Trash & Treasure Tinonee, New South Wales, Australia
By Grahame Cookie on 25-Jun-07. Waypoint GC13XD8

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Ministro - Matt

Immediately after the fires I could definitely see the issue with this container.
I am still trying to source a Hi-Lift jack to extricate the container, and salvage it.
My apologies on my slackness.

Burn-off in the immediate area!
Due to overwhelming fires in the immediate area, this will be disabled til Ground Zero is ready for further searching. That is, when rain has allowed some regrowth.

We found this cache stuck fast under a fallen tree. The cache doesn’t look in bad nick considering the weight on it but we couldn’t budge it. We suggest a shovel is required.

Easy find amongst all the rubbish. thank you cookie.

Quick find after the 150 meter from the tip entrance. Must agree with previous comments regarding access along the road - very close to fast moving vehicles. Not geokid friendly. TFTC

Very dangerous due to changed terrain from recent roadworks have messaged cache owner regarding this. Not good for kids as is.

Be careful

On the way back from a little caching foray, we pulled over here and began looking around. I found a likely hide and heard a welcome metallic chunk and the container was soon uncovered. Thanks for the cache

Went to visit Harry King. Got a tip off that some of his gnolls had been cleaning up more than the buckets. You have to hand it to the man, he’s grown wealthy taking away the waste of the city and selling it on.

J

Searched every tree with piles of lantana to no avail

Left home this morning around 06:00 heading for Knorrit Flat camp ground, in preparation of tomorrows event Riverfire. Decided to grab some numbers on a little trail I have prepared from the hwy to camp ground. This is my first cache at 09:48. A few delays along the way, like breakfast, and a short detour into Taree proper, to pick up some items I had forgotten, and thought of on the lonely drive up. Difficult to park right at GZ, so I am glad I pulled up 130M short. A quick find after the gps warmed to the area. A nice surprise at the container. Lucky the Lantana has died off. TFTC.

Found with a bit of hunting around

Coordinates changed from:
S 31° 56.918 E 152° 26.046

Coordinates changed to:
S 31° 56.903 E 152° 26.048

Distance from original: 91.9 feet or 28.0 meters.

Realignment of road exposed the original hide, so in a slightly different position.

**# 20992** Found on our 2018 mega adventure to ACT, NSW, QLD and beyond.
A fine sunny Autumn morning for a drive around in Taree again.
Only a few muggles around today and a few more good hides.
Found this using the other co-ords supplied and on the correct side of the road
at S31° 56.903 E152° 26.048, and the listing will need an update.
Thanks for the cache Grahame Cookie,
***Roostaman***

First find of the day with the family. Ttc.

Happily this one was found exactly where Hayley’s coords said it would be. A quick park and grab. TNLN TFTC

Found with Mum and dad (Gazkersh and littlemissleft)
Log signed as Tilly
I am logging now as I have my own account.
Thanks.

Found today with littlemissleft and Tilly

This cache has been on my radar for a while now so what better way than to start 2018 than with a Cookie cache.

Awesome cache and hopefully the first of many for this year.

Thanks for the cache

Found this one with Gazkersh and Tilly. Took note of the new co-ords listed by Hayley Thanks for that and thanks for the cache Cookie

We are having an overnight at Taree on the way home. Set up at the showgrounds.
Our trip mostly took us out into the country side south of the town & then returning via Wingham.
Such a variety of types found today.
We used Nurse Hayleys coordinant to find this unloved piece of trash & Treasure.
Thanks for placing this cache Grahame Cookie

Managed to get to the zone, but could not find the cache.

It was dark, it was late, I looked both sides of the road, I gave up.

TFTC, luckily I read the prev logs. I used Hayleys info and new co-ords and after digging around thru old stormwater debris a found was had.

Found in the company of pprass
This was seriously a coincidence, we were meant to be here that's for sure.
we pulled up on the side of the road and Peter stated " what's that?" I looked and there was a cache- opened it up yep its the cache! How on earth did it get here? And is it in the correct area... Nope!!!!

The cache was found 27metres away from GZ on the opposite side of road, possibly due to the road works that are currently taking place-CO aware placed the cache in a suitable location and of course safe from harm

Updated cords:
S 31 56.903
E 152 26.048

Not Found no cache there[Time to Find: 4 min]

We were expecting the usual hide for this location, not so! This cache won't be found by accident, it's hard enough to find when you're looking for it. TFTC Grahame Cookie.

Very accurate coordinates, which was fortunate as I doubt I would have spent any time searching about here. It's lantana heaven. The cache is very well stocked but I had no swaps so was content to sign and move on. The smell of crushed lantana pervaded the car for quite a while after.
Thanks again Grahame Cookie.

New container back in play @ S.918' / E.046'

Coordinates changed from:
S 31° 56.915 E 152° 26.044

Coordinates changed to:
S 31° 56.918 E 152° 26.046

Distance from original: 20.9 feet or 6.4 meters.
Slight move of new cache container

The old cache 'treasure chest' was thrown out before I went on holidays so then I just to try and create another. Not quite the one that I had hoped for, but it should last - just waiting for the glue to set.

The cache container is almost ready, and now to prepare the GZ. A lot of regrowth, so will see if any tidying up needs to be done so there is less ticks.

What I had glued together wasn't quite ready, so it will be another 2 weeks + before I will be back again.

With a major accident beside the cache last weekend I will reassess the position of the cache and replace the container while at it.

Found but broken lid. 1 item in bag full of water. No log book. Took scout badge, left dinosaur. Thanks.

TFTC

Container needs replacing

Found this cache with sesblocker. The cache container was full of water with no logbook to sign. This one will need some maintenance. See photo attached to verify log.

Found with 'the neighbs', they took the high road and I took the low road to this one. Found cache full of water and the lid was not attached. No dry log to sign so took photos to claim a find. Looks like the recent rain made its way right through this area.

Got scratched to hell but found it put in bear

hidden well , beginning to decay from water damage , watch for spiders . No items listed within are still there , placed a swappable inside .

This entry was edited by Tnargrellim on Monday, 17 February 2014 at 04:12:28 UTC.

Found with 'Nudge74' & 'Tazza04' on a day out in Taree. TFTC

Found it last year just updating

Found all safe and sound after recent Speight of fires in the general area.

TFTC

TFTC!

Not a fan of lantana, TFTC

TFTC!

22nd find. Awesome cache. Great spot. Hid some badges in there. TFTC I cleared some lantana out of the way

Another excellent cache. Well done Cookie. I guess this is one way the Council get their verges cleared!

Got to the culvert from the pathway, just needed a chainsaw to get anywhere near gz. Very overgrown, needs a clean up

Lantana getting a bit wild, interesting plants growing

Having riding past here so MANY times I thought it was eventually time to drop my and grab this cache to fill another calendar day.
Come down part of the way "On Granny", then used the hint of other finders to go closer to the roadway. Tho I couldn't recommend it for geokids.
Soon found the well hidden, and a bit guarded interesting cache container. The handle is missing, but just makes it look a bit more authentic.
Will come back a leave a DVD when I have finished watching it.
TFTC Cookie. Hope to see you on the trails some time.

Found at the concluding stages of an early morning MTB ride around the Kiwarrick State Forrest. Easy to access if you walk (or ride) down the road shoulder. All good at GZ. Many thanks GC

Lovely cache though it has been severly affected by rust and probs needs a replacing.

Nice cache container,TFTC.

After a short 150m walk to GZ the cache was quickly found and signed. There is no lantana around this cache at all if approached from the road. Thanks GC

Too much lantana around it to get close enough. Maybe another time.

We had been wanting to do a caching run around 'Wingham and Taree and today with The Drovers we achieved our goal of finding a great selection of caches. Lovely scenery in the rural areas made it a most pleasant day.
Thanks to Grahame Cookie.

Found at 8.55am, with 'Liz & Bruce'.
TFTC

Was biking in the area as part of the Australian Mountainbike orienteering champs. I see why its called Trash and Treasure. Loved the container. TFTC

Our first cache, great spot. Latana not too big an issue now and site is pretty clean of rubbish.
Good instructions for parking. Much safer to cross the road and walk than trying to park closer.
Well stocked we made a swap.

Lincoln very excited to find this one. He is 8. I like the spot and container. Left a Kentucky quarter and took a green monster finger puppet. Team lincolncaleb

nice walk to find the cache if you start at the location that Graham describes
did not need the hint
TFTC
left teddy
took fire extinguisher tag

Interesting hiding spot! Mputland and I found this on a little detour when mountainbiking at the tip tracks. Quite a worn path leading to it. TFTC ^ö^

Found with wingedbeing. TFTC

did this t nite bit spooky picked up a tik hitch hicker nice spot but TFTC

very clever hide? with barrod

Found this one with waxnmendy, good walk tricky hiding spot. Left TB and took simpson figurine. TFTC This was our 50th find yahoo!!!

what a great cache took a bit of finding but we got there in the end were had a bit of rain lately and some has got in but a lot of fun thanks

Went back to Tinonee today for another ride and grabbed this cache. Man I hate lantana. Was a great sized cache.
Found with SuperAdvancedMedia and Dukes Of Hazard

A not so fun cache with the dreaded lantana covering the trail.
But since it was on the MTB trails thought we would give it a go
Accompanied by Dukes of Hazard and Seaeagles1997
TFTC SL

Parked really close, which made it a bit hairy to get back on the road. Cheers from the Browngang

Found at 11:45am, a short trek from the suggested eastern parking spot and some searching through the blackberry bush near the road, we soon had CIH.

TNLN, SL. TFTC Grahame Cookie

Took the suggested track to the cache, but realized that it was actually easier to reach it from the road.

Found it No. 24 ... dangerous walk ... TNLN ... TFTC

Operation: To Grandfolks Place I Go!

Cache Hunter: Zalgariath of Sydney
ICD^ Location Number: 061210#17/27
Mission Status: SUCCESS #1451
Hunt Time: Approach 5mins – GZ 5mins
Muggle Factor: 2 (Low)
GAFF^^: 1 (Unassisted)
Swaps: Nil
TB Visited: Jumbuck Finger
Cache Status: Good Condition

Report: This cache confused me I found the place to park safely. Had a lovely short walk through some great bushland along a nice track... then got ploughed into a mucky, rubbishy culvert full of trash and MORE LANTANA to hunt for the cache?! On top of that the container is AWESOME and well stocked... so my ponder is why with such a top container and so much great bush around that could easily accommodate a hide near the good track is the GZ where it is dangerously close to the road amongst all the trash? Maybe it wasnt as bad when the cache was hidden but perhaps a move could be thought about to turn this ok cache into the fantastic one it could be

“ZAL” Medals Awarded to Grahame Cookie: “!!$$#!!!”
GZ Area – (!)x2 (OK Spot)
Sneakiness – ($)x2 (Camo’d)
Great Container – (#)
Overall – (*)x3 (Worth Stopping)

^Improvised Caching Device, ^^Geocaching Assistance Find Factor

Rated: for Overall Experience

This was another cache on our list to discover in the Taree district.Even though some had not been found for months or longer we gave it a crack.
TFTC This trip has shown us how beautiful Taree and surrounds is.

3rd cache on a 50 cache extravaganza

Every now and then, some caches need to see the light of day as they haven't been seen for months or even years. Even if it was a DNF a few times you might just get lucky.
We had a very eventful day covering a wide area in and around the Taree district great day out ..TFTC

Tamykian
Ashtonfield 2323

16:08 - very overgrown but found it ok in the end

Cut to bits by the lantana but its all good. Why are all mountain bike tracks built by a tip.

We took the long way round but got there in the end after being questioned by the local cops! TNLN TFTH

Found by Mary & David at 1530. The treasure was hard to get at (David emerged scratched and dirty) but the trash was quite evident to sight and smell. Good cache container, location not so good. Our thanks as usual to Grahame Cookie.

[This entry was edited by maccamob on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 at 5:05:03 AM.]

wow over grown or what. TFTC

Great hide. Took Coke hacky sack. Left Yo-Yo, maraca and eraser.

12:00 (found with ywurry and the doph): Forget the kids I like checking out the contents of GZs. The geokid took a traditional magnetic rolling toy, so we left a few other trinkets.

TFTC! Sorry for the late log.

12.00pm
The Doph (aged 10) LOVED this one - loves treasure hunting... lucky for us the tip is on the other side of the road otherwise we may have been stuck there for her pleasure! Took a magnetic thingo that turns and left a few other bits and bobs
TFTC!
Ywurry (with Anderka & The Doph)

FInd 5/9 today. Left this one up to the kids to find and just supervised. They loved the trek! TFTC

5th cache for afternoon took bouncy ball left foamy friends

Second time looking for this one. Used a different direction to approach spot and it made all the difference. Great hide. Thanx!! Took calculator/game thingo, left bouncy ball.

2 from 2 today- both Cookies
Kids enjoyed the bush bash- youngest son scrambled to find it first.
Took Lanyard Left Scout Cloth patch.
All contents safe and dry, lots of swaps inside.

After a 3 hour MTB ride on the great tracks in Kiwarrak, knocked this one off on the way back which ended up being a ride to Forster & a few more along the way. Thanks Cookie.

2272.

I drove past the area, saw that the GPS said the cache was only a couple of metres off the road then turned around down the road and came back to the parking area for mountain bikes. Since it looked so close to the road I decided to follow the cache page directions thinking there must be a good reason why you have to go all the way around.

Once I had bush bashed the 70 m to the cache I realised that I had to be on the road side of the lantana to access the cache anyway or I would be shreaded by it.

Have I mentioned I have a pet hate of Lantana and there was plenty to be seen.

Once I got up to the road, I found the cache straight away, logged my find then walked the relaxing 70m straight down the road to the car. I wouldn't recommend walking down the road with kids but if I was to the the cache again I wouldn't be bashing through lantana if the other option was walking on the road.

Thanks Grahame Cookie for the cache.

TNLNSL

No bush bashing for me. Rode past, then past again and parked up the road. Wandered down, and thought Bugger that, but in the end, an easy find at 1645 hrs. Number 11 for today.

Cheers
Bundy

An easy find after crawling through the lantana. Shame about all the rubbish scattered through the bush.
Took TC
Bushtrakker

Found it at 11.45am
a short walk around dirt track led us here. Nice find Taken coin & left coin. small swap S.L.

Decided to drop off the geocoin while cleaning up the nearby roadside because the geocoin doesn't like going too events.

Easy find whilst cleaning up the nearby roadside.

Found at 4.30pm GAFF3. We spent ages looking on the wrong side of the road and then yielded and headed to the side that we thought it would be on when we first arrived. What a great treasure chest - thought that we would never see it though.
Thanks Grahame Cookie.