Canberra-by-the-Sea Tomakin, New South Wales, Australia
By Big Dad 57 on 29-Jun-17. Waypoint GC785P7

This cache has been muggled too often, so unfortunately I will archive it from it's current location. I may resubmit one in this area when I visit next.

Thanks to all who found it.

Not today.

Couldn't find

Not for me today. Spent some time searching but couldn't locate it. BTW I hate putting my hands where I can't see so my search was a little hampered in that regard.

Looked for ages, did not find. Looked in lots of crevices but couldn't see anything if its where It looks like it would be it is definitely very far back. Would need stick and torch!

Found 2 water dragons but no luck with the cache today.

Found it! TFTC! Lucky there was no troll!

picked up some rubbish on our way, easy find also found a water dragon tftc

FTP ,,,,,,, FOUND THE PRIZE

Found it

Searched for a long time but no luck. People need to learn how to cast fishing lines

Checked today and it was still there. It’s well back in a crevice so you may need some sort of retrieval tool if you’re scared of insects, arachnids and anything else that could live in a small crack!

Maintenance scheduled for the week from Friday 26 March. I will update during that week.

I was unable to get there in January, and am away until the end of February. I will check in early March.

Did not find.

This seems to have been muggled again! I am disabling it again until I can relocate it to somewhere less graffiti infested! Reviewer please note, due to Covid restrictions it may be some time until I can get here.

didn’t find it

Yep, muggled again, probably graffitistas! New graffiti right at the old location. Relocated again, but still within the margin of error, especially since there’s no sky at the hide. Hint has been updated. If it disappears again I will rethink and possibly relocate a little. - I have a nearby spot in mind.

Hard one, if it is in fact still hiding .. looked lots of places though, 6 eyes & no find disappointing but have recruited a new comer to wonders of geocaching.
Owner, please check on the cache soon if possible. Thankyou

Couldn’t find it looked everywhere

It's back! A little smaller and still in roughly the same place (no change in coordinates), hopefully better hidden from those pesky graffiti muggles!

Searched high and low, could not find it. Hopefully hasn’t been stolen

This won’t have been affected by the fires, so should be available now. The previous DNF have me worried it’s been muggled! I will check it next opportunity I have to go there, some time before the end of March.

It was going to be quite warm in Canberra today so I decided to escape the heat out at the coast for the day. Moruya was to be the focus today and it was great to see the area green after a long drought and a difficult summer. It didn't start well with about 7 DNFs. I did not know what was going wrong. Some, I guess were bushfire victims, but not all. Once I found a few it got a lot better. I was enjoying it so much I missed lunch and was still caching at 6pm when my tummy began to rumble & I thought it was time to head home. The trip back up Clyde mountain was in thick fog, but there was no traffic. I was spoilt once I got to the top as I got to see one of the most spectacular sunsets almost all the way back to Canberra. All in all, a great day out at the coast.

Didn't spot it.

Thanks anyway Big Dad 57

Couldn’t find it

This cache is in the bushfire zone. Do not attempt until the area has been reopened. It should not be affected by the fire.

queenofscots & bobstaf have been geocaching & sightseeing for the past 2 1/2 weeks with over 30 other cachers from USA, canada & puerto rico....... we left auckland on 11/8 aboard the celebrity solstice......cruised around new zealand and over to tasmania, finally arriving in sydney, australia, ......

now it's time for the two of us to say goodbye to our friends as we continue to explore southeast australia .......so we pick up our rental car at the sydney airport as our adventure continues .....driving on the opposite side of the highway will add to the thrill......while we enjoy our final week at a time share as we can explore the beaches & 'bush' before returning to virginia

look right....KEEP LEFT....it's my job to make certain so that we don't craash...... & we now have 'sim' cards in our smart phones so that we can be 'smart' enough to find some geocaches along the way......sooooo off we go, hoping to see some kangaroo and more.......TCTF, queenie

grabbing a few caches near our time share

Queenofscots and I are touring Australia enjoying the sights and finding a few caches. Like the high quality of containers here in Australia.
Having a great time.

Swedes on vacation in Australia. Found together with LBTW and in order to save space we logged as team LT. TFTC. Greetings to from

Found together with Threefoot on holiday, we logged as Team LT just to save space in the loggbook. Greetings from Sweden . TFTC

Been trying to get to this Cache muggle free while staying at the Moorings. Took a boat out past here on Tuesday trying to catch fish but no luck. Was told about the goannas so we were delighted to see them. Came here early morning before heading out to find somewhere else to fish and no one around. Searched for ages and almost gave up until hubby spotted it and had it quickly in hand. Put our holiday travel bug Tomakin Frog in it and hoping it travels well. Thanks for a great cache and putting Chili peppers in my head

Found

Found easy. Thanks

Well it was a very windy day in the "Bay" today so we were choosy on what caches we attempted. This was the third of the day and a nice reason to stop and check out a nice inlet!

As I hunted I wondered what the song was. Now back home I have worked it out, of course, having found the cache! Thanks Big Dad 57

This cache was found in the most popular sort of hide in this situation, by ilook4geo. It was soon located, the log had two more lots of initials added before all was replaced and we were on the move again. Thanks go to Big Dad 57 for this cache placement.

Had a very good day out today with goingplaces2 and found a lot of fun caches. Some were harder to find, some imaginative, some were easy, but all were very enjoyable. TFTC.

Couldn't find it

Greeted by two goannas garding the cache, we had to be a bit stealthy as there were some muggles fishing in the river and they probably thought we were crazy

This container was getting really ratty - literally! Replaced with something more durable. It should last a lot longer.

On my way down the coast with BigDad57 for lunch with friends. Fairly easy find. Good spot for a geocache. TFTC BigDad57

Down from Canberra for the day and decided to grab a few while we are here. Nice quick find and the container looks like something has had a munch on it. Tftc!

hahaha! took awhile! it has been chewed a bit bit still ok.

All the fishermen and women were sleeping in on a Sunday morning, or maybe at church. No muggles made for a quick find. TFTC

Quick find without the hint, since I didn’t understand it! Sunny day in winter - worth the trip from Melbourne. TFTC

Have seen that the container needs maintenance. Unfortunately I am heading overseas and won't get time to replace the container until mid August. Hope it will be OK until then, but if I am advised again of problems I will disable it and replace it once I return.

Hey found it didn’t have a pen so couldn’t sign it but left a red frog

Found with Bunch277 and MelBeau111. Container needs maintenance, looks like it’s been chewed up by mice. Signed log and left a frog.

And here was me thinking that Canberra by the sea would be Jervis Bay [:o]
Will the ACT borders be modified sometime and stretch down the coast a bit more to annexe these NSW 'burbs ?

Probably not if the street naming protocols have changed

Meanwhile on the imaginary state/territory border,
I soon tracked down this cache hide

I only bumped me head once [^]

TFTC

Bloody fisherman!

TFTC We made a cold blooded friend, too!

Nice quick find for us, not exactly what we expected

Found it

As per the description, my app was a few metres out. But trust the hint. I found this handsome fellow while looking through the rocks!

Find Number 1751, found at 14:10. This was the 9th find of 9 finds and 2 DNF's today

We headed down to Moruya, trying to find some high FP caches to boost our Cache Carnival points.

On the way home we stopped here and made a quick and easy find. I was surprised to find the cache in the first spot I checked. Nice when that happens!

The cache was in good condition. We signed the log (sometimes we sign micro logs with G&T or GT) and replaced the container as found

Thanks Big Dad 57 for the cache.

I searched a few places. One place it isn't, is the base of the fishing bin [xx(]. (I put the rubbish back.) If it's among the rocks that is why I didn't find it, as I don't like balancing on rocks, while I search.

#10717 @1520
Canberra to Moruya to Bega to Cooma weekend caching circuit with AngelG27. After joining up with 17 others (including kids) to walk from the airport to Broulee, followed by lunch at the surf club, we spent the rest of the afternoon caching around Broulee. Cache soon found. TFTC.

After completing the Moruya - Broulee trail and lunch at the Broulee Surf Club, it was time to find a few caches in the area. I tried to find this one a couple of years ago but it was a DNF.
With the help of others, this time it was a smiley. Found with GrimRaider, Kittykatch, Joolay, dty73 & tankengine. TFTC.

Found with Kittykatch, Tankengine, Grimraider, DTY73 & GLISS after a hectic 6k walk picking up the Moruya to Broulee series with a whole group of cachers.
It was a beautiful day and the beach looked amazing. So good I wished I had bought my swimmers. Anyway off to do more caching. TFTC

Another favourite spot. We used to come fishing here. Found cache in good condition. TFTC

Cache 4569 on 9 Feb 2019

A caching mission! This time organised by KittyKatch to grab some new caches from Moruya to Broulee. Quite a few us joined the walk on a lovely Saturday . TikvaNZ joined me for the drive and we decided to grab a few more caches beforehand and afterwards. We ended up doing a caching circuit, Canberra to the Bay, Moruya, Bega and then up the hill to Cooma and home again. A fantastic trip planned!!

This cache: found okay. Container chewed as noted. Log okay!

Thanks Big Dad 57 for the cache and the fun!

Thanks big dad!

Second times the charm with this one TFTC

Not the nicest cache, chewed by critter. Cito a plenty. Tftc though.

With the RHCP melody playing in our heads we found GZ muggle-free on a Saturday morning visiting from Sydney. Nice hide. SL TFTC Cheers... Gaztek

Reasonably accurate coordinates and a common style of hide led to a quick find. This cache must have been very attractive to a local rodent as the container had been extensively gnawed and does need attention. Thankfully the logbook was in good condition. There were great river views from this location. Thanks Big Dad 57 for the cache.

Found with cullum68 on a couple of days away thanks for the cache

Found with nissan 65 on a over night trip away. Thanku for the cache .

Good hiding spot; thanks for the cache! Adam & Kahlia

Good hiding place. We saw a water dragon. We found it!

Thanks for the hide

Found nice hint

Quick easy find but did miss it first pass as was worried about spiders. TFTC hi from NZ

Well did geoD make a mess of this one, couldnt see it for looking. GeoG had been giving geohound a swim but once it was clear no quick find was happening wandered over to have a look and lo and behold it was staring her in the face! Tftc

No muggles so could search everywhere. TFTC.

Good to put your hand on the cache the first place you look. Nice spot. TFTC

Great hide, we have caught fish here with our Japanese exchange student. Thanks for the Geocache.

Quiet here this morning in the cold. Plenty of time to look about. Thanks!

Found it after a few minutes of looking, great hide

Nice quick find - lucky, too, because some Muggles arrived shortly after we did to go fishing. TFTC

#8165 - 14:55; After threatening to visit friends on the South Coast for quite a while, we finally made it down this weekend. The weather wasn't the greatest, being overcast and windy, but at least it wasn't wet. After a visit to the Moruya Markets and a fish and chip lunch at Tuross, we were headed back to Malua Bay when I decided to show my muggle friends how caching worked. This was the last stop and I had anticipated a drive by. Took a little bit more effort than I'd anticipated, but after a bit of trolling around, came up with the goods. TFTC Big Dad 57

I over looked the cache at first making the search alot harder then needed but found the cache in the end.
TFTC

Good spot Red Hot Chilli Peppers was good hint

Jack was here

Happy to find this cache today. Took trackable.

Found

Found! great spot and great song!!

Left a trackable. Thanks for bringing us here!!

TFTC. A quick park and grab whilst travelling down memory lane.

Quick find...mind your head!
TFTC

#3167
Spending another day exploring this beautiful region. My aim was to get to Moruya finding as many caches as possible along the way. I didn't understand the cache name until I read the description then all made sense. I first investigated the silver box with the white PVC pipe attached. Not quite sire what the pipe is for. I then looked a little further and the cache was discovered. No cache guardians around this time. Thanks for the hide Big Dad 57.

Easy find with a scaly backed 'muggled watching

Great spot

15,353. Found during a meander around the south coast with specimenX on a hot hot weekend.

A last minute plan was hatched to spend the weekend away from the Canberra mega-heat and put up with the coast heat with specimenX. This was the next stop along the way. Parked in the car park and wandered over. Searched a few hot spots then I went into the cool and quickly found the cache. Signed the log, replaced the cache, and headed off to the next one.

Thanks Big Dad 57 !! Indeed this entire weekend specimenX and I lost count of all the Canberra cars down here !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Over from Canberra with fitzy_1965 for a weekend south coast caching run

So much better being on the coast with it's sparkling ocean and cool breezes than boiling hot Canberra! And lovely to cool down after a hot day of caching than with an icy cold beer at the campsite!

We searched a few spots at first before fitzy went under to come up with the find here!

Thanks for hide, Big Dad 57

What an interesting spot, have driven over this bridge many times but never stopped to “check it out”. On our ingress journey it was way to busy, but on the way out it was perfect. Not a soul in sight. It was a bit smelly around GZ, but not totally unexpected.
This hide was protected by a family of Dragons , well Water Dragons

Tag 9 unserer Australienreise. Fahrt von Moruya nach Nowra mit einem längeren Aufenthalt in der Jervis Bay. Hier zeigte sich uns eine bis dato noch nie gesehene Naturlandschaft mit traumhaft weißen Sandstränden und bizarren Felsplatous, welche bis ins Wasser reichten.
Wir bedanken uns bei allen Ownern und sorry für den Einheitslogg.
Vielen Dank an Big Dad 57 sagt der Steinbeißer98 aus Germany

Abut rough good find

Bit of fishing and a cache

Found with Shelley0 on our great week in and around BB. Fishing, swimming, golfing, rockhopping, and generally touring around this great part of the country. So, so jealous.
We avoided the fishermen here and made our way to GZ where great coords made for a quick find. Had a laugh at all the line, lures, hooks and sinkers stuck in the overhead wires.
Our thanks to Big Dad 57

Quick find with justjessie.

Found with O319 TFTC!
This log posted with CacheSense for Android!