Le Mans Big Balls Coomera, Queensland, Australia
By Duck! and Family on 03-Aug-08. Waypoint GC1EVNT

we also found the lid

maybe since the CO has not been online for over 12 months it is time for this one to be archived
sounds like some local cacher would like to put a better cache in
hopefully the new cache will NOT be on private land

Will archive as requested to allow someone else to place a cache.

Archived

Found the lid looks storm has blowin aeay cache and stump demolished

Took out our new to Geocaching friends and found just the lid in the old stump which is now demolished. Went over the road but couldn't see anything. (As per previous log). Definitely needs some TLC now.

Had to move this cache as it was exposed and covered in a huge ants nest. Use coordinates to locate it's original location and then cross the road. Exactly opposite. Left a marble. Cheers

I came to this one today before the dinosaur hunt event at Logan river bridge, I found the lid to this one and no bottom and the logs in a bad way so I replaced the cache and put a new zip lock bag in to than placed the lid back over it all with some camo. Tftctnlnsl

In the area to find some local caches. Found this one easily. Cache still needs maintenance. TFTC.

Was able to get out for a half day and grab a few finds, almost 20 in the end, including a bit of bushwalking. Good day, wish I had been able to get out for longer.
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This was the last for the day, and found quick, but looks like the container has seen better days. TFTC.

Easy find

Woo hoo our first find so much fun

Thanks for the cache. The log is still a little damp, bag replaced.

Stopped by here today with Whird, and as per previous logs the cache is in a bad way. There is enough of the cache that remains to physcially log it, however for how long this lasts I am not sure.

TFTC

Arriving at GZ we found this cache still not replaced, we managed to sign the damp logbook and placed back. I hope the cache gets replaced but TFTC anyway.

I found the remnants of this cache without too much trouble...it was spread across the area near GZ. The lid was still there, a pencil, and a few little trinkets, as well as the log books, but no container was to be found. I signed the log and hid it along with the other remains in a likely spot at the GZ. Needs urgent attention.

Needs urgent attention. Contents of the cache are exposed and the container is missing.

Cache is full of water and unfortunately we didn't have a replacement. Beautiful day to be out and about and the boys want to come back for a go kart. No balls around today. TFTC! .

Found at 11:16. Not a soul about when we arrived today. Not even a car drove past while we were at the cache.
We quickly signed the log and headed off again.
tftc

I was going to do this one on a weekend so I could check out the zorb balls but I was in the area so what the heck. Found it without to much trouble, co-ords where spot on. TFTC Duck!. SL.

A quick dash into the pits for a park and grab. Cache was dry despite a little river running nearby. No other action happening here today. TFTC Duck!

A quick find - thanks to great coordinates! Enjoyed the surroundings and will be back sometime for some fun. TFTC! Labufam

Caching our way to the Gold Coast with Dansync. I've seen the sign for "Le Mans" before but had never known where it was. Today was a day of much education. As Dr Hunting Rabbit stayed in the car on the road, Mrs Hunting Rabbit and Dansync run up to make the quick park and grab. TFTC Duck. It's nice to pick up an easy one from time to time.

Really on a roll today. I beat Mrs Hunting Rabbit to this one too. Easy park and grab - TFTC Duck!

Starting to think more before i look. Found this one where looked first. Thanks for the cache.

Quick and easy find. Park and grab. Thanks for the cache

Werent too sure where too look for this one until we looked at some previous logs and were told to test the limits. We were iffy about being seen but it was easy to get and sign before heading off for another hunt.

We were looking way to hard. Push the boundaries & watch out for the muggles. Spider, Diamond & Socks.

I love this name and description . Went and did some Hydro Zorbing which if you're there I highly recommend it totally rocks but a nice easy find after an active afternoon. TFTC.

Easy find as was out in the open. I don't believe it would be out in the open all this time as last find was 6th July. Cache was in good condition, although description shows as a micro, cache found was a soap box size clip seal container.

Out trying to rack some numbers up. Off for a hike on Friday and I would like it to be #1500. Need 54 today, so I don't fancy my chances Pulled over at the side of the road and zoomed over for a find ;_)

On a trip to the Gold Coast to watch the daughter run in the Marathon and thought we would find some caches too. On the way to the coast, nice quick find.

TFTC

Quick one on the way home. It was a bit dark for the balls but may take the kids to see them over the weekend.

a quick find but did not see any big balls!!!!
Very quiet here on a weekday.
Took GC Kris's gift to visit.
TFTC

I'm just getting started for a week-end out on the bike.

This cache was a quick find and is in good condition. No big balls though.

Thanks for the cache.

Great Fun
Nice and Easy to find once looked at the satellite image.

Thank Duck!

After 2 days of too many DNF's some so bad that we couldn't even find GZ! We needed to find this one! And we did!
TSLSSL
TFTC

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

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

Another stop on our way down to the Tweed Coast, nice quick find.

We had to becareful of the muggle within the grounds preparing the track for the days activites.

TFTC Duck!

Gaz'n'Kab

Nice easy find. We had to hold AM back to give BY a fair chance to find. TFTC

A nice place to visit on our 3rd run around this week on our run to the 10k mark.

TFTC

Parked on the side of the road...went up...it was deserted...no big balls in sight...Mr Bushies2 found it...unusual hide which we would never thought of looking but we were glad that we found it. Thanks Duck!

Thank you to Fangsoki for replacing this one, very much appreciated [^]

After a quick find and trying to look unsuspicious to the near by lawn mowing muggle, we went and watched the big balls for a bit. TFTC, don't think we ever would have headed out there if it wasn't there.

The Crisps

Funny name for a cache[?] Elliott giggled(how 13YO boys do) as we travelled to find it Upon arriving I could not help notice that the said item was actually in the grounds of the go kart centre.Thanks to Fangsoki for rescuing this one[^]Signed log TNLN TFTC. PS Hopefully there will be some owner intervention soon.

My first find, took the rocking horse pin and left a green love charm.

I didn't want it to be where it was because there was a chain. It meant going under or over it and there was a road workmer nearby. Luckily he seemed busy enough watching for traffic. Just to be sure, I did my very best impression of "Lady taking photos while taking a break from driving and looking around while trying to get through to someone on the phone". I am not sure it would have fooled too many people but luckily, apart from the road worker, there was no one here. No bouncy balls and no carts. It's nice to be able to search during the week. Thanks Duck!

Found as a part of Team SaintsMadHouse and now that the kids have grown we each have our own accounts to finddd geocaches with separately wherever we go!Thank you for replacing the cache! This was found by Geoson as we tried to make it look like we were taking a stretch break during a long drive. the carpark was deserted and so where both businesses, but there was a fair bit of road works happening and the Stop sign guy kept looking over at us. I knew I had kids for a reason, they are also now known as Geo-decoys. Found, logged and replaced with some trades.

Thank you for replacing the cache! This was found by Geoson as we tried to make it look like we were taking a stretch break during a long drive. the carpark was deserted and so where both businesses, but there was a fair bit of road works happening and the Stop sign guy kept looking over at us. I knew I had kids for a reason, they are also now known as Geo-decoys. Found, logged and replaced with some trades.

Finally. I found the beast under the cover of darkeness. Hmm this one was an absolute wreck. It was full of water.. the log was a write-off - as was the cache's other items. I decided to take matters into my own hands. Took the lot back to the car. Threw some log sheets into a new, small sistema container and took that back to the hide. It was not as small as the last cache - but it is hidden well enough. Glad to finally get this one. TFTC Duck! and Family

This entry was edited by Fangsoki on Sunday, 06 March 2011 at 13:27:38.

niceeee cache, ran there from my house.. took 2 hours in all but was fun. and yep needs maintenance

We'll stick to caching and leave zorbing to the kids! No one around so quick find.
TFTC

The lid is cracked and the bag inside is split so could do with maintenace

We were a bit uncomfortable going on to what appeared to be private property to attempt this cache. It also looks like there has been some work going on in the area. After a very brief search yielded nothing, we decided to move on.

As Lokipagan said, nothing to be had here. Both of our GPSr's were reporting the same GZ. The GZ seems to be undergoing works. TFTH Duck!

Very good and easy find, signed the notepad

Quick find - many thanks!!

Good hide spot. No swap. Signed the log. Thanks Duck.

Quick find early saturday morning
A couple of men working at the race track but took no notice of what we were up to
Camera came in handy to stand at different angles to take shots of the park while retrieving the cache

Nice quick one before too many muggles arrived to ride the big balls TFTC

The first cache of the day before heading to dreamworld with stickerboy. Found this nice and early before opening hours. Left key ring and took frog.
SL TFTC

Rode in a man eating soggy ball, good fun! After waiting for a big group of guys and a few families to move on we started having a look. Paused for a bit to look up more info and then it struck me where it was. The Le Mans staff were intently looking in our direction so we walked to the car with cache, waited until they disappeared and placed it back.

Found it after a little poking. Wandered off to car to fill out the log after nearby staff appeared to be staring at us...

Quick drive by cache TFTC Duck1 and Family

nice quick find but didnt see any big balls lol TFTC

This entry was edited by JDJenda on Saturday, 23 October 2010 at 03:53:44.

I am sure this activity seen here would be fun for some, but I think I would need a bucket to hold whilst I participated, which I would only do if my life was threatened. TFTC

We felt very exposed with this cache, lucky it was a slow day. TFTC

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Found this one this afternoon when doing just a few before a needed afternoon nap. We were a little confused at first until it's hiding place presented itself. As per a previous cacher, the lid is cracked and would then not be waterproof. Sorry, I didn't have a similar sized replacement container to do it myself. TNLNSL.

First a warning, please watch the uneven concrete in the carpark, I managed to go A over T and did a fantastic splat due to this. SL L 1 x G/c T N TFTC

The lid on this container is split and is leting water into the cache so this will need to be replaced

This cache has been annoying me by beeping at me every time I have been flying past on the highway.


Today I was on the side road so I stopped off just as the business was closing.

This meant that there were staff in the car park. So I had to bide my time. Luckily the search was swift and I retired to the car to sign the log.

It looked a bit odd for me to be parked while the staff were leaving so I drove down the road and turned around and returned just as the chain was being secured across the driveway. I drove past and did another Uey and returned to swiftly replace the cache.

Now there will be a bit more silence as I fly past a t 110kph.

Nice quick driveby ,found cache and logged it and now off the next one

Get your muggle motors running. Strangley quiet on Sunday morning. TFTC

Took dino, left cache dwelling frog.

Nice quick find, watched the karts go round and round for a while before continuing on our travels ...

nice and easy thx

We used to stop by here with our kids and this time for different reason, nice hide, and lovely place, I checked those Z Balls good fun. Thank you for this cache.

Found by Mary & David at 1625. Wasn't it NZ where the Zorb was invented? All quiet here on both counts. Our thanks again to Duck! and Family.

Our first find, I was so excited when I found it.. Signed the log JJJK. I can see this is going to get addictive!

A mate once suggested a fun ride where we piff people in zorb balls offa cliff into the ocean.Waddya reckon?
Had no ink when i found this one so did not sign the log.
TFTC

Easy find with SneakyKiwi. TNLN. Checked out Zorbing for the first time and it looks like fun, but does fun really have to cost that much???

Quick find despite muggles arriving to go play Le Mans. Spirited Vacachener had never heard of zorbing so after signing log we popped over for a quick look. Luckily some people were just heading up for trip down,

Found on a trip down the Gold Coast for a xmas BBQ with family. I parked right next to GZ, and two geosons got out and watched the Karts whilst I grabbed the cache.
Those balls look like a lot of fun.
TFTC
Found with Baroki Scout

Found whilst down to have xmas with the family..
Found with VWNUTS
Ta Much!

went past two days ago but too many muggles, went past this morning and no one there so on the way back i stopped in ...
a few muggle around but no problem getting the cache.

This place was pretty well deserted today so no trouble to get cache. Getting it back in was a different story. A very enthusiastic employee rocked up and of course wanted to talk. I told him I couldn't tell him much because then I'd have to kill him etc. so after some chit chat he helped me up (I was sitting down, big mistake if there's no one to help me up) and very obedient to my instructions he didn't look to see what I did after he went off up the hill to work. Maybe he knows the story of the woman in the Bible? When I got back in my vehicle I realised I had tell-tale dirty marks on my face. Uh oh. It was great to drive down the old Pacific Highway which I knew well in days of yore. TFTC. Oh and I got to find out about the Big Balls. It had me intrigued.

Have been here before, to check out the big balls (although we didn't end up taking a ride, unfortunately). A pretty quick find this morning, although I wasn't game to remove the cache after reading a previous log entry re: spiders on the arm (and it was surrounded by cobwebs!) and I hadn't remembered a pen to write in the log anyhow.

TFTC

A very iconic location that I have not been to for many years. thanks duck

Found this one quite easily; although it took me a while because of the nosey muggles. One guy even asked me to jump start his car haha. TNL bouncy ball. TFTC

Nice hide and lovely area.........with geo friends and dog.......

Lovely day for hunting with ALL7 and Patox.
Enjoying found this cache.
thanks for this hunting.
cheers

clever hide lovely area thanks

We went to go do some driving. Whilst taking pictures I spotted a roo who seemed quite content to sit under the tree and watch the carts as well. Afterwards the hunt was on. I retrieved the cache without taking too much notice of the box. WELL you can imagine my surprise when, while going to the car to fill out the log book, I discovered a rather large spider crawling up my arm. It was hastlily relocated into some bushes.
My arms are a bit sore from the driving, yeah I know, I am a woosie.
TNLN
TFTC

This was a fun place to visit. As soon as we got near the GZ saw something that just wasn"t right and after a bit of searching there it was. A nice easy find thanks

Quick find on our V1 geocache trip today. TFTC

Another nice easy find the way home from Brisbane. TFTC

No big balls today, found the cache, watch out for the toad keeping an eye on it!

I thought this was going to be a real challenge with all the muggles about, but they only had eyes for the go-carts. Made it almost too easy [^]. TN/LN/SL. No zorb balls today . I wouldn't mind having a go at one of them.

Amazingly this is not wet. Lots of water. Lots of muggles but we dodged them all. They were all too fixated on the track. TFTC