Barney's Rubble Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By AlternateRoute on 15-Nov-03. Waypoint GCH7J5

To bad, I didn't read well enough, my pics aren't good enough.

Found with Gazania Rigens, as per her log.My unsophisticated camera skills meant I had to choose between a blurred name or a blurred island.Ahh well, the island is blurred but easily discernible, so I trust that is good enough!TFTC

Interesting structure. We studied it from Macquarie's Point. The waters here are very busy with ferries zooming past. TFTC!

From a cruz!!!! FantasticFav point from me for logging a cache on a cruz ship

Hey, I viewed this fort from many angles on different days and finally got the photo that allowed me to claim the cache! All great fun! thank you for the cache and management. Nebola

A West Oz geocacher out and about exploring Sydney for a couple of days, and picking up a few smileys along the way. Thanks @Nebola for placing Barney's Rubble for the GC community to enjoy !!

Nice ferry ride across the beautiful harbour to Rose Bay

Found while on a ferry ride to Rose BayCheers Steveo

Lovely trip over to Taronga Zoo meant I was able to take a pic from the ferry. Gorgeous sunny day and animal spotting was just what my family needed! TFTC

I had a 9 hr layover at Sydney today, so I headed downtown to stroll thru the city. Overall I was able to find 8 caches and several lab caches. An amazing day, I couldnt have spent it better. Every time I wanted to visit the cache, I didnt have enough time. Today I saw that I can fulfill the conditions. Luckily I had a paper with me. It was a little difficult getting all objects focused at the same time. Vielen Dank an Nebola frs Legen und PflegenThanks to Nebola for placing and maintaining this cache. Found on 25. Aug 2024 07:30 as cache # 6241TFTCleollDiscover me! FGXRFV

On the way back from finding some excellent caches in Manly!

Find#2384Enjoying the second week of the school holidays with a few days in Sydney down from the Hunter valley. This was as close as I could get to it. TFTVC

We've viewed this spot from several vantage points and again today. This is such a neat island! TFTC I've got a few pics attached, but I have a few more much nicer ones to share, coming soon. Thanks!

On our way to Manly Beach, we were able to shoot this photo. We really liked it.Thanks for the virtual cache.Kind regards schuhlstroo

Tftc. Arrived in Australia yesterday and for our first full day here we decided to do a sightseeing walk through Hyde park, Botanical gardens, Mrs Macquaries chair, Opera house and back to the hotel via the shopping district. Along the way, we managed to find and log multiple caches. This was one of 'em.

We managed two different photos, one from the opera house and one from the ferry. The view was definitely better from the ferry! As the app only allows me to attach one, I'll choose the better photo. Thanks for the virtual

09:28After a couple of days exploring around Circular Quay it was time to venture a little further to the famed Taronga Zoo, naturally taking photos on the way.A BIG thank you to the CO who created this virtual cache.37070

Fortunately I was able to gain a medium to write on and after several lousy photos was able to get the required selfie. Enjoyed the ride and the views from the ferry. TFTC>

Getting the two items required in focus on a stormy day was the hardest thing to do. TFTC

Yesterday Laura and I flew from Melbourne and arrived incredibly smoothly to Sydney, our first time in the big city. We slept well and long, and woke up with a needing desire to explore the city. We had just this one full day to explore the city before we head out tomorrow, so we knew we had to make it count.We couldnt pass up the opportunity to walk to the middle of the beautiful Harbor Bridge, making it halfway across and then turning back south towards the harbor and docks. From here, we took a ferry towards the zoo. While we didnt have any interest in seeing the locked up animals, I did want to visit another county and that gave us an opportunity to see Sydneys downtown from another perspective. After the quick ferry ride we hiked a little bit towards this stash, I managed to hit my head on a low branch, break my glasses. But after a bit of a walk, we visited three caches around, and then got back onto the ferry. As we were headed back to the harbor we came from, while on the ferry I thought it was a shame we couldnt visit this tiny artificial island, but we got as close as we could within possibility. I snapped several photos as we got close, and the closest we got was 370 meters, at which point I snapped the final photo and drafted this log at 4:18 pm, making this our 7126th overall find. Its a shame the island isnt accessible; this would seem like a cool place to venture out to. Thank you Nebola for placing and maintaining your Barney's Rubble stash; we were glad to visit it and spice up our Saturday while down under in ????Australia for our spring break, visiting from slightly-distant ????Myanmar! For my own personal statistics; this is the forty-eighth of 112 geocaches we visited down under while on spring break, excluding the 56 adventure lab caches we visited and 28 Waymarks visited. It was quite a long and exciting day for us, as we walked 21.17km throughout the city while visiting twenty-five stashes just this one day.

Out and about again, headed around Canberra for the MEGA. Super excited my first MEGA and heading over with 2 others from the Cockburn Crew - signed log as WAC to save time. Last day in Sydney before heading back to WA - super wet weather and not fun caching in the rain.This is 15521, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to Nebola for the caches we found.********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********Head over to Australian Capital Territory for Capital GeoBash MEGA - Canberras first ever Mega Event. Easter 2024 (GC9PNFB): - 5 day event at Canberra Park adjacent to EPIC (Canberra Showgrounds) on the Federal Highway, only 6km from the centre of the city.The mascot for the Mega is Gangles the endemic Gang Gang Cockatoo, a bird you may see or hear while in Canberra.The official website - geobash.ozmega.com.auACT has over 4700 active caches, power trails, and over 100 Lab Adventures. Heaps of challenge caches, hikes for geocaches for all levels of skills and fitness.

Managed to capture the fort in a pic as we passed it on the way to/from Bradley Head today. It looks so tiny above my shoulder but in real life it was much closer. Team name is on my shirt.

Day 20 of our roadtrip in Australia. We're in Sydney now, so no road tripping the next days, instead a lot of walking. There's so much to see here! And what we love so far, a lot of the caches have very precise hints, very tourist friendly. Today's plan is the Opera guided tour and the Botanical Gardens. We hope of course that the rain forecasted will not come. Took two pictures from the Man O Wars Steps, camera either focuses on paper or Island. Would be interesting to visit the island. Thanks and kind regards from Switzerland, Hinni&Simo

Tftv ?? Thanks for placing ??

As we ferried our way over to Manly Beach, we noticed this cache pop up. We snapped a quick pic and then we realized we had no paper with us to write our caching name.At the beach we wrote our caching name in the sand and Gg took a pic of it. She is holding the phone with pic as J took photo on the way back to circular Quay.TFTC!

SM325 and I are on a bucket list trip to New Zealand and Australia. This is our first time here and we are having a blast. We traveled here from Ohio, USA. The scenery has been magnificent! Pics are terrible for this. We rode the ferry to the Taronga Zoo, and I attempted the pictures. SM325 was downstairs and inside due to being a wheelchair. It was terribly windy as well. TFTF!

Mrs. Amazing and I did a Harbor Cruise to the Tarango Zoo and it took us very close to this virtual. Pretty good to be in a wheelchair and snag a terrain 3.5! Thanks so much for putting this one out as well as feeding my insatiable addiction! This one gets a favorite point from me.

Picture of SEEK84 and myself taken by our muggle daughter while we are holding our name tags. Favorite point. Thanks for the cache.

I saw Fort Denison a lot today, so I took plenty of photos.In Sydney for a few days before heading to Canberra for the Capital Geobash. Today was all about catching public transport to pick up new LGAs.Nebola, I found Barney's Rubble today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

On the advice of a geocacher who attended my event near the Opera House Jaguars96 and I had our photo taken with our geo name tags. Thanks for the Virtual cache. Giving it a FAVE POINT. Greetings from South Dakota USA.

Found from the ferry on the way to the zoo. Looks way too small to be a fort. It was a beautiful day to sight see in Sydney.

Visiting from the US, specifically Ohio on a grand adventure leading up to the Capital Geobash. Spending the day today exploring Sydney. Started with riding the train to central and then walked towards the harbour and opera house. Thanks for the cache.

It is a beautiful day to be wandering around Sydney. Its a little warm, though. Theres amazing views from here! Thank you for the geocache!

Found while in Sydney to see Pink. Jammed packed long weekend planned with some caching and exploring. TFTC

Today raija485 and I did a lot of sight-seeing and at the same time, of course, we did geocaching. We found several caches during the day and this was one of them.We took a ferry to Taronga Zoo. Nice but hot weather for walking around there. This boat trip was easy part.Thanks for the virtualcache and greetings from Finland!

Today we visited Taronga Zoo. We took a ferry in Circular Quay and when passing Fort Denison, we took our photos.Thank you for this nice virtual.

I am visiting Australia from Canada and today I am wandering around Sydney. It is such a lovely city. I am always looking for oldies and some of the other cool caches nearby. The cachers around here sure are super friendly and helpful. The pic was pretty close from the ferry but maybe not very straight as it was hard to balance at that point. Thanks for the smile.

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**XX** MMMMMMMDCCCLXXXIII: Our final cruise stop in Sydney. We anchored out in the harbor until we could dock in Circular Quay this evening. My first find in Australia. We anchored in sight of Fort Denison. Photo attached. TFTC

Greetings from Ireland Thanks for showing us this place, & for placing and maintaining this cache. The is our playground

Staying in Sydney for a few days. We set out bright and early once again this morning. Today we primarily focused on the CBD area, the weather held up brilliantly and made the perfect day for caching.Feels like the Fort has been closed forever at this point, have seen the projected opening date go from 2021 to 2023 and now 2024, maybe this year will finally be the one Thanks for the cache

I discovered the cache on my way to Manly, but could not fulfill the requirements till the return. Ill have to apologize for the terrible photo. Had to race across the Manly Fast Ferry and jump over some folks to get a photo. The fort and the navy boat behind it are pretty out of focus! The only thing in focus is the username.Im including the photo taken on the way to Manly, and the out of focus shot on the return.TFTC!

# 21395Whau, I am on a three week trip with Cacher-Reisen and a bunch of fellow geocachers to Australia and New Zealand. It is so odd to imagine that I am going to visit a place that is nearly on the opposite of the globe from my usual hangouts. In Denmark it is late winter/early spring, and I am exchanging the winter-part for late summer in Australia and early autumn in New Zealand. This is so exciting.The itinerary is Frankfurt (Germany), Doha (Qatar), Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns (Australia) and Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Cromwell, Queenstown (New Zealand) before flying back to Europe. That will be two new continents and three new countries for me - and as far away from home as I have ever been. It is a lot of places and travelling, but we also have a plan to find lots of geocaches and see the sights and beautiful nature. After the mornings event a small group went in search of some old caches. I had three caches that fit well into my Jasmer calendar for the third and fourth loop. We used public transport in the beginning and at the end and Ubers in between the oldies. Nice and comfortable way to get around.We decided to take the ferry back to the city center. Fantastic weather and a great possibility to see some of the fantastic sights that tourists are coming here to see. Okay, perhaps not Fort Denison, but a great view of the Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.Tak for cachen til Nebola.

We visited Sydney for two days and of course did some caches. This Virtual was one of them.We did it during our Harbour tour when we passed this island. Thanks for the cache. Regards,Biggidag

Found with Blue Jay while on our stay in Sydney before heading to New Zealand. Photo attached TFTC. Toffee Man.

Arrival day in Australia ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary continent and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. I'm always on the lookout for the old caches, so this ghost ?? caught my eye and ended up on my to-do list for Sydney. I thought about how I could fulfill the log conditions. There were two ways. I wasn't happy with my first attempt from Lady Gowrie Lookout, although I did like the tiny park and it showed me a side of the city that few tourists stray into. But I was able to take better photos from one of the ferries.Thank you for laying & showing .Ankunftstag in Australien ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Kontinents und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Ich bin immer auf der Suche nach den alten Caches, dabei fiel mir dieser Geist ?? auf und landete auf meiner to-do-Liste fr Sydney. Ich berlegte wie ich die Logbedingungen erfllen kann. Es gab zwei Wege. Mit meinem ersten Versuch vom Lady Gowrie Lookout war ich nicht zufrieden, allerdings hat mir der winzige Park gut gefallen und mir eine Seite der Stadt gezeigt, in die sich wenige Touristen verirren. Aber von einer der Fhren konnte ich bessere Fotos machen.Danke fr das Legen & Zeigen .

Mit 37 Geocachern ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Nachdem wir gestern Doha verlassen hatten, besuchten wir heute Sydney. Aufgrund der Vielzahl der Caches reicht es berwiegend nur zu einem Einheitslog, fr den ich mich bei den unterschiedlichen Ownern hiermit schon mal entschuldigen mchte.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.After leaving Doha yesterday, we visited Sydney today.Due to the large number of caches, there is usually only one standard log, for which I would like to apologize to the different owners.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

We have traveled with 36 likeminded geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in Sydney we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

The second day in Sydney was used for another long walk along the waterfront. There were many beautiful things to see and to observe. A real hotspot for tourists. This virtual "Barney's Rubble" also caught the eye. The task was solved with the name tag as best as possible. Thanks Nebola for adopting from AlternateRoute??

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia ???? and New Zealand ???? for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar ????.We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien ???? und Neuseeland ????. Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar ????.Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To safe Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

A total of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland went on a long journey. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand.I've been to New York and Hawaii, but this was going to be my furthest trip yet.The big goal was to get to know the continents with their natural characteristics and cultures. But we also wanted to find historical caches.Our first stop was Doha, Qatar.In Australia we visited Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns.Auckland, Rotuara, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim, Christchurch and Comwell were our stops in New Zealand.We ended our trip in beautiful Queenstown.To protect the logbooks, we logged with the team name Downunder 2024.It was a very special trip in a large team.Thanks for laying and maintaining the cache.Mit insgesamt 38 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland.Ich war schon in New York und auf Hawaii, aber das sollte meine bisher weit entfernteste Reise werden.Die Kontinente mit ihren natrlichen Besonderheiten und Kulturen kennenzulernen, waren das groe Ziel.Aber auch historische Caches wollten von uns gefunden werden.Unser erster Zwischenstopp war Doha in Katar.In Australinen besuchten wir Sydney, Melbourne und Cairns.Auckland, Rotuara, Wellington, Picton, Blenheim, Christchurch und Comwell waren unsere Stationen in Neuseeland.Im schnen Queenstown beendeten wir unsere Reise .Um die Logbcher zu schonen loggten wir mit dem Teamnamen Downunder 2024.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team.Danke frs Legen und Hegen des Caches.

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen auch viele Caches besuchen. Wir besuchten den Cache im Team DownUnder24.Danke an Nebola (adopted from AlternateRoute) fr diesen Cache.

I am also part of the large tour group from Germany **DownUnder24**We had a great time in Sydney and looked at many sights. That's how we came across this virtuel cache here too.??Thank you for luring and showing, says ollileinThe tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.One of our Team sends the answers to the owner.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gc, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-TinaGazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, OllileinOpaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma,Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoTFTC, Team Zyanor

Heute sind wir vom Hotel aus Richtung Botanischem Garten durchs verregnete Sydney und natrlich auch zur Oper spaziert. Unterwegs haben wir bei einigen Dosen Rast gemacht. Thank you very much for the cache!

We are also part of the large tour group from Germany and passed this cache today. We had a great time in Sydney. For reasons of space, we have entered the logbook as **DownUnder 2024**.The tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo*Greetings from the sunny south of Germany.***Thanks to all owners for caring and caring.****IN: NOTHING****OUT: NOTHING****TFTC Leilah03***A game for all ages! Worldwide* **GEOCACHING**

Mit einer Geocachergruppe aus Deutschland und Dnemark haben wir heute eine Hafenbootsfahrt gemachen, wo wir auch die Chance genutzt haben diesen Virtuellen zu spielen. Vielen Dank fr die Logfreigabe. Greetings from Germany.

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory. I'm finally on Australian soil for the first time and spending 3 days in this exciting and inspiring city. We took a short hike in the rain to two old caches, a harbor tour, went to the open-air cinema in the evening and admired the impressive Bondi Beach. Many different types of caches were discovered - this one was also there! This photo was taken in dry, almost sunny weather on a two-hour harbor tour along the Opera and the Harbor Bridge. TB is welcome to log. Thanks to Nebola (adopted from AlternateRoute) for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland ????

Together with my B@cker and a lot of crazy Cachers from Germany and Denmark, we have an exciting Trip to Quatar, Australien and New Zealand. The name of the Group is easy Downunder24.The Team isAmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, -GC-, GEOKaren, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, OpaundEnkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr.Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, webmasterrollerin, Whlhase and XenSuo. Exhausting but beautyful. Thanks for the Cache. Best regards from Buxtehude ( Germany) ?? ?? ??

Found this cache on a 24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the citys of Sydney, Melbourne, Aidelaide and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.For me the focus will be on old caches, placed in 2000 and obviously on the remaining webcams in Australia and New Zealand.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.On a harbour cruise we could also do this one. Great idea. FP.Merci frs Dosal sogt da GoanToni Thanks to Nebola (adopted from AlternateRoute) for hiding and maintaining this geocache.

Auf unserer heutigen Cacherunde durch Sydney, konnten wir einige Caches suchen ,finden und loggen. Hier wurde aus Platzgrnden mit dem Cachernamen Downunder24 geloggt beziehungsweise bei diesem mit Foto.TFTC sagt keeiner

After a while, it was finally time to visit some caches in distant countries again. This time the destination should be australia and new zealand What an amazing continent. Met some nice people there, saw a lot of interesting spots and also found some geocaches, of course. Thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining the cache and many greetings from Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Lenny LoveDanke fr den Cache - Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Diky za ke - Ai u t talpykl - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - E cache - - nbellek iin teekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kamemo

TftC i log this one in Team downunder2024Greetings from Germany

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Photos taken according to the guidelines.I favor for the discovery of the site : **+ 1 PF**Thanks **Nebola** for the virtual cache.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~*Here is the palaver from my log "3615-MyLife" that you still don't have to read:*After multiple outings together, here are some examples: the park at T5 in the Orlans region, the Letterbox Matrix in Provins on the return of GeoBulles 2023, a getaway to Rambouillet and Fontainebleau, the Mega in Oliveira de Frades in Portugal, that in Spain in Camarasa with a memorable passage in Andorra, a foray into the Drme at the beginning of the year, I have the immense luck and pleasure to accompany the pestinettes who asked me last summer to be part of this crazy trip to Australia to participate in the Adelaide Mega on February 29 !So I start by thanking them once again for the invitation as well as for the preparation of all logistics and the program of discoveries planned for these 17 days on Australian lands: Jasmers including three from the year 2000,webcams, virtual ones (full), challenges, Earthcaches, mysteries, Events.I would just add my two cents with the Matrices by cache type as well as obtaining as many Addons as possible for Leap Day ! Then depending on the time that we will have left at each of our stages, all caches allowing usto visit a nice new place.We only visited a tiny part of this beautiful country which makes us want to come back although it is not next door and I would also remember the warm welcome of Australians and their kindness.I sincerely thank all the poseurs without whom the exploration of all theseplaces known or much more discreet would not have been possible. A big thank you for your personal investment for the pleasure of all and ours in particular during this beautiful trip shared in friendly company ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~**Against a sedentary lifestyle, geocache! Get Out and Play! Saia and play! Sal y juega!**

6 months ago, during a frenzy, we said to ourselves "why not going to the mega in Adelaide for the leapday". From scratch we moved on to preparing an 18-day project in Australia. Our objectives are simple, visit a small part of this immense continent while validating a few caches. There are so many caches (impossible to do everything) that we will select. Our plan will allow us to visit Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Mount Gambier and finish in Adelaide for the famous Mega.During our stay we will log PestiHoot for Pestinette and Blackhoot.Today, after my event in botanic parc, we visit the opera. It is beautifull. We are very enjoy by this visit.We are lucky, we were sheltered in the opera house at the start of the storm. We were well watered in the afternoon for the rest of our visits. Thanks to the caches we visited many sites evoking Australian culture and history. Thanks for the cache and the discovery of beautiful or original spots

Windy day. Tnln tftc

View from Lady Gowrie Lookout. The Fort is out of focus in the background. TFTC

Passed by on ferry, took the required pic.An early start of 0600 today and a big 8kms walked before 0745 and breakfast back at the hotel on Kent St. The temperature and lack of muggles are both conducive for a bit of caching and that was appealing.Todays geocaching exploits were once again two-fold. First up was my early morning 4A out and about from 0600 until Ive found a couple and walked 5 or 6 kms. Then after mrs c and I head out for the day we headed a variety of places, including The Rocks, The Harbour Bridge and then later out to Taronga Zoo on the ferry, but solely for caching purposes! Thanks to all COs for their hides to enable my finds.

Hubby and I went to Taronga Zoo today and I told him we had to make sure we got our picture for this virtual. Tftc

Jimmy and Goldy are staying in Sydney for a few days. We are grabbing some caches but mostly just sightseeing.The only one I wasn't leaving without was Lane Cove (GC3E) as it is Australia's oldest cache.I love virtual caches and so my second priority was finding as many virtuals as I can during our stay.Today, we took the ferry across to Taronga Zoo. Followed by a small amount of caching nearby.The Ferry to Taronga Zoo was good for two purposes:1. Taking us there.2. Getting close to the Fort so I can take the photo!Managed to get a few photos in case some didn't come out well.I've uploaded them with the log. Cool virtual idea. Thanks!Thanks AlternateRoute and Nebola for this virtual cache, which brings Goldy's total find count to 3954 on the 3rd of February 2024.

Found earlier today while traveling back from Manley Beach. My lovely muggle wife took a picture of user name, myself and fort in background. Thanks for the virtual. Greetings from the Joplin Missouri, USA area. Right in the heart of America. It was a beautiful day to be out and about. This is our last day down under we met many new people, saw many new things, and had a wonderful time. Cheers! ps We also serendipitously were here during Australia day, adding to the fun.

#11702 enjoying a boat trip to Manly for a snorkelling adventure. Did the required photo on the way

TFTVC It was an awesome experience. * dronnord * ...\*""*.,,.*"",..,*"",..\ from Canada eh!

# #6,909 #----------This one was much easier than I expected at first glance. The hardest part was making sure I had some spare paper on me. Wrote my username and date, all sorted. A great idea for a virtual. TFTC!!! ----------> All geocaches are signed as mmmPIZZA or mPZ

#6.031While walking around the city in search for the perfect viewing point of the fireworks we also came to this spot. Thanks for bringing us here. The picture itself tried to show more of the fort and therefore has the name in a bit of a blur.TFTC says team mastba from Hamburg/Germany

what an odd duck this virtual cache is.quite often overlooked by the avid tourist cacher in town on a whirlwind, yet emininently doable by anyone with a harbour view. and it's been around for two decades!in fact this is only the third time i've ever come across a cache hidden in November 2003. criminey. and just the fifth time i've ever come across this unique combination. thank you for creating and keeping barney's rubble alive for us to keep selfieing.attached are four photos when my manly ferry came close. one is just the iconic shot sans fingers.Merry Christmas!

TFTC Find# - 95OCW - Im on a cruise so my whole familyNotes- my username is blurry but readableA quick find onboard cruise ship Majestic PrincessUPDATE-heres a better pic

First trip Down Under. Here visiting a few days before leaving on an obscenely large cruise ship to New Zealand later today.Had some time before boarding, so we stowed our bags at Bounce and wandered around Circular Quay one last time. Boarding was delayed so we still had time and decided to take a ferry ride out to Manly and back. Beautiful day and a beautiful ride!I had tried taking a photo from the Botanical Gardens, but this one turned out much better.Thank you for the VC and the view!May the Fog Be With You!

This was our first visit to Fort Denison but not our last. We made good use of the ferries during our visit to Sydney. We got much closer during an evening meal cruise around Sydney. Nice to see an old virtual in Sydney. Greetings from England. TFTc

Taking in the sights with our visitors and took the opportunity to grab this one. Here with drlyn and kiwisteve2.Catching up on my logging after a busy holiday season.TFTC

Using ferry nearly daily, tried to fulfill the criteria to log this virtual cache. One photo done through the window, next day from outside. TFTC.

Out on a dinner cruise and this was the closest we got before it was dark. We actually went closer later, but it was too dark and the island was not really visible in my picture. TFTC

Got a ferry from Sydney to Manly and found this virtual!!! Thanks for the virtual in this amazing city

Another cache logged during my Australia trip. Taking picture's at Cremorne Point Wharf. TFTC

On our way back into Sydney CBD after visiting Manly and the headland. Had a great day. The waves were a bit uppy/downy on the way back. Managed to get the required photo.

We arrived aboard the Ovation of the Seas this morning and were blessed with warm, sunny weather. Our first picture is RBG on shore with our sign and the fort behind. Then our ship went right next to the fort as we sailed out of the harbor, so we quickly took another photo. Since we were on a Back to Back cruise we had a second opportunity to get another pic a week later, with the sign this time. Yahoo! We appreciate the CO developing this virtual and keeping it active all these years. Thanks for adding to our adventures today, Nukeworker and Racquetball Girl

Biggest 'R' is visiting with a couple of friends and I could only persuade him to find virtual caches, so thanks for keeping this oldie going

Hopefully the picture is good enough. Hard to get the fort and name in due to focus being on one or other.TFTC

Tried taking this from the opera house but had to move closer. Tftc!

Apologies for late logging - just returned to the UK and catching up with the draft logs we made on our wonderful trip to Australia.Our last full say in Sydney prior to flying onto Singapore. Our church bell ringing group are having a day off from ringing church bells and enjoying a boat trip around the harbour area. On the way out we passed this island so took the opportunity to photograph it with the CRPK moniker on a piece of paper.TFTC

In Sydney for a few days catching up with our son. Dropped the son off early for work and grabbed a few around the city while it was a bit quieter.This would be a great place to go an explore but instead we just took a photo and instead explored the area, we took it from. Thanks for placing the cache and doing the maintenance needed, so we can find this cache.

Got this one on the ferry to Manly! TFTC! Looks like a cool building and wished I could have explored there!

Beautiful day to get this cache. Tftc!

#1762This was the third of four finds for the day. After locating TFTC Sydney Shells, I noticed that Fort Denison was in clear view and I remembered the requirements for logging this cache. Until this point, I thought I would have to be on a ferry going past Fort Denison to have a good enough picture but this position turned out to be just perfect. I then realised I had to include my geocaching name in the picture but I didnt have my trackable nametag with me. Scrambling to think of what I could use, I checked inside my bag and found a notebook and pen. I asked my muggle friend to take my photo, and she managed to get me, my name and Fort Denison all in the photo. TFTV and for helping me fill in another D/T combination.

### Around the world in 85 days - Step 9 - Australia ###My wife GM70 and I are traveling around the world enjoying beautiful places in many countries.We tried to take pictures from the Opera House and from the botanical garden. The Fort is always very small, and when we Zoom in the paper with our Nicknames is difficult to read.I hope the provide photos are OK All the best from AustriaBaumi_Bon the road with my wife GM70

Einmal um die ganze Welt,...Danke fr diesen Cache, auf dem Foto mein Gatte Baumi_B und ich TFTC Liebe Gre GM70 Unterwegs mit meinem Gatten Baumi_B

PremierPhoto test on the way back from Manly: unfortunately it is already dark and the fort is undetectable in the photo. While going to the Taronga Zoo, I take a second photo probably more convincingMerci Nebola pour la cache ! ~~~> Pipoune72, #.4470

We had past by before I realised so I had to scrawl my name quickly on my hand as the fort receded into the background. Thanks for the cache.

Thanks for the Virtual