Trafalgar Spring Creek, Queensland, Australia
By Nosugrefs on 16-Jun-06. Waypoint GCWM2X

I have recently found a new avenue of finding some archived caches - and this one came up on my radar.

Sweet_bee and I parked up and made our way down to GZ. We hunted high and low.. for about 30 minutes. A PAF to a previous finder yielded no clue. I guess we were not going to get this one

Then Sweet_bee moved an item and I took a closer look with a stick. Dig, dig, cache! Well.. the remains.. of the cache. The poor old beauty has been in a fire. One quarter of the container is still good - the rest if a bit of a nightmare - but logbook was there.. even it was barely a spring with some ashes attached

We decided to remove this one - it is nothing more than rubbish now - it cannot function as a cache in its current state. If the Cache Owner disagrees with me, please let me know. I have brought the remains back home with me.

Very happy to get this beast after nearly 4 years - even if it was in a state. A great area. TFTC Nosugrefs

Hello,

It is Rana Pirica, the geocache maintenance frog, once again hopping through your area to check on geocache maintenance.

Since there has been no owner activity on this cache page and it has been over 30 days since the request to perform maintenance, this cache has been archived. Please remove any remaining cache components if you have not already done so. If there are questions about the archival or if you would like it to be re-considered for listing please e-mail me or your local reviewer in response to this archival, and we will help to unarchive your cache if possible. I want to thank you for the time that you have taken to contribute to geocaching in the past and look forward to seeing your further participation in the future.

Sincerely,

Rana Pirica
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Geocaching.com Volunteer Reviewer
Please send the name of the cache and the GC Code (GCxxxxx) in all correspondence

Took a bit to find this one, yes the contents are quite wet, tipped out more water and tried to dry out the log book a bit.

Thanks nosugrufs for quick response on this one.

Looks like Trafalgar needs some TLC. We'll return it as soon as possible.

Found after a good search, nice hide. Cache is very wet. Log book and pencil are very moldy, so we didn't attempt to write. Treasures are wet, emptied some water but needs much TLC. TNLN, thanks.

6/04/2010 4.05pm - no1 for today. Doing the ones near to home. Easy walk (they have mowed the path) onto this in minutes although singapore daisy and grasses everywhere from the rain. Hubby spotted first but we count that as both. Contents wet, log book damp. Emptied out the water the best I could. TFTC TNLN

No points for common sense here!! Headed off straight down the incline through relatively heavy bush only to have to turn 90 degrees and walk back up the incline!! Oh, there's a path... [:i] Found after a poke around. Exited via the easier route.... TFTC Nosugrefs

I finally got back to this cache after wrapping up two others in this area, some time ago. Not the best weather today, but it meant that it was quiet and I could hunt in peace. At GZ, the GPS wanted to take me over the edge but a quick look down highlighted a lak of hidey holes. So I kicked off my hunt in the area I figured would be more likely... Wasn;t long before I had the cache in hand and I was off to the last in this patch of bush...

Cheers Nosugrefs.

Coooeeee, my 3rd Grandson's first cache find, and he is only 5 weeks old. Nice little area, Thanks. (logging now when I have access to a pc)

Took a little rummaging, as the GPSr was off, but found it. Not sure if box is in right location, but put back where I found it. TN, LN, TFTC.

A nice easy cache to start the chase. Magoo & Cohort say TFTC.

Found it.
Left an earring.

TFTC

Again nice walk

First one for the day, took the longer way ofcourse but managed to find it, nice place. Thank you

Found at 1026. THe cache was a bit exposed when I arrived at the GZ so it was a quick find. The Cache is OK and dry and I cover it a bit more before leaving. TFTC.

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had been looked cache twice so no luck... We still keep looked as HOORAY finally found cache THANK GOD!!!!!!!!

Found it No. 1599 ... nice hide ... TN and left Chinese Coins

TFTC found it after a bit of a search. got bitten my mozzies and cache was covered in ants, but all was well. took nothing but left a bangle.
cheers

GPS was slightly out, making it a bit hard to find it... But found it eventually

TFTC!!

Parking your car at the top of the park certainly makes finding this cache easier. TFTC

Rocks, big rocks or were they "boulders". Obviously the signs about dumping rubbish are illegible. Hunted around until cache was found. TFTC

i found it but i had scare of bush thanks

Everlasting & I walked down and through the bush then climb up to reach GZ ... found it ... logged it.. walk out easier and shorter.
TFTC

Found the cache at 6.25pm. Oh what fool we walked and bash the bush and realised other side, we should walk via fire track... Oh dear anyway we have a good fun day. No swap. SL. Thanks Nosugrefs for organising the cache and hunt.

Still lots of buxom pictures lying around but the cache was well hidden and had his eyes covered. TFTH

Found on this day exposed and in clear view now well hidden and left the magazines well alone
TFTC TNLN SL

Naughty cache! found it next to an adult magazine.
certainly a lot of rubbish in the area. its disgusting.

good spot though.

Took shells
Left Plane

TFTC

5th of 10 finds for us today.

Being able to park only 20-30m away from this cache makes it a nice quick snatch and grab.

Gotta wonder about some people, as at the entrance to the GZ for this cache is a big sign saying no dumping of rubbish etc and then directly behind the sign there is garbage strewn all over the place... Why do people do this to our bushland areas ???

Thanks for the hunt Nosugrefs
Cheers
Ksix
"Eat... Sleep... Geocache..."
find#: 316 found:2008-08-17 12:03

Found him. Had some strange looks from the locals at the start of the track where I parked the Toy. It wa saround 2:45 on a fine afternoon.

Some nice houses around here, found it in the end, thanks for the hunt.

Cheers, took a photo.

Nice one, thanks for the placement.

Entered into the book of LEDGIN'S. Found at 12.20 pm. A little off to one side of my GZ. Took Pirate figure, Left Blue magnetic thingy. TFTC

We found this cache after almost giving up. Mrs G. chanced upon it, away from our search area, as we were about to leave.
Took GC. Thanks Nosugrefs.

Quick find - the coords were a bit out for me but the hint helped. Left kangaroo tick TB. If this cache doesn't have a tick attribute, I'm sure it deserves one. TFTC

The Great Southern Raid.Team consisted of DD dudes(whiplash)
Konie(sgt.Bilko)Powellbruce(Neville)and Cutdog(howfar)
With trusty special bus.
finally got back to find it.we love these caches
go the nano master.
thanks for the challenge
tftc
tnlnsl

Grabbed during The Great Southern Raid. The team consisted of, PowellBruce(little nano expert), Cooroy Scouts(Jack Brabham), d.d.dudes(whiplash), curtdog(how far is it) and (toughen up or Sgt Bilko).

Conveyed in our trusty special bus with pink wheels.

TFTC

03:19
Found as a team member of The Great Southern Raid.Team consisting of DD dudes(whiplash)
Cooroy Scouts (We don't stop for coffee)
Konie(sgt.Bilko)
Powellbruce(Neville)and
Cutdog(howfar)
With trusty special bus.
thanks for the challenge
tftc
tnlnsl

This cache was hit on the epic weekend of the "Great Southern Raid". The team ......Powell (nano expert) Bruce, Cooroy (Jack Brabham) scouts, (toughen up)Konie, (how far) curtdog, and (whiplash)
Thanks for hunt!

Found with Captain Tomato and Rorus.

Quite easy to find. Had to climb over a fallen tree - probably after all the rain, and a huge boulder tumbled down - thankfully Rorus is quick on his feet!! But all good. TFTC

Found with tic toc and Rorus.

A nice short stroll down to the cache. A fallen tree across the track made the passage interesting, not to mention the boulder that crashed down just as Rorus pulled his foot out of the way - PHEW!!!!

Left: Arctic Nomad Geocoin #69

Nicely hidden without being TOO hard to find. TNLN TFTC

Had me worried as I'd parked too far down the hill and it seemed I was going to have to do some clambering, so I was relieved when GZ came into sight, clamber-free. TFTC. ='.'=

A small detour on the way home TNLN.

Nice easy find.

A quick find to restore confidence given a couple of DNF have eroded my caching time today. TFTC

Found by Sunshine Toledo at 10:43am. It took a few minutes to track down but it seems to be well hidden. TNLNSL TFTC

Getting on dark as we tried to fit in one more cache before heading home after a birthday party nearby. Looked in every nook and cranny before finally laying our hands on it.
TNLN TFTC

Found it after a bit of searching. Pretty much in the last place we looked.. typical! TNLN. TFTC!

Note quite exactly where the GZ said it should be but a look around found it.
Cheers from Posspet Boys.

little confused on the approach to this one but foun it in the end took swivels left wreath

A fun cache around lunchtime, TNLN, SL, TFTC

This was to be our last find of the day in a Nosugrefs cache hunting afternoon, even though we searched for one more cache unsucessfully (Eatons Place) This was an easy find and a lot of fun winding in and out of the tight streets.

Took bottle opener
Left koala, aussie keyring and our wooden coin.

Ahh after the last soaking episode (Read evreseR nottertS 3) I had a win, although it started raining, again, as I was logging the find. No swaps. Had to get it back in the hidey hole before it got wet.

Tigey Wigey
4/01/07 13:20

A nice quick find to Mrs Samy! her sharp eyes are better than mine these days.
+ Hamburglar
- Rooster
TFTC

This cache is number 100 for Mystery Ink. We were glad that this one was close to where we parked because after finding 100 caches we were really tired. When Mr Ink suggested that we all continue on walking another half a kilometre to the next one before lunch Mini Inks yelled "No Way, lets eat" What amazed me was that we were headed for the Golden Arches after watching Supersize Me on TV last Sunday.

Took: Glass chicken

Left: Chicken finger puppet (chicken for a chicken)

Good hide Nosugrefs, took a little while but found it eventually.
TNLNSL

Not too difficult a find, once I read the clue and found a good stick Initially I was looking about 10m from the actual cache location. TFTC!

[This entry was edited by fehrgo on Sunday, September 17, 2006 at 12:58:41 AM.]

What a lovely area, lots of high house repayments here I bet. Good hide, took a little while to find, well camouflaged.
Took Glasses Cover
Left Head Phones

Well this one was a little more tricky - the gps had me way off mark and 5m south of the actual location. Ready to give up after 20 min search - went back to the car - deciphered the clue and went back for a quick find.

The GPS was a little off although eventually found it. Having Mr Nosugref with me didn't hurt my chances though! Thanks for the cache!

Nice hide in a nice suburban area. Took lip gloss and left fish swivels. Thanks Nosugrefs

LAST ONE FOR THE DAY #13. Found okay in a great hiding spot. returned to its spot just in time (muggles just around the corner)IN: earrings OUT: latch/compass

Easy find. Didn't need our magnifying glasses for this one.
Took Turtle squirter and Budda
Left Key ring carabiner with compass and a Mako sunglasses case.

Thanks for our sixth Nosugref cache for the day

"Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy, take care of poor Lady Hamilton". He paused then said very faintly, "Kiss me, Hardy". This, Hardy did, on the cheek.
"The Trafalgar cache has been found too, sir".
Nelson then said, "Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty" [|)]

Victory was mine after a way too long battle with the rocks. The camoflague was exquisite. Took the Tinkerbell TB which tinkled all the way home on the bike

We certainly have an intimate understanding of the structure, placement and interaction of dirt and grass around rocks, now that we've found this one. What a search. It took about 20 mins but felt like an hour. Mrs Lat&Long eventually located it. We took the Gnome TB and left Tinkerbell TB from Saudi Arabia.

A nice little hide this one TFTC.

a easy find for us today , swapped fabric paint for lip gloss thanks

Found it after a brief search. We check a few hidey holes before the Geokid sniffed it out.

We dropped of the "Gnome away from home" TB we picked up in Melbourne.

No swaps today - Thanks for the cache.

Found on an evening with The Garner Family and Daks Emu Mob. There were some toads quietly sitting in between the rocks seeking shelter. You just see their faces sticking out. TNLNSL. Thanks for the cache Nosugrefs

Second of eight finds on my second night in Brisbane, in company with The Garner Family and Lt Sniper. Geez, I hate 'em in rocks! The three of us searched around GZ, despite my GPSr pointing me some distance away. I decided to check out 'my' GZ, but it was a washout. We decrypted the hint, and this seemed to confirm that the original GZ was correct. TGF came up with the cache at 2150. Thanks to Nosugrefs for the cache.

IN: Roll of electrical tape
OUT: Key ring

This turned out to be a relatively easy find this evening in the company of dak's emu mob and lt sniper. We poked around for several minutes with the GPS swinging us around in a few different direction, but it didn't take long for the cache to be set free.

I TNLN. TFTC.

[This entry was edited by The Garner Family on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 5:23:30 PM.]

4.25pm

Upon the recommendation of the owner's I just had to attempt this one now...didnt I?

A nice easy find. The cache was a little exposed in its hiding spot. I concealed it as I thought it would have been placed originally.

Out: Toy Truck
In: Keyring & Fishing lure

Thanks Nosugrefs

took awhile to pinpoint this one,seems alot of debris had washed over it,tnsl and left 10 dollars{had no change!}tfc,aaaaaaargh!

Found with THENANKS. Nice location and an excellent hiding spot.I saw 2 adult frogs while I was looking under a rock.[^]TFTC TNLN

Freaky Geeky

Nice easy find 1st for the morning...TNLNSL TFTC

Found at 10:18. Our first for the day - we scratched about for a few minutes before Denise came up with the cache - Delighted to be able to grab the Aussie GeoCoin too... will take it for a look around and possibly add a few miles to it in the next few weeks.

TNLN - Thanks to the Nosugrefs for the cache.

The 8 year old Geo Kid has just worked out how the name "Nosugrefs" may have come about. So as we are preparing to head off, he says "Ragla fart". We say "Sorry?", he says again "Ragla fart, would that be the cache's real name?" We laughed! Brains can be dangerous sometimes.

We liked this cache because while searching we spotted the beady eyes of a big green frog between 2 rocks and later when saying good-bye to the frog we see another one just near the first. We do like frogs!

TNLNSL TFTC

Published

Arrived at GZ at 20:00 and found I had no torch. Tried to find it with the light of the GPS and Phone to no avail. Went to the local IGA and got some candlepower. Still took a while to locate but success in the end at 21.15.

This is another of those blocks of land which you wonder how they survive in suburbia. The habouring shacks are not too shabby here either.

Thanks Nosugrefs for another great experience. TN but left an Aussie Geocoin to get it moving.