Give a Fig West Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
By spotthechook on 03-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3A6QT

The green ants here are pretty savage. There's no other logical hiding spots in this area for a cache. So best to remove it.

The green ants are in control of this cache. As noted in the last few logs, there really are a lot of ants surrounding the cache. I tried to retrieve it today to relocate it, but gave up. Will try again in the next few weeks, but until then I strongly advise you enjoy the park, but don't try for the cache.

We decided to see if we could find this" nice and easy cache find according to the CO" but we were amazed at the number of green ants in the middle of the tree - large nest there and when poked with a stick they came out like an army +++ Also found smaller green ants nests in the tree and on the ground - nests of leaves with green ants in them. Geohubby got bitten 3 times - 2 of them in not a good spot as they must have walked up his trousers - rather a painful experience indeed. Perhaps the CO could move the cache to a safer tree for cachers to find it please?? We do hope that the children in the playground do not play around that tree!

To many green ants, specially as they were jumping onto me. Beware anyone who may be allergic to there bite.They got a little upset to the fact that I was poking around in their tree with a stick. Hopefully one day I can return to find this Cache or maybe move it to another tree.

Thanks for the kid friendly cache. But watch out for the green ants. Thousands of them.

Dam green ants TFTC

Well done ladies

Great find enjoyed the walk there.

Easy find.TFTC

It was well hidden but the location has become infested with green ants and was not at all pleasant reaching in. But it was still nice looking for it.

A quick and easy find in a nice new log. My only concern was that the cache was covered in green ants. As a Victorian I was a little concerned but nothing was going to stop me picking up a cache. Grabbed the cache and dropped it on the ground, brushed the ants off it and me (and not in that order) and signed the log. The return was easy than I thought it might be. Checked for ants all over again and when all was clear headed for the geomobile. TFTC

New log book installed. All dry again.

Easy find, log book is wet and full so does need maintenance. Didn't know this park was here, thanks for showing me

Nice easy find by 'J'. TFTC

Was me and my kids first geocache . Only found out today what geocache is and can't wait to find more! The kids loved trying to find the treasure thank you for doing a beginners one for the kids

Found this!

Cool

Found ages ago forgot to log ooops

Good cemo

Lots of ants around but soon had cache in hand.

TFTC

Nice straight forward one as description suggested. Tftc

T.f.t.f. Took nothing. Nice day for a cache or 2 during my lunch break

TFTC!!!

Good quick find, just watch out for the wildlife!

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there spotthechook. We found your cache "Give a Fig" at 11:58:00 AM today.
This was our 8th cache find in a caching run of 12 Finds & 0 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9599.)
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Today's cache run was primarily to add to our current streak of "Most Consecutive Days" cached, (which has been going since New Years Day 2014.) Our "next closest" route took us to some wonderful & scenic locations.

Thanks for a nice, quick find today.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent. (We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

Found it

Found while touring with the cache maker

thanks for the cache

found in the company of an old hag

TFTC

Found it. Thanks

Tftc easy one

Nice

Just having a bit of a break from house sitting on Boyne. So out into the drenching rain and no coat or umbrella. Poor ol' GPS60 was struggling with accuracy because of cloud cover and didn't give a fig about my looking in the wrong spot. When I had the right spot, there it was!!! TFTC

Gotcha !!! TFTC

This was my son an I first find. Left a pink stone.

This one is only a few 100 metres away from our house so there was no excuse for waiting so long to search for it! Easy find, which is good because mosquitoes were fierce. Took a small torch and a trackable. Left a jetting and another trackable.

Great find

It took a year, but Gizmo made it to a cache in Australia!

My first find! I was about to give up when I found it. Left a worry doll, took a marble.

Easiest fig tree find for a while. They sure are popular hiding spots up here. Council workers were lunching nearby so used the phone decoy while retrieving and replacing. Thanks.

Found this one while out on mrs bugsys birthday. Took travel bug. Looking forward to putting it in a new home tomorrow.

Nice easy one. Found it again but this time we brought a pen so we could log it. Had some difficulty as the log was damp and pages soft. We left the Red Jeep trackable.

Left the caravan at the free stay, and headed out to find some caches.
Found this one in good condition and well hidden.
Thanks for the cache, spotthechook.

Another sucessful family caching afternoon.
Geo-kid #2 found this one before the geo-grownups got to the site.
TFTC Cheers

Hello, found trackable coin and will put it with more traffic flow.
TFTC

ARGGHHH!!!! All i wanted to do was quickly find it sign the log and get out of there alive!!! The mozzies were really bad, but in the end is another one crossed off the list! TFTC
Scott

If there's something I give a fig about, it's unfound caches. This one had popped up since my last visit, so with Sentinel_Maximus, headed out to sort it out. I wasn't so sure about a difficulty 1 cache in a fig tree and still am not. Parked nearby and nearly fell down the hill and began the hunt where Mr. Maximus led me. After a few rounds I checked the GPSr and noticed he'd led me to the wrong tree. Oops, no wonder I'd not found it. A circuit around the tree and finally spotted it, a lot more difficult than a D1 would suggest. Extracted the cache from it's treed prison and added my name to the logbook. TFTC spotthechook

Our last cache in Gladstone as we head home to Townsville. Took a bit to find but Bear found it.
TFTC

Nice and easy
Lots of fun finding this one!
Only our second geocache so far

Found with Iron_Lung TFTC

Found while on holidays with my muggle nephew who enjoyed finding it and making swaps. TFTC!

Found with assistance from granddaughter Meg. Thankfully an easy find. TFTC spotthechook

Yay - our first find, nice and easy

Found on our Qld adventure trip, while in Gladstone for a stopover.
Nice quick find at night and off for another one.
Cheers from southern NSW. TNLNSL TFTC,
Roostaman.

With the caravan parked at the Calliope Rest stop for a second day we took off in the car heading towards Gladstone to pick up some caches. A beautiful day and an interesting assortment of caches kept us entertained. So many nice parklands and suburbs to check out.
Thanks to spotthechook.

Great little spot in the middle of town.
Geo Dad let the Geo Savages loose on this one and they come up trumps!
Nice new playground next door to burn of some energy!
TFTC
Took Keyring
Left Race Car

Didn't know this park existed. Thanks spotthechook

A nice quick find, logged & on our way.
TFTC spotthechook

Find # 2100

A nice quick find in a nice quiet park.

thanks

Found OK. All is well with cache. Thanks spotthechook.

Found with Qld_Panther while being introduced to geocaching

Found by 8yo daughter while introducing My 17yo neice and her boyfriend to geocacheing. TNLN TFTC

my first cach verry exciting. placed a little souvineer! x

A little tricky to find - took TB - TFTC

It's good to be home long enough to catch up on a few of the local caches we've missed
Left TB
Thanks spotthechook

Nice easy find, its good to get easy ones every now and then.
Congrats GeoDad for FTF, TFTC!

Only in town for the day so found a few local caches, Thanks

Bit of a hunt, but found it in the last place I looked(funny that) FTF yipeeee

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