Neighbourly Neighbours - Cooleman Ridge Fisher, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Sol de Lune on 17-Feb-09. Waypoint GC1MNKY

Tftc:) forgot my pen but the dog loved helping us find it

Tftc. Container is broken and letting water in.Beautiful spot for a cache

Thank you

Nice and quick find while out for a walk with a non-caching friend. Still quite a lot of blackberries around so long pants are a must around this area. Thank you SDL for the cache!

Too much material for nope ropes to hideWill come back after a burn

Too overgrown with plants with hurting thorns. Will return in another season.

I think this is the first one of this series we have collected. We shall have to find the others and then venture out for the final.All good here. Thanks for the hide and reason to explore more of Arawangs slopes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country on which we geocache throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We (the pants people) pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Slowly working my way through this marvellous series! Blowing a gale atop Mt Arawang today but that only added to the spectacle up here. Terrific views and very energising walkthanks!

Found with weredunn4

Found with Savies21 on a hike around the area. Found cache and signed log

TFTC

Great view, with fig in the valleys this morning. TftC

Geohound and I were out pack training for my upcoming Flinders Ranges hike. Although intent was to keep the heart rate down on the Mt Arawang Summit Trail, we were racing rain and daylight. Both in the zone we managed to bag this cache and take in the views. TFTC Sol de Lune!

Found it with my cousins

Beautiful views from up here. Log book was soaked so I couldn’t log. Tftc!

Still good to go....

Cache on.

Back up the hill where the rain was still holding off, and the sun trying to shine through a very cloudy sky.
The mountains in the distance look dark and beautiful with low cloud hanging over them.
All was very quiet at GZ and so we stopped for awhile to really enjoy the beautiful and very green views of Canberra.
Log signed. It’s lovely to find some older hides on this mountain.
Thanks Sol de lune
Domsky

I walked right by it but then spotted it as I was about to give up the search. TFTH

Had lots of fun

Prickly

Out for a stroll on a few hills, the rain has set in:(
Lid of cache broken, but usable. May not last long.

Couldn't find it... But just when I was leaving , I saw the cache just lying there. I have been searching at the wrong spot!

Container is broken,

A beautiful morning walk up down and around the mountain with J+J.AU that turned into a couple of hrs. Weather started out great for the day and turned pretty warm later on. All caches found fairly easy.
TFTC Wilbert67

#1595 With the recent grass and blackberry growth this cache took a little bit to track down. Got there in the end and made my mark. Time to head down before heading back up. 3 of 11 today.

Damo without the rest of the Cheesemobile. On a walk while visiting Nanna Cheese in Kambah. No pen but lovely to climb the hill.

Made us look very well, many great places to hide it

Made it 3 strikes for the Treasure Hunters today Thanks

TFTC

Gorgeous view

Great place for a hide!

On what turned out to be a great day for caching, and an exhausting one, I was out on the Ridge collecting caches with some geo pals. This was one of the caches as well as a nearby trig. TFTC Sol de Lune.

Great to get up this hill at last, find some older caches and check out the views. Great to be out on on a walk with some friends on Cooleman Ridge. A blue tongue lizard was spotted, guarding the cache.

Thanks for hiding this cache Sol de lune

Out with a small group today to collect some caches on Coolamon ridge. Great views from the top. Tftc

Log to follow

So cool to find another one of these. I have signed the mystery ages ago but cool to get another one today. Once I have them all I can claim the final. Fantastic views.
TFTC Sol de lune

Coordinates kept adjusting. But found it in the end

#4026 Found during a walk during lockdown. Green-martian had been here before. Duffcos first time. Cache in good nick.

good hiding spot, TFTC

Today I adventured out for only the fourth time, on Lockdown Day 15, for a much needed hour of exercise. Lucky for me this area is within my radius.Bonus!

Logs all in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Thanks to the COs for putting out and maintaining all of these caches for our enjoyment!

On a very windy day

Found with tubblesberryboy! Tftc:)

Yay!

Yay another trig point with a hammock. What more could you want really! So peaceful up here, quick find. Tftc

Second time lucky

Great little hunt through the hills. In a very nice area! Thanks!

Scrambled around for a bit before spotting it. Tftc

Looked everywhere then found it. Thanks

Great spot, enjoyed the hunt for this one - was scrambling around for a bit before geokid found it without trying! TFTC

Was a good one

Found with Nu77btyz on an great walk

Nice find, watch out for blackberries!

Nice spot

??

DNF at this time. Come back later

I couldnt go there due allergic Bee

We are all cold and I think we are done for the day

It was a perfect Canberra spring day today, even though it's not even spring yet. Since there is snow on the Brindies, we thought we would take the GeoPoodle out for a walk somewhere where their were both views and geocaches, and, today, the lucky winning location was Mt Arrawang.

We headed in through the horse paddock, and then up the steep climb, before heading down in a westerly direction and picking up the caches down that way - and we even spotted and logged a trackable..

This was cache number three, and, apart from the THREE lots of muggles (and one dog) taking a break nearby, which meant more stealth than usual, it was quickly found, and signed.

Thanks for the Cache Sol de Lune

Out for a walk to regain fitness after knee replacement surgery.

A good days caching!

I am Grumpy!
In memory of THEOLDREV.

Up here chasing the old school Red it is cache and had to visit the trig while i was here,great views and it was a nice quick find as i watched the next storm roll in.
Thank sol de lune for the cache

Tftc

A straightforward find with the GeoPup as we rambled around and over the mountain on a gloomy day. Thank you!

Found it just as the mist/fog started to roll in brrr

Every one of the caches here is a great spot with excellent views
Thanks!

I scaled the mountain for the beautiful views this fine sunny Sunday morning. Was very pleAsed to make this find - despite having been up here yesterday afternoon and overlooking it... TFTC!

Cache 6248 on 19 Jun 2020.

After a week of working from home I felt the need to grab a few caches, and since it was a gorgeous day, arranged with the boss to have this afternoon off. Decided to focus on Cooleman Nature Reserve as there were a few caches in the vicinity that I could grab on a round trip. Managed to score nine caches for the afternoon in glorious weather. I really like caching with other people, but it was nice to head out by myself too. Lots of kangaroos and black wallabies spotted. Walked on paths, tracks, footpads and desire trails - really enjoyed the exercise and the lovely views from all over!

Third cache of the afternoon, and happy to get up the top for the commanding view. The blackberries are closing in on the hiding spot, but still okay to reach over the top of them. Actually lots more blackberries than o was expecting on the ridge.

Thanks Sol de lune for the cache and the fun! Good to grab a few more of your older caches!

Found thank you great location

More to come

Another day progressing my tour of the Centenary Trail. I figured I may as well grab a few caches along the way and I chose this one as I remember getting another in the series a while ago. (I hope I made a note of the hint for that one at the time!) Quick search revealed the cache and I have made sure I filed the hint for this one. TFTC and this series that I will make a point of tracking down the others and completing soon.

Nice one

Love finding something substantial and wondering what puzzle series this belongs to. Should have done my homework first. TFTC

Found it

Nice easy pick up TFTC

E E E E EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE [Found!] at 3:51!

Important caching day for clearing purposes. Got Tuggerong, Tuggerong hill and many other places today. TFTC everyone!

Another Neighbourly Neighbours Cache, gee I am starting to find almost all of these. Very impressed that you managed to hide a cache this size so close to the trig point, I guess the blackberry bushes keep people away! Log signed and replaced. TFTC Sol De Lune!!

In among the blackberry

Middle geokid got blackberry thorns in his hands. No luck either. Disappointing

Ah, no luck. Spiky blackberries, cranky geokiddies, and Vandahar is babywearing so that doesn’t help! Will try again when the vines are less abundant.

A good way to get some exercise with wonderful views! TFTC

Found

Extremely pleased to find this one after scrabbling around in the bushes. Tftc!

Had to do some manoeuvring as to not go into the blackberry bushes but was a good find

Took a long time to pickup, so many muggles demonstrating their walking (and sitting) skills, tftc

Found, lots of blackberry bushes growing after the rain. Spectacular views in all directions.

**This Cache:**

Two groups of people were at the trig point here today, the ridge was absolutely packed. Never seen so many walkers and bike riders in a Canberra Nature Reserve before! Isolation is obviously making people go a bit stir crazy.

Luckily I could search for this one without being spotted whilst Dan admired the views and kept a lookout to make sure nobody was coming this way.

Uncovered the cache eventually, it is very overgrown here!

Thanks Sol de Lune

DROPPED A TB AND PICKED UP A TB! (Which wasn't even listed in the cache but in Neighbourly Neighbours - Urambi Hills....... same series but wrong hill!)

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**Today:**
After enjoying a successful caching adventure around half of Cooleman Ridge a few days ago, and then being cooped up at home for two days straight without even stepping foot out my front or back doors, I decided it was about time I left isolation again to get some essential exercise! Too many days off, glad I still have a job in this crisis which I go back to again on Tuesday

Chose to clean out more of Cooleman Ridge today, and did a good effort only leaving a couple of ones that are easily accessible by car to grab on an off day. DSD joined me on the walk as he also had two more up here he needed to find!

After logging two previous DNFs dating back to 13.May.2015 it was nice to have this cache found and a Yellow smiley to add to the map. Signed DSD, many thanks Sol de Lune for Neighbourly Neighbours - Cooleman Ridge.

A long search, but worth it!

Took a bit of ferreting around in the vines but then it was obvious, poking out from a rock.

Clever hide

Very bad GPS 'weather' but we found it!

Great spot on a windy day. Tftc.

Great spot! for a morning walk! tftc

38 degrees but still wanted a short afternoon challenge

Found it!

Found with geokids from geo local school. Bushwalking rocks

Sweet. Great views and a clever hide.

Took us forever

Found on a day on Cooleman Ridge, nice place with some great views.

Took a while but it shouldn’t have depends on how long the vines are