Rainman Tambo, Queensland, Australia
By djcache on 05-Sep-11. Waypoint GC348YD

TFTC, great night in Tambo.

Found after an over night stay in town. TFTC!

Heading north from Ipswich area to FNQ, via the inland route. Travelled a little further than originally planned when I discovered the chook races!Arrived just in time for last evening's exciting event. Camped along the river for the night Up early to head across the road for this one.Felt a little like being in a Quinton Tarantino movie ... the morning sun rising, accentuating the redness of the outback dust, a slight breeze and the sound of rustling foliage accompanied by the song of an unknown bird ... It didn't take long to make the find. Two steps up and I had the container in hand. Log was signed, container tucked back where I found it, and off I went into the distance ... ... ... TNLNSL.TFTC ...

Unfortunately I didnt find it

Thanks for the interesting site to visit. Im passing through on a job and had time to grab this quick little geo. TFTC

Visually found it but rails were too wet to climb. TFTC

Found on a leisurely bike ride around Tambo. Couldnt sign the log as I didnt have a pen. TFTC

Nice monument and history TFTC.

Hmm seems that the Rainman was wrong. Qantas has had a crash. It was just a very long time ago.This one was very close to our camp.Signed The Roos.Tftc

Geohusband needed to educate me about the Rainman reference and his height was also required. TFTH

Thanks for this nice bit of history.

Interesting site. Found with KLCED. Tftc

Tftc with Turnarounds cheers

Good there is no sign to not climb. My shortness needed the top rail. TFTC

easy cache tftc

Quick find here. Thank you for taking us to this site TFTC

TFTC with Slack1962

With FiveTays-TT TFTC

Geocaching is an educational past time. Sad bit of Qantas history.TFTC

Brilliant find thanks

Very nice

Nice early cashe on our way to Charleville Tftc

Wow interesting and I thought Qantas had never had a crash.

Many thanks and for maintaining this one also. TFTC

Found It!Interesting, and a little sad, bit of history that I never knew about. Found the cache after a short search.TFTC

After a good nights sleep in Augathella it was time to hit the road and make our way to Longreach for QOGM, however, plenty of stops were made along the way to towns such as Tambo, Blackall, Barcaldine, Ilfracombe and bunch of other random locations to grab a variety of caches. Great scenery and experiences. This trip will be one to remember, especially since weve never ventured this far out before.Thanks for bringing us here.#3819 - TFTC

Found it with DeafPhantom DeafVW Everlasting

Yay yay arrive safe
Found it
So sad and fav Qantas
With DeafVW DeafCat and Everlasting
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Accompany with DeafVW, DeafCat, and DeafPhantom. I am appreciative of them because they are young and have more energy and good equipment as I didn't bring Ladder with me.
Handy one of them can climb, so I just stood and watched.
Thank you for organising the cache and hunt.
Sorry about copying and pasting

We are now on our way to Longreach for the QOBM event next month. As we missed the big event here, it was now time to grab some of the caches around the area. Another big day today, doing some of the trails around the area. Today we have arrived in Tambo to explore the area.

Stopped off here and made a quick find. An interesting bit of history.

Thanks djcache for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy finding it.

Doing the rounds of Tambo, notes the reason for this cache, must have been terrifying for all involved.

Log signed in first open spot in logbook with stamp

TFTC djcache

Find # 10078

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird while on a slow roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. Winner winner, chicken dinner! After winning the the local chock race last night at the pub, our mission today is to clean up the outstanding Tambo caches. A quick find here. It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC djcache

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And for anyone that can travel to Longreach, Queensland, late September 2023, Google “QOGM” which is the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. You’ll have at least 8 or 9 days of pure geocaching fun with around 200 like minded people attending a mix of events and access to over 200 geocaches placed by the QOGM team. It’s not a Mega, it’s better.

Quick find before we go to the chock races tonight

A quick find…

Find number 12216 at 11:54:03 am on Tuesday the 18 July 2023
Departed Melbourne the other day and travelling north for the winter, well, for the northern warmth actually (hopefully ), passing through as many small towns as I can grabbing the odd cache here and there as I travel. Leaving Charleville this morning and heading north again hoping to find somewhere for the night just past Barcaldine. I'll be heading out first thing in the morning through Augathella, Tambo and Blackall
Learning early lessons is a good thing, quick find...
**Thanks for placing this cache djcache**

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Found with Shumba7 on our way north chasing barramundi and warm weather. TFTC.

TFTC found with Algae exploring Tambo on my bike and his wheel.

Found but I did not bring a pen with me.

T4TC.

Regards,
Ric

No Pen. TFTC
In great condition

Easy find

An interesting part of Australia’s history that Qantas don’t want to admit TFTC

Easy find

Stayed at the town's 'free-camp' last night, and just knew there would be a cache here. We found it fairly easily. TFTC.

On a trip out to the dinosaur regions of western Queensland, geocaching with newbie ScruffyMuffy.
Cache found without difficulty, in the expected area.
Cache in good condition.
TNLNSL TFTC

Is it still here? I got to the site and searched high and low but found nothing.

Quick and easy find and interesting site.

Found this cache as part of the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster (QOGM) 2022 event
And was found and replaced as found.

Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance
Thanks for the Hunt
Thank you for taking us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs

Found this cache with T1NY96, Captain Monkey 96,
DFC_JLK2019, MummaBear66,The Green Geckos, Muggle65,

With the road works on at the moment we had to go the long way but really enjoyed the drive through the bush. Heaps of kangaroos.
Thank you for bringing us out this way.

Found this cache as part of the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster (QOGM) 2022 event
And was found and replaced as found.

Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance
Thanks for the Hunt
Thank you for taking us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs

Found this cache with T1NY96, Captain Monkey 96,
DFC_JLK2019, Princess1005, The Green Geckos, Muggle65

Thank you for placing this cache, found alongside The Green Geckos, Muggle 65, MummaBear66, Princess1005, T1NY96 and CaptainMonkey 96 on our way to QOGM 2022

Day 5 of my outback travels and the continuation of my Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster trip for 2022. With the success of our last year’s team (Mavericks), Willis007, Triple Turmoil, Jacs team and myself have joined up again to start and continue our assault on Charleville as, “Charle Villain’s”. Today we had Dissister and Simber15 join us for the trip around. A new name was used for today of Outlaws to same time and log space.

Today is going to be another be day of caching as we were looking at completing the caches from Charleville to Augathella, then Augathella to Morven, then a few on the way back in before a night time event. Our teaming up worked well as we then had time to do a side trip into Tambo. Happy to get a few extra caches and some of which I missed last time and some of which were new.

It was a long day but we had a lot of fun along the way and got to see some beautiful countryside. Last time I was here it was in its 7th year of drought, what a change a little water can do, beautiful.
Thank you for the puzzles and the cache hides, all logs were signed and all caches replaced as found. Sorry for the generic log, but as you can understand there are a lot of caches found today.

We are on a 2 month trip from Portland via the Mundi Mundi Bash to a wedding in Brisbane and then out west for QOGM in Charleville.

We spent the night in Tambo in the caravan park filling the caravan with water and power. We woke up early and thought we would have yet another tour around town before we hitched up and left town.

We needed to be a bit creative to dodge the roadworks and get into the cache - nice to see one from and an old time cacher. Quite the story as well.
Thanks for contributing to the fun djcache

Interesting area. TFTC. SL

A wet walk underfoot around this area today and we soon arrived at GZ.
Despite so much recent rain, the pathway was decidedly firm and with the sun shining, and little wind, it was an absolutely beautiful walk.
Log signed.
Thanks djcache
Domsky

TFTC. A fun one to find at a sombre memorial

Found on Saturday 16th July 2022 after a hike along the Coolabah Trail circuit. Had to walk in as road closed to Qa.tas Crash Site due to Bridge upgrade. No one to sign log. With Kerry Hayward Wandering Dilberries.

Great spot. Interesting

Thanks for taking us to a very interesting site. We took our electric bikes the Barcoo and the Red River Gums are great TFTG

Found by Mary and David at 08:26 on our journey from Cunnamulla to Tambo. After our DNF yesterday, the CO and dear friend contacted us and, yes, we'd looked there. Back this morning at CO's request to replace it. We confirmed our conclusion from yesterday and replaced the cache as described. All good to go again. Just over 95 years since the event commemorated here. Wonder if there will be some sort of ceremony here to mark the 100th Anniversary? On the banks of the Barcoo has an iconic ring. Our thanks to djcache

D did as you suggested, and looked around carefully from that vantage point, at both ends, but couldn't spot the cache. A sad memorial, and we agree with your thoughts on the cache name and this location. Our thanks anyway to djcache.

Found on Day 5 of our QOGM 2021 travels on the start of our homeward journey. Thanks to djcache for placing this cache.

Took a little navigating to get around the roadworks, but it is possible. Satellite view is your friend.

27 September 2021

Find #1088

On our way back down south from Cairns heading to Cunnamulla for QOGM then to Sth Australia, Then WA then back to Cairns June 2022. 15 September 2021 11:59 am Tyfc djcache total caches now 2385 long way around but got here.

Sad place to visit but thank you for the hide

Hi there djcache.

We found your cache **"Rainman"** today.

We approached from the nearby earth cache "This River Rocks", and after taking a few bush tracks we eventually ended up at a beautiful bitumen car park. We replaced the log sheet wit a new book and followed the bitumen out. (The construction crew were not pleased with us appearing out of nowhere and crossing their new road base.

Thank you for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places to visit on our nomadic wander around Australia.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found this cache near where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log are in good shape.

Hi there djcache.

We spent quite some time trying to get here but couldn't. Construction works have blocked off access to the west of Dawson Development Road so here's a DNF from us.

Regards
Ian and Penny

Grey nomads retired.
Travelling and flying.

Looking for something to fill in time whilst not studying, it was suggested that I finally get around to logging THOSE caches long found but never logged. Some even have funny stories of being visited not only once or twice, but a few even have had a third or fourth visit before realising I've been there done that. The date is as near to the correct day the cache was found.So sorry for the generic and late log.JABs.

Came from the other side of the river as we couldn’t seem to be able to get past the road works. There was a lot less water here than where we are camped so it was an easy crossing and then walk to GZ. Fortunately for us we didn't crash and burn here, but the myth about Qantas has been busted!

Today we moved from our camp just north of Charleville on the Warrego river to Tambo. Only a short drive but with the opportunity to pick up some caches along the way. Once in Tambo we set up camp just out of town and then proceeded to work on the caches around the area. Some great points of interest and features and a variety in cache format.
Thank you to the COs for your work in developing and maintaining the caches.

Found, very interesting historical site.

Easy find at an interesting site. Tftc

Logging old caches originally found with alphag_25. Now have my own account and logging them separately so that i can claim the finds or not as the case may be. TFTC.

12/01/21 Today caching on way to Tambo and surrounds. Roadtrip Mackay to Emerald to Barcaldine to Aramac to Blackall to Jericho over the next 3 weeks. Lots of puzzle solving before and during trip. Searched area and found GZ . Replaced and signed log. TFTC SL

Great cache placement re place of interest TFTC

Out on an early walk to look at this pretty town.

Quickly found after reading the memorial

TFTH

Found

Driving from Blackall to Augathella and picking up thecaches we can with a caravan on.

9991
TFTC djcache

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

Found with Dozenmater TFTC

Thanks

Found.  Interesting location.
Thanks for the Cache.

Found on my solo camping trip north from Adelaide.

After spending the night camped at Blackall, I made my way to Tambo, essentially via the Heartland Wherigo series, picking up selected other caches along the way.

No trouble finding this one.

Thanks djcache for the cache.

Interesting history TFTC

There was a group of locals spread across the entire road when I turned down here. Had to drive in a slow wide arc around them to get to the end of the road and memorial. They were not pleased that a vehicle wanted to use **their** road

Think I was expecting an actual plane wreck But it was not to be. Tragic story A quick find here.

TFTC djcache

TeamJLBL checked in & advise cache in good order.

Tftc djcache, cache in good order.

Good find

We have arrived in Tambo and set up camp on another hot day, along with ilook4geo. Today we went out hunting for some of the local caches. Each found cache had both names (or initials) written on the log and we tried to be quick as it was very hot - again. Thank you to the djcache for placing this cache in the Tambo area.

While camping at Tambo with goingplaces2, we went hunting for some caches on a hot day. It was very quiet in town. We had a good day and signed some more logs. TFTC.

the night we spent on the motels caravanpark. with pool. wonderful!
on a early morning run i stopped several times to grab some little boxes.
up and down and the cache was mine.
tftc and greetings from germany

In town for QOGM 2019.We have had a wonderful weekend with friends old and new. Our thanks to the organisers and CO's for all they have done to make the weekend so great.

I've had some technology issues over the weekend so instead of logging in order, I am logging today what I know we have found just to clear the backlog.

All caches were in good order, our TB's visited each cache. TFTC

Next, we came to this cache. IT was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

Really enjoy these historical places especially when caching brings you to them.

Doing the Muster Trail with Team JKRS - Enjoying finding all these caches and boy is this such a long trail. Hope I remember to note all the ones found for logging later.

Sorry this could be another generic logging day but thanks for all the effort of placing and maintaining these caches. Now to wait for the unpublished ones to come out.

TFTC

I took the wander out to the memorial today
The cache was quickly found
So now there's just the matter of what the connection this site has with the movie ??
After half an hour of searching the web,
I gotta admit I'm none the wiser !!

TFTC ...
... but the mystery remains.

OK !!
Mystery solved
The answer was staring me in the face here,
and helps explain my confusion at GZ,
about a well known aviation quote !! [:o]
It just isn't true !!

And I can actually recall the quote from the movie too !! [:o]

Well I never !!

Live and learn

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.































































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Out caching with KerryL, 1Muggle and WAG00 and Lt1970. Picked up this series of letterboxes and some from the powertrail on the way to the Turd Trail. Afterwards found the others in Tambo. Signed the log as Lloyd Crew. Tftc.

Gotcha !!! TFTC

Quick find found after QOGM muster, thanks for an interesting location.