Friends in Withcot Withcott, Queensland, Australia
By Fire_boy72 on 15-Sep-08. Waypoint GC1GA49

Found as a part of TeamBellingham (24/5/11)

As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, or it's been a number of months since the last owner note. I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it. Should you replace the cache after 30 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

For some reason this was in my GPS, I looked for a while but gave up when I read the logs. 6 months on it's time for this one to go.

Thanks anyway fire_boy72.

G'day, just wondering about progress on this one.
I live nearby so if you need some help just ask.

My work has me out of state until the end of the year. Will get to it as soon as possible.
With all things going to Plan I should have this one back on-line by Aug/Sep.

This entry was edited by fire_boy72 on Wednesday, 06 June 2012 at 00:43:02 UTC.

Can't find it!
Does it still exist?

Nope, spent a few minutes on it, but stories of wasps and DNFs didn't encourage me to stay. Time for a check?

Quite a few DNF's and no luck for us. Could someone please check if this one is still there.

Tried to search based on hint. Found nothing but a brown snake :/

My last day in Toowoomba visting GeoMum for Xmas

Like the last cacher I tried all sorts of places thaat matched the clue with no success.

Be warned there is a wasp nest in the hedge. I got stung on the face when I searched in there. After that I was in no mood to keep searching.

Nought cache round these here parts of town, almost moved mountain and molehill looking for it.

If only I had read the previous logs I could have saved myself all of a 100m detour from the highway. Oh well we live and learn.

Looked in the obvious places, followed the clue. Still no luck this time.

With Christian and Bill

Micro didn't have a pen tho

Nice easy first find in this area. Tftc

Thanks fire boy72 for another cache for Aussie M & M to do while in the area.
All in good order today. TFTH.

Rather neat.
TFTC

easy find with spanglepants

TFTC

Took a little time to find. Great little spot with some great art work. The hint helped to find it.
Nice cache. TFTC.

Couldn't come up with anything here - oh well!

Out with Nannamar and Cowpatty3, found with a little hunting. TFTC

Tricky and fun!!!

Found, tricky,great place and clever container. TFTC

A great hide on and from our day at Toowoomba -carnival of flowers .
TFTC

Found by Sunshine Toledo at 1:25pm. That took longer than it should have as I was looking on the other side. TFTC

Easy find by Missus Duffill my honey.

Great spot

Thought I may have made myself some friends here in Withcot today. No such luck, instead had to get back in the car with Fangsoki and gaz'n'kab instead. Ho hum. TFTC.

A quiet park with easy park. Thanks fire boy72

On way home to gold coast had a stop waiting for rest of family thought we do this one TFTC

Stopped by on my way home and replaced the log

Found with Amber-Son & Geo-Son. Log book damp and needs replacing.

Found with Daniel-son and geo-son on way home from Toowoomba.

Log book damp & needs replacing.

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.

This was a fairly quick find as we were with Fangsoki who had found it previously.

Not to sure of the co-ords are perfect, but we adjusted the cache hide to make it match the 1.5 difficulty and make it a little more obvious to cache's

TFTC fire_boy72

No luck for us today.

Found at noon. Geo grandkids had fun finding as part of birthday celebrations. A few using park equipment

Had a look in the garden, but we weren't able to find it. Cheers Gav

Found last Sunday, after picking up one of our team members from a scout camp. Log is a little damp, and the biro I was using didn't like wet paper, so only half signed the log. TFTC

#1436 Found on our way home heading southward to Albury. Had to find in between the traffic. Log book is damp and is starting to perish. A nice place to stop TNLNSL TFTC Fire_boy72

Quick easy one on the way past found @ 1411 tftc sl

Found and logged at 17:10, One of many I hope to find Found while in Toowoomba for a visit
TFTC

This one was a tricky little one and took Muddtrax and I a while to locate it. After having a few DNF's this weekend we weren't about to let this one get the better of us.TFTC TNLN SL

#104 ~ Found with Krossbo our way back home from Forest Challenge 5 at Jimna. By this point we were both very tired [|)] ZZzzzz . . . It had been a big weekend We attended our first event, both reached our first 100 & this cache will make the most found in one day so far. But alas . . . This cache didn't want to be found easily We searched every nook & cranny at GZ. Read & re-read the logs and hints but still no joy was had. Doesn't help when you're tired. We didn't want to be beaten on our last cache for the day [B)]. After taking a seat to contemplate our dilemma and go over the hint for the umpteenth time, Krossbo came up victorious!! . . . And we could go home @ 2200hrs . . . zzzZZZ [|)] Goodnight!! TFTC!!

A fun dash across the highway! (Once MudStalker grabbed my hand and MADE me) Note to self - under doesn't always mean you have to lift all of the rocks to look under!

Cute easy find after dropping my sons in Toowoomba. Pro tip: unless you like crossing highways - do this one BEFORE dropping the boys - nearly dragged Seren_Dipity onto the highway - TFTC!!!

This entry was edited by MudStalker on Saturday, 02 April 2011 at 06:48:00 UTC.

gave up at 12:17 on our trip from Brisbane to Melbourne.

Tried the obvious places without luck.

Heading back to Brisbane but no luck here.

Found it with the old log sitting next to it. The old one is dry now so I put it back into the cache but I don't think it'll be salvageable.
TFTC

Just finding a few caches as I head from Toowoomba to Brisbane Airport to pick up the Geo Wife and Geo Baby.

I removed old log but left in place and put in a small piece of paper (old receipt) for some new logs.

Note: Old log is I think a loss but owner might want to have it collected. I removed it from cache so it didn't soak the new log.

Found it but log was very wet and slimy. Wrote our name as best as we could but the log is cactus and needs replacing. TFTC fire_boy72

found with geo friend and dog..hide well thank

Stopped on way down from Toowoomba and waddyaknow, there's a cache over the highway. Found it after a short search. The tricky part was getting over the highway. TFTC.

Was walking away from this one and it all clicked. I had one last search with a new frame of mind and there it was.
I was at servo getting some fuel and a burger so I thought I would check to see if any caches were around. Lucky for me this one was just across the highway!

Toowoomba 10.9. A casial walk by identified a few spots in range of GZ. I sat down and picked out of the first one ! Sometimes you are lucky. Thanks.

4114.150 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Imperium Neptuni Regis A#153

Albida

A tricky little hide this one. Stopped by on a trip to Toowoomba this morning. After seaching unsuccessfully for a little while we stumbled across it. TFTC

was wqalking toward GZ when a muggle car pulled into the nearby carpark....
grrrr they sat watching me and I sat watching them.... the game of chicken was won (grudgingly) by the muggles when i realised they were locals and i still had a ways to travel to get home.. grrrr

Nice driveby find, muggle free at the time
TFTC

Took a bit of a search before the small container was in hand. TFTC

Easy find on our way back from a hospital visit in Brisbane TFTC.

Found today with Dannza on our trip to Toowoomba. This was our second attempt at this one. Tried to find it in the dark during our last trip to Toowoomba. Much easier this time although still took some looking. TFTC

Fond the second time we looked. Not dark this time. Still a bit tricky though. TFTC

WOW our 2nd attempt at this one and today we got it yahoo , park was relatively muggle free today cause of the weather. Nice place to atop 4 a cuppa thanks - wells Inc

Found at 1415Hrs without any problems, ever though there were a few muggles around.
Thanks Fire_boy72

Found this one out in no mans land on the garden bed. Re-hid the beast where I believe it belonged. TFTC!

Found this gr8 cache on a caching trip to Stanthorpe. TFTC TNLN SL

found it after a bit of search.. left or right ... top or bottom...
thanks for the cache and hunting.

New to Caching, been driving and walking past this one for years!

Ok had the place to our selfs as it was a workday, funny thing is to others parked behind us and headed the wrong way into the park. Took a bit os scraching around to find but Geowife soon had it.
JABs

Found by Mary & David at 1615. Plenty of kids at the Skate Park, but luckily we hag good cover at GZ for a quick find. Container was very exposed, so we covered it a little better. Our thanks once again to Fire_boy72.

We happen to find this one just when the school bus dropped 100 kids off at the park. Luckily there was so many of us that we just looked like we were sitting down.

Was having no luck so I stood back to read the logs, and when I looked up it was looking back at me.

TFTC

Found AM today on way to 5th Toowoomba Pub Lunch

After a couple of previous attempts that were hampered by muggles we nailed it today...

Quite a trick hide.. [^]

TNLNSL


Thanks to Fire_boy72 for the challenge

TFTC. This one had us walking around in circles for a bit. (or maybe that was due to the beers we had at the pub)

With the help of some fellow geocachers ("If?" and "Aussie L") we were successful in our post Geocache-Pub-Lunch geo-hunt. (that's a bit of a mouthfull

Found this one after the 5th Tooowoomba geocaching pub lunch... While Ms Wig was searching elsewhere, I managed to come up with the goods

Thanks Fireboy 72.

We've been here before with no joy. Couldn't find the cache (or the sign it used to be under). Today we came for the hunt after our fun meet n greet at the Withcot hotel across the road for Toowoomba Cacher's 5th Pub Lunch. It was great. The cache is great! Always nice to have success when hunting down a cache. TFTC. TNLNSL.

Found while hunting with Mr Agap Logged from my phone using the Geocache Navigator by Trimble

Check this one today and it is still there.

Lifted rocks but no luck. Few skateboarders around so didn't stay long. Will try again.

Finally found this, though I found the hint misleading. I'm hoping the damage to the area isn't due to over-enthusiastic searchers! TFTC ='.'=

[Found by Mrs DnA! after Mr DnA! had abandoned the search as hopeless. The cache was damp. TFTC] It wasn't under the obvious rocks, more like under a rock which was part of the garden wall.

Our first DNF but not the last on a week-end trip to Toowoomba. A couple of boys on the skate park we keeping a close watch.

Found one rock near the sprinkler but obviously not the right one.

Till next time.

Yep it sure is here. SL TFTC

I had checked this cache only a week ago, all was good with it then.

On my way to from Darwin to Toowomba for my little brother's high school graduation. Set out from Brisbane with Thrombolek with a list of caches to do along the Warrego Highway - this was the ninth, and last, on the list.

Looked and looked and looked.. and couldn't find a cache. Found a rock that could be lifted, but there was nothing under it except a spider (that I didn't see and had to have it pointed out to me by Thrombolek!!)

Thrombolek and I pretty much turned the garden inside out and checked every nook and cranny in the wall.. and couldn't find the cache. Was a DNF before us too.. might be time for the owner to do a check on it and replace or archive?

full search of the area did not find any cache. A Rock was found that looked suspiciously like a cache, but still no log was found! I am a BIT concerned it may have grown legs

DNF. Sign missing. Garden bare. Only a couple of loose rocks. Nothing was found.

signed log 3:30 pm TFTC-Fire_Boy72

Thanks

Found it OK. TFTC Tavurvur

Sadly spent 15 mins and to no avail...
Used the clue and poked around
Found a few loose items but no cache

Found it. TFTC. Delay in logging due to travels for 6 weeks.

Enroute to Pittsworth to attend NightHawk (a scouting event). I managed to talk my passengers into a quick stop. A quick stop it was....we had the cache within seconds of getting out of the car. What a difference 5 sets of eyes can make.

Signed the log and we were off again. I would support IF's comments....a nice little park off the main road. Plenty of room for parking as well.

Cache dry and in good condition.


Thanks

It always amazes me how many of these great little parks with tons of facilities for the weary traveller are hidden just off the main road.
They remain empty and unused by everyone except the locals
Which probably explains why this park is kept so neat and clean [:o]
Anyhoo, I wandered around for a while and soon settled down on a comfy seat to poke around for the cache.
It took me a good 10 minutes to find
But I got it
TFTC.

Cache back on track, have replaced with new one. Just have to dig a little deeper.