Ozzie! Ollie! Ollie! Oye! Oye! Oye! Taree, New South Wales, Australia
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Grahame Cookie on 26-Jan-12. Waypoint GA4269
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| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S31° 53.538' E152° 26.688' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 447496E 6471367N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 31 m |
| Local Government Area: | Mid-Coast |
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This row of oleanders partly hides the memorial for the Tin Bridge, that crossed the main Northern railway line.
PLEASE, be careful of breaking any branches while accessing the cache, and wash your hands, etc well if you do.
A good chance to edumacate the younger ones of some of the perils of the Australian bush.
Maybe show them the YouTube clip of the Scared Weird Little Guys, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcdxP6m0EWk
The cache is starting off with an “Australian” theme. (I wonder why?) so you are welcome to drop any, and all Ozzie items or TB’s.
Why don’t you do a 'Found the Cache' dance, for the GeoMonkeys’ GA0510 cache, (visit link) called “Where the h#ll is … ?”
Remember, there are many more dance themed caches in the Manning Valley to do your ‘Matt Harding’ (visit link)
style dance and get yourself on YouTube!
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This was proclaimed as "the best cache ever" by one of the crew when they found it. We had nearly given up with the scratching around and moving leaf litter, but this was one of the few times when "one more, no more" actually paid off.
It's funny seeing this info plaque so hidden away, but it was an interesting read.
Thanks for the cache!
Oh and thanks for reminding the kids about that song. It returned to high rotation for the rest of the car trip.
It's funny seeing this info plaque so hidden away, but it was an interesting read.
Thanks for the cache!
Oh and thanks for reminding the kids about that song. It returned to high rotation for the rest of the car trip.
Today we explored Taree, concentrating on GCA caches and trig points.
This cache was on our target list and with the last found log six years ago we were hopeful of a find today.
Mr T removed a lot of leaf litter before discovering a nicely presented cache in pristine condition.
Many thanks Graham Cookie for placing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience today.
This cache was on our target list and with the last found log six years ago we were hopeful of a find today.
Mr T removed a lot of leaf litter before discovering a nicely presented cache in pristine condition.
Many thanks Graham Cookie for placing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience today.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Great to find a cache like this in the middle of town. It really does need more visitors.
All in great condition although the top covering is now in two pieces.
All in great condition although the top covering is now in two pieces.
Rated: for Overall Experience
What an awesome cache! Travelled 3 hours but it was worth it. We also found this cache by sound like previous finders. We grabbed the pathtag and the kids swapped a few items. Thanks for placing this fun cache.
Oh! That sound! Found something interesting but no cache. Gave up for a moment. Read logs. Regained my "No Tomorrow" determination. Went back in and... OH! Found it. What a large cache for a busy urban place. And yet so safe there. Love it. Only took a firnsy pathtag.
TFTC
TFTC
Quick find here while on an overnight stay in Taree. Like some other finders, it was a noise that alerted me to the location and then I got a pleasant surprise after removing the camo object ... hadn't checked the cache size in the listing and wasn't expecting one of these. Always good to find these containers, but especially so when sneakily concealed in urban locations such as this.
Interesting that my next find after this one was a nano on a bridge. Here we have two bridges and two caches. One not found for two years. The other, hidden two years ago, has 35 finds logged. So the high quality GCA cache on an interesting bridge gets ignored in favour of an ordinary old nano on an ordinary old bridge while cachers chalk up GC stats.
Note that I am NOT knocking anyone for hiding nanos - I've got quite a few similar hides myself. But it is a shame that more cachers don't have GCA caches on their radar so that they can get to appreciate hides like this one. I guess it's their loss.
Signed the log and dropped in a couple of path tags - one for CO if you want it and one for the next finder - I guess the latter one might be there for a while. Thanks for the hide Grahame Cookie.
Interesting that my next find after this one was a nano on a bridge. Here we have two bridges and two caches. One not found for two years. The other, hidden two years ago, has 35 finds logged. So the high quality GCA cache on an interesting bridge gets ignored in favour of an ordinary old nano on an ordinary old bridge while cachers chalk up GC stats.
Note that I am NOT knocking anyone for hiding nanos - I've got quite a few similar hides myself. But it is a shame that more cachers don't have GCA caches on their radar so that they can get to appreciate hides like this one. I guess it's their loss.
Signed the log and dropped in a couple of path tags - one for CO if you want it and one for the next finder - I guess the latter one might be there for a while. Thanks for the hide Grahame Cookie.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Very nice hide that had us thinking for a while. Finally a sound gave this one away. Then a cache full of Australiana was revealed. Didn't take anything but was impressed with the contents. Was it by any chance hidden on Australia Day? Pity this one is GCA and gets so few hits. Thanks.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Good coordinates. Fallen leaf litter did NOT help find this cache - well hidden. Somewhat similar to a 'Sashay' !
TNLN
TFTC Cookie
TNLN
TFTC Cookie
Rated: for Overall Experience
Well comming back home this afternoon, decided to stop by with mum to find the cache. This geocache is a very well crafted geocache, and only found with the noise it made 
, the longer it will be there, the more harder it will be. Thank you for another find 
, the longer it will be there, the more harder it will be. Thank you for another find GCA 574 - 5612. Found when we arrived in Taree today.
Sol de Lune and I are heading up to Taree to do the Mid North Coast Wander. We managed to grab a couple of caches on the drive up and once in Taree. This was the 2nd GCA for the day. Wow ! Very nice indeed ! Really liked this hide - well done !!
TFTC !!
Sol de Lune and I are heading up to Taree to do the Mid North Coast Wander. We managed to grab a couple of caches on the drive up and once in Taree. This was the 2nd GCA for the day. Wow ! Very nice indeed ! Really liked this hide - well done !!
TFTC !!
Rated: for Overall Experience
A well hidden cache that took a minute or two to discover. Interesting location. Found with fitzy_1965 on a weekend trip to Taree.
Thanks for the cache
Thanks for the cache
all the way from sydney for an FTF to find that pprass had got there 2 hours earlier. Great stash in the cache. Will be moving up to Wingham soon and an FTF would have been great for our first hunt up there. You'll have another regular cache team for the region soon guys. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
We found the cache at this location a couple of years ago and now we find that the GCA replacement is much trickier than the original. It even has its own drainage system!
We still think that it should be listed as a GC cache - there have been many hides like this and we don't see a problem with it in the location that it is at.
Thanks Grahame Cookie.
We still think that it should be listed as a GC cache - there have been many hides like this and we don't see a problem with it in the location that it is at.
Thanks Grahame Cookie.
