Cheep Cheep Thrill Paradise Point, Queensland, Australia
By
toucan2 on 17-Oct-09. Waypoint GC1ZYEE
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Logs
Great location, next to civilisations and right in nature. Props to the guys who put it here. Found it with my cousin.
Took a jet ski, water was very choppy
Found it with my cousin. Excellent hide and proud to have this cache under our belt Thank you!!
Found it with my cousin. Excellent hide and proud to have this cache under our belt Thank you!!
Woohoo! Last found nearly 12 months ago. A muggle with a boat. A muggle asking what caching is. He fell right into that one! 
Cache and log book are in immaculate condition.
Cache and log book are in immaculate condition.After few caches around wavebreak Island I plotted a course here.
Plenty of traffic on the water but I had GZ all to myself.
Log signed and the back to the boat ramp.
Thank you for hiding this geocache and keeping me entertained toucan2
R
Plenty of traffic on the water but I had GZ all to myself.
Log signed and the back to the boat ramp.
Thank you for hiding this geocache and keeping me entertained toucan2
R
Finally, I am able to catch up on logging various caches I found last month 
My plans to celebrate my 60th Birthday with family had been thwarted by the pandemic With my son and his family living in Christchurch, and my daughter and her family in Perth, there was no way of celebrating the occasion with them 
Plan C was therefore hatched and I headed down to the Gold Coast for a week of fun with barbbowman and FastEd59 instead 
We completed a variety of different caches while we explored the area and generally had a great time while we were at it.
Thank you toucan2 for placing the cache and for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy
My plans to celebrate my 60th Birthday with family had been thwarted by the pandemic With my son and his family living in Christchurch, and my daughter and her family in Perth, there was no way of celebrating the occasion with them Plan C was therefore hatched and I headed down to the Gold Coast for a week of fun with barbbowman and FastEd59 instead We completed a variety of different caches while we explored the area and generally had a great time while we were at it.
Thank you toucan2 for placing the cache and for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy
Finally catching up on back logs.
Down the coast for the week to help Mrs. JaT celebrate her 60th birthday.
Day to hit the water and go after some fishies. Did this one on the way.
TFTC
Down the coast for the week to help Mrs. JaT celebrate her 60th birthday.
Day to hit the water and go after some fishies. Did this one on the way.
TFTC
we bought the boat with us this week to visit some little fishies ...
a nice quick find on our way up to the fishies
a nice quick find on our way up to the fishies
This eluded me last visit there was def nothing in there last time but yaay now a smiley thanks for replacing TFTC LOKKY1
*..continued from above*
Arriving at GZ (now with a few cuts to my feet), a few options presented themselves. Plenty of tree hollows to explore within 15-20 metres of GZ. Some on the beach, some on the dunes, some in the mangroves. I checked them all and found only a sleeping python.
With no luck after about half an hour, I called Fangsoki who recounted where he knew the original to be and where he replaced it. Certainly nothing here now, and possibly some moving sands over time. Plus I feel like this area has more muggles than you'd expect. I chose to replace the geocache entirely, as close to GZ as possible. It's a big preform, tethered where it matches the hint and photos attached to this log.
Noticing the tide still going out and this island getting bigger, I made for my kayak and to leave before I had to drag it through mud. I packed it all up and pushed off. And still had to drag it across some mud banks; thankfully never having to get out.
Crossing the channel was just as fraught as the first crossing. Yachts, tinnies, jet skis, ripping tide. Except this time my arms were more tired and salt water was getting into cuts and blisters from both the paddle and poking about tree hollows. When I arrived back into the safety of the canal, I pulled up on a vacant pontoon to empty water out of my kayak.
Knowing the tide on the other side of Sivereign Islands was going to push me towards home was a relief as I paddled into the tide through the islands. Past the massive boats, through the weird currents and waves section and a gentle float back towards the bridge, the beach and my car.
Very rarely do I enjoy carrying my kayak up the beach, then putting it back onto the roof of my car after a paddle. But never less than today. My everything, especially arms hurt after those challenging 6-ish kilometres. But of course, I did. Happy to have gotten out for my monthly paddle, survived and found and old, challenging geocache too. I earned way beyond a T3 today, it sure felt well into T4.5 to T5 territory, regardless of how you get here I reckon. Thanks for this geocache, toucan2
Arriving at GZ (now with a few cuts to my feet), a few options presented themselves. Plenty of tree hollows to explore within 15-20 metres of GZ. Some on the beach, some on the dunes, some in the mangroves. I checked them all and found only a sleeping python.
With no luck after about half an hour, I called Fangsoki who recounted where he knew the original to be and where he replaced it. Certainly nothing here now, and possibly some moving sands over time. Plus I feel like this area has more muggles than you'd expect. I chose to replace the geocache entirely, as close to GZ as possible. It's a big preform, tethered where it matches the hint and photos attached to this log.
Noticing the tide still going out and this island getting bigger, I made for my kayak and to leave before I had to drag it through mud. I packed it all up and pushed off. And still had to drag it across some mud banks; thankfully never having to get out.
Crossing the channel was just as fraught as the first crossing. Yachts, tinnies, jet skis, ripping tide. Except this time my arms were more tired and salt water was getting into cuts and blisters from both the paddle and poking about tree hollows. When I arrived back into the safety of the canal, I pulled up on a vacant pontoon to empty water out of my kayak.
Knowing the tide on the other side of Sivereign Islands was going to push me towards home was a relief as I paddled into the tide through the islands. Past the massive boats, through the weird currents and waves section and a gentle float back towards the bridge, the beach and my car.
Very rarely do I enjoy carrying my kayak up the beach, then putting it back onto the roof of my car after a paddle. But never less than today. My everything, especially arms hurt after those challenging 6-ish kilometres. But of course, I did. Happy to have gotten out for my monthly paddle, survived and found and old, challenging geocache too. I earned way beyond a T3 today, it sure felt well into T4.5 to T5 territory, regardless of how you get here I reckon. Thanks for this geocache, toucan2
I can now understand why the majority of people haven't found this by kayak. I did just that and it was sure an experience! Probably never dangerous, but certainly not for beginner paddlers either!
Older geocaches get me excited and I do like to grab a paddle geocache every month (I have some strange personal goals). Despite a boat trip down this way a while back with some geocacher mates, we skipped this one, being a detour from some more far-flung targets. As such through the week I saw the tides were good and headed down today.
Slightly annoyingly, I arrived later than expected, so quickly got myself ready and set off. I'd already picked the path I wanted to take; launching off the beach just north of the bridge across to Sovereign Islands, then into the canal between Excalibur and King James, up the middle of the islands, then out the eastern side between Parklane and Knightsbridge for a six hundred metre dash across the channel.
The waterways was busy. Which makes for more difficult paddling, but I figure more help around if something goes badly wrong for me. And being late, the tide was screaming against me. I paddled north, then took my expected right. Out of the wind and tide, paddling was far more chilled, however the bridge I expected to paddle under is not a bridge, forcing me back out to press into the tide and wind northwards to pass through the canal between Westminster and Hampton. So be it.
Just as it turns out, the outgoing tide crashes hard into the land at the end of Westminster making unpredictable waves and some weird currents. My arms hurt as I powered through here then into the calm and relief of going with the tide through the Sovereign Islands.
Hilarious isn't it, the gross displays of wealth in here. Though, I wonder if literally anyone saw me as I paddled through in my Cosctco kayak. I got to the eastern side of the canal and checked the map one last time before I pressed out into the channel.
Right here was maybe some of the hardest paddling I've ever done. Six hundred metres and I'd be at full speed the whole way to avoid getting squished. Every man, dog and his super-yacht were cruising this channel today making for some massive wake that I plowed through. Add a few jetskis to dodge, a crosswind and the tide and I got very wet from waves breaking over the bow and my arms were screaming by the time I arrived near Brown Island.
Finding a beach and a tree to pull up at, I hopped out and took a breather after that long 3 kilometre paddle. Onto the geocache. Seeing previous logs, I did have a replacement but rather not use it. My shoes super wet, I walked barefoot the 70 metres through sand and trees to GZ.
*continued below..*
Older geocaches get me excited and I do like to grab a paddle geocache every month (I have some strange personal goals). Despite a boat trip down this way a while back with some geocacher mates, we skipped this one, being a detour from some more far-flung targets. As such through the week I saw the tides were good and headed down today.
Slightly annoyingly, I arrived later than expected, so quickly got myself ready and set off. I'd already picked the path I wanted to take; launching off the beach just north of the bridge across to Sovereign Islands, then into the canal between Excalibur and King James, up the middle of the islands, then out the eastern side between Parklane and Knightsbridge for a six hundred metre dash across the channel.
The waterways was busy. Which makes for more difficult paddling, but I figure more help around if something goes badly wrong for me. And being late, the tide was screaming against me. I paddled north, then took my expected right. Out of the wind and tide, paddling was far more chilled, however the bridge I expected to paddle under is not a bridge, forcing me back out to press into the tide and wind northwards to pass through the canal between Westminster and Hampton. So be it.
Just as it turns out, the outgoing tide crashes hard into the land at the end of Westminster making unpredictable waves and some weird currents. My arms hurt as I powered through here then into the calm and relief of going with the tide through the Sovereign Islands.
Hilarious isn't it, the gross displays of wealth in here. Though, I wonder if literally anyone saw me as I paddled through in my Cosctco kayak. I got to the eastern side of the canal and checked the map one last time before I pressed out into the channel.
Right here was maybe some of the hardest paddling I've ever done. Six hundred metres and I'd be at full speed the whole way to avoid getting squished. Every man, dog and his super-yacht were cruising this channel today making for some massive wake that I plowed through. Add a few jetskis to dodge, a crosswind and the tide and I got very wet from waves breaking over the bow and my arms were screaming by the time I arrived near Brown Island.
Finding a beach and a tree to pull up at, I hopped out and took a breather after that long 3 kilometre paddle. Onto the geocache. Seeing previous logs, I did have a replacement but rather not use it. My shoes super wet, I walked barefoot the 70 metres through sand and trees to GZ.
*continued below..*
Found nice and quickly. Cache is nice and dry, i didn't bring a pen so cant sign. Great location thanks.
Was out on jet skis and stopped here but gave up after a 30 min search revealed nothing not my day Lokky1
No luck here today.
This was to be our last cache using a jetski to get to the various places.
The tree of us looked for about 30 minutes in all the possible places that we could find but we could not find it.
Maybe another time.
TFTC ***toucan2***
This was to be our last cache using a jetski to get to the various places.
The tree of us looked for about 30 minutes in all the possible places that we could find but we could not find it.
Maybe another time.
TFTC ***toucan2***
Reading the previous logs - it looks like there may be only one other person has attempted to find this cache via kayak.
If that is the case, allow me to be the second
This cache has eluded me now for nearly 10 years of caching. I have a personal goal of trying to get very pre-2010 cache that I can. There is literally about 7 in the SEQ region I am yet to get - and this is one.
I poured over a map. How to get there without dying? I came up with parking at Paradise Point.. paddling over to Sovereign Island.. *through* Sovereign Island and then onto the cache. 1.7km each way according to Google Earth... easy! Or so I thought...
I parked up and found I could indeed do what I had planned. Out on the water and I was immediately starting to regret it. Damn... it's choppy out here. I motored on toward Sovereign Island and it finally got calmer.
Paddling through Sovereign Island was an experience. Got money much, people? I picked my way through and decided to pocket my smartphone. Even though it's in a protective pouch, I decided I did not want to lose it to a rogue wave.
Out to the other side of Sovereign Island. Holy! Huge waves aplenty! I waited till the boats bypassed the area and proceeded out. 30m from Sovereign Island and I was beginning to regret it.
My little kayak is very stable - but even it was testing my balance skills as I plowed my way through the waves. I was having serious misgivings about continuing on. I checked how far I was from GZ. It's getting bigger. Oh well.. continue on and hope for the best....
I was one very happy lad to get to shore. I pulled the boat and checked how far to go. Oh... 20m.
And I searched and I searched. I am pretty sure I know where the other throwdown was placed due to the the logs. But nothing to be found.
I really hate throwdowns However, I had come prepared because the previous logs stated the cache was badly in need of maintenance. Yeah seems like it needs maintenance now...
I checked where the published co-ords were putting me and I found a suitable hide. I signed the logbook of my pre-form and hid the cache I used some old drift wood so they cache can't go anywhere. Have a go at that, Mother Nature!
I looked back toward Sovereign Island. SIGH. Off I set. It was just as bad going back.. but I reached the safety of Sovereign and continued back. It took me about 40 minutes to paddle back to the car.
What does perplex me is why this cache has a terrain rating of "2"? Clearly you need a boat to get to it. It doesn't necessarily have to be the standard boat terrain rating of "5" - but "2"?? It might be a terrain rating of "2" to a soldier crab that happened to be living on the island....
Nevertheless, this cache is done and dusted. I may come back and visit with mates... but I am glad to have had the adventure and made the effort of getting to this one. TFTC toucan2
I will give this cache its first favourite point for the adventure
If that is the case, allow me to be the second
This cache has eluded me now for nearly 10 years of caching. I have a personal goal of trying to get very pre-2010 cache that I can. There is literally about 7 in the SEQ region I am yet to get - and this is one.
I poured over a map. How to get there without dying? I came up with parking at Paradise Point.. paddling over to Sovereign Island.. *through* Sovereign Island and then onto the cache. 1.7km each way according to Google Earth... easy! Or so I thought...
I parked up and found I could indeed do what I had planned. Out on the water and I was immediately starting to regret it. Damn... it's choppy out here. I motored on toward Sovereign Island and it finally got calmer.
Paddling through Sovereign Island was an experience. Got money much, people? I picked my way through and decided to pocket my smartphone. Even though it's in a protective pouch, I decided I did not want to lose it to a rogue wave.
Out to the other side of Sovereign Island. Holy! Huge waves aplenty! I waited till the boats bypassed the area and proceeded out. 30m from Sovereign Island and I was beginning to regret it.
My little kayak is very stable - but even it was testing my balance skills as I plowed my way through the waves. I was having serious misgivings about continuing on. I checked how far I was from GZ. It's getting bigger. Oh well.. continue on and hope for the best....
I was one very happy lad to get to shore. I pulled the boat and checked how far to go. Oh... 20m.
And I searched and I searched. I am pretty sure I know where the other throwdown was placed due to the the logs. But nothing to be found.
I really hate throwdowns
However, I had come prepared because the previous logs stated the cache was badly in need of maintenance. Yeah seems like it needs maintenance now...I checked where the published co-ords were putting me and I found a suitable hide. I signed the logbook of my pre-form and hid the cache I used some old drift wood so they cache can't go anywhere. Have a go at that, Mother Nature!
I looked back toward Sovereign Island. SIGH. Off I set. It was just as bad going back.. but I reached the safety of Sovereign and continued back. It took me about 40 minutes to paddle back to the car.
What does perplex me is why this cache has a terrain rating of "2"? Clearly you need a boat to get to it. It doesn't necessarily have to be the standard boat terrain rating of "5" - but "2"?? It might be a terrain rating of "2" to a soldier crab that happened to be living on the island....
Nevertheless, this cache is done and dusted. I may come back and visit with mates... but I am glad to have had the adventure and made the effort of getting to this one. TFTC toucan2
I will give this cache its first favourite point for the adventure A lonely and rarely-visited GZ. Container is waterlogged and in need of maintenance.
Container is waterlogged and in need of maintenance. It was found at an elevation below king high tide. We left it a little higher up in its ‘hidey-hole’ but previous higher water levels have done their damage.
Out and about in a hire boat collecting some water caches Lots of laughs, lessons learned, and stories told. I was told the first letter of each of our names was used to make the team name WADERS which is very appropriate because there was lots of that going on today!! I had such a fantastic day, thanks to team work, and great COs, thanks!
The WADERS (Selva Girls, stortigirls, NeverSayDi, E:), Mr RoddyC and EatSleepCacheRepeat) hired a boat for a day on the water. Not sure how this cache has the D/T that it has. You can only reach it by boat and thee coords are out by somewhere between 11m-14m, according to the 5 devices we used today. Despite this, I went with my gut instincts and soon spotted the cache. Someone with thinner arms had to retrieve it though 
TFTC
TFTCWas here with the WADERS Team today ( W-selvagirls, A-stortigirls, D-neversaydi, E-E(:, R-roddyc and S-eatsleepcacherepeat). Hired a boat for the day. What a glorious day with wonderful company.
Been longing to put smileys in this area.
7th find of the day. Gz was 11m away. It was only selvagirls instincts that helped us find this.
TFTC toucan2. I would not have dreamt of going to this place otherwise! What a fabulous day even if we hit some sand bars, some accidental swimming and mud baths.
Been longing to put smileys in this area.
7th find of the day. Gz was 11m away. It was only selvagirls instincts that helped us find this.
TFTC toucan2. I would not have dreamt of going to this place otherwise! What a fabulous day even if we hit some sand bars, some accidental swimming and mud baths.
Coords where a bit off on my phone but .. great geobuddies walk past me and straight to the cache!! Found it! Thanks for the cache! Go WADERS!!
While out on the high seas for a spot of plundering (cache finding), our merry band of sailors* having stopped on Jabiru Island for lunch, continued on our quest to find loved and unloved caches on our list.
We arrived on the island first, navigated to GZ and started looking around but we couldn't find anything.
With all of us searching now in and around the trees for about 10 minutes, even a PAF didn't help, it was Vennfamily who made the find a little way from our GZ.
Logbook signed by all and cache returned.
TFTC
(* RoddyC, Crew153, Venn Family, Temingi, DiamonJs, Rusty85, Team Benders, Nadine1989)
We arrived on the island first, navigated to GZ and started looking around but we couldn't find anything.
With all of us searching now in and around the trees for about 10 minutes, even a PAF didn't help, it was Vennfamily who made the find a little way from our GZ.
Logbook signed by all and cache returned.
TFTC
(* RoddyC, Crew153, Venn Family, Temingi, DiamonJs, Rusty85, Team Benders, Nadine1989)
Out on a high seas adventure with our 3 boats. I Team Benders was in a group of 3 teaming up with patrol14, and then there was a boat of 4 with diamonjs, Rusty85 and Crew153 and then a 6 seater with RoddyC, Nadine1989, Termingi and vennfamily as they called the yellow sand bucket but I called it the yellow submarine.
Motoring to this one was a bit of a challenge for me to hang on as I hit the waves head on.
This was an unloved cache that had not been found since August 2015 and vennfamily was lucky enough to be in the right spot to find it. I was surprised as I did not smell it as I had that for lunch which everyone laughed about.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks toucan2
All good with this cache
Motoring to this one was a bit of a challenge for me to hang on as I hit the waves head on.
This was an unloved cache that had not been found since August 2015 and vennfamily was lucky enough to be in the right spot to find it. I was surprised as I did not smell it as I had that for lunch which everyone laughed about.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks toucan2
All good with this cacheAlmost twelve months ago we first mooted the idea of boating up to do the T5 caches on the northern Gold Coast waterways. Over the last few weeks we settled on today to ire the boat, but somehow it grew to three boats - a party of , including DiamonJS, Rusty85, Team Benders, Crew 153, Nadine1989, Temingi (from Yeppoon), Vennfamily and Patrol14. Our first port of call was Float Your Boat 7, ending up with the GCPT - Humpback Whale.
After refueling the boats, we headed across the channel to South Straddie. This cache hadn't been found for a while so an 'unloved' is on the cards. It took us all quite a while to find - some wandering off into the smelly mangrove mud - others acting like Tamarins up the trees. Eventually, though, the cache was found on solid sandy ground. Good!
Found at 12.55am on 20th April 2016. TFTC.
After refueling the boats, we headed across the channel to South Straddie. This cache hadn't been found for a while so an 'unloved' is on the cards. It took us all quite a while to find - some wandering off into the smelly mangrove mud - others acting like Tamarins up the trees. Eventually, though, the cache was found on solid sandy ground. Good!
Found at 12.55am on 20th April 2016. TFTC.
Oh an unloved cache!!! I still collect them to qualify for the challenge cache. I went together with DiamonJS, Rusty85, Team Benders, Crew 153, RoddyC, Temingi, Vennfamily and Patrol14 to get this cache. It took us a little while until Vennfamiliy said he found it. Coordinates are a little bit off which was the reason why we all looked on another place.
Our little flotilla of 3 boats were spending the day picking up caches from the water and this one was on the list.
Our boat had stopped off to find Mangrove Point and the others had headed directly to this one but the cache had not been found before we arrived so we headed to the area to help the search but it was located just as we arrived.
The coordinates were quite a bit out from the posted ones but I didn't record mine reading.
TFTC.
Our boat had stopped off to find Mangrove Point and the others had headed directly to this one but the cache had not been found before we arrived so we headed to the area to help the search but it was located just as we arrived.
The coordinates were quite a bit out from the posted ones but I didn't record mine reading.
TFTC.
Out and about with a group of cachers, to many for me to remember but it was a great day on the water for my birthday. Venn Family made the discovery while we all looked in different areas. TFTC
RoddyC extended an invite to me a couple of days ago for a spot on a hire boat to collect some T5 caches. We rocked up this morning at Southport and we were introduced to the plastic bucket, as coined by Mr Patrol14, - a large, yellow, plastic thing with a 6hp motor which was to be our transportation for the day.
After completing the Float Your Boat series and stopping for lunch at Jabiru Island, we began the trip back, stopping at a few places on South Straddie.
We searched a while for this cache but I think that may mostly be because we were also chatting about other caches. No one was having much luck and I began to extend my search area until I found something suspicious.
I called out "I think I found it" but I didn't want to commit until I had been able to retrieve it. With a captive audience, I pulled out a zip lock with a hole in the bottom. Not wanting to disappoint, I then reached in and came up with the goods
I was especially happy to be the one to make the find as this cache was unloved but we had plenty of love to share today with myself, RoddyC, Crew 153, Patrol14, Team Benders, Nadine1989, Rusty85, Diamonjs and Temingi all in attendance to sign the log.
TFTC toucan2
After completing the Float Your Boat series and stopping for lunch at Jabiru Island, we began the trip back, stopping at a few places on South Straddie.
We searched a while for this cache but I think that may mostly be because we were also chatting about other caches. No one was having much luck and I began to extend my search area until I found something suspicious.
I called out "I think I found it" but I didn't want to commit until I had been able to retrieve it. With a captive audience, I pulled out a zip lock with a hole in the bottom. Not wanting to disappoint, I then reached in and came up with the goods
I was especially happy to be the one to make the find as this cache was unloved but we had plenty of love to share today with myself, RoddyC, Crew 153, Patrol14, Team Benders, Nadine1989, Rusty85, Diamonjs and Temingi all in attendance to sign the log.
TFTC toucan2
Out and about with RoddyC, Nadine1986, Venn Family, Rusty85, Patrol14, Crew153, Temingi, Team Benders, a find was made, log signed and we were on our way. TFTC
Gotcha !!! An invitation from RoddyC to join a crew of pirates on a raid of treasures hidden around the Gold Coast waterways was very welcome. Hopped out of the hammock before 5 bells and set sail for Crew153's anchorage to stow away for the land trip south to pick up " The Yellow Pearl " or should that be Peril ? , our Pirate Ship for the day. Think she needed careening as we were the slowest boat in the fleet of three. Still Captain Blair or should that be Bligh did a sterling job of navigating the Good ?? Ship through the treacherous shoals and sandbars to the hidden treasures we were seeking. Didn't find any treasure but we left our marks " X " in each of the Treasure chests we found.
Thanks to Capt. Herbz, Capt. Terror and the other pirates that hid the treasure chests we searched for.
The day was an eye opener for me .Thanks to all involved.
Thanks to Capt. Herbz, Capt. Terror and the other pirates that hid the treasure chests we searched for.
The day was an eye opener for me .Thanks to all involved.
No luck for me today. Searched every tree, looked in every hiding hole but came up empty. Great day for a kayak though so all good.
This been our second unloved find for our boating trip it took the longest out of todays 22 find to find this one. about 8m west out but not overly hard once the right tree was spotted, tftcsl
Find #3550Today we had aquired a vessel with which to collect some T5 caches and our team Of Gt54, Forbiddenground and Cantcacheous 2014 set of early this was the one of many TFTC
Unloved Cache Find - Went out today with Gullivers Travels54 & Forbiddenground to finally clear off these caches and turn them into smiles. Some were easy to get to, others were a bit tougher. We all hade a great day and adventure. Thanks to the CO's for placing these caches. Tftc
We set off from Southport, and Gunnie69, the for ever skilled navigator took us north across the broadwater, through a large school of jellyfish and even showed us where the sand bank was! After a good hour of boating we were keen to make shore and stretch the legs!
After a short search karenhippo spotted the find and we had our smiley for this area!
Found on a day of hi jinx on the high seas, aka the Broadwater. Geo Cruise 2, organised by HotWheelsDuo, I joined Gunnie69, russelz, swellerfungus, LadySims, karenhippo, bristracker, lost 2 found and K8'n'Co. Thanks toucan2 for the cache!
After a short search karenhippo spotted the find and we had our smiley for this area!
Found on a day of hi jinx on the high seas, aka the Broadwater. Geo Cruise 2, organised by HotWheelsDuo, I joined Gunnie69, russelz, swellerfungus, LadySims, karenhippo, bristracker, lost 2 found and K8'n'Co. Thanks toucan2 for the cache!
Another one I have forgotten to log. Perhaps I am just so tired after a big day out caching that I have no strength left to move the mouse! This was a fantastic, if hot and steamy, day out on the water.
The two vessels set off as part of Geo Cruise II embarking for foreign lands and a voyage of discovery. Little did we know we were actually boarding the slow boat to China.
A good day was had by all on the water, in the water, on land, through the forests and even venturing out to the ocean front (on foot).
A good day was had by all on the water, in the water, on land, through the forests and even venturing out to the ocean front (on foot).
The Geo Cruise II embarked from Southport and As captain of one of the little hire vessels I charted a Northerly course at a break-neck maximum speed of 6 knots. The waters were teaming with jelly fish and as we made our way I at first thought we were having engine trouble until I realised it was the poor unfortunate jellies going through the propeller. A couple of times we attempted to take a more direct course but even though the tide was almost at its peak we were thwarted by sandbanks. Eventually we made it and with great relief the cache was found and log signed.
Member of Geocruise #2 organised by Hot Wheels Duo. Thanks for the invite.
Plenty of laughs (I thing they were at me trying to get in the boat though.
Thanks toucan2
Plenty of laughs (I thing they were at me trying to get in the boat though.
Thanks toucan2
Today I was out with the Geo cruise #2 on a very hot day picking up a bunch of caches on islands. I was in the blue boat, and we were first to this spot. Nice place, after a great run up from the boat hire place. I spotted this cache but my arm was not small enough to reach in and grab it so another cacher managed to get the cache. Logged and on out way. TFTC
The second Geo-Cruise headed off early...very early...this morning and this one was first on our list as it is furtherest away. With so many eyes it was a quick find, bag is a bit wet but log signed and we were back on the boats and on our way.
0700, ten hunters gathered at Southport to jump aboard a couple of boats and hit some caches on the islands and surrounds... We took to the water around 0730 and putted our way North to this one, about 10km as the crow flies.
We churned through the masses of jellyfish, s lot of which came off second best as they made contact with the outboard propellor, hmm... A little over an hour later, we pulled up on the sand next to GZ in what turned out to be a nice little spot... [^]
Out of the boats, we narrowed the search area down to one spot and KarenHippo quickly spotted the hide. Unable to reach to the container, I took over and only just managed to get my fingertips in the right position to extract the prize... A quick game of pass the log and we were done. Back to the boats for the next part of the journey...
Cheers toucan2.
We churned through the masses of jellyfish, s lot of which came off second best as they made contact with the outboard propellor, hmm... A little over an hour later, we pulled up on the sand next to GZ in what turned out to be a nice little spot... [^]
Out of the boats, we narrowed the search area down to one spot and KarenHippo quickly spotted the hide. Unable to reach to the container, I took over and only just managed to get my fingertips in the right position to extract the prize... A quick game of pass the log and we were done. Back to the boats for the next part of the journey...
Cheers toucan2.
As part of Geo Cruise number 2 today we visited caches on South Stradbroke Island, Wavebreak Island, and a Torror-ble Island. Lots of fun and geo chatter made the day a pleasant (but very hot) one.
A long way from picking up the 'little tinnie that could' up to this cache, fighting the prolific jellyfish hoards, and the dreaded shallows, we eventually made it to our first find for the day. We are all enjoying this now!
Thanks Toucan2
A long way from picking up the 'little tinnie that could' up to this cache, fighting the prolific jellyfish hoards, and the dreaded shallows, we eventually made it to our first find for the day. We are all enjoying this now!
Thanks Toucan2
Because we took the wrong route to GZ we definitely got the cheep cheep thrill getting sucked into the mud in the mangroves. We searched for the cache for a while before resorting to other logs. That's when we found it had been replaced by Couchmen with a container with a yellow lid. And though MrsG can spot a vegemite jar at 30 paces this one had gone so far down it was barely visible, let alone yellow. It took some retrieving but we eventually got our names on the log. With midges biting and a storm threatening we quickly got moving . . . but not through the mangroves! TFTC toucan2 and Couchmen for replacing it.
These water caches have been sitting at the top of our unfound caches list for so long because we couldn't get hold of any sort of water craft with a motor.
It would have been nice to think we could borrow a canoe or kayak and paddle our way around but when reality bites we are just too old and unfit to even attempt it.
I had never been out on a houseboat and Geo Wife had only been on one once quite a few years ago so we had the idea of combining a houseboat holiday with a caching adventure.
This was the last caching day over our trip and we had 100% success so far so we were hoping we would find this one despite not being found for 3 1/2 years.
My intrepid Geo Youngest Girl and I (Geo Dad) left Geo Teenager and Geo Mum on the boat and headed over to the shore in the tender.
We gave it a really good search but came up blank.
We felt it was a real shame that this cache should die so we had prepared a replacement cache if we were unsuccessful.
With the original GZ coords maintained we placed the new container in a safe hidey hole.
It has a "Canary" yellow lid and is an Australian icon.
I trust that it will last a lot longer now.
Thanks Toucan2 TFTC SL
It would have been nice to think we could borrow a canoe or kayak and paddle our way around but when reality bites we are just too old and unfit to even attempt it.
I had never been out on a houseboat and Geo Wife had only been on one once quite a few years ago so we had the idea of combining a houseboat holiday with a caching adventure.
This was the last caching day over our trip and we had 100% success so far so we were hoping we would find this one despite not being found for 3 1/2 years.
My intrepid Geo Youngest Girl and I (Geo Dad) left Geo Teenager and Geo Mum on the boat and headed over to the shore in the tender.
We gave it a really good search but came up blank.
We felt it was a real shame that this cache should die so we had prepared a replacement cache if we were unsuccessful.
With the original GZ coords maintained we placed the new container in a safe hidey hole.
It has a "Canary" yellow lid and is an Australian icon.
I trust that it will last a lot longer now.
Thanks Toucan2 TFTC SL
FTF thought this one would have been found by now so it was an added bonus on a nice day out relaxing on the geotinny! There needs to be more caches out here for us geoboaties. TFTC
