Lochinvar Laurel Hill, New South Wales, Australia
By Usat31 on 17-Jul-08. Waypoint GC1E9YG

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived.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).

Ministro - Matt

We checked this area out over Christmas and it is still closed to the public, so we cannot replace it at this stage.

We will be checking this cache out over the Christmas Break to see if the area is open again.
Stay Tuned

Tried to replace this cache today, but the area is still closed off after the bushfires. It looks as though there are building some nice new amenities here too, so it should be lovely when re opened

Will be in the area next weekend to replace this cache and get it activated

Our current plan is to reactivate this cache in around 4 weeks from now, as we are now allowed to travel more freely, and we can now also start to sort out the issues with our burnt property in Batlow.

Our apologies for the delay.

Cheers
Usat31

Thanks for your patience with this cache tiddalik - it has suffered a double whammy, with the bushfires in the area in January & now the COVID-19 travel restrictions. As you have stated, as soon as it is safe for us to get to the cache we will do so & work out the best plan of attack from there.

Cheers,
Usat31

At this stage, the area is still not accessible due to the damage due to the bush fires. We will continue to monitor the situation & provide updates until such time that the cache can be reinstated.

Thanks for your patience.

Usat31

In addition to only remnants of the cache being found by the last person, this one is also in an area that you can’t get in to.

Did not survive. Found little metal & glass marble pieces -all that’s left I’m afraid. See photo

Due to the fires that have recently torn through the area, we are disabling this cache until we can get into the area to see if it still exists.

We will do this as soon as practical, as it is still unsafe to enter the area.

Cheers,
Uast31

Nice walk in the park - and grass seeds. TFTC

Nuce quick grab t4tc

Completed this cache with [@AngusnmumyAdventures](http://coord.info/PRRD6GG) .

A quick easy find on a nice in a picnic area, and no we were not to short for this one. We have stayed in the area before at Laurel Hill lodge some years ago, it has been a while, It was much colder then though.
It was a nice day to be out today.

We found it, we stamped it, we replaced it, now we have logged.

Thanks heaps Usat31 for this cache, Lil Donna

T4TC
Out on a family adventure with @Lildonnasadventure.
Nice little rest area, plenty of room for the kids to run.
Thanks to the CO for placing this cache for us and others to enjoy.

Tumut invasion trip May 2019. A local Canberra group decided to head up to Tumut for a weekend of caching and meeting and greeting. Several groups were out and about over the weekend and we all had a great time despite a bit of wetness and a bit of cold, which was to be expected. The first day was a long day traveling around Blowering Dam and Batlow with Smitten Granny. The Dam area was an amazing place to explore, but it was a pity so many caches seem to be missing. A short walk across the park took us to this one where there was a quick find for once.

Thanks.

26667.7 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2016 Follow Your Heart A#347

**Albida**

This is the beginning of our Tumut Invasion with teams coming from Canberra and Goulburn. I teamed up with Albida for a run into possible 4WD territory to give friendly but often impatient muggle Pa, the day off. Our aim was to pick up as many caches as possible that were unloved down on the western shores of the Blowering Dam as well as some on the way to and from that area.
It was a very interesting day with challenges that included masses of blackberries; washed out tracks; muddy slippery tracks; trees across the tracks; water in containers; soggy logs and missing caches. On the positive side, we did find and sign some unloved caches; we saw absolutely gorgeous autumn colours; we had a ball slipping and sliding; we came out alive; we saw masses of yellow tailed black cockatoos; we discovered some great camping areas and the views were stunning.
A huge thanks to Albida for his company, good humour and great driving.

This cache was one that we did manage to find, so I signed the log and returned the cache to its hidey hole. TNLN

A nice area to park and let the heohound run. A good sized cache in the obvious spot - TFTC usat31

We picked tumut for our Australia day weekend trip as there were quite a few available cachesto do, that was before the weather decided to intervene and slowed our plans up considerably. Finding water or shade become nearly as big a priority as caching. Nice shady park where geohound was able to stretch his legs. Tftc

Up here in Batlow camping with the kyintwins for a couple of days. Tftc

Have been here a few times and didn’t realise I’d been to close great little cache.

Good spot in a beautiful park.

A gorgeous little park was found here on this very cold afternoon. The cache was found good and well. This is a spot we would love to return to for a barbecue in the warmer weather.
TFTC.

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Tyftc

After the Sugar Pine Walk we arrived here and read about this little village that is no more before Miss 12 made a quick find. Thanks for bringing us here

Nice quiet stopping place. Have been to Batlow for a funeral (sad) and stayed at friends place in Tumba. Notice I have shortened the name I must be feeling like a local.
TFTC Usat31

Tftc. Logging today because my phone battery died yesterday. Drop toilet used.

TFTC. Quick find after stopping at Sugar Pine Forest on the way from Tumut to Tumba.

Quick find. Beautiful trees and appears to be new picnic shelters under construction.

I drove back to Canberra from Tintaldra on the Murray River and collected a few geocaches on the way. This was a straightforward find, being in an obvious place more or less on the coordinates. Thank you Usat31 for installing and maintaining this cache.

Out and about to head Tumba for a b'day party, we found some really good caches today, it was a awesome day to be out as a cachers, in country side not seen for so long it was mostly forgotten
thanx to all cache placers for making the day what it was , awesome
cheers from the Routers

Happy New Year 2018.
Today we thought we would take a small drive from Tumbarumba to Batlow & return throught the forest.
Very quiet on the roads today.
Found some good caches in interesting places. A nice rest spot here, I wonder if its used very much.
Thanks for placing this cache Usat31

Found it

Good spot.

Paul M Tumut

Found on a visit from Perth. Lovely autumn colours. Thanks for bringing me to this place. Thanks for the cache.

Found it, quick easy find. Log is abit damp and dewy

Nice easy prickly find took domino and left yellow car.

Quick find with Justjessie

Found with O319 on our Easter school holidays road trip. TFTC!

Thanks if your passing its a bit wet Cheers

Walked to GZ and made a quick and easy find. The log was signed and the cache was replaced as found. Thank you Usat31 for placing this cache.

Found it and the 8 year old lives the container. 5 year old got caught on the blackberry brush hence the not so happy face.

Travelling from Melbourne to the Bony Mountain Music Festival, near Warwick, Qld, we picked up some caches. This was one of them. We liked this place so much that we called it a day, and spent the night sitting by a fire before going to bed. tftc.

It was getting a bit cold by the time we arrived so we quickly found the cache and headed back to the car. The cache is in excellent condition but the contents were quite damp but we were still able to sign. SL TNLN TFTC

Found it
Dalt n mort

TFTC! Loved the swaps. Left Mr Pricklepants.

Weekend trip to Tumut and beyond with fitzy_1965...

Great little area, but alas, no camping...which makes sense. Cache found without issue.

Thanks for another one Usat31.

Nice park tftc

We really appreciated the history that this cache provided on what could have just been another park.
We took the opportunity to wander around a bit before having a cuppa and a few treats. It's a fine day, but not a particularly warm or cold one
Loving the countryside and a few good sized caches.
TNLN. TFTC

Maybe next time

A great spot to search for a cache. TFTC

#3 thanks for the fun find.

Found on way to Corowa Military Vehicle Rally. TFTC.

Found it. Tftc

Day eleven of our High Country holiday. Travelling from Tumut to Tumbarumba with Bettyboo3747.
Hit the occasional cache on the way, and the Bears for lunch.

A lovely spot, strange is isn't sign posted a bit better.
We met a local council worker there and had a chat about the homestead and land around the area. He has lived there all his life and so had some interesting stories.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 10023. A travelling day today as we leave Tumut and head to Tumbarumba via Batlow. Stopped at several caches along the way, many having interesting historical value - something I like about a cache. Started off by finding a cache that hasn't been found since 1st August 2013 - gotta love that!

The council worker resting on the job told us that the homestead site was beyond the toilet, and that the outline or foundations could be seen. We tried to get there but access was difficult with so many blackberries (which weren't bad, I must say). Loved the magnificent old trees here and enjoyed reading the information on the sign at the entrance.

Once he left we went back and found the cache. The listed TB from 2009 is long gone and needs to be marked as Missing!


Thanks Usat31

Another amazing place found with TaurusSix. I've not seen a cache container in this configuration since my early days of caching.

Easy to find

As it was going to be a lovely day, we decided to head for the hills to pick up a few caches.

What a great spot for a picnic, or even to camp for a few nights.
Cache was found quickly, but well covered. Left a trackable.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Usat31, for us and others to find.

Son spotted this one first, kids did some swaps and left some extras as well.

Geograndson did it again - used his eyes and found the cache!!! Clever kid !!!

Great little camping spot
What a monster?
TNLNSL, Pelusa

Our bush walking club stays nearby at Laurel Hill every year ! SL TFTC

TFTC Usat31

Found as Nicnax with SciFiRulz, Nice hide TFTC

Found as Nicnax with PapaGrouch. After a DNF last time when the cache was missing, it was nice to find it this time. We replaced the bag as the one in there was ripped, hope that helps keep it dry for a while. TFTC

We were up early to do the run from Tumut to Batlow, Tumbarumba along Elliot Way to Yarrangobilly (for a swim and cache) then on to Talbingo and back to Tumut. It was wet and misty at the start of the day but fined up nicely and we had a great day of exploring and visiting areas we have not been to before. We enjoyed doing your cache. Thanks to Usat31 for placing this cache.

I like the caches at 'lost' historical sites. Left a TB

Again well done to austrees who found it while I was trying to get a signal on the laptop.
Part of the beauty of caching is finding gems of areas like this.

found on 26/04/14

NICE PARK, TFTC

It's raining, but thankfully the tree helps a stop the rain. Kids loved the great swaps

After 4 DNF's we thought it was about time this cache got a bit of attention & sure enough the cache was gone.
New cache put in position & it is all good to go again!
Thanks to Geodaughter 1 for doing the maintenance for me.
Cheers.

No luck from me. Most obvious spot had nothing in it.

no luck...even after reading previous logs hope to come back again and get to find it

Couldn't find it either. Didn't want to go digging in the obvious place ... but looks like nothing has been there for some time.
On a brighter note - there was a walnut tree nearby so now I can try my 'recipe' for green walnut ink.

Not Found. Looked in the obvious place but couldn't find it

Found on the drive to work on a rather grey Monday morning. A very pleasant spot to pull up although some buffoons had earlier decided to bbq the signs. Like Tankengine before me, my fingers copped a beating from the spikey seeds. Many thanks Usat31

Got that ole travel urge again and the need for some new uncharted places. So Victoria here I come. Travelling down the Hume Highway to Tumblong, Tumit, Batlow, Corryong then on to Albury. and all points South to the HCRT Series, and also find other caches on the way. Great little park. Nice cache. TFTC

This entry was edited by jfindit on Monday, 18 November 2013 at 20:49:46 UTC.

Great little park, and looked especially nice in all its autumn glory! Took some pics then found the cache. The tree in question was also in nice autumn colour, but boy, did it have some prickly seeds!

Very good find Took my 80 year friend to experience a cache. She was thrilled .
Thank you for the cache

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Had nice picnic here although a bit cold. Thanks

Great to go there again!!!

Slowly heading north home to Qld so picking up caches along the road.
TFTC

Slowly heading north home to Qld so picking up caches on the road as we go.
TFTC

Good quiet picnic spot. Would not have known it was except for the cache.
Thank you
Tnln

Found it, cach was not covered at all, gave it some more of the natural local camo. TFTC.

What a nice spot, driven past many times and didn't even know it was there, Thanks for taking us there.

Beautiful spot, thanks for bringing me here!

Tftc, TNLN, s/l. Cheers

#657 found on day 180 of the caching odyssey toward that ultimate goal of 366 days in a row maybe I might end up making it a neat 400 will see what the future holds. So Lochinvar was the start of a run from Tumba to Adelong taking a few more out of the equation. This was a very lovely spot to have a quick stop and cache the area was deserted today but then what do you expect on a lovely Friday afternoon.

Thanks for a great hid Usat31

3497th total find at 17:51

15th cache in a run to:
a.) reach 3500 cache finds
b:) drop off our last screwdriver

Nearly there.

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Thanks Usat31 for the cache

We had great days with motocycles in the Snowy Mountains and found this cache.
Thanks,
Schredder

What a lovely spot which looks like it doesnt get used to often these days. Found quickly TFTC

We stopped here for lunch and had a picnic nearby on one of the benches. What a great little area, and we spotted a red capped robin sitting right by the cache. The contents were quite wet but we dried them out over lunch and tightened the lid so hopefully it will be okay now.
Thanks,
The Hancock Clan

Yaya! We found it, although caches were a little wet

=)