Nelson Bay Express Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
By PD186 on 28-Jul-10. Waypoint GC2CEKY

Due to damage to the headge I am archiving this one

Looked as best as I could without damaging the hedge. There is unfortunately evidence that the last carrage has been damaged. Maybe this is why I could not find the cache. Maybe the owner needs to go check it. Lovely hedge.

My first attempt at this and quite an easy find, did it under the cover of darkness !

A quick driveby find on the way out of town

SL

TFTC

We ventured toward Nelson Bay with DiMorgan for a good day of caching. The weather was overcast but quite pleasant. We had a list of caches to wanted to find and this was one of them. This is such a scenic part of the coast which makes caching most enjoyable. Put in new log book.
Thanks to PD186.

We have spent the day geocaching with Liz & Bruce. Headed to beautiful Nelsons Bay where we saw
wonderful beaches, sand dunes & crystal blue water. Found many caches along paths & trails. A very successfull day of caching.
TFTC PD186

Found it. Had to find a receipt to log. Needs maintenance. Tftf tnln.

Found it quickly. It's a quite wet. Tftc

I have been driving past this one twice a day since moving to the bay but was rationing it as there are not many local hides left for me to grab. It was too nice a day not to go for a short drive and walk so the time had come. A quick find and the hedge is looking good. The log is full so if you are driving past it needs replacement. If I remember I will drop one off when I have my caching kit in hand. TFTC PD. [1371]

New log book needed. Otherwise all is well.

Easily found...Still had the strawberry flavoured condom in it, hope no one wanted it cause i threw it in the nearby bin.....
SL TFTC

nice and easy find. TFTC

To whoever left a condom in the cache - seriously? Not a very family friendly thing to do.

This entry was edited by Kid Ron Satan on Monday, 01 October 2012 at 22:23:17 UTC.

Great feature - a lot of work so kudos to the creator & PD186 for drawing it to our attention. TFTC

Found with Dad (Kid Ron Satan) and we had to hurry back home to see the last bit of the AFL Grand Final. Yay Swannies!!! TFTC. [8)]

29/09/12 5:00 PM. Cache #121. Went out to do a sneaky quick one during 3/4 time in the AFL granny (gotta keep that streak goin')! Found, signed, and made it back with 5 mins to go to see my Swannies win - woohoo!

Nice easy find, this has been on out to do list for a long time

Another quick find this morning - great pruning job of this hedge. Toot Toot.

TFTC.

Nice quick find that was found by geo daughter thanks

A Quick find by geodaughter

11:15
Just as well the train wasn't going anywhere in a hurry, it took longer than expected to write out the ticket on this one.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt PD186.
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Found at 11:12 AM GAFF5 in the company of Phetlern. It took a while to recognise what we were searching in and it also took us a while to find the cache - we usually get into trouble with 1/1 caches for some reason?
Thanks PD186

A quick drive by cache on our way home after a day caching in Corlette and Salamander Bay. Cute as. Thanks PD186

Taking dear old mother-in-law out for birthday lunch, had to show the women the "Express", TFTC PD186!!

Nice Cache, Great Hedg, TFTC

Never noticed the Nelson Bay Express before, it was great to see it and we will look at it every time we pass from now on! Thanks

Checked on cache and all is well needed to clear up caches that need maintance.

I will be replacing the container soon

Parked right next to this one. A quick grab by the grand daughter.
TFTC

Quick find. Log wet.... Tftc

Eclipse

This hedge is so cool! Fourth find, holidaying from sydney

Found at night. Looked in two wrong holes first and then moved to the other side and saw it. Came back the next day to admire the topiary in sunshine. TFTC.

TFTC

A quick drive by on the way home from a day's caching. TFTC

TFTC

Easy find tftc.

No damage caused!! quick find container blends in well with the rest of the rubbish TFTC

Impressed by the pruning skills here. TFTC

A nice easy find. TFTC. Left a TB.

Choo Choo!

A quick easy find on a wet Saturday morning. TFTC

Easy find. Log is wet but signable. Cute hedge! Have driven past this hundreds of times but never noticed it!

The train is in the process of a trim and is looking more streamlined - choo choo art I guess!

The train was a bit overgrown today, before Blackie_71 remebered from his last time through town what we were up against. Before long though we had CIH and duties done.
Cheers from Browngang

The train need a bit of a trim but that didn't stop us finding the cache nice and easily. Many thanks

Away on holidays....our 14th find....have been coming here for years & have never noticed the train out the front of here....it is in need of a trim though...I think with all this rain it is having a growth spurt but you can still tell what it is meant to be....thanks for bringing us here....T4TC.....

This entry was edited by 4DXPLOR on Monday, 30 January 2012 at 02:26:14 UTC.

Easy find, the challenge is all the people nearby!

Easy Find

What a great little train. Geodaughter found this one quick on our quick holiday to the bay. TFTC SL

The geolads jumped from the car and made the find with stealth. Over to the car for signing, back in it's spot and we were underway. Didn't know the feature was there and now we do, thanks to the caching game! TFTC.

Easy find geo hubby beat me to it.TFC

aaahhhh out caching with digger daisy & our geo hubbies ....geo hubby digger daisy found in no time @ all .TFTC

A very quick find. The hardest part here is crossing this very busy road.
Nice train. A lot of work has gone into this.
TNLNSL TFTC

Parked the Geobeast within 1 metre of GZ and had to search for a while before coming up with the goods. Geokids loved the trains. TFTC
Cheers
dkmacca

Awesome train!
Never realised either!
TFTC

This entry was edited by Reg Moore & Haz Ford on Monday, 09 January 2012 at 11:25:02 UTC.

After searching in vain for a cache on Stockton beach, we stopped on the side of the road to pump our tyres up again, and just happened to check to see if there were any caches nearby, and lo and behold there was one 4m away - we couldn't believe our luck! The cache was quickly in hand, and we were on our way back home. TFTC

My first cache find. Thanks PD186

Parked the car and hopped out for a quick find. The log is a single sheet of plain paper but was dry and in good condition.

Lots of muggle traffic around.

Log very mushy,replacement page placed in ziplock bag duly signed and placed back where I found it.Gotta love the train, thanks PD186.

I loved this topiary bush. We spotted the cache on the map as we were on our way to Maccas for something to eat after a long day of caching. A nice easy find. Thanks

We'd actually abandoned caching & were on our way to eat when we saw the icon for this one pop up on the map. How could we not stop for a cache directly on our route? Enjoyed the train, it was unexpected. I thought from the name that we were looking for a bus stop .

Thansk PD186

Log too wet and mashed up to sign

Great work on the hedge

TFTC

Reperio at 1225.

Missed grabbing this one on the last visit to the bay due to muggles, so I made sure to stop by and make the find this time. Managed to park quite close to GZ which provided a good shield from passing cars, and after a minute or so, the cache was spotted, although I also wondered if it was just a piece of rubbish. A great little hedge for sure. Log is damaged and will need replacing.

Gratias PD186.

Found it - TFTC

This entry was edited by Cruizing on Sunday, 20 November 2011 at 07:20:44 UTC.

The container is not water tight - it is starting to rust and the log is damp.

Cheers

TFTC

Daz and Mr CDM261 made a brief stop at this station and quickly located the baggage. Turned out the contents were correct but the suitcase was not from M&M but rather was from Eclipse. With the baggage correct restowed we chugged off to the next stop. NOTE: No stacks were blowen in the finding of this cache.

Found with CDM261. TFTC.

Found with Dazndky - Second last cache for the day.
Nice train.
TNLNSL
TFTC

My last of 22 finds in the area over 3 days. T4TC, now to walk back to Peppers in 50 mins for dinner.




This entry was edited by Stumbleduponit on Sunday, 16 October 2011 at 03:52:39 UTC.

What a Great Work of art. TFTC

Wow! We're staying in a B&B right near here, and walked past several times without realising what we were looking at. A lot of work has definitely gone into this!

Just a note for future visitors: one of the employees came out while we were looking and noted that the hedge has suffered some serious damage from cachers, especially over the last month or so. He wanted me to clarify that you do NOT need to bend or break any branches in order to find the cache. Please be very gentle!

Geo-son is a train enthousiast. We took a 'fresh' approach and quickly had CIH. SL, TFTC.

Love the train. TFTC

Saw this pop up on the car GPS and parked close by. While we waited for the Oregon to warm started searching where I thought it would be. Wrong. Once we had a satellite lock it was a nice easy pick up. Thanks PD186.

Wow look good train.... easy to find as very well thanks

When we pulled up at this one it did make us laugh very creative and love the
idea for the wheels Geo wife spotted this one...TFTC.PD186..

Got there just in time to catch the express, got aboard signed the ticket and got off at the next station, TFTC.

Nice Hedge quick find thanks PD

This was right on our way home, and several peeks through the greenery soon showed us what we were looking for. Thanks for the hide.

TNLNSL. Thanks.

Found with team Wooness. Good day out, good excuse for a ride with mates. TFTC

Clever little hide, nice train ride. TFTC

cheers team wooness

nice hide, congrats to the nursery!!

geohusband was glad that it was storm conditions otherwise the boot would have had some garden related buys!

dodge the showers as much as possible went when less rain was dropping from the sky lol!

Well hidden little cache in a well trimmed little feature. Used the headlights to assist the search on a cold and wet night. Signed log and managed to fit in a GCA pathtag for the next finder. TFTC!

Found this one nice and quickly! How cute and what a lot of effort to make it look so realistic! We have been through many times and never taken a lot of notice. SL TFTC

Quick find with the clue

16:00 King Sr with Grue's a live

A flying visit to the area togeather we picked this one up.

Our thanks to PD186

Quick find while working in the area.

Have never noticed this before.

Thats whats great about geocaching.

Thanks PD186

Great place !!!

TFTC. Horay, we found 1.

Clever hedge. I always thought that the roads were crap up here....hence the hub caps.

You learn something new every day.

Clever placement on the local train. TFTC

Some people are creative and some like us just enjoy their work. Enjoyed the visit - TFTC

TFTC dive past here often didn't really notice this before.

This entry was edited by Teamlarariad on Saturday, 04 June 2011 at 07:33:30 UTC.

Found after quick search SL TFTC.

We decided to spend Mothers' Day picking up a few caches out this way as it has been ages since we've been out here. We had tried this one previously with no luck, so decided to give it a go in its new location. We were able to park really close to GZ as use the car to cover us in our search. After a quick look Marco was able to spot the cache. FTF in the new location! TNLNSL TFTC

Two of us searching with torches couldn't find it.

Coordinates changed from:
S 32° 43.510 E 152° 08.389

Coordinates changed to:
S 32° 43.519 E 152° 08.397

Distance from original: 68.3 feet or 20.8 meters.

New cache has been placed and I have relocated it to make sure it won't go missing again

Relocated and edited the details all ready to be found again