Henry Lawson Steps Blues Point, New South Wales, Australia
By
Gaztek on 26-Jul-10. Waypoint GC2CB2B
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Logs
A few geofinds needed in the northern city area after work. After the sunset disappeared from my previous finds nearby, can I do this multi in the darkness? Why not. I happened to mislaid my torch so had to feel around for ten minutes at varying levels near my calculated coordinates. Nice to find it hidden, once I used my phone torch briefly. And thats my 2279th find so far. Thanks Gaztek.
Seems to be some conjecture about what is the "Oldest Year". After some confusing math at the plaque, i got a set of coords, so off i go up the hill. Close to a set of steps, but the wrong steps apparently. After searching the entire area, time to read some logs. The last log before mine actually gives you the correct coords, but i did not look at it that closely until later. Read every log and started to see this theme of confusion and misleading info. Anyway, finally found the right steps, that has Herny Lawson etched into them. So after 45 minutes of searching, finally found it 20M away from bottom of stairs under a medium sized rock. Even bottom of stairs can be misleading, as where do they stop? From what should of been a 15 minute exercise, cost me 1 hour. Nearly a fav, but not after being lead down the garden path, so to speak. TFTC.
For my birthday this year my daughter gave me a memory caching day out together, today was that memory day.we caught the train nice and early and the weather turned out great this was our first cache and after finding the plaque and getting co ords we set of to GZ, it seems my GZ was different to the final GZ, we had searched and searched for ages before my daughter looked at a past image and noticed something that I expanded my search area before making the find.Thanks for the cache tnln replaced as found sl
Will come back another time. Lots of broken glass in the area, so I wasn't too keen on sticking my hand around places.Another lovely and quiet part of suburbia.Plenty of bush turkeys trotting around making noise as if they were muggles
AVENGING THE DNF!! while taking myself on a little 8pm walk after surviving the first 40 day of the season i thought id swing through and re-attempt some previous DNFs with fresh eyes. i dont know what went wrong the first time because i was 100% looking in the right area but just could not make the final connection. this time i found it within minutes of looking lmaoreally fun hide, TFTC!!
I found the initial information on a previous visit to Sydney but didnt have the time to walk to gz. Back in Sydney for the week, I headed here this morning and it didnt take too long to find the cache. All good here, even with some recent landscaping. I never knew about these steps or the house. Tftc
Found whilst enjoying a walk around this suburb. Calculations were calculated, and surprisingly we must of got it right as we found the cache nicely hidden as described in the hint. Accurate coords made it easier for us. Thank you Gaztek
thought i had the right spot (certain i had the right stairs) but the hint applies to SO MANY PLACES i just couldnt figure it out. would love another hint if anyone has a good one haha
We have found half of it... we have worked out tge puzzle but couldnt find the cache
I actually did this in reverse. A local gave me the location of the steps. I searched the bottom with no luck but then ascended them and navigated to the plaque.
Such a cool history meander! thanks for bringing the history to life! Enjoyed looking at the houses 
after scraping around in many possible spots like all resident the brush turkeys, had CIH;) TFTC
after scraping around in many possible spots like all resident the brush turkeys, had CIH;) TFTCFound It!
As I arrived at WP1 it started to pour with rain. So I sat in the car and did the maths while waiting for the rain to slow down a bit. Then I put a raincoat on, walked to GZ and found the cache after a short search.
TFTC
As I arrived at WP1 it started to pour with rain. So I sat in the car and did the maths while waiting for the rain to slow down a bit. Then I put a raincoat on, walked to GZ and found the cache after a short search.
TFTC
Maths worked out fine. Cache was a bit of a scramble but got there in the end. TFTC
Another lovely multi around this hilly part of Sydney! Thought it would involve a few more steps than it did given where it started & the title; but luckily for me it wasn’t too gruelling!
Enjoyed gathering the information and then moved the car over to the final hide, where I got pretty lucky with a parking spot as close to the descent at possible!
Quick find thanks to the hint and after checking a few spots along the way! No muggles in sight too which was nice, and the hide is well away from any gardening!
Enjoyed gathering the information and then moved the car over to the final hide, where I got pretty lucky with a parking spot as close to the descent at possible!
Quick find thanks to the hint and after checking a few spots along the way! No muggles in sight too which was nice, and the hide is well away from any gardening!
Always enjoy a bit of local history mixed into a Geocache, especially in an area that was home turf in the teen years and a subject that was always a favourite. Gathered and processed the numbers, then walked to the next stage. I looked in ever increasing circles and spotted what had to be the right place. Thanks Gaztek.
After correcting a maths error and looking at the map I found myself in the right place. But so many places to look! Careful surveillance showed something that stood out when looked at from the right point. And CIH. TFTC SL. TNLN.
Had two tries at this. First one I had the wrong date. This took me to a possible place but did not match the hint although suitable features were not far off. Correcting this took me somewhere more promising, but no joy and it does not match info in a previous log. Not sure what I am doing wrong. Will recheck my maths.
Cache check. The container is in the same place it's been for ten years. The garden around it is changing for the better. Cheers... Gaztek
The one glitch on my Nth Sydney outing. Couldn't find that medium sized stone (what is medium in stone sizing?)
Howdy from Dallas, Texas
This cache is in great shape.
This trip was planned some time ago but we kept running into issues. So when a business trip to Asia came up I decided that an unconventional route and an extended stop-over were in order as opposed to waiting for the stars to align on a pleasure trip.
Our 2020 goals are to find all the year 2000 caches and complete 6 original FIZZY loops (loops with caches placed before April 6, 2007). No one in the world has done the latter. Only one person is at 4 loops, LISDOWNEY from Ontario, Canada. So, of course, Lane Cove and Geocache - Relocated topped the list this trip and one other south of Canberra that we found, that wasn't easy.
I had been to Australia once before for a honeymoon years ago but promptly headed off to the Hayman Islands to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef, so I didn't get to take in many of the touristy things Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, and Wollongong has to offer. This trip we fixed that anemia. The aforementioned cities played as our hub cities each night and the launching pad for the next day. Sydney was the only city that there were two overnight stays. Sadly the first day after landing we had found all the target caches that we had for Sydney, so I fixed that staying longer in Wollongong and did some epic hikes.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that while in Sydney a sad record-breaking day occurred. When driving out of the city toward the outback a radio announcement said that that day was the worst day in Sydney's history for the smoke covering the area from all the wildfires. It was bad, I could really feel it in my lungs. But, just an hour west and it was a beautiful nice day.
Things learned about Australia while on this trip (I know COs in Australia don't care about this stuff but we have students that like to read our logs here in the States and some creepers that obsess about us - no joke we had an event while there and showed a group of Sydney cachers our trolls) :
- Birds are so different here, all kinds and Cockatoos were like our Krackle birds as noisy as heck and everywhere.
- Kangaroos are like our dear. Cool to watch, see and eat. Yes, eat. It was on the menu one night.
- The Average Aussie drinks 96 liters of beer per year
- Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world
- There are more kangaroos than people
- The Drop Bear was created to scare tourists
- Australia has the second-highest human development index
- And they love Vegemite
- Melbourne has the largest Greek population outside of Greece
- There’s a mountain named “Mt. Disappointment”
- Australia’s dingo fence is longer than the Great Wall of China
- Some of the world’s deadliest animals live here
- Australia was inhabited for at least 50 000 years before the British came
- Australia has over 10 000 beaches
- It’s the 6th largest country in the world
- The Australian Alps receive more snow than Switzerland
- Home to the largest living structure on Earth – The Great Barrier Reef
- The Kangaroo is the national animal of Australia
- Home to a larger population of camels than Egypt
- Sydney is the largest city, but it’s not the capital.
- Wombat poo is square/cube-shaped so they don’t roll away. This makes it easier for them to mark their territory.
- The name ‘Australia’ comes from the Latin word ‘australis’, meaning southern
- Total Population: 24,970,200.
- Capital: Canberra.
- Biggest City: Sydney.
- Highest Mountain: Mount Kosciuszko
- Land area: 7,692,024 km2.
- Biggest Lake: Lake Eyre (salt) and Lake Mackay (freshwater)
- National Day: 26 January (Australia Day)
- Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Prime minister: Scott Morrison
- Currency: Australian dollar (AUD).
- Official language: English.
- Member of Nato: No.
- National song: “Advance Australia Fair”
- Official website: www.australia.gov.au
-Time zone: from UTC +8 to UTC +10:30
- Country Number/Prefix: +61
This cache is in great shape.
This trip was planned some time ago but we kept running into issues. So when a business trip to Asia came up I decided that an unconventional route and an extended stop-over were in order as opposed to waiting for the stars to align on a pleasure trip.
Our 2020 goals are to find all the year 2000 caches and complete 6 original FIZZY loops (loops with caches placed before April 6, 2007). No one in the world has done the latter. Only one person is at 4 loops, LISDOWNEY from Ontario, Canada. So, of course, Lane Cove and Geocache - Relocated topped the list this trip and one other south of Canberra that we found, that wasn't easy.
I had been to Australia once before for a honeymoon years ago but promptly headed off to the Hayman Islands to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef, so I didn't get to take in many of the touristy things Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, and Wollongong has to offer. This trip we fixed that anemia. The aforementioned cities played as our hub cities each night and the launching pad for the next day. Sydney was the only city that there were two overnight stays. Sadly the first day after landing we had found all the target caches that we had for Sydney, so I fixed that staying longer in Wollongong and did some epic hikes.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that while in Sydney a sad record-breaking day occurred. When driving out of the city toward the outback a radio announcement said that that day was the worst day in Sydney's history for the smoke covering the area from all the wildfires. It was bad, I could really feel it in my lungs. But, just an hour west and it was a beautiful nice day.
Things learned about Australia while on this trip (I know COs in Australia don't care about this stuff but we have students that like to read our logs here in the States and some creepers that obsess about us - no joke we had an event while there and showed a group of Sydney cachers our trolls) :
- Birds are so different here, all kinds and Cockatoos were like our Krackle birds as noisy as heck and everywhere.
- Kangaroos are like our dear. Cool to watch, see and eat. Yes, eat. It was on the menu one night.
- The Average Aussie drinks 96 liters of beer per year
- Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world
- There are more kangaroos than people
- The Drop Bear was created to scare tourists
- Australia has the second-highest human development index
- And they love Vegemite
- Melbourne has the largest Greek population outside of Greece
- There’s a mountain named “Mt. Disappointment”
- Australia’s dingo fence is longer than the Great Wall of China
- Some of the world’s deadliest animals live here
- Australia was inhabited for at least 50 000 years before the British came
- Australia has over 10 000 beaches
- It’s the 6th largest country in the world
- The Australian Alps receive more snow than Switzerland
- Home to the largest living structure on Earth – The Great Barrier Reef
- The Kangaroo is the national animal of Australia
- Home to a larger population of camels than Egypt
- Sydney is the largest city, but it’s not the capital.
- Wombat poo is square/cube-shaped so they don’t roll away. This makes it easier for them to mark their territory.
- The name ‘Australia’ comes from the Latin word ‘australis’, meaning southern
- Total Population: 24,970,200.
- Capital: Canberra.
- Biggest City: Sydney.
- Highest Mountain: Mount Kosciuszko
- Land area: 7,692,024 km2.
- Biggest Lake: Lake Eyre (salt) and Lake Mackay (freshwater)
- National Day: 26 January (Australia Day)
- Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Prime minister: Scott Morrison
- Currency: Australian dollar (AUD).
- Official language: English.
- Member of Nato: No.
- National song: “Advance Australia Fair”
- Official website: www.australia.gov.au
-Time zone: from UTC +8 to UTC +10:30
- Country Number/Prefix: +61
Find yesterday on a short caching afternoon. This was 5 of 5 (including 2 DNFs sadly). This one was fun. I loved the GZ!
TFTC!
TFTC!
#8121 17:30
As a start to the weekend I decided to hop off the train at Milsons Point and then pick up some geocaches as I walked to Waverton station to continue my train journey. This short multi was the final cache before catching the train.
Henry Lawson has written some great poetry and I love the rivalry between Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson. But this cache had noting to do with the great works of the author but focussed on where he used to live.
The plaque gave me all the required information to do the maths. Then it was on the way to the steps. After a short search I had CIH.
TFTC.
As a start to the weekend I decided to hop off the train at Milsons Point and then pick up some geocaches as I walked to Waverton station to continue my train journey. This short multi was the final cache before catching the train.
Henry Lawson has written some great poetry and I love the rivalry between Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson. But this cache had noting to do with the great works of the author but focussed on where he used to live.
The plaque gave me all the required information to do the maths. Then it was on the way to the steps. After a short search I had CIH.
TFTC.
A day out with the family Doing our favourite thing. A bit more history learnt today
Calculation done. Off to GZ. A nice little spot for a rest. Cache found and log signed.how old is this tree,did Henry Lawson see it.
It's good to have a cache that makes our history and heritage come to life, and gives us the opportunity to discover wonderful corners of the city. Tftc!
Made this grab on another long cycle home. Was under tight time pressure to make the 7:30pm Greenwich Point Ferry and hunt down a prior DNF. So nearly didn't go for this one once I'd worked out the coords, but decided to make the dash. What a lovely spot, the the GZ dumped the GPS and started to look in the logical places which came up with the container pretty much immediately. TFTC Gaztek nice one. #736
Quick solve and find today hunting down the last combo needed for a bingo challenge. Thank for bring me here and the history lesson. All good at the cache although content a little damp Cheers
This one had given me hassle previously, thankfully I managed to find the correct place referenced and got the coords confirmed by CO.
Picked it up on my way to work this morning, took some doing but had cache in hand after about 5 mins.
TFTC
Picked it up on my way to work this morning, took some doing but had cache in hand after about 5 mins.
TFTC
Nice simple multi in another beautiful spot in Sydney. Once at GZ took a bit of a search but we got there in the end TFTC
I've been enjoying multi-caches recently and I've been interested in this one for some time now. Gathered the required info, made a mistake in my calcs, fixed my mistake then headed off to GZ. I saw that a few others have been here before me today.
Thx for the cache!
Thx for the cache!
Last day caching in Sydney for this trip. So onto the northside for a bit of a romp around. This was one of the caches found during that expedition.
More interesting historical perspectives as we make our way about this intriguing neighbourhood.
Crunched the numbers, then off to GZ. Dodging the growly, barky border collies at the residential construction site we were soon where we needed to be. After a bit of a look here and there, and some re-reading of earlier logs, we put ourselves in the right place and there it was. CIH.
Straightforward find - if you can ever call a multi that. Cache in order. Log signed. All re-hidden, safely, just as found.
I visited here with team cacher zboy wonder.
Thanks for the history accompanying this one.
TFTC
and the great view point.
The Turtle strikes again!
More interesting historical perspectives as we make our way about this intriguing neighbourhood.
Crunched the numbers, then off to GZ. Dodging the growly, barky border collies at the residential construction site we were soon where we needed to be. After a bit of a look here and there, and some re-reading of earlier logs, we put ourselves in the right place and there it was. CIH.
Straightforward find - if you can ever call a multi that. Cache in order. Log signed. All re-hidden, safely, just as found.
I visited here with team cacher zboy wonder.
Thanks for the history accompanying this one.
TFTC
and the great view point.The Turtle strikes again!
Took a little while to find, but it was a beautiful spot so well worthy of the visit, TFTC
Dropped the Celtic geocoin from Broken Hill here. Welcome to Sydney. Cheers... Gaztek
A neat little multi that had us going on a short trek through the area. Found quickly at GZ. TFTC
3 March 2018 @ 2:30 pm
Caching buddies: muggle friends
Was in the area enjoying the weather, of course I had final coords and cache shows up on the map 20m away!
TFTC Gaztek
Caching buddies: muggle friends
Was in the area enjoying the weather, of course I had final coords and cache shows up on the map 20m away!
TFTC Gaztek
A nice little multi I've been thinking about doing for ages, but never quite did.
I passed the plaque last week and snapped a pic to solve it later.
Unfortunately this proved slightly more tricky than it should have.
A little ambiguity in the description led to me testing a number of potential solutions on google maps and trying to decide if they were plausible.
A quick check through the logs cleared up that "the oldest year" meant the earliest year and this narrowed things down considerably.
A trip to the likely gz followed.
I was worried initially as the area seems to have undergone some considerable new planting & tidying and my coordinates put me in a spot apparently devoid of hiding spots.
It took me a while, but eventually I spied the little blighter from just the right angle.
My main curiosity was that the physical cache had its coordinates printed on it, and they were not the numbers I'd calculated.
I was only off by 0.005 decimal minutes or less for both lat and long, so was by no means badly troubled by the difference. But I've been playing with the numbers since I got back and I simply can't make the instructions spit out the apparently correct coordinates.
Regardless, thanks for the cache.
(Anyone who can walk me through their process that got them the exact coordinates, please let me know.)
I passed the plaque last week and snapped a pic to solve it later.
Unfortunately this proved slightly more tricky than it should have.
A little ambiguity in the description led to me testing a number of potential solutions on google maps and trying to decide if they were plausible.
A quick check through the logs cleared up that "the oldest year" meant the earliest year and this narrowed things down considerably.
A trip to the likely gz followed.
I was worried initially as the area seems to have undergone some considerable new planting & tidying and my coordinates put me in a spot apparently devoid of hiding spots.
It took me a while, but eventually I spied the little blighter from just the right angle.
My main curiosity was that the physical cache had its coordinates printed on it, and they were not the numbers I'd calculated.
I was only off by 0.005 decimal minutes or less for both lat and long, so was by no means badly troubled by the difference. But I've been playing with the numbers since I got back and I simply can't make the instructions spit out the apparently correct coordinates.
Regardless, thanks for the cache.
(Anyone who can walk me through their process that got them the exact coordinates, please let me know.)
15:37 #5117
My first multicache in Sydney. At the given coordinates, all necessary indices got easily, the calculated final coordinates seemed to be OK so I went there. Unfortunately, there were two muggles sitting just several metres over the cache but I waited for several minutes, till they disappeared and retrieved the cache. TNLN. Greetings from the Czech Republic and thanks for the cache.
My first multicache in Sydney. At the given coordinates, all necessary indices got easily, the calculated final coordinates seemed to be OK so I went there. Unfortunately, there were two muggles sitting just several metres over the cache but I waited for several minutes, till they disappeared and retrieved the cache. TNLN. Greetings from the Czech Republic and thanks for the cache.
I found this one on my last day in Sydney -- after searching under several rocks.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
Last find this morning. I bit tricky to find but soon found it. A major house reconstruction is taking place nearby. TFTC
#1681
Headed towards North Sydney with geoWife to attempt a couple of multis. This was the last of three. Having made easy work of the previous two, we still had plenty of time for this one. A bit more higher order maths required here but the calcs put us in the right spot. Nice piece of history that we didn't know about.
TFTC Gaztek
Headed towards North Sydney with geoWife to attempt a couple of multis. This was the last of three. Having made easy work of the previous two, we still had plenty of time for this one. A bit more higher order maths required here but the calcs put us in the right spot. Nice piece of history that we didn't know about.
TFTC Gaztek
I found WP1 the other day, took the required details, and worked out the co-ords of GZ. But a short walk to those co-ords, and a search of no-where, lead me to the realisation that my co-ords were wrong.
Back home, I re-read the description and realised I'd used the wrong date. I'd taken "the oldest year" to be the most recent, when in fact it is the year with the youngest date.
After fixing my error, I went back today and was pleased to see "Henry Lawson Steps" on the footpath.
After a search of a few rocks, I widened my search and saw the cache sitting proudly in the cleft between two rocks, not under anything!
TNLNSL TFTC
Back home, I re-read the description and realised I'd used the wrong date. I'd taken "the oldest year" to be the most recent, when in fact it is the year with the youngest date.
After fixing my error, I went back today and was pleased to see "Henry Lawson Steps" on the footpath.
After a search of a few rocks, I widened my search and saw the cache sitting proudly in the cleft between two rocks, not under anything!
TNLNSL TFTC
Well Mary said we should do a multi this week so an afternoon break and a walk over to this one. We soon had the information and maths done and headed to a logical spot. A bit of camo was spotted and the hide soon found. A nice spot. We completed the signing duties, took the trackable and re hid. TFTC
Love these kind of caches where you are standing in front of history. After studying Henry's works at school, it's great to see where he lived and to imagine what it used to be like. Went to his stairs and found the cache. TFTC!
Got info from plaque to calculate whereabouts of GZ. Then headed off with oldmorty to find Henry Lawson Steps. Upon reaching the bottom of the steps, I searched under every rock while trying not to step on any of the recently planted plants. Eventually I ended up with CIH. TFTC Gaztgek
After finding the plaque and crunching the numbers it was off to GZ whereupon frazeydaze started frantically searching under each and every rock while I did some poking and prodding here and there. Before long she had the CIH. TFTC gaztec.
A pleasant history lesson and a hidden set of stairs off the beaten track. Cache a little damp but all good otherwise. TFTC
#1519 First of five quick finds on a Sunday afternoon's around Waverton. TFTC
Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. TFTC quick multi
Misspalot led us safely to the plaque where we did the maths and realised we'd have to retrace our steps. Noooooo. I was tired. But a cache had to be found! GZ had us and what I can only describe as a hidden urban oasis with free range chickens. Amazing. Thank you for a very enjoyable cache!
We ran up a secret flight of stairs to get the clues before realising another secret set of stairs which we must go down to find the cache. The highlight of this quick multi would have to be the free range chickens roaming the yard of the house! So many! Thanks Gaztek
Staying at Blues Point Hotel for work in Sydney. In the evening, headed over to the steps. Read the plaque, did the calculations and headed off to GZ. Went past an impressive house under construction (looks like a temporary studio), but plenty of work going on behind it. Compass bounced around near GZ, so used the hint and applied geo-sense to identify the hidey hole. Thanks for bringing me to an interesting part of town Gaztek.
So many sets of steps down steep hillsides, and tunnels under the north shore train line, and several of each were encountered finding this cache. TFTC Gaztek
TFTC Gaztek Well apart from some stupidity on my part that was very enjoyable! Made a little calculation error which wasted time as the pin was firmly I the construction zone while the cache certainly is not! Fixed my maths and made a quick find. Great little cache, cheers guys!
What a great area for a lunchtime walk, so close to the busy North Sydney CBD, yet so peaceful and scenic. I collected the info from the first waypoint a couple of days ago and crunched the numbers at my leisure then returned today to make the find. There has been a lot of landscaping and regeneration work done around the GZ recently but the cache is still safe in its hiding place. A fave point from me. TFTC.
#3267 (3 of 3 today)
Soggy, soggy, soggy!
Decided I needed to revisit the city as I haven't got to the shops there for a while. So if I cache near the train line I can ride in once I've found a few. Pity about all the rain!
Went for three - two being multis - and found all three.
Then hopped the train taking advantage of the 2 hour parking next to the station and the 1 hour transfer
discount on the Opal Card.
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Final cache of the day - a short walk from my last find.
Strange that this one hasn't been found in over a month while the others have all been found in the last week. Was slightly worried it might not be there.
Got the required info from the listed coordinates and made a silly error (misread one clue) - but luckily it was pretty obvious, so I fixed it immediately.
Those coordinates look very likely so...
Walked to where I thought the iPhone was pointing and started the search. Couldn't spot anything. Hmmm.
After 5 minutes I actually checked. Oh, not quite there.
Relocated to the right area and soon spotted a possible hide. Checked it - CIH!
Completed signing duties a distance away, and then back for the replace. Noticed that there is some work being done near GZ, so made sure the camo was effective before leaving.
That'll do me. Time to head into the city.
SLTNLN
TFTC
Soggy, soggy, soggy!
Decided I needed to revisit the city as I haven't got to the shops there for a while. So if I cache near the train line I can ride in once I've found a few. Pity about all the rain!
Went for three - two being multis - and found all three.
Then hopped the train taking advantage of the 2 hour parking next to the station and the 1 hour transfer
discount on the Opal Card.
###END OF CUT AND PASTE SECTION###
Final cache of the day - a short walk from my last find.
Strange that this one hasn't been found in over a month while the others have all been found in the last week. Was slightly worried it might not be there.
Got the required info from the listed coordinates and made a silly error (misread one clue) - but luckily it was pretty obvious, so I fixed it immediately.
Those coordinates look very likely so...
Walked to where I thought the iPhone was pointing and started the search. Couldn't spot anything. Hmmm.
After 5 minutes I actually checked. Oh, not quite there.
Relocated to the right area and soon spotted a possible hide. Checked it - CIH!
Completed signing duties a distance away, and then back for the replace. Noticed that there is some work being done near GZ, so made sure the camo was effective before leaving.
That'll do me. Time to head into the city.
SLTNLN
TFTC
I grabbed the necessary information last week but then work got in the way and I didn't get a chance to get out the rest of the week to complete this cache. Was determined today to escape the computer and what a great day for a walk. Have worked in the area for years but never explored the area around GZ, this will become part of my new favourite lunchtime walk! SL, thanks for introducing the area and TFTC.
Initially I had plans for today to join another and visit some caches together.
But I had to change plans and decided to go to the North of Sydney.
After a late breakfast I left the apartment and took the train to Wollstonecraft.
I had selected some caches I wanted to visit and this was the best point to start.
They weather was nice and I was in for a long walk.
I skipped the caches which had some NF's lately. Most caches I could find quickly.
A few to more time to find and I had to read some logs for hints.
2 caches I had to skip because there were muggles around.
At the end of the day I had found 11 caches.
This was an easy multi and after some easy calculations I got a logic final location.
After a few minutes I found the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
W from Team C&W.
#6235, 15:33h
But I had to change plans and decided to go to the North of Sydney.
After a late breakfast I left the apartment and took the train to Wollstonecraft.
I had selected some caches I wanted to visit and this was the best point to start.
They weather was nice and I was in for a long walk.
I skipped the caches which had some NF's lately. Most caches I could find quickly.
A few to more time to find and I had to read some logs for hints.
2 caches I had to skip because there were muggles around.
At the end of the day I had found 11 caches.
This was an easy multi and after some easy calculations I got a logic final location.
After a few minutes I found the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
W from Team C&W.
#6235, 15:33h
Love caches like this that take you to places that you didnt know existed. Enjoying a lazy Sunday morning stroll around where we are staying for Vivid.SL TFTC Gaztek
Parked near WP1 and worked out GZ.
After a short walk the cache was spotted a few metres away in an obvious spot.
Thanks for the history lesson.
TFTC.
After a short walk the cache was spotted a few metres away in an obvious spot.
Thanks for the history lesson.
TFTC.
This was a second cache for the day, and no luck here either...
The plaque was easy, and very interesting. We did the arithmetic and off we went to the cache location. We'd read the hint so we went to the "Obggbz bs" the "Fgrcf" and looked at many "zrqvhz-fvmrq ebpxf". We found a small "erq" container but with nothing inside, and felt concerned about more gardening. If the description of the container is correct the cache needs attention.
The plaque was easy, and very interesting. We did the arithmetic and off we went to the cache location. We'd read the hint so we went to the "Obggbz bs" the "Fgrcf" and looked at many "zrqvhz-fvmrq ebpxf". We found a small "erq" container but with nothing inside, and felt concerned about more gardening. If the description of the container is correct the cache needs attention.
For a moment thought that we would have to postpone the searching as there appeared to be landscape work in progress near GZ. Decided to give it a go and soon had CIH. Thanks Gaztec
Day spent outdoors geocaching. Still quite hot here in Sydney, found about 10 geocaches today
TFTC Deadpool
TFTC Deadpool
Found at 3:45pm.
Today I was out on a massive caching adventure! I was tossing up early this morning where to head exactly. It ended up coming down to where the biggest cluster of caches was in order to fill squares in either my D/T grid or 'Hidden Month' grid. There were a few around town but there seemed to be a particularly good amount toward the East - namely Middle Cove, Castle Cove and North Sydney.
I have never ventured out to to Castle Cove before so I was eager to get a feel for the area and see what it had to offer. There were two caches in particular out this way which stood out to me after doing some research and I was deadset on turning them into smileys.
In hindsight I probably should have been a little more cautious given that it was a hot day and there could've easily been snakes about, I certainly didn't spot any but I was navigating through some dense bushland. Anyway I came out unscathed after it all and only had a few cuts and scratches as a result of a grueling but enjoyable day.
'Henry Lawson Steps' was my fifth find for the day and my only multi-cache find. I only decided on this one last minute given how close it was to 'Cool Cache' just up the road. I found WP1 with no drama's and headed back to the comfort of the car to sum the calculations. This was done in pretty good time and I then had a likely spot plotted on my map after punching in the new coordinates.
Once I arrived at GZ, it turns out I was about 15 metres off and I searched the wrong area for about 10 minutes before thinking about the information provided in the description and hint.
Soon enough I had cache in hand, signed log, thanks for the history lesson and cache Gaztek.
Today I was out on a massive caching adventure! I was tossing up early this morning where to head exactly. It ended up coming down to where the biggest cluster of caches was in order to fill squares in either my D/T grid or 'Hidden Month' grid. There were a few around town but there seemed to be a particularly good amount toward the East - namely Middle Cove, Castle Cove and North Sydney.
I have never ventured out to to Castle Cove before so I was eager to get a feel for the area and see what it had to offer. There were two caches in particular out this way which stood out to me after doing some research and I was deadset on turning them into smileys.
In hindsight I probably should have been a little more cautious given that it was a hot day and there could've easily been snakes about, I certainly didn't spot any but I was navigating through some dense bushland. Anyway I came out unscathed after it all and only had a few cuts and scratches as a result of a grueling but enjoyable day.
'Henry Lawson Steps' was my fifth find for the day and my only multi-cache find. I only decided on this one last minute given how close it was to 'Cool Cache' just up the road. I found WP1 with no drama's and headed back to the comfort of the car to sum the calculations. This was done in pretty good time and I then had a likely spot plotted on my map after punching in the new coordinates.
Once I arrived at GZ, it turns out I was about 15 metres off and I searched the wrong area for about 10 minutes before thinking about the information provided in the description and hint.
Soon enough I had cache in hand, signed log, thanks for the history lesson and cache Gaztek.
My first puzzle and I worked it out
Had the first coordinates wrong, didn't read it properly and then the 2nd time I heard the chickens so I knew I was in the right area, nearly gave up and bingo...so happy!
TFTC
Had the first coordinates wrong, didn't read it properly and then the 2nd time I heard the chickens so I knew I was in the right area, nearly gave up and bingo...so happy!
TFTC
Yebo gaztek
It's hot today, really hot but out we went for a small tour
The streets are empty compared to what's happening on the water - good
Gathering the numbers and a short calculations , GZ was not far away but to find the cache took longer .... Must be the heat
Tftc
It's hot today, really hot but out we went for a small tour
The streets are empty compared to what's happening on the water - good
Gathering the numbers and a short calculations , GZ was not far away but to find the cache took longer .... Must be the heat
Tftc
I had spent the last week in Melbourne, attending a training course for work, and had been finding plenty of caches every day before and after the working days. But now back in Sydney I once again had to start looking for unfound caches on a daily basis, which is getting more difficult close to home.
Had an early morning shift today, so decided to stop off on my way home from work and have a look for this multi cache. Being a Sunday afternoon the area around the first waypoint was reasonably quiet and I was able to find a parking spot very close to the waypoint, in Carr Street.
Walked down Carr Street, and then across Euroka Street, to get to the Henry Lawson plaque. Gathered the info I needed then, after a few calculations, the all important final GZ coords were obtained. Loaded the new coords into the Garmin 62s and headed off to final GZ, which was only a short pleasant walk away from WP1.
Descended the nice old sandstone "Henry Lawson Steps" and then arrived at final GZ. Checked in a couple of hidey holes before spotting the prize. Signed the log book and swapped a tiny ceramic cat for a vintage 1962 Australian Penny, then replaced the cache container as found.
Thanks Gaztek for the interesting history of Henry Lawson's association with North Sydney, and for the fun little multi cache.
Find #841
Had an early morning shift today, so decided to stop off on my way home from work and have a look for this multi cache. Being a Sunday afternoon the area around the first waypoint was reasonably quiet and I was able to find a parking spot very close to the waypoint, in Carr Street.
Walked down Carr Street, and then across Euroka Street, to get to the Henry Lawson plaque. Gathered the info I needed then, after a few calculations, the all important final GZ coords were obtained. Loaded the new coords into the Garmin 62s and headed off to final GZ, which was only a short pleasant walk away from WP1.
Descended the nice old sandstone "Henry Lawson Steps" and then arrived at final GZ. Checked in a couple of hidey holes before spotting the prize. Signed the log book and swapped a tiny ceramic cat for a vintage 1962 Australian Penny, then replaced the cache container as found.
Thanks Gaztek for the interesting history of Henry Lawson's association with North Sydney, and for the fun little multi cache.
Find #841
I did the calculations a week or so ago during a wet lunchtime with the help of Google. Caught the train across from the city in my lunch break and a relatively quick find. TFTC
Nice easy multi-my first. Found it with a friend and dropped off my brand new trackable! The track-a-rat, help him travel overseas and the world. Tftc
Golly gosh if I would only fully read the description it would reduce the chances of mis-calculating and
going to the wrong spot. Interesting spot of history. I always thought he was a north sydney cricketer
Please no more steps today, My knee just doesn't want to play, which is going to be very awkward on a day that I am attempting 25 different d/t ratings. TFTC TNLN
going to the wrong spot. Interesting spot of history. I always thought he was a north sydney cricketer
Please no more steps today, My knee just doesn't want to play, which is going to be very awkward on a day that I am attempting 25 different d/t ratings. TFTC TNLN
I visited with mdk and mkd today, but we just couldn't get our maths to work, so we carried on to our next cache. Have now googled Henry Lawson Steps and may visit some time in the future. Thanks!
Guess what? I found the cache under a medium sized rock at the bottom of Henry Lawson steps. But how big is a medium sized rock?
Remembered to sign log this time Anzac Day - much merriment going on in surrounding area TFTM
