Springs Beach Oyster Creek, Queensland, Australia
By Kat+Drew on 26-Apr-08. Waypoint GC1BMRE

No response from the owner within the last 28 Days and as per my original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

If you require more time please be sure to **post a note** (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 28 days to keep everyone up to date, if you do not then you cache may be archived without further note from a reviewer. Caches archived due to lack of maintenance are no longer unarchived and you will need to submit a replacement as a new cache.

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This cache needs to be archived. A lot of effort to not find it. But beautiful spot.

DNF

Couldn't find it. Owners need to check it or take it off.

Couldn't find it. Owners need to check it or take it off.

G'day,

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as one that may need attention. I'm just posting to update you on what your requirements are as a cache owner as you may have forgotten or not been very clear on what you need to do.

The maintenance email you received would have highlighted what you need to do but [here](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=713) is a reminder.

- Maintenance: Visit your geocache, make any needed repairs, and post an “Owner Maintenance” log so the community knows it’s available to find. Consider updating the description, hint and/or the Difficulty/Terrain rating if it appears that geocachers are having trouble finding it. If your cache was fine, please indicate so with the "Owner Maintenance" as well. The "Owner Maintenance" log cancels out any existing "Needs Maintenance" attributes on the cache page.

- Disable: If you cannot check on your geocache within a reasonable amount of time, please disable your geocache listing. Once you perform maintenance, you can enable it and post an “Owner Maintenance” log.

- Archive: If you decide it is time for your geocache to be permanently retired, please archive the listing and retrieve all physical stages.

If you are not sure how to post any of these logs, then there is a great [help centre article](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=234) that you will want to have a read of. You will need to post an owner maintenance log once you have visited the cache and rectified any issues to clear the needs maintenance attribute on your cache.

If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to ask.

Rgds,
Matt - Ministro.

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beautiful beach but no cache.

Yo- owner: time for another look-see. This one is not visible. Area has heavy muggle traffic which seems to be destructive. May want to reconsider. Thanks for showing us a lovely beach!

All four of us looked for quite awhile before some muggles came down.

Like others, this cache was too well hidden for this team.
A stunning location.
Thanks
K&M

No cache found after more than one hour of searching.

Was confused because of the comments if it is in the dunes or between the trees.

An update or a hint would have been nice.

26. Juli 2015 10:16

Well hidden nice spot many thanks from nz

Get guys what fantastic beach. No cach though. It's gone.

Nice place, but we didn't find a cache.
We had no picture to look at and looked for almost an our under every tree and in the bushes.

Didn't find this cache. Not sure if it is still here. However, would never have found this hidden paradise if not for this cache hunt. THANK YOU. Had a lovely swim.

Cache was located way off coordinates in an area which looked like muggles had been boozing. Cache has been damaged by means of someone trying to burn it. Have placed back within GZ and placed log inside a balloon within container to help keep watertight. Cache currently placed beneath the tree pictured.

Nothing to hand to replace it with.

CO could we
please leave it with you to change?

Took a bit but eventually found thanks to partners in crime Gmccul and Ellehcim 2001.

Spectacular beach. Enjoyed the track down. Would never have known existed if it wasn't for the cache. Favourite point awarded.

Please see the maintenance required log as this will assist with your search.

TFTC

After two dnf I was hesitant to bother with this. Djmccullagh convinced me we should do the walk anyway. Got down and started digging around every possible tree to no avail. Our muggle friend went wondering in the bushes near by and came up with the cache but it had clearly been muggled and set on fire. Djmccullagh has logged a note and I'm logging a find . Tftc!!

Found after a bit of searching. Had been moved and damaged.

As much as I would like to claim this-i am pretty sure it is mia
Gz ws in amonst a stand of casuarina trees which had been recently inundated by the sea- I did dig down at the base of many trees but no luck, if gz was furthet up the dunes then yes fires have gone through here and it may be a she's . either way I think it needs checking before a " found"can be claimed.

We drove around a bit and every track which seemed promising had a private property sign. Finally found a suitable rough track which led to within about 300 metres of the beach, and walked down a well constructed boardwalk to the beach.
A good look around what seemed to be gz turned up nothing. One promising looking micro was seen, but we decided it wasn't the cache. Still, a most enjoyable beach. Pity we couldn't stay longer. Tftc anyway, and for bringing us here.

Tftc. Lovely spot. Container and bushes have been burnt by a recent fire. Someone coming this way for this cache might like to bring a new container.

Beautiful beach - such a nice track to walk down

Great find. Thank you for it.

Just had a lovely walk along the new Paperbark teatree trail at Reedy Creek reserve - only been open 1 week apparently, a magical place in the morning with hundreds of blue butterflies fluttering around and an interesting boardwalk through the teatree swamp, lots of balancing involved.
Then we crossed the road and ventured down the unmarked sandy road to Springs beach. Great views on the way down the steep sandy boardwalk. OK to walk a little way over the dunes at this time of year - no turtles likely to be around. Quick find in little she oak forest.
Took lion rubber, left orange ehealth balloon & Muttchen's TB.
#570 @ 1115h.
Tftc kate+drew

Hey there,
Hello from Wolfsburg in Germany !!!
A long walk from Agnes water but a beautiful beach !

Hey there,
Hello from Wolfsburg in Germany !!!
A long walk from Agnes water but a beautiful beach !

This has got to be my pick of the beaches in the area. The surf is great and we had the place almost to ourselves. Quick find. Tftc Kat + drew

I was hoping it will be an easy find after that walk! Will enjoy the view before the long walk back. Thanks.

Nice find. Great spot and no mozzies. Taken trackable "Help for Heroes Soldiers". For a trip further North. Will find a good place for a hero to drop off.

This entry was edited by murphsinthesun on Tuesday, 06 May 2014 at 04:35:20 UTC.

Good cache. Nice walk.

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Amazing beach. Will have to visit again. A quiet and secluded location. TFTC.

What a nice walk to a beautiful location found it in a shady spot.

Had a lively walk to this beautiful beach found cache all good tftc

Beautiful walk. TFTC

We found this great cache, after a nice walk to the beach. Resd previos logs, good to see it was found after such a long time. Would be great to see the turtles here. Tftc. Sl

Nice easy find while visiting my sister inlaw and beautiful beach. Tftc!!

#1459, cool beach tftc

Didnt even know this beach existed.

Love this beach, TFTC

Adding this to our collection while on a year-long trip around Australia. tftc
Really happy to pick up a TB at this beautiful location too

Good hide
TFTC!

Nice easy find, beautiful beach! Dropped off TB. TFTC!

The best GC in 1770/ Agnes Water. Used the GPS to locate Springs Beach which was awesome. Wish I had brought the surfboard.

Thanks for previous posts saying something about digging. Before I read them I was looking up the trees and would probably still be looking. Beautiful spot. TFTC

TFTC the walk down was worth it what a great spot we were pleasantly surprised at how quickly we made the find!

Aware that the previous founder succeded after a whole bunch of others didn't I expected a long search after our long walk from Agnes. Luckily after some seconds i diged already at the right spot.

Took the family down to show them where I went camping as a boy. And notice there was a gc that had not been found in a couple years so I was goin to try my luck! With the young bloke helping and abit of digging finally found it. Hint it is right at the base, and u r lookin for a average size screw lid container. Cache is still in excellent condition. Very happy to find this one!

Searched for this one whilst stuck in Agnes with the floods. WIth all the DNFs I wasn't cnfident. May need a check or archive. TFTH

I agree with Ozbags if the co-ords are accurate,I have a garmin 300 which is generally spot on. Found a bracelet and unusual shells at GZ but no obvious cache. Nice walk to the beach though.Maybe a check to see if it is still there ??

Staying at 1770 and decided to go for a drive. Lovely day and a great spot. Nice walk down the board walk thru the palms. Went to co-ords and hunted high and low. Not really many places to hide amongst the shea oaks. Were unable to find it, but met friends down the beach randomly. TFTH kjenkins04

I cant see how we can missed this, one but we did !

Bonjour from French Canadians

Found at 11.20.

Almost gave up but finally it was in hand.

Fantastic secluded beach.

Would love to be here when the turtles come ashore.

Took Pelican
Left Smiley clip.

TFTC

Found on a camping holiday to Agnes Water. Lovely spot, had a nice surf while we were there, with the beach to ourselves. Took a little digging. TNLN, SL. TFTC

The coords had me in the middle of a clump of young sheoks on the deserted beach, with (at least to my eyes) not many hiding spots. Looked all around the clump, then moved further away into the dune area, but no luck.

Unfortunately we had no luck in finding the cache either. We looking with in a 10 meter radius to no avail.
The cache is either not there or the coords are way way out.

Cheers and thanks for showing us this wonderful area

After finding the track to get down to the beach I was surprised by a surf school conducting lessons here , and basically no-one else, except for a muggle and her baby sitting just in front of gz. No chance of using stealth.

Wow, what a great spot. We would never have known this great little beach existed if not for chasing the cache.

an absolutely great spot, i found the newly replaced cache OK

What a lovely secluded beach, a real gem that most people would not know exsits.

After reading the past few logs, we decided to contact the owner before attempting this one, Andrew was able to confirm where we should be looking, and sure enough the cache was missing So with his permission we have replace the container in the origianal hiding spot, and it is ready for all to find.

Thanks Kat+Drew for bringing us here

Couldnt' find the access road to this beach. We decided not to persue it anyway due the long string of DNF's.

Well we were in town, but no confirmation this one is there so we did not bother with it.

Can Owner please confirm the cache is still actually there? We will be up this way soon and don't want to go looking for a cache that aint there, 4 DNF's in a row and no log from owner to say it's ok.

Searched area, but did not find, however we did find an empty film canister. Maybe this was the cache, possibly gone may need checking.

DNF at 4.30pm - a lovely walk, but there have been so many changes around here that the owner had better come and check it out.
Thanks Kat+Drew

Fading light, a dead bonfire at GZ and an empty film canister that we thought might have been the muggled cache all contributed to the DNF here. Enjoyed the walk down and the view at the bottom even though we left empty handed.

What a great little spot it is here, First time I been to this beach. I could not find the cache, I looked for nearly half hour.

It is always good to discover somewhere new. We regularly visit Agnes but had not been to Springs Beach. TFTC Kat & Drew.

Nice Hide....Took us a bit to find.....Nice beach
TNLN
TFTC

Last one for the day and a storm is brewing. Found OK and also the bits of blue plastic mention in previous log. Cache in good condition. TFTC. TNLN.

Beautiful spot but no sign of the cache - did find some blue plastic though so don't know if it has been muggled.
Sookieboo

GAFF 1 My 300th find and in an area that I would not have found had it not been for the cache that bought us to this beautiful area.After travelling down a rough bush track we came to the board walk which took us to the beach. NI-NO but decided to move the Life Crisis TB on.

WanderingAus wandered by on day seventy-eight of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and made an easy find.

My find No 702, LCC, TNLNSL, dropped 911turbos Midlife crisis, already?!? GC (ref = TB1GQ57), also dropped my
WanderingAus Happy New Year 2008 Gold GC in for a visit before grabbing it back again.

T4TH Kat+Drew
Keith

What a sensational beach, a lovely surprise at the end of the long boardwalk. Found easily enough at 1230. Thanks for bringing us to this spot.
Took: TB's

good cache

Beautiful spot, recommend taking a & togs. First in the book YAY!! Helps when you have a GPS that works!!! Darkay

Published

Placed a few trackables to get this cache started.