Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds Power Trail #21 Menai, New South Wales, Australia
By Pipes_down_under on 11-Mar-18. Waypoint GC7KE5G

TftcA nice quiet find with braelair on a damp afternoon DNSL

Nice easy find with PolarOrangephant! Cache was soaked so here is a photo. TFTC

Nice and easy found . Unfortunately the logbook book was unsignable. Tftc

Found this cache as part of our last caching day for these holidays. Cache is completely full of water and needs maintenance! Unable to be signed. TFTC though!

BlacknWhite suggested we do this power trail. We were going to try on push bikes, but my daughter and her partner laughed and said to take the E bike to lessen the chance of a heart attack. Heathcote Rd is far to dangerous for bike riders so I had to put up with the leg cramps from just walking to caches after driving along the trail. 16th findHad a great day.TFTC Pipes down under

OCW [Platyfly,](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=80a2adae-e405-45f3-8f78-92cf1a588444) and our sixteenth find for the dayMany thanks for hiding the cache and the adventure Pipes down under

Reperio 12:21I was headed to Sydney this evening for a 2 day course, and so it gave me a great opportunity to find a few caches along the way. I took in the little detour to do this series, and for the most part of it, all the caches were found, although most had wither wet logs, or needed maintenance in some way. With the series being situated along a busy road with not a lot of room to park in most places, the process was a lot slower than expected. All in all though, a good day was had.Log book soaked and unsignable.Gratias Pipes_down_underAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Another geocaching day trip from Western Sydney towards Sydney Airport via Liverpool and The Shire. A quick find here, though the logs are soaked wet despite a ziplock bag, TFTC

Team Groodle found it. Next.

Found the A-Tree and the camo under it; log was unfortunately drenched though and so was unable to sign :/ TFTC!

Find # 9482
Nice quick find.
Cache contents, including the logbook, are completely saturated. Container is in great condition, which begs the question, how did the water get in there?
TFTC Pipes_down_under
10 August 2023 17:04

Vse o cele serii u kesky GC6XTEF. spreeuv & kecaps from Czech republic, Europe. Děkuji za kešku, TFTC! 12:39 hod.

kecaps & spreeuv from Czech republice. Děkujeme za kešku, TFTC!

Out and about again, left Queanbeyan very early this morning and headed to Sydney via Bateman Bay and along the coast. Not after big numbers of hides but after getting LGA numbers.

Found a variety of hides and in different areas which made for a nice day. Generally quick finds today

Thanks to all the CO’s for the hides I found.

Found the tree, found the log, very wet
Dropped a TB

Easy find, very wet.

Little time to spare for caching tftc

Very wet. Added some pages and repositioned slightly to stop moisture. TFTC.

Found it! Thanks!

Found, thanks!!

Welldone

A nice hiding spot. The log was quite damp. However, managed to sign it. TFTC Pipes_down_under

A great cache for my 100th find. TFTC

Yay! 100th for Roomar_S and about 87 for me.

Day of geocaching with breeze through

TFTC

Log is too wet to sign. Took a photo.

Out for a geocaching trail on a stunning Saturday. No 21 down. Love this idea. Pray for our safety with sat morning traffic!

Log is a bit wet ...

Found on a perfect Winter day for a drive down to the Gong and surrounds.
Met up with fitzy65 and minniek for a fun day out and a big caching adventure.
A few good safe hides and not many muggles around.
Cache condition is poor, Log sheet is very wet..
Thanks for the cache Pipes_down_under,
***Roostaman***

Headed out for a days caching with fitzy_1965 and Roostaman.

Quick find here today once we got through all the underbrush....parking was a bit precarious though.

20,880. Found during a caching loop from Moss Vale, Wollongong and up to the Sutherland Shire with minniek and our caching Mate from Wagga - Roostaman !!

I mentioned to Roostaman - who was in Moss Vale for a few days caching - that we were heading down Wollongong way for a few specific caches, and we decided to team up again for what turned out to be a pretty epic day. Heading up the highway now and we started the SSFTFH Power Trail. The traffic was picking up now and parking was 'fun' ! Bush-bashed to GZ for the wet find.

TFTC Pipes_down_under !!

Completely water logged

found it. majorly soaked. quick and easy find

Found today on a trip to Sydney to try out my new car.
Log book soaked
TFTC Pipes_down_under

I decided to come out and grab a couple of caches along the power trail for February the 29th.
My fourth cache in the trail so far.
I always feel a little sketchy pulling over on a highway to grab caches but there are enough gaps in traffic that it wasn’t such a big deal today.
As i was headed north i ended up parking across from cache #20 in this series and walking up once i found that one.
At the GZ i found A tree quickly and soon had the cache in hand.
Unfortunately the cache was filled with water and so was the log.
I was only just able to sign my name but the log will need to be either dried out or replaced.
Thanks.
#869

Cache in good condition TFTC

I have been spying this power trail for a while. Today was much cooler than it has been so I decided to take the opportunity to get as much of it done as possible. I got a good start today but after being covered in spider webs I called it a day. I’ll finish it off another day.

After looking at the wrong tree for a while, I found this one as soon as I got to the right tree. TFTC.

# 5828 Grabbed while overnight in Campbelltown after a Xmas party. After a few DNFs in and around Campbelltown, I decided to try my luck on this trail. It was getting quite warm and I knew I would not have time to complete it. I enjoyed the variety of caches and the bushland, but sadly this road is one long tip.
Thanks Pipes_down_under

Cache in good condition TFTC

Well after a day at a conference today was my free day to grab a few caches around the Sydney area. My first target was the Sunderland ftf trail and after that the plan was to go through the suburbs grabbing a few caches on the way back to the hotel. Ended up with 73 for the day plus a few dnfs, which is hard work on your own.

Tftc and making my day so enjoyable.

The caches on the Sunderland ftf trail were brilliant. So much work into making some of them.

A quick find thanks to the hint. TFTC

And a tree it what I found. Much easier than your last one! (which I am about to "log.")

TFTC thanks

Pitman Clan made quick work of this. TFTC

Found it, out with AWTYOW. TFTC

A funny place to start the series but good to get the first one. TFTC

Out this afternoon with SmudgeyCat finding the rest of the caches in the Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds Power Trail that I hadn't already previously found. Was searching for these as part of the clue hunt to solve the Mystery at the Museum puzzle.
Most of the caches were easy to find, though the 'hanging' ones were generally a lot more difficult. Due to the recent bushfires, there is some dead-wood undergrowth and black soot still on the stems and trunks. So a word of warning - don't wear good clothes, as they will get covered in black soot, and possibly scratched. Also drive, park, and walk with care along the road, as in some places there are big trucks rambling past just a few feet away. You'll probably need a good five hours to do the entire series, and four eyes are definitely better than two for some of the finds.
For this cache - read the hint, and searched a few without finding. Then came back to the first place for a more detailed search and saw it there. A tranquil spot here. Found with SmudgeyCat M. TFTC

I found this trad cache with GeodudeAU

On the way back from Sutherland today. Picking us a few caches which have gone down since I was down this way last. 19th for the day. TFTC

A sneaky hide which had me stumped for a bit so deserved a favourite from me.

Very sneaky spot tftc

OCW PelDroedGwin

Until today we’d only done half of this trail.....doing the rest in reverse order.

Those bike tracks look like fun!

Tftc

OCW the Bebes to clear this trail if possible today. Tftc

I couldn't spot this one at first and thought it must have gone AWOL. But then I spotted the cunning wee hide. TFTC Pipes_down_under # 14,192

Found on the way to mega. Thanks.

I decided to take myself on a little drive along this road studded with caches - I could not believe how busy it was, I had to be very careful pulling off the road and back into traffic. Great set of hides. TFTC!!

DOing for 1.5

This was the last day of our current geocaching holiday in Australia, and so we couldn't resist the opportunity to make the most of the last few hours we had before heading off to the airport to fly back home to search for the first 26 caches in this series. It was a crazy road to cache on with the traffic being so busy and fast, and so with the close spacing of the caches it really felt like playing dodgems as well as geocaching! We soon found this one once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

Hit up this powertrail today.
Good hides, and good fun.

With a day off today, [@itsonlybarney](http://coord.info/PRJWE36) and I decided to have a solid attempt at the Sutherland FTF trail. Our day started well, but the longer we went on, the more weary we became as the clues made less sense, and the parking became closer to the fast moving traffic.

The FTF trail concept is awesome, the hides were great (when found), but we weren't fond of the parking at many of them.

**Total find count: 730**

With a day off today, @crzymelly and myself decided we wanted to have a solid attempt at the Sutherland FTF trail. Our day started well, but the longer we went on, the more weary we became as the clues made less sense, and the parking became closer to the fast moving traffic.

The FTF trail concept is awesome, the hides were great (when found), but we weren't fond of the parking at many of them.



**TFTC Pipes_down_under**

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The following TBs and Geocoins helped with the search to find the hidden cache:
* Miniature Itsonlybarney
* GeocachingNSW 2016 Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2017 Geocoin
* Geocache Talk Geocoin
* Planetary Pursuit Micro Geocoin
* Geocoin Club Jan 2015 - Rescue Coin
* Geocoin Club May 2018 - Blodeuwedd
* OzGeomuster 2018 Geocoin
* Col Miner HAVOC Geocoin
* Geocoin Club June 2018 - Illumination
* Caching Under the Moon
* Geocoin Club July 2018 - Dive Deep
* Geocache Talk Blackout Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2018 Geocoin
* Clear Waters 2019 Geocoin

We decided to make a start on our calendar. Long way to go, but you gotta start somewhere & we chose here.
It’s the first time we’ve encountered a scorpion as a cache guardian Tnsl TFTC pdu xo

Always fun caching with friends.
Catching up on logging.
OCWF&F TFTC

Tackled the 'Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds' powertrail today.

Pros:
Variety (users and containers)
Coordinates (pretty accurate)
Great to see the regeneration here after the fires!

Cons:
Dangerous road (100km/h, high traffic area, limited shoulder space)
Pollution (rubbish and car parts)

We were stopped by the Australian Federal Police, but after explaining what Geocaching is, they let us go on to continue the rest of the trail.

Thanks!

Trip away with woolwood9 and slowly heading to the Clear Waters MEGA.
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ.
Another nice find for us today, thanks for putting this cache out.

*Really felt unsafe in places on this trail - the traffic was crazy!!*

Found while on a trip away with tmann421, heading to the MEGA in Canberra
Signed as TT/WW NZ
Thanks for the placement

Browsed this power-trail and impressively, it has tripled in size since my last visit about a year ago! So brought my cross-bike down to whittle a few more away.
Due to muggle activities (#15) and placements on different sides of Heathcote road, I eventually visited in the order: 13, 14, 16, 22 to 31, then 21 back down to 17 and 15.
Thanks to all the CO's who have contributed to this collaborative power-trail.
Clearly, the geocaching community is alive and active in the Sutherland Shire.
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Happy to say, it's A OK. TFTC Pipes_down_under

TFTC

Out caching with the grandsons. Easy find.

Easy find with my grandparents

#5754 (4 of 6 today)

Another day when I need some finds for my Calendar Day goal. Today I need two and I usually have little time to get any as I’m at the Cricket Test. But today I have an engagement party - don’t they know what day it is.
If I get out early I can make a few finds, and the FTF Power Trail is the best spot for that.
so out the door just after 6:30 am...

Had enough time for six finds before needing to head home. Really knocked itvout of the park today!

All were easy finds, which really made this work well.
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Full log to follow.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Quick park and grab with use of the hint
Thanks for the cache

Well this makes certainly all that have been published to date found by me now. Looks like it survived the fires! TFTC!

#4783- Parked at #21 and did the short stroll both ways. An easy find with thomo31 while out caching today

Found with WaywardWoman. A walk around a big pool of water over the track for a quick find in an obvious place. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

With 30 in the FTF series, it was time to give this trail a crack. I had Team MavEtJu with me to lend another pair of eyes and hands and we made it from 30 to 1 in 3hr 15min. There were a few uncomfortably-close-to-speeding-traffic moments which does detract from the journey but it’s not really a park and grab scenario either.

Across the road and down we go and the fragrant aromas of the tip become much stronger here. Easy find thanks to hint.

Thanks Pipes_down_under for being a FTF hound and participating in the series.

Tftc! Such a nice track

Easier to find since the big fire went through here. TFTC Pipes_down_under

Found -- 1:51 pm -- Thanks for the hunt and Thanks for bringing us here to this location *Pipes_down_under*.

**Cache Condition:** Good.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.
**Trackables:** None seen in this cache today.

**The Cache**
Didn't take too long to find. SL and returned cache to its hide'y hole. I managed to miss a few caches so had to return to get them which messed up my sequence. I noticed how pongy it is along this road today, I thought there must be a tip nearby.

**The Day**
Woke up this morning bright and early and wondered what to do today - ah yes, I'll go geocaching, and why not visit *Seemyshells* hotel and drop off some trackables and run the **Sutherland Shire FTF Hound(s) Track**, so I bounced out of bed and looked at the sky, very foggy and overcast looking, but I heard the sun was going to shine, and shine it did.
Gorgeous day and quite warm while on the trail. Had four left to find, and desperately wanted to knock them off, but I know there will be more caches coming out and after missing this find I figured the remainder didn't matter - next time will do. Had to cut the day short anyway and urgently get home. OCW *DustyJapserJet*. Had a fantastic day !!! but when don't I when I'm out caching.

27 = 22 1 4 [8)] not attempted.

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***Respect peoples caches - money, time and effort that has gone into them.***

Found while OCW *Throsbyonchurch* and *Little Kitten*. Thanks for the cache hide.

OCW *Throsbyonchurch* and *DustyJasperJet*. Signed log and returned container. Thanks for the fun hide.

Last one on the opposite side of the road.

Thanks for the terrific power trail.

After successfully completing some Woronora River caches in the canoe we came this way to pick up the as yet unfound caches in this series. We worked so that the caches were always on the left hand side of the road, so partway through the list we did a U turn to find the rest.
There was no difficulty in finding the containers, especially as fire had cleared the vegetation around most of them.
It was good to see the regeneration of the trees and other greenery starting to happen.
Thanks go to Pipes_down_under for this cache placement.

I can't say I have stopped to venture in here before. TFTC

With a bit of time to spare coming back from a compulsory IKEA trip today I finally could clear the rest of this series today. That is until there are new ones popping up? Traffic wasn't too busy this Sunday afternoon and I didn't ran into any coppers so took only half an hour.
TFTC Wilbert67

In our final week of school holidays we headed out fora days caching with the Rats.
Dad said we'll take the bikes and do a bit of bike riding... well it turned out to be a great day as we rode around the streets on a beautiful sunny day. The "many" series was alot of fun.

We finished our day with a few finds in the FTF hound series.
Thanks to all the cache owners for the fun day.

With the hidden creatures souvenirs almost wrapped up I was wondering how to get a few more finds to accumilate a few more souvenirs. Realising a few of my caching buddies had done this series I dragged the mini rats along with me as they were still on school holidays. We headed up here with the bikes for a fun riding in the sun.

The hides were alot of fun and challenging at times, the area was excellent for getting around by bikes and being midweek the muggle factor was minimal.

We finished our day coming home via Heathcote Rd where we grabbed the latest few caches in the FTF hound series.

Thanks to all the hiders for a great day out.

Find number 4169.

After quick look around Mrs Booo had her hands on the cache and the log signed.

Thanks Pipes_down_under for placing this cache.

Found with u_c and gm10

As I edge my way closer to a milestone, I decided to head up here today with my bike to ride this series. I was pleasantly surprised to knock it over in just over an hour.

Cheers

found with btm and u_c

found with btm and gm10

Fire and mud. Nice to walk down a fire trail where there wasn’t traffic everywhere zooming past. Thanks PDU

TFTC

Tackled the Power Trail on a sunny Winter afternoon. Managed to grab all 23 posted to date. Thanks.

Streak Day #1815 - Out with dave8153 on our way to an event..much easier to find today. Just as we were getting the cache car got stuck in the water lol. TFTC

Cache find No. 2502
Streak Day: 926

Found with Snoopy1976 on the way through to the event in Bundeena. TFTC

TFTC
Needing a cache for my streak and in the area placing a new one, I decided to grab the only I found one along this road for me. Freshly replaced it was nice to have crisp paper under my pen.
Cheers PDU

TFTC,
Finding a few of this series.

Finding a few more FTF hounds, signed log and replaced. Thanks to Pipes_down_under and the pathtag, nice.