#22 !! A E I O U !! Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
By SNIFTER on 25-Sep-01. Waypoint GC1ED6

Another old school cache done and dusted . Have been wanting to get this one for years and just happened to be driving by and thought I will nab this one , even in the rain. Did the legals and replaced as found. TFTCM Cheers dkmacca

A nice short walk in through the bush for this great old cache. A caching weekend in the Penrith area with a group of canberra cachers. Prior puzzle solving had a wealth of caches, more than we could do but made for full days and plenty of choice. Log signed with team name CPI24. (Canberra Penrith Invasion 2024) The group is MinnieK, Fitzy_65, joolay, Contesta, Flintstones, sacada, Gliss, Nibletricecakes, Tankengine, dty73, Youban and myself.Weather was nice and warm and company great. A challenging weekend at times with my ongoing health issues but managed best I could. Lots of events, morning catch ups to focus our day with dinners to relax at the end. Good to meet local cachers at them too.The Saturday was a local busy day, puzzles and others as we passed. Sunday was the pretty day up in the blue mountains with scenery and short walks. Monday was another local day of groups and some independent caching to round out the weekend.Thanks for your cache!

Found with minniek and the rest of the Canberra Penrith Invasion 2024 Group (consisting of joolay, Contesta, Flintstones (Sunday Monday), sacada, Gliss (Saturday), Nibletricecakes (Saturday), Tankengine, dty73, Youban and Aquilus1 - signing as CPI24.Day 2 of the Canberra Penrith Invasion 2024. With a long weekend upon us a plan was hatched to do another Penrith Invasion as there are still many quality caches up here that we haven't found. We drove up early yesterday and concentrated on the Band Caches and Horcrux Series, along with many others along the way, then a dinner event at Panthers. Today's adventure started with brekkie at Maccas, then a trip up to the Blue Mountains for some quality Caches. We had a small list of targeted caches, plus any others we came across along the way, which worked out well. This cache - A Golden Oldie for sure - was a nice quick find once at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, then continued on to the next one.Thanks SNIFTER/The 2 Dogs and Geocaching NSW !!

Fantastic getting this oldie. Lovely walk too. For this one signed our names.Day 2 is heading up to the Blue Mountains to have a look around.Up with a group from Canberra running around the Penrith area. Signing as CPI24. for Canberra Penrith Invasion.Thanks for getting me out and about Geocaching NSW

Find # 128556/10/2024 Caching adventures continue in Day 2 of the long weekend. Ticking off some of the Katoomba caches as well as many on the solved ones around Penrith as we can. Fabulous weather for caching, and great to get some warmth too! Great to target this old cache here today as it was on everyones list, found and signed CPI24 for Canberra Penrith Invaders - consisting of Joolay, Tankengine, dty73, Youban, Sacada, Flintstones, minniek, Aquillis, and Fitzy65. All caches located, retrieved, signed, and replaced.Thanks Geocaching NSW for #22 !! A E I O U !!

Out in the bush with the group from Canberra. Signing as CPI24. Kutgw

A cache trip to Penrith and the Blue Mountains with a large group from Canberra, signing with CPI24. A number of caches planned and others added on the fly. A fun group outing on a beautiful spring weather day. This cache: great t start with such an old cache into the day. What a beautiful location. Thank you SNIFTER for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

Spending some time caching around the NSW/ACT southern tablelands with lots of side trips. TFTC. The second day of caching Penrith with the Canberra mob (CPI24). Today was a trip to Katoomba in the blue mountains finding many old and interesting caches.Lots of great treks with fantastic views.Final dinner was not at the Panthers club with the grand final on tonight.A nice hike and a quick find.

Travelling back from a family wedding outside Lithgow, I suddenly remembered to check if there were any caches en route which would fill a Jasmer square. Answer: yes. This one.We had little time so I moved fast down the path and off the path. Reading previous logs and photos was very helpful. I could have reached down but instead I was fortunately able to jump up and make the grab.All is good inside and so I was soon racing back to the car.TFTC and the filling of an important square.

Nice hide and find while on my way to the falls

That was epic, what a great cache. Thank you.

Too dangerous!

Looked too risky Had kids with me

11:54last day in australia we began with a short cliff walk in katoomba, then moved to olympic park in sydney and after car return we even managed to attend the beer o'clock event before we moved to the city for a last stroll.thanks for the cache.

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 4 - Blacktown (Sydney) - Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wels, Austrlie - 125 kmVzbudila jsem se proklate brzy ve 3 rno, ale premluvila jsem se a jete do 6 spala. Dnes u se ctm lpe a zacnm si svuj velk vlet uvat. Sice bylo rno chladneji a pod mrakem, ale odpoledne u krsn park a stl slunce, a jsem si splila zezadu krk. V klidu jsem rno vyrazila do Modrch hor (Blue Mountains) a po ceste odlovila pr keek u zajmavch mst. Treba hned prvn ke byla u informacnho centra pro cel hory, tak jsem si nabrala spoustu letku a informac. Dal zastvka u zajmavho parcku s alej stromu, kter asi zasadili australt premiri. Krtkou prochzku jsem si udelala pro starou ke z roku 2001 v lesku plnm velkch utru a na jeden jsem musela kvuli kece i vylzt. Tak jsem postupne projela nekolik mestecek a dojela do Katoomba, kde mm na odpoledne zakoupen vstup na lanovky a zubacku. Krsne jsem to stihla, namazala si oblicej krmem 50 a vyrazila objevovat vyhldky na tesech a detn les dole v dol. Lanovky byly super, dokonce mstn zubacka je nejstrmej na svete. Teda byly to takov vozky, kter se skoro kolmo spustily do tunelu ve skalch, take nebylo nic videt, ale musela jsem se dret stropu, tak dobr. Krsne strven odpoledne jsem zakoncila odlovem T5 virtulky a vhledem na Echo point a Three Sisters - mstn nejznmej skaln tvar. Spokojena a vyvencena jedu na nkup veho potrebnho a na hotel. Dnes ani do hospody nejdu. Budu v klidu odpocvat na ubikaci. Ztra me cek prejezd hor.Second day in Australia. I travel to Blue Mountains from cache to cache and spend an afternoon in Scenic World in Katoomba in rain forest and cliffs. Thanks for the old cache on nice place and greetings from Czech republic.

Great to be able to find this old cache, tftc.

976 for the tribe

An epic day of caching began with this old school 2001 cache. But first, sushi and coffee ️ on a rock at the trailhead before descending to make the find. Got a bit stuck but found my way in eventually.
Does anyone know what the vowels are about?
Lovely to tick this one off and progress on my NSW old school multi. Thanks SNIFTER / 2 dogs but thanks also to the good people that maintain these old school caches for our enjoyment.

Nice and easy find. Cache dry and in good condition.tftc

This trip is the...
2023 RUTHERGLEN MEGA TRIP


This cache-
which challenge/why?
️LGA
️leg stretch

Had a great time catching up with friends and caching ourselves silly at the Mega over Easter. Now I'm heading home and putting on the steam to be back in time before Anzac Day.

This was another one I wouldn't do in the dark as the levels vary quite dramatically here. Picked my way down to where I needed to be and could see the cache from where I was. Contemplated how I was going to get up there to get my paws on the container and decided to use my hiking pole to assist.

I allowed extra time to get this old cache as it sounded tricky or dangerous to find. With the overnight rain I was also thinking it may be to slippery to get safely. Made my way to GZ and reached the top only to slip on the wet rock but luckily I caught my balance before making a 2m tumble. Extra caution was needed but I soon spied the cache. Even with the previous mishap I decided on the snake option and had no trouble getting the cache.
Travelled over from New Zealand to do a two week roadtrip down to the Rutherglen Mega and back to Sydney. Thanks for the maintaining this old cache, Geocaching NSW
#4265

A check of this cache has been performed by WaywardWoman who has confirmed the cache is in good order and is ready for the next finder.
Thanks go to WaywardWoman and Alnic39 for keeping a maintenance eye on this cache.

#22 !! A E I O U !! was transferred from The 2 Dogs to user Geocaching NSW

Our friends we visit here in Australia live right here on Sassafras Gully Road. So I saw this cache and put it on my to do list while we‘re here.
It took me a while until I realised how old it is!
So definetly gotta find this one.

So today it was the day. First I thought it would be an easy quick find. But no way. Getting to the right level was the tricky part and T2 is not really the truth. Rather T3 or 4.
But finally we signed the logbook and smiles where on our faces.

Thank you very much for keeping this cache alive!

All the best from Switzerland

Herzlichen Dank sagt aus der Zentral-
SwissFly

After my walk not very far I realize that I missed this very rare cache. So, I take the train, I walk a little and I arrive on the spot. And there I wonder if I take it from above or from below Finally I'm going to do the snake
Very happy to have found this box which made me progress in my jasmer!

Thanks SNIFTER for the cache
Greetings from France

Spent too many minutes scrambling around but happy to finally locate such an old cache. Interesting to think has been there so long. Nicely done thank you

First find of the day while being chauffeured around Springwood by Dan of SueDan83.

I wanted this find to help complete my Jasmer/Ausmer grid but after reading the logs I figured I wasn't the right height to be able to get this one safely. Luckily Dan has quite a height advantage over me so he was able to easily retrieve it.

Great to find an old cache, thanks to those who have maintained it over the years.

Meme28 and I C Nothing are heading off on another geocaching adventure leaving the West and heading into Sydney to explore unfound territory.
Our aim is to find some older caches we wouldn’t be able to find in WA and then anything else that takes our fancy. Today we found your cache and happy to report it was in good condition.

On a geo tour of Sydney with ICNothing. We did make a mission out of this one but such happy faces when found!!! Cheers for the cache!

With Hazel- thanks for the cache

We are on another short (four day) caching holiday in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains, staying for three nights in a park cabin at the Ingenia Nepean River BIG4 Holiday Park at Emu Plains. Planning to collect some of the solved GFA puzzle caches around Luddenham and Wallacia, then visiting the Blue Mountains from Springwood to Wentworth Falls (over two days) for numerous Adventure Labs and other targeted caches.

Today (day 3) we completed two Adventure Labs that had their various stages scattered around Springwood and Winmalee, and also collected numerous caches of various types (Traditional, Multi, Mystery/Puzzle, and Virtual) that we passed along the way. Also visited an old "2 Dogs" Traditional cache from 2001 that we needed for an "old school" challenge cache. This was our 24th find of the day (day 3), and 70th find of the holiday.

This golden oldie from 2001 has been on our "to do" list for quite some time, as we need only one more cache from 2000 or 2001 to qualify for the challenge cache "GC406HT Old School Challenge - New South Wales" located at Lane Cove. We have driven past a number of times over the years on our way to other locations further afield, but it had never been convenient to stop-off on those occasions, but today it was on our "must do" cache list.

Parked the geomobile at the end of Sassafras Gully Road, then followed the Sassafras Gully Track down to the cache location. Scrambled down the rocks and along to GZ, then clambered up the small cliff to retrieve the nice solid classic cache container from it's lofty resting spot. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. TFTC The 2 Dogs and SNIFTER.

Find #5339

#5331
It was our last full day in the mountains for this years trip, so we decided to do some more caches around Springwood, the first area we cached in down here 6 years ago, always a nice spot. 21 finds with a handful of DNFs, we had a great day in beautiful weather....
I think I remember reading about this golden oldie a while ago but had forgotten about it - when I saw we'd be nearby it went straight on the list. Our nerves about a dangerous climb were eased when we saw it, Samuel managed to retrieve it, but needed a little extra height to replace, all quite safe. This helps us on our way to a challenge we signed 4 years ago, every one of these oldies counts.... Thanks for keeping it alive guys!

Saw this one on the map this morning and decided we had to do it. After reading through the logs we realised we might need a ladder, but decided to walk down anyway as it was only a few hundred metres. Once we arrived we quickly found it and realised it was safer without a ladder. Signed and replaced in the same spot!

TFTC

Saw it from the bottom and realised it would be impossible so went up the top, planked extremely carefully, and felt around for it. Still quite scary. Thanks. TFTC

Beautiful end to the uphill section of this hike. I approached from below, so had quite the climb up to the cache! The biggest rock face I've climbed free solo.

Retrieved TB "The German Frenchie"

Tftc:)

Tftc - easy find just hard to place back took us about 20min just to place back found with team trashy

Tftc found with Ashoeii.
Put down a trackable (mine) and two mini coles collectables

Damaged. Needs replacement

Found, thank you! Thanks to some those who have done maintenance in the past.
Sadly it was on the ground with container cracked & log book waterlogged, probably fell down. We would have left out to dry & come back but there's rain forecast so not point. Have replaced in what we think is original position.

New container in place

Not difficult to find, just awkward. TFTC

Had been a bit hesitant going for this cache with young kids, so set out this morning solo. Had walked the track yesterday with my youngest and scouted the area so was a relatively quick walk and retrieval today. First entry in the replacement cache for a 20 yr old cache this year. Nearby ruins were interesting. Thanks for maintaining this cache.

Found this about 2 months ago but couldn’t write in log cause cache was in very bad condition. Please be ware that this is not a terrain 2 cache and it is about 3.5-4.0. Take care and thanks to wayward women for fixing up the cache.
~zz_11

The cache container and log book have been replaced.All good to go. Remember, this is an old school cache, owners are no longer caching so we are maintaining it, but we are unable to edit cache details for D/T, even though the rating may well be higher than its listing. Please replace lid properly and replace as found. Thanks

Ya!. What a lovely walk. I brought 2 tott with me- G and La_Shee. They had the altitude needed for this one. Unfortunately, I cleared out my caching kit for these holidays so did not have the much needed replacement container. La_Shee and G did the retrieving and I emptied out the water and signed the log. I picked up 3 trackables to take further on their journey. This ticks off another Jasmer for me - only 3 months left in Australia to collect. TFTC.

Will get down there asap to check/ fix this.

Great to find a retro four-digit stash whilst up in the hills here to do some epic caching. But gee it is in a bad way as the lid is cracked, water has gotten in, and it is more or less uncovered. Not sure it is hidden where it was intended but I put it back where I found it. Community legends watching this cache might want to check it out. Dragged a steppie in as it is a little wet today and thus u don't know what to expect but a ladder really isn't needed ...in saying that I am six feet tall ;D TFTC, SNIFTER.
#1278

This is not a 2.0 terrain. log signed and TB drop. So hard

After a long day driving around with the Sydney Celica Crew we made our way to this cache. The walk down to gz was pretty cruisey. Mrwhiskers76 made the find and I signed the log. We replaced and walk back to the car and off back down south l. Thank you for the great cache!

After driving around all day I couldn’t help but stop by and attempt this old school cache. A quick find from the bottom but it was easier for me to retrieve it from the top due to my height. I dropped off 2 tbs that have been travelling with me for a while, thank you for the cache!

Sadly, someone has found this and decided that they needed the ammo tin that we (WaywardWoman and I) had put in place. I came today to find the contents down the hill and nothing left in the original spot. It has been replaced with another container and log. I hope that this cache will be respected and left to be found by those who appreciate it.

Will get down there in the next week or so and check this out. Thanks to RainbowBears for letting us know.

Yep! That old log has my "font" all over it. i wonder what is going on?

Nice little bush walk but the cache appears to have been muggled so not sure if I found the old or new version. The logbook was damaged and soaking wet so could not sign it. Please see the photo of the logbook as evidence. TFTC.

OCW Rainbow Bears - Mr RB found the log although we think it might be the old log that had gone missing. Couldn’t sign log as way too wet so Mr RB took a photo - see their post. TFTC

Alnic39 , bikerbuddy and I are maintaining this cache since the owners are no longer caching. The ammo tin was gone and we have placed the contents in another container. Cache on!

The closer you get to completing a challenge, the more determined you become in not only seeking out qualifiers but also the efforts you go to find them. Only recently realising this oldie was close-ish and a reasonable D/T, made the 80km roundtrip detour on my way home from a family function over the weekend to tick off my third last Ausmer month (or 7th last Jasmer). The walk from car to GZ matched the D/T expectations but the last few metres was where the “fun/insanity” of doing this solo kicked in. Had overheard a friend talk about “coming from the top/bottom” but only realised once onsite I was going to struggle with either option. Even with thunder now growing louder in the valley, I was determined not to leave without a find and cautiously positioned myself to confirm a likely spot with a mirror. Apparently the missing container was replaced the following day but today luck was on my side as the log books were still currently in a double zip lock bag and the Macgyver in me, worked out a way of hooking a stick into a torn section and gently manoeuvring them to within reach. Signing duties completed, I carefully balanced prostrate in the mud and loose leaf litter once more (following torrential rain last week) and returned the bagged logbooks to their shelter (and without the TBs I’d intended to drop). Caught my breath, checked for leeches, assessed scratches then made my way back to the car to wipe myself down, even considering changing clothes, just as the rain started to teem down. Again, timing was everything! AEIOU… more like AEIO-phew!

I returned to have another attempt at finding this old cache, and found it this attempt . But wow, hard work. I would rate this 3.5T, maybe even 4T. Definitely NOT a mere 2T. There is also the scramble about trying to find the cache that adds to the difficulty. I brought a stool to stand on, but ended up only using it to peer into the wrong ledges and holes, with my hand above me holding a mirror to look in those spaces. Finally I spotted the cache from above, but being by myself I would not attempt to retrieve it from there. I returned back below down the slope through scratchy bushes and I heaved myself onto a wet ledge giving me a wet behind and managed to retrieve the cache with a stick. I threw it back. Some very tall people apparently can reach, but I'm only about average height.
Sadly, someone has stolen the cache and left the log books in no more than a ripped plastic bag. One log in particular is very wet. I removed soaked leaflets and junk and took them away to dispose of. I supplied the only plastic bag I had with me. It doesn't seal though. This needs a community volunteer to replace the cache. TFTC The 2 Dogs and volunteers for keeping this old cache going.
So pleased to change that to .

I won't make a NM on such an old cache, but could the next person to visit this please bring a good sized small cache to replace the stolen one. There are two good sized log books to house.

Will get out there this week to replace the cache container. Thanks

I really wanted to find this one. My first approach came to a place which I knew I could get down, but wasn't sure I could get up again. I was about to give up then, but I wandered on a bit further (I really wanted this one) and found a way I could get up as well as down. Then I searched on several levels, but frustratingly couldn't find it. I was also late for dinner, so I had to leave. (And I did arrive late for dinner.) I hope to get another opportunity to search here. DNF .

Found it yeet

#3803
After picking up a very unloved multi in Glenbrook, this old school cache was next on my list. A short walk then a hop and a skip to gz and I had my name in the logbook in record time (accessed from below). Thanks for the community maintenance to keep this one going. Everything is in good shape and it was interesting to flick through the older log book
TFTC SNIFTER

For my celebration of 3,5k finds I wanted to find an exceptional cache. So my decision brought me to this old box. We have made a small detour on our way back from Blue Mountains. It has been quite a scratchy experience through the bushes. After a homeopathic climbing exercise the job has been done . TFTC!
# 3500

Out here this morning to grab this cache especially as it helps me fill a gap in my Jasmer grid, I took not of the recent finder only the previous day approaching from the bottom however I always find myself starting from the top!I found the geotrail around and soon found the hidden stash.From here I bashed over to pick up the trail to continue my way downwards
Thanks 2Dogs for the cache

Cache is still in place! Cache on!

Spent the weekend outdoors with friends. I had a very rewarding time - reaching #5000 finds, clearing more of my 50km radius and collecting a range of caches that work towards different statistics/challenges. Thanks to all Cache Owners for their contribution to the game.

I targeted statistics-related caches on the way home on Sunday. This one was a 'must do' old school cache. I had more success accessing the cache from the bottom. No troubles here. Thanks For The Cache!

We are maintaining this old school cache as the original owners no longer cache. After 2 DNF's, I 'll get down asap and check it, hopefully this week.

Well I gave it my best shot. I battled the bush all the way down the cliff, and back up again. GPS kept jumping about, but I reached 1m a few times. Seems this one is a lot harder than the cache page makes out. I'm surprised anyone is able to find this one!

A shame, as I spotted the carving further down the track. Amazing! Would have loved to give a favourite point.

Couldn't find this one. Gps not very helpful.

Another day out with Geobrother (Forereach). Beautiful day for a bit of bush caching but got off to a pretty disastrous start - 2 DNF and a disabled. Found this one after a short search but didn't work out the significance of the cache name.

Gotcha this time!! Spent a terrific day with my geobrother (dogwood53) picking up some previously unfound caches, a new multi and looked for some previous DNF’s such as this one. Was a bit of a mixed bag but ended with a flourish. TFTC

Late start to a beautiful afternoon of caching with brother (dogwood53). Pretty promising start with a few finds but deteriorated as the afternoon lengthened and darkness set in. Will have to return and claim this DNF. Was getting too dark and dangerous.

Heute ging es kreuz und quer durch die blauen Berge und es ergaben sich zahlreiche Möglichkeiten, neben den super sehenswerten Naturphänomenen auch einzelne Caches zu suchen und zu loggen. Der hier war mit unter den gefundenen.
2. Mai 2019, 10:14 Uhr
T2?? Really??

Die Blue Mountains waren das Ziel heute. Wir haben auf dem Weg zu und zwischen den einzelnen Sehenswürdigkeiten noch einige Caches gefunden, unter anderem diesen hier.
Auch wenn dieser alles andere als ein schneller Fund nebenbei war. Die Wertung lockte uns an und so schlugen wir uns in den Busch. Einige Felsen hoch und wie runter. Dann standen wir vor einer Wand und oben schaute uns eine Dose an. Also einmal richtig lang machen und zugreifen. Ganz schön schwer für T2.

TeamUs! is visiting from Melbourne and we decided to take the opportunity to fill a few Jasmer holes. This one fit the bill and is only a few kms from home! We left the geotoddler at mum's place, but took the wide awake geobaby and set off as a trio to GZ. We approached from the top and soon realised that geobubs and that type of scramble don't mix, so I stayed at the top while geopartner climbed down. Geobub and I were enjoying the serenity, the fresh air, the ambience and I was wondering why I ever left the mountains in the first place when geobub got particularly excited and waved his arms around knocking my glasses off in the process!!!!! I heard them land on the complete opposite side to the direction they flew off in and dangerously close to the drop off. I was essentially blind and couldn't even take a step for fear of squashing my glasses (I have a certain phobia of this after a recently holiday which resulted in a black eye, smashed frames and a wedding the next day - good times!). Geopartner heard my exclamation of surprise at being suddenly blind and quickly finished signing the log and ran (climbed) to my rescue. Fortunately the glasses hadn't toppled over the edge, but it was close. Sighted once more we left with a smiley under our belt.

I have to give special thanks to the CO for bringing us here as I saw what I thought were ghost mushrooms at the trail head. We returned after dark and they were glowing!!!!! We were so excited and spent some enjoyable hours photographing them (it is very difficult to see them glowing with the naked eye, you need long exposure photography). Thank you thank you thank you!!!

Tftc
It took a little while but I was able to make the find today while my muggle hikers waited up.
Nearly was a dnf so thank goodness I got it together.
IP

Caching with oldmorty in Springwood.
A lovely walk down the beginning of Sassafras Gully Track and then a bit of a bush bash to reach GZ. We approached form the top. I left oldmorty there and proceeded to the bottom of the rocks. I was not sure whether I was going to be able to get onto the rock which makes access to the cache easier. Yep, I made it. I could see the cache from here so extended my arm, with walking stick attached, and hooked the stick behind the cache and pulled it towards me, hoping it wouldn't hit me on the head as it came towards me. By the time I had CIH, oldmorty was there. We signed to log and I returned the cache, this time pushing with my walking stick. Oldmorty then helped me down from the rock and off we went to our next cache. Thanks SNIFTER for placing this cache here for us to find. Dropped TB

On our return to Sydney after a week away, frazerdaze and I stopped off at Springwood to grab a few caches. Being vintage like myself I was keen to meet up with this cache. Fortunately the rain had stopped before our walk down to gz. Once at gz it wasn't long before frazeydaze was scrambling up the rocks to claim the prize and add our names to the history of this old girl. TFTC SNIFTER and a FP for maintaining this old cache.

Found while hiking with 1stConcordVL. The GPS was a bit vague but it got us close to the right place. Then with some persistent searching we soon found it.

Found with Swamp Creature: : gps was jumping so a lot of searching required. Tftc

En vacances à Sydney, on part pour un petit road trip d'une semaine et demi, on profite de la route pour faire cette cache.
Merci pour la cache
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On vacation in Sydney, we go for a little road trip of a week and a half, we take the road to make this cache.
Thanks for the cache

In vacation to Sydney, To day direction blue mountain. A short trek for found it this cache.
In:TB

Found it!!! Girlfriend was terrified of the trek down!! great find for me though!!

After a pleasant little walk the fun began. Mr W went low Mrs W went high. Wow! That sure is a nice challenge. Yep... being like a snake sure worked.
The can was so very hot we could hardly hold it. But we weren’t giving up now
So nice to finally put our name in the logbook.
A Fav Point from us for the challenge. Took TB to move along.
Thanks heaps for the fun The 2 Dogs.

Great place for a hide! We set off from our Sydney Rocks hotel today heading to Leura and Katoomba but this cache tempted us off the train at Springwood for a brunch stop as it filled a spot on our Jasmer grid. Thankfully spotted from below reasonably quickly and Mr O was tall enough to grab. Mrs O has no idea about the cache name though although Mr O reckons a certain place nearby contains a lot of vowels . TFTC and the Jasmer spot. Let a TB.

I decided for my 300th find to head up to the mountains and grab a few caches and this old one seemed to be an appropriate cache to be the significant digit.
I parked up at the end of the road and headed down the track towards the GZ.
After heading off the beaten path i bush bashed around in circles for a little bit before finally zeroing in on the coords. I first approached the cache from the bottom and was able to spot it but ended up going around and grabbing it as a snake would.
Ive spent quite a bit of time up the mountains in the bush over the years but never been down this track before.
Thanks for giving me an excuse.
#300

We are new to this & with 3 young kids we pulled the pin on this one as we were too close to the cliff & I was concerned about snakes!... we will attempt it again another time!

Awesome spot, a challenge to find!! I suspect Faulconbridge being the only town with all vowels is the link to the name, very clever!!

#10191 @1530
Fox in Jox, AngelG27, ZQX and I (Team FATZ), left Canberra at 6am, to do wps 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 of Great Aussie Icon Hunt #3, picking up a cache in each county on the way. Where possible we found high d/t or old caches. We arrived back home just after 10pm, after an enjoyable and productive, but tiring day.
This was one of our Blue mountains finds. We found this to fill another spot on the Jasmer/Ausmer challenge. TFTC.

Cache 4274 on 20 Oct 2018

After a long hiatus, we decided to get the (geocaching) band back together and head out on a day mission before it gets too hot and before the silly season starts! The band is FATZ - Fox in Jox, AngelG27, TikvaNZ and ZQX. For this mission, we decided to focus on the waypoints for the Great Aussie Icon Hunt - SYD to CBR, but doing the waypoints in reverse. Along the way, we also focused on grabbing some new counties, interesting DT combinations and a couple of JASMER caches thrown in for good measure. A very long day with a very early start, but with good buddies a lot of fun.

Unless otherwise stated, caches were found in good condition and in accordance with any hints.

This cache: lovely walk down to this cache. Good to find another older cache!

Thanks The 2 Dogs for the cache and the fun!

Fox in Jox, AngelG27, TikvaNZ and ZQX (aka FATZ) went on a Saturday Windmall Wander to pick up waypoints for the Great Aussie Icon Hunt #3. Along the way, we picked up good DT caches, caches in new counties and Ausmer/Jasmer caches.

Great to get an old cache. Nice walk to GZ. TFTC

A super-rare 2001 cache! This has been on my to-do list for so long. Nice to find it with friends. We were on a big loop from Canberra.
TFTC!

Happy 17th Birthday

ANOTHER OLD ONE KNOCKED OFF. THANKS SNIFTER FOR THE PLACEMENT CHEERS

Another pre 2001 hide found, and surprisingly good coords.
Took the hardest route to GZ and wasn’t until I exhausted all avenues until CIH was made, thanks SNIFTER

While in the area I checked whether there were any other caches that I could get to relatively easily. By now my little son and my mother were not so keen on walking and looking for caches, so whatever I was going to look for, it would have to be relatively close to a parking spot.

This cache fitted the criteria, and I made my way towards GZ, hoping that it wouldn't take too much effort and time to find. The path towards where I needed to be was easy to navigate, but then I needed to head into the bush for a short bit. On the edge I scratched my head a bit; how did the clue fit? I was peering up trees but found nothing. Then I had another idea, and dropped a level. Scouting around a little soon brought me to a spot where I espied the large container. This is how I like it: an ammo can in the mountains.

The contents were in good condition. I didn't trade anything (I never do), but added my name to the log sheet. Then the container went back where I had found it, and I found a way back to the path.

Interesting spot nearby, where there were several large stone blocks. Now what would that have been for? Giant's playground with blocks?

#7872 - 17:35; In the Blue Mountains for a couple of days caching with Sol de lune and added this one to our 'to do' list to help fill a hole in the month placed list. We had collected a nearby GCA cache and I decided we would pick this one up at the end of what had been a long hot day of caching. Made our way to GZ and after a bit of hunting around, spotted the cache on its perch. Luckily I was able to reach from below and we soon had the log signed and the cache back in/on its hide. The way back was a bit more of a challenge than the way in, which was unusual, but we did manage to get back out again. I think the terrain rating is probable more a 3.5 than a 2, but anyway, we made it and our names are on the log. TFTC SNIFTER

Grabbed with LuckyL10n as we made our way north to the Blue Mountains for a couple of days GCA caching.

I've done a few caches over the years, and yep, I reckon this is more than a Terrain 2, but in the end there were no problems and the cache was soon in hand and the log signed.

Thanks for the cache SNIFTER

Pretty tough for the rating, better to leave geokids a safe distance from gz. Nice when you get it though. TFTC

TFTC SNIFTER!