Earthquake ! Symonston, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By The Farmers 5 on 24-Mar-23. Waypoint GCA67DA

FLTF TFTC

Sneaky but not as sneaky as the one amongst all the rocks. TFTC

OCW Its_Dozzie, Brewmaker and Everest High, around the area, nice hide

That was a fun one after a super yummy chia pudding in the cafe.

Sneaky hide! Thankfully ikatiemccs geo senses were on Point!

With an hour till my appointment, time for a cache or two. Thanks The Farmers 5

New log sheet in place .Extreme stealth required .Good luck !

Finally made it back here on a quiet weekend to find an collect! Thanks Farmers 5

Log book is full

It's been a while since I've done a proper bike ride, so today I equipped the water bladder, proper backpack, properly pumped up the tires, and out I go!Out and about around Geoscience Australia. It's been a while since I've visited here, but I swear I came here for a school trip in Yr 8? I have no firm recollection but the sense of deja vu with the exhibits and the images of my classmates being here is strong. Who knows? I might actually go ask them since I genuinely don't know the answer lol.As for this cache, I headed out the back exit and a short wander had me at GZ. Something caught my eye and upon investigating it turned out to be the cache. Another great one from this CO! Had a lovely bench to sign the cache before returning the goods and continuing.Thanks for the great hide The Farmers 5!

Kinda hard but worth it

A quick find today. As soon as I got close something caught my eye and success. TFTC

Ever since I experienced an earthquake just before Easter I have wanted to visit geoscience Australia. During the mega I never ended up getting here so today I took advantage of an early morning visit on a Monday morning.The earthquake i experienced wasnt too bad, just a vibration felt in the house really, but it was definitely felt by everyone home at the time. Thanks for placing this geocache here. Ive uploaded the screengrab from my earth.TFTC

Love this one. Cheeky

I joined DARKSIDEDAN and Cappel for a Friday night out on the town. OK, so we actually went geocaching We walked for just over three hours and got about a dozen caches. It was loads of fun and we had some good talks along the way. I grabbed a KFC burger on the way home, and now I need to log these quickly so that I can get plenty of sleep before tomorrow's Gibraltar Rock adventure!This was an easy find. I looked right at the thing as I walked up, but dismissed it because it was so bold. Then I recalled that permission had been given to hide this here, and suddenly it all made sense!Thanks for the cache, The Farmers 5

Im on AL from work and decided to spend a couple days in Canberra. Today was day two of three and of course I spent it Geocaching. After the massive (and sleepless) long weekend, I decided to have a sleep in and have a late start. Once I finally got started, I headed over to the Geoscience Centre, to find the caches around there. Afterwards, I found a couple of others that are were only a short drive away before heading off to lunch. Next, I headed into Fyshwick, so I could go to Koorong and use my gift voucher. After that, I looked at the map and decided on heading over to Majura Pkwy, so I could find a few more along the bike trail. I have done most of the trail already. Today, I managed to avenge a past DNF and find a few others ending with #10. After finding #10, it was starting to rain more then I was comfortable with, so I decided to call it quits for today. So the only caches left for me to find along the trail is #1 to #9. Now back to the motel and to get out of the rain. TB visit. A big thanks to the CO for adding this cache to game for the Geocaching community to enjoy. TFTCs! Interesting, I never knew that this BBQ area existed and what a great way to highlight it with a cache. On approached, I discovered a likely (but in this case, mostly incorrect) GZ. After searching in the wrong spots for a few moments, I turned around and that is when I spotted the cache. This one took a lot less time to find then the last cache. Thanks for highlighting the area and now off to the next one.

Here in Canberra for the Mega and we found your cache while exploring the area.We found a variety of hides with varying degrees of difficulty. Yep a sneaky hide, well done the The Farmers 5.Enjoyed caching in this area, cache and contents were in good condition.Many thanks to all CO's for your cache placement.

Our final day in ACT for the mega. We are now down to just three members of the team. Bags are packed and car is loaded. We have a few hours to grab some more smileys before heading back west.Heres a fav point - nice hideSigning as a team - WA3Many thanks The Farmers 5 for placing this hide for me to find and adding to my adventures.

I love the hidden in plain sight caches. FP here.Cache found with no issues. Cheers!

Over here for Canberra Mega from Western Australia picking up caches and meeting like persons. TFTC signed as WA3 (Geotrakka Burns345 meme28)

Great day to hunt for this one. Being a public holiday the place is deserted. TFTC.

TftcI have enjoyed my walk around Geoscience after missing this part of the tour on Thursday. I really like the container of this hide.

Spotted this on approach and once we worked out which way to open it the log was signed. Great weekend to wander around the area with no muggles in sight.Many thanks The Farmers 5....

TFTC! 31 March 2024 3:12:33pm 7925 thanks to The Farmers 5 for the cache! A quick find with no one around. Enjoyed the earlier walk here!

#19492 - 9:13:00 AM; Another day in a busy Easter weekend as Geobash 2024 brings plenty of cachers from near and far to Canberra. Picked up Sol de lune for an early event, then we were on our way to pick up a few more southside caches before I had to head home for family functions. A short hunt saw the cache reveal itself and with a little effort, we accessed the log and added our names. TFTC The Farmers 5

Out and about finding some caches on a beautiful sunny day.Thanks to my new geocaching friend for bringing us here.

A consolation find after being unable to finish the AL here and, indeed, to be able to access the nearby SideTracked cache. A top notch consolation, though ... well done Farmers 5, I love ones that are hidden in plain sight

Found with hevwalker and macca mobafter our GeoBash GeoScience tour. Great work. TFTC

I found this cache with scramping while in Canberra to attend the Capital GeoBash.Following the Geoscience Tour we were joined by maccamob and found this cache quickly.TFTC The Farmers 5

Thanks for the cache The Farmers 5.In Canberra for Easter to do some geocaching as part of the mega Geobash event and to visit my son. I loved the Geoscience Australia tour. I did one year of Geology at Uni, so have a little bit of interest in geology, so was really looking forward to the tour and it did not disappoint. During the timewalk, we were able to stop and find a few geocaches. This one was found after the tour as we took a leisurely walk around the grounds.

cool thanks

Found after a long but interesting tour event.

#640 3:39 pmCanberra capital geobash mega event trip LTFThanks for placing this cache The Farmers 5

Found after the conclusion of the geoscience tour! Tftc

Find number 13137 at 3:08:54PM on Thursday the 28 March 2024Fourth full day travelling around the nations capital and what another glorious day it was. Spent most of the day at the Geoscience Australia centre on an excellent tour of the facility before heading back to camp for a rest and then off to the NFSA Ghost Tour Found by the mob and I just rocked up as they were signing the log **Thanks for placing this cache The Farmers 5**---Nominations for the **2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards** are now open and will close on **17 April 2024**. Nominate your favourite caches [here](https://forms.gle/Ktb6LZvtAJDX5iCb6/).And join us for a sausage sizzle as we announce all the shortlisted nominees at Cherry Lake on 21 April 2024. Log your will attend at [GCAK9V2](https://coord.info/GCAK9V2/).

Found by Mary and David at 15:10. Finished our Geoscience Australia Tour, grabbed a coffee on the cafe, and headed oiutside to grab this cache. Spotted it on approach and added our name to the log. A FP for the hide. Our thanks to The Farmers 5.

The Adelaide Leap Day Mega and Canberra Geobash gave us a great excuse for a road trip. This trip has shown us so many new and interesting places as weve chased LGAs, oldies, challenges, interesting D/T combinations, rarer cache types and favourites.Meeting up with friends old and new along the way, we sometimes cached together and sometimes alone but always had a great time. Today we joined the excellent Geoscience Australia Tour for a lecture, behind the scenes look at the mineral and fossil collection workshop and an educational guided walk along the Geological Timewalk. Whilst there, we completed an AL and made sure to find all the nearby caches. A most enjoyable way to spend the day. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for us and adding to our enjoyment.

Great HideThanks The Farmers 5 for the cacheJames0116Thursday, 28 Mar 20244:15:42pm AEDT4191

We came to Canberra for the Geobash Event and couldn't resist booking some of the great tours on offer. Today, the science nerd of the team took part in the very interesting Geoscience Tour. Arriving early, there was some time for a quick cache. Easily found in this nice spot for a lunch or coffee break.TFTC The Farmers 5

Out with AngelGC prepping for the geobash. Hunted down this clever little cache. The Farmers 5 caches never disappoint. Thanks for the caching fun!

Cache # 11126 on 27 Mar 2024Out and about early with Nibbletricecakes to do some reconnaissance around Geoscience Australia in advance of the geocaching tour being held here tomorrow. This one took only a little looking knowing how the CO likes to do his hides. Quick find and sign. Thank you The Farmers 5 for the cache and the fun!

Out caching on a very quiet Saturday afternoon so was able to search for this cache without anyone around.Such a clever hide! Thanks for another great hide The Farmers 5!

Honed in on the right spot quickly. Noone much about so a quick sign and return went well.

Very cheeky indeed. Tftc a fun find

Nice lunch area. Looks like a great spot to work. Can confirm 0 on the earthquake scale today. Thanks for the cache.

Found while doing a test Geobash tour in the Geoscience buildingquick find.thanks for the cache

Attended a fascinating tour of Geoscience Australia this morning, taking in features both inside and outside the building. After the tour, and after re-fuelling at the onsite cafe, I slipped outside to take a look for this cache. Soon had my name in the log and retreated back inside out of the heat!Thanks for the cache, Farmers 5!

Beautiful day to be outside. Saw the hide straight away as have found a few sneaky ones from this CO. Awesome tour organized at Geoscience Australia.Thanks for getting me out and about The Farmers 5

After the great tour the CO organized for all of us we had a bite and then came out to do this new cache. Fun hide found with TE and AKM. We had an awesome day here at the geosciences a FAVpoint for organizing and giving us the experience! Thank you The Farmers 5 for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

I was visiting for a geobash sample tour and knowing I would be racing back to work, took the few minutes spare to come find this cache first. It was spotted quickly and took a few minutes longer to access, but we got there. So pleased to have come today, as the special tour took us into out of public areas as we explored fossils, gems, minerals and the geological evolution. The enthusiasm and knowledge of our passionate guides made for an entertaining and educational morning that was very enjoyable. Thanks for the cache.

Beautiful grounds. I enjoyed the walk through time too. TFTC

Spotted a while ago but found today on a day when I had the GZ and surrounding area to myself. TFTH

Found and signed dsd or darksidedan or AB or Adventure Boys to save space in the logbook. Thanks for the cache and the Adventure.

Nifty find with DARKSIDEDAN after the earthcache nearby. Very nicely done The Farmers 5 - thanks for bringing us around the other side of the building (and also giving us a chance to watch a new learner driver doing some practice laps of the carpark) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country on which we geocache throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We (the pants people) pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Found the unique container on a quite Sunday afternoon. TFTC

Great find!

# 8872 Today I was at a meeting with the CO at GA. We introduced our contact to geocaching with this find. Luckily, I had not found it either. A clever hide that has clearly gone unnoticed by the locals.
Thanks The Farmers 5 for the hide.

Found It!
A quick find here on a quiet Sunday afternoon. It seems they don't do earthquakes on Sundays!
TFTC

Nice one, pretty obvious. Being a weekend, there's no-one here, so an easy find/ TFTC.

Out with Dty73 and Tankengine on a blustery winter day. Quick find as Tankengine had been there before. Kutgw

Out and about with Youban and Tankengine on a chilly day. It’s hard to find caches that Tankengine hasn’t found already, but luckily a few new caches have come out recently so those were our main targets. Luckily for Youban who hasn’t done much around town at all, so got a few extra bonus caches that we were close by to as well.

This cache: thankfully just before lunch there was no one around. As I came around the corner, I spied something that looked not quite right. Thankfully I had Tankengine with me though because I needed a little muscle. Signed and replaced then off to the next one. Tftc!!!

No one there.. make quick find it.. safe hide well.. tks

Found this cheeky hide alongside earth cache on-site during geokid sport training. TFTC The Farmers 5 and glad to hear Geoscience Australia will be involved in the 2024 OzMega!

Visited and found late Sunday arvo when no one was around. Disadvantage was unable to visit the foyer with all its displays. TFTC.

Chooo ooo [Found] on an icy -7 degree morning! Nice quick find here! No problems with muggles today - they were all in their nice warm offices! Thanks The Farmers 5!

Great to have a physical cache in here! Interested to see how Geoscience will be involved in the mega next year too!
Thanks for the placement, a great hide!

#3887 While I was poking around in a few spots DeadThief put his intuition to the test and came up with a quick find. Thanks The Farmers 5 for the cache. May have to come back another day and look inside.

I had a medical appointment this afternoon so fitzy_1965 came in with me to keep me company.

When the appointment finished early unexpectedly, we decided to head out for a bit of caching to fill in the extra time we had.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise stated.

31,908. Found with minniek after some domestics carried out in Canberra.

It's a small world. We headed off to do a medical domestic chore - and bumped into a fellow Cacher - lol. Once that chore was over much quicker than anticipated, we went and found a few caches for minniek's calendar challenge. Hume and Fyshwick were our target area today. This one was a very quick find as it should be for a seasoned Cacher. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, then headed off to another opportunistic cache out this way.

Thanks The Farmers 5 !!

With some help from F5 we got it done
Finally!
Thanks for the cache
Sunday arvo was quiet and good to not get caught

Ducked out with Baristayan at three quarter time between the Geelong and West Coast game, and headed for this relatively newly placed cache.

Took us a while! And a hint which came through roughly around the time I returned to somewhere I’d already looked at, but just not well enough.

Typically crafty from this CO, who possesses some serious creativity! Thanks for the cache as always

Where else would a science teacher go on holiday?
To Geoscience Australia, of course!
A lovely cache in a brilliant location and a chat with a muggle who just found a new hobby.
Thanks so much for a brilliant cache.

Well that was easy. TFTC

Out with O319. Spotted within seconds of arriving at GZ. Love the hide.

Farmers 100 Me 1
Oh I’ll be back

Found with IamCoust and Czechboy14

Found with IamCoust and MilesMorales2

Found with Czechboy14 and MilesMorales2. Only one time to find this cache, when no one else is about. Fortunately this was one of those times, not a soul to be seen, and only one other car in the carpark.

Parked most conveniently and wandered straight up to GZ. Spotted the cache within seconds, ah good old modus operandi.

Signed and replaced as found we were quickly on our merry way. TNLNSL TFTC

Hmm, started by checking the most likely spot, but quickly realized this wasn't going to cut it.

Cache quickly found after I expanded my consciousness to the possibilities of the universe.

TFTC!

#19895 @1555
I was mentally prepared for a long search here, but as soon as I arrived I spotted something interesting, which was in fact the cache. TFTC.

Mid afternoon find with family. Tricky hide

Another classic cache from The Farmers 5. Well done on the hide. TFTC

Sneaky, lovely and bold!
We arrived on a weekday afternoon to find a nearby car park very full.
We also noticed that all the barbecues are out of action at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon.
Onto the search, and knowing the devious ways of this CO, we surveyed our surroundings, and soon spotted something a little out of the ordinary.
Nice!
Log signed, and no-one the wiser!
Thanks The Farmers 5
Domsky

Just a quick find on my way to shops

Nice and quiet carpark and a great hide
log and placed back where it belong TFTC The Farmers 5

I took a short cycle ride here. Very quiet here on Sunday. Once at GZ the hide was quickly spotted. A favourite for the extra work to make this cache more interesting. TFTC The Farmers 5.

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Woohoo!!! [FTF] @ 12:38pm!!! 'Twas chilling at home when this one came out. Got the crocs on and drove over for a quick find in a very quiet area. Great hide, and great to see the blank logbook. Love the Geoscience exhibits, very cool place! TFTC TF5!

A fast-finishing second-to-find here. The carpark was almost bereft of vehicles when I arrived, with just the faint tinge of burnt rubber from Toy Hunters' extremely quick arrival and departure on the air.

A nice quick find here with a cache extremely consistent with the CO's modus operandi. Certainly Sunday's a good day to get this rather than in the middle of the workday!

After signing the log I took then opportunity to wander around the nice timewalk on the other side of the building and gathered the data for the earthcache.

Thanks, Farmers 5!

Nice.tftc