Schools out for ever (MHS1) Meringandan, Queensland, Australia
By Timmos on 26-Jan-09. Waypoint GC1M424

Unfortunately there has been no response (or regular update) from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this geocache has now been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new listing via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).Jingeri

G'day Timmos,This geocache appears to be in need of owner maintenance. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the geocache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the geocache from being archived for non-responsiveness.If you require more time please be sure to **post a note** (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 28 days to keep everyone up to date.Jingeri

No luck.

No luck at this one. 2 sets of eyes looked all around but couldnt spot it.

Many DNF prior to us.

Unfortunately we did not find this one today.

No luck on this one. It did have us placed in the middle of the road, but if the previous person who had found this has moved it from the original spot, then no wonder it won't be easy to find

TFTC! Wasnt sure about this one with a few DNFs ahead of me. I found this sneaky little hide, where I didnt think it should be hiding. So placed it back where I believe it should now be. Nice to see a cache over 14 years of age still going strong and in the game.

Omi35

Unsure as the last person who found it said they moved it. Plz message and let us know

Found it not where it said so popped it back

I was on a daytrip adventure from Brisbane to Warwick to Toowoomba and back, going to events and picking up friends caches. This one was grabbed along the way. Thanks for a great cache!

Oz_bean_counter and I have today blocked out for some kind of outdoor adventure. Ideally, we'd do some kind of mountain climb, but instead, I suggest an event in Warwick. She suggests when done there, we climb Mt Peel. And after that I had three older geocaches north of Toowoomba to collect. Yeah, this is a good plan and way to fill most of a day.

It's been a long time since a day out geocaching was "drive seemingly at random, then pause and find a small container on the side of the road". Generally speaking, that kind of geocaching makes me sad and bored. But we're looking for specifically these older geocaches. And it's a lovely day out, all wintery crisp and clear. Plus, just being outside, away from home and enjoying the weekend.

Quite impressively, Google Maps had this little hall marked, which made in-car navigation easy. OBC parked us right beside GZ and I hopped out to begin what I thought would be a short search. Nope. After a minute of prodding about the rock, tree, fence.. she joined me. And then of course found it before me!

But it was all a bit stuck. It took some ingenuity, spaghetti fingers and a little stick to leverage it out. I think the hide has rotted a bit and it had fallen down. But a tiny little bison and logbook was soon in hand, being signed at 15:20. Another off the list! Thanks for this geocache, Timmos

Yeeeee

Nice little find

Rocco and Ruben 21/08/22

Found it tftc

Staying in Goomungee for a few days. A lovely winter day so we headed out to find some caches around Highfields.

TFTC Timmos

Found it. What an awesome place to visit. And would have made a great little quiet school.

Easy find!!!

Love this one, great little find

So sneaky! Caught the corner of our eye.

We nearly gave up but we finally found it

Nice one

Thanks. Great little cache

Quick find

We had a wonderful weekend out west of Brisbane. After attending the event in Oakey, our team, Team Grav, (E_Smiley, Chamad, Triple Turmoil, Simber15, willis007 and Nayfee) travelled together and made this find along the way.
Thanks timmos
Domsky

A plan was formed recently to camp at Oakey over the October long weekend (due to Ekka being postponed) and tackle the art and a number of fun puzzles in the vicinity. The call went out to a few others we enjoy travelling with and the solving began! Lots of back and forth between members and we finally had a full set a few days out from the trip.

The roads were wet and muddy but that isn't going to stop a group of dedicated geocachers on a mission! The rain held off which we were grateful for however chunks of mud were often shaken off shoes before returning to cars and moving on to the next one.

As is always the case when caching with others there were many laughs and a great time had by all. Always a great sense of achievement when you've been working through a project over a number of weeks.

Thankyou for placing and arranging this series for our enjoyment. The fields and flowers were in bloom. Birds a plenty enjoying the roadside water sources. The scenery was refreshing. Always enjoy a taste of the countryside. Logs signed as Team Grav (as in Gravel assault!)

Day two of our Oakey trip and a later start than usual.

We set off just after 9am and hit the trail, ughh.. Road? I don't know what to call it, but we travelled on it. Our main target for the day was the Gravel series than we slowly made our way north than south while collecting a bunch of caches along the way.

I have never ventured out this way before so it was a real eye opener, the towns, the farms, the flowers, the animals, you name it we saw it, well, maybe not everything because I was disappointed I didn't see an elephant, but you get the picture.

We certainly picked the right time of year as the Jacarandas were in full bloom and you wouldn't go through a town without seeing a bunch of them, absolutely stunning, it truely is an amazing tree and you can literally spot them from a mile away.

The team had an absolute blast and we thoroughly enjoyed travelling the open road breathing in the fresh country air, what more could you ask for? Well, a coffee shop perhaps since I went the WHOLE. ENTIRE. DAY without coffee and that is deadly, If i miss my daily caffeine goodness I become a terrible person and do bad things, other than that it was a very memorable day.

Thank you so much for placing this cache here for us to enjoy.

Log signed as Team Grav to save space.

#2651 - TFTC

Have to distract the mower who was so excited to see us very interested in the local history.

Schools out for ever (MHS1)
D 1.5 T 1.5 Micro Traditional Cache

Signed Team Grav (Domsky, Chamad, Triple Turmoil, Simber15, willis007 and Nayfee).

Thanks for the cache and taking us here Timmos. Enjoyed the adventure.

Day two of my outback adventure of heading to Cunnamulla for the QOGM. This morning it is grabbing a few around the Highfields area. I then picked up my caching buddy and we continued on collecting a few more caches in the Oakey area before heading to St. George for the night. I had a list of caches I still needed this was one of those. We even got a few extras as we drove past.
This was a nice quick find and my TOTT came in handy here. We signed the log and replaced as found then continued on our way. Thank you for placing this one here some nice history here.

Met up with Chamad for a road trip to Cunnamulla for QOGM. Our aim was to get to St George by dinner, so we had time to collect some target caches along the way. It was so windy and cold, so quick finds were much appreciated.

Tftc! Quite a sneaky little hide, but managed to get this one fairly quickly

Coming out to Dalby for a few days and this was one we did as we travelled out. Found the cache and signed the log. TFTC Timmos

Second visit to this spot and success was achieved. Must have had cache blindness on my first time here. Thanks Timmos.

Well hidden look hard

Bonnie and I found it. Watch out for the barbed wire. Its close by but not on the rock

Muggle farmers were about

My husband and I were on the way home to Brisbane from Dalby and we made a detour to visit Muntapa tunnel and find some smileys along the way. Took awhile to spot this cache. Thankyou for taking us here and for placing this cache here for us to enjoy

Had a few hours to myself this arvo so headed out to grab some caches. Overlooked the hide on the first take and then on closer inspection I found what I was looking for. Tftc Timmos

**Feeling Good Lyrics (Feel Good by Cy Grant 1965)**

Birds flying high you know how I feel
Sun in the sky you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by you know how I feel.

Ouh
And I'm feeling good

After yesterday's 53 finds we had an unencumbered and refreshing night's sleep at Yarraman Caravan Park.
Up early to snare a few more smilies before heading back down the mountain.
#15 of 18 found today but we sure covered some kilometres!

We visited here what seems like about 10 years ago but it must have been more recent & apparently it was missing then.
Not so now.
Mrs VC was quick to spot the cache despite it's sneaky hide.
Glad to get this one tucked away ay last!
Made our mark & replaced as found.
As we drove away a nice specimen of lace monitor wandered onto the road ahead of us but soon changed it's mind as the behemoth known as the Geo-Beast roared toward it.
Actually I think we were doing about 20 k/h at the time. [?]

TFTC Timmos

Really enjoying the history of these.

I AM GUR

Second cache of 2021! Neat hiding spot that our geoadventurer found easily. TFTC

Two finds here today apparently. So sad to see small schools close, but transport improved, and taking pupils by bus to larger schools is a better outcome for all. Sadly even larger schools are being closed also, and in the city too. My mother went to Taringa State School in Brisbane back in the 1920s era, and was looking forward to attending the centenary festivities at the school, but the education bureaucrats decided to close the school due to much diminished student enrollments after 99 years!
But that's got nothing to do with this cache. an easy find, log and replace. TFTC, Timmos.

Nice little cache. Always interesting learning about the areas history TFTC

An early start for Brislions and I. We were headed to the dam but realised that it wasn't open this early so we set off to find a few other caches in the meantime. This cache as quickly located and thee log signed. TFTC

After sleeping in the Ute last night. A early start to our caching day. We solve the letterbox last night Selva Girls pick me up at woollies we found 30 caches and 1 Adventure Lab. The break down was 23 traditional, 5 mystery, multi, letterbox and 5 waypoints for the Adventure lab. So the finds count was 35. All caches were found all good condition.
Then I drove back to Brisbane in the afternoon. And pickup one in Brisbane. Timmos *TFTC* 4477 *Finds*

Found and logged. In between jobs. Took me about 8 minutes to find. Always worth it!

Found. Easy peasy

Visiting Toowoomba and finding a few caches around the area.

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Thanks Timmos for giving us a reason to visit.

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Exactly as advertised... a quick park’n’grab while in the area... the only issue was with the number of flies that hopped back into the car with me... tftc...

Easy find nice little peice of history

Fab day beadling around the back tracks near Crowie. Drizzly weather and the landscape brought back memories of running wild as a teen in rural Victoria Coffee ️ in town capped off a relaxing day. Built a campfire later to warm my toes

Thx to K and K for replacing this cache

TFTC Timmos

Was passing and checked in to find it gone so I have replaced it.

I find it a little sad to find locations where once schools were situated. I can only hope that the buildings have been relocated and put to good use somewhere else. I bet there have been many happy times here. Thanks for bringing us here with a cache. At least the school is remembered with a plaque. We were glad to find this cache as it’s been a while since it had some company. Log signed thankfully.
Cheers and happy caching!

Has been heavy rain through here and mud and washouts everywhere and nothing that could be found except old bottle tops

Initially I was looking on the wrong side of road as I was told it was on my left. However went and looked the other side and there it was. Quite certain I would of found it last time. Anyway got a smiley now instead of a frown. Tftc

My last find for the day, all in good condition here, no need for maintenance.

Just about to give up and leave when we found it, small sneaky little spot

Still looking .....

Did not find Team AlphaCharlieLima

TFTC nice bit of history

TFTC

Found easier than some today, have had to walk away for a couple today. Boys not feeling the love.

Had just given up and ready to log a DNF when mr persistence found it.
TFTC

Found with my amazing Geo-Wife KaleidoscopeCass. This is my first cache as a Toowoomba resident. Thanks for the cache. Favourite point awarded because of this.

I grew up in Toowoomba but didn't get into caching until I met my now geohubby WallabyTim and moved to the Sunshine Coast to be with him. Now years later it's time for us to live and cache the Toowoomba area and this was our first find together since moving on the weekend. Lovely freezing cold wind blowing a gale and then starting to rain just as we found the cache. Worth it for the smiley

Found cache

Found cache - was just about to walk away and call it a DNF when my daughter discovered it. Well hidden!!

This has not been found since 1/12/17, needs to be checked by CO, how many unrecorded DNF’ since then to today. Especially when others in this vicinity’s is being found

Heading up to Crow's Nest for a few days for an event. Taking a bit of a scenic route and hunting for a few smileys along the way.

I wandered over the memorial stone for a look before hunting for this one. A nice quick find here thanks.

All good here despite the needs maintenance attribute.

Cache found, signed & returned. As we were about to drive off an almighty screeching noise scared the bejesus out of us!! What was that??? Geohubby speculated it may have been a peacock?! Well what do ya know, it was!! Standing by a tree behind the fence nearby there was our mystery noise maker. Such beautiful birds & geo mums favourites. The memorial plaque was surrounded by gorgeous spring time bush flowers . Very pretty! Thanks for the cache Timmons xo

Quick find got signed and returned same place TFTC

Easy find. Log in good condition.

First one in a year or two. Showing my Mum how geocaching works. Was a great one to show her . TFTF!

**# 17507** Found on the Qld leg of our 2017 winter escape trip.
Another perfect warm winter day for a drive to Kingsthorpe to climb a hill.
And a short trip here for a couple more finds as well.
No muggles around and a good quick find here.
Thanks for the cache Timmos,
***Roostaman***

TFTC smile 3153# out and about with miss millie geo dog nice easy fine all good with this cache

Nice easy find

Mrs RoddyC and I were out in the Barcaldine Region for a week, in the company of youngoldfella, planning for the ACGM next year. Today we are on the final leg home.

Love these old historic sights. I wonder if they used slates as we did at school? Thanks for keeping the memories going.

Log signed and replaced. Found at 2.20pm on 30th July 2017. TFTC, Timmos.

Found with Mum as 'Jess & Caro'. She is now Carø and I now have my own geocaching profile so we are sorting my logs for caches we found together. TFTC!

School may be out forever, and in my mind that's pretty good as I would really rather not revisit any of it, but that wasn't this school, and I think this cache is worth keeping alive. Having searched the area a few times, I contacted a previous finder and confirmed the cache's location and that it has gone. I have replaced the cache. It is now a camouflaged eclipse tin with log inside. BYO writing tool. Don't be tempted to use chalk like in the early school days... I don't think it will work very well. TFTC Timmos, I've messaged requesting to adopt this cache.

Suspect still out of action.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

I've now looked twice for this cache, and then tried again today with a small group just to be sure. We all scoured the area, every nook and cranny and not a nook nor a cranny cache was found. I do believe this one is no longer in play.

Second attempt, still empty handed

DNF - this was our second attempt and still no luck.

Found this one a while ago must have forgotten to log it tftc.

No luck today

Found okay but very water logged and unable to sign log. TFTC

VERY wet throughout cache. Could not sign. Found with Team Georacer.

Found with OneBean

Unfortunately, moisture has infultrated the package , ill return with a more watertight container tomorrow.

On the way to Toowoomba for my cousin's funeral tomorrow.
An easy find
All with the cache
TFTC Timmos

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Found the cache could not sign due being extremely damp I suggest archiving this cache until it's dried and re sealed.

#6602Found and Logged 10:47:00 AM
One of 2 caches on a day that started out as cold, damp and foggy,Finaly by lunch time the sun made an apperience and the cloud was gone
Thanks for the cache Timmos

Realised I had not logged this cache found on the way through
Enjoyed visiting the area and the cache. SL (LOG WET) TFTC

I just had time for a couple more caches and this one was next.
Headed down the road and soon was at GZ.
Over there.
Off I went and looked around and around and soon I found the cache.
Log very wet as baggie was torn. Took back to the geomobile and added a new baggie and signed the wet log.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Timmos All good with this cache

Found it!

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there Timmos. We found your cache "Schools out for ever (MHS1)" at 11:18:00 AM today.
This was our 10th cache find in a caching run of 15 Finds & 1 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9521.)
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Today's cache run was to add to our current streak of "Most Consecutive Days" cached. With this cache the total now stands at 227 Days.

Another day traipsing around the countryside, dodging roadworks and listening to the GPS telling us to take roads that don't exist. Maybe it's time to update the maps in the trusty Garmin.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent. (We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Cache Trash.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]