Big Countree Four Mile Creek, New South Wales, Australia
By bshwckr on 30-Jan-07. Waypoint GC10NNF

we couldn't sign the log as it's jammed in very very tight . But the tree is huge

Reperio 12:11

Today I headed out into the bush for a walk, and to mostly grab this cache. As it happened to be, I was to drive all the way to GZ without any issues, so once at GZ, the cache was soon discovered. It appears that the tree has grown and now wedged the cache into the ground, but fortunately I was able to still get the lid off and sign the log.

Gratias bshwckr


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First find yay, good location moisture inside, cheers

Another great cache in an interesting local spot that I bet most of the locals who have lived here all their lives don't know about. Fascinating! Tftc. This is what caching is about!

Found with drobonz

After a few attempts, finally found with Kimmy533. TFTC great spot

Replaced container

Found out in the open in bad condition. Broken and water damaged contents laying around. Put everything in a bag for now.

Tricky hiding spot! Hadn't been found for awhile

A lovely scenic drive. I enjoyed it

interesting area. lid broken, log still dry, wrapped cache in plastic bag. tnln tftc

Australia is a big country
But there are not that many big country trees !!
So I was keen to see what all the bouncing around the various tracks and trails in the geomobile this morning was about
Yes!! Once again I did not read the cache notes until I got lost in the forest only 500 metres from GZ
Oh that trail, I saw a sign for that one about half an hour ago [:o]
Ah well keep driving .... and for once a bit of luck.
I ended up at a junction with a sign that had the right name on it
OK!! Off we go to find a Big countree

Wow!! Not that is impressive [^]
Somebody else must have thought so too and fenced it
More remarkable is that nobody chopped it down many years ago [:o]

I enjoyed the peace and quiet of the forest while searching for the cache.
Secretly hoping that I didn't get clobbered by any falling timber

TFTC and forest wanderings.
I never did make it to the next cache only a couple of kms away as I took another wrong turn somewhere and ended up almost in Cargo.
But the drive to end up there was very scenic [^]

This entry was edited by If on Wednesday, 03 April 2013 at 09:33:54 UTC.

I love caches that take me to new & interesting places! The fence is interesting, does the tree have special significance, apart from it's substantial size?
TFTC

Wow what a tree! Great trip through the forest today while doing all the caches in the area TFTC

Navigating to this cache took a bit more messing around than we expected since we coming in from the north but once the correct track was found this giant of a tree was soon found.
The cache contents had been very wet at some stage and there was a bit of water in the bottom of the container which we cleaned and dried out but sadly some of the swaps are a little worse for wear.

Took nothing left nothing.

TFTC

We camped the night nearby at Four Mile Creek which was a bit worse for wear after the recent floods but it did for a night. We enjoyed the short drive through the forest to this cache and that's a nice big tree! Mr H remembers the band Big Country very well (showing his age!) and had no idea about Stuart Adamson until clicking on the link on the cache page.
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

That tree is Huge. TNLNSL

That was a funny trip, laughing all the way......

nice easy find.

This tree is the lagest gum I have seen in the bush, pity that the fence is in need of repair. A long time since this cache has been moved. Thanks for the trip to this spot.LN took travel bug

thanks for the cache and good spot I had lots of fun walking in the pine forrest near by

Recognised this place as soon as we arrived. This was where we did a fair bit of motorbike riding way back when we lived in Orange. Never took much notice of the tree back then so it was good to come back with a different adventure in mind.

Left TB

TFTC

Have really struggled with bshwckr caches, but this was a relatively easy find. Much like the previous log, the cache was totally exposed so replaced a little more cover to conceal the cache. Thanks bshwckr.

Found while working nearby. Took a little detour to see the tree and stumbled upon a cache to boot! Container was slightly exposed so replaced with a bit more cover. TNLN

Second find for the day. Seen this tree before just didn't know why it had been fenced.

Found it ! This was a nice little detour on the way to Orange this morning. A nice easy find in an excellent location. TFTC SL TNLN
suzukifreak_1

the sun finnally setting and our long road trip north to coonabarabran almost over it was cache no 43 of 44- only just relised 45 caches not 44 as noted everywere oh well
JABs

Always amazing to see natures beauty - un touched, congrats to State Forest for leaving this specimen. The Grots took noth'n; but left green key tag and green 'push fly' - that's what they called it anyway!

Easily found. Thanks Bshwckr. It's a great old specimen and it's great that someone has taken the time to put the fence around it. TNLN

going for a ftf on this one only to find it had been found yesterday by the hiders mate and not logged!!!Not happy Jan!!!With Bullet fuel @ $126.9 we will think long and hard before we virgin hunt this area again.

What a saga. Thought we'd get a FTF in the afternoon. Google Maps led us astray and we got caught in a hail storm. We then, driving through unbelievable rain, headed into the forest. As the fuel level was getting low, (light was on), decided to head home without the cache, only to find the way we were going was blocked by a creek in flood. Turned about, not wanting to miss out on the cache, but seeing the fuel gauge below empty, we past the correct road (how did we not see it on the way there) and decided to go in for it. Found the cache easily and limped back to town. Car has 45l tank, I put 45.5l into it. At least we got the cache. Sorry Routers for not logging it last night, got home too late.
Took Geo Coin.
Left nothing.
TFTC.

Published

Left a coin.