Romancing the Stone Castlecrag, New South Wales, Australia
By dielaughing on 26-Apr-09. Waypoint GC1QM9Z

RIP Romancing the Stone

Any news?

Will check ASAP

I too came and found the same thing as the previous finder Obvious cache lid from a 200ml Systema painted grey, and a zip lock bag... couldnt find the other half or the log book unfortunately... Lovely spot, gotta be wary of the neighbors looking down from their dining room too Will need a look at!

Had a good look but no luck. Found near the waterfall half of a matt army green painted cache looking box. Am wondering if it has been tampered with. If not I will head back and have another look.

Second attempt at finding this one, but no luck
We will try again soon!
The Rabbitohs

Found by Nanny and Bo on a warm Saturday afternoon.
A nice little cache in a nice little park.
Signed the (new) log book.
TNLN.
TFTC

Found after returning from Tahmoor. GZ was occupied by a muggle throwing sticks into the pond for his dog to chase, so it was an entertaining wait. While he had his back turned we had a feel and found it. Quick sign, nothing obvious, and it was back in its hiding spot. TFTC , lovely area in the middle of suburbia

What a spectacular park! However, there were two factors working against us today.

First, the volunteer brigade were out in force clearing out weeds and second, the logs in the GPX file I was using suggested that the cache was missing (which seems to no longer be the case).

Oh well, inspiration to go back another day.

Wow, what a picturesque park! Geodog and geokiddies had heaps of fun. Even did a bit of Cache In Trash Out. Found the cache, but it's more under a prickly bush than under a rock. Swapped trackable Orangenorthernlite for new "Watch Out for this!". TF fixing the cache!

TFTC from Hungary! Coin out..

FInally got around to replacing this.
The waters must have risen quite substantially during the last school term.
It's high and dry and ready to be found again.
Cheers.

Will go and check for the cache in the next few days.

Second time DNF, I looked for ages too, Maby it is time for a check?

searched for a while but rain got heavier so retreated back to the car, will have another go on a nicer day!

No luck today, maby next time

Took no pebbles but left my tag No 46. If I get back this way I will bring some more interesting geological samples.

Capellaman- Found today,not a soul around. TFTC. TNLN SL

What a beautiful location! I live 2 minutes from here but didn't know this waterfall was here. Unfortunately we didn't find the cache, but I will be back to search another day.

What a great waterfall, it must look great on a sunny day after the rains, SL TNLN TFTH

took ages
it was a challange. Eventually got it after much scavanging.

A great park in the middle of suburbia, and interestinf read about the long nose turtles. The cache was quickly in hand. TFTH...SL....TNLN

Alas! No luck on this one!!

found a-ok.
pity the 4 stones are basically just that - stones, rather than something nice looking.
had none to leave this trip.
Nice waterfall & pond too.

Wow! A momentous occasion for many reasons!! 1 Getting into the spirit of Valentine's Day we sought a cache with some aspect of romanticism. And off we went. Found the place crawling with rogainers on a trek with a stopping point at Butt Park. Clued an interested father and son into the Geocaching game and then went on the hunt. 2 The waterfall was really flowing after days of heavy rain and it looked as if the water had risen up and under the cache hiding spot but the little box was safe and dry!! 3 (!!!) This is our centenary cache. Hurray. TNLN SL TFTC Cheers.......Gaztek

This had a bit of action today. A couple of other geocachers were loitering at GZ whilst we where there to!

It did have a bit of Romancing the Stone feel about it- grabbed the TB. TFTC!

nice ! after 3 attempts of finding this cache i finally found it! .Dropped of a mega event micro geocoin!

checked up on the cache and dropped off a couple of TB's

Found it placed trackable

It is is a bit tricky to find but if you search around for a little while you will find it.
Could everyone actually put stones into it and not random things. (When I went there i found a crappy broken radio and a footy card [:(!] )
Thanks, Nick.

The cascades were in their full glory today, after all the recent rain.
The cache was a little exposed, so we placed in a little further into its hidey hole.
Thanks for the fun of the find.

This was extremely hard to find i was about to give up but then me and my friends as we were leaving saw a little box we found it !!!!

Took a little searching though found easily. TFTC. SAC

No luck but saw a long neck turtle under the water fall.

great find first aussie one!!!!

did a bit of searching... but no luck

Another close to work one I hadn't got around to. Anna lived a lot of her life in the Willoughby area and never knew this park existed. Nice easy find today, left a TB. Thanks dielaughing. Very pleasant spot to relax despite being so close to Eastern Valley Way.

Finally had time to stop and nab this cache. Found after a bit of a search

Late in the day we parked nearby, crossed the busy road and found this fascinating little park complete with waterfall. Happily we had it to ourselves as well. The cache was soon found however for some reason we could not discern it was half full of water. The container did not appear damaged. The log book was OK and we dried everything out. No swaps but picked up the Trojan geocoin.

Just dropping off a Geocoin I have had in my possession for far too long.
Apologies to the owners for my procrastination.
dielaughing

A very interesting and scenic spot, a bit out of place in the middle of Sydney, but thanks to 'dielaughing' for bringing 'Gowza' and I here! We nabbed this one after a short search and admiring the scenery, TFTC

156 - Funny how these delightful spots seem to go unnoticed...! This is a location that is very worthy of a cache... TFTC

Could not find it, spent one hour!

Nice little spot that you would never know about if it wasnt for caching as most people would just drive by. It would be interesting to know how many locals dont even know this place is here.
Any way after a bit of a search as our gps was a little off on this one and GK3 told us the wrong hint the cache was soon in hand.
Thanks for showing us this little place.
TFTC

we got very wet when we got down there but lease we found the cache

nice easy cache and make sure everyone becarful becuse it is very wet down there.

Definite feeling of Deja vu in this little oasis...another name, another time perhaps. Thanks for the reminiscence.

TFTC SL TNLN.
Hint made it easy, but WELL worth the ride.
I love waterfalls, no matter how small : )
Very beautiful area.


[This entry was edited by ian.peter.scott on Monday, September 07, 2009 at 6:05:05 AM.]

TNLN SL TFTC

What an amazing spot with so much water flowing over the waterfall. The water in the pool was very clear and we saw a large water dragon scuttle under the rocks. There were a few Bush Regeneration workers meeting at the top of the park so we quickly made our way to the cache and logged and replaced it before they came to work at GZ, Lucky, eh? A really lovely spot, thanks dielaughing

Loved the waterfall, TFTC

How can we have driven past this cool waterfall so many times without knowing that it was there? Awesome.

Took some convincing to get the Geokiddy to relinquish GeoGem, but logic prevailed!

Despite great satallite reception, the GPSr had Mr Ozjeeper going in circles for a while. Butt it was eventually found thanks to the hint. Thanks for bringing us here - we love finding hidden parks like this one that you would only know about by going Geocaching.

** Coordinates Changed From **
S 33° 47.939 E 151° 12.556
Distance From Old: 40.7 feet
Like in the film, everyone's trying to steal it.
Now I hope it's hidden a little better.

This one is up and running again.
Only one 'stone' in it at present.
You might want to give it a little while before you fill it with TB and coins. Just to make sure the thieves have lost the scent.

After a run in with some reprobates, this one will be back once I have found a new (harder to find) position for it.

I did a cache in almost the same spot years ago when I first started caching. Cache was well hidden but has been plundered. Whoever it was stole everthing from the cache except the log book and made a not in the logbook advising they had stolen the contents.

TNLN

Found with Sandy Feet, very disappointing to find the contents had been robbed! Even took the pencil - we did not have a spare one to leave in it

What a magic spot right in the middle of the burbs. Really spectacular today with all the rain. Left George Washington and Franken GC

Hunted around for awhile in the wrong places (including getting wet), but got it in the end.
Lovely waterfall, especially after a week of rain. GeoSon brought his gum boots and had a fabulous time in the muddy park.
Left super ball Took cube SL TFTC
Dropped in TBs for a brief visit before grabbing them back.

found the big pond and waterfall. nice spot.
recent rain makes for nice water flow and fairly clear view of the lake and water.

squeaky and Patrick loved the trek and the going around all the park views.

Picked up the www.geofish.net digitalfish and moved it up to The Gates, tiny as it is.

first encounter of TB's took all three.

other than that, TNLN. (must plan rocks and crap to drop) TFTC, lovely spot right next to the busy afternoon traffic, yet quiet.

TFTC

Dropped off Fifth Element Water TB and Vroom Car TB.

There was room, so I dropped Climber bug off as well.

Dropped in to leave 2 x TB's.

Third cache of the day and it's a work day as well!

Nice easy stop on my way home, just enough light to climb down to GZ,

I didn't have any stones with me so left a pencil instead, also took the TB.

Lovely spot for a cache, I drive past this little park every day and never knew it was here.

TFTC.

Geodaughter and I tried to find this cache on Sat 9th May, but arrived too late and couldn't locate it in the twilight. We came back on 12th with the geodogs and found it easily.They had a great time swimming in the creek!

Left pebble from creek, and took a marble.

TFTC, GSPVX

The heavens opened up as I reached GZ here. Found the cache easily enough, then waited 10 minutes for the rains to abate prior to continuing my 10+ mile trek around the area for a total of 11 caches today. Swapped a digitalfish from California for one of the TBs in the cache. TFTC!!

There were a few muggles around the area viewing the water fall which was flowing nicely thanks to the rain an hour earlier. Swapped the Canadian Friendship Bracelet TB for the Transformer TB that 'The Voucher' had dropped off an hour earlier.

Nice quick find, drove past this park just about every day on the way to work for the last 11 years and always wanted to check it out. Thanks for me there taking me there.
TNLN
Cheers

I had visited once before, but my sprained ankle wouldn't let me get to the cache. It had headed somewhat and allowed my to make a very pleasant find.

very nice park with photo opportunities with the little waterfall at sunset , thanks beaki

Took me a couple of minutes to discover where this one was hidden without getting wet but I got there eventually.
Left 2 TB,s but took nothing.
TFTC

found thanks to TheVikings, no thanks to our wayward GPS!

swapped TBs with TheVikings.

this cache is in our local area, but we've never known of this lovely spot until today!

TFTC

When arriving at GZ we found a fellow cacher, 5m1thy, searching for the cache. Nice meeting you!
Found the cache after having first looked at the wrong side of the water.
Took TB Monskey which 5m1thy had dropped, left GC 1701.

Nice little park this. The falls and splash pool make this a very attractive spot. Searched everywhere and came up trumps in the end. TNLNSL. TFTC.

I grabbed this one before moving on to "The Gates". I've driven past here many times every week for years and never bothered to stop and check it out before. Nice spot and thanks for showing it to me.


Took: GC * 2

TFTCSL

Another good cache to find while walking the dog.
As there was no pen and I had no pen I had to walk
to my cache (The Pen Box) and take a pen.
(Lucky how I have a plastic box full of pens under a rock
in a park for when I need them!)
I generously donated the pen and TNLN. TFTC!

This cache is a real little gem - a little oasis complete with rock feature, waterfall and cache guardian. Very enjoyable, dielaughing, thanks for this one!

What a nice area to have a cache. The ground was a bit wet after recent rains but nonetheless a nice place.
I saw a lady in a business suit watching me as I walked back to the car. It turned out to be Agent Provocateur. We had a nice chat about things Geocaching and then departed for our next caches. AP I should have warned you about getting dirty, Sorry. It was nice to meet you.

Left striped polished stone
Took memories.
TFTC

Hunter/Finder

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=691743d8-3cc3-442a-a4c6-2cbee8f3436a

A bit of history... the previous cache that was here.. check the co-ords out....

I suspect this park has been busy today. And what did I learn? Scrabbling around on slimy rocks will result in the need for dry cleaning if you are foolish enough to wear a work suit. Also bring a torch (which happily I did).

Also had the chance to meet Hunter Finder (whose cache I got on the weekend co-incidently). So we stood and chatted for a while.. about? what else? caching. Clever hides and hard finds etc etc. Nice to meet you HF.

TFTC
AP

PS. Dropped coins I'm no Square and Flip a Friend. Flip a friend is just starting out and eager for some cool stories.

Our last cache for the day. Pleased we didn't attempt this on a wet day but on a lovely sunny day it presents no problems. Left two stones, one a small piece of jade, the other unknown. I like the concept.

Third time in 24 hours that Geomatica has beaten us for the FTF. Yesterday arvo we missed out on "Ferndale" by a few hours, and earlier this morning at "The Gates".
Never mind.... just have to get up earlier.
TFTC

passing some trackables through

Well I was just on my way out the door to attend the Geocaching NSW 101 meeting and this came up on the radar.

Woo Yeah... FTF!!! found at 18:39

Great little spot.

Quick find in the most likely of spots when you think about it.

TFTC TNLN

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