Aquatic Paradise Birkdale, Queensland, Australia
By tdimdad on 14-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3AXCC

Archived as my maintenance would be sporadic around here, and the location is very prone to muggles, namely toddlers poking around.

Finally got a chance to come around to find this. Found a host of trees some 50 - 55 m away but none of them seemed to have the cache.
I can confirm that the original hide is empty, so the container has been moved.

I'll do another search a bit later when there's less people in the park but for now this cache needs to be taken offline.

Sounds like massive cache creep has occurred. Coords were spot on for many finds. Hope you don't have too much trouble locating and then relocating this one, tdimdad.

found it! OWNER PLEASE CHECK THE CO-ORDINATES we found it 55metres away. did it with fcwtigger

Found it with HMW6 about 55m from GZ. I think the co ordinates should be S 27° 28.075 E 153° 12.904

We searched for 2 half hour sessions & did not find it. Very disappointing for my grandson who has just started geocaching!

Had to give up after a long search. Year was running out!

Then we found it about 50 meters away.

Nice one. thanks

TFTC. Nice spot.

This one was a great hide alluded Ads for quite some time. Previous logs helped:-).SMS finally came up with the goods.

All good here this morning.

The long stretch was very busy at half six this morning
Joggers and dog-guided muggles everywhere !! [:o]
Fortunately the crowds thinned out a bit as I wobbled toward the turnaround point on the geo-bike
With a likely GZ in sight, I leant the pushbike against a convenient seat and wandered over to find me a cache
While a couple of muggles wandered past I scribbled in the logbook.
Coast clear I rehid the cache and took in the sunny views for a while

What a great start to the caching day [^]

I found the "Tape Measure" travel bug hidden within...
Last sighted in a cache in Feb 2011 [:o].... I wonder how it got here from Mackay ?

This entry was edited by If on Thursday, 04 October 2012 at 09:03:17 UTC.

Got it

TFTC....

Tftc

This was a cool one. Never would of come here otherwise. Thanks

Catching up on my logs. Thanks for the cache, found with flower1

It was a bit windy down on the Bay today and this meant only a few muggles about. After lunch at the nearby table, we began the hunt and it wasn't too long before the cache was in hand.

Thanks for the cache tdimdad. Although we are frequent visitors to the area, this is a spot we haven't been to before. It's a nice spot for watching the rich folk coming and going in their big boats

Out and about on the dark side of town picking up a few caches on this beautiful but windy day. This was our 19th find for the day. A few muggles around but we pretended to be admiring the views from this great feature. Quick find, thank goodness, didn't want the muggles to take any notice of us.

TFTC

Day 2 of my Brisbane holiday with tmann421. Another lovely day and find TFTC

Nice fairly quick find with TuisReturn. A great time for us both on holiday around Brisbane. SL TFTC

Had quite a good look for this one but was eluded. Muggles didnt help my case.

Nice hide. Found after out waiting muggles nearby. Found with Cleveland girl tftc

A great reason to get the kids out and about on a blustery school holiday Monday. Took a while to discover - well covered in an organic corner...

Found while out on a 100km bicycle ride. Was a beautiful location for a quick stop to find the cache.

I took the Micro Compass Rosary Geocoin. It's the first geocoin I've ever taken so hopefully I do the right thing with it.

TFTC.

Found after some looking, was right where I expected just didn't look hard enough at first and then wasted minutes hunting elsewhere.

Tigey
(Avoiding spending the whole wet long weekend inside)

Looked for a while - well hidden.

oh...if we had a bach here...ha ha....dream on. thanks for the cache.

Gotcha !!! Hmm .Nice area. TFTC

Out and about today grabbing a few new caches in the area. On the bicycle of course.

This one proved a little tricky as it was well hidden. I knew it would be a tricky hide, when you see the tree you will know what I mean. I grabbed the TB as well.

Thanks for the cache. It is dry and in good condition.

Thank you for bringing us to this great area, views all around were terrific on this lovely sunny day. The harbour cranes on the skyline looked just like their namesake birds as if they were stalking across the bay. Dropped off TB Black Panther but it fills the cache so would be good if someone moved it on again soon. TNSL TFTC

Nice and easy thanks

I found this cache exposed out in the middle of the garden. Everything seemed in tact so I placed it back in an appropriate looking place. If the next person can't find it email me and I will try and explain where I hid it.

After taking the kids down to Wellington Point for some fishing and a swim, we decided to see what caches where in the area.

Stopped at this wonderful park for lunch, it was buzzing with activity. With all the shelters around I first thought it was one of these shelters that house this cache. So we did not look and just had our lunch.

During lunch the family moved away from the shelter and I moved in the direction the GPSr indicated. It took me awhile and I had it in my hand!

Cache was in a very good condition and dry. Another great Park, I will be bring the family back to do some fishing and maybe even a BBQ.

TFTC

A quick find wih MrMeccano after a previous DNF. A nice spot on the bay.

TFTC tdimdad

Hunting late in the evening with Seren_Dipity. I was real reluctant to stick my hand into dark potential animal habitats. In the end I stood back and the cache peeked out at me. Lovely spot, nice hide. TFTC

Wow! An absolutely beautiful place! Passed a cute family enjoying a bbq and kicking the ball around. Have to make it back here to enjoy it some time. Mudstalker spotted this one. Great little hide! TFTC

In need of some fresh air and solitude this afternoon....couldn't think of a better spot. Needless to say this pesky cache conveniently located here really needed to be scrubbed from my Still to be Found list. After my quiet contemplation I wandered over and very quickly located what I needed to....can't imagine why I didn't find it the first time...shameful!

As I left the rain and the brahminy kites blew in.....such a beautiful place.

Thanks (finally!) for the cache tdimdad. Cheers, svn07

This cache formed a part of my shotgun trip to Queensland. At the last minute I got asked to come to Queensland to do some work. So I made the most of it and bagged myself 100 odd caches while in the state. First grabbed a few caches in Roma before flying into Brisbane Airport where I hired a car at around 1PM. I then cached most the time till I caught a plane the next afternoon from the Gold Coast to Victoria. At one stage I took a power nap in the back of the car for about an hour to recharge when I was feeling a bit flat. Beside that it was not till I got on the plane did I have a chance to sleep. There was very little sleep had. When I got back to Victoria I made sure I grabbed one last cache so I ended up getting a cache in 3 Australia states in one day. I commented on some nearby muggles reading books i the sun thay had a great spot before going around the other side of the trees and finding the cache. As I left I could see the look on there face of "WTF was he doing ?" TFTC

GPS bounced around for a bit, but eventually we located the cache. Had Net88 with us who was more interested in retrieving a kite from the tree and was no help at all. Log signed and cache returned. TFTH

i found a cache

nett88 found a kite

fasted climbed a tree

fun was had by all



took sea urchin (seemed appripriate)
left green ribbon

Easier to find in dry weather with just me and dog. Didn't have pen on me and lots of muggles so just opened and replaced quickly. Nice spot for a cache TFTC

This entry was edited by rebnatoli on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 at 07:45:57 UTC.

Awesome camo on the cache. Great spot and had some fun on the playground afterwards. Went for picnics here all the time and never suspected. Very well done. SLTNLN

TFTC

TFTC third look was the one....

Nice park to sit and look at the lights at dusk.TFTC

Had just picked Net88 up and we blasted off to this one to begin our day caching the Redlands. On arrival near GZ we had to wait for some jogger muggles to jog off and then wait for a balcony muggle to disappear too. We dove under the pandanus to begin the hunt and while I was searching on the wrong side of the tree, Net88 plucked the beast from it's lair. TFTC, and a nice park as well

Out on a caching trip with captain terror. This was the first of many. We had to wait for a few muggles to move on. Then we saw another one on a verandah... Quick her back is turned.. NOW! CT went to the other side and i took the most probable side. I won. TFTC!!!!

Not too many muggles around. Nice simple find in a lovely area.

It must have been so well covered that we did not find it.

Found it. Quite time of day no one about, sat and looked at area and saw where it would be. Smart hide.

This was my next find for the day. On the first pass, I was muggled out. But not this time. I picked the right time before making the swoop and eventually finding the container in good condition. A nice little area. TFTC tdimdad

Swapped the container from clear plastic to brown to give it more protection against muggles' eyes. Now it doesn't require so much covering to blend in. Might be a bit harder for night caching, though.

The contents were in good condition even after the recent downpours. The log book was slightly damp but should stay all right.

There has been a little traffic about this cache on fb so when I approached this morning, I was not sure how my luck would turn out... [?] I found a car park close by and soon spotted a gaggle of hound walking muggles. OK, time to grab the little black folder and head in all official like... [^]

I arrived at GZ and was approached by three hounds all very curious about my presence I'm sure. They soon moved on though and I commenced my hunt. With the odd glance in the book while scanning the obvious hiding spot, it took a while to find the container tucked away very neatly in it's lair...

Once spotted, I moved away from GZ as more muggles wandered past. I flicked through some pages in the folder and moved a few fronds off the grass. You know, the "I'm supposed to be here" look...

When the coast was clear, I swooped and extracted the cache. Sat on a branch while I put a sticker in the log then tucked it away quickly before the next lot lobbed. On my way out, another obligatory glance in the folder and some more "Inspections" saw me completely ignored. With that, I headed off to conduct some inspections elsewhere...

Cheers tdimdad.

I zeroed in on the spot the GPS indicated. There were no muggles close to where I was searching. I saw a bit of tell-tale cache colour showing and had the cache straight away.

Council workers were just turning up to repaint the play equipment and picnic shelter. I'm wondering why they would do that during school holiday time? I suppose it was in the budget and had to be done.

TFTC tdimdad. A lovely spot to sit and relax.

Managed to drive by and the cache was all good in its hide. Enjoy the hunt!

The cache is disabled as it may have been muggled rightaway.
I'll replace it, probably towards the end of next week, and may also change it a micro-sized container to make it easier to hide.

Our first attempt at Geocaching - didn't find it although spent a while splashing around in the rain!

Decided to have a look on the way to work this morning. The co-ords put in an open grassed area, so started to tackle the nearby likley hiding spots. Had a good look and just couldn't find a thing.

2 dnf's-they must be blind-well so am I.

Searched here in perfect conditions.....early on a rainy Monday morning....there was NO ONE around.

Was hoping for a cheeky FTF given this was published last night....I'm sure most cache owners wouldn't like a DNF as the first log...sorry tdimdad.

Yeh... my 1st FTF. After searching 100 other places I saw in the torch light a small bit of blue. I nelt down next to the dead bird, uncovered some debris & there it was, a clean, unscratched container. Still in the dark with torch light Sat at bench, signed log & left a marine themed trinket. TFTC. SL. Jumbucks 15/01/2012 19:32.

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