No.2 Skaro Cawdor, Queensland, Australia
By 4tardis on 19-Apr-14. Waypoint GC530JJ

Done

Found it ! TFTC have driven past 100s of times finally gave it a go ?? container wet inside but logbook sealed and dry

Been to this one before but couldnt stop, finally back to get it.TFTC

Nope. Grass too dense. Asking to be danger noodled.

Found 15-2-24Out on an afternoon of Geocaching with Geowife & GeoBuddies HG & DG.Clever Hide.TFTCCheers Yankees02

Dnf for this one today. Bashed through thick/long grass to the GZ, but GPS always indicated 5 - 7 metres away. Checked the usual suspect spots but alas couldn't find it.

Tough walk in the long grass but found it

Didn’t find.

Oh a log that hasn't been sent yet so must tidy up my finds. Out with RoddyC and Hatsoff to find find a few caches. Didn't take too long to get this one in our hands. Log signed and cache replaced as found. TFTC

A lovely drive around the streets here on our return trip to Toowoomba. Some beautiful views on the way also.
We signed this with the team, Team Grav (E_Smiley, Chamad, Triple Turmoil, Simber15, willis007 and Nayfee).
Thanks tardis4
Domsky

The TARDIS Trail - No.2 Skaro
D 1.5 T 1.5 Small Traditional Cache

Signed Team Grav (Domsky, Chamad, Triple Turmoil, Simber15, willis007 and Nayfee).

Thanks for the cache and taking us here 4tardis. Enjoyed the adventure.

A plan was formed recently to camp at Oakey over the October long weekend (due to Ekka being postponed) and tackle the art and a number of fun puzzles in the vicinity. The call went out to a few others we enjoy travelling with and the solving began! Lots of back and forth between members and we finally had a full set a few days out from the trip.

The roads were wet and muddy but that isn't going to stop a group of dedicated geocachers on a mission! The rain held off which we were grateful for however chunks of mud were often shaken off shoes before returning to cars and moving on to the next one.

As is always the case when caching with others there were many laughs and a great time had by all. Always a great sense of achievement when you've been working through a project over a number of weeks.

Thankyou for placing and arranging this series for our enjoyment. The fields and flowers were in bloom. Birds a plenty enjoying the roadside water sources. The scenery was refreshing. Always enjoy a taste of the countryside. Logs signed as Team Grav (as in Gravel assault!)

Caching today with RoddyC and imbunda on our last day of the long weekend to pickup some more smiles.

Got side tracked to find this one. Another smile added.

TFTCache 4tardis

On my way home from the QOGM and continuing my outback adventures. Today it was leaving Goondiwindi heading up the Gore Highway to Toowoomba and then a slight detour to Highfields area before a straight drive home to Brisbane. I had a list of caches to collect and places to see, some oldies and some for a grid position.

Next on the list was this one and a nice drive around the streets here today. With a title like this one I was not sure what to expect or I would find, truly some nice views of the area. Thank you for the hide and bringing me along to this area, all good with this one. With the log signed and cache replaced as found I was off to grab another in the area.

A bit of long grass and prickles to get to, but easy find once at GZ. Tftc!

Bit of careful trekking through the long grass to the GZ but a quick find once there. Picked up the trackable and will find a new spot for it. TFTC

An early start for Brislions and I. A quick find and sign here and wee were on our way again. TFTC

After sleeping in the Ute last night. A early start to our caching day. We solve the letterbox last night Selva Girls pick me up at woollies we found 30 caches and 1 Adventure Lab. The break down was 23 traditional, 5 mystery, multi, letterbox and 5 waypoints for the Adventure lab. So the finds count was 35. All caches were found all good condition.
Then I drove back to Brisbane in the afternoon. And pickup one in Brisbane.
4tardis *TFTC* 4491 *Finds*

Left Brissie early to head up the range for the event at Highfields this arvo, stopping for a few target caches along the way.

#10095 @ 15:21
Thanks 4tardis for giving us a reason to visit.

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Container is a bit dirty but contents are good for this old cache.

Cacherpalooza

I AM GUR

This was number 5 for the day, somewhat crime of opportunity, 2 out of 3 kids where asleep after a geo lunch at cooby dam.
TFTC
#097

Phew! Thought I may have had to return on another day but happy to find just coming onto dusk! Log in good condition, no leakage or damage.

I reckon there should be a special Terrain rating for long grass. But scooted over to GZ and could see a tiny bit of blue poking out. Figured that was part of the tardis and, yup, there’s the cache

Easy find here and this cache is all good.

TFTC 4tardis

Couldn't find
14th April 2020

Battled the foliage to get to the GZ and made the find from a different angle. Tftc

100 Puzzles in a day - the final frontier. To boldly go where no Prime has gone before. With Fangsoki, 1MinnieMoo, Crew153 and myself we had reassembled the Starship Enterprise and were now into the afternoon session. A quick park and find for our group.

Thanks 4tardis for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #7410}*

11/1/20 Find #3258
A trip to Toowoomba with Fangsoki, PPrime and Crew153. The main target was the series of SSE puzzles, but once we had done those, we found we still had quite some time left over, so we added a few more to the afternoon agenda.
Fangsoki found and retrieved this one while we tried to navigate the troublesome vegetation here.
Thanks for the cache 4tardis.

Gentle cache owner, please forgive my generic log

Pprime, Crew 153, 1MinnieMoo and I undertook to get a large amount of caches in one day. We did this in the the Toowoomba region - starting with Brother Colin's SSE series. After returning to Brisbane, 1MinnieMoo and I continued to find caches until late.

We enjoyed all the caches and appreciate the effort of creating and maintaining the various finds we made. TFTC

Grass not the way to this one could do with a haircut. Found without too much trouble. Tftc

TFTC

The grass may be greener but it's longer too LOL
TFTC

Nice trees here!

8 months since it was found thought it may have been missing in action but it is still there and in good condition Tftc

My first find of this series - and without my GPSr, as I'd forgotten to charge the batteries, and the spares were sitting in the motel. The phone had to do there. Visting Toowoomba for the ascilite confernce. TFTC

The day after attending the Rural Safari in Crows Nest, decided to do some caches before heading home to Brisbane.

Moved here and moved there before retrieving the cache. TFTC

Returning from the Rural Challenge in Crows Nest this weekend and collecting a few caches around the Highfield area.
After trudging through the grass tufts it was a fairly quick find at GZ. TFTC.

Signed and replaced. Tftf

Nice little cache. Tftc

Had to bring a friend to Toowoomba for a 'day operation' and so I thought to myself -
'Stay in the hospital and wait [?] or go and find a few caches'

Glad I decided to do this one in winter and not summer when there could be a 'friend' hiding in this type of area.
But a nice easy find.

All Good .. TFTC ..

Quick find got signed and returned same place TFTC

**Smilie #5206**

We decided today would be a great day for another trip to Toowoomba & surrounding areas.
So many caches out here still need converting to smilies! LOL ...

Arrived at GZ, looked about & began to wonder why the compass wanted us over 'there' if this was only a 1.5/1.5 rated cache.
Deciding to trust the compass I climbed the 4 foot high dirt mound, waded through the almost waste high grass (listening for hissing or rustling sounds) & headed where the compass dictated.
Fortunately a quick find followed.
I'm still not convinced this is a 1.5 terrain cache but then that's not my decision!
All good with the cache.
Made our mark & replaced as found.

**TFTC 4tardis **

Geohubby on his own for this one. He came back with a few scratches & said he had farmers friends in places he's not had before. Glad I sat this one out, but he does like to do things the hard way sometimes. Tnsl tftc 4tardis xo

Another easy find, all good with this cache. Found and signed log, TFTC

Another cache run with Dutchie1950. Good weather and company. TFTC

LTF

We came up today for an event with the aim of grabbing a few caches. This was our first. Nice easy find.

Log signed & replaced again. Found at 10.15am on 15th October, 2016. TFTC

Out and about collecting some caches on our way out to Highfields. Thanks 4tardis

We did debate a little the idea of skipping this one, as it was not exactly on the way, however, in the end a complete set was the order of the day, or as complete as it can be with a couple already archived.

This one actually seems lucky to survive, recently having the side of the road fixed up a bit and the nearby telegraph pole looks like there was work done as well. Anyway a little look and the cache was soon being signed and replaced.

TFTC

The second Tardis one for the day but a bit out of the way. Still could not miss any that were here as some were already archived. This one did not find long to locate and we soon added our names to the log and put the cache back where we found it. TFTC 4tardis

We were in Toowoomba to tick off some caches and had done some here before ,great location TFTC

Found it. Took nothing left nothing

Back in Toowoomba visiting my awesome geo-partner KaleidoscopeCass.. but unfortunately she has to work. Fortunately that means that I am able to get out and explore. Sitting in the car nearby i checked the gps and this cache came up on the radar. After a quick search. Cache was in hand and log signed. Thanks for the cache!

**# 14095** Found on our 2016 winter escape trek.
Another warm sunny morning for another drive around a few of the Tardis trail.
A good find and not many muggles around today.
Thanks for the cache 4tardis,
***Roostaman***

Found with gsbeemergirl. Tftc

Great spot, found with Alloycam. Tftc!

A quick find after navigating the knee-high grass to GZ. Glad the roadworks aren't affecting it. TFTC, 4tardis. =^.^=

Definitely not a simple park and grab. Recommend long pants. Random bones are a bit creepy too. Anyways thanks for the cache!

It is really un-nerving walking through the long grass to the cache. It is foot stomping time to chase away the wriggly sticks. SL TFTC

I'm in Toowoomba for a few days of camping and caching by myself

Day 3, and Nurseyjulie has arrived from Brisbane [^] Time for a bit of a drive around the TARDIS Trail. We spied the cache as we walked towards GZ. Nurseyjulie ventured in for the grab. TFTC, 4tardis.

This was a short walk through the grass - there was little grass after a couple of metres. The cache was clearly visible under the bush here. TFTC 4tardis

It was getting dark so chose not to go into the long grass, a cache for another time

After a big morning out around town on the geocycle I had retired to the geomobile for a few finds this afternoon.

I was very happy to see the Doctor and his T.A.R.D.I.S. on my travels. I also saw a buggy being drawn by two beautiful horses.

Made it worth while indeed.

Australia Day Caching
Sent the tallest through the grass.... And even then it wasn't pleasant
But it was a nice find
The Wards

Didn't even get out of the car for this one... not a fan of traipsing through long grass, expecially with all the snake movement around Qld at the moment! Maybe another time!

After the last lot of long grass we decided to skip this one. Better to be safe then sorry. Hopefully it's mowed next time we get up here so we can complete the trail.

Really long grass that nobody wanted to walk through, so didn't even try. Will be back.

I have been wanting to do this trail ever since we started this crazy hobby a few months ago.

I need to make up some numbers in preparation for my next milestone. This morning's plan didn't work out so I find myself out this way. TFTC penguin2002.

Found Ok

We turned around here to retrace our steps (& have go at one we skipped on the way here). Despite another wade through long grass we found this one easily, plus we found a good spot to park the monster. So we were one happy Gallifreyan & one ecstatic human - what more need be said?

Found and logged thanks

#6595Found and Logged 8:12:00 AM
One of 2 caches on a day that started out as cold, damp and foggy,Finaly by lunch time the sun made an apperience and the cloud was gone
Thanks for the cache 4tardis

This is the first cache in the TARDIS trail that we followed today ( went slightly out of order). The grass on the roadside was rather long but after a short talk about whether there would be snakes or not - we went for it The cache was nicely hidden and in good order, Thanks for the cache!

Visiting from Newcastle, on the way to Brisbane after the Mega at Stanthorpe, TFTC 4tardis!!

Enjoying this part of the country and collecting caches along the way with tmann421. Thanks to all the COs for making this such a memorable trip.

TFTC

Another good find with Just-Lookin, while slowly heading to Brisbane (the long way) after the MEGA.

Quick find for us here today. SL TFTC

Finding a great combination of traditional and puzzle caches kept up well occupied in this attractive town. Nice one Thanks to 4tardis.

Finally I found a spot where I didn't have to deal with a lot of high grass. I started searching on one side of the tress but then I spotted a bit of colour on the other side and had to walk around the trees to get to it.

TFTC.

Found it

My new cohort declares a love of Dr Who, so with him acting as navigator this was our next stop... Tftc... Took tb... Left some American coin...

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there 4tardis. We found your cache "The TARDIS Trail - No.2 Skaro" at 10:35:00 AM today.
This was our 8th cache find in a caching run of 15 Finds & 1 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9519.)
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Today's cache run was to add to our current streak of "Most Consecutive Days" cached. With this cache the total now stands at 227 Days.

Another day traipsing around the countryside, dodging roadworks and listening to the GPS telling us to take roads that don't exist. Maybe it's time to update the maps in the trusty Garmin.

Please excuse our boilerplate logs. It's not really a good excuse, but it is often really difficult to craft individual logs when we attempt 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.
Dropped Trackable: "Indigenous Utopia"
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

I have not been caching in a serious sense since early May. Back in the saddle yesterday and it was after 1600 when I arrived in Toowoomba so drove home via a few on the New England Highway.

Back today and started with the Cooby Dam lot that are available. Now having completed those ten I will try and get as many of these as I can. I found #8 yesterday on my way home. Could not stop for numbers 4 and 7 due to the continuing roadworks. Arrived at GZ and had a quick find. TFTC 4tardis

Today we did a full day of caching in Toowoomba region. From the town region & out to Cooby Dam.
All the caches we found were in good condition & some wonderfull & scenic locations.
We enjoyed our run doing the the Tardis Trail. Saw the Tardis close to close to number 4.
We were not able to do Tardis 4 & 7 because of the road works.
Thanks for placing this cache 4tardis

TFTC the cache was found in the open we have rehidden it.

Whilst I've never watched Dr Who it wasn't going to stop me looking for these caches. This was the first one we came across after having found some nearby caches. Thanks 4tardis.

We were coming from the north so found this one first. A quick find once we braved the long grass. Cache was found safe and dry. TFTC, 4tardis.

All set for a super long week-end in Toowoomba from Friday until Tuesday.
I am in town to find all of the new caches in the area since I left town year ago.
I pulled off the road near GZ with plenty of room to park and soon found the cache stashed away.
Thanks for the cache.

tftc

Travelling in the dark now!! Got ya!

Search by torchlight with angloj and it was a quick find. TFTC

Decided the day had come to meet the Dr. So geodog "Coco" and I set off for lands to be discovered. Found a couple doing the caches on my road so "a Giddy" to them and then on my way. Had a lovely time. So where is the Dr? SL TNLN TFTC.

We stopped here to pick up this cache after a big day, Gunfire Breakfast followed by the Dawn Service and then off to the mid morning service in town. "Lest We Forget"

The cache Co-ords were pretty good and the container was all safe and dry.

Cheers

GC530JJ
220940KAPR14 (Google DTG for details)
5 Km from home.
With Mrs R-F away and me almost out of groceries it was off to town to some shopping and what better way to do that but cache my way into town.
This was another nice easy find on the way in.

The co-ords were good, the hide, the log and the container are all in good nick.
Thanks for the cache 4tardis.
Roaring Ford
Discovering Australia and the World, one hidden treasure at a time.


This entry was edited by Roaring Ford on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 at 05:10:24 UTC.

Ftf at 1020hrs. Tftc

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