Cats Whiskers Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tealby on 25-Feb-08. Waypoint GC19NJJ

Oh me oh my! Sam(sung) had me going in circles this morning so that I ended up walking much further than I needed. Luckily I was very relaxed and wasn't worrying about timing, which meant I could amble up and down at my own pace. I also found the tent so many people refer to and then the cache. I was distracted and forgot to do as the CO requested, so the log has been signed and stamped . TFTC Tealby

Saw the abandoned tent. Pretty good quality for it to be still going strong.Lovely day to be out and about with Kittykatch, contesta, Tankengine and dty73 Thanks for getting me out and about Tealby

Mugga Lane walkTook to the trails today to find a bunch of caches with contesta, Joolay, Tankengine, and dty73. A fun letterbox to pick up in the light rain this afternoon. Glad to finally turn this one into a smiley. Thanks for the hide Tealby

Took a walk up the hill this afternoon to find this cache. Approaching GZ we saw a tent That was not expected. We checked some logs and see its been here for some time. Tho we didnt go real close, it seems to be in good shape. Even the guy ropes were tight. Now to your cache Its a beauty. Pity we didnt read your description fully until afterwards (just now actually) and didnt do our artwork. However, we do believe our autograph is rather arty. Hope thats suffice. (We saw so many cat stamps in the logbook and wondered what that was about. Now we know.) Thank you.

Gladly got this cache today
Yes, the tent is still there just so you know I didn’t dreamt of it.
Buckoraider came with me and told me not to whisper, so people on tent didn’t feel we were being too suss.
Thanks for the cache Telby

What a terrific idea for a letterbox cache!

Came along here with Baristayan on a Tuesday morning stroll through the reserve, hoping to avenge a DNF of hers from last week. Found ground zero very quickly and soon had the cache in hand which then meant I had to dust off the old drawing skills! Well…drawing skills were never in the toolkit, and I can exclusively reveal I have not found any talent as the years have gone on. Excellent cache in any event…what a great spot!

I can see why old mate has decided to set up their tent here Thanks Tealby!

So, this morning I hiked towards this cache.
Lovely forest and nice rocky walk.
When I got to GZ I thought I heard voices but as I had headphones and music on I disregard it.
I searched and searched, until I looked up and I saw a tent ️ 3 metres away from where I was
Suddenly all the horror movies I’ve seen kicked in, and I just run back to the pathway. It took me a while to relax and calm down
Did I overreact? Probably
But it was early in the morning and I was alone. The survival instinct said run.
I’ll be back accompanied next time

Hmm, great stamp and very appropriate to accompany my signature.

Someone has set up camp nearby - for awhile I was wondering if it was a part of the cache hide. For the benefit of future finders - it is not!

TFTC!

A bit of a trek up the hill from the previous cache, checking out an amazingly determined tree along the way! Approaching GZ I suddenly spied a tent in a most unexpected place!
Consulting previous logs, it was apparent that the tent has been here some time, but is still appears in a very ship-shape condition. Tight guy ropes, the entrance clear of debris, and with a well-tended screen to the eastern side indicate that this abode is still in use. If I hadn't already been standing right next to the cache, I would have quietly moved on, but I signed the log and then retreated, taking a more circuitous route to the next cache to minimise any disturbance to the locals.
The resident make not have an especially salubrious residence, but they sure have a sensational back yard and awesome views!
TFTC, Tealby!

TFTLetterbox! This is my 20th find, and my first letterbox.

- Rabbit Miró

Tftc

A birthday cache for Geogeneve. Hope we didn’t startle the tent dweller. Very impressed with all of the sketches. TFTC

Found with Just_Jess as we set out to tackle the final of the Centenary Trail. My first of this kind of cache and worth the adventure. We took a chance on a faint trail to get us to the top. The tent the previous finder mentioned is still in tact suggesting it might still be in use some months later. No signs that we disturbed anyone today though. TFTC

Another day of lockdown, another pressing need for me to take The Dog out of the house for a decent exercise walk in one of the reserves near the house. Today was a fantastic 3.04km loop with a 156m elevation gain up and down the hill with the younger GeoTeen as well as The Dog targeting three caches in the area. We made it back to the car just ahead of the rain.

This was a pleasant walk up the hill from the previous cache. Once at GZ, the container was located quickly and the stamp and log is in surprisingly good, dry condition for such an old cache. Note for future finders - very near (say, 10-15m) GZ there is a small tent suggesting someone's living there - we saw no evidence of habitation today however.

Thanks, Tealby - a nice cache which provided a great walk for us today.

Took me a little bit to home in on the cache once at the GZ. But finally found, stamped and replaced. TFTC.

Found during impromptu caching spree to see how many cache types I could find in a day. TFTH

Made plans with Bonfire7 & Muppet95 for a day in Canberra to cherry pick a few caches with interesting DT combos, types, dates, or other attributes. We got off to an early start, the weather was superb, and the caches were great. Thanks to all the COs for making Canberra (and around) a good place to come back to time and again.

Out caching with muppet95 and 154crows,today muppet was aiming towards a milestone so armed with TOTT's we planned on spending the day searching for speciality and higher D/T rated caches.
As always it was a top day out caching in and around the ACT with the company of good friends,we found some really cool hides thoughout the day whilst muppet reached his milestone so that was great to be a part off!
Looking forward to our next trip!


Thanks Tealby for the cache

Planned a trip to Canberra to coincide with my 6000th find milestone. I teamed up with geobuddies, Bonfire7 and 154Crows, for the day outdoors! We targeted cache types as well as D/T ratings (particularly high T-rated caches requiring a TOTT). Thanks to all the Cache Owners for their contributions to this recreational activity!

I made the find after a fairly short stroll from the car. Thanks Tealby!

In these coronavirus times, the activity of geocaching seems to fit the bill, providing ample fresh air and exercise opportunities. Today, I sought this cache while walking around Mt Mugga Mugga with a friend. It was a straightforward find, being in an obvious spot more or less on the coordinates. Not carrying a personal stamp, I decorated the log with a cartoonish self-portrait. Thank you Tealby for installing and maintaining this cache.

I had a big day planned today being the 29th February and all. I had a list of each cache type, cache size and some other cache necessities.

The day was awesome! Tankengine kept me company for most of the caches and event in the morning, then we meet up with Kittykatch and Joolay to get a 5/5 cache then off to another event and more caching before heading home for Chinese then out again to grab a couple more and even hide a cache.

It was so successful and so much fun. I found all the caches I wanted and completed my list quicker then I thought I would.

This cache: This was a MUST on my list as it was the closest letterbox cache I had and so here I was. We parked close by and followed the trail in as close as we could until going a little light bush to GZ where the cache was found quickly. Tftc Tealby!!!

I have done most of Mugga on previous occasions, usually from the other side, so the last few on O'Malley side have been annoying me for some time. Today, needing a LBH for leap day, Aquilus1 and myself steeled ourselves for another semi-climb of Mugga.

Really nice to see that this is from 2008, and has a genuine stamp, not one out of a kids play set. Fave point from me

February 29th and a big day for many cachers it seems to fill that elusive blank spot on the calendar. For me this was my first opportunity since starting so was keen to make a good day of it and find as many of the different types as possible. The Project GC badges offered a good incentive to make the finds also.

With GreyHams we managed to find a good amount of the needed caches. A letterbox was needed this was the best choice. A good choice though as there was a nice pocket of caches in here I had been wanting to get to for a while.

Although not a long or very steep walk to this cache I sure was feeling the heat by the time I got there. Nice to see the decent stamp and loved that its a nice old cache too.

Thanks for the cache Tealby.

With the national parks still closed, I've taken the opportunity to explore another corner of the city's hills. A nice little climb to get up here

Thanks for the cache!

Today I decided to retrace my steps from an earlier walk where I know I found a number of caches and never logged them.
I had no idea it was 9 months ago...

I found this cache much more easily this time. Last time it was muggled and I replaced it as close to where I thought it should be.
So much time has passed that I have a stamp book now, which is great as this is a fantastic stamp.
Thanks Tealby for a great cache.

Howdy from Dallas, Texas

The cache is in great shape. We had an old sticker. Great location BTW

This trip was planned some time ago but we kept running into issues. So when a business trip to Asia came up I decided that an unconventional route and an extended stop-over were in order as opposed to waiting for the stars to align on a pleasure trip.

Our 2020 goals are to find all the year 2000 caches and complete 6 original FIZZY loops (loops with caches placed before April 6, 2007). No one in the world has done the latter. Only one person is at 4 loops, LISDOWNEY from Ontario, Canada. So, of course, Lane Cove and Geocache - Relocated topped the list this trip and one other south of Canberra that we found, that wasn't easy.

I had been to Australia once before for a honeymoon years ago but promptly headed off to the Hayman Islands to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef, so I didn't get to take in many of the touristy things Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, and Wollongong has to offer. This trip we fixed that anemia. The aforementioned cities played as our hub cities each night and the launching pad for the next day. Sydney was the only city that there were two overnight stays. Sadly the first day after landing we had found all the target caches that we had for Sydney, so I fixed that staying longer in Wollongong and did some epic hikes.

I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that while in Sydney a sad record-breaking day occurred. When driving out of the city toward the outback a radio announcement said that that day was the worst day in Sydney's history for the smoke covering the area from all the wildfires. It was bad, I could really feel it in my lungs. But, just an hour west and it was a beautiful nice day.

Things learned about Australia while on this trip (I know COs in Australia don't care about this stuff but we have students that like to read our logs here in the States and some creepers that obsess about us - no joke we had an event while there and showed a group of Sydney cachers our trolls) :

- Birds are so different here, all kinds and Cockatoos were like our Krackle birds as noisy as heck and everywhere.
- Kangaroos are like our dear. Cool to watch, see and eat. Yes, eat. It was on the menu one night.
- The Average Aussie drinks 96 liters of beer per year
- Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world
- There are more kangaroos than people
- The Drop Bear was created to scare tourists
- And they love Vegemite
- Melbourne has the largest Greek population outside of Greece
- There’s a mountain named “Mt. Disappointment”
- Australia’s dingo fence is longer than the Great Wall of China
- Some of the world’s deadliest animals live here
- Australia was inhabited for at least 50 000 years before the British came
- Australia has over 10 000 beaches
- It’s the 6th largest country in the world
- The Australian Alps receive more snow than Switzerland
- Home to the largest living structure on Earth – The Great Barrier Reef
- The Kangaroo is the national animal of Australia
- Home to a larger population of camels than Egypt
- Wombat poo is square/cube-shaped so they don’t roll away. This makes it easier for them to mark their territory.
- The name ‘Australia’ comes from the Latin word ‘australis’, meaning southern
- Total Population: 24,970,200.
- Capital: Canberra.
- Biggest City: Sydney.
- Highest Mountain: Mount Kosciuszko
- Land area: 7,692,024 km2.
- Biggest Lake: Lake Eyre (salt) and Lake Mackay (freshwater)
- Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Prime minister: Scott Morrison
- Currency: Australian dollar (AUD)
- Official language: English.
- National song: “Advance Australia Fair”


I just got the $120 USD toll road bill for just two days caching in the Sydney area.

**Because we have had other cacher use our picture without permission we mostly only post them on Facebook now: TTO2 Cachers**

I've been meaning to do this one for a while, but it always seemed just that bit far away. Today I came from above, so no excuses. Cache found quickly in the first place I looked.

Thanks,

Found this nice Cache together with Dino and Flintstones. Thank you for putting it out and maintaining it Tealby.

The family was up for a 2h hike so amongst the many choices still about, Mugga reserve fitted the criteria quite well and I planned a nice circular route around the quarry.

Quick find using the coordinates, all in good order. Stamped my book.

Thank you Tealby for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

Nice cache. In a family hike today in the sunshine. Found this quickly and got the stamp. Very fun walk so far.

Thank you for the Cache Tealby

Dino

Tftc! This was a fun find making a dash with possible rain and parking tickets keeping me quick.
This find was my final for ten types in a day - all done by 2.30pm with a few bum syeers from the gps along the way.
Thanks!

Arrived expecting a 100m small hill, and ended up walking 700m up a hill which was a lot steeper than I thought it would be. However it was nice to be on the top with CIH. TFTC Tealby!

Found in the late afternoon with
the setting sun. TFTC

Cats whiskers indeed! A very good cache in good condition

A truly original letterbox cache! Almost 11 years old now and still kicking on, with original logbooks, stamp and ink pad that still works a treat! Enjoyed flicking through the unique logbooks and seeing the different way's people have signed over the years!

Thanks Tealby! A special letterbox and great placement

An enjoyable little journey! Thanks and TB in

My boyfriend would love this cache. Unfortunately on the climb I slipped and broke my screen. I can't see the distance to cache. Sob. Ah well life.
Cache found getting towards sunset, in good condition. Tftc

Nice stroll up the hill and top views back over the Brindabella range.
The ink is flying along and had a breather and good photo of the mountains attached .logged at 4.15 pm.
A fav tick added for the walk, location, views and letterbox .
Many thanks to Tealby.

While staying the Canberra area for a few days we thought we would target some interesting caches. This was one we chose and after just a bit of a cross country jaunt from where we parked, the GZ area was soon spotted. It then only needed a quick look around to spot the container we wanted. All was in good order with both the container and the log.
Many thanks go to Tealby for this cache placement.

Love this cache! First time for a letterbox cache. Can't wait to find others like these!

Nice hiding place our very first letterbox hybrid

I was in the area getting some exercise and a few caches. This is an older cache than most. Nice it is still here. TFTC Tealby.

Found on a stunning winters day walk with the geo-Lagotto and a muggle friend. Easy find once I reading the clue (gps jumping around up here). I don’t get the cat’s whiskers reference.... Cache in good condition
Thanks Tealby

Was romping around the mugga and couldn't pass this one up. My second 10year cache for the day. This was a real gem, a tranquil spot, plenty of colourful wildlife, and a fantastic cache.
Made my stamp and spent some time flicking through the two log books, so much great history really. Love those age old parchments.
Thanks for a great cache Tealby.

Well, let's just say that I don't think geohound would approve. Cats seem to be his nemesis. In fact, I rather think they have the upper hand. Anyway, geohound didn't come with me this evening. I parked across the other side of Hindmarsh and jogged over. Took a little time for the gps to settle and guide me to the little hidey hole, but got there in the end to stamp the cat and her meow. TFTC Tealby

I was in Canberra over the long weekend and headed out this afternoon to find a few caches around Mount Mugga Mugga Nature Reserve. Parked the car at the start of a track and then headed off. After taking a few wrong turns I finally got my bearings.
As I approached gz here I saw there were lots of possible hiding places. Walked around for a while before finally spotting the cache while coming in from a different angle. Signed and stamped the log and replaced it all as found. Didn’t see any cats but I did see a mob of kangaroos soon after. TFTC

Monday 1 January 2018 (New Year's Day) - a hot Summer's afternoon in the low 30s with a light breeze bike riding then walking just over 4.5km to find 5 from 5 caches. The hill is currently a beautiful emerald green from the recent rains with many lovely lichen covered rocks, good shade and plenty of native flowers that are predominantly yellow.

Cache was a quick and easy find - good to give it my stamp of approval Thx p2p. TFTC Tealby.

After finishing two larger series today, there was still time to do some extra caches and that means free styling. Grabbing everything interesting on my way! Meanwhile dark which made for some very interesting caching here!
TFTC Wilbert67

Great spot. Thanks Tealby.

Geowife and geokid 2 and 3 at a birthday party over the hill, so The Matetrix and I decided a few caches this side of the hill were up for grabs. A great afternoon's hike. TNLNSL TFTC

Found with IamCoust

#7753 @1550
After today's CITO in Queanbeyan, I had time for a few quick caches on my home via picking my son up from work. I somehow skipped this one a few weeks ago when I cached around Mt Mugga. A quick pull over on Hindmarsh then a short stroll to GZ. Cache easily found. TFTC.

Another one done. Woo Hoo! I love the challenge of the geocache hunt - read the notes, decipher the cache requirements, and go searching for the hide. This is an amazing world-wide game of hide and seek. I love it! I also enjoy caching with my family, and meeting fellow cachers. It really is a small world when I read over cache logs. **Thanks go to Tealby** for placing this cache and maintaining it. It's a great contribution to the Geocaching community and much appreciated.

I enjoyed finding this one at 12:02:24 PM. Intersting to see a camp site permanently set up at GZ! Luckily no one was home today, although a ute was parked nearby.
TFTC! Cheers. *Jump Pilot*

2766 6 of 12 today.

I've been geo-slack of late. Just a few events and the odd find here and there. The prevailing hot conditions make caching a sweaty & unpleasant task at times. But today I got out for a few hours and headed to Mt Mugga Mugga. Conditions weren't too bad, hitting about 30C, but it was still sweaty out there. I didn't see any snakes today and I had plenty of opportunity.

A quick find in increasingly warm conditions.

TFTC Tealby.

#1224. I parked on Arame Circuit in O'Malley and was happy to find a gate (of the climbing through type) and also a trail inside the parkland. The sun wasn't too hot - only 8:30 am, so still some dew in the grass. I had a pleasant walk in the quite open gum landscape. A few roos out and about, no doubt attracted by the green grass along the creek. I found a stone weir where I could cross with dry feet. Eventually I reached the whiskers. The tent mentioned in previous logs is still there - I didn't investigate and I didn't hear a sound from it. I found the box and and a look at the previous nice entries. Some cool stamps! I added my personal stamp (received as gift during my time in Prague, Czech Republic). Signed with thanks and greetings from Sweden!

Took The Woofer for a short walk today to clean up some caches around Mugga Reserve. Despite ground being swampy in some places it was a lovely stroll through the bush, and The Woofer enjoyed watching the rabbits that were out in full force today! Found 7 of 7 in under an hour, so a very successful morning.

We love a good letterbox cache, but really must get a stamp made up with our logo on it! After the very easy walk up, we sat down to draw our logo (didn't do too badly, actually!) and The Woofer almost gave it her lick of approval! Took nothing, left some goodies. Thanks Tealby!

Nice spot with a good view and I enjoyed reading the log book and adding my sticker to the collection. TFTC

Found tonight around 7:30pm with my trusty headlamp.
I couldn't believe my luck when I arrived at gz and found a nice new 2 man tent all setup.
I called at but received no answer. The only lights up here tonight we're the wallabies looking back at my light.

Soon found the cache and stamped and signed the log. Set off for the car but had a nasty fall when I lost my footing stepping into a rabbit burrow.

Bit a skin loss and lots of pickles later I arrived at the car.

No great harm done but it shows you have to be careful.

Thanks

Team Omam from the Netherlands has only one aunt left. And as she will have her 100th birthday early February, we decided to join the birthday party. But …., she lives in Sydney Australia! An excellent opportunity for us to explore this continent once again and find Geocaches along the way. We will do a 3.5 weeks trip! At places where we will stay for a few days (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Darwin), we will organize Meet and Greet events. We will try to find mainly caches with high favorite points, caches from 2000 and 2001, earth caches, webcam caches, virtuals and letter box hybrids.

Dropped in to do this geocache on my down to attend the Melbourne MEGA Event.

With overcast skies and rain threatening my trek up this hill began with my full kit, expecting the worst weather.

Just a few minutes in it became quite apparent that many birds were high on the defense with their nesting season.
Mostly Australian Miners, i just ignored them as they squaked at me from branches.

I soon came across a Shingle Back Lizard and stopped for a photo. As I bent down to admire this little fellow a bloody Magpie whacked into the back of my head knocking off my hat. I scrambled for a stick, of which were plenty, and kept him at bay as he hovered above me like a Hawker Harrier Jet.

I continued the rest of my walk, up and back with stick held hgh above my head

[green] - Found It on Thursday ... at 11:08 AM ...
TFTC! - [blue]Tealby[/blue] ... [/green]
Total Finds now ... 1921
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cheers

A great cache

Quite a pleasant walk in from the carpark to the letterbox today. I was even warmed up enough to take off my jumper on a cold winter's day. Found the cache & stamped the book with my stamp, which I dropped somewhere later that day . Quite a decent view from here, but I held off going any higher today.

TNLN - Thanks Tealby!

F(H)ound it! 4:00pm 4th of 4 today.
I met CO down the track, I was thinking of calling it a day but she encouraged me to come find this one. And I'm so glad.
The smartphone GPS was swinging wildly at times so I over-shot and climbed further than I needed. The Ridgeo-pup was pulling madly to chase roos and rabbits. So all in all I got a bit of a workout. GZ is another beautiful spot and container not hard to find. I sat on a granite sofa, admired the view and blissed out for a bit before heading back to the car and home. Terrific cache thanks Tealby. (No sign of the cat you mentioned but plenty of shed bark around the base of tree)

Ridgeo-pup pic attached:

Nice letterbox cache. Not many around here. TFTC Tealby.

The incline definitely started to warm me up by now. Fantastic views on a stunning day and the cache was quickly found once at GZ. All in good condition. Stopped for a while to take in the views and catch my breath before continuing up the quarry trail. Thanks Tealby

Some talented artists around.. Me not included!! Left a very poor drawing and my thumb print, which in theory will unlock my new iPhone!

My first letterbox, makes me think I should get a stamp made
Tftc

Took a small detour to grab a couple of geocaches on what was no longer my walk home from Symonston to Kambah. I figured that thanks to caching I was now running late and would have to bus from Mawson. Not that I'm complaining, I don't regret it. I walked down from the heart in your mouth multi to find my second letterbox cache a. Needed the hint but then was pretty easy to find. No idea how you would find it without the GPS.
TFTC Tealby

Found the Cache this afternoon, really enjoyed the walk and climb to this one, and the views between the trees are not too bad either.
Once again TFTC Tealby

#506. 117 days in a row.

Found after work. I haven't got a stamp made yet, so I sketched the design I'll be using on a stamp.

Found with SiteHound after a hike up the hill a bit. Looked in a few spots before finally locating the cache. This one sure has a lot of history. Added my stamp and a bit of text.
Tks Tealby!

A fun cache with a great stamp. zt07 made the find as we trekked from a nearby puzzle over to some of the caches nearer to the quarry. It is the first time I have been up this hill. SL, gulped a few mouthfuls of water, and continued up the hill.

Thanks Tealby for placing the cache here.

Meow Meow meow .. The cat need food.... Today beautiful Full Sunny.... I walked to O'Malley and Redhill hill for 5 hours found 20 caches... Hide well... Heaps Kangaroo and Rabbits everywhere... Thank

Okay one more, stayed out a bit longer then I meant to. Quick and easy find, really nice area. TFTC!

Accompanied with everlasting for the day, we enjoyed walk and help to find cache. Signed the log. TFTC

Dragon 1982, he companied with me for the day, we enjoyed wander around this area... Signed the log. Thanks Tealby

Found 9:33 pm. Well I needed to find my daily for the streak and I wanted to cover one of the August souvenirs. This evening I was visiting Costco so earlier on the web I looked around the area to look for either a working geoearth or letterbox and this one ended up coming as a possibility so yep I thought give this a shot. I had my stamp so all I had to was find the letterbox to post my letter. So headed to the suggested parking spot after Costco and when there I decided another spot further around could be better at this time of night so I went there and parked the car and set off. A little eerie being alone at night with slight mIst around and only animal rustling noises around. I figured I'd follow the obvious path and made my way to GZ. Finally at GZ it was fairly easy to locate the cache. I left my stamp added the cat for good measure added letter details and posted it. TFTC

Another one for the august challenge . Nice walk great views. TFTC

We allowed plenty of time and found a nearby flat rock to create and add our bit of art to this log book. I must say, the hand-drawn pictures are great. Not being much of an artist, I feel somewhat embarresed at our small contribution, however I guess it is done in good faith albeit with limited talents! Those who know us will understand its significance!

In fact, the book is so elegant, we even wrote "Domsky" in our neatest hand-writing-to keep up the level of contributions we had already admired in the log book.

Clever and a beautiful spot for a cache. We took the long path today. We parked in Mugga Lane and ran up the mountain, picking up a couple of other caches, before making this our final cache for the morning.

Thanks Tealby,

Domsky

TB dip.

Here we are sitting on the hill, it's a perrrffec day for this cache . There a couple of roo thing note of our presence. We put a little sticker of ours in the book. Great views. TFTC

#2421 - 14:55; After collecting the first of the August souvenirs yesterday when I grabbed a Tankengine traditional cache to earn 'The Explorer' souvenir, I thought I should try to add caches by other entertaining and prolific ACT cachers to round out the series. It was with that in mind, I logged Fore!'s Protein Fore!mation to qualify for 'The Puzzler' souvenir, Sol de lune's Southwell Cemetery for the 'The Sightseer' souvenir and being too impatient to wait until the CITO event at the end of August, Cankid's Deakin Anticlines for 'The Nature Lover' souvenir. With Tankengine and Cankid already on the list, I eliminated a Wherigo cache as an option and I think I may already have logged any virtuals that might have fit my criteria, which left a Letterbox Hybrid. This cache fit that bill admirably as I have enjoyed a number of the CO's other caches, including another Letterbox Hybrid, a puzzle or two as well as a few traditionals. I found them entertaining on a number of levels including the concept, the cache construction, the challenge of the solution, or who could forget the ol' kazoo concert in the park in June for entertainment (although I am yet to start work on Tealby's Revenge, which may change my view ). Having ticked all the boxes, I parked the geomobile somewhere I probably shouldn't have and headed to GZ. Saw a couple of very nice Rosella's on the way, but was making way too much noise to get close enough for a picture. Once at GZ, the cache was quickly in hand. I applied the 'Stamp of Approval' to the log and stamped my caching notebook for good measure. Once the cache was replaced, it was back to the geomobile and home with five of seven souvenirs in the bag and one to go tomorrow to qualify for the biggie! TFTC Tealby

A letterbox up the hill, well even though there'd be a souvenier for this in a few days we headed off to grab this one, we were so close after all. A quick hike up and we had the cache in hand and spent some time reading back the logs from the past, lots of fun stuff in there.

TFTC!

This has one of my favourite logbooks in any cache. Too many cats is never a thing. Really enjoyed reading through the logbook and spent quite a lot of time checking it out. TFTC.

First letterbox cache!

A great day out with my grandad walking/caching around Mt Mugga. Walked up to this one from Quiet Quarry. My first letterbox cache! I enjoyed it. Some stamps/drawings in the logbooks were pretty cool! I drew my bear. Our thanks to Tealby!!

TFTC. If you see my profile picture you will know why.

2831. Grabbed this one while in the area. Hard to believe its so close to suburbia, yet so far. A very pleasant stroll on a Sunday afternoon. I am definitely not an artist, but I tried!
Thanks Tealby for the adventure.

Love to stamp, but had to draw this one. tftc

Stamped! No TBs. A warm walk today tftc

I was in the area doing some caching duties, I had some spare time and the weather was nice with no wind. So, off I went. I have been wanting to get to this cache for a long time! It was nice to make it today.... Thanks Tealby

We wanted to get some certain caches around Mt Mugga Mugga before our first commitment this morning so we had a pre dawn start. On getting out of the car at the locked gate just by the highway the car out door temperature said -2 Deg and there was certainly patches of frost around.

Five Golden rings was first. A short trip of the track and we soon made the find. We completed the log and re hide. TFTC

Next was The Vault. We saw a few roos and then did a hairpin and followed the fence up but probably should have come from the other side. Interesting to see what the vault is. We had a bit of a search and then uncovered the find. We signed the log and re hid. TFTC

From here it was to The Mugga. We followed the track by the fence up and after some more roos saw the lone tree and was soon at GZ. We saw a likely spot and soon found the large cache. We always like large caches. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC. Nice view and pinks from the rising sun.

Heart In Your Mouth was next but the terrain from The Mugga was relatively flat being up high already. We did the offset and made a quick find at GZ. We signed the log and re hid. TFTC

It was then off to the Cat's Whiskers which had been targeting for a while as we like letter box caches. We saw a likely spot and made a quick find. We signing the log and re hid. TFTC

Back down the hill withe more roos and off to The Quiet Quarry. A good view of how big the cut is can be seen at the entrance. A look around and the camo is soon spotted and the find made. We signed the log and re hid. TFTC.

Last was Five Geese a Lyaing as we missed it on the way in. Past the water tank we went with more roos again. We saw the likely spot and removed the camo to make the find. We completed the inking duties, re hid and made a straight line to the car only to see some wild rabbits. TFTC.

This entry was edited by bella at waggy on Thursday, 04 July 2013 at 11:17:59 UTC.

eager to nab another letterbox cache, especially as a cartoonist, one that would allow drawings. tftc! Happy birthday America.

Meow! This one was a great fun. As I have no stamp, I painted a post stamp and left a fingerprint. TFTC!

This was the sixteenth cache I found a beautiful sunny day. This was a reprieve from pushing my bike up rocky terrain. A great hide, found quickly. There's only one stamp now . TFTC Tealby!

Found this one after work. Didn't feel like sitting in traffic with roadworks so why not find a cache? Enjoyed the bushwalk through this lovely reserve to this one and seeing the roos along the way. Climbed up to GZ and made the easy find [^]. Great little cache! This is my first letterbox find. I reckon there should be more of them! Stamped the log with a tiger stamp. The stamp in the cache has plenty of ink and left a clear imprint. Can't believe I'm the first person to find it this year! lol Thanks Tealby!

I liked the stamps and I added my own - a Christmas one I often use at this time of year. And it's of a cat too. TFTC.

Woo Hoo another letterbox cache find. Found after an enjoyable walk from Coco Malley. GPS gave mixed signals around GZ so it took a few minutes to locate the cache. I have yet to get myself a stamp and/or stickers so left what I hope will meet requirements of logging a find. Photo attached. Thanks Tealby for the cache and for an even more enjoyable log book.

It was just after 4pm when we parked the car and headed into the reserve. We wondered how many caches we might find before it would become too dark to walk safely through the trees and on the rocky ground. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. The cache and its contents were in good condition. As the light was now starting to fade and we were almost a kilometre from our car, we decided to make this the last cache hunt for the day. We will return at some time to look for other caches in the area. TFTC Tealby.

Well you weren't lying about climb but thanks for the warning. Well worth it and great stamp which we added ours too!
TFTC