Piston Broke Arana Hills, Queensland, Australia
By PesceVerde on 15-Jun-09. Waypoint GC1TRKR

Cache disabled for now. It may need a rethink.

At W1 collected the clue, I needed and off to the final GZ.
Was being followed at one stage and stepped aside to let them go ahead.
Got to final GZ and soon had the cache in hand.
Interesting container, which I studied for a minute or two.
Pretended it had icecream in it and soon had it open without tools.
No. My piston is not broken. It is working very well, thank you.
Great little multi.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks PesceVerde All good with this cache

Thank you . Found with Matt_Eth .

Once we solved the puzzle, we hopped back in the car and drove to the listed coordinates. Good hiding spot - hard to climb back up to the road though Interesting cache container - took me a while to figure out how to open it! TFTC.

Interesting container. TFTC.

Interesting walk and a good clue is trust the GPS. Helped us with our walk for the day.

Had to smile at the info at WP1, and the stroll to GZ was pleasant. GPS was off at GZ, but the clue helped, and the cache was soon in hand. Took a while to work out how to open it

TFTC, PesceVerde. I do like a simple multi!

nice little night walk to find this one, tftc!

been wanting to get this for a while now...its nice to be able to tick it off the list, nice walk during the night

TFTC

Quick little multi with a few friends. Enjoyed the walk from WP1
TFTC

We arrived at GZ and were able to find the required information and had the final co-ordinates calculated and a path leading us there, that is jumping in the car and driving around,

The cache was quickly found, and well the logbook retrieval was a little harder than what we were expecting. There were many solutions put forward until the light bulb went on, which was just too obvious, and we had the cache open.

Logbook was inked and were off.

Clever container.[^]

Found while out and about today caching around the north side with Kaisho53 and Gunnie69.

TFTC PesceVerde

Out with Ghostgums & Gunnie69 today..

Can only say that getting there was the easy part - getting cache open had us stumped for quite a while....

Only after reading back through numerous logs did a spark appear & Gunnie came up with the correct suggestion...

So easy when you don't over think the darned thing...

Log was soon signed, cache replaced with additional cover & we headed on our way

TNLNSL

Thanks PesceVerde for this tricky cache

Hmm, it's fair to say that the first part of this cache was less challenging that the second bit for Ghostgums, Kaisho53 and I...

We had no trouble with the calculation and on arrival at GZ, found the cache easily. That was the end of the easy bit though as we made the log extraction waaaaaaay more difficult than it needed to be...

We tried a few things and failed to remove the lid. A closer look by all suggested it should not be that hard but me missed the obvious and spent a while scratching our heads... It was only on review of a previous log that something twigged and I managed to highlight the way in... oops, that was easy...

Business done, the cache was replaced and Ghostgums added some extra camo to keep it safe. Back up the hill, we headed off... [^]

Cheers PesceVerde.

Well, last time I was here I discovered that pictures don't always show up on my GPSr ... so with absolutely no idea of what I was looking for, except that a=a+2, I left. Didn't log a DNF, it was a DNHAC (have a clue).

Which meant that this part of my map had a glitch in it. A nasty looking green box that has sat there for a few moths taunting me.

Noting today that I was driving past to get to somewhere else I chose to leave a tad earlier to give time to stop and look. With requirements copied into User notes so I could read them. See? Learning the tricks of my tools finally.

OK, new coords calculated, and off for a little wonder through suburbia to what I can only describe as a fantastic little hidden treasure. I guess the locals know it's here, plenty of them out walking the family dog whilst I was around about. Lovely.

And what a great spot for a cache too. And a neat little container. Log signed, all returned safely. Mozzies having failed to carry me away now decided to push me back up the hill - but suddenly they weren't strong enough to shift me sadly.

Hmmm, I allotted a bit more time for caching, maybe one or two more can be slipped into the morning.

Thanks pesceverde. Think I took a Geocoin, but it appears to be unactivated, so can't say much more about it.

Found the information we needed quickly. It's New Year's Day and we were a bit lazy so got back into the car and drove closer to GZ. Just a short walk and we found a likely place to search. Soon the cache was in hand. Getting the log out of the container took a bit of head scratching but we finally worked it out. The cache container seemed very appropriate once we worked it out. TFTC

Cycled into the general area, parked the bike against a sign and turned on the GPSr. I've got the right sign straight away. LOL [:8D] That is a good start.

Off to GZ, no snakes to report Soon had the cache in hand.

Cache is in good condition and all is well.

Well.......
Found WP1 easily enough. Decided to walk to the final GZ. Of course we chose the hard way. Found the location for the final but almost stood on a good sized green tree snake on approach. He was guarding the are quite fiercely. Every time we thought he was moving away, he turned and headed back. He obviously didn't want us to be anywhere near so we moved off and left him in peace. Not logging as a DNF because if we could have, we would have. Thanks

Good find Slipped and twisted ankle+ few small cuts but luckily after i found it

TFTC. Thought would tackle a few multis today. Great.

Found at 1309. Quickly found took a bit to open it but not too difficult. With a little imagination I was able see where the name fits in. The clue was also a bit of a puzzle until I arrived at the GZ. An interesting cache, it was also dry and OK when found. TFTC.

Found this cache guarded by one massive huntsman spider! Very well done cache! Thanks for the cache!

Finally finished this one. Easy find. TNLN.

Thanks

Checked the cache today and closed it properly, again (ie: piston flush with the cylinder at both ends). It's starting to show rust with the ingress of water/moisture.

This was cache # 16 of 34 on day one of my Brisvegas Tour. I got to the sign and thought i would be in trouble as everything had been painted yellow by a spray can, thankfully the required information was still visible and i was soon on my way to GZ where the nice hide was soon found. My thanks to PesceVerde for the cache.

OH Pheew easy to find .... but return very hard steps up.. PHEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

a fun walk and find - cheers. sign difficult to read alas - I'm not even sure I got the right answer but the cache was easy enough to spot

Pulled up at the little park and went for a trot down to collect some information - this was simple enough. Debated whether I would go by car or foot. Decided I needed the exercise and off I set. A great area..even if it is between houses. Located the cache safe and sound. I was getting concerned that I could not get into the cache. I could not see anywhere in the past 20 logs that no-one hadn't gotten into it - I did not want to be the first! Sat down away from GZ and tackled it for about 10 minutes - and finally came up with the solution. Duh me! TFTC PesceVerde

I was in the area hot on the trail of some terrorists and this one flicked up on the screen.

Well...since I was so close I made a detour...the terrorists can wait .

Enjoyed a leisurely stroll along to gz where I found the cache dry and in good condition.

Thanks PesceVerde for the the cache and introduction to an area I hadnt visited before.

The joys of geocaching

Found on a very pleasant Sunday afternoon walk. Thanks for the cache. Andrew and Maryan

Rendam and geoson - great location and great cache!

Very enjoyable and peaceful walk to GZ and then back to the car with the additional instructions . Cache was found quickly but took longer to retrieve the log! I am sure I looked like some sort of slow monkey trying to figure it all out! Anyway, log was eventually signed and cache replaced. Saw an eel on the way back to the car but not much else in the way of wildlife today. TFTC PesceVerde

Mum saved my bacon on two counts here today: first I put the wrong number into my GPSr at WP1, leading me to a spot 40m off GZ. Second, I was having trouble with the cache container until she made a suggestion which worked and allowed me to gain access. So thanks Mum, and TFTC. ='.'=

at 15:04. We really enjoyed this one even though the steep hill to cross came as a bit of a surprise.

We had wrongly decided the advice in brackets in the hint was wrong and spent some minutes struggling with a pin until we accidentally found the trick. Very clever!

We also enjoyed the recommended trip home.

TFTC PesceVerde.

Looks like no-one (muggles) has disturbed the spot recently, so the cache is back in place and re-enabled.

Checked on the cache today while out exercising geodog and found the container in unusual condition.
Looks like a friendly muggle has spied the cache. Thankfully nothing seems to be missing.
The container is now removed, for the time being.

Just rained and not a sole in sight. nice spot especially after the rain

It was heavily raining on the 2 days I went to search for it. Took ages to find GZ but finally got there. Love the cache! Took travelbug, left a material badge.

Went to WP1 last week picked and up the needed clue, but didn't have time to follow it up.
Today when it had cooled off a bit, thought it was time to complete the task. Arrived at GZ, but owing to a couple of loitering muggles, continued down the path for a while. On return to GZ it was all clear and I could immediately understand what the clue meant. Interesting container, my brain must have been switched on, so no problems with getting it open. Left hanglider, took golden gun. SL. TFTC.

It was way too hot to do too much walking so I drove the car as close as possible to the new location. It was still a warm walk to the cache. Found it easily and left the Con Rod TB which might help for the broken Piston???

Sixth cache for the day and a little bit of a run around with this cache as I mis-read the clues but we got there in the end. Cache is nice and dry TNLNSL TFTC

Easy find but I had to sit and puzzle over how to open the container. Finally got it. TFTC

I had a couple of hour to kill while waiting for a dancing lesson to finish and what better to way to kill time than to go caching. I grabbed the The Marble and we headed off to WP1, a nice easy one to solve. Headed over to GZ thinking I really do need to improve my fitness. Thankfully I could have a seat while I worked out how to open the cache and then to sign the log. The walk back to the car was much more my style. TFTC

A nice area with all those lovely little walks through there. Spotted the cache straight away, had a bit of a fiddle and handed it over to DisSister who popped it open in no time. TFTC

Found unfortunately was unable to open it, having on hand in a cast. TFTC

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Jinga2 at 9:30am. Easy find today as we knew where it would be. TNLNSL A couple of muggles walking early. TFTC

Found with roac, lovely, quiet spot. TFTC saw World Diabetes GC

Found with 3 dancers, lovely, quiet spot. TFTC Picked up World Diabetes GC

[This entry was edited by roac on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 4:02:56 AM.]

A nice spot for a multi, found the required info and headed off in search of GZ. Arrived and soon had the cache in hand. TFTC.

This cache took me to another beautiful place that I never would have discovered if it wasn't for geocaching.
I had time today to do the suggested walk, so I also got some excercise as well.
Thanks PV for another clever cache.

326 - Found this one after a nice walk in the lovely surroundings at 2:21pm. Took the cache owners advice and did the loop walk, was well worth it. Found the interesting cache container and discovered the WDD GC and took the Space Shuttle GC to commence his journey. Also left a tiara that we found on our walk in the park. TFTC.

With money in me pocket I set off on a bike ride around the west this morning
Not broke and no pistons, how on earth was I going to find this cache [:o]
Heading in from up above I found meself in a place of bandicoots but still another few hundred metres to waypoint 1
Right on cue the lawn mowing brigade turned up and I was escorted the last couple of hundred metres along the path by a ride on muggle
With the answer to hand I breathed a sigh of relief that GZ was out of mowing range for a change [^]
I soon found the cache hiding 'under water' and took a comfy seat to fill out the nice dry log book
TFTC and ride.
I took the 'sauerkirshce round the world' geocoin and left a 'WDD 2007 Commemorative Geocoin'

Found with Mini-ogre and one of it's friends who was a first time hunter. In fact it was her that the cache however Mini-ogre said that is wasn't.
It was only after I check the area with Ogre No: 3 that we picked up the cache.
Bad luck Mini-Ogre.
Swaped GC for 1 that was in there. This was released by Ogre No: 3.
Cache all OK
A good hunt TFTC.

[This entry was edited by Pride of Ogres on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 1:05:54 PM.]

Another strike for Black Ops.
Cache OK
Lovely spot
TFTC
TNLN not even footprints

Found this with my best friend. A lovely spot and a nice walk.
Swapped geocoins.



TFTC

Final coords for the cache have been corrected slightly to:
S27 23.205 E152 56.7a1.

I was out with my boys, for a play on their scooters, and I found a good place to go. The clue was easily found and we had a nice stroll, scoot to GZ.

A great hide and no one around so we could look without problem.

TFTC

Found this one after dark. Could be a challenge when the jogging/walking/cycling set are in attendance. Co-ords had me reaching for the clue. I was a good 15-20 metres out. I somethings think my Garmin can't see at all in the dark . Took a while to find what your clue suggests. I was amazed no dogs barked in all the time I was there, waving my torch around. That's an interesting little contraption you have there for the cache [^]. Only needed some gentle pressure and the logbook was mine. TN/LN and headed off for one more before going home.

Enabled. The cache/top should now open with finger pressure.

Cache disabled for a short while.

After a very quite caching month I could hardly contain myself this afternoon. The geocycle was shod with new rubber after a couple of weeks R&R and the sun was out. Go west I thought and off I set winding my way upstream (yes in some places it was upstream in deed as the water was often across the paths.

After collecting the necessary clues I was able to make a beeline for the cache. Like K8 I poked around in lots of places where the cache was not before peeking at the clue. [:o)] After that it was plain sailing, well maybe not as after much twisting turning and trying to deal with the seized piston it is now broken [B)](Sorry)

It was too wet to go outside and play, so I decided to fiddle about on the computer, when up popped a new cache not far from home. The scent of a *FTF* over rule the thought of personal discomfort so it was into the geo-mobile and off on a quest. WP1 was soon located and the relevant calculation made. The GZ area was soon reached and I headed to an obvious area but the ol’ GPS said I was still 20m away, so it was off to another possible location. The GPS said I was at GZ then promptly told me to look a further 18m away. Hmm! Atmospheric conditions not good, so back to basic instinct and the cache was soon in hand. As the description states, there are many access points and I recommend cachers remember from which one they approached. It may save time searching for said geo-vehicle. TFTC

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