Jolly Roger Yarraman, Queensland, Australia
By OMY130 on 08-Oct-03. Waypoint GCH18T

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this is a lovely place we would have never visited. Thanks.

I am on my way west then south to make my way home from Somerset dam.
Just a little detour to grab a couple of caches.
With out these roads on my maps I sort of guessed my way in.
Thanks for the cache. It is dry and in good condition.
Left a TB as well.

Out with Will.I.Am.elia & Co.

a lovely drive through the state forest to end up in a beautiful picnic area that we wouldn't have known existed if it wasn't for the cache

TFTC ...[^]... OMY130

Out caching today with an old hag

What a lovely area.

TFTC

This is our second trip to this park, the first was shortly after all the lantana was cleared (and not by Captain Terror) and so for another go on our way up to Kingaroy for some much needed R & R.

Back in the late eighties I worked for Westpac and was on relief staff based in Kingaroy. It was a regular journey for me to the Bank of the Corner and many, many times I passed this park without even knowing of it's existence.

Following the co-ords recently posted we walked straight to the v tree, plowed through the dead lantana and signed our name in the log.

OMY130 thanks for the rest stop on the long drive, and geo-dog thanks you too. TFTC

Can I claim 2 finds for this one?
On my round about path to Hz I spied a micro in the "well tree" identified by team astro then looked at the correct tree to spy the real "Jolly Roger".
Signed both logs. TNLN
DJ of the Chambos

Out and about heading to Blackbutt for an Orienteering event all weekend. Not too sure about just off the highway but we found it in good condition.

TFTC

Quick find for Geomum what a great Park hidden away thanks for leading us here OMY130

Have previously visited this park. Nice to come back for a cache. Quick find. Log dry. TNLNSL TFTC Thanks OMY130

Part of the Easter weekend plan was, to let our way back home be dictated by geocaches, so we created a route back home from Boondooma dam by linking cache waypoints to make our way home. Jolly Roger was one of them and what a Jolly nice spot.

After a bit of twisting and turning and reading the hint more carefully, Christine found the cache. It was all it good order, so we signed the log, but made no swaps. Forgot those swaps at home again, bu..er.

Great spot!

Thanks

Christine and Francois

A beautiful spot worthy of a cache. I had a bite to eat here as I did my thing (see previous couple of logs). Plan to spend the day here if you can and kick back, find a cache, and relax.

Thanks to OMY130 and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Thanks Team Astro,

Funny enough, I was on my way to replace/find that cache last Sunday. Our 4wd broke down within 5 k's of cache (base of Yarraman Range). After a few hours working with a local farmer, we high-tailed it back home, totally forgetting one of the reasons why we were driving there in the first place.

Got to love a friendly caching community

... Geoff ...

Replaced in the obvious well tree behind V tree. I'll send pics to owner ASAP. Beautiful spot deserving cache. Clear skies!

This one has definitely gone walkabout.
As per Jimmyproject's comments, a lot of park maintenance has been done recently. Found where it was.

A very nice spot to stop but for us this was not a smilie. There appears to have been alot of clearing and the only clue we could find was covered over with lantana.

Thanks for the rest stop

Found with muddtrax on our second attempt took knife and fork left pin and sharpie TFTC SL

Found with Krossbo on our second attempt at this one. No one here so we could have a good search. Co-ords were off but we still found it . . . And so have muggles by accident!!At least they signed the log!! TFTC!!

Found this one on our second attempt. Not sure why we missed it first time around. Sorry for the late logging - I don't know why we didn't log this one the day we found it, a senior moment perhaps.Cheers. TFTC

What a great spot, no one here today. Can certainly picture that it would get busy here on the weekends. T TB (strange we listed this one as not in a cache in NSW in Feb and now we have it to move on) peg L Shower cap TFTC

Just dropped off a TB and checked on the cache. Cache in good condition.

Trying to drop off TB.

Lots of tree branches too many Australia Day muggles for a good search try again when it's not so busy

Stopped with Krossbo to find this one but there were too many Australia Day muggles and the GZ area was covered in chopped down branches. Needs to be looked at . . .

Definitely needs to be checked out!!

Looked for this cache on our way to Toowoomba on Christmas Eve. Found GZ but there has been a lot of pruning and messing around and it seems that the cache has been muggled or scraped away along with the debris. Nice little park 'though. [xx(]

937. Found Today - not exactly where the hint said but co-ords were pretty much spot on..
OMY130-TFTC.

What a super cache. Easy to find.

Dropped in on our way home from a trip to Nanango. Our GZ matched the clue but we couldn't spot the cache today.

Driving past in the new-to-Seizer 130, so dropped in here for a picnic. It seemed only fitting for an OMY130 cache.

Great spot, and the geo-hounds enjoyed the sniff around while we searched.

Changed transport, taking small plane in return for E-type Jag

This is a wonderful park - I camp nearby at Emu Creek but have never seen this place. There is a fair bit of lantana in the way - but it can be moved along. TFTC!

Enjoyed the road in and the picnic area. Found the cache safe and well. TFTC

Happy 800th geocache to me! And a lovely spot for it, I thought it was a great day-area, and the jacaranda by the car park was just spectacular. We had a curious muggle to contend with here, so I went into distract mode while The Marble retrieved the cache itself. Muggle was asking about nearby camping areas, a topic on which I was of no help whatsoever, but at least he didn't ask what we were doing. TFTC ='.'=

Nice place

This one had me going down all the wrong roads at first but got there in the end.
What a lovely spot for a cupper.
T. Stop the GC theif GC.

Hi Cat and Bear. Your geocoin is definately in this cache. It was very cold and 'Bedmaker' and I just signed the log and hurried back to the car. Slack, I know, but at least you know your coin is safe.

Hey can someone please let me know if my Stop the Geocoin Theif coin is still in this cache or not? As it was placed a while ago and no one has picked it up.
Regards

Cat and Bear
e-mail: [email protected]

Found with geo-uncle 'Lat&Long Junkie' on our western weekend wander. A cool spot which I'll have to keep in mind for a picnic spot one day. TFTC

Sure was cold at 5:30pm. Found the cache quickly, TN/LN/SL and quickly returned to the heated bedmobile.

Had to be very stealthy to find this one. Some local youths were playing footy nearby and may have been suspicious as to why 3 teens and 2 adults walked into a playground, stood around for a while and then left.

TFTC

Found with thehairbear and Konie. Nice spot to visit.

TFTC

Found it with holster and Konie.

TFTC

A great little location hidden off the highway. Found at 1220hrs with holster and thehairbear.

T - TB
L - GC

TFTC

Found it No. 1670 ... what a great camping spot .. who would know ... TN and left TB

What an amazing spot. Thank-you for sending us up a track we would never have normally gone
TNLNSL TFTC

Gotcha !!! What a great spot to spend a night ,so quiet. We'll have to remember .TNLN TFTC

What a great place and so well hidden, it would have been great to see the park full of familes enjoying it and it has all the amenities anyone could need.
Thanks OMY130 for guiding us to it.
Took nothing
Left snake

Dorik

Found as a member of family team Wonder Wits and now logging under my own caching name. TFTC.

Found it, people of the world! TFTC.

Quite a magical spot we would never have visited if not for geocaching. Straight-forward find. Much as I love jacarandas, as I looked at the seedlings I was reminded how this species is considered a weed in some bushland areas ... TFTC.

"Australia Day" birth of a nation

Left home on this bright sunny day and as soon as we got to within 10km of the area it was pouring cats and a couple of hundred stray dogs. So the day went on until getting to within last 50km of home trip.

Could not believe muggles (suspect geocachers as well) were this spot in the middle of nowhere. Used Geo BRAT as a diversion for a quick in sign the log as they left. Nice spot. TFTC
Took Munt Coin TB
Left numerous swappables

4/9 for this afternoon
Found at 111503KJAN09
Found during a Geo hunt that took us nearly 350km on a round trip from home to Blackbutt in the NE and then West through Yarraman to the Bunya Mountains. Then with an hour plus drive East to get back to home. Not a bad effort for a couple old farts on a Sunday afternoon drive…
Who doesn’t like an ammo box cache? The contents were a little light on so we dropped off The Munt Coin TB to give the next cachers something to look forward to.

TNLNSL
TFTC
Roaring Ford


[This entry was edited by Roaring Ford on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 2:49:13 AM.]

My 4th cache today. I'd wanted to do this cache for a while as my sister lives just up the road, she actually owns the house which used to stand on this park, it was the Rangers house and was later moved.

A lovely park, especially right now with all the jacarandas!

We had the area to ourselves so headed off to GZ and soon had the cache in hand. TNLN
As we emerged we found that we had the company of a lone muggle but we continued on our way to the next cache.
TFTC

1500hrs. Wish we could have camped here. Great spot. TFTCSL

Short stop for lunch on the way home from Toowoomba, great picnic spot and location for a cache. TFTC

Dropped in at 2pm on the way from Bunya. A very good park with a good name. See the attached Pic.
in: Battery World
Out: Leather Book mark??

A quick dash from a nearby job right on dusk for the find. Good picnic spot tucked away in the bush!

T - Knightsey's Geotalk CD, hadn't heard this before, thanks!

TFTC

GPSr lead me straight to this one.
Took the wallet and left a CD compilation of Geotalk.
Have had a many BBQ here and if you visit this little park stop relax and enjoy the Jacarandas when in flower in November.
Cache container is okay and I could open it.
TFTC

an old chook visited

JerryNewGirl must have dropped by after 3.30pm. We came up to check the cache as an earlier note had said lid was rusted on... Cache in good condition. I think the lady in question can't open ammo boxes...

... Geoff Mel Leah Tara ...

Nice easy find in an area that I did not know existed. Found the V tree and cache was revealed. Will have to come back another time and enjoy a picnic in these great facilities, pity the road up further was blocked, could have made a lovely drive. Took TB's to move them along. Left dinosaur. TFTC.

Decided to stop in and grab this one on my way back to Brisbane from a job at Nanango. Found at approx 17:30. 1st of 5 on my trip home. I had actually stopped at this spot in the morning for a break on the way there. Great Spot. TFTC

Nice and easy find, great spot to have a rest if your on a Geodrive. Scenic drive was closed to due to harvesting of the Pine Tree.
Taken: Nothing
Left: 2 TB's; (1) 100 Not Out TB (2) McGwire TB
Also left compass keyring.
TFTCSL

On the route to Nanago - visiting the relatives there. Made a detour to find this cache. A nice and quick find. Alas, unable to open the ammo box to log the enclosed log book, because of the stuck and abit rust at the edge caused by the damp condition surrounding (I have no tool to open and am a female). The place is really beautiful with green lawn and nice picnic facilities. Thanks for the beautiful location and the cache.

Last one for the day, another place that you really don't know exists until you start caching. Found the cache easily GPS lead me right up to it.


TFTC TNLNSL

Found this without too much trouble. Most entries in note book have been made on the following page. My enntry on last page in book so I left a new book in the cach container.

Rated: for Overall Experience

What a great spot! Was driving in the vicinity and the GPS alerted me there was a cache nearby. Turned out to be a nice spot for us to have our lunch. TFTC. TNLNSL.

Nice spot to visit, will return with picnic lunch one day soon. Thanks. TNLN

What great out of the way park. We had our lunch here on our way through. Thanks for showing this spot.
TFTC

What a great location. We are going to keep this one in mind for a future visit with the caravan. Apparently you can stay here for 5 nights without a permit. There is toilets and some drinking water. Now on to the cache. Yes we found it without any problem. TNLN. Had our morning cuppa here while we chatted to a young couple that were camping nearby. thanks OMY130 for showing us this area.

great spot worth the stop, nice quiet spot for a cuppa or bbq if driving past. took nothing t.f.t.c
The Olly's

Found on trip to Bundy.Great location for a stop.Took fire Badge, Left leather bookmark.
TFTC

Kev

Found it following the letter guide. Took gloves and left a drink holder and badge. Thanks for the detour

Found in darkness. Out: geocoin In: "bank note"
TFTC

This was a nice easy find but there were muggle workman about and they were not going to move on! Once again those geojuniors became useful decoys! TNLN TFTC

Nice, quiet place. Took toy, left GC. TFTC.

We'd nearly attempted this one a couple of years ago as we roared past on the highway... but things weren't quite suitable that day, so it had to wait another couple of years for us to have a go at it.

We got to the day-use area easily enough only to find about 50 people enjoying some sort of a gathering there

Oh well... it looked like a good spot for lunch anyway, so we grabbed one of the tables & bought out all our stuff for lunch.

In between sandwiches (when no-one was looking) we ducked away to quickly grab the cache... an easy find. TFTC.

First for the last day of my big caching trip down into cockroach country. Without the benefit of my PDA, no clues were available, so I was scrambling up trees, looking under tables, in sheds, ect, as signal was a bit sus, and when it finally locked, had me out in the open area. Widening the search area finally located the cache trail, and a pile. And there it was. Located at 7.50am. The 57th cache on my trip.

Cheers
Bundy

Nice little spot! Took the "back way" in thru various forestry trails. Lots of fun! (If you've got a 4by and don't mind tiny scratches from overgrown foliage.)

Just passing through so I thought Iwould check this one out. Nice park & a good spot for lunch
TNLN
TFTC

A lovely park which we will return to, to enjoy. Mrs HMF reminisced about her last visit here some 36 years ago!!

Our last cache for our Darling Downs & South Burnett weekend. #1402

Took the Fly Saurus Fly TB

Found Ok

The MadMyers found it - with everyone else on the OMY130 4WD weekend. What a great time we all had!! Perfect weather - great company - great caching and awesome (slightly scary) 4WDriving! We took a buddah and the squishy gooey playdough the Nanks dropped in as we were there!! We have been to this park about a year ago having a picnic with the Great Nan Myers - to think this was so close!!!

Was party to the find, but alas we have been here before so cannot make a claim this time around. Place is still beautiful and well worth a stop off.

Jerry.

This was a quick find by the geoboys as part of the S.E.Qld 4WD and camping weekend. The kids had a great time climbing trees while the "grown ups" signed the log. [^]

IN : silly putty and a ring & bracelet set and a TB
OUT: a yo-yo and a LED light

The younger 2 NANKS replaced the cache and 6 year old Tom then covered it a little more than it originally was by dragging an enormous branch/log over to it!

Great fun, thanks!

Dropped in a TB.

Found while participating in the SE Qld Summer 2006 weekend. A very nice little park not far off the main drag. TFTC.

I must have been past here a hundred times but never detoured into this lovely area. At least I knew where the turn off was. Sort of like driving through a catherdral on the way in and out
I arrived at GZ with a selection of breakfast pastries from the Yarraman bakery
The 'grey nomads' camped at GZ gave me some worried looks as I drove into the carpark in my pseudo 'State Forestry' vehicle.
Found the cache fairly quickly, and out of sight of the campers I signed the log book
For the more adventurous keep following the Forest drive for about a 12km rough, but scenic tour which will bring you back to the main road closer to Nanango

1.27pm

It is a beautiful quiet spot. There wasnt another soul around when I visited. I had lunch accompanied by the chorus of a variety of birds.

Cache is in good condition.

Took Geocoin for a change of scenery

What a lovely and well maintained picnic area. Great spot to have a rest from the driving. Cache is in good condition.

T: Nil
L: Geocoin and KBR Pen

TFTH OMY130

ianandmichele

Found this one on the way back to gympie from stanthorpe nice and quiet little spot decided to grab a pizza from the cafe at the top end of yarraman [recommend]
took nill
Left Buddha
tftc
found about 11.45

Found at 08:55hrs. Found the tree. Found the cache. Nice place for a picnic.

TNLN. TFTC. SL

JG

Sorry for the delay in logging in. We have just returned home after caching our way to the tip of Australia (Cape York). Found at 11:30 am it was raining and very cool. Once we found ouselves on the right track, on the other side of the hill, it was reasonably easy to find. What a wonderful forest you have taken us to Thanks for giving us the opportunity.
Took: Crepe Bandage (hope we dont have to use it)
Left: Vintage car magnet.

On my way to big smoke thought I might have a go at this cache. Went to wrong place in additional hints. After re assessing the co-ordinates found cache in good order.
Took clips.
Left Sherlock Holms Cassette

Easy one to find using the clues but had difficulty with the coordinates.
T D Shackle L yoyo

Easiest find yet...nice spot. pity I didnt have more time for a bit of exploring...maybe next time
TNLNSL
TFTC

Found it at long last. Took a quick stopover during travels 2 weeks ago to find it, No luck.... we were constantly searching in and around the toilet block :O

2nd trip (today) located it with ease after reading the hints and using the "distance to" function on GPS.

Thanks for the great location, and easy hide.

The cache location looked like it was meant to have been covered with sticks etc so we placed some back over the cache container so it is still easily noticable when you are in the right spot but still hides the container a little.

One elderly muggle (I suspect he was a local, turned up on an old pushbike without any gear) just as we were leaving, he seemed a little shocked to see anyone there....... Weird.

Took vinyl CD
left medium sized D shackle

TFTC
Donald, Daisy + Kids

Found it, no problems. a couple of muggles in the park -wondering what we were up to