Slughorn The Ponds, New South Wales, Australia
By Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior and Little Shoes on 20-Aug-18. Waypoint GC7QTEV

Quickish find after a pleasant morning walk from my sons house. TFTC Shoe family!

Located at 11:41am. #1632.Full log to follow. ! Baruch Hashem! TFTC! Much obliged for the placement Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior & Little Shoes!Kindest Regards, - Alephroom.

Found it

This time A quick find...grtz Belgium

Love it thanks

Ty

Cache in good condition TFTC

Looked around a while before finally spotting the cache. Noted, as some others, that the coordinates are a bit off and actually takes you to another tree.

Cache has been replaced.

Replacement cache is being prepared.

Disabling this one while we check to see if it needs replacing.

The trees have been cuted recently...so I think...

Nice hide

Nice quick find! TFTC

Good hide

Fun but pretty tricky!

Temporary replac the black bison due to missing see pic .

Find it and sign the log as EV, and thanks for the cache and hunt.

A quick find TFTC

Found it TFTC

Was looking in the wrong tree at first but got it!

Found it. TFTC!

Found it with Daizy2277! Like that’s it’s secured. TFTC

found while in the area today got to try our new stamp thanks for the cache

Find number 6838
Went for the short walk before attending a nearby event MrBooo made a quick find


Thanks Sensible Shoes for placing this cache GC7QTEV

#1490

This was the only find for the day. Needing a traditional to fill in a missing date in my calendar, I had previously attempted this cache without success. On my previous attempts to locate this cache, I found it difficult, checking many potential spots that matched GZ. It was really starting to become ridiculous and I was getting used to parking my car in a certain place and making the walk to GZ. Today, I decided to try again and fortunately, I ended up finding a place to park my car where the walk was much shorter to GZ. Thankfully, I quickly spotted the cache – what a relief. SL. TFTC.

#3026 Fifth of eight traditional finds while out completing nearby ALs. Found after a short search. TFTC

TFTC a quick find along our journey.

Avenged a dnf but sadly i couldnt find ron anywhere

#4840
I was out on a day of bike riding and picking up some caches for the Signal's Labyrinth promotion.
Like many before me, my GPSr took me to the wrong tree. An expanded search and I soon had the cache in hand and log signed. Loved the Ron Weasley painted rock left by a previous finder.
Thanks for the geo-fun Shoes Fam.

Found It!
Spotted the cache after a bit of looking around in the bushes.
TFTC

In the bushes

3rd geocache of the day , and didnt find. Im either really bad at this or they are all in the bush

Also went searching at the wrong tree
Left something for Ron Weasley

Quick easy grab.

Reperio 13:37

Drove to Sydney today to visit Ikea and a few other places, and needing a few more caches for this month’s souvenir, we stopped here on our travels.

Wandered along the path to GZ, and after first checking the most likeliest specimen where the coords were, we soon spotted the cache nearby.

Gratias Sensible Shoes


‘As a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death’ - LDV

Find #: 2,700
Companions: None
Muggles: None
Weather: Lovely summer morning
Cache condition: Log a bit damp

I enjoyed the opportunity of walking these trails, as I usually run them as part of the parkrun. Like others I picked the wrong object at first, but it didn't take long to course-correct - CIH, TNLNSL, TFTC

Quick find. OCW Brewmaker and GoogleHiHiHi after the nearby event. TFTC Shoes's

Found with the geodog, Zelda, EH and GHHH (who had already found it) on our stroll around the park after the nearby event. TFTC

Was looking in the wrong tree at first but found it. TFTC

Found

Introduced a couple of muggle kids passing by to who caching too!

Found tftc

TFTC

A decoy turned someone around but I looked around after them and found it tftc

#487
Out on a family walk/scoot. An easy find. TFTC!

Finally, managed to locate this one just as I was going to give up!!! New it was somewhat somewhere where I was looking but my eyes could spot it!!! Got it in the end yeah me!!!

Found it during a nice afternoon around the ponds.
At GZ quick look then we found it. We signed the logbook and putted back everything.
TFTC

Out on a quick lunchtime cache run. This was a nice quick find. Thanks to the Shoes clan for placing this cache.

Ha ha!! Not where you think! TFTC

All I found was an orienteering checkpoint and message..... no luck for me.

Taking care that nothing was moving in the long grass, I got to one possible target and found the encouraging sign but nothing more. Branching out a bit (and in again) was rewarding though. Thanks shoes folk.

Moist rite in the rain paper no fun with a stamp. Tftc

Took the niece and nephew out geocaching at school. Just took a little more hunting to find the cache.

Out for just a few quick caches in the local area with ilook4geo to start the day. Quite a few walking muggles around, but we headed off to make this find. It was an easy find and the log was soon signed wth both names.
Thanks go to Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior and Little Shoes for this cache placement.

Happy to pick up a few caches today with goingplaces2. This one was a success and log was signed before being replaced as found. TFTC.

Easy to spot!!

I must’ve blind!!! I know it must be hanging somewhere, checked a few trees but nothing!!! Sad face!!!

Good easy find on the paths

Found quickly while hunting down sign posts for the Ponds Parklands

OCW Camicles. TFTC

Found this bit of encouragement as well as the cache!

My GPSr had me in one spot which seemed quite a likely candidate, yet three pairs of eyes couldn't turn up the goods. I widened my search radius a little, including another good candidate, but I couldn't spot anything there, either. So I returned to the first spot and checked more closely. Meanwhile, my spouse went to the other site and it didn't take her long to point out the container that blended nicely into the background. I really should have spotted it, but this one had eluded me.

Anyway, I was grateful for the help and added my name to the log of previous finders. All is good here. Onward with our Sunday afternoon stroll ...

Good day for a morning walk and a quick find for this , TFTC.

App had me at one tree...but it was at another. TFTC

Found with Twinkletoes72, nice hide

TFTC. Getting out while the rain has a break

TFTC. Fond about five meters away from coordinates

On a cache run with phlphotos today and decided to collect some more multi-caches that we need for a challenge cache. In the area doing the nearby multi and came by to collect this cache. Totally looking in the wrong area when phlphotos made the find. With the cache in hand, we signed the log before replacing it as found. Both the log and cache container are in good condition. Thanks for cache Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior and Little Shoes.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, Daltus-Dachzeltbus39, SirJ-Oz's Purple Bear

Out here with teamMerlin while doing a couple of multis started by looking in the wrong spot but then turning around we saw the cache

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior and Little Shoes

The following TBs visited for the distance - Hawkesbury Tiger, 2011- 2019 NSW geocoins, Area 51 Tag, Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, Cache In Trash Out Tag, CITO Micro Geocoin, dirty Black Juke, Four Elements Geocoin, Mary Hyde's compass, Optical Illusion Geocoin, Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, Trackable Building Brick, Wales Flag, Wheel of Caching Geocoin

Uhoh

Found TFTC

Quick find on a lovely sunny winter afternoon

This took us a few minutes to find. We have had a great day cycling and caching. TFTC all of you Shoes

Walked along the path until we reached GZ. Being early in the morning and no muggles around the cache was found quickly and easily after a short search. The log was signed and then the cache was replaced as found. Thank you Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior and Little Shoes for placing this cache.

Container replaced and ready to be found.

Found this in the location the coords say but found cache hanging nearby about 5m away

new container ready for deployment hopefully tomorrow

Apologies community, for our delay. We are back on track this week and will either replace, relocate or archive very soon.

He's gone

Out today for a few local ones that I missed or have gone down since I was out this way last. 15 for the day. TFTC

Nice little camo and quick find today. Tftc

Nice little camo. Found pretty quickly TFTC

#7829 11:40
After attending the geocaching event *Australia WWFM XVI - Piece Out at The Ponds* I stayed in the area for a bit more caches.

Slughorn was found with a problem.

TFTC

Quick find. Luckily no muggles about they must be hibernating like the wriggly sticks.
Thanks for the cache.

Container replaced and is now a micro. Cache on!

Walking past today between school and the zone cross country carnival, I noticed all the grass had been cleaned right up. Oh no. I ducked in to check on Slughorne and sure enough he was gorrrrrrne too. Will disable now as we contemplate his future.

Thanks for the cutie cache! Found with Pulloa!

Very cute!
Found with BrodyT2010
TFTC!

This was a nice easy pick up. Thanks.

Found

Found log to follow

Had fun wandering a bit for this, interesting looking hide, this was an easy find. Logging duties as normal and then hide reset, and away we went, looking for more caches. Thanks very much for the hide!

Tftc. Awesome camo!

#5914 (1 of 3 today)

After lunch and shopping with the Geowife (during which nothing new was published - for a change) I headed out late in the day for a few finds.

Decided on the Stanhope Gardens area where two or three caches were on the cards. Ended up being three easy finds - I’ll take that.
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Parked *The Hademobile* close and walked to GZ. No way to avoid long grass that I could see.

Spotted it as I approached, and made the grab.
Completed signing duties and replaced, then off to my next target.

SLTNLN
TFTC

A quick and easy find.

SL TFTC

Found by skyejam and I saw huge slug. Yew!!! thanks for leading us here.

Today it was a very hot and sunny day in the early morning when sevabo and I arrived here and started to stroll along on the bridge and we arrived at/near GZ then it took us a few minutes to find the cache. Also today is first day of the first month of 2019 for us to find it. TFTH

As I was spending Christmas Day at Sensible Shoes, Shoes Junior and Little Shoes house I obviously had to find their caches while I was in the area. I'm also currently re-reading the Harry Potter books so these caches were of interest.

An easy find with cute camo.

SL TNLN TFTC

Merry Cachemas!

**Total find count: 556**

With our new geocaching mode of transport available, we took of for a short trip to have a test ride and find some caches to get out of our slump. They certainly make urban caching a whole lot easier.

With only 2 finds for today, this was just a trial run. But a successful one at that.

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We absolutely love themed camouflage. Spotted this on the way to the GZ when following the telltale signs of a geocache, the geotrail.

**TFTC Sensible Shoes**

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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

Did this with Trodectus as a night cache. Parked nearby and walked to GZ, once there, quickly spotted the cache. Log signed and returned. TFTC

Found with Coybear2000. We were in the area after dark and decided to try for this one. We parked nearby and made our way to GZ, aware of spider webs across our path. Once there we soon spotted the hide. TFTC.