The Spice of Life Challenge Cache Yatala, Queensland, Australia
By wayn0 on 16-Oct-23. Waypoint GA27396

Wowzers, what a huge cache! I love finding large caches as you know you're looking for some real treasures. This treasure seemed invisible and intangible, apart from the logbook. Hehe.

The rain was just starting so I was expecting spiders to be sheltering around the cache. At the last find one was smack bang in the centre of the lid. I just let the cache fall so the spider could run off, but it just sat there watching us the whole time. My mate was freaked out by the sight of it and I kind of expected then to squeal. Haha. At this one I carefully removed the camo and insisted under the cache latch before opening. That's when an even larger spider made its move. I think this one was under the cache. I just kept on with the work of opening the cache and signing the log as if nothing was there. Had my mate been in my position, I expect they would have been running out of the bush like lightning at the sight of the spider. Haha.

The only cache types I haven't found so far are night (I tried one years ago but didn't find the final), augmented reality (never come across one), and Earth Science (which is fair considering I just hid the first one of those yesterday).

I like that your puzzle cache and challenge cache in the same location are of the same theme. Now you just need to continue the theme and hide a bunch of other cache types here also. Hahaha

Thanks for the large cache, challenge, and laughs at your expense.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Added the new 'Earth Science' cache type

I checked this cache today, it survived the storms and floods, all in good order

After what’s been a hectic couple of weeks at work I took a day to myself today – goal was to meet the kids in Browns Plains for lunch. But as Queenslanders are an hour behind us southern folk, I had some time to spare – and have wanted to grab this cache since it was published. It’ll be my first Challenge Cache find. I appreciate that I qualify for this one too. The only cache types I haven’t yet found are: Burke & Wills, Reverse, Night, Ephemeral, Jigsaw … and until today, Challenge Cache.

I didn’t know much about Yatala, except for the quality pies at the shop there. I’ve been known to stop in a few times on my way up the highway for a bite. Got a nice surprise at GZ with a nice little bit of bushland backing on to the river. An old bloke sat at a park bench reading the paper, otherwise it was empty. Didn’t take too long to make my way to the cache, where I found it in pristine condition. Left a lego kit and a Dirtbags Geocaching Pin but didn’t take anything. What a whopper too – nice to see ammo cans out in the wild, and this one was huge!

Great cache, thanks Wayn0. Didn’t have time for any more caches today, although I’ve been eyeing off a few in Daisy Hill nearby, but they might have to wait until next trip. Hopefully QLD gets a bit of rain soon, as the ground is getting very dry.

Rated: for Overall Experience

We noticed this challenge cache published not far from home ,not being a big challenge cacher we checked and to our surprise we qualified ,so after a day of finalizing some issues at home we braved the traffic and pulled up almost at GZ after a short walk from the car we found GZ , the cache was located and log signed and FTF prize was taken TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

“Challenges can make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.”


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