Helicopter Park Fitzgibbon, Queensland, Australia
By
yoshi4017 on 13-Sep-18. Waypoint GC7XNZQ
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Logs
Looked everywhere at base of tree where navigated too but couldn't find this one unfortunately. Nice park!
Thanks so much for a great geocache! I completed it with a friend, first time ever doing something as fun as this! Thanks for making this possible!
Continuing my early morning and rather chilly routine of finding a cache, I headed over to visit this cute little park.
The cache was quickly found, and after signing the log I replaced as found.
Thanks yoshi4017 for placing the cache here.
The cache was quickly found, and after signing the log I replaced as found.
Thanks yoshi4017 for placing the cache here.
The spoilers made this easy, but very well done! Hadn't seen one of these before.
Didn't have a pen but took photo.
Didn't have a pen but took photo.
Found it. A great hide but no useable logbook, just a rock with a wet piece of paper.
Really great find for beginners, beautiful location. Although with all the rain, the cache needs a little maintenance as the logs are all too wet to sign!
(As can see in photo)
(As can see in photo)
I always feel apprehensive looking for caches in small parks like this. I kept looking around t make sure that there were no eyes watching me. Luckily, it was a quick find. I moved away to sign the log and then quickly replaced the cache and left the park quickly.
TFTC yoshi4017
TFTC yoshi4017
Thankfully no one around in the playground today except for a mother and infant who were leaving as I arrived. I wandered over to GZ and made a quick find. Thanks for the cache
This was today's easy find. Found a park not too far away and a little walk and I guessed where it would be due to the hint. I was soon signing the log and replacing as found. TFTC
Yep, spied the helicopter but no one making use of it today which left the place all to ourselves to search which didn't take long at all. Sadly the log is just a few tattered scraps of paper these days. TFTC
We made a quick find at the helipad today, although no real helicopters nor tennis players were anywhere to be seen. We did like the plastic helicopter nearby however!
TFTC, yoshi4017. =^.^=
TFTC, yoshi4017. =^.^=
Debated having a play on the helicopter while I was here but I think I’m a bit too big for that now. A nice quick find and interesting bit of history. Log was dry but in tatters and could do with replacement.TFTC yoshi4017
Quick find. But in desperate need of a new logbook/sheet. Boys played on the helicopter. TFTC
Talk about muggle central! This one required a fair whack of stealth but I got it. Logged signed and in beautiful condition after the rain. I was not prepared for all the mud though, or the ants.
The things we do for a cache. Thank you for this detour from my dull commute.
TFTC
The things we do for a cache. Thank you for this detour from my dull commute.
TFTC
TFTC! Nice quick easy find. Somewhere I never would have stopped and seen otherwise
Hatzofff and I are going to a nearby event so a quick find on the way is welcome.
Log signed and replaced on January 29, 2020 at 5:52 PM. TFTC, yoshi4017.
Log signed and replaced on January 29, 2020 at 5:52 PM. TFTC, yoshi4017.
Quick find after attending the “Northside Meetup” event nearby at the Bracken Ridge library.
Had no issue finding this one in the dark luckily.
Find #590 - TFTC
Had no issue finding this one in the dark luckily.
Find #590 - TFTC
Didn't have time to play in the nearby park as I was ninja caching. Found the cache easily enough where I'd expected it to be and completed the log before zipping out. TFTC
Was in the area and grab this cache which I have meaning to find for some time now. TFTC.
Found today on an afternoon out and about whilst the geo wife is enjoying the nutcracker.
TFTC
TFTC
It was nice to be finishing the day off with a cache and a playground. A playground without kids is just want us old fogies wish for. The last thing I want to do is get in a fight with a parent because I’ve kicked their kid off a swing so I can get on.
I think there needs to be more playgrounds for adults. Not the ones with busted arse fitness stuff where you are more likely to dislocate your spine then get fit. I’m talking about playground rides where the swings allow you to watch your kids finally move out of home, the slippery slides come with someone else mowing your yard and the climbing equipment comes with harnesses, cocktails and pillows. My kids tell me that the pub is an adult playground and it’s hard to argue.
After stamping the log we entered the bark arena for some fun. Some slacker had left empty beer bottles all over the playground, which annoyed us because their is a bin right there and what made me even angrier was that it was crap beer. Because the car was so close, I picked them all up and put them in the boot. I wasn’t doing it for altruistic reasons, I wanted the recycle money. I gots to get rich baby! tftc
I think there needs to be more playgrounds for adults. Not the ones with busted arse fitness stuff where you are more likely to dislocate your spine then get fit. I’m talking about playground rides where the swings allow you to watch your kids finally move out of home, the slippery slides come with someone else mowing your yard and the climbing equipment comes with harnesses, cocktails and pillows. My kids tell me that the pub is an adult playground and it’s hard to argue.
After stamping the log we entered the bark arena for some fun. Some slacker had left empty beer bottles all over the playground, which annoyed us because their is a bin right there and what made me even angrier was that it was crap beer. Because the car was so close, I picked them all up and put them in the boot. I wasn’t doing it for altruistic reasons, I wanted the recycle money. I gots to get rich baby! tftc
First find for me! Was really excited when I found it. I wasn't expecting it to be the size that it was. Regardless, great hiding spot. Great first find for me. TFTC
Alternate entrance to park ... quieter some times of day. Lovely easy little find. TFTC.
Needed a trad cache today for a challenge so I found myself out here in search of said cache. No one was around which made for a quick find.
TFTC
TFTC
Coordinates changed from:
S 27° 19.812 E 153° 2.176
Coordinates changed to:
S 27° 19.812 E 153° 2.193
Distance from original: 91.8 feet or 28.0 meters.
Moved due to vandalism
S 27° 19.812 E 153° 2.176
Coordinates changed to:
S 27° 19.812 E 153° 2.193
Distance from original: 91.8 feet or 28.0 meters.
Moved due to vandalism
Found with geoson in tow as cover. Clever way of hiding a cache in a location like this.
TFTC
TFTC
Woohoo, after being out in the chilly breeze and coming up with nothing but DNF’s, we were happy to finally be in the board for the day, no point getting frost bite for no reason!
Tftc
Tftc
The poor helicopter is out of action at the moment. We picked the wrong hide to begin with but moved on to the right one where it was a quick find. TFTC.
Last one for the day. Once again an empty park made for an easy find, even if I did pick the wrong one first. 
After work I decided to pick up a smiley. At gz I took a seat and found the cache while admiring this lovely park. Thanks for taking me here and for placing this cache here for us to enjoy
I remember living next door to a park growing up ... was nowhere as good as this. Great little park with lots of things to keep kids amused whilst tracking down a cache. Found with potatochips101 (3K).
TFTC !
TFTC !
