A Sirius Cache West Pymble, New South Wales, Australia
By Shifter Brains on 28-May-06. Waypoint GCW93H

Found it- great spot. Thanks.

Cache was fun and in a interesting spot. TFTC.

Followed the hunt but couldnt find it. I will be combing back to look tho

Found with the help of the hint. Thanks for taking me to another interesting site i wouldn't have come to otherwise

Second time here. The first time I just couldnt spot it but today it was a quick find.

2nd time trying and we found it straight away. TFTC

Appreciated the previous finder advice to minimise grassy intrusion. SLTNLN TFTC

No need to enter the grass. Found it 1.2 m East from the hinted point. TFTC

Found it quickly, good find.

Took 10 minutes but got there eventually TFTC

Quick find. Great spot. TFTC

Finally came back after many years to find the is one. I think I looked initially when first joined the game. Been past here so many times over the years and never took the time to notice all the details on the sculpture til today!
After scraping around too far in the plants I finally saw the cache;) TFTC good to get a smiley after so long and for a long standing cache too!

Easy find with the least amount of leaf litter I've seen in a while. What a great place to visit. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

The line up the flag poles part of the hint really led us to it TFTC

With some free time decided to collect a few caches. A quick find at GZ. With the cache in hand, we signed the log then replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache Shifter Brains.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, Merlin's Steed, Block Party 2014 Tag, The Smith119 bulldog Geocoin

Another oldish one for the tally all good at the cache cheers

220. Initially really difficult but I was searching way too far away to be in line with the poles. Try searching much closer to the poles and only an arm length in. Thanks!

Love the history thank you

Found

Good hint tftc

Fine, nice and dry.
Lined up the poles and made good use of my GeoStick!
SL, TFTC

Gave this one a serious crack, but no result today.

Found this one much quicker than I was expecting. Got lucky on the angle. TFTC!

I didn't pick the best time to have a crack at this one, but being a work trip with limited options for caching, I grabbed the opportunity when it arose.

Plenty of traffic and had to time the scanning between light changes, but I ruled a couple of places out from the edge and gradually made my way along. It took a little tracking down, but I eventually found the right spot and extracted the container from its lair. I took it away for business and nipped in for the return, when the traffic was clear.

Can I suggest adding a little more text to the hint that hunters do not need to enter the plants or leave the grass. The area behind GZ is showing very clear evidence of a trampled geotrail. There's no need to enter the greenery to reach for the cache.

Cheers Shifter Brains.

Tftc

TFTC

TFTC. Took longer than I expected!

Having found the local guardians (spider and snake) we retreated and approach from a different angle. On taking a prayerful attitude, we managed to find it quite easily. TFTC.

Cache replaced.

Ready to be found.

Due to work and family commitments, and the weather we have been unable to check this cache. If should be done by the end of November.

To help stop the spread of COVID-19, the NSW Government has ordered everybody to STAY AT HOME unless you are: shopping for essentials, receiving medical care, exercising or travelling to work or education.
While some people would regard geocaching as a form of exercise, we feel that this activity is NON-ESSENTIAL, perhaps involving unnecessary travel and therefore should not be undertaken during this time of crisis.
Who knows how long this current lockdown will last! Right now, every one of us has an important part to play in helping to keep our families, friends and the wider community safe in the fight against the spread of COVID-19, by STAYING HOME. Unfortunately, the situation is not improving and there have been an increase in the number of finds on our caches.
As a result of the health authority’s directive, we have decided to disable this cache and respectfully request that you do not seek out and claim a find whilst this cache is disabled. If you do log a find it WILL be DELETED.
Thank you for your cooperation. We look forward to bringing our caches back into play after the restrictions are lifter.
Regards
Shifter Brains

Not quite lined up with the flagpoles

We looked for about 5 mins but were concerned about trampling on the plants, so we'll leave it for another day.

Needs a log book but fun

This took us far too long to find. We had been traipsing around inside the plants and under leaves about 1 m in (as the hint suggested) and when we found it we couldn’t believe how we missed it.
There was no logbook inside this cache so we have taken a photo of it as proof. This cache needs some maintenance as water has gotten in and there’s some mould as well.

It was open on the ground spilled out and wet
No log.

Love it

Well done

TFTC

Tombi suggested finding this cache on our way home after a great day out caching today but I thought I had already found it, luckily just as we were about to go I looked at the map and realised I had actually had a dnf , So it was great that I was with others for a quick find today . thanks for the cache Shifter Brains tnln replaced as found sl

Found with mighty minions and BillHill531.
A quick stop on our way home after a day of caching.
Thanks for the cache!

Found whilst down in Sydney with a group including TOMBI! and Mighty Minions.. We mainly came to attempt a cache requiring multiple mob locations with up to 10 people, so while we were here we did some easy ones. Good thing we looked at the hint so we could retink where to look for the cache.
Log signed and cache replaced as found.

**Thanks For The Cache** Shifter Brains.

This is the 6th cache of 8 for today making a grand total of 3133 at 4:52:00 PM on Sat 1May2021

2nd time lucky and numbers with flynntc today

TFTC!

1st cache of the day
TFTC !!

Clues were good, gps was good, cache was good

Read the hint - then searched and searched to no avail!

Found it!

Took a while but a great hide and camo!

Found it the second time looking. TFTC

Thank you!

Didn’t find today but I’ll be back!

I've driven past here for years without ever stopping. I love the detail in the sculpture. I managed to make the find in broad daylight, signed and replaced, and walked off in a direction direction wform where I came only to see a police car parked nearby. Hope they don't think I wa sup to no good. Great fun. Container is in great condition. TFTC.

OCW with GZed, Rodney1210, Immy25 and TJNoodle. This find took us a little longer than expected and we certainly made it more difficult than it needed to be. It’s nice to get an historical cache for my 1111 find. GZed swapped out some SWAG and was super happy going through all of the toys. TFTC!

Out caching with rodney1210, coastblue and zed. TFTC

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Found with Rambolina
Gosh weve done some k's today on our walk and its been so hot - I had to run about 1km around the block for this one, luckily it clued right in
[green] - Found It on [16/02/20 ] ...
at [5:14 PM ]... [/green]

TFTC! - [blue][Shifter Brains][/blue] ...
Total Finds now ... [FINDCOUNT]
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Found exactly where it should be. Cache is in good nick and is full of swag. TFTC !

Set out to find a cache for the souvenir on our way home to Port Macquarie today. How cool that you found one of our Yowies a few days ago and now we’ve found one of yours. Thanks Shifter brains

Great Cache. Hint was very clever!

Hint helped. Signed and replaced. Tftc!

Replaced and ready to go.

Missing. We may not have an opportunity to replace it til early November.

Did what it said in the hint. But no luck. These bushes have recently been trimmed. Tried to do this one as we were driving past and thought it would be a quick one.

Probably didn't spend long enough looking for this one. Will have to come back when I have more time.

Swapped the lucky bug for a special leather scrunchie:)

Cache checked - all okay.

A nice easy find with the hint.

Found this cache again while looking for a few GCA caches that brought me to this location.
Logbook is in good condition.
TFTC

Today I teamed up again with morty8888 for another day of caching, this time around the Pymble, Gordon and Roseville areas. We had a very enjoyable and adventurous day visiting the cache locations, finding many of the hides but also a few DNF's along the way. After parking in the carpark it was a quick find thanks to the hint. TFTC

Nice hide and it's well maintained!

Mrs Gaztek had a DNF here in September 2017 when she was sure she walked every inch of this roadside garden. Today the container came to light almost immediately which gave us time to admire the highly detailed sculpture of the ship which carried one of Mr Gaztek’s relatives into the colony. TN L a Mr Incredible tile SL TFTC Cheers... Gaztek

Found it! Staying with a friend in Sydney for a few days. He was so awkward hoping no one would see him tftc!

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 1815 #

Found on: 18 January 2019 17:12

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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QAEPAG after work on the way home. Thanks for bringing me here.

**TFTC Shifter Brains TNLNSL**

#Find#: 1815 #
Found on: 18 January 2019 17:12
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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QAEPAG after work on the way home. Thanks for bringing me here.
**TFTC Shifter Brains TNLNSL**

This is to log an old find from 16/10/18

TFTC

Nice early morning looking for this hidden treasure.
Found very easily but watch out for the spikes.

TFTC

4 January 2019 at 09:34

This was siriusly fun!

Today is my free day, and I decided to explore West Pymble. Nice area and an interesting park/memorial.

Thank you, Shifter Brains

Found with lyn999. A stinking hot Sunday arvo. How hot? Damned hot, that’s how hot. (41c in fact) The hint really helped. Didn’t get spiked too much. But it’s spiky in there. Dropped two tbs, grabbed one. Thanks to the CO for providing a great pool behind the cache site to cool off after shot find

Found with Bigswifty1. Ouch be careful. Line up the flagpoles was great advice . Tftc

I got slicked a lot while trying to get to this cache but I got to it in the end

I left a trackable

TFTC!

#274
I have driven pass this spot for many years.
Ever stop and taken a look.
What a great history lesson.

Found

Great hide!

Easy find. Watch out for the ants nest!!!

In the bush look around it’s in the bush

found with btm and gm10

Found with u_c and gm10

found with btm and gm10

Quite a nice spot for a cache

Nice area and cheeky hide TFTC!

Found with mum and dad on day 5 of our Oz Geomuster roadtrip from Queensland.

Day 5 of our Oz Geomuster roadtrip from Queensland. A daytrip south today to get a milestone cache and picking up a few other caches of interest...still a few caches short and getting a bit peckish we headed here for a couple of finds & a picnic . lunch. Parked nearby and soon had the cache in hand thankfully not too painfully! Have had some run-ins with these plants. Only just realised when logging who the cache owners of this one were...nice to find a cache of a "local" we met at the Mega. Getting close now...cache #1995. TFTC Shifter Brains

Sitting at my computer during these Covid lockdowns, I am trying to catch up on a few logs that I haven't sent in yet.

Over the years, geocaching has taken me on many adventures, including interesting destinations all over my home continent of Australia and many overseas as well. It has also introduced me to a diverse group of like-minded caching tragics, many of whom I now call close friends.

Today, I was lucky enough to be out and about searching for caches, something I do on almost a daily basis. This was one cache that was targeted and found.

Sorry for the late log, something I am notorious for. Thank you for adding to the adventure that is geocaching.

Thanks Shifter Brains (F=3877 H=57) for the cache.

It was the Thursday afternoon before Easter, and we were on our way to the Lake Macquarie OZGeoMuster. We had stayed last night at Belanglo forest, and being Mexican country folk, we thought we had done very well to flawlessly navigate the Sydney roads and traffic to get to Lane Cove for Australia's First.

But the dream run fell apart just after that. We left Lane Cove in convoy with three other vehicles. But within a couple of blocks, Google told us to veer left now. Oh bugger, we were in the right lane. Before we could blink we got lost in thick Easter traffic and lost two of our convoy as we tried to reset our navigation systems. Eventually we ended up back on the Ryde Road.

Two kms further along, Chunk urgently ordered our convoy of two to "turn left now", no ifs or buts, to pull over off the main road, because he could suddenly smell gas. So we pulled into this Bicentennial Park. No problems with the Geo-Ute thank goodness (it must have come from another nearby vehicle at the time). But hey, there's a cache 15 metres away. A perfect opportunity to breathe, regroup and gather our wits. Found quickly, with great care not to trample anything, thanks to the good hint. And bonus... its a Jasmer square we hadn't filled yet.

TFTC Shifter Brains. It was an interesting park to visit and we liked the statue of the Sirius and the info too.

An unexpected cache find today on our way to Morisset.

What a nice little get away.....I needed some R&R and so decided to head across the border from SA to Victoria and then NSW to attend the OzGeoMuster Mega with friends.

I mainly hung out with the lovely micaparamedic and the fabulous ChooknChunk and I also enjoyed many happy moments with others.

Some of the stand out moments included: camping in Belanglo State Forest and doing a night cache at 1am; 4wding and having water over the car bonnet; sitting around and chatting/chilling; sleeping loads; relaxing continuously and then watching some fab fireworks (thanks Team Crackers), and all in all a much needed break. Gary and I slowly made our way back to Bendigo before heading back to Adelaide.

Thanks so much for the cache Shifter Brains!