Dam Wall Somerset Dam, Queensland, Australia
By HRH54 on 26-Jun-18. Waypoint GC7RR5V

Zusammen mit searchersab geht es fr 4 Monate auf Reise, dabei kommen wir nach Singapur, dann an die Westkste Australiens, wir fahren die great ocean road von Sydney nach Adelaide, danach bereisen wir noch Nord und Sdneuseeland. Dieser Cache lag auf unserer Route, vielen Dank an den Owner HRH54 frs Auslegen und Herfhren

Chewbacca72 and I are traveling during 4 months through Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. A few caches that are on our way should not be missing. This cache is one of them. Many thanks to HRH54 for this very cool hide. + 1 FavoBest regards,searchersab

Awesome cache. Found with Angelikakrb. Tftc.

Very tricky cache, had to look a few different times until my partner New_Age_God and I found it today on our third time around haha. Tftc

tricky one !! took us a couple good goes to get this one, awesome little cache !! tftc!!

Great Cache took us 15 minutes but didnt give up managed to find this clever cache TFTC

During our cacher tour we also stopped here and looked for this cache.Thanks for the nice cacheTeam sissifalke

Well you almost had us - Almost!!!!! We were sure it was that, but no luck, then tried again and sure enough it was. Sometimes you just have to think, when you are right, you are right!!!! Another Sneaky Bugger that we might steal the concept of!!!! FP for your Effort

aha this was a good one 4/8/24

Was looking around for a while here with many different thoughts going through my mind. Had to take a step back but realised something when I looked again. Another great cache hidden in plain sight. Tftc

Nice one! Even the geo-son was impressed (and thats a challenge with teens). TFTC

Very good hide. Favo

TFTC. Log full.

Took me a minute! Tftc!

Haha!! Clever find, took us a while but found it after a jiggle signed the last line on the log

Love this type of hide Fav point awarded TTTC SL

Read through a number of logs to see what I would be in for. A very creative and clever hide. A favourite for me! Thanks for the cache!

Anazing camo again! Found pretty fast, was the only thing that looked like a cache would be. TFTC!

Jesus looked at it so many times haha TFTC

Very clever , took a little while to find it. TFTC

Was meeting friends nearby and saw this cache in the area. A quick stop for a smiley. GPS wouldn't settle down, but no worries ... found while singing an old Sesame Street tune.TFTC ...

Found with Brissy Cat.

Found at the end of a mum and son camping trip. We had overnight rain so I had the joy of packing up a wet campsite. Then we spent the morning kayaking and swimming and after lunch we headed back to Brisbane. We stopped along the way to look for caches and thankfully they were all quick finds today as it was super hot and muggy.We had stopped to look for this one on the way here but after looking around for a while we gave up as we were keen to get to our campsite. Having found a few other of the COs caches in the last few days, I though I had a better idea of what we might be looking for. Indeed my suspicions turned out to be correct and GeoM was amazed because he had touched the cache last time without even realising it.Thanks HRH54! Lucky I came to Sommerset with lots of FPs as your caches are all well deserving.

After a little wander around we spotted something worthy of inspection and bingo there was the log well hidden. A great cache and of course another favourite. Thanks HRH54 for the well thought out hide.

Found it finally after a good deal of hunting and unhelpful GPS! A very clever hide- we own a similar cache but love the way this one is done. Thanks for the cache, a FP left here.

Awesome hide, took a while.

Excellent hiding spot. Quite the unique cache location too, that view is stunning. TFTC

Something looks out of place

We are now heading north to avoid the coldest of the winter weather in Victoria. Loving our time around Brisbane and around the area. Today we went for a drive out around Wivenhoe dam and grabbed a few along the way.

Stopped off here to admire the views and were happy to discover this neat little hide. Given a fav as I love something different.

Thanks HRH54 for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy finding it.

Found it

Continuing to make the journey south with [stairman1](https://coord.info/PR4R27Z) heading home, this was our final stop together on this highly Favourite Point cache. I arrived first, and used my time to admire Somerset Dam. As an Engineer, it was good to see Engineer Australia's plaque and marker, and I then walked back towards GZ. Funnily enough, [stairman1](https://coord.info/PR4R27Z) had earmarked another structure as the geocache, but I wasn't convinced, and I soon cottoned on to this well-camouflaged cache. I had seen similar types like this, but I really enjoyed the execution and hide detail of this one, worthy of another Favourite Point to add to its humoungus total! The cache container and logbook were in good shape, and we signed as Team "GSW" (as per [GurTheWanderer](https://coord.info/PRWMPWQ), [stairman1](https://coord.info/PR4R27Z), and David"W"azza). Thanks HRH54 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

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During this extended weekend, it was a trip north to find the 65 Roses geoart in Kilcoy, followed by two days boating on Lake Somerset to defeat the Dark Side series joined with [GurTheWanderer](https://coord.info/PRWMPWQ) and [stairman1](https://coord.info/PR4R27Z).

Today, we were back on the water and after defeating the dark series lord yesterday, our plan was to head north and detour past the small traditional caches subset. The lake was at 80% capacity with not too many boating muggles about. We launched the boat from the Day Visitor Area's eastern boat ramp early at 07:00 hr, and the lake was still shrouded in mist/fog, which made navigation interesting. Another few hours passed whilst driving the boat and shuttled between geocaches, before returning back to the boat ramp to return our hire boat. We started to return home south passing through Somerset Dam before splitting, and my route was then south through Bryden and Dundas, and then west through Mount Glorious. My final drive/adventure was then the Goat Track up to Mount Nebo Road, and a walk from Boombana in D'Aguilar National Park. A near-perfect Winter weather day!

Found today after a great weekends caching on the dark side of the dam.
Great cache another fav point here

HRH54 I found your cache Dam Wall on 12/7/2023, 1:25 pm. This is my find 5887 and find # 2 today. Dismissed it at first, but a second look revealed the log sheet. Cleverly camouflaged. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

Wow... very creative hiding spot. Well done.

Another fav from us!
Never quite know what to expect! Another incredibly creative cache! TFTC!

Doing the drive between Kilcoy and Fernvale and pit stop to stretch the legs. At GZ one thing did not seem like the others and sure enough a log was quickly revealed. All is good with the hide. TDTC.

YESS this is the best cache ever tftc

This hide had me stumbling around looking at many things, till geo granddaughter said there it is, I did try to pull the cache off the place, but as it did not move, i walked away, so after looking at a different way of getting to log sheet, It was signed and replaced. Thanks HRH54, all is in good condition here, deserving of a favourite for construction

After some searching as phone bounces me around with gz finally found it well hidden the 10 yo was right hehe thanks for the find

Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god we found it thank you so much and how so very clever glad to tick this one off TFTC

T4T$

Well done....should have listened to the 12yo

ow! ! ! ! What a cache! ! ! ! This cache definitely deserves a favourite point! ! ! ! !

DFC and I were in the Ute heading to the farm to meet the farrier, see the horses and grab a load of fresh pumpkins, when we decided to stop and grab this awesome cache! Within minutes Mumma Bear 66 and I had pulled up too and the search began. With no luck I started looking through some previous logs, then said I know where we need to be looking! Shortly the cache was in hand, log signed, replaced and we were back in the Ute.

Signed log as MummaBear and the Cubs or M B & C

Wow! ! ! ! What a cache! ! ! ! This cache definitely deserves a favourite point! ! ! ! !

DFC and I were in the Ute heading to the farm to meet the farrier, see the horses and grab a load of fresh pumpkins, when we decided to stop and grab this awesome cache! Within minutes Mumma Bear 66 and I had pulled up too and the search began. With no luck I started looking through some previous logs, then said I know where we need to be looking! Shortly the cache was in hand, log signed, replaced and we were back in the Ute.

Signed log as MummaBear and the Cubs or M B & C

Wow! ! ! ! What a cache! ! ! ! This cache definitely deserves a favourite point! ! ! ! !


DFC and I were in the Ute heading to the farm to meet the farrier, see the horses and grab a load of fresh pumpkins, when we decided to stop and grab this awesome cache! Within minutes Mumma Bear 66 and Princess1005 had pulled up too and the search began. With no luck I started looking through some previous logs, then said I know where we need to be looking! Shortly the cache was in hand, log signed, replaced and we were back in the ute.


Signed log as MummaBear and the Cubs or M B & C

An adventure on Lake Somerset with Davinells, and there’s just enough time for a cache or two before we launch…

It didn’t take long to spot the odd one out… getting to the log took a few moments though…

Clever… tftc…

Our first even hunt and it was only 500mtrs from home, happy hunting guys and girls

Great cache. You’re awesome at hiding them.

Danger, danger. High voltage! Another sneaky hide. Love it!

What an awesome cache! This is one of the best caches I have seen yet!! Very cool!! Great view too, spillway not open today, but still great to see the dam wall.

Driving from Gatton to Sunshine Coast through Kilroy was the plan today. Hopefully collecting a few of the rose caches as well as some high favourite caches on the way.

I didn’t get as many of the rose caches as I would have liked but certainly made up for that with a number of other caches. Some very very cleaver caches that have given inspiration.

Tftc.

Another brilliant cache. Just trust your gps.

Loved this one, found it after about 5 mins

Got me, well almost. Thank lord there is two of us here. I like it

Loved it, NC scratched around 10 mins while I played decoy. When the cars left I walked up and touched it straight away, lol.

What a fantastic cache! An excellent location, with a great view of the wall, some interesting history and a wonderful hide. Thanks for the cache, we loved it.

Yea we found it. Got a clue from previous comments that led us straight to it. Would have given up otherwise and totally overlooked this. Didn't think it was out of place like other comments stated... Fitted in really well and nearly had us turning on our heel and leaving. Brilliant cache... Well deserved favourite point. Havn't saw anything like this before. Nice to see something different.

Super find. This was my first choice but was reluctant to destroy so wasted a lot of time and then circled back. This time, to hell with it I thought and with the right technique, had it straight away. Great hide. Thank you!

Down visiting this area from Mackay with alphag_25. good hide. tftc

Logging old caches originally found with alphag_25. Now have my own account and logging them separately so that I can claim the finds.

26/1/22 Down caching from Mackay and staying at Somerset Dam. Brought the boat to complete the darkside series. Thanks for the cache. SL Nice Camo

We will be back this one has stumped us

Today's big plan was to hike around Wivenhoe Hill, but after just 2km of that, the heat and humidity made it all very un-fun. So I jumped in the car for an air-conditioned explore instead; "Plan B" was to circumnavigate Lake Wivenhoe. When I stopped in Esk for reception, I scrolled around the map and found four up north here with massive favourite points and deemed them worthy of adding to my day. Offline list updated and downloaded!

It's maybe just once or twice I've driven this road towards Somerset, which is my excuse for stuffing up parking so badly. Heading south from The Spit, I found a nice side-road to pull up in. It was a bit of a walk down beside the road, which felt odd, but doable. I was only just out of the car when I read the instructions about a lookout. Ah, we'll try that then.

Whattaya know, it turned out way better! I got intrigued by the information boards and view first, then embarked on the walk. I assumed at GZ, I'd be looking for something sneaky, going purely by the previous three finds I'd made by this CO.

For a minute or two, I poked about but had no luck. It was time for the stand-back-and-look approach. I saw something that didn't make sense in context. So I wandered over and with a little flick of the wrist, was staring at a logbook.

Pretty cheeky, sneaky hide! I scritched my name on the logbook and carefully replaced it as found. Clever. And then back to the car and just one more stop for my long drive back, killing time that isn't spent hiking today. Thanks for this geocache, HRH54

Well… damn!

Something seemed out of place and we quickly had it in hand. Thanks for the cache

Oh very clever! I knew this one was going to be a sneaky camo sort but once I’d exhausted all the types I’d come across before I was stumped. Got the other half onto it and he suspected the right container. No, that’s real, said I. It had even put me off trying a few ideas I’d had . Resorted to reading a few logs and gleaned a useful clue or two from there and then I was certain. Hubby had been right. And once you see it, you can’t unsee it. I really love these kinds of hides!! TFTC it was the only one we were able to stop for today.

I walked up to here this afternoon after setting up camp back down the road.
I was clueless for ages.
Almost a dnf for tomorrow, but then i read something in a log that clicked and i was soon signing the devious log.
Wow.
I hope no muggles saw.
Thank you so much HRH54 for taking that bar and raising it even higher.
This was the last cache of four i found today.
This is also find number 3344 ?

Great hide. Something looked out of place and there it was. TFTC

Tftc this one was a good one

My husband wanted to go to Esk races today and i had a look at what caches were nearby and i remembered finding one of this co's caches and so was very excited to come out here and find a few more. so i dropped my husband at the races and headed here. i had read alot of the logs this morning before i left and one of the logs led me to believe what the cache might be and sure enough at gz i spotted it but no, wait if i do this , yes. what an awesome hide and great place for a cache. Thankyou for all the fun. Giving it a FP for all the fun

What a hiding spot! TFTC

Had a good long hard look for this one. It's got me stumped. I'll have to try again another time.

Amazing hide. Well done. 19 June 2021 12:27. Topendteam TFTC

After a lovely evening at the camp grounds down the road, I headed up here to make the find. It took a bit of looking but something twigged and I soon spotted the super clever cache.
Thanks for the cache HRH54

Very clever! Thanks

I can't believe we couldn't find this Dam cache! We searched high and low in and around GZ. Had a look at the logs from previous finds but no help there. The only thing we did see was pretty securely fixated and would have needed some sort of tool to pry out which we weren't about to do given the location. Sad to say it's a DNF today

Catching up on late logs.

We were up here to attend the Daybro Mega event but the weather was not very kind to us so we decided to concentrate on Adventure Labs and any thing else that was near by.

The weather had eased off a bit and we though we would try some normal caches to get back into the swing of it. One good thing is the wet has kept a lot of muggles away.
We pulled up here and knew we were looking for something sneaky by the conversations around the fire last night. We were not disappointed when we located the nice hide and added our name to the log and a favorite point to the cache page.

Many thanks again HRH54 a great cache hide.

Don't want to give anything at all away as this is a devious hide. Thanks for keeping us all entertained for some time.

What a fantastic hide. I have so much I would like to write but don't want to give anything away. Let me say this gets a well deserved favourite from me. Thanks for the cache.

Found at 12:02 PM GAFF2.
This had us bamboozled for a while as we were looking in the wrong spot (around the actual GZ) and then as we widened our search area we came across something that looked like a possibility, but at first it didn't reveal anything. Then a different approach was used to "open" the container and - wow, now that is good work indeed!
Thanks HRH54.

Found by Mary and David at 14:24. Haven't seen a placement quite like this. Looked at it twice without realising. Then a PAF pointed us back to the area, a closer look and bingo! Blame our old eyes. Gets a FP. Our thanks to HRH54.

After this morning’s cito event, I had to head into work, along the way I grabbed a few caches to make the day a little more worthwhile. I stopped at this one and bumped into Deaf Phantom who was struggling to find the cache. we looked around and then I thought why would they put that there surely it would be at the front of the enclosure. Sure enough it was a very clever hide. I signaled to my geofriend and told her of the find.

We both signed the log and I continued on with my drive. Thanks for placing this one here and maintaining it.

That excellent one
I put favourite
Thank you CO

Dunno about the dam wall, it was the dam cache that was getting the most attention. MrG was on the phone and I was still wandering about in a stupor after he finished. Clearly the cache was not found by me but I'll award it the FP for annoying the hell out of me. TFTC HRH54, well done on a great hide.

Look for the signs, and you will see something out of place. Found with kelr0cks and armybrats04

Found with Joshwyatt83 and ArmyBrats4....
Almost had to review the footage on that one thought I’d hit a dam wall.....

Our first of the morning while visiting somerset dam.

A fav point

10532
TFTC HRH54

Took a little longer to sort this cache as was a total write off. A replacement is now in the exact same spot.....Happy Hunting

Container needs some attention. Hope to have sorted with the week

Found this on the ground, feel like we missed out on a great hunt.

Found it sneacky hide

Found it! Took two tries, was helpful to get the other one at the Spit to understand how this puzzle maker's mind works!

Too tricky for us!

Heading to lake Somerset for the weekend and picking up some caches on the way. We stopped to check out the impressive dam wall and then headed round to look for the cache. There was something odd as I looked at the GZ and then I thought I would move something and voila! Found the cache! Nice hide. Tftc

Staying at Esk for a few days. Today we travelled from Esk to Kilcoy via Toogoolawah then back to Esk via Somerset. We found 21 caches in total, they were a great variety of Traditionals, Puzzles and a Multi.
MrT spotted this one, still don't know why he inspected that.
Another FP from us
Thanks to all the COs that have hidden caches in this area for us to enjoy.

Tricky cache - yeah that is really going to peeve off anyone reading the logs at GZ looking for additional clues. I know it was annoying for us! But this is one of those situations that when you figure it out, the find is so much sweeter.

Thank you for the cache.

Here with Petan while we looked and looked and looked. Peter said watch out there was security cameras, so we tried to be extra discrete hoping there was no coverage on that side, despite what the sign said. But we got there in the end. Looked at the flowers on the trees a couple of times so it looked like we were just admiring the bushes. They smelled pretty good, but then victory smells pretty sweet when we found it in the end.

Thank you for the cache.

Had to go away and have a think about this one, but found it now!

This tricksy fellow took us a little while to find so we were very happy to finally reveal the logbook. An FP week deserved. TFTC.

After spending a few days finding some more of the Dark Side caches, we are on our way home and stopped to have another look for this cache.

Have been here twice now and with a hint from a fellow cacher, we finally found this clever hide. SL then returned as found.

A fav point from us.

(Note - 15/12/2020 - only realised we hadn't logged this cache until we were scoping out the area for another trip to finish off the Dark Side series)

TFTC HRH54

COs- Currently in the process of catching up on my logging backlog- some of it, I'm embarrassed to say extends back a number of years.
I'm logging each cache on the date that I actually visited it, not the day I'm logging. Cheers??

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We'd been busy beavers solving the dark side puzzle series and could finally come and collect the goodies here. It took us 3 days in a slow boat but we had a great time out on the water and being away from home.
As Ratty?? said to Mole??...
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
We didn't mess about too much though or we wouldn't have found them all in the time we had the boat.

The logs were signed as either team GERSH or sometimes GRESH, depending on the memory of the signee and the caches were where our coords led us and no issues were encountered.

The team consisted of...
GS1947, RoddyC, echocage1, Snickersallan and hatzofff.

We've finished our maritime activities and are going after some land based caches. This was a clever hide so leaving it a favourite point ??
TFTC??