WanAus 222 - Goondiwindi ICEM Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
By WanderingAus on 15-Sep-12. Waypoint GA4603

Cache Details

Difficulty:
Terrain:
Type:	Traditional
Container:	Small
Coordinates:	S28° 32.230' E150° 19.976' (WGS 84)
	56J 239027E 6840387N (UTM)
Elevation:	219 m
Local Government Area:	Goondiwindi

Map

Whodunit Container

Queensland Government Department of National Parks Park Alerts

Description

Should be an easy find on the outskirts of another of WanderingAus' favourite places.

I've Cached Everywhere, Man is the largest cache series hidden in Australia. It is made up of the locations made famous by Lucky Star in the song "I've been everywhere" in 1962, lyrics by Geoff Mack, as well as other towns mentioned in verses made up by geocachers.

Goondiwindi is the 54th place mentioned in the song, at Line two in Verse three. Having found three caches within the town earlier in the afternoon, including one about 90 Croms away from the best hiding spot I found all day, I could happily place an ICEM cache there. (I won't place an ICEM cache in any place where I haven't found a cache of some sort first - my rule for me only).

Verse Three by Geoff Mack
I've cached in Wollongong, Geelong, Kurrajong, Mullumbimby,
Mittagong, Molong, Grong Grong, Goondiwindi,
Yarra Yarra, Boroondara, Wallangarra, Turramurra,
Boggabri, Gundagai, Narrabri, Tibooburra,
Gulgong, Adelong, Billabong, Cabramatta,
Parramatta, Wangaratta, Coolangatta, what's it matter?

Having decided to place an ICEM cache in Goondiwindi the next decision was where to place it. Lots of Goondiwindi shows signs of inundation, being beside the river which divides Queensland from New South Wales, so I spent a few hours driving around, taking photos for Waymarks and finding the occasional cache, and marking possible hide spots. When it was almost time to return and pick up the WanderingMrs from the Royal Hotel I made my decision and returned to the Goondiwindi Cemetery, home of the traditional geocache GC2H6JR Sadly Missed by Gflunk.

This cache is a drab camo'd 1 Kg screwtop fruit container, containing a log, 2 pencils, a sharpener, and an assortment of animal swaps. Please be sure to seal the ziplock bag, screw the lid on tightly and conceal it as found, and watch out for muggles. Please lower it gently into it's hide, and if you don't feel it 'landing', don't drop it, add some bark to raise it a little and try lowering it again.

Hints

Fghzcrq!

ROT 13:	ABCDEFGHIJKLM
	NOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Decode

Logs

30-Oct-24

wayn0

Cache found while on a west bound trip with NTM.
Ants. Lots of ants!

13-Mar-23

SpikeyMikey

55trillion ant on guard

13-Jun-22

Goldenwattle

I climbed over the locked gate, found GZ, but could barely see the cache. Returned to my car the other side of the gate, and then returned with a stool to stand on. NOW I could see the cache and reach it. Cache and contents were good. I met a friendly horse who came to the fence to see me. TFTC WanderingAus.

Rated: for Overall Experience

04-Apr-21

Opa Shrek

This ICEM thing is new to me but I've cached everywhere and everything in Goondiwindi AND Boggabri this weekend, a total of 5 GCA and 2 GC caches ... which is a bit unusual, at least in my experience.

No problems locating or retrieving this one, though I had to climb over a locked gate to get to it. Thanks for the hide Wanderings.

27-Mar-21

LuckyL10n

#GA5151 - 15:20; Day two of a road trip with Sol de lune as we head north for the CacheQLD - Dayboro Mega. After spending the night in Narrabri we stopped for a couple of local caches/trigs before setting off for Yarrie Lake for a short tour, then heading north for Moree, across the border at Goondawindi and on to Toowoomba for a couple of days. Stopped off to collect this cache on our way through town while we waited for the road/s to Toowoomba to reopen from the flooding. Arrived at GZ and had to reach right in to retrieve the cache as there seems to have been some subsidence at the hide. Managed to retrieve it eventually and add another in the series to my finds. TFTC WanderingAus Very Happy

Rated: for Overall Experience

16-Jan-20

blingg

Found easily enough but retrieving the cache proved a problem, however it was eventually raised, log signed and lowered. Brick Wall

12-Aug-19

beetles2

Drove in to the cemetery and then realised we didn't need to be in there at all. So while Mr Beetle turned the van around I jumped the fence and walked to GZ. Passed an interesting child's grave on the way. The death was in the 1940's but the grave was decorated with the kinds of things you find on a child's grave nowadays.
At GZ the cache was quickly felt but it was a bit of a stretch to reach it.
Thanks.

05-Jun-19

geono.

It was totally quiet here this morning.... just as well for the antics it took me to get a hand on the cache. Great to find another ICEM, especially one as old as this. TFTC in one of Aus' tidiest towns WanderingAus.

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Jul-18

Smittengranny

Third of 8 caches found this morning as we clean out two towns! A good quick find. Thanks WanderingAus for placing this cache for us to find. It has been quite a while since we found one of your caches. Glad it was a quick find as we wanted to head back into town to shout ourselves coffee at the bakery, which turned out to be a very popular spot. TNLN SL TFTC

Rated: for Overall Experience

07-Jun-18

FelixII

Heading to 2018 Big Red Bash at Birdsville. Stopping a few days in Goondiwindi so headed out to find a few caches.

Your cache was found in good order WanderingAus.

TFTC

07-Mar-18

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Travelled up to QLD border to pick something up today with MrGT. I was his driving assistant and talking buddy. haha. Was a long drive and long day. He was kind enough to let me do a little caching before/while heading back home. Smile

This was the first I had the opportunity to get. There was no way I was heading home without finding 2 GCA traditional caches here. Awesome. And there was a GC one nearby too. Winning! Thankfully there was plenty of parking/turning room for us and our load. I had to check on satellite view before MrGT would agree to coming here. haha. First thing I noticed when I arrived here was the Boab trees. I love them. They have such an odd shape compared to normal trees. Almost like it should be called a fruit that grows leaves as opposed to trees that grow fruit. haha.

TFTC Smile

Rated: for Overall Experience

08-Nov-17

Gullivers Travels54

Found the cache easily. TFTC. We are on our way to Alexandra event in Victoria.

04-Jul-17

Sol de lune

Stopped for lunch in Goondiwindi and then heading around town to grab a few caches. This was the first stop and after jumping the new looking gate the cache was found in the obviously looking spot. Cache is in great shape.

Thanks Wandering Aus.....great to find another one in this series.

Rated: for Overall Experience

30-Apr-17

2y'stassies

On our way into Goondiwindi so we stopped to look for this cache. The shorter team member was sure she knew where it was hidden but had to collect the ladder so she could reach the prize.

Container and contents were in good condition.

Thanks WanAus for Goondiwindi ICEM. We particularly enjoyed this cache for a number of reasons. We like the idea of a series of caches - the ICEM SERIES- that link all states and territories. We own 10 ICEM caches in Tasmania. It is our first GCA cache find in Queensland since dragon zone started so earns us our bronze Banana Bender award for finding a GCA cache in Qld. We are also only the fourth team to find this cache, a pity so few cachers up this way look for GCA caches. It is always good to find well hidden, good sized caches Clapping

20-Mar-17

Tassie Trekkers

Continuing our journey to the event in Alice Springs at Easter we added this one to our list of finds along the way.

Cache had slipped beyond reach so needed to resort to tools from the Geocruiser to extract the cache from it's hide. Have added a layer of bark under it now to keep it in place.

Thanks WanAus 222

Rated: for Overall Experience

20-Oct-16

Tuena

The gates are locked which would indicate the owner doesn't want me in there. However I tried both ends but not the climbing over the fence/gate bit. I did read the log about the nearby GC cache so found that at least. Waymarked the cemetery. Thanks.

16-Jul-15

MalDawg

Cache in good condition. Came here to grab the the nearby geocache.com traditional so I grabbed this one as well. you will need long arms!

12-Mar-14

youngoldfella

FTF Left Roma at 0530 for my big day. Arrived in Goondiwindi via Mungindi and finished caching at 1800 and 625K's of driving. Had plenty of rest stops and took heaps of photos. Day 4 of my western adventure. Now at the mid point and head south then east tomorrow. Quick find on this one. Good hide. There are locked gates across the road so I climbed the fence. I could just reach the container so I have put some rocks under neath to raise it a little but you can not see the container from the ground. TFTC WanderingAus.

Rated: for Overall Experience

17-Sep-12

WanderingAus

Good to go, Cache On!!!