All Aboard the GeoExpress Galston, New South Wales, Australia
By Calypso62 and Geotooter on 11-Sep-11. Waypoint GC2ZVM3

It is time for the final whistle to blow and say farewell to the GeoExpress Event. Let's hope we can again board the loco and meet up for another great day of geocaching friendship some time in the future.

Cheers,
Calypso62 and Geotooter

OK... Who's got the "Percy Penquin" TB and not retrieved it from the GeoExpress event, hmmmmmmm???????

There are two trackables still listed in the GeoExpress event. They are "Haroobang's House" and "Percy Penguin". If you have either or both of these, could you retrieve them into your inventory please.

Thanks,
Calypso62

Ooops forgot to log. Better late then never!! Awesome event Calypso, look forward to seeking more of your awesome caches

You did all the work, so I think a log is quite in order!

Thanks again!

Ooops forgot to log. Better late then never!! Awesome event Calypso, look forward to seeking more of your awesome caches

What a fabulous turn out for this event. Thanks to everyone who came along and boarded the GeoExpress. You helped to make this event a most enjoyable occasion. It was wonderful to see all those faces we knew and it was also great to meet a number of cachers new to the game. We hope we have added to your enjoyment of Geocaching. We look forward to seeing you all again at a future event.

Just a reminder, the OZ MEGA EVENT will be held over the Easter weekend in 2012 down in Albury/Wodonga. Check out the website here, http://www.ozmega.com.au/ and the GC listing here http://coord.info/GC2Q4JF . It should be a lot of fun so hope you can join in.

There are a number of trackables still listed in this event. Please retrieve them into your inventory at your earliest convenience.

Cheers and happy Geocaching.

Calypso62 and Geotooter

After 2 years I finally decided to set up my own account. Attended as Akkatracket JR with Akkatracker

Congratulations and thanks to Calypso62 and Geotooter for a very successful event. Great to finally meet many of the faces behind those logs we see and get some different perspectives on caching. A nice mixture of young and old from near and far.
Surely we can expect a rush of finds for CM66 now that so many hints were divulged, or not!

When the boys were younger, we used to visit Woscoe near our place in the mountains. With a younger nephewwe visit Luddenham for the same purpose, so this one was another good one to keep in mind. Good to see some of the familiar cachers and meet some newbies too. Thanks Calyso62 and Geotooter for uorganising this one. A good roll up, more than we'd expected from those who had said they'd be coming. Again next year?

Well this was a good event... Great planning C62 and Great work on the location. Seemed like a lot of people were at the venue at the day but the event had a nice crowd. Didn't really meet more new people but added a few faces to names.
Took: TB
TFTCTNLNSL

Only able to stay for about an hour and a half due to other commitments, but had a lot of fun all the same Put some faces to names, swapped some pathtags and even had a ride on one of the mini steam-trains. Thanks Calypso for organising this cool event ^_^

This was a fun day! Great to meet everyone!

Thanks to Calypso62 for the event. Good to meet some Australian geocachers. Left to find some more caches about the area - although a couple of near ones eluded me. Also nice to trade some Pathtags in person.

Congrats Calypso62 and Geotooter on another successful event and beautiful morning for it too! Great to see both new and familiar faces and drop off/pick up a trackable as well.

We walked up and down all those stairs to grab a sausage sandwich for lunch and then had to head off but it was terrific meeting some more geocachers and putting faces to names. Cool idea to grab some photo's too! Thanks again for a great event.

Toot Toot. Throughly enjoyed this event. Had 2 rides on the trains and was really impressed with this layout. Had been here many moons ago with my "Pa" and after a slight de-railment back then we fell off, me in his arms. Glad to see that all these years later the trains are still rolling.

Thanks Calypso62 and Geotooter for organising this event.
Again next year?

What a fantastic place. That's why I love Australia because there is always something interesting to see. Thanks both of you Calypso62 and Geotooter for bringing us here. I have to thank to Sonya and Baktrak too, without them I would get to and from the event.

#136

Thanks for planning this little event.
Great little place away from the hustle and bustle,
lots of fun for little kiddies.

TFTC

Great day- loved the trains (but I am a kid!!!)

#497

With almost perfect weather, this proved to be another good day's outing meeting fellow cachers. By all indication, the fifty plus persons who attended certainly enjoyed themselves, especially both the big kids & the little kids who road the small trains. Hopefully, this may lead to the event being repeated sometime in the future. Although I was a co-organiser, most of the legwork was by Calypso62. Many thanks to C62 as well as all those who turned up.
Now to think about the next event........

Great day! Fun riding the trains, good having a chat and good sauasage sandwiches too! Everything a kid could want-thanks!

It was funny to see this event listed a matter of days after we had visited a similar venue in West Ryde http://www.slsls.asn.au/. We had much fun on that day that we knew we would have to go to this one.

Arrived around midday and were amazed at the facilities - including a fair dinkum sausage sizzle. We headed over to the event and settled into numerous conversations about geocaching and life in general.

Zac enjoyed four loops of the track on the trains. See the YouTube video http://youtu.be/f082xg1c04s Wow how long was it? Before we finished up and headed home. A briliant day and a great idea for an event. Thank youu Bruce and company.

#640
Now there are those in geocaching land that say I shouldn't log my own event but I say what the hell!! I was there and I had a great time meeting everybody and enjoying the fun of the little trains!!! (I don't log finding my own caches... that's different!! )

Had a great time today, meeting some more cachers, and riding the train.
We've got some home video of me as a toddler riding this train with my dad! 20 years on... it's really nice to see it still going.

We had a great time at this event, Miss Shifter loved riding on the trains, she had numerous trips, Mr Shifter loved the steam engines, and Mrs Shifter enjoyed the relaxing day and catching up with familiar and new faces.
Thanks to Calypso62 and Geotooter for hosting the event.

What a fabulous spot. Thanks for holding an event here, I certainly never knew about this place. Lots of little kids but the place is just as enjoyable for us big kids too and I wasn't going to miss out on a train ride. So with Big Spindoc and junior Spindoc, we were lucky enough to score our very own train. The track was quite long and you got a nice long ride. I was amazed to learn that the engineers build these trains from scratch.
It was nice to meet up with some familiar faces and enjoyable to chat with some new cachers. Many funny stories were shared and hints and tips exchanged.

Wow! I just finished logging all my Travel bug/geocoin discoveries!! It took me a good 20 minutes- on top of the 40+ emails I got from this event! Once again, thanks c62- I will find some of yours in the near future!

Well! What a great day and event. Geodaughter really liked the place and nearby Multi. It was good to catch up with you Calypso62 after all these years and to meet some some other caches again and some new ones I hadn't met before. Hope to do some more of your challenging caches soon. TFTE
Cheers
dkmacca

Toot too chugga chugga...oh no that is the big red car...


we had a grand day, lots of rides on the trains. we even scored a free ride at the end of the day!.whilst the weather held out, it got a little chilly near the end of the day.
We all had a lot of fun.
My 8 Y.o Daughter discovered geocaching trackables for the first time. so we grabbed a couple of these.
I'll ahve to find them and get the codes form them ASAP.
thanks for a fun day guys, look forward to meeting you all at another event soon.

My first Geoevent, and what a good one it was too. Unfortunately GeoKids had a band workshop on at the same time, so the rest if the Geofamily couldn't attend.

It was great to meet so many cachers, put faces to the names I read in logs, and find out who the people are that have created so many enjoyable caches.

A few pointers on some difficult caches didn't go astray either. And with all the discussion on CM66, I reckon I now have a really good idea where it is hidden!

Thanks C62 and Geotooter for organizing a worthwhile event.

A nice day today! Really fun and nice meeting new people! Thanks Calypso took 2 tbs left one!

It was good to catch up with old caching friends, and quiet a few I hadn't met before.

Also I managed to get a few extra hints on some DNFs of mine.

Thanks Bruce, a great little spot for the event.

Thank you to Calypso62 and Geotooter for organising this well attended event. Could only stay a short while with pjmpjm as we had more caching planned for the ride back to the mountains.
It was great to be able to put faces to familiar names, so many stories!
The steam trains (models) were quite a draw card, very enjoyable.
Thanks again guys.

Indeed a place I've not visited ... and a brilliant location for all things of engineering in miniature. Just had to have a ride on the small steam engine train. Thanks Calypso for organizing the event ..... taking me there to also see other enthusiastic geocachers. A wonderful experience for the short time I was there .

Dropping off one coin.

What a magnificent day it is today.... a perfect day for a geocaching event. So, All Aboard the GeoExpress!! See you all at Galston.

Cheers,
Calypso62

Dropping of TB

TB Drop (for pick-up at event)

We are going to be there, with Pesky! in tow.
A selection of bugs and coins visiting for discovery only.

TB drop. 7 tbs dropped

Stopped in this morning .... This place gets busy
Nice to catch up
Thanks for organising

Dropping TBs.

SL It was nice meeting you guys today, enjoyed a sausage sandwich and a train ride. Thanks Calypso and Geotooter for organising today's event and for bringing me to this great location. Hope to meet you againn at another event or on a race for a FTF.

This entry was edited by ris768 on Sunday, 11 September 2011 at 06:38:29 UTC.

great to catch up with some old friends and to make some new ones.

After riding home from Dungog, we arrived home early enough for a quick trip out to this event. As I was riding out I spotted a suspicious character near one of pjm's Dural caches, so I stopped and provided some assistance. Found out that I had met Rainbow Spirit.
It was great to meet many fellow cachers at the event and swap some stories. I also found time to promote one of my caches that isa not seeing a lot of action - "Smell the Roses". I was inspired by Baktrak and Sjamp to renew my efforts on a couple of the tough local puzzle caches.
Many thanks to Calypso and Geotooter for once again putting on wonderful social event.

A very enjoyable event. Caught up with some familiar faces here, as well as a few I hadn't met, yet had stories to tell about caches we had done. I finally got to meet Rogerw3, a prolific cache placer here in the mountains and out towards Lithgow. And as Tronador said, this was a great place for big kids, too. Enjoyed riding the railway with my boys. Thanks Calypso62 for arranging this one.

Had a great time meeting old friends and putting faces to names.

Can't believe how many mini-trains I saw! And steam engines too.

Seemed to be a great turn-out, although I couldn't stay more than an hour a half.

rogerw3 and I took off on another GCA trig expedition on our way back to the Blue Mountains.

Many thanks to Calypso62 and Geotooter for arranging everything. Very much appreciated!

Well this was a good event... Great planning C62 and Great work on the location. Seemed like a lot of people were at the venue at the day but the event had a nice crowd. Didn't really meet more new people but added a few faces to names.

Took: TB

TFTCTNLNSL

When the boys were younger, we used to visit Woscoe near our place in the mountains. With a younger nephewwe visit Luddenham for the same purpose, so this one was another good one to keep in mind. Good to see some of the familiar cachers and meet some newbies too. Thanks Calyso62 and Geotooter for uorganising this one. A good roll up, more than we'd expected from those who had said they'd be coming. Again next year?

2 TB drops

Hopefully will make it... if the work holds off. Same applies to my caching buddy glennren. Really do hope to make it as I love C62's caches ... and possibly gain a hint about a few local caches esp. CM66

Dropping off 12 trackable items I will bring with me. They are for swap, discovery or anyone can take one. I will also have some of my personal pathtags (3 different designs) if anyone wants to exchange. Hope to be there about 10-00am and stay for a couple of hours. Regards Todd (tmann421)

Will drop off a TB.. Really looking forward to meeting everyone!!

Looking forward to coming along.

Will attempt to be there, with 2 or 3 family members.

Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow and might bring along a few geocoins!

Will attend. Very excited!!

OK, will be there with pjmpjm.

Hope to be there around lunchtime for a couple of hours. New to this and would love to meet people who are experienced cachers.

Am coming, looking forward to it!!!!!!

Another TB drop

Good one Calypso62 and Geotooter, we had a great time and finally put faces to names. What an excellent location, too.

Will hope to arrive with rogerw3 by 11:30am or so.

We'll be driving in from the Blue Mountains.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Woohoo!!!! My first event cache!!!! Amazing idea!! Love the location as well.

see you all soon.

just leaving home for the short walk up to the train station...

don't forget to find the Galston valley railway cache that is very close by

From the visitors, you would think this place is for children but the grown ups seem to be having the most fun! Thanks for bringing us here, Calypso.

TB Drop

Great to meet everyone today!

Great to meet other cachers! Looking forward to more events like this. We enjoyed the train ride too

Ogleaway-Oz

Great to meet so many new people, and chat with old friends

Sorry Calypso62....won't be able to attend this one. Family commitments come first. Sending you all greetings and wishes for an amazing day.

Hi Everyone,

The “All Aboard The GeoExpress” event is shaping up to be a most enjoyable one. It looks like the geocaching gods will be smiling on us with some nice weather forecast, at least for the morning.

The event will commence at 9:30am and conclude at 3:30pm. You can come along for all or part of the time, it’s up to you. Just remember there is a $5 per adult entry fee payable at the gate and accompanied children are free. Train rides are extra. Please BYO all food and drink requirements for yourself. A folding chair to sit on is also a good idea.

Look for us down across the bridge, past the station and over to the right. I should have some signs up to highlight where we are.

When you arrive, please sign the Event Log and grab a name tag. There’ll be two trays for trackables, one for discovery only trackables and one for trackables that you can retrieve. If you haven’t already done so, please log any trackables that you are going to bring for retrieval into the event listing.

I will be taking a group photo at 10am, 12pm and 2pm so hopefully you will be around for at least one, if not all, of these photos.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you all out there at Galston on Sunday.

Cheers,
Calypso62 and Geotooter

Please accept my apologies Calypso, I will be away with my GeoBikiechick on a motorcycle tour for the whole weekend up in the Hunter Valley and around Dungog.

I hope the day turns out to be great for everyone!!!

I hope to be able to make it to this event, if pjmpjm is willing to chauffeur me around to GZ!

We're hoping that the weather stays dry as we'd love to join everyone for an hour or so in the morning. Great work on organising another event Calypso62! Looking forward to meeting fellow cachers and getting a clue or two on a local cache that has stumped us!! H&C

Unfortunately, a last minute unexpected change in plans will have us travelling to Melbourne on Sunday. Sorry we will not be able to attend this time Calypso62

I had been hoping to attend this event, a great opportunity to put faces to names, but unfortunately something has come up. Next time!

Due too Geo Son (MattKwashere>) Birthday we may miss this but will try and get there.
I only just found the cache and this place this week and it looks great.

Your in finding stuff in strange container in strange places,
Steveishere

Looking forward to it! See you then.

Not sure now if I can make this or not, we have a family birthday brunch at Terrey Hills at 10:30. Might be able to rock up in the afternoon for a while, will just have to play it by ear.

Hope to get there around midday to catch up and meet some more cachers.

TB Drop

Just realised, I double booked myself for that day I may get there around 1.30pm though, so if you're still going till 3.30pm, may get to say hi.

I'll drop by for a bit.

Finally got the decision I needed to attend this event. Looking forward to seeing you all there and especially Calypso62, as I think it's been about 17years since we last met.
And how is that Hobie of yours going Calypso62?
Cheers
dkmacca

If there is any chance to get there by public transport I will be there.

Will be over from NZ geocaching all around Sydney area so will make all possible efforts to come and meet some local geocachers. A ride on the train sounds like fun too!

It's youngst geodaughters birthday party that weekend....so if we survive we should be able to attend....would love to meet other cachers

Should be able to attend this one

well.... most likely

I get back from a trip into SA and VIC that week for work and so should make it. Posting this as an expression of interest just in case

I'm gonna really try to attend, pretty far though. Wanna meet fellow cachers!!!

This event is getting closer. Don't forget to log any trackables you wish to place into the event prior to coming and remember to bring them on the day.

Geotooter and I are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Cheers

TB Drop!

I'll be there too. See ya'll.

We're going to try and make it. Hope to see everyone then.

Going to try and make it. Would love to meet others and get some tips. We are new at this.

damn.

Working day shift that day so cant make it - considering it is my cache outside the gate and my area, I really want to come along... i might be able to swapa shift, but will just have to wait and see

Should be able to attend this event. The Geokids should enjoy this one.
Cheers
dkmacca

Might be able to make it. If I do come then I may leave early to find some of the local caches