Walk-a-while Night cache Galston, New South Wales, Australia
By strike-a-light on 10-Jul-10. Waypoint GC2BFWF

Due to bush regeneration, this cache has been archived permanently

I've got this all fixed and ready to go, just need to check some data

Undergoing maintenence, will be back in action soon

Cool cache! Lots of creepy crawlieeeeees!!! Hehe

What fun! Our first night time cache, and brought along an observer who spilled his beer in hot pursuit of little shiny triangles! When we found the last of the reflectors there were only 2 in the tree, but we found the third on the ground and reinstalled it.

Favourite point awarded for some great night time fun!

A night cache! Intriguing... Picked a quality humid night with not much moonlight to go trapsing through the bush and didn't it pay off!

Thanks for the cache, nice to finally turn this one into a smiley after driving past it several times

Cargo147 and I were after a cache for today and it was already dark (and a bit cloudy!) and so we decided with give walk-a-while a go! Well what a fantastic adventure. I used to run down here for school cross country and vaguely remember the track..well lucky we found the fire racks near by! We bush bashed our way in (and figured out on the way out that we really didn’t need to...) and then followed the trail! Avoiding a few spider webs once we were in the bush the track was reasonably clear. Soon we reached the destination, took a compass bearing and then soon had the cache-in-hand!
Getting out was no drama and we were back at the car before we knew it!
Thanks for the wonderful cache! We will be back to do rest-a-while another night! Favourite point for you!

found pretty easy got to final tree only found 2 tacks not 3 but a short search on ground revealed it had fallen off the tree so we replaced it on tree. found with gm10 and u_c

found with btm and u_c

found with btm and gm10

Having just found Rest-a-while Night cache much quicker than we had anticipated, i.e., it was a short walk to GZ, we thought we'd tackle this night cache, too. The good thing about winter night-caching is that the sun sets rather early so one can head on out early in the evening. This is especially important when one has young children who need to get to bed at a reasonable hour. Having said that, we probably got home closer to 22h00 in the end, but since it was a Saturday night, it didn't matter.

We made our way to the car park and found the track at the end. From there we followed the track to the starting point of the multi. Once there we had to have a good look around before noticing a smaller path and then seeing the first reflector. These reflectors also seemed more sparsely distributed compared to those for the Rest-a-while Night cache. Nevertheless, we managed to spot the reflectors as we made our way in a direction we guessed from the terrain. I was surprised to come upon two vertical reflectors so quickly. I was expecting three, and I had thought it would be a longer walk.

Examining the tree with the reflectors I noted that there was a small hole where a third reflector may have been. Therefore, I checked around the base of the tree and sure enough, spotted the reflector that had fallen off. I replaced it and then prepared to take a bearing for the final approach.

This was where the compass on my GPSr wouldn't play along. I tried to calibrate it again, but it wasn't working. I knew it was probably because the batteries in the unit were close to depleted. Fortunately, I had brought a spare set. Once these were inserted, it was a trifle to calibrate the compass and take a crude bearing (the windrose shows a graduation mark every 15°, so it's not very precise; next time I'll take my proper magnetic compass along if a more accurate bearing is required).

The cache's hiding spot was quickly found. Again, a nice large container, this one filled with goodies for kids. My little lad had a great time looking over all the swag while I signed the log.

By the time we got back to the parking lot the patrons from the high school's play were leaving the theater and heading to their cars. Fortunately, it wasn't so busy and we could get back on the road in a few minutes and head for home. Another fun night time adventure completed.

We just can't go past a night cache and took advantage of staying in the area for a couple of days to find these two near Galston. I think I have been down this area once before but at night recognised nothing. After we reached 2 firetacks in a tree we could find no more, so went back there assuming a tack had fallen out. This proved to be correct and not long after I just about fell over the huge pile of camo, not easy to miss even at night! We were surprised at how soon we were back where we had started from, it's strange walking at night in the bush. Thanks strike-a-light, this was a favourite way to spend our evening, we loved it.

The first cache was a lot easier. We somehow missed the big trail and went on the wrong one which took us half an hour.
We got to the waypoint and only found the beginning tack. We explored a bit before finding the vertical tacks. From there it was a quick find. Didn't have pen so took photo.
We also saw a tawny frogmouth. TFTC

found tonight on expedition with geoson .All good at the cache despite controlled burn TFTC

2nd night cache this evening after the Coffee, Cakes and Conundrums event organised by Calypso62.

A group of 6 eager cachers stopped here on the way home and completed the 2 night caches. A great way to end another fun evening event. You couldn't really see in the dark but from the smell there has been some recent back burning in this area. The cache and its impressive logbook are safe and dry.

TFTC # 1555 4th for the day.

After the completion of the Coffee, Cakes and Conundrums #4 event a few of us decided to go and find a nearby night cache Rest-a-While Night cache as we were also close we decide to continue so we walk onto find the other night cache Walk-a-while Night cache only a short distance away. Team was made up of Jackscruff, Gatherer Hade, lucky1955, phlphotos, teamMerlin and Splitty Miller JJCC. With torches in hand we set off locating each marker along the track. We continued on until we located the final markings where we then followed the instructions and soon had the cache in hand making a quick find. With cache in hand we all signed the log took a few pics and returned as found. Both the cache container and log are in good condition.

TFTC strike-a-light

Following on from the near by event a group of us had gathered to complete two night caches. The group consisting of Jackscruff, Gatherer Hade, lucky1955, phlphotos, teamMerlin and Splitty Miller JJCC having found rest-a-while and regrouping at their cars now made their way off in the opposite direction to tackle this the second of two night caches.

With many sources of light working together it didn't take long to pick up and follow the trail to the end markers. Again a short search soon had the cache in hand. The log was signed by each then a photo of lucky1955 and teamMerlin wresting the cache was taken before the cache was replaced as found.

What a good way to finish a days caching time to get home and catch some ZZZZZZ's

With the Coffee, Cakes and Conundrums #4 puzzle event this evening, we decided to complete a couple of night caches. With Rest-a-While Night cache under our belt Gatherer Hade, Jackscruff, lucky1955, phlphotos, Splitty Miller JJCC and ourselves continued on foot making our way to the start coordinates for this cache.

Initially had trouble finding the first tack, but this was soon discovered along with a small track into the bush. Once at the first tack the second one couldn't be found so we moved along the track and eventually we spotted another tack. Likewise for the third, but once through the rocks we soon spotted the end marker. Like our last find, a quick calculation for the next step and we all soon had the cache in hand. After all signing the log, taking a few photos, we then replaced as found.

The following TBs came through for a visit and the mileage - Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling.

TFTNC strike-a-light

#801 after the event at Galston a group consisting of Jackscruff, Gatherer Hade, lucky1955, phlphotos, teamMerlin and Splitty Miller JJCC. We first found Rest-a-while Night cache then we decided that while we were so close we may as well go for this cache. Gatherer Hade decided to come along for support as he had got the cache after a previous event in Galston. Followed the track to the start and we spotted the first tack and headed in we couldn't spot the second tack but a bit of a wander and teamMerlin spotted another. So we were off again & we soon came to the final mark. Worked out roughly where we were meant to head and Jackscruff & Lucky1955 got to the hide first. We all signed the log book and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache strike-a-light

Was only looking at finding one or two today - around an event. but then the publishing started. So, kept an eye on it all until one nearby popped up.
Got that, and then later that night attended the event and grabbed a night cache with a group afterwards.
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At the event mention of this one was made, so a group of us decided there was *safety / more chance of making a find* in numbers.

After making the find at this cache's twin, we all came here, although I'd already found it.
After getting the idea of this CO's hides at the last one, they didn't need any moral support from me. The group made the find in half the time I took alone - but then I had issues finding one tack last time.

Brought through some TBs, though.

Thanks to **Jackscruff**, **teamMerlin**, **lucky1955**, **phlphotos** and **Splitty Miller JJCC** for the adventure.

I am in the area today for tonight's event not far up the road.
So I came up early to find the local caches.
The two night caches in the area were my target caches.
So, as I was heading out to the nearby traditional I though I would find the start so I would not get lost later tonight. I read the description of course and then left it for later. [^] Off to the tradional I headed.
I was busy looking at the boulders and the burnt bushland and watching where the track was heading I accidentally found the 3 markers. mmmm, might as well sign the log book. I was looking forward to a night search. Still got the other one to go. [^]
Thanks for the cache.

#3054 (2 of 2 today) (Streak day 378)

After a great night at the nearby *Coffee, Cakes & Conundrums #3* event, I came here for a late night find - unaccompanied unfortunately.

Parked in the car park, and then after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing looking for the right path to the published coordinates (I'm sure it's obvious in daylight) I looked around until the tell tale glow of the start of the trail revealed itself.

I thought the fire tacks were a little far apart - and one I only spotted from one spot thanks to vegetation - but eventually I made it to a spot where I say 4 tacks... Hold on, one is on the ground! Replaced it on the other side to the 3 indicating GZ was near, and then with a check of the compass and a sway of the geotorch spotted a likely hiding spot.

Went over to check it - CIH!

Completed signing duties as my iPhone died, so had to scribble the trackable code in the logbook on my palm.

Then backed out and away home.
Nice little adventure. hopefully I can get some company after *CC&C #4* for the sister cache to this one.

SLTNLN
TFTC

#505
Was attending the nearby CCC#2 event and thought it would be a great opportunity to check out my first night caches. With daylight savings having just ended, it was well and truly dark when I arrived just after 6pm.

Made my way on foot from Rest-a-while Night cache. Switched to satellite view to figure out how to get to the starting point. Ah - just follow the trail. Hmmm, this one is a bit darker, quieter and further from civilisation. Employed small torch in addition to my headlamp. Quickly discovered some shiny things and followed a smaller track. From here, it was a much shorter distance to GZ than I was expecting (compared to Rest-a-while). Found the described target, checked compass and counted some largish steps, where I discovered a neatly hidden cache. SL and re-hid before retracing my way steps all the way back to the carpark.

Another great experience. While this one felt noticeably more "remote" than the previous, it was a lot less creepy than I was expecting.

Thanks strike-a-light. That was fun! Now off to that nearby event...

TFTC

The Christmas Eve night caching continues - we decided to give this one a go after all! I think the walk to the coordinates is the longest part, but it is easy, I was thinking as we meandered along that this hill is going to suck on the way back up! We scared off what we think was a wallaby, and I think the longest part for us was working out where we needed to be, for some reason the GPSr was telling us the other side of the road from where we needed to be. Soon geoboyfriend found what we needed and we were off, stumbling at only the second tack in the bush land. Geoboyfriend showed off his marvellous (but unnecessary) mountain goat skills in rock hopping and eventually something caught my eye, as the path opened up. Having read the description that mentions a longer walk than the other nearby night cache which we had just completed, I was surprised to see the required marker so "early" - but I guess once you factor in the (easy) walk to the start point it is a longer walk. Another quick guesstimation had us at a likely looking GZ where the logbook was signed and all was returned. I think it was intentional that there were tacks leading us out also? Great idea. Thanks for these two night caches and merry Christmas to all.

After being stuck at home most of the day, I decided I needed to get out for a bit and the two Galston night caches came to mind. It didn’t take me as long as expected to get to Galston so it was still light when I arrived. I attempted Rest-a-While first but it soon became clear that I wasn’t going to get anywhere until it became darker. So I walked down to do this one and, by the time I got to the starting point, it was dark enough for the torch to have an effect and I was soon at GZ for a quick find.

Nice one, thanks strike-a-light.

22/06/15. 8:29 PM. Cache #2621. Streak day #365 (one year - woohoo!)
With Yelyac on school holidays, and therefore able to stay up later, she was keen to come along with me on a night cache mission and I decided these two in Galston by strike-a-light would do just nicely.

We started with this one first. It was the one I was most hoping to find, as it has been 8 months since it was last found, so I was looking forward to adding those 8 months to my unloved-o-metre (now totalling over 14 years).
coordinates. Here I paused to read the cache description, and a quick turn of my head revealed the first
I parked closer to rest-a-while for a quick finish; we then walked past the oval and well-lit skateramp towards the tower and then followed the wide track down the transmission line to get to the published reflectors and the thin track to show which direction we needed to head in.

This smaller track was easy to follow and the reflectors were spaced together closer enough to make this an easy walk. The three verticals came soon enough and from there I took our bearing and pointed us towards GZ. Yelyac zoomed in on the likely hide and pulled out the cache. We opened it up and I confirmed that we were the first here since the last three in October last year. We signed, replaced and headed back. I kept thinking if this is meant to be the longer of the two night caches, the other one is going to be very quick indeed.

Before we got all the way back we were at the transmission tower and the end of the road. A 4WD was stopped there with its doors open. A dog started running towards us and barking, which freaked us out. Luckily I assumed that because of the car that an owner must be nearby, so I called out and they called their dog off. We walked up towards Galston Road, but the dog chased us again. This time we jumped the fence onto the oval. The owner called their dog off one last time. Slightly shaken, we headed over to the start of "rest-a-while". TFTC.
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First cache I've done in a while. Night caches are pretty fun, including this one. It was good and thanks for putting them close together - this really helped. The walk was just the right length. The only bad bit was our encounter with the dog - see Dad's log.

Took Noodles22 pathtag, left a toy rat - could make good micro camo?

This entry was edited by Yelyac on Wednesday, 24 June 2015 at 05:39:57 UTC.

Found with geo family loved this one nice walk

Another nice walk in the dark with the geo family. Some nice rock formations.

First track nice and wide but then a bit of a search to find track in. Located reflecter and on our way. Soon had cache in hand and signed. TFTC

Thought I would do a couple of night caches while waiting for the blood moon to arrive.

What a nice little night cache thought it wA going to be a lot longer but still very enjoyable. No need to be scared of it people it's very simple and you get a bit of serenity as well.

Tftc tnln.

This well reflected night cache made a good choice for my 2800th find, on caching streak day #420!
While there was a bit of koisture falling, it was not enough to prevent me from making this milestone, it just made me reconsider which cache to chose. Well worth it.
Left a path tag.
Thanks for the cache.

One of the newer highlights for me is nightcaching in the bush. Chudles introduced me to this side of the hobby so I jumped at the chance to find a few up at Galston with him this evening.

The last cache of the evening. A pleasant stroll and well marked. The hard part is getting your bearings and working out which way to go from the final reflectors. Chudles spotted a place and there it was.

TFTC strike-a-light

The third and last cache of a short night time excursion. Most caches obsess about one statistic or another, and EDF didn't want to find more than 3 caches, so as to set himself up for his 1500th. Oh well, he may never make 10,000 with that kind of attitude.

Followed the reflectors pretty easily, and then found the nice large container in the second area we looked at.

TFTC first night time one

Tricky find but fun exploring at night.

Was hoping find this one after midnight but we got in 20 minutes from parking the car. SL #1114 TFTC

This cache was fairly straight forward. TNLN. TFTC

Did this one after finding the other nearby night cache. An easy walk in. Found the first of the fire tacks and then swiftly follwed the trail. Straight forward find at GZ. Love these night caches! TFTC

Did this after Rest-a-while, with Waterfist. Down the firetrail and sure enough at pub coords, we spotted the first marker. We lost track of the tacks at one point, and needed to climb on a big rock to get back on track. Before long, we had cache in hand. Nice one!

Had wanted to do this for a little while, and given that I was going to be a little late tonight home and would need a find, I suggested to Calypso62 that we attempt this one...

He invited The Keens along as well which made a total of 4 of us looking...

Wasn't long before we came across the tacks and located the cache.

TNLNSL

TFTC

Well ... after doing Sydney Night Cache and declaring no more of these I find myself back doing one within the week

Was sitting at home working away when I received an SMS from Calypso62 that he and Smurfyguy were doing this cache tonight and would we like to tag along. I couldn't be rude and say no now.

We traveled down the firetrail to the start point and found the first fire tack quite quickly, after a bit of chin wagging and "there's another one" we were soon at GZ. Was a quick find once we were GZ.

TFTC strike-a-light ... and thanks for inviting us along C62 and SmurfyGuy !!!

#1441
Day 23 of "31 Days of Geocaching"

Smurfyguy had suggested we complete this night cache as it's been looking at us for quite a while so a plan was hatched. I contacted TheKeens to see if they would like to join us and 8pm was chosen for the meeting time. Miss Keen led the way in finding the firetacks and it didn't take long to arrive at the end of the track. The bearing was taken and distance calculated and Miss Keen soon discovered the cache hide. She's good at this!! A nice sized container, I like these! Thanks strike-a-light for the enjoyable adventure.

Followed the windy fire trail to GZ, Had a few slippages on the loose sandstone gravel by the young members, which I thought might rule some of the clan out of action. A long walk to do a short reflective tack night cache. Track into scrub was easy to find as was the cache. Took TB SL TFTC

After a quick find at Rest-a-While Night Cache, my night caching buddy and I were glad to see we could prolong our night caching expedition with this cache.

The journey involved in finding this cache got off to a strange start and only continued to become stranger. We headed down to the end of the carpark where the fire trail begins and saw a "road closed" sign. We presumed this was for vehicles, despite the fact there was also a locked gate blocking vehicular access to the trail. Anyway, we continued on and soon spotted a car hidden off to the side of the trail. The occupant obviously saw our torch lights approaching so turned their headlights on and got out of the car. Expecting some sort of confrontation, we simply exchanged hello's and continued on our way. Not much further along the trail, a large concrete pit exists which is surrounded by cyclone fencing. We spent some time dicssuing this and the man in the car and before we knew it, we were at the cache start point.

Scanning around we soon saw some reflectors and headed off on the fire tack trail which led to the tell tale tri-reflector marking. A quick read of the cache directions and a moment later the hide was found! A pretty cool container which we spent some time emptying an inspecting the loot. We took nothing, but I dropped off a travel bug, then signed the log and returned the cache.

It was a quick walk to rejoin our start point and it was then that we decided to venture further along the fire trail. This lead to a creek with bridge crossing, so we crossed and continued up the hill on the other side. Nearing the top of the rise we quickly stopped when we spotted distant headlights approaching. What do we do?! We decided to turn off our torches and waited to see where the vehicle was headed. The headlights appeared to weave around a few times, then turned off. We paused a while longer, then turned our torches back on and continued up the hill. Again, what we presumed were headlights turned on! Hmm, perhaps this was our cue to leave, so we headed back down to the bridge. The lights eventually turned off again, but we continued to head out.

Nearing the carpark once again, we were surprised to see the mystery man in the first car was still there at 9:30pm and this time he looked ready to approach us. He asks if we were from Ausgrid? No, we are just walking, we reply and then I quiz him as to who he works for and what he is doing there. Strangely he would not give any direct answers, instead explaining how he thought we were from Ausgrid checking the pumps in the pits? The bizarre conversation continued for a few minutes and all I could extract from it was that he was there to warn people of the trenches so they don't fall in. The trench however is surrounded by a 6ft cyclone fence with reflective witches hats, so not sure why he needs to seemingly keep a 24hr vigil at the trail and why he didn't actually warn us of anything on our way in?

Anyway, this has turned into a long ramble, but the whole experience was very odd and I would certainly be interested to hear what other experience if they venture to this cache soon.

For those that couldn't be bothered reading the above novel... TFTC, signed log, took nothing, dropped travel bug.

After doing Rest-a-while I came over to this one. With the lack of a compass playing havoc for me at Rest-a-while, I had a better fix on things here. Cache is in good order.

A very enjoyable evening's excursion, even if a bit spooky on my own at times. Thanks strike-a-light.

Found this after the other night cache close by. We walked from the previous one to this one and had a bit of a rough go - lots of scrub and missing trails. We were getting close to the start when we spotted three tacks in a tree! So - no following the path. We began at the end. Not a difficult find after the first one, but the path was really tough. We would have saved ourselves a lot of hassle if we went back to the road and walked around to the parking lot. Thanks for the hide!

2nd night cache, good fun and nice and easy. Tftc

Nice long walk at night dodging Roos all the tacks were in good sight soon had cih ,cheers.

Out on a night run with Team Sunderland....very long walk in...couldn't wait for it to be over by now as our legs were aching from previous caches....great tacks all in place & soon found cache in good order...T4TC

Done this one straight after the other night cache nearby. We are impressed by these caches, how the trail emerges from nowhere in front of you, and just how much fun they are. This was our second night cache and they definitely add another great element to the caching game. It was great walking past some large boulders by torch light as they appeared seemingly out of nowhere. We soon arrived at the GZ and after a quick search, retrieved the cache. TFTC.

Found with my man felly d yal, anothr great one, second night cache, those lights can b tricky. The cache looked a bit like an ied so was happy to still hav my arms and legs when i opened it

Came straight from the nearby, Rest-a-While and luckily had parked closer to this one. The track was familiar as it's my preferred route to Granny's Scramble, but not at night, of course. Cache is in excellent condition and well concealed. TFTC

no further maintenance required

# for today:3, TOD: Night, Conditions: Fine, Cache Condition: Excellent, Others: Honeysoy, Notes: Nil.

2nd of the night caches. After completing its neighbour we wandered over to the other side of the fields and headed off into the darkness.

Excellent setup of the little reflectors led us quickly to the desired location. A quick point ofg the compass and a few strides and we had CIH.

Really enjoyed this night time adventure.

SL TFTC

We got help with this one. A bit of a comical phone call with strike-a-lite earlier in the week, where we thought he was ringing us for a tip, only to find that he was contacting us to offer the same with this cache. Anyway, we had no trouble and Christine Vista made the find. Number 5 for the day.

FINALLY - with some help TFTC

Found on a night journey with holyman54. TFTC

Found on a wet night out with cybermew3

Three of us looking but only one decent torch, three versions of north and varying ideas of 12 meters - perhaps not surprising that we couldn't find this tonight. We won't be beaten though so expect us to return very soon!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo DID NOT FIND!
I'll be back!

I had real trouble with this again. I think my torch wasn't bright enough!?!

I was glad that the torch wasnt right enough to see the animals I could hear!?!

A great cache.

TFTC.

This entry was edited by Team Canary on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 at 05:45:26 UTC.

Since the heavy rains this summer, there has been some erosion along the track so I have moved the final GZ a bit. It is now in a very nice spot but any "phone-a-friend" options will no longer help with the final location.

My first proper night cache (fire-tack trail) completed with greg on 'australia day eve'. Oddly enough I've walked along this minor track once before when I came here for a field trip years ago for high school biology (but I didn't go to Galston HS!). Funny where caching brings you!! We weren't able to find the 2 fire-tacks close together, so we followed the bearing and distance from the last tack we were able to locate (on a tall shrubby bush near a large tree). Stumbled round in the bush for a while searching by torchlight, until I literally walked over the cache container signed the log, grabbed the TB that had been a resident for quite some time and replaced contents as found. Covered cache with some more camo, but as its a decent distance from the path, we didn't completely cover it otherwise no-ones every going to find it! XD Thanks for setting this up strike-a-light, I look forward to doing more night caches in the future now that I know what sort of thing to expect!!

Like RAGS we missed the last two fire tacks and ended up at the creek! But, we also missed them on the next two or three checks of he track!?!

We shall return!

While out, I couldn't miss this night cache as well. I parked near the oval, and bashed a little before hitting the fire trail. Got to WP1 and found the track. These tacks were harder to see, not sure if some are missing or not, or just overgrown, but I did the same thing as ruffasgutts4x4, kept walking another 60m or so, before I turned around to try again. Then the 2 ticks came into my light. Found the bearing spot on and found cache easy as all the camo was gone. Nicely stashed though strike-a-light, good job. SL. TNLN. added some more camo and went on my way. TFTC. For me, this is prob the best night cache so far. THANK YOU

I've been meaning to come down here and have a crack at this one ever since it come out. Tonight I decided to put it to bed, so with Geoson close by and a faithful Geomutt as well we vetured down the track and off on a wild tack seeking adventure.

Soon we were on our way, the tacks as stated by those before us are mostly close enough that you don't feel like your missing something, though somehow we missed the most obvious two and kept walking down to almost the creek.
Realising the errors of our ways, we retraced our steps and were soon off on a hunt in the bush, it should have been easier, I had the degrees and magnetic part right just misjudged the distance!

Geoson made the discovery after I P.A.F for some correcting (thats where the distance thing came in) then we discovered a well stocked cache and an interesting hide.

I took the bug and dropped another one off, Well done Strike-a-light very inventive and nicely orchistrated cache.

Ah "Black Friday", a clear chilly night with a crescent shaped moon and Venus nearby. A great evening for a night cache.
I drove to the parking area at around 2030, past the very busy skate park attracting only a couple of glimpses from the skaters and bike riders, and positioned the geomobile under the nice bright street light, next to the excavator and between two large piles of extraction, sand and rocks... great camo
The walk to the trail start was most interesting as recent rains ensured that my purposely selected elastic sided geoboots got a good covering in the muddy stuff. Taking a couple of easy strides in some sections become rather challenging with sideways motion happening even in the flat areas [B)]
Once on the trail the walk was pleasant and despite doing this cache solo I was in familiar territory after visiting "Granny's Scramble down this very path about 18 months ago.
Nice placement of the fire tacks made the trail interesting without "clutter" with a twinge of "maybe I passed a turn off point" only coming to mind a couple of times.
On reaching the twin tacks, I hauled out the compass and quickly found the cache trail. After two false searches on the way there it was found.
Nice engineering. Some solid thought has gone into this.
Took 1 x TB, left 1 x TB
On the way out I spotted another twin set of fire tacks through the trees.... it wasn't a black cat , it was a possum about 5 metres away.
The flying foxes were not in residence tonight.
*Recommended *
TFTH

#489

This entry was edited by rogpol on Friday, 13 August 2010 at 17:39:13.

3rd to find. This was my 5th night cache and my third night cache in a single night! I was really on a roll, and had only one 'close encounter' with a low lying log across a pathway that bruised my shin. I heard a number of suspicious rustling and crashing 'noises in the night' but decided that it wasn't really the 'Kenthurst Panther' and focussed mentally on my caching expedition.

Parking is pretty easy for this one, and there's no chance of getting 'locked in' after hours. I arrived at about 10pm and the extreme end of the parking area was absolutely deserted. The wide trail leading to the starting point is easy to find and easy to follow.

Unlike the earlier two caches of the evening, in Rouse Hill and at Annangrove, this one employed fewer 'fire tacks' and so required a bit more attention and effort. I happened to know this trail fairly well, because of another nearby cache, and so simply persevered when I ran out of little lights, confident that I'd soon find another. I back-tracked a couple of times, just to be sure, and soon found the signs promised by the CO that led me off on the indicated compass bearing. This part was the most fun, because 13 metres in the bush in the dead of night can be disorientating! However, the box was soon found and the log signed.

TNLN. Container and contents were just fine.

Many thanks to strike-a-light for setting up another night cache in The Hills area! I can recommend this one to everybody. And just don't worry about that panther . . .

Found with imgettingannoyed

I hated doing this cache in the dark!! Too many noises in the bush either side of the track that freaked me out a little!! (OK, a lot!!) I also had trouble seeing where I was going and almost came a cropper a few times!! Was annoying that we didn't have the GPS on us, but I was assured we didn't need it before we left home! Ha! (note to self: don't listen the other half!)

Was much nicer going in during the day to find the stash.

saw this cache come up when i checked the e-mails in the morning. unfortunatley i was away in Brisbane (caching of course) and wouldnt be home untill well after dark. however this didnt deter me so upon arrival home i grabbed the torch and headed accross the road (yes this is almost accross the road from my house) and attempted to find the cache. I left the GPS at home, why would i need a GPS when i know exactly where this starts and its a night cache how hard could it be. And yes i didnt really read the cache notes. Upon arrival at the trail head i got a sence of De Ja Vu. Im sure ive walked this track many times before.....

so followed the little orange lights in the trees until we found the end, had a very unsucessful search around the area, it was then i realised i shoudl have probably read the cache desription better so i managed to get the description on my phone, but with no gps or compass this proved to be a little fruitless, although we did have a pretty good crack. Unfortunatley we had to give up and return home.

So logged in and then realised that the FTF had already gone and we would have been about 5 hours behing the 8 ball on this one. So headed back at first light this morning with a compass in hand and the cache was found with in seconds.

Its disapointing this is a night caceh as the area is much more lovley during the day time

Was watching the World Cup final at an ungodly hour this morning when I saw this had come up overnight. I thought I might have a go at it this morning if it was still dark when the game ended. However, it was 0-0 at full time so the extra time meant it was light by the time the game finished (1-0 to Spain over Holland for the historical record when people read this log many years hence). Saw no one else had found it so at 5pm we left our home thinking it would be dark enough by the time we got there.

Knew this oval from kids soccer and nearby caches like Grannys Scramble so knew where to park. Headed off down the fire trail (there's one of those fire trail signs with coords in UTM on it) and found the first marker at the listed coords. Followed the trail in the dark and was glad I'd brought the super bright Arlec instead of relying on my crappy headlamp. Knew it was going to be a fair walk but as this was our first night cache we didn't really have any idea of how far we'd have to go in the dark. After a while we couldn't see any more tacks and found ourselves near a creek where the track seemed to peter out. Turned back and went back to the last fire tack we saw and proceeded again finding a couple we missed then found the important one that signified the GZ area.

Took a bearing from the good old compass and started looking but within a minute the geoson had called out "found it!". Quickly he looked inside - there was the precious FTF card! Huzzah! (*FTF*) A nice collection of bits. Took the geocompass and left a toy of some description plus dropped a TB. Love the 'signature in the bottom of the cache. Took some pics but we won't post them so as to avoid spoilers. Signed the log and replaced everything as it was. Found at 538pm. Didn't run into anyone on the way out which was also tagged to stop us getting lost. Proceeded to Rest-a-while Night Cache and knocked off our second night cache. Thanks!
*recommended*

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