Bravo Hotel Koala Park, Queensland, Australia
By sid knee on 06-Jan-01. Waypoint GC131

We are on a one week holiday road trip from Sydney to Brisbane to Sydney, with pre-booked accommodation at the Ingenia White Albatross Holiday Park in Nambucca Heads, the Big4 NRMA Treasure Island Holiday Resort on the Gold Coast, the Blue Dolphin Holiday Resort in Yamba, and the Big4 Leisure Tourist Park in Port Macquarie. Planning to collect some caches around our accommodation stays, and also stop-off for some targeted caches along the M1 Pacific Motorway route. Photos will be uploaded to logs after our return to home base.Today we drove from Biggera Waters on the Queensland Gold Coast to Yamba in northern NSW, spending most of the day collecting caches and Adventure Labs accessed from along the Gold Coast Highway, with a final stop-off at Burleigh Head National Park for Queensland's second oldest geocache (we did the oldest on our last trip in March). Then headed southward along the M1 Pacific Motorway, stopping for a break at Ballina for a cache at the Big Prawn and a visit to the Summerland Antique Centre, before continuing on to Yamba for the night. This was the 14th of 15 finds for the day (day 4), and 45th find of the holiday.This one was next on our drive down the Gold Coast Highway. Trekked up the steep winding pathway through Burleigh Head National Park and, after collecting a few Adventure Lab stages along the way, soon arrived at this cache and made a nice quick find on arrival at GZ. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. It's nice to be able to log the second oldest geocache in Queensland. TFTC sid knee.Find #7203

Whrend unseres walk & travel Aufenthaltes von Melbourne nach Cairns bin ich hier mit meiner Freundin vorbeigekommen. Wir genieen die tolle Landschaft. Diesen "alten" Cache mussten wir natrlich einsammeln und mit einer Schleife versehen.Gru und danke fr's Legen und Pflegen sagt Johanna vom Team JAMC32

Day 8 of my fortnight+ road trip up to Brisbane eand back to Blue Mountains. A leisurely drive up. Avoiding GC power trails. Randomly driving to various spots that take my fancy. Today my geostreak is 415 days unbroken.Now in SEQLD. Lets find some geocaches in three LGAs before Brisbane tonight. Thanks sid knee for my first SEQLD find.

Nice big cache - good hint got us here.

After a few days of caching at Lake Somerset, were now staying on the Gold Coast for a couple of nights before we leave the sunshine behind and head home to Melbourne.Finding a parking spot was our first challenge. Being a Sunday morning, every man, woman and child was out and about, and most seemed to be heading where we were going. The scenery was spectacular, and its easy to see why so many people use this track for exercise. Once we reached GZ, our next challenge was waiting out the muggles. While I stood as lookout, Steve grabbed the cache and passed the log to me for signing.Thank you sid knee for this golden oldie in such a picturesque location.

Tftc

We did this one in the dark! Fun cache, look out for lightning bugs at night

I am down under for the very first time. Visiting Australia has always been a dream of mine, and I cannot believe it has come true. Australia's nature and wildlife really captivated me. Over three weeks, I saw many wonderful beaches, sunsets, animals such as , and I found great geocaches. My tour guide was mostly geocaching, and through it, I discovered many beautiful places I wouldnt have seen without our great hobby. I mainly stayed in Brisbane but also visited other gorgeous places such as Noosa Heads and Springbrook. I spent a few days on the Gold Coast and Moreton Island, and I went to New South Wales to have visited a second state in Australia. During my stay, the winter and early spring in Queensland were very warm, the sun shone every single day, and I did not see a single drop of rain. My time down under was so beautiful and unforgettable. Australia is such a stunning country! Today I spent another day in the Gold Coast. I really like this area and I discovered beautiful places. On this hot day I cycled all the way along the wonderful coast from Tweed Heads to Burleigh Heads. I also looked for many geocaches like this one. At GZ I found the cache easily. After signing the log I put the container back as found. My 100 find in Australia. Thank you for this geocache says Mr. J. Cacher from the other side of the world

#5622Mathsnuts are over from the UK, staying with the in-laws in Springbrook. Mathsnut Junior specifically requested a beach day and friends recommended Burleigh Heads. After a pleasant few hours, that included some impressive cannon-balling into the water from Mathsnut Junior, we dried off then set off into the park to find this cache. The host was obvious as we approached and we soon spotted the cache. I signed the log, dropped off a TB that wants to go to the Gold Coast (success) and added some cards for Mega events in the UK, just in case anyone fancies them TFTC

Found it by C from N&C! Nice view point

The lure of this caches age spurred us on despite the fading light as our car crawled through traffic. After all, it was described as a pleasant walk of a few hundred metres. We figured we could pull it off in minutes. Yeah, about that: parking was unavailable and the short walk turned out to be up a steep incline, pleasant possibly if you hadnt walked as much as we had all day. Think the cache would benefit from noting the incline as some cachers have mobility issues and should be forewarned. We ended up inadvertently doing our first night cache, not a bad spot to do one providing you have torches for the way down as roots caused stumbling hazards. Loved the views and the magic of the fireflys that we spotted on the way down.Tftc.

This was our first night cache as it was the last one for the day but got stuck in traffic from road works , got to parking lot on dusk no parks to be found so parked up the street not necessarily in the lines , found a path to the main pathway it kept teasingly saying we were getting closer but then we hit another zig zag and moved away from the GZ . All the while it kept going up and the daylight disappearing finally got to GZ in the dark easy find with the phone light. Tftc and adventure

Found. Can't wait to get up to the lookout now

Thanks for the easy find

Nice rainforest short hike with a view to the ocean

My Daughter 7 and I decided to tackle Burleigh Hill today. Found cache at GZ. We have taken the holiday bell travelbug and left some small swag. TFTC.

This morning I went for a walk with my parents and my brother along the coast as far as the custard tart shop at Tallebudgera. While my brother caught the bus back I convinced my parents to come up the lookout so I could look for this cache (and the views). It was actually my dad who found it in its excellent hiding spot, and we both left a note in the logbook. One TB in residence, which I discovered but left inside. No signatures from yesterday's "finders".Since my parents moved overseas it's been ages since Dad and I have gone caching together like we used to, so this was a nice way to do that again - and a bonus that this cache is so old as well and will fill a space in my Jasmer grid! I've attached some photos of the view from the lookout shortly after GZ. I enjoyed the walk and the views, and seeing the crazy bush turkeys in the trees!TFTC Kia ora from New Zealand (#2351)

Pah!

I had a good walking in the national park. Found it.

TFTC beautiful country forest walk thanks for taking us there

Visiting South East Queensland for a week from Port Macquarie. Our last full day on the Gold Coast, today we tackled caches right down the coastal area, from The Spit in the North down to Coolangatta/Tweed Heads in the South. The weather today was prime for caching, with clear skies and lovely temperatures in the low twenties.This was our last find of the day and not only the most important, but also the best experience. We tried to climb up much earlier in the day but there was no parking anywhere, the first time on this trip we had no luck finding a suitable parking spot. Defeated, we left it until our return journey back up the coast in the late afternoon. The second time around we scored a prime spot right near the start of the track. After already doing a lot of walking and a couple of steep-ish climbs today, we were definitely rather puffed from walking up the headland. Managed to locate the container quickly at GZ. On the way back, at the lookout, we met a lovely and hilarious lady visiting Australia from China who wanted to know all about geocaching and we had a great chat as we walked back down together before darkness descended. Nice to tick off this somewhat famous cache.Thanks for the cache, giving it a FP

Yup. In the gathering darkness on the shortest day

In town for an academic conference and found myself with an hour or so to spare before meeting up with others for dinner in Burleigh this evening, so headed down to the headland for a walk... I followed the path upwards, which was more of a trudge than a walk, but i was rewarded with the good bushland vibes and nice views along the way. This was quite a straightforward find along the way, and as I sat an enjoyed it's spoils I was surprised to find it was quite the aged cheese. The log is ever so slightly damp, but all is ok. Grabbed one of the 2 TBs within to continue its travels with me for a bit. Many thanks for the hide and keeping it in play for so many years sid knee. A FP has been duly added as payment for all the smiles.

We've found it! Thanks!

I was the original owner of this cache, waaaay back. I follow it, and thanks to Sid Kneee, who mountains it now, it seems to be prospering.The reason I visited today, was to drop off two travel bugs which I hope will continue to travel the world I brought them around the world, having picked them up in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago.

Almost had us stumped, but we got there

Tftc! Might need a little attention as the container is a little cracked and log a touch damp

Beautiful!

TFTC

Nalezeno pri nasi navsteve Australie. Moc hezke misto. Rano jsme se nasnidali na vyhlidce, pozorovali surfare a pak se vydali pro kes. Moc dekujemeWe foud it during our trip to the Australia. Thanks

Nice hide and find, the previous people to log must have taken all the TBs and not logged them. TFTC.

I missed this one on my last two visits. When KTPops said are there any I wanted here, I took a moment to remember this one. Today on the way to the airport, KTPops wrestled with a relentless onslaught of cars jostling for parking spots that were not available. Eventually we found a park way south, and walked on in. Our legs (well mine) were dead from yesterdays 30,000 step monster walk through the Warrie Circuit so I was going steady at best. KTPops came through again with the 'found it' and I grinned with pleasure. Signed and returned, we are both pleased to capture this oldie. Cache in good condition, signed and returned as found. Find #9568. FP must be awarded of course.

Cool hide, liked the walk

Weather was all over the place but a nice simple find alongside a great view. Unfortunately no TBs. Cheers

YIPPEE! Love from USA! Sunny and Belle

Visited the cache again while doing the Adlab and Earthcache. There were no TBs in cache and I dropped off 5 x TBs

Found at the pin.

Thanks, lovely spot.

My last Queensland stop before crossing the border, dropping off some TBs and visiting a cache thats been on my list for some time. More challenging walk than I expected but cooler than down the hill. I had a fair idea where it would be but it took searching a few of them before finding the right one. 13/10 would visit again, so +1 favourite point.Dropped 6 travelbugs and took the only one left within from the list, Ned & Fatty.TFTC Sid knee

Found it and took all travel bugs with me to either Singapore or The Netherlands. The 2 Fs from The Netherlands. TFTC

Geocaching in sydney, brisbane and anywhere in between, together with the 2 F's. TFTC

#719 2:46 pmCanberra capital geobash mega event trip LTFThanks for placing this cache sid knee

This was one of the caches that my Canberra friends encouraged me to find. I love finding older caches. I appreciated the fact that I didn't have to climb a mountain to get to lit. LOL I appreciate that you all have kept this oldie in play. Thank you for the smiley and the fun!The day:I was visiting from the U.S. and had a goal of driving all the way up the east coast starting in Melbourne and ending in Port Douglas over a few weeks. This day started in Byron Bay and ended in Brisbane. The distance was doable and I didn't load my list with caches. It was a good day. Many thanks to all the geocachers who placed and continue to maintain their geocaches for folks like me to find. I know it's not always easy, but I do appreciate you.

TFTC! Left a little present for the next cacher taking on the hike. Not much to say, a bit out of breath. Beautiful view.

A cache definitely on my hit list and I'm very happy to finally make the find. On a caching holiday from Mackay. In the search of old caches and ones to fill DT grid spaces. Found TFTC SL Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment. Found with mackay_geocaching

Last cache of the day, parking really bad so with the promise of dinner as well, we parked well away from the drop zone and set off in the semi dark. Surprising number of people going the opposite way especially given the lack of remaining light. Anything for a cache and given it is the oldest in Queensland off we went. Quite a nice walk although the return was in full dark. TFTC

What a nice little walk with nice views up to this cache. Thank you for keeping this old one alive.TFTC geovi

Interestingly, I was here about 15 years ago, but I was not geocaching yet. Today, we came back for the short hike to claim this old geocache.A quick find. Thanks for keeping it in good shape! TFTC!

Visiting from Virginia USA, exploring the Gold Coast today. Loved this hike with the beautiful views and woods teeming with wildlife. Thanks for maintaining this old cache!

Gorgeous place. First cache in Australia, travelled all the way from Denmark. Thanks!

Visiting from nz. Going for a random drive around the area and stopped in to find this cache. Wasn't expecting quite the steep walk with the terrain only being a 1.5. with a good hint it was an easy find once at gz. Nice views around here.Thank you sid knee for placing this cache.Log signed as B&PFind number 5076

Woohoo, another Oldie is found!Without knowing, wifey choose again a campground near one of the old ones. Today after breakfast I started my hike, without the family, not knowing how easy the climb was. This hike is pretty easy and from the bridge it takes approx 20 minutes to be a GZ. It was not to busy so I head no hassle to find the container without being seen. The lid of the container is broken on one side but inside all is okay. Unfortunately none of the traceables was here. Logbook was signed, a litte trade for the boys (two eggs out and two goats in) done and then everything was placed again as found. I continued my walk again to the outlook to enjoy the stunning view. Great spot for the Cache.Thanks to sid knee for keeping this old one running! For sure I leave a fav point here.Basti2005 13. Mrz 2024 09:40

Quick find and wonderful Lockout after a shorts walk.Tftc....Index 2

Bei unserer Gruppenreise nach Australien und Neuseeland konnten wir neben den vielen interessanten Eindrcken auf unseren Ausflgen auch viele Caches besuchen und die alten Caches stehen ganz oben auf der Liste.Wir besuchten und loggten den Cache im Team DownUnder24.Danke an sid knee fr diesen Cache.

Whrend eines Zwischenstopps auf dem Weg nach Auckland wurde auch dieses altehrwrdige Dslein besucht. We logged with our team name Downunder2024. Thank you very much for the cache!

Mit 37 Geocachern, aus Deutschland, Dnemark, Luxemburg und der Schweiz, ging es auf groe Reise. Drei Wochen nach Australien und Neuseeland, beginnend mit einem Zwischenstopp in Doha in Katar. So lange und so weit weg von zu Hause war ich noch nie. Eine aufregende Zeit.Beim Geocaching lag der Focus auf viele unterschiedliche Cachetypen, aber auch besondere Wertungen, Challenges und besonders ein paar sehr alte Caches aus den Jahren 2000 und 2001. Aber auch natrlich ganz besonders die Geocaches, die zu Fu vom Hotel aus gut erreichbar waren.Natrlich wurde stand aber nicht nur das Geocaching im Mittelpunkt, sondern auch die Sehenswrdigkeiten der einzelnen Stationen, die wir besuchten, verdienten ihre Aufmerksamkeit.In die Logbcher trugen wir uns mit unserem Teamnamen "Downunder 2024" ein, Logbuchplatz sparend und effizient.Es war eine ganz besondere Reise im groen Team, das auch sehr viel Spa gemacht hat.Heute war wieder einmal Reisetag. Ganz frh ging es von Cairns nach Gold Coast und nach einem lngeren Aufenthalt dort, mit ein paar besonderen Geocaches, ging es am frhen Abend weiter nach Auckland in Neuseeland.Aufgrund der Vielzahl der Caches reicht es berwiegend nur zu einem Einheitslog, fr den ich mich bei den unterschiedlichen Ownern hiermit schon mal entschuldigen mchte.Danke fr diesen Geocache. Danke fr die Ausarbeitung. Danke frs Zeigen.Lieber Gru aus Duisburg / DeutschlandAndyDieser Logeintrag wird mit Hilfe von Google bersetzt.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________We set off on a long journey with 37 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Three weeks to Australia and New Zealand, starting with a stopover in Doha, Qatar. I have never been so long and so far away from home. An exciting time.When geocaching, the focus was on many different cache types, but also special ratings, challenges and especially a few very old caches from the years 2000 and 2001. But also, of course, especially the geocaches that were easily accessible on foot from the hotel.Of course, the focus wasn't just on geocaching; the sights of the individual stations we visited also deserved attention.We entered our team name Downunder 2024 in the logbooks, saving logbook space and efficiently.It was a very special trip in a large team, which was also a lot of fun.Today was travel day again. Very early we went from Cairns to Gold Coast and, after a longer stay there with a few special geocaches, we continued on to Auckland in New Zealand in the early evening.Due to the large number of caches, there is usually only one standard log, for which I would like to apologize to the different owners.Thanks for this geocache. Thanks for the elaboration. Thank you for showing me.Kind regards from Duisburg / GermanyAndyThis log entry is translated with the help of Google.

Unterwegs in Australien und Neuseeland mit der Cachergruppe Downunder24,konnte ich diesen schnen Cache signieren.Danke frs Anlegen und Herfhren!TFTC sagt der WhlhaseDie Cachergruppe Downunder24 hat die Teilnehmer:_gc_, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo,Danke fr die Dose - Thanks for that Cache - Merci pour la Cache - Dzieki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Dky za ke - Aciu u ta talpykla - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - nbellek iin tesekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kasmemoron

Together with 36 other geocachers, the KiSt team undertook a very long trip to Australia ???? and New Zealand ???? for three weeks. On both the outward and return journeys, there was a stopover in Doha, the capital of Qatar ????.We experienced a great deal on this trip and gained many very different impressions of the two countries, their nature and their culture. Of course, the main focus was on visiting as many caches of as many different types as possible and also all accessible old cans. However, we also made sure to visit many special places of interest and to gain as comprehensive an impression as possible of nature and its flora and fauna.To save the logbooks, we usually signed in with our team name **Downunder24**. For "special" cans, however, we have not missed the opportunity to leave our nickname as well.This beautiful cache is now also one of our finds.Due to the large number of caches visited, it is unfortunately not possible for us to write an individual log for each can, which is why we would like to apologize to the owners for this collective log.We also met other cachers at some of the events and were able to share our experiences. Many thanks to the event owners!Of course we would like to thank all the owners for showing us the great locations, the sometimes tricky puzzles, exciting multis and wherigos, as well as the interesting virtuals and earth caches - TFTC!!!---In der Besetzung KiSt unternahmen wir zusammen mit 36 weiteren Geocachern fr drei Wochen eine sehr weite Reise nach Australien ???? und Neuseeland ????. Auf der An- und Abreise stand dabei jeweils ein Zwischenstopp in Doha an, der Hauptstadt von Qatar ????.Wir haben auf dieser Reise sehr viel erlebt und viele sehr unterschiedliche Eindrcke von den beiden Lndern, deren Natur und deren Kultur mitgenommen. Natrlich lag ein Hauptaugenmerk darauf, mglichst viele Caches mglichst vieler unterschiedlicher Typen und auch alle erreichbaren alten Dosen zu besuchen. Darber haben wir es aber nicht versumt, vielen besonderen Sehenswrdigkeiten einen Besuch abzustatten und uns von der Natur und deren Flora und Fauna einen mglichst umfassenden Eindruck zu verschaffen.Um die Logbcher zu schonen, haben wir uns dort meist mit unserem Teamnamen **Downunder24** eingetragen. Bei "besonderen" Dosen haben wir es uns aber auch nicht nehmen lassen, zustzlich unseren Nicknamen zu hinterlassen.Auch dieser schne Cache zhlt jetzt zu unseren Funden.Aufgrund der groen Anzahl der besuchten Caches ist es uns leider nicht mglich, zu jeder Dose einen individuellen Log zu verfassen, weshalb wir uns bei den Ownern fr diesen Sammellog entschuldigen wollen.Auf einigen Events haben wir auch andere Cacher kennengelernt und konnten unsere Erfahrungen austauschen. Vielen Dank an die Event-Owner!Natrlich wollen wir uns bei allen Ownern fr das Zeigen der tollen Orte, die teils kniffligen Rtsel, spannenden Multis und Wherigos, sowie die interessanten Virtuals und Earthcaches bedanken - TFTC!!

Found this cache on a 21-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany and Denmark - At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gc, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-TinaGazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, OllileinOpaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma,Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoTFTC, Team Zyanor

Last day in Australia ??. This is my first visit to this extraordinary continent and the fulfillment of a long-cherished dream. In the past, it always failed due to the lack of a travel companion. Now I had the chance to join a large group of mainly German geocachers and I was delighted to take it. Stopover in Gold Coast and five hours layover. What do geocachers do? Make the most of the time and search for as many caches as possible. The place is beautiful ??. I love this stretch of coastline. We didn't want to miss out on an old cache like this, so a part of the team hiked to ground zero, looked around carefully and managed to free the container from its hiding place in an unobserved moment.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks. The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:gcAmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *Leilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoThank you for laying & taking care .Letzter Tag in Australien ??. Fr mich ist es der erste Besuch dieses auergewhnlichen Kontinents und die Erfllung eines lang gehegten Traums. Es scheiterte in der Vergangenheit immer an einem fehlenden Reisebegleiter. Jetzt gab es die Chance mich einer groen Gruppe von berwiegend deutschen Geocachern anzuschlieen und ich ergriff sie mit Freuden. Zwischenlandung in Gold Coast und fnf Stunden Aufenthalt. Was machen Geocacher? Die Zeit nutzen und und so viele Caches suchen wie mglich. Der Ort ist wunderschn ??. Ich bin begeistert von diesem Kstenstreifen. So einen alten Cache wollten wir uns nicht entgehen lassen, daher wanderte ein Teil des Teams zum Ground Zero, sah sich vorsichtig um und konnte in einem unbeobachteten Moment die Dose aus ihrem Versteck befreien. Jetzt steht unser Gruppenname DownUnder24 auch in diesem Logbuch. Danke fr das Legen & Pflegen .

Das groe Abenteuer beginnt. Qatar ?? Australien ?? Neuseeland. Zusammen mit 37 anderen Cachern bereise ich diese Lnder. Wir haben uns den Gruppennamen Downunder 2024 gegeben.Das sind die Teilnehmer:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.Wir haben uns nicht alle im Logbuch verewigt um den Ownern nicht gleich nach unserem Besuch zur Wartung zu rufen. Ab und an habe ich mich auch mal mit meinem Namen persnlich eingetragen. Das ist der letzte Cache in Australien. Heute geht es weiter nach Neuseeland??Vielen Dank an sid knee fr diesen Cache, liebe Gre aus Apensen von der webmasterrollerin Silvia ?? ??27. Februar 2024

There was a lot to see and log on my trip through Australia and New Zealand, and this cache was one of them. We were a group of 38 and logged with "Team Downunder24" to save space in the logbook.Thanks says XenSuo

We had a great time in Australia and looked at many sights. Today we made a quick stop on the Gold Coast before our flight to Auckland. That's how we came across this old cache here too.?? I am also part of the large tour group from Germany, for reasons of space, we have entered the logbook as **DownUnder24**.Thank you for luring and hiding, says ollileinThe tour group includes: gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuo

Together with 37 Cachers, we start a journey to Australia and New Zealand via Doha.In Qatar we spent one night and had almost one full day before heading to Sydney.In Australia we visit the cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns. In New Zealand will be Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.To save Logbook space, we signed the logbooks with our team-name "DownUnder24".Our Teammembers are:\_gc_, AmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEO Karen, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin, Whlhase, XenSuoThank you for the Cache.

Als Gruppe von 38 Geocacher*innen machten wir uns auf den Weg aus Deutschland, Dnemark und der Schweiz. Nach einem Zwischenstopp in Doha, Qatar, ging es nach Australien, wo wir in Sydney, Melbourne und Cairns Quartier nahmen. Dann ging es weiter nach Neuseeland ...In die gefundenen Logbcher haben wir als Team Downunder2024 eingetragen.Vielen Dank fr den CacheSimowlAs a group of 38 geocachers we set off from Germany, Denmark and Switzerland. After a stopover in Doha, Qatar, we went to Australia, where we stayed in Sydney, Melbourne and Cairns. Then we went on to New Zealand...As Team Downunder2024, we entered the logbooks we found.Thanks for the cacheSimowl

I have traveled with 37 geocachers to Australia and New Zealand resulting in lots of opportunities for sightseeing and geocaching. The Teammembers are:gc, AndyausDu, AmoebeST, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacherReisen,CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, GEOKaren, GoanToni, HFo, hupsi-1, karrai *, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love,Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, Opaundenkel, penalty96, Rheins,Simowl, sozioma, Sr. Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, Webmasterrollerin,Whlhase, XenSuo.The logbooks were mostly signed under the teamname "Team DownUnder24" and answers were sent to owners for the group, as appropriate. This has been a great trip with a multifold of new impressions and experiences.During our stay in Australia we had also the opportunity to visit some caches. This cache was also among our finds today.Thanks for leading us here and showing and thanks for the cache.

# 21450Whau, I am on a three week trip with Cacher-Reisen and a bunch of fellow geocachers to Australia and New Zealand. It is so odd to imagine that I am going to visit a place that is nearly on the opposite of the globe from my usual hangouts. In Denmark it is late winter/early spring, and I am exchanging the winter-part for late summer in Australia and early autumn in New Zealand. This is so exciting.The itinerary is Frankfurt (Germany), Doha (Qatar), Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns (Australia) and Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Cromwell, Queenstown (New Zealand) before flying back to Europe. That will be two new continents and three new countries for me - and as far away from home as I have ever been. It is a lot of places and travelling, but we also have a plan to find lots of geocaches and see the sights and beautiful nature.In the wee hours of the night yesterday we all got up to go to the airport, headed for the next destination in Cairns. It turned out that that was not the right element for me with the heat and humidity. I had made arrangements to join the group on two boattrips, and all in all with a bit of seasickness, fatigue, jetlag and much more I think I would have been better off staying at the hotel. However, looking back on the trip now, I am happy that I went and also saw this part of Australia. Thankfully we also found a few caches in the area.We had a layover at Gold Coast Airport and some of us went for a trip to this old cache. Quite a hike to get up here because I had to keep pace with some of the younger men. However, a few days later I learned that one of the 'young' men were actually a few years older than me, but he is fit and fast. I had hoped that we had time to go to Brisbane for another old cache from October 2000, but we were stressed for time. Or felt stressed for time because it turned out that the plane was delayed. We caught an Uber to get here, and he had time to wait for us, so we hurried up to the cache. A group of kids listened to stories about their forefathers at the viewing point but we were allowed to move between them to snap photos. Beautiful area.Tak for cachen til sid knee.

Together with my B@cker and a lot of crazy Cachers from Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg, we have an exciting Trip to Qatar, Australien and New Zealand. The name of the Group is easy Downunder24.The Team isAmoebeST, AndyausDu, B@cker-1, Biggidag, Brummelbren, CacheTaucher, cooljo, Fotopinguin, Freizeit-Tina, Gazelle5111, -GC-, GEOKaren, GoanToni, Hfi1, hupsi-1, karrai*, keeiner, Leilah03, lenny love, Lupus54, Maxipimpf, muschel3, Ollilein, OpaundEnkel, penalty96, Rheins, Simowl, sozioma, Sr.Elli, Team Zyanor, viko76, webmasterrollerin, Whlhase and XenSuo. Exhausting but beautyful. Thanks for the Cache. Best regards from Buxtehude ( Germany) ?? ?? ??

This very old cache "Bravo Hotel" we had on our plan during a stay at the airport. Very cool such a old one. Danke sid knee

Beim Zwischenstop hier die Zeit genutzt und mit dem Gruppennamen "Downunder24" geloggt. Der Aufstieg zur Dose war Recht Schweitreibend,aber was macht man nicht alles fr einen Methusalemcache!TFTC sagt keeiner

Gefunden im Team DownUnder24. Danke fr den Cache

On my journey through Australia I passed many beautiful places. It is very impressive. Thank you very much. Greetings from Germany, muschel3

Found this cache on a 24-day trip to Australia and New Zealand with a night of stopover in Qatar.In Qatar we have an evening and almost a full day of geocaching before we take the long flight to Downunder.In Australia we will visit the citys of Sydney, Melbourne, Aidelaide and Cairns. Our stays in New Zealand will be in Aukland, Rotorua, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.For me the focus will be on old caches, placed in 2000 and obviously on the remaining webcams in Australia and New Zealand.We are a group of 38 Geocachers from Germany, Denmark and Luxembourg. At geocaches that we visit as a group, we sign the logbooks with our team-name "Team DownUnder24" to safe the owners a lot of space in the logbooks.On the way from Cairns to Auckland, we had a 5 hour layover in Gold Coast. Checkin wouldn't open until 2 hours before the second flight, so we took a Uber to this cache.Merci frs Dosal sogt da GoanToni Thanks to sid knee for hiding and maintaining this geocache.

38 cachers from ????, ????and ???? made a tour with a stopover in ???? and visiting???? and ????to get lot of impressions from Down Under.We log with Team DownUnder24 to save space in the logbooks.The following Geocachers are members of Team DownUnder24:_gc_AmoebeSTAndyausDuB@cker-1BiggidagBrummelbrenCacheTauchercooljoFotopinguinFreizeit-TinaGazelle5111GEO KarenGoanToniHfi1hupsi-1karrai *Leilah03lenny loveLupus54Maxipimpfmuschel3OllileinOpaundenkelpenalty96RheinsSimowlsoziomaSr. ElliTeam Zyanorviko76WebmasterrollerinWhlhaseXenSuoDay 11: Fly-Day from Cairns to Auckland with 5 hours stopover at the Gold Coast. Uber was happy about so many people going to several caches. TFTC from Bavaria

Geocachers on tour. We are a travel group with almost 40 people from Germany and we log with Downunder 2024 to save space. We visited this cache Bravo Hotel today and it is in the logbook. Thank you very much

A group of 38 geocachers from Germany, Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland - Team Downunder24 - are traveling for 22 days from Frankfurt/Main via Doha to Australia and New Zealand. I was able to discover many wonderful things and irretrievable experiences are burned into my memory. Today is flying day... We travel from Cairns via Gold Coast to Auckland and have a 4 hour layover. We need a few caches to pass the time - this old guy was there too! Thanks to sid knee for the cache, luring and caring for it - kind regards from Switzerland

After a while, it was finally time to visit some caches in distant countries again. This time the destination should be australia and new zealand What an amazing continent. Met some nice people there, saw a lot of interesting spots and also found some geocaches, of course. Signed in with our teamname downunder24. Thanks to the owner for laying and maintaining the cache and many greetings from Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Lenny LoveDanke fr den Cache - Thanks for that Cache- Merci pour la Cache - Dziki za Cache - Grazie per questo Cache - Takk for at Cache - Obrigado por isso Cache - Gracias por el Cache - Diky za ke - Ai u t talpykl - Paldies par o Cache - Aith selle eest Cache - - Kiitos, ett Cache - Tack fr att Cache - Tak for denne Cache - Hvala cache - E cache - - nbellek iin teekkrler - Ksznjk, hogy a cache - Bedankt voor de cache - Graas para o cache - Dankon pro la kamemo

Heute verlassen wir Australien aber bevor es nach Neuseeland geht gibt es noch den zwischenstop in Goldcoast.Hier haben wir uns nochmal die Meeresbrise um die Nase wehen lassen und ein paar Dosen eingesammelt.T4t$ sagt viko76 aus Berlin Today we leave Australia but before we go to New Zealand there is a stopover in Gold Coast. Here we let the sea breeze blow around our noses again and collected a few cans. T4t$ says viko76 from Berlin

Wir sind eine etwas grssere Geocachergruppe die von Frankfurt ber Doha nach Australien geflogen sind. Hier haben wir schon einiges an Sightseeing gemacht sowie drumrum Caches gertselt, gesucht und geloggt. Dieser hier war ein Teil von unseren Entdeckungen und Erlebnissen. Wir haben in den Logbchern platzsparend mit DownUnder2024 geloggt. Vielen Dank frs Hegen und Pflegen dieses Caches. Greetings from Germany/Luxembourg

Thanks

Tftc great area just beautiful

Made the find very quickly once I arrived at GZThe walk up was gorgeous and hot and I feel very lucky to have found such an old cache on my holiday from Sydney

Great place to have a cache. A wonderful mix of sea, mountain and forest. Thanks for bringing me here.

Thanks for the placement and smiley. Targeted this cache as I needed a cache placed in 2001 and this quirky cache in a National Park was our choice.

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 34 - Brisbane, Queensland - Byron Bay, New South Wales (180 km)Rno jsem se vzbudila ve 4 a prelo, pak v 6 a byla pln ed obloha a prelo vc. Tak jsem si ekla, e lep u to nebude, nasndala se a vyrazila na dal cestu. Brisbane jsem projela tunely a smovala k pobe Gold Coast. Asi za pl hodiny se oblaka protrhala a zaalo pct slunce. Projela jsem si nkter letoviska u ocenu a postupovala k hlavnmu bodu dnenho programu - odlovu star keky Hotel Bravo na vyhldce na ocen z ledna 2001. Jeden ze 3 poslednch msc, co mi chyb do splnn mho Jasmeru. Nala jsem tady i dobr parkovac msto a ani to nebylo tak drah jako vera v centru Brisbane. Namazala jsem si ruce a ksicht, narazila svj australsk klobouk a vydala se k vyhldce. Po cest byly zastvky earth keky, ale moc jsem ji nepobrala. Taky tu bylo stran vlhko, takov trochu detn les s basaltovmi utry a sloupy kolem. Cel trasa mla asi 500 m jednm smrem, take se dala zvldnout v pohod i v tom vedru. Couralo tu sice hodn turist, ale odlov star kee jsem stihla beze svdk. Byla toti tm na cest. Velmi jednoduch odlov tak star keky jsem neekala. Ale kol splnn a leden 2001 je doma. V klidu jsem se pokochala vhledy na surfae a vky nad ocenem a pak se vydala dl. Ped njezdem na Pacific Hwy jsem jet odlovila jednu ke u dtskho hit a pak u jela rovnou do Byron Bay. Z New South Wales (NSW) jsem dnes dojela pes 6 dalch australskch stt zpt do NSW. Kruh se pomalu uzavr. Byron Bay m mys, kter je nejvchodnjm bodem pevninsk Austrlie a je to malik msteko bez vk, co m vyhovuje vc. Po cest nutn sprcha a odpoinek a, a pomine nejvt vedro, vydm se na prochzku k majku a njakm kekm.Todays main goal was visiting the old cache Hotel Bravo near Gold Coast. So easy found so old cache I didnt expect. Nice views from lookout there. I left a TB there and send a FP. Than I left to Byron Bay. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic.

Decided to take a drive down the Pacific Motorway to Burleigh Heads to find one of Queenslands oldest caches. Great walk around the National Park on a wet drizzly day. Thankfully the rain held off long enough for me to find the cache. The wet weather kept the Muggles at bay and I had the GZ all to myself on arrival. Great ticking off another old Queensland cache from the list and plugging a gap in two of my challenges.Cache and log in good condition. TFTC. TNLN. SL. TBs Eddie Mac to New Zealand and Back, Prado Owl , Rawhide , Surrey Travel Tag and Kiwi Bird visited.Find # 1877.

Wow. It was great to find this grand old cache. Beautiful views close by TFTC

A gorgeous walk with an even more beautiful view. Thanks for this hiding spot.

Great hike but no trackable

What a spot! Absolutely worth the walk! Unless theres a second container hidden there are no trackables in this cache unfortunately.

Visiting from Coffs Harbour and found this cache.TFTC

Gps had me circling/lost trackables TFTC

I was embarrassed to see that I still had a travel bug in my possession, that I had forgotten to drop off so I scurried upon the hill to Bravo Hotel (I'm the original owner) to do the deed. To my dismay, though, it was not to be found! Out comes the phone, and it seems that I was some distance away. Bravo Hotel had been moved. I followed the instructions, though, no further problem was encountered, and the Happy Kiwi was dropped. I apologise to the owners of Happy Kiwi, for being remiss. Hopefully, the Kiwi will now continue his travels this cache gets a lot of international visitors, which thought would bode well for such an intrepid traveller.

First cache I found in QLD, couldn't miss this one puff puff walk after a long drive, lucky to get a park at the start only a quick stop .Cache is all good.Heading north time to move on thanks

What an honour and a privilege to add our names to the logbook of a QLD Oldie, thanks to sid knee for keeping it alive !!! FP awarded of course !!!

Cache all nice and dry. Great viewpoint nearby. Tftc

Was a honour to become part of history. TFTC Mcengle

???????? Mplc ????????????Lors d'un grand voyage en Australie???? en compagnie Titinne13?? et BastienMt??Premire partie : Queensland????Partis de Cairns? avec notre Go-Van ??, nous dcouvrirons la Grande Barrire de corail, Fitzroy Island, Townsville?, Magntic Island, Mackay?, Bundaberg?, Brisbane? et les plages de surf de la Gold Coast et de la Sunshine Coast.Merci aux diffrents poseurs locaux pour leurs diverses caches, les mystres rsolues aprs plusieurs mois de cogitation, les tradi, les wig, les multi, les labs nous avons fini les journes sur les rotules mais le jeu en valait la chandelle ??...???????? Tftc ????????????During a big trip to Australia???? with Titinne13?? and BastienMt??Part one: Queensland?? Leaving from Cairns? with our Geo-Van ??, we will discover the Great Barrier Reef, Fitzroy Island, Townsville?, Magnetic Island, Mackay?, Bundaberg?, Brisbane? and the surfing beaches of the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast .Thanks to the different local owners for their various caches, the mysteries solved after several months of thinking, the tradi, the wig, the multi, the labs we ended the days on the knees but the game is worth the candle ??...=> ?? Bravo Hotel ????We are so happy to discover this old box dating from January 6, 2001 and which will serve us for the Jasmer challengeThank you for putting this box ?? and discovering these places...A big thank you to ?????? sid knee ?????? ??????TB IN => Tweety Titi Travel Bug Dog Tag#7183

?????????? TFTC ?????????During a long trip to Australia ?????? with Phiphi13?? and BastienMt??Great, it's the eighth oldest cache in Australia1 PF ??