Wingello "Bill O'Reilly" Wingello, New South Wales, Australia
By The Bushies on 01-May-11. Waypoint GC2VBMF

Last find of the day. Found some great geocaches today in the Southern Highlands! Enjoyed the adventure and the beautiful scenery Left my pathtag

Ive driven past this cache countless times, so I figured it was finally time to stop and grab it! Parked nearby and wandered over, I was a little concerned it might be missing due to the destruction of nature around GZ, but the cache was located in a safe spot! -I was headed down towards Kangaroo Valley / Nowra / Kiama this afternoon and decided to take Highlands Way for a change! Less time on the HumeHighway the better, drive it too often! Stopping for a couple of caches along the way to break up the trip, including this one! Thanks for the cache

Bear & Bee Fathers days finds !TFTC

Quick morning find by my bear. TFTC!

Found but book is wet and mouldy

I remember my Dad pointing out Bill O'Reilly at the Sydney Cricket Ground when we first went there when I was a kid. It was very exciting to see one of the commentators in person. In more recent times I've sat in his stand at the SCG. This was my last cache for the day. I've been to various 'towns' around the Southern Highlands today. It's been quite obvious that there's been lots of rain recently as the road sides, and the potholes are full of water. Luckily I didn't have to walk through any water ...... until I got to this cache. It was very wet from the carpark to the cache. Remarkably where the cache is hidden seemed protected as the cache was damp but the logbook was completely dry!It was nice to finish my day's caching at a spot linked to Australian sporting history.TFTC # 5992

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Water inside case & log was wet as bag was not sealed....Dried it inside, signed & sealed the bag & put it back where it was found.....thanks

A nice day out caching with the team. TFTC

A beautifully maintained oval here. Container quickly located at GZ; log a little damp but still able to be signed. Thanks, The Bushies!

Where a brick shouldnt be tftc

Found on a sunny morning after cycling from Goulburn. Good toilets, covered picnic area with bbq and rubbish bin.

Growing some mushrooms but still ok

Bit overgrown but still an easy find. Watch out for muggles or the oval

Logged on a wet day. The plate for the park was interesting. TFTc

In a trip to Bundanoon, stopped to log a cache because we were very early. TFTC

On a wander around some of these southern highlands villages. Quick find. Cache OK

Easy little find thank you

Pretty well maintained oval for such a small place. TFTC

A spur-of-the-moment decision took us to Wingello to visit my sister. After leaving we called into the oval so *DustyJasperJet* could sign the cache logbook. Unfortunately, my phone had no internet to load the caches, so I put my instincts to good use. After all this time I had a rough idea of where it was located, but on reaching GZ nothing was to be uncovered. I even asked *Little Panther* who was in agreement with me. No luck so we left. I see the burnt trees and the new growth has come through fast.
Now on my computer checking on this cache, I can see why we couldn't find it haa haa - it's been relocated. I will call in again next time I pass by.

Avenging a DNF in this new location. Took one of your path tags TFTC!

NOWTHAT THE fIRES AND CORONAVIRUS ARE NEARLY BEHIND US, WE WERE ABLE TO GO AND VISIT THIS SITE AND TRY AND WORK SOMETHING OUT AS TO WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN RESTORING IT.
unfortunately it will have to be moved over to the other side of the oval (approx. 150 mtrs) I will edit the requirements to find.

Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 41.373 E 150° 9.714

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 41.407 E 150° 9.626

Distance from original: 486.7 feet or 148.3 meters.

Had to move cache hide because of the Bushfires burning the last one.

Unfortunately due to the devastating bush fires that have hit this area. This section of the oval has been drastically burnt to a sunder hence the fence and cage have dissolved. In time we will return and try and replace the cache in or near the same area.

Coordinates wrong. No chance of finding it. Seemed like a wild goose chase !!!

Was a wild goose chase.

Beautiful spring time stroll. Fairly easy find. Thank you!

DNF 25/08/19, no joy this afternoon, getting too cold, guess ill come back.

Looked for ages ️

After a few DNF thought I should go and check it out..
Not sure what cachers were looking for!!!!!!!
BUT it was exactly where it was placed by us in good condition , not even really cammoed..
Perhaps cache blindness.
Will put in a hint.

Nope !! I couldn't find Bill's cache either
Even with two sets of coords to go by

Nice park though !!

Tiding thing up and finally getting around to logging my DNFs
No find for us here today

Even with the new co-ords there was nothing found by us today.

Nope couldn't find this one.

Was out this way and decided to do a check on it after the 1 DNF
decided it could be well and truly buried under a heap pf leaf/bark.
So have replaced in the same area but smaller (Micro) and less chance of being covered.
New Co-ords are: S34 41.373 E150 09.705

Lovely oval. Found cache in good condition. TFTC

Lovely to meet the CO and get updated coords. Such a beautiful place.

Found with Kittykatch and SG on a trip to the event in Wingello. Lovely place and good to pick up some quick caches on the way. Cache in good condition. TFTC

A quick find once at GZ signed dsd or DARKSIDEDAN depending on the size of the cache..

This one has been taken! Not here

It's gone

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. Find#: 1453

Found on: 7 July 2018 15:28

Buddies: HUNbat

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



Quick walk to GZ from our parking. What a nice little park. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC TNLNSL

A quick find while passing through Wingello.

Find#: 1453
Found on: 7 July 2018 15:28
Buddies: HUNbat
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

Quick walk to GZ from our parking. What a nice little park. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC TNLNSL

TFTC with BR!

F(H)ound it! #2661 @ 9:15 AM

I came up to Wingello before sun-up to check out some dog sports happening in the forest today.

This was our first cache on the way home to Queanbeyan. The Ridgeo-pup demonstrated some dog sports of her own

Thanks for the cache, Bushies

Found it!
TFTC

We'd spent the night in Sydney over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, and were headed home to Canberra. Since we left so early, we decided to make a detour off the highway to find a few caches. We had a nice time, there were hardly any cars around, and no muggles to be seen.

The best kind of fence to climb when caching! Can't imagine trying to play on this court. Took nothing, left something small. TFTC!

Tennis anyone? SL, TFTC

Be to Wingello many times but never came up this way.
Interesting reading the plaque to Bill.
Who knew he was from here.
Found very quickly.

Having spent a nervous week waiting for results of my sister who is in hospital in Qld I've struck out to get a few caches and clear my head.
The day started out beautiful and clear but has come over a little cloudy. Hopefully rain will hold off as I make my way towards the coast.

A good toilet stop with a decent show rink. Dog training is currently happening. Is interesting.

This cache was quickly found in good condition. Tftc

In the area for an event and spending the day visiting some new places and enjoying the scenery. TFTC

Found this cache on my 40th birthday caching outing tftc

Easy one, walked around the long way.

Yes they actually exist

My wife and I met up with bikerbuddy and Toriaz and had a day together in the Southern Highlands. This was our twentieth cache.

Another fact that geocaching taught me, the home town of Bill O'Reilly.

An easy find once we negotiated the fences to get to GZ.

TFTC.

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Bikerbuddy went the long way round, round the outside of the courts, while Canary & I took a short cut across. He still got there first, possibly because we had to get the gate open!

Thanks

Canary and Toriaz walked through the empty tennis court while I walked around the outside to make the find before them. Nice and easy. Thanks

Like always i always take the wrong way to the loot.Easy find.Then the easy way out.Looks like it has been a few moons since the tennis courts where used.TFTC

Find2461
Found with sesblocker.
Nice quick find.
TNLNSL
TFTC The Bushies
20 October 2017 16:24

A couple of caches after the Australian MTBO champs in Wingello forest.

I haven't been to this oval since my son played cricket 12 years ago. Was great to see that it has had an upgrade. Found with pinkih TFTC

Love the old tennis courts! TFTC

#6856 16:00
A road trip from Sydney to Wengello for a party. A long way, so what better way to take a break every now and then for a geocache.

We now arrived in Wingello, and we were keen to find the one and only cache in this village. My travel companion tried to find this cache before, without GPS or Smartphone app. She spend a long time looking for it, but without success.

I was more successful this time around and without a problem I spotted the black container.

Thanks for the cache.

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Used to read Bill's newspaper column. TFTC.

Nice quick find on the way to the highlands! Thanks Bushies!

Day out caching in the usual rainy weather thanks for the cache

Interesting spot to visit, would not have come here normally if it wasn't for a Geo, so thank you for placing one here.

Some interesting tennis courts nearby. Didn't have time to stop for a game.

Just moseying around in this beautiful part of the world in lovely autumn sunshine, coffee shops, scenic places, black cockatoos and some geocaches. Thanks for this one. Baggie needs replacing but didn't have a spare.

Out to visit a venue in the southern highlands so a few caches to find as well.

I can't remember the last time I walked across a tennis court...especially a clay court (A little disused though)
Thanks again, The Bushies.

Tftc great find especially in the

6059 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1145. Not a great deal of activity here this morning so we wandered about having a bit of a look at some of the birdlife SL Tnx The Bushies.

Good quick find

Easy find

Found on way to M&G event in Wingello State Forest

Picked this one up on the way to a nearby event. A quick find once on the right side of the fence.

TFTC

Heading to the event in Wingello State Forest this morning with delloro and The Brewmeister, we made a quick grab via slightly circuitous route to GZ. TFTC The Bushies.

Find No: 5433. Visiting from Newcastle to attend the Wingello event, thanks for the cache The Bushies!!

Camping at the nearby event Wing It, we spent the day geocaching. Had a quick game of tennis on the way to GZ, signed the log and replaced. A big thanks to the Bushies

Tftc,
Visited trackables.
In the area to attend a breakfast event.
Full log to follow.

Attending a nearby camping event and out finding a few caches with Seemyshell , this was our first find of the day, thanks for the cache The Bushies tnln sl

On my way to Wingello for my own event weekend. Stopped off and grabbed this one

Camping nearby in readiness for an Event in a couple of days. After setting up camp decided it was cooler out caching so set out on a short circuit. This was #1 of 9 caches with no DNFs.
A quick find so after signing log took a short cut back to the car. TFTC TNLN SL

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#7045 @1705
Easily found while on a long detour returning to Canberra from Sydney. TFTC.

Awesome. Thanks

Approach to GZ looked a little scrubby, and would attract the attention of some council workers on their lunch break so took a more roundabout route across the tennis courts. Easy find once at the cache site then back along the fenceline now the muggles had moved on.

Quick find. Nice area. Signed and replaced. Cache all good.Tftc

Today I score the day off,so it was caching time for me )
I starting not far past Fitzroy falls,working my way across to Wingello,over to the Hume,back up to the Illawarra hwy then finishing at Mossvale.
Once underway I was in the zone,It was one of those days when everything just fell into place,
I managed to find all the caches I had in my sights with no DNFs plus picked up a few extras on the side ,A total of 38,my best day yet!,37 Traditions and I squeezed in 1 multi along the way,not a bad days effort.
Thanks to all the COs for such an awesome day,every cache I found was in great condition
TFTC!!!

#823 Eighteenth of twenty four finds on a beautiful Sunday's caching around the Southern Highlands. Nice quick find after a short search. TFTC

Made a quick find in between the showers of rain
TFTC

Another quick find. SL TFTC

Found as we tidied up some we were missing along this road.

Easy find. Good for the kiddies.

Good cache. Great find

Out and about with Happy Uke today for some long overdue caching.

I was last here sevral years when my son was playing cricket here. A great spot!

Thanks!

I haven't been geocaching for a while due to one thing or another, so Finalf29 decided to get me out and about and clear my head. It was the best thing for me...beautiful day, always excellent company and I'm in a much better positive space. Got fourteen today, I love geocaching!

This was my seventh for the day. I have been here so many times to watch and score my oldest playing cricket...great wins and losses, in the wet, fog, cold and scorching heat, the day the magpie swooped anyone on the southern side of the field and when he got his first 5/15 in bowling (he was 16 and playing up in 2nd grade seniors for Mittagong against Wingello)...Great memories! Thanks

Spot of tennis anyone?

TFTC. Wet but great to travel the back roads with Weebindi and the TB's.