Turtle Crossing at Spring Hill Liston, New South Wales, Australia
By Team Robins on 08-Mar-12. Waypoint GC3E5BG

Heading to Girraween for a long weekend of hiking and exploring. Quick find along the way.Tftc Team RobinsFind #5937

Out for a little ride around Stanthorpe (well not so little) as we cruised out to Undercliffe Falls and then back to do a very enjoyable circuit route.Had to double check this one to drag out the cache.

Easier than the last set of cattle yards. No turtles here. TFTC

Had to attend to train duties this morning at Stanthorpe Railway Station. So after we had waved goodbye to the loco and passengers, we set off, picnic in hand with a plan. Undercliffe Falls. That was our plan. And usually, plans go a bit awry, but today, we achieved 10/10 caches, some were solved puzzles, one was a previous DNF, the rest were - well - either on the way, or there.

What a pretty road. Easy find, but no turtles today

no turtles today, nor did I find the cache easy to find but with a little assistance it was soon in hand. RC had dropped me off while she went up further to turn around. She was clearly thinking of other things when she came back as the car when flying past then stopped suddenly; oops she nearly forgot to pick me back up. We both had a good laugh about it and decided it was time to call it a day. tftc

Nice brisk morning to find a few caches around Stanthorpe

Awesome area

With a funeral to attend tomorrow, my wife and I travelled down from Brisbane to Stanthorpe a day early to do some sight seeing. I was actually down this way a week ago, over the Easter break, with Crookedpete and knew the local waterfalls were all in full flow after the recent rains. Undercliff Falls was the closest one to visit, with the added bonus of some unloved caches nearby, so we headed out this way on our way into town.

Although I managed to look in the right place from the beginning, the natural camo protecting the cache didn't budge when I first inspected it so I moved on to search other areas. With options fast running out, and cattle in a nearby pen looking on judgmentally, I returned to my initial search area for a better look and soon discovered that which eluded me. TFTC

Quick find...what a beautiful road to cache along...thanks guys??

Tftc found with earthly 65

Quick park and grab
TFTC

Even though today's mission was complete we decided we may as well clear the map of this one too. On our return along the road it was obvious it had been raining here for a little while (no rain at Undercliff Falls while we were there)...the edges of the road were flowing with water. Able to pull up relatively close to the cache, Kestal dashed out to retrieve it bringing it back to the car to sign. Replaced as found and we were on our way back home. TFTC Team Robins.

Eskies5 and I planned a trip to Stanthorpe and surrounding areas to nudge me a little closer to a milestone. With the nudge turning into a push and the push now a certainty and done deal, this is find 5001 for me. This was the fifty-eighth stop and final find of the day for me. We made the find on this cache at 12:43pm our time and 1:43pm caches time in the pouring rain with not a problem. Signed and returned. TFTC

Found Ok

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Turtle Crossing at Spring Hill
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135 Km from Home

We had loaded up Scooby Doo (Car) & the Mystery Machine (Van and mobile GEO HQ) and headed off for 6 days of camping and caching. Our first stop was a lavender farm not too far from Stanthorpe where we set up the Mystery Machine and headed off to do some of the local caches.
We took nothing but memories; we left nothing but footprints, and our tag.
The hide is excellent, the container is in good nick. and the log is in good condition and ready for the next finder.
Thanks for the cache Team Robins.
Cheers
Roaring Ford
Discovering Australia and the World, one hidden treasure at a time.

Out caching today and this one that I found ... TNLN ... TFTC

I like turtles




... and geocaching

Other nice drive through and i got signed and returned same place TFTC

out and about in the Granite belt so I thought I would grab some caches while in the area. TFTC

Decided to spend a day caching in the Stanthorpe area before Christmas.
Well, we got in 1/2 a day before the heavens opened up ..

All Good .. TFTC ..

Out with Maski and Skippy on a beautiful sunny day in Stanthorpe - day time temperature quite mild compared to when the sun sets. Only Snow we have encountered has been in this series though the morning white frost attests to how cold it is. Great to have some new caches to do at one of our favourite locations. Thanks to Team Robins for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Found at 2:50 PM GAFF1.
After a very nice lunch at the Ballandean Tavern we headed out to the next nearest group of caches for us. Love this area.
Thanks Team Robins.

No turtles seen today
Tftc

TFTC 2179# Out and about with muggle sister and miss millie and miss pat geo dogs on a road trip to Stanthorpe 24 caches and 1 DNF Great cache

Thanks for the cache had to come back for this one had gone pass the turnoff 2 months ago

Our last cache for the day and thankfully and easy find
TFTC all good here

Our final find for the day - a quick find and sign. TFTC.

After going back into town for lunch we came back out this way to find these caches. Quick find, signed and replaced. TFTC

When I read the story of the cache it made sense. Otherwise what has it to do with a cattle loading ramp?

Nice drive along this bit of track, though. Cache is good nick.

Found at 12.20pm on 9th December, 2015. TFTC.

Found in the company of RoddyC after a lovely trip of caching along the Mount Lyndsay Highway. TFTC

A quick trip to Stanthorpe for the traditional but a little early Xmas in July event for 2015. I took the opportunity to tackle the caches along the once was Mt Lindsay Highway but is now Mt Lindsay Road.

I had travelled the dirt section while at the mega to get to Bald Rock but that was just about sight-seeing. Today was different. I saw the sunrise at Amberley, bypassed the traffic jam at Aratula and made a beeline for Liston and the nearby Undercliife Falls. I headed south to Tenterfield and tackled everything along the way, before heading north to Robins Nest and the event and the overnight stay.

Just the sort of palce one would to expect to find either a turtle or a cache. Great scenery.

Thanks for placing this cache Team Robins

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Decided go to cache in the country instead of Town... Always enjoyed drive the car and plenty to see history, country, animals etc.
Thanks for hide the caches - signed the log.

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Today we did some post Mega caching finding 83 and 2 DNFs caches. Our aim today was to try and finish the caches on the eastern side of Stanthorpe to Tenterfield and return. We enjoyed the journey that the cache locations took us to.

We appreciate the time and effort gone into placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment.

Had a great day with the geo buddies

Found by Mary & David, in company with Alansee and Phetlern (signed as MAP), at 1010. On our last day of caching with friends, we headed southward along the Mt Lindesay Road towards Tenterfield. A great day of interesting caches, waterfalls and historic locations What a story these palings could tell. Our thanks to Team Robins.

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Following the fun and games of the Qld Mega, our caching today took on a different focus. With Alansee and maccamob, we headed in a south easterly direction from Stanthorpe. To continue our conservation of log space in those horrible micro's, we signed as MAP. There was time to enjoy the scenery, visit the waterfalls, read the notes on the cache pages more carefully which gave us a greater appreciation of why caches have been placed in particular locations.
We signed with a foot in each camp!

Our thanks to Team Robins for bringing us here.
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Found with Phetlern and Maccamob on our last day of caching in the area before going our respective ways. We all really enjoyed this back road with its many caches.

Love the story behind the name. Mr. Herbz thinks it's called Spring Hill as this is where the cattle run up the little hill and spring into the back of the truck! TFTC Team Robins.

Little cowie

Quick easy find, TFTC Staying on in Stanthorpe after attending the Q'land Mega which was first class and great fun! )

Load em up

I saw a turtle was crossing at somewhere when I was moving down to Melbourne from Brisbane in 2010.
Thanks for the hunting and cache.

Out and about with Roostaman and lgoody today. It was supposed to be a day up at Bald Rocks National Park today but the rain has put a hold on that plan. Luckily we had a few caches close by to do. Managed to grab this without getting too wet.
Thank you Team Robins for placing this cache .

[Blue]# 11677[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip at the Qld Mega town.
A slightly damp day today but still OK for caching with The Green Geckos.
We went out to an area we haven't been to this week.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina.
Thanks for the cache Team Robins,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

We wanted to see the falls and do some caches at the same time.
We did not find a turtle until we were doing the wherigo on the Sunday.
forbiddenground picked him up and moved him off the road.
After a short hunt the cache was located and the log signed.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Team Robins All good with this cache

Out in the rain with Screma again today. What do you do when you're at a Mega event, find caches! Rain Hail or Shine!

P&G

TFTC

In QLD for the Mega and caching in the rain with Jaminappleford!
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Out on a road trip around the district to places unknown, caching along the way. No turtle in sight today, TFTC

Gotcha !!! Picking up a few before the Mega. TFTC

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Today we headed down towards Tenterfield to help with the 2 states challenge cache. Enjoyed the day, with the rain staying away. A fabulous premega caching day.

TFTC Team Robins

Looking forward to meeting other geocachers at the Queensland Mega event

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Pprime does MEGA! Loving my days seeing all nooks and crannys of this wonderful area.
Thanks for placing this cache, Team Robins. Found in good condition.
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That was an awesome find on a beautiful road. Was not put back in its right spot as it was lying on the ground. So have hidden it but still easy!

I didn't need to get out of the car before I found it because someone's left it on the ground. What a shame!

What a pretty street.

Nice little find

Enjoying a beautiful trip through to Undercliff falls with the folks. Great location for a hide (and photo taking). Dad is getting more interested in the geocaching as has the unfair advantage of a proper GPS - sometimes the iPhone can be a little frustrating.

Cache is in good condition, though log needs replacing soon. 4 spaces left and i haven't started travelling with gear to help out yet sorry! TFTC.

On our continuing travels today we found another cache nearby so we had to get it before proceeding to accommodation in Stanthorpe. Cheers Team Robins

As often happens when caching, time had gotten way from us. After finding Undercliff Falls we had to get moving to our digs in Stanthorpe. However there just happened to be another cache nearby and we really could not leave it unfound, plus it would not take too much time and, and, well....... You know how it is right? [:o)] So we duly rolled up at GZ and were rewarded with a quick find, now we could call it quits for the day. Cheers Team Robins

Found it.

I wondered where the name came from for this one. Part of it makes sense when you get to GZ, but not the other. I didn't realise turtles migrated

A slight detour (one of several) on the way home. No point leaving a few lonely caches unfound out here

Apologies for the extremely late log. Went on our annual camping trip to Boonoo Boonoo with friends and completed Basket Swamp the day before. Everyone else climbed Bald Rock (the hard way) on the day we found this cache. We decided not to this time as we were flying out on an overseas trip and decided not to risk an injury to either of us so close to our flight date. So did something safer and captured the rest of the caches along this road. On return from our trip, I discovered these on my GPS found list. I remember this one well as I too always stop to move the turtles and then wonder if I put them on the right side of the road haha TFTC Team Robins

quick find TFTC

We where going to leave this one but Geodad said why not get it while we are so close. A nice quick find in a great spot. TFTC.

A nice quite area for a cache. No cattle in the yards today.TFTC Team Robins.

Yay 200! A quick find on a peaceful day.

TFTC Team Robins

Found while attending Christmas in June Stanthorpe 2013 and also travelling through the Granite Belt Country, Great Cache. TFTC

Heading towards GZ I saw something suspicious.... yup, there was a cache there!!

I like these structures, thanks Team Robins

Some nice moo cows here but they ran away TFTC

Another delightful country road. No turtles today but we found the cache. Imagine the stories these bales could tell if they could talk . TFTC Team Robins

What a lovely place this is [^]. You turn off the car and step out into absolute silence. Everywhere is lush and green (except the road ). Everyone enjoys a drive in the country, but it's even better when you stop and get out. No turtles today, just a couple of geocachers lurking around. TFTC

Out for a drive in the bush, found some good caches while seeing some great sights.
TFTC, Team Robins.

Along a quiet country road I found the turtle crossing
No actual turtle crossing today [:o]
But I did find the cache near the turtle loading ramp

TFTC

This entry was edited by If on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 at 11:38:27 UTC.

Day 3 of our trip and now we head to Tenterfield and the circle of caches back to Stanthorpe. Now onward to complete our long set of caches to Liston. Unfortunately didn't see any turtles
TFTC

Here from Canada, doing a bit of caching as we explore Australia....
We are in the area staying with some very special friends, great folks, can't say enough good things about them, sheeeeesh they're nice!! They introduced us to Aussie Liahona who took us out for some caching fun as they did a maintenance run. This cache was one of many.

Thanks for the fun Team Robins, you're the best!

No Turtles although its wet enough, today geo girly was startled by a wallaby hopping out of the yards. Left a fish. SL and continued on as it was nearly lunch time according to Geo girly so we needed to get home to fill her stomach.

TFTC

This was our 10th cache in our caching run today.
(So this is our 5127th total find.)

Today we decided that we would travel from The Summit down through the back roads to Tenterfield.
We couldn't find a turtle in our swaps bag, so we left a cow.

Took: Nothing
Left: Cow
Thanks Team Robins for the hunt today.

Found with Bedmaker on our caching weekend in and around the Stanthorpe area.
TFTC.

Found with Tassiegirl on our weekend caching this area.
A quick find en-route to a couple more nearby.
TFTC.

Cache # 2083, Found @12:10:00 PM.

Heading home today after a weekend of caching in the Stanthorpe area. Still time to grab a few before we go. No trouble with this one

Thanks to Team Robins for the cache

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.

Previously logged under a team account. Re-logging with my individual account.

Next up on the list, and we were very careful on the drive in for any turtles. We didn't spot any, although we quickly spotted the cache

TFTC Team Robins

Gaz'n'Kab

On my way to Stanthorpe for a caching week-end.
Heading out to the falls. Grabbing a few caches on the way.
Thanks for the cache.

27th find for the day. No turtles today. quick find also. we made some swaps and were back on the road.
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Kind of glad we didn't see any turtles because we were having enough trouble with kangaroos dicing with death. TFTC Team Robins

We were not treated to any turtles today - but I have expereinced them crossing the road in front of me in rural areas before - they have all lived to tell the tale.

Captain Terror parked down the ways a bit and made our way to GZ. We both spotted the cache instantly. It was in good condition. We gave the cache a little bit of cover. TFTC Team Robins

What a letdown! Not a turtle to be seen at GZ.. all those promises TR and nothing to show for it. You're just lucky there was a cache nearby. Fangsoki and I made the short walk to where the GPS wanted us and I managed to spot the beast from some distance away. After signing I made sure to cover it better. TFTC Team Robins

We'd been visiting in the area (a 21st at Willson's Downfall) and we managed to stagger up to this one in the late afternoon.

Alas no turtles today...but we did find a cache I for the life of me couldnt spot the 'Spring Hill' sign. It was only as I was heading back to the car MrsW said.."have you looked up there?" Lo' and behold...there really was a sign!

Cache dry and in good condition

Thanks Team Robins

On a weekend of caching to make up our 1000 caches this is one of the good caches we came to and found. TFTC

We looked & looked to find a turtle to take home to put in the dam, but we didn't see any.
TFTc

No turtles here today but we had to dodge one with poor road manners earlier on.
Thanks Teaqm Robins

Left home very early this morning and 2.5hours later I was in Warwick ready to begin my 4 day adventure from here to the border and other areas down this way. Did not want to push myself. Drove a total of 485klm today and gave caching away at 1800 just on dark. 45 finds for the day.

Found at 1625. Good hide. TNLNSL TFTC Team Robins.

Last one for the evening. No turtles crossing the road tonight. They were smart probably sleeping. Once we fount the sigh the cache was in hand, sigmas and tucked back into it's hiding place. TFTC Team Robins.

Woo Hoo! Signed the log as FTF at exactly 10:15am. Boy did we have trouble getting here. Our car had been parked with poor old Tom Tom in the sun for several hours and he had sunstroke. He led us a wild dance all over the countryside before stopping in a completely different location. Tom Tom had a widely different GZ to the handheld gps which had been in the shade. A complete reset by sticking Tom up the backside with something sharp refocussed him and got us to the right place. Found the cache with our hearts in our mouths until we saw the blank log book. Phew! Thanks for a new cache around here Team Robins. Nice hide. Now on to the other one and see if we are still lucky.

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