Sunshine Matong, New South Wales, Australia
By hoogs on 19-Jan-08. Waypoint GC18QF1

As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

the scrap metal man has taken the whole combine to be rebirthed into a toyota, so I'll have to find a new hidy hole.

Found some cool hiding spots but to our dissapointment no cache.. Couldn't look all day cos we were on a timeline. Thanks anyway

A nicely tucked away little cache on an old gem! Many thanks for the stop! Enjoyed the river views aswell. Thanks again Hoogs! TNLN SL

Tftc nice hide found on a pretty hot day really enjoyed the water veiw, done with Hinklenator.

This is the first time I have seen one of these icons. Thank you for bringing me here.

TFTC

TFTC, now I know why it is called sunshine, very short search revealed the cache, signed log book and then off to the next. Found with Hinco

Slowly making our way back to wagga and came across this gem. Good hide and well out of the weather.

Found it on the way home from Wagga. Put my hand on it straight away. The crops look good this year, someone might need to give her a grease and put her to work lol!!
Thanks.

I was out with Biggles Bear on the third day of the Oz Mega Event. We thought that this might take a while, but BB#1 had it very quickly in his hand. Thanks to hoogs for the cache.

Found 12:55, in the company of Muzza during the Oz Mega Event. An interesting relic of a buy gone era.

TNLN, CSI=3, thanks hoogs.

Found with the family on our way to Wagga. Dipping in my TB as I have to remember this cache near the town of Grong Grong. Love that name!

Found with the chief on our way to wagga. Loved the hide, an artifact just made for geocaching!

[This entry was edited by Earthbound Chief on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 at 4:05:37 AM.]

Spent about 15 minutes on this one. My 6th for the day on my way to Leeton and Griffith. Finally got it, which was good. Loved the name, and saw why. There is a SciFi movie named "Sunshine" which is one of my favorites.

an old chook visited

weroamin found the booty. Clever.........TFTC.

This old machinery should be preserved for future generations to look at in awe, but alas like a lot of other relics, it probably has a watery grave once in a while. A clever hide. TFTC

Found in the company of McPhan and Winglen whilst caching westward.

I love playing around on old machinery, trying to figure out what all the bits do. That made exploring for this cunningly hidden cache a pleasure. Thanks hoogs, especially since this is a milestone 700 finds for me.

2286. Homer Simpson d'oh moment as I realised why this cache was called this. After that aha moment it was easy for RexTrex to make the find amongst the hordes of invading grass seeds.

TFTC and the chain.

Rated: for Overall Experience

The grass is really running to seed as the season finishes and we had socks full of them after even a short walk from the car to the cache. A nice bit of old machinery and nicely hidden. Thanks Hoogs.

What a great ol piece of history ! rotting away ! but hey made for a cache hide ! found the cache quick allowing time for photos before we shot off, thanx once again

Found and logged at 12.30, A quick find then a bite to eat at this lovely spot
Thanks Hoogs

For a couple of Queensland coasties who hadn't seen a harvestor before, it was a case of start from first principals. Great spot.
Added a new log sheet.
Thanks hoogs

tnlnsl

The find was quick, but both the hide and the location are great. It was a real treat to see some flowing water for a change! Thanks hoogs.

Found with SecretSquirrel-BJC.

A nice little hide and well placed. Aptly named too. TFTC

1295+13=1308 with Captain Tomato

Thanks Hoogs for showing this really lovely spot near the river. Pity you weren't home when we called past to DNF Good Dog - the family were very hospitable though.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found in company with baby and Mrs Gopher who had found it Saturday.We bet we could find it in 3 minutes and we made it by 30 seconds.Plenty of hide spots to look through for a great roadside challenge.Thanks to hoogs.

Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1445 It was so easy to drive past and not see the item.Hmmm must look at the GPS'r more often.TNSL Tnx hoogs.
The cache container needs a new log sheet

Yet another great spot, and a treasure of a cache - well done, took TB.

By coincidence I had recently read a book on farming inventions of Australia and this sort of machine was well represented, so it was of added interest to me to find this item. However it was Feathertop who quickly had the neat hide to hand. Thanks the hoogs for bringing us here.

It was nice to be back along the river on our return trip to Wagga. This was the first of three nearby hides and with so many spots to hide a cache here, the clue was both fair and reasonable.
Nicely constructed hide which we both enjoyed.
Thanks Hoogs.

This was an awesome spot- one I really enjoyed. Banged my head looking before eba made sense of the clue and pointed me in the right direction. Well made cache then was in hand.

Grabbed a TB. TFTC!

Innamincka 08. I enjoyed exploring this old beast. Thanks.

1498.8. TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Fight GC A#107

Albida

dropped of tb

droped it

Found at 10:15AM on the 29th of June by Maya and Ray. Easy find. Thanks for the cache. The Nomads.

I liked this one it was a well constructed hide. We found it after a brief search.

Thanks hoogs for the cache.

TNLNSL

Nice out of the way spot on a nice day. The cache name gave it away a little.

tb

The day before I was on my way to the Wagga Invasion event, and detoured to stop off here. Just after I had gotten out of my car and wandered over to check out the Sunshine, a pair of shady looking characters pulled up in a car with a trailer full of rusty metal in tow. After informing me that I had better be quick if I wanted a look at the object in question, they told me that it wouldn't be there much longer as they were going to cut it up and cart it away!
I didn't like the look of them and made tracks to a cache up the road.

On my way home from Wagga, I returned to see if there was anything left. Fortunately the bulk of it is still there and intact, but it is clear where the scavengers have been at work.

I found the cache easily enough, and signed the log. Hopefully it will remain for others to do the same in the future!
Cheers, Murf.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Could be tricky we thought as we viewed the implement but with the help of the clue didn't take too long. Thanks hoogs

This one was a little trickier than other ones found today. Careful searching found by Henley. thanks hoogs

can't believe i found it straight away! Rekon it was Ute Dog that helped me!
thanks
Acko

Found at 1000. Amazing the things people leave on the side of the road. Thought this cache was going to be hidden completely different to how it was. Fantastic work on the hide. Nice to see some ingenuity at work.

TFTC.

Found while in the area. TNLNSL. Thanks, Bluedog.

Found at 2000 after finding 3 FTFs, time to call it a day. Thanks Hoogs for bringing me to this interesting place.

Another micro and well done. That's 2/2 today and better than I usually do. I do hate micro's in the bush, but this one was OK. Sneaky too.
TFTC hoogs,
Roostaman.

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