Lost Highways #2 - Booral Rd Bulahdelah, New South Wales, Australia
By dodgy123 on 25-Feb-10. Waypoint GC24AJ4

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

dodgy123

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.


Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache.

If you plan on repairing this cache, please log a note to the cache (not email) within the next 45 days so I don't archive the listing for non-communication.


tiddalik
Community Volunteer Reviewer

Overgrown vegetation stopped me
It will be near impossible to get to

Please check the cache

I think I found where GZ was, however nothing stood out to me. With my impatient muggle friend waiting in the car I didn't spend too much time. No cache, just lots of prickles until next time!

Took us a while to find. Needs to be replaced the container was filled with water and the log ruined.

Tftc,
It has been under water.
Stamped the replaced log and are making our way to Port Macquarie for the Australia Day Event.

Found with Wazza9 on our way North, wasn't sure which rock to look at, soon decided to choose one and it was the correct one. Stamped log and replaced. Thanks to CO.

Found with Miss Beary from Beary_Unicorns, log was wet but still signable, TFTC

found with Banj Ward TFTC dodgy123

Found this sneaky one, could not sign due to wet log! TFTC

Found the bridge, found the wire fence, found lots of rocks but couldn’t find the treasure. Three disappointed kids

Once we were searching the right side of the fence the rocks revealed the small prize.

Thanks dodgy123 for the placement.

Arh yes, very good
Thanks very much!

On way to camp at Myalk Lakes lots of lantana. Opened cache but saturated so did not sign log.

Found after a short search. Easier than first thought. No need to poke around. TFTC didn’t sign. Contents a bit damp.

Found what looks to be the hide but very reluctant to put my hand into prime snake territory. Poked around with a stick but couldn't unearth anything.

No luck here today

Sneaky little hide, co-ords are good, and it is right in front of you. Great history lesson and cool old bridge. SL TFTC

Sneaky little find

Was just about to leave unfound when I thought I’d take one more look, and found it Good hide!

Tried for a while but no luck!

Coordinates are very off or cache is missing

All we got was a truck load of cobblers pegs . Sad face

This really is a great little series. TFTC

Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC

On the way home from Sydney.. needed a break from driving. TFTC.

First time looking with kids great fun & tricky to find follow the gps it's pretty spot on ! lots of the clues are miss leading tho.

Tftc. A nice hide. We were a little worried when we saw all the recent road works, but cache was safe. Tnlnsl.

Found with Mum and dad (Gazkersh and littlemissleft)
Log signed as Tilly
I am logging now as I have my own account.
Thanks.

Found with littlemissleft and Tilly

Quick find for International Geocaching day nice easy cache to find.

Thanks for the cache .

Went on the hunt for this one today with Gazkersh and Tilly for International Geocaching Day. We had a great time and co-ords were spot on. Signed Log. TNLN Thanks for the cache dodgy123

Why are there two lock in the cache, no keys,
not locked to anything, lock just being locks.
On Holiday working my way up the coast.
Thank you for the hide dodgy123

Cool cache nice hide. Trust your cache instinct not the hint.

Really glad I took this detour on my motorbike road trip. The weather was perfect - warm sunny winter day.

We did call in here a very long time ago for a look but must have forgotten to log our DNF. I tried again today after a stop in Bulahdelah but had trouble recognising the location as it has been completely landscaped for nearby bridgeworks. The huge piles of rocks I remembered were now covered with dirt and tar but the GPS still took me to one place that I did remember, and this time I knew what to look for. The container was wet and muddy but a replacement log was dry. Thanks dodgy123 for a good hide, albeit somewhat out of the way.

Good find on the way foster

Nice greets from Dresden in Germany . Tftc

Up and over and we located it

Found this one today while visiting family in the area. Have been here before but gave up last time as it was too hot to search. More comfortable weather today. Hint is a little misleading as was looking at sticking my arm into a rock cavity, but I spotted something out of place first and checked it out and there it was. TFTC.

Very misleading hint. Suggest you ignore it and read back through previous comments. The bridge is an amazing structure. Very well built.

Found while on a sunday afternoon drive with Team-Tonka. Phone signal was iyt for a while then suddenly it came back and we were on top of one! This cache could do with some TLC.

Out for a Sunday drive with Nellc and we just got mobile coverage as we drove over the bridge. So as soon as we found a safe place a quick u turn was made and back to find the cache.
Had a bit of a bum start with the hint but found it in the end. Nice piece of local history. Log book a little damp and will need replacing. TFTC.

Tftc. Found it after looking under all the wrong rocks first. Log is very wet. Didn't have any paper to replace, sorry.

This has been on my watch list for quite a few years now, and decided to have a go at this today on the way back home from college. This cache was very misleading with all the other potential hiding spots nearby, but after persistence found it. Couldnt sign the wet log, so I took a picture of it if you need verification.

TFTC, quick park and grab. Found under 1 rock, with 2 smaller ones beside it.

Log is saturated, needs replacing ASAP. Put in slip of paper but that won't last long.

Found 06/07/16, Phone kept trying to take me beyond the fence, the clue is only half right, be carefull of the rock crevices and gravel on the way to the cache. Log was all wet and needs to be replaced

TFTC
Boom
Roadworks made it harder to get to!

TFTC climb the wall & you will be rewarded.

TFTC!

Due to roadworks being done in the area recently you will need to climb a pile of gravel to find this cache

Couldnt figure this one out.

TFTC good clue and quite tricky. Don't be fenced in.

TFTC. Right on target and clue was very useful.

Found on the last leg of our journey. We attended the Oz Mega 2015 Event in Stanthorpe, what a great event it was, and we are now caching our way back to Sydney then flying home to Canada.
Cache was dry and in good condition.
Thanks dodgy123!

2nd attempt, thanks for the extra hint. We spent too long on the pile of rocks

Hint is wrong and misleading. Don't be fooled by large pile of rocks

Hint is wrong and misleading. Don't be fooled by large pile of rocks

Very overgrown with weeds, will try again next month

First of day. Good hide. Lovely old bridge. TFTC

Joint effort with Team Maybery. TFTC.

Drove past a few times! Finally realised after the fourth bridge crossing that that's where it was.

Found[Time to Find: 1 min]

TFTC

Found it second try, first attempt was back in 2013

TFTC

Nice quick find in a break from the traffic, tftc

Easy find from a detour off the highway. Easy find. TFTC!!! #410

#1451 - quick find by M as B was reading the clue. After a drenching early on the cycling duo have enjoyed dry weather for 20km. Nice cycling road, the east bound downhill was a great run!

Quick find. TNLN TFTC

Headed down to Lake Conjola at the end of two weeks and 4000kms away it's great to park and grab a few along the highway. Headed off the highway a bit to grab this one for the geocoin.

Nice little spot! Paramedic bear dropped in to let the geocoin from port macquarie continue its journey after working in Gresford all weekend. Log book is wet. TFTC!

Thanks for the interesting history lesson about the highway. TFTC dodgy123

Just on adventure with the kids

Nice easy find for our fortnightly drive up north.

No luck with this one. Checked the clue, but there were none of those where the GPS was taking me. I saw some about 20 metres away. I conducted a quick search and came up with nothing. As it was early and dark, I didn't spend a lot of time searching.

Heading North for a couple of months (Winters Migration)... Called through this way to grab a couple of caches along the way...

Found this well hidden cache, signed log & replaced...

Thanks for the cache and for bringing me here...
- P

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing
[blue]Cache Condition ~ Fine...[/blue]
[green]Find #3018 @ 1040[/green]

Only one swap available, so we put two in from our stash to top it up

Just after sunset and thought i'd have a quick go at this one. Just made out the fence in the dark and found the spot. Log slightly damp. Too dark to look at the bridge. Certainly a bumpy road. Tftc.

Accurate coordinates led to a quick find although were disapponted that someone had dumped rubbish very close by. The log was somewhat damp but still could be signed. Thanks for the cache dodgy123.

Fascinating history- tftc

We found it buried in mud . So we set about cleaning it and giving it a drier home (all that handy road gravel ); SL, TNLN, TFTC

Added a rock to gz so hint makes more sense. Cache log is wet .May need replacing

Found on trip south.

SL TNLN TFTC

This is our second cache! Very cool! Did not touch the trinkets..

Pulled up to GZ to find $5 on the ground that was a bonus.. Did get caught on the barb wire to find out it wasn't necessary.. Found this cache quickly on the way up north number 2 cache found in the 24 finds in 24 hours challenge TFTC

I figured out how to get to GZ from Bulahdelah, despite my out of date maps
This was probably a very nice spot to stop and have a picinic by the side of the highway many years ago.

Today it has turned into a quiet spot for locals to dump their rubbish

Behind the pile of recently left TV's and household items I poked around for a while looking for any sign of a cache.
The clue came to the rescue in the end.
And underneath some camo that looked like it had not been moved for years .... I found a cache that looked like it had not been found for years

Inside it is of course still damp !!
I signed the 'business card' left by a previous cacher and let the cache air for a few minutes while I went for a stroll to view the bridge.
That is one nice olde wooden bridge hidden under the road
Possibly one of those concrete, wood composite thingys I learnt about at another cache a few days ago !!

TFTC [^]

Another good cache located while on holiday in the area.

LOG fairly damp. On to the next one!

Shame some public spirited citizen has made a rubbish tip out of ground zero. TFTC.

After a couple of searches we finally found it! Turns out that the whole time we were just searching to hard and needed to step back and survey the whole scene. Also the hint was a bit misleading as there is a big pile of LARGE ROCKS which fit the criteria. Anyway... TFTC

TFTC

This cache needs a little TLC. Cache buried in mud, log book damp and also some litterbug has dumped alot of trash on top of GZ. TFTC

I think this one takes after the CO's name After finding our 2000the cache earlier today out at "Frying Pan" and Telegherry Tantilizer" for 2001 what could I expect. The log is soaked and it was in an ants nest.
Cheers from Browngang

The Booo's are heading on a holiday up north and what's a family holiday without a spot of caching

Was a tad bit out of the way due to the road changes but a quick find once there cache contents damp thanks

The Booo's head north for a family holiday and stopped to grab a few caches on our way.

What was supposed to be a quick side cache turned into a major detour due to the construction of the Bulladelah bypass.

Once we worked out where the GPSr was trying to have us we arrived at GZ. After a brief search we found a damp cache, the log book was dry enough to signs and we where soon back on our way north.

Traveling up to the north coast for a Booo holiday ...
TFTC

Couldn't find it but did some more research and found i was looking in the wrong place

Love the fact that these caches are taking us away from the tedious main highway. TFTC

Lovely spot! TFTC! Found with GailOA

Another one of the series crossed off the list, TFTC