Granite Eggs Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
By Na'wal on 18-Feb-16. Waypoint GC6BXQ6

Cleaning up. Time to open the map to some new caches ??

Super Earthcache in a great location. How did the stones get there?
Tftc.

I'm in Brisbane for work and took the opportunity to walk around the city after dark while the rest of the city was watching the State of Origin. I was completely mesmerised by the fairy lights that I neglected to think about geocaching! But on the return trip I had a look and decided to go for the Earth Cache that is here. I had thought these were shell sculptures from a distance, but a closer inspection revealed a little more. What marvellous pieces of earth. Thanks for the lesson Na'wal and thanks for bringing me here. TFTEC

Lovely area! Messaged CO with answers. TFTC!

Rock

This was a lovely find as hadn’t realised these were here. Thanks for this earth cache and greetings from Cairns

The rain has started but plenty of time to do this one.

Thanks to Na'wal for Granite Eggs

Another find as we scooted our way around town collecting caches and Labs before going to day three of Magic Round.

Cheers

In town for NRL magic round and thought we’d do some caching in between games.
Over the 3 days we managed to find all the nearby earthcaches in between rain squawls and e-scootering from point to point.
Answers sent to CO.
TFTEC

Yea walked through here yesterday but didn’t have time to stop. Today we walked back this way on our return from Australia Zoo. Lime Cordiale are playing tonight and there are 100s of people lining up nearby. TFTC.

Stopped here while riding a scooter along pathway. Nice spot.

Message sent

Zusammen mit meiner Schwester haben wir es das erste Mal zur Familie nach Australien geschafft. In drei Wochen waren Sydney, Brisbane (Goldcoast), die Hauptstadt Canberra, Melbourne und Yulara (Ayers Rock) auf dem Plan. Fernab von der Heimat mussten natürlich auch auch ein paar Geocaches gefunden werden. Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen, Legen und Hegen und Grüße aus Germany

Together with my sister we visit the family in Australia for the first time. Three weeks Sydney, Brisbane (Goldcoast), the capital Canberra, Melbourne and Yulara (Ayers Rock) were on the schedule. Far away from home, of course, a few geocaches had to be found. Thank you for showing this place and greetings from Germany!

On another "Explore the City" solo adventure, this time on powered transport ("beam me up Scotty" for Star Trek fans ) I stopped to take in the subject/s of this earth cache and found the experience both interesting and informative. Thanks for another one Na'wal

At a recent get together to paddle Hays Inlet, one of the participants mentioned making their next HUGE milestone a unique cache type during the Mega in Townsville…Well if that didn’t plant a little seed that sees me trying to get a couple of hundred caches in two weeks so I can make my little milestone something unique too…

I’m targeting Adventures from New Farm to Southbank and any other caches that I step over on the way…

My second EC of the day… that’s some record for me… thankfully I didn’t have to get my hands, or my new shoes dirty…

My observations have been submitted…

Answers sent. Nice sculpture garden with interesting background information. TftEC

My first earth cache, tftc cache

A day on scooters and a wander along the river. Always nice to make a new discovery. Thanks for encouraging us to stop here.

As per answers sent

Fun to notice new things!

We are fortunate to be spending a few days in Brisbane, and Mrs Dromaniax has lived here in the past and wished to visit a few old spots she used to frequent. So we visited the beautiful Brisbane City Botanical Gardens. Just before the Goodwill Bridge we spotted an Earthcache and stopped to make the required observations. There was a lot happening in the area as it appears this is one of the major spots to pick up and drop off one of the many scooters that are zipping around Brisbane. Thank you for the time and effort in creating and maintaining g this Earthcache Na'wal.

After appointments at the hospital, my daughter Pinkypie05 and myself decided to do this cache. Nice walk around here. I didn’t know these existed. Answers sent to the CO. TFTC!

We took advantage of the public holiday to find some city caches today. Starting in Fortitude Valley, we completed an 11km triangle, walking down to Southbank, across to the city botanic gardens and back along the river to our start point. Although we’ve been past here before, we’ve never stopped to have a look so thanks for encouraging us to do so. Answers have been sent to the CO. TFTC Na'wal

Found em

Team B in the city

team b cleaning out the city ... tb visit

Finally catching up on back logs. Family day out as Team B.

Weekend to tidy up caches in the city area.

Email sent for Team B. TFTEC

Beautiful spot, never though to come here for an Earth cache
Answers sent to the CO

Another interesting Earthcache. Answers sent to the CO. Tftc

Been past these rocks many, many times but never stopped to appreciate them. Thanks for bringing us here. Such a peaceful area, especially during quiet covid times.

Although I have passed by here several times in the past few weeks I have not stopped to admire & appreciate this area. Thank you for encouraging me to stop & reflect

Thank you for showing us this granite eggs.
TFTC

Visited the botanic gardens and found the ultra cool granite eggs. Answers sent to CO. TFTC

Beautiful

Found with extracheeseplease

Beautiful picturesque area. Up on holiday from Melbourne, weather is nice enough to walk around in a tshirt.

Nice park with good trees.

Found and enjoyed while waiting for husband to download the scooter app. We are anchored in the river and are enjoying exploring Brisbane. TFTC

I’ve passed this place many times without stopping. As I stand here, I listen to the highway traffic humming and cyclists’ bikes clicking. It’s almost peaceful.

Answers sent to CO.

TFTC

Answers sent! Thanks Na’wal!

In the area for my kid's 21st birthday and to attend the Dayboro Mega. AngelG27 and TikvaNZ joined me. We signed as Team FAT.

Nice rocks forming the memorial. AngelG27 submitted the answers. TFTC Na'wal

Cache 7416 on 4 Apr 2021.

Finally, a real geocaching mission with an airplane flight, nights away, so many caches on the list and a road trip home! Flew up from CBR on 1 April with TikvaNZ to join Fox in Jox for a 5 day full-on mission centred around attending the Dayboro Mega event. Plan is to cache in around BNE, targeting old caches, virtuals, LBHs, Wherigos, DT combinations and anything else that takes our fancy and then start heading home Monday via as many counties as we can squeeze in. We have so many caches on the list we are unlikely to get them all, but we will try our best! Don’t care if it rains or snows - QLD here we come!

This cache: answers sent to CO, thanks for the earthcache!

Thanks Na'wal for the cache and the fun!

2 April 2021 7:14 pm

Found during my Mega Roadtrip to the Dayboro Mega with Loci612, with many Earthcaches, Virtuals, larges and LGA's with around 300 finds in total it was a massive trip. Thanks for the cache and being part of the journey.

Dayboro QLD Mega - Day Four:

The fourth day of our mega road trip with buhfuhguh!

Another 12+ hour day of caching, one of the highlights was finding nine Earthcaches, I am sure that is a daily record for me! Just crazy! A whole bunch of challenges, wherigos, virtuals, letterbox's and Australia's most Eastern cache were also good to grab. A very long but eventful day!

We started in Casino, NSW at 7am and finished up in Bray Park, QLD at 10pm completely buggered! Thanks to all the CO's

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This Cache:

An interesting set of "Granite Eggs" at GZ! A great spot to visit and explore the surroundings, this Earthcache gave us an excuse to do so!

Wandered around, answered the questions, which buhfuhguh has sent off to the CO.

Many thanks for bringing us here

Found with Joolay on our bike trip around South Bank. Cool set of rocks here. Answers sent to CO

Thanks for hiding this cache Na'wal

Another cool EC and on the banks of the Brissy River. Pretty hot but a nice cool breeze in the shade.
Answers sent to CO.
On a trip north to get to Dayboro with Kittykatch and Barb2e. We are now in Brisbane and on e-bikes. Looking forward to exploring. The rain made it very difficult to make a decision on the best way to go but the coast highway is open so this is the way we are going. Looking forward to seeing new country.

TFTC Na'wal

A nice place to stop on today's adventure around Southbank and the botanic gardens. Answers sent to owner. TFTC. Unfortunately they weren't as comfy to sit on as I hoped but plenty of grass and they are quite sweet.

Really nice little earth cache. My geokid loved finding out about these and swore they were dinosaur eggs. He also enjoyed climbing all over them. Thanks for the wonderful information - it’s so good to just stop and see the little details we so often miss. Thank you!

6/12/20 Find #4423

Today Fangsoki and I had a goal to chase down a few Earthcaches, and we decided a trip in to the city would help with that. It is usually an area I try to avoid, preferring the peace of the burbs or further away than the bustle of the city.
At least there are a couple of spots that are a little less “city” and this was one of those, our last spot to visit in here for the morning.
Parking the car under the freeway, we wandered over to get a good look at these eggs. One good thing about Earthcaches in the city is that no one is concerned about someone seeming to be a bit of an arty type checking out an art install and taking photos. Meaning we didn’t have to be too concerned about the bustle of muggles walking and riding various modes of transport here.
I was surprised to find out this install was actually by the same artist as one of today’s previous Earthcaches too - although similar material has been used, it differed greatly from both that install and another one by the same artist I had seen elsewhere a while back now.
Thanks for the Earthcache Na'wal.

The last earthcache for 1MinnieMoo and I today.

We paid a princely sum of 10 bucks to park nearby (probably should have just parked illegally like everyone else) and made our way toward GZ.

We collected our clues and took photos. An interesting little area indeed. We have submitted our answers. TFTEC Na'wal

Lovely spot here ... thank you.

Spent a morning completing the six Earthcaches currently in the greater city area. Three and a half hours well spent and over 10 kilometres on foot.
Always nice to visit this area of the river and reminisce of younger days spent at the nearby University.
These 'Granite Eggs' are a cool little feature adding interest to this corner.
Answers submitted as requested.
Thanks For The Cache! #193.

Such a pretty area with the nearby fairy trees. I enjoyed the geology lesson. Took me back to first year uni. Wish I could remember more of the course! Cheers

I recently visited this end of town and stopped to admire the Granite Eggs. Very interesting objects, I think the couple sitting on the seat under the tree thought I was a little odd wondering around touching them all.
Thanks Na'wal for bringing me here.

TFTC
Big day in Brissy, utilizing city bikes & two feet, ended the day with 2x Virtuals, 8x Trads, 5x Earthcaches, 47x Labs. Over 16klm in total.
Answers sent to CO.
Cheers
Seemyshell

Thought it would be easy, but was difficult for me

Liked stopping and feeling the textures of the rocks. Answers just posted.

Visiting first time in Brisbane and doing some caching, tftc!

Well, I'm on a bit of an earth cache hunt at the moment. You see, there is this snowflake challenge... enough said!

I am more than familiar with these gardens, having worked up the hill for many years, and using this very spot as a lunch time escape. I had no idea an earth cache had popped up here until I went searching for them today.

Was great to get out and about, and enjoy the sunshine - outside of the typical hustle and bustle of a weekday.

Thanks for taking me back here. Answers have been sent.

TFTC and TB visits

After work I decided to take my bike here and find a few caches. Wow I got a nice surprise at gz. I bet people just ride on by without noticing. This is what geocaching is all about taking you to places you don't know about or notice. Sent answer to co. Thanks for taking me here .Great end to the week of work. Giving it a FP FOR all the fun

Cute

Thought it was time to stop and feel the eggs. Interedting arrangement. Answers sent to CO. Tftc.

A nice walk out to spot this earth cache, anyone walking back into town might want to walk along the river if they didn’t head out that way

COVID gave me some spare time, so I figured I would put it to good use . TFTC.

Beim Besuchen meiner Verwandten nebenbei ein paar Cache gemacht

Seven of them some feel rough others are plastic feeling.

Out for a bit of caching fun with grannysmith1947 and Brislions. After finding a nearby cache, we headed to this earthcache. Even though both my caching buddies had been here previously, they were happy to rest up while I took photos so I could answer the questions here. Thanks or bringing me here, Na'wal and TFTC

I must have looked very strange here to the gardener waiting to get started on the mowing. I've sent my answers. Tftc and UTV

Arrived 4 am this morning and we are feeling a bit tired. However a nice breakfast and walk in the park is a perfect thing to do.

Our adventure really started a couple of years ago with our cruise booking and the savings plan. This year we arrived Feb 6 and had three days to explore Sydney before cruising with Kteeeee and Mr. Kteeeeee, MissPeach13 and MrPeach13 and WRTagalong. signed CCC. We had a great trip with no cases of Co-vid19. We arrived back to Sydney Mid march. The others flew home. WRT and I continued on. We had some time in Brisbane and then cut our trip short as the virus was causing too many challenges and our Country called us home. We stayed quiet and flew out the 25th arriving to a ghost city in Vancouver.

These caches are only being logged now that I am hooked up to the computer and I can find the caches I missed logging. If I have made an error please let me know if something seems wrong as time has passed and my memory is not what it used to be.

Thank you to all the Aussies who set out these caches, maintained them and to the Aussies who offered us shelter and long term shelter if we could not get home. If I had to be stuck anywhere in the world I would choose Australia!

Greetings from Scotland. We are only in Brisbane for a couple of days, unfortunately. Today we decided to head into the city, pick up a few caches, and try a set of Labs. We started with a stroll along the South Bank and took a walk across Goodwill Bridge. We arrived at this earthcache, studied the rocks and gathered our answers. It was unusual to come across this garden of stones and the area was quite quiet so we could take our time. We have sent our observations off to the CO. We loved the Mangrove trees nearby. They were spectacular and we were surprised to see them.


*This is our 10550th logged find. Found at 13:06 hrs.* TFTC

Interesting site.. TFTC

TFTC. A nice quick field puzzle to answer.

Nice walk across the river to pick this one up. Thanks Na'wal

Heute beim Besuch im Botanischen Garten beim Pausen machen entdeckt.
Dies war unser letzte Tag in Australien es war eine schöne Zeit hier, mit vielen eindrücken die ich mit nach Hause nehme.
Viele Leute kennengelernt und viele Geschichten gehört.
Danke für herführen und logen.
By By Australien grüße aus Deutschland schreib der Momolus
Discovered today when visiting the botanical garden while taking breaks.
This was our last day in Australia it was a good time here with many impressions that I take home with me.
Lots of people got to know and lots of stories heard.
Thanks for leading and lying.
By By Australia greetings from Germany write the Momolus

These rocks do look a bit out of place here. Found while out exploring the gardens today. Answers sent. TFTC # 15,223

Glad I came out here. Such a lovely spot. Particularly after the rain we've had.

thank you for bringing us here. This is not an area we frequent but it was great to come here for a look around.

TFTEarthcache Na'wal

TFTC smile 6059 out and about with Brislions to find some adventure labs Earthcaches and a few traditional a favourite point from me enjoyed my day in the big smoke



Thank you, Na'wal, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Was talking with Grannysmith1947 I might weekend with not much walking maybe to to do a few park and grabs. Came Thursday night I decided to pickup a few Adventure Labs. So not much walking . When it on a map it doesn’t look far. 5 Adventure Labs to do 45 locations 44 done. 1 Virtual, 2 Earthcache, 4 traditional, and 2 mystery. So 53 finds 7 in the car rest walking. Ouch my feet my legs. And funny thing I am only logging these Sunday. I needed a massage today.

Sorry for the generic post

Cache a day to keep the doctor away, or is it to keep me sane. No it’s to keep my streak alive. TFTC Na’wal *423* streak. *2624* Finds

#4712:
It's been a long day today! We started out in Caloundra, headed to the Glass House Mountains for a BBQ, then came down to Brisbane for a short night in a hostel. After repacking the suitcase, I took GeoMum out to South Bank and the Botanic Gardens for a lovely night-time walk and possum-tracking!

I used to live in Brisbane, so this is a place I've been to many many times. However, I never solved this Earth cache. Well it all worked out well, because it was the perfect cache to grab tonight.

Now it's back to the hostel, and ready for an early morning flight to Melbourne! TFTC.
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84th cache found in Queensland City of Brisbane.

The amount of times I have been here and I lost count. Numerous occasions I have picked up the info and never logged it. Again I was in the area picking up the LAB caches and once again, I took a couple of pics and sent answers in. TFT EC

19/1/20 1145am Found it TFTC

The Botanic Garden was the target of the last evening. Although granite is so common also in Finland, this kind of rocks are not. Fawo for this place and the Garden. Tftc

Quite interesting learning about these types of rocks. Quite intriguing actually. Thanks for bringing me to this location and hopefully my answers are suitable!! TFTC

Tftc

After a morning flight from Townsville and an afternoon visiting colleagues, Mr CNQ wandered into the city from Boggo Rd and collected a few caches along the way. Collected the information while contemplating a nearby traditional amongst the stream of late afternoon commuters. Tree lights came on and a photo is attached, Answers sent, thanks for setting up this earthcache Na'wal.

We will be visiting and have made note of the questions so we will stop and visit. The bnb is very close by.

Answers submitted. TFTC. Not what I was expecting but another cool spot found because of a cache

Awesome spot at night

What a very cute place to be

Last day in Brisbane. Last chance to pick up some caches. This has been a great stay in beautiful Brisbane.
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Second stop here at night to get the clues for this EC. Answers sent and green light to log received.
FP here

Greetings from France

> *Thanks Na’wal for the cache *

Visited Brisbane on our last day in Australia and strolled by this Granite eggs.

TFTC from Germany

Granite again. Nice made sculptures. Stolled by today while exploring Brisbane. TFTC

Pretty cool.

This nice cache was searched and found together with my dad "Tango-Addi"!
Many thanks for showing this place!

TFTC from Tango-Junior

P.S. sorry for the late log!

Today we arrived in Brisbane to visit the city in the next days.
Next to our hotel we found the beautiful Botanic Garden and this very interesting EC.
Directly after our arrival we found the granite rocks and began to search for the answers.
We found all we need quickly and precise.
Many thanks for us this amazing place.

TFTC says Tango-Addi!

4780

Tuesday. I didn’t know these Granite Eggs were here! So worth a visit to these and I must have looked a sight as I draped myself over them, all the while taking photos. Answers sent to CO for consideration.

This was the 3rd of 4 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***Na'wal***, for showing us this place.

The campers sitting around their tents were most curious about what I was doing
Answer sent to CO.
Thanks for this very interesting Earthcache.

Found while out for a walk through the gardens. TFTC

Finally made it over here to get the information to log this earthcache. Such a lovely spot, thanks for bringing me to this spot. Tftc