Rock On Georgetown, Queensland, Australia
By bubblensqueak on 03-May-10. Waypoint GC27YBH

We continued today our tour of several AUS states in the NorthWest and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Traditional-Cache.The weather was - said in one word simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood. The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The logbook was okay, and allowed easy logging.For the excellent location we give a FP.Thanks to bubblensqueak for the generation of this nice cache Rock On (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood. TFTC says H_M_A @ 22. Oktober 2024 @ 09:46 o'clock @ [#22702](https://coord.info/GC27YBH)

Beautiful place to hide a cache

Definitely trust the gps, not where you'd think it would be. Container is cracked, but contents seemed ok, quick sign, and then back in the disco on the way to Cobbald

Beautiful landscape for a cache.

Quick find on way through to Georgetown with Pinkh. TFTC

GPS was working on my phone but after using some previous logs and photos it was in our hands!

OCW PelDroedGwin towing the caravan with geodog Peppa and geocat Levin in the car.The perfect t place to stretch our legs. Tftc

The sun is starting to set here,which made the large rock

Found. Wet notepad but I signed it anyway.

Found with my daughter. Did not sign as container compromised and log sheets were wet. Still cool in the outback.

Way too wet to sign, might need some maintenance, but overall a fun little hide and a good stretch. TFTC!! )

Easy

TFTC however very wet.

Quick little stroll amongst the rocks. TFTC.

Found it TFTC Found in good condition. Remember to cover with a flat rock to protect container from sun

Fun cash to find

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 62. Mount Surprise to Western Creek Station near Georgetown. It was only a short drive today. I tried to have a leisurely start, but the birds were having none of that. I headed off and had a smooth drive. Once in Georgetown I walked to the two town caches and then the cemetery for the third. I had a look at the van parks and they seemed very full, so with two more caches out on the Forsythe road I decided to go to western Creek station. Very remote and despite plenty of people, very quiet.

That was a change, I did not have to go to the top of the rock ! Nice area. A concerned traveler even stopped to make sure I was ok. I love the outback.

Thanks for the cache bubblensqueak

36586.5 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & October 2019 Take a Walk A#408

**Albida**

Took the opportunity to stop for a few caches as we passed and to stretch the legs in the sunshine here, the cache was found easily and off down the road to the next!

With GreyHams we set out on an epic 5 day caching trip from Cairns, to the Northern Territory and back again. 3400km via Burketown with the occasional detour off into different directions as was needed! Looong straight roads, many on dirt or rock and rough but luckily only the 1 flat tyre. Camels, a crocodile, wildlife in abundance of numbers and types and a crazy number of kangaroos after dark it was a little scary! Such a great trip through all the LGA's and we saw so much!

Day 1: We arrived in Cairns after midday to pick up the car with several hours of driving ahead of us to get to Hughenden. With road reports having just changed to open after recent rains it was a little unknown what was ahead of us. 'Drive to conditions and 4WD'... down the Lind in the dark and not a car to be seen for hours... we found out why! Some old caches, virtuals and earth caches to stop at, it was a good start into a few areas otherwise easy to drive by and miss their little discoveries.

Day 2: With reports of snow falling back home in Canberra we woke to a pleasant sunny day of blue sky and warmth. Hughendens windmills and dinosaur visited and then off into the unknown of more dirt roads of 'drive to conditions and 4WD' and a fascinating day of Earthcaches through the region. Cloncurry was our stop overnight and despite its many accommodation options it was a long search before the 'have you tried the road runner?' It proved better than expectations and as usual things just worked out. The Leichharde for dinner was a good snitty hotel, an event at the central was great to meet some local cachers and proved to be the steak place as we saw!

Day 3: The most epic of all days of the trip in the distance and events. Leaving The Curry it was up to The Isa, some local caching, local cachers and then south for a bit before returning through The Isa and off to the Northern Territory. Camooweal to Burke 'up the dirt' rough, rocky, lots of creek crossing, AKA 'dips' and a bit of water in places. A flat trye slowed things dramatically, after the crazy number of little kangaroos and 3 hours to travel 160km we limped into a thriving Burketown relieved to have made it with only 1 roo casualty. The hotel was a busy and friendly place, dinner at the closing TA and then the hotel closed and silence...

Day 4: Started off at the great guys at Nowlands who had the tyre repaired quickly. Checked in for our flight to Mornington and then off to the Burketown bore and wetlands while we wait, cool spot! Doomadgee missed the day before, we squeezed it in today which was worth the drive, the roos of the night made way for so many wedgies on the road and stopped overnight in Croydon at a great Queenslander hotel with the best meals and the best sauces to go with them. Yummy, caching fuel!

Day 5: Croydon to Mareeba, with a FTF opportunity at Einasleigh Gorge, great geology and a lovely discovery, lunch at the hotel and then off down some more dirt roads, creeks, water and corrugations, the road crews keep busy out these ways and we were pleased to meet some along the way! A little scramble for accommodation but Mareeba pushed us a little further and was well placed.

Day 6: A casual morning collecting a few local LGA's around the Cairns area before returning the tough and mighty little hire car and the flights down south to winter... aargh! Sunny Queensland, you will be missed!

Such a great trip, long days, long roads, landscapes and wildlife of such variety and abundance. Great caches, people and memories. Thanks for your cache that guided us through this area!

Aquilus1 & I are on a mission to visit every LGA in Australia and on this short & sweet 5 day mission we went from Cairns to the Northern Territory and back again. 3400km's, 1 flat tyre, 600-700 kangaroo's seen, 1 hit, and all the other fauna & flora.

What a nuts adventure!

Day 1: Arrive in Cairns at before noon, grab the car and immediately off to Guyala for the first LGA of the day. During the day we saw massive trees, and old virtual and some earthcaches.....and at least 200km of dirt road without seeing anything at all except for one car. Limped into Hughenden from The Lynd about 9:15pm. Had to spend 15 minutes killing mozzies in the room before I was willing to go to bed.

Day 2: Leave Hughenden after admiring the windmill & the dinosaur for a day of largely earthcaches.....and long dirt roads that were marked '4WD only'. Our mightly little pretend SUV ate them for breakfast. Had a mad scramble for accommodation at the end of the day in Cloncurry.....eventually getting a cabin at the 'Road Runner'..... which clearly has a poor reputation based on the looks we got when mentioning it. Local event was great and met TeamPops for the first time.

Day 3: Left The Curry on the way to The Isa.....detoured south a bit before returning and doing some cool gadget caches by drrnrchr...some real talent there! Then off to the NT of course, as you do! From there it was a slog to Burketown...."up the dirt" which was a very poor road. Got the flat right near the end of the worst stretch so then limped in at 50-60km/h for the next 3 hours. I have never seen so many roo's in all my life and I live in Canberra which has a serious roo problem.....it was crazy. We arrived just near closing of the pub & takeaway and the town was in party mode....then 15 minutes later was completely silent.

Day 4: At sparrows got the car to the awesome guys at Nowland to fix the puncture. This was the day for visiting the aboriginal LGA's, we checked in for our 30 minute Mornington Island flights at the Shire Council, first time I have ever done that! Doomadgee was visited as well, the road there being excellent with an exciting river crossing for fun......and we discovered it was actually Mabo Day so we were very lucky to visit on that day, the towns were fascinating, the Rosie's chicken at the Doomadgee roadhouse delicious. Heading east along the Savannah way, we saw a croc & a canberra cacher....of all the things!

Day 5: Another long day from Croydon to Mareeba, with my first Queensland FTF as well on an amazing earthcache at Einasleigh....more swful roads but thankfully these were the very last! As always an interesting hunt for accommodation, but it all worked out.

Day 6: This was a relaxed day just cleaning up the few surrounding Cairns LGA's and cruising into the airport...where they tried to charge me $500 for having a puncture that was now repaired...jeez guys, c'mon! Sorted out quickly but I was set to 'ramming speed' for a few moments.

Found it! Found this one on our way back from Cobbold Gorge with WayneO. Awesome day and very happy to end it with a cool cache, with an interesting location. Signed and replaced as found. TFTC

TFTC. Found while out and about with Dat87 on a day trip to Cobbold Gorge. A great day out and a nice quick find on the way home

After getting into Forsayth later than expected last night as we had chosen the wrong road and a very swollen flooded river blocked our patch so we had to come in via Georgetown so there was no caching done on our way in.
Today with a nice fresh start we headed out to Enslaigh to grab the two out there before heading our way towards Croydon.

We have to agree with the cache page this is indeed a vast country and this area certainly has it's share of volcanic rocks. We pulled up on the side of the road and thought mmm, this isn't going to be pleasant but once we got through the long grass on the side of the road it was a nice easy walk to gz and the cache page says just trust your GPS, we found the container right where it was pointing.
We added our name to the log before returning everything as it was.



Many thanks bubblensqueak for the cache

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks bubblensqueak (F=881 H=25) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

TFTC,
Day 15 of our northern adventure for 2022 and now Nana nel and wazza9 are heading towards Cairns.
Looked for this yesterday and failed. Back this morning with a new enthusiasm. Soon had CIH, signed and visited trackables.

Day 15 of our adventure to Townsville Mega. Looked for this one yesterday, all we got were seeds and thorns in our socks and shoes. Today we came back with the cords in the GPS instead using the phone, wazza9 made the find in minutes, stamped log and returned. Thanks to bubblensqueak

TFTC,
Our trip to the Gulf ended last night with our arrival at karumba.
Day 14 and we have started to head east towards Cairns.
We decided to sleep at Forsayth and tried to get this on our way in. Will try again tomorrow.

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 3869#

Found on: 25 October 2021 13:49

Distance from GZ: 5m

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Another quick find for us today.

**TFTC for the Small Traditional Cache bubblensqueak TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 3869#
Found on: 25 October 2021 13:49
Distance from GZ: 5m
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Another quick find for us today.
**TFTC for the Small Traditional Cache bubblensqueak TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

Found after an awesome visit to Cobbold. On our way to Karumba. Found with NutCacheBNE

Quick stretch

Pretty awesome pile of rocks. Thanks

After spending 3 weeks travelling from Cairns to Cape York and back with FeatherWaite and another friend from Hobart, we headed off on our separate ways home.

With the current dynamic covid situation and the restrictions in place in terms of entry back into SA, I haven’t really decided on my final route, but I was in no hurry!

I am making my way west towards Karumba.

I spent much of yesterday visiting the Undara Volcanic National Park to check out the Kalkani Crater and the lava tubes, then camped at the Einasleigh River last night.

This morning I noticed that there were some caches further south near the towns of Einasleigh and Forsayth, so decided to do a loop down there, then back up to Georgetown.

It was a bit of a deviation, but I’m glad I did it as it was quite a pleasant drive and the scenery was great. It was good to check out the two old mining towns and the Copperfield Gorge was worth seeing.

This cache was a quick find, fortunately at good coordinates.

Thanks bubblensqueak for the cache.

A great walk to

Travelling west to do some caching and this was one we targeted and found.  Thanks for hiding and giving us the opportunity to explore. Beautiful scenery. We had a container we could use to replace damaged one. Fav point

This one is awesome. The lid is damaged so if the next person can replace it that would be great!

A quick stroll from the road has me at the listed coordinates and soon had my hands on the cache, as reported the container is pretty fragile but contents still good, thanks for placing and

TFTC

Little bit weather beaten, but what a cache, and what a spot! I saw a roo so dark he was almost black

Quick find
TFTC

Quick leg stretches and a find.
Tf

Found TFTC with Barrod.. great co-ords. Container needs replacing bottom all cracked ..chock a block full with souvenirs

found with suto52 cache container lid is broken and there is a hole in bottom of container tftc

Cache still in good condition and plenty of log book left. Lots of little knick knacks inside
Tftc

On our return from Cobbold Gorge

Good hide tftc

We needed the hint but it was spot on. Nice to break up the trip to Cobbold. TFTC.

At first I was a little hesitant to walk into the long grass, but the well trodden path helped alleviate my fears

This is my first one.. thankyou..

Found it TFTC
All good

I trusted my GPS and I found, signed and replaced this cache as we were coming out of Cobbold Gorge. A difficult place to park with a large van but with his usual skill Pa found a spot. I wish I had realised how far past the cache we had driven and it would have been as easier find. Thanks for placing this cache bubblensqueak. It is in good condition.

What a nice spot. So many termite mounts. Great

How did the big rock get on to of the little rock. Nature does much better than people piling up cairns along the roadside. The cache was found quickly and easily.

TFTC a quick find along our journey.

TFTC

We had stopped at Forsayth from Cobbold Gorge for a coffee. We needed it as a speeding cruiser flew past at a million miles an hour, spewing stones everywhere, wit one hitting the driver's window, smashing it to smiterreens. Fortunately the tinting kept it largely intact. This was the first one outside town.
There was a lovely phot op with the termite mounds, but the parking I chose was not the best, and I forgot my camera in my haste.
TFTC

Travelling through the region, I stopped to find this cache.
Trusted the GPS and found the cache hide.
It was a great place to "stretch the legs" and generally ponder the remoteness of outback Queensland!

Thankyou..enjoyed the rock garden and big boulders

My husband and I started caching in 2006. Placing quiet a few caches over the years. Unfortunately Garry's life was cut short in an accident Dec 2016. As we moved around a little with his work our caches are well spread out and I currently don't have the time to get to all of them to replace logbooks. I am asking if you are planning on visiting any of our caches if you wouldn't mind taking along a spare notebook and replace if necessary. Already I have had to archive a few but would love to keep the remaining ones going for years to come. I would be most grateful to anyone for helping out.

Geohubby kindly walked around GZ and soon had the cache in hand and the log signed.

Many thanks for the hide bubblensqueak

Quick find on our way out to Cobolt Gorge. Cache in good order, TFTH

like trying to find a needle in a haystack but fortunately we found it tftc

Came out this way to grab the 2 caches. Thought the last one would of been harder. This one through the long prickly grass had us tested. After removing our shoes and de-burring we finally found the cache. Tftc

TFTC great hide love the overhang of rock

Found while traveling home from a weekend at Cobbold Gorge.

Great find, was in the shade in the afternoon. Thanks for placing this cache.

Travelling around Australia using Geocaching as our Tour Guide.

We visited your cache today as we left Forsayth and move closer to Cape York.

TFTC bubblensqueak

Day 10 of our tour up to Cooktown and then around the outback to the west of Cairns...and our last day as we headed back to Cairns...to fly home the next day.

I nearly missed this cache as we headed into Georgetown from Cobbold Gorge. I hadn't checked my GPS for a while and drove right past this cache . I only discovered this when I stopped for Flat Creek cache a little further down the road...which I almost drove past . As I may never be back this way, I decided a short back-track was in order. A reasonably quick find after walking in a rather large circle.

Thanks bubblensquaek for putting this cache here.

Tftc a happy for us. Gps reading correct log in good order

Nice quick find
TFTC

Found at 5:26 PM GAFF1.
It is always a surprise to find a random sudden outcrop of rock after thousands of kilometers of flat ground. As we approached GZ we thought that we had to do a bit of climbing, but we then looked at the Terrain rating and realised that we didn't have to overly exert ourselves this time [^]
Found the cache very quickly as it was not fully covered..
Thanks bubblensqueak.
Feedback: Container has been patched with a piece of tape and it is letting in moisture.

Found on our "Gemfield Run". Found by geokids. TNSL, TFTC.

We took your advice and trusted our GPSr. Thanks. That worked a treat.
Nice hide. Nice stuff in cache for the kids. TNLN tho'.
What interesting landscape around here! Thanks for getting us to stop bubblensqueak.

Nice little sweat in the hot arvo sun. Def trust gps

As I am in this area at the moment this one was a quick drive by in the afternoon.

Tftc

Georode

Found it on 19/12/15. Hair clip added to cache.

Easy find

TFTC

Early morning find on my drive from Georgetown.
Impressive natural rock art.
Thanks for hiding here
R

TFTF A quick find and stretch

A great rock formation to stop and have a look at. Thank you for the excuse to do just that. A nice easy find, a couple of photos, and I was off again.

Cheers

Tftc

Accurate coords made for a quick find. TFTC.

Great spot for a quick break. Spotted a spooky skeleton in the 'cave'

Found while driving from Karumba to Cairns. This one was a little out of my way but just too close to resist another great location! SL TFTC

Interesting search on the way to the Cobold George. TFTC

Found it on our way out from Cobbold Gorge, love the rocks around here and this pile was particularly attractive. It's very dry underfoot with lots of dead crunchy leaves, but no long grass, nevertheless approached with caution and very heavy treads, after listening to savannah guide talking about mulga snakes, fierce snakes, taipans, death adders etc, made a quick find and continued on our way. Tftc

Taken me a few days to log this cache (sorry). I went from Forsayth to Georgetown to do some shopping and to check my emails (no reception in Forsayth) and remembered to check for local caches. Found this one on my return journey. I hate rocky areas on a hot day but I was determined to add another cache to my collection. GPSr spot on
TFTC
TNLN
sL

one the way to the Forsayth TURNOUT.
nice spot in the "middle of nowhere"
swapped 8ball for lobster.
TFTC

Loved the stretch and surrounds. TFTC

Found by Greg. What remote site for a cache. Loved it! TNLN TFTC

Found this on a trip to Gobbold Gorge back a few years ago, forgot to log it, sorry. Yes it is a good place for a stretch and wonder. The gorge is a must see.

The rails had ended at Forsayth and so it was time to head back to dull monotony of the Gulf Development Road.
The Forsayth to Georgetown Road was providing a last few kilometres of quiet, scenic country driving
And an excellent excuse to stop by the roadside in the form of a geocache [^]

Hey nice rocks !!
This pile actually looks like Mother Nature put them there too !!
The really big rock on the top looks to heavy for any bulldozer or excavator to have placed it there [:o]
I had noticed that there must have been some bored excavator drivers when they upgraded the road, and “balance the boulders” seems to have been a popular pastime

To find the cache, I followed the GPS as instructed, and voila !!
A nice easy to find cache in rocks !!
Will wonders ever cease ?

TFTC and leg stretch [^]

Stopped at this cache site on our way through to Georgetown from Forsayth.
While I'm not usually a big fan of the cache hidden in the rocks, I rather enjoyed this find.
Don't get me wrong, hundreds and hundreds of rocks, but with a little faith in the GPS the cache hide was soon revealed. Signed the log but took nothing and left nothing.
Thanks bubblensqueak for this cache.

This cache definitely makes the trip from Forsayth to Geogetown much more interesting and enjoyable. It was not only the cache that fascinated me. The big boulders around are quite impressive. On top of that they accomodate a spine-tingling skeleton.
It was a matter of seconds for Warren to hold the container in his hands.
TFTC
Walter
walterhellmut

My job takes me out to Forsayth all most weekly by train and never by road. So have been wanting to get this cache for a long time, but have never had the means to get out to the GZ until today. Finally got a car job from Forsayth to Mount Surprise via Georgetown, so today was the day to finally get the cache. Quick easy find once I was at the GZ. TFTC TNLN SL . {#124}

This entry was edited by RobS72 on Friday, 30 November 2012 at 05:12:30 UTC.

Easy find. Tftc

This cache was a welcome stop on the way back from Cobbold Gorge to Undara. TFTC!

was going to try and find on way to Mt Surprise - however some fast driver decided to not slow down and smash and windscreen. Decided to keep going to get windscreen fixed.

TFTC great spot for a rest

Logging this one after I got back from my Gulf trip.

TNLN. TFTC. SL.

found this one on the way through the area. TFTH