Out of Action Cambooya, Queensland, Australia
By Lost Ed on 08-Aug-10. Waypoint GC2D17K

Came by to grab a FTF, we searched and searched and searched. But no luck. Thinking we would give up, I did one more search. Woohoo! I handed it off to Eskies5 who began to unravel the log. Disappointment. There were names already here. Hang on that says 2013, ?? it must be “out of action”! With a quick shuffle with the hands again, we had two caches ??. We have removed the old one to give the new one some space. Thanks for the memories from 7 years ago.

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Ministro - Matt

Hi Lost Ed,

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

If you require more time please be sure to **post a note** (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 30 days to keep everyone up to date, if you do not then you cache may be archived without further note from a reviewer. Caches archived due to lack of maintenance are no longer unarchived and you will need to submit a replacement as a new cache.


Ministro - Matt

Too many muggles about today

Many muggles out for Australia Day, but a good search did not reveal the cache - will try again next time!!

Not this time

Thursday. On our way to Leyburn and thought we’d stop in to find this one. Felt everywhere we could and neither of us could find this one. No smiley for us today.

This was the only DNF log on today's trip.

Thanks ***Lost Ed*** for showing us this place. Hopefully we will be back!

Got up close and personal but no joy

I looked high and low, crunched my knees on rocks, felt spider webs with my fingers (note to self: bring gloves & a jacket to kneel on). I climbed the gun & touched the surfaces, relocated rocks to no avail. But had a good time anyway

You don’t need eye for this one. Don’t think too hard about the clue.

2 of us searched for 30min DNF and I grew up playing on that beast

I cant tell if its just really hard or its been muggled but DNF this cache. Might go back another time to check again

Found it this time. TFTC.

Did not find.

After 40mins searching this machine found nothing. Very well hidden or gone. Got the better of me

That was tricky but found it in the end.

I AM GUR

we looked in that spot 3 times then we found it

Had been in search of this little dude for months! Finally found today when we took Mum on a Geo Caching adventure for Mothers Day and she found it!
TFTC

Tftc

Out for the day on a trip to Pittsworth and beyond collecting Smileys as we went, quick find here

TFTC

Found it this time! TFTC.

THFTCE

Found by my youngest. Very well hidden magnet.

Too many muggles today

Seems like a popular spot for lunching muggles but I did search so it’s my first DNF here Seems the trend to visit this cache at least twice before logging.

Banged my head a couple of times, and the bruises will go nicely with my wasp bites from the other local DNF

Took a few minutes to find but finally come up with the goods Tftc

Found during a quick trip through town. TFTC

No luck today, the ground was wet...

We looked and looked. But nothing

**# 25597** Found on our 2019 winter escape trip to Qld with Mrs Roosta.
A perfect Spring day for a Farm Run trail while at Toowoomba.
Hardly any muggles around and mostly good safe hides.
2nd time here and this time I searched more seriously and finally found it.
Thanks for the cache Lost Ed,
***Roostaman***

Just completed the farm run series and on our way back to Toowoomba we drove through to get a few extra smilies. Took a bit of searching but finally got the right spot with the help of our phone. tftc

Time to turn a frown upside down, found with Eskies5! Tftc!

In Cambooya for the event across the road. Arrived a little early and wandered across to find this one. TFTC Lost Ed.

After attending the nearby event, I strolled over to this cache. IT was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

Heading to an event today, I figured it was a good day to take a detour and find some caches, including this one! Thanks for placing it here.

Found It!

Took some effort but we got there! Tftc!

Out with team Nelta. Had this one on the radar from a couple of years back when there were far too many muggles to conduct a search. This time fewer muggles but still had to be stealthy. Unfortunately I have to log a DNF. Next time! Next time!!

A fairly quick find - sometimes these machine finds can take ages. Thanks.

Too wet tonight to find

TFTC! Finally I can put a smiley on this cache in Cambooya! I’m pretty certain I had searched that particular spot numerous times in past visits with no luck. Either it had been muggled or I was just missing it and it was too well hidden! Thank you for replacing, so the enjoyment can go on!

Quite lucky really, as it was a short search with cache in hand. About to leave and a heap of old cars pulled up for lunch on their rally route for the day. Luck was definitely on my side today!

Stopped by this morning for another look.
Found it tucked away.
Thanks for the cache.

Cache is Ok

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 28 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

If you require more time please be sure to **post a note** (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 28 days to keep everyone up to date, if you do not then you cache may be archived without further note from a reviewer. Caches archived due to lack of maintenance are no longer unarchived and you will need to submit a replacement as a new cache.

Well this is the 3rd time I've looked for this cache and still no luck
Next time coming to this area I think I'll contact the CO for some extra hints/help.

I think it’s gone

Who is calling me a looney[?]
I am the normal one of the group, it is the other people in this car that I am worried about.
No luck today.

Looked... Looked... Looked.... 4 sets of eyes rolled over this one.. Caro from Jess & Caro, Grand Poobah, Brother Colin and mine... unfortunately, we lucked out, no findy no signy..

Spent quite a long time searching for this cache today, but it was not to be found.

??

Woke up this morning to Mrs VC asking if I was up for a trip west to 'potentially' visit friends & maybe grab a cache or 30.
WHY NOT! LOL …
Grabbed Winter the Geo-Cat & we all piled into the Geo-Beast.

Parked up for a wee break & Mrs VC took first crack at searching for the cache.
Upon my return from the amenities she was still looking.
So I found the cache, made our mark & replaced as found.

TFTC Lost Ed

Cache has been replaced.

Has this been updated yet?

Temporarily disabling this cache until the cache owner has the opportunity to replace this cache.

I will be replacing the cache shortly.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

3 of us gave the likely spots the once over. It is only listed as 1.5. / 1.5. Given the DNF's a review of the difficulty rating seems in order. Either that or a much better clue.

Tuesday. This is the last day of our return journey after staying at Carnarvon Gorge for the International Earthcache Day. We searched and searched – no luck for us today.

This was the only DNF we had on this trip.

Spent ages looking for it but too many places where it could be - this cache needs to have some hints as it appears not many find it - disappointing

Looked for a long time on a structure with far too many hiding places and covered in stones and rubbish.
A hint would be appreciated by all I am sure

This Geocache is sill alive despite some not being able to find it with only a small amount of searching.

Please bear in mind it is a nano cache on a large metal object, there are many possibilities where it may be hidden.

Enabling cache.

I am regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no response from nor action by the cache owner within the time frame requested in the last reviewer note.

GeoCrater
Geocaching.com Community Volunteer Reviewer

Good Day,

This geocache was brought to my attention as being in need of an owner maintenance visit. The cache owner needs to check on this cache ASAP and either replace it or archive it, after picking up any geo-litter. See the [maintenance section of the Geocache Listing Requirements/Guidelines](http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx#listingmaintenance).

I've added this cache to my watchlist, and I will check back in four weeks to be sure that the maintenance has been done. In the meantime, I have temporarily disabled this listing. When the maintenance is completed, the owner can enable the listing by clicking on the link below the cache name to return it to active status.

Whatever your intentions, please **post a note** here on the cache page (not email) to let us know that you are still active and maintaining the cache. If a month passes without seeing a response, then I'll assume that this listing should be archived.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

GeoCrater
Geocaching.com Community Volunteer Reviewer

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Had a feeling this one was prob. missing and looks like it is.
Was using nearby table to work out the location of another cache and saw gun, so thought 'what the heck, you never know'
As I started to look a mother & son arrived to look at the gun as well.
But since I wear High Vis clothes when cacheing (so look like a council worker etc.) and have my Geodog Scruffy with me. Can create plenty of distractions while make it look like I'm there officially. She bought the idea I was there to inspect the gun - "looks like counting rocks put in gun by kids", and she thought my Magellan was logging equipment and talked to me while I looked and so-called "logged".
But no good, couldn't find under or in any places where thought it would be.
Maybe this cache is - Out of Action ??

Looked for about 15mins with the kids, but sadly no luck.

No luck today, spent about 15mins looking with the kids.

DNF

I rolled up,
rolled up,
rolled up to GZ.

Eek !! [:o]
Another NOAG !!

It took a good 15 minutes of feeling around to find the little bugger [:o]
Being double jointed will definitely help with this cache find
I am not blessed with that ability,
thus the long ...
... but determined ...
search

TFTC

Took me 20 mins find this tiny thing! Lots of stones on it! Got signed and returned same place TFTC

No luck for me today, I had a good look but chose to move away from the muggles.
Hopefully it is still there, and very well hidden.

Thanks for this one had several goes but it is now a smiley back in the hide hole

In the dying light we failed this one

Great fun. Watch out gor tight spaces when your looking for it. You may get more than you asked for.

Always up for the challenge of an unloved cache (or at least one that hasn't had a find for a while), we headed here with time restrictions hanging over us (had to pick up the geokids from school. Geohubby suspected the item we found on arrival & I silently sighed, these types of hides have taken us an age on occasions. Whether it was geo instincts, past experience or just the geoGods being in our favour today, geohubby had cih within 30 seconds of searching! Winner!!! That gave us time to do a few more in the area & we weren't late for afternoon pickup, phew Tftc Lost Ed xo

Looked and look for ages and did not find

Searched with friends for a good half an hour and came up empty handed

We were at this very park today for a family reunion! Couldn't resist taking a moment (or 3) to try and find a cache. Trouble is, it is very hard to find a cache with heaps of muggle kids all over GZ. Lots of white little rocks didn't help either.
I will have to come back another day when the family and lots of little kiddies are not around.
I look forward to the challenge!

Went looking for this one with Team Nelta and a geofriend. We tried looking in the cannon but it was proven difficult as all the nooks and crannies were stuffed with rocks. Will have to try again some day.

Went looking for this one with Team Nelta and a geofriend. We tried looking in the cannon but it was proven difficult as all the nooks and crannies were stuffed with rocks. Will have to try again some day.

Tricky little bugger, but we got it. TFTC

TFTC

Found as part of Team Bellingham.

For the second time in six years, [url=http://cycleqld.bq.org.au]Cycle Queensland[/url] had a rest stop here. This time, Palopinto suggested there was likely to be a cache nearby. She was (possibly) right, although I couldn't find it, she couldn't find it, and neither of the kids could find it. In the end we had to rejoin our cycling friends back on the route, so this one remains unfound for us.

Lots of options. Enjoyed the pub next door. TFTC.

Tried to have a good look but so many muggles coming and going made it hard. Hopefully will be back one day to try.

We stopped here twice today to have a look but council muggles were nearby so we were unable to search.

Unable to find it after searching for half an hour or more, mostly successful on these things we gave up because of the stones and people starting to come into the area getting ready for tomorrow (ANZAC Day) May give it another try one day!

We sadly couldn't find it

Found with richliink on day six of our Mega 2015 Stanthorpe adventure.
We slowly meandered from Warwick to Toowoomba enjoying some excellent historical sites. we enjoyed being off the highway for most of the day, thanks Lost Ed for your contribution to our relaxed caching day.

After two days caching in the Warwick area, headed towards Toowoomba with iluvtrekking. We didn't want to go the direct route up the highway so criss-crossed the gorgeous countryside picking up finds along the way. Geo-hubby spotted quickly. Thanks Lost Ed

#6368Found and Logged 7:42:00 AM
One of 6 caches on a great day for caching heading towards Toowoomba
Thanks for the cache Lost Ed

TFTC no more time as storm is coming

A hard one with a few muggles around, but got it in the end

Finally logging this find after our recent trip to Allora.
It's a miracle we found this one I think. So many little white stones in every crevice. (Some little hands have been very busy.) We didn't know if it was magnetic or not so we set about methodically checking everything. We took one side each and came up with nothing. So we swapped sides and we found it - was actually in the very first place we looked but somehow we missed it. So glad to find this sneaky one.
Thanks for the cache and fun we had with this Lost Ed.

Tftc

Thought we were going to have issues with this, first visit this morning, I was being watched by HiViz muggles, so came back at lunch time and no one was around to bother us - geo hub had his hands on it in a matter of minutes.

Thanks for the cache Lost Ed

Wombat the Anthus laptop Geocoin visited, as did Runciple's Grasshopper, a tassie trekkers pathtag, a mammoth who wants to see sheep, a slovak geocoin, a bumble bee and a travelling turtle.

Didn't even bother parking the car. Park was full of muggles. All the mini muggles were hanging from ground zero.

Tricky little bugger. Thanks for hint

Out and about today in the country town of Cambooya - this is a really nice place!! Lots of character buildings, beautiful park, cool railway bridges - -everything you need for a caching kinda day!

We have come here quite a few times to eat at the Bull and Barley pub for dinner, but I've never really been out here during the day! We had a nice time here with the kids enjoying the park, and then finding a nano cache on old military hardware was an achievement for us (we've come to dread the caches hidden on these things! Usually they're a DNF!)

After a successful find, we headed across to the corner store and ate some really delicious super-hot chips for lunch! It really feels like we're on holidays now [^] So a definite favourite point from us!!

Thanks for the cache today Lost Ed!!