The Steel Tree Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia
By Dactal & Chillers on 05-Aug-12. Waypoint GC3T1RE

Reasonably accurate coordinates led to a quickish find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Dactal for the cache.

Great find while waiting for the train.

Nice hide , had us stumped last time but not today TFTC

Great cache

Thank you - easy

Thanks found it

We where passing through and staying the night near by on our big out west adventure,thought we would go on a walk to find it.TFTC

Was at Barcaldine iron bark but couldnt find it checked everywhere

Love this hide! I did find the name & hint confusing but the logs helped me out. TFTC

T4t$

Well hidden and camouflaged. Took a few minutes but we got there TFTC

After a long look and some reference to the logs a sucess today. With FiveTays-TT TFTC

TFTC, after a long look and nearly giving up tool a look through the logs and finally success. With Slack1962

Though I had the hint worked out but sadly not. Maybe next time

A quick find here. Thanks for the hide

Hard to get out, but saw it pretty quickly. TFTC

Tftc. Well hidden

TFTC

Somewhat easy still fun

No luck today, will likely try another day with a fresh set of eyes

Convenient cache, just over the road from my accommodation. The hint caused me some confusion.

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Tricky hide. Thanks

Found it Thanks for the hunt

Thank you

It is a steel tree

Very clever hide. Thank you.

Have fun ppl

Found while on our adventures across 5 states, WA, NT, NSW, SA & Qld for several months. We had to take an injured Joey to the Wildlife Carer, Lace after we found it flung from its mother's push & covered in ants skun in many places from bouncing across the road. We named it Coldplay, after the band, since we found him driving back home to WA to see them play on Sunday night! We went to see him again this morning & he's going to survive thanks to Lace caring foe him. I hope he gets paired with another one so he knows he's a skippy & can live a great life (being an orphan) with this family, his companion & into the wild when the time comes.Thanks for bringing us here

Slowly working our way to Dalby after attending Qogm 2023 for cmca National rally. Did your The Steel Tree today. 25 September 2023 4:19 pm Tyfc Dactal & Chillers total caches now 6642 .

Whilst visiting Barcaldine for my final time this trip, I stopped at this cache, and it was found after a short search. A very well-camouflaged cache and an appropriate hide. The container was just wedged quite well inside, so it took some time to extract that, otherwise the cache container and logbook were in good shape. I thought the hint was a little misleading (and name). Thanks Dactal for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.----------This 1.5 week trip, the purpose was the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster (QOGM) in Longreach, with its aim to encourage tourism and support in rural towns. Departing from Brisbane on Friday 15/09/2023, I travelled solo taking the northern route through Gayndah, Emerald and Jericho on my way to the event, and then returned through Blackall, Morven, St George, Goondiwindi, and Toowoomba arriving back on Monday 25/09/2023.My Longreach highlights included the two QOGM muster/rally days visiting Muttaburra and Isisford; the Qantas Founders Museum; Stockmans Hall of Fame; Silver Tails Rail Sunset Tour; and the general historical town vibe. Other highlights to/from Longreach included climbing Mt Scoria; Barcaldine's Tree of Knowledge and kayaking in the water park; Blackall woolshed scour; and the smaller intriguing and historical towns that I passed through.During my travel days when I was time-poor, I targeted geocaches that were older in age, high D-T, puzzles/challenges, and rare cache types. In addition, I added 7-8 visited LGAs to my statistics.The scenery was memorable with picturesque sunsets, and a diversity of flora and fauna. There were plenty of kangaroos and wallabies, emus, goannas/lizards, brolgas, hawks, and alas wild hogs, and goats.Today, with Longreach QOGM finishing up, it was time to commence my two-day drive home. After making an early departure from Longreach following the [QOGM 2023 CITO](https://coord.info/GCAAHTW) event, I passed through Barcaldine, Blackall, Tambo, Augathella, and then finished up in Morven where the [Morven Major Munch](https://coord.info/GCAE0HW) dinner event was held. I made sure to see the historical sights like the woolshed scour, murals and drilling setup in Blackall, before playing through the Wherigos and finding puzzles and challenge trail. I extended my day after sunset, and completed the Murweh Triangle (MT) geoart puzzles from Augathella to Morven. It was a fairly full day in warm conditions, but the geocaches placed from previous QOGMs were enjoyable, and it was good to add Blackalls LGA to my statistics.Adventure Labs completed: [The History of Tambo](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/0c74ee1c-bb7e-46cc-b899-55918a0094d4); and [Augathella Art](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/a28da373-e575-4d0c-b1f2-14a832b17597).

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Found It!This took a lot of searching but eventually I spotted it. That's surprisingly well hidden!TFTC

Heading to Longreach for QOGM 2023 with TemingiHad an early start from Yeppoon and today's destination was only Barcaldine,So we still had the afternoon to run around town and have a look at all the new hides that Temingi didn't have, with that done, we still had time for me to make a few more findsAnd this was one of them ...No worries here ... OK - took a bit of looking with the hide blending in nicely to it's surroundsSigned and replacedThanks for the cache

Not really a steel tree, but ok....lop

Bark up the wrong tree
Tftc

Stewart and Alivia

It was hard but easy

We are nearly at Longreach for the QOGM 2023. Staying in Barcaldine for 2 nights, slight change in plans so we can go to the luncheon event on Sunday.

We’ve started the day at a Wherigo by RoddyC so austpark can complete a challenge. We were lucky to meet Outback Alcorns there so we went to the jet setter mob first.


Wow I’m plain sight! A fav from us.

Thanks Dactal for creating, placing and maintaining this cache.

Great camo. Tftc.

Found on a sojourn all around during QOGM 2023. A fun jaunt with lots of dust, mud and starry skies. Thanks Dactal and clear skies from TeamAstro. ?? Cache the planet! ?? Caches signed as TADJR (Tenkae Astro Deanside JooJoo57 Richmond lad). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

Something special or unusual goes here:Found. The Generic Bit:QOGM adventure - I was able to catch a ride with Muff1 who were heading to the QOGM event and team up for 3 weeks of caching adventures. 3 weeks in a swag - will my back hold out[?]Day 10 : Having set up camp in Jericho ready for the event tonight we decided today we would cache our way over to Barcaldine to do the Adventure Labs and start finding the plethora of caches around there. Once again we found a variety with no DNFs and reward for effort having solved many, many puzzles before we left home. **SAs Leap Year Event GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. - BOING*****Thanks Dactal for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

On our way to QOGM 2023 with the MummaBear and the cubs gang, fourth stop is town of Barcaldine where we will meet up with ??54 to hit some of the caches in town after attending an event nearby. We grabbed some caches for this months challenge and some oldies along the way.Thanks for the cacheThanks for the huntThank for giving us a reason to stopTook nothing, left nothing, signed logSigned log as MummaBear and the Cubs and for smaller logs MB&CTeam signed as MGNT

Quick find here. Clever.
Day 3 QOGM 2023! Teamed up and signing logs as TADJR (Tenkae Astro Deanside JooJoo Richmond Lad), Tftc

As we are staying at this motel , of course I had to find it! I saw it first but didn’t check it thinking it was part of the structure. A few minutes going back and forth I saw it, but pushed it further down! Eventually I was able to extract and stamp the log. Thanks for the fun!

We are on our way to Longreach for the QOBM event next week. As we missed all the previous events, it is now time to grab some of the caches in the area. Another big day doing some of the trails araound Barcaldine.

Stopped off here and found after a short search.

Thanks for placing the cache and doing the maintenance needed, so we can find this cache.

Find it and sign the log as EV, and thanks for the cache and hunt.

Very nice hide, this one took awhile to find. A favourite point from me. Outnabout for some solo caching while camping in town overnight. We’re taking the roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. It’s always a great day for caching.
TFTC Dactal

For anyone making Geo plans, do yourself a favour and visit Australia’s only current Geotour at Ballarat while it lasts: https://www.geocaching.com/play/geotours/ballarat-victoria

And for anyone that can travel to Longreach, Queensland, late September 2023, Google “QOGM” which is the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. You’ll have at least 8 or 9 days of pure geocaching fun with around 200 like minded people attending a mix of events and access to over 200 geocaches placed by the QOGM team. It’s not a Mega, it’s better.

Quick find ??

Love this hide but so hard to get out

Great hide and perfectly camouflaged….a tight fit..

Fun find, took a wee while but eventually spotted it!! Tight squeeze to extract it. Learning new diversions to stop attention from muggles

A great hide! Tftc!

Well camouflage

Steel tree that ‘barks’ was found but could not locate the cache.

*The generic bit*
Today's leg of out trip Longreach to Blackall. Arrived at the caravan park in Blackall to find that the free wifi is only for Telstra customers... so we are now catching up on around 60 logs!
Had a great time caching in Longreach. Boot went to the QANTAS museum, Bee completed more puzzles!

Searched as part of our 'north for warmer weather' trip from North East Victoria to Central Queensland, via Curtis Island! We have enjoyed the great variety of caches along the way. Thank you to all the COs who maintain the caches along the way.

Quick and easy drive-by TFTC

Another good find while in town.
Thanks.

Cute little find!!

Thanks!

Thanks for the great cache

Just across from the Caravan Park so once the heat of the day g one, decided to take the Geopuppy out for a walk and cache. Thanks for placing this cache here!

Great Find

Easy find but have to think a bit. TFTC. TNLN. SL

TFTC Dactell & Chillers All good at GZ.

Found on our way to Blackall tftc

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A nice walk from the show grounds. TFTC

When we arrived in Barcaldine two nights ago, it was pouring rain and so we decided to go for a walk with her umbrellas and eat at the local pub. We had no idea at that stage that there was a cache hidden here.
On our way back to camp tonight, we stopped here to collect this one where we made a quick find.
It is a lovely old fence!
Thanks dactar and chillers
Domsky

Found this little fella on our stop over on our way to Birdsville

TFTC love the old fence

TFTC quick find.

TFTC

Found with Dozenmater,,TFTC

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

TFTC. Reading previous logs was helpful. Glad I am "posting" this log

We had planned a road trip to Queensland to visit family in 2021, but our travel plans were stalled due to border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the world was trying to get back to a semi normal state, we decided to have another go at getting away from the cold and head up north for some sunshine and warmth.

Day 7 with a change of direction for our trip due to road closures so instead for Tambo to Emerald we had to detour via Blackall and Barcaldine updated the GPS’s to collect caches along the way along with heaps of grey nomads towing caravans even a group of old vintage cars and motorbikes along the roads to contend with.

All caches were found along our journey that we attempted unless otherwise mentioned.
Thanks to all cache hiders for keeping this hobby alive and breaking up a long drive.

The size and the hint had us looking for the wrong thing in the wrong place but eagle eyed MrT spotted the micro container.
TFTC

A quick and easy park with the caravan travelling from Tambo. TFTC

Very quick park and grab. TFTC

Travelling homeward bound to Busselton from the Townsville Mega, how lost can we get?
It’s been 2 months since the CacheQld mega and we are still in Queensland, that’s still a long way to go to get home to WA
But the fun bit is, finding all these geocaches along the way.
No matter where we park our caravan for the night, it’s always an exciting day to see this great country through the eyes of the local geocachers.
Thanks to all the COs for showing us your favourite spots along the way.
TFTC

Staying at a nearby van park and walked over to make a quick find on this one, thanks for placing and

TFTC

Enjoying a trip around Queensland with tmann421after a two year wait for the Australian New Zealand boarders to open.
Found numerous caches and saw plenty of interesting places.
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Another good cache found with woolwood9.
*Enjoyed the drive / walk around.*
SL **tm/ww NZ**

*Thanks for the fun find!  
Really appreciate the effort put into this cache.*

Quick find with accurate coords. Thanks for placing it.

A quick find with frmen1. Not sure that it is where it's meant to be when you consider the hint. TFTC

Thanks for a very easy one.

Nice quick find. Staying at the iron bark.TFTC

Easy find TFTC

Found in good order

Stated in van park opposite TFTG

No find today

Easy find!

Good clues

Got it

Found after a quick search

Found it with Deaf Geo friends
Great fun with team

Found it with Deafies

Easy find! Tftc

Cache in good condition TFTC

Too easy