John Downes Park Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
By Browngang on 20-Mar-11. Waypoint GC2QHME

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived.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).

Ngaambul - Matt

Unfortunately I only found part of the cache so I need to write DNF. Hopefully next time I come I can claim it as I know where it is. Thanks for replacing it. I know a lot of time and effort goes into something like this and it’s sad that somebody has taken it.

TFTC. I must have been a sight for sore eyes getting down on the ground and trying to get up again. I have 2 titanium knees and I hate kneeling. Had quite a few men come over and ask if I was ok or if I had lost something. I knew it was going to be a tricky find and knew what I was looking for. I was standing eliminating things in my head when my eyes caught sight of something and sure enough it was the cache. Love the view here.

The cache is gone so I'll have to see if I can manufacture a replacement.

No luck

No luck today

Called in and changed the log book.

Looked and no find today.

Too many whale watching muggles this morning...but I'll be back

What a clever hide! Maintenance of the log needed

As per previous adelaidian Davidwazza, a dnf for me.. even disturbed 4 bush turjeys ploughing thru foliage tge other side if fence... thanjs

Moving from Adelaide to Brisbane, jesswrigley and I decided to drive the long distance to make the opportunity a holiday, taking 12 days and passing through Victoria, New South Wales, and then finally arriving in Queensland. We spent the first few days in SA's Riverland, visiting Morgan, Berri and Renmark; and then drove through Mildura in Victoria. In NSW, we stopped at Hay, Parkes, Merriwa, Tamworth, Port Macquarie, and Coffs Harbour, and then entered Qld to stop for a night in Robina in the Gold Coast.

Today, jesswrigley and I travelled from Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour. We spent the morning in Port Macquarie exploring the beaches and completing *Port Macquarie Coastal Walk* Adventure Lab. We then saw some of the historical town and completed the *Make Way For The Commandant* Adventure Lab. We then made our way north, stopping off in Kempsey for lunch and a LGA geocache find, and then visited Nambucca Heads in the afternoon. We had scenic views at a lookout stop, and then a nice walk at the headland and V-wall. Finally, we arrived in Coffs Harbour, and did the obligatory Big Banana stop, and then walked around the foreshore jetty and harbour area.

We visited here whilst completing the Adventure Lab, and we were treated to some nice views at the lookout. We suspected what we were looking for, but after spending 15 min searching for the elusive cache, it was evident that it was too good for us today. It did feel like that we had exhausted all possible hiding spots. Thanks anyway Browngang for the cache placement.

Found today on a small cache drive, had a fun time

TFTC

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We were diverted up to the lookout whilst doing the Coastal Walk Adventure Lab, so decided to grab this while we were here. This was a devious hide - nicely done - and despite the generous hint, and the fact we've found a dozen of these, very nearly DNFd it.....

Another great find. Thanks for hiding this cache for our enjoyment Browngang

What a beautiful view

TFTF

Found with nissan 65. What a beautiful place. Thankyou for sharing and the cache. Love the hide

Found with cullum68 out for the day caching here in Port Macquarie thanks for the cache great hide

TFTC. Found it after about 20 minutes! Loved the cache itself

Awesome park if you have kids. While the gremlinkids played on the flying fox, gremlindaddy and gremlinmummy found the GC. It was actually gremlindaddy who found it while I scrambled under bushes like some idiot. Nice hide. Awesome GC. Fabulous view. TFTC.

The hint threw my off a bit and i was Within seconds of giving up when the cache caught the eye..
Tricky hide
SL. TFTC

**Total find count: 939**

After what has felt like an eternity, we are finally taking our first geocaching road trip since Clear Waters in Canberra with Crzymelly, TeamPQS and HubbyandMrs.

When I first looked while the geokids were exploring the playground, I was unlucky. Once HubbyandMrs pointed us in the right direction, the find was made. I'm sure we would have DNF'd if it wasn't for their confirmation.

**TFTC Browngang**

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The following TBs and Geocoins helped with the search to find the hidden cache:
* Miniature Itsonlybarney
* GeocachingNSW 2016 Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2017 Geocoin
* Geocache Talk Geocoin
* Planetary Pursuit Micro Geocoin
* Geocoin Club Jan 2015 - Rescue Coin
* Geocoin Club May 2018 - Blodeuwedd
* OzGeomuster 2018 Geocoin
* Col Miner HAVOC Geocoin
* Geocoin Club June 2018 - Illumination
* Caching Under the Moon
* Geocoin Club July 2018 - Dive Deep
* Geocache Talk Blackout Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2018 Geocoin
* Clear Waters 2019 Geocoin
* OzGeomuster 2019 Geocoin

Back for the second time after a DNF, persistence and process of elimination pays off Found with GeoAunty for her first find

Could not find beautiful lookout tho thankyou!

Thanks, kids enjoyed this one because they seen a goanna and a bush turkey too.

No luck today.

All good now

Back ready to go again

Found with GrimRaider on a drive up the north coast of NSW. Took us a while but we got there

Condition Report:. Good and dry
Log Status:. Lots of room

Thanks for hiding this cache Browngang

Found with Kittykatch. Sneaky hide took us a while to spot it. TFTC

Awesome camo
Tftc

Disabling until I can make some repairs.

Schneller Fund
TFTC Füchse12

While we were completing the Port Macquarie Coastal Walk Adventure Lab we located this tricky little hide. MR Shifter spotted it and then Mrs Shifter retrieved it. The log is wet and was difficult to sign, we have photographic proof if needed.
Thanks for the hide Browngang.

Staying in town for a couple of days as we head up the coast, the rain cleared and the sin came out so we headed out (with everyone else) to make the most of it... A quick and simple find here, but I daren't even get the damp log out for fear of it ripping to shreds or not being able to fit it back in. Thanks for the hide and smiley here Browngang.

Grabbed this one during the Adventure Lab.

TFTC Browngang
Total Cache Finds 8826

Caching with Viper_101... found while doing an Adventure Lab that has just appeared in Port... thanks for placing

Found with Key_Tat in the company of Tatt2squared while doing a nearby Adventure Lab... thanks for placing.

We found the cache fair quickly but opening it took a bit longer. We had to halt proceedings for a few minutes when we were joined by a couple of muggles. It's such a great view though and we were happy to stand and take a few photos. TFTC

Find bolting mad

Got totally bolted for a moment but persistence paid off

Yes, two hands are useful! A great first find for our new account

I felt like a nut case trying to get it out ha ha

Easier to see than to retrieve.
Needed 2 hands and thank goodness no one was around to see Mrs Riddell almost laying flat to achieve this.
TFTC and the fun.

A bolting experience!

Found with MDT79 and 8FAM

Found with Bek76 and 8fam

Found with mdt79 and bek76

Beautiful spot... found with the help of some geocachers who use to live in the area... i love a good pun!! Tftc

We were just about to give up when our growing decided to have one last look. Luck y he did as he came up trumps

TFTC,
We stopped in at this great location overnight to catch up with Cat and Pete.
An offer was made to drive us around to some of the great sites that also provided a chance to find a few caches. No way such an offer would be refused and we had a great time.
Now that is something new.
Added a favourite.

Checking out the view on a tour of Port Macquarie, this was a very well hidden cache. I put my hand on it, but couldn't get what I wanted. Wazza9 soon had the log in hand, signed log and replaced. Thanks to Browngang.

Found with Gazkersh and littlemisslonglegs. Excellent hide. Thanks for bringing us here

Found with littlemissleft and littlemisslonglegs

Doing the mystery at the museum

Sneaky hide well done

Thanks for the cache

Took some time but we FOUND IT

Found with mum and dad TFTC

beautiful view, good find. tftc !!

A surprisingly quick find, great cache!

We love verbatim descriptions We found it after a bit of a scramble through greenery: it’s right there but fully out of sight from standard standings. Went back to normal position to retrieve it. The view is nice, too! TFTC

Quick find tftc

Still here in good nick

Spent about half an hour searching all over but couldn’t spot or feel it.

No luck at this one

Couldn’t find

Walked over and had to wait for the muggles to retrieve the cache had to wait five minutes but eventually retrieved it signed it and replaced it carefully tftc what a lovely view

Thanks for the cache!

Previously logged a "Found". Writing note to log TB Visit

Found. A very sneaky hide. It was guarded by a huge Goanna who seemed to follow me around. TFTC

Found it

Nice spot had to look hard needed new log. As its full

Back in Down Under for the next edition of SuCos Great Australian Roadtrip!
Heading from Sydney to Brisbane in a HippieCamper, what a great fun...
Spend some time around Port Macquaire with nice walks!
Great views from up here. Took us quite a while to find this one, great camo, worth a FP!
Spotted a huge Goanna close to the cache

Found it, hubby wasn’t fond of the two big huntsmans right near it but we got it lol, needs new log

Found @ 1545 hrs

Sneaky little hide. Log is all but full and needs replacing. Being on holidays I didn't have my kit with me.
Also what a great view from the lookout.

TFTC

Eventually glimpsed it, then it needed some dexterity to retrieve it.

Found. Nice hide

We found a little friend at the lookout! TFTC

A park that I have never stopped at and a little lookout. Be a little bit careful of the not so little lizard.

Found with lyn999 and burgs00. Thanks so much for such a great location for placing a cache.

Awesome cache

Found after dismissing the "handrail" bit. Tftc

Beautiful location for a cache and a sneaky hide. Had lots of fun finding this one. Thanks heaps!

Found at 3:45:00 PM

Nice little park. I had a little help spotting it as I looked down and didn't see anything at first. I have made one of these too. Mine is behind a puzzle and doesn't get found very often.

Thanks Browngang

Stopped by here on the way home from picking up the kids from the movies. It was still raining so was going for a quick look, given I have hunted this one many times before but couldn't get far due to the tree coverage. As I drove by this time I noticed the tree had been cut and there was a gap to climb in and hunt around the fences. So stopped and did just that to then sight what I was looking for and hence I then realised I didn't need to climb in under the trees at all!! Took a bit of work to extract but finally can tick this one off the 'to find' list. TFTC A favourite for this one too.

Found on

Thanks for the revitalising day on the north coast. Thanks to PPrass Geo_Ge & C

Clever hide! TFTC

Good hide! Kids found this one

What a great view and what a great hide. Very clever and enjoyable. Took about 20 mins but persistence pays

Brilliant cache spot

I found the John Downes Park trad cache at Port Macquarie with GeodudeAU. DG

Here for a brief stop while on a trip up north and came here to look at the famous natural rock formation. Seeing as there was also a cache right here we had a look. But we initially couldn’t find it. Read through some past logs and the hint. When almost about to give up I finally spotted it hiding there. Was a bit hard to reach and then difficult to get the log out. But eventually signed the log and replaced it all as found. Found with SmudgeyCat DG. TFTC

Many thanks geokids like flying fox

We are heading to Morisset for the Geo Muster at Easter with the caravan in tow.
After a lovely meal and good sleep our host took us on a cook's tour of Port Macquarie. After terrible weather yesterday today was beautiful.
A tricky little hide that presented us with some difficulties retrieving the log. We have left a new one to make it easier for teh next person.
TFTC Browngang

Our 2nd of the morning after deciding to head south from our digs at Flynns Beach... Quick and easy find, and the activities log was spot on...
Tftc

Very clever

Loved the cameo.

Terrific hiding spot and a magnificent view
TFTC

Couldn't get to it yesterday because the workers were working in the area. Grabbed today after a bit of searching. Tfth

Cool hiding spot...TFTC

Epic hiding spot and amazing view
TTFC