SideLined - Bulli Colliery rail bridge Bulli, New South Wales, Australia
By aries44duo on 17-Mar-19. Waypoint GC84XRY

I checked on the cache today and found it still in place. I replaced the log while I was there. I might tweak the hint a bit. aries44duo

DNF. Kids pretty disappointed. Third one in a row we couldnt find. Just not our day

Out from the Sutherland Areas today geocaching, thought we would stop by here again and have another PROPER attempt. Had an extremely good search even with a camera to get to the hidden spots that human eyes cannot. Still couldnt located within 10-15 minutes. Can the CO please check? The terrain has grown a lot by the looks of it too. MaxI125

Attempted this cache down from the Sutherland area. As we were approaching GZ, 2 massive spiders ran from out under our feet. Will have to come back another time to attempt this one. Wont log a DNF as we didnt look for the cache container at GZ.MaxI125

This is tricky. Spent 40 minutes looking with no luck

Awesome Cache! Some space for stickers etc if you want to leave swaps

TFTF

retried this one today and got the W! Almost gave up but after some persistence got thereSigned log and returned Thanks

Dnf

New to geocaching and didnt find

What a very tricky and clever hide.Fantastic, thanks for the cache [aries44oduo](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?id=6282529)FP given

Third time lucky with this one! Camo that Im familiar with but we just werent thinking to look for it here, really nicely done!! Thanks for the challenge and the really interesting history.

Took a second that one - very well camoed! The hint is incredibly accurate!First sign in the new log; replaced as found TFTC Aries44Duo!

Today's geocaching adventure, alongside my fiance, led us to a quick and enjoyable discovery thanks to the Extra Set a set of eyes from my fiance

Have looked for this one on multiple occasions and no luck

I visited the cache today and found it in its original location and in good condition. I have put in a new log sheet and move the cache slightly to help with finding the cache.I have also updated the hint to be more specific.aries44duo.

Carried out maintenance today as per my log below. Clearing the "attention required" notice.aries44duo.

Hi aries44duo,The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 4 weeks) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.If you require more time please be sure to **post a note** (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 4 weeks to keep everyone up to date, if you do not then you cache may be archived without further note from a reviewer. Caches archived due to lack of maintenance are no longer unarchived and you will need to submit a replacement as a new cache.Ngaambul - Matt

I hope to check out the cache in the next week and carry out any remedial action needed. aries44duo.

Will unfortunately have to add my name to the list of DNFs here today; looking like it may need a CO check?

No luck Again.
even with a phone a friend

Gah! Another dnf after hour long walk this morning!!

No luck even with a phone a friend

No luck today

Could not find it. Jammer

Hard to find so had to PAF.

Morty8888 and I ventured down to Bulli to meet up with missmorty for some local caching. Although I own a couple of similar cache containers we still had to PAF for some help.

Thanks for placing this cache aries44duo.

Headed down south to find some treasure around Bulli with Oldmorty and Missmorty. For once we guessed the correct way to get to GZ. After lots of spider webs and feeling we PAF to instantly realise we just weren't going that extra mile. Great hide and a FP. TFTC!

Have looked for this one on multiple occasions and no luck

will be back soon!

Had to PAF vary hard and basically invisible TFTC

Ziploc bag with new log fitted this morning. Cheers aries44duo.

Out for a nice caching walk around Bulli, and this was one I’d considered beforehand made my way to the GZ to this amazing old bridge I’d been under I don’t know how many times, but had no idea it was now actually a pedestrian bridge. From the hint, description and some previous logs, I was pretty confident of the location, but an initial search came up empty. Started expanding the zone which meant a bit of walking and climbing. Hmm, it seems one of my caching buddies had done this one a while back, so out went the PAF, who quickly confirmed my preliminary search area, and recalled a detail that was helpful, which enabled to eventually track it down! Nice one, but if the next finder has the really small snaplock bags, that would be helpful, as even though the log is RIR, most of the signatories have been washed off!

TFTC

didn't find it 5 times now. persistance wil pay off, I hope

Wow this was a great spot. Had to go over the area twice to find it. Got a bit dirty but got there in the end. TFTC. A FP from us.

Great find, awesome.

After dinner I got a message from Mizcupcake to go out for a geoventure and try for this cache... again. Our previous session here had us going up and down and all around and driving us crazy. We couldn’t find it after some time so admitted defeat that day. TONIGHT though.... Bane of my existence... I wasn’t going to leave without finding it. I knew that we were in the right area but just had trouble finding it. Going back through previous logs helped gauge some ideas, and admittedly we almost gave up again tonight, when, cha Ching!! *headslap* HOW did we not find this before?!? Omg! Happiness and joy and we laughed at our silly selves. Very very happy to cross this one off. Absolutely getting a FP from me. TFTC Aries44duo!

Try again tomorrow : )

Going to need to concede defeat here, too good for me! Thanks anyway!

Well hidden cache. TFTC

Very cool hide!! Thx

Wow that was well camouflaged! Tried a few days ago but my phone was dying and I didn’t have a torch. Came back with a torch today and got it after about 10 mins. TFTC

I checked the cache today and found it still in place and plenty of room in the log.

Cheers,
aries44duo

Down The Shire way for dinner with friends, so thought I'd go further south for some finds. Had originally thought to hit Helensburg, but misreading a "Road Closed" sign I ended up a lot further south, with a lot less time to make some finds. And a few DNFs didn't help. So only got three finds for my time, where I'd been hoping for two or three times that.
Oh well.
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Continued on from my last find and quickly summed up the likely GZ here.
Alas nothing found but cobwebs - some of them very thick.

Went around twice, the second time using the torch on my phone, but spotted nothing. Maybe a cache check needed here.
Of course it's possible I missed it.

Had a good luck but stumped us today. Maybe next time

A nicely constructed cache, hidden very nicely. A FP. TFTC

Second trip here after getting some intel so I wouldn't bang my head so many times but I'm not very good with that sort of info. Parked nearby and on approach to GZ startled a rabbit it wasn't wearing a blue jacket so probably not Peter, didn't have my autograph book anyway. Banged my head twice while practicing the yoga moves. The good ones were the "inward child pose" where instead of the arms out stretched they are held tightly at the point at the back of the head where you have just hit. This position is sometimes down in multiples. The "Warrior 1", "Warrior 2" and "Triangle" are sometimes used together to get in strange positions to reach special hides. Now I need to find a chiropractor to undo the bowline knot I tied myself up in. Maybe I should have just used the "Bridge"

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 aries44duo

Maybe I'll give it a favourite for making me stop here for the special exercises needed not once but twice. I may have touched it on the previous attempt

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Got it finally the other night with 156r... Favourite point for a great hide!

One my fourth attempt and. Some. Help from a Paf.... With. My mate wheatz.... One a quiet night

CO is often commenting “you haven’t done my Bulli cache yet” so finally chose it as the special target to claim today’s palindrome souvenir. A small heads up on the correct elevation in a high muggle traffic area saved a lot of suspicious searching up and down, back and forth (could have been appropriate given the theme of the souvenir). Quick find of one of my favourite types of camo, only this time with a slight homemade variation.

It was my third visit today with Juan for nyan, and some new knowledge on what it looked like... But again with so many muggly traffic on a public holiday and limited time we didn't find it.... I'll be back maybe lucky fourth time

You got me again with your homemade types A44. Touched it several times but didn't pick it out. Great camo. PAF finally had me in the right spot. Glad to get that over and done with. Have a FP. TFTC A44

TFTC. Tricky hide.

Spent bout half an hour hunting and some other cachers showed up mid hunt. Eventually found the cache, tricky hide and persistence paid off TFTC

I was in the area heading out for some caches when I drove past this one and seen some other cachers searching for it. After a few previous dnfs from myself here before I thought I would give it another go. We began our search with about 5 of us covering all the ground we could. It didn’t take long before I heard some laughing and then one of the guys yelled out he found it. Very very sneaky, it’s good to finally put this one to bed. Thank you for this clever hide

A very tricky one. Nice to meet mrwhiskers76 who came along to help with the find. TFTC

I had a relation who lives nearby check on this cache for me. He advised its still there as per RS's find and is in good shape.
It is a tricky one and you may need to feel around. Cheers aries44duo.

Found with the help of the Blue Mountains Hint Society. I would never have found it unaided!

We had a good search for this. We looked high and low and anywhere inbetween. We read logs. We had some ideas and kept looking for awhile. It must be a good hide, according to many logs. Too well hidden for us. We could have tried to PAF, but that would be cheating. TFTH

Second visit... DNF again. We'll be back tho, we won't let it beat us!

Looked everywhere but there's one thing I hate. I hate spiders and there was so many around I wasn't keen to keep searching

Spent the better part of the day heading North to South, clearing out all the newer caches East of home. Today could easily been called "Phone A Friend Day" as I made more PAF's than I did cache finds!! Lots of tricky hides kept me on my feet. Thanks For The Caches!

Third of the day - Up, then over, then down, then up. Eventually I found myself in the right spot. Cache was found after a bit of blind searching. Neat container! Cheers Aries.

a DNF from us but as I said to someone today I would favourite it on the hunt anyway and on the spot you bought us to.

I had a tipoff for this one but it still almost fooled me- what a fantastically created hide. A beauty. TFTC!

Had a very good look up and down, but I wasn’t able to turn up the cache, must be a sneaky one!

A very thorougher look - hampered a little by the traffic control lady blocking the footpath on the corner. No find today. Ah well. Will have to come back again some other time.

Adventured today in Wollongong with MinnieK Fitzy_1965 and GSC2000 after packing up camp at the OzMega in Appin. A wonderful but exhausting way to finish a big weekend - with an almost 100% strike rate. Thanks everyone for the caches!!!

TFTC
Another quality hide from the ShireGuru, MrA44....

Over and under, side to side, up and down, in and out.... definitely not a cache to do in a white shirt, like I did today...

Favorite worthy, as are ALL A44 Caches....

Love ya work...
Cheers
Seemyshell

I'll say it was the fact that it was dark as to why we didnt find this one, not that we suck at caching

Searched but failed to find on 07/07/2019 at 5:42:00 PM

The best caches I have found so far by type are:-

Traditional [url=http://coord.info/GC32Z5B]Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher[/url] By [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=6d8dfcf1-6898-4e4f-9d06-c36597a66113&wid=52739781-ccd1-4663-9a74-2f99e561a40c&ds=2]Sven&Cup[/url]
Multi [url=http://coord.info/GCKGZ5]Coaled Hearted[/url] By [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=59c8e9a7-cbea-417b-9ca5-d398e8631f51&wid=79eb86aa-78d7-4dd8-9bfa-1fdeffced394&ds=2]CraigRat[/url]
Unknown [url=http://coord.info/GC1DVB0]Men In Black Holes[/url] By [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=5e098fba-1348-4569-90ad-fead0e418e67&wid=79da779b-a72d-4328-972d-914df04948f7&ds=2]SG-3[/url]

Had a good search with no luck today

Wow take us 5 mins to got it brilliant cache

I departed Seattle on Tuesday evening to begin an eight day adventure in both Australia and New Zealand. I flew to Los Angeles and then on to Sydney landing early on Thursday morning. I am here for the OZGeomuster 2019 "The Gong" Mega event down in Wollongong as a Lackey geocaching ambassador. I will be spending the next four and a half days down in the Wollongong area, geocaching with a lot of the locals. Then I will return to Sydney and fly over "the Ditch" to Wellington where I will spend two days before returning to Sydney for the long flight back to the "States" and finally home to Seattle.

The event organizers had arranged for Marcus Vitruvious to pick me up at the airport and transport me down the the Mega event site. Before we headed down to the Wollongong area I had told Marcus Vitruvious that I want to find the Oldest active cache in Australia plus any other Virtual caches we could attempt.

We are in the area to attend the event in Bulli later this afternoon, so we stopped to grab a quick bite to eat and then went to try to find this nearby cache. It took a fair amount of searching before Marcus Vitruvious managed to make the find, I think that we both looked in that spot a least twice each. We signed the log and replaced the cache before moving on to the next targeted cache. Thank you for hiding and maintaining this cache for us to find.

Reperio at 1315.

After picking up gearguru from the airport this morning, we arrived in Wollongong to find a few caches before the upcoming event in Bulli this afternoon.

This one looked to be interesting, and as we approached GZ, we had a good idea where it was going to be, but took a lot longer than we expected to prove that little theory. After poking around in almost every nook and cranny we could think of, we came back to a spot already searched, and finally spotted it. Just had to see it from the right angle. A great hide that works well here.

Gratias aries44duo.

Very difficult to spot, but got there in the end. Well done!

Cheers

Whoops, forgot to log this tricky find when found back on the 25th May with Galeforced! Great hide, great cache!!!

Well there you go.
After several trips finally put this one to bed. Very difficult, not sure how anyone finds it but a great hide. Looked right at it so many times but then one thing just twigged still not sure why I put my hand there but I did.
A fav for this as it has had a bit work go into it and it should last a long time.
Well done aries44duo
TFTC
Ironbark.

DNF today .

Find # 4806
Found with sesblocker and the CO. Without the CO, this is a very difficult find. It took us twenty minutes.
Great coordinates made for an easy find.
TFTC aries44duo
24 May 2019 11:06 am

woop woop finally found this one on our 3rd attempt. A smiley face with wootowncrew. it had us up, down, up and down again! when finally I spotted something not quiet right. im sure a lot of morning traffic were wondering what we were doing! great cache thanks.

Well hidden been there a few times, very busy and slim line

I was in the northern suburbs this morning so I took the opportunity to stop here and have a look for this cache. There's been a few here over my years of caching so I'm familiar with the area.
After a thorough search of the area I finally had the CIH. This has to be one of the better concealed caches I've found on this bridge.
TFTC

Cache senses not working today.
This was my second DNF in as many caches.
Had a 50 minute look but only got a frownie.
I will be back but not sure what to expect now.

Very tricky, I like it! Took a while as a previously found cache here was tricky as well, but in a totally different location. Luckily good coords
TFTC Wilbert67

Trip away with woolwood9 and slowly heading to the Clear Waters MEGA.
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or in pen as tm421/ww9
*Another nice find for us today, thanks for putting this cache out.*

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

This had us going over and under several times before we managed to find the very sneaky find that was over looked.
TFTC

A real bonus FTF!!!

Bella at Waggy and I had set up camp at Bulli Tourist Park and were in Helensburgh when this popped up.

Back down and it was still unfound! A brief search and I spotted the camouflage!!!

TFTC.

Ftf at 7:10pm.

Published

After our earlier Kayaking adventure Team Canary and ourselves were at Helensburgh when this was published. We completed what we needed to do and then headed south towards camp at Buli Beach and as this was still unfound headed over. We searched for a bit and its more than the D2 its rated at and sure to confuss a few future finders.
We opened up the log to confirm it was blank for Joint **FTF** and added our names. TFTC.