Cowra Prison Camp North Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
By Joshwa27 on 14-Feb-22. Waypoint GC9NGV7

TFTC

Found as addicted cupcakes

An enjoyable long weekend caching with friends around the Southern Tablelands.Quick find in a beautiful location. TFTC Jishwa27!

Fun with friends caching in and around the Southern Tablelands. TFTC

A cool and fun day of caching around the Southern Tablelands.This cache was a straightforward find in the obvious location. Container and log in good condition.Thanks!

Not a lot left of the prison camp but still worth a visit with all the interpretive signage. TFTC.

Geoson got covered in farmers friends spent along time cleaning up.

Love these puzzle caches

Find# 11341This wasn't an easy find. We had to PAF.12m from GZ and on the lower side of the path.We are in town for business. However, we have a free day to create some "Smileys".TFTC Joshwa27 10 June 2024

No one around to see what I was up to. TFTC

We are on a ten-day road trip from Sydney around the Central West. Just arrived in Cowra and watched the hologram presentation at the Tourist Information Office. We came up to the Prisomer Camp for a picnic lunch and a geocache and spotted some red-rumpled parrots nearby. SL TFTC Cheers Gaztek

*In Cowra with woolwood9 today.* Weather caused some frustration with rain off and on again today.We managed to get the container found here! SL *tm/ww NZ**Thanks for the reason to stop and I appreciate the effort in setting up these caches!*

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.

Love the location. Dramatic views.The trip bit.Easter geocaching festival of twenty twenty four. This time it is the turn of Oz Mega GeoBash MEGA event in the nation's capital. It is time for a road trip across country to Canberra in the Sporty Pajero Sports. Freddo and Gridge98 traveling from Adelaide via a strange inland route that takes in scenic rural locations, dusty roads, punctured tyres, overheating batteries, various tools of the trade, special campgrounds, and lots scope for many many geocaching finds. Along the way we saw running emus, jumping kangaroos, wandering deer, dead foxes, herds of wooly sheep and stray steers.Arriving in Canberra we met our colleagues e.gregory1, featherwaite, team walron, courtney rose, davidwazza, e_smilie, and georode, signing as ABP, plus a huge group of other like minded excited mega geocachers attending event after event, and more events.Day one. Adelaide to Broken HillDay two. Broken Hill to WellingtonDay three. Wellington to CowraDay four. Cowra to BathurstDay five. Bathurst to CanberraDay six. Canberra to CanberraDay seven. Canberra to QueenbeeyanDay eight. Canberra to AdelaideThe generic bit.I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count and winning that one hundred word diamond badge again. Somebody moved the goal posts. So many caches to find. So many caches to log. We find them, sign them and replace them.This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and an Apple iPhone 11 using the marvelous Cachly app. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs macro.Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun. Apologies for the generic part of the cache log. We do apologise for the generic logs. Thanks to all the cache owner for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke fr den Cache. Gracias por el cach. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos ktkst. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Ksznm a rejtst. Vdaka za cache. Dzieki za cache. Takk for at cache. Obrigado por isso cache. Dky za ke. Aciu u ta talpykla. Paldies par o cache. Aith selle eest cache. Tack fr att Cache. Tak for denne Cache. nbellek iin tesekkrler. Ksznjk, hogy a cache. Graas para o cache. Dankon pro la kasmemorone. Dank fr de csch. Eskerrik asko cache horrengatik. Na gode da wannan cache. Zikomo chifukwa cha cache.I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Come visit the world's longest running annual geocaching event - keep the weekend free - 7th - 10th June 2024 Cant wait!! GCAK1D5 - Lameroo's Ludicrous Legwarmers

A quick find here, cache is all goodHeaded over to the Capital GeoBash in Canberra, ACT with Freddo over 5 days, travelling through the central part of NSW before caching around the hinterlands. A nice few days over with great weather.Thanks for the cache

On our way to Canberra for the mega, Staying in Cowra for a few nights. TFTC

Tftc Joshwa27, out and about around Cowra today Plenty of new caches since we were last here

Staying at the showgrounds for a few days. Neat puzzle and neat hide. Many thanks

The second day of our geo adventure holiday, after camping down by the river at Darby Falls, we set off to explore the Cowra region as it is somewhere we have never ventured and with lots of history to explore
Well, this holiday is all about taking the time to see some of the amazing gems that you find while geocaching
Nice easy find and another mystery solved
Tftc

Cowra trip Winter 2023 Day 1. I have been watching the growing number of caches in and around Cowra so I felt it was time to head out there and see how I could go trying to find them. The Canberra weather was pretty dreary, but it got nicer the further west I went. The caching was a bit up and down, I was happy to find some rally difficult caches, but then failed to find others. Late on the first day there was a huge storm downpour, so I was happy to be able to retreat into a hotel room for the night and have a great dinner downstairs in the front bar.

I ended the day with a few caches along the POW camp area. I see there are more fences than there used to be, but that made for some fun caches.

Thanks for the cache Joshwa27

43431.16 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Compass Rose Gold Matt A#157

**Albida**

Day three on our short trip north to find some better weather. BettyBoo3747, the geodoggies and I are heading to Cowra and back. Today we are caching around Cowra!.

Stopped for lunch just across the road from this one. Of course we had to find the cache first.
Thanks for your prompt maintenance on this one.
Thanks, Robmc.

#20957. Day 3 of a short holiday over the border in NSW with Robmc and the geodoggies. Spent the night in Cowra on the banks of the river (in the caravan park) and awoke to a frosty morning that soon turned into a glorious Autumn day. Plenty of caching around town, scenery to admire and Cowra's war history to immerse ourselves in, walks to be had and cycle paths that will encourage us to bring the bikes on our next visit.

Had parked here at the Gates for a walk to another cache. Found this newly replaced container and added our names to the log sheet. Now to have lunch at the old ruins of ???? across the road.

Thanks Joshwa27

Replaced

Found @ 10:06am with hccatcher11415

Located suspended in the grass, we think critters have played with/chewed it as the log was a sodden mess (see pic) due to holes in the container. We’ve removed the old log and placed a fresh bit of paper in it.

The container itself has been replaced where we thought it came from but it will need a check.

Thanks again Joshwa27

This was the 6th find of 17 attempted today

Left Yass early for a mini road trip to Cowra so allrounder could do Parkrun. We decided to spend a few hours picking up some caches after she finished. Plenty of caches in the area so we will have to return to get some more.

6th find of the day. Think the container had fallen from the hiding spot. Lid damaged and totally wet inside. We placed a new piece of paper inside but it won’t last long with rain and even dew.

Log signed and replaced

TFTC

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Cowra. Staying at the showground. Day 2
Cowra is certainly an interesting town, this showed in the amazing locations that we found caches around town. Although we did comment on the many micro caches in town.
Glad we cached in the morning as by lunch time it had started to rain again
Thankyou to all the CO's for placing these caches.

This cache was nearby exploring the environment. Told it to stay put. TYFTC

QPG

A quick find after solving the puzzle some time ago. Loving these mystery puzzles and caches.TFTC

Sat in bed last night doing jigsaws,found the container and log but no lid .TFTC
Like jigsaw puzzles.

Reperio 10:39

On a beautiful day to be out and about, the family and I headed to Cowra today for a spot of caching and exploring. The family hadn’t seen this area before, so prior to getting to the camp, we stopped by here to grab this one. Found it a little out in the open, so placed it back in hopefully a safe spot.

Gratias Joshwa27


‘As a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death’ - LDV

In the area overnight on the way to the Bathurst 12 Hour Race grabbing some caches around town TFTC

Solved the puzzle and was able to find the cache after initially looking in the wrong place. Thanks for bringing us here.

Tftc quick find with drobbo on a trip to Cowra for lunch. Thanks for new caches.

Quick find! Tftc Joshwa

This brings back memories of the last time I was in Cowra and did Parkrun here. Back then it was bushfires, this time it’s the rain.

Yes, 2nd tree. Found with the Geocaching Adventurer Group Of Six. Signed as BRINTZ. TFTC

Out caching with the Geocaching adventure group. After second breakfast in town we started to find all the ones we came down for.
Thanks for the cache

Found whilst out with the Sydney puzzle Kings, thanks.

Another find on our drive around town.

TFTC.

A quick park and grab as we explore town. TNLN TFTC

#11270 12:15
An unexpected public holiday was the reason for a long weekend in the area of Orange.
Our final day in the area took us from Orange to Cowra for a visit to the Japanese Botantical Gardens. Then it was back to Millthorpe for a late lunch before heading back to the other side of the Blue Mountains.

A quick find on the way to the former Prison Camp.
TFTC!

Hooray!! Coords and description spot on. TFTC

Replaced

DNF again at this one.

Still no luck for me here. Explicit details as to where it was didn't help me. Maybe next time.

Log needs changing as it is too wet to sign

TFTC

Another quick one cache wet

We decided that it was time to go on a day trip to Cowra to look for some of the new caches that had popped up in the area since we were last there. Texted Rapidlywild to see if she was interested in joining us on for the journey. It was a pretty cold day with the winds but thankfully no rain which was a bonus. No DNF's for us today which was a great and all caches were found pretty quickly and we managed to get all of the caches we targeted with a couple of labs thrown in for good measure.
Solved all puzzles prior to our journey.

Quick find here, signed and off to the next.

Thanks for the hide and puzzle Joshwa27 and thanks for a good day out Rapidlywild.

The FFLL ladies had decided they wanted to go on a little tiki tour around Cowra and reached out with an invite, yes please It was a cold day however the rain held off and we were able to achieve our target area and managed to clean up again for a while. We completed 2 labs and a heap of trads and assorted caches which included an unexpected FTF.

A nice easy find here, signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the hides Joshwa27 And thanks to the FFLL ladies for a fun day out and about around Cowra [^].

Fitzy_1965 and I decided to head to Cowra for the weekend. Day 2 saw us up early and on the road again after a quick stop at the Golden Arches for a coffee.

As it has been a few years since we were last here, there has been a nice number of new caches in the area. Fitzy had kept himself busy by doing all the puzzling before headed out. Always good to find a Joshwa27 cache or two along with caches by others along the way.

We had a fun couple of days and found a nice camp spot for our second night in using the van instead of our tent. Definitely warmer than Bathurst last weekend.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned. Many thanks to the CO’s.

28,232. Found with minniek during a fun weekend run up to Cowra.

Day 2. Over many years of caching runs around and through Cowra I have come to really enjoy this town with some amazing history. We had previously - after many visits - finally 'cleaned out' Cowra, so it was fantastic to see many new caches by Joshwa27 and tandm86 (plus some others) appearing everywhere. So much so that we decided on a last minute run up this way this weekend. After a toasty night in our van, we headed out to try for the rest of the new caches in Cowra. This was the next one. Quick find at GZ. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, then headed to the next one on our list.

Thanks Joshwa27 !!

After weeks of puzzling finally in the area to collect on my work. Start at Cowra with a Parkrun at 8 and then work my way to Bathurst. Also picking up the traditionals of course. Day started wet, but that doesn't stop me.
TFTC Wilbert67

I wasn't going to attempt this one, because of the DNFs, but today I noticed the OM, so made my way here. (I must have had an older load, as my GPS didn't show the OM.) I signed the pristine, new log. Thanks for replacing the cache, and TFTC Joshwa27.

Replaced

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No luck tonight.

Had a good look by torch light....no luck here

In Cowra for an annual event and had the day today to do some caching before it starts. I solved most of the puzzles last night so could head out to find today.

Not sure if location is as it was when hidden. Parts are broken and hard to get into so made very hard to find. Gave up in the end as didn't spot anything and don't like been in long grass by myself.

Foumd while out exploring the area, thanks for the fun

While staying in Cowra for a bit longer, along with ilook4geo, we continued the hunt for more caches where the puzzles had been solved, as well as some traditionals. We had a good pick up and each log found was decorated with two more names. Thanks go to Joshwa27 for placing this cache.

Did some cache hunting around Cowra with goingplaces2. Enjoyed the day and the caches found. Log was signed and all was replaced. TFTC.

Found tftc

Out in Cowra on a lovely rainy afternoon. Nice quick find and a FTF at that, nice! TFTC

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