Robin North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
By
SherpaNT on 31-Oct-10. Waypoint GC2HHH8
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No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.
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No sign of the cache anywhere. A decent search turn up nothing. Many DNF's before me and CO hasn't logged on for over 18 months. Might be time to unlisted this.
Didn't read the previous logs to alert us that the cache was not there.
After a bit of a search we gave up, but we still appreciated that there was a cache here to make us walk a bit further around the lake and to show us what a beautiful place this is.
TFTH
After a bit of a search we gave up, but we still appreciated that there was a cache here to make us walk a bit further around the lake and to show us what a beautiful place this is.
TFTH
Only had a quick look, based on the previous DNFs, but we couldn't find any containers in the likely places. Thanks anyway.
(Slaps fist into gloved palm)
Holy DNF Batman.
Third DNF of the day & the one I'm most confidant I'd have found if it was still there. Thorough search of GZ, between multiple muggle walkbys, turned up nothing.
Given that the CO was last around on 29 January 2012, I fear this may need archiving. Perhaps someone who has previously found it can check.
Nice spot, though.
Holy DNF Batman.
Third DNF of the day & the one I'm most confidant I'd have found if it was still there. Thorough search of GZ, between multiple muggle walkbys, turned up nothing.
Given that the CO was last around on 29 January 2012, I fear this may need archiving. Perhaps someone who has previously found it can check.
Nice spot, though.
Searched for 20+ mins and could not find. Maybe all the rain recently has washed it away. Will come back again soon
Constant stream of muggles around so had to wait a while at this interesting location.
Left travel bug NH8FZ5.
TFTC
Left travel bug NH8FZ5.
TFTC
My wife had found this previously but I took 5 Cub Scouts on a tour of the lake and introduced some of them to geocaching. The cache is in good order. I placed a sheet of paper in it as the original log is full. Took TBNH8FZ5 (turtle) and placed TBTNANF6 (Yellow car) and a couple of trinkets.
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Since my dental assistant asked me to go to Australia during one month , she had to take some TB's with her to drop.
So I wasn't here but the TB's are in the box.
Thanks to Hannelore to drop.
Since my dental assistant asked me to go to Australia during one month , she had to take some TB's with her to drop.
So I wasn't here but the TB's are in the box.
Thanks to Hannelore to drop.
Brought family from London to visit this lovely cache and place. Off for a walk. Added a few treasures to cache.
Found while visiting my sister and 3 week old neice who live in parramatta (their first cache!). My sister didn't believe there was a lake nearby especially just of a busy road. Very pretty relaxing spot. Enjoyed a stroll and coffee at the cafe. Thanks.
Lovely spot! Visiting my sister and 3 week old neice in parramatta. Their first cache! She didn't believe me when I told her there was a lake nearby. We had a nice stroll and coffee. Thanks.
Will come back another day to do the walk in the bush. A fabulous cafe for brunch.
Nice day to be out looking for a geocache. Have visited the Lake many times before and enjoyed returning. It didn't take too long to find the cache.
Cheers and happy International Geocaching Day. 12/12/12.
Cheers and happy International Geocaching Day. 12/12/12.
Found this quite a while ago with the team from Parramatta SES. Great cache, we scratched our heads for a while before we found it!
I have come down from the Gold Coast for my brother's 60th birthday and I just had to combine it with a good number of Sydney caches.
I am really revisiting my home town because I was born and bred in the Lidcombe area and my brother lives at Guildford so I have picked some caches around the general area and looking forward to see how many I can fit in.
It was mugglesville central at this viewing point but mainly after I had actually found the cache.
I was sitting down studying the contents of the cache when I heard a couple come towards me, I moved to a neutral location without making too much fuss.
I then sat and sat and sat as one set of muggles after another visited the site, finally I saw a break in traffic and returned the cache to its safe hiding place and graetfully headed off to tackle The Riddler.
Thanks SherpaNT TFTC SL TNLN
I am really revisiting my home town because I was born and bred in the Lidcombe area and my brother lives at Guildford so I have picked some caches around the general area and looking forward to see how many I can fit in.
It was mugglesville central at this viewing point but mainly after I had actually found the cache.
I was sitting down studying the contents of the cache when I heard a couple come towards me, I moved to a neutral location without making too much fuss.
I then sat and sat and sat as one set of muggles after another visited the site, finally I saw a break in traffic and returned the cache to its safe hiding place and graetfully headed off to tackle The Riddler.
Thanks SherpaNT TFTC SL TNLN
Muggles everywhere so stealth was required!!! Easy when you have a geodog with you! Love the spot. SL. TFTC.
Found it on a sunny Sunday out with evangt. Nice easy find at a beautiful park. Lots of muggles about fishing and walking but no-one came near us while we were here. TFTC
Out on a yet another glorious Sunday with Footyfanatics. The days just seem to get better. First find of the day. Read up on the area and was impressed by the local history. From GZ you get a great view of the engineering of the dam. Pretty impressive for it's time. Quick find, signed log and replaced.
Very pretty spot. I explored with mchylins, echylins and emurph01 found the cache (and I snuck in a little "Found It! log as well)
We did the dynamic duo of the CO's caches that remain in the lake reserve being Robin and Riddler?
A lovely lunch time walk. Pity we did not have more time to do the complete lap around the lake so will have to come back another time.
Robin was first. Certainly an impressive standstone dam. We search for about 10min with no luck where the phone and GPSr throught GZ was. It was then we looked at some photos and realised where the hide must be but had to wait for some muggles to clear. We then ducked into the likely hiding spot and turned up a cache so for us the co-ords where off. We completed the signing duties and re hid just in time as some more muggles were arriving. TN LN TFTC
We had solved the riddle of the Riddler! long ago and being in the area it was time to make the find. We continued our walk along the lake and soon got to GZ. We looked at the hint but the cache was not where the GPSr said it was. Given the co-ord issue we had before we widened the search and solved the riddle of GZ about 8m from the GPSr location. In reading the other logs we see previous finders have had similar experiences. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TN LN TFTC
A lovely lunch time walk. Pity we did not have more time to do the complete lap around the lake so will have to come back another time.
Robin was first. Certainly an impressive standstone dam. We search for about 10min with no luck where the phone and GPSr throught GZ was. It was then we looked at some photos and realised where the hide must be but had to wait for some muggles to clear. We then ducked into the likely hiding spot and turned up a cache so for us the co-ords where off. We completed the signing duties and re hid just in time as some more muggles were arriving. TN LN TFTC
We had solved the riddle of the Riddler! long ago and being in the area it was time to make the find. We continued our walk along the lake and soon got to GZ. We looked at the hint but the cache was not where the GPSr said it was. Given the co-ord issue we had before we widened the search and solved the riddle of GZ about 8m from the GPSr location. In reading the other logs we see previous finders have had similar experiences. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TN LN TFTC
What a great place, we have never been her . The dam wall looks impressive. Took TB TFTC
What a great place to visit. Enjoying a great day caching with J+J on a superhero quest. SLTN L. GC TFTC
After a 15 or 20 minute search, found it. Very clever location.
Lovely spot, very interesting, never knew this existed in my backyard. Approached from North Rocks Rd and ended up walking through the bush then across the stream. Later realised that this was the long way, should have come through the main Lake Parramatta entrance.
Picked up How Low Can You Go travel bug.
Thanks for the cache.
Lovely spot, very interesting, never knew this existed in my backyard. Approached from North Rocks Rd and ended up walking through the bush then across the stream. Later realised that this was the long way, should have come through the main Lake Parramatta entrance.
Picked up How Low Can You Go travel bug.
Thanks for the cache.
After a DNF on a nearby cache I was feeling a little dejected, so was very glad to make a quick find at this cache. I hurridly signed the log and returned the cache as a muggle was nearby. Unfortunately in my haste I did not take note of the Hawkeye Geocoin in the cache.
Thanks for the cache. This is a great spot and I remember swimming in this lake many years ago as a young kid.
Thanks for the cache. This is a great spot and I remember swimming in this lake many years ago as a young kid.
We were definitely close, but the GPS wasn't clear enough about whether to look on the higher or lower ground. We will go back and try this one again.
After watching Evan Almighty last night couldn't help from noticing the leaks in the Dam wall. Maybe Robin is protecting the wall while Batman is away partying or geocaching. SL TFTC
Found by geo-son some time ago when we were muggles and had no idea what geocahing was all about. Great to be in the fold now and finally find this again - great walks around the lake. BTW - this was the first of our 4 finds for the day
After a rain interupted search earlier this week managed to get back today with the sun out, and Robin unable to hide - good hiding spot, the content of the container is a bit wet, tried to dry it a bit and SL. TFTC, and yep one muggle above had no idea I was there
Ah! A very nice hide. I missed it on the first inspection, but then had a closer look and there it was. TFTC x
Came after an year of our DNF. This time we were lucky to spot it. Very well hidden and a bit difficult to reach.
TFTC
Leo
TFTC
Leo
Nice find for a great lookout of Parramatta's engineering history. TFTC Double Trouble Twins
When I was young, I used to come here almost every weekend and do the circuit around the lake on the bush trails.. So, for the cache to bring me to something that has been, will remain there, for a long time, pretty awesome..
I, like "BAKTRAK", had my GPS telling me to bring my board shorts and go for a swim, then to bring my balance bar and go for a walk along the wall..
But, I thought, Where do bats hide, or, more to the point, HOW do they hide..
Pressto, Cache in hand..
I, like "BAKTRAK", had my GPS telling me to bring my board shorts and go for a swim, then to bring my balance bar and go for a walk along the wall..
But, I thought, Where do bats hide, or, more to the point, HOW do they hide..
Pressto, Cache in hand..
Found it ...Nice walk around the lake not sure we'll be walking in the morning hehehe!!!! Great position for the cache...We dropped something of...Thanks Robin for keeping Gotham Safe ...[^]
Nice seeing the old stonework at this end of the lake. It shows just how deep the lake is here. But where is the cache? The GPS said to go out to where the signs said not to. Then it said to go swimming. So read the clue, but what could that mean? Ah maybe... Yes! SL, thanks. Nice spot.
Nice quick find after the Muggles left SL #330
This entry was edited by ris768 on Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 06:30:45 UTC.
This entry was edited by ris768 on Saturday, 21 January 2012 at 06:30:45 UTC.
Was here for a family BBQ and got the whole family in on the find. Nice one, Thanks
Nice hide
TFTC
Took trackable and will help it on its way around the world, heading south west
TFTC
Took trackable and will help it on its way around the world, heading south west
13.25, GAFF2. We never knew this place existed, we took the hard way in from where we parked, then came across the track.
CIH, we SL. Cache in good condition.
TFTC SherpaNT
CIH, we SL. Cache in good condition.
TFTC SherpaNT
The first on our cache hunt around Lake Parramatta this afternoon just as it began to cool off. A good hide in the logical spot.
Left Turtle TB
SL TFTC
Left Turtle TB
SL TFTC
Last of 4 caches on a clockwise walk around the lake. Easy find. Interesting old dam wall here. After this, a 10 minute walk back to the bus stop to take the bus back to my accommodation in Parramatta. Thanks for some interesting caches and a good walk!
Found it during a visit to Parramatta.
Thanks and best greetings from Germany
Team sissifalke
Thanks and best greetings from Germany
Team sissifalke
Quite a few muggles were about today enjoying the school holiday sunshine. We even had some muggles walk over us, unawares that we were beneath them retrieving a cache. Cache contents a little wet, but the log book was dry. SLTNLN, TFTC.
3rd Day on holiday around Sydney. Great weather again and more good geocaches to locate. Soon had this one found - what a lovely area. SL TFTC
My last cache for the day on a quick trip to Lake Parramatta with bikerbuddy. Had a nice walk around to this one, but had to wait to search for it until a muggle stopped admiring the view & left us in peace.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Great cache in a scenic setting, and lunch was soon enjoyed as well at the nearby cafe. TFTC
Took us a while but thanks to Henderson1 she found it for us (:!! And team trofa was helping us! Good team work ! And great camouflage!
This entry was edited by TEAM TALTY on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 08:33:58 UTC.
This entry was edited by TEAM TALTY on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 at 08:33:58 UTC.
Unfortinately coundn't find the cache because there were muggles sitting on the rocks around GZ. Will come back another day.
First one in a little while with the kids.
Have been here many times before introduced to caching.
Grabbed COLI black TB to continue its journey.
TFTC.
Have been here many times before introduced to caching.
Grabbed COLI black TB to continue its journey.
TFTC.
Nice quick find in between other walkers, another place that we probably would never have visited if not for geocaching
Dropped trackable.
TFTC
Dropped trackable.
TFTC
A nice easy one for the first of the Lake Parramatta caches for the day. Have lived in the area all my life but don't ever remember coming here before now. Nice spot.
TNLN TFTC
TNLN TFTC
Fourth and final cache on our lake wander today; walked up to GZ and geowife said "its probably..." and there it was. Nice spot to see the lake and the dam; what a marvel of 19th century engineering. Thanks SherpaNT!
I arrived at GZ and figured where the most likely spot saw, so headed there and had a look, and boom, there it was, within seconds of standing at the right level.
TNLN. I was going to make this a double with Batman, but got there to find it was missing.
Ah well 1 out of 2 will do here today.
TNLN. I was going to make this a double with Batman, but got there to find it was missing.
Ah well 1 out of 2 will do here today.
we were at the reserve with a club for breakfeast and had a bit of time to grab this one but not enough time to walk around the lake to the other two, so they will have to wait till we are up that way again, what a lovely area.TFTH