NTSBPT 5 Shoal Bay, New South Wales, Australia
By
subi-two on 10-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3YF3W
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Zone Name: Tomaree National Park (Click here for zone Details)
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Zone Name: Tomaree National Park (Click here for zone Details)
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No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.
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4.23. Unarchiving a Geocache
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If a geocache is archived by a reviewer or staff for lack of maintenance it will not be unarchived.
The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention.
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This cache hasn't been found or has attention in a very long time, think it's time for retirement.
Have to agree with the last few posts I think we were definitely at GZ but no sign of any container or any of its contents. Having read back through some of the other posts and realising with out this there is no way of working out the coordinates of the last bonus cache I started to feel less enthusiastic and continued on but soon looped back on our selves.
Before heading to Sydney we took the opportunity to hike this trail which led us thru the forest and part of Shoal Bay.
It was a pleasant walk with a few ups and downs, didn't meet much folks out there.
Luckily we found all caches except those already logged as DNF by other cachers and the bonus whose coordinates can't be determined as some numbers / caches are missing.
No luck with this one.
BB's
It was a pleasant walk with a few ups and downs, didn't meet much folks out there.
Luckily we found all caches except those already logged as DNF by other cachers and the bonus whose coordinates can't be determined as some numbers / caches are missing.
No luck with this one.
BB's
Like the previous cacher we. Couldn't find this cache either As the hint is very specific and there is only one possibility we thing this cache may have gone missing
Pretty sure I was looking in the right place going off previous logs (and there's nothing else at GZ) but couldn't find it. Didn't see it on the ground either.
3 inside lid
The container is cracked. Would be good to replace it.
Thanks for the cache
The container is cracked. Would be good to replace it.
Thanks for the cache
*Live logging*
Found with sesblocker. At 10:52
Great coords made for a quick find.
TLNLSL
TFTC subi-two ?
Found with sesblocker. At 10:52
Great coords made for a quick find.
TLNLSL
TFTC subi-two ?
Noticed on the last log some familiar names (Betty Boo & Robmc) have done many of their caches in Victoria. Ran into BettyBoo on the rail trail in Wangaratta a few months ago doing a check on her series. Another quick find, thanks again.
TFTC subi-two. Another easy find. This one didn't have us stumped. On to the next...Jimmytherat with Noelle04.
Took 4 hours on foot to complete the circuit which included a 40min fish and chip stop. All finds within 5 mins.
We're visiting from Florida, USA. That was great fun. Thanks for placing the cache.
Eventually found, after having to backtrack from NTSBPT6 when I realized I had missed out this one, Great clue and spot-on co-ordinates. Thanks to the CO for creating this enjoyable trail.
Today we walked the Nelson Bay to Shoal Bay power trail. 09:00 till 13:30, with breaks on beaches and parks. Great job to both the CO and my kids 
TFTC (very boring, but so is logging 30+ caches)
TFTC (very boring, but so is logging 30+ caches)
10:14:00 AM. This stump stood out. Amazing cache is still there and not muggled. Log signed. Thanks subi-two for placing this cache.
Together with Akirey I spent some days in Nelsons Bay. I did a little cache tour and found some nice caches. This one was one of them.
TFTC and greetings from Frankonia
xhead
TFTC and greetings from Frankonia
xhead
We are visiting the Nelson Bay area for a week or so and decided to head out for a walk around the area, picking up some caches as we went. We found the caches easily enough, and with our name added to the log book, we continued on our way.
Thank you subi-two for having placed the cache and maintaining it for everyone to enjoy
Thank you subi-two for having placed the cache and maintaining it for everyone to enjoy
Found at 2:30pm. Thought I would see how much of this series I could do within an hour. 14 was my limit SL TFTC and series!
SL TFTC and series!Awesome trail. Highly recommend the walk. The fitter you are the easier this walk will be! Completed this series with kingfisher_au and aussieben who had not done some of the caches.
As i brought my 18 month old son along this trail it did slow us up some as our pram got stuck at times with some of the terrain.
No.17 has been crushed under rock needs replacing if someone is going to do the loop
a specimen jar or similar would be fine (the ones with yellow lids
)
No.31 is missing but you can see where it should be.. if its not replaced we will when we return,
as too many muggles around so had to skip a few on the foreshore
No. 26 & 33 have wet logs if someone can replace them
Towards the half way mark of the trail the terrain rating jumps and you will notice it for at least an hour where its up and down a lot then you work your way back down and back around the loop its a relief once you finish the trail but great trail nonetheless. Thanks for the finds here.
As i brought my 18 month old son along this trail it did slow us up some as our pram got stuck at times with some of the terrain.
No.17 has been crushed under rock needs replacing if someone is going to do the loop
a specimen jar or similar would be fine (the ones with yellow lids
)No.31 is missing but you can see where it should be.. if its not replaced we will when we return,
as too many muggles around so had to skip a few on the foreshore
No. 26 & 33 have wet logs if someone can replace them
Towards the half way mark of the trail the terrain rating jumps and you will notice it for at least an hour where its up and down a lot then you work your way back down and back around the loop its a relief once you finish the trail but great trail nonetheless. Thanks for the finds here.
I really enjoyed the walk and the bushland along this PT. I gathered the required information as I went along, thanks.
