A Scavenger Hunt at Rest Park Brooklyn, New South Wales, Australia
By
Richary on 08-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9345
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S33° 32.822' E151° 11.849' (WGS 84) |
| 56H 332652E 6286611N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 29 m |
| Local Government Area: | The Hornsby |
/151.197483,-33.547033,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
A funny little park
An unusual little council run park with a few seats and a reasonable view. Probably not really required since the F3/M1 was built and it must date from when the Old Pacific Highway was the main route north.
Now it seems relatively unused and you should be able to search in peace. Placed as part of the Summer Scavenge Series game.
Hints
Ebpx jnyy oruvaq orag gerr |
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Decode |
Logs
Passing through with geovan in tow we stopped here to find your cache.
Cache and contents in excellent condition. Many thanks Richary for placing this cache.
Cache and contents in excellent condition. Many thanks Richary for placing this cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A quick and easy found in the company of some great friends, TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
I was out caching today with Mighty Minions, Team 737 and Banj5150, doing some higher terrain caches the other side of the river before heading south. A couple of the others wanted to do the nearby multi, which I'd previously found, and then we headed across to this one. A good-sized container in great condition. Many thanks for the hide.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were in the Mooney Mooney, Brooklyn and Cowan area celebrating Mighty Minions' 4000th find with some great caches, had a day in the rain and then humidity, nabbing 11 finds and having an all round great time. With all of our group today keen for some GA caches, we searched for this one too. Nicely hidden, and in great condition too. TFTC!
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were in the area when Lee737 noticed this cache , so we went for a little walk and the cache was quickly found,
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Driving to Sydney, we detoured from the expressway and were soon at this lonely and unloved park, although the grass had been mowed. With no-one else around we had a good search and soon found it, well hidden, quite dry and in good condition. Thanks for a good hide and getting us out of that crazy traffic.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Caught up with alnic39 & family at this cache & joined in the search. Took a little while to find but in the end we got it. With the cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area richary
Found this as part of the suumer games 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.
1.Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
2.Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
3.Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
4.Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
5.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.
Found this as part of the suumer games 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.
1.Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
2.Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
3.Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
4.Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
5.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.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Up on the Central Coast catching up with family at Lisarow. After lunch headed to the beach collecting some GC caches as well as some trigs along the way. Caught up with some of our regular caching crew who were also close by this afternoon. A small detour on the way home followed by a bit of a search before we found the cache. Thanks for the cache richary.
Rated: for Overall Experience
We looked for a while up the top until we realised it was down below.
Rated: for Overall Experience
A beautiful green park that is so well hidden. The front looks just like someone's property.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Coords wore good and the hint was spot on. None of us could figure out from the smell what was originally in the container...it was sweet though.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found It!
A quick find here while on the way home from the mega event. Nice little park that seems rather hidden! I would never have know it was here if not for the cache!
TFTC
A quick find here while on the way home from the mega event. Nice little park that seems rather hidden! I would never have know it was here if not for the cache!
TFTC
Found with Kittykatch on the way to the Geomuster in Morisset. Lovely spot and so much history
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with Joolay on the way to the Geomuster. Cool old rest area. Cache in good condition. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Have been here many times over the years but today the first time I thought to stop and look for this cache. Quickly found, signed and returned. A very quiet place. For those interested the old horse and cart track down to the Hawkesbury is visible around the corner to south and across the road. Also a rock climbing spot.
Rated: for Overall Experience
#45
Had a great guided bushwalk to Lloyd trig this morning and decided to add icing to the cake by grabbing this one not too far away. Hard to believe that I'm only the second finder in 5 months. Never had any idea this park existed even though I've driven, motorbiked and cycled past on many occasions. I had the park to myself and not too much trouble finding the lonely cache which is in A1 condition.
Had a great guided bushwalk to Lloyd trig this morning and decided to add icing to the cake by grabbing this one not too far away. Hard to believe that I'm only the second finder in 5 months. Never had any idea this park existed even though I've driven, motorbiked and cycled past on many occasions. I had the park to myself and not too much trouble finding the lonely cache which is in A1 condition.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I was looking for a regular-sized cache to scavenge and here's one right under my nose, and a new one at that. *FTF*
This is an unusual park. I dropped in a few months ago and there was an outdoor theatre stage set up down in the amphitheatre, complete with props, furniture, walls and windows. If you continue down, you'll find the Brooklyn cemetery with its Red Baron connection, but that's another cache.
Arriving tonight, the sign said the park was closed but there'd clearly been no attempt to close it so I wandered down and made quick work of the find. Liked all the 'old-school' swag. Does anyone swap it still? Anyways, thanks Richary.
This is an unusual park. I dropped in a few months ago and there was an outdoor theatre stage set up down in the amphitheatre, complete with props, furniture, walls and windows. If you continue down, you'll find the Brooklyn cemetery with its Red Baron connection, but that's another cache.
Arriving tonight, the sign said the park was closed but there'd clearly been no attempt to close it so I wandered down and made quick work of the find. Liked all the 'old-school' swag. Does anyone swap it still? Anyways, thanks Richary.
Rated: for Overall Experience
