Local Landmarks III: Hardware Man Unanderra, New South Wales, Australia
By
steeba on 01-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1PCAJ
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Logs
I was staying not too far away so decided to look for this on my departure, The cache was found in good condition early in the morning.
Saw this on the geocaching map while op shopping and decided walk the few blocks down. Took a couple minutes but got it in the end. TFTC
After a couple of nearby DNFs, it was nice to pick this one up on the way home to Sydney. Nicely disguised cache and a landmark that Im very familiar with after spending a lot of time down this way about 15 years ago.
We found it magnetic under the big man. Our team name is The Juice Is Here, nice hiding spot!
Last cache find of 2023!! TFTC. Was harder than expected even with a torch but Im tired to be fair haha. Found with Samac68. Happy new year!
Tftc! Main road is always quite busy so watch out for muggles. Good quick find.
Always meant to stop and grab this cache when I lived local, now visiting with the girlfriend from Brisbane why not hit the local landmarks series
Found It!
There was no hardware been sold here on a Sunday afternoon which made for a quick and easy find!
TFTC
There was no hardware been sold here on a Sunday afternoon which made for a quick and easy find!
TFTC
A quick find, but took awhile to sign the log due to surrounding foot traffic. Tftc.
Back on the horse after a few years off driven past this one thousands of times didnt even know it was there tftc fam
I just went down there and found it, I asked the hardware store for a pen to log the book and they happily gave it to me, yhank you steeba for this amazing experience.
Back again after it was missing last year. Found it ok. I like the way it and everything was spray painted recently, stands out when you lift the cache. Funny. Thanks.
#11847 20:15
It is late, we have to get back to Sydney, but then there is always "one more cache".
OCW Brewmaker, Martin Cousins and EverestHigh.
After logging, time to refuel and head off to the Big Smoke.
TFTC steeba.
It is late, we have to get back to Sydney, but then there is always "one more cache".
OCW Brewmaker, Martin Cousins and EverestHigh.
After logging, time to refuel and head off to the Big Smoke.
TFTC steeba.
Replaced this one today- it actually has a bit of a spot as the previous iteration was blue- and when they repainted they actually painted over the original cache- so the colour matched! But hence underneath is the old colour- so you can see where it should be put back.
This cache is honestly difficulty 1, so with 2 recent DNFs I will disable this one so that I can take a look.
Found this cache on our East Coast Trip Day 7 in company of Bazzars. A couple of late caches before bedding down for the night. Thanks from D B-A
Visiting the area from Maitland on a wet long weekend of geocaching. Quick and easy find. TFTC
Swung past today to check on this one- replaced logbook and re-positioned- all good to go.
#8432 (10 of 10 today)
And again the calendar gods decree I made some finds today... OK, December hasn't been a great caching month for me, erm historically speaking.
Decided that today was the perfect opportunity to finish off *The Illawarra Upper Escarpment Trail*. Also thought that another cache near it should also be visited. And then after grabbing petrol, a fina1 cache to make it a round ten finds.
Even managed to avenge a previous DNF!
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Ended up here as I was looking for cheap petrol. A much harder thing to find than a cache at the moment.
Took longer than it should to spot this one, but once I did it was inked, replaced and I was out of there.
Time to head home.
SLTNLN
TFTC
And again the calendar gods decree I made some finds today... OK, December hasn't been a great caching month for me, erm historically speaking.
Decided that today was the perfect opportunity to finish off *The Illawarra Upper Escarpment Trail*. Also thought that another cache near it should also be visited. And then after grabbing petrol, a fina1 cache to make it a round ten finds.
Even managed to avenge a previous DNF!
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Ended up here as I was looking for cheap petrol. A much harder thing to find than a cache at the moment.
Took longer than it should to spot this one, but once I did it was inked, replaced and I was out of there.
Time to head home.
SLTNLN
TFTC
Day two on our caching weekend away and Tankengine and I were looking forward to the day.
We had all seasons and it was rather warm - I even got sunburnt. We made some great finds, saw some sweet views and then caught up with the rest of the team before dinner.
This cache: A nice quick and easy find. Signed and replaced before any muggles knew what we were up to. Tftc!!!
We had all seasons and it was rather warm - I even got sunburnt. We made some great finds, saw some sweet views and then caught up with the rest of the team before dinner.
This cache: A nice quick and easy find. Signed and replaced before any muggles knew what we were up to. Tftc!!!
On our way south and as we needed to stretch our legs decided to try this little cache. With the cache in hand, we signed the log before replacing it as found. Thanks for the cache steeba.
The following TBs came through for the mileage : Vanlith The Youngling, Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), teamMerlin's Football, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, Merlin's Steed
The following TBs came through for the mileage : Vanlith The Youngling, Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), teamMerlin's Football, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, Merlin's Steed
We drive past this landmark every day and finally stopped today to look for this cache. Being by the main road is a bit of a turn off but it's well hidden from passing muggles and tradies. TFTC
)Coming down for a quick cache on a quiet night OCW Mizcupcake. We parked on a street close by and headed over to the Hardware Man. We got in close and took seperate sides but couldn’t see anything. Once we stepped back, in the right position, we spotted it staring us right in the face. We both SL and replaced. TFTC!
It took us a while. It’s not blue anymore (as stated previously). Geohubby found it with his eagle eye. Be careful of spiders playing peek-a-boo! TFTC.
We waited until today (Sunday) and went early in the morning so there were no many cars driving past and no people. This had the kids stumped at first as it blends in so well but then it was found!. Thanks.
