Black Burley Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tankengine on 19-Aug-07. Waypoint GC158JD

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thanks for the birdie XD

What a beautiful view of Canberra. TFTC

A quick search and find. No pen so added a photo of the new crisp log.

Logsheet replaced. Old log attached.GOOD TO GO!!!

TFTC

No pen

TFTC. Dry and perfect condition. Log near full.

TFTC our 4th on a day out caching with the kids.

Kolour and I organised a long weekend in Canberra to catch up with the great Domsky duo. Of course there was much caching to be done! Off the plane this morning, a CITO, challenge caches and some targeted caches were on the agenda.A quick find here, a fantastic view!! Thanks Tankengine for the cache.

Im visiting Canberra from Brisbane with Willis007 for a long weekend with the Domsky duo, our wonderful guides, targeting mainly oldies and challenges. This is my first time geocaching in the ACT.I wanted to visit the nearby lookout as I have a photo that my father took of our family there in 1967 and was interested in the changes. Then I noticed this nearby cache which was soon found. Logbook signed and replaced as found. Tftc

Going back through our travels, we found this one while ago.TFTC

Brilliant views! Tftcsl

Awesome

We had to dodge some persistent muggles before finding this cache. One of the view points offered good views of Lake Burley Griffin.Once the sun had broken through and things had warmed up a bit we headed off to the Botanic Gardens a place we had visited many years ago. The Rainforest Walk Mrs SKI remembered, and it is just like some areas close to where we live, The banksias were out and well worth a look. Some in flower we have in our garden at home!You can't be in this area without a visit to Black Mountain, but it is looking quite sad and run down. Most of the viewing areas are now obscured and the Tower is closed.Then it was time to head to the museum, and finally pout for a big tea down south, that we probably should have passed on, but was still enjoyable.Of course we collected a few caches on the way, quite a variety.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Tankengine.**SKI Pair****

TFTC

The 6th and final cache on a 10km run up the hill in the hope of seeing some kangaroos. The run and hunt for caches were a success, the Roo Hunt - not so much.Greetings from Oxfordshire, England. Cache find number 1927. Dropped off Lackey Tag TB.

Ive had a lovely eleven days attending conferences in Glenbrook, in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. Today I was back in the office, probably one of the few people in Canberra still working after 5pm on the Friday of a long weekend. Anyhoo. I got back to my room, had some dinner, and watched the first episode of the new season of Bridgerton! Then Ive ducked out to grab this geocache. Now Im ready to settle in for the night and watch the rest of this third seasonThanks for the cache, Tankengine!

Escaping from Assignment City (Population: Me), I took a drive up the mountain to find a view that'd help forget about things for about half an hour.In weather that could potentially be described as perfect, I had a gorgeous vantage point over the sprawling Canberra vista below.And - even better - without any muggles to spoil it!There were a few cars up in the carpark, but they must've all been heading out as they weren't there by the time I returned a few minutes later (and appeared to have migrated to the next lookout down the hill).That made the retrieval exercise all the more simple for me, fortunately.GPS signal up here was fairly unreliable, although the hint safely guided me to a likely spot.The log within was signed and the trackable retrieved before everything was returned and some obligatory photos of that lovely view were taken!Thanks to Tankengine for placing this one here!

GPS is indeed a bit off, but great location! TFTC

Thought it was appropriate to drop my trackable at one of tankengines caches as have had so much fun with your caches during my visit here from Minnesota in the us!

We walk the Scenic Forest Trak on the Black Mountain. So we visit the Tower and some Caches. Thank you for the Caches !

Tftc

TFTC

Great HideThanks Tankengine for the cacheJames0116Thursday, 11 Apr 202412:33:08pm AEST4469

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Here in Canberra for the Mega and we found your cache while exploring the area.We found a variety of hides with varying degrees of difficulty.Enjoyed caching in this area, cache and contents were in good condition.Many thanks to all CO's for your cache placement.

Over here for Capital GeoBash Mega now concluded. One of many cache finds all over the city - my last day down here, TFTC

Found with a friend tftc tnln sl

The view from here is far better than the view from the top. Nice quick find. TFTC!Cache 4 of 7Unfortunately it was home day, but it was a great weekend with the Capital Geobash Weekend. Caching with @itsonlybarney and @TeamPQS

A nice quick and easy find at a great location.TFTC

**Total find count: 1413**It's GeoBash Mega weekend!! And nothing better than going geocaching around the nation's capital for high favourite caches! Unfortunately it is home day. The view from here is far better than the view from the top. Nice quick find. TFTC!

1 April 2024 3:51pmFind # 10051An extended Easter holiday with +Wife, EveTheStaffy, and nirgalagrin. Our first time caching in ACT. In fact, our last visit here was 25 years ago.What a view!Thank you Tankengine for the cache.

TFTC found with Crack n Lee Lee today whilst exploring the area. In Canberra for the mega event. Quick find, great views ????

Caching our way around Canberra taking in the sights with 2beez and attending Mega. Another great day picking up challenges, hiking and visiting some unique spots. We have been so lucky with the weather too. A quick find here. Thanks Tankengine for creating for us all to enjoy. ...................................................Nominations for the **2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards** are now open and will close on **17 April 2024**. Nominate your favourite caches [here](https://forms.gle/Ktb6LZvtAJDX5iCb6/).Join us for a sausage sizzle as we announce all the shortlisted nominees at Cherry Lake on 21 April 2024. Log your will attend at [GCAK9V2](https://coord.info/GCAK9V2/).

Found Easter Sunday during the Capital Geobash!Easy find.TFTC

Here for the Canberra mega. Great location for a cache with fabulous views. Thanks for bringing us here!

Grabbed this while up the mountain. All in good nick, thanks

Exciting times over the next couple of weeks as we takeoff for the Capital GeoBash in Canberra! Its going to be a flood of Sandgropers over east, with a host of West Aussies making the trek east for the event. Im travelling with fellow Cockburn Crew members Leg5 and Barnzy12, starting in Sydney and hitting the road to Canberra, before returning back to Sydney. Honourary mention to our fellow member, Cravo10, who couldnt make it after recently introducing a new geocacher to the world the week prior. Once in Canberra, the agenda is set, well team up with a host of Western Australians to conquer caches. Collectively, were hoping to make it the biggest ever weekend for cache finding. Following the event, the journey continues back to Sydney, with a mission to clean up caches and new Local Government Areas (LGAs), ensuring no cache is left unturned in this epic geocaching adventure. Something tells me that well need a holiday after this, well, holiday. All logs have been signed as WAC to save space, abbreviation for Western Australia Crew. Cheers Tankengine! Join us in Augusta, in Western Australias South West, for WA Goes Big 2024 (GCAGV8Y) on Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. Log your will attend now!

Out and about again, headed around Canberra for the MEGA. Super excited my first MEGA and heading over with 2 others from the Cockburn Crew - signed log as WAC to save time.This is 14532, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to Tankengine for the caches we found.********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********Head over to Australian Capital Territory for Capital GeoBash MEGA - Canberras first ever Mega Event. Easter 2024 (GC9PNFB): - 5 day event at Canberra Park adjacent to EPIC (Canberra Showgrounds) on the Federal Highway, only 6km from the centre of the city.The mascot for the Mega is Gangles the endemic Gang Gang Cockatoo, a bird you may see or hear while in Canberra.The official website - geobash.ozmega.com.auACT has over 4700 active caches, power trails, and over 100 Lab Adventures. Heaps of challenge caches, hikes for geocaches for all levels of skills and fitness.

Day 6 of my Canberra Mega adventure. Out caching with the members of the WAC crew. The day looks to be another sunny day, so a great day for geocaching . Very happy to claim a smiley here . WAC members- Barnzy12, Lachie1.17, legs5 and Neva2old Some logs signed as N2O or WACThis is my 13054 find Thankyou Tankenginefor placing and maintaining this cache.

Found this beautiful cache whilst attending megaTftc

The Cockburn Crew are on tour at the Capital Geobash in Canberra - travelling from Perth to Sydney, Canberra, Sydney and finally back to Perth.Today was day 2 and we had an absolute blast. After being up late last night we backed it up again this morning with an early start to make the most of the cooler weather and lack of muggles in the morning cold. We completed a huge number of trails, challenges, whereigos, traditional, multis, earthcaches, labs, virtuals and puzzles. It really was a great day for variety. We enjoyed the large number of virtuals, and caching in territory we havent been before. Weve filled our boots with some of the oldest caches in Australia, some rare DTs and DTTs and generally had a great time. Thanks to the COs for a great day and event. Logs signed as part of team WAC (WA Crew)

Loving my time in Canberra for the GeoBash. There is so many amazing things to see and do and people to meet.The view up here is beautiful and the perfect place to hide a few caches. Oh and the weather has been absolutely perfect.TFTC TankengineKeep smiling ??

Just like other recent logs we also found this while visiting Canberra for the Geobash Mega.We loved our visit and look forward to returning soon to find a few more that we didn't this trip.Thanks to all the CO's for placing the caches for us all to find. Loved the views we saw over Canberra from here. TFTC

Today I had a plan on grabbing a variety of caches and all with a varying degree of types and difficulties. There is a great number of caches with special attributes and d/t's around town.For me it was an early start and I first took off to grab a cache and a virtual after I had fueled up at the local servo. I then raced off to grab a few more before I had to meet up with my caching buddy of the day Grannysmith. We had a huge day and a lot of laughs, there were few stories to catch up on and some great caches.Logs were signed and caches replaced as found. Thanks for the hides.

A nice easy find after the Flash Mob Event.TFTC

Out and about after the mob event.Caching with and signing as the group '6 for QLD' and having a great day.TFTCache Tankengine

TFTC signed as 6 for QLD

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Headed out for a big day in Canberra! 2 events and lots of walking around and around the Botanic Gardens then doing laps of Duntroon. This was the first cache we found today.TFTC Tankengine

After the nearby [Black Mountain Flash Mob](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAJY03_black-mountain-flash-mob), we wandered around finding Ad Lab points and a few of the other caches on the mountain that are reasonably easy to access. The view from here is actually better than from the top!Thanks for find #5835TNLN

I took a little work, but I did make the find. Thanks for the fun!

Visited it during 28-days geotrip to Australia, N.Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Am.Samoa, Fr.Polynesia with Marci, Ch. Sometimes we logged as "MT" or "Jonea" or "MTCh". Thanks for showing nice caches and places. MT-Jonea from Brno city in Czechia EU.

My first A.C.T. cache.Tftc

Made the find after a short search. Nice viewpoint!

A quick find while attending the nearby event; didn't have to worry about muggles, the only people in sight knew it was there! Thanks for the cache Tankengine

Found during the Black Mountain event today. Of course, the only time I had to struggle with finding a cache rated with 1.0 difficulty was when Im with a whole group of experienced geocachers Good on ya, Shady ???Sebass19 helped me look for it, and despite having found the cache a few years ago, was just as puzzled as I was. There seems to have been some cache creep over the years? In the end the cache was found ~10m away from GZ, according to the GPS. In the end he made the find and so I let him keep the pathtag that was in the container.There are beautiful views up here, only made better by the beautiful weather today!Thanks for the cache!

Good one

Nice day out to the Canberra Zoo with the Geofamily. The toddler was tired so a drive up to the tower to put her to sleep and have a look. We'll while about I thought I better knock over at least one cache and bam, there was one near by. TFTC and for bringing us to the nice views!

Logsheet replaced. Old log attached!GOOD TO GO!!!

These type of hides make me scared of snakes but so happy when I find

Found on a short stop in Canberra. Thank you for the cache.

Something special or unusual goes here:A quick find whilst walking between lookouts to admire the views. The Generic Bit:Both Bri and Sal are on the road for a holiday. [^] Holiday - Not a caching trip. This means if we are stopping for a rest, lunch, dinner or to see something whilst on holiday and there just happens to be a cache nearby then maybe Bri can go and try to find it. Maybe. Day 5: Today we went back to the War Memorial. We did a guided tour yesterday which took all the time so today we went to see what we had missed yesterday. Up to the now closed Telstra Tower on Black Mountain for a picnic lunch. Onto the Dinosaur Museum and back to Mt. Painter for the must do oldest cache. That certainly got the steps and heartrate up! Managed to grab a few caches as well,**SAs Leap Year Event GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. - BOING*****Thanks Tankengine for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

On a beaut bushwalk. Tftc.

Came along here with goingplaced2 for the views and picked up this cache as well. No problem in finding it and signing the log. TFTC.

While in the area with ilook4geo we wanted to see Canberra from this vantage point. It is a beautiful day and the views are great from this cache location. Thanks go to Tankengine for placing this cache.

Found this one on our holiday through Canberra. Took TB to move the little pig along

A beautiful place for a hide!!!! Thanks!!

TFTC

Found it!

Don't you just love geocaching on a cold day on your road trip to the act. Today I'm setting out on a trip to the act taking us into cool new geocaches & places and ya never know mabye we will meet some new friends. This trip will take 2 days up and we will be spending 6 days in act then heading back to the cold Victoria. We will be completing this with
@activeadam

Day 3
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Finds while on the trip

Find No: 12

Thank you for hiding this geocache we appreciate finding geocaches in every corner of Australia and the geocaching world

Tftc
-Raven

Nice hide,good view

Greetings from Ireland - this is a generic log for now until I return home / have WiFi - I want to log all finds now so I don't forget them.

FPs will be awarded at the time of this log (where applicable) so I don't forget them. Tftc!

More great views. The Captain Cook Fountain shut down while I was watching.

TFTC

A Good Cache with a breath taking view!
TFTC

Cache facile d'accès avec une très belle vue trouvée rapidement ️

Lovely spot and view. TFTC.

Great spot with wonderful views

️ Great find on a cold day.

Thanks for the cache! Great little hide coordinates a little off but a quick walk around had it found.

Great cache, coordinates are a little bit off. Well hidden. TFTC

Wonderful views here! Happy to report that the cache is in good condition and well re-hidden. TFTC

Had a few hours to kill in Canberra before returning to Sydney, and decided to go up to Black Mountain. Stopped at the lookout to appreciate the views and find the cache. I couldn't find it immediately and was standing slightly off the path looking around, when a fellow cacher caught me. He had found the cache before and gave me a pointer to where it was. Thanks random cacher and CO!

Thanks for cache, my first in The Capital of Australia

Quick and easy find today - thank you!

Found it! Great hide

Found it!! thanks for the fun!

While getting some ALs picking up some traditions caches. TFTC

Yep

Could not do the lab caches up here as the tower is currently closed, stopped for this trad instead, and there were some good views here

Thak you for hiding
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Last find for 2022 on Black Mountain waiting for the fireworks.

That makes 1125. Last year I sat 25 metres from this but had 1000 for 2021 and resisted.

TFTC.

A nice simple find on our touristy day driving around Canberra

TFTC

Cheers

Found with v8minnie while checking out Canberra. TFTC

Found with COM084 while checking out Canberra. TFTC

I am travelling with The Booos down to Victoria and enjoying the sights and finding some caches

This was a nice quick find as we make a three day stop in Canberra area TFTC

Find number 6905

The Booos are traveling down to Victoria and enjoying the sights and finding some caches

After walking around GPS blinded we finally noticed the caches hiding spot.

Thanks for placing this cache

Thanks.

What a lovely view. Really liked this one. TFTC.

TFTC!