The Turd Degree - TTT01 Queensland, Australia
By RoddyC and 1muggle with QOGM2019 on 01-Sep-19. Waypoint GA14132

When Mrs y'stassie discovered The Turd Trail she just had to put it on her must do list. Not only did she agree that it 'was a bit of fun' that she wanted to take part in but she had also played with drying cattle turds and trying several ways to preserve them as cache holders and she was looking forward to seeing how the Turd Master and CO had managed this. Life, Covid, family and health issues got in the way. The Turd Trail was religated to the backburner until we signed the house of Representatives callenge cache in SA. We met the requirements for all states except Queensland. So this years trip was planned visiting as many Queensland LGAs as possile plus finding must do caches. Mrs y'stassie revisited The Turd Trail pages and was delight to see they were still in play. As they were last visited in 2021 she hoped they would still be in play. Today was the day to see if we could qualify for our Turd Degree.

After caching our way up the Blackall Jericho Road we turned onto the Neverfail Road and our Turd adventure began. Would we be able to meet the requirements and achieve the ultimate certificate.

At this hide Mrs y'stassie was disappointed to find a small plastic container cable tied to a tree branch not the Turd she had looked forward to. Never mind she had her first find. No clue but then there were 14 Turds to go.

Thanks for this cache in this fun series RoddyC. We were pleased to find a reasonable wide well made road.

Full time nomads since 2013. Still tootling around the country trying to avoid Covid hotspots.

Today we headed out to complete the Heartland and Mailbox series. 250km round trip out of Blackall. We saw several graders, water trucks and rollers out on the roads. Also lots of cattle, Emu's with chicks, Kangaroos.and a white faced Heron.

Queensland Outback Geomuster 2019 trip to Blackall. Day 4. Today was my first day of organised events I joined Baby&MrsGopher, Au.fait and Trekker Trev. The highlight of the day was the series of caches in the morning with a unique flavor. I hope they eventually get published in one form or another. The afternoon was spent around Tambo before the evening get together at the pub. Two evening caches were visited before a longish drive home.

Thanks.
Albida

Found while attending QOGM 2019

Early October 2019, we attended the QOGM events in Blackall. We had a lot of fun, and found this cache with our Team consisting of Mickeyspikey, Grumpy Bumpy and his Partner, TBU2Uwe001 and me)

Tftc

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Found while attending QOGM 2019. A brilliant series of caches whose descriptions and names were obviously written by someone with a sharp, (or should that be warped?) mind/sense of humour. Very clever play on words at each cache. Thanks for these great caches RoddyC and 1Muggle (creating these caches must have been such fun for you!!!

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Attending the QOGM event 2019 we teamed up with Cache Hunters and began our quest to complete the Turd Trail.

This turd was given the turd degree and released without incident. #1 done & dusted or should that be #2

Many thanks RoddyC,1muggle and QOGM2019 for publishing and creating this cache and adding to our geocaching experience. A memorable trail that we all enjoyed.

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Does not matter whom puts the first log in on this series. I hope all the Geocachers who found the original 16 are members or will join GCA to claim the golden smiley
for the series, especially the lucky people who were given the right to claim to find on individual hides. I was part of the placement team for the series and we had a laugh and a ball placing these.

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Sorry for a very late log. We found this cache with our friends gregandjudi and
had heaps of fun along the way. Thanks heaps RoddyC & Co for a great series and
a fantastic time.

Little Squirell

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Out with GrannySmith1947 and geodog MissMillie looking for some trouble to get into and we found plenty o' s**t along here! We're hoping Miss Millie will be able to sniff out truffles one day so she honed her training with this series. Well crafted caches as well as descriptions Well done team!

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The Turd Trail was attempted in the company of Grumpy Bump and TBU.
What a great, fun series of caches. So much mirth along the way.
Thank you Muggle1 and RoddyC for your fantastic efforts.

Found during QOGM 2019 doing the muster trail to Tambo. No problems with the coordinates and the cache. This was a very well constructed cache and amusing series thanks RoddyC

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What a fantastic trail of caches. The play on words is fantastic. We laughed all the way. Thanks to all involved with this trail. It was absolutely brilliant. Signed a Team SPIT ( Snickersallen, patrol14, Imbunda, The McAlister Zoo (TMZ59)).

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Quick find with Teams Wazza9 & smittengranny, had a great day searching for this nicely hidden container, very apt, reminds me of living on a dairy farm, many years ago. Signed log as GC8CZYX, a big thanks to Roddyc and QOGM 2019 committee

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A group of 4 (3 teams) departed Blackall this morning in the car with one objective. That being to earn our Turd Degrees. Until finding this first one, no one had any idea what was involved but a laugh was had by all after everyone dismounted the chariot and inspected the processes materials used to construct the Camo. Very well done and a big thanks to those involved in the design, manufacture and placement.

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What a pleasure it is to finally log our finds on this series.
This was our first geomuster, and I must say that I was quite overwhelmed initially, as designated data person, to be entering coords as we were driving along, so I didn't have time to relax and enjoy the journey until all coords were entered.
We participated with our friends Little Squirell. I hope they log these finds on GCA, as they are not avid Geocaching Australia members.
There was lots of fun and frivolity as Mrs Squirell read the e cache descriptions, and many funny escapades and photos ensued.
Thankyou RoddyC and the rest of the QOGM 2019 team for such a fun afternoon.

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Enjoy the series.