The Turnpike Toll Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia
By Morley196 on 25-Oct-12. Waypoint GC40828

I needed 30 cache finds today and tomorrow to hit a certain unofficial Milestone by Friday. For years I have intended to cache my way 'up the Windsor Road'. I decided this afternoon to do as much as I could. All was going well until the rain started, and even though I persevered in it for a while, my innings was called off due to ran. TFTC Morley196

Mr Minion and I wanted to test out our new bikes today, so headed down to do this trail. Sadly, a lot of the caches are in need of some TLC. Thanks for the cache Morley196 tnln replaced as found sl

Quick Park and grab with Billio

Found with brocafkids

We are on a short (three day) caching holiday in North Western Sydney, staying for two nights in a park cabin at the Ingenia Holidays Avina BIG4 Holiday Park at Vineyard. Hoping to collect some previously solved Mystery/Puzzle caches, complete some Adventure Labs, and accumulate enough cache finds for the current "Wheel of Challenges" (hard) souvenir and the "Celebrating the Solstice" souvenir. Photos will be uploaded to some logs on our return to home base.

Today (day 1) we travelled out to Vineyard, going via Galston Gorge with a stop-off at Fagan Park, then followed Annangrove Road out to Windsor Road and to the accommodation. This was the 6th of 14 finds for the day (day 1), and 6th find of the holiday.

It's been nearly 4 years (July 2019) since we DNFed this one (subsequently confirmed as missing), so well overdue for a revisit, and today we arrived at GZ and made a nice quick find. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. The lid is missing off the container, with just a piece of plastic covering the top.

And that's another sad blue face banished from our geomap. TFTC Morley196.

Find #6132

The fifth find on a hike from Rouse ill to Vineyard. The lid was missing and consequently the log was mush. I added a piece of paper and sealed the top with gladwrap but this needs a new container.
TFTC

Got it with a little perseverance thank you

Found it! Lots of ants and log book is almost full. Starting to get to hot to be riding around and will have to head home soon. - Mr Moocoo

TFTC but I couldn’t sign it due to no lid and paper has disintegrated

Wow that had potential to be way harder but we were lucky enough we stopped and started to look at the exact right spot! Happy International Geocaching Day.

No lid log unsignable tftc

No lid, full of water

Had to do through the grass a lot, Sox’s wasoss leading but found it in the end though. TFTC

The grass was thick and tall, so it was fortunately that the coordinates worked well for me. TftC.

After completing a nearby AL I decided to grab a few of the Windsor Road caches. Thanks for placing these caches and the information in the description of each of these caches Morley 196.

Nice find with mini geocacher

TFTC. Lid is missing so was waterlogged

Quite tricky to spot in the long grass. Lid is missing.

Thanks for the excuse to go out exercising along Windsor Road. TFTC

Found today on a bike trip with geofriends. This was 1 of 32 finds. Watch out for the angry alpaca on the cycleway! TFTC

One of the 32 which I found today while riding with friends. Thank you!

Out caching with the gang on the bikes! TFTC think it's missing the lid

Lid is missing. TFTC.

Found it fairly quick but it’s not colour of what the hint says.

Found Thanks

A quick find here. Thanks For The Cache

TFTC

Parked nearby and walked down the road. I soon found the cache

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Morley196

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Out for a geocaching trip with the geo-sister (huntale) while down on holidays. Managed half what we wanted to do on the bikes will do the other half on another trip. Tftc

Thanks. Found

Another nice quick one. TFTC.

TFTC, early morning find, less muggles and before the summer heat kicks in.

Nice camo

Nice find

Found with bedlem2 & kazzacosmo

Found it. TFTH

Found with mhoneybadger

Found with Irvine123

Found it with skyejam and Thanks for leading me here.

New container, good to go again.

New container and log

seems council has been active along this stretch, will get to fixing it up soon

Out with Trodectus to grab some caches for the mystery at the museum challenge. Walked from previous cache. Started searching and like previous cacher were unable to locate cache.

3rd DNF with Coybear2000 while out getting some caches for the afternoon. We managed 16 finds, 3 DNFs and one that we couldn't attempt due to muggles. We parked in a nearby side street and walked along Windsor Rd. There had been workmen about mowing and collecting rubbish. On reading the hint, it made little sense. Seeing the previous log was a DNF we decided to move on.

Today I headed out to Dural for the Amateur Radio NSW (HAM Radio) bi-monthly Trash & Treasure sale at Quarry Road and, after a fun filled morning of HAM radio junk scrounging and a nice BBQ lunch with lots of friendly chit chat, it was time to get caching and collect enough caches to enable us to complete the Mystery at the Museum cache challenge with the collected jewels safely returned to the vault. I had packed the folding bike into the geomobile and planned a "ride & grab" caching raid along the Windsor Road cache trail, and maybe a few extras around the Rouse Hill area, to give us the needed minimum of 23 finds. A total of 27 finds, and 4 DNF's, for the day.

No luck for me at this one, with lots of thick weeds and no obvious "hint" feature to be seen. Searched amongst the weeds for a short while but, with my limited caching time ticking away, had to give it away and move on to better prospects. TFTH anyway Morley196.

Lovely weather to take a walk. Bit scarey in the long grass

TFTC

Found with the geo family

Lots of long grass but didn't take long to find

Just picking up another few caches along this trail to keep the streak going. The selected ones were not hard to find and the paper left to add to the log was signed before being replaced as found. TFTC.

Thick cover of dead reeds have flattened over GZ, wasn't overly keen to put my hands in amongst the wildlife...

On a really hot 40-degree afternoon I set out from McGraths Hill, and walked the Windsor Road series from that point all the way to Rouse Hill Town Centre, picking up every cache in range that I could get my hands on.

It took four-ish hours, and I consumed about two liters of liquids (a combination of water and electrolytes), then proceeded to sweat it all out.

Thanks heaps for placing the caches along this trail - as sweltering as it was, t’was a nice glimpse into the relatively quiet northwest before it all falls into the inevitable suburban sprawl. The sun was amazing despite being hot and I had some proper Aztec Camera vibes going the distance as the sun made its way to the horizon.



Historical significance notwithstanding the sun seems to have gotten its colours on and the wind in the air seems to have been whistling a pastoral tune momentarily, right before being drowned by vehicle traffic. Maybe it made sense to make this walk at this time of day. Maybe my exhaustion is kicking in.

Quick park and grab
Thanks for the cache

Tftc

Celebrating Marsbar’s birthday! Aiming for one for each year! 9th find of the day!
TFTC

I found the cache lying on the ground exposed. I semi-hid it to prevent it getting muggled but there weren't too many spots around to hide a cache in. This will likely go missing if there is ever a cleanup. TFTC

Find #: 1,813 (5 of 45 for day)
Companions: None
Weather: Grey winter's morning
Cache condition: Fine

Was a bit apprehensive given the vegetation, but the accurate co-ords saved the day. TFTC!

TFTC

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Easy find.
TFTC

No problem finding this one. Added paper. TFTC

Quick find. TFTC

The log is very full and the bush referred to in the hint has long since shuffled off the mortal coil. Just took a bit longer than normal to hone in on this one.

#186
On a family bike ride on this beautiful winters day. Needed to do a bit of digging. Found by Geodad. TFTC!

#11196 Found and Logged at 8:02:00 AM
One of 38 cachers on a warm hot snd summy day while in Windsor for a few days
Thanks for the cache Morley196
Lgoody

TFTC

A great day for a bike ride in western Sydney with my granddaughter. Thanks to the COs for all the caches... and to those who helped maintain them.

We left early this morning to get as many caches as we could along this trail. Ended up getting just over 80 so it was a very good day. Thanks for all the caches.

Always love caching with this group, a fun day out on this trail chasing planets. Thanks to all COs for the caches.

Out with the gang collecting caches along Windsor and Richmond roads. It was a medium long pedal but a great day. Disappointingly we had to replace a few containers along the way but no biggie either since the effort should breath some life back into the trail. TFTC.

A fun day of caching with friends around Windsor.
OCWF&F SL TFTH

Out on a bicycle caching run with geobuddies along both the Richmond and Windsor Rd trails and also grabbing any other caches in-between.
Overall our day was a whooping 10hrs on the bikes and we all enjoyed every pedel of the way.
We found a total of 87 caches today so I apologise for my repeated logs,
Thanks to all the cache owners for providing us with a great day out.
TFTC

I’ve been keen to start on this Power trail for some time now.
Today I set off on a two hour public transport journey to reach the southern end of the trail.
I arrived a little later than I’d hoped due to life getting in the way of caching this morning.

Great history along this trail and a nice walk.

Took a bit of rummaging

Tftc

Great history information, thnks for your hides

Needing some exercise I headed out early today and after parking the geomobile headed off to grab these caches along the pathway. Lots of interresting hides and a few DNF's to add to a fun day. After finding each cache and signing the logs all were returned as found.

My apologies for the generic logs.

TFTC Morley196

Out for a bike ride with SeeMyShell this morning.. The track took a while because we got distracted by the two pubs along the way, and probably spent more time in there than riding the bikes ...It is Christmas time after all Most caches were found in good order with 52 finds and 6 DNFs for me today.. Thanks for the caches and adventure!

TFTC
Out Caching with EatSleepCacheRepeat on bikes all hides were quickly found, with the exception of a couple of DNFs
Cheers
Seemyshell

This promises to be a long day on the heat on foot - walking from Rouse Hill to Windsor - at least it gets me some calorific credit for Christmas!

Hint helped. TNLN TFTC

Found the geotrail but no luck today.

found it tftc

Been wondering how many a solo cacher could reasonably find in daylight hours. Made an attempt today to celebrate a major life milestone. Started near the South end of the Old Windsor Road 'power trial' and cycle-cached my way North. The initial target was to make 40 but managed to complete that before noon. So continued on to Windsor. 50 finds came up just before Windsor with still a few hours left before needing to get back to the Eastern Suburbs for an engagement. So picked off a few more caches on either side on the ride back to the car. Tally for the day (in 7 hours 45 minutes): 63 finds and 7 DNFs. A big thank you to Morley196 for making this outing possible.
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9th find of the day. TFTC

Our first time in this part of the country, and what a great way to see the area and learn about it. Always love a series we can do on our bikes.
At the start of a long downhill run as we head back
We left a few for the homeward run.
Another good quick find.
TFTC

Today was supposed to be a mash of fitness and caching so I went and picked up one of those O Bikes, threw it in the back of car and headed for Rouse Hill.
TFT All the Caches I found. I only got through 8 before I stood face to face with a red bellied black snake and that was where my day ended.

OCW Coastblue Big day as we tackled the Windsor Power trail. Coastblue had already found a few so I got started early and caught up until she joined me. Overall I found 46 with 7 DNFs and a few we didn't go for as they'd been muggled. Great day out, we managed to avoid the rain and finish before sunset! Cache# 332

TFTC

Must have just been lucky - TFTC!

Found it after a lengthy search and reading where others had moved it to TFTC

Could find this one for the life of me. Almost gave up when flutterbysquishy came up with the goods! Very sneaky hide. TFTC!

Some how I got lucky and found it. I've slightly moved it from where I found it ... in the middle of the Bush to closer to the fence. Tftc

A quick 'grab 'n' go' along the Windsor Road power trail TFTC.

A quick and easy find along the power trail. TFTC

That one took a little bit longer than the last ...we needed the clue

Grass is too matted, tall and dense to find. Walked over it all sinking down into so much grass.

Found it
Thanks

#6802 15:11
Today was the day for the Windsor to Rouse Hill trail.

I started off by parking on Court Street in Windsor, unfolding the push-bike and get on the road. In total I found 67 caches, and 5 non founds. At the end of the day, the GPS showed a total track distance of 18.6 km.

Another good find! Thanks for the cache!

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Thanks for the great hide cache all good

Found

Found

On a walk from Windsor to Rouse Hill today, grabbing caches on the powertrail.
Oops, nearly had to reach for this! After all the walk-and-grab ones, this one required me to stretch my arm a little. Unheard of!
All good here. TFTC, Morley196!

Another find on this excellent powertrail. Found 70 out of 71 today with Brewmaker on an excellent day out. Please excuse the generic logs.

TFTC

Found it while attempting this power trail with delloro. We managed to grab 70 from 71 today!
A fantastic series Morley196.

TFTC