Cotter Chimney Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Tankengine on 17-Jun-12. Waypoint GC3NPF9

Found the bees, didnt find the cache!

Found with buckoraider today after our adventures at Casuarina sands. We got this cache after casuarina cascades, which really elevated my appreciation for a park and grab. This location was lovely and it was nice to walk only few metres out of the car for a change thanks TE for the cache

Last one for the day while out this way with Baristayan. Had a look at the chimney but retreated pretty quickly when all the bees emerged Then Baristayan made the quick find at ground zero. Thanks!

Log replaced, container refreshed. Old log attached.GOOD TO GO!!!

Found with Moonb1, McLookers, Maccamob, Muzza, Pprass, Team Crackers, Rabbitto et al on a day caching in the Canberra Area.

We hit Canberra on a cache assault with Alansee, maccamob, McLookers, Micaparamedic, Moonb1, Muzza , Rabbitoh and Pprass Drive

We were picking up caches around the Cotter Dam area. We did enjoy this drive and the hides and enough room for two cars at most locations.
The sun had broken through the fog by now and the scenery was great
With this many eyes looking the most of the caches were found quite quickly and the log book signed.

To save room in the Logs signed as "Vic1"
Many thanks for the cache

Day 2 of our Canberra caching run. Signed log as Vic 1 consisting of Alansee, Muzza, McLookers, Micaparamedic, Maccamob, Team Crackers and Pprass and me.

We found this cache on Day 2 of our Vic1 Canberra Run in company of Muzza, McLookers, Micaparamedic, Alansee, Moonb1, Maccamob, Team Crackers and Pprass. Today was our Uriarra and Cotter Loop. Thanks from D B-A

Second day of group caching in Canberra. All caches signed as Vic1. Found in a large group consisting of McLookers, Micaparamedic, Alansee, Moonb1, Rabbitto, Team Crackers and Pprass.



My thanks to Tankengine for the cache.

Found at 12:38 PM in the company of the Vic 1 team
Alansee worked out a route for us to do today which included some very challenging AL's and we ended up at an event where the locals were to meet us! A big day that showed the beauty of the ACT and surrounds after the fog finally lifted! Most of the caches were way under rated though - nearly all of them were just a D/T of 1.5/1.5 no matter how hard they were to get to or find them - not very imaginitive in that sense.
Thanks to Tankengine

In Canberra on tour with Muzza, Rabbitto, micaparamedic, Team Crackers, Alansee, Moonb1, maccamob and pprass. Log signed Vic1.

Thanks for placing the cache Tankengine.

Tftc

Found 15:08 13/8/2022 on the way home from a day in the Brindabellas. Thank you Tankengine for the cache and bringing me to this location.

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 19.308 E 148° 57.088

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 19.306 E 148° 57.095

Distance from original: 36.6 feet or 11.2 meters.

Hopefully a dryer spot.

Cache moved to a new spot, and logsheet replaced. GOOD TO GO!!!

Another quick find on this cache run. TFTC, but log book is completely sodden.

#652 A big day caching with Turtle284 out this way today, with minimal service and only our downloaded lists, we were prepared to pick up as many as we could and still get home in time to keep the family happy! We picked up a few dnfs too but that didn’t dampen our spirits, thank you to all the COs today!

It was another quick park and grab here whilst happily picking up a few more unloved months. Cache was found quickly at GZ, however the container had taken on some water. Signed the log as best as possible and replaced. Cheers Tankengine

A nice easy find. Unfortunately, the cache was full of water… log very wet.

On a trip to Cotter Dam with StrangeTrousers

Back out for a couple more after getting some yesterday. An easy find in an interesting location. Cheers.

Bee hive in the chimney. From other side easy cache. Love the story.

Dik

A nice easy find with good parking and access. Love the history. Thanks tankengine.

Careful of the bee hive in the house.

Found during a quick roadside stop after a nearby event. I didn’t download it first and there was no mobile signal so there was a bit of extra challenge. Luckily it was in the first place I looked. TFTH

TFTC driven passes so many times and never noticed!

A good hide Tankengine and thank you for drawing our attention to the chimney. Very interesting. The inside of the cache was wet so geo hubby dried it out. Log slightly damp.

TFTC

Nice quick one - careful of the bees -TFTC

nice hiding place
first lot of caches after a month
thanks for the cache

A very cool spot to visit,I took a good look around the building before coming over to search for the hide,at least theres still a fire place here to keep em warm!
Thanks Tankengine for the cache

We had some time to kill before dinner, and since the mountain road that we had intended to drive up to was closed, Kittiekatch and Graham, took me around and showed me some local caches.

We pulled up close to this one and Kittie and I got out to take a look. I'm sure she knew right where it was, but she gave me a chance to look for it on my own. Once around the old fireplace, and then I spotted the hide.

We rejoined Graham back at the car, and drove on to the next.

Thanks for the find.

It's Australia Day long weekend... so of course, Finalf29 is at Cancon and that must mean I am caching... today I'm out with ALL7.

Found while I helped ALL7 do a maintenance run on her Uriarra Road caches. We checked over 50 caches in 41 degree heat... ALL7 would have just keep going... she is a caching machine... but I had to still do the big drive home. Thanks ALL7 for the wonderful conversation, laughs (I know you are still laughing about that spider!) and putting out a great series. I will definitely be back to help you with more... if only to make you laugh! An interesting family connection to ALL7. Thanks

Took a bit of a hunt not helped by lack of reception. But found on a hot windy day at the end of the year. Tftc

It was so hot this afternoon that I was stopping only for an occasional cache.
This one looked interesting so a quick stroll up to the old chimney.
Thanks Tankengine

Spied the cache quickly and avoided all the bees swarming in the chimney .
Nice historical location .
Many thanks to Tankengine.

There was bricks. There were cobbles. There was a kind lawn mowing man. There was bees. And then I cached the cache while all this was happening in the background.

Found on a nice loop with Tank Engine. The things you learn caching! Many thanks

Thanks to Tankengine and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

thanks

Found on our walk along the Murrumbidgee to Kambah Pool

Heading home after a quick caching run out to Uriarra. TFTC te.

Old buildings are useful hiding spots

I've tried the walk up from Kambah Pool, but it is simply too long to do the whole thing in a day and go look for caches... it would be 24 kilometers there and back! At best I got about halfway before and turned back. Now, I've gone and done the same from the other end, driving to Casuarina sands and heading down from there.

I managed to find nearly every cache on the route, with only one DNF and one abandoned since I thought it too dangerous to try alone.

A good walk and satisfying to finally have the rest of this trail done!

Cotter Chimney: I did this one on the way back to the car, in the last light of evening. A quick find thanks to the hint. TFTC!

I've had walking up Mt Gingera on my todo list for a while now today was the day.

On the way back to town, this was a good park & grab which was exactly what I needed. TFTC.

A very quick find while driving through the area and checking out the nearby campground and the dam. It would have been interesting living here in the 1920s and 30s.

Thanks for the hide Tankengine.

Easy to find. Needs a new zip lock bag as the paper is a bet wet.

Great view

This was a little bit of luck that made us stop here, we stopped in the pullover lane so we could grab the GCA engineering marker and only then did we notice this GC cache nearby.
It was a quick find when we were at GZ, thanks for the cache.

19/04/2019

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Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM)  By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)

Earthcache [Alum Cliffs and Gorge](https://coord.info/GC5KVHA)  By [jandalfan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=2409043)

Some of the tassie contingent were out together today during the Mega. We stopped here for the engineering marker (GCA) and then realized there was a traditional cache here too We made a quick find and moved on. We did admire the huge dam as we came down the hill!
Thanks Tankengine

Day 8 Mega Road trip
A Tassie Contingent headed out to find caches today and this was one we found. Lots of fun was had. A great spot to visit. TFTC

We are very much enloying the Mega event with a choice of so many caches to look for each day. Each log found had another name noted and all logs and containers were put back just as they had been found. This was a nice quick and easy find and we were quickly on the move again. Our thanks go to Tankengine for placing and maintaining this cache for us to find.

While attending the Mega at Queanbeyan we decided to go a bit further out a pick up some caches to add some smilies to our caching map. The cache was easy enough to find, log was signed, all OK. TFTC.

Another great day out with woolwood9 hunting containers.
SL - Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or printed tm421/ ww9
*Big thank you to the cache owners who made our trip fun!*

Wasps nesting in chimney.

Found while on a trip away with tmann421, heading to the MEGA in Canberra
Signed as TM/WW NZ
*Thanks for the placement*

Found with a brand new Muggle who had two GPS's neither of which had the provided co-ords entered and didn't work when they did! Said Muggle was impressed with my find (nice and easy, Tankengine, thank you) in spite of quite heavy rain but the log is petty wet and needs a bit of maintenance.

A great little find. The bees
were friendly. TFTC

fitzy_1965 and I were out and about today with a push for me to get 2000 caches for the year. At the start of the day I had 50 to collect.....and ended up with 59.

Targeted the easy drive by caches for the most part of the day with all caches found quickly and easily. Thanks to the CO's for placing.

fitzy had already found this one so I ventured off myself to claim the smiley. There was water inside the cache and the log a bit wet.

Neat. ta.

Driving from Canberra to Uriarra trail Star Wars and Cotter road and other caches we pass.
Scenic road. Good coords for all of them.
We wrote IJstand for the first letter i our alias ( Jsson, Ingabo)
Greetings from Sweden
TFTC!

Together with jsson on a road trip in the outshirts of Canberra. We logged as IJ.
Thanks for placing a cache here for me to enjoy and find.

The geoson and I are out here today for a Christmas party at the Cotter. We dropped past here on the way. We enjoyed reading about the history of the cottage and the pumping station. The geoson was impressed with the equipment we spied inside the station.

The chimney was infested with bees today so we were glad the cache was not located in the fireplace. This was our third cache find today.

TFTC

Found with cullum68 on a couple of days away thanks for the cache

Last night I had decided to set out early and try for big numbers again today. That plan was thwarted 3 times - breakfast out with the girls after gym; sidetracked looking at possible caches for the weekend and meeting up with fellow cachers - just had to stop and chat.
By the time I left them, smilie #5, it was well after a late lunch and I had revised my aim to 12 caches so that I only had 200 till my 6000 at Parkville. All caches attempted now carry my name though often as SG as it is quicker. TNLN

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for us to find Tankengine.

With limited phone coverage I had no idea what I was looking for here but coordinates spot on and hide obvious so quickly found. Will need to read the cache notes later - TFTC

What a lovely ruin to visit. Shame for the previous occupants, knowing what went on here in 2003 but hope they have resettled well elsewhere. TFTC

Driveb past here dozens of times and never noticed the chimney before. TFTC

We came across your cache, Tankengine, on our geocaching holiday in Canberra.

Mrs RoddyC did not have this one offline on her phone but was able to walk straight up to it before I had time to tell her about it.

Log signed and replaced at 12:56 pm on 8 March 2018. TFTC.

Hah!! Caught up on my logging. I'm out earlyish today, before it gets too hot, with 39 deg predicted. I've got the GeoSchnauzers and GeoCavoodles along for the ride, in my nice cool car. I'm into the 40s for my current streak, on my way to 365 for Professor RapidlyWild. This was a nice easy park and grab, with no-one around. Left DNA traces in the form of sweat after the 20m walk to GZ. It's hot. And humid. The dogs wanted to come, but it wasn't worth getting them out of the car. I don't think it is hot enough for them to refuse to get out. The GeoSchnauzers did once, on one of my Queensland trips.

Thanks, Tankengine.

Headed out for a BBQ at the cotter so thought we would stop and pick this one up. A nice quick find before we entered the no reception zone. Tftc

Quick find beware of the bees in the chimney

After a weekend of sitting sewing/etc, and stuffing my face with way too much food, at a quilt retreat nearby at Greenhills, I decided I needed some excercise, and what better than a bit of Geocaching therapy on top of the quilting therapy? lol
This was find # 3 for the day (2nd after the quilt retreat - I went and found one down the river before breakfast, causing some entertainment when I walked in to the dining room half way through breakfast with a smile on my face and scratches and blood on my arms - lol)
TFTC - I am sure my family think Geocaching will be the ruin of me... thanks for making me finally stop and have a look at this

3rd find, approached differently on 2nd attempt, love finding out history about Canberra! Beautiful spot to sit and admire the views on such a beautiful day....

With ALL7. TFTC

found with MW9910B.. Thanks

Quick find. The cold certainly had me wishing the chimney was lit. Tftc

An interesting spot TFTC

Found while on a cotter run with Froggycache

This was, surprisingly easy for a TE cache.. Beelined to likely spot and it was quickly retrieved. TFTC TE!

A caching raid of the Cotter area with Andrewbt this afternoon.

Easiest cache of the day, somewhat self explanatory really. TFTC Tankengine

An interesting spot that we probably would have driven straight past had it not been for this cache. It was interesting to see a photo of the chimney later on in the day when the 2003 fires were going through. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Found it, thank you.

I found it and as I was putting it back another person looking for it was walking up

Out with BonEm on a caching run with good coffee thrown in.
Another easy quick drive by, especially when to walk up behind another cacher signing the log.. nice to meet you Ghost!!
BonEm and myself then proceeded to grab a look through the buildings windows to check out the old pumping equipment. Quite a fascinating piece of history.
Thanks for the cache

Found with Lpud out and about after stopping for coffee. Lovely area. TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1314. At least this area is familiar from the days when we lived in Canberra and used to picnic here around 1978. A cool day, but time for a few caches before we have to collect the grandchildren after school. Oh the responsibility, while both parents are on duty in Melbourne at the Air Show all week. Our thanks to Tankengine.

Have never stopped here to look at this site, so thanks for the opportunity. Dty73 & aquilis1 did not know about this place either. Enjoying a night out. Kutgw

Out with Aquilus1 and Youban on a warm evening collecting some caches. Always drove pass this chimney, the is the first time I've stopped and what a cute little structure. Tftc!!!

After a hot day nothing better than heading out in the cool of the night for a bit of caching. With Youban and dty73 we made the find here at this chimney. Usually I'm looking ahead at the bridge and don't look up so was suprised to see this here and after finding the cache made sure to explore all including the stove!Thanks for the cache Tankengine!

Found on my way to do nearby caches. Nice spot here. Was only thinking earlier that I haven't done many tankengine caches. Time to work on that.

Important tip - read the cache description, check the hint, and look at the spoiler picture. Alternatively, just get Fitzy_1965 to suggest that you shouldn't be looking on the chimney itself... Great excuse to stop off and take a closer look at the old pumping station.

TNLN - Thanks Tankengine!

We've had a great day caching, from Gundaroo across to Pierces Creek Forest (Cotter). The weather has been absolutely perfect today and wandering through the forest was so peaceful with only the sounds of birds singing. After coming across a brown snake at our first cache of the day (at Gundaroo) we kept a good look out but thankfully we didn't see any more today. We didn't see one car whilst in the forest, it was great! We had a beaut picnic lunch in the forest after finding one of the caches in a nice spot and didn't head home to the caravan until after 4pm. This was early for us as we wanted to get to the Sutton Baker before closing time. Can really recommend the coffee and pies there! All the caches in the forest were in good condition and fairly easy to find, but some we didn't attempt as the terrain rating was beyond us seniors (we did check them out before deciding this).
Thanks to all the cache owners for the fun we've had today, it's much appreciated. TFTC:)

Out with the twin terrors today - first real adventure after our northern hemisphere excursion - great to be back! TFTC Tankengine.

add more later.

Just a quick park and grab really, but stopped long enough to ponder the ruins and what the old folks must have felt like here, begging for some decent accommodation! Noticed some wood in the fireplace ready for a nice little fire and warmth! TFTC

Found quite a while back but forgot to log this one. Found fn a day out to the Cotter with Kittykatch and Grimraider. First time I have stopped and looked inside the pumping station. Very impressive. TFTC

We were in a hurry and did not have phone service so we missed all the hints and descriptions.

A weekend camping at the Cotter. Found with The Matetrix. TNLNSL TFTC

Found with IamCoust. TNLNSL TFTC

Finished off a job in Pierces Creek this afternoon and picked up this cache on my way back to the Canberra. Nice spot - I'll have to venture back out this way one weekend and pick up a few more caches. Thanks for this one, Tankengine.

Beautiful view from the site. Took sharkiefan trackable. TFTC

Granville86a and dghoffy decided to hit the local area to bag a few more caches after attending the cotter meet and greet. this was the last for our day, feeling very satisfied tftc

Found with dghoffy on our way back to campsite at Cotter Dam. My last find of the Easter break before heading off to the bus station in the morning to catch the bus to Sydney and the home to New Zealand.

Found with AngelG27 and SharkieFan on the way to the event at the Cotter. Quick find and nice chimney. Thanks TE