Penguin Lovers Unite Middle Ridge, Queensland, Australia
By angloj on 07-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5ECHV

There area has changed

Lots of construction happening

Had an extensive scratch about in the leaf litter up and down the fenceline, but no luck.

Maybe a serious case of cache blindness but this one eluded us today. Will return if a confirmed find is made. Did find a very large deceased pelican close to gz, now that's something you don't see everyday! Tfth angloj xo

Nice find

School holidays - the oldest child has saved up enough money to buy a metal detector. We are now on a mission to visit as many parks as possible looking for some coin!
Ok I say - there's a cache in this park we haven't found yet either!

While he didn't find any money here, we found a cache At the next park we went to he found $3.10!!, but there was no cache to find for us there.

Hopefully we'll get this working together in sync - we find the caches and he finds the money. Maybe if we're all successful we can get an ice-cream [^]
Either way, his new hobby fits in with the family hobby so we're all happy

Thanks for the cache angloj!

Gotcha !!! TFTC

Found it

Fun find

I was up this way for an event today. I had met up with IolantheK, Brother Colin and T-Tech and we had descended to Hell and back. I had some time to kill before the event and plenty of caches to find. (Unlike the others who have found most of the local caches).

This one lloked like a good spot to stop for my coffee and muffin. I had the park to myself, which made the hunt easy.

No worries finding this one. Left a TB.

Will cover it well when we leave it.

Although the cache was sitting out in the open it was in good condition and undisturbed. Perhaps it was due to the rabbits we spotted sitting right next to it. Don't see many rabbits in qld. The grass was also alive with little blue grey butterflies. Just as well the two galahs nearby are seed eaters.

Happily, no muggles playing nearby today, but there was a kind of Noah's Ark theme happening; as we walked toward the cache, two rabbits popped their heads up only a metre from GZ! Not a sight I see very often. The cache was fully exposed but we put cover over it after signing the logbook. Then we had a pair of blue butterflies accompany us as we walked back to the car, and a pair of galahs landed by the car. It ended up being a very sweet stop indeed! TFTC, angloj. =^.^=

Love the cache guardian
Great coords, quick find.
Thanks heaps angloj.

Tftc

Normally based in the United Kingdom, Team Luffness had made it over to Australia for family visit. We'd been fortunate to find "Wildlife Crossing" yesterday another angloj 'cache nearby, and we were keen to extend our daily streak. After yesterday's caching I wore decent shoes. Despite being Aussie born, twenty years in the UK has made me a bit nervous about hunting through dry leaf litter. Got there eventually, all OK.

#705 Thank you very much for the geocache. Took nothing, left nothing, signed the log. Personal trackable dipped for mileage. [^]

329th day of current streak. 49th geocache in Australia.

TFTC... Oops parked in the neighbours and found from there.

A quick find with misssusan and remsjw and kids today tftc #2701

Found with Remsjw, bennyboppers and my Geokids!

Just checking in and visiting some tbs!

TFTC it is still safe even if lots of trees have been cut down.

Found it

Visiting family over easter and thought what better way to celebrate then by doing some caches

wow loving these quick to find ones, hubbie took more time hiding it then I did finding it but he said it was to visible to leave like it was. TFTC

Nice quick find

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

Day 2, and I've picked up kestal as she has kindly offered to be my navigator for a few hours Just a short walk to this one, and the cache was right where I expected. Reckon I might be visiting a few Penguin caches tomorrow TFTC, angloj.

You could say we made this one a 'bit of a drive by'.... leave that to your imagination. The cache was well concealed but yielded itself to us on the first round of inspections. Loved the Penguin. A day of geocaching with my great mates Muff1. Not an early start, but we did start and finish. TNLN TFTC.

The penguin who is the cache guardian bought a smile to all our faces. With Speedmistress driving you can be guaranteed of some excitement. There is loads of good "stuff" in this cache. SL TNLN TFTC

Down for a family visit and after a tentative attempt at caching at picnic park with my phone (rather than my GPS) I didn't hold much hope finding one. Went for a wander down to this little park and was satisfied to clock a smiley before heading off. Thank you for a well equipped cache for kid's. I'll wander back with my pen.

Way to easy to find. It was out in the open. I left in the same spot only concealed well with the leaf litter.

Found it!!

Caching on a rainy day in Toowoomba with Team Benders Duo. We came to this one and almost went into the yard on the wrong side of the fence before we realised it was private property. Back to the parkland! Up and down we went, taking the hint too literally. Don't mix behind and in front of.

Found at 1.20pm on 2nd December 2015. TFTC.

Out with RoddyC to visit a few caches in the area.
RoddyC was quick to locate this one.
Well hidden
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks angloj All good with this cache

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Found this one uncovered. Got a little caught but all was good here.
Took trackable and left a glitter spider. Covered this one well once signed

Got a little snagged but all good otherwise, tftc!

Tftc! Left TB from an earlier cache

Bit off on hint

Nice easy find. You've been bear'd

Found Ok

On a family holiday from Victoria to Toowoomba to visit family, we decided to spend some time out caching. It would seem the rain has followed us from the south, as the walk in this little park was a bit on the wet side. After a quick search, we soon had the cache in hand. TFTC angloj

Mr Gap and wandered over for a quick find.TFTC

Glad to arrive at this one on a quiet day, wandered over for a quick find.

Thanks angloj

Out killing some time before an appointment perfect chance for some caching, nice easy find when I went to the right tree tftc

Found after school. this one is close to my school

cute penguin

picked up Christmas Joy

Geo kids were good cover for this one. So we didn't look suspicious. They loved this one!

This entry was edited by StephLego on Tuesday, 05 May 2015 at 10:21:34 UTC.

Found it --- All Good .. TFTC ..

Found it quickly, dropped of Christmas Joy Geocoin TFTC

#6619Found and Logged 2:47:00 PM
One of 15 caches for day out and about on a cool Toowoomba day
Thanks for the cache angloj

Found with kaedun Thanks for this park and grab!

Quick and easy thanks

How great is this cache. Very kid friendly. Thanks. We left a bracelet and a small doll and took 3 small stickers

Found by Mary & David, at 1020. Yes, we love penguins, and we're not too far from some colonies in Victoria. Our thanks to angloj.

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

Had a great time finding caches in the area with Just-Lookin

Quick find for us here today
SL Thanks for the fun!

[Blue]# 11756[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip to Qld.
A quicktrip around Toowoomba on a perfect caching day with Di Morgan.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina.
Thanks for the cache angloj,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Today we headed around the Toowoomba area finding caches as we went. We had Roostaman join us for the morning. We stopped at many parks & passed so wonderful scenery.
Picked up a TB from here that was not listed on the cache page.
Thanks for placing this cache angloj

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Today our WA buddy was free for some caching so Mr Felix headed out to join K.B. before being collected by Mrs Felix.

Fun in the windy but sunny day in a town we have not visited before.

TFTC

Peak season for caching in Toowoomba today; FelixII and I crossed paths with the who's who of caching royalty on our travels this morning. Thanks for the cache.

Easy to find no worries TFTC

Nice easy finding and swap few tresures. TFTC

Find #1534

Having recently cached in Byron Bay, Sunshine Coast, Gold Coast, Brisbane City & Logan we decided we would head west today & see what was on offer. Warrego Hwy & Toowoomba were the main area of interest so here we go ...

Pulled up to find a muggle (council worker) just starting his lunch break. Bugger!
Wait a minute! What's that? A hare just scampered out of the bush in the general vicinity of GZ.
Cameras out, snap, snap, click. Now we look like a couple of nature lovers. Move in closer to get better shots of the hare & what have we here? Someone's hidden something behind this tree! LOL ...
Quickly signed the log, dropped 2 x TBs & replaced as found.

TFTC angloj

Nice easy find

TFTc left Lego Simpsons took a couple of all swaps.

TFTC great spot!

3 today! Sunday caching is the best!

My first toowoomba cache for this Christmas trip to spend time with family and friends. Loved the easy first find and plenty of swag. Tftc.

We decided Toowoomba is the place to retire to when we start our grey nomad. We spotted our 11th caravan in a driveway for the morning at this cache. Cache was found safe and dry. TFTC, angloj.

Out on a great days caching with the Hiltonclan. The rain just managed to hold off for us to grab this cache. Thank you angloj for placing this cache

Found while out Caching with The Green Geckos. Loved this Cache. I do like Penguins. Nice hide. TFTC.

Found this well stocked cache with geokids. Many thanks for a well stocked cache. Added a few more trinkets

Day 2 of my quick visit to Toowoomba.
A few new caches to find and time to do some maintenance on a few of my caches.
A short walk from where I parked the car and a quick find once at GZ.
The hardest bit was finding the log book inside the cache ... SO much stuff in there.
Thanks for the cache

11932 caches found

Another trip to the hospital, small diversion, found quickly good clue

took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache angloj

There are a whole heap of unfilled days on my calendar so here I am filling one more in. Nice, quick find for me here today with a certain guardian watching me very intently
The whole time! TFTC angloj

It's my birthday and my very first find. Great hide, wish guardian was a trackable. Brilliant cache thanks for making it for me.

The perfect first cache for my penguin lover. He's had a great birthday and this was the icing on the cake for him. TFTC

This was a nice quick find. Easy to spot, although I must admit to making sure that Penguin2002 found it before me. TFTC!

We needed a find for today and were in the area. Today we found a nice quiet park with a kookaburra sitting on the wall watch our actions. It is always good to find a well stocked Cache.

Today we took the Crocodile Tears Travel Bug to keep it moving.

Thanks angloj, we have now found 21 of your Caches.

I was in Toowoomba Tuesday afternoon and found the outstanding ones including the one on the Bridge at Drayton. Left Toowoomba at 0500 on Wednesday and attacked 41 with NO DNF's down in the Lockyer Valley South of the Warrego Highway across to the Cunningham Highway and then down to West Moreton then Amberley then back to the valley then back to my motel in Toowoomba. Got back at 1800 after 656Klm of Driving in 12 hours and too tired to do any more.
Quick find on this one at 0500 today with three big Kangaroos for company. Left trackable. TNSL.

TFTC angloj

Published

Sitting at home trying to decide which cache to get today to fill in the calendar...if any because it is so hot!!...when this one drops into my inbox. And it is less than 1km from home. Perfect publishing time with enough leeway to grab it before school pickup. Heaps of great swaps for the young cachers too...shame I didn't have mine but I couldn't wait as there was an *FTF* up for grabs . Thanks angloj.