Coucal View Westlake, Queensland, Australia
By geo sapiens on 31-Mar-12. Waypoint GC3FTJG

A nice little spot to visit while making our way around doing a nearby AdLab.It was an easy find and all was good with it.TFTC

It was hard to see but there were some keen rowers out on the brown sludge in the middle of the day. The trees were blocking the view, but we could hear them more often than we saw them. It actually reminded Mrs Woodyrothwell that we had to start watching the paralympics.We had to look it up, but the cockswain of the boats were miked up yelling out instructions. Its always good when you can use the word cock legitimately in a log. Surely they arent the favourite person in the boat.Imagine you are rowing your heart out and someone doing nothing is shouting at you. Surely they arent the favourite person at the pub later in the day. tftc

I heeded out in the geo-car for a few caches today.Decided to hit a few along the way to visit my granddaughter for her 1st birthday.I found your cache, Coucal View today. This is my 2587 find.Quick find.Blackspades, TFTC, TFTH & TFTSF

Bit bigger then regular but found pretty quickly, hint helped. TFTC ️

Easy find, lots of room for treasures

Good find, thanks

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

And geocaching has done it again! It is the regular reason I find new places I never knew existed and Coucal track is now one of them - TFTC. I was quite amazed about the lack of walkers through here for this time of day. But just as I was thinking that (and I still had the cache within view although I quickly put my sparkly gold pencil case on top of it), a man walked past. I pretended to be taking a photo and admiring the view. Then, from the other direction, another man with his toddler arrived - ever so slowly and looking at his mobile phone for some of the time as they slowly approached, but not talking - and hanging like they were waiting for me to go. I almost thought they may be geocaching but nah, too much of a coincidence! However, they eventually walked past me - after the Dad said, “Come on, let’s leave the lady to her peace & quiet”. Then 5m away, I’m sure I heard the girl say, “There it is”. The man turned back toward me and said, “She likes your sparkly gold thong or whatever it is”. The cache was sitting directly underneath it! A genuine case of hidden in plain sight! If they log a find after me, I’ll laugh and know for sure they were geocaching! Picked up the adventure lab while here. Yay! Two for one.

Lovely walk!! Kids loved the items to trade

I was thinking it can’t really be under there when I happened to spy it in the corner. Tftc.

Thanks for the cache

This is an area I have never explored before, so thanks for bringing me here. A lovely walk along the river towards GZ. Thanks Blackspades

A very pleasant albeit chilly walk along the Coucal Trail to GZ where the cache was found safe and dry. TFTC

Unexpectedly called for grandparent duties todayso took the oportunity to grab a couple of caches and an AL while in the area. Nice walk today and managed to avoid the showers. All good withis cache, thanks.

Caching with friends.

TFTCache geo sapiens

Oh! Happy day!!!
Have been car-less for a couple months so reduced opportunities for caching.
Out with friends today for a caching fix .
TFTC geosapiens

Tftc!

Found with TeamBarritts during our stay in Brisbane before heading west back to Perth. Tftc!!

Out for another day of caching with BJA3 before heading home to Perth.

All good here,  thanks for placing and maintaining this hide for us and others to enjoy!

Today was TeamChappy's last hurrah in Geocaching. When we started I was signing logs. Now both GeoSons can sign their own mark. So many adventures which took us to a plethora of amazing nooks and crannies around Australia. We will never forget the fun we've had and the amazing caches we've come across. TFTC one last time and thanks for the memories

Had a little bit of lunch time, so headed out to complete and adventure lab, and explore the area. I was actually looking for a CITO location and was failing miserably. Dang neat and tidy people around here.
I spotted this traditional not too far from where I parked, and headed straight there. Had not been here before, and have uncovered another gem thanks to geocaching. The likely cache spot was quickly found and luckily for me there was a pen in the cache. The log book was signed and the cache container was rehidden.
Thanks very much for the cache placement geo sapiens. Cheers

Collected this cache while doing the AL also on this path TFTC

Enjoyed searching with SilverByte. Lovely being next to the river. A cool cave nearby! Amazed that original log was insitu! TFTC

TFTC. Found with SilverGull.

Quick easy find. Didn’t have anything to do so decided to go around the neighbourhood and grab some caches. There was no pen so left one of ours. TFTC

Nice easy find

We spent quite a bit of the day either on the Brisbane River in our kayaks, or fairly close by wandering the paths all of which have beautiful views of the river its self.
We found this one late in the day and enjoyed our short walk and the views.
Thanks geo sapiens
Domsky

Coucal View
D 1.5 T 2.0 Regular Traditional Cache

Busy but very enjoyable day with the Domsky Dou today. Attended an early morning event in the city, tackled some high Terrain rating caches with a watercraft, visited a highly favourited letterbox and completed some adventure labs and some trads in between.

Thanks for the cache and taking us here geo sapiens. Quick easy find with a spot on coords.

Was on the Southside caching. I got 18 finds today. The breakdown was 7 traditional, 1 earthcache and 2 adventure labs with 10 waypoints.
I had lots of fun today.

Good to see original log book

Sorry for the generic log.
geo sapiens *TFTC* 6132 *Finds*

Found on a windy, overcast day.

The conditions made this walk extra nice. No hassle with the cache at GZ, just checked the wrong one first.

TFTC!

Today on this sunny and hot day, my solo geocaching expedition took me to the area of Jindalee and Sinnamon Park. I began my day at Mount Ommaney Bushland Reserve, which was a pretty nice walk along Brisbane River. I then made my way around Westlake and then Riverhills, completing *Parks of Centenary* Adventure Lab. After grabbing a late bakery lunch, I made a loop back towards Mount Ommaney and Sinnamon Park, where I completed the *Sinnamon Park Historical Tour* Adventure Lab. I closed out my day making a stop at Rocks Riverside Park, where the *Industrial Disease* Wherigo allowed me to have a walk around that area.

I parked on a nearby side street, and descending along a few unofficial trails, to get on to this nice walking trail. After arriving at GZ, I made the cache find reasonably quickly, as it was nicely hidden as per the hint. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks geo sapiens for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

With a couple of days free to cache and a new kayak to try out, a plan was set with Team Tyrrell and Nayfee. We were going to hit Lake Manchester via kayaks, then overnight camping stay at Wivenhoe. Then in the morning, a quick paddle around Wivenhoe before heading home to our pre-organised afternoon/evening events.
As usual it was a fun filled time; we grabbed our target caches as well as a few as we passed by. “There’s always time for one more cache” seemed to be the theme for the trip, lol. The highlight of the trip was our campsite and one we didn’t want to leave. A very nice view, a curry and a bottle of port for dinner, some stories and laughs around a well maintained campfire, neither of us really wanted to leave.

After a good morning on the dam we started our way back home. We decided to go for a little drive and grab a nearby adventure lab. At the start of the lab we found this one, a little walk and we found the cache. With log signed and cache replaced as found we were soon on our way to grab a few more of the adventure lab.

Chamad and I decided to head towards Riverhills to do the Adventure Lab and we noticed this cache was very close to one of the waypoints, it would be silly not to grab it so we wandered over towards GZ and spotted the cache sitting out in the open. After signing we made sure the cache was out of sight and hidden from view.

Thanks for giving us a reason to visit.

#2141 - TFTC

TFTC

Nice walk to this one today all is well!

After work I decided to pick up a few smileys and this was my first find today and what a beautiful spot. I used the hint to find the cache and then enjoyed the view. Thanks for taking me here and for placing this cache here for us to enjoy

Beautiful place to walk and great views. Tftc

Lovely views of the river. Dropped off Buddy TB whom we have shown a bit of SE Qld. Tftc.

Initially I made this far more difficult than it needed to be... thankfully I spotted the cache and was able to retrieve and replace it without interruption... nice river views... and it’s nice to find an original log...

Tftc... left some French coin...

Nice size container tftc

Out caching with GeoM today and this was our 5th find. Some great treasures here. TFTC!

Out for a couple of hours of caching before getting a part fitted to my car down this way.

We've got a pheasant coucal thats been hanging around near home really makes a loud racket! Nice spot with river views, and the rock cave nearby is fantastic.

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Thanks geo sapiens for giving us a reason to visit.

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So much fun- thank you!!!!!!

Nice walk. TFTC.

Thanks for the cache! Enjoyed this trail before without knowing there is a cache (thanks premium )

Oh look there is a path took the rock scramble way in and out, it's more fun day way. All is well here tftc

Caching on the Westerns side of Brisbane today.
This one was on its way out into the open propped it up with a rock.
Good views!


Thank you for hiding this one
R

Found during a nice afternoon walk. TFTC

‘Tis a very nice walk along the river here. And it was made even more enjoyable by finding this cache. Can’t believe we’re the first visitors this year. Great coords here made this a quick find. Took the TB to move along.
Thanks heaps for this cache. All is okay here.

Have been walking this track quite a bit lately and love it. Found this cache 6 years ago. Have a TB I've held onto for way too long as my caching activity has been a bit lacking recently. So I decided to stop and check out this cache again. All good here and it now has a cool TB.

Quick find after looking from all angles! TFTC

Nice view of the river, cache in great condition. Only we forgot to bring a pen and sign. Rookie mistake. Any way onto the next one.

When I parked, an old couple out walking their dog stopped and turned to give me a death stare. I should have blown them a kiss. Cool sandstone cave near GZ

Found today with my Dad and Pop while in Brisbane...

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Find #1550
It's our first visit back home since we started geocaching, so plenty of local caches to find. We did a quick circuit of the Westlake/Riverhills areas this afternoon, finding some spots we had never seen before.
We parked at the end of the track and walked to GZ. As the structures approached, the hide type was immediately known, it still took a little while, as the GPS zeroed in between the structures, so we had to check both.... TFTC Blackspades

Quick easy find

As soon as I entered the reserve I heard the woop woop noise over head. Now I know what sort of bird it is! Soon after that I tripped over a log as I was looking up

What a neat walk by the river! Little legs that went walking with me looked so little compared to the tall trees. TFTC

Found today while exploring in the sunshine. Lots of currawongs and butterflies. Pretty spot - thanks!

(Cache a bit dirty but in good order with nice, dry log-book).

This was a nice trail to ride along. It was mostly shady, and I did not see another person the whole way.

No worries with this find. [^]

Beautiful beautiful view

Another great spot by the river. i would love to be able afford to love here the houses are amazing. lost my pen so photo of log will have to do

Nice easy find.

No swaps.

Tftc Tigey

Tftc. Great view.

Tftc

I am loving finishing early on Fridays! This afternoon, after work, I met up with Mr and Mrs RoddyC to find a few caches. We strolled along the path until we came to GZ. I looked one side and spotted the cache on the other. It didnt take long before we had signed the log. TFTC

Friday afternoon geocaching with Selva Girls to search out some fun. That we did - and with a vice variety of geocaches of all sizes except a large (but that would be unusual in suburbia!)

At last the sea breezes were kicking in and the walk along this otherwise sheltered section of the river might have been quite sweaty - but it was not to be today. The cache was quickly found, but chats with several doggie walkers slowed down the signing process for a while. Enjoyable spot here - didn't have to bend too far at all! [xx(]

Log signed & replaced again. Found at 4.15pm on 4th November, 2016. TFTC

Found it

Out for walk along the track I run most mornings. Tftc

Excellent discovery of a walk we never knew about! Tftc!

Tftc

We went to park close to this one but the birds wanted to attack the car so we drove a bit further that was bird free and found some convenient steps down to the car. It is beautiful area around here and we have obviously been here before because we passed the final gz waypoint still on our gps from a previous series around this area. A quick find once we got to gz. TFTC

Found it beautiful veiw on river cool getting dark now go home soon TFTC

I decided to finish off some caches in this area. Nice quick find. Lovely views of the river. TFTC!

after a quick look found this one great place peaceful lost my pen at the last cache when i tripped up so will be back later to sign the log

TFTC

With a little bit of spare time in the holidays I decided that I really had to tackle the windy streets of West Lake and have a look for some of my close-by unfound caches.

I managed to park in the wrong spot and had an interesting little bash through the bush and down the rocks to get to the path. Walking along the path I saw a great place for a hide and immediately headed down to check it out. Was a little surprised not to find a cache but then noticed a second great spot for a cache a few meters on...

So I went there and had a look and quickly spotted a tidy cache.

Thanks for another glimpse of the Coucal Trail.

GPS was bouncing around some but got the prize and an excellent view of the river
TFTC

Continued round following the Brisbane River.
Nice quick find.
Great views of the river.
Log signed.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Blackspades and Geo Sapiens All good with this cache

Didnt have a pen was here with my cousin first in the wild cache took a picture instead of signing

Good spot such a nice walk

Excellent sized container. Plenty of room for goodies.
All in good order.
Cheers

Went out for a walk along the river with little miss geobub on this chilly morning, grabbed this cache. Such beautiful views of the river; thank you for the cache!

This entry was edited by RockyAy on Wednesday, 15 July 2015 at 04:22:48 UTC.

Needing somewhere to take our geo puppies for there afternoon walk we thought this would be the ideal spot and that it was the views were lovely and the walk was very peaceful thank you for bringing us here another place we wouldn't have known about if it wasn't for geocaching tftc

Great hint to the spot

Returned to this cache to drop of TB Jabberjaw.

Thanks for the find. Nice day of caches.

What a gorgeous area! I love these beautiful little pockets of bushland that are hidden away - and this one has a lovely view of the river as well. Wandered down the track to find GZ, luckily it wasn't that busy - only one runner to keep an eye on. Found the cache quickly and added my name to the book.

Thanks for bringing me here Blackspades!

I found another couple of cache on a nice little path to take a walk. This is most definitely the sort of cache I prefer over the quick drive bys.

I found a park in the shade on Barcoorah St and soon found my way along the paths down to the riverside path. I wandered back along the path as the GPSr ticked down the distance, and soon with a beep knew where I needed to look.

My looking took a little longer then it would normally, however without to much problem the cache was soon in hand, I added my name to the log and was soon replacing the cache and heading off for the other along the path.

TFTC

Out for the day with Mischievous Maverick. Beautiful neck of the woods. We had a great day exploring and caching. Thank you Blackspades for placing this cache

18 of 22 in today's cache run with Mrs The Green Geckos.


TFTC Blackspades

Felt like a troll, hiding under here while Muggles appeared from everywhere. 10 minutes of eavesdropping before I could make good my escape! TNLNSL TFTC

Took us ages but was well worth the hunt. Lovely scenic spot on the river

Took: surfing Spongebob
Left: golf ball

Awesome little cave nearby.
Love the view.
Good hide.

TFTC.

Spotted this cache while out searching with MumzzieG, boonimajneB, and geokids Mr X and Miss V. Retrieved TB (George the Butterfly Sprinkler).
Enjoyed the views along the river. Saw a female Pheasant Coucal on the way out.
TFTC!

With a little hint from River_Dweller. My GPS was going nutso!! Lovely little area. TFTC

TB dropped off.

Great view and walk. TFTC!

Found it in its safe dry spot, good location great view. I did a little CITO remove rubbish from this cache. Log dry safe and signed tftc

Another one very exposed so we logged in and covered properly with remsjw

This was covered by a structure but visible enough to be an easy find. Bennyboppers clambered down the bank, I found steps.