Logs for C○3 ♀ Ɛ○<<○3
02-Dec-24
I found this cool Emu art in Lightning Ridge. I took photos so I could remember how to make one myself.
"Been to"... so past tense. I have indeed. I've been there twice in my life and desperately want to go there again. First time I was just a little 5 year old. Second visit was as a teenager but only up in the Stanley area as we were only briefly visiting my sister. Needless to say I need to go exploring as an adult to see it all again with fresh eyes.
I once learnt that our brains recall moments of pain more than anything else. I still have a couple of memories from my trip 45 years ago as a 5 year old. Apples. I don't like apples. They were all over the place and Dad would stop to pick them as our snacks for the day, but I couldn't stomach them without getting sick. And then there were the dried out old face apples. I thought apples were bad fresh, but making them look like shrivelled old people heads made them so much worse! hahaha. Oh, and the naked hills where logging had occurred. That was weird looking and when I asked why they looked like that I was shocked that people actually cut down lots of trees to make stuff like paper and houses and furniture. I was only 5, so this was a new concept to me. And lavender. I'd never seen purple fields before. Seems I remember more than I thought. haha
Photo attached is of me wearing a home-knit top standing at a sign with my name on it. You can see the "naked hills" behind me.
I once learnt that our brains recall moments of pain more than anything else. I still have a couple of memories from my trip 45 years ago as a 5 year old. Apples. I don't like apples. They were all over the place and Dad would stop to pick them as our snacks for the day, but I couldn't stomach them without getting sick. And then there were the dried out old face apples. I thought apples were bad fresh, but making them look like shrivelled old people heads made them so much worse! hahaha. Oh, and the naked hills where logging had occurred. That was weird looking and when I asked why they looked like that I was shocked that people actually cut down lots of trees to make stuff like paper and houses and furniture. I was only 5, so this was a new concept to me. And lavender. I'd never seen purple fields before. Seems I remember more than I thought. haha
Photo attached is of me wearing a home-knit top standing at a sign with my name on it. You can see the "naked hills" behind me.
I saw this just this morning and thought, "didn't I log that yesterday?" Turns out there are 2 locationless caches for this and with almost exactly the same name. https://geocaching.com.au/cache/ga7032 . The other is a bit older though.
Anyway, here's my addition.
Lismore, NSW. See log on other cache for more info.
Anyway, here's my addition.
Lismore, NSW. See log on other cache for more info.
01-Dec-24
Lismore, NSW
I noticed this fire station hadn't been logged here yet, so decided it was about time it was.
I noticed this fire station hadn't been logged here yet, so decided it was about time it was.
This one seems quite high, but wasn't high enough in 2022! They'll need to raise it to over 14.4m now. I can't imagine they'll do anything much with this old building besides let it wash away in the next great flood. No one has done anything with it in the last 2.5 years except use it as a graffiti canvas.
The water is actually rising down on the river now. There's a storm warning out and a lot of thunder I can hear just now. Maybe we can test the depth indicator again this week.
There are actually a few flood depth indicators in this parking area that others can log still.
The water is actually rising down on the river now. There's a storm warning out and a lot of thunder I can hear just now. Maybe we can test the depth indicator again this week.
There are actually a few flood depth indicators in this parking area that others can log still.
Lismore, NSW
The area along the bank here used to be a major stop for trade and timber shipping down to the sea at Ballina. Now it's just a dirty looking jetty that people who are desperate to cool off slip into the river at, and some pop a water vessel like a kayak in at. It is tidal here. Om above sea level. Lower at low tide. Much higher in flood.
The water is rising again. One section is under and another not far off. More storms on the way too. I can hear thunder in the distance as I type. Just so long as it isn't too much upstream from Lismore. I know it makes sense to build shops and what not as close to a port of sorts as possible, but in a known flood prone area? How silly was that! Can you imagine the arguments in meetings about it. I know there would have been people against it. Just not loud enough to be heard perhaps.
The area along the bank here used to be a major stop for trade and timber shipping down to the sea at Ballina. Now it's just a dirty looking jetty that people who are desperate to cool off slip into the river at, and some pop a water vessel like a kayak in at. It is tidal here. Om above sea level. Lower at low tide. Much higher in flood.
The water is rising again. One section is under and another not far off. More storms on the way too. I can hear thunder in the distance as I type. Just so long as it isn't too much upstream from Lismore. I know it makes sense to build shops and what not as close to a port of sorts as possible, but in a known flood prone area? How silly was that! Can you imagine the arguments in meetings about it. I know there would have been people against it. Just not loud enough to be heard perhaps.
Back Alley Gallery, Lismore, NSW
There's a whole bunch of back alleys here with murals on the walls. This is but one, so there's more to log for others.
There's a whole bunch of back alleys here with murals on the walls. This is but one, so there's more to log for others.
RSL City of Lismore Sub-Branch. It's the doorway with the defib sign directly behind the anchor in my photo. I use the pool here to exercise every now and again and often see someone sitting in there waiting for...I don't know what or who. I've never seen anyone else there. The Swimming Pool and the entire space in front of it is all RSL stuff. Their name is on almost every plaque. My image is of an anchor. Also here is a canon and propellor. And then there's the memorials to a number of wars in the park also. There wasn't much info about hte anchor here, just who it stands in memorium to. Image attached of that also.
Music Bizarre, Lismore, NSW.
I was actually here to find a mural to log as a locationless and happened to see these 3 little guys spinning around in the shop beside it.
3 musos? 3 bobbleheads? 3 dudes spinning on an old vinyl record? Either one, it's definitely 3 of a kind whilst being one of a kind.
I was actually here to find a mural to log as a locationless and happened to see these 3 little guys spinning around in the shop beside it.
3 musos? 3 bobbleheads? 3 dudes spinning on an old vinyl record? Either one, it's definitely 3 of a kind whilst being one of a kind.
Lismore Memorial Baths
The big circle on the ground here is a memorial to both WWI and WWII. The dates of the great war are there in one of the images proving it a correct memorial for this locationless. From what I could see, this is the only part that is a Great War memorial. The rest in this park are for other wars and department specific.
The big circle on the ground here is a memorial to both WWI and WWII. The dates of the great war are there in one of the images proving it a correct memorial for this locationless. From what I could see, this is the only part that is a Great War memorial. The rest in this park are for other wars and department specific.
Lismore Memorial Baths
Well... I don't rightly know whose anchor it used to be, but it's now the RSL Lismore Sub-Branch's anchor. It's a memorial to fallen shipmates.
Well... I don't rightly know whose anchor it used to be, but it's now the RSL Lismore Sub-Branch's anchor. It's a memorial to fallen shipmates.
27-Nov-24
26-Nov-24
I'm curious as to whether Upsilon should be next or another? The required continuation did not quite get to Upsilon before the last two random logs.
Did a coord check on this today.
This has some serious errors!!! It's no wonder no one found it. I just wish someone had told me about the struggle so I could amend the errors. Anyway, this will be reappearing shortly, minus the errors, on GC.
This has some serious errors!!! It's no wonder no one found it. I just wish someone had told me about the struggle so I could amend the errors. Anyway, this will be reappearing shortly, minus the errors, on GC.
25-Nov-24
Woohoo!
I finally got here! Sadly there wasn't enough room or momentum in this rocket to get me to the moon.
Great views from here.
It's almost sunset with the mountains as a backdrop, but I'm not alone, my stomach is grumbling, there's new management at the hotel... but the muggle that turned up is still here so we can't finish making sure the patch is back in place securely. And she's gone.
Thanks for the fun cache.
I finally got here! Sadly there wasn't enough room or momentum in this rocket to get me to the moon.
Great views from here.
It's almost sunset with the mountains as a backdrop, but I'm not alone, my stomach is grumbling, there's new management at the hotel... but the muggle that turned up is still here so we can't finish making sure the patch is back in place securely. And she's gone.
Thanks for the fun cache.
... and that's why my geocaching name used to be No Tomorrow. You snooze, you lose. Shouldn't have left it so long to come check this area out. 
I'm on my way to get a feed at the Hotel. Yum for my tum. It's so urgent my photo of this CORS is just a crappy one from the car. Wait, most of my CORS photos are that. Oh yeah, that's because I don't really like them but just do them for dragonZone purposes. ha
I was such a weirdo here - I had my special-ops hiking boots (gumboots) on but was still a bit scared to step blindly through a wall of chin-high grass, not knowing if there was water or car parts or whatever in there. I eventually got the guts up to get through and found the cache in excellent condition. These thermos of containers are brilliant!
I really enjoyed getting to travel this road at last today. It's funny how the road is in such great condition on the Queensland side. Also weird that there is a QLD sign at the border, but not NSW one! There's a pride of Lions up here! And two caches! This one was rather easy to find. A bit harder to remove as it was a little mud-stuck. I managed to pry it free and sign the log book.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Someone was up at the station so we got to drive through the gate. Unfortunately that someone was making a cup of tea right at the gate, so we couldn't get a very good photo. 
I had a fantastic day exploring this road through geocaching. I got to see things I wouldn't have known existed without a geocache drawing me there, and also got to see places I've wanted to visit for a number of years now. I've just always kept putting it off for "one day". Unfortunately that meant that some of the caches I was hoping to find were no longer there, but the locations were well worth the visit. Thank you so much for these caches along the Lion's road.
This cache required a little 4WD along a track lantana was trying to claim for itself. We ventured down a wrong path to a spot that would make a good place to camp. Then we found the correct track over the cute creek crossing and pulled up near GZ. Our GPSs were telling us one thing, my geo-senses didn't agree with. We waged war against Lantana here, slashing at it with walking pole, crushing it underfoot, and snapping it's limbs with bare hands. At first our attack front was forged in the wrong direction, which led us to finding ourselves looking down over the railway track where it disappeared under our feet. A battle worth fighting. But eh battles wasn't over. It was about to get more gruesome.
I headed back to the car, certain we were looking in the wrong place, and paused to look where I thought was a good place to hide a cache. The Lantana was guarding the cache well, trying to stop me from finding the hidden treasure... but I caught a glimpse of it. I called wayn0 to take arms with me against the evil enemy and he came to join the battle back where we should have started it.
The Lantana threw a leach at my leg, but wayn0 saw it before it could do any real damage and freed me from it's grasp. I raced to my 4WD and withdrew two sharp cutting implements. Much dismembering of lantana extremities ensued as we fought with it to retrieve the treasure. The battle against the Lantana was won, but the treasure was still being held tight by tree roots. A wheel brace was retreived from the 4WD and the geocache finally pried from the fingers of the flora foe.
We opened the treasure chest to find we had actually saved a damsel in distress... or whatever the male version of that is. A "boyfriend" was all swollen from spending some time in the moist space we found him in. If I had come here to find this cache anytime in the last four years and not the last 4 months, I would have been very overjoyed to have found a boyfriend that grew when moistened in a geocache! Although I was not in need of a second boyfriend, I did take home him with me... along with a bunch of other waterlogged bits and pieces for the bin (which my new little boyfriend didn't disagree to, as he "always agrees" - pic attached).
The cache was wet and had insects swimming around in it. We cleaned it up and dried it out and put back swag that wasn't water damaged.
Today was a grand adventure and this my favourite find of the day. Thanks for the fun.
This cache required a little 4WD along a track lantana was trying to claim for itself. We ventured down a wrong path to a spot that would make a good place to camp. Then we found the correct track over the cute creek crossing and pulled up near GZ. Our GPSs were telling us one thing, my geo-senses didn't agree with. We waged war against Lantana here, slashing at it with walking pole, crushing it underfoot, and snapping it's limbs with bare hands. At first our attack front was forged in the wrong direction, which led us to finding ourselves looking down over the railway track where it disappeared under our feet. A battle worth fighting. But eh battles wasn't over. It was about to get more gruesome.
I headed back to the car, certain we were looking in the wrong place, and paused to look where I thought was a good place to hide a cache. The Lantana was guarding the cache well, trying to stop me from finding the hidden treasure... but I caught a glimpse of it. I called wayn0 to take arms with me against the evil enemy and he came to join the battle back where we should have started it.
The Lantana threw a leach at my leg, but wayn0 saw it before it could do any real damage and freed me from it's grasp. I raced to my 4WD and withdrew two sharp cutting implements. Much dismembering of lantana extremities ensued as we fought with it to retrieve the treasure. The battle against the Lantana was won, but the treasure was still being held tight by tree roots. A wheel brace was retreived from the 4WD and the geocache finally pried from the fingers of the flora foe.
We opened the treasure chest to find we had actually saved a damsel in distress... or whatever the male version of that is. A "boyfriend" was all swollen from spending some time in the moist space we found him in. If I had come here to find this cache anytime in the last four years and not the last 4 months, I would have been very overjoyed to have found a boyfriend that grew when moistened in a geocache! Although I was not in need of a second boyfriend, I did take home him with me... along with a bunch of other waterlogged bits and pieces for the bin (which my new little boyfriend didn't disagree to, as he "always agrees" - pic attached).
The cache was wet and had insects swimming around in it. We cleaned it up and dried it out and put back swag that wasn't water damaged.
Today was a grand adventure and this my favourite find of the day. Thanks for the fun.
Log 1/2
I finally got here!!!
... and there was almost nothing to see of the railway through the trees. And no geocache. I wondered if someone found the archived GC cache and removed it because it was archived and a cool cache and had cool swag.
I finally got here!!!
... and there was almost nothing to see of the railway through the trees. And no geocache. I wondered if someone found the archived GC cache and removed it because it was archived and a cool cache and had cool swag.
I was here with the previous finder so had confirmation this was definitely gone. I happened to have a container in my car that could work as a replacement. So, I've placed a small container with swag that may hopefully survive a while till the CO can come and place one more suitable.
Was great to finally get to this location after watching caches come and go over the years.
Was great to finally get to this location after watching caches come and go over the years.
This was a great hidden treasure!
I was a bit scared heading in here as it looked like it was private property, all neatly mown, a vehicle or two along the road in, a silver skull on a post... but once at the old station it was obvious that we were welcome here. There was so much to see and read outside and inside and not much time to pause here that it overwhelmed me a bit. I might need to return here with lots of time to have a really good look at all the photos and read all the bits and bobs.
I was a bit nervous about venturing to GZ with a caravan parked there, but in the end figured there was more cool historic stuff to look at there so did so. I resorted to the spoiler image, which I was finally able to download with poor mobile reception, only to find no find. Unfortunately the cache was gone.
I think this place is well worth keeping a cache of some sort at to bring people to see it. I didn't have any container to replace this as I'd used it at a previous location. I hope it can be replaced or at least turned into a virtual or history cache.
Photo attached of our signatures on a different log book of sorts
I was a bit scared heading in here as it looked like it was private property, all neatly mown, a vehicle or two along the road in, a silver skull on a post... but once at the old station it was obvious that we were welcome here. There was so much to see and read outside and inside and not much time to pause here that it overwhelmed me a bit. I might need to return here with lots of time to have a really good look at all the photos and read all the bits and bobs.
I was a bit nervous about venturing to GZ with a caravan parked there, but in the end figured there was more cool historic stuff to look at there so did so. I resorted to the spoiler image, which I was finally able to download with poor mobile reception, only to find no find. Unfortunately the cache was gone.
I think this place is well worth keeping a cache of some sort at to bring people to see it. I didn't have any container to replace this as I'd used it at a previous location. I hope it can be replaced or at least turned into a virtual or history cache.
Photo attached of our signatures on a different log book of sorts
24-Nov-24
Cache was still in place but in very poor condition. Replaced cache to list on GC again.
16-Nov-24
Driving through Grafton on our way home from a great trip west. Paused to check out the cathedral here. I found the fountain out the front interesting so used it to log my find. Not a very good shot of it from this angle, but it really is a beautiful fountain.
09-Nov-24
By Gum indeed!
I did a lot of research and prep for this trip and somehow this escaped me. I hadn't solved it before leaving on the trip! Seeing it suddenly within range on the map I knew it was too late to solve. I looked at my phone and thought, I might be able to figure out where this still. It certainly wasn't the first time I'd found a cache by image only ( https://youtu.be/Wuk04P3Nmw4 ). BUT, driving away from a trig find, I looked up and watched a specific piece of infrastructure moving away from us and realised I'd just missed it. Not being entirely certain of my guess, the temperature outside being stupid, and cold drinks at Burren Junction on the mind, we decided not to go back and check. I couldn't help but come home and try to solve it and discovered that if I had thought to look a little sooner I could probably have got it. haha. Now I'll just have to come back out another time to find it.
I did a lot of research and prep for this trip and somehow this escaped me. I hadn't solved it before leaving on the trip! Seeing it suddenly within range on the map I knew it was too late to solve. I looked at my phone and thought, I might be able to figure out where this still. It certainly wasn't the first time I'd found a cache by image only ( https://youtu.be/Wuk04P3Nmw4 ). BUT, driving away from a trig find, I looked up and watched a specific piece of infrastructure moving away from us and realised I'd just missed it. Not being entirely certain of my guess, the temperature outside being stupid, and cold drinks at Burren Junction on the mind, we decided not to go back and check. I couldn't help but come home and try to solve it and discovered that if I had thought to look a little sooner I could probably have got it. haha. Now I'll just have to come back out another time to find it.
08-Nov-24
07-Nov-24
Yay! I found it this time. haha.
A nice quick find on our last day travelling home from a great but hot trip out to the One Ton Post and Lightning Ridge.
Views were nice. I think it's getting a bit overgrown though. Was nice to pause here for a bit.
Thanks for the cache.
A nice quick find on our last day travelling home from a great but hot trip out to the One Ton Post and Lightning Ridge.
Views were nice. I think it's getting a bit overgrown though. Was nice to pause here for a bit.
Thanks for the cache.
Turns out the road is closed here till June 2025. Found out the hard way coming from the west and arriving not far from here at road barriers with signs. No previous signs either. Image attached re roadworks.
A second fun 4WD for today! Woohoo! Glad we had the right vehicle for this, however a walk up here wouldn't be too bad in cooler weather. Today we were in a heatwave, so, wouldn't have happened without wayn0's capable geovan. Funny thing though, we were both looking down at the track trying to make out any rocks and things to negotiate amongst the long grass we were certain we were not stopping a hot vehicle over top of, that we totally missed the trig and pulled up at the fire tower wondering where it was. haha. At least at the fire tower there was somewhere safe to stop. You could smell the grass wanting to catch fire from just glancing our undercarriage.
Trig was found was enough once we had our eyes raised and looking in the right direction. No Waratah flowers were seen here today but I did see a number of Waratah plants. I was really hoping to see a couple of flowers and snap some pretty photos of them. Too late I guess.
Good fun drive and find.
Trig was found was enough once we had our eyes raised and looking in the right direction. No Waratah flowers were seen here today but I did see a number of Waratah plants. I was really hoping to see a couple of flowers and snap some pretty photos of them. Too late I guess.
Good fun drive and find.
Gosh darn this was AMAZING!
I really enjoyed the 4WD up here. I certianly wouldn't have made it up here without a hight clearance 4WD and definitely not by foot. Especially not in a heatwave like today. It just kept going up and up and up and up even more!
The views from both the lookout and trig were breathtaking. It blew my mind and almost my hat off my head. Okay, that was just the wind that did that. haha. Looking down to the river below was fascinating and made me desire to camp some time (cooler) down there and wander up and down the river just because I can. I will have to return some time to find the multicache I missed so maybe I can camp here then. The cicadas were a bit deafening up here. They looked really heavy and clumsy when they flew, like their bodies were too heavy for their wings. I saved one fresh from it's shell on it's back int he dirt covered in opportunistic ants. I don't know if it's wings would still unfurl properly and have no holes or work, but I saved it at least. Snapped a pic of it rushing up to the highest point of the fire-dead tree remains I put it on.
This was my first time in the area and I recognised the name of Wytaliba from the media in 2019. There's not much evidence of the fires that took the place out except the modern looking school and a few newer sheds where I guess houses once stood.
Great day apart from the intense heat.
I really enjoyed the 4WD up here. I certianly wouldn't have made it up here without a hight clearance 4WD and definitely not by foot. Especially not in a heatwave like today. It just kept going up and up and up and up even more!
The views from both the lookout and trig were breathtaking. It blew my mind and almost my hat off my head. Okay, that was just the wind that did that. haha. Looking down to the river below was fascinating and made me desire to camp some time (cooler) down there and wander up and down the river just because I can. I will have to return some time to find the multicache I missed so maybe I can camp here then. The cicadas were a bit deafening up here. They looked really heavy and clumsy when they flew, like their bodies were too heavy for their wings. I saved one fresh from it's shell on it's back int he dirt covered in opportunistic ants. I don't know if it's wings would still unfurl properly and have no holes or work, but I saved it at least. Snapped a pic of it rushing up to the highest point of the fire-dead tree remains I put it on.
This was my first time in the area and I recognised the name of Wytaliba from the media in 2019. There's not much evidence of the fires that took the place out except the modern looking school and a few newer sheds where I guess houses once stood.
Great day apart from the intense heat.
06-Nov-24
unfortunately there is nothing whatsoeverever cache-like at GZ. great hiding spot but nothing to be found at all.
loved that you brought me to a fun tree. it's even got a belly button piercing! image attached. looks a lot different now.
loved that you brought me to a fun tree. it's even got a belly button piercing! image attached. looks a lot different now.
gosh, it is getting hot! wishing I was in the water with the turtles down there. or in Glen Innes already, but wayn0 wants more caches so here we are. haha. thanks for the cache.
What a great virtual. Glad you pointed this out so I didn't miss it. It's R2B2 apparently, as Warialda means "place off wild honey".
Thanks for this virtual.
Thanks for this virtual.
05-Nov-24
A couple of days ago I saw there was a trig out off this walking track here, so thought it was definitely on the cards to visit and see what remains. It turned out said tack was closed as parts of the track are in disrepair. Having lived in a NSW National Park some years ago, and really enjoying wandering off track then and since in various locations, I decided wandering off track to this trig could still be done, respecting the NPWS sign requesting not to use their track. I did pass the track a couple of times and saw that it was in need of repair.
I was also aware that there may be rare or endangered flora or fauna like the big slug where I may be stepping, so I kept as much as I could to rock and dirt bits. Climbing up the rocks near the end was hard work. You could almost count this as a T4, but assuming the NPWS will be repairing this track in the near future, it won't be so hard as when I tried.
The view was great, and the sense of achievement getting there even greater. Next was actually finding evidence of the trig at GZ. The most obvious thing found there is the "Steel Retaining Pin" mentioned in the trig sketch. Expanding my search I found another tiny patch of concrete between rocks where the "Steel Plug" would have used to be. Looking at the sketch and the triangle drawn around this point, I assumed it as the original trig point, but who knows. It is a part of the trig sketch, therefore part of the trig. My trig photo is of my hat with 3 of the points seen on the sketch.
Great little adventure, exploration and find.
I was also aware that there may be rare or endangered flora or fauna like the big slug where I may be stepping, so I kept as much as I could to rock and dirt bits. Climbing up the rocks near the end was hard work. You could almost count this as a T4, but assuming the NPWS will be repairing this track in the near future, it won't be so hard as when I tried.
The view was great, and the sense of achievement getting there even greater. Next was actually finding evidence of the trig at GZ. The most obvious thing found there is the "Steel Retaining Pin" mentioned in the trig sketch. Expanding my search I found another tiny patch of concrete between rocks where the "Steel Plug" would have used to be. Looking at the sketch and the triangle drawn around this point, I assumed it as the original trig point, but who knows. It is a part of the trig sketch, therefore part of the trig. My trig photo is of my hat with 3 of the points seen on the sketch.
Great little adventure, exploration and find.
although both wayn0 and I had found this one before, we thought it might be worthwhile looking for to move on. unfortunately after a lot of digging, moving, prodding, and more digging, we found nothing.
might be time to say bye bye to this little dino sadly.
might be time to say bye bye to this little dino sadly.
This is not at the given coordinates. This dino either needs coordinates updated or to be archived as it has gone wandering.
04-Nov-24
First geo find of the day. great views! I kind of wish I was up here last night for sunset, but we were dehydrated and exhausted when we got to town so left it.
Came out here to check out the main bar area of the Australia Telescope. I was fascinated by the huge old tracking circle and ghost dishes.
Noticed there was a trig or 4 out here so decided to publish the one that is actually visible from the accessible area.
Very cool spot.
Virtual also coming soon.
Noticed there was a trig or 4 out here so decided to publish the one that is actually visible from the accessible area.
Very cool spot.
Virtual also coming soon.
A quick stop at the Gaol today as it wasn't open to explore.
oh well. at least I could take the virtual photo.
thanks.
oh well. at least I could take the virtual photo.
thanks.
