RATTLING BRIDGE Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
By morgans2320 on 03-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2G67B

We'll take a look to see where the cache is.

Three of us looked, found some likely hiding places but no cache. this cache has DNF's as far back as August.

We thought this should be easy, but we failed to turn it up. So I checked the number of DNFs and we left.

looked high and low but didnt come up with anything. Lovely spot none the less.

No luck, cache placer should check if is still here

No Luck, will try again

Is this one still here? Did not find again!

2nd attempt

Razors_girl23 found this one even before I had the GPS out! Lovely views over the river from this spot

This entry was edited by RedGreenRabbit on Friday, 06 July 2012 at 05:20:00 UTC.

Didn't need the GPS after reading the description. Found straight away. Nice spot. TFTC.

Stopped for lunch at this great place. Service is slow and plenty of time to find a great cache. What a spot to behold. No lizards visible today too cold bridge rattling well so closed the door firmly.

very good hide. took about 45 seconds to find TFTC.

Braved the rain to spend an afternoon caching in Morpeth. As it turned out the rain stopped on finding our first and started again just as we signed off on our last of ten (at Graffiti Trail).
An easy quick find and no muggles about. Thanks morgans2320.

Found whilst out caching in this area. Whilst there was a few muggles around being a nice sunny day, we were able to retrieve the cache. Quickly signed the log then replaced.
Great view of the river and bridge from here.
TFTC.

Anzac Day Port Macquarie to Morpeth.
This was the last cache of the day, Haven't been to this little park before.
After going to the Dawn Service in Port Macquarie it's been along day, so its now back to our friends house to enjoy Happy Hour
TFTC Morgans2320

I came late in the day and had the place to myself. Searched everywhere but it was under my nose right from the start. TFTC

Had me looking for a while. Spotted 2 lizards in the progress.

Nice relaxing spot, great for a lunch stop

Only spotted the one lizard. Enjoyed the chili festival and the cache!

Easy find, left a turkshead for the next vistor and put the door back. Don't want the lizard to get scared.

No lizard

Found log easy 3 lizards watching. The river is really up from all the rain.

What a pretty spot on a sensational day.
Mrs GUIO was helped by miss 4 at this cache.
We continued on for another 8 caches and came back here for lunch.
Bakery and coffee made and meal of it we did.
Thanks for placing this cache.

Greeted by some very friendly lizards. An easy find.
TFTC

Good on you rellub21

Found the lizzard and its home

As we approached a good sized lizard was sunning himself on the top of the stairs. As we approached, it jumped off. As the bridge doesn't rattle as much now, a lot of smaller lizards were out and about too.

We shut the door on returning it but did notice the bridge doesn't rattle anymore.

This entry was edited by teamFletcher on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 at 02:13:39 UTC.

Spot on, lovely place

Thanks for bring us to morpeth

Didn't have much time, so just a quick look with the iPhone as my guide. Unfortunately no success. The location is lovely and the view of the bridge is great - something the Lizard must have taken into account when selecting his realty.

Lots of muggles today but the sneaky hide avoids them. Found after a very nice lunch at Arnotts.mmmmm
Thanks for the excuse to visit Morpeth

#522
Having arrived in Morpeth & parked the car, we started strow around the town. Just for fun, C62 got his GPS out to see if there were any caches handy. The nearest one was 1m away, just where I was standing. With care to avoid any sighting by muggles, I soon had the cache in hand & adjourned to a nearby table to sign the log. With this done & the cache returned, we then decided on the next event - lunch. TFTC

This entry was edited by geotooter on Saturday, 31 December 2011 at 05:45:35 UTC.

#702
Arrived in Morpeth with Geotooter for a visit to the town. We parked in the main street not far from the old bridge and walked down to a spot to see the river. I turned on my GPSr to see if there were any caches nearby and discovered I was standing 1m away from GZ for this hide. Now that's never happened before. Read the description and found the cache within seconds. Sat at a picnic table to complete the formalities then waited for a few muggles to depart. Geotooter quickly returned the cache and closed the lizard's door. He's tucked up safe and sound ready for the next cacher.

TFTC.

Found with ease... may have to come back but with a fishing rod.

found it with good old friends
TYFTC 67indi

Found on a sunny Friday afternoon, spending time in Maitland to see Elton John in the Hunter! What a great weekend!
TFTC Morgans2320! RinRis.

Took some TB's

Sightseeing in Morpeth. Nice littel town. Enjoyed the view and the little cafe nearby the cache.
Thanks.

Didn't see the lizard but found the cache.With thanks

Thank you for this cache.
Took awhile to find and my wife spotted the place to look.
My third cache while on holiday from Sheffield uk.
TFTC

Bridge does not rattle now... No pen to sign. TFTC

TFTC, TNLN, Visited with a group of trackables and 2 friends from the USA who had never heard of Geocaching. Our visits and the information provided by the Cache owners have allowed them the chance to learn more about the sites visited.

This entry was edited by wazza9 on Saturday, 26 November 2011 at 02:46:11 UTC.

nice area, lots of lizards around .

Found on a trip with Blue_Mars, AH and all the Familys.

#11 of the Girbbly-AH-Bluemars expedition. Met another large lizard - this time a very cool water dragon.

Found on a trip with Blue_Mars, AH and all the Familys.

TFTC

Quick found on fine day.

Cool spot Thanks for bringing us here. sL

SL. Nice little spot to rest a while. TFTC.

10:41. Been to this one before but didnt find till today. Bridge isnt rattling anymore. Tftc

Nice hide. Didn't bring a pen so log not signed. Thanks.

Took a little while to find the right place but what a great view from the little park! TFTC

Easy find - always loved this location. Live in the area and I feel I don;t visit enough. Or too much, one or the other

Took me a little to find this one, eventually got it after a battle with the lizard. TFTC.

21:28 Hrs

Webguy waited as The Hancock Clan and I ducked out to nab this one as we were passing by.

Not too many rattles from the bridge tonight.

Thanks.

Found in the company of Wingnut. Webby had already done this one but as we were passing we decided to pull over for a quick bonus find.
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

we had lunch here and found cache after

Didn't take more than a few seconds until Hagar had the cache in hand.

nice stroll along the water, lizard not home so found cache easily,
cheers

This entry was edited by team wooness on Saturday, 23 April 2011 at 07:59:55 UTC.

Mrs Burners and the geo kids looked for this one a while back, but all we found was a lizard. Today, we found the bounty first look. Go figure. The lizard was on a day off today. Thanks Morgans

Found it No. 3537 ... nice hide ... TNLN ... TFTC

another find for geo mum today, she just happened to look on the correct side and let me continue to search high and low whilst sitting behind me signing the log, thanks morgans

Quite a LOT of muggles in the streets and even a few boats on the river.
Luckily the cache is out of sight of both and a quick easy find. Quick look about the park before heading to the next on the list.

TFTC

3rd attempt at this one. finally found it thanks for helping morky70...tyfc go team stevens

Quiet spot in the morning
Had to dodge sprinkler thanks for the cache sl

Reperio at 0940. Wow...this really makes some noise when you go over it. Expecting the cache to be hidden closer or under the bridge and having my ears rattled off my head, found the cache nicely hidden away a little further away.

Gratias.

Lots of nice new timber but same old rattle.

Thanks.

Today we are exploring the Hunter Valley. Taste wine, enjoy the landscape and do some caches. We also met a large group kangaroos! A fantastic day! Thanks for showing us this rattling bridge. TFTC!

Found cache - tried previously, but too many muggles. Grabbed this one nice and early on Christmas Eve.

The boy found it instantly. A really nice old town.

beautiful i love morpeth should be dozens more up here i would love to hunt up here all day, lol

lizards everywhere. really enjoyed this 1. sat on river bank to watch the bridge works

llaurenfoott

Found while out caching with The Cashman and The Don.

Easy find on the banks of the river.

Went for a walk under the bridge to listen to the cars passing over head.

Found some local lizards sunning on the rocks below the bridge.

Thanks morgans

Found this while doing the more-than2320 tour of the Coalfields with TheWobblys and The-Don.

The bridge was rattling today. It is good to see that the works under the bridge keep the heritage value.

I wonder how long these repairs will last. It seems they are forever fixing it. The last major overhaul didn't last long.

Thanks morgans I love this location

Rated: for Overall Experience

#4691 Found this cache as part of the Rats, Steeba & FarmerFrentzen blitz on the Port Stephens area. With no one around we had no problems finding the cache, then a vehicle used the nearby bridge, wow I wonder how the locals sleep through that.
Thanks

Found during a 17 hour caching spree with The Rats and steeba that yielded 124 finds.

Despite the time of our find in the early hours of the morning there were still quite a few cars out and about.

TNLN and thanks morgans2320 for the cache.

Found on a mammoth day's caching of 124 caches in 17 hours around the Maitland and Port Stephens area with The Rats and Farmer Frenzten .

I didn't think we would hear any rattling at 4:45am in the morning but sure enough after the caching duties were done a car trundled/ rattled over. TFTC!

As we arrived near GZ there were a few groups of muggles looking at the bridge and information so we took a rest in the shade. After 10 minutes we were alone so we made a move on the cache and geo-wife had it in hand quickly. The cache was returned and we headed off while the area was deserted. TFTC morgans2320. [794]

Checked cache and found it in place. Lizard was guarding the entrance. See photo.

DNF
Unfortunatly couldnt find this one-found a possible place but alas it wasnt!

Found at 2.50pm GAFF1 in the company of Big Matt and Shell. Now this was an adventure. As we approached GZ Matt noticed some commotion at the edge of the wall and asked what was going on. A snake was being observed by a group of muggles slithering amongst the rocks in the wall below. A light latte coloured snake about 5ft long I guess - a taipan? a brown? a python? Anyway it was marvelous how nobody was making a big fuss about it and just loved observing nature. Then as I approached GZ I got really jumpy as 2 large lizards were hanging on the wall of the staircase making them look like one larger reptile!! Now that was unexpected!
A short while later as I was tentatively pulling out the cache - it popped and another minor shock went through me - it's alive I thought!. Enough excitement for now and I am sure that Mrs Squalid would have loved this cache!
Thanks morgans2320 - this story will be retold!

This is our 4444th overall find.

Found at about 2:48 PM. Not just a lizards home today. As pprass and I visited this one today we found a group of people at the GZ looking in the bushes, they had the wrong idea we thought but they were looking at the 2m long light brown snake at the GZ! To me it looked like a Eastern Brown Snake. It crawled into a few holes and then disappeared. Future finders may want to be careful where they stick their hands.

Thanks to morgans2320 for the cache.

TNLNSL

This bridge sure does rattle! We attempted this cache on a busy Sunday morning, but fortunately our search was hidden from any muggles. We spotted the lizard sunning himself on a rock. We weren't sure that we would be able to search with the safety fence, but we were able to find it without too much trouble. TNLNSL TFTC

Too many muggles about today!

My first 10/10/10 cache
Nice and easy find no lizard home today and no bridge workes either and out of the way of all the muggles around.

TFTC

You have to ask yourself will this bridge ever be finished? arriving at GZ it is like the steps to nowhere ...TFTC

Tamykian

Found easily after a night of dogwatch. TFTC

A nice easy find on a Saturday night. TFTC

Found easily with spikey mikey.

Caching with one of TheMonks.
A quick find whilst avoiding the construction worker nearby.
TNLNSL TFTC

Logging a visit for our TB to track FTF's

A FTF for TeamAJKW. Took off from work whilst it was quiet only to find it was not so quiet whilst I was gone. Whoops. Lizard was not in sight and whilst his view of the bridge is impressive that bridge certainly rattles the car when you have to cross it. TFTC Morgans2320

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