The "New" Walnut Tree Oberon, New South Wales, Australia
By Tablelands Cachers on 26-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1Q2VZ

Townsville to grab the Palm Island LGA. Now only 2 LGAs to complete Australia.Back around Canberra and doing some side trips.TFTC. A return trip from Oberon to Goulburn with 60 caches including a CITO, 2 ECs, two multis and many interesting trads. Firstly along the highway and then through the pine forest plantation tracks. Amazing scenery with lots of deer, emus, roos and rabbits.Nice multi with interesting history. A bit confused at GZ, but looking a bit more found it.

No. We got the coords, but nothing for us to see here.

Catching up with late logs.We are traveling with Geoturtle 37, Papi4506 & The Drovers to do an assault on Bathurst and surrounds. We solved all the puzzles we could before we left home which was also an enjoyable part of this journey.We had a great time today doing a southerly loop picking up any caches that came up on the map finding all types of cache sizes and hides but unfortunately we have got behind in our logging and are trying to catch up now.We can no longer remember the caches individually so we apologize for the generic log, it's certainly not meant to take anything away from our experience, it's just the old minds just ain't what they used to be.This cache made us smile and we have always said if it makes you smile it is worth a favourite point so we are leaving one behind.We signed the logs as The Mob.Many thanks for adding this piece to the game board for our enjoyment.

It was a little drizzly when we pulled up here so we were grateful for the reasonably quick find. Thanks for placing the cache for all to find. Now for some lunch.

We decided to grab "just one more" before we went and had a delicious lunch at the local bakery. This cache was found without any problems which was much appreciated as it was starting to get rather drizzly. Thanks for bringing us here with this cache.

Day 2 of our Bathurst trip with Team Crackers, Geoturtle37 & Papi4506.Today we did a lot of country driving, through nearby towns.The scenery was lovely with the trees turning a multitude of different colours for winter.All puzzles were solved before the trip.This is one of the caches we stopped to find along the way.A quick search and the cache was located, signed and replaced.Many thanks for placing this cache, Dusselaar1, for us and others to find.

After spending a couple of weeks in Canberra attending the Mega Event it was time to head back to Brisbane. We have a few weeks to travel so we are meandering up through country NSW. We arrived in Oberon early today so set up camp at the showgrounds. Once that was done went sightseeing around town via way of some of the caches. This was a quick easy multi and in a nice park where we found the local ducks were very friendly. Thanks to all the CO's for placing the caches for us all to find.

Spotted the new gen walnut straight away and went over to get the numbers. Our solved coords were a few metres from where the hint describes. Checked the workings because it wouldn't be the first time I erred in simple maths but this time it appeared good. The cache was found quickly once we moved to the correct spot. A quick enjoyable multi, TFTC Desselaar1.

A quick find here, cache is all goodHeaded over to the Capital GeoBash in Canberra, ACT with Freddo over 5 days, travelling through the central part of NSW before caching around the hinterlands. A nice few days over with great weather.Thanks for the cache

In the interest of keeping this cache alive and reading previous logs/DNFs and a good search by ourselves using hints and tips from previous logs, We have replaced the container including a new log inline with the D/T rating until the CO has the opportunity to check out same. The trip bit.Easter geocaching festival of twenty twenty four. This time it is the turn of Oz Mega GeoBash MEGA event in the nation's capital. It is time for a road trip across country to Canberra in the Sporty Pajero Sports. Freddo and Gridge98 traveling from Adelaide via a strange inland route that takes in scenic rural locations, dusty roads, punctured tyres, overheating batteries, various tools of the trade, special campgrounds, and lots scope for many many geocaching finds. Along the way we saw running emus, jumping kangaroos, wandering deer, dead foxes, herds of wooly sheep and stray steers.Arriving in Canberra we met our colleagues e.gregory1, featherwaite, team walron, courtney rose, davidwazza, e_smilie, and georode, signing as ABP, plus a huge group of other like minded excited mega geocachers attending event after event, and more events.Day one. Adelaide to Broken HillDay two. Broken Hill to WellingtonDay three. Wellington to CowraDay four. Cowra to BathurstDay five. Bathurst to CanberraDay six. Canberra to CanberraDay seven. Canberra to QueenbeeyanDay eight. Canberra to AdelaideThe generic bit.I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count and winning that one hundred word diamond badge again. Somebody moved the goal posts. So many caches to find. So many caches to log. We find them, sign them and replace them.This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and an Apple iPhone 11 using the marvelous Cachly app. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs macro.Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun. Apologies for the generic part of the cache log. We do apologise for the generic logs. Thanks to all the cache owner for placing this cache here for our enjoyment.Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke fr den Cache. Gracias por el cach. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos ktkst. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas. Ksznm a rejtst. Vdaka za cache. Dzieki za cache. Takk for at cache. Obrigado por isso cache. Dky za ke. Aciu u ta talpykla. Paldies par o cache. Aith selle eest cache. Tack fr att Cache. Tak for denne Cache. nbellek iin tesekkrler. Ksznjk, hogy a cache. Graas para o cache. Dankon pro la kasmemorone. Dank fr de csch. Eskerrik asko cache horrengatik. Na gode da wannan cache. Zikomo chifukwa cha cache.I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Come visit the world's longest running annual geocaching event - keep the weekend free - 7th - 10th June 2024 Cant wait!! GCAK1D5 - Lameroo's Ludicrous Legwarmers

A nice straightforward multi which showed us a nice location in Oberon. Unfortunately, another DNF to add to this list.

Found 26/12/21 with Jennyfromthefarm. TFTC

Spent a long time on this one with no luck,it looks like it is missing.

We are on a cachey 10 day holiday, starting off with 2 nights at Emu Plains to hopefully collect the new GFA puzzle caches around Luddenham and some more of the Band caches north of Penrith. Then it’s 5 nights at Oberon to collect some of the many new & old puzzle caches that we have solved around the area, and also hoping to complete the Oberon Adventure Lab. After leaving Oberon we will be visiting Jenolan Caves, for both the caves and the Jenolan EarthCache, then heading to Katoomba for 2 nights to ride the Scenic World attractions (Railway, Cableway, & Skyway) and to do a few caches of various types plus an Adventure Lab. We will end the holiday with a stop-off at Wentworth Falls for some more caches and a couple of Adventure Labs.

Today we are staying close to our park cabin at the Jenolan (Oberon) Caravan Park, taking a walk around the Oberon town centre to collect some caches and Adventure Lab stages in the morning, and investigating some other areas on the edge of town in the afternoon.

Found the tree & plaque, did the calculations, then went to GZ and searched for a while around the trees & shrubs, but nothing cache-like was found. Yet another sad blue face to add to our Oberon geomap

Had a good look around GZ and got nothing.

Found this one after sitting nearby in the common eating a pie for lunch. Boxing day meant only the foodworks was open and after a breakfast of christmas chocolates and leftover Pav we were craving something savoury. Container hidden in leaf litter but log is surprisingly dry. TFTC, we enjoyed the walnut tree and noted that there were walnuts on it.

We had two walnut trees in our back yard - one was about 60 or 70 years old and planted by my grandparents. The other was a seedling of the first and about 40 years old. We referred to them as the old walnut and the young walnut. I would have loved to see the old tree in Oberon. Hopefully the new tree will reach the same stature one day.

Thanks for find #2545
TNLN

Thank you, cache found on a COVID friendly excerise outing

We found the info board with the needed information and then the cache.
TFTC

Full log to follow

Out exploring the district and finding a few caches in the area. After working out the coordinates it was a quick find at GZ. With the cache in hand we signed the log before replacing as found. Thanks for the cache.

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

Easy little park and grab. A fascinating history of the walnut tree. Cache is in good condition, signed and replaced. Thanks for placing the cache

Found on an evening stroll with YGAT and Beef1n. It was great to learn about this tree and its amazing predecessor.

Thanks Tablelands Cachers.

Found in the gloom of dusk, the last of the day. I would have loved to have seen the original tree at this place. SL TFTC

Came out to Oberon to spend a few days nearby for work picked up a few caches this was one of them

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Tablelands Cachers

The following TBs visited for the distance - Hawkesbury Tiger, 2011- 2019 NSW geocoins, Area 51 Tag, Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, Cache In Trash Out Tag, CITO Micro Geocoin, dirty Black Juke, Four Elements Geocoin, Mary Hyde's compass, Optical Illusion Geocoin, Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, Trackable Building Brick, Wales Flag, Wheel of Caching Geocoin

Tftc, found with noonie1990 and weeksey086

Tftc found on a rainy day with Batesy1993 & Weekesy086

Tyftc

Dnf here too many people here today, so only a quick search

Nice little multi,took me alot longer to find the cache then it should but got it in the end
Thanks for the cache

Puff puff, search search at last! An obvious spot!

Found but didn’t sign due to the rain!

Today I visited Oberon and took a walk in the park and looked for this multi.
Thank you
Team sissifalke

Having visited Jenolan many years ago I was keen to visit with the family. The fires in the area had our plans on hold until yesterday, all looked okay so we booked accomadation and the awesome Orient cave tour and fingers crossed it's not to smokey. As it happened we had most of the day with a beautiful blue sky until the smoke blew in in the afternoon.

Spent a wonderful day exploring about, the cave tour was a highlight, just as good the second time for me too. A lot of the walking tracks were closed for safety reasons with the fires but the blue lake walk was still open and was able to walk it's length, loved the water dragons and other lizards and cool to see so many lyerbirds too.

A full day out and we headed into Oberon to our accomadation, dinner and then spent the last of the evening out for a few caches.

A nice quick multi which was great as it had started to get quite cold! A read of the plaque and we soon had a nice close GZ and an easy find. The old walnut tree by it's measure would have been an impressive tree, wow! Thanks for the cache, another nice oldie.

Found -- Thanks for bringing us to this location and Thanks for the hunt *Dusselaar1*.

**Cache Condition:** Good.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.
**Trackables:** None seen in this cache today.

**The Cache**
A nice quick find. Signed the log with our caching names or some scrambled form of *TOC, DJJ, LP* or even attached a cache name sticker, and then returned cache to its hide'y hole exactly as found.

Floating around while the others use their amazing skills to search for the cache - usually it's me snooping around for the find, a nice break today. Log signed and replaced and the scene evacuated TFTC

Heading somewhere unknown but stopping for caches on our way. We walked around and looked around the trees hoping not to see any snakes None seen today *phew*! Thanks for the hide. ️️ OCW *Throsbyonchurch* with *Little Panther* in the mix. ️

Thanks for the find in Oberon. Log is a little wet so we didnt sign

Staying in Bathurst for two nights and our main day is made of two drives outside of Bathurst. Thanks to all the COs for placing the caches and showing us around your region.

TFTC, Elevation challenge here we come, found with Snickersallan. Co-ords are our, we use the hint to help locate

Visiting from the Gold Coast and on a nice trip in the countryside with Bluewattle whilst preparing for a challenge cache. Eventually found due to the good hint.
TFTC Tablelands Cachers
Found January 6, 2019

A little bit of intellectual exercise, and a very pretty and peaceful spot to visit. The log is a little damp. Tftc!

Find #3454 5 November 2018 07:27
Found while on an early morning walk. Got the numbers I needed and soon had CIH.
TNLNSL
TFTC Tablelands Cachers

One of the main attractions for our vacation down under with kimallus was Jenolan Caves and there we headed today after staying overnight in Katoomba.

Continuing our route back to Sydney via Oberon. Now arriving to Oberon and we just noticed a multi starting point and a parking place right on our way. So we stopped to give it a try. Not really any expectations without any preparations, but this played out well. Must have been quite a tree, can imagine. The multi was nice and quick, very tourist friendly. Thanks for the cache.

I would have liked to see this gorgeous old tree, and could only imagine how wide its branches were.

The needed information was quickly gathered, and soon was also the box in jyrkios' hands.

Thank you for the cache!

Found a few caches in Oberon before heading out to the TRLT trail.
An easy enough find but half the hint doesn’t really match, maybe something’s been removed since the cache was placed. Just looked under things until I found it.
SL TFTC

First multi... Tftc

Multi virgin no more!!

Staying in the Jenolan Caravan Park for the weekend. Visited the local farmers market at the showground, enjoyed a beautiful pie from one of the stalls then came to find this cache.
Gathered the required info, calculated the new coords, then found the cache.
Thanks

Back today to do more of this fun series. We love the rural areas so this sort of caching suits us just fine. A lot of work has gone into putting out these caches and we are grateful to the co. Thanks to Dusselaar1 for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

We remember doing a cache in this lovley park many years ago. Found by using the hint as coordinates appear to be about 10m out. Tftc

Nice quick multi
Thanks for the cache

Found with cullum68 thanks for the cache

Day 2 of our trip away. Staying in oberon over night and thought we would head out after dinner to collect a few extra smiley faces. Thankyou for the cache

Hi there Dusselaar1.

Hi there Dusselaar1.

We found your cache **"The "New" Walnut Tree"** at 1:42:00 PM today. (This makes our find count 17696).

Today we cached around Oberon, & thoroughly enjoyed our tour around the area. We ended up finding a variety of container types and sizes hidden along the way. Today we found 1 caches (& DNF'd 0). Thank you for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 10m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Found the info ok. But had a bit of trouble locating the cache. Found as I was about to give up.

Woof woof

Found with xtremePanda

Found with swampmasher

found with btm and u_c

found with btm and gm10

Found with u_c and gm10

Fitzy_1965 and I headed out for another day of caching in the Oberon-Lithgow area. Decided to pick up some out of the way caches and to fill in some gaps.

Had collected the required info earlier in the day but didn't risk finding it as there was a party happening nearby. All quiet on our return made for easy searching. Fitzy eventually found in a place I had already looked. Agree with others that the coords are around 10m out.

- 14283. Found during a great days caching around the Oberon-Lithgow region today with minniek.

Fantastic winter's day out caching through the Oberon-Lithgow area today. This was the next find of the day. We had solved this one earlier today but with a party going on nearby we thought we'd try again on the way home. Once we got back here it was deserted, but still took quite a bit of searching until I looked at in hindsight is an obvious place close to the hint. Signed the log, returned the cache, and we headed off to the next one.

Thanks Tablelands Cachers !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Nice find on the drive around the area.
Quick multi-cache and soon found after expanding the search a little.
SL TFTC

TFTC Thank you for going to the effort of hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity.

Found! Little mint tin got the better of me! TFTC!

Chilly day oberon! But isn't it always? TFTC found with LovelyLadyLocks

I attempted this one a while back, but couldn't find the cache. I had better luck today and can call a find.
Second day out in the area to complete the power trail and other scattered caches about. I had camped out in Flat Rock campground, bit since i went to sleep much earlier than normal, i woke up extremely early, 3:45am and couldn't get to sleep again, so while i packed up, i made a coffee to go and started to cache in the dark.
Due to the rain overnight, and frequent drizzle, most of roads I drove down were muddy and very slippery. Gave my xtrail a good workout.
Overall I found 67 caches, and called 3 DNFs.

Thanks for the cache.

Finished lunch and went for walk. Very easy one to find. TFTC

I was across the road at the information centre, then checked for nearbys before heading off to other caching duties. This was nice and easy...and there were some munzees for the kids. TFTC

An easy find and read of the Walnut Tree plaque for a straightforward calculation ... Garmin was a tad unsettled, but so was the 'mushroom in shrubbery near a kiddie play area. Will keep the coords for another day.

Looked everywhere but no luck

Accompanies ALL7, wow enjoyed your muilt as love it and lovely town and look gentle place...
good spot and sign the log with ALL7..
Thank you for having us here...

solver at homework with kamfindit, we love your puzzles.. looking forward to your series... Beautiful day today... Thank

Liked the smell of the conifers. Coords a little out but the clue was useful. Tftc

Found by checking the app while having lunch in the park. Its good to see the park being used. There is also a blue cattle dog wandering around but doubt he is lost, probably just scavenging the picnic leavings. Off to check out the Mayfield gardens now . Tftc

6688 Caches Found

Decided a mini road trip was in order decided to head out to Oberon. Who in their right mind would visit the place in Mid Winter, Only us stupid cachers. All you can do is crank up the car heater and enjoy yourself. Thanks for bringing me here. Great little Multi. Great history
Nice Cache.Thanks for the Adventure

Thanks for the great cache Dusselaar1(8D)

Quick find. TFTC Dusselaar1.

An easy multi. TFTC Dusselaar1.

#1983
My Geowife and I had been down at Jenolan Caves for the weekend with a group of friends. I decided to take the "scenic" route back out via Oberon. As we were on our way home, I decided to find just one cache and when I pulled up to admire the park, I discovered we were opposite this little multi. We found the walnut tree easily enough although my GZ was about 13m away. The required information was soon discovered and we were on the hunt. It didn't take long to discover the hide. The hint was a bit misleading. Perhaps the gardeners have been busy. Also, I would consider this container a micro. None of this mattered as the cache is easy to locate. Thanks Dusselaar1 for a nice little stop in Oberon. I'll be back one day to complete all the others in the area.

Found this one with Team Webguy after having some lunch nearby in town.
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Quick and easy find today, colder so bugger all people in the park.

Found it after reading bikerbuddies hints. CO please fix

Now where are my kids???????

The final find of our trip to Dubbo for the long weekend. When the car GPS decided that coming here from Bathurst was the fasted way home to Canberra I was a bit surprised and we stopped off here to stretch the legs and find a cache.

After the calculations I was led to somewhere which did not match the hint at all. So I went back and re-checked everything and returned. In the end I found something which matched about 13 metres from my calculated GZ. There was a mint tin with a scrap of paper with the cache name inside, so I hope it was right.

Thanks Dusselaar1

Found it on a cold windy day.

Tftc, put cover back as suggested.

My first multi. Tftc.

Tftc

A neat puzzle that lead to an excellent nearby hide.

I do like these hides that are there right in front of other people's eyes but they don't know to look for them.

The puzzle was solved fairly quickly although my mentals are not as good as Mrs PNPs.

TN L GC for delivery to other Aussie puzzle caches-happy travels!!

TFTC Dusselaar1

TFTC, nice wee multi to start the day. Kiwi Chris and Pelhanka.

Lovely short multi done on sunny morning when while headin back from caves. Nice easy find with kiwi_chris. Now searching something to eat here. TFTC.

After spending the night in Oberon for a 50th, I was able to grab a few caches before leaving town. TFTC.

The new" Nussbaum" tree has crinkled leaves .Magirus from Switzerland

A quick find in d beautiful park.
SL TFTC

Spent the minimum of time collecting this cache and lots of time enjoying the very cool play equipment at this park. Anyone with geo kids and geo teens should not miss this one. I loved the mouse run whilst geo teen enjoyed the flying fox. A great little spot. Thanks for bringing us to this place. The log was rather wet though. TFTC.

Found it but our coords seemed a bit off. TNLN.

Found it. A little wet. Will need some time to dry out.

Took a caching trip through Lithgow, Sodwall, Tarana and out to Oberon on what turned out to be an ever increasing wet day. Despite the rain, there was plenty of opportunity to collect a few caches and have a most pleasant day.

The rain was quite heavy now so I made the calculations from the safety of the car and then off to GZ. Cache located, log signed and all replaced.

Tks ... Dusselaar1 ... GazMag

#1,853

Using an iPhone couldnt find it. Eagle eye Phil used the clues and found it. Took a badge left a can