Star Whale Barangaroo, New South Wales, Australia
By WauloK on 25-Jan-12. Waypoint GC3BF0N

Still needs to move another 30 odd meters sorry.

Geocaching mods too pedantic. Cannot place this in an acceptable location.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 51.410 E 151° 12.020

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 51.383 E 151° 12.019

Distance from original: 164.2 feet or 50.1 meters.

Moved to not conflict with other nearby cache.

Back in action!

G'Day

I'm sorry, but your recent move has brought your cache too close to the Physical Waypoint of "Pub Crawl" http://coord.info/GCVT0H and will need to be moved. Please read the following item on cache saturation http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx?expand=1#cachesaturation

I've disabled this listing for the time being, could you please move it to a new location that fits within the saturation guidelines. Once that is done you may enable the cache.

Rgds,
Matt - Ministro.

Confirmed it's definitely there!
Exposed it a little more up help

Spent a while here trying not to give up. Logs said it was replaced only days befor but no luck for me.

No luck today. Looked for a good 40min and couldn't find.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 51.361 E 151° 12.014

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 51.410 E 151° 12.020

Distance from original: 299.2 feet or 91.2 meters.

As the construction is preventing access to the cache, I've placed a new one not too far from the last.

Cache updated and ready for action!

Thanks for the headsup.
Yes, they have fenced it off for the upgrade of the area.
Will re-enable it once completed.
Hopefully they won't remove the cache in the meantime.

GZ is still fenced off. I had two separate GPSr's with me and both told me I was 70-80 feet away at the nearest accessible point. The construction looks pretty serious--should this one be taken off-line for a while?

This area is closed at the last 15 m. May be the next time

My friend and I jog through here quite a bit. She knew there was a cache somewhere along the way but we've never stopped to look for it until today. After several pretend stretches while people walked, jogged and biked by, we searched ... and searched. Our GPS kept telling us to go into the water so we were really confused (only our second cache). But it was right under our noses the whole time!

Thank you for the nice Cache. It was really fun to look for him.

Thank you for the nice Cache. It was really fun to look for him.

quick find saw the Amsterdam in Dock whilst collecting this cache TFTC

Great views. TFTC Waulok

Nice Cache with a perfect hint - TFTC !

I am in Sydney on a business trip from the United States (state of Tennessee). I've cached before on previous trips to Australia, but didn't have much time on this trip due to my work load. However I was able to snag a few caches on this morning before heading to the airport. It turns out that today is my birthday, so it's great to celebrate with a few caches in one of my favorite cities to visit.

There were a few cyclist and runners in this area as I walked toward it, but they were all gone by the time I arrived at GZ for the hunt. Found after about a minute. Took a couple of pictures of the harbor before moving on. TFTC!

Being out of towers we were unable to gain access to this cache. All the gates were locked and we found no way in to grab the cache. I guess it's all locked up at night. Would be nice if the listing mentioned that this area is closed at night.

Thank You.

Nice harbour walk and pretty spot. Thanks!

Tftc

The hint certainly narrows down the possiblities! But I have no problem with that based on the rating. Got to have a good look at a P&O liner docked nearby. Contemplated jumping the barbed wire fence (or going for a swim), to try to sneak on board.

Quit spot, probably due to the massive construction work. Only some joggers, no whales, though.

The hint makes this one pretty easy TFTC

Nice spot and good cache, looking at Balmain on the other side.
TFTC
pilot03 - Greetings from the UK

I had mixed up some numbers for another cache I was looking for and found myself in this place. I realised my mistake but checked the iPhone first. Luckily for me, this cache was only 50 metres away and an easy find. I watched a big tanker being shoved along by a tugboat as I signed this. Thanks

Quick find at the end of conference day. TFTC.

Nice place for a Cache. Thanks for it.

#1221, 11:00
Found during today's walk in the city. Thanks for the cache.

I think we saw one! TFTC

Easy find following the hint.

heureka

easy found thank you for showing me this place
saludos blaeschi switzerland

A grab, a find -- thanks to the hint.
Very nice walking area on a beautiful sunny day.
SL, NT,
tftc!

A nice easy find. Had to wait for a few muggles to pass but fairly quiet on a Sunday afternoon.
SL TFTC

The fourth of six finds on what urned out to be a lovely day despite the early winds. Most of the time was spent around the harbour foreshores. TFTC

Great spot to sit and enjoy a sandwich, while watching the world go by. TFTC!

In Sydney for a couple of hours to meet a friend for lunch. Went looking for a few geocaches that I hadn't yet found. Very blustery today, so had to hide behind a wall to sign this. There was no room on the log to sign so I tore off a bit of paper and added it into the cache, so now there's some space again.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 51.340 E 151° 12.015

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 51.361 E 151° 12.014

Distance from original: 127.8 feet or 38.9 meters.

Cache size upgraded and new location nearby.

Great hide in a spot with great views. Log is full full full, but signed down the side anyway. TFTC!

TFTC

This entry was edited by sbargon on Saturday, 18 August 2012 at 07:09:33 UTC.

15/08/12 1:23 PM. Cache #53. Finally nabbed this one after several earlier attempts. Just enough room to sign as 'KRS' sideways on the teensie scroll near spindoctors' entry. TFTC.

Found on the way to a meeting (taking a rather scenic route!). It was a blustery morning but at least the rain held off. Log is very full. TFTC

Found b4 it bolted off. Log book looks like it has been very full for some time though:( HOTA

Found during our 3 weeks holiday in Australia.
Nice spot, the kids found this easily.
Greetings from Norway.

TFTC

Nicely hiddem, very crafty. Rode around to this one after finding the nearby cache at the Walsh Bay wharfs. Great views offered from GZ. Had the place to ourselves, probably due to the windy conditions.
Thanks for taking us here. TFTC

Nicely done. And so close to my apartment - shame about the water in the way.....

Have a fave point for the container and the spectacular views out over the water - and if you ignore the building site, of the "rocks".

TFTC

1205hrs. A cold and windy walk to this cache. Took a bit to find. A clever hide. Will be interesting to return in a few years and see what has been done to this area. TFTCSL

Nice easy find at a great spot.

Thanks.

After lunching in one of the old pubs in The Rocks I made the interesting walk out here for some exercise.
Lots of activity on the water and a quick find though it took me ages to extract the log.
Thanks Waulok

[B]Found with Slaytornator on a caching by bike day[/B]
We were planning to do Answer the Phone Trinity but, seeing the stairs were tall and our bikes were heavy we took a detour to here.
We weren't disappointed. Great hide, like previously mentioned this was the first place we looked but the cache was only found later. After finding the cache, getting the log out was an issue. Eventually used my pen technique (but without a click pen this was made extremely hard.
Cache needs new log
TFTCTNLNSL
Very close to a favourite WauloK but I am very short on favourites.

A nice, successful day caching by bike with [url=http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=1c4ae5ef-8932-4420-9eda-164018df4be9]Akkatracker[/url]


This was the second of the day. We were going to go to "Answer The Phone Trinity" by RMS but this one was just on the way.

Whilst cycling to GZ, we saw a man with a [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X813eTuZJkc] Yike Biker[/url] which looked like great fun!

Anyway, we arrived at GZ and began looking. Suddenly, I noticed something!

Great cache.


Beautiful views as well as a unique and fun container.
A definite favourite from me!

Thanks for the cache!

TFTC TNLN SL


[8] Slaytornator [8]

Really good coords, but with some people around had to be sneaky. When an opening presented itself the find was pretty quick. TFTC!

Nice camo. Thanks a lot for this one!!

Had to hunt around for this one, smallest and cleverest cach we've seen! Very close to needing a new log piece of paper. Nice spot. Tftc, Lyle family

Smallest cache I've found so far, veryimpressed!! Coords spot on, and great place to see the development. Coz of the rain no muggles around. TFTC!!

Very nice walk down to this one. TFTC!

Cool Cache. A rainy day in Sydney.
TNLN

Quick find on my walk from Darling Harbour hotel to the Quay and back through the city. Spaceon the log sheet for about three more names....TFTC!! and greetings from San Carlos, California....

Took longer than it should have. Top hide.

During an evening stroll from the Rocks to Darling Harbour manged to stop by and collect this one. Nice spot! TFTC

My third business trip to Sidney this year. Again I used the Sunday afternoon to walk around in the Rocks. Two weeks ago, I cannot find; today one look and it was clear. Cache #225

Out on a ride in city. Lovely, even on this drizzling day. TFTC

We were at a previous find and spotted this cache on the gizmo. A quick map-to-ground sanity check confirmed that this one was in reach on foot so we set off for the GZ. A couple of muggles were trying their luck with the fish nearby and were way to pre-occupied to take any notice of us! Zita made a quick find and soon had the log signed. TFTC!

Awesome! Tftc

Micro mania with jilloh

It was in the first place I looked, but of course I didn't see it at first! Took a while to search around before thinking "it Has to be there" which of course it was. Lovely spot! TFTC

Had to wait for a muggle rating his lunch at GZ, but fortunately he moved on after a short wait and the cache was retrieved. Log is in good condition. TFTC

#480 What a long walk starting from Tumbalong Park -> to the cache Dock of the Bay -> then to "Oh" No Darling -> then to this cache. Thoroughly enjoyed myself though. My searching eye gravitated toward the likely hiding place, and there it was! What a quiet and calm spot with only a few passersby. Perhaps years later when the park here is already opened that may no longer be the case. TFTC!

#790
After dropping some people off at the Sydney Theatre Company for a matinee performance, some caching was in order. Arrived at GZ and enjoyed the great views from this location. The coords were spot on and cache was extracted without difficulty. What did prove difficult was getting the wee log scroll out. A thin twig proved very useful. Preparing to return the log I noticed an official looking fellow driving a golf buggy approaching. His uniform indicated he worked for the Barrangaroo Development Authority. He stopped and we chatted for quite a while. I was beginning to think he would never leave so I could return the hide. Eventually, he received a phone call and he headed off allowing me to return this cache without further issue. It will be interesting to watch how this site develops over the months and years ahead. Thanks WauloK for placing this hide. I quite enjoyed the visit.

Quick find while picking up a few remaining city cache's...
Awesome location
Tftc

While Nay and Zac were at the theatre nearby, Noey and I went for a stroll to pick up some caches in the area. We're looking forward to seeing this point being returned to the way it was more than 200 years ago. Thank you P J Keating for pushing this through as part of the redevelopment.

Wow that took a while
GPS had me about 15 feet away but broadened search and made the find. Thanks

This entry was edited by kernow on Sunday, 15 April 2012 at 07:28:57 UTC.

Found it with the help of yoramdavid.
Tftc

With Oz Mega well and truly over, and no restrictions on the number of caches I can find now (I had slowed down to make Oz Mega #1000, as well as completing my caching calendar on Monday), I took the chance to grab a couple of city caches after I finished a gig in the Rocks this morning.
The cache was in the first spot I checked, as the coords are dead-on, even on the phone using c:geo.
First in a new log.
Nice spot too, so glad they are letting people walk along this part of the shoreline while the Barangaroo works continue nearby.
Footnote added - they only had to ask the star whale for help, what was done was a shame.

Nice quick find with no muggles around. Fantastic views. TFTC Snake PLISSKEN

Found the cache after a few mins looking. Too much paper in it and I couldn't get the log out to sign it-take tweezers with you! TFTC

A muggle was sat right at GZ! Out of all the places along this stretch and he was bang on where the GPS was pointing. We decided to wait to see if he'd move on and instead spent some time taking photos of the super view of the bridge from here.

Eventually he walks over, suspicious of our loitering, and asks if we're geocaching! Awesome! No wonder he was sat at GZ. It's always nice to meet others whilst out on the hunt. Helps with the find too, which eluded us for a while until Mrs H came up with goods.

Thanks,

The Hancock Clan

Most smugglers just passed by while I was searching, but three smugglers had to stop just a few meters of the GZ! So I sat waiting for them to go, but there was something suspicious about them.
I nearly asked them something like "are you screwed?" but did not just in case they were not geocachers.
As they did not leave, I got the certainty that they were also looking for the cache and walked over to ask if they were geocachers and the rest of the story you already know if you red the previous log.

Coordinates were spot on, but my eyes did not see it and it was the very first place I looked at !! I was looking for something bigger, this is nearly a nano.

It is indeed nice to meet others, happy geocaching, Hancock Clan.

Thank you for the cache, WauloK.
Visiting from Portugal.

Nice cache on a sunny day in Sidney. TFTC Full log, added a small piece of paper.

A great location - I wonder what will be here in a few years time. It was a tricky little beast which took a bit of finding. I couldn't sign the log which was full. TFTC

No luck here for me today, which was a shame as geoson and husband watched the Star Whale episode of Dr Who only last night. I had no luck, even after reading the hint. Checked a number of places to no avail and all in a torrential downpour. Got soaked through. I'm sure the views would have been nice in the sun but I could barely see the other side of the water today.

Since I haven caching awhile new what I was looking for TFTC

TFTC

We were about to give up after a long day when my youngest son spotted it.

A lovely place, and it will get lovelier!

TFTC.

Found while waiting to board the Sun Princess for cruise to Fiji.Found 3 off Australia caches while on cruise.

I enjoyed a walk around the area this afternoon, I found this one on my travels. A nice spot, it will be interesting to see how it develops.

Finally remembered to log this find ..... went out to the cache again this morning (11 May) to find exactly what day I did sign the log (it was definitely a Wednesday evening), but it was not coming out of the container even with specialised extraction tools ..... so my guestimation is the date of this log.

The log is definitely very difficult to remove from the container without (even with) a specialised extraction tool, so be prepared for that. This spot is definitely a favourite for me, both early morning and early evening, can't wait to see what the area transforms into down the track.

TFTC ..... TNLN ..... SL

Nice walk, easy find. The rain caught me out though. Thanks

GPS routing didn't seem to know about one of the gates and wanted me to walk for ages to get to this. Common sense prevailed and so I made a straightforward approach, quick search and find. TFTC, Biggles.

Arrived in Sydney in the pissing rain with a wet tent and had to book a hotel instead of camping. Luckily the australian weather forecast is as bad as the british, so we had a dry day with even some sunshine. Had to search for a while to find this, it is well hidden and missed it a few times. Had to explain the building guard about geocaching, as he got suspicious with our strange behaviour. Hope to see the finished development next time I'm back in S. TFTC!

HAPPY LEAP DAY

My second cache for today. Thanks for bringing me here. Nice area, unfortunately, it was drizzling and then started to rain in the afternoon.

TFTC TFTH

#161

Found on a nice walk from North Sydney to the Entertainment Centre to see the Kings break a five game losing streak. Funny container! Interesting to see the lines on the ground about where the Harbour and the new Park will be. No Star Whales spotted. SL TFTC Cheers.... Gaztek

Thanks.. cannot go from south to cache, because gate was closed.. [xx(] J-LEST-TEAM

Took a little while to find this one. Nice hide. Coords a little off - if you check sat view GZ is in the middle of the bitumen. Thanks.

I've enjoyed this walk a few times since it was made public and now with a cache it offers even more to enjoy. Thanks! I look forward to finding it again once the park is completed.

Found it at sundown as the partyships leaving the harbour. Nice place.

TFTC COMUELLER

What an interesting area. Thanks for bringin me here before it all changes as a result of the Barrangaroo development. A surprising find.

SL TFTC