The gospel according to steeba Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
By steeba on 04-May-12. Waypoint GC3C8N3

We collected the required information then headed off to the next waypoint where we found the next lot of information. Then it was off to GZ where the clue didn't make much sense until we trusted the GPSr and followed its arrow. A very secure container was found.Today we attended an International Geocaching Day Event in North Woollongong in a park on the ocean front on a warm, sunny day with light winds. A fabulous location. We met up with a number of local cachers from the surrounding areas that made us feel most welcome and included.On the way to and from the event we took the opportunity to collect a few caches that we passed. A highlight was the lighthouse area, beautiful in the sunlight. We could not search for a number of caches though as there were muggles everywhere.After lunch it was back on the bikes for a few more caches near where we are staying. The paths along the beach and surrounds are fantastic for bike riding.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache steeba.**SKI Pair****

Found this a little while ago.TFTC

As a Christian, I love the idea of coordinates asked on bible verses - how cool!
This was a nice little gallivant around Thirroul as I was in the area looking for my 1000th cache today! Got the miners and calculations fairly easily and the chase was on! Somehow managed to find 2 of the same objects that matched the hint at GZ, and of course it was at the 2nd one
An awesomely crafted cache too! Take a favourite point from me! Signed the log and replaced as found; TFTC!

Found It!
Jesus has left the building. Nice Used 2B a Church. Freddo would be proud. Collected the numbers at WP1 and WP2 then off to GZ where I soon found the cache after finding the object the matched the hint!
TFTC

Headed down south to find some treasure around Bulli with Oldmorty and Missmorty. How cool would it be to convert a church into a house?? We got the numbers, crunched them and came up with a WP that seemed a little wrong. Checked on map and the penny dropped. Off to the next stop and again numbers pointed us to GZ. Found easily and a well made container. FP for the well made container and easy and fun Mulitcache. TFTC!

Morty8888 and I ventured down to Bulli to meet up with missmorty for some local caching. After visiting a couple of churches we came up with a reasonable gz where we sent missmorty in to do the honours.

Thanks for placing this cache steeba.

Watch out for the ants... Great little multi and nice cache container.

Great instructions! Really fun! TFTC!!

Good Multi and enjoy at Wollongong and beautiful full sunny but strong windy .. tks

We followed the readings according to steeba and saw a sign. At GZ we did the sign of the cross and there was the cache. An enjoyable multi. TFTC

"You gotta get yourself to church!". So I did - twice. Read the holy word, said a prayer, found the holy grail. Signed the parchment of the Gospel according to Steeba. Cross that off the list. OCW Brewmaker. TFTC Steeba

Find 478 for the tribe

Solved the first stage of this one long ago and finally had the time to stop off today to complete the final two stages.

All waypoints were intact and the final cache is in excellent condition with plenty of room in the logbook. Just watch out for the eight legged cache guardian spider

Love the concept, history, and theme running through this one. A really nice multi. TFTC steeba

Full log to follow

Staying nearby for a few days and ducked out to collect a few of the local caches. All caches found to be in good condition. With the cache in hand we signed the log then replaced as found. Thanks for the cache steeba.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Vanlith The Youngling, Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), teamMerlin's Football, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, Merlin's Steed, GEOCACHING WITH JORDYS GREEN LOGO

Thanks for this fun local find.

Thank you Steeba for a very cool cache in a very cool spot.
Thanks for your help too.

Found with Indigoblue1 Thank you Steeba

Now ready to roll again.

Replaced with new container today.

The replacement is almost ready to go so I hope not too long before this one is back in action.

I popped in to check on this one today and there is no log in place. I grabbed the whole cache to give it an update and will replace before too long.

Now I have had the opportunity to evaluate all information at home and do some re-calculations I have found I was way off target with my calculations. I had a look at street map and now see where I am meant to be. I will have to come back very soon and make the find.

Came down and gathered the information from waypoint one a few years back but never did anything with it, nor had I been down this direction for probably that long either.
As I was passing by today on my way to pick up a hiking bag at Thirroul, I could not pass this cache up. Took me ages to calculate the information, for some weird reason Multi's frustrate me and I razz the calculations, even though I am good at Math - weird. So I spent way too much time calculating this Multi, and even overshot waypoint two. Recalc. Calculated promising coords for GZ and when I got there it looked very promising. I looked around but things didn't make sense. Gave up in disgust and went home. I will try at home with the information I have collected and attempt this one again some time. At least I am further along thins time.

Driving around tonight and with MizCupcake and nothing better to do than look for a cache or two. Ended up doing this multi which took us to a coupl of locations. We got the numbers need and started working out our final coords. In a little rush Mizcupcake made a mistake with the final coorda ever so slightly, so after some time searching we double checked and pinpointed gz. We found the cache on the ground as well as the log next to it. We both signed and put it back were it had fallen from. CO may want to come check on this one. TFTC steeba!

Out with Littl3Vix again and we decided to grab this multi while we were here. A quick stop at WP1 and we had the coords ready to go. There were a few traditionals nearby WP2 we gave a shot to but unfortunately they are better day caches! Over at WP2, a quick jump out found the right numbers and we were on our way, parking in the nearby car park and heading over. But something wasn't right. The clue and GZ didn't quite line up and after not turing up the cache. I had stuffed up a little it turned out, and we were searching the wrong side but at least could see that something wasn't right after not too long so back to the car, and I reran my numbers again. Whoops! There was my mistake we took the car back to WP2 and walked from there. Once again, not seeing anything that could fit the clue, we expanded our search. Well. Turns out it was just hard to see in the dark! I found the appropriate GZ, and then the cache. Unfortunately it had fallen down, and logbook had fallen out but I put them all back together and replaced it as per the hint. Thanks for the adventure and history lesson!!

What a great puzzle, and an awesome container. It was nice to learn a bit of history of the area too. TFTC

Fun puzzle. Like the container. Some interesting history. TFTC

WP1 easy, of course. WP2 was a bit further away than expected. We drove there and immediately saw that we had the correct location. GR8. Now on to GZ where we found the nicely constructed container. A FP. Thanks steeba, an enjoyable multi.

Got ourselves to WP 2 And got the fish Coordes. Watched the traffic but couldn’t find the final prize.

Found while staying nearby. TFTC

I loved solving the various parts of this multi, once at gz we found the cache, but there was no sign of a log so we left a bottle cap with our names. Tftc

Thoroughly enjoyed this multi and loved the final at GZ. FP awarded

Found with fitzy and minniek during the mega. Thanks !

Day four of the OZGM19 Mega saw fitzy_1965, nibletricecakes, GSC2000 and myself pack up camp before heading to the final event for our 'long' weekend away.

Had started this one earlier in the day but as we were heading away from WP2 at the time, we decided to come back for this one.

WP2 was quickly collected and then the cache just as easily.

Solved this cache in between solving some other ones - my brain usually struggles with one multi, let alone a couple on the go at once!! But it was enjoyable. A very cool little trail to follow for a UCA girl. And a nice fast find at GZ A fav from me.

Adventured today in Wollongong with MinnieK Fitzy_1965 and GSC2000 after packing up camp at the OzMega in Appin. A wonderful but exhausting way to finish a big weekend - with an almost 100% strike rate. Thanks everyone for the caches!!!

18,437. Next find during the OzGeomuster 2019 The Gong.

Morning of Day 4 and time to go home - but not before more caching ! Packed up the camp site and headed to this the final event of the Mega. After that it was into the car and down the mountain again for some more caches. This was the next one for the day. An interesting starting point - I've seen old churches made into homes before but not here in Australia. After a journey around the area GZ and the cache was located.

TFTC steeba !!

The journey to the mega resulted in a lot of driving, with a few select cache finds, due to the distance I had to travel. If only there was time to find them all! Once at “The Gong” as there are so many caches, yet again, sadly, only some could be attempted. Today I thought I would do a couple of multi’s to fill some time while I waited for a friend. Thanks for placing the cache steeba

Interesting camo. Nice little multi. TFTC

Started the multi last night and completed it today. Very fitting indeed. Tftc

Enjoy these multi
Great cache
TFTH

A great place to hide for a great cache! Thank you

Staying in the area for a few days and we were tempted by this nearby multi.
We waited until the day cooled a bit and went out looking. WP 1 tick, WP 2 tick, GZ a bit of a stumble with numbers getting transposed. Reran the calcs again and things looked good.
So off we went and the clue gave us confidence. I soon spotted the ant-free hide. We signed the log and I put it back where found. Enjoyable multi. TFTC steeba.

This was a nicely themed and well connected multi. Thanks steeba for a good caching experience. The container is home to an ants nest so they were a bit unhappy at being disturbed.

Thanks for a great multi! Had worked this out a little while ago and was nearby today so grabbed it, but no pen!!! Taken photo for proof! TFTC!!!

#2159 that was a fun multi on the way down to Shellharbour pulled over at WP1 and took down the details and later while down south worked out where WP2 was so stopped a bit passed it and a short walk to the WP and found the details I needed to go to the final.

Drove to the carpark nearby and walked to GZ after a bit of a bush bash soon had the appropriate container for this themed cache.

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache steeba

Have driven passed this place numerous times never noticed this park, it's amazing what I've been led to when I've stopped to look for caches

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2012, 2017 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Found with Scotty Tee. Made a temporary repair to hold log in...

With Luie20

We have travelled down from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to the Wollongong area for the April school holidays, camping in our Jayco Swan Outback camper trailer at the Corrimal Beach Tourist Park. Today we headed up to Austinmer to visit some antique & 2nd hand stores, and to collect a variety of caches along the route. This was our 4th find of the day, and 113th find of the holiday.

We stopped off at WP1 on our way up to Austinmer, and stopped off at WP2 on our way back down. It was interesting to learn about the history of these structures, and where particular bits of them ended up. And with some final GZ coords computated we were off to hopefully claim the prize.

Arrived at final GZ but failed to find a cache container. Found nothing on the most obvious structure, so started scratching around on the ground. Eventually found the nicely themed container buried under the leaf litter. There was no log inside and it appears to be missing it's front cover. We added a small replacement waterproof paper log sheet to the camo/container, signed it, and then placed it up on the structure where we think it had fallen from (the magnet is still working OK).

Despite the issues with the final GZ hide, this was a fun & interesting Multi with a nicely themed container at the end, and deserves a Favourite point from us. TFTC steeba.

Find #2523

I found the cache on the ground with no log book. Owner should check this one.

#4459 (5 of 13 today)

The Geowife is heading to Newcastle for lunch with friends. After dropping here off at the train station, I headed south - got to keep the landmass in balance...
Ended up around Corrimal, so went for a number of caches nearby. Even grabbed a multi and a simple puzzle. By the time I headed home (90 minute drive) I had 13 finds - and a few DNFs.

Better still, there are still plenty here to grab another day.
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OK, I've just completed a puzzle in the field, so a multi should be a piece of cake!
Parking at the published coordinates was my biggest problem here, but one opened up and I was soon doing my calcs for waypoint 2.

Quickly spotted what I needed and made my calcs for GZ. Hmmm. So made my way there... Doesn't look right.
So rechecked my numbers. Ah, spotted an error. Recalculated. No, that doesn't look right either. The puzzle went so much smoother...
So checked my calcs for a second time. Different error. That looks better.

Made my way there for a quick find. The right spot makes it so much easier!
Completed signing duties and replaced.
Back to trads now methinks!

SLTNLN
TFTC

I worked on the solution a while back,today I was in the area to make the final find,nice multi and a fitting little hide,
Thanks steeba for the cache

Good find and I liked the name. TFTC

This cache was very fun. I had to have some help from a friend to figure out this sneaky cache.

TFTC

TFTC. Spent a bit of time looking in the wrong spot. Soon realised & had CIH

Unfortunately have to DNF this one and check my maths. My coords led to a new residential area with no plaque in sight.

Spent ages looking at the wrong structure but absolutely loved my first multi geocache. One which you dont have to spend hours on and not ridiculously difficult. Great history lesson. TFTC

At last I came back to do this one. That definitely wasn't there the last time I DNF-ed it.
Nice camo, glad to change my frown to a smiley. TFTC

Very quick multi, loved the cache "container"
The cache was no longer magnetized but instead laying on the ground so put it back to where I assumed it went
TFTC

All coords found. Feeling very exposed and short for the final find. Need geobuddy for this!

Nice multi. TFTC Great day for caching. Sun is shining. Visited with coin and bug.

### TFTC ###

**Needing a 10+ favourite, and in the area picking up kiddies. Ali600 & I looked at this one and thought 'Oh, it's also unloved'. Great multi, with all the coords working well, ending in a great themed container.**

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Found with Seemyshell. A bonus on our 'unloved' tally and a brilliant multi too! How COOL would it be to live @ WP1!!! Have a fave point for a tops cache!!!!!

Now this is how a multi should be.
Well done Steeba!
FP from us.
OCW 10011010
SL TFTH

I wish all multis were like this. The clues exactly where you're supposed to find them, cohesion between points, the math worked out with precision, and the cache where it ought to be. Nicely done, thanks.

OCWATCF SL TFTC

A fun milti cache! Found it with mdt0220 and young Ted. Tftc

Lots of fun - a very enjoyable hunt with Ian and meneertier!

This was an enjoyable & well thought out multi. We've never noticed the converted church before & both WP2 & the final were very apt. TFTC steeba!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Found the necessary numbers & drove to wp2 - thats a nice little link between the two - but unfortunately couldn't find the cache.

This entry was edited by celtical on Monday, 02 March 2015 at 08:28:01 UTC.

Backlogging caches with Muppet95,

Found with Paegle
Thanks for the caches!

Cache run with Paegle Boy last night.

2nd last of the night

Simple cache, TFTC

Having dropped off Mini-Roo at Southern Stars Dance Practice, I had a whole lot of time to kill. What better way than to go caching! This was a pleasant multi, with no problems except for the weather - I had left the box on wheels to go to GZ during a break in the weather, which didn't last long and I got soaked on the way back from the cache find. thanks steeba for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

I spent too much time trying to get the right coordinates that the sun had gone down by the time I made it to gz.
A bit difficult to handle the container in the dark. But a well designed cache.

TFTC! My first multi! Nice and challenging.

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This entry was edited by Tugzrida on Saturday, 17 May 2014 at 11:25:51 UTC.

Went to WP1, did the maths for WP2 but ended up in the middle of a creek. After trying again I still couldn't find WP2. Will try again soon with new GPSr

UPDATE 21 Apr 14 21:42 UTC: Just figured out WP2 coordinates! No maths needed. Will try again today.

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This entry was edited by Tugzrida on Saturday, 17 May 2014 at 11:26:24 UTC.

Well thought out and themed cache, at WP1 I wouldn't mind living there, TFTC a fav point rewarded

Enjoyed this well put together multi which tells a great historic story. I found the cache so I guess that counts for practicing what is preached. . Good job Steeba another favorite blessing for this one. SL..TFTC

Found after a good search , maths took a bit but tftc

found with dog boy yer maths was never really my thing at school :/ haha tftc

got a hint to where wp2 was found it then saw that i need the right info from wp1 that was sending me to the wrong place in thirroul but looked at the Description about the very short walk and the hint and found it in no time at all with out the use of the Coordinates

Had some trouble with this one. Firstly, I used the mathematics of an engineer to end up in entirely the wrong place for the second waypoint. A later application of the mathematics of an accountant yielded a better result . Then, when I had the cache in hand, I discovered that I had lost my pen. So, I left a very small TB in the cache as proof of visit. This necessitated evicting the large grasshopper that had taken up occupancy. TFTC

My first Multi-cache, What a great cache to learn from and start with. I gave it a Favourite Point as it was my 40th cache, my first Multi and also an awesome cache! TFTC!

Must be no good at maths. could not even find at WP 2

Stopped off today just to check on this one- all good- some ants are inside part of the cache but no worries.

I think this was our only multi of 51 caches for the Southern Trip!?!

But, a great and simple one it was.

TFTC.

Tftc

After much confusion about how to work out the co ordinates (no multiplication needed). WP2 was found. A long walk or short car drive away. Found cache amazed at the clever hiding place!!!!

An enjoyable hunt. Took a couple of wrong turns looking for wp2, but once found it was a quick walk to GZ. TFTC

After hard days work decided to pickup some caches on way home. My mental arithmetic for the day had already shut down, so i made the hunt harder by not doing my subtraction right. Found cache after replugging coords. Creative container

Hallelujah!
My first cache for 2013, and a very well executed one at that!
I initially fell into the obvious trap, after recently working on the local MC-Tao cache, but I eventually got myself sorted out. WP2 became obvious upon arrival, and then it was a quick trip to GZ. I engaged in a bit of head scratching in the wee, dark hours of the morning, when suddenly I realised that there was something very suspicious lying there at my feet on the grass, a good distance from anything of height. A miracle discovery, both for me, and I think for this cache container (before it was muggled), that I was here to find, and secret away this well constructed cache! Many many thanks Steeba, for my first of 2013!

After we gave up the first time, we decided to go back and have another go. However, again we struggled with the calculations to get to WP1. Finally, using some common sense and reading the previous logs, we found the cache

Found with 'Sat down'. Nice history, simple instructions and a great container made for a great end to our caching day. We love it when the final container matches the theme of the multi! Definitely worth a favourite point.

Thanks for a great cache steeba!

The last cache of the day with "the Neighbs" today. We had not had a great start with 4 DNF's in a row, then 3 simple finds. We could not leave with a find ratio of less than 50%, so we gave this one a go. Simple instructions made the instructions easy to follow. We loved the container at the GZ. What a great idea. TFTC Steeba. Our day finished on a high note.

Thought I was going to DNF this one. The hint made no sense to me at the spot the GPS took me. Walking back to the traffic lights I saw a few likely spots closer to the road, but nothing was found. I had plenty of time to contemplate where I may have made a mistake while waiting for the lights to change. I glanced back at GZ and noticed something in the trees, aha that would fit the clue! So off I went, and sure enough there was the cache just around the corner from where I had originally stood perplexed. Thanks for the hunt, managed to miss the rain.

Returned for this one and we again could not get the "calculations" right as we tried to use maths. After straying around wrong coords for a while, we just started guessing WP2 and did a random search with several extra pairs of eyes, which finally got us there. Well, we found it.

A nice easy multi whilst in the area. Loved the container! SL TFTC

I've long had a fascination with Sherbrooke, and so Ironbark's post got me curious and I have done some digging. It appears that he is mistaken, the church that was moved from Sherbrooke resides in the nearby Grevilliea Park: http://www.grevilleapark.org/FAQ.html#chapel

It is kind of embarrassing that I did not get the FTF on this cache. In fact, I was about 1.5km from it when Mr Rat messaged to ask if I had it yet, when I confessed I did not, he came and stole it from under my nose. And from there the cache slipped from my memory, until tonight!

Growing up in Thirroul I knew of GZ, but not much more, I am not religious in any way. So after a meeting (yes, you read correctly) at the nearby pub, I grabbed what I needed and conveniently headed towards home. I found myself stopping at the church where my Aunty and Uncle were married many, many moons ago. (F@Jo&Coh's parents).

Grabbing the information that I needed, I grabbed my headtorch and wandered off in search of GZ. I spotted a likely spot from across the road, did not really even need the GPSr (I think). Anyway, found the well constructed cache, (it gets a favourite point from me) signed the log, and jumped into the car to return home.

A well planned and very well executed little multi cache.

Cheers

As nobody was in for a climb today, I was forced to do a long bike ride to pick up my cache for the day!
The weather was great, the story and multi well set up and a great final container as well. Good job Steeba!
TFTC Wilbert67

Found the final Co-ords with the help of BlacknWhite but saved until today to fill in a gap in the calender.
Thanks for a new northern cahe they are few and far between these days.
Loved the container, don't go out in a thunder storm Steeba you may have to dodge the lightning.
Got married at WP2 this place was doomed to destruction when the town of Sherbrook was flooded by Cataract dam but some of my relos and others moved it piece by piece to this spot and re-erected it.

TFTC

Ironbark.

We weren’t very sure on how to approach this one but as usual steeba has created a very logical and enjoyable cache for everyone to complete.
Teaming up with Ironbark certainly made our quest much easier but still very enjoyable.
At GZ we were also amazed at the well constructed container that steeba had engineered. It would certainly make any electrician proud. You’re in the wrong profession mate.
Thanks again for the challenge.