Alphanumeric Kirwan, Queensland, Australia
By ACME_Caching on 01-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3FWWD

Found it SL. Enjoying a caching holiday in Townsville with mackay_geocaching. Thanks to the COs for the puzzles that they have created and brain strain to solve them. Puzzles mostly been solved prior to this visit with alphag_25 and mackay_geocaching team effort. Brought the GEOPUNT up this time to tackle more of the T5 caches and Challenges on the water. Also prepared fir the task with the Segway Scooter and Paddleboard. Merry Christmas and Happy Caching from Mackay.*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Today we picked up a few more pre solved puzzles while about in Townsville.

Took some time to unearth but got there in the end. Enjoyed exploring the area, cache and contents were in good condition.

Many thanks for placing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience today.

This one was tricky. Worth a 4 without the muggle factor. Maybe a replacement outer is needed one day but it’s working fine without the threat of tetanus just yet. Only way a cache would survive for this long would be for it to be in a place like that. Sat down with the Boncos/Dolphins game on while working through this so I have it saved in my notes now. Visited after dark but the members prize draw of $300 was called while I was searching. Thanks for the smiley.

Next, Konie and I headed to this cache. I wasnt so sure about my geomobile heading down the dirt section, but it managed it. Once at GZ, the cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. I’ll leave the more interesting & detailed log to Mrs Geo (aka: SeasonedBird, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird) because she writes so much more eloquently than I and usually has much more time to do so while I’m driving. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC ACME_Caching
Find #10117

Out for the day around Townsville with Wollaston and Muggle friend Lauren.

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC ACME_Caching

Find # 7765

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 14. Townsville post Mega section Day 2. For my last day in Townsville, I joined TikvaNZ for another section of the Ross River power trail, with a bit of on and off again rain and a closed section we did pretty well. After that I set myself a list of puzzles and other non -trad caches to find for the day, which all took a lot longer than I expected, not to mention the ongoing rain all day. It has been a wonderful time in Townsville, and I have many more caches to get, so hopefully I will get to pass through again later in the year.

Thanks for the cache ACME_Caching

36334.44 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2015 Compass Rose Bear Island A#331

**Albida**

The recent 17/02/2022 Sip and Solve event provided useful information for us to solve this puzzle. We soon had a set of plausible-looking coordinates, and with no checker, we had to trust that we hadn't made a mistake.

During the Easter long weekend, it was all about the Townsville Mega event! Highlights included a hike at Cape Pallarenda Conservation Peak, walks atop the local mountains of Mount Stuart, Castle Hill, and Mount Louisa, checking out a few shady spots along Ross River, sewer pipe / tunnel adventures, and a scuba dive to see the Museum of Underwater Art at John Brewer Reef. The Mega events themselves were fantastic: Gadget lab caches, GPS maze, trivia night, tree planting CITO, and Cal's Escape Room. There was also plenty of geocaching to be had, such as power trailing through the geoarts The Saint and the Book, and the collection of challenge caches at Bushland Beach mudflats. My view of Townsville had completely changed from my trip experience, and much kudos to the Cache Qld Townsville Mega Committee.

In the area today with e.gregory1, we parked and took the short walk to GZ. After checking a couple of places, we soon stumbled upon the nice hiding spot. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. We decided to sign the geocache as DWEG1 (Davidwazza and e.gregory1) to save space in the logbook. Thanks ACME_Caching for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Found as part of the Qld Cache mega event weekend in Townsville over Easter 2022. Joined forces with Gunnie69 after flying up from Brisbane to tackle a variety of caches around the Townsville area including three GeoArt series, other puzzles and a few labs! I would like to thank all the cache owners who are making this an enjoyable weekend!

Today it was heading out to James Cook University and then back towards to the centre of town, before seeing Gunnie69 off as he headed back to Brisbane



A smiley has been added to the cache!

Thanks ACME_Caching for the cache, the hunt and the smiley today! [D*|

Found while in Townsville to attend the Mega event.

I travelled up from Adelaide, taking a week or so so get here, meeting up with FeatherWaite to do some caching around the Cunnamulla area then continuing on to Barcaldine and Charters Towers.

While in Townsville I teamed up with Budgietas, Stainless-steel-rat and Gooseandegg on some days, including a day on Magnetic Island, and with Davidwazza at other times. When caching with Davidwazza, logbooks were signed DWEG1.

All in all it was a terrific week or so in Townsville, with plenty of great caches found.

Thanks ACME_Caching for the puzzle and the cache.

A little high speed ball action on the nearby green, but nothing to interupt the hunt for this cache as Ghostgums and I approached. We split to check different locations, both coming up empty handed to start with.

With a couple of obvious places ruled out, hiding spots were becoming fewer, so with a slight adjustment to the hunt, I ut my hand on the container. [^] Out with the log, in with our names, the cache was returned as found and we hit the road.

Cheers ACME Caching.

Great to be back in town as part of The Megatrons ((The Bug, Crash, Tardis and myself).
Well done Townsville and Charters Towers of qualify and variety to go with the Mega.
Another one on a long list of pre solved puzzles before the Mega so please to make a find.
We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC

**This Cache:**

"An extra start for the muggle factor"
Looks like myself and sebass19 got let off easily on this one! Found at 10:05pm, not a single muggle in sight and the night was still and quiet. So we wandered over from the car and sebass19 was the one to have his hand on the prize first, it was a 50/50 chance as we each took a side of the object!

Thanks


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**Today:**

Day 11 of my road trip from Canberra - Townsville Mega Event!
**Found with sebass19**

Today started with a long drive, Port Douglas - Townsville, we needed to arrive by 10:30am to drop off taytayy1 at the airport, which meant we were on the road before the sun was up!

I then had a short amount of time alone to fill in whilst waiting for sebass19 to arrive in Townsville after a flight from Canberra to join me for mega festivities!

He soon joined me, we filled ourselves up with food for the afternoon, and started caching non-stop like crazy for the rest of the day with the final cache find at 10:15pm! Already done fishing caches, events, tunnels and tree climbs - and it was only day 1 in TSV!

In town for the mega, using caching as a guide to show us the best of what the region has to offer.

We had a previous finder with us which it a little easier to find.

Find #12443 @ 15:05
Thanks ACME_Caching for giving us a reason to visit.

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Out and about in Townsville today, after spending the morning cycling along the river with chamad, we put the bikes back in the car to head towards the event, and of course, collect caches along the way. We had also met up with Orange Crew to complete a challenge and a few other caches.
A quick find here at gz today.
Thanks ACME Caching for the cache.

Find #2511
Nice hiding place
Found with loci612
On the Townsville mega weekend
Thanks for the cache

Nyssaflutterby and I had a road trip to Townsville for the mega. It involved camping, hotels, cabins, tunnels, caves, beaches, trees and lots of laughs with old friends and new.
Off to pick up some solved puzzle caches with Membsec for the afternoon.
Upon arriving at this one we spotted some other cachers. Good to see Humbug again and meet some of his friends.

We got off the plane, grabbed the hire car and was trying to decide whether to head straight for our accommodation or head to the supermarket. We contacted Nyssaflutterby who stated that they had just arrived at the accommodation, (she knows how to find some good accommodation) so we headed for there too. Once our luggage was in the room we decided to head out to do some geocaching before it got dark.

Well well well, who should we meet here, three very suspicious men! Hello, hello, hello! The coords here were very good so it didn’t take very long to find a container within a container.

TFTC

#5449

MEGA trip - day 1

After an early morning flight for a week of caching in Townsville, we grabbed a few at Castle Hill before meeting up with the bug who was helping with setup of the maze. We didn't quite have a plan but enjoyed zigzagging around the suburbs picking up a bunch of solved caches.

Bumped into our first group of other cachers and of course BUG was on first name basis with all of them. We eventually got down to the business of finding the cache and heard it before we saw it.

TFTC ACME_Caching

Found with the boys…log to follow

The next closest solved puzzle cache for the QTAS team was this one. We made the short drive to the car park and started the stroll to GZ. Rounding the corner we spied 3 suspicious characters lurking
Haha! Great to see you again Bug
I think it was last Mega we caught up.
And nice to meet you Crash and Tardis.

While having a chat the well hidden beasty was discovered. With everyone’s names on the log it was time to head out on the hunt again.

Thanks for the puzzle and cache ACME_Caching

Full log to follow

Coords were spot on for this one and a stealthy retrieval was soon made. Great old tin. Pretty cool that it can still be used. Thank you for a fun puzzle

In the end this was an easy find as there was only real place it could be…. I wanted to say that cause I’ve missed finding caches previous finds have state “a quick find”. I felt like the biggest LOOSER!!! But today… I’m a winner

Day six of my road trip and day four in Townsville. The plan today was to just drive around town collecting target caches from my list and working my way to my 6000th cache. There was a lot of backtracking and walking trails but it was a very rewarding day, thank you.

Working my way around town I had a few target caches to collect and then there was a few I collected as I passed. So the next part of my plan today was to go and collect a few more before I went and got the virtual as my 6000th cache.

Looking back at this one and I remember the hide clearly, a nice little bison inside a mint tin. With a fair few people around here today the activity was high but they were not bothered or interested in my presence. The find was made easily and with the log signed and cache returned as found I was off to another in the area, thanks for the hide and puzzle.

After solving the puzzle at home a while ago now, it was good to be visiting Townsville today and make the find. As Fullboar indicated in his log entry, the original container was located, but the contents were soupafied. Rather than just leave it, we replaced the log and placed a more water repellant bison tube inside the original cache container.

With this puzzle solved some time ago we made our way to GZ today, as reported the log was saturated and we could not sign.
Took the log and left a shiny new bison tube and log inside the original container, magnets are still good, thanks for the puzzle and

TFTC

Up in TSV with KerriMG. This tricky puzzle was solved before our journey north. At GZ it was a quick find however the cache has definitely seen better days and the log was too wet to sign.

Getting the coordinates was easier than Alphanumeric #2. Though, getting the right timing for claiming the cache was another story. It took me several visits until I had undisturbed access to inspect the area.

Tftc acme, feels good to be signing off on this one.SL.

Thanks for the puzzle and the cache hide. An oldie and a goodies.

Day 2 in Townsville, DiMorgans car today, with Di being the navigator???, DIdn't start of too well with more DNF's than finds, but we slowly tipped the scales in our favour.

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TFTC ACME_Caching

Has annoyed me for ages that this one, so close to home had been left unsolved for so long. Today, while sitting across the road getting something to eat, i attempted it and it fell into place as i wrote it down. Thankfully The CO wasn’t playing hardcore when he/she did this one. Third spot i looked. Was here earlier in the day waiting for the basketballers to go, and rescued a juvenile magpie that was stuck between the mesh and the roller door of the nearby clubhouse. Got it to trust me just enough to hold sticks through the mesh and make it work it’s way up to the top where I pulled hard on the split gate for it to get its freedom. Hopefully the wound that left all the blood along the roller door from where it was bumping it’s wings is superficial and it will survive. It managed to fly in the end ok. Two highly rewarding outcomes today. Quite pleased with myself. Thanks for the cache. It’s standing the test of time well.

Found this one with the Brisbane Babes after a bit of a search and gps jumping it was well hidden, thanks for placing this cache here.

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Monday. Argh, don’t you hate it when you look where you think the cache is (and it’s there), but it blends in so well that you decide to move on to other spots to see if it is there. So after reading a previous log noting that the cache is a bit rusty, we figured that it might actually be where we’d looked, but just that it was hiding. I grabbed a stick, which Que Sera decided to use her fingers. Fingers won out and cache was retrieved! Well done Que Sera. Log signed and cache returned back to its hidey spot.

This was the 1st of 11 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***ACME_Caching***, for showing us this place.

This was a tricky puzzle and rewarding to solve. Slow puncture,
Sharpem and I are up from Brisbane for a long weekend and turning puzzles into smileys are our main targets. At gz we were just about to give up until I had a feel. All good with this cache. Thanks for placing it here for us to enjoy

Found back in September last year but re-visited again to check and make sure the log was signed. Had some difficulty with this puzzle and only managed to have it partly solved but headed to GZ and chanced our luck. Discovered on this visit this cache might need some maintenance. Did not have a replacement lid for this type of container but managed to place the lid on but would not like the log to disappear by accident.

Thanks for the puzzle and the effort

TFTC. We had mnaged to solve this puzzle earlier in the week with some help from friends in Victoria. We are camped at Ross River Dam and thought we would come up to the park to find the 3 puzzle caches. Unfortunately this was the only one that seems to still be in play.

We worked a few puzzles before our winter escape here. This hadn't been found for a while so we were a bit skeptical of success but with the area to ourselves, we felt here and there and pulled out the rusty old tin. Thanks ACME_Caching.

Loverly sunny Sunday and nice venue for cache thanks

We were staying in Townsville for a couple of days and with no hope of finding all the caches here we decided to target multi's for the Pirate souvenir game as well as a few puzzles we have solved and the wherigo's as we really enjoy them.

Knowing that we were coming up here we spent a few weeks before we left going through and solving puzzles that were within in our puzzle solving range. We spent a little time on this one until the penny dropped and after a few false starts we soon had a set of co-ords and today we were hoping to put a smiley face on the map. We arrived at gz and spotted a likely location where the GPSr was pointing but had to wait for a few muggles to move out of the area before we could check it. Once they were gone we are happy to say that the cache was found in the first place we looked and our name dutifully added to the log.

This was on my list to collect on my trip to Townsville due to being unloved. Unfortunately, right as I solved it some other people collected... Never mind, I still grabbed the cache. No-one around today so it was a quick find. TFTC!

Nice cache... thanks to the team for puzzle solving skills! TFTC

Found alphanumeric in base-2 location and base-2 in alphanumeric location.

But found it!

TFTC

A fast find as there were no muggles in sight
Thanks for the puzzle and cache
R

Worked out with BlackPearl26. Quick find at GZ. Tftc.

Day 6 Townsville
Today we headed west towards Rupertswood. Finding caches on the way there & back.
First of the day, had worked this one out before we left home. A quick find at GZ.
Thanks for placing this cache ACME_Caching

Took some time with this cache, an additional hint from a previous finder help with the solution. Using MS excel for cutting and pasting helped a lot. GZ was muggle free when I went, but could be busy at times. thanks for the cache.

Out caching with RobS72. RobS72 had solved the puzzle previously and after several minutes of searching, I found the prize. Log signed. Thanks for the cache hide ACME_Caching.

Out finding some caches with Geo-son Wolffman05. Had solved this mystery a few years ago, but had either been hindered by muggles or the cache was missing. With it's recent replacement, I returned today with Wolffman05 to finally turn this face into a face. Took a little while to track it down, but persistence finally paid off.

Log signed. The cache container and log were found to be in good condition.

Finding this cache has now given me a total find count of 1445 .

Thanks for the cache hide ACME_Caching.

Finally worked out the last mystery we have left in town. Loved the puzzle. Took a bit to get on the right track but karicka and I worked it out in the end. Gone by GZ today and replaced the missing container with a new one and a new log. Happy hunting. TFTC sl tnln

Cache has been muggled and requires replacing. Sorry for the bad news.

Solved this one a long time ago and finally got around to finding it today. Had tried to grab it once before, but was thwarted by muggles playing basketball on the closest court to the GZ.

Arrived at the GZ and started my search. Could not find the cache at all. Searched the surrounding area as well, just in case cache creep had set in. Mtn Pygmy Possum who has previously found it was there as well and she could not locate it too. We fear that this cache may have been muggled. Cache might need to be checked by CO.

Today's caching mission on day 3 of our annual Townsville visit with the in-laws was to clean some of the 20 or so solved (but not found) puzzles as well any interesting, higher difficulty caches along the way.

Prior to this years trip I spent a few days solving some NQ puzzles including this one. However, I am still working on Number 2, which I find harder. I quite enjoyed solving this well crafted puzzle.

At GZ this morning, there were no muggles, and the find was quickly made. Thanks for the cache, ACME caching.

Pete

#2,042

#6240 This was one of those caches that we had worked on prior to our very short holiday stint in Townville. An interesting puzzle which was nicely constructed, very enjoyable to find the solution. In order to get to GZ involved an early wakeup and walk - it was a beautiful morning and as the time was nearing 6am the dawn was making an appearance. Interestingly there was a worker nearby but SkullDad had slipped into ninja stealth mode . The cache was found well hidden and in good condition on our visit. Our thanks to ACME Caching for the puzzling fun and for the cache. Cheers [^]

Had worked out the co-ordinates for this puzzle sometime ago, finally had a chance to get to it.

Great to see the container and cache still healthy after such a long period of inactivity.

Dipped GeoKrety Key Coin.


TNLN

TFTC SL (#248 @GC, #49 @GCA)

Yay! Third time is the charm they do say and so it proved for us. We were a bit concerned when we arrived early this morning only to find muggles in situ at the club house. Fortunately they were packing up and we were soon able to make a concerted search with geoD coming up trumps.

Another one crossed off the DNF list

TNLN SL TFTC

Called past again this afternoon but we were out muggled and didn't even make the effort of getting out of the car there were that many around

We will be back at a more opportune time

GeoD spent the morning mowing whilst GeoP attacked various puzzles. This was the first we attempted and we were out of luck. Hope it hasn't gone missing since it was last found

This entry was edited by dazzpete on Saturday, 01 March 2014 at 09:41:06 UTC.

After spending a fair bit of time racking my brain on the puzzle I gave in and sent an SOS to the CO...after getting guidance on the puzzle I finally came up with the coords, yay I can sleep now lol thanks heaps ACME_Caching for the assistance ..now with a set of coords I set out and had a quick find

Logged as Team TBA. TFTC.

Ms MattCNS and I solved this puzzle a couple of days ago and went out to grab it today. All quiet at GZ and a quick find was made. TFTC.

No smelly pile today and the cache was quickly located. How did we miss that last time[?][B)] I'm sure we checked there but clearly not well enough because it's the original cache!!
Thanks for a fun puzzle and cache ACME_Caching

We really wanted to solve this puzzle for our visit to Townsville but were struggling to come up with the goods before we left home. Luckily we managed to come up with a sensible solution in the field for this and the cache was quickly located.

TFTC

Back in Townsville for a couple of days, before we start our journey west.
Picking up a few that we missed or couldn't find on our first visit.
Solved this one previously, but it took a while.
Arriving at GZ, cache was an easy find.
Thanks for the challenge, ACME_Caching.

Needed a hint form the CO to solve the puzzle, it just wouldn't make any sense the way I tried it . Also needed to attempts to find the cache, as the first time round there were some deodorant sniffing teenagers hanging out nearby in full view of GZ. Cache is in good condition, log is dry, if there had been a pen in it - that's gone, so BYO pen.
TFTC

After an additional hint from the CO Cat was able to work out the cords for this cache.
Arrived at GZ and yep mugglers were near GZ.
After having dinner nearby we went and searched for this cache and Not a muggler in sight. After a bit of searching Cat came up with the goods. Thanks for the hunt.

No luck at this one today . We had the coords sorted out shortly after publication but the cache was much trickier! There was a smelly pile next to GZ so we tried to stay downwind. Hunted around the likely spots but obvisouly missed something . Maybe next time. Thanks for the puzzle

Found on the great Eclipse Trip of 2012 with Freddo.

A solid day driving between Bowen and Townsville. Much respect was given to each cache on Remembrance Day. Thanks for the fun!! A quick find so thanx for this.

Thanks to ACME_Caching and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Found on the 2012 Tour de Eclipse. Thanks for the cache guys, we love your work.

well this one had me going for some time and in the end I had to ask ACME how its done. as I found out I was no were near figuring it out. extraction wasnt to hard, just a few muggles playing basketball so i had to be a little sneaky to the on looker didnt see
TFTC and hint.

Enjoy......

#73 - Finally got this one today also. Starting to get the hang of these puzzles now. SL TNLN TFTC

Had solved this one at home a week or so back and now back in Townsville I continued my run of puzzle caches - this was number 3.
The old ducks played bowls not far away but the park was empty allowing a quick find.
Thanks!

This entry was edited by Yurt on Thursday, 24 May 2012 at 08:29:28 UTC.

A tricky puzzle.
Tried many solutions - to no avail.
However a generous clue from ACME and the answer suddenly jumped off the page.
A simple walk in the park and the cache was to hand.
TFTC
TNLNSL

Got this one after a series of hints from c2m. Can't believe how simple it ended up being... I was expecting it to be a lot harder than this. TFTC great simple find after we had the coordinates.

Grandma offered to take our two year old for the night and the second thing we thought about was doing some puzzle caches.

Got this one knocked off and went out this evening with two year old in tow. She can't spot a cache but those playgrounds she sees from a mile away. Picked up the cache as the last stop for the night and spent a good half hour till well after sunset the playground.

Thanks for the cache

#128 FTF Saw the notification this morning. Printed out the page and did the substitutions straight away. Easy.

Unfortunatlt, we were forced to leave it behind and went out for breakfast and to do some shopping. The whole time we were out, I was turning the rotations in my head with the first couple of lines I could remember.

Got home and dived straight into it. Big monkey suggested the key number.

Cache was an easy find, and an empty log is always good to find.

Probably have to move one of my hides now. Ah well.

SL TNLN TFTC

lesson 101 in overthink!!!everyone here thought acme said 30 star difficulty. this was a nice little puzzle but nothing like the tech we were trying to use to solve it. cheers acme and happy birthday champs!!!ps. geodad hit a round similar to max divots today. grrrrr[:(!] tftc.

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