Warraroon House Longueville, New South Wales, Australia
By aquaman33 on 15-Nov-15. Waypoint GC669RE

I spent many hours building this cache. It was a labour of love and attracted lots of favourite points. It was a fake tree house.

Sadly it has been taken. So I am archiving it.

It was secured quite high in a tree with a stainless steel cable so I don't believe it was washed away in the floods.

Found the padlock, no sign of any cache. Nice spot, tad muddy right now.

Found the lock on the ground at GZ, looks as though the cache itself is long gone. Lots of high, fast flowing water through here recently.

Unfortunately looks like the lock is gone. I found it with the door open and all the items sprawled in front of it. Placed everything back in the container sans lock atleast.

I grabbed this one on the way home today, incidentally it was on a list of field puzzles I had “solved” from way back. Approaching GZ I was very cautious after getting two leeches on me last week. Ground was super soggy and there is a resident huntsman that I have disturbed in the house. Giving a FP as this is a great little cache and I like the lock. I took the TB and will likely move it on to Darwin. TFTC.

A truly spectacular location, hard to believe it’s in the middle of a high priced urban jungle. Very glad I came after some rain! A great cache container too! Thanks aquaman33 for the cache

Find 464 for the tribe.

Wow what a sensational little bushwalk!! Started logically with Warrawoon starts with me and made my way down to the arch bay past two more caches. 4.2km in total. A lovely little stream and waterfall, old gum trees with burls, a cave or two, mangroves, picnic spots, a playground or two. Whqt more could you ask for on a cool summers evening? Once you're about 150m down the path feels as though you are miles away from the centre of Sydney. All caches were in good condition. This is why we love geocaching! New places, bush, paths, yes!

This one - ooh I like this kind of puzzle cache! Think a bit but not impossible. An epic cache! I know it days leave it as you found it but I couldn't help myself - there was a huntsman in amongst the swag! Goodness knows how he got there given the tight seal! I removed said huntsman from the cache and then left as I found it. Also left the TB.

Thanks for the cache aquaman33! Have another well earned FP.

actually really cool,.well done

Clever

TFTC nice little puzzle! Awesome container!

GREAT! Instant favourite.
Thank you!

I hope those kids that came by when I was in the middle of retrieval don't think it was a drug spot lol
Absolutely love the cache and appreciate the effort that went into this cache! There were a couple trackables, took one merry one on its way. Thanks so much!!

Thanks

Cracked the code on my second attempt – I was definitely way overcomplicating it last time. I left behind a few trackables, TFTC.

Found with Dylan - his first!

Thanks for a brilliant cache. This is one of the best caches we’ve ever found. Interesting puzzle and cool container same as the location. Unfortunately ran out of favourite points but this cache definitely deserves one from us when we get one.

Thanks for a brilliant cache. Easy puzzle with hint and super container same as the location. This is one of the best cache we ever found. Unfortunately ran out of favourite points but definitely deserves one when we get a favourite point. TFTC

Lani , Tim and Suzie found it 18/7/21

Thanks

TFTC! Such a beautiful spot and a good find!
WARNING FOR OTHER CACHERS - cache has turned into a bit of a hiding spot for spiders so be very careful when opening, I had 3 big ol ones drop out on me

With Stackofcats - ahhhh a Valentines Day stroll - we located the cache. Pretty spot. Cache, lock, & contents all in good order.
TTFC

What a lovely peaceful place. Of course I overlooked the obvious at first with my head in the sand so to speak. Lock all good and contents dry. Nice work. Have a FP. TFTC

TFTC. Lock still there

Great little home for a geocache.
Shinty new lock still in place, as was a nontrivially sized spider.

TFTC

Tftc

TFTC!
Beware the resident spider

This turned out to be less spider-y than expected when I saw the container.

Tftc.

We’ve been past here so many times. Loved this cache

I visited my cache today to replace the padlock (again) and add some new swaps. The cach is in great condition.

This is the third time that someone has stolen the padlock, so its becoming a little frustrating. I can only assume the locks have been stolen by Geocachers because you need the combination.

Its obvious that I have put a lot of time, effort and money into this cache, so I find it strange that a Geocacher would think its okay to steal the lock.

It seems obvious that the lock needs to stay on the cache, but I guess I will have to add a note to the description.

TFTC. Quickly found the cache however it is missing the lock. Geodog Atlas was not with us today.

Visited here on a stunning winters morning with the creek flowing. Searched around for what I thought I knew I was looking for but no luck. Turned 180 degrees and almost hit my head on the camo. After reading the previous log of a resident huntsman I was very careful when opening and when the cache came out I jumped a little. Great cache and in excellent condition. There was no locking mechanism though so I don't know if its missing by accident or purposely. TFTC!

Great hide and lovely little cache. A massive Huntsman jumped on my hand when replacing the cache. Scared me to death.

Traveling with the NZGA 2019 group from US, Canada and Puerto Rico. We all loved the natural bridge and waterfall and the cache container. Gets a fave from me.

Thanks for the cache!

Squirrel! I am one of the 30odd cachers and i am visiting from Tennessee , with muggles, and friends traveling to New Zealand and Australia. We signed or stamped the logs as NZGA2019 aka New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019. It is a 25 day adventure through 9 different cities between the two countries.


all is good, so cache on!

I am from Vancouver, BC, Canada with a group from Canada, USA and Puerto Rico
There are 30 in our group so we signed NZGA2019

Today we have been on a bus tour of the Sydney area
Thanks for the caches we found on our way

Interesting place and super cache

I am visiting from Beautiful British Columbia, Canada along with others from Canada, the USA, and Puerto Rico. Our cruise has now ended and we are spending a few days in the Sydney area. We are signing logs as NZGA 2019 on behalf of the group. Thanks for placing these caches for us to find and for adding to our fun day.

We are having a grand time sightseeing in this beautiful part of the world, caching along the way. Our group stamps logs NZGA2019, which stands for New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019. We represent Puerto Rico, Canada, and my home, the USA. The little natural bridge with the stream was extra nice!

I’m a Canadian Cacher with a group of 32 others that were on board the Celebrity Solstice cruising around New Zealand and Australia with caching in ports - we are from US, Puerto Rico and Canada. Signing logs NZGA2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019) Awesome place- thanks for bringing us here!!! TFTC

I am visiting from Rhode Island with a large group (31) of Geocachers from USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico. We will be signing as NZGA 2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019) to save room on the logs. We are out caching on this beautiful day in your wonderful country. If answers or pictures are required one if us will send them soon. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache!

Tftc
Greetings from Puerto Rico signed as Nzga 2019.

OCW a group of people from the USA and Canada. Today we were touring Australia by bus. We are signing logs as NZGA 2019. We enjoyed the walk to the cache.

TFTC

Found with the New Zealand/Australia Geocaching Adventure 2019 group. We stamped the logs with our group Initials NZGA2019 to save time and to save space on the log. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for the rest of us to find. If answers or pictures are required, they will be sent by at least one of the members of our group.

I am sure the people in the neighborhood wondered why a minibus was rolling down the deadend street. But all of us piled out to head down the trail this morning. Thanks for the great cache hide.

Neat cache and lots of ants good hint. With the NZGA group. TFTC

Caching with the NZGA 2019 cachers. We are from USA, CANADA AND PORTI RICO. Sorry the wild fires have done so much damage and made tourism difficult.

Found while out caching with the New Zealand/Australia Geocaching Adventure 2019 group. Nicely done cache. TFTC.

I am traveling with 32 other people, most of whom are geocachers. We are from all over the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. We are signing logs NZGA2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure, even though we are now in Australia ). Today is our last day in Sydney.

Found with the NZGA 2019 group while caching around Sydney. What a great spot for a cache, enjoyed the cache container as well as the creek view. Thanks so much for your cache, fav from me!

Greetings from St Louis, MO. Traveling with other geocachers from the USA, Canada and Puerto Rico. Signed log as NZGA 2019. TFTC

Found as part of the 33 caching group from the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. We stamped the log with NZGA2019 to save space on the log pages. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache that added to our caching adventures.

Another beautiful spot, glad to find this cache, favorite for sure. We are a large group of cachers/muggle spouses from Canada, US and Puerto Rico. Calling ourselves and marking cache logs as NZGA2019 (New Zealand Geocaching Adventure 2019 group, as we started our adventure on a cruise from Auckland). Nicely done. We hired a driver to take us to some old and favored caches. TFTC

Coastblue has her eye on this one and as it has been recently re-enabled, now was the time. CB, GZed and I found the safest way to GZ and we’re pleased to find the camo. We worked out how to get to the log, but it was a popular place as the ants had decided to nest here. We did our best to cause the least amount of damage but there were a few casualties. Replaced and ready to go again. Thanks aquaman33.

I’ve had my eye on this cache for a while. I was too afraid to attempt it with GZed because of the terrain but today I had help from Ziggiau and together we were able to look after him and make the find. Great cache except for the ants nesting there. Inconveniently, they’ve stored their eggs on the cache’s lid. We did our best not to disturb them. I loved the walk in and the area here. Beautiful! TFTC!

Visited today to remove old padlock. Thanks to the Lock Picking Lawyer on Youtube for the advice on how to remove it.

Fitted a new lock, added some swag and collected a travel bug.

All good, so enameling the cache again. Apologies for the delay.

I am still trying to borrow some bolt cutters. Will get it fixed up soon. Apologies for the delay.

I visited this cache yesterday to try and sort out the combination lock.

I was unable to get the lock to open with the original code or the code that was suggested in the previous log.

Not sure what has happened, but I can't open it.

So I am going to suspend the cache until I get some bolt cutters and a new lock.

Apologies, I will get it working again as soon as I can.

#7793 11:25
Today I went for a cache trip around the foreshore of our beautiful harbour. With a large number of caches I planned the most optimal route using the website cachetur.no . But as things go, there is always an extra find or a longer than planned search for a cache that it was not long before my ambitious schedule was falling apart.

Walking along the Tamborine Track, starting off near the school I enjoyed the scenery. The tide was running out and so the mangrove trees were all exposed and I marvelled at all the new offshoots growing.
I went off trail near Warraroon House and quickly noticed the cache. I performed signing duties and I am not sure what happened when I tried to lock up. I think I accidentally changed the lock code. You now have the subtract 1 from the three-digit code in order to open the lock.

TFTC

Find #: 2,054
Companions: None
Muggles: None
Weather: Warm autumn morning
Cache condition: Good

I had to drop my son off at a birthday party nearby, so decided to go for a jog 'n cache afterwards, exploring a new area of Sydney. This was my fourth stop. I had to work my way through some spiders but it wasn't too hard to get to GZ or the container. Nice work! TNLNSL, then I continued on the path, one of my favourite environments in which to run. TFTC

A really nicely constructed cache.
As i was approaching the GZ along the path i was scattering skinks every few steps. There were so many of them out sunning themselves.
At first when i was trying to work out the puzzle i was checking the description for numbers, numbers of words in sentences, etc. then i read the clue and thought “oh, ok. Thats it.”
A beautiful spot.
Worth a favourite point.
Thanks.
#285

Found today with lovelyladylocks while in the area. What a cool cache! Thank you

Found! Pizza_Steve and l came to this area around 2 years ago and found the other traditionals. We were driving past this afternoon and l mentioned to him we hadn’t done the Mystery. We stopped and took another walk through this beautiful natural park and spotted the cache! TNLN - thanks for the cache!

Great hide tftc

TFTC great hide

I've looked at this one about 5 times and completely missed the code. Then one night it just came to me, code in mind I went for the search and luckily it was correct!

Great Cache. TFTC

Found with Mummy and Daddy to start our Hidden creatures collection

Find #3 for today. This is by far the greatest cache I have ever seen!

Always wanted to find or make a geocache like this. Cool place, waterfall and the natural arch. TFTC!
99th find, wish it was 100th though.

An interesting cache in a surprisingly unspoiled area (if you discount the slight sewer odour).
The cache was inhabited by a huge huntsman spider. Fortunately I have no fear of spiders, so sent it on its way.
TFTC

I’ve been working in Greenwich and driving past I’ve had my eye on this line of caches in this Park. Having finished a little early I thought I’d head on over.
What a nice bit of bushland just off the harbour.
Upon finding GZ i now see the correlation with the cache name. The puzzle wasn’t too hard to solve and soon had CIH .SLTNLN.
A very clever cache that has taken some though. A Fab point coming your way, and what a beautiful setting.
Mr Aquaman33 I am visiting a particular Little Yellow Fish TB that you brought from England via Hong Kong and deposited in Aquatic Cache. It made its way to Harold Reid Reserve,Castle Cove, where I happened upon it. It’s been on quite some adventure and it has made it to New Zealand, it’s mission, twice, by water.
Off to Hodgsoms Rock next.

I’ve had a hiatus from caching and just getting back into it again and needing to get my logs up to date.

Find: 543
2nd of 5 finds for today
Cache condition: Good condition
Logbook/sheet: Log is less than 50% full

TFTC????

Nice puzzle. Lovely place. Tftc!

**THE CUT & PASTE BIT:** Today I took part in the “7 Bridges Walk” and completed the full 28+ Km. It took me approx 7-and-a-half hours, and the pedometer clocked up approx 44,000 steps. My geo-plan was to ‘find’ Baktrak’s new Harbour Bridge virtual cache and maybe jag another cache or two if I could sneak away from the crowd. As it turned out I found 7 caches in total, quite a nice parity. I shouldn’t have worn my all-terrain geo-thongs for the start of the walk, my feet ACHE.

As it was getting a lot later in the day now (partially because I have spent a bit of time geocaching...) there weren't many people at all around, especially as this cache is on an optional longer bushwalk section. A lot of people had gone the shorter route, or had just had enough and gone home by now. Plus this cache wasn't exactly on the route. Lovely setting! And a very cool cache! The puzzle was simple and understandable too. Signed the log, replaced, and locked. Thankfully, no one went by as I was messing about with the cache. The cache itself is very full, I probably should have taken something just to make things easier but didn't. I'm glad I had the geo-app as it helped me navigate back to the path I should have been following TFTC!

Quick find on a early Sunday sweep of some puzzles. Nice construction aquaman33 all good at the cache.
Thanks for the placement Cheers

Good one ! TFTC !

Thanks for the cache great idea

21 August 2017 at 09:37

Thank you, aquaman33 for this neat cache. You must have known I needed a gentle walk in the bush this chilly, spring Monday morning - with a puzzle at the end of it. I encountered no humans and no bugs - just one smiling drop bear and something slightly alien which might have been a mushroom in another life. I accept that these may have just been hallucinations due to coffee-deprivation (now sorted)... but one never knows.
I can report that all was in good working order... Nice one!!

TFTC!

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. Found it quickly. Very clever camo and a great spot. TFTC

Found it quickly. Very clever camo and a great spot. TFTC

I took the wrong path near to GZ and made a mess of walking along the slippery rocks in the creek. Didn't fall in, but nearly so!
Arrived at GZ and saw the cute cache. I as pretty sure of the combination needed, and this proved correct. Left a bank note of unknown origin. TNSL TFTC

This cache is amazing very cute. Beautiful location. Fun find thankyou for the effort!

We are coming up to our 1800th (unofficial milestone) find, and have one in mind to do this Sunday, but needed to get to 1799 finds before then. So today we headed over to the Greenwich area to bump up our finds count, but it ended up not being one of our better caching days with nearly as many DNF's as finds. This was the 4th of 4 finds, and 3 DNF's, for the day.

After a couple of disappointing DNF's at "North by Northwood" & "Longueville Park" we were getting desperate for a final find for today, so as to get to 1799 and be able to go home, and this was our next nearest cache. Parked the geomobile at the end of Dettmann Avenue and then headed on into Warraroon Reserve and down to GZ.

Quickly located the cache's very cute outer camo, entered the code, and then had CIH. Stamped & signed the logbook, discovered a Trackable, TNLN, then replaced (reset) as found. A simple puzzle with a really good cache camo/container in a very nice location. All together worthy of a Favourite point from us. TFTC aquaman33.

Find #1799

A cute cache. The main impediment to entry was removed quickly. However, I began to suspect a second when I could not get the cache open. After a bit of time it became apparent that the mechanism was jammed a little.
This proved to make securing it again a little problematic. A little brute force was needed.

Really enjoyed walking the Warraroon Reserve track around Tambourine Bay. Stopped to make a 'house call' after finding the house number. TFTC aquaman33

#2144

A nice quick. When I saw the field puzzle, I decided I better read more about it.. Then I got the numbers came to me and presto it open.. Signed and replaced.. clear so a FP from me,

TFTC

With daylight still being good after hours a scan of what was around and we spotted this one. We managed to park at open of the trail heads and headed down to the creek in this nice part of the bush. The hide was soon spotted and we knew what to do to open it and soon had the log in hand. We completed teh signing duties and re hid. TFTC

Hint the name of the cache is a big clue!

A fabulous GZ!! It is a wonder that the locals don't see this or interfere with it in some way.
lovely little part of the world.
SL TFTC

Filled with ants

On a walk around Lane Cove we came across several caches.

The cache was quickly found, the riddle already beforehand solved. The surprise after opening: cockroaches which fell out and shocked us.

So far seen on this trip: Thailand, New Zealand and Australia.

TFTC from a geocacher on his journey through the world.

Danke!

After a semester abroad in New Zealand, I travel around Sydney and the blue mountains with MMXX now. There are plenty of amazing spots to discover.
Thanks for placing a geocache here and sorry that I keep my logs short.

Was in the vicinity and couldn't resist the lure of a question mark even a simple one. Parked nearby and headed down the quiet trail to the creek. Pleasant spot here. Nice container that was opened quickly, jumped as 10 or so cockroaches scurried out over my hand. Signed log and replaced. Thanks for a nice cache!

(709) During an early morning caching expedition I found this and two other caches in the Lane Cove area. Several cache guardians fell out of Warraroon House when I opened it. Cockroaches of various sizes fell on the ground and scampered away. Didn't faze me in the slightest. It's the legless reptile cache guardians that I worry about!
Cool little puzzle and excellent container.
XN SL.
TFTC!

Visited today with the kids. Geocache still in great condition. Added a few new swaps and picked up a travel bug.

Came in from Karingal Road which was an easy enough walk in though the ferns are starting to get a bit out of control across the track. Initially the phone led me to the wrong side of the creek but from there I spotted the hide. Had a bit of fun accessing the thing as while I knew what I needed to do I only had my multifocal sunnies to let me see the numbers and it was reasonably dark in here which didn't help. But got there quickly enough and managed to sign and replace before a muggle came along who I think was searching for a dog. Thanks aquaman33, it's always nice to see a well constructed and imaginative hide. Worth a favourite point. Cheers.

#261 Second of three finds for the morning on a quick caching trip around Riverview. Nice easy find after a short walk through the bush. Beautiful waterfall and amazing cache hide. This is what caching is all about. Thanks for a great cache, one of the best I've done.

tftc

Another beautiful winter day with clear blue sky. Solved this puzzle in the morning and then he headed off for our daily cache - which ended up in four. We took the long approach to GZ, parked at William Edward Street. Nice walk down. Lots of effort has been done to provide into the camo, well worth a FP. Dropped a TB which wants to visit Spain.

Amazing. Brilliant cache, great location, nice little walk, all in suburban Sydney. It always is so rewarding having done a few perfectly acceptable but run of the mill caches to stumble on a gem like this one. Many FP wishes to you.

Another cache where I liked to hard at first, rather than just seeing what was there. Access was granted and I was greeted by several bugs that had taken up residence in this fine waterfront property. Impressive crafting here. Love your work aquaman33, a favourite.

Took OzMega GC.

An amazing cache. Dropped off a TB. TFTC