Flags of the World - Sierra Leone New South Wales, Australia
By DARKSIDEDAN on 26-Jul-21. Waypoint GC9EP6P

Found on a beautiful day caching the aera. Cheers

First find for this sneaky weekend away. Tftc.

A delightful day emerged with sunny skies and a pleasant breeze as we headed steadily southwards from Sydney.We found a range of caches along the way and enjoyed the finds.We saw lots of sheep, cattle, alpacas, horses and some beautiful crimson rosellas.Thanks to DARKSIDEDAN for this hide.

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Staying a week or so in Yass, today we headed out for a drive in the countryside. What fantastic weather for another fun day caching. Loved the history shared through Geocaching in Gunning.TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

Over in the area heading for Canberra to attend the Easter Mega with tmann421Tons of caches done while here and this was one of them.Enjoyed the touring around and all the containers foundLog signed tm/ww NZThanks for the placement and the effort put into maintaining these hides for us to find.

In the area with woolwood9 today. *We soon had the container found!* SL *tm/ww NZ**Thanks for putting this cache out for us to visit*Appreciate all the work put in on these series DARKSIDEDAN.

Yass Day 3, staying for a few days at the showgroundsWe chose to do a tour to Gunning, then returning along the old highway.A large variety of DTs completed today. An AL at Gunning also.Flags, birds & challenge caches also included in our trip.This was a great way to visit the area,Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for hiding this cache.

A quick and easy find today. Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN

Find # 10358Nice quick find.TFTC DARKSIDEDAN 20 January 2024 13:48

Day out in Goulburn and Gunning. Found about 30 caches. Quick find here. Signed and replaced. Tftc

Quick find in the series. The cache and logbook are dry. SL TNLN TFTH TFTC Replaced cache as found ready for the next cacher.

Found with O319.TFTC

Quick find with SJG66 TFTC

Thank you for this flag series Darksidedan, icybeetas doesnt mind these strategically placed for quick find caches, along this quiet roadside.

It was great to get off the highway to make the find of this series. An enjoyable driving and caching experience. Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for our challenge and enjoyment.

Caching around Canberra and district for a few days. TFTC.
Nice quick find.

Another one found quickly. Thanks for the cache

Nearly forgot that I have done these with SA an MB sometime in March. TFTC

Water in container but log ok. Mushrooms growing nearby. TFTC

A nice quite road here parallel to the new Hume, and a straightforward find today.

Cache and log are in good condition - thanks, DSD!

A fun short outing with caching colleagues on this cloudy ?? day. Quick find. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN.

Today Albida33, Barb2e and I headed out again on a mission to collect about 10 caches each. We left Canberra and headed towards Yass where we turned NE so that we could be on the correct side of the road to gather these next lot of caches on our return trip. Luckily we managed to find caches between the showers that looked as if they might spoil our day.

But nothing could spoil what has become our ritual morning tea in Yass.
All these caches were found to be in good condition and logs were signed before the cache was replaced in its hidey hole.

TFTC DSD

Out for the morning with Smittengranny and Albida33. Quick find. Tftc

Monday had come around and I was collected by Barb2e with Smitten Granny for a trip out to some caches between Gunning and Yass. There was plenty of rain around but we managed to find the caches we planned to get to without getting too wet. The most challenging was the first cache, a multi with a tree climb. We skipped over another tree climb due to weather. We had a great morning and ended with a great morning tea before heading back to town for the rest of the days activities.

The next several caches were nice and simple roadside caches that were found without issue.

Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN

40075.2 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & EarthCache 10th Birthday A#289

**Albida**

Heading to from Sydney to Wagga today. A quick find here! Tftc!

Found with Tankengine and Youban on the way to Gunning.

What a fun day we had. Caching on the way and seeing some sights we hadn’t seen before. The events were awesome and made for a fantastic day all up.

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 and youban! - Nice find here! Thanks DARKSIDEDAN!

Easy find no snake. Kutgw

TFTC smile 14872 out and about with miss millie geo dog Signed and replaced all good
Thank you, DARKSIDEDAN, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Homebound after spending a week fishing Tangtangra for trout then Bermagui for flathead. Not a lot of fish caught on this trip due to bad weather, made a lot more time for caching. Heading home via Batemans bay then onto the Kings Hwy to end up on the Hume, hoping the flooding doesn't affect to much of my route. Lots of caches targeted along the way.

On the Hume now last stretch before home. Detoured off onto the old Hwy to grab a few of the flags of the world series. Old road is in bad shape, nature is starting to reclaim in some spots!

Quick park and grab, Tftc!

This container was checked today by goingplaces2 at my request. I have been informed that both the cache container and the logbook are in good condition. A huge thank you to goingplaces2 for doing any required repairs for me. I hope that you all enjoy finding this cache.

Out on a caching trip with ilook4geo and finding a variety of caches while in the area for a short visit. All the caches and logs were in good order unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for this cache placement go to DARKSIDEDAN.

Came along with goingplaces2 to do some caching in the Yass area and enjoyed the finds that were made. No problems with any of these. TFTC.

Heading home from visiting family, pulled off and located. TFTC

Found it! Thank you ️

Although there was plenty of caching still to be done around Yass it was time to move on. We will be back.
We set off for Gunning, only a short trip. The day started cold and a bit foggy, but the sun soon came through and set up the best day we have had for some time weather wise.
There were a few Traditionals to be had en route as well as some Flags of the World as well as the caches we had not found in Gunning. After lunch we headed out to Jerrawa and Dalton where we got 2 Earthcaches.
A bigger day than we had initially planned for, but you cant waste the good weather!

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache DARKSIDEDAN.
**SKI Pair****

Travelling back from Sydney and in need of a leg stretch, this was a nice spot to pull over for some fresh air.

After the busy (and wet) summer had finished, The Rats floated the idea of a trip to the area around Canberra and Yass with Steeba and myself. We compared diaries, and had a two day mid-week window where we could make things happen, in the week wedged between Easter and ANZAC Day.

The weather was on our side for the first time in I forget how long, and we were able to make the most of our time opportunity.

A lot of excellent caches were found, and some fantastic terrain caches too. A few power trails, some crafty hides, some hard hides, and even some climbs that I could not do... even with our ladder!

Thank you to all of the cache owners for placing their hides. This boiler plate log does not reflect the quality of the hides. Most importantly thanks as always to my two great caching mates for their company!

Cheers

The Gong Gangsters (steeba, Hoojar and The Rats) took advantage of an extended Easter / Anzac break to head out for another caching juggernaut through the Southern Highlands and Yass regions. Blessed with beautiful weather we targeted a few powertrails and high D/T rated caches.

After 2 full days we'd collected a plethora of finds, made some new friends, laughed alot, pushed our bodies beyond the comfortable level and most of all - had a great time with mates. Thanks to all the CO's for your caches and those who tagged along.

The Rats, Hoojar and myself teamed up for an assault in and around the Yass area for a couple of days- a most enjoyable caching trip with my mates. Plenty of power trail type finds but a lot of great variety here and there, particularly around Yass itself. We started off on Wednesday night and finished up Friday afternoon. TFTC!

Took the opportunity to clear up some of the series from Gunning heading westbound next to the Hume. All attempted were quickly found and in good condition. Thanks for placing and maintaining this series DSD.

#13288 - 9:34:00 AM; Headed out with Sol de lune today to collect caches along old parts of the Hume Highway between Yass and Gunning. All caches were found in good order and most were found quickly. Picked up a couple of extras in Gunning before heading for home with the mission completed. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

Out on a morning run with LuckyL10n to grab most of the caches along the old Hume highway between Yass and Gunning. No issues with the ones we found and all up a good little run with little else to worry about.

Thanks for a few more DSD....

A well guarded cache, thanks.

Accompanying All7 and TFTC

After Mega , 63ROOS drive to Nsw Country find few caches before go back canberra .. We enjoy and good laugh ..tks

Detour to pick up a few caches on the way to Tully. Great back road and geopup loved getting to chase the between a few of the closer caches!!
TFTC.

Find number 5870

On a road trip to the Mega Event at Wangaratta. Quick find here today.

Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for placing the cache

First day of a caching trip to Victoria with the main goal the mega in Wangaratta. Today is about making milage and mainly highway with a few little detours. Most caches were easy or drivebys.
TFTC Wilbert67

#16437 @1653
A few finds on the way to tonight's event in Goulburn. Cache easily found. TFTC.

Heading home after camping around Tumbarumba and Blowering I decided to break up the trip with the hand full of hides along this old section of road,all caches where found easily without any issue.
Thanks for the cache

On a road trip from our home to out daughter’s home in Geelong with the Mum in law. Decided to take it slow and do the trip over two days with plenty of opportunities for roadside caches, so unfortunately these will mostly be copied posts.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Cruising down the highway, and made a quick stop to grab this cache.
Signed and replaced.
Many thanks for placing this cache, DARKSIDEDAN, for us and others to find.

Tftc Darksidedan, another quick one. All good here

What an amazing way to start my holidays from work. Geo-events, traveling, meeting up with friends and finding many different caches made it fun! It’s so nice to finally be able to do all these things… again. The following descriptions are my adventures between the days of 12/11/21 and 16/11/21. Each cache has been logged to the end of my adventures for the day of finding them. If you would like to read my full log, please find it on any cache I found on the 16/11/21.
Day #1: I finished work at 4pm and headed over to Wagga for the only GIFF event in NSW. Apart from the CO, I was the first to arrive at the event. It was great to finally attend a Geocaching after many months without them. All talk Geo was had by all until we were told that dinner was ready. Soon after, the popcorn was ready and the movies were on. Congratulations to all the GIFF finalists and they were all a great watch. Also, Congratulations to BMG for receiving the FTF on the event. Then it was time to head home and get ready to head to Canberra for the next few days.
Day #2: I was nearly late to my own event. O’well… It was still fun with the small group of us that turned up. We also discovered many Moveable caches before heading off to today’s main goal. This happened to be finding the ‘A’ part of the GA geo-art series as well as the lone GC caches around the area which I hadn’t found as I pasted by them. I wasn’t alone as AKM came for the walk as well. After finding all but the last two we headed our separate ways as it started raining heavier. Hopefully, it won’t be raining tomorrow so the event goes ahead but well will need to see. Also pizza for dinner tonight.
Day #3: Today’s adventures included the CCE down in Booroomba and as many of the nearby caches as possible. I didn’t do the walk to the ‘Booroomba Rocks’ but I am still able to log the event. I then headed off with a large group of others to find the nearby caches. After that, I caught a lift with Kittykatch, Joolay, isopeda and Barb2e and we headed down to the ACT boarder finding the caches along the way many caches were found and a new GCA cache placed (Gudgenby – GA25097). It was great to see some ammo cans out in the wild, even if they were slightly damaged by the fires. As we arrived back in Tharwa we had afternoon tea and headed our separate ways. Another great day and so much more to go.
Day #4: Not many finds today, but definitely quality finds including a 2003 cache. They are becoming few and far between and it was great to see this one still alive. Many unique locations that I would never have visited if it wasn’t for geocaching. Most caches I found were somewhere along the drive/walk around Mount Stromlo. I also wandered around the Belconnen Mall to do some Christmas shopping. Another great day but my trip away is coming to an end… as tomorrow is my last day.
Day #5: Well my time is up for this adventure… almost. I still have a lot of caches planned for the trip home. I decided on attempting the SRPT series. Due to time constraints I couldn’t stop at all of them and some of the ones I did stop at there were muggles nearby so I decided to move on. Once I reached Sutton, I headed over to Gunning which is where my next set of caches to find because I have already found everything else between. This included a great AL and soon enough lunch was had as well. Finally, I tackled the new caches along the ‘old Hume Highway’ before heading to the Yass servo for afternoon tea and heading home. It was a great start to my holidays and I hope to have some more adventures before my holidays are over.
TB visit on all found caches. I would like to thank all CO's of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and the rest of the caching community enjoyment.

Went for a drive before the rain started. Headed out to a favorite spot to look for orchids and picked up these caches along the way. All found OK.

Thanks,

Found on way back to yass after a funeral

**This Cache**

Time to clean up some DSD hides in this part of NSW, that I wasn't present for in the placement! [:o] Shocking!

This was one of many guard rails hides.... with a couple interesting curve balls thrown in along the way, as well as some oldies!

Thanks!

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**This Afternoon:**

Finished my crack of dawn shift at 1:30pm and headed home, was just about to load the bike into the boot to attempt a Canberra Centennial multi, when I got a message from Sui regarding an amended D/T rating on one of his caches!

Whilst checking out the changes, I remembered the 150+ caches I had unfound in surrounding Yass area, mostly new and old DSD or Sui caches! Decided I had about 4 hours to kill and I haven't had a caching trip in NSW before lockdown started, so it was about time! That single multi can wait...

Ended up with 31 cache finds over the next few hours! Mostly P&G's with a few tree climbs and unique hides in the mix.

Thanks to all the CO's!

A day around Yass - Gunning for a number of drive by caches with Contesta. TFTC.

Find #4490

Lockdown has bought a totally different approach to caching with the introduction of homework! Much time for homework in fact. Therefore many more puzzles solved, both as a solo and collective effort. Thanks to my fellow geo buddies for assistance when needed.

And in between there are still some traditionals, though not nearly as many of them left these days


Out with Marmaduke Rothschild for a drive interstate and in the country because we can.

Logs all in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Thanks to DARKSIDEDAN for putting out and maintaining all of these caches for our enjoyment!

Published

In the grand, and honorable, tradition of the mighty Tankengine, I hereby and forthwith claim *ftf* AFTER publish.
Booyah!

*FTF* with fitzy_1965.

Headed out to see if we could find some more unpublished caches along the old highway after discovering one a few weeks ago.

With a bit more time up our sleeves, we were able to check a few places and came up with a number of unpublished finds. Logging now they have been published.

Woo Hoo !! Joint *FTF* with minniek. More to follow.