Home Sweet Home Kootingal, New South Wales, Australia
By Whitey Wiskas on 25-May-15. Waypoint GC5W6FD

new gardener

Easiest one yet
Thanks for these caches

Quick park and grab.

TFTC

We are in Tamworth for a few days to break our journey home. Camped at the paceway.
Certainly plenty to keep a cacher busy here.
Tftc whitey whiskas.

Well hidden but found easy. TFTC

Felt a little uncomfortable so close to that house.

Nice and quick one to grab. Good hidey hole!

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Nice hidey hole!

Thanks! Lovely old house.

Almost the base of tree! T4TC:-)

Found with Bek76 and Gum62 TFTC!

Found with Gum62 and MDT79 TFTC

Found it with bek76 and MDT79

Nice find!

Came back here today for the ones we didn’t see on the map before. Don’t ask me how. Anyway I’ll give you a good pointer: look at the gps before you get out of the car otherwise you might be barking up the wrong tree and might even be on the wrong side of the road. Honestly it was too hot today to be spending extra time in the sun in the wrong place. Cache found quickly once we looked at the gps. A simple rule really.
Cheers and happy caching!

Done the usual scrape around then noticed a possible where it could be,bingo.TFTC

What a glorious sunny day for some caching and we thought we would travel to Kootingal and surrounds to put some Smileys on our geocaching map.

A quick park and grab. Many thanks for bringing us here.

Took Polar Bear and Pineapple trinket, left Baked Beans Toy and geocaching sticker. Signed log. TFTC WW

Evidence of recent pruning.

Thanks

Easiest find yet birds have new resting dpot

Of course it was at the furthest place from where we started. TFTC

Find # 7125
Nice quick find.

TFTC Whitey Wiskas
8 April 2021 4:11 pm

4:13:00 PM: (20 of 21) Find#12252
Day 5
Armidale to Tamworth.
its been a long road up until now .. decided to finish up now and head into town.. second last cache of the day...

This is a Road trip south back to ACT, originally to Dayboro, but now a caching trip around NSW for the Easter break.
found with StrangeTrousers
thanks Whitey Wiskas

#7110 Day 5 of our "Dayboro Plan B" trip. mtrax & myself, having decided to ditch the mega came up with a last minute re-route using some of the accommodation we'd already booked and find some interesting caches. To this end we were very selective and only chose caches with sufficient FPs along the route. Today we headed out of Armidale down towards Tamworth. Only a short trip of 150km or so, but with sufficient geostops to fill out the day. Highlights for today had to be the geono caches around Uralla and Uralla itself. We bumped into "The Neighbs" along the way and had a chat. They were heading up to the Mega too, but had to divert.

Thanks Whitey Wiskas

This has obviously been recently maintained as we were first to sign a new logsheet in what looked to be a nice new replacement cache. TFTC Whitey Wiskas.

Replaced the cache.

Found but couldn't open.

Beautiful old home!! Tftc

I couldn’t find this one last night but found it today. It had moved about a metre away from the tree. It took ages to open. Tftc.

A quick park and grab but the ‘base’ of this tree was at chest height! TNLN TFTC

found

Found

Replaced the cache

Tftc found with earthly 65

Log sheet full so we added a fresh log and baggy...tftc whitey wiskas

I found it

Sticky

Found

Tamworth and Amrmidale Trip March 2020. Day 3. I headed north with Fitzy_1965 along the New England Highway towards Tamworth. Today we headed out to do caching trails around Tamworth to the North. The day was mostly roadside caches, but they were all of differing levels of challenges, especially when you have to deal with Farmers Friends and Stinging Nettles at almost ever cache.

Thanks.

28456.10 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2014 Wise Monkeys A#281

**Albida**

20,410. Found with albida33 during a meander up to and around the Tamworth and Armidale regions.

Day 3 of our trip. Headed out after breakfast for what turned out to be a big days caching. We aimed to hit some of the trails around the region. Next stop of the day, and a quick find was made. Signed the log, replaced the cache, then headed off to the next one.

TFTC Whitey Wiskas !!

Thanks for cache found with Lonely ra

Found with MoSSau on a days caching

Tftc

Easy find TFTC

Home sweet home not

Home sweet home not

Found ️

Found on our 2019 mega trip from NSW to QLD and back with Roostaman.
Thanks for the cache Whitey Wiskas,
***MrsRoosta***

**# 25722** Found on our 2019 winter escape trip to Qld with Mrs Roosta.
A perfect Spring day for another drive around the countryside while at Tamworth.
Hardly any muggles around and mostly good safe hides.
Thanks for the cache Whitey Wiskas,
***Roostaman***

Quick find. On our way to QOGM (Blackall) day 8 of our trip. 24 caches for the day and 304 for the trip. TFTC

Found while on a geocaching holiday with tmann421.
Enjoyed the trip around and all the great hides.
Stamped TM/WW NZ, or if in pen our full names

Another day of fun driving / walking around the area with woolwood9.
*More good caches found along the way* **TFTC**
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or our full user names or tm421/ww9 in pen.

TFTC

We had time for a little caching as we travelled from Bathurst to Hervey Bay and back to see the whales. We thoroughly enjoyed both and are grateful for the caches which helped make the trip more enjoyable.

27 July 2019 11:17 geocaching with Magpiecottage and Baby Birt on a crisp New England winter morning. My find # 229
TFTC, handlel, SL,

Another great find. Thanks for hiding this cache for our enjoyment Whitey Wiskas

We are on an eight day trip to Hervey Bay. We saw the most amazing wild creatures close up at Hervey Bay. Whales are ugly but still so wonderful. We also saw some beautiful countryside, although everywhere is in dire need of rain. Thanks for your cache which helped us take a break from driving and have fun at the same time.

Day 30 Mainland trip
Out and about caching around Tamworth and surrounds with Tassie Trekkers and this was one we found. We had a wonderful time and enjoyed the rural drive. The standard of hides and creativity of some were fantastic. A quick find. A lovely old house. TFTC

Caching in and around Tamworth and surrounds, we picked up a few caches with Whitewebbs and this was one of them.

An easy find at GZ, cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Took Nothing Left nothing sl

Found it. Thanks

Day 2 in Tamworth heading South for the QBN Mega, staying at the paceway. Nice easy day picking up a few on the other roads that we did not do last time. Cache all good

TFTC Whitey Wiskas
Total Cache Finds 6463

Happily we were able to find this cache while around this scenic area. We started early and finished late to get as many as possible. Nice to see well maintained caches. Thanks to Whitey Wiskas for hiding this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Tyftc

Hi there Whitey Wiskas.

Today was a drive from Tamworth to Moonbi Lookout (and return), logging caches along the way. The caches we found were all well placed, and the for the most part had pretty accurate coordinates. We can see that a lot of thought has gone into the placement of all the caches we found today.

All up we found 21 caches & DNF'd 3 in this cache run. Thanks for placing the caches. Without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places while we meander around Australia.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found this cache around 5m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** A gold coin.

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Nice quick and easy find for us here today. Thanks for the cache.

Lovely drive out here. TFTC

This olde structure doesn't look that homely from the outside [:o]
But somebody appears to inhabit it still
Possibly squatters ... who knows ??
I parked the geomobile a good distance away,
and strolled past for a quick cache find

If anyone was home,
they didn't notice me

TFTC outside this "bulldoze and rebuild"

Found

We were on our way south again and wanted to pick up some more caches around the Tamworth area. This was a nice quick and easy park and grab kind of cache. There was not much traffic on the road. The cache log was soon signed and we continued on our way. Not sure that that the home is so sweet anymore. Thanks to Whitey Wiskas for this cache placement.

Climbing up high

Our day caching is going well, I think we have already found more then we were hoping for the day and still plenty of time left before we need to head home. TfTc

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A bit smoky this evening but a nice hide,tftc

Brahms6 found this one. Down for the festival. TFTC

Found while driving around the area.. TFTC

Found quickly at this one today. TFTC.

Didn't see anywhere to pull over safely and there was a lot of traffic going by - school pick up time? Continued on to next one.

TFTC

Second day at Tamworth - loved country and plenty to see scene, animal etc.
Some of the cache was brilliant create. it make me enjoyed myself. [^]

Thanks Whitey Wiskas for organising the cache and hunt [^]

I'm heading home to Canberra from Brisbane where I was visiting my Mum who has just had a hip replacement. She is 92, and going great guns, with walking much easier than when I last saw her. As a domestic slave, I am had an easy time - Mum didn't need much care which is great, so I did a little geocaching and walking with my GeoSchnauzers. I spent most of my time walking with Mum and ferrying her around. Had to give her needles for a couple of weeks too. Brought back memories of daily injections for my deceased wife, for her multiple sclerosis.

I got away as planned at about 2:00 pm, making for Stanthorpe for the night. I get here, and stopped for the cache, to stretch my legs, and to walk the dogs. I was on this road a lot forty years ago, there was nothing much here then as I remember. Interesting spot now. The cache was easy, thanks for bringing me here.

Yesterday, I tried to book my room in Stanthorpe. No luck, due to something called a Snowflake Festival. Never mind, try Warwick. No luck. Oh dear. Tenterfield. One room left, got it. Hmmm. Thought I would drive straight there just in case, and just as well I did. The poor bugger was at least quadruple booked. His internet was down, except apparently for his Booking.com connection, so he was trying to find rooms for people. He got me one in Glen Innes, which was out of range of the festival. Never mind, less distance to drive today, and more time for caching.

Very nice. There were muggles clearing the front yard. Nothing in my socks, perhaps they had already collected the weeds ...
Have a favorite point.

Find no 16 of 19 today.

Thanks, Whitey Wiskas

Tftc

TFTC

Found @9:43:00 AM.

A quick find on my way home after a few days in Tamworth.

Thanks to Whitey Wiskas for the cache

Just what everyone needs, a project. I have been known to be picking farmers friends/cobblers pegs out of my pants and socks as we ride down the road. Sometimes there is an advantage to be the pillion. SL TFTC

TFTC, quick park and grab.

Egads The lawn needs mowing[:O)] SL, TFTC]:)]

Quick park and grab whilst visiting from Coffs Harbour.

TNLNSL TFTC

Great little spot not to much muggles out today thankfully just another cache for our road trip

After spending several months house sitting around the Central Coast, Sydney and Bateman's Bay it is time to head back to Queensland.
Day 2 of my drive northwards.
Plenty of caches in Tamworth and surrounds. Unfortunately I do not have time to find them all.
A quick find here today ... and then I walked back to the car without my GPSr.
Thanks for the cache.

Oh the prickles!! TFTC cheers

Put in a new log. I was surprised just how many geocachers either do not sign and date the log or how many find it, sign and date the log and do not register their find. Amazing!

I don't know what Farmers Friend was until now, I'm luckily the weed hasn't flowered yet, so I don't bring any home with me.
TFTC

Very easy find

Found

Found

Found it! Found with dpianta. Tftc.

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Our journey south continues, and our tally of smileys is spreading across the map. Thanks to all the CO's for some interesting caches