Reid's Ridge Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tankengine on 03-Apr-15. Waypoint GC5N55H

After dropping the missus and MIL at the shopping centre, Id given myself a few hours to take a bit of a look at this area for future reference. Conditions were abysmal, and made for a very unpleasant few hours in the bush and trails. Such a steep start to the walk, with the mud and loose stones, wasnt much fun at the start, but was glad when I finally reached the top.Already been out for almost two hours in the drizzle and cold and was getting pretty disappointed at what Id been finding so far. So it was nice to actually find a quality container in an interesting location that didnt require digging through fallen vegetation.Although this may well be near the higher point, there was absolutely no chance of any view today.Thanks Tankengine, I think also the altitude compared to my home location didnt do me any favours today either!

Coordinates changed from:S 35 18.545 E 149 15.961Coordinates changed to:S 35 18.514 E 149 15.984Distance from original: 220.4 feet or 67.2 meters.Moved to better spot

Logsheet replaced.Old log attached.GOOD TO GO!!!

Found this cache..l wanted to keep going but my charging cable was not working so with my battery life diminishing and down to,30% i made the decision to return to the geo van.

Found it had a little centipede in there we took him out and looked after him hehe easy to find TFTC

Random Tankengine cache in amongst the roo was found and replaced without issue.

TFTC!

Hint isn’t very helpful but coordinates are spot on. TFTC

Great to be back out in Kowen Forest, its been well over a year since we were out here last. The goal today was the roo’s tail and back leg, and a couple of the waterside caches. I wasn’t always sure we would get through them all but despite the dense blackberries and landfall in some parts we did it! Most caches were in good condition but we provided a little maintenance when needed to say thanks for the cool geoart. All in all a great day of adventuring with isopeda and GLISS!

Teamed up with GLISS! and Nibblericecake to get some of the Roo and whatever crosses our path.
Sorry about the generic logs. Have added little things here and there.



TFTC

A day out in Kowen Forest with Nibletricecakes and Isopeda chiping away at The Roo. Today it was the tail and back leg. A quick find here. TFTC.

Found with Curloo

Out for a walk with Jondub trying to collect a few of the kangaroo.Got this one on the way past. TFTC

Tftc!

I’ve never been to Kowen so very happy for this kangaroo to get me exploring

Day 3 already. Up early after another wet night. Temperatures have dropped and we are far away from summer, but nevertheless ready for caching. A few caches around Belconnen and then a park run. After the Parkrun back to doing adventure labs and weather suitable caches around Canberra. Kowen forest is diffetent navigating when it's wet!
TFTC Wilbert67

Another quick five, Cleary GPS technology is working well today and all this very well recorded coordinates. Good job with a hint like this around here!

When going between Kowen Roo 5 and 4, I decided I wanted to take a path instead of going through the plantation, I was getting a bit tired. Made me realise that this cache was a perfect detour for that, so came arund to here. Amazing to get to the top of the hill and look over Canberra! There was a heap of knee high shrubs around that I hadn't seen anywhere else in Kowen. Turned out to be nodding blue lillies (Stypandra)! Many had bud on, but will be another month or so until they all flower. I loved the weird wire down the hill a bit, could be a statue in the city. Thanks for the cache Tankengine!

My last adventure out to Kowen Forest to finish my final section of the higher terrain CBR series. I've adored this series in the forest, so it was a little bittersweet to finish it off. I parked on Sutton Road, and worked my way up the steep hill first. It was overcast but surprisingly mild, so a good day for hiking. It is the start of wattle season, and the various wattle were either budding or starting to bloom, which was beautiful. I saw Ploughshare wattles, silver wattles, red leaved wattle, golden wattles, potentially some box leaf wattles, and many of the glorious (yet incredibly weedy) Cootamundra wattles. I also saw a few new to me species, including Stypandras, Daviesias and some orchids! I'm sure there were more, but I was too focussed on the geocaches. Animal wise I saw a lot of wrens and parrot species, a white throated treecreeper, and a swamp wallaby while I was making my way back to my car via the Kowen Roo tail. All of the CBR series were in fantastic condition, with room for many, many logs, and hidden well. Thanks for the excellent day out, and the incredible series!

A quick find with a nice view.

Managed to pick this one up while attempting as many of the CBR wherigos as possible! Thanks for the cache - it was certainly nice to break up LOTS of uphill riding (or walking and pushing the bike).

Well that wasn’t an easy climb on the bike! May have been a bit of walking and pushing involved! Out on the Kowen Roo series and grabbed this on the way.

A cool autumn weekday morning was the perfect chance to start my assault on the roo. I parked at the main carpark off Sutton Rd, waited for a logging truck to go through the gate then completed a 17km round trip in a roughly clockwise direction targeting the tail section.

A fantastic walk through the forest; most caches were found in surprisingly good condition.

This non-roo cache was a straightforward find at GZ. Good to be at the top of a hill, even momentarily.

Thanks, Tankengine!

TFTC Today’s the day for my first attempt at the roo series, out on the MTB, partly walk partly ride. And oh these hills, short and sharp again and again

Grateful thanks to sacada for placing and maintaining the caches to entertain me on my journey.

A quick little find while out claiming the roo.

Out with Scotty doing a bit more of the Roo, was prime time to get this cache too

Found on the way out of Kowen after collecting some solved Wherigos. Tftc

A lovely breeze today while walking through Kowen forest, found with sophiescout. TFTC

Found with Jemalong&family, great weather for caching TFTC

I was in the area tackling the roo and could not resist the temptation to find this cache as well. Otherwise I would have had an unfound cache in the middle of nowhere and that would just be silly.

TFTH

Quick find, nice cache, all in good order.

Another organized approach on the Roo in Kowen forest (thanks Joolay!) I started at sunrise to have a few hour before the event in the late morning. I roomed around for about 4 hours and manged to complete most of the trail which felt like a nice achievement. A few more TE caches in the mix made for a great morning. Came a bit late to the event (plus left soon after for some FTFs but still made it. Big caching day for me.


Thank you Tankengine for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

I joined Smitten Granny for the day, starting with the event at Kambah, then a multi to meet my daily challenge and the rest of the afternoon caching around Kowen forest.

Thanks for the cache Tankengine

29852.32 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & June 2017 Fathers Who Cache A#362

**Albida**

On an absolutely gorgeous sunny winter's day, I was fortunate enough to be out caching in Kowen Forest with Albida. We had these challenge caches in our sights and any of the nearby Kowen Roo caches that we may pass. We found and signed all that we went for and all were in good condition. Thanks to all the COs for the incredible amount of work that goes into placing and maintaining the caches. TNLN SL

Tftc

"That's Poppet Hill!" Exclaimed the geowife!!! ️ TFTC, and the views!

After not doing much caching lately, plans were made with FFLL to seek a permit into the Kowen Forest for the October long weekend. We were granted day access for the Saturday and Sunday, but due to another group seeking exclusive use, camping was not permitted. Thats all good, we were not intending on camping anyways

Whilst out doing the Roo, I noticed this one on the GPSr, being so close, it would be rude not to collect. No issues locating the cache, had to remove quite a few eight legged freaks from the container, signed and replaced.

Thanks for the cache placement Tankengine.

Out doing the Kowen Roo geoart so had the perfect opportunity to grab this whilst we were in the area. Thanks for the cache.

Doing the Kowen Roo geoart so was pleased to be able to grab this one whilst in the area. Thanks for placing it.

#7145
A fun day out with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 and Earthbound Chief. Found while doing the geoart.
Cheers Tankengine

Today we found Reid's Ridge on our travels. On our first day in the ACT while attending the Clear Waters Mega. A slight reroute from Kangaroo # 04 and we had this cache in hand.
Thanks Tankengine for being part of our geocaching fun.

For some time, as with many around these parts, I’ve wanted to tackle the Kowen Roo. With the Summer heat over and the Winter chill yet to arrive I thought it most opportune to start this most monumental of tasks. Having researched the job ahead, taken into consideration the lay of the land, most advantageous entry and exit points, I thought bugger it, I want to start at #1. No delusions of grandeur today, the goal for the day was to complete the tail, as well as a few others caches located close by.

It was a relatively early start to the adventure, I only had half a day before family commitments kicked in. Parked at the gate on Kowen Road and headed steadily up the sealed road. As it turned and continued climbing Westwards I kept my line and headed straight into the trees. Deciding it best I skirted along the ridge at level around, and around, rather than heading down, up, down up. The growth not too thick or heavy under foot so it was a constant pace all the way to the dry creek bed directly below the first target of the day (#01). Turned and headed straight up to the track above, eventually on clear ground it was a quick find, the coordinates (to all roo mystery caches) calculated over 18 months ago.

From the there it was either along the trail, through the bush, up or down for the rest of the morning. Never found any gold, or encountered the dreaded blackberry growth. Black Cockatoos in full song as the sun started to rise above the tree line. As the temperature warmed to a comfortable level I continued along the back of the tail before cutting Westwards for the inner side. Here I came across a large recently harvested pine tree area. What a mess, but I guess you gotta be hard on these trees, they were trees and this was a forest after all. End result caches #84, #85 and #86 gone forever. Didn’t venture into the campground, but I understand a bit of work had also been undertaken close to that as well. Hopefully the CO can attend to these soon, if that is actually possible.

Slowly back along the inner side of tail, eventually ending up ay #94. From there as directly back to the geomobile as possible, then home to a hot shower and lunch, and a beer, and another beer.

Apologies for the generic logs, all caches were found in good to reasonable condition. Some a little damp inside or had a crack or two in the container. Any specific, important or remotely interesting details added at the end of the log.

Thanks to the COs, specifically sacada, for placing AND maintaining the caches, not an easy task in this neck of the woods. TNLNSL TFTC

Was in the area, so replaced the logsheet. Old logsheet attached. Good to go!

Doesn't matter how many hills I seem to climb I don't think I'll ever be as fit as Tankengine! Cache found and logged with the sounds of Sulphur crested cockatoos flying and playing overhead.
TFTC

What a beautiful quiet spot with the wind blowing through the trees. Thanks for bringing me here. TFTC

Grabbed while on the kangaroo series. Cheers

Found with cullum68 on a few days away thanks for the cache

Found with nissan 65 . After attending an event over the weekend we heard these caches may end up inaccessible due to logging in the near future so we hatched a plan to come and collect smiley faces. We headed up from the coast after work last night and stayed in Goulburn so we could get asn early start. Beautiful day out here today. Thankyou for a great day and very nice geoart series.

From November 5th to November 30th I studied English at ILSC. After these month I rent a car for traveling and driving to Melbourne because my return flight is from Melbourne. Today I came from Sydney to Canberra and began the Kangaroo Caches in the Kowen Roo Park. I had only time from 4pm to the evenning/night. Now I found 27 boxes. The start was heavy with strong ups and downs. But after the first boxes it goes easier. For some boxes I had search a Long time. The most boxes I found quickly. Some boxes were wet. The landscape is great and I saw a lot of Kangaroos.
Here I had only a short search.
Thanks for the cache from Bonn, Germany
Milka71

TFTC - found with Darkmadviking and KingPin4 on our day of hiking today - beautiful day to do some of the Roo and get this too

Found this one amongst the start of the kangaroo trail, thanks for the fun Tankengine!

We were out today doing sacada's Kangaroo series in Kowen, and on the way around I realised there was a Tank Engine cache here too! A bonus grab on the way to the next kangaroo.

Thanks TE

Found with crunchers

Found with crunchers

Found with the Crunchers team (DarkSideDan, Joolay, ALL7, Lindachris31, Sebass14 and Lola1983). A side trail to pick up a TE cache Having a great day picking up the Kowen Roo bottom tail trail and back leg. TFTC

Found with Kittykatch, DarkSideDan,ALL7, Lindachris31, Sebass14 and Lola1983 (the crunchers team) ready to have a go at the Roo. Knew it was going to be tough but gees the start from Sutton Rd was a killer. Nearly finished me off before I got the first cache and lots was hurting by the end of the day. Glad to pick this one up on the way, always good to find a Tankengine cache. Thanks for getting us out and about.

Group Name of Crunchers...Found with Kittykatch, DarkSideDan, Joolay, Lindachris31, Sebass14 and Lola1983 ready to have a go at the Roo. Beautiful warm weather today... Thanks

Found with Kittykatch, DarkSideDan, ALL7, Lindachris31, Sebass14, Joolay and Lola1983. We signed all caches with a team name "Krunchers" to save room in the logbooks

I Knew it was going to be tough and we did about 21kms today. Some caches were in good condition and some were in urgent need of maintenance. Some were in areas that had been logged so we replaced what was destroyed. We did the tail and the back leg today and will try and come back soon to do some more. Thanks for getting us out and about.

Picked this one up on the way through. Tankengine cache number 181 for me. Im well on my way to finding them all.

Only managed the tail section of the ‘roo’ today. Started at the end and went backwards. Lots of roo’s around! Only just made it back to the car before my phone ran out of batteries .
Thanks sacada

On a mission to achieve my average of 1 per day for this year ... a very welcome find, nearly there! TFTC

On our way to Canberra we spotted this lovely forest.

Greetings from a german cache team on vacation.

T4T$!

Out today to grab a quick handful and decided to grab this one whilst I was picking up the tail end "see what I did there!" of the roo series. - TFTC

Aquilus1 applied for a permit to drive in to the camping area both days of this weekend, to start on the roo, and she invited me to come with her if it was approved - which happened at the last minute ... I decided that Geocaching ... with someone crazy enough to invite ME to go with them - was a better plan for the weekend than my art quilt meeting Saturday or the Landcare working bee on Sunday ... so I was collected on Saturday morning (11/11/17 and off we went ... we parked at the campground and the 2 of us walked up the back, and around the head and front legs, and collected a couple of the last finds for the day as we drove out ... found 43 caches, in the 13 hours we were out there. Then on Sunday I was collected even earlier in the morning, then Aquilis1 drove down the other end of town and we collected CBRGrahams, who had not been able to join us on Saturday but was free Sunday, and we spent almost 9 hours out there finding more than 50 caches ... the plan was to do quite a few, and just have to come back for the tail or something later ... but the end result? - CBRGrahams has a nice long days walk to come out and do some other time, and Aquilus1 and I have done the whole roo! (Well - apart from the one missing cache, but we did also find about 3 extras that were in/around the 'roo
This was one of the Sunday finds ... with one more set of eyes than the day before
TFTC - Weird wire!
If it was in the middle of Canberra there would be a plaque/sign on it with an artists name - lol

Day two of 'the roo' with CBR-Grahams along today and with Aykayem we set off much earlier than the previous day on a perfect caching day, mostly cloudy and only getting a bit hot through the middle of the day. A long but enjoyable day with good company and loved the varied scenery and lots of wildlife in a really nice area. Some challenging terrain at times but 54 caches found along the way today and pleased to have the whole series found in the two days as well as the other caches found along the way

Hard not to miss the big tangle of wire as we went past. Cache found no problems and an interesting view over the pines and over to where it looks to drop off into nothing but straight down! Thanks for the cache Tankengine.

It was a long, long day out at the Kowen Roo. I fell over flat on my back on a wobbly rock early on and got away with just a winding and bruised pride.

We shadowed another group of cachers: runner5ive and Aramil au, finally meeting up around bear the end of the tail.

My partners in the days caching expeditions: Aquilus1 and Aykayem had spent the day before out here as well, collecting 43 of the more difficult and further out caches. Today I joined them for a journey around the rear legs and the tail... All in all we found 54 today, so very sorry for the generic log. This cache was 43rd

With runner5ive

Another cache found

Tanks TE )

Out with Youban on a mild day to see how far we could come on the Roo (not far). It was a long way in from the parking to this cache, but it got a little easier once we started.

Was a quick find, while walking the Roo. Cache in good condition. Tftc!!!

Dty73 suggested we go through the forest instead of following the roads from cache to cache & it did seem to save time & was a much nicer walk out of the cold winds. Kutgw

Well that was a huff and a puff type cache. I decided to pick up a few more of the roo series and this was a nice interlude along the way. I couldn't believe how far up I had climbed - when it was time to head back from Kowen camp it seemed I was racing down hill on the bike for a long time. TFTC

Another fantastic weekend away with The Rats and Steeba.

We had been trying for some time to get the timing right to head back to the ACT to knock over the Kowen 'Roo series. On our previous attempt, the Forest was closed. We thought the same would happen this weekend, when we realised that we were clashing with the Mont 24, so we came up with Plan B.

However, Steeba came through with the goods, access was granted, and even a Permit to drive and camp in the Forest was obtained... Excellent! So our plans changed at the very last minute, and we were back on for The 'Roo.

We found about 150 caches over the weekend, the three of us, along with Juno my geo-puppy. We walked, cached, talked and generally had an excellent time, as we always do on our caching trips away. We especially walked through some beautiful scrub in Goulburn and Kowen.

Thank you to all of the cache owners that placed caches that we found over the course of our trip. Sorry about the generic logging, I promise it does not reflect my enjoyment of your cache!

Cheers

When a weekend caching with the boys comes along you grab it by the horns, with kids weekend sport washed out steeba, Hoojar and myself headed south with a goal of completing the Kangaroo power trail in Kowen Forest.

Over 2 days we found 150+ caches, walked through 679 spiderwebs, saw 310 kangaroos, were surprised by 8 deer, patted 1 echidna and stepped over countless fallen, all in the name of fun.

Thanks to all the cache owners who contributed to our weekend and apologises for the generic log, but certainly doesn't detract from the hide or the fun we had.

Another great weekend away with Hoojar and The Rats. This time it was down to tackle the kangaroo- last time we had attempted it the forest was closed.

We had an enjoyable time walking around the forest over the weekend with the varied landscapes. Thanks for setting this series up.

Got it

Found it. Probably last one for the day.

Unfortunately this one didn't add to my fitness levels as I managed to make it a drive-by while setting up for the National Capital Rally. Great views abound from up here, well worth the trip. TFTC

Beautiful lookout behind me at gz! Tftc, eastern room right atop gz as well

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**Found the guy while completing the Kowen Roo**

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Four Geobuddies (Aries 44, Pipes_Down_Under, Seemyshell & Brewmaker) headed to Kowen State Forest from Sydney to attempt the Kowen Roo series and a few others. Over three days we found all but two in the series, plus a few others - including "Reid's Ridge" - for a total of 96 smileys.

We started off on pushbikes, but quickly discovered we wouldn't get through them all that way as the terrain is pretty tough at times, so we used the 4WD to get around the forest.

Despite sore limbs, some sunburn and multiple blackberry scratches, it was worth the trip south to the ACT. We had a great time in this wonderful place and saw plenty of roos and black cockatoos over the 3 days. Dropped off a TB at this cache. TFTC. #536.

**A slight diversion from the Roo Series to bag this cache.**

Down from Sydney to attempt the Kowan Roo caches with geobuddies (Seemyshell, Pipes_Down_Under and Brewmaker) over a three day camp-out at the homestead. Managed to locate all except two elusive caches in the series, plus a couple of extras.

By midday, day 2 we realised it would be impossible to complete the series in the time available and some of the roads were very steep and required walking the mountain bikes. So we took to one of the 4WD's and just managed to complete the series on the afternoon of day 3. One of our number (Pipes_Down_Under) spent sometime prior to the trip, planning out the most efficient way around the series. I certainly recommend doing this prior to taking on the series.

A hard series but fun with some great views along the way and we all appreciate the work the CO has put into this series. I am going to give a favourite here for the whole Kowan Roo Series. TFTC(s) sacada.

PS Sorry about the "cut_and_paste" for my logs. I type slowly

Out with 3 Geocaching buddies for a camping weekend and doing the Kowen Roo series, we grabbed this one on our trip too.

We all enjoyed it and thanks for placing it in this diverse park.

Found item doing SES advent (my first geocach)

TFTC Kellie out with MGROCKS for the day.

Today was the day to start on the roo, with Kel Mar and the best temprature to suit this terrain TFTC Tankengine, could not go past this one....

Gut vorbereitet nahmen wir die Känguruhwanderung in Angriff. Weil es schnell sehr heiss wurde und die Caches sehr weit auseinander waren und die Wege schlecht eingezeichnet waren, beendeten wir die Runde nach 5 Caches. Diesen haben wir schnell gefunden. TFTC and greetings from Switzerland.

Nice easy one as I commence my return journey Tftc

No problems TFTC

Found it, thanks for the cache - great spot. Thanks for the cache

# 1928 Detailed log to follow

SL TNLN TFTC

Christmas = a free day and with the great weather, we decided to finally tackle Kowen Roo. We found this one along the way. Definitely great views, with fantastic visibility today. We came by bike. This may be the highest point but the terrain just keeps undulating so there were plenty more ups . There was a lot of pushing of said bikes. Clearly we're not so fit either. Thanks Tankengine

After finding several of the Kowen Roo series already, this one was slightly off skew but hey! Lets get this one whilst we are here! Interesting that the hint was starting to sound familiar by now!!! Lol. TFTC

This trail was decidedly harder than original thought allowed (and who were we kidding? It's been a long time since either one of us was in Scouts with the energy of youth) but the day was decidedly pleasant with a few lessons learnt. TFTC. Left TB.

#891 Found with the green-martian while on the Kowen Roo series. Thanks TE.

TFTC. Found while on the Sacada Kowen kangaroo series. Cheers.

Picked up on our first outing for the roo. Thanks for the easy pickup. TFTC

What a view

Today we found a few caches. A nice day for being out and about. TFTC Tankengine.

3rd find this afternoon while out with Goldenwattle and Decrypter. We cycled some of the way, sometimes pushed our bikes and also walked. TFTC

I spent the afternoon cycling and walking between caches with Trodectus and Goldenwattle. Third find. TFTC sacada.

An extra one for the roo

Nice sidetrack whilst doing the roo with upanddownbrown

The cache was found without difficulty by TaurusSix and I.