The Last Warrior Mount Coolum, Queensland, Australia
By cooroy scouts, was sweet - sour, now Team Benders on 04-Feb-08. Waypoint GC19489

Gottcha good tftc

Trouve sur le chemin de la descente du Mount Coolumn Merci pour la cache !

Not a great day to be climbing over this rock. But the D/T is needed and we are in the area. A quick circuit of GZ & quickly found.

No luck for me yesterday. Gave it a good go and checked where I could, but no joy.

This was a slightly weird one for me, but I look forward to returning to make amends.

So, I'd just completed new cache 'Key is the Key' and had time for one more find, and I chose this one because it sounded right up my alley – bit of a bushwalk with some off-the-beaten-track stuff too. Glorious morning for it as well.

I parked near the suggested spot and hiked in and then up, and was well and truly huffing and puffing by the time the trail veered away from the direction of GZ. Started my bush bash from about 40 metres out, and I had got it down to around 10 metres and was about to start my search for the container when I spotted the top of a person's head about 15 more metres down the slope. They didn't look up at me, even though they'd clearly heard me (silent morning + me crashing through the undergrowth like a rhino). Looked like they were crafting or folding something, or might have been doing some kind of yoga variant – or, who knows, something less salubrious, perhaps?

Anyway, I felt like I'd interrupted their space, so I turned and left. I would have had to approach another five metres or so in their direction for the find, and then scramble around and turn things over for god knows how long ... and it just felt like bad karma. They'd clearly taken a lot of trouble to find a completely secluded spot, and I'd coincidentally stumbled into it. And it's no skin off my nose to come back another day.

Thanks for the cache Team Benders et al – I'll be back!

Wow. What a trek. What started off as a walk up the eastern side of the mountain turned into a “yeah, nah, yeah”. Some serious bush bashing. Now, to find my way back to the top and down again back to the car. TFTC

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Wow, what a cache!

I loved the walk into this one, a huge grin ear to ear, like an old explorer discovering new land, all a verdant green with so much rain we've been having.
In fact, a light mist that turned moderate for a moment, very luckily just moments after i'd pushed my etredley up and under the canopy of the little trail off the power line path.
I paused a moment before realising the forest canopy captured most, so set off and up.
Thankfully the rain had stopped by the time i neared gz. Of course i went higher to the crows nest first for the view, then down i went to gz for a quick find. The container looks like it's melted, so no longer waterproof. I had a suitable similar one on hand, so i've taken the liberty of replacing the cache, adding some new toys, a small laminated info card, a pencil, but kept the original logbook, which is still good.
Should be good for a good few more years now.
Thank you so much team benders for keeping this old cooroy scouts cache alive, caches that take me to places like this is the reason i geocache and well deserving of more favourite points.
Afterwards, i went and climbed up the front face and took this photo.

Today, my plan was to head north to the Sunshine Coast, and attend the Coolum Beach weeding CITO. Following the event, I managed to hike a few mountains in the area, starting with Mount Coolum ascending from west to east, followed by Emu Mountain for that virtual cache. I then spent the afternoon finding geocaches around the area and along the beach promenade, which was quite enjoyable, and continued south down to Maroochydore and Mooloolaba. A few Adventure Labs were completed during the day, including *Coolum Beach Sightseeing*, *Point to Point Promenade*, and *Sunshine Coast Coastal Pathway*.

We parked at the suggested parking coordinates, and I hiked up to this location with E_Smiley, and followed by Just a Trifle who had previously visited this one. The suggested waypoint coordinates for parking and deviation from the base track were useful, and perhaps it would be better if these waypoints were embedded/created within this geocache itself, rather than remembering to check the description? I was expecting the worst for bush bashing through, but the informal track wasn't too bad, and once we got close enough (about 40 m away from GZ), we deviated from the track, and made our way across/down the slope to GZ.

Both our coordinates were bouncing around, likely from tree cover, and hence there were a few prominent spots that stood out to us. Eventually we zeroed in to GZ, and made the cache find on the cool outcrop spot. The cache container appears to have been burnt/melted, and consequently is no longer waterproof, with water found inside the container. The logbook appeared to be protected enough, and hence sufficient for signing. We only had a blunt pencil, and although I stamped my name, I had to force E_Smiley's name in. Thanks cooroy scouts for the cache placement, and sweet - sour for its former maintenance, and Team Benders for its ongoing maintenance. It was also nice to have found this cache with 531 days [17.4 months / 1.45 years] of unfound love since its last find on 16/12/2019.

Another cache which I want to retrieve with company. Glad I waited until my CITO day. Good to get an 'unloved' one. It's my 3rd attempt. Tried to walk this from the other side but can't find the entrance.

Thanks for the cache and taking us here cooroy scouts, sweet - sour, and Team Benders. My arm was sore, not from walking but just had the jab yesterday.

Found with geo-granddaughter who lives with her family at the base of the hill next to the power lines. Say cooee if you pass them one day.

I had targeted this cache to find after a drive up from our holiday accommodation in Caloundra.

I followed the directions to the launch point and then did the right thing and did a PAF call to let them know where I was heading next and took the trail upwards. I don't normally attempt caches like this on my own so I took it extra carefully. The hiking pole same in for some serious use as I negotiated my way to the cache hide. I then spent 10 minutes or so trying to ;locate the cache.

Finally, it came to light. I signed the log and replaced it so that the burnt holes were on the bottom.

I then did another PAF call to report my progress and headed back down the trail. I thought I had gone the wrong way at one stage when I came across the remnants of a recent bush camp. Luckily, I found the trail again and then gingerly made my way down the steeper bits with loose stones and leaves trying to unbalance me.

I gave a sign of relief when I reached the bottom track and then reported in to my PAF when I reached the car.

Very pleased to sing off on another of the oldest 1000 active caches.

Thanks to Cooroy Scouts for putting this cache here and to sweet-sour and Team Benders for keeping it alive.

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Monday. Out today targeting some caches in this area. Parked the car where I thought looked a good spot and headed up a dirt trail along some power lines. Got to the WP where it looked like a sort of a path headed to my left but a more distinct path kept going straight ahead. I went straight ahead to see if there was a geotrail coming off it but couldn’t see one, so headed back to the WP where the water course was and headed up that way. Got pretty steep in places but lots of roots and rocks so that was good. Got to within about 50m and the trail just disappeared so I took my own WP at this point and headed off to where my meterage was counting down but my arrow was pointing backwards [xx(] (always nice). Got there after a quick scout around and saw a likely spot (well, there were a few, but one stood out in particular). Container has a couple of log books and so signed the both. Container has seen better days as it has some holes in the side of it (looks heat damaged from a fire).

This was the 2nd of 6 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***Team Benders***, for showing us this place.

Ventured up the western side like advised. It is a decent trail up to a certain point, but no visible track for the rest of the trek. A bit of bush bashing required.
Still a few mozzies in winter!
Once at GZ the cache was easily found. The cache is not micro and it is fire damaged. Lots of water inside. The log was a bit wet. I put the log in a new ziplock bag and left some treasures.
Lots of leg scratches trying to find or way back down. A real adventure!
Thanks
The container really needs replacing if anyone can help out. Medium size to fit the Warrior.

Jagged it walked up from south side , pouring rain

Mosquitoe harassment. Back when it dries out

Good hide off the beaten track. Cache plastic melted through on one side due to bush fire(?). Log in good condition. TFTC

Thanks for placing this. I live in Brisbane and had my eye on doing gnthos one next time on weekend break.

Very cool.....thanks

After making it to the summit from the East, I decided I was keen to put a smiley on this one too. I suggested my young companions who were not so keen should go back to the car while I wandered off to the other side.
This is definitely not the tourist track! Not a single person seen and a few trees across the track here and there suggests wallabies and goannas are the most regular visitors. The ‘hexagonal staircase’ is pretty spectacular and quite a workout, even while descending.
The appearance of a little outcrop atoll was irresistible and soon I was high up and taking photos of the surrounds. Then it was time for the plunge down to the GZ.
Here the fun stopped as I lifted rock after rock, to no avail. I went away from my predicted Gz a fair way, then read logs (at least one was helpful) then tried again and again as the day got hotter and hotter. I refused to believe I would be leaving with a DNF and so just kept going.
At long last, I moved a rock I’m sure I’d moved at least twice before and heard a plastic sound. Yes, it was buried under a big rock and a layer of brown vegetation, no more than a metre from the tree I’d circled many times. I’m guessing things have rolled or regrown around here as many tree branches are down and there’s lots of green growth too.
Finding the cache was a big relief. The warrior is more intact than not, but I guess its days are numbered. The log is fine.
After considering the hike required back over the mountain, I opted to make my way down to the back gate and call my companions to drive around and pick me up: a much nicer option!

TFTC. Good walk

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Happy New Years Day & TFTC!

We are sure we have seen this warrior somewhere else on Mt Coolum.Was it at Old FJ?.
Anyway had seen a cache without a smily the last time we climbed Mt Coolum from the West but assumed it was Old FJ that we had found earlier with a geo-glich.Wrong!!
New cache found this time.
Always like this side of Mt Coolum for ascent.
Thanks Team Benders

Yet another cache that brings me to a place I wouldn’t have known about otherwise! Had fun exploring this side of the mountain. Thanks!

Climbed mt Coolum, then descended the western side to find this cach! not a quick one but worth it!
TFTC

After walking up to the summit of Mt Coolum and back and completing the earth cache we noticed there was another traditional cache on the west side, so we decided to do that walk as well. We didn’t realise we could have got it from the summit, however we are glad we went from the West approach. The walk was beautiful, and after the crowds on the Mt Coolum track it was lovely to be in the bush with just ourselves and the lovely birdlife
This is certainly an aspect of Mt Coolum we had never seen and there were lovely rock formations, birdlife, plants and fungi. After arriving at GZ our phone GPSr was jumping around. We saw a pile of rocks and thought this was going to be fun looking for an eclipse tin here. As it turns out the eclipse tin was in a larger plastic jar, and it didn’t take us too long to uncover it.
Thanks for this amazing cache. A fav point from us for brining us to a path less travelled. That’s what geocaching is all about for us

What a great find on a wet morning enjoyed the bush bash. TFTC

Found this one today with lcoll112. Highly recommend dressing for a hike, esp sturdy shoes. We did this as per the cache instructions from he western side and it earned every bit of its terrain rating. Lots of mozzies present when we went, didn’t seem all that bothered by repellent. The views through the trees were stunning, and we hiked from our accommodation so ended up with over 8km of exercise - awesome! The gps went a bit mental at GZ, so for other cachers who may get there hot and bothered get yourself to he largest outcrop of rocks at GZ, put your gps away and use your cache sense. Cache was found ok, container has some fire damage/melt but contents fine, dry and ok. Warrior appears to have sustained some damage in a recent battle.thank you for bringing us here!

A bit hairy scary for me as I don’t like heights but overcame it to collect this one as I can’t let the opportunity to pass. Lovely views from the cache and walk. TFTC

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After dropping A to school, I headed off for a new cache at Marcoola but somehow missed the exit off the motorway and ended up at Mt Coolum. Oh well, there's another one here that I could a give a go. With newfound confidence in my navigation abilities thanks to my new Garmin gps (as opposed to my slowly becoming less reliable phone), I decided to make the effort. After all, I had my hiking shoes already. We had previously found the nearby cache, Alpha's timeline by trekking down a very steep track from the summit, but this time I knew it would be more time and energy efficient to approach from the western side as per the waypoint directions.
I parked at the parking coordinates near the old Coolum art school historic site, a tad overgrown now. The grass was long but the trail from here was clear and I followed it till the next waypoint and then turned east and uphill. It was a very narrow steep crumbly track up to a large licheny rocky outcrop, then around and further uphill. As I was approaching a small peak to the north west, the gps pointed away to the south, so clambering over a few fallen burnt trees, I headed into the scrub of sheoak trees. Before long a pile of lichen covered rocks came into view fitting the description of the gz. Not too long to find the right one to lift and the Last Warrior was revealed. The actual warrior is broken but held together in a bag inside a plastic fruit jar, for historical purposes, I imagine. An eclipse tin hid the log and I sat down to sign and was suddenly swarmed by a cruiseship full of ravenous mozzies. Quick, quick sign and get out of there!!
I had a look at the view from the minor peak on the way back - you could see all the way up the coast to Noosa and across to Mts Ninderry, Cooroy, Cooroora and Eerwah in the west.
A bit of a scary trot back down due to the loose rocks on the tracks. Managed to get back unscathed though, thank goodness. A great little adventure for a Monday morning....
#1489 @ 0925h A favourite point for a good scenic walk.
TFTC Team Benders and Cooroy Scouts and Sweet-Sour beforehand

Got up early to climb the mountain and then pushed through to the cache (a little bush whacking for the last 50m). Quite busy on the main climb. TFTC

Kinda did bit of bush bashing to get there but finally found it.

Got close to GZ. Too many rocks. Not enough gps accuracy. Try again next time.

Bit of bush bashing to get to this, but did pretty well sticking to trails.

Out for an adventure on Fathers Day with my daughter and two grandsons. After completing the earth cache, my grandson and I dropped down the other side of the mountain to pick up this cache. A steep walk down but seemed even steeper on the way back up - the eight year old didn't even complain after a couple of tumbles and it was him that found the cache at GZ. He said "it needs one of your favourite points Gramps"
TFTC Team Benders

Raced geowife to this one. She got there first but I gound too after looking under

Quick easy find at gz. Followed a faint geo trail here from Mt Coolum summit.

I had decided to grab the caches on the western side of Mt Coolum today because they have been sitting on my map waiting to be turned into smileys for ages.

After finding the nearby multi, I headed off to this cache with a little uncertainity as to which track I should take as they faded away in places.

I made it to GZ and after a brief search the cache was located.

I took the travel bugs that were left here so that they can travel further.

All is good with this cache.

Find #483.

TFTC ***Cooroy Scouts*** and to ***Team Benders*** for maintaining it.

Lived in Mt Coolum for the past 9 years and have never been this side of the mountain! Fantastic! Cache has an ant problem!Dicky P

After climbing Mt Coolum with a muggle friend, we were looking for this box. The track was nearly more strenuous than the track up to the top of the mountain. It's my first cache this year and I put a little TB from Europe in it TFTC!!!

I'm currently up on the Sunshine Coast for work and this mountain has been staring at me from a distance whenever I am in my hotel. This morning I decided an early start would see this mountain conquered. I arrived at the bottom at 4.45am to find the car park already full and plent of other walkers still arriving. Does nobody sleep around here! I'm glad I started early as it was already getting warm with plent off sweat starting to flow. At the summit I joined the crowds already up here to watch the sunrise before continuing the climb over the back to head down to this cache. Certainly a lot more peaceful over here as none of the muggles had headed this way. Followed the clear track all the way to the turnoff point and headed off towards GZ. Only a little bit of bush bashing required and I was soon at GZ with the cache quickly located. Had to fight off the swarming mozzies as I signed the logbook. Dropped off a TB. TFTC

Having climbed the eastern side and descended the western side, I found myself on the wrong side of the mountain but, wait a minute, what's this? A cache. Why not. I followed the directions until I got within about 40m and then left the trail. The warrior was soon located, unfortunately not in very good condition but the log was dry and now sports a new signature. TFTC

After climbing Mt Coolum we decided to go back to the car and drive around to this one. Still a decent walk and climb in though, which my muscles could feel after climbing the other side of the mountain!!
Soon managed to work our way to the hide.
great walk
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#105 A very quick run all the way up the top until we realised that we had to go down again. After going different ways we eventually saw where it was and had the cache in hand. TFTC

My daugter had a gym competition at Maroochydore this afternoon, so I thought I would take my two sons for a climb up Mt Coolum before hand. It has been about 8 years since I climbed Mt Coolum. Back then, I was in serious training for a trek to Kokoda. This time, there was no end goal other than some exercise in the great outdoors for myself and my boys.......and maybe a cache or three.

It was a cracker of a day - warm for this time of the year. So we plodded up. I huffed and puffed and my two boys ran ahead, played, talked incessantly, both completely oblivious of the UP. The track has changed a lot in the last 8 years. The stairs are a pleasure now. We only stopped once or twice to collect Earthcache clues, check out the view or take a drink. Soon enough we were at the top.

Now to go over the back to the other two caches, or head back down? The boys had lots of energy that needed burning, so it was the former. This cache was the first target. With about 90 metres of bushbashing to go to get to the cache, my two boys decided they had enjoyed the terrain enough. So I ventured down the hill from the track on my own and soon enough made the find. Except it seems I had dropped my pen somewhere in the mountain. Bugger! Well, I am not coming back soon, so I had better make do. No recent fire here, so there was no charcoal. I ended up faintly scratching "CP" in the logbook with some yellow crumbling sandstone. Just for good measure, I took a few photographs.

From here, it was on to the multi before before climbing back up and over the hill again to get back to the car. Thanks for the cache, Cooroy Scouts and thanks for looking after it, sweet - sour and now Team Benders.

Pete

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Previously logged under a team account. Re-logging with my individual account.

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.

Found after a great weekend of caching up North with great friends.
Who doesn't love a nice little bush bash!
Thanks Team Benders!

Our group of Pprime (P`), catscatscats22 and Captain Terror continued along and soon arrived at this one To say we did this oen the easy way would be a terrible lie... We bush bashed in to GZ, and the same on the way back out. We were covered in scratches and spikey things, and happily added our anmes to the logbook [^]



TFTC cooroy scouts



Gaz'n'Kab

Poor warrior, deserted by his Emperor to fight on alone. Time has not been kind to him as he guards his post so loyally for a empire long forgotten. May he be remembered and his martyrdom live on.

I believe this is about the fourth time I've climbed Mount Coolum, but the first descending the eastern side. The track up the east was so busy I'd joked it needed traffic lights in places. Only Tibrogargan and Mount Warning I think are busier. Our group left Net88 to return to the cars while the rest of us headed west. Fangsoki and Kab had since gone a more direct route back to the rendezvous point, leaving Pprime, Gaz, catscatscats22 and I to forge onwards to this spot.

There is no doubt in my mind we made this heaps harder than necessary. We bush bashed to the geocache and we managed to bush bash from it down to the cars. We all wound up getting attacked by spiky plants at some point, myself, my ankle was bleeding a lot by the time we all met up again at the cars.

What remains of the original warrior is minimal and now seems to be living in a grotty plastic and tape type affair. I suspect that might need some fixing, but the logbook was signable and so it was. But nice to find a hide in a place I'd not normally visit and a geocache that has been geocaching longer than I have. TFTC cooroy scouts

Part of a group attack on this mountain by Fangsoki, catscatscats22, Gaz'n'Kab, Net88, Captain Terror, and myself. Having conquered the summit we continued on down to here. Actually our group dwindled a little bit as some had been here before. The quick trundle over to GZ and a quick find and sign. We found a much harder way down hill (straight line path isn't the most efficient) - but all safe and sound.
Thanks for placing this cache, cooroy scouts. Found in good condition.
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Well the trek up the east side of Mt Coolum was extremely bussy this morning so I walked down the west side of the mountain back to my car and grabbed this cash on the way.

id never been to this side of the mountain!!!! I didn't even know it eggsisted!! thanks for the new adventure!

Egg Zachary and I came out this morning with the sole intention of getting the 3 caches from nearby Mt Ninderry and the 3 at Mt Coolum. After we had the previous 5 this was the last one to make it a successful day. After making our way up the mountain via the main route, it wasn't too long until we had the cache. Thanks for showing me the view from the backside of the mountain.

I was on a tight schedule with this one and I even thought that this trip would be just a reconnoiter to get the lay of the land and enjoy the flora. As it turned out I had time to find this one and then check out the next. The cache is nicely hidden here and I appreciated the historic remnants of the original warrior hidden within. Thanks TBs for looking after this one.

Well, a while ago we started this one after climbing and finding the caches on the other side of the Mt and decided we would return when it was a bit cooler.
Today I had the day to fill in while a vehicle was being serviced so after a few other caches in the area were done, I parked at the suggested spot started walking the track then needed to take the boots off to walk through the low area then put them back on again and on to the suggested spot where the trail starts going up. One or two drops of rain surely I can do that last 100 meters before the rain starts again? In and up I go following the path I came to a clearing, do I go where the GPS is pointing or follow the path ? MMM better follow the path onward and upward I go following the ever decreasing trail, another 40 meters closer and the path all but disappeared, I followed where I thought people had walked before and finally got 30 meters from the GZ.
Then the rain started I kept looking and following the arrow then saw a spot I thought it may be at, I turned a couple of rocks and there it was. By this time I was drenched . Had a lot of trouble trying to retrieve the logsheet without getting it wet, signed and replaced 11:30.
I turned to return to the geomobile and realised that I had no track to follow and with the rain coming up I had been taking more notice of not slipping on rocks. Still I knew the direction of the geomobile so I just kept heading in a straight line hoping I wouldn't come across the cliff face I saw on the way up, rain still coming down I came out just near someone's back driveway which was still on the track side of the gate I parked at.
Boots off again and crossed that wet patch and just walked bare foot to the geomobile. All cloths and backpack drenched I sat in the seat and it just soaked up the water from my wet shorts. I'll leave the log here where I was off to Coolum to get some dry cloths. ( And my last cache for the day ).
Another great caching day I had !
Cooroy scouts - Team Benders thanks for your effort to keep my days Exciting - TFTC.

A quick find on my way off the mountain... now to find my way out to the road from here! Thanks!

Although I had climbed Mount Coolum previously and been so close to coming down and taking a look for this cache, on that occasion I let it go.

So today, I made sure this one was on the list. I was here pretty early (well for me anyway) and set off up the mountain at 6.55am. I likely should have set out with a somewhat slower pace, but it is what it is and I was soon on the summit.

Having seen the view before i set out directly down the trail at the back. The further I went the more I was dreading the walk back over. But you have to do what you have to do to find a cache.

Finally I was picking my way across the rocks with the distance all by down to single digits. I started having a bit of a look around. Sure enough I soon spotted something and hurrah it was the cache. With the figured head a little battered inside the new container, I got my name on the log book and replaced.

Off to cover this multi to save yet another trip over the mountain.

TFTC

An early morning start after grabbing a FTF in caloundra at 5:45am, we headed up the mountain I then diverted down to grab this cache. Well What started off as a path did perhaps not end up as one... I bush bashed to the cache and made the find, Cache condition was all good and I signed the new log. The last warrior has seen better days but was still guarding the cache. TFTC Team Benders

One of the new trainers at my gym recently mentioned she liked to go mountain climbing, but as she was new to Australia, really didn't know where to start. We had a grand chat about the Glasshouse Mountains, most of which I have climbed in the last three years, and as she was pretty keen we hatched a plan to tackle Mt Beerburrum, Mount Coolum and Wild Horse Mountain all in one day Today we set off from northern Brisbane at 7am, climbed all 3, found the 2 caches on Coolum, and got home again at 2pm. [^]

After climbing Beerburrum we headed north to tackle Coolum from the eastern carpark, and began our ascent at 9.52am. It only took us about 25 minutes to reach the summit trig point, and after admiring the views, I suggested we head down the western side and attempt to get both the geocaches here. The track down is not as wide as the eastern side and doesn't have the views, but the she-oaks made for a shady walk and it was so quiet down here... We grabbed the multi along the way then continued down to the base, where a look at the GPS and plotting of some WPs showed we were at a good spot to search for the trail leading up to this one. No problem spotting the start and we followed it up and UP and UP!!!! At one point I thought we may have to scale a rock face but the track veered around the side and up and over [^]

We bush bashed our way across to GZ and soon my friend pointed out a good hiding spot, and the cache was in hand. Duties done, we packed it all up and made our way down to the base, then walked back around the base all the way to the carpark. And to make the day really crazy we headed south to Wild Horse and went up that one too

TFTC, Team Benders.

Found on a trip to Coolum with the family. Lost a lot of details about the finds, but had the list of these ones. Had a great 4 days in the area, not a huge number of caches found, but the ones that were found, were quality caches. Appologies for the late logs, I have not been well lately, suffering some mental illness, but am planning a caching comeback soon.

Thanks to all cache owners for these enjoyable hides.

Climbed up to visit the old warrior No 10.
He is just 1/4 the man now, become armless on one side and legless but he still has his head.
New log book, and tin
Good to go!
Happy caching!

I really wanted to get all of the 3 caches of Mount Coolum today but after getting this cache and the multi-cache a little further over I was summon home by the Muggle partner for lunch and had to put the Earth Cache on hold for now.

Finding this cache was great as I got to venture on a side of the mountain I have not done before. I did follow the track for sometime then ventured of to explore a little and take in some of the amazing views.

Once at GZ, after a little looking I found the Warrior in his home. He is looking a little sad to say the least. I picked him up for water to rush out of him and the cache. I opened the cache to find a log that was now sodden. I did a quick tidy of the cache and have put in temp log in that has been double bagged. If the next Cacher could bring a full log that would be great.

Thanks for the cache 'Team Benders'. The cache does require a little TLC.

Having paid my respects to The Emperor in his new location this morning, I thought it only fitting to pay a visit to The Last Warrior this afternoon as I made my way back to Brisbane to fly home.

I parked in the suggested location and made my way along the track to where it was suggested that you turn onto another track. I made my way uphill, wondering how far I was going to go and if I would end up revisiting the Mount Coolum Earthcache from the other side... Fortunately, the climb eventually ended as I came to GZ. Finding The Last Warrior didn't prove to be difficult at all.

After signing the log...on a very damp sheet...I blundered my way back downhill (mostly because I had lost the original track I followed) and made my way back to my car. My timing was perfect as it was now getting dark and I still had to drive to Brisbane.

Thanks to Team Benders for keeping this cache going.

This was my 200th Cache so I thought such a mildstone deserved to be something special. Talk about a hike and a half. A stinking hot afternoon. The beauty of this side of the mountain is there isn't anybody around. Such a perfect view from the top. TFTC

Area that I've been meaning to cover! Teamed up with Bushbashr for a couple of hours! Tftc! Nice bush surroundings

Booyah found it!

The warrior is a little broken. Wish I had some superglue to help the little guy out. Cache/ Log is in good condition. Took TB. TFTC

A slightly overcast but definitely pleasant day greeted us for our climb(s) up and down Mount Coolum. We took it easy and made it to the gorgeous view at the top..... AND then we were heading down the other side, this one was not quite as easy and much hotter. We bumped into some others who had just completed the mission and made the find. SLTNLF. TFTC Team Benders

#217~ After a long, exhausting trek up the mountain we all scrambled down the other side, over boulders and loose rocks and slippery leaf litter until we stumbled upon others who had just been where we were heading. The Warrior is a little sad looking but probably not as sad looking as I was after climbing back up to the top of the mountain. TFT(well earned)C Team Benders

A very decent hike, especially after doing the regular mt Coolum hike. Forgot pen, attached photo of log tftc

The last warrior is looking worse for wear... Poor guy

In Coolum Beach for a friends eldest daughters 21st this weekend. Getting out from under everyone's feet finds me at another geocache.
Nice walk on the mount ably escorted by my young mate Rowan (a future convert I think). Great views, thanks for bringing me here.
TFTC Team Benders

This was part of my Operation Mount Coolum, and was a nice little trek from another cache nearby. I never looked at any of the waypoints listed for this one, I just followed the track. There was a little trek over a rocky landmark then the track disappeared and GZ was soon upon me. I was a little concerned trying to find an eclipse tin in amongst some rocky tombs, but the cache was in hand soon enough. The guardian has seen better days, and funnily enough, I have one at home in my garden that has faired the same.

Thanks for the cache Team Benders.
TNLNSL

Up early this morning to climb Mt Coolum. Thought we would slip down the other side to grab this one while here. Never been down the other side so it was nice. Nice hide. Took Geoson (olech1) for the hike. TFTC

Found it with Dad (spinna76) this morning after a long climb up and down and up and down again. TFTC

what a day for hikes . . hard work

While out and about this afternoon with seirra1, Mr Parko and I took quite the unconventional way to this cache We do like to make things harder than they need to be
After a bit of a bush bash we had the cache in hand
Thanks Cooroy Scouts for placing the cache, and thanks to Team Benders for adopting

Found this warrior on guard while completing other caches on the mountain while in the company of Parko's and us3scouts. Log was a little damp and was hard to complete. added another sheet of paper for further logs. TFTC cooroy scouts,sweet-sour and Team Benders.

Very cool track to the old Warrior. He was watching as he should! "I'm on duty, Sir! Nothing suspicious to report with exception of the two german guys today!"

TftC

Ergänzung:

Diese Ergänzung dient der Feststellung meiner Caching-Kilometer, die auf meinem
"LR DEFENDER 110 Station Wagon" Travel Bug zusammen gerechnet werden.

This notice is for calculation of kilometers of my "LR DEFENDER 110 Station Wagon" Travel Bug.

This entry was edited by FRIEDEL09 on Monday, 04 March 2013 at 15:07:21 UTC.

Cut path from top of mt Coolum, did not know that there was a path close by till we looked for nearby cache. Good hide we enjoyed it thoroughly. Guardian has seen better days but still half lying guard.

100th cache! Solid walk in the heat up and over the mountain. Bush bashed to GZ and a straight forward find. Live just down the road and always love going up the mountain to explore. TFTC.

Went for a walk up Mt Coolum early this morning with Heidal and down the other side for the two caches here. Was here to witness Heidals 100th cache. Well done guys.

The Last Warrior was transferred from sweet - sour to user Team Benders

Nice hike in the forest with some great views. TFTC!
PS.: Cache must have gone PM after I downloaded it...

We started out early this morning before the day heated up.
We wanted to get up and down the mountain reasonably quickly.
We parked at the coordinates and started our walk along the easement track and soon entered the bush.
Up we went till we came across the rock wall and on past it and next a small bush bash and we were at GZ.
A quick search revealed the cache but not entirely all there as it had sustained some damage from the rocks on it.
Grabbed the clue and signed the log and rearranged the rocks so did not cause any further damage and covered the cache with some cameo TNLNSL TFTC Thanks sweet-sour

We found it from the multi so made an interesting trip but a nice walk!! TFTC

Found with Ainstar and membsec on a nice sunny day. TFTC

Great walk from the east with Ainstar and scottymyth after getting a nearby cache. We let scottymyth find it as he needs the practice.

TFTC

Thanks to Jasenjanine for the new Log and tin.

WARRIOR NO. 10 was transferred from cooroy scouts to user sweet - sour

I have temporately disabled The Emperor, he needed a bath and some repairs.
It will be at least 3 weeks before the Emperor is back in business. There is some issues with his hide that need to be sorted out.

Quick dash up the mt during a break in the weather. Awesome view. The npws track was closed, but the advantage was being directed to the emergency track which was the right way in. After a chat with the stone masons on their progress, the decent offered this one within 10mins. Good times.

Bit of a hike but got there
Went for a little hike to look for alpha's timeline

What a good spot. Love the hike to here. TFTC

Sure wasnt expecting a HELL of a climb, body bloody and broken from vines but finally got to meet the Warrior!
tftc

Because I came from the south side of the mountain this was an absolute mission. At the end of almost every long bramble filled hike there is a nice path one could have taken to/near the cache. This is the wisdom we so often hear from seasoned geochaches and today I experienced it. Bush-bashing my way to the cache, then on my return discovering a path I should have first used. I must now go and check myself for ticks.

Great hide, took some time to find.

This entry was edited by Matt land on Monday, 02 April 2012 at 13:41:59 UTC.

We have driven past this mountain so many times, and each time i look up at it and think … one day, we'll go and get those couple up there [8)]. Well, today i woke up, and with no work on the agenda, decided that today might have to be the day

We parked up at the suggested co-ords, and straight away noticed a torrent of water across the track a mere 25 meters away … mmmm, not a good start, but we managed to cross it somehow (with the pram), without getting wet feet . Shortly after, we were looking at the track heading up the mountain .. complete with a recently fallen tree across the start of it

The track was quite narrow initially, and very overgrown with bracken fern … before just getting steeper, with more overgrown bracken, but at least it was a track . I was carrying 7.5 month old Tyler and 3 yo Dylan was motoring under his own steam as we passed some stunning rock formations on the way up [^].
Soon enough, we were at the stage where we had to leave the track …. where i headed off solo down the hill for the last 50m . As i neared GZ, i quickly spotted a suspect area of rocks, and set about my hunt. It wasn't long at all before i spotted a few that were 'out of place', and the treasure was found

I knew from previous logs that this cache needed some serious maintenance, so i made sure to bring some spares . I gave the Warrior a new container and a new log sheet in a new bag. I also found the faded clue jammed in the bottom of the old tin, so i transferred it to the new log. I added our name, before re-hiding it as i found, and making my way back to the track .

Very good to finally get this one off the radar … and it wasn't as tough as we thought it was going to be . Thanks for bringing us up here cooroy scouts … an enjoyable stroll for sure [^].

TN, Left New log, in a new bag, in a new tin .

Quite a trek today. Warrior is broken and cache container is rusted away. Log book unusable. So couldnt find the clue. Can you please advise via email.

The eclipse tin on this one is rusting through, and the log was so far jammed down in the tin I couldn't get it out to sign. Would have replaced it myself if I had some spare gear in my pack, but I forgot to grab it before leaving home.