History in Buss Park Bundaberg South, Queensland, Australia
By Team Fuddley on 14-Jun-09. Waypoint GC1TNK5

It would seem that this one is gone.

I was here nice and early before most of Bundaberg had sobered up
And so I had a nice peaceful stroll around to work out the coords for GZ.
GZ was an easy find, but alas !!! [:o]
This cache is no longer in residence

Being a geocacher of staunch morals, I cannot claim a find on this definitely missing cache

Nice hiding spot though, which really needs some maintenance to restore the find ability of this historic cache

Sorry Fuddley,
your cache is MIA
But I did enjoy the stroll and history [^]

Had just ordered Indian across the road for dinner with friends and decided it was a good quiet time to do this one. Dark and no one around in the park. Went around and found the clues and was a little disappointed to only find remnants of what was the cache. No log found.

Cache was gone so we put a piece of paper inside until is replaced. Had lots of fun finding it.

Flowers were gorgeous and I probably spent more time sitting down and taking in the beauty of the garden than caching. Too many muggles having lunch, so I'll have to come back with geohubby and kids so I don't look too suspicious.

Nice hide out and about

Guessed the wrong year for the dedication so that threw out the point in my gps. Anyway did this cache the old fashioned way read the hints and logs. Spent about 25 minutes at the park looking in every garden bed so i thought. Did a sweep twice then on the third time round spotted something I hadn't seen before and lo and behold there was the cache hiding in a sneaky spot. So I had the cache ready to sign it and my pen decides not to work LOL!! So back goes to the cache and over the road I head a bit to the newsagent to buy 2 new pens just in case! So sneakily got the cache back and signed with the first pen LOL. TFTC Fuddleys!!

After a day swimming and visiting bundy we had dinner in the park while looking for the glues
Then found the sneaky little cache and signed the log
Thanks for a great cache

The hint is very useful. We didn't work out the co ordinates

Quite clever

2nd last 1 for the long fun day. to make it better i wrote down the wrong coordinates. im not sure if it was me or the person telling me.(i wrote 50 instead of 52).Anyway we went for a drive 3km out of town. then came back,found out what went wrong, laughed a little. then went on our way to the correct spot. thank you for helping us to a great day, Fuddley. we had a blast. Great day great weather great company

It pays to check, double check, and check again you have put in exactly the right numbers of the Co Ords or you go the long way about it. Finally had this one in hand. Clever little hiding spot. TFTC Fuddley

Loved this cache. We did not realise that Bert Hinkler died at such a young age. TFTC Fuddley

Found with VernonDursley early saturday morning whilst in Bundy for doll show. Cache is in a lovely manicured park. Great history lesson and cleverly hidden cache.
This was my very first one.

Enjoyed doing this multi cache in the beautiful park and learning something of the history of Bundaberg.
We thought the cache was very creative and really appreciate the thought and effort that went into it, especially in the position it was placed. [^] TFTC Team Fuddley

This was a good find late in the afternoon of a big day caching in Bundy with Firsttime4us2. The clues were retrieved easily, it was just a matter then of working out how to get the coords into the new GPS. Hmmm once we did we proceeded to GZ where we quickly located the treasure. Great clue. TFTC Fuddley, we liked this one alot.

2nd try love this cache and get to right coordinates. With RaceyT

Having parked the caravan safely away at Free Camp cache we headed off for a day of caching. Beautiful weather and a great selection of creative hides which us challenged on several occasions. A really great day capped off when we met up with Port Macquaries cachers Bill and Di Morgan who were also caching around the Bundaberg area. A well thought out multi. Some beautiful flower beds around here.
Thanks to Fuddley.

Another cache we completed with Liz and Bruce. Lots to learn completing this multi.
These gardens will terrific in the spring.
TFTC Fuddley

This cache I actually stumbled upon before even reading the description I was in the park and sat down on garden bed (lucky enough at GZ) I got my phone out to read description and i saw the cache location saw somethin odd about it and there you go there was a cache.

Worked the calculations and learned a bit of history, followed the GPS and came to near GZ a bit of a look around and the hiding place was found. TFTC Fuddley.

Avery nice park, a bit of history and a neat hide. Thanks Fuddley.

great hiding place, my daughter was so excited when she found it. Shake and Bakers

Dinner with Stealth Seeker at Rendezvous Restaurant (how great was that) could only be topped of with a final cache for the day. The park is looking particularly nice at the moment - the flowers are amazing. We located the info required and then SS managed to find the well disguised container. Thanks Fuddley. You've kept us very busy this weekend.

After a wet day of caching that involved a lot of walking through tall grass and rocky ground, chest deep in mangrove creeks, then braving the wrath of werekoalas, we were replenished with a lovely dinner and then a very interesting historical and flat level short walking cache. Great disguise on the container. TFTC

I will blame team fuddley for my caching parter being distracted and wondering off to find a munzie.I started the first stage, Elliott soon rejoined me to continue this interesting multi.Always good to learn some history about the area.Saturday afternoon was a good time to do this cache, as there were no overprotective gardners to deal with[^]. After completing all the calculations, and a bit of a fossic around the cache was soon found. To my surprise a fresh replacement log and ants Arrgh[:o]!!!A quick tap fixed that and the little blighters were running in all directions.After attempting to replace the cache, I soon discovered what was the attraction for the ants[?]. It appears some muggle kiddie has discovered the cache and poured a small amount of sherbet(wizz fizz)inside the cache container. I was able to establish this when I found the packet obstructing the replacement of the container. Anyway at least the did not destroy it . Sherbet & empty packet removed, cache replaced. TFTC Team Fuddley

Replaced log book and cleaned out the ants, otherwise all is well

Actually found this one on 4th Dec with Endz_of_tha_world

Log book is full

Great hide, was the Gem Fair this weekend too so I went in and bought some goodies, park was suprisingly quiet TFTC

Found my first Cache !! Well done on the Hide... not as hard as I thought it may be.. TFTC

Little AG showed me this one. Great cache TFTC.

Another great display by the council gardener. A real showpiece garden for the Bundy in Bloom celebrations. Well done Fuddley, another puzzle solved.TFTC

Had fun checking out the clues and admiring the Colourful garden display by the council gardeners. Thanks Fuddley for bringing us here to this lovely garden in the heart of town. TFTC

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.

The gardeners do a good job here and it shows. SL TFTC

Sixth of our afternoon caching run with now experienced geonephews Daniel and Joshua. First multi for them. Took us longer to sort out the wp's on the phone then it did to work through this one. Excellent sized first multi, although it wasn't until we were heading for the final gz that we realized ... It's another Fuddley. But no probs, Daniel swooped on the cache like he'd been the one to hide it ... Say it isn't so ? Sir Fuddley becoming predictable? No chance, scary brain this man has, but this one clicked real quick. Thanks for inviting us into your backyard this weekend mr F ... But we aren't finished with you yet.

Great fun plus a good little history lesson, great job hiding the cache

Previously logged under a team account. Re-logging with my individual account.

Time to head back to the motel surely. It was after 9pm, we'd been up since before 4 am, we'd lost count of how many caches we'd done and we were tired.

But this cache was nearby. It was quiet and outside of business hours. We had tried to solve this one from internet searches but hadn't had any luck with the first question.

So we wandered around in the dark juggling torch, PDA, pen, paper and GPSr until we found the numbers and then the well disguised cache.

Nice bit of history.

TFTC Team Fuddley

A great little multi for us today. Gaz'n'Kab had the questions lined up for us as I found answers and Fangsoki crunched the numbers. Soon had our waypoint projected and we were off, through the many muggles around today. Lovely little jaunt through the park, many of the gardens were bright with colourful flowering plants. Sat down at GZ and Gaz soon plucked the cache out. Very nice little hidey job indeed. Passed the log around as some muggles inquired if we were here for the dog walk today. Sorry, no. Replaced cache, which blends in perfectly to top off a straight-forward multi. TFTC.

There were plenty of muggles out and about around town today, so we had to be very stealthful collecting the answers and finally grabbing the cache

Love the easy multi's

TFTC Team Fuddley

Gaz'n'Kab

This was an enjoyable and simple little multi. We located the clues and then calculated a GZ. Even though there were a few muggles about, Gaz was able to swoop on this one un-noticed. The cache was in good condition. A very nice little park indeed. TFTC Team Fuddley

In town to deliver Petunia to the Bundy Doll Show I had three hours to fill. That should mean half a dozen caches on a good day... Started with this one as the park was quiet early in the morning. Soon had the cache in hand after a history lesson. Have to admire the park. It's in perfect condition. TFTC

We managed to find this at 1230hrs on Friday....how about that!! Great hide. Luckily the gardeners were at lunch. TFTC

Took geokids and had two DNFs. Geokids are getting sick of it.

This was a terrific hide.

Very well hidden cache. Learnt alot about Buss Park and Bert Hinkler. TFTC!

There were a few homeless muggles enjoying the sunshine in the park while I was looking for the answers. I gathered the information and plugged in my calculations and found myself in a area that could not have a cache so I checked againg and found that I had made a mistake. The new coordinates took me to a well hidden cache. Well made. TFTC.

Our first multi-cache, on our way home and thought we would have a look at it. Took note left magnet TFTC

Found @ 8:53am by The Griffin's 4
Great challenge; very crafty and well-thought out hide.
TFTC TNLN

not far away from our hostel, we found this cache pretty fast

Great cache.SL Took Pathtag(Thanks Coruze!) Left Mary medal.TFTC

Great multi with some great history. Waiting for traffic at GZ was the main key at this cache. Quick dash SL TN Left Path Tag T4TC

This entry was edited by Coruze on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 at 04:13:44.

Found by the leauge of extraordinary cachemen

Nice hide and the calculated co-ords are absolutely spot on.

Found it.
SL.....TNLN.....T4TC.
troobloo

At 1st Mr Gap & I ran around trying everything we could see, finaly had to put our heads together with the L&L Junkies & Bedmaker - I got to do the hard work of holding the brollie while everyone gathered beneath and soon it was found TFTC Mr Fuddley

Found this one with the rest of the gang before we went in search of some lunch. What a delightful park . MrL&L may have forgotten the photos but I didn't [^] !

Found this with the L&LJ's, Pigwig and Agap.
Didn't have to worry too much about muggles as it conveniently started to rain as we arrived.
Well that doesn't stop a cacher, so out came the brollies and we all gathered the info required.
Loved the hide, it's placed just so that if there where muggles you should still be able to retrieve it.
A very pretty little park and a memorable cache,
TFTC.

The Junkies, bedmaker and Miss Wig enjoyed this little multi, although have to admit, Miss Wig and I tried to short circuit this one with the hint in hand ... but without luck

When we did find it after doing all the hard work... oh that is a bit sneaky

Thanks Fuddleys for the history lesson.

Now that's a lovely little park to spend some time in. Found the information easily and calculated GZ. With a group of five, we didn't have to worry too much about stealth, so grabbed the goods and signed the log. TN/LN and was so taken by the colourful floral display, I forgot to take photos of it.

we arived today and found all the clues fairly quickly. The final con-ordinates were calculated when all of a sudden a group came out of somewhere and were taking their time to disperse. anyhow we though we would at least peruse GZ and geson saw it immediately and we were able to grab and sign without detection as the crowd were on the other side. Nifty hide and good to see a rare tribute to engineers

TFTC

Found (10:43) today...

Very educational - learnt something had no idea of here .... realised us Aussies pretty inventive but haddn't realised our part in the development of these machines..[^].

Nice easy multi with a sneaky location @ GZ

TNLNSL

Thanks Team Fuddley for the cache

Found it quiet easy but retrieving it was a bit harder,
two gentlemen were sitting close by,but after watching
them for a while they looked to interested in reading
the paper than watching us. TFTC

Lovely park, and I found the info about cane harvesters interesting - never occurred to me they were manufactured 'locally'. Nice hide! (Ants liked it too, but I moved them on.) TFTC Team Fuddley.

Good hide would not have thought of it
TFTC

A nice way to learn a bit of Bundaberg history and a clever hide in such a public place. SL. The note about free WiFi will be useful as well. TFTC Team Fuddley.

Watch thre ants they stayed with me for a couple of hours.

Checked on this one today and all is still in place as it should be

Worked out the answers with mum (Travelling Sculptors) and headed for the GZ. I'm sue I got the right place, even check it against the clue. Nothing to be found. I even checked again the next day, still no luck. Argh well, I'll have to check again when I'm next in Bundaberg (might be awhile considering I live near Newcastle NSW).

Worked out the answers, went to retrieve cache, but was not there. Worth checking.

Had worked out answer for WP2 at home last week. Found answr for WP1 quickly and soon was at GZ at 0630. Thanks Team Fuddley for another fun cache.

Found at 3.00pm GAFF3. These parks are so neat!
Thanks Team Fuddley

Thanks for the history lesson and thanks for the cache.

Found on a day out with Modelbear. TFTC

Early Sunday morning not the best time to find this one as nearby church service just about to start. With some stealth and the coordinates which we had sussed the day before it was a quick find. TFTC.

What fun! This cache had us all guessing and following clues. TFTC

Found his one quite easily whilst showing the Groomsters how to geocache. TFTC

Found nice one hidden at 7 am due no muggle there..Lovely Park.T.F.T.C

All set to go again cache is in a slightly different location using a different type of container, hopefully it will last longer this time.
Happy hunting

I always knew it would be difficult to keep a cache in this park, but I did think it would last longer than this Looks it I will have to change the hide to beat the gardeners.

Found it No. 1815 ... lovely day for a walk in the park ... TNLN

Missed out on FTF by 3 minutes according to logbook entry.
Noticed FTF logged at 9.00am, Checked time on my GPS and it was 9.03am.
Great hide Fuddley, I do enjoy your Multi's
TFTC, TNLN

Found this on the last day of our 3 day stay in Bundaberg. Good way to start the day with a FTF multi.
Very clever cache container. Thanks Fuddleys for this and many other caches around here.

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