Country Eye Spy - Silky Oaks Chinghee Creek, Queensland, Australia
By Hot Wheels Duo on 05-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5EEGN

Took abit to find all over grown

Tftc. Good one.

Found with Peppa

A rare day with no work and no plans… So Blkthunder and I headed out on a country drive…

Heading south, the initial plan was abandoned soon after leaving home, so a small change sees us heading towards Christmas Creek, Lamington and Chinghee Creek…

The cache has definitely seen better days… the logs is unusable, so we added a new double bagged log before returning everything as found…

Thanks Hot Wheels Duo

Out caching with CaptainVimes. Container had some water in. It probably needs replacing. Thanks for placing this cache Hot Wheels Duo

It’s quite overgrown here and it took a while to ease through the long thick grass to find the cache . The cache had a bit of water in it but I could sign the log. Tftc ️

Found it. Very long grass here to day. cache damp signed log the best i could..TFTC.

Found the log a bit damp and the area is a bit overgrown but easy enough with a bit of persistence. TFTC

Found- lots of undergrowth- very wet inside, needs a clean up.

Based at Rathdowney and this is one of the caches we targeted and found. Love the scenery and exploring. Thanks for hiding and enhancing our enjoyment of the area.

Super quick find for the last on the road. Found under the watchful eyes of some cows.

Tftc

Found it, a little damp though, TFTC

After a great walk up Neglected Mountain, it was time for a drive in this beaut part of the world. Green and lush after the recent rains.
Great views and some caches to match the views.

Thank you for this cache H W D
R

This one took me a while, it was fairly covered as the old Silky Oak had shedded a few leaves lately. Poor thing must be struggling with the dry. But eventually I had my hands on the merchandise and the log was signed. It was a little bit damp, and the swag was pretty rusty but I was still able to make my mark on the logbook. Been over a year since this one was found! Thanks Hot Wheels Duo!

Felt like looking for a few caches, so put my geodog Scruffy in the car and headed to the Rathdowney area for the day.

All Good .. TFTC ..

Heading to Christmas creek for a weekend of camping we made a short detour to grab a few caches down this road.

An easy find
Thanks

Just needed the one silky oak,thanks.TFTC

Thanks for this one all is good

Nice quick find Tftc

TFTC

Tftc. Cache somehow survived a mini landslide and was easily visible from road.
Placed it back where I found it but surrounded it with some rocks for temporary camouflage until the grass grows back
Cache in good condition and log signed

Nice quiet find on a drive in the country. TFTC HWD xx

After attending the Stinson 80th Anniversary event at Christmas Creek, it seemed only natural to pick up a few smilies while in the area and along the way back home . Nice quick find here, at the location described in the title.

This cache is in good condition, and makes smilie #3273. Thanks **Hot Wheels Duo** for bringing us here. Feel free to discover our trackable TGQNRV .

After the Stinson Event it was time to go caching - with a full yummy tummy.

I had a minor technical glitch where my data for the caches down this Valley got corrupted.
So with no description, hints or logs I hit the trail.

TFTC

Stinson Weekend! Today is the Westray grave site walk in the morning and some afternoon caching as well. We found thirteen caches yesterday afternoon on our way to the camping grounds (although we are taking in more of the comfort of a cabin!)

On the afternoon of the second of our three days, we headed up Chingee Creek Road in search of the nine traditional geocaches there. Another quick drive by cache in the country - thankfully the heavy vines have died so the cache was easy to locate.

Log signed & replaced again. Found at 4.30pm on 18th February 2017. TFTC, Hot Wheels Duo.

Out for an afternoon to pick up a few geocaches after having walked to the Westray Grave as part of an anniversary event. Tftc

Out for a little clean-up run with Goldielover and stairman 1. Thanks for the cache and the pleasant scenery along the way.

Found with goldielover and Ruzzelz while on our way home from Stinson park. Log was full of water. We left it to dry while we visited another cache. Log is now nice and dry.
TFTC

Found it thank you

Out for a caching day with Snickersallan, Jaid07 and Aussie Liahona. Weather conditions were perfect for searching and the scenery was unbelievable!
A lovely spot to stop and find a cache. Thanks.

Now I know what a silky oak tree looks like and this is another beaut location to stop and search for a cache. Thanks Hot Wheels Duo and TFTC

TFTC

ah found it TFTC

The one of a few trees that I can confidently remember their botanical name is the Silky Oak. "grevillea robusta". I love these trees very much and they look so stunning when in full bloom. Cache was in the obvious spot! This one had a lovely lot of swaps that the kids enjoyed trading. Left a TB. TFTC.

Out with the CO, monkey maker and Just a Trifle while the CO was hiding new caches. She was kind enough to stop by this one for us to sign.

Thanks HWD

Second last stop on a tour of the area with the CO this afternoon. It was darkish by the time we got here so the smart phone light came in handy. Humbug was being a little girl about walking in the grass so Mrs Just a Trifle had to man up. We all gathered around and added our names while the CO watched on.
Being driven around a beautiful country side by the CO while finding her caches and enjoying a coldie in the back seat is a real pleasure I must say.
Thanx again HWD

We were in the area to attend the "Christmas Creek - the Stinson Weekend" Event and with our campsite all set up, we thought we had finished for the day and were sitting around chatting when Hot Wheels Duo announced she had to go out to place a few new caches for the event and asked who wanted to go along with her. Well Mrs Just a Trifle didn't need to be asked twice and along with Monkey Maker and dahumbug, she headed off for a bit of caching along the way.

It was time for Mrs Just a Trifle to do some of the work to find a cache, but it didn't take long and with our names in the log book, we were soon on our way again, getting ever so much closer to the campsite again.

Thank you Hot Wheels Duo for having placed the cache for everyone to find.

This cache contains the cutest pencil I have ever seen.
Thanks Hot Wheels Duo.

Smilie #2688

A trip south was overdue so we thought today we'd hit the Christmas Creek Kerry area and, hopefully, pick up some extra smilies.

As we approached a young kangaroo hopped of the verge & into the undergrowth, right next to a silky oak!
Taking this as an omen we headed towards the spot to realise GZ was actually in the opposite direction! LOL ...
How easily we are distracted by nature.
Retraced our steps & made a quick find, in the right spot this time.
TNLNSL

TFTC Hot Wheels Duo

Taking the new geo-mobile for a bit of a drive in the country. After a wander to J G Westray's grave I was now heading home.

"Just a few more" found me heading up this road. After a quick stop the cache was in hand, the view was admired and I was on my way.

Thanks for the cache HotWheelsDuo.

Cheers!!

Out for the day with K8'n'Co, Curare63, T-Tech, IolantheK, Selva Girls, Mnance, Waimak and Brother Colin. Waimak was kind enough to be the taxi for half of us. We were all in the area for a long weekend event so we had plenty of time to cache. Beautiful day and we all had a lot of fun in this lovely area. 6031 for us. Thank you Hot Wheels Duo for placing and maintaining this cache.

A camping weekend at Christmas Creek. A group of cachers were heading out to hike up Running Creek. I joined them for the adventure. We collected the caches along the way. This was the first. With a large group searching for the cache, it didnt take long to find. We all signed the log. the cache was rehidden and we made our way back to the cars and on to the next one

Today I am taking a hike down at Running Creek in the company of -Tech, Brother Colin, mnance101, curare63, The Green Geckos, Selva Girls and Waimak. Along the way we stopped to collect all the caches.

Selva Girls went in for the grab here. Glad it was in the first spot she looked. TFTC, Hot Wheels Duo.

Found it.

Out caching with Hot Wheels Duo and found this one without to much trouble.Thanks for the cache in this lovely part of the world.
She just sat there smiling.

Stopped with lisylou cache all dry just the ground was a bit soggy

Found with bennyboppers after a wonderful weekend away with fellow cachers. Another quick stop on our way back. I pulled up right next to gz and after a bit of a reach in I had the cache in hand.

Today I had been part of a group of cachers (Herbz, Mrs Herbz, Bennyboppers, Lisylou, Kay8nCo, and HotWheelsDuo) who had attempted to find Running Creek Falls. It was a lovely and adventurous walk but unfortunately due to the rain, the creek was flowing too fast and too high, and we were therefore unable to get to the falls. On my way home I decided to do a few caches. This one took me a little while. I read a log which said they saw it at the right angle. So I looked at a different angle and spotted it. TFTC HotWheelsDuo!

Today Dannza and I set off for a day of caching. We both have been off the caching radar lately and having withdrawals. Enjoyed the drive up to the cache. Spotted some wallabies. Found the cache safe and dry. TFTC Hot Wheels Duo

We were all happily chatting away when I looked down at my GPS and yelled 50 meters 40 meters 30 meters!! brakes were applied, and a spot to park was found, lucky someone was paying attention

Crossed the road and peered into the leaves to see a cache staring right back at me!! well! that was easy!

Great part of the world here, thanks hot Wheels Duo

As we crossed the road to this cache Mr. Gap was at the right angle and spotted it pretty quickly. It must have been beautiful to see these Silky Oaks in bloom. TFTC Hot Wheels Duo.

Last one for the day. The vine is really over grown but still able to get to the cache!

Quick grab TFTC

cache find #2120. Another quick find in the I Spy series. Found easily, signed the log, replaced as found and on our way again. TFTC.

The trees are still in flower which was nice to see. After a decent walk this morning I was glad this one was not too far up the embankment

The silky oaks were in flower! so beautiful. We have some amazing colours in out natives.

Out with another cacher on a maintenance visit (hers not mine) and we had several in this series to claim. The silky oaks are indeed in flower, and in some places make a pleasing picture with the flowering jacarandas. No trouble finding this one. Only muggles encountered all day were cows, wallabies, and a hare.

I can say without a doubt that I had no idea these trees were Silky Oaks. We used to have a couple of them along the fence at home and I do not recall them coming out in these yellow flowers ever. In saying that when in flower they are quite stunning, and well if only I had been earlier or later in the day when the sun was not so harsh there would likely have been some photos.

Anyway I made short work of this find and had my name in the log in no time.

TFTC

Out and about today for a morning drive down this way to find a few new caches.
A quick find .. well the name does give it away.
Thanks for the cache.

Thanks for the cache.

Quick easy find but a lovely part of the countryside. TFTC

Saw this morning that this cache was still unfound so decided to head out this way for a country drive and see if we were lucky enough to grab a couple of FTF's. It seems to be a while since we have been this fortunate. Found a nice clean log and signed as FTF at 11:24am. Thanks Hot Wheels Duo for these new caches out this way. It's lovely to scatter such beautiful scenery with new caches to bring us here. [^][^] As we were about to drive away a car pulled up behind us and we met a cacher that was a new face to us. Great to meet you CantCacheUs! [^][^]

Published

Missed it by {----} that much. Didnt get this FTF yesterday and returned today to try again. As I arrived, Aussie Liahona had already wrapped it up and was on the way to the next. I did the duty and happy to take a STF on this cache. Well done Aussie Liahona. Nice easy find in the midst of amazing views. Tftc

Logging belatedly