Easing your way to freedom from restrictions. Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By youngoldfella on 01-Jun-20. Waypoint GA15608

Owing to changes to locationless being implemented in the near future and only being allowed to have 7 locationless active/alive at a time and having to archive one to publish the 7th I am starting to archive my 1800 odd locationless publications prior to 1st April 2022 NOW.

headed out the back way to Ebenezer and thanks to a cache came to discover this lookout and view
TFTLC

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On a recent weeks road trip we came to this location to get a GC cache in Kondinin in WA. The farmer has made stick figures out of farm bits and pieces and placed them at a small salt lake. Good to have things like this to get people to stop and take a stroll.

TFTC

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Back in 2012 the Beetles and two muggle friends walked in to East Pillinger in the south western part of Tasmania to get 2 caches.
It was a full day walk but as most of it was on old railway track it was fairly level going. East Pillinger has many old relics still laying around including boilers, kilns, building foundations and even an old dilapidated train carriage. It also has the remains of the old jetty heading out in to Kelly's Basin on the south eastern side of Port Macquarie. It is a really interesting place and very picturesque.
Then the decision was made to keep going to West Pillinger to get the cache there, which is in the old abandoned hut. Both of these destinations can be accessed by boat but I think walking to them was a much more rewarding experience.
All in all the return walk was about 11 hours and we were definitely ready for happy hour when we returned to our vans at Lake Burbury.
Of all the places geocaching has taken us to I think this is my favourite and I would recommend it to anyone, not just geocachers.
Thanks.

This was on a morning walk to get a cache in South West Rocks.

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I cant believe that I drove the road (River and Sea on Either side of the Road ) So I stopped and walk on other side then walk on other side. If not with Geocaching I will never knew there. Worth to have Geocaching make me go there. Thanks Youngoldfella

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At the end of last year K8TYBEE and I were cruising around with friends and found ourselves at Tangalooma on the beautiful Morton Island. I was adamant that we needed a daily cache and to claim the county. Unfortunately that meant we had to run up a small mountain to be able to make the find and be back for our boat departure! On a very hot day, I was not at all popular, particularly when we had to make the climb twice because we took a path up the wrong ridge the first time!! Thank goodness the views were good and we made the find (and the boat)!

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There's so many places I would never have visited but for geocaching ... like Mt Wondabyne in Brisbane Water National Park. I'm not much of a walker and I baulked away from doing the hike there alone and waited until I could do it in a group.

I did part of the 'Endangered Species' on 19/6/20 and I would never have been along these back roads. I saw many great sights and views of the river, hills plus places to camp. I may need to get out there one time to go camping and to finish the trail. Photos attached. TFTLC

N 45° 52.719 E 006° 53.235
Virtual cache Step into the Void.
3800m up Mont Blanc France
I would never have come up here but for this cache and 2 others up here
May 2019
Cheers

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GC1JXZX BELL BOUY
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1JXZX_bell-bouy

This was first day I was out geocaching for a few months just earlier this month and was on a trail of caches and found them and was about to turn back to go home and instead turned the other way as there were a couple of caches down the road, and I just kept going onto the next cache and then the next cache and finally I ended up at Bell Bouy, which is less than an hour from my home but I had never been to this part of the north coast and it was amazing, wonderful views, and all to myself, AND a couple more out that way to find including an Earth Cache which involves about a two hour walk which I will do when the weather gets a bit warmer. Definitely would never have walked down the track for these particular views if it wasn't for the cache.

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We did a bucket list trip to Cape York in 2013 and when we were in Cooktown we took a drive to Lions Den Hotel. On the way back to Cooktown we decided to look for a cache that was off the road. We had to follow a set of instructions and head through some cow paddocks and it took us to a most beautiful waterfall, called Trevathan Falls. We took a few photos of the waterfall and also captured a great photo of Miss Shifter sitting at the waterfall. We never did locate the cache.
Thanks youngoldfella.

There are many places we have visited on our travels around this country of ours. Many places we would visit regardless of caching. Earlier this year Linda needed to have some surgery on her shoulder. A specialist in Albury , who did her other shoulder, could look at her and operate quicker than our locals in Ballarat. As a result we travelled between the two towns . A 4 hour trip without deviating . On one particular trip we deviated for a multi cache off the main road to a location of Cornella East where there was only a rock with plaque marking a closed State School. We would not have stopped or deviated except for the cache, which we did not find btw.
Co-ords were S36 38.940 E143 47.262.

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Without doubt I would never have climbed Mt Huxley ST5211 were it not for geocaching...log attached.

"My original intention was to try for the summit of Mt Jukes but after stopping at the lookout and seeing the Mt under cloud thought better of it. Once again I'd met up with 2y'stassies stopping for a photo op on their way to 'Why The Hell Is It There'. Not wanting to waste the drive down here and on way back to Queenie thought I'd take a peek at the track going to Huxley. The track was in fact quite an easy 4wd adventure crossing many creeks and taking in superb views. I used L4 only 2 or 3 times on the way in and the rest was only in H4. Arrived at the base of Mt Huxley with apparent ease...plenty of time on hands...oh heck...why not...sky was quite clear. With 4paws in tow, zig zagged my way up the relatively open slopes aiming for a low point in the rocks to the right. Made this easily but alas the going was getting to tough from here for my companion so had to leave him tethered in a comfy spot...with views of course. After a short initial scramble the going got quite easy until reaching a 5m wall of huge/gigantic boulders...so picked my way through the best going. On top and 150m from the Trig it was a matter of rock hopping across to GZ. Once at the Trig and time to take a breather, looking around in a circle....OMG...the view was nothing short of gob smacking brilliant. A complete circle of mts...the very picturesque Lake Burbury below...vast expanse of Macquarie Harbour and Ocean Beach...an amazing view for sure. This would be by far the most outstanding Trig I've been to and thoroughly recommend. Fabulous...TFTEC...GCA...Cheers.Rated:5 thumbs for Overall Experience

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We would have have gone to the opal mining area of Garwin had it not been for geocaching. Garwin is about 40km south-west from Lightning Ridge and is a most interesting place to visit. Apart form opal mining, Garwin has two main features: a magnificent and exceptionally well cared for War memorial; and the Sheepyard Inn. The latter is a wonderful spot to visit and meet some of the locals. It is a hard living area and the humour both inside and outside the pub is quality bush humour. We would not have some here apart from a number of caches in the area. A composite photo has been added to the Gallery showing the Sheepyard Inn and two of the humorous signs. Thanks youngoldfella for this cache.

Last year I had to drive to Radeliade for junior sport activities.

Just beofre the border I was travelling past Dimboola a little further on.

The tomtom was preloaded with caches on the route but I was by passing many.

Then an earthcache.

Well why not stop to check it out.

A pink lake.

Glad I stopped here.

Plenty of tourists and I made a find.

FYI the cache was GC5EAF9 Salted Flakes of Pink.

This was the photo I took.

TFTL

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I will never visited this area if no geocaching - best multi is GC7CQMC Multi-cache This is your life - C Y O'Connor at W.A.

Interesting story about C Y O'Connor

Thanks Youngoldfella

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This picture was taken in a mall in Launceston In January.
We would not have gone into it and discovered these great sculptures were it not for Geocaching.
In fact I could probably show you 6000 photos of places we would not have been to were it not for chasing caches.

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Found A Piece of History in Vietnam GCH13R back in 2013. It was the remains of a B52 that had been shot down during the war. Would never have come here if it wasn't for geocaching and it was very hard to find!

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If it wasn’t for A Mega Geocaching Event during Easter last year, we would never have gone to an event all the way over the otherside of the country, just for an Event.
We had so much fun, it’s all about the journey, friendships, and a destination to enjoy, thanks for the memories

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If it wasn’t for A Mega Geocaching Event during Easter last year, we would never have gone to an event all the way over the otherside of the country, just for an Event.
We had so much fun, it’s all about the journey, friendships, and a destination to enjoy, thanks for the memories

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I would never have driven from Seattle to a forest just out of Portland, Oregon...if it wasn't to see the plaque and the location of the first ever geocache. A 330klm drive south of Seattle takes you to area. I was thinking about using Geocaching HQ, however I would have gone to Seattle without the lure of HQ, but the are for the first cache...not without being a cacher....

Thanks for the Locationless YOF...and the chance to revisit a few photos.

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The places you go to find a cache is sometimes a new location and then others it a spot that you woud never venture into because of the area, this is one location that I never want to go again.
Everything about the location stinks and we had to go to the nearest boat ramp to try and clean ourselves up before heading home.
GC6H4W5 Where to, gumshoe out in the area close to Avalon airport but down on the coast.

Hi young'n
My visit under your requirements was to a place toward the centre of Tasmania called Pelham West Nature Reserve
It was to look for a cache GC7TV49 "Bullock Hills - Where Devils only dare."
This was a puzzle cache that took a small struggle to solve
At the site, one had to negotiate tons of bracken fern to get to GZ
A fun cache to do in an area I would never have visited were it NOT for geocaching taking me there - too remote and NOT known to exist prior to doing the cache
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint

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The location we have chosen was a memorable trip to The Remarkable Cave Port Arthur Tasmania. We spent some time there watching the waves come in and out of the cave. As the tide was coming in the splashes got higher and higher and the sound louder each wave. Thanks for the memory. TFTC.

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Firstly YOF congratulations on your venturing into Idalia National Park for a couple of great Earth caches.

My location was along Thunderbolt's Way between Tenterfield and Stanthorpe. Now we would definitely have driven this way but no way would I have climbed the climb that I did except for the caches - GCA and of course GA as can be seen in the attached photos. It is in Bald Rock National Park and boy oh boy was the rock bald. We of course went up the hard way (more direct!) and down the easier way, through fabulous caves and arches. It is well worth a visit. Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane YOF.

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If it was not for Geocaching there is no way on this earth I would have ventured into here. Idalia National Park is west of Blackall on the way to Emmet or Yaraka or Windorah.
It is a 30 K detour off the road to the National Park entrance and there are 2 Earth Caches and One traditional here to find. the Terrain rating for the Earth Caches is 4WD and a T of 4.
Lovely once you get in here. Do not attempt to enter this park in the wet or on the other hand you would not make it to the gate as you are driving in Black clay soil country and the roads are a night mare in the wet.
On one visit to this spot before the EC's were published we drove in Ok but it rained behind us and had to engage 4WD and slip and slide for abut ten K on the way out.

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Hi YoungOldFella,

This photo is from Keddies creek about 10m upstream from the GCA Cache GA11472 Keddies Adit by Sirius TAS,

If not for this cache we would never have ventured down into this part of the Dial Reserve at Penguin Tasmania,
when arriving at the Adit we were amazed that this mine shaft was still here after so many years and just round to the right we could hear a small waterfall
which is in the photo attached. so grateful for caching taking us to places we have never been.

TFTL

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