The eagle has landed. LRBP1 Longreach, Queensland, Australia
By JABs, MENO on 26-Jun-21. Waypoint GC9D7HM

We continued today our tour of several AUS states in the NorthWest and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Traditional-Cache.The weather was - said in one word simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood. The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The logbook was okay, and allowed easy logging.Thanks to JABs, MENO for the generation of this nice cache The eagle has landed. LRBP1 (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood. TFTC says H_M_A @ 29. Oktober 2024 @ 13:47 o'clock @ [#22742](https://coord.info/GC9D7HM)

Having completed some shopping and returned the items to the fridge in our motel room, we had a short period of time to look for some caches before sunset. This was one of them.Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks JABs for the cache.

Thanks for my first find! YAY

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Easy as. CheersBundy

found it!!

In town for a few days doing the tourist bit but also taking a bit of time to grab a couple of caches Nice easy find All good here Tftc

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27.07.24 tftc found with Pest77, found it on the ground

Needed to take the car for a spin because I started the day with a flat battery, so why not collect some caches at the same time. In QLD on a bucket list Holliday to,the tip and cape york. Found with grumpi68. TFTC.

Good one

Decided to stay in Longreach for a couple of days with ilook4geo. Today we chose to pick up some of the caches around town and are happy with what we achieved. The log here was signed with both names and was then replaced as found. Thanks for this cache placement go to JABs.

Spent some time today hunting some of the caches around the Longreach area. Each log found was signed and we were happy to claim the find here. TFTC.

Nice hide

Out and about today exploring Longreach with Geodogs. Fantastic place to visit and poke about. All good here. Now,onto the next one for the day. TFTC

Found this cache with Crank1, Deafcat, DeafPhantom, DeafVW, and Everlasting (Deaf PVCCEP) during QOGM 2023. Thanks for placing this cache and providing us with a great time!

Beware the ants. TFTC

I looked a bit Suss while signing the log while cars went whizzing past but found and Signed. TFTC

Looked on the wrong side first then expanded the search with success. TFTH

Found it!

Found it

We found your cache today 12 June 2024 2:25pm , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC JABs, MENO

Found it thank you whilst doing a road check to journey to Muttaburroh tomorrow.

Found it

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Found it

Amazing spot!! Interesting info on the Grid - NEVER WALKED ACROSS a cattle grid before! The adventurer in me is thoroughly satisfied

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa After picking up puzzles/mysteries we made a quick stop and grabbed this one on the way into town.Tftc

Ocw the Bebes around the area. A quick park and grab. Tftc

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Thanks

Visiting Longreach to celebrate 110 years of scouting here. Took the opportunity to find some caches.

Found this morning, few more caches before heading east, thanks for the cache.

The Log is full here - very full. A Willy Willy was coming toward us as we finished putting the cache away as we found it. Now Ive found a cache on a cattle grid! My life is complete? I dont think so.

After attending the Longreach QOGM for last week, it is nice to have a more relaxing day, grabbing anything around the area before heading towards home.Stopped off here and made an easy enough find at GZ.Thanks for placing the cache and doing the maintenance needed, so we can find this cache.

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location. (HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do. [:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort. Devilish Brilliant and Clever I like it Another one off the list TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - JABs [^]

While attending QOGM 2023- Longreach we continued out caching expeditions with ?? 54, Nathan and Alyce and of the MummaBear and the cubs gang.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the HuntThanks for giving us a reason to stopTook Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed LogSigned log as MummaBear and the Cubs or for smaller logs MB&CToday we signed logs sheets as MGNT or with our team stampMummaBear and the cubsGem_54Nathan and AlyceTeam

While attending QOGM 2023 with the MummaBear and the cubs gang, Nathan_and_Alyce and ??54.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the huntThank for giving us a reason to stopTook nothing, Left nothing, signed logSigned log as MummaBear and the Cubs and for smaller logs MB&CSigned as MGNT or with our team stampMummaBear and the CubsGEM_54Nathan_and_AlyceTeam

Found

Out and about collecting smiley's today with ever patient hubby!! Tftc

A phrase I had exclaimed a few days ago as I arrived at the nearby airport! With a previous finder helping, I made a super quick find Found while visiting Longreach Shire during QOGM 2023. TFTC, JABs. =^.^=

33,160. Attended during our Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure - a 33 day epic tour of Northern NSW and Outback Queensland finding many caches, attending great events and catching up with awesome Cachers along the way.Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure Day 22. Today our group attended the early events, then headed to Camoola and back grabbing all the new jigsaw puzzles and everything else along the way. A fun day and tiring day - especially the walk up Starlight's Jump-up. This was the next cache of the day. Quickly found once at GZ. Signed as CC3 (Cosmonaut97, Firebatman, Silverfox, Contesta, Gliss!, Nibletricecakes, albida33 and myself, for Canberra Cachers plus 3). Replaced the cache as found, then we continued on our journey.Thanks to all the COs who put out these caches !!

Find # 8989In Longreach for QOGM2023! Finally made it ??So much planning and work goes into organising this fabulous event and it is definitely worthwhile coming to the central west for the incredible caching adventure.In the trails with some of the usual suspects ?? and it never ceases to amaze me the generosity of the caching community. A huge thanks for all the fun and shenanigans along the way. Great adventures were had in spite of the challenges, not all geocaching ones either, and we all enjoyed a good tale or two.QOGM2023 - Out on the trails with GLISS! and Nibletricecakes to collect some local caches.This was a quick and easy find and ?? here at The eagle has landed. LRBP1 GZ. ?? Thanks so much for the many caches JABs and of course for giving me a reason and incentive to get out here, and to experience this part of the world in a different light ??????

Out and about with Nibletricecakes and Contesta. Great to be out finding QOGM23 caches.

Grub62 and I were picking up a few local caches while we had a bit of spare time in longreach. A quick search and the cache was in hand. TFTC.

bunadoorian and I were picking up so local Longreach caches this morning. We decided to pick this one up before we headed back for lunch. bunadoorian found this first. TFTC and for bringing us here JABs and MENO.

Great clues and hiding spot. Our first find. Cheers, Longreach

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Here we are at QOGM. Time for some caching. TFTC

Found whilst on QOGM. all in order. Thanks JABs, MENO for the cache

This is our first and last time that we will get to experience a QOGM !!!Sooo glad we made it !!!We will never be able to thank the QOGM committee and others anywhere near enough for all their hard work to make these events with all the associated caches that go along with it ??Its been an absolute HOOT !!!Especially enjoyed the Saturday muster as team PORTONGA with The Morris, trads, multis, wherigos, all found with great teamwork, and a win in the photograph run to boot ??TFTCs and an amazing QOGM !!!

Attending the final QOGM with BenM70 this week and looking to turn solved puzzles and anything else we pass by into smilies. After completing the Flights Muster and the Jigsaws we carried on to grab a couple more. Thanks JABs for organising this and bringing a large group to the region. Well done to all over the past 5 years.

Townsvilles contingent, burgo78 and myself went to locate as many caches as possible while out in Longreach for QOGM 2023. Paper logs have been signed either individually or as TSV#1s or similar Day 2 and the first muster out to Muttaburra. Picking up these on the way. The organisers had set up a forks multi, as well as the first series of the Flights of Fantasy Traditionals, then we picked off the Jigidi puzzles followed by a few more around the shire of Longreach Thanks JABs for placing this Traditional for my find # 4625

Tftc, had to pass yesterday as mowing was in progress, today with all that grass gone we made a fast find.

Attending QOGM2023 with Imbunda, today tackled the loop of Puzzle caches to Starllight EC and return to Longreach. These were solved prior to our arrival.Along the way we met up with the MeanDe, HansandLinda, maccamob and dickbev and formed a convoy of 4 vehicles. Was a fun run even if we were tail-end-charlie and ate a lot of dust. All caches were found in good condition. Everyone got out of their car to sign the logs.After completing this trail we went our separate ways, then went in search of a few more caches closer to home.TFTC JABs

Found on a trip with e.gregory1 traveling through western New South Wales and central Queensland to attend the QOGM at Longreach. After QOGM I made my way to Brisbane for a few days before a return drive back to Adelaide via the north coast of NSW, central NSW and the Riverlands. Signed our names in full, or variously as FW e.g1 or e.g1 FW to save time and space in the logbooks. Thanks for the cache JABs, MENO!

Day 18. A last minute plan had been hatched to make my by way to QOGM. Very little planning had been done but a very rough outline was in place and it was going to be a day by day trip.Finally in Longreach! Teamed up with posums and The_Tritonz for a day of caching around town!A quick find after completing the power trail.Thanks JABs for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Are you planning a trip to Victoria? Check out some of these caches on the nominees list for the 2022 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. The shortlist is available [here](https://coord.info/BMC8QYR)

Today Patrol14 and I decided to find some of these puzzle caches to the Starlight Earthcache and back to Longreach. Not long after setting off we meet up with MeAndDe, Hans and Linda, maccamob and Dick and Bev and turned into a convoy of 4 cars. Found all caches along the way and signed all logs before replacing as found. TFTC

I'm heading out for an enjoyable day of geocaching with HansandLinda along the jigsaw trail but first we stopped so I could add my name to the log book here. Thanks for find #4875TNLN

Quick find . Had to wait for the mower man to pass.

DAY 13On our first day of caching in Longreach it was decided to tackle the mystery trails with Posums and RoamingHowie. Many hours had been spent solving these jigsaws and other puzzles in preparation for this final QOGM trip.This trad was found after completing the series nearby.Thanks JABs for the placement.

TFTC JABs your cache The eagle has landed. LRBP1 that we found today. At QOGM 2023 in Longreach, camped at Apex Park.MeandDe was at a lose end so we joined forces to tackle the loop of puzzles out of town to Starlights lookout and return. 53 caches for the day. As we travelled along we were joined by Maccamob, Dickbev, Patrol14 and Imbunda. An enjoyable afternoon and many eyes made it easy to find sonn MH e of those micros.Find Count: 16946

We had a great time during our stay at Longreach for QOGM event week. We were fortunate to have found and signed up an amazing group of Deaf PVCCEP members, including DeafPhantom, DeafVW, DeafCat, crank1, Everlasting and pwala. Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache JABs.

Found with FeatherWaite while attending the QOGM event at Longreach.We headed up to Longreach from Adelaide via Broken Hill, Cunnamulla, Charleville, Blackall and Barcaldine, camping and picking up caches along the way.The weather was a little warmer than we had anticipated, but it made for some pleasant evenings.Most of the caches were found without any issues and were in reasonable condition unless otherwise indicated.Thanks JABs for the cache.

At Longreach QOGM.Accompany with deaf friends.Thank you for organising the cache and hunt.Sorry about copying and pasting

Running around Longreach with Temingi for QOGM 2023After an early registration and the 'Talk like a Pirate' EventWe teamed up with Yella Belly to make a start on some of the local cachesStarting with the then unpublished letterboxes, some solved puzzles and other miscellaneous hides around town. Looks like many others had the same idea.After a run down Silsoe Road, worked our way back into and around town All good hereMost logs signed DDYBT for the team, to save room in the log booksSigned and replaced as foundThanks to JABs and MENO for the cache

Added in new log sheet as other almost full. Over from Otautahi Christchurch for this the last Outback Muster. Spent ages working out all the puzzles but I really enjoy jigidi ones. Shame I didnt find them as I didnt join in with someone with a spare seat for the day.Thanks to all the organisers for the hard work and effort in putting this and previous events together. Only sad thing is I could only get to Blackall before this one. Sorry this is cut and paste logging but I will add in a comment as required along the way. Ma te wa from me for the time being. Im sure we will meet again

Today is going to be a long day with a lot of driving and with plenty to see. Our team the Misfits consisting of Gcoven, Nathan and alyce, jacs team and myself had some plans and some fun lined up together.It saw us driving into town to a meet up grabbing a list of new caches. We then headed off doing the letterboxes and the question mark, plus grabbing a few loose ones as we passed. We made it back to the showgrounds in time for the Talk like a pirate day event. After the event, we set off and did a lot of the jigsaw trail and listed puzzle caches. It was a good day and I enjoyed the caching and the places it took me. I really enjoyed the earth cache.The variety of caches was fun, the lack of hints or mistaken helps just added to the fun for the day for me, thanks. We signed the logs as Misfits and replaced all as found, thanks for the fun today. sorry for the generic log but there are tooo many to remember each one.

Popped into town to register and then we headed off to do the Letterbox trail and question mark. Chatted with various cachers we met on the way. Arrived back in time for the pirate event, we then proceeded to head to the bakery and shops for a few supplies before making a run on the jigsaw trail. These were a priority for me having spent hours on jigsaws. Which saw us complete 75% of them until we had a prior appointment that we needed good reception for. We had booked into Trivia at the Wellshot and our team came a very respectable 4th - despite doing us dirty over a LOTR question. Almost ready to turn in for the night we notice a new Lab some 240m from our front door- so off we went again. Caching with Gcoven, Chamad, Nathan & Alyce as The Misfits!

This was an extremely long day with plans to do all the QOGM geoart and letterbox caches along with random ones we hadn't previously found.I joined forces with Bluewattle and Davidwazza, and we worked efficiently and effectively as a team in finding all the caches on our to-do list.We recorded no DNF's, and only one PAF was required. Also, apologies for the generic logs.Thank you to all the cache owners for placing such a large volume of traditional, puzzle, and letterbox caches for our benefit and enjoyment ??

Found It!A quick find here after waiting for a cyclist to move on!TFTC

Much better when the grass is gone

JACS and I had hatched a plan a while back to book leave for a road trip out west and to attend the last QOGM. Today was the the start of our Longreach adventures. third big day Quilpie to Longreach. Fun pirate event and collection of the puzzles !

Quick find - tks.

My son had fun finding this!

Found with Snickersallan

Our first full day in Longreach for the QOGM 2023 and a good assortment of caches and hides was found. Thanks for all the hard work that goes into placing and maintaining them. TFTC JABs

Found with dandent and Timingi after the pirate event. Didn't see any eagles tho. Thanks for the cache.

This was a quick find reasonably early in the morning before fatigue and heatstroke strikes again.

Saw this big fellow whilst driving into Longreach and wondered if it had a cache attached to it.Now I know.And it has two more names added to the log, icybeetas and mine.Thanks JABs,MENO.

Gotcha !!! With Dandent and Yella Belly after our Pirate experience. TFTC

Found by Mary and David at 09:40. Most appropriate. Aahh, the memories of hearing that phrase. Our thanks to JABs.

Another day means another day on the road collecting caches.We teamed up with JACS Team, Gcoven and Chamad and called ourselves The Misfits. We had a fantastic day on the road. Good times, great experiences and the occasional Chamad joke thrown in to keep us amused. Our goal for the day was the new letterbox trail, the question mark, the loop and any other cache we encountered along the way.Thanks for bringing us here and for showcasing this wonderful part of the world.#3868 - TFTC

Something special or unusual goes here:Found. The Generic Bit:QOGM adventure - I was able to catch a ride with Muff1 who were heading to the QOGM event and team up for 3 weeks of caching adventures. 3 weeks in a swag - will my back hold out[?]Day 12: We are now established in Longreach in the Apex Riverside Camping Area. [^] Today we ventured out to Stonehenge for an event and grabbing the caches on the way there and in and around the town. Unlike most we had a lovely picnic lunch at the cemetery before taking a detour via Arrilalah back. **SAs Leap Year Event GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. - BOING*****Thanks JABs for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

This is our last time that we will get to experience a QOGM adventure. We will never be able to thank the QOGM committee and others anywhere near enough for all their hard work they do to make these events with all the associated caches that go along with it so enjoyable. We have watched each year as the numbers have grown and have read the will attend logs mentioning that as they have never had the chance to make it to one of these that they have made certain to attend this one as it is the last. We have attended 4 missing out on one due to COVID.The caches, as usual, have been a joy to do and have added to the experience when planning the trip of outback Queensland. The puzzles have helped us to learn a lot more about the area we are visiting. All caches that we have found have had good co-ords and are in good condition. SL TFTC

Found with echocage1 signed meec1 aroha and happy caching

Well my trip up to QOGM has officially started and I’m taking the very indirect route up to outback QLD to get there.
So after cruising up the Hume to Sydney then the M1 and A1 up to Byron Bay with a few other roads in between as I have been cris crossing a bit so after heading west and making it to Longreach time for a break from the travelling.
Today is an event at Stonehenge so I got up early to do a few caches before heading out there.
First one and a cattle grid around town.

Thanks JABs, MENO TFTC.

Woohoo, we are in Longreach. Today we are attempting the many puzzles we solved before coming. Rutherglen Mega was the first time we started trying to solve puzzle caches so this time we are prepared for the many caches the organisers have worked so hard at.

Thanks JABs for creating , placing and maintaining this cache.

QOGM 2023. Outback Alcorns. TFTC.

Found with Alcorns
Tftc

Thanks

In Longreach for QOGM2023 TFTC JABs.MENO

12932 Located by baby&Mrs gopher 1030. Out to finish this part of the trail this morning as we didn't quite finish las evening. We have enjoyed the drive. Finished this morning with a trad. SL Tnx JAB'S , MENO.

Day 108 of our greynomad trip up north from Vic, after a the JLWEvents in Wudinna SA, a tour of Maralinga and caching to claim LGAs in the Eyre Peninsula, through to Alice Springs, Uluru, Darwin, Kakadu and Litchfield we continue our journey back south to Vic through Longreach to attend QOGM. It is also day 107 of a streak.

Heading out on this trail today before a drive to Jericho this afternoon, but this is another that popped up on the correct side of the road first. Cache and log good

TFTC TB's visited

Day 1 of Pre QOGM caching, teamed up with Bill and Di (DiMorgan) doing the puzzle loop and if time permits the off shoot. Started at 0830, and planned for a hot sweaty day, only passed one other cacher and new of one cacher following.

A grret series thus far, finding was not all that easy the way through, had us challenged a few times until that final 'Got it'. All logs signed and replaced as found.

Thanks JABs for the caches.
Total Cache Finds 14673,

On the hunting trail with Rock-Hopper, Liz & Bruce as an early QOGM adventure. Quick find here. Another great day for caching.
TFTC JABs

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Attending QOGM and collecting a few cachers around the Longreach area and beyond - really seeing a variety of landscapes. Thanks to the COs for the placement of these cachers and showing us around the region.