Boaty McBoatface Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
By
sharnie's tribe on 09-Jan-18. Waypoint GA11065
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S33° 48.470' E150° 59.677' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 314376E 6257342N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 20 m |
| Local Government Area: | Parramatta |
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Description
They should have been careful what they asked for!
In March 2016, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) in Britian made the brave decision to ask the public to provide a name for its new £200million research vessel. It launched a public poll, allowing anyone to put forward or vote on a proposed name. Suggestions flooded in, but within days there was an out-and-out favourite - Boaty McBoatface - which went on to amass 124,109 votes after being suggested as a joke.
Despite the silly name attracting unprecedented public interest in the project, Science Minister Jo Johnson decided it just wasn't appropriate. He instead opted to name the vessel after national treasure Sir David Attenborough, a decision which was unlikely to ruffle too many feathers. The announcement sparked tongue-in-cheek calls for Sir David to change his name to Boaty McBoatface.
The name Sir David Attenborough was actually fifth in the poll - the second choice was Poppy-Mai, in honour of a tragic tot who lost her brave battle with cancer. As a nod to democracy, and a sense of humour, Johnson agreed that the Boaty McBoatface name could be given to a remote-control robotic underwater vehicle which will eventually sit on board the main ship. The name has been given to the robotic vessel, but as for RRS (Royal Research Ship) Sir David Attenborough, work to complete her continues. The pioneering science vessel, capable of staying at sea for 60 days, will launch in 2019 before heading to Antarctica.
This small moveable cache is a souvenir from one of our trips on a Spirit of Tasmania across Bass Strait. He just had to called this, nothing else would do. Please move this happy little guy from place to place, preferrably near water, and hide him carefully so he doesn't go MIA. Happy travels Boaty!
Hints
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Logs
Not found – gave this 1 a good shake – search but came up cold – just too good for me 
Moved to an area currently devoid of moveables.
Let's hope there will be some action soon.
Let's hope there will be some action soon.
Got it as part of the prisoner exchange, to be relocated soon.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A virtual move as a moveables swap will take place with rogerw3 - do not look here.
Found this & many more in the hands of SDL at our swap meeting in the village of Wingello. Had a coffee, a yarn & then away. Thanks Sol.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Dropped for a swap with Tuena tomorrow before heading down the coast....
GCA 2,231. Found in the hands of SDL...
Apparently its about to head off on another trip - good luck !
TFTC !!
Apparently its about to head off on another trip - good luck !
TFTC !!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted in the hands of Sol de Lune before being moved down the coast. Thanks for sharing. 
Rated: for Overall Experience
I was fortunate enough to get to have a visit from a new pile of movable caches on there way to the coast in the hands of Sol de Lune.
Thanks
Albida.
Thanks
Albida.
#GA3380 - 17:30; I was unable to head north with Sol de lune yesterday for the Meet the Moveables (NSW Edition), but had a very sneaking suspicion that he may return with some booty after a prisoner exchange. My suspicions were well founded and a plan was hatched for a couple of members of the Gungahlin Chapter of the Cerberus Mob have a meet and greet with the new arrivals. Nice to see a few newer and a couple of older moveables make it down to the National Capital. TFTC sharnie's tribe 
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Found at the moveables event at Ebenezer. Thanks for the moveable it was found during the summer games
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Headed up to attend the Meet the Moveables (NSW) event and this was one of the many many moveables in attendance. Great time was had by all....
Thanks for sharing this one....
Thanks for sharing this one....
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this one at the Meet the Moveables (NSW Edition) event. Thanks for sharing.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this one at the Meet the Moveables (NSW Edition) event held at Tizzana Winery in Ebenezer. A fantastic turnout at the event run for the current 2018/19 Journey or Destination game being run on Geocaching Australia which saw a total of 75 moveables come together. Thanks for sharing.
Rated: for Overall Experience
What a great way to start the new year with a meet the movables event that saw 75 moveable caches and 10 geocacher caches in attendance. All was laid out so one could walk around the tables to sign each and every log before a swap occured to send them away again in a new direction.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Won't be at the event till I get there. I am giving the a lift. Saw a group hitching from Blaxland didn’t know there was that many
Found at an event at Blaxland. Will take to Ebenezer event. Picked up as part of the summer games. Thanks for the moveable
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found in possession of thomo31, left with for rehiding.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found at the Christmas with the Moveables Event today. They all left in various directions. See where they end up next
Found as part of the Summer Games
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
Found as part of the Summer Games
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this one at the Chrissie @ the Hawkesbury event. Thanks for sharing.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this moveable at the Christmas Event at Tizzana Winery.
Rated: for Overall Experience
found at the Tizzana chrissie event in conference with many other moveables that came together for the event
Rated: for Overall Experience
We're all going to Skint and Humph's Christmas party. They said they weren't interested in one but it should be fun. But won't be there till about 1230
We met up with TeamMerlin and phlphotos to swap some movables.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found in the hands of teamMerlin this afternoon with him advising he may be taking them on a trip 
It wasn’t that long ago that I hid it
Signed as part of this years Summer Games
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
Thanks for the moveable sharnie's tribe
It wasn’t that long ago that I hid it
Signed as part of this years Summer Games
The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath.
A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache.
Thanks for the moveable sharnie's tribe
Rated: for Overall Experience
Passing by this morning and dropped in to make a quick find of this moveable at GZ. Have picked up for some new travels.
Rated: for Overall Experience
In the guard rail on the park end of the Cornwallis Road bridge hopefully the road isn't busy
Went to pick up a gnome and found a bag of moveables will split them up a bit
Rated: for Overall Experience
spotted still in conference at Ebenezer when attending the Hawkesbury meet and greet event
Rated: for Overall Experience
joined a conference at Ebenezer Winery. Will be looked after by a cacher until the next move
collected to move along after a morning walk through this area
Rated: for Overall Experience
Moved closer to the Sydney action at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
Got this one on a trip down to Berry, thanks tuena for the help.
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Virtual move as will be picked up tomorrow - don't look here.
Retrieved from this lonely valley with nigh a kangaroo in sight.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Moved to a location along the road to Tallowa Dam in Kangaroo Valley. You will have to negotiate the embankment - don't park on the road. High clearance vehicle but 4WD not necessary. There are a couple of options to access the parking. A short walk into the bush with some fine scribbly gums to admire. Cache is with a few other moveables. Averaged location. If you see a large, leaning scribbly gum you're nearly there.
Moved to Woollies for pick up, don't bother looking gone already.
Here we are again, must take you further away next week.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I decided to take advantage of a couple flexdays to come up the mountains and stay with my favorite old man
Of course there was a price to pay and I was made to find a few caches to pay for my bread and board, nothing onerous this far but I fear he may have other plans for the next couple days.
Thanks for the cache
Of course there was a price to pay and I was made to find a few caches to pay for my bread and board, nothing onerous this far but I fear he may have other plans for the next couple days.
Thanks for the cache
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Found! Very near my house! Will be moving it along soon!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Moved up the mountains to visit the local Geocacher.
Don't bother looking, already picked up.
Don't bother looking, already picked up.
Took a bit of searching...but all ok. Many thanks for placing the cache Sharnie's Tribe....cheers ST.
While in the area dodging the rain we made the short walk to GZ to grab this new moveable. We have done a few trips on the Spirit of Tasmania. Would have been a windy trip today. Thanks Sharnie's Tribe for the fun moveable. Will move along soon.
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a dragon zone virtual verbosity trophy. We have just received the 100 word trophy, so now aiming for the 150 word trophy. For all new GCA cachers, a warning, write a decent log to start with in case you want to get these virtual trophies down the track. Having now passed 2000 GCA finds with a lot of one word logs (on many moveables) makes for a lot of typing now!
We are currently participating in the States of the Nation games which are running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018 and are enjoying tracking and placing caches.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie
The States of the Nation games have helped boost our dragon zone points and we have achieved a few milestone trophies as well.
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin
, Clan Phoenix , Clan Cerberus or Clan Minotaur 
. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.
whitewebbs are now a geocache themselves as we have published a 'Geocacher cache' GA10805 - Where's whitewebbs? - so if you spot us out and about in the field sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a smiley.
Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a dragon zone virtual verbosity trophy. We have just received the 100 word trophy, so now aiming for the 150 word trophy. For all new GCA cachers, a warning, write a decent log to start with in case you want to get these virtual trophies down the track. Having now passed 2000 GCA finds with a lot of one word logs (on many moveables) makes for a lot of typing now!
We are currently participating in the States of the Nation games which are running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018 and are enjoying tracking and placing caches.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie, Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie Go Tassie
The States of the Nation games have helped boost our dragon zone points and we have achieved a few milestone trophies as well.
Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin
, Clan Phoenix , Clan Cerberus or Clan Minotaur . Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe. whitewebbs are now a geocache themselves as we have published a 'Geocacher cache' GA10805 - Where's whitewebbs? - so if you spot us out and about in the field sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a smiley.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We left Boatie where it has a good view of the coast line from Ulverstone to East Devonport. Boatie will be able to see the spirit leave the mouth of the Mersey River snd watch it head out into Bass Strait
Happy travels little Boatie.
Happy travels little Boatie.
Were visiting fellow geocaching team Sharnie's Tribe when we spotted this happy little ship with a broad grin. He had been waiting to begin his journey so asked for a lift as we left. As he had a preference for positions near the water we will try to find young Boaty a place close to the water.
Thanks Sharnie's Tribe for this cute little moveable we will endeavour to get him out and about again soon. We feel privileged to be able to claim a {FTF} for this cache and be able to launch him on what we hope will be years of adventure travelling around Australia.
Thanks Sharnie's Tribe for this cute little moveable we will endeavour to get him out and about again soon. We feel privileged to be able to claim a {FTF} for this cache and be able to launch him on what we hope will be years of adventure travelling around Australia.
