Ikey's Rest Anna Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By Grub Fred on 10-Aug-08. Waypoint GC1F46Z

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I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

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After the fires last year this one needs work.

Leider blieben wir hier Erfolglos.

While the regrowth looked quite green, I could see evidence of fire around GZ. Along with past 2 logs, assuming cache may have been destroyed. CO may need to cheek.

With the recent fire and with the cemetery workers looking on, didn't spend a lot of time here. Visited Ikey, may he rest in peace in this idyllic location.

Fairly sure I was in the right spot but a recent fire at site which was still smoldering may have destroyed the cache.

Tftc. Said hello to ike while we were here.

Quick stop and grab.TFTC

Cemeteries at night... Hmmm... Oh well. Got in and got out. TFTC

Tftc. Our last find of the day on our day trip to this area. Took a toy frog, left a Simpson's poker chip, signed log and headed home.

Quick find while driving home. Tftc

Found it

On the trip from Newcastle to Nelson Bay, we could find some containers and log. This cache was also there and he could be found well. [^]
Many thanks to the owner for the care of the containers of the Moorhelmi's from Germany.

TFTC.

Left Kow bell

A quick find on the way back home. Really liked the personal touch to this cache. TFTC

Good thing to do while visiting grave yard

Found in good condition

Easy find with the hint

TFTC

Nice and quick, loved the addition of photos. TFTC

It was a quick find after refueling across the road but a long long time leaving. TFTC SL

Found while out here buying a used car. We found a nice variety of caches today, mostly nice bush walks or wonderful views. I was mostly trying to clear my fifty kilometer radius from home. I ended up finding nineteen of the twenty one I wanted to find. And only one DNF.
After BillHill531 left for his appointment I decided to find a couple on my own. This was my last find for the day. A short walk and a quick search in the wrong spot, before making the find. Found a TB I could not leave behind.
Thanks for the quick cache!

Easy find.

Zeke enjoyed the hunt.

Zeke enjoyed the hunt.

Tftc

Found and took a TB from Krety?/? will just put it back next time I go past. I can only waist my time with sum TBs not others sorry. All ok tftc

A week ago for got to log

A quick drive by

Love the photo inside the cache. Tftc

Today we travelled from Caringbah to Nelson Bay for a quick holiday. For some reason HanorahTLG managed to find the most containers...

Quick find after an investigation of who lies where and when. RIP.

Dropped off TB

A nice easy find on the way to Nelson Bay to visit Great Nana!! Geodude (5) spotted this one as it was quite exposed. Found, signed & swapped. Covered with a bit of leaf litter so it wasnt so exposed to passing muggles. TFTC ?

Found this one easy enough. Liked the photosame of I key, may he Rest In Peace.

TFTC

Found easily and all dry inside despite the rain yesterday. Said hello to him for you - tftc

Took a little time but got on the right "track" eventually and then was quick.
Couple in cemetery kept coming for water but they did not seem to be phased by me.
Picked up travel bug to move him on.
Did not leave one of mine as it is 20 days since last log. Left a little something. Will find a cache with a bit more activity happening.
I am Mum of serving Army personnel so have have a connection with Grub Fred.
Rest in Peace Ikey.
TFTC Grub Fred.

Found with 'the neighbs'. Being Mother's Day, we had to move quickly as the cemetery was getting plenty of visitors . TFTC.

A quick find with 'sesblocker'. The cemetery was a hype of activity on Mother's Day. Left TB. TFTC

On our way to the beach and dunes today, dropped in on Ikey today. Cache was found after a short search, we bush bashed more than needed in the end, as usual! A nice sized container, everything dry. We stopped at the wall on the way out and found Isaac, said g'day and left.
Thanks Grub Fred

We went for a drive to Anna Bay to do some caches today, TFTC!
We stopped to see Ikey too....

Paid respects and then signed log. TNLN. TFTC

I had been GC'ing up in Nelson Bay area, when I spotted this on the map and decided to stop and pay my respects.

There was a travel bug in the cache which had not been logged (Colorleo - TB2Y9TD. I have grabbed this from Tripoli and will relocate it some where in the UK.

TFTC.

Great pictures of Ikey.

First find for us, paid our respects and left a well traveled b

Hi Ikey. All the best from one RAAFY to another. TFTC

Another find on good Friday while visiting family

Another find for good Friday while visiting family

Quick find while holidaying at Lemmon Tree Passage.Loved the clue.TFTC

Catching up on some caching I did back in early 2016 as a relative newbie. Problem was I haven't logged online because of using too many apps to cache with a problem I have recently rectified.

We did some surrounding caches after we finished the Mount tomaree power trail which to date is still one of the best trails I've done. Such a beautiful place and look forward to returning the Bay later this year as Mount tomaree is still one of my favourite places to visit in nsw

Tftc

TFTC easy find

TFTC, tricky, needed the clue, thanks.

Ikey sounds like a great bloke. When we stopped here for the cache we tried to picture him; nice final resting place.
TFTC

my uncle, omi and opa (my grandparents) are buried here but i'm not someone who visits graves as I believe those who have died are in our hearts not here in the ground, so I haven't been on previous visits to the bay. I enjoyed many memories of these lovely from coming here and found some flowers for their graves. Thank you for sharing your memories which has given me the opportunity to relive some of mine. cheers, all was well at the cache today Grub Fred.

FootyFanatics and I were on our way to Salt Ash and beyond to clear some caches in a previously unvisited area. I hadn't done this one before. Parked close by and had cache in hand. TFTC

We have travelled up from Sydney to Port Stephens, camping at the Lemon Tree Passage Big4 Koala Shores caravan park, for our annual summer holiday. Today we were targeting caches around Nelson Bay and Corlette, and a couple of extras enroute. This was the 10th, and last, find of the day, 21st find of the holiday.

After finding "Arthur's Anchorage" we visited the Salamander Bay shopping centre and then headed off back to our campsite, but stopped off enroute for this one. Parked the geomobile at the entrance to the cemetery and strolled down to the ashes wall to pay our respects to Ikey.

After finding Ikey's final resting place, and then also reading a few of the other memorial plaques, we headed back up through the cemetery to GZ. And a quick search of the scrub soon had CIH. It was nice to see a picture of Ikey inside the cache container, in WWII Airforce uniform, for us to put a face to the name. It was a nice touch. TNLNSL and then replaced as found.

Thanks Grub Fred for introducing us to your beloved father-in-law, and for the cache.

Find #935


Find #935

Found it

Found it. Thanks.

Found it with Hamidkian

Found it with elif72

Tftc

Tftc
Quick sign
Last time here was a lot sadder occasion

TFTC found with geo-son master6years old he loved it and I am grateful for the finds he gets so thank you again

A quick park & grab while heading home after a long weekend stay at Shoal Bay with the geo-widow and family/friends. I enjoy exploring cemeteries in order to locate a cache, but here that wasn't necessary. Thanks for the cache Grub Fred and for including some photographic memories in it ... which added some meaning to the find.

When it comes the there locations Salem always wants a stop. There was also fuel and air we needed so the muggles begun that while we explored and found a cache. Paid our dues and then begun the long trip home. TFTC

Found 13/10/15

I always stop at cemeteries. I like walking around, reading who when and why. Pay my respects and well grab a cache as well in this instance. TFTC.

Harder to find than we thought. Loved the photo!!

Left Nelson Bay early morning, well, before 10 am, where we have been during the long weekend and headed towards a few more caches before entering the queues on M1 towards Sydney.
A quick stop, a quick search, a quick found - exactly what we needed this day when temperature was close to +40.

TFTC

Lovely photos

Nice cache. We took a walk around the graveyard, a very peaceful place on a sunny day. Like the location of the cache, coordinates are spot on. Tftc

Rest in Peace Ike

(August 15th) TFTC

RIP Ikey. TFTC

Nice quick find on the way home after a wonderful time up on the coast.

Easy find

Thanks

Liked the photos. Nice touch. TFTC.

Easy find once in the GZ!

TFTC.

Tftc

Tftc found while out caching with djant and grub Fred

Quick find with tassie expat while up from Phillip Island. Now on our way back to the airport. Tftc

Thankfully we had a hint as our gps units were out. frmen1 was the lucky spotter. TNLN TFTC

A quick park and grab - thanks!

Thanks for the nice and easy cache. What a lovely little cemetery.

Tftc
Found on way back from Fingal Bay

Great hint!
Found it easily!

Tftc. An easy park and grab.

TFTC

Found Isacc , he would have a lot to argue about today between Abbot , Shorten and the Greens. Easy find TFTC

TFTC

Nice cache!! Found with jade&beck! Tftc

Headed back to the Nelson Bay area, to pick up a few more caches.
We visited lots of lovely beaches & bushland, where we found a good variety of hides.

Our last one for the day, cache was found in the second place we looked.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Grub Fred, for us and others to find.

Perfect weather but strong windy, leave nelson bay on way home, last one easy to find, sign in as no trouble.. Thanks