Leitch's Cache Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia
By Ando1Bar on 02-Aug-12. Waypoint GC3RTMQ

Locals need this cache too much. Can't keep replacing so unfortunately I have decided to archive it.
Thanks for attempting to find it!

Locals keep removing it, so I am archiving this cache.

Agreed with the last log and we're told the same thing - definitely not there CO needs to investigate.

The lady who lives near by told us what to look for and added that the local school kids may have moved the cache. Second attempt to find probably second and last.

Really annoyed about this one because third cache today that we couldn't find. Found lost of ants and termites nests with eggs & a big spider but no cache. My son played on the equipment while I had to look on my own. Thought about idea were instead of trackables, if you brought a dog trackables could be turned into smellables! The horses were not to my help as my dog barked his head off.

Any chance of a hint?

GPS has us in the middle of a grassed area but nothing obvious to hide a find.

Late night adventure with a friend who lives nearby. Took us a while as we were sidetracked by the new playground...

Out on the dark side on the geocycle today. Hoping to round up a few smileys so that my numbers are right for a milestone cache on Saturday.

It was a bit wiffy around GZ today, so a nice quick find was in order. The locals came to watch me sign my name, but soon moseyed off when I had nothing to feed them.

I know the CO for this has changed, but there is finally a play area here. It was still fenced off today, but it looks complete.

Sneaky hide.

Noice hide.. Took me 15mins to find..

TFTC first one I found

Adopted this cache from Ando1Bar so thought I had better go and find it. Great cache! Also Log has been replaced by a fresh one. TFTC Ando1Bar.

Nice hide, horses came to say hello to the geo gremlin.

Leitch's Cache was transferred from Ando1Bar to user hardingduo

What a clever little hide. Had to wait for old mate to finish in his garden to retrieve this one. This gave me time to think about where to search. Tricky but obvious once located. Thanks.

Tricky little hide!!
Log book is full, added a piece of paper so it is ok for a couple more logs.
Good little walk for the kids.
Horses came to see what we where doing but no muggles.

Went for a ride, since this was at the end of the street I had to get another smiley.TFTC Ando1Bar

#88 - This was the first one on my list for when I would be visiting again in the area. A short trip on the bike with geo-granddaughter who after 5 minutes said: I bet muggles have taken this one.... A tad bit impatient she is. However, with some perseverance I had the well-camouflaged cache in hand. It didnt take more than 5 minutes after I discovered that my GPS was giving me different directions . TFTC

This entry was edited by Dutchie1950 on Saturday, 02 November 2013 at 04:51:24 UTC.

Logbook is pretty full. Needs to be replaced ASAP

Found with youngest geoson today after hunting in the wrong spot for quite awhile thanks to the iPhone GPS being a bit off! After almost giving up, sat in the aircon of the car to read some logs and came up with an idea of what to look for. A clever tricky hide, great camo. Signed the log on the last page of the log book, very cool pencil! TFTC!!

}:) thanks for this cache.. This was difficult one to find. I had been to this one 4 times to look. Cache needs a new book to sign..

Final find of our big day out , must be getting tired this one was not so easy, but success was ours TFTC

It's so frustrating when you can find the obvious right under your nose!! Got it in the end! TFTC

I have been trying to find this for a while, I have had a DNF, and several did not try due to muugles about.

Today the place was deserted and the cache was found quickly.


Thanks

Good hide .TFTC

Nice little hide tftc

Another one we have missed logging. Will pop in and find the correct date. Remember we had to go for a stroll as an old bloke was tending the garden and feeding the chooks. TFTH

This entry was edited by THE GREEN GECKOS on Sunday, 04 August 2013 at 05:19:44 UTC.

Quick grab while killing a few minutes before kindy pickup. Cache is in fine condition, however the logbook is almost full - just one more little page available.

TFTC!

at 14:06. We had another try and persisted until we found it only because we took the word of IolantheK. Oh! Its one of those.

TFTC Ando1Bar. The cache is fine.

drove down to the creek trouble with gps .Searched around did not find will come back another day

Mmmm, this one's come up on my radar a few times now, and I have often wanted to have a go at it, but the last three logs put me off. However today I was in the area so thought I'd give it a go. At the parking area, my head wanted me to go one way, but my GPS was sending me elsewhere... which to choose? Okay I'll follow the GPS and see what I get... Mmmm, an odd spot, but what if it's a... Oooohhh, look at that!!!! A cache [^] I'm pleased to say that the cache is definitely there [^] Not where you'd expect, but the co-ords were spot on. TFTC, Ando1Bar.

Gave up at 13:50. We did a reasonably thorough search around GZ. We may have missed it. However the area has just been landscaped so it may well be that the cache has gone.

No success for us today, unfortunately. GPS had us in a peculiar spot with no obvious hiding places. Shall have to come back and search further afield next time.

Well, the access road was blocked off due to some building work, I could have walked through the grass and mud, but thought I would just wait for another day.

Out caching today in the foul weather from ex cyclone Oswald.

I parked near GZ today and watched the eccentric couple on the private property next door attend to some fences in the pouring ran wearing garbage bags with holes cut for heads and arms! Love it.

When they were down inspecting the River at the back of the property, I grabbed the cache and signed the log. Nice quick find.

Afterwards, I checked out Leitchs crossing, which as expected was completely underwater. TFTC Ando1bar

Pete

#929

After reading the logs and doing a bit more investigation at some other caches, we returned to Leitch's and found it fairly quickly this time Nice hide! TFTC.

Awesome hide! Found with Matt_Eth . TFTH .

It was a blazinig hot day and the GPS was taking me out into the open away from any shade.

After 10 minutes of searching around where the GPS was pointing I made a PAF call and was directed to a different search area. A bit of scratching around and I soon located the cache.

A quick sign of the log and I retreated back to the air conditioned car.

TFTC

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Jinga2 at 10:04am. This is the 2nd look for this cache and we were looking for the right thing last time but just didn't spot it; took only a few minutes this time. The cache is in good condition. TFTC

Found the cache on my way home after a bit of southside caching. Nice easy find when you have a previous finder yelling at you every time you spend too long looking in the wrong spot. Thanks for the cache.

On a side note you said you would add a hint after the FTF hunt was finished... that was three months ago.

Last one for the day and we searched and searched. Can't believe I missed it when I have so many at home

Log signed and cache replaced.

TFTH

trusted the GPS
tried a few
found the one

Having wobbled the pushbike as far as the nearby shopping centre, it did seem a shame not to take the detour out this way before turning for home again
This is a very familiar road.
Leitch's crossing is a very bicycle friendly way to cross The Pine
Just watch out for the moo cows along the bike path

I am well aware of the 'poo station' that lives here abouts and was not surprised to see no further development of this heritage site when I arrived.
At least there was a cache here to draw the visitors out this way [^]

At GZ the sheer lack of cache hiding places (and a previous Pick'n'Pay find this morning) meant I had the cache spotted in only a few minutes
I do like the extra effort involved the inner container to safeguard the logbook too [^]

TFTC.

Found with Bedmaker.
TFTC.

Found with Tassiegirl13.
Wth the GPS down to 3m accuracy it wasn't too hard for us to nab this one.
This end of Leitches Rd is much nicer than the northern side.
TFTC.

Looked, looked some more, walked around and had the animals follow my every move. Eventually I decided that I needed to think about htis one a little more and all was revealled .

Nice hide

DNF for us today; have no idea where it might be.

3rd find of 12 found one morning before breakfast during my holidays - ok, a slightly late breakfast today.

Nipped out to this one as the sun was rising - gotta be quick today or the wife will wake up and wonder where I've gone Well, the sun was up by now, and although I know this road well , I'd never travelled quite to the end before. Wish the sun was still down, and I can see why nearby friends have not suggested a visit before. Horses are good. They kept an eye on me as I looked first over here, and then over there, and finally back where I started from, but with eyes more open ... cache ahoy! Then I had to await a passing muggle and dog to actually pass by so that a return placment could be enacted. All is well.

Thanks for placing this cache, Ando1Bar. Found in good condition.
{Overall find #1451}

After a team discussion about parking , we headed to GZ and to meet a couple of friendly equids. I think they were more interested in the treats we were supposed to be carrying but they were sadly disappointed . GPS had us a couple of metres away but we soon spotted something suspicious and on closer inspection, the cache was revealed. Thanks Ando1Bar

Popped over to this cache just a few 100 meters from home before heading to the Sunshine Coast for International Geocaching Day . Looked around a bit before spotting the evil hide . TNLNSL TFTC.

TFTC. A nice quite spot today. Parked on the Leitch's Rd that we use and walked to Ground Zero across the park. Nice day for a stroll.

Just around the corner from our house. Have been meaning to get there since published.
I wish I had checked my email before I went to work that day as I would of had a go at FTF. I will work out how to get instant notifications now but dont expect another so close soon.
Nice hide.
Thanks Ando1Bar.

I have found a number of these on my journey. Love the size of the pencil. TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Ando1Bar

Found at 1510. A quick find. not sure what was park and wahat was private property so I have to agree with the CO. Funny how quick pollies forget their promices. TFTC.

Willis007 had found this one quickly in the days before. I looked in the wrong spot first but then quickly sorted it. Same type as my very first cache

After work, we set off to find a close by cache before the afternoon activities. We followed the line to gz only to be confronted with a wall and nothing much else. I had however been in the ftf frenzy a couple of nights ago where a similar cache had been hidden and saw the beastie straight away, so I said to the mooselings, see if you can find it. Immediately one of the mooselings looked under a rock, disturbing a nest of sizeable angry ants. Hmmm, not there. The second mooseling tried another spot and was successful. We sat on the grass to sign the log and pick out the coblers pegs before returning the cache to its spot. The eldest mooseling has asked me write CC as in this was a cool cache and for that he has asked me to award this cache a favourite point. tftc Ando1Bar

=) While in the car with Brightskies approaching GZ we could see a whole bunch of cars parked up and what seemed like a small social event going on , so we knew the FTF was gone, but I was still fairly keen to find another of this CO's hides... so a few hello's to some familiar faces and meeting LaKedi for the first time and it was down to business, found the container nice and quick and admired the rustic shed on the way out. Loved the horse next door TFTC =)

Well, when my alert came through (a bit slower than some others, as I found out on arrival at GZ!) on my day off, I thought - why not? It's been ages since I had a chance at a FTF, and I used to do them so often! But, right up in EngPhl territory, not to mention the other listed in the odds table... Still, worth a shot, I decided. Off I went, only to get stuck behind a car doing 60 in the 80 zone all the way along Jinker Track, then behind a police car up to Albany Creek, then getting stuck behind an aged care van which, for some inexplicable reason, decided to stop dead in the middle of the road with out any indicators... until at length I arrived at GZ. Waiting to say hi were EngPhil and membsec, always nice to catch up with old friends and new .

I stopped to chat and pop the coords into my GPS, and shortly thereafter, Brightskies and Ayepeacee arrived - clearly having been dragged from some energetic and muddy pursuit! Exchanging greetings, we ambled off toward GZ, and although my GPS and Brightskies' disagreed initially, we all three ended up in the right spot. I pointed out the object in question and Brightskies grabbed it and soon the logbook bore three new names. I really liked the ramshackle shed nearby, very picturesque! Walking back to the cars and chatting more, this social morning became more so with the arrival of Aquilla and then Nyssaflutterby, who joined forces and went off to find the very popular cache. I had a call from home telling me to get back so I coulod go caching with my sister, so didn't get as much chat time as I'd have liked, but I'm sure we'll remedy that sometime!! TFTC and the impromptu event, Ando1Bar. =^.^=

Oh what a caching day this one turned into..... I had only planned on grabbing one cache today, but by the end I had found myself 8, 3 of which had been FTFs. Unfortunately this was not one of them.

Here I was, just pulled up to to take mini munchkin to Kindy. When the familiar sound of an email came from my phone, I wasn't expecting any caches to be published this morning but thought it best to check anyways. Glad I did. Oh what's this another Ando1Bar cache, yay! So all systems were go.... A quick call to the other cacheteers, ayepeacee and Brightskies. They sounded oddly excitable for this time of morning (but that is another story) I knew I would not make this distance to the cache for an FTF so made them get their act together and head to GZ. Hmmm, I also had to meet up with Lady membsec soon, maybe I can kill two birds with one stone and meet her there? Another quick call and found out that she did not yet know of the cache publishing (I think I may have to start my own FTF warning system ) So that was that. I had all crazy local cachers, that I could contact, on the hunt.

I quickly had mini munchkin into kindy quicker than you can say FTF Frenzy and was off. But very, very, very slowly Silly muggle traffic at Petrie, Blah. The feeling of being stuck in traffic when you know there is a new cache is terrible. I soon had Brightskies on the speaker phone wondering where I had gone too. All I could say was "You guys better FTF that cache", because I knew I was still a long way off.

Driving down the road to GZ I could see quite a few cars. WOW, there certainly seemed like a huge turn out. I jumped out to find membsec, Brightskies and ayepeacee, Aquilla and La Kedi (sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi La Kedi, but I'm sure we'll bump into each other at one point out in the field) Greetings were had, as well as crazy stories from Brightskies and ayepeacee from their mornings adventure with mud and bulls (Crazy I tells yah!) Then I was keen to have a search.

Aquilla was still to find the cache so I joined in with him, we both looked for a bit then Aquilla came up with the goods. Good on him. Very nicely hidden We signed the log together and then went back to chatting with the others.

TFTC Ando1Bar Love the betting odds (very cheeky).... I think fasted 59 won the prize.

Found with Ayepeacee and La Kedi. Ayepeacee and i rocked up after just FTFing Nyssaflutterby's cache, we were covered in black mud and looked fantastic. Membsec, Engphil, and La Kedi were parked up already. Said hi to all and we joined La Kedi in the hunt. Good on membsec for the FTF!! Cache was found fairly quickly, we returned it before more cachers arrived including the gorgeous Nyssaflutterby. It was a caching party! We all had a good chat before we headed home for showers. TFTC Ando1Bar! Ps Ayepeacee is a part of the three cacheteers, ayepeacee, nyssaflutterby and me, there is no separation!! ^^

No. 193

Turning my phone on while leaving my Geodaughters' swimming lessons, I found that I had missed the publication of the new Ando1bar cache I'd been waiting for. Surely it's gone after an hour?? No logs yet, hmm, maybe everyone's busy and it hasn't been found yet...

I decided to head straight there instead of the planned Dakabin station one. As we approached, the place looked empty and then I received fasted_59's note and thought, giving me a little more hope.

After a bit of a search, then a Geobaby feed, then a tumble/head bump/knee scrape for Geodaughter 2 and finally another search further from the initial position I was led to, I finally found the cache. Gosh darn it!!! I'd been beaten by at least five others.

TFTC Ando1bar. Maybe one day the community groups will get together and finish the park...

I was sitting on the bus on the way in to work and saw this one come in on email. This is literally JUST around the corner. I wondered if I could jump off the bus at the next set of lights and race back home!! Then reality set in so I figured I'd have to wait.

Stopped on the way home, it was dark. Geoson was freaked out by a neighbour, but once he realised who it was, he soon settled down and had the cache in hand.

Thanks for the cache Ando1Bar.

**FTF** at 9.10am
Sitting at home contemplating the day's organisation when a phone call alters us to a new cache. Wow near home, equal distance to EngPhil and closer than all of our other FTF Frenzy combatants. So rush, modify plans and off. Would you believe that every set of lights was red and we had to follow a driver that should have been wearing a hat and driving a Volvo. We get there and no one in sight. GPS takes us very close and we search quickly finding the type of cache we know and love so well. Just signing when EngPhil appears (no we didn't have to shoot him to get FTF ).
Then the area turns into a FTF Frenzy, cars from all directions, every few minutes until we eventually tally 7 sets of cachers at the new cache less than an hour after publication.

TFTC Ando1Bar - no wonder you found "Pick and you don't have to Pay" so easily last night.

This entry was edited by membsec on Thursday, 09 August 2012 at 02:58:04 UTC.

This entry was edited by membsec on Thursday, 09 August 2012 at 03:53:52 UTC.

So tempted, but there are closer. So can I have 10 dollars on membsec

Find #802, seconds too late for an FTF, at 9:13

Home sick for the day, I nearly didn't go for this one. But decided I was up for a quick drive. Had I decided five minutes earlier, the FTF would have been mine [v]

Arriving at GZ, I saw a familiar couple sitting with something in their hands. Drat -- beaten by membsec!

Oh well. We chatted, they re-hid, I found (after missing it on my first pass), signed and cache was replaced moments before the next seekers showed up -- by the time I said farewell, La Kedi, Aquilla, Ayepeacee and Brightskies had all joined in the party.

TFTC, Ando1Bar, I've never been quite this far down this road before!

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