Powerwalk Columboola, Queensland, Australia
By chook1968 on 13-Jul-14. Waypoint GC58RGV

Esther n Veronica

Found it on the way home from Miles

Grass is super long atm and tried for a while.

33,575. Found during our Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure - a 33 day epic tour of Northern NSW and Outback Queensland finding many caches, attending great events and catching up with awesome Cachers along the way.Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure Day 29. Today we packed up, did our best to clean out Roma (I had plenty to find as when I came through here last year I only stopped for lunch and 1 cache), then continued East to Chinchilla. We still had 5 days and lots of caches to go on this trip. This was the next one on the list. Quickly found once at GZ. Signed as F65 and A33 as required. Replaced the cache as found, then we continued on our journey.Thanks to all the COs who put out these caches !!

QOGM 2023 Longreach Day 29. Traveling from Roma to Chinchilla via Miles. Fitzy_1965 and Albida33 are on our trip in early spring to Longreach. The journey home is well under way and today was a morning caching around Roma before heading east to get to Chinchilla and find an area of caches we have not been to recently. There were several caches along the way and even one old one that was an interesting walk in the searing sun. We had a quiet afternoon in town recharging for the last few days to get home.Thanks for the cache chook196844567.12 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2011 Compass Rose Midnight Sun A#210**Albida**

Thanks for such an adventurous find

Found it. First day of our School holiday hunt trtc

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

We are now heading north to avoid the coldest of the winter weather in Victoria. Today we headed off from Chinchilla and onto Miles, where we will stay for the night. A great opportunity to grab some around the area. Different and challenging hides.

Stopped off here and picked my way to GZ, only to find a much easier way out. Made a quick find but the lid is cracked.

Thanks chook1968 for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy finding it.

Found a parking spot and then followed the "signs". TFTC.

Found the cache, however the container lid is broken needs attention.

Deep in the bush and hard to get to but good spot and difficult find

Rlly good spot! Wouldn’t recommend doing it in thongs tho!

This extended/long weekend across Anzac Day, it was an outback adventure to Charleville and Carnarvon Gorge. Departing Thursday afternoon, I stopped in Roma before continuing west through Mitchell and Morven and completing various puzzles and power trails. I then caught up with a small group to hike Carnarvon Gorge on Sunday and Monday, and then after having a final night in Roma, returned on Monday.

Today, it was time to head home from my weekend away from Roma to home. It was an opportunity to find a few remaining geocaches along the highway, and after visiting a few Chinchilla geocaches including the memorable cactoblastis monument [Mr Cole Snr, The Shanti & Prickly Pear](https://coord.info/GC8EW84), I opted to detour through Cecil Plains after going through Dalby, and then returned east via Toowoomba. Who would have thought that regular geocache stopping would add so much time to the normal 5.5 hr drive? With deteriorating weather in the late afternoon, it was time to then make the beeline home whilst getting a sneaky rain car wash along the way.

Rather than parking just off the highway, I approached this geocache from behind, and hence the geocache's name became quite apparent. It was fairly overgrown as I walked towards GZ, and after a few minutes of searching around, I spotted the relevant hinted item. Unfortunately, the container lid is cracked, and the logbook appears to be water damaged, although it was dry today. A CO maintenance visit may be required here soon; Thanks chook1968 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

After Karicka’s Moveable Feast Event in Roma this morning, the group has gone in different directions and I’m now in the back seat of Karicka’s very angry ute with him and Davinells up front…

After stomping through the long grass it didn’t take long to narrow down the hiding spot of the container… this container has seen better days…

Thanks chook1968

Travelling home from.sn adventure in Carnarvon Gorge in the hood company of Davinells and Peppa
Thank you chook1968 for hiding this geocache.

Just for laughs...
What's the danger of power walking faster than everyone else? You might start power tripping!
TFTC

Quick find while out for a day’s exploring and caching around Miles. Camped at the free camp at Caliguel Lagoon south of Condamine. TFTC

Found it

This one is totally under water can't get to it,️️

Got it, needs attention

Broken lid

Found at 11:10 AM GAFF1
Now there was a random location for a cache!
Thanks chook1968.

Cache lid is broken and will let in water. We tried to turn it in such a way so it wouldn't let in too much water, but the next cacher may not be that careful

On the road home now and as it is just triple turmoil and myself driving back we really do not have a lot of caches to grab. From Charleville to Roma now I have no caches to grab which is awesome for now.
A search on the map and I found this one sitting there to be had. A drive up and an easy find, signed the log and replaced as found to continue on. Thanks for the cache and the hide.

We had some fun with this one and we found it a little damp inside.

On the way back to Brisbane from Charleville. This is a cache that I was unable to find 2 years ago when I was driving back from Emerald. Today i had Chamad with me and he also had a dnf on this. Today we were able to rectify this.

Cache container lid is cracked and log book was very wet. We were able to get our names in the log though.

Found whilst on a very non direct route to QOGM - Charleville 2022. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC chook1968
Find #11199

Spending a day or two caching around Miles.

Container really needs replacing if the next cachers can help out with maintenance?

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC chook1968

Find # 8832

Heading to QOGM 2022 Charleville

On the road again, heading to Charleville for Qogm.  Did your Powerwalk today.  13 September 2022 1:52 pm Tyfc  chook1968  total caches now  5237  .

Log book very wet. On the road again, heading to Charleville for Qogm.  Did your Powerwalk today.  13 September 2022 1:52 pm Tyfc  chook1968  total caches now  5237  .

On a leisurely caching trip out to QOGM 2022 at Charleville.
Cache found reasonably quickly, in the expected area.
But the area has been flooded, and the log and cache are soaked.
TNLNSL TFTC

Def power walked thru mud and long grass to get to this cache Just logging a few on this side of the highway on way back to base.

TFTC chook

Great hide.
Thanks

Tftc chook1968
We are heading to Cunnamulla from Maryborough.
Short hop today Chinchilla to Roma .
Nice to have some caches to look for along our route to break up our journey.

Heading towards Charleville today to prepare for QOGM in September/October. We don't have many caches to pick up on this route but have enough to keep us from getting bored.

Don't know about power walk but it was a heavy walk through the grasses. We chose to return via the roadway.

Log book is very wet.

Travelling & Caching with RoddyC grannysmith1947.


TFTCache chook1968

family road trip home from townsville mega

road trip day 14 ... last day of our trip ... roma to home

in one side and out the other

took smile badge
left green ribbon

Hmm, which way in.

Clambered through the long grass and eventually made our way to GZ.

Cache located and log signed.

Road trip home after MEGA.
Found with team B

Tried to come in from the back for this one but had no luck and something big moved through the long grass..... so I had one more go and came around from the highway. Better access and angle this way and soon spotted it. Signed log and replaced as found. Tftc chook1968

It baffles me sometimes. Why are we doing this???? Anyway, geohubby got it and is happy. TFTC

Gotcha

Found on our way home from an awesome 2 wks in the outback with over 100 caches found this trip. Found with NutCacheBNE

After a fantastic time attending QOGM21 in Cunnamulla we stayed the night in Roma as we ran into pouring rain. Today we headed off in 2 car group and picked up a few caches between Roma and Chinchilla as we wanted to be back home before dark.
Cache located, log signed and all replaced as found. TFTC

Homeward bound after attending the awesome QOGM2021 and we are caching on our way to Brisbane from an overnight stay in Roma. Travelling with TMZ59 and Imbunda.

We ended up turning onto the track along the power lines then realised we were moving away from it. Had to walk through the long grass to get to this one. Took a bit to locate but if we had parked on the main road, it would have been easier. SL then returned as found.

TFTC chook1968

On the way home from QOGM 2021. Thought we'd get a few caches on the way home. TFTC.

TFTC. On the way home after QOGM21. We have done many of the caches along the highway but a few trads have been published since our lady trip. Stopped along the way to beak the journey to our overnight in Chinchilla.

Parked on the side road and made a quick find once at GZ. Thanks for the cache

Enjoy with DeafPhantom and DeafCat TFTC

Found it
I laughed Deafcat fell over bahaaa
With DutchAus

Great with DeafPhantom DutchAus

Found it TFTC

Might have been easier to access from the highway rather than the power trail, but we got it in the end! TFTC

Today was day 8 of 9 long days of travelling and caching for us. Long, but fun. This was the Roma to Chinchilla leg of our trip. After the corolla did too much 4wd still no tree stump in sight.

Submitted via Garmin Live Geocaching

Cache in great condition. Thanks for a nice rest stop

Grey nomads, after spending way too much time in Far North Queensland, now camped in Miles for two nights, means one day at least (one afternoon) caching. The caches in Miles were a bit elusive - we could not find the start of the track, so instead, we drove out of town towards Chinchilla and found six caches instead.

After a treck thru the long grass, beating off snakes, spiders, wild animals and coping with GPS jump, I finally found the elusive systema container.

I had left Mr D in the 4wd on the phone, and on my return, guess what, he was still on the phone!

Thanks chook1968 for the adventure

Found

Heading from Miles to Chinchilla this cache was on the way. Fortunately there was a side road for parking. The cache was found after a short tramp through long wavy grass.

Found it! Very long grass. Be careful

Look out for snakes in the long grass.
Easy find.
Rachel and Alfie

On my usual drive between sites, I drive past these all the time but usually in to much of a hurry to stop but today was the day. TFTC

Hi there chook1968.

We found your cache **"Powerwalk"** today.

We came to Miles as a stopping point on our way to Blackall, but as there are so many caches we've decided to stay for a few more days. Today we back tracked to pick up the caches between Chinchilla & Miles. We found 11 caches & DNF'd 0.

Thanks for placing the cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache almost exactly where our GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container & log are in good condition

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

The grass was taller than me (though I’m only short). So I’m leaving it for another day

My youngest and I were travelling from Miles to Chinchilla this morning and so of course we stopped to collect a smilie here on the way. A quick find thanks to the hint and we were on our way again. Tftc chook1968

Parked the car & caravan then walked in and quickly located the container. Stamped log and replaced. Thanks to chook 1968.

TFTC,
Quick find here.

Yep ta.

I parked the geomobile on the side road,
and began a me short powerwalk to GZ
I'd only gone 10 metres when I noticed a car headed my way along the track.

Wuudin' yer know it !!
Power line inspectors !! [:o]
A wave and he was on his way again looking up at the wires.

A few minutes later and the side track was clear.
I hurried over for a quick cache find

TFTC.

Stopped off here on our way to Townsville for a week. Parked up just off the highway and made my way through the long grass to GZ for a quick find. All good with the cache. TFTC chook1968

Great spot for a stop and too listen to the birds

Left a monkey.

Found it no signatures since 2018

Heading West to escape some of the COVID craziness going on in Brisbane at the moment. An early start was made to fit in a long day of driving to Emerald via Roma, with plenty of caching along the way.

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Found at 06:55, thanks for bringing us here  **chook1968**. This log is trackable, mention where you saw it.

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Found it! Kids racing to see who could get there first.

Found it

Easy find touring the area looking at CSG stuff with Mr Mitchell.

Using this covid-19 isolation period to work my way through my notebooks and log geocaches & trackables that I've not yet logged. I actually found this one 29 December 2019. TFTC

Quite visible when appraoched, but there are unlikely to be too many casual passers-by here. Addedto the log, covering the cache a little better. TFTC.

Kids having a blast with some easy finds

Quick and easy find. TFTC

On our way home slowly after the QOGM event in Blackall and finding some great geocaches along the way.

If the container is small we may sign as CG.

Thanks go to chook1968 for placing and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Thank goodness road works were a little way from cache co ords
Bit of a wander to get to cache though
Cache and contents all good
Tftc

Roadworks everywhere but I found an almost safe park with my 13 metre entourage, scrambled around then spied the exposed container

FROM NZ
We are on an out back tour from rocky heading to Emerald and on to Longreach then back through Blackall and on down to Dalby

Was concerned with roadworks

Heading back east now, I stopped off at this cache. It was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

Heading home from Emerald and thought we'd grab a few caches along the way, tftc

Heading back to QLD from Sydney via the western regions and I picked up some caches along the way and this was one of them.

Once the log was signed all was returned as found.

TFTC chook1968

TFTC

This was the last find of our trip from Mount Isa to Toowoomba. thanks for all the COs who give us a chance to break up our long drive

found it a good sized hide

Found while on outback trip. TFTC

**Day 5 - International Earth Cache weekend Carnarvon Gorge Return Journey**
Accompanied by Slow Puncture we are now on the return journey after a fabulous weekend at Carnarvon Gorge. Today takes in a loop from Carnarvon back to Roma and then down to Surat before heading East again and then winding our way to Chinchilla.

Thanks to all the CO’s who made our trip interesting along the way

3846

Monday. After making the journey to Carnarvon Gorge for International Geocache Day, we are now on the return journey. Found this little sucker poking out the bottom of his hidey hole. Log signed and replaced. We quickly jumped back into the car and resumed our trip to Brisbane.

This was the 19th of 22 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***chook1968***, for showing us this place.

After attending the event in Barcaldine we are travelling this way to get home but in a convoluted way. We will spend a bit of time around the Gold Coast and hinterland first. Nice one. Thankyou chook1968 for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area

Took the wrong track in but still found it. Tftc

Today I am heading east from Miles caching as I go, which breaks up the journey and adds much interest along the way This was my first stop for the day and almost had to pass it up due to the roadworks TFTC chook1968

Not really fun on a wet day.


Great QOGM events are over, we are on our way home, now towards Miles.

Thanks to all COs for the caches.

Enjoyed the QOGM events and the variety of caches. Thanks for the organisation and to all COs for the caches.

Now on the way to Chinchilla.
Tftc