A bisonfor the bison! Crawford, Queensland, Australia
By Sparhawke on 21-May-17. Waypoint GC78ZQG

Not a weeny bison. TFTC

N0 Bison, no bison and nothing but head high grass.

No crops today but a few bison in the bear by paddock

Time for a drink and some food after a long morning of caching

Quick find and a much bigger bison than I was expecting. No actual bison sighted but a nice field of corn adjacent to the cache. TFTC

Found the hanging bison but no bisons grazing. Crop good though. Tftc

Spending a day or two caching around Kingaroy after a few days 4x4ing on the Nanango country lanes and tracks.

Needed binoculars today to spot the bison grazing under the brow of the hill.

Found whilst on a very non direct route to QOGM - Charleville 2022. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC Sparhawke
Find #11091

It was moving day today as we traveled the short distance from Nanango to Kingaroy. The road was too bust to collect caches on the way so we headed straight to the showgrounds where we set up camp. Then it was off to collect as many caches as we could. Puzzles, multis and traditionals on a warm overcast day.

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Sparhawke.
**SKI Pair****

Stopping in Kingaroy for a couple of days as we bimble around before we head back to Ipswich. Decided to tackle these ahead of the rain forecast for the rest of this week.

TFTC Sparhawke

Day 3 of our stay in Nanango. We like to refresh our memories and caching.

Coming back from Gordonbrook Dam where we left 3 green dots behind plus one Letterbox (we did the walk up Mt. Wooroloo years ago, but cannot find our numbers anymore), we needed a comfort cache.

This was a nice one with the view.

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Day 3 of our stay in Nanango.

We are refreshing memories and searching for old and new caches.

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Tftc. Great view

Heading to Kingaroy from Crows Nest today and collecting a few along the way as well as some in Kingaroy. Thanks to the COs for taking us around your area and showing off some special places.

First full day in Kingaroy and out to do some caching for an hour or two. Decided to do the caches I haven't done around Kingaroy. Thank you to CO for placing the cache. TFTC Sparhawke

Day 3 of our 3rd 'country onslaught' (in as many weeks) taking in areas such as Biggenden, Booral, Booubyjan, Cinnabar, Doongul, Dunmora, Gayndah, Ginoondan, Goomeri, Gooroolba, Hervey Bay, Kilkivan, Kinbombi, Manyung, Marodian, Maryborough, Memerambi, Moondooner, Mudlo, Murgon, Oakview, Pialba, River Heads, Sunshine Acres, Tansey, Tiaro, Urangan, Walliebum, Walligan, Wondai, Woolooga, & Wooroolin to name a few in no particular order ... just raise your hand & call out if we missed you!
#22 of 32 smilies added to our map today.

A quick park and grab here today.
Views?
Couldn't see the views for the long grass.
Made our mark & replaced as found.

TFTC Sparhawke

Tftc, once you look in the correct tree , then we can find it

Saw the real bison too

Was right in front of us, but that colour just blended in well.

Took a little while to find this one with light fading quickly! Once we narrowed down the general location the cache was grabbed and log signed. TFTC.

We are based at the Kingsley Grove winery with our caravan and headed out to do this cache. Thanks for hiding and giving us the opportunity to explore.

This is a pretty cache! I’ve never seen one that colour before. Thank you for the adventure out of town.

Puzzled about the name of this cache until I spotted the metal silhouettes just up the road a bit. Even the bison is the right colour

TFTC Sparhawke

Easy hide. Burgers made from these critters were mighty tasty. The little but her had them. Cache containers have come a long way in over the years.

Checked all safe and sound. Spare log now in cache first one getting a little full

Found on a sunny Winter day for a drive to Kingaroy.
while on a stopover for a few days.
Many good safe hides and not many muggles around today.
Cache condition is OK/good.
Thanks for the cache Sparhawke,
***Roostaman***

TFTC! They certainly make bisons big in the country. Thanks for the hide on this quiet country road

Got it, love the contradiction of Bison with Kangaroos hopping past.

TFTC a fun one

A great drive along here.Thanks

Out for a morning's cache run to grab all the caches west of the Highway, most were quick finds while a few took a bit more searching for. This one could be seen from the geoute

TFTC

Thanks for this one it is hanging out like the proverbial when you see it. Thanks for this no live boson today. Tftc

I was picking up a few last smilies with the youngest geodaughter on our way out of town to Ballogie. We pulled up nearby and soon found the little beastie hanging out, we looked to see if there were any larger beasties but sadly not today. I think I might drive back down this road next trip just to check them out....I've never seen a bison in person We added our name to the log and off to our last cache of the morning. Tftc Sparhawke

We are on our way to Blackall QOGM, our 6th stop on our trip is Nanango.
This morning we decided not to move to Kingaroy but instead took a day trip from Nanango.
Our main target was the dinosaur trail & a few others around town.
Spotted the bison from the car.
Thankyou for placing this cache Sparhawke

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Quick park and grab !

Out caching with the Tough Mothers (Jemillalucy, Bennyboppers and Lisylou). TFTC!

Nice quick find with the tough mothers, signed in as TMx4. Tftc

Out with lisylou and jemilucy and mnance101 for the weekend at nanango tftc

Tough mother weekend away. Doing a blitz of the area. Tftc

Spotted it as we pulled up. No bison in view today.
TFTC

Enjoying a 2 day stopover in Kingaroy and doing some geocaching. Spotted this cache as I pulled up so this would have to be a Park and Grab. TFTC.

While camping in the Nanango area with my geodog Scruffy, we just had to get out & about finding some caches in the surrounding areas.

All Good .. TFTC ..

A great container. TFTC

GC78ZQG
A bison…for the bison!
26/08/2018
105 Km from Home

We had loaded up Scooby Doo (Car) & the Mystery Machine (Van and mobile GEO HQ) and headed off to Kingaroy QLD for the inaugural Baconfest. After checking into the Kingaroy Holiday Park (Recommended) we were all set for 3 days of celebrating all things bacon. Although apart from the event name, most of the weekend showcased pork rather than bacon.
With all that yummy bacon and pork on offer (the “Butchers Block’ meal in the RSL bistro is certainly a vegan free zone) we needed to do a bit in between to stop the arteries hardening completely, what better way to do it than chase a few caches.
One of 20+ easy finds in between rain showers and lunch at Baconfest.
From here it was back into town for Cheesy Bacon Bombs and Popcorn Pork at Baconfest for lunch. Now you know why we are out caching, trying to burn off some of those calories...
We took nothing but memories; we left nothing but footprints, and our tag.
The hide is excellent, the container is in good nick. and the log is in good condition and ready for the next finder.
Thanks for the cache Sparhawke.
Cheers
Roaring Ford
Discovering Australia and the World, one hidden treasure at a time.

What a great container. We saw the bisons albeit from a distance but it was our first time viewing these creatures. Thank you for placing this cache here for us to see them.

Before hunting down a few dinosaurs we thought we would try and grab a bison or two. Very happy when we spotted this one as we neared GZ. We were a little intrigued by the muddy nests that had been created by some critters in the nearby trees. Great hide and TFTC Sparhawke

My apologies up front for the copy 'n' paste logs...not my usual thing but the unusually high numbers found (for the Eskies) necessitated this to get the job done.

Mrs E & Kestal hit the road early this morning for a numbers run as the Eskies prepare for the next milestone...a really enjoyable day with many scenic roads travelled. We were very thankful for a reprieve in the hot weather after the scorching temps this week...some areas in the region obviously copped a battering at some stage with many branches and trees down in spots. Our thanks to all the COs for their contribution to our day...a total of 41 found!

Found it wet log

Well.... what a great find. Not only did our Geo son and Geo daughter find a surprise hanging about, but they saw their first ever real life Bison. There were 4 of them across the road in the paddock grazing just beside the long drive way.

No animal bison in sight today but spotted the little one hanging about. TFTC Sparhawke

While still enjoying ourselves out on the back roads of Kingaroy we thought why not grab a couple more randoms dotted around the place. It’s nice to get out of the city and check out some country sights.

We pulled the car to the side, no need to though, we could of left it in the middle of the road, it is so peaceful and quiet out here and we have the place all to ourselves.

It was a quick find here and we were able to move on around the corn fields in search of more caches…

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Gotcha !!! TFTC

Out and about in the area for two days caching in the Nanango and Kingaroy region.
And this is Day 2. [^]
A quick find here today.
Thanks for the cache.

Tftc this is a great one! Beautiful scenery too

Found Ok

How apt is the name of this cache - we have not seen bison in a paddock before so it was a new experience for us, too. Now there is bison on each side of the road! Great idea and planning - well done!
TFTC Sparhawke and bringing us here to see bison!

Out for a drive around Kingaroy and enjoying the local back roads.
TFTC

I got to see some bison!!!!
Omg this is so cool
I've lived in this area for about 7 years and I never knew this was heereee
I love the experience of geocaching
TFTC

No bison seen roaming the plains [:o]
Just a lonely bison hanging around

TFTC.

TFTC smile 3071# out and about with miss Millie geodog on my way to the event on the sunshine coast at Maroochy river 50 and 5 have a pic will post when I can so many bison's

Love these views. Tftc

(FTF) I saw this new lot come through about 1410 and was at GZ at 1440. Parked off road and it was a quick walk over to GZ and a very quick find. I would have had to be blind not to see that container. Now to go back towards kingaroy and tackle the trail. TFTC Sparhawke.

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