Howe Park Combo, New South Wales, Australia
By lilla07 on 06-Dec-08. Waypoint GC1JQ0V

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Hasn't been found in over a year (don't believe the find in July 2013 by jackmc89) and owner does not seem to be interested in checking it out.

How disappointing. Seems it's probably not there.

Came by for another look, but couldn't find anything. Needs to be checked out.

Sadly couldn't find this one today

Notice four DNF, need to checking for repair very soon....

I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!

I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!

No luck at this one! 2 of us looking for about 15min

after a reasonably extensive search with potsnputts we could not find the prize, a location check might be needed

Was a a good easy catch to find

Had a good look no luck Lamphy

DNF at 11:48 AM. If it was under the green seat, then it is no longer there - also confirmed by a previous finder.

Came up to Singleton to do the Wander series plus any others in the area.
An easy find but log was wet pulp and plastic bag full of holes and wet. Placed a new log and plastic in cache so it should be good for a while longer. Thanks lilla07

Nice spot. TFTC!

On the road through Singleton towards the Mid North Coast Trail and then home. Log book wet.
TFTC

Nice quick find.

Log extremely wet and in need of urgent maintenance.

Managed to sign a drier piece of paper.

TNTL TFTC

Found in team with gregwode during a friendly geocache callable with family while on holidays ( silver eagle88, jax09, squid??) TFTC

Ps log very wet needs replacing

My GPS was playing up but I found it in the end after a short work on the golf course.

A couple of mugglers were getting the pitch ready for the weekend so had to come back later in the afternoon

Well, after mixed success today, we decided to come here, again, only because we had to wait 15 mins for our pizza.
We came, we searched, we conquered!
I'm putting this one completely on Verity. Though she had just given up and started going back to the car with the Geokids to go get dinner, I was using the Satellite map on the Geocache website and Verity's idea of looking in the final cache location type was the reason I looked where I did. I had completely disregarded her advice (for the second time today) and am glad I didn't completely put it out of mind.
This was all Verity.
The log was soaking wet but managed to log down on it with our pen.
TFTC!
Team Verityandequity Cache #16

Team Verityandequity searched and searched but didn't find anything. This probably has more to do with the horrible Google Maps app stuffing up.
I know it's here but we've got here late and it's dinner time for us and the Geokids so we'll be back.

GC1JQ0V
Howe Park
201000KDEC12 (Google DTG for details)
571km from Home
Our Christmas ‘Family Catch Up’ run…
A quick find, hiding my actions from the golfers and plopped down, stuck a hand in a likely location and pulled out the cache without even looking. Mrs RF said a few words like ‘tinny’ and some I can’t put here.
The hide is in good condition, the container is in good condition and the log is in good condition.
Thanks for the cache lilla07.
Roaring Ford
Discovering Australia and the World, one hidden treasure at a time.


This entry was edited by Roaring Ford on Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 10:08:16 UTC.

Found between the tennis muggles and the dog walking muggles. TFTC lilla07

A most pleasant day to go out and do some caching. This was one we targetted and were able to find. We enjoyed our tour of Singleton and the Hunter Valley region.
Thanks to lilla07.

Clever hide!

Nice easy sit and sign

Easy find

Cache replaced. Good to go again.

Cache replaced and now is good to go.

We stopped to get this one on the way to Tamworth, but we searched and searched but to no avail. Mini chef got a bonus though, the groundsman was mowing the cricket oval and gave mini chef a full lap on the mower.

Sorry no luck finding it on my part

After the recent DNF's I will need to put the cache down temporarily until I get a chance to check it out

Could not find in the gz location might need to be checked by owner

Came prepared to replace the log sheet, with a couple of different size sheets, but after a good look I'm also thinking that it is possible that has walked.

Had a long look for this one without success

Looked in all the possible spots we could see, but no traces of a cache to be found ... ?muggled

Too good for me

Nice Cache, But Saturated needs help. TFTC

found in the rain, tried to sign the log but it was very soggy. anyway She who must be Obeyed and I had a great fun day starting with this one.
Thanks Acko

found without much trouble. Log was all stuck together and could not be used, has got wet at some stage. Added a small sheet of paper.

Approached from the wrong side and got trapped by rising water on the golf course and a fence.
Approached from the right side and it's an easy drive by.
Log is not really paper any more so much and smelly paper pulp.

Thanks for another cache.

Easy find last night
Tftc

Had to cross part of the golf course to get to this one. Never understood the enjoyment in golf, but i guess a lot of people would say that about geocaching.... thanks for the cache

A little stealth required as golfers nearby, but located, signed and replaced smoothly. Nich grandstand, too bad they don't make them like that anymore. TFTC Lilla07

Found easily enough but log book was damp so I laid it out in the sun to dry out before filling it in. TFTC

Well! I pulled up and was just about to head for it and who should pull up next to me but another vehicle, now in a place like this it would seem obvious that the only other person to stop at this point has to be another geocacher. But no, it turns out that he is the groundsman who was worried that my vehicle was likely to get slammed by errant golf balls. After a very friendly chat and discovering that he is a 5th generation Singleton lad and that it was the best place in the world to live in he moved on and we were able to retrieve cache. TFTC

Found on caching trip around Singleton, my brother played junior league here many years ago. Thanks lilla07

Thanks For The Cache
found this one while on a Geo-Trek Caching holiday with TeamBooo, Booo's Dad and Booo Booo to Queensland

On a caching holiday with Teambooo (Geo-wife), Booo Booo (Geo-Daughter) and Glenwarra (Geo-in-Law). This was quickly found and in hand. TNLN-SL.

Found on the way to QLD on a Caching holiday with BoooBooo,Boo'sdad and Glenwarra TFTC

TYFC!

another one Thanks Lilla

Found this one on the ground so after we took care of the duties we returned it to where we thought it should go , thanx for the walk

Great cache to find we took the Geolamb out with us for a walk. 8 million muggles doing various activities! GeoJanit looked at one end of the area and missed the cache, I had to recheck to find it! (Geojanit is new to this)

After arriving at GZ i thought there was only one place the cache could be , and sure enough there it was...Very quick find.
SL TFTC

Nice spot stopped for lunch very nice SL TFTC.

#160
Another GeoKid find, as we were too busy looking at the compass and being very wary of a yappy dog on the oval.
TFTC

Had to use a little stealth, but the hide made it possible, TFTC.

Another nice quick drive by cache completed thanks. TFTC / TFTH / SL

TFTC

Nice easy find with Bedmaker today.
TFTC

Found with TassieGirl on our holiday south.
No much happening here this afternoon just a couple of golfer muggles chasing there white balls.
We parked the Bedmobile in a spot that prevented them from seeing us grab this one. Names added to the log.
TFTC.

Found around 4pm. Must have bee peak hour at the golf course because as soon as we found a parking spot and made our way to the GZ, we recieved a lot of nasty looks for apparently being a distraction (just for walking). Minding our own business though, we found the cache with its temporary log intact. Signed and replaced without being noticed. TFTC

Found this one in pieces on the ground and the log gone. Put it back together, put some paper inside for a temporary log, and put it where we think it should have been. TFTC

We arrived to find a cricket match underway. We watched a few boring minutes of cricket then grabbed the cache. SL TFTC

Nice quick drive y with nobody on this side of the park.

Thanks.

Tftc

Tftc quick one after work with a new geochacher, big kransky

Reperio at 0850. Turned this one into a drive by much to the dismay of the nearby golfer, but once he made his shot, which landed beautifully on the green, I grabbed the cache.

Gratias.

Found the Park with the aid of TomTom..Donned my Yellow vest and wide brown hat (Council worker). Easy find then with nobody taking any notice of me (doing my inspections) Seating for the Cricket has seen better days. TFTC Gotcha16

This was a second attempt at this cache, Finally found it just be careful of the flying golf balls our car nearly got hit lol, but so worth it, great hide thanks.

Heading south after 5 days or orienteering, and caching, around Armidale.
One of several clever caches found on an evening stroll around Singleton

Found while on a cache run of Singleton. TFTC!

The kids enjoyed finding golf balls while we searched for cache, however, were moved on by two golfers who had a bad aim and had hit the ball right near GZ! The cache was in bad shape as it was drenched. We put in a new piece of paper. TFTC

Pretty Deaded due to Water damage, could do with some love. Check my log below. I noticed Lilla is very proactive with maintaining so I dare say it will be back soon

Operation: HAVOC in Barrington Tops

Cache Hunter: Zalgariath of Sydney
ICD^ Location Number: 041210#16/27
Mission Status: SUCCESS #1422
Hunt Time: Approach 5mins – GZ 1mins
Muggle Factor:2 (Low)
GAFF^^: 1 (Unassisted)
Swaps: Nil
TB Visited: Jumbuck Finger
Cache Status: Deaded

Report: Unfortunately this one needs some help. I didnt take notes (and found 70 caches this weekend!) but memory serves that it was water damage and the thing desperately needs drying out and the log replaced. Otherwise it was a pleasant walk around the field on a hot Summers day in Singo. The groundsmen were out fixing the pitch for the cricket and plenty of Golfers on the course but none bothered me as I grabbed it, (just) managed to sign the log and completed my lap of the park back to the ute. One more in town then we are done! Yay!

“ZAL” Medals Awarded to Lilla07: “!!$**”
GZ Area – (!)x2 (OK Spot)
Sneakiness – ($)x1 (Simple)
Overall – (*)x2 (TFTC)

^Improvised Caching Device, ^^Geocaching Assistance Find Factor

Rated: for Overall Experience

I found my way back into this park. I remember walking my dog through here to a mates place late at night years ago.
But today there was lots of golfers around and the front of my car resounded with a loud 'PONG' as soon as I got out.
No golfer emerged for a while, to scared to admit their poor skills, until I was signing the log.
All was good and nothing and nobody was hurt.

TFTC fellow Hunters.

No muggles today - just myself -SL. Thanks lilla07

10th find for today. Had a quick seat and found the cache and got a glimpse of pretty sunset. TFTC!

Now this was a real drive by! Found it at 1045hrs.

TFTC

Very quick night time find as we parked the Geo-Lux right beside GZ & took a nice seat to sign the log. TFTC

No cricket, soccer or golfing muggles around on a Friday morning so it was an easy drive by find. Thanks lilla07.

A nice drive into the park and a few golfers out to make the most of the day. We did need a bit of stealth for this one so we positioned the car between us and the golfers. They were to busy trying to hit that little white ball to even notice us, a quick find it was and so was the signing.

TFTC

Tamykian

A great place to sit and watch the cricket. TFTC

Out for a walk before dinner. got tired. took a break and found a cache. Watched the local soccer team training and signed the log. TFTC

TTFC

A quick find on a tour with The Cash Man & geokids.
TFTC lilla07

Found this on the One Ton Tour with The-Don and geokids.

A nice little park and golf course.

I note that this one is on the heritage walk which might be worth doing if I ever stay in Singleton.

Thanks lilla07

Rated: for Overall Experience

Still dark, but cache found easily enough.
TNLNSL TFTC

There was a game of cricket in prgress and golfers teeing off. We took a seat and watched the cricket match for a few minites then as a wicket fell the cache was logged. Nice spot for a hide. TFTC lilla07. [535]

Easy find at 9.30pm. Lots of night tennis happening, but a long way off
TFTC

A delightful stroll around the oval to GZ.
Once seated I had a grandstand view too
The coordinates must be accurate as I had sat right where the GPS said zero metres to go and found the cache in the first place I stuck me hand.
HOWZAT ?? [^]
TFTC

Parked right beside GZ, and used the Nissan as a shield between it and the golfing muggles.

3rd find for day 3 of our trip to Tassie and the Mega Event, and 29th for the trip so far. Found at 0845 hrs.

Cheers
Bundy

No cricketers or other muggles around made this find a quick and easy one on a very hot day.

Called past and watched the cricket for a while today [^]
Cheers

found this on our last day in australia - great time great caches! thanks and we will be back.

Nice park, but the flies were ridiculous! TFTC

Did a loop of the oval whilst muggles were playing tennis on the other side. Another nice location.

Found with help from caching coach!