Heritage The Oaks History #4 The Oaks, New South Wales, Australia
By Dragons2010 on 16-Apr-16. Waypoint GC6FR5M

TOTT might be required although there should be natural resources to help TFTC

Find# 12533Nice quick find.Bit of a stretch to reach the cache.TFTC Dragons2010

Thank you for the great and easy cache!

Yay we found a third cache in The Oaks! Nice hiding spot to reach for, with CutieGuyCherry. Thank you!

Speedy find find the geokids. Super_Larlie made the grab. TFTC

Quick findTFTC

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Places like this can be so interesting. We have very little in the way of abandoned townships in Australia. Yerranderie is one of the few. Sorry this place was not open when I was hereThanks for bringing it to my attention tho Dragons2010

Nice spot

Different kind of reach than I was expecting

Quick find TFTC

Quick find and on the next one Found the cache on the ground rehit where I thought it should be

A geocheck reveals that after vegetation removal the cache has also been removed. A new replacement container has been added, hoping for less vegetation removal in the future. Good to go

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Cool spot for a cache. Tftc

Yep

Got to reach for it

Found it after reaching up
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TFTC - lots of activity at the community centre so had to pick my exact moment

Good find again

School kids on excursion nearby so couldn’t sign inconspicuously but TFTC!

Simple find after collecting an AL point, thanks for the hide

Great hide!

Quick find with SJG66 TFTC

Found with O319

Spent some time earlier to do a bunch of maintenance while the Geomissus is away with her mother visiting our daughter interstate, and then head out for a small bunch of almost local hides which I’ve been attempting to get to for some time. But I’m still a little time restricted so have to choose my targets wisely. Had a few fails previous to coming into The Oaks History series, so hoping for a bit more luck this time.
Apologies to the CO for the slow logging, but it’s been a hectic few weeks

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After a successful hunt nearby, I made my way to my next target. It’s always interesting driving around the backstreets of areas that you drive through on occasion, but never consider exploring. Who but the locals would ever know that an area like this was even here? And as such, I was a little worried that maybe I wouldn’t be early enough in the morning to avoid the suspicion of the local kiddie muggles and mums!
I waited for the muggle neighbours to retreat into their hobbit hole and leapt from the GeoSuzi and headed into the direction I was being guided to. But once again it was a bit of a head scratching episode with the hint and some of the last logs. Thinking to myself, I’m becoming a suspicious character here, I’ve got to make a move! Gah, where is it! Oh, maybe here…..with a leg up, I had CIH, completed duties and skidadled to the safety of the transportation device.
Phew, out of sight, out of mind!

TFTC

30,033. Found during an invasion of the 'Bargo up to Penrith' region on the Canberra Day long weekend with a great bunch of Cachers.

With the Canberra Day long weekend upon us, a number of Canberra region Cachers performed an invasion of the Bargo up to Penrith area. Canberra Day Invasion 2023 (signed as CDI23) consisted of minniek, Joolay, Kittykatch, isopeda, barb2e, albida33, smittengranny, Nibbletricecakes, GLISS!, Contesta, EverestHigh and myself. After half the group did a nearby 2001 Multi, we all caught up and hit the trail for many many caches. This was the next CDI23 find. Nice little mini-series and a quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, then headed off to the next one on the list.

Thanks Dragons2010 !!

Found on a trip to Picton and Penrith with a group of Canberra cachers. Signed as CDI23 (Canberra Day Invasion). Thanks for the hide

Picton & Penrith Canberra Day weekend Invasion. Day 2. Today the trip got underway with the team caching. I sat out the walk to 'More', which I had done many years ago and joined up after a late morning break. The group was made up of Fitzy_1965, MinnieK, Joolay, Kitty Katch, Barb2e, Isopeda, Smitten Granny, Contesta, Gliss! and Nibletricecakes. EverestHigh joined a little later on. We had a huge list of caches to do and we got underway on a warming day. As things looked to be running out of time we changed to the end of the list to get to the Dam for a virtual and then cached out way back to Picton to get to the event and a chance to meet some locals and others caching in the area today. Dinner was a great local Picton Thai restaurant followed by finishing Lab caches before I headed back to Bargo for the night.

As we headed back to Picton we stopped for as many roadside caches as we could, pleas a bit of a lap of the two small towns we passed through.

Thanks for the cache Dragons2010

40425.35 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Fish A#63

Albida

Fitzy_1965 & I headed to the Picton region today with a bunch of friends from Canberra for our Canberra Day long weekend invasion (the joys of living in NSW but working in ACT for me). All caches were signed as CDI23.

We had a fun day finding, trads, puzzles & multis and a few AL's for good measure. We ended up at dinner at a great Thai restaurant after the event in Picton itself.

With a long weekend in Canberra who can resist getting away! Joined a great bunch on friends to tackle a bit of the Picton area. The day included a big investment of time in an oldie (lots of fun) and then lots of caching in the region. A really delightful day trip with barb2e, Kittykatch, isopeda, albida33, fitzy_1965, Minniek, joolay, Smittengranny, contesta, EverestHigh and GLISS! Signed most of the caches as CDI - for Canberra Day Invasion. Thanks to all the cache owners for the fun!

Found on an overnight trip to Picton. I joined a large group of Canberra cachers for one day of the long weekend. Caches were signed as CDI2023 - Canberra Day Invasion 2023. My fellow invaders were - isopeda, barb2e, Nibbletricecakes, Kittykatch, albida33, fitzy_1965, Joolay, MinnieK, Contesta and Smittengranny. A Sydney local, EverestHigh joined us for many of the caches.
TFTC Dragons2010

Find #7508

Nice day out some some caching in the Picton area with a great group of CBR cachers. Signed as CDI23 - Canberra Day Invasion. isopeda, barb2e, Nibbletricecakes, Gliss!, Kittykatch, albida33, fitzy_1965, Joolay, MinnieK, contesta, and Smittengranny.

Thanks so much Dragons2010 for getting me out and about and enjoying this area

Quick find. Lovely drive today.
Long weekend trip away. Looking forward to new scenery. Signing as CDI-23-Canberra Day Invasion. Also joined by Everest High.

Thanks for getting me out and about Dragons2010

Found with the Canberra group and signed as CDI 23 for Canberra Day Invasion. On the list of caches to do on Sat and the group included Kittykatch, Joolay, isopeda, Contesta, Albida33, Smittengranny, GLISS!, nibbletricecakes, fitzy_1965, MinnieK, EverestHigh . Tftc

Signed as CDI - Canberra Day Invasion. isopeda, barb2e, Nibbletricecakes, Gliss!, Kittykatch, albida33, fitzy_1965, Joolay, MinnieK, Contesta, Smittengranny..... and now also with EverestHigh. All here for a long weekend (Canberra Day) of caching.


Here for the AL, also did this trad.


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*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

On this Canberra Day holiday weekend a group of geofriends travelled north from Canberra and surrounds to grab as many caches as we could. This was one of them.Thanks to all COs for adding to our adventures. Log was signed as CDI23 - Canberra Day Invasion 23.

Birds flying by in the late afternoon sun, very nice thanks

I was confused at first but then I found it in a mints container

Found with Iwalkamongyou, TFTC

Checked around for muggles before making the find as there were cars parked around, after a thorough look around retrieved quickly, TFTC:)

Found while celebrating Christmas with our friends!

The playground was in use, but they often are. Cache and log are good. Someone dropped their pen underneath, but unfortunately it no longer writes. TFTC Dragons2010.

Luckily it stopped raining

Headed out for a days caching with my fellow Gong gangster buddies.
We targeted many of the caches around the Warragamba area which involved many solved puzzles.
We had great success for the day, thanks to all CO’s for your hides and thanks to my caching buddies for a great day
TFTC

Out for an afternoon of caching with Steeba, Wilbert67 and The Rats. Aiming for a number of solved puzzles and various stops in between across the Wollondilly.

Cheers

Found It!
All the rain today seems to have scared off all the kids from this playground. Which meant I could quick and easily find the cache here!
TFTC

Found with EverestHigh on our way back after a day in The Dilly. While checking out an AL WP, we realised this trad was so close. We misinterpreted the hint, but soon had CIH by looking at this from a different angle. TFTC

Our penultimate cache for the day, after a very successful outing to 'The Dilly' to attend The Booos CCE at Warragamba. OCW Brewmaker. TFTC Dragons2010

Tftc! Easily spotted

Geocheck found cache is still in place

A quick find while finding some caches in the area. TFTC.

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Headed west for some caching fun with ilook4geo and found a variety of hides by several different cache owners. There were no problems with today's selection and all logs were signed. A nice easy find was made here. Thanks for this cache go to Dragons2010.

Did a selection of caches with goingplaces2, but skipped some where the grass was too long and some where there were muggles in close range. Enjoyed the ones we found and added our names to the log. This one was a successful find. TFTC.

After second attempt, this now a smiley face . The hint finally sunk in , thanks Dragons2010. I was able retrieve and log as children played on the swings and their mum wondering what the hell I was up to . Golden paper clip. TFTC

A geocache has found more vegetation control or lack of growth has occurred. A new container put in almost back to original position, good to go

Afraid no luck with one as well , I wonder if it’s fallen down ?

A quick find. I do like Dragons descriptions to keep you on the straight and narrow although, earlier in the day a visit to the heritage Centre would have been good. Thanks

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No luck on the last visit but today we weren't to be denied and made a quick find. TFTC!

I nearly drove by this one because I was expecting to see a heritage building. Only saw the old ones once I got out of the car. No problems with the find.

Thanks for highlighting some local history here.

First find on geo!!

Find #452 on streak day #145.
In the area to see my sister in law and saw this cache on my map. As it was just down the road, a bit of a stroll was called for, so I grabbed my necessary items and headed over. Quite streets and a lovely park as I was coming up to gz. I could immediately see a few possible locations. Checking the hint, I started to search around and quickly had CIH. Another nice and easy one for today. I signed the log and replaced. *log sheet is dampened - appears rain might be getting in.* TFTC!

Finally catching up on my logs! Out for my daily cache and this was next on my list out here in The Oaks. GZ was nice and quiet so I had no problems searching, I didn't need long though as my instincts were on point and I found it straight away in what I thought was the most obvious spot. Thank you for the cache!

No luck with this one

YAY??

Good hiding spot. Well camouflaged. Treasure left.

Thought we’d take a Sunday drive to The Oaks. Number 2 find for the day with lots of muggles around. Found with Gundrills, KnightJR and Panda_Girl65 (signed G, K, M & P). TFTC

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Another one for our Sunday out with the geofam. Nice hide. Quick find and lucky to have an empty park for muggle free search. TFTC

TFTC S/L cheers

Great camo! Blends in well! Thankfully this was spotted quite quickly though without any ️ guardians! Phew!!! Tftc!

Sneaky find careful of funnel webs tho

Great spot. Watch out for spiders in places you think it might be.

Nice quick find, tftc!

Great camouflage

Appears vegetation maintenance has been done during lockdown. Log and cache replaced, same size same clue, good to go

No luck with the cache but the kids did enjoy the park so not all was lost!

Found

Found! Just within reach

Cool find

Streak Day #2327 - Quick find with Dave8153. TFTC

24 November 2019
This is find number: 3793
Streak Day: 1438

Found today with Snoopy1976, while caching in the area. Thanks

Thanks to Dragons2010 for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Reaching in the wrong direction them geopartner found it TFTC

Had us really looking hard for a moment until we spotted it!

Great park and grab. TFTC

Found. Tftc

Found it well hidden

New to this so it was hard for us but found it on our second try

Found it, but wasn't easy. But I am sure some of the veterans could find it with much more ease.

After visiting hairdresser near by we stopped for this cache. Quick find while geokids played at the park.

Quick spot. Waited for muggles to leave

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Coordinates were off about 2-3 metres but it made us have a really good look. When we found it, it was worth all the effort. TFTC