Nasty Habits Broadbeach, Queensland, Australia
By nzblanchard on 01-May-10. Waypoint GC27VQY

Gone.... Sorry

I was in the area and decided to drop past this one and replace the container..... but I didn't end up re-hiding it.

The plants that used to hide the cache have been severely cut back. The container would now stick out like a sore thumb in the garden bed.

Could not find it. Appears to be missing.

Seems like its gone... sorry

Big group looking for this one with NO luck. It need some attention.

Had 9 people searching couldn't find it

Pretty sure this one is MIA. We searched for quite some time before reading the hint but unfortunately the gardens have recently been dug up and mulched. We didn't have any muggles around as it was close to 11:00pm. Did see some security camera, so we were hoping not to get caught loitering for so long. thanks for the hunt nzblanchard

Ducked out for a break from the conference and noticed this was only 10 metres away from where I was standing. Good one. TFTC

Had to be sneaky and quick with this one due to high muggle numbers. Achieved the grab and replaced without being sprung TFTC

This entry was edited by Clemdoog on Saturday, 29 September 2012 at 04:53:25 UTC.

Quick and simple find. and yes as a teacher I have some, at least according to my daughter.. All quiet today TFTC

Dad is off to Teched here tomorrow so thought we would grab a cache whilst he showed us where he would be. dropped off trackable

Nice easy find tftc!

An easy find on a pleasant afternoon. TFTC

TFTC

Nice easy find. TFTC.

Dokfrank found the box really fast. No TB or Coins in this box. Thanks

Was a very easy found. Thanks

Quickly grabbed this one in between sessions. Lots of muggles but made the find and replaced.

Tftc

Muggles a plenty today but manage to snare it.

No trackables in the cache.

This entry was edited by Jimmyproject on Wednesday, 15 August 2012 at 05:13:24 UTC.

Third find on this RUSH day...easy and quick find, thanks...still out with the wife and YZ of YZnMe...tnln...tftcsl...

found with geobotyz

It didn't take too long to locate this one. Luckily there were no muggles around this early in the morning butit looks like it could be an easy grab even when it is busy.
TFTC

Easy find no trackables

Woo hoo!! finally found it. Was good there wasn't a soul around. Retrieved Eddie. Hope his passport is up to date. :S

On a trip to the Gold Coast to watch the daughter run in the Marathon and thought we would find some caches too. Decided to pick this one up during the race, not too many muggles around so found it quickly.

TFTC

Third find today with razors_girl23. Dropped trackable

This entry was edited by RedGreenRabbit on Saturday, 30 June 2012 at 07:01:00 UTC.

Easy find with redgreen rabbit while we came to pick up our half marathon kits. Lots of running and cheerleading muggles around today.

second for the day this one was a nice walk from the beachfront, located it SL and tyftc

Tftc. Dropped dome window GC. No other trackables in cache at time.

No conventions on today, so muggle free find. L lucky chip. TFTC.

Found during a stop off at 1am. Our first cache ever Tftc!

Fairly easy find but there was noone around (although I was a little worried that security would show up and ask what we were doing lol). Not sure how easy this cache would be to find during a convention!! Found with Team ProPax. TFTC! =)

Found after brief search with Dr Rob. Convention Centre was deserted. SL. TFTC

As this cache was near our holiday unit we thought it appropriate to locate and log it. TFTC

Certainly nice and close to the convention centre! Grabbed this one the evening before my conference started and the area was blessedly muggle-free at that time. Thanks nzblanchard

As non-smokers we think this is a nasty habit, so we should support this cache. We found a very good hiding spot, that was not the correct one though. After a bit of searching we found it though! TFTC nzblanchard.

Out for a full day's caching with jowiba showing some of our caches on the Gold Coast. For newbies they are doing very well indeed. At last with this cache we found one that I had not been able to find yet because it was missing when I first looked. So I am pleased to log this find. One of very few I had not yet found in this part of the Gold Coast. Glad to find no cigarette butts inside!

Find no 3 on my morning walk. Nice easy find with nobody around, I assume building security know all about this one!

Tftc!

Starting in Cairns with a campervan we ended up in Broadbeach staying at the 5 star Pepper’s…what a huge difference…not only the ‘accommodation but also the place itself…our first highrises after 2000km…we felt like arriving in Miami.

For getting to know the Gold Coast we consulted our personal trip advisor GC…what a good decision.

#1340

Found with oneeyedcantab

Found this while in Broadbeach at Easter 2012

TFTCSL no travel bugs sadly. Found with Watson4

TFTCSL
no muggles about
With robgold

A quick find on our way to Pacific fair.
Took the long way to the next cache, not knowing the local area.
TFTC

No nasty habits here - not even attending a convention - just out in evening looking for caches . Easy find TFTC

My friend found it, sneaky hide. A few muggles around..

Found with nessa92 - solid find.

3.20pm - Good hint to an easy find, no bad habits around today. SLTFTC

nice little find. tftc

Nice easy find on a conference trip. First cache in Queensland!
Took the InstiGator TB

A nice morning out for a walk. No one else around today. Dropped trackable.

I'm attending a conference up here so this was very appropriate (although I don't have this particular nasty habit). Found on my morning walk- thanks!

This entry was edited by ssmc4 on Thursday, 15 March 2012 at 07:52:55 UTC.

Easy find took tb

good day to find this one. I was the only person there!

great find while visiting from Canada
Had to explain geocaching to one muggle while looking for it.
TFTCSL

After Greeting & G'day this one was beckoning to us "Come and Find Me".

GZ was quickly narrowed down and because of the lateness of the hour we had a muggleless search.

Geo Mum & I had been neck and neck locating our other finds tonight so the friendly race was on (even thought neither of us said anything).

Well I came up with the prize this time, we checked out the contents and swapped a few things.

Left Geocoin from Sweden.

Muggles couple came past on the othe side just as I was placing the cache back and he checked me out quite well but went on their way I think none the wiser.

TSLS SL TFTC

This entry was edited by Couchmen on Thursday, 16 February 2012 at 14:56:37 UTC.

This entry was edited by Couchmen on Thursday, 16 February 2012 at 14:57:26 UTC.

TFTC took a little while however we did find it with the assistance of the Blommies. Great day to be on the Gold Coast.

Found with the littlebloms
No tb's though

Spending the weekend at Crowne Plaza and just strolled past and couldn't resist picking this one up! Easy find, right where it should be

Our first qld geocache! Found while over for the Mitre 10 conference. TFTH

Quiet day at the Centre today which made the cache grab dead easy. No TB's in cache, left a keyring.

tried to find this after the green the gold and the blue
but unfortunately got stuck in the carpark during really
bad rain. as the rain started to stop we made a run for
it we found the 0.0 on the gps so decided we should have
a quick look. didn't get to find it cause the rain was
starting to come down again. Saw a camera and thought it
must be seeing people looking in the bushes all the time
and not knowing what there doing so I waved at the camera
to be nice. unfortunatly we didn't find it and probaly
won't be back in a long time. Even though we didnt find it,
TFTC.

Found it tonight. Great hide, hundreds of people must pass this spot every week yet this cache, which isnt tiny, remains well hidden within arms reach.

Collected tb

Found It!!!! On 2nd try

Wasn't looking in quite the right place.

Took Geocoin/travel bug and will place it back in Cairns on return from our holiday on the Gold Coast.

TFTC

Found by Nettlies Mum, Dad & Eldest Daughter

Didn't find it....

However, the Nettlies won't give up, given it was only found a few days ago and after looking at the cache photos.

We will try again.

TFTC (when we find it)

Nettlies

Found with the other Spoons on the way back to our apartment from the beach. Lot of worker muggle activity about preparing for the next event at the convention centre.
Left our Spoons PT.
TFTC

Well with nothing currently on at the convention centre and several workers dealing with concrete issues it was hard to avoid unwanted attention. Thankfully the stairs and geokids provided good cover as I walked by and reached in and grabbed the cache! We dropped off a travel coin and took another trackable. A photo on the steps provided enough cover to replace the cache. TFTC

Found this cache with the whole crew in tow - even though work was being done by the crew on the signage out the front of the building. We found a nice shady spot nearby to sign the log and paw through the contents. Thanks for the cache.

Cool. Left pt

Nice easy find, however there were no Travel Bugs in this cache. Almost regret leaving Jub Jub TB in this one.

found with barbbowman and fasted59 on our 2 week holiday of caching fun [:-)]

quick easy find before place got to busy

took reggie platypus
left green ribbon

Forgot to bring a pen but cache was easy to find on a beautiful gold coast public holiday.

Very quite here today not anybody around. Co-ords are spot on. Took tb and left happy meal surfing toy. Thanks.

This entry was edited by GU4x4caching on Tuesday, 27 December 2011 at 21:20:24 UTC.

Easy find despite a personal torturer and his victims running up and down the stairs. No TBs in sight. TFTC

Half expected to meet Billy Joel, easy find despite a few spiders. TFTC

None of the 5 TBs in cache. Left a TB we had. Then couldn't get back into building to get car. Then couldn't work car park machine. But all worth it to finding the prize. TFTC

Quick pick up on a nice walk out and about tftc, quick look busy here comes another muggle ......

Found 2 travel bugs
K6FF6J
450125
With steven turner and gemmi_d

My 4th find today! I'm up here for a conference, but at Jupiters, not the Convention Centre! This place was deserted at 6 pm tonight, which made finding the cashe easy. I left 3 TBs, so they could do some Qld travelling!

TFTC, nzblanchard!

CC.

Thankyou for providing a nice find for two little 1st time searchers. S left you a Thai Elephant for the Dino that B excitedly took away.

Funniest thing. Was chatting to some friends at the Gartner conference as they had a smoke outside. Not me, I was just being sociable.

Telling them about geocaching. Do a little app demo. What's that? 14m away? How good is that!

Cheers, and much appreciated, from Andy of team Bearsleys

No, I don't partake in this nasty habit, and I would be disappointed (but not suprised) if that stuff was seen billowing out and polluting this nice spot. Got here early enough in the day to avoid any muggle doing it so a nice quick cache on the way in. Cheers nzblanchard and thanks for the cache.

No nasty habits, but quick find. Thanks for the cache.

Noo82 thought we'd find this one before the Blaze game started. There were a couple of muggles sitting at the top of the stairs. Even though we were able to see the cache, we couldn't grab it without looking very suspicious. We waited til after the game and signed the log. No TB's here. TFTC.

KateRX and I were off to see the game and thought were grab ages caches before it started.
The problem was we could see it but the couple sitting on the stairs smoking just didn't seem to be in a hurry to move. We sat near by and waited 10 minutes but they wouldn't move. We decided to have a go after the game which was much more successful.
We signed the log and placed it back in it's spot. Pity no travel bugs were here. Hopefully the get loved soon.
TFTC nzblanchard.

nice quick find thanks

Thanks For The Cache
found this one while on a Geo-Trek Caching holiday with TeamBooo, Booo's Dad and Booo Booo to Queensland

TFTC

found while on a caching holiday with the geofamily TFTC

Hello, logging my personal tracker to calculate distance

24/10/11 8:54 PM Find #515 and a quick drive by. I imagine this convention centre gets busy and will have many cachers visiting each week. We're not attending any conferences unless it involves any of the theme parks I promised my daughter a Gold Coast holiday after the tough year we've had in Christchurch with quakes which has meant a move to Melbourne...but I'm thinking maybe Queensland could be our new destination. TFTC.

found during world championship in aerobics

Nice day, quick find

joined the other smokers for a bit had to wait a while to rehide. TFTF enjoyed the chance for a break

I found it during aerobics compitition. Thank You.

Cache Hunt 798; GAFF3; Weather, Sunny; Helpers, None; Cache condition, Great; Find of the day, 1st; STATUS, Found; GPSr at GZ - 1m

So, with only a few to do to get my 800th, I walked up to here after lunch and shopping with the family. I got to GZ and walked around with a few worker muggles standing around. After reading the desciption, I continued my walk. Then checked the hint and figured I knew where it might be.

Still another muggle close by and I did the phone trick to look like I needed to be there. Once he left I checked a few more places and found the cache. SL, TNLN and replaced. Simple! Nice! TFTC.

Having peered in one place which would have needed a serious extraction tool we checked out the other possibility. Consider it found! The third cache found by the weebeanz4 and one of their borrowed mates at the start of another glorious holiday on the Gold Coast. I think we left a glitter glue stick...while Miss 5 took a metal disc. Cheers TFTC.

Got it! In great shape.