#3 Airedale Terrier, on the Dogs Head Trail Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
By kingfisher_au on 01-Jan-19. Waypoint GC7RGF1

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Keen to get out of the roadworks

Our first one on trail, roadworks at #1 #2 cache TFTC! Looking forward to the rest of the trail!

We had this day planned for a month and had prayer all week for fine weather we could not had asked for better. Arriving at cache 1 about 9:30. We settle off KAZ444 had done some of those in 2 previous visits however I needed them all. We got a good system going and began tick of the caches we stopped the flow to do the AL in Paterson. Driving back to get the mystery bonus we saw another caches looking at stage 2. I tooted. We did have trouble finding the bonus and sure enough Mr Felixii caught up to us. We stopped for lunch and chatted and swapped Tbs. I must admit we felt like we were in The presents of Royalty once we heard they have over 40,000 caches. Wow We continue to run into them around the dog head. They stopped for the multi we didnt.I was in shocked when I read their log to hear they run into trouble. Just before 4 we ran into the cache were it is harder to park so after missing a few we decided to call it a day and drive back to Newcastle. We will return I still have 9 mystery to solve. Thank you for all your hard work placing this trail and maintaining it. All my logs will be the same except it I need to tell you about a problem which I will put first. Thanks.

Amazing Autumn day to be out caching with WRAACie. We headed off to do the Dogshead Trail - I had some patches to fill in.We got to Paterson and did the AL. So great to catch up with FelixII at the bonus. I'm still new to geocaching so it was a bit special to meet some lovely people who have done 40000 and hear about some of their adventures.Thanks kingfisher_au for creating this trail so we get out and enjoy this beautiful countryside.

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Well we set off for a drive in the countryside today. We noticed we were logging behind WRAACie & kaz444 on the same date. At Paterson we were doing the AdLab and a car tooted Mr Felix whilst he was collecting a stage so we thought there may be some cachers about. Sure enough we caught up at the AL bonus. We even swapped a few TB's Lovely to meet cachers out on the hunt. We then continued to see WRAACie and kaz444 at stops along our route.We got to #99 of the dogs head series and Mrs Felix said just 1 more before we head home. But of course things went awry as the car was on such a lean that she couldn't get back in and had to get Mr F to move to more level.... WET ground. OOps. Yep we were stuck, 4x4 back and forward digging up the verge. [B)] Mrs Felix name was mud, literally. Lucky for us a P-plater stopped in his Hilux and was able to snatch the GeoCruiser from the mess.The highlight of our day was the multi at St Annes Gresford and seeing that amazing bridge.TFTC kingfisher_au

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I was getting worried that I had driven for 2 hours to start this power trail and all the caches had been removed by road works.But here I spotted something, although for me it was hard to reach!While I was fiddling around here to get the cache (had to use a TOTT) and replace it another car stopped just down the road. Wasn't another geocacher but maybe it was someone who thought I'd broken down and needed help.TFTC # 5885

Found clever hide

TFTC! Clever little hiding spot here

found this a while ago , loved this one

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Found not for the short hearted

Another cache on this trail
It's about the head, not the tail
Fished it out
Without a doubt
Find some more further on without fail.

Still early, so decided to cache my way up the back of the dog’s neck to the Adventure Lad in Paterson.

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Found it TFTC

log was either wet or wet and damaged, replaced today on a 50% way round the rest of maintenance hopefully over the next week, all new container back in play thanks for you patience hopefully the weather gets better

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After a big day caching yesterday it was nice to sit in the back seat and put my feet up while Mr Minion sat in the front with Hayley while she got some driving hours up. decided it would be good to grab a few caches while up this way . I have done a few caches from the other side of the dogs head , so it was good to start the right way today . the co ords are excellent making for quick finds. Thanks for the cache kingfisher_au tnln replaced as found sl

Found with Dozenmater,,TFTC

Found with rainygirl74 - TFTC

The container lid is broken and the log is wet but could still be signed.

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TFTC smile 13474 out and about with miss millie geo dog and muggle twin sister great caches, great day ,good weather now On my way home to QLD spending a few days finding caches in local area after 2 weeks of rain and catching up with relatives now its time to walk the dogs‍

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

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That's another smiley gained with Rama497 on the famous Dogs Head Trail.

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OCW this weekend with Calypso62.
We are up here to attend a couple of Geocaching NSW events.
Whilst here we are attempting the Dogs Head Trail.
Quick and easy find.
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Container and log damaged

Tftc found with earthly65 and Indigo blue

Bathurst to Maitland
Only a couple of caches along the road we stopped for where it was suitable to pull over while towing a caravan.
We have decided to stay at the show grounds for a couple of nights. After setting up camp we headed out to do the caches that we had planned for the day. Also to complete an AL
We enjoyed our drive around the area, some very scenic locations.
We had logged a DNF on this cache previously.
Thankyou kingfisher_au for placing this cache.

Cool find

Needing some caches for the reach the peak souvenirs the family headed out for a picninc. Got the ones south of Patterson and a couple DNF due to not being able to park and a couple missing. A nice series and drive around the area. Found today at 11:20:00 AM cache TFTC

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Left Sydney with It’s_Dozzie and GeoMonkeyGirl then met with EverestHigh to tackle the Dog’s Head Trail.

I absolutely love dogs ! Large, small, young, old, I love them all. I’ve worked with dogs, volunteered with dogs, had close to 50 as foster pets, plus a few as permanent family members too. All different breeds and all wonderful.

There’s still a few breeds on this trail that I didn’t know.

Such a fun power trail, if the caching wasn’t enough to keep me entertained the dog photos certainly were.

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A two day road trip to conquer the Dog Head Trail together with The Bebes, Everest High and Eagle Eyed Monkey Girl.
Full log will be placed with cache #197 (Standard Schnauzer).



This was cache find 4 of our road trip. TFTC!

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Container broken.

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Quick easy find

Day 1 on the Dogs Head Trail.
Will write a generic log until the final cache.
Thanks for the cache

A little bit of rain as we arrived into Maitland, so with few other plans, why not start this power trial. Found with Sophiescout. TFTC

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Found with Earthly65 and Robbieracer66

Found with Robbieracer66 and Indigoblue1...tftc

Next one. Tick.

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Got it

Lots of traffic around today.

No 3. Loving it.

Found but I’m a silly goose and forgot up pen

Found but my silly goose forgot pen

Make my way around the Dogs head trail on a very hot January day, slowly but surely TFTC kingfisher Au.
Apologies for the cut and paste but there’s just no way to do it otherwise

We travelled out to the Bolwarra-Paterson section of this trail today, and managed to find every one of the 23 we attempted! Every cache was in excellent condition, and we had a great day even though it was really hot. TFTC!

Not doing all of these today but our first one on today’s journey along this trail thanks

We are not dog people but already enjoying this series.
Thanks for the hide kingfisher_au.

Dog’s Head Trail by Kingfisher_au

On holidays in Nelson Bay we (me and my junior cacher, Andy) spent a half day last week around Maitland, grabbing one cache (#203) on DHT just to clock up our 300th cache, before calling it quits that day. This morning I awoke veerryyy early and couldn’t get back to sleep so hopped in the geomobile and made the hour drive back to the DHT. I found #196 at 5:06am and worked my way through to #215, then from #1 to #10 where I wrapped up at 7am. 29 caches sought and 29 found, a great result which is attributable to Kingfisher_au’s wonderful efforts to establish and maintain this trail. All caches were in great condition with the exception of #196 and #197 for which the tube lids are broken and will need some maintenance. Today’s outing gives me my biggest day and my biggest month for geocaching. Thank’s for the trail Kingfisher_au. I’ll be back!

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Staying overnight in Maitland tonight, hopefully the first of many visits.
Set out to look at the green county and make a start on this trail.
All caches found in good condition here.
Thankyou for hiding this geocache kingfisher_au
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We decided to go for a drive for the new AL up this way this afternoon, so took the opportunity to round up a few strays on the way, ones that were too quick for us before, or were we too slow?
Parked right at this one today, not sure why we couldn't before?? TFTC!

Found with the team today!
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Found today on a small drive out to Paterson for the Adventure Lab, awesome day!

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Attempting the dogs head while camped nearby. Sorry for the cut and paste posts.

Thanks to kingfisher_au we found your geocache at 12:01 p.m. on the 24 November 2020. This is #6071 for us.

We spent the weekend camping in Broke. On Saturday we headed out for a round of caching. After having 'done' Braxton, and a few other caches, we headed for the 'Dog Trail'.
Realised we would only be able to do some of them, we started from #1 (which we did not find) and then continued until we felt it be time to head back to camp.

Found with My Dad (DJANT) and my Brothers (dart16 & Jedi Anakin) I have my own account now and am trying to catch up to the boys Thanks for the cache.

Attempting to complete this awesome trail over a few days for my 60th Birthday Week. Today I had the help of my geodaughter, we successfully completed the task. Such an awesome trail, can’t believe how much work has been put into having this available for us to do! I feel bad placing a cut and paste log, but after a fullish day of birthday caching, I can’t see me logging all of them in one night! Thanks Kingfisher!

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REALLY enjoying this trail.

Its our first. Should have gotten up earlier!

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Well 2020 has been a relatively slow year on the caching front due to COVID-19. If it wasn't for that it would have been a trip to the USA and Geocaching's 20th year celebrations.

However the crew got back together and The Rats, Hoojar and I teamed up for a few days caching up around the Hunter area. First it was to finish off some of the older OZGM series caches then up into the Watagans for more. Most of Saturday was spent tackling the great Dogs Head Trail then on Sunday it was down into Newcastle city for some great caches.

This was another find on our trip.

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COVID has really put a dampener on this year’s caching ability, but it hasn't stopped my enthusiasm to get out and find a cache whenever possible. So, it was with excitement that I was keen to catch up with Steeba and Hoojar for our first caching weekend of the year.

We targeted a number of powertrails in the Central Coast and Hunter region over our 3-day caching frenzy. The weekend threw up a bit of everything, including a plethora of finds, mountain bush bashing, coastal caching, weather that varied from beautiful to bizarre, sleeping under the stars, some close calls with the flora and fauna, lovely local hospitality and most of all, a great time away with my mates”.

Thanks to all the C.O’s for placing and maintaining their caches for us to find. Apologises for the generic log but with so many finds I couldn’t personalise every one of them.

After a chilly night and another early start we tackled our biggest day, the “Dog’s Head” trail north of Maitland saw us meandering through the picturesque countryside. It was here we found some cleverly crafted containers which added to a great day. By time nightfall we’d met up with Big Matt & MV for a lovely meal at the Paterson Hotel.
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With restrictions starting to ease in our Covid World, it was decided that 2020 caching really need to kick up a gear, and so a plan was set in motion for The Rats, Steeba and myself to head to the Newcastle and Hunter region. There were a few trails, power trails, and Lab Caches that would be hitting our radars, along with a milestone for The Rats. We headed off on Thursday evening and turned for jome on Sunday afternoon. A wonderful long weekend was had, and our cache finds topped 450 for the trip. All in all it was a great success.

The caches were excellent. Some indeed were amazing, and favourite points have been awarded. The company, as always, was faultless. The weather was varied. We had sun, rain, wind, colder, warm, more wind... A bit of everything! We managed to find a few nice spots to camp, and enjoyed the company of Big Matt and Marcus Vitruvius for dinner at a local establishment on Saturday evening.

Please forgive the boiler-plate log, I assure you it is no reflection on the caching experience of our few days away. Thank you to all cache owners for their hides.

Cheers

First leg of the Dogs Trail today with leannem59 (mum), dad also tagged along as chauffeur along the road. Did caches 1-61. Such a windy day, all caches in good condition and quick finds. Great scenery along the road as well. Thanks for organising! We will be back sometime soon to continue the trail.

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Started Dogs Head Trail today with my daughter Nicole Masson and my hubby came along as our driver. Very windy day but the scenery was great, everywhere is very green and looking lush. We completed #1-61 and a few “other ones” on our way home. Very enjoyable can’t wait to come back and find a few more.

I have to admit I’m more of a cat person than a lover of dogs but today I set out from Port Macquarie to find the dogs head trail. Who knew there were so many breeds?! What a picture perfect, gorgeous day to be out caching. Paddocks were full of calves, lambs and baby goats, with stunning mountain backdrops. A good mix of hide locations in all sorts of containers made the trail interesting. Finding suitable parking on the side of narrow roads with 100km/h speed zones not so fun. Attacked 1-110 and the mystery eyes today, so will return another day to finish the trail. Thanks kingfisher_au

Found with shaneo58 doing some around the Maitland Area, Getting a late start due to an appointment, getting windy during the day. got a bit of a start on the doghead trail and an AL as well This is the 12th cache of 28 for today. Log signed and caches replaced as found. Thanks For The Cache kingfisher_au
Cache number 2475 at 3:03:43 PM on Thu 27Aug2020

Found Did the Dogs Head Trail back in 6/19. Out here today with BillHill531 to pick up a few DNF'S. TFTC KF.

Find # 6059
We are loving our journey around the Hunter Valley. Weather is superb, albeit a bit windy.
TFTC kingfisher_au
19 August 2020 12:00 pm

Need a tall friend for this one.

I was in desperate need to get away this weekend for some quiet and stress free time for myself, so I decided to go for a long drive up here to grab some select caches and camp out in the Barrington Tops NP. Just myself, my coffee and a small stash of food, with a bit oif rain... and sleep in the back of my Xtrail... should be a relaxing time...
Only to get rear-ended by a young driver on a quiet country road!
While my car was still drivable, the rear hatch-door was jammed shut. I was determined to keep my Zen state of mind and still go camping (It was a 4hr drive back home). I'd just have to climb in by the rear passenger door.
It got dark, so at the campground I made a hot drink, had dinner and read a bit before going to sleep earlier than usual. So I naturally woke up after my normal hours of sleep AT 3AM! TOO EARLY TO CACHE OR DO ANYTHING!
Hours later when the sun started to rise I continue my caching run. All was good for a few hours... and then I noticed my left-rear tyre go flat! My spare is beneath the luggage floor, beneath 2 drawers FULL of heavy camping gear, all of which I had to remove through the rear passenger door!
Fast forward a bit, the spare tyre on the car, the flat one back in the car, with all the rest of my stuff, and then I noticed my front one was flat AS WELL! No second spare!
The closest town 20km away, no tyre change store open until Monday, I could only try and keep it inflated with my little foot pump and top it up where-ever safe to stop, for the 300Km drive home.
Got home safely, despite heavy rain for the last hour and emptied out my car to get ready for the repairs.
AFTER ALL THAT I STILL KEPT MY COOL!
BUT THIS WASN'T WHAT I CALL A RELAXING WEEKEND!
Thanks for the caches.

Cache in good condition TFTC

Found with kb997. TFTC!

TFTC with Kayarna_

Found it. No 3.

8th find on our road trip. TFTC great series

I joined a trip to Maitland with Aquilus1, dty73, Tankengine, Barb2e, Kitty Katch & Joolay. The weekends main game was to do the dogs head series, but along the way we did some old caches around Sydney and did as many Maitland caches as time allowed. The return journey was via some old caches and some challenges that may or may not be met one day.

Day 2 was the dogs head series and three other series around Kurri Kurri. The R&D caches and many other Maitland caches are absolutely fantastic containers showing great creativity with new tools.

Thanks for the cache kingfisher_au

29124.15 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & OZGM19 Seeker Geocoin A#403

**Albida**

Found with and signed the Capital Crunchers who are: dty73, Tankengine, Joolay, kittycatch, Albida33, Barb2e.

A four day caching trip up around Maitland collecting a number of caches of interest to suit everyone along for the fun. A lovely area, very scenic, green and lots of historic locations. Also some great caching to be done while in the area as well as on our way there and home.

The 'Dogs head' was a main focus of the trip, and took us the the best part of the day along with a few smaller trails and a few as we passed but a lovely scenic area to spend the day in. Most caches were straight forward finds, a few took a little search and others are great 3D printed designs or LARGE! Great trail through a great area, thanks for the cache kingfisher_au.

Chooo ooo - FOUND - on our Maitland/Dogs Head invasion! Signed - Capital Crunchers! (Joolay, KittyKatch, dty73, Aquilus1, Albida and barb2e).

We have a great long weekend from Thursday to Sunday caching all around Maitland and beyond. We found some power trails and many cool places as well!

Thanks for the cache!

A caching trip away with Kittykatch, Joolay, Aquilus1, Tankengine, Barb2e & Albida33 - the Capital Crunchers Gang!!

Ah the Dogs Head. This was one of our main aims for coming up. Most of the caches were found straightforward, some not so much. But all in all this was a good trail. Apologies for the generic log. Tftc Kingfisher_au!!!

Found today with the Capital Crunchers on a trip to Maitland.

Condition Report:. Good and dry
Log Book: lots of room

Thanks for hiding this cache kingfisher_au

Great cache TFTC

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06/06/20
This is find number: 4099
Streak Day: 1633

Decided to head this way for the Long Weekend with Snoopy1976 to do some caching, Completed this series over the weekend.

Thanks to kingfisher_au for placing and maintaining these caches

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