Bill Black Mountain, New South Wales, Australia
By
stagetree on 01-Dec-15. Waypoint GA7918
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S30° 19.146' E151° 41.385' (WGS 84) |
| 56J 374030E 6645127N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 1334 m |
| Local Government Area: | Armidale |
/151.68975,-30.3191,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Bill
Bill the Gnome is ready for travel and comes equipped with a weatherproof logbook to collect all the signatures of all the helpful cachers who meet him.
He is ready for a life of travel and would like nothing better than for you to move him along to another spot where he is likely to be picked up again soon.
This is a moving cache created for the GeNome ][ Electric Boogaloo Moving Cache Race game that runs from 1 December 2015 until 31 January 2016.
Moving cache tips:
1. When you grab the cache please rehide it again elsewhere asap. 48 hours is a good guide but I know that life sometimes gets in the way.
2. Log your find here on geocaching.com.au with a Found it log as soon as you can so others are not trying to find the cache you just moved.
3. When you rehide the cache, log a Moved log and put the new coordinates in the "Add waypoint co-ordinates to log:" box. This allows the software to automatically update the new location.
Enter your co-ordinates in the format Sdd mm.mmm Eddd mm.mmm
(You don't have to include the degrees or minutes symbols when entering updated co-ordinates but you should leave a space between the degrees and minutes.
Try a copy and paste of the example co-ordinates into the new co-ordinates box and type over them.)
4. Add a hint for the new location in the Hints field when you enter the Moved log.
5. Please look after this GeGnome.
6. Wherever possible, try and keep to the difficulty / terrain rating as originally listed.
7. When you hide it somewhere new, please add a good hint to help seekers to find it.
Have fun!
Hints
Lryybj - trg qbja ba ln xarrf.. |
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Decode |
Logs
Bill tagged along as we went for a drive to do some cache maintenance. No sooner pulled off to go to Thunderbolt's Cave and Bill was hammering away with his little mallet begging to get out. We reckon he has a hankering to be a bushranger. Good luck with that Bill, reckon it could be a long wait for the mail coach..... 
Got an alert to say three new moveables had taken up residence nearby and Bill was one of the gang. Picked them all up. Bill's going to be thanking me once the predicted cold weather 'with a possibility of snow' arrives in the next few days. TFTM stagetree.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Lovely movables picked up and will be moved along soon.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Cache has now been found, relocated and handed off to a local cacher who will move on shortly...
As usual, GCA moveables left at a GC Mega can sit around for a while...look at the number of trackables still listed at any Mega.
Any moveables still listed at the Queanbeyan Mega are currently being rounded up and will be moved on as soon as possible.
Any moveables still listed at the Queanbeyan Mega are currently being rounded up and will be moved on as soon as possible.
Discovered at the Clear Waters Catchup with a large bunch of other moveables. It was great to see such support for the Geocaching Australia site and it's caches. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted on the table at the Mega Event.
My trip to the Mega was great, found lab caches which while like gadgets are new icons to me. Found some great caches and brought back some neat ideas for new caches in Tasmania.
Join a clan and enter the dragon zone. Clan Phoenix welcomes all new members
TFTC
My trip to the Mega was great, found lab caches which while like gadgets are new icons to me. Found some great caches and brought back some neat ideas for new caches in Tasmania.
Join a clan and enter the dragon zone. Clan Phoenix welcomes all new members
TFTC
Spotted on the moveables table at the Clear Waters Mega Event. Thanks for the moveable Rated: for Overall Experience
Day 9 Mega trip
Spotted on the table at the Mega. TFTM
Spotted on the table at the Mega. TFTM
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found at the Queanbeyan Clear Waters mega event movables table. Thanks for sharing.
Seen on the Movables table at the Clear Waters Mega Event.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Picked up along with quite a few others and they are now all on their way to Bendigo via Echuca over the next couple of days.
Having had a smooth trip on the Spirit of Tasmania, and an equally smooth trip by vehicle northwards, this moveable is now comfortably residing at Shepparton until it is collected to continue its journey
We collected this one last night in Devonport, after a lovely farewell dinner with 2y’stassies
Today he is on board the Spirit of Tasmania to start a new adventure on the mainland
Thanks for the opportunity of moving him
And hopefully another footstep towards my destination
Currently in transit
Today he is on board the Spirit of Tasmania to start a new adventure on the mainland
Thanks for the opportunity of moving him
And hopefully another footstep towards my destination
Currently in transit
Rated: for Overall Experience
On our recent trip to the south of the state we collected up a few moveable caches, today they were passed on to another team who will help them continue their journeys, thanks for travelling with us for a bit
Out and about again in the south of the state. This was a quick find in a location we've visited before to collect moveables, we seem to have collected up a few moveable caches this weekend and will move them towards the north of the state in the next few days. TFTC
found. Thanks for the cache. Taken for a drive. Back out soon.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Quick find while in the company of gooseandegg, I will move on as soon as I can but since I have so many it could take me a few days
Thanks for the moveable.
Thanks for the moveable.
Hi stagetree
A quick find in the hand off
Sainted at 0830 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3441; GC 3599; TOT 7040
A quick find in the hand off
Sainted at 0830 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3441; GC 3599; TOT 7040
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this moveable in the hands of a friend, I will move on
TFTC and Happy New Year
Found this cache while out and about today
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
TFTC and Happy New Year
Found this cache while out and about today
Journey or Destination
Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills
Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)
Traditional
TrigPoint
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced
The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)
The geocache is one of the following types:
Moveable
Traditional
Augmented Reality
Beacon
Gadget
Multi-cache
Night Cache
Podcache
Reverse
Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
Given to Budgie while in Trevallyn, now heading South
Back home for Christmas and grabbed this one close to home.
Many thanks for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a
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This rather cute little gnomic fellow just a little too large to kick around the car for any length of time, so fo7nd a suitable hidey hole for him. Happy travels bloke..thanks..!!
a Few days off and finding myself a little bored sitting about at home. Checked to see if there were any newly arrived or recently placed caches around. Looks like a dozen moveables in the Trevallyn Reserve awaiting finding. Off I go for an easy capture.. thanks..!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
A quick trip today to the Launceston area to rehide some of the moveable caches we seem to have collected up. This area has become a bit of a transfer station for moveables travelling through the north of Tassie. Happy travels
A quick find in an area that's become a bit of a hot spot for moveable caches in recent times. A great place for moveable caches, lots of places to hide, not far off the main road and hardly anyone ever goes there! We'll move this one towards the north of the state asap. TFTC
Bill is guarding a group of small moveables waiting in a local moveable drop-off area. He is beside the banksia so he can see who is coming and going
On our way south on the Hume Freeway we made a detour to look for some caches in Glenrowan we picked Bill up on the way. He is enjoying the company of some other moveables before hitting the road again.
At long last Bill is back in the wild.
He's had a good run about the country, and has asked a couple of times to be released, but in spots which would possibly be dangerous of those trying to find him. He also let me know that after a while hidden deeply with no view, he wanted a spot where he could as least peek out of his hidy hole and have a bit of a view.
I was pretty sure this morning that I'd meet his needs today, and I was right. As I rode along the Old Hume Highway towards Glenrown, he saw a likely spot, called my attention to it, I agreed it was suitable, and made him comfortable with a fine view up the Ovens Valley. Safe parking on both sides of the nearby road. No access from the Hume Highway.
Many thanks stagetree for putting Bill in the field. My apologies for being so tardy getting him out again.
He's had a good run about the country, and has asked a couple of times to be released, but in spots which would possibly be dangerous of those trying to find him. He also let me know that after a while hidden deeply with no view, he wanted a spot where he could as least peek out of his hidy hole and have a bit of a view.
I was pretty sure this morning that I'd meet his needs today, and I was right. As I rode along the Old Hume Highway towards Glenrown, he saw a likely spot, called my attention to it, I agreed it was suitable, and made him comfortable with a fine view up the Ovens Valley. Safe parking on both sides of the nearby road. No access from the Hume Highway.
Many thanks stagetree for putting Bill in the field. My apologies for being so tardy getting him out again.
This gnome is now with Wheels and another couple of moveables. They can exchange stories as they travel northish until I find them new homes. Bill is in excellent condition.
TFTC.
TFTC.
S33° 23.200' E148° 0.197'
After many kilometres traveling with No Tomorrow and her geomobile Captain Moonlight, we finally decided on a nice place to rest.
Forbes is a beautiful little country town with majestic old architecture, a lot of great green space, and an awesome annual music festival. No Tomorrow took me for a walk around the lake yesterday, crossing a couple of bridges, passing the free camp site along the bank, smelling a big Cod drying out in a tree, checking out the painted ute, and watching the wide variety of birds enjoying the area. We parted ways with Seeker Odie and I considered a number of places to set up camp but couldn't make up my mind till this morning.
No Tomorrow was about to go into church at Generocity Church when I saw a line of Gnome houses. No Tomorrow found one suitable for myself, we said our goodbyes and I nestled into the centre of my new home and made myself a quilt of leaves to fight off the cold winter morning air. My pointy green hat didn't fit under the blanket but it works better than a beanie.
So, now I'm happy to camp here for a while but I hope not for too long.
After many kilometres traveling with No Tomorrow and her geomobile Captain Moonlight, we finally decided on a nice place to rest.
Forbes is a beautiful little country town with majestic old architecture, a lot of great green space, and an awesome annual music festival. No Tomorrow took me for a walk around the lake yesterday, crossing a couple of bridges, passing the free camp site along the bank, smelling a big Cod drying out in a tree, checking out the painted ute, and watching the wide variety of birds enjoying the area. We parted ways with Seeker Odie and I considered a number of places to set up camp but couldn't make up my mind till this morning.
No Tomorrow was about to go into church at Generocity Church when I saw a line of Gnome houses. No Tomorrow found one suitable for myself, we said our goodbyes and I nestled into the centre of my new home and made myself a quilt of leaves to fight off the cold winter morning air. My pointy green hat didn't fit under the blanket but it works better than a beanie.
So, now I'm happy to camp here for a while but I hope not for too long.
I was really hesitant finding the 3 moveable caches here today, however I plucked up the courage to have a second go and saw a little bit of colour through the grass. This gave me the courage to step into the front yard of this home and find all 3.
There were 2 gnomes at this home. I thought it was just one because I was using a map. I would have missed this one if I had not seen the others hat... just. Picked this one up to move on as I'm confident it won't break on the trip home. TFTG.
There were 2 gnomes at this home. I thought it was just one because I was using a map. I would have missed this one if I had not seen the others hat... just. Picked this one up to move on as I'm confident it won't break on the trip home. TFTG.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Picked up from the Hawkesbury Meet & Greet event at Ebenezer. Which makes it an easy find no tough looking here. Thanks for placing the moveable stagetree. Good luck on it's next set of journeys.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this one travelling in the hands of Team Merlin
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this one travelling with phlphotos and he has now jumped ship for some more travels with us
Rated: for Overall Experience
Picked up from from Rookwood thanks for the moveable stagetree
Rated: for Overall Experience
Just shuffled off to a nearby tree to replace another one.
Found this one today, one I hadn't seen before. Did a bit of a shuffle around Rookwood with them. Thanks stagetree.
Moved to a new resting spot for a well deserved rest, Well not too long a rest one would hope.
Bill is a new gnome for me . . . so I'm glad to meet him!
rogerw3 has already worked out his next destination . . .
Got this one as part of a moveable hunt in Berry, not much of a hunt really thanks to Tuena.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Virtual move only. Waymarking in Tallong today so hopefully will find a suitable location in that area.
Found with a bunch of his mates on a wild & windy day - thanks to Throsbyonchurch for the special delivery.
I could say I found Bill, but in reality, it's probably a comme ci comme ca. It was pretty funny chasing movable gnomes , angels 
, frogs 
etc down the freeway only to catch them and be plucking them from their hide'y hole and bursting at the seams carrying 
these wiggly giggly thingys back to a box in your mobile and clutching onto them almost for dear life. The whole look is hilarious. An enormous Thank You 
to Just a Cacher and Black Bunny for finding Bill and dropping him off. Thank you stagetree for sharing Bill.Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with Just a cacher on an afternoon moveable hunt.
Thanks for the moveable.
Thanks for the moveable.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Went out to near Yass, and found a surprising number of movables, all in one spot.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Sorry about the very late log people as I have not even look at a website for a bit due to personal issue
So I'm logging and dumping in the next 48hrs
Thanks and sorry
So I'm logging and dumping in the next 48hrs
Thanks and sorry
Rated: for Overall Experience
Feeling really cranky, you travel all this this way to collect caches and people don't log that they have taken them, or they've had them in their possession for months. 
No consideration. Ruins the game!!! and it's unfair. ..... i'm just cranky because there are supposed to be 86 movables in the ACT to date and I can't access the majority of them and I'm fining this to be the case most of the time. Right or wrong from what I can see I can see why cachers don't bother too much about Geocaching Australia caches.
No consideration. Ruins the game!!! and it's unfair. ..... i'm just cranky because there are supposed to be 86 movables in the ACT to date and I can't access the majority of them and I'm fining this to be the case most of the time. Right or wrong from what I can see I can see why cachers don't bother too much about Geocaching Australia caches.Rated: for Overall Experience
Grabbed this fellow with a heap of others. Will relocate soon.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Dislodging Caches stuck around town. Placed on the highway Northbound, so someone can quickly grab and move on elsewhere!
Another Gnome to visit his breatheren currently awaiting travel
Moving on shortly. Thanks LL!
Moving on shortly. Thanks LL!
Down and gone again after a short rest.....
#GA921 - 08:00; Nice to collect another little GeGnome which has travelled far to reach this side of the continent. I'll move it on soon. TFTC stagetree
Rated: for Overall Experience
Welcome to the east side of the country...and the nationals capital. Dropped off in an exchange for a few other moveables so already in the hands of another cacher....
Grabbed from Albida to help move on after his trip across the country.
Will move on very shortly. Thanks for the moveable Stagetree.
Will move on very shortly. Thanks for the moveable Stagetree.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I picked this up as I headed south on my WA trip. This is now on its way to the ACT.
Thanks
Albida.
Thanks
Albida.
Discovered the cache at home in the hands of Lazarus_68
Rated: for Overall Experience
