Wollongong 10 Year Time Trail North Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
By Hoojar, Chip & Ding on 24-Apr-10. Waypoint GC27JH0

Sadly this one is gone

It seems so unlikely, but then I guess one of those train buff engineers knew that something was out of place.

I do not have the know how to reconstruct the cache container, so I will have to speak to my brother-in-law again!

Oh well...

Taking this one down whilst I give it a re-think.

Was at Live Steamers today and the cache was gone.

Went to look for this one but oops wrong sunday to try this all those steam train muggles will
return another day.....Toot Toot..

Sorry but looks like this has missing , got an assist from Gribbly. I found the outline bit not the cache.

We just loved this one Hoojar, Chip & Ding.
Almost drove us *#$@ looking for the cache. Great camo as others have previously mentioned that appears to be fashionable at this time.
Thanks for the adventure..

Thanks, I got this one while attending the event. TFTC

Found this one with the boys, at night, as usual. Man we looked dodgy. Good spot, I've definitely seen one like this before, they're so sneaky.

Surprisingly found this one inside 30 seconds. Some times looking for the obscure works. Most of the time it just makes simple things difficult. Great hide, love this type.
TFTC.

Ironbark

In the last place I looked - of course! TFTC

680 - 9 for today. Found on 13/06/10 2:59 PM
Had no problems with the train drivers today, located the likely place to search and after a thorough search the cache was located. TNSLLN

Well this was my first geocaching expulsion. I was casually inspecting the fence , the trees and the picnic table when a cranky old train driver came along and gave me a hard time, I explained what I was all about but he insistec that this was private property and I shouldn't be there and things shouldn't hidden here. So in the interest of peace I decided to leave.

Came with Toadmeister and Ace on a caching trip around Wollongong. This was one of the last for the day and as the rain set in we spent our time looking in all the wrong spots when my first hunch would have been better time spent. Trust you insticts Luke. Thanks HCD for a thoughtful cache.

I love these ones! after having ttrouble with a similar one in the past, i was extra careful of this type. thanks

This entry was edited by daniel is good on Tuesday, 08 June 2010 at 04:41:37.

Armed with a formidable caching crew of Woodyfigtree, Ace7 and I, this was sure to be another one that bit the dust. In a light drizzle of rain we approached GZ with all the confidence of the astronauts in right stuff. We probably were walking in slow motion as well. That confidence was soon diminished as were searched high and low, obvious and non obvious places. While I was searching individual sleepers of the tiny track and Ace7 was under picnic tables, Woodyfigtree came up with the find. Well lets just say that he got to the nub of the solution before us. Excellent adventure Hoojar and thanks for the cache

[This was a really nice cache. I had some intelligence on this one when I was doing another one of HCD's 10th anniversary caches. So embolden I thought it would be an easy find. Why did I ignore the 4 star rating? The family gave me 1 cache and 1 hr. 4 stars! What was I thinking? Anyhoo GZ was really lovely today. Only friendly kookaburras in attendence. So this is the 2nd time it has happened on a HCD cache. My GZ was some metres away on another structure. That being said, within the limits of the fail phone, the cache was still close enough. Maybe I dream of a GPS that shows me the cache [:p] i.e. "You're getting warmer!"...... So I got way too distracted with another structure and poked and probed it constantly. So, it was time to go home empty-handed! . But as I was leaving, I checked a place I had previously checked and "c'est voila!". Nice camo. So even after having a fair clue about the cache container, it still got past me a few times. Nice camo work. Very nice..... ]
BTW Not sure about the terrain rating
[TFTC]
#182

Tested a few possible options but kept being drawn to one obvious feature and literally knocked GZ off it's spot. A very clever hide.

4 of 8 on a local blitz today with MizMaz. Excellent spotting by MizMaz TFTC

I'm sure that I have seen this container before somewhere .......
And it is still as impressive a hide as it was then.
I can however forsee it being accidently found by a youngster on one of the third Sunday's.
Thanks for a great event. SL

We've always enjoyed visiting islands dotted around the South Pacific and so we were pleased when one of this cache's waypoints gave us a chance to visit an island dotted right in the middle of a busy Wollongong road. With the WPs completed and final location programmed we soon joined a group of other early-starters who were all searching in vain near a small bridge for the container. With the instructions subsequently corrected it was off to the "real" GZ where there was still nothing anyone could find that resembled a cache. A phone-a-cacheplacer narrowed the search and the amazingly well constructed and camoflaged contaier was soon in our hands. Then it was a quick walk back for the official photo. The find was well worth the 33 frustrating minutes - Thanks Hoojar, Chip & Ding for the fun and for the inovative cache placement.

Time Trial Results:

** It should be noted that there was a transcribing error that was fixed by KraftyCharlie, so the first few teams did not really have a chance to post a competitive time.

MarcusVitruvius - 11 minutes (Far and away the fastest time, and a very well deserved FTF!!!)
Tankengine - 22 minutes
Mtrax - 22 minutes
Steeba - 24 minutes
Wilbert - 26 minutes
LucyRoo - 28 minutes
KraftyCharlie - 31 minutes
Jabs/Code1 - 33 minutes
JKCourtz - 33 minutes
Ozjeeper - 33 minutes
Rubi63 - 33 minutes
PeagleBoy - 40 minutes
Tom Lambert - 40 minutes

Thanks to everyone who took part!

[This entry was edited by Hoojar on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at 4:45:59 PM.]

Found this one at the 10 Year Wollongong event. A tricky final spot that had many people scratching their heads for a while. TFTC!

PeagleBoy - 40 minutes to found is there any thing for last lol

thank you for the grate hide

Published

Found this one as part of the time trial at the 10th anniversary event in Wollongong, it was a great afternoon and a fun search, lots of cachers and some of us with the wrong info, but great day had by all. SL TFTH

[This entry was edited by rudi63 on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 4:23:35 AM.]

Finding the final GZ was almost too good to be true. Ding agreed from the water.

A fun cache that we did as part of the 10 year event.
With this cache starting its life as a multi we were given the first 2 WP numbers due to muggles and quickly made our way through the remaining WP's and arrived at the GZ we calculated. After a long time searching both high and low (almost getting wet), KraftyCharlie arrived at the scene and had calculated the same co-ords that we had.
Many more minutes searching without luck so KraftyCharlie made a phone call to confirm the location.
Then the error was unveiled. We had been given a wrong number for one of the first WP's.
More info was given and the item we were looking for was spotted some 60m away.
It was not more than about 30 seconds after arriving at the real GZ the cache was found and the nice fresh log was being signed.
A clever hide.

Thanks Hoojar, Chip & Ding.

We had great fun at the event and doing this cache at the same time was just a bonus!
TFTC Wilbert67

Did this one as part of the 10 year celebrations. In between the container going missing and it being refound I managed to get my name on the log.
Its great to see this container back in use.
Thanks HCD

One of the last to do the time trial at the 10 Year Event, it was with a very red face that I had to return to the event GZ and admit I couldn't find the cache at GZ . I had, however, located part of what I thought was a likely cache container. Hoojar confirmed the piece as being part of the cache, so accompanied by Ding and Chip I returned to GZ (at least I had the right spot) to discover that the cache had, in fact, been muggled. We did find more of the cache container though. But the story doesn't end here - the rest of the cache accompanied by the log made a mysterious reappearance Anyhow, I still get to log this as a find with the approval of Ding, Chip and Hoojar. Thanks for the cache!

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found after the incorrect info was given thus giving a different GZ to true one. So no true *FTF* could be awarded without a level playing field. Great way to see around this great park in the Gong. A couple of interesting structures near GZ..
JABs.

This was the first time trial we have been able to do without our little grandchildren helping us, so off we sped thinking that we had a reallyl good chance at FTF...alas!! a minor hiccup with the original WP's sent us 60 mtr off course. After a phone call to Hoojar to rectify the tricky situation and with many more cachers not far behind, we raced off to find the cache. Signed the log, loved the hide and enjoyed meeting up with other cachers along the way...Thanks again Hoojar, Chip & Ding for organising our celebratory afternoon and all the extra caches you placed for our enjoyment.

I knew that I would never be in the hunt for a FTF on this cache, so I took the leisurely route & enjoyed a yummy slice of Krafty Charlie's anniversary cake along the way! I spent some time looking for WP1, but once I had that sorted, it was fairly straightforward until I got to GZ - but by this stage I had been easily overtaken by MV. There was a woman sitting in her car on the side of the road eagerly guesturing to me & saying that "he went through there", but I decided on going around rather than taking the direct approach through the bushes & it was much nicer. At GZ I met up with MV again for an easy find, but I obviously wasn't paying enough attention as to how the cache was meant to be replaced because I didn't see the inner container - sorry for the resulting confusion that was caused - at least I was one of the last finders for the day. On the way back out I had a brief chat to the woman in the car - I had thought she was a cacher, but it turns out she was just a perplexed onlooker, who was very interested in what was going on. I didn't go into all of the details about geocaching - she was happy enough with my "event time trial" explanation.
TFTC - a great container and a great day out.

This was great fun as it was the first time trial I have done. Thank you again to everyone who organized the event as we had a really good time. Now that I know what it is about may move a bit quicker between way points.

Found during the Wollongong 10 Year Event Cache. Ozjeeper, Rudi63 and I walked the time trial course, and after arriving at the initial GZ searched with a few fellow cachers until, we worked out that from mtrax that the co-ords were out. Some more searching and the cache was revealed. TFTH...SL...TNLN

Found whilst attending the Wollongong 10 year event! Great hide - love it! Thought we did it in a relatively good time, but did spend a fair bit of time simply looking for it! Thanks for the fun Hoojar, Chip & Ding!

Reperio at 1630. FTF! This was certainly a nice bonus surprise having an unpublished cache to grab during a nice get together to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of caching. Being a time trial, I figured I may as well give it my all, so once the coords for the first WP were in hand...I took off as fast as my legs could carry me. Once I had collected the relevant numbers, it was off to GZ. Having sprinted there fairly quickly, the GPS took a little time to settle and had me searching in a couple of locations before the very impressive hide was found.

Gratias Hoojar, Chip & Ding for not only a well organised day, but for the bonus caches and being allowed the FTF!

attended the 10 year event, and was presented an opportunity to do an trail , phew a bit of jogging but mostly some fast walking till we got to the GZ and the previous teams where searching in the wrong area, and we gave them the new corrected coords but this was a good hide and kept the 3-4 teams scratching around till Tankengine tried a little harder on a location I'd even looked at and off we go.. pretty good time IMO if it wasn't for the long search time I think we would have given MV closer time.
all in all a good time, I probably wasn't expecting so much exercise at the event. phew...
Time was 22mins (with Tankengine)
thanks