Sandy Creek - trash trap Ellen Grove, Queensland, Australia
By Ozibags on 20-Sep-09. Waypoint GC1YWGR

It was in the handrail, but seems to have been muggled - the muggler will know where to look next time so I'll archive it.

Will take off-line until it can be checked.

First DNF of a very unsuccessful day geocaching today

No luck, probably been muggled

Seems to be 'the' hot spot for graffiti artists...even stumbled across a few hard at work.
Searched high and low but came up empty for this cache.
I noticed all of the scratching around from previous geo-hunters...and after reading previous logs was pleased to see that others had no such luck either.
If GZ was a bit more pleasant looking...I may have stayed longer.
Unless the co-ords are out...or it's been muggled.

Nothing stupidly obvious for me on this one.

Found a spot to park easily however we couldn't find the cache...searched high and wide but nothing. Thanks.

We needed to wait out a local smoker, we sheltered under a tree away from the rain while waiting. SL TFTC

nice and easy one, TFTC

Nice easy find with a small hint from Stairman1. TFTC

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

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

Nice easy find on our way home from uni.

TFTC Ozibags

Gaz'n'Kab

Heading from today's event to find 'the group' for dinner, driving past and nabbed this one . You know, Mr L&L could have just pointed me in the right direction, but he really is mean when it comes to hints ...even for his wife! Found easily after a short search. There was a lot of water through these pipes a few months ago. Today there was a family of wrens in the trees nearby flitting from branch to branch. TFTC Ozibags.

I had tried for this one before but it had gone missing. Today was a different story. It came to hand fairly easy today after a small hunt. I loved the container for this one - very clever - the mounting was good too. The cache is in good condition. TFTC Ozibags - thanks for giving me a smile

Nice to find a new log book in a new container. Looks great. TFTC

Up and running again. Thanks Lat & Long Junkie.

Disabled until it can be checked out!

Well felly50 did better than me. I could not even see it. I am fairly sure where the hide was. I hope it is still there. TFTH Ozibags

We think we found it but could not reach it

Take a child with for this one. Need geokid fingers! TNLN

Found (11:40) with geodaughter just before the rain started again....

Thank goodness for small hands...

TNLNSL

Thanks Ozibags for the cache...

Found it with dad (kaisho53) while waiting for my sister to finish work....

Nice easy find - my small hands mad getting cache easier than dad's big hands.. heh heh

TNLNSL

Thanks for the cache..

Quick find with my daughter on an arvo getting out of the house.

Again another interesting location - GZ spot on

This entry was edited by ruzzelz on Friday, 27 August 2010 at 22:24:07.

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Heehee - second cache where the ManGecko had first try and failed. Got to practise my supercilious smile. TFTH

Quick find while waiting for COACH P to finish golf at Gailes. TFTC!

Well, it's not the prettiest spot, but it certainly isn't as bad as some I've seen! A nice easy find while waiting for the father-in-law to finish a round of golf nearby, although retrieval was difficult as the cache was fairly deep. The bag is too big and (perhaps as a result) is shot to pieces, but the log is high and dry and I wouldn't consider it to be at risk of getting wet at all. TFTC Ozibags!

found on our first expidetion

A nice quick cache on the way home from shopping in Brisbane.

found it easily. geokid spotted and pulled it out.TFTC

I managed to get to this cache from the wrong side .... all good fun though. cheers

This was a clever one. We are having much more success with the iPhone Geocaching app, placed us within 4 mtrs of location.

Passed a local graffiti artist on the way to this cache . Creek didn't look too bad today which is great - we have certainly seen worse!! TFTC Ozibags

Found it No. 2697 ... walked straight to the spot ... TNLN

Good hide this one. TFTC!

Nice quick find at night...great fun!

TNLN SL

Had the two boys to give Geowife a break and what else to do then go caching. A quick find and a little explaining to the boys how the trap system worked.
JAbs.

nice quick, clever cache. TFTC SL

Quick find the the way home from a visit to family. TFTC

Spot on, a nice quick find.

A very quick find thanks to excellent coords.

A quick find, Thanks. (logging now when I have access to a pc)

No trash in here today so the flowing water looked ok. Found and cache all fine. TFTC.

We decided that a rainy Sunday afternoon was a great time to grab a few caches.

this was number seven on our list, and proved an easy find, in the second spot we looked.

TFTC

Out this wet afternoon with Ant24 and Geobub grabbing a few caches.

A nice easy find.

TNLNSL

TFTC

Yep, recent rain has trapped the trash again. Beware the rusty wire. Found by 9yo son after a few minutes. Thanks Ozibags. TNLN.

good cache and I like the waterfall

Muggle workmen were just finishing mowing the area as we arrived and were gone by the time we reached GZ. We found the cache in the second place we looked. There didn't look to be too much rubbish in the trap today but a lot of water was running in. TFTC

We parked at the near by diner and wandered over the bridge.

Being before 6:00 am on a PH, the place was very quiet.

We watched the recent rain cascading over the spillway and bringing more rubbish into the trap.

Found the cache in the second hidey hole.

TFTC

Spotted the cache nearly immediately, and since there was no-one around retrieved quickly. Not too much rubbish here today. TFTC

The trash trap didn't look too trashy today.
Must have had a clean out as there was just the odd plastic bag or bottle to be seen down there
My arrival at 10:00am was mistimed though as the ladies from the nearby business poured out for their morning addiction break.
So while they puffed their health into oblivion I strolled off to find another nearby cache.
15 minutes later the coast was clear and I quickly found where the cache was hiding
5 minutes later and I had worked out how to extract the cache from where it was hiding
TFTC and discovery of some new bike tracks with more exploration potential

Found at 0717 with Marg. Marg found this one but left it to me to retreive. A quick drive by. Cache OK and Dry. TFTC.

Found & logged at 12:49.

TFTC

Luckily the coordinates were spot on (less than 1 metre accuracy) as the cache was a bit deeper than I think it should have been and took a bit to retrieve it.

I wonder if there is any documentation of the origin of the water for the creeks in this area? I believe that they are artesian water.

We lived at Browns Plains and had a small creek there which ran permanently like this one ( even in the middle of the drought).

Quick find at 1105. Saying too much here would give away a quite easy find in a very easy to reach location. TFTC

found it. Shame rubbish there... don't have rubbish bag with me. next time
thanks for the cache and hunting.
cheers

Walked right up to this one. I like it when the GPSr is on the ball [^]. TN/LN/SL

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Jinga2 at 10:17am. Quite an easy find after checking a few places nearby; a good hide too. TFTC

Clever Hide and very good walk long path to closer next cache..............

We parked at the recommended location and made the short stroll to GZ.

This is one of those caches where GeoKids with small hands come in very handy!

The log book was signed and we headed off to visit some big scary trucks.

No swaps - thanks for the cache.

Found the cache dry and in good condition
Out on my first caching trip in ages. I was fortunate enough to be in the company of Steve & Family.
Ms Steve's nimble fingers soon had the cache in hand.

A great shame to see the stream so polluted by cans/trolleys and plastic crates.

Thanks

It was dark and muggy when I swung by GZ, after being lucky enough to score an early mark from night duty. I was amazed at the amount of traffic in the area at such a time of the day. As I shined my little neuro torch down into the dark waters of the creek, I thought "bollocks to this", hoping that the cache wouldn't be down there...

After quick search, the cache was in hand at 0410hrs. Another quality *FTF* as I signed the blank log sheet

Took the FTF pin. LNSL. Thanks for the cache, Ozibags.

As a suggestion for future hunters, you may want to bring a coat-hanger or length of wire with you

0410hrs... Geez Penguiny... Have you heard of a bed...

I swung by at 0755 on my way to work thinking I had a chance at FTF... Not this time though...

I spotted the container and could touch it with my fingertips but, had to make use of a twig for extraction. I placed it in a slightly more accessible position but, it will probably not stay there...

I was surprised at the amount of milk and bread crates in the water. Not much else but plenty of those...

Cheers Ozibags.

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