The Shady Tree Dutchmans Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By MADSTARS on 30-Jan-09. Waypoint GC1M7PX

A month has passed and not luck in a replacement.

Sorry fellow cachers....

Archived.

This is a shame, 114 finds and I might have to archive it.

If someone has a small M&M container I would be greatly appreciative of the replacement.

Cheers

Madstars

Should have read the previous log .... DNF

Tks ... MADSTARS ... GazMag

Shady tree cache:Muggled

All I found was the dead flower pod and whats left of the container and I chucked what's left of the container out

TFTC

too many muggles so couldnt find

Lovely spot especially today being so hot.TFTC

Reperio at 1425. Grabbed the pooch and headed down to this one with Darwinian. While the dog cooled off in the wet sand, we got to searching for the cache. The shady tree was very unforgiving when touched, as it sported a nasty prick with it's small spikes, and after finding the cache, I hit my head on it just for a good measure.

Gratias.

found before an afternoon swim, this is a great climbing tree, except for the thorns, tftc

We took the dog down to the water to find this one, lots of others had the same idea. Great tree, gd spot to park up. Found the cache eventually and headed back up to the park to wash the sand from the boxer dogs mouth!!

#542, found at 19:02.

Took us quite some searching, but we found it. What a tree!

TFTC and regards,
the Monacos

A Huge thank you to the Bay Pirates for their maintenance of this very very wet cache.

Thank you so much.

I have moved to Victoria and unfortunately have to archive caches when in disrepair.

This cache will be around a lot longer because of your thoughtfulness.

May the cache gods bless you with 100 straight finds without a DNF.

Nice tree to hide from sun.

Added new dry log and zip lock bag. Old log a little damp.

TFTC.

A full tide and a lovely shady spot. Oh for a swim. TFTC.

Lovely shady tree.

Found nearby gz but exposed, so we moved it a little to where we thought it should be. TFTC

Wonderful little spot this one i will be back here thats for sure.

Great place to sit on the beach with an easy find nearby.
SL TFTC

Not so much a DNF but when we popped out on the beach some muggles had setup their chairs and were enjoying a wine right at GZ.

Mrs Morgan and geograndson found this one. They were very proud of their efforts. What a special spot on the beach.Great for a BBQ and swim. Log was washed out and still a bit damp. TFTC SL

This entry was edited by morgans2320 on Sunday, 07 November 2010 at 17:17:44.

We were out geo'ing today with the grandparents aka The Morgans 2320 in the Bay area. We arrived at the nearby park and Mr Burners cooked up a BBQ storm, while finishing lunch geo Grandma & Mini Burners snuck away and got this one without the rest of us knowing that the cache was even there. They proudly returned with the treasure, signed the log and returned it safely to his home. What a lovely spot for lunch with a cache thrown in for good measure:) TFTC

Nice spot. Logged whilst mini Snauz was cooling his feet.

TFTC.

4th for the day
found by semikosher
sl
tftc

Nice quick find after the dog walking muggles left when the rain started. Lovely tree I could see my Mum sitting under here when we were kids, in the shade whilst my brother and I swam. TFTC

Fitzy and I came to Newcastle for a wedding and made the most of the weekend by coming up to Nelson Bay to find a few caches.
Not many people around today, which is a great thing. What lovely views, and we're loving being near the water.
Glorious day to be outside.
TFTC!

2833 - Visiting the region with ACBC 66 for a wedding....

Did a number of the local caches before heading back home today. A nice walk through this area on the Boardwalk to this cache - quick find with great views - thanks guys !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

We parked our car here when we went on our fathers day walk around the bay. TFTC

Found by Jackson who was out for a day with the Sloans.

Great spot.

lots of doggies around (woof).

TFtc

Thought we would make a day of caching at Nelsons Bay so ibar29 was dropped at our place and off we went for a fantastic day.

This was a quick find in a nice quiet area.

Thanks

Fpund on a beaut day with TezzaB, a very easy find

Had fun playing in the white sand. Lots of doggies went past.

On a windy day this was a nice protected beach. Ms S went barking up the wrong tree but Mr S made the find in the end.

Found on a delightful day caching in the area. I had just sat down to log the cache when the same muggle as at the last cache came past and gave me a funny look! Thanks to MADSTARS for another cache.

It has obviously been quite windy around here during the last few days. I have actually found this cache before, but didn't log it at the time. When I returned to log it today, I found the (very light) cache sitting out on the sand a metre or so away from its proper location!! Also the log page inside, whilst not wet, has probably been wet in the past and is now quite fragile (or perhaps it has got like this from lots of folding). The log page needs replacing.

I solved the wind problem by finding a small rock and a banksia cone and hiding the cache (back in its location) with these more weighty objects on top. TFTC, Madstars!

Nice easy find in a lovely location....TFTC

had to wait for the dog walkers to move on then in for a quick find.
TFTC

Thanks Madstar

We have had a GREAT weekend Caching with the KALM Explores in the Nelson Bay area loved all the spots that you have set aside.

Just had a message from the famous HG (thehuntergahterers) they are in the area so be aware!
TFTC SL

A beautiful spot but Mrs H was bitten on the ankle by a rogue dog whilst on the beach which put a bit of a dampener on things. Fortunately it didn't break the skin but her socks now have a hole in them and she was a bit shaken. Reluctant to return along the beach for a while we decided to have a nice walk from here to the next 4 or 5 caches before heading back along the roads to the car.
Thanks,
The Hancock Clan

Day two of theheadchef and spikeymikey's excellent adventures to Nelson Bay, and a nice find, I did not mind this one, even despite the enormous amount of leaf litter on the beach. Another cleanup job for Madstars.

Found easily with TheHeadChef.
Rather uninspiring in the rain! Tree is pretty close to the sand. You'd have to be good to get much shade from this tree when on the beach.
TNLNSL TFTC

Day two of theheadchef and spikeymikey's excellent adventures to Nelson Bay, and a nice find, I did not mind this one, even despite the enormous amount of leaf litter on the beach. Another cleanup job for Madstars.

That was an easy find today while visiting Port Stephens.
Thank you very much for this cache!
Greetings, Colonel Dago from Germany

Another great find TFTC

Bonjour from French Canadians,

Another nice Madstar cache.

TFTC, TNLN, SL

Great spot, but unfortunately container has sprung a leak - small hole in the bottom

found another one on a one day cache dash

The shady tree is a good house for spider webs and caches.
T.F.T.C.

Gotcha !! No.32 on a one day cache dash TFTC

GPS all over the place, but found it at about 9pm after getting caught in plenty of spider webs while looking about the bushes. Been to this beach plenty of times and did not realise there was a cache here. TFTC.

This cache was fairly easy to find.
When i found it, it was very wet so i waited until 8:00pm to take it home. I dried it off as well as i could and protected it in a small plastic bag before returning it again at 7:30am the next morning. I tried to choose a time when nobody would go geocaching for it so i am very sorry to any one who treid to find it at this time.
Please make sure it is safely inside its plastic bag after you log your visit. You will also need to bring a pen.

Lovely spot! Lovely day. Good company.

Muggles galore on a Monday, but got it nice and easy. Beautiful spot on a beautiful day!

Good find by the GRU cache team made up of Tristan, Tom, Will and Tom.M

Quick find and no muggles to worry us today. TFTC.

#12/25 from Sydney on a weekend in the Bay. Got up early for sunrise, but as it was raining, just sat in the car waiting for it to stop. Went off looking for more caches as I had been buisy finding them over the past 2 dats. This one was easy, and also a lovely little spot to spend on a hot summer day reading a book. Loved it.

Found at 11.22am on Bigmickb's Nelson Bay cache assault day. Was off the Tea Gardens ferry at 10:55am, and within half an hour was here, picking up my first find for the day. One down, eleven to go! Game on! TFTC.

#33 SherpaDog Attack. Saw some muggles on a ponder coming towards us, so quickly grabbed cache, signed and ran away. TFTC SL

#33 SherpaDog Attack Nice quick finf
TFTC SL

Nice quick find, although for some reason I'm, not a fan of these trees. I think it stems back to climbing them in my childhood.

TFTCSL

Nice, quick find on an overcast day!
Top spot, Madstars!
CC.

The dogs and their owners all know this is a good spot too.
Had to wait for them to all walk bye before I grabbed the cache.

Pretty spot but a cold yucky day (in Summer?).

TFTC

Found on our last caching hit for 2009 (30th - 31st December) in the Nelsons Bay / Central Coast area.
We wish all a happy new year and hope to see you all at the Wagga Mega Event in April 2010.

A lovely spot. Lucky no muggles today! TFTC.

Made this grab while a young lady and her dog frolicked in the water. TFTC

We are having a great time finding Australian caches. As usual, we see great places that only the locals know about - why we love the sport. Logging is more challenging as Scoutboy and i fight over the internet access. TFTC!

I love the trees along the beach, and the shade they provide, but the water was not particularly inviting today, being full of rotting seaweed. If I was a fisherman, then it probably would have been perfect! An easy find, and another great MADSTARS cache, thanks guys.

Rated: for Overall Experience

We both had the day off so we decided to do our own little ‘invasion’ of Port Stephens. Our first full on all day effort. It was almost high tide when we arrived so we had to make a dash to GZ between waves. The high tide did mean nobody was on the beach which helped. I can understand why the tree is popular, great spot. TNLNSL TFTC. [Cache 110]

A bit chilly today but the geokids still liked playing in the water. What a lovely spot to spend a lazy hot Sunday. Beautiful tree. Log abit wet may need a ziplock bag next maintenance stop.

Found with Missy18

TFTC

Easy find TFTC. The top of log was a bit wet. Not surprising with the weather we've had.

426 - 11 for today. Found on 10/10/2009 at 3:39 PM.
A quick easy find. Great spot. TNSLLN

Nice easy find and what a great tree there were some tourist there enjoying the fishing!

Pt. Stephens Invasion.2. By the time I got untangled from my car, this one was already being signed. Thanks.

2723.31 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Gold Puzzle Green A#72

Albida

It was a hot day, but thankfully not humid but we could appreciate a bit of shade as the sun was getting higher in the sky and temps rising...Canberra invasion convoy: Tankengine,Zytheran,, betchatn0t, Sol de lune, Tealby, Red Tag and Albida

Nice walk along the beach, tree not so shady this time of year.
TFTC

Found this with The Cash Man during the Port Stephens Invasion Event.Lots of muggles walking dogs.Jnr Wobbly find this one.TFTC

Lovely stroll along the beach and the shady spots were a wonderful reprieve from the heat.
It would be a great spot for a beer but I dont drink
Thanks MADSTARS

thanks for the cache. Great weather, great company and beautiful scenery.

Found on our Newcastle / Port Stephens invasion from Canberra, Adelaide and Tassie!
Yes, the shade was nice! Very hot today for us Canberrans! Alas, no beer, but we made up for that tonight! Thanks!

This was our twentieth find of the Port Stephens / Newcastle Invasion Event.

A friendly dog helped us locate this one.

T4TC.

An enjoyable, albeit short, walk along the beach. Ideally it would be great to do a long walk between several of these nearby caches, but there just isn't time on an invasion weekend - so we just have to enjoy the ambience in small doses along the way! TFTC.

Found as part of the Canberra Invasion to Newcastle/Nelsons Bay/Port Stephens and surrounding areas with Tealby, Tankengine and Mtrax. This one was day two and it was going to be a long one..........

Did someone say Beer!!!!! Yep, I'm sure Redtag and I made up for anyone needing a drink later in the night

Oh, nice cache too.....thanks MADSTARS

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found as part of the McWinTrexO'n team cache invasion tour of the area, found this as part of our extended walk along the beach collecting cache finds. Decided not to join McPhans excercise class, but we were wondering if he was looking for caches or blue worms at the GZ.
TFTC.

An easy find on a very pleasant walk along the beach, followed by fish and chips on the Marina with McPhan, RexTrex and BigON on our three days around Nelson Bay. Thanks MADSTARS.

Found on a beach stroll (except for Jogger McPhan) whilst out with Team McWinTrexON. Thanks too MADSATARS for taking the trouble to do the cache maintenance checks - they class you as a fine fellow and made for a great invasion weekend.

2114. Stupid McPhan decides that he is young again and announces to the rest of Team McWintrexON that e is going to run along the beach to the ext cache. After 50 yards the lungs were burning and the knees wobbly (surprsingly the legs weren't and remained upright and solid). Fearing the usual scorn and ridicule I'm subjected to (I've logged first so you'll believe my story) I had to keep going. Luckily by the time the others arrived at GZ I had recovered most of the breath that I had carelessly dropped while running.

Another fine location in this area of abundant fine locations.

TFTC and the run.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Maintenance Check for Invasion Completed..

Everything OK.

MADSTARS Maintenance Crew

Found it with Bommy. Walk along that beach all the time - fist time that Ive actually sat under the tree. Just have to watch out for those prickles!

Returned to the Bay for a weekend holiday and decided to do a few caches with the O'Spurplers on a nice warm winters day. You just have to love this area - cant wait to hopefully return in the future !! Nice easy find. Left Malaysian coin. TFTC

Another madstars classic

That was quite a funky tree, and the red flowers too. Did this one at night. Cheers Gav [4102]

Liked the red flowers. TFTC

10:09am
Another instant find for the youngest of the girls! Could really enjoy sitting in this bit of shade next to the beach!

Cheers

Found the not so Shady Tree. Looked all around the base.
Found a whole nest to the base the size of an MM Container,
but no cache.

On to the next one.

great spot easy quick find, but there was lots of shade when we were there, hehe, thanx for the cache.

Still moving on, hunger pains setting in on young Tamykian. The tree not to shady at the moment being winter. The crew still eager to find more..this is good.
Looks like scenic routers is just ahead of us, we will have to run if we are to cache them
SL TFTC

Cache log replaced.

New Log and Bag have been replaced...

All nice and dry.

MADSTARS
Maintenance Team

Cache needs replacement...

Too wet...

You can still find it and log it with a photo..

MADSTARS

Cache exposed and very waterlogged, due to open cache lid. Emptied the water out, but log will need urgent replacing. Left signed paper. TFTC (36th cache for bay caching tour 09)

Lovely tree and lots of friendly dogs. Took skull & crossbones, left HKD20c.