The Royal Box Lapstone, New South Wales, Australia
By
alnic on 07-Apr-18. Waypoint GA12056
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Large |
| Coordinates: | S33° 46.361' E150° 38.623' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 281800E 6260553N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 89 m |
| Local Government Area: | Penrith City |
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Description
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Wow I don’t now why but this one had me going, I wasn’t leaving until I found it and I did. I was traveling around in big cycles as the GPS wouldn’t settle.
Well today I needed an excuse to go caching and the Australian ones at that.
Also, today I wanted to find this cache for the Journey or Destination - Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
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. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
1.Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
2.Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
3.Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
4.Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
5.Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills, Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache), Traditional, TrigPoint, Augmented Reality, Beacon, Gadget, Multi-cache, Night Cache, Podcache, Reverse, Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia, The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced, The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period, The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more), The geocache is one of the following types:, Moveable, Traditional, Augmented Reality, Beacon, Gadget, Multi-cache, Night Cache, Podcache, Reverse, Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
So, A BIG thanks for the cache and challenge of finding it. TFTC / TFTH / SL
Well today I needed an excuse to go caching and the Australian ones at that.
Also, today I wanted to find this cache for the Journey or Destination - Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
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. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
1.Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
2.Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
3.Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
4.Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
5.Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills, Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache), Traditional, TrigPoint, Augmented Reality, Beacon, Gadget, Multi-cache, Night Cache, Podcache, Reverse, Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia, The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced, The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period, The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more), The geocache is one of the following types:, Moveable, Traditional, Augmented Reality, Beacon, Gadget, Multi-cache, Night Cache, Podcache, Reverse, Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
So, A BIG thanks for the cache and challenge of finding it. TFTC / TFTH / SL
Rated: for Overall Experience
MrT headed out for a walk while the weather was fine. The 2 caches in this area were on today's agenda. Looked low first then high, then the cache was found. The pencil inside needs sharpening. Signed log with our pen and returned as found. TFTC
Came through with the crew on a cache run in the area. With the cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache alnic39.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Came to Lapstone to catch up on some of the caches from recent comps. Had aimed to get the 2 trads but there was someone camping between the two so didn't continue along even though the track went around. This cache took me a little while till I spotted the rocks I needed for the cache
A nice container for with enough room for the log to grow into
Signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache alnic39
A nice container for with enough room for the log to grow into
Signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache alnic39
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA2960 - 09:40; Day 2 of a big bonus caching adventure in the Blue Mountains with Sol de lune. After a quiet night in Katoomba, we are heading back down the mountain for home. After a stops in Springwood and Glenbrook, we reached Lapstone, our last stop before hitting the lowlands again. After grabbing some a bit further up the hill, we parked at the train station and made our way over the bridge and into the bush. Passed a tent which has been set up nearby, along with various rubbish apparently discarded by the occupant/s. After a bit of a hunt, moved down a little way and made the find. Aptly named for the container and the location with the views. TFTC alnic39 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Another spot LuckyL10n and I stopped in to try for a few caches....
We parked at the station and took the walk over the bridge and were soon at the GZ. Took a couple of minutes and short searching but LuckyL10n came up with the find. Good to grab this one to give us a great start in the area. Interesting to see a tent set up not to far away....especially when heard someone was in there...
Thanks Alnic…..still a few around here to grab....and I enjoyed the cache name...certainly suits the cache location.
We parked at the station and took the walk over the bridge and were soon at the GZ. Took a couple of minutes and short searching but LuckyL10n came up with the find. Good to grab this one to give us a great start in the area. Interesting to see a tent set up not to far away....especially when heard someone was in there...
Thanks Alnic…..still a few around here to grab....and I enjoyed the cache name...certainly suits the cache location.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Had a raid in Lapstone this morning netting 3 traditional and 7 moveables.
Using my backup gps (mobile phone) I started searching at the wrong height. Found when I changed the plan of attack.
Using my backup gps (mobile phone) I started searching at the wrong height. Found when I changed the plan of attack.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Well I can't help it, I just had to go back to Lapstone and get this one. Quite surprised to be FTF.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
