062 - Mid North Coast Wander - Big Starrs Lansdowne Forest, New South Wales, Australia
By Mid North Coast Mob on 30-Jul-12. Waypoint GC3P1JC

01/07/24This is find number: 9849Streak Day: 3119In the area this week and had some time to come out and find some of this series today. Found with Snoopy1976 and ws_cachers.Thanks to Mid North Coast Mob for placing and maintaining this cache.TFTC

Streak Day #4008 - Out on a geocaching jaunt with Dave8153 and ws_cachers. Most were a quick find. TFTC

Found today with Dave8153 and Snoopy1976. TFTC

Replaced

On the hunting trail with pprass on a maintenance expedition. Quick find here with some general maintenance carried out. Another great day for caching. TFTC Mid North Coast Mob

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

Looked in around every Tyree behind the signs. Grrrr another Blue for us today.

Good find

Logged as GR8 for the Geocaching Retreat 8 cachers.

TFTC

#5597
A GR8 adventure with seven other GR8 geo-mates, during our King’s Birthday Long Weekend Geocaching Retreat, as we drive the Mid North Coast Wander. Such beautiful country up here. What an effort to keep this series going for us to enjoy. Thank you to all involved.

Found during our June Long Weekend Geocaching Retreat (with the GR8 team)

Day 3 of our Mid-North Coast adventure with our GR8 mates.

TFTC

SL as GR8. TFTC

As per hint GR8 mob, On this kings birthday long weekend tour along the Mid North Coast Wander series, group find includes Team Canary, Brewmaker, EverestHigh, Calypso62, and ziggau.
A challenging series of 200 caches made fun with this group

Day Two of the MNCW series with the team from Sydney (signed as GR8). Back on the rough stuff again but still grabbing smilies

GPS off again but hint helped.

Another quick and easy find, especially after the adventurous climb up the nearby mountain, and my last find of my 2 days caching adventure in the area before heading back to Maitland.
TFTC

Ben found it I was leading

Quick find on our journey up through the bush today. TFTC

Nice quick find with dad and a friend
TFTC

We started the “Mid North Coast Wander” series few months ago (47 caches found). This long weekend was the perfect timing to finish it.
This series was a bit challenging because of the 200 caches but it gave us a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it. Thanks to the owner for this amazing job. You bring us through Coorabakh NP and Lansdowne State Forest and all these lookout and interesting points. Then we crossed the road to drive along the coast and enjoyed all the view points!
We found 147 caches and 6 DNF mostly because of muggler on this busy long wkd. All the coordinates were very accurate and with the hint it was easy to find all of them.

At GZ quick found. We signed the log book and then replaced as found.
TFTC

Glad I decided to do a lap around the tree before digging through the enormous pile of leaf litter! Lol TFTC

Found with Bek76 and Gum62 TFTC

Found it with bek76 and MDT79

Found with Gum62 and MDT79 TFTC

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Found

Good hiding spot

Found with three people. Thank you for the cache.

Found tyftc. Having a week caching our way from newcastle to brisbane. Find #1/1595

We have been told about this Mid North Coast Wander and so having arrived in Harrington last night we set off on the trail today. It was a beautiful sunny day and we very much enjoyed the drive and the scenery. We got to see a few Wallabys and a good number of bird species. It was also exceedingly windy - in fact the sound of the wind through the tall trees especially at the high points was so loud we had to shout at each other to be heard! Many thanks to the CO for having provided us with the opportunity to enjoy another great day out geocaching. This one was an instant find once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

TFTC a quick find along our journey.

In the area for the Camping and Caching at Coopernook event. Spent today geocaching with others, mostly SMS. This is one of the caches found. Caching was followed by drinks, music and nibblies at camp. Was a great weekend.

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Camping nearby for a Geocaching Event, did some more of the MNCW series.
Cheers
Seemyshell

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My way to 200 on a day! Log in details following with the last one.

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Found on a weekend with PurpleCacheEater. TFTC

Nice easy find TFTCSL

Foubd while staffing a check point at Big Nellie for an adventure race. Tftc.

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Loving the smell of yesterdays fire

We drove the MNCW again, and found this cache with my Dad and little brother...

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Find #1930
This would be our fifth bite from the MNCW cherry. We did a hybrid route from others we've done through Coorabahk, to fill in the gaps we left on previous trips, and camped at Diamond Head overnight. Beautiful, hot weather and no logging trucks or road closures helped us only to leave one stretch to do later. Thanks to the Mid North Coast Mob for their continued efforts on this great trail.
No problems here, a quick find and we moved on.....

Found while enjoying the north coast wander series. Tftc tnln

Another quick find here.
Thanks for the cache

A quick find

We started this series back to front from our earlier base in Wauchope, and now that we have moved on to stay in the Kendall Showgrounds we decided that it was time to start at the beginning. A scenic drive is a great way to explore bits of the countryside we wouldn't otherwise have visited, and it's great to pick up caches as we go.
We have to agree with previous posts. Big Sister is indeed impressive when you get this close to her!
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Easy find. Great veiw. Thanks

Wow, Big Sister is very impressive from this angle, so I decided to forego the walk up to the cache there and stick with the MNCW trail caches. This one was a quick find.

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Not good reception here but be patient. Tftc

Quick find. Nice spot. Tftc!! #904

Tftc nice easy find

Great series of caches, tftc

A glance at the heatwave in the weather report led us to driving up the coast and enjoying some time in the air conditioned car! Roughly 50 caches today and not a single DNF. Thanks to all COs.

Decided to test the work Camry out and drive the entire forest circuit. Not my smartest effort but the trusty steed did well. Enjoyed the views along the way too.

Took me a few moments to spot this one. I looped around anti clockwise when I would have saved time in reverse . TNLN TFTC

A quick and easy drive, the forest is very quiet here and we never saw another car on this whole leg of the day til we got to the campsite much later.

Another quick pick up on a wonderful drive.

Yay Cache number 2,000 and found in the middle of somewhere nice and dry SL; TFTC Celebration to follow [^][:X][^]

3 1/2 years after doing the coastal portion I though it was time I finished the mountain section of this Mid North Coast Wander.
Some neat hides, great views and areas to explore.
Some pretty rough tracks in places and even the odd mud hole to contend with.

TFTC Mid North Coast Mob
Find 4870 logged from c:geo.

TFTC, I will use a generic log for this series and go into more detail at the final mystery cache. Attempting this long and looks like amazing series in stages and in no particular order. Should be fun.

A quick find whilst reading the signs to see what is that way and what is this way.

TFTC SL TNLN

Found

Found it

tn ln, sl Really would like to thank all who were involved with the planning and execution of this trail. I'm fairly sure at least 4 local caching families were lost never to be seen again whilst doing the initial trial runs. Great job really well executed and maintained

Found it
Tftc

Found it
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TFTC great series

Thank you for an amazing trail of well maintained caches. We appreciate it.

Found with Mum and dad (Gazkersh and littlemissleft)
Log signed as Tilly
I am logging now as I have my own account.
Thanks.

Found today with littlemissleft and Tilly

Fantastic series of caches

Awesome locations along the way

Thanks for the caches

Found this cache today with Gazkersh and Tilly. Another nice little find and another smiley for our profiles I heard a very strange noise at GZ, might have been my Husband but my guess would be a koala. Geokiddie left a bouncy ball in the cache as swag Signed log and popped cache back where it was. TFTC Mid North Coast Mobsters!

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Today was a day to put in an all out effort to find many more of this series. It was a successful run and we were able to add many more smileys to the map. TFTC.

Quick find didn't have to search for long . TFTC

Found with the gang. Rushing around to get them all done before the light ran out.

TFTC

This 1 ended up being the last 1 for the day as the next 2 was muggle central. We started our holiday here & ended it on this series. 40 days of caching – we did the slow trip to MT ISA & return. What a trip – many caches completed & some caches completed that other cache people don’t do - & they were the best & favorites. So as they say back to reality & work but we had many memorial caches completed that we won’t forget in a hurry. The last 1 ticked off for now – thanks for the drive - TFTC / TFTH / SL

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This was our second day wandering the dirt roads, chasing the MNCW caches. This log was fairly damp, with plastic bag not sealed, again. Thanks for a great hide and for bringing us to this magnificent area.

Easy find

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Found on a detour on the way home from dropping my kids back to their mother.

Lovely day for a drive thru the forest.

SL TNLN

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12:55 Out in the area on a lovely sunny day, again with my group of Tuesday walkers and with an apprentice Geocacher in tow, we soon found this cache. Slowly working my way through this series. TFTC

#6828Found and Logged 12:10:00 PM
One of 81 caches for the day on my way home from OZ-MEGA
Spending a few days in Laureton after a verry wet trip south for the Mid North Coast Wander Series
A much better day up in the holls with some spetacula vews ond scenery
Thanks for the Series Mid North Coast Mob

Meandered out to continue our wander through the forest after a delicious Sunday breakfast. It was an amazing thing to see the beautiful rainforest lush and wet after all this rain! Roadside waterfalls were in abundance and our leech tally now stands at 7 (Mrs Bear must taste good). Again, thank you so much for helping us see this beautiful part of the world.

It was the 3rd day of our holiday in Port Macquarie and with the forecast being for a cold, wet and windy day, we thought it would be spent visiting some nearby wineries and boutique breweries. We awoke however to a beautiful sunny morning, so instantly our plans for the day changed to tackle the Mid North Coast Wander power trail. We managed to average about 10 finds per hour with a total of 70 found for the day ... looks like we will have a few more days ahead of us to complete the series We had an enjoyable day out with some interesting finds and places to see.

Thank you for having placed the cache Mid North Coast Mob

Found by Mary & David, at 0920. We had been wondering who Big Nellie was. Now we know. Our thanks to Mid North Coast Mob.

61/62 for the day - TFTC - Great day for a drive in the bush for a great series of caches

no 61 /62, great day driving through the bush on a great series of caches.

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Camped at Coopernook Forest with a late night last night it was not an early start for us this morning. Finally on the road after 10.30 to do some more touring of Coopernook Forest and today we also visited the Coorabakh National Park

We really enjoyed the day and found this section to be the most scenic (for a whole day) than the other parts that we have tackled here this week.

Loved the waterfalls, and caves, the big trees and ferns. Some amazing vistas and lookouts, even with high cloud cover this morning.

TFTC

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With a few days free up my sleeve after a very busy schedule at work I thought I'd be a nice grandson and drive up to visit my grandparents. It just happens that they are nearby the Mid North Coast power trail which I had been eyeing off for a while. So the decision was made to make my way north and attempt my first large power trail.

After being told by my grandparents that they hadn't had any rain (decent amount) for a long time I was glad to escape the Central Coast where rain and storms had become a constant. I set out for an early start on day one to attempt to get as many caches as possible. I woke up to a cloudy morning which by the time I got to the first in the series had turned into rain.

The rain continued throughout the 2 days and included some strong winds, some brutal down pours and sections of very close lightning! Needless to say the weather made attempting this series quite difficult at times! I soldiered on throughout day 1 on my own in my van (2wd) along the dirt tracks through deep puddles and small rivers created by the rain. Some sections of the track were dubious but I continued along as reversing to go back was going to be difficult.

On day 1 I managed to get the first 89 of the trail before I had to call it a day. The wet weather made everything slower!! Getting in and out of the van, opening caches, writing logs, sealing bags all needed extra time and care in the terrible conditions. Thankfully the hides became somewhat predictable and finding them wasn't too difficult. Although every now and then I was fooled by some red herrings left in certain places. Well played!

There were 2 fallen trees blocking my way which took me some time to move out of the way. I got bogged in one section where there was no phone reception and was km's away from the nearest help. I hadn't seen a single other vehicle the whole day so I had to get myself out of the mess but digging with my hands and slowly moving cm by cm over 2 hours before finally getting myself out. There were sections where I only had 15m of vision due to thick cloud and mist combined with pouring rain. Unfortunately a lot of the look outs didn't provide much of a view due to the conditions, but there were sections when it cleared up for a little while and there were some magnificent sites of mist rolling throughout the valleys.

On day 2 an early start was had again and the bad weather also continued. I headed out to where I finished the evening before and as the rain came down I made my way along the trail. I cleaned up all the bush sections before making my way to Harrington to begin on the coastal section. Unfortunately the weather was still terrible and searching for caches in the pouring rain along the coast where people are present isn't as easy as doing it in a secluded bush setting! I decided to pull the pin at about 1pm and leave the rest of the trail for another time. It now gives me an excuse to come back!!

Thanks for the efforts on the trail! I greatly appreciated the time and care put into it. Most caches were absolutely fine, a small minority had a bit of water damage but in all it is a very well maintained trail! I only had 1 DNF which would appear to be muggled (other logs suggest so also). I'll be back soon!

I signed most logs with my shortened name WTF which was given to me by local geocachers (affectionately I hope!)

TFTC
cheers

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Tftc tnln full day 1 description at gc3p1bg.

Gotcha !!! A few days caching with cousin "Yella Belly " Fantastic series. A favourite from me. TFTC

"Dun" TFTC.

Quick easy find. Beautiful day to be driving in the mountains. Lovely and cool up here. There have some magnificent views along the way. TFTC

This time last year we started this series, now another load done, both times in the dark and had a ball doing them all. Thanks for a great series. Will be back again this time next year to finish. Hopefully.
Completed with mrryanmurray and whitleys123.

Found on another night mission on our annual holiday with club_bindi and Whitleys123.
We completed some of this awesome trail last year and were eager to get back into it! These 4wd trails are great at night, however I feel we missed some awesome sights in the dark. We did however run into quite a bit of wildlife on the hunt.
We started this section of the series at #28 @ 1945hrs and finished at #109 @ 0315hrs with a few in between. We even did Big Sister which is a difficulty 5☆ in the dead of night. Probably not the most intelligent thing I've done but enjoyable nonetheless.
Lovin it.
Tftc.

TFTC!! =)

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TNLN, SL
Cheers from CATONY.