Laguna Park Playground Palm Beach, Queensland, Australia
By saintsmadhouse on 05-May-12. Waypoint GC3JQP5

Unable to keep this one going in its spot due to muggles and lack of stealth. I would love to see someone place a new cache somewhere near this location as it is a great one!

Will have this one up and running in the next week, I am on holidays so will be fixing a few all over the place

Found on the 18/06 with Geohubby TB142 and Geo friends Rogerz1956 and Nature Girl, not able to sign. TFTC

Easy find with tb142, kezza1211 and naturegirl. The canister has fallen down the tube and could not be retrieved so we couldn't sign it.

Found with geowife kezza kezza1211 naturegirl and rogerz1956 tftc

It has fallen and I will be out to fix it as soon as. I can

Day 67 Mainland trip
Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers and we stopped to find this cache. A lovely park and a clever hide. Deserves a favourite. TFTC

Caching in the area with whitewebbs and this was one we found.

An easy find at GZ, cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

It was probably a good thing we had bikes and stopped for a rest near GZ because the cache took a little getting. We could touch it but couldn't grab it so while I did a cover up MrG was encouraging it to come out and be signed. Happy to say it co-operated. TFTC SaintsMadHouse.

Awesome spot and I’m pretty sure I found cache site (one of these things is not like the others).... but cache not there.... muggled? Note previous geocacher did not find cache either. Please check if still present when you can ️

Am 99% sure I found the spot based on clues and others' comments, however no cache was present, so DNF I suppose

Lots of muggles but managed to look un-sus while signing the log. TFTC

So many pops!!!

A quick stop off today with Selva Girls (a previous finder) so I could also make a find here. Name added to the log and off to the next one. Tftc saintsmadhouse

Nice hide.. great park too

Turned out to be a very wet Sunday afternoon.
After discussing a couple possible hiding spots from the geocar, the cache was soon in hand.
Empty replacement log
TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 28° 7.577 E 153° 28.215

Coordinates changed to:
S 28° 7.582 E 153° 28.215

Distance from original: 30.5 feet or 9.3 meters.

Accurate reading taken upon replacement

Replaced and good to go. Stealth is required!

New cache will be in place by Midnight this thursday 11th Oct. sorry for the delay, had some difficulty with aquiring a part

This one has been taken, I will buy a new hide and remake this week so I can get it back in place shortly

Suspect this is the top as it is different but nothing showing

Gone missing I think

After having a play on the play equipment, we went to find the hide. GPS took us to a spot where there was nothing obvious. After looking at what was the obvious spot, we didn't find it. Not sure if it's missing or we just totally got it wrong.

Caching on a Sunday. Tftc tnln

Okay. Back approx one year after DNF. Was pretty certain where the item was last time, but it was out of action. Took a couple of goes and success.

TFTC

This was TeamMehta's second find, the kids Hannah, William and Lincon ran across the grass and started searching in every place they could see. We all walked to the fence and went for the most obvious location but it wasn't there. It was Hannah who made the find, the log was signed and then we spent 20 minutes running around the park. Beautiful spot, thank you for the cache!

Found this one on a baby sitting afternoon, brought the kids to find it. NESS made the find. Found it with Ness, Hannah, William and Lincoln. Thank you for the cache it was really fun! Log is wet but it was great fun!

Nice find

Found

Easily found cache but disappointed that the log was wet. I could sign it but it going mouldy which is sad. I'm not sure how it gets wet as it appears to be a safe from weather hide. Replaced cache as found. TFTC

Yes GPS took us further left than we needed to be. Very busy park up the other end. Loved all the fun things for the kiddies to enjoy Cache was in good condition. TFTC. Caching today with The X-Trailers.

Gps out here by about 8 metres
Found in obvious spot
Great spot for kids to play and have a picnic
Tftc

Co-ords seem to be way out. Hint was needed. TFTC

Nice quick find in the dark. Tftc

Log is wet.

Yay tftc

An afternoon drive to the Goldie to find a couple of caches and I had set the GPS to get us to this one as the first in the area.

We were surprised by the size of the lagoon here and the amount of activity from the families enjoying the area.

The playground had muggles only metres from my intended search area so I pulled out my phone and held it to my ear as I wandered around searching a number of spots before I found the right one.

I moved away to sign the log and then employed the phone again as a decoy as I strolled back to replace the cache.

TFTC SaintsMadHouse

When we arrived in the playground, our GPS units took as to the grassed area in the centre of a group of palm trees. Obviously the cache wasn't there. We then widened our search area, eliminating a number of potential hide locations. We eventually located the cache in a hide that we have used ourselves but it was 14m from where our GPS units thought the cache should be. We measured the coordinates for the hide and found them to be S28 07.584 E153 28.215. The significant difference to the published coordinates was in the latitude. We noticed that other finders commented on the accuracy of the published coordinates which was not our experience. We just wondered if we had access to a different mix of satellites today or if Trump has been playing with them!!. Thanks saintsmadhouse for the cache.

Nice spot and easy cache :)

Easy

Log slightly wet

I am not a great fan of playground caches. But with the hint I knew exactly what I was looking for. The GPSr pointed to the exact post and the cache was quickly in hand and the log signed. TFTC

Quick easy find

What a great park! Easy find for us because we have seen a similar hide in Sydney.

Found it! Touring australia for a year. Another cache to the collection. Follow us at The Year of Us Our lap of Oz.

Of 19 finds today this was only the second that had muggles. A father sitting right at GZ. Only one option. Introduce him to the joys of caching. He did not seem that interested, but he was glad that I eventually found my prize - fourth or maybe even fifth time lucky.

Found it. Yay! It appears to be back where we originally looked, i.e. original coords.

Coordinates changed from:
S 28° 7.583 E 153° 28.213

Coordinates changed to:
S 28° 7.577 E 153° 28.215

Distance from original: 37.9 feet or 11.6 meters.

Updated coordinates, replaced container and hide, this is now active. Please be stealthy!

All fixed!

DNF. As per hint, one of these things was missing. Guessing this was the location of the cache. Popped a whole bunch with no joy.

So many places to put a cache in this area. Great park.

will get this replaced this week

we will check this one, please do not log a DNF if it was too busy to try to find it, a 'write note' log is perfectly acceptable here.

This one looks like it needs maintenance. Where X marks the spot the top has been popped with what looks like damage?

Way too busy

Way too busy

Needs attention

*5/07/2016, Found @ 6:23 AM, Find # 5480.*

I had been passed this park a number of times in my travels but it was always full of muggles so I kept on going by.
Today I had an early start and figured that this would be the best time to try and get this and I was correct, I was able to head over to GZ, find the cache, sign the log and put it all back with no one around.

**Thanks to SaintsMadHouse for placing this cache.**

Neat little spot. Good clue
Stopped for a BBQ & a play

Quick find on a drive around the area while on holiday from NZ. Tftc

Great spot to play. Climb. Make sure you pop it!

A quick find, GPS spot on. Geoteen and I took a quick run around all the play equipment at the park reliving childhood! Having monorail races! Fun times!

We are staying nearby this great park and on Sunday had some quality time with our grandkids. The park was to busy to try and find this cache. This morning we had the area to ourselves and we made a quick find, thanks.

What a great playground for the kids, it makes me wish I had kids so I would have an excuse to play on the equipment!
TFTC

We were in the area today so of course we had to swing past so the kids, okay and the big kids could have some fun on the equipment. The cache is all good.

Found this one late last year but has trouble logging from phone. Back in the area and just realised I still hadn't logged it. Oops. GPS jumped around a bit but got it in the end. Cheers.

Tftc

Found it

Tftc

No pen but fun hide!

great hint. Lovely park

Wee found it! Good hint!

Quick grab and log today.The playground looks good. I think they put a new train in. Kids loved it.

TFTC. Glad to put a smiley on this one.

Nice quick find while walking Lee-vye's lone puppy. This is an awesome park, thanks for bringing us here TNLN, TFTC

Puppy sitting in the area, found whilst walking Molly.
First find for Mr Long aka Peter rabbit 'new to the game'.
TFTC

An easy find tonight once i found a weak spot to bypass the fence. Sign says it will be gone at the end of this month.

The GZ was inside the fence. Some construction going on at present.

Perfect cache location - playground for the kids, cache for mum, lake for dad! Thanks for bringing us to this great park & for telling us about Sophie, she must have been a special little girl. Quick find by geodad. TFTC

I'm in this area regularly. Trouble is it's a muggle paradise! Today it was raining so in for the search I went, muggle-free. Thanks for the cache. All in good order.
Cheers

Tftc, quick easy find, great play area.

Nice hide! The hint definitely helped here haha. Happy new year guys tftc

Nice playground tftc

On the gold coast for some golf games so had to combine some caching didn't we. We were unsure of this as our GPS pointed us to a spot but we were seen by both the parents and kids using the playground and what a playground. TFTC

Out with RoddyC to grab a few smilies in the area.
I headed to GZ and the cache was revealed.
Great playground. Better than the ones I had as a child.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks SaintsMadHouse All good with this cache

On our way back to finish the Paradise Series with Team Benders Duo. Couldn't pass this one by - only three caches along this four kilometer stretch of the Gold Coast. t was a quick find, with Team Benders doing the honours. So many great playgrounds around.

Found at 6.25pm on 22nd November 2015. TFTC.

A very busy park great distraction the Geocaching dog.

A very busy park great distraction the Geocaching dog.

easy find tftc

Very quite ,at this GREAT playground. Sneaky quick grab& sign and good look about the play equipment and parkland.. thanks SaintsMadHouse........the grankids will LOVEit!!!!!!

Easy find.

Nice park and easy find.
TFTC
Team Maarhexe

TFTC:)

Pop the top funny clue!!!!

Nice park. Quick find. TFTC

Came on a beautiful sunny day to replace the logbook. Just leaning around and able to still be stealthy. Luckily because usually we are here very late in the day.

TFTC stealth mode required very busy

TFTC - 10th find today
Did not sign log as park full of kids

TFTC. Nice park for a picnic.

Log is completely full and needs replacing. Great place for kids. TFTC! Left more money too. It's a little bank!

Up from Canberra and found with Rapidlywild on a two week geomission around the Gold Coast and, of course, for the MEGA

It was the last day of caching on the Gold Coast for us

With a few muggles nearby stealth mode was employed here. RW lit up a geodurry whilst I went in for the nab when the coast was clear.

Thanks for the hide, saintsmadhouse

Last full day of caching on the Gold Coast. Today we were not as successful as yesterday only accumulating 20 finds. We had alot of issues with coordinates today and seems there were alot of DNF's in the area we were caching.

This one proved easier than expected. We had some kid muggles playing soccer nearby and a family on the massive playground. It even has a peddle train !!! how cool !!!. Stealth mode was engaged and I pretended to take some photos of the impressive playground. We soon had cache in hand, signed and returned without being suspected of anything. Nice !

Thanks SaintsMadHouse for placing this cache for us to make a find on

nice day for caching while visiting from Canada
took TB
left money
SL
TFTC