Crystal Clear? Thornlands, Queensland, Australia
By THENANKS on 19-Aug-06. Waypoint GCXTMM

It must be gone

Add my name to the increasing list of DNF's

Found a really obvious spot at about 1:27 PM but no sign of a cache.

Thanks anyway THENANKS.

Pretty sure i found the location but no cache....

Not so much a DNF.. as a DNS (Did Not Search). Arrived at GZ with Ms wig and we began a search in different spots. I found some itchy grubs, so I was going to show them to Ms Wig, when I hear "get away.... get away" in a low gutteral growl [:(!] Out from the bushes pops Ms Wig backing away from a large Muscovy duck. It was big and slow, but it wasn't giving up... so we had to retreat [B)]

Will have to rethink our tactics to finding this one [?] [?] [?]

I think I found where it was supposed to be, so it seems like this one has gone missing...
Nice spot though, one of my fave parks

Our first day of geocaching. Only found one of three. This was one we missed. Obviously we need searching practice. Found some bird nests. Kids had fun on the nearby playground. Will have to try again sometime.

Crystal clear ... I don't think so, but I guess if it sells houses, that's all that matters to the developer. Easy find. Had a chat to some ducks, TN/LN/SL.

FOUND IT AS CASEYLEE86 AND 80SERIES1990

found it with 80series1990. it could have been muggled or ducked. lots of friendly ducks about. replaced it to where it should have been. TNLN. TFTC.

Found with caseylee86, TFTC.

looks like a nice spot its a pity its dark.
Thanks THENANKS

Found it No. 1897 ... water very dark green today ... TN and left Chinese Coins

Found with holster and thehairbear at 1350hrs. Didn't have any purple paint so I couldn't mark the area.

Kids loved the playground and it was hard to get them out of there.

T - TB

TFTC

Found it with Konie and holster.

TFTC

Found it with thehairbear and Konie.

TFTC

Great area on a nice day. Thanks for showing us this place. Loved the ducks.

Finally - one would think that we would have found this one already - but noooooo it has sat unfound by the Mads - so today we solved that problem and found it. Had to be a bit stealthy lots of muggles out and about. Mr ad found this one. Took a travel bug and left a travel bug. Thanks oh great ones for the cache.

Entered into the book of LEDGIN'S. nice wander to this cache and an easy find. Scared a Water Dragon? into the pond.(at least I hope that's what it was) Took nothing Left TB.

I thought it would be 'clear as mud' when I first rode up but all was clear and easily found.
TFTC

Found at 5.15 after a short search. TNLN. TFTC.

Headed out to check out the new prize home out this way so thought we might have to do a couple of caches as well. Saw the water dragons patrolling the GZ but was able to elude them to find the cache. Took pencil Topper Left Butterfly. TFTC SL

Sat myself down at the wrong tree. Searched and then looked around. That would be it over there - uncovered. TFTC

Accompany with Sevabo, Ozcymru, Everlasitng. Lovely walk along.. Lots bird life, dragon fly.
Thanks

Found in the company of Geofriend Jacqui and her boys Ice and Josh on their first caching adventure found by the boys and so were the waterdragons,then it was on to the park for a quiet coffee
TFTC TNLN SL

This is a happening place for wildlife. Saw large tortoise sunbathing on log, loads of water birds and a large water dragon right near the gz who wasn't about to move. Geo Border Collie Chester out stared him and he moved enough so I could grab the cache. TNLN TFTC

No 1 of 12 on a sunny Tuesday. Thought I was off to a shaky start when I saw all the workers in the park. Luckily the cache was in the other direction. The water might look a bit iffy to us but clearly the water birds are all enjoying it. I counted no less than 7 different species in my brief visit. A couple of different types of ducks, comorant, magpie geese, egret, a couple of different swamp hens and there are probably more. Just great. Thanks for bringing me here TheNanks - svn07

My thanx to THENANKS for this xtal clear bit of water. Definitely a [?]mark required. (pic) High tailed it from the car park up the bank and a bit of scurrying had the cache quickly in hand before scaring any ducks off.

Clear skies and thanx from TeamAstro. [^]

Found 12:50, nice easy catch at a nice park. Just came from raiding another NANKS cache! TNLN TFTC

There were lots of muggles in the park today but luckily GZ was away from them so after a bit of a walk up the hill and round the track I found the cache. Lots of ducks enjoying the water today. [^]

TFTC

What a great spot - the water looked lovely. There were locals playing an Australia Day cricket match, but we skirted around them ok, and on to the cache. Lochb found it after a short search. TNLN Thanks theNanks FTC.

Found in the company of jabes on Australia Day.
Left the camera in the car and regretted this when we reached GZ - there was a duck family (I think they are ducks? Hens? The black ones), with three tiny little ducklings!
Would be nice to live here - beautiful spot!
Thanks for sharing this location with us, TheNanks, and TFTC!

Hi Nanks!!!!! "We're back", lost a member but gained 3 (including 2 mini people). Due to a recent move to very close to this cache location we decided to walk down and give it a go. Its a nice park hey . We took little army man and kaleidoscope thingy. put in some stickers. Thanks Greer.

After a previous DNF on this cache, we decided to atack it again, as the geokids were visiting their geoUncle and geoAunt so we had a bit more time than usual to devote to a find. Didn't need it in the end as it was in the first place we looked this time... Don't know why we couldn't find it last time we looked!!!

Find #15 on a family geocaching day. Found at 12.05 by donkey.

Found in the company of KidzJCT.

Nice area. What is this waterway that is nearby?

We had visited this cache last year quickly and hadn't found it. I don't think keight gave the clue last time, as soon as she gave the clue, the cache was found.

All of THENANKS went on a New Year's Day maintenance run today and this was the 5th of 10 caches we checked on. It is where it is supposed to be. Happy New Year! THENANKS

Nice easy find TNLN

Found Ok

Sorry but I couldn't find it.
Cheers from the Posspet Boys.

Found by Sunshine Toledo at 2:50pm. Quite easy to find. In: bubbles, a marble and a car Out: dragon TFTC

Mumma NANKS and the 2 geoboys were on a maintenance run today and we couldn't find this one where we had hidden it. We did find it after a couple of minutes, in a different place! A case of cache creep! All is well now though. Go find it!

Day 2 of caching in the dark lands

After a very comfortable night with my fantastic hosts I was ready to find a few more. A lovely stroll across the park...plenty of bird life this morning. The cache was soon to hand. It was a little exposed...it's now tucked safely away.

Nice spot ...thanks

aaaargh!,ye' be right,this booty was crystal clear!,could see it even with me eye patch on!,thought it was too exposed[but readin'cache description perhaps it was meant to be?],no cover at all,so put it at base of tree,thanks nanks.

Located easily (too easily???)

Never knew this place was here...

TNLNSL TFTC

Rastas

5th find for the day. Geo Kory on fire this his 4th find for the day.

Thanks "Nanko's

The Balds

I could see the cache from 5 metres away. A large lizard was guarding the cache and scampered up the tree as I approached.

The lake is magnificent. Not a soul around today to my amazement. TNLN.

Found the cache at 10.10am. It was wet day but I still enjoyed walk along to the cache heh!!! No swap. Thank you for organise the cache and hunt.

A lovely walk around the ponds. The water cool and refreshing on this warm day. Lots of fresh mulch around. Cache is in good condition. We took tape and left crocodile. Thanks THENANKS

Forty-ninth of seventy-nine finds on the Big Brisbane Assault with HawMorFords doing the driving and navigating. Found at 1925. The cache location was crystal clear alright. The hiding place couldn't have been more obvious, as the cache was exposed for all the world to see. We hid it better before we left. I made no exchange, but I did grab the TB. Thanks to THENANKS for the cache.

IN: Nothing
OUT: The Missing Key TB

Our first cache in this area and a quick find once we walked through some big cobwebs - Ahhhh!! TNL The Key TB, SL TFTC.

Another nice hide in another nice location. Local muggle and sons gave us some bread to feed the ducks and the resident eel. (It was HUGE - well over a metre). Nice quiet spot until local teen put his remote control boat into the lake.

Our very first finding! Got into geocaching by a friend visiting from Sydney. Already like the idea of doing it..not only to get out of the house but to see more places that we haven't been to although we live in this same suburb! Lovely place and there was a beautiful frilled lizard welcoming us at the spot. OzCymru

Today has been a day of surprises. This location was yet another [:o]
A really beautiful spot in the middle of suburbia. Rode the push bike right up to the cache
It was well covered but easy to spot to the trained geocacher's eye
It is amazing that after 10years of cycling around Brisbane that geocaching keeps taking me to spots I still don't know about

Nice stroll path and thank you for taking us there - TNLN SL

A to easy find this cache was very exposed. Left in place and covered.

IN Pencil holder eye patch
Out Marbles

Time: 11:22
Time to Find: 2 mins
Cache Condition: Dry and Well Sealed
Note: I’m in town from Cleveland Ohio USA on vacation, and doing some caching while in Australia. I’m staying with family and friends in the Bayside area for the last few days of my stay. After driving the back streets for a bit I finally found a nice close park for the car that was within 300 ft of the cache. I really enjoyed the walk to GZ and there were plenty of cheeky birds about to entertain me along the way. When I reached the cache site I was surprised to see some sort of dredging boat in action! It made me smile! LOL! The cache was easily found and in great condition. Thanks for getting me to this pretty spot this morning!
TNLNSL
Happy Hunting!
TFTC Team EskimoZooKeeper

A quick find in a great spot. The biggest water dragon we have ever seen was guarding the cache. He didn't move the whole time we were there. No swaps today. SL. TFTC!

Looks like we're one of the few cachers so far to find this one in daylight.

A quick wander up from our parking spot got us to where GZ was & the cache location was quite obvious (to Mrs Garner). At 14:49, we TNLN at this, our 13th find for the day.

There are a lot of ducks in the ponds here & it was quite fun to watch them going about their daily business.

TFTC.

Found on my RDO from work. TNLN

A quick, late night stumble through the park. When arrived near the cache, the birds went crazy - much flapping and a lot of noise.

We made our log entry and got out of there as quick as we could!

Thanks to the Nanks.

Very nice spot in here. Took Silver marble and left three key rings. TFTC

I managed to spook a lot of birds at this cache. After almost ending up in the water, I realized where it was hidden. I can't remember what I swapped here. 4th of 6 FTF for the night. TFTC!

Once again second to find but first to log. TFTC.

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