Old School Queenton, Queensland, Australia
By Cachedin NQ on 28-Oct-12. Waypoint GC40B43

Found it TFTC Found in good condition.

I love this geocache it was very cool great hide

12779 Located by baby&Mrs gopher 1340. Solved the mystery last evening to make the find today, SL Tnx Cachedin NQ

Found in good condition. Love this ideas. TFTC

Spending a couple of days in Charters Towers with O319.

Found with SJG66 as we headed further north, hunting caches and warmer weather. TFTC

Outnabout for some solo caching while camping in town overnight. Fav point for this hide. We’re taking the roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. It’s always a great day for caching.
TFTC Cachedin NQ

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A Saturday drive brought us to this, puzzle done and treasure in hand TFTC

Cache was replaced today

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This puzzle was solved some time ago. As Konie and I were passing by today, we stopped off to make a quick find. Log signed, everything returned as found, then we were on our way again. TFTC

28/8/22 Thanks for the cache puzzles. TFTC SL

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 79. Charters Towers Day 2. Today was supposed to be a shorter day doing the remaining caches around town I could get to. It turned unto a marathon of long multis zig zaging all over town with a dash way out to the south for one final location. I then had to out wait a ground staff person so I could make a dramatic climb to my last cache of the day. Lots of success, but it all took so much longer than expected.

Without a printer, I managed to do this one free hand last night. The actual cache went smoothly as well. I am happy when these things work as expected.

Thanks for the cache Cachedin NQ

36675.2 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Imperium Neptuni Regis A#153

**Albida**

Arrived from Townsville today and setup the caravan at the Big4. Decided to get the bikes down and have a ride around and see what we could get.

Thanks Cachedin NQ for the caches.
Total Cache Finds 12960,

We are doing our best to keep dry today, but at the same time enjoying our exploration of this area.
This puzzle was solved back in Brisbane some weeks ago.
It is great to finally have the opportunity to visit charters towers and explore the area.
Log signed.
Thanks Cachedin NQ
Domsky

Tft$

We decided to start caching a little bit earlier than usual - best decision ever as it started showering later in the morning and then it just rained all afternoon.
We completed the tribe series as well as many other interesting caches north of Charters Towers.
Thanks to the CO's for placing these caches.

Out and about caching in and around Charter Towers today. Caches visited took us too many spots with many varied caches of different sizes/shapes. Thank you for placing the caches in their locations. TFTC

Found as part of the Qld Cache mega event weekend in Townsville over Easter 2022. Joined forces with Gunnie69 after flying up from Brisbane to tackle a variety of caches around the Townsville area including three GeoArt series, other puzzles and a few labs! I would like to thank all the cache owners who are making this an enjoyable weekend!



Today we trekked out along the Flinders Highway to the historical town of Charters Towers. Enjoyed some of the sights, old buildings, occasional wildlife and of course lunch at a local pub!



A smiley has been added to the cache!

Thanks Cachedin NQ for the cache, the hunt and the smiley today! [D*|

Only one option for GZ when Ghostgums and I pulled up for this one, so the cache was quickly spotted and retrieved. Ghostgums took care of business and added our names to the log, while I returned to the car and set-up for the next on the list.

Cheers Cachedin NQ.

In town for the mega, using caching as a guide to show us the best of what the region has to offer.

Another mystery found while in town for the CITO

Find #12467 @ 08:22
Thanks Cachedin NQ for giving us a reason to visit.

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Apparently I had old coordinates for something on only new existed last night. greencordial did some magic and they magically appeared. Corrupted much?

Like all geocachers, I’m taking the scenic, slow route to Townsville. Along the way we detoured for, amongst many others, this geocache.

Having solved a lot of puzzles prior to the trip, we tried to find as many as we could.

Thanks for placing the cache Cachedin NQ, without hiders the game wouldn’t exist.

Date: April 12, 2022
Find #12372

Travelling up to Townsville for the Mega Event and Maze with beckNmonts. Found this one along the way.

Day 9, starting in Charters Towers and headed for Townsville. Now to cache along the way picking up as many puzzles and rarer cache types as we could.

Massive thanks go to Cachedin NQ for placing this one.

Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2022?*
[**THE**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40)
[**WHITTLESEA**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40)
[**EVENT 2022**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8EW40)
*19th / 20th November 2022 – GC8EW40 – Whittlesea – Victoria*

We must have solved this some time ago as it wasn't part of the puzzle solving frenzy before this roadtrip. So it was great to be finally rolling up to GZ. Or was it..... ? These locations are renowned for having a lot of hides. Thanks to whoever left the stick which confirmed my suspicions. Then again, it could have just been a random stick... TFTC Cachedin NQ.

A good but if history, puzzle solved and cache found in the bark hut.

TFTC

Straight forward find close to where the GPSr had us. Always good to find the cache when you have gone to the trouble to solve the puzzle.

Our first full day in Charters Towers, and we decided to head out reasonably early as it is forecast to be quite warm. We targeted a variety of cache types including Adventure Lab, puzzle, traditional multi and Wherigo. All successful with no DNFs. Even managed to pick up one we think we looked for but could not find last time we were here.
What a lovely old town Charters Towers is. We particularly like seeing the range of old buildings on offer.
Thank you to the local COs for developing and maintaining the caches for us to find. It is much appreciated.

Nice little crossword puzzle in a fashion I haven't come across before. Also a nice easy find. Thanks for the cache

Staying in Charters Towers so headed out to grab some caches in the area. I arrived at my calculated GZ for this one and then after reading the description noted that it had changed since I solved the puzzle. I contacted the CO whoadvised that I had the old coords and was kind enough to help me out. Once at the new GZ the search began and it wasn't long before the cache was in hand

Once the log was signed all was returned as found.

TFTC Cachedin NQ

I was interested in this cache as my late husband went to school at Thornburgh College in the late 60's. The puzzle was completed and the cache was found easily to his little home. Thanks for this cache.

Checked on this one as the area flooded in the New Year, found just above the debris and in good condition.

Having solved this one a few days ago, we finally sought out and signed the log. Thanks for hiding this cache.

Exploring this place by checking off all the mystery caches we solved last night. Loving how well maintained the caches are here. Great one, TFTC!

Quickly solved the puzzle then off for a quick find

TFTC

Happily this morning we got a smile on this one. Thanks cachedin NQ

Day 18 of my trip north from Adelaide.

Today was spent caching and sightseeing around Charters Towers. I had picked out the multis, puzzles, wherigos and traditional caches that I was keen to do and picked up a few other opportunistic traditional caches along the way. I also completed the new Lab caches in town.

All in all it was as a very pleasant day, with a cool morning and a relatively mild day, which made things much easier and more enjoyable. In all I managed to find 7 puzzles, 9 multis, 3 wherigos, 13 traditionals and an earthcache for a total of 33 caches for the day (plus the Lab caches). I only had one DNF.

I spent quite a bit of time over the past few months solving puzzles, including this one, in preparation for my trip.

Thanks Cachedin NQ for the puzzle and the cache.

Charters Towers.
For the last 2 days we have covered the four corners of the region.
We have found such a good variety of caches in some incredible locations, this has been a wonderful way to tour the town.
Picked up a TB & left one behind.
Thanks for placing this amazing series Cachedin NQ

We have moved the final location to closer to the listed coordinates. Also upgraded the container to small from nano. Puzzle has been updated, if you have the old solution message us and we will swap it for the new one, or just solve it again!

After 7.5 years we are going to investigate options to move our first puzzle to a new final location, make the container larger, closer to the listed coordinates, retain the puzzle type and open up some cache options in the CBD.

Quick find after finally printing out the crossword and working out the coordinates. Have come across a number of crossword puzzles playing this game and love the variety they bring. This is my last hide in the Towers that I can look for as Narnia was missing the last weekend I was here. I did leave a happy new year find for the locals to fight over for the FTF but it seems only one was in town and up for the challenge. Thanks for the hide.

Caching in and around Charters Towers and surrounds we picked up a few caches and this was one of them.

Once we worked through the puzzle Mrs "T" came up with a set of co-ords that worked for us. Cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

I solved the puzzle quite quickly before arriving in town, so not long after arrival I was keen to make the find. Great puzzle, and great spot for a cache.

Nano is still holding on up there.
Checked cache again 19th April 2019.
Added a checker.

After- dinner stroll brought us to this one in C/Towers
Well -kept buildings seem the norm in this historic place
Cache high and dry, signed and bedded
Tftc

One of a few NQ puzzles we tackled before setting of on this winter escape. We arrived at GZ tonight and neither of us could see the cache but we had it shortly after. Magnificent buildings. Thanks Cachedin NQ.

Sometimes it works for me. TFTC.

Staying a few nights in Charters Towers this morning we visited the library to learn about the archives section to hopefully trace some family history here from the Pioneer days.

Once it was determined that we had to return tomorrow then it was out and about exploring town using your Geocache as part of our tour.

With no geochecker solving this before our arrival, we were nervous that we had the wrong maths. On arriving at GZ though it all made sense and cache was found.

TFTC Cachedin NQ

We worked out the coordinates last night after dinner at a rest area between Hughenden and Charters Towers. It took a bit but it was not too hard.
Today we had a sightseeing walk in town so we picked up the cache. It took a few minutes until we have found it. We discovered it after the second time we had a look at this place.
Thanks for showing. Tftc

TFTC. We had solved this puzzle while house sitting in Mareeba. We were driving through Charters Towers today and seemed like a good opportunity to collect. As it turned out the GZ was close to where we needed to stop to purchase gas. Two for the price of one.

We're still meandering across northern Australia after attending the Red Centre Experience over Easter. Now in Charters Towers, I had the day to myself, so I planned a route that would see me find a mixture of traditional, multi and mystery caches.
It turned out to be a huge day as I visited over 30 sites but only about 14 of them were caches, the rest were gathering information for the multis.
I had workedvout the final coordinates for this cache so worked it into my itinerary. However, I outsmarted myself by presuming where it would be, and I was wrong - again! Back to the car to grab Monty, aka my GPSr, and followed him to the GZ. It was still quite difficult to retrieve as I am vertically challenged, but eventually I had CIH, added my name to the log and returned the cache to its hidey hole. TFTC

Cleaning up a couple of more caches before leaving town, particularly multi's as they are with more tokens in the Geocaching Pirate hunt this week we then headed towards Ayr caching our way along.

We worked this one out last night while in camp knowing we were going to be in Charters Towers for the night. We tried for this one yesterday afternoon but didn't have a chance to look with all the muggles around so we got up early this morning and came back when the coast was clear and the cache was a nice easy find and the log book now contains our name.

Thanks Cachedin NQ the puzzle and the hide.

Coords have been solved for ages just waiting for a free day. Found quickly by Jezza_thegeokid. TFTC and the history lesson

BlackBeard found this one with Burgo78. TFTC.

On a weekend visit to the Towers with BlackPearl26 for a school rugby carnival.
Worked out the puzzle at home and expected a quick find which it was once we were at the correct sign. Seems I should have paid a little more attention to the gps.
Tftc.

Sneaky sneaky TFTC

I had hoped to replace this earlier but I lost the replacement, had a flat bike tyre, a field trip and a holiday. But In the absence of further inspiration and with a lot of cachers passing through, lets go with third nano lucky!

One of the disadvantages of organising a caching trip a few months ahead is that you get the odd one like this one that you have solved prior to leaving and searched for when arriving and it is out of action. Perhaps its time we went to paperless caching and got ourselves a geocaching app.
Thanks for all the other caches you have placed though Cachedin NQ that we did find.

checking on some caches today this one has gone again..... considering options....

Yesterday it was taekwondo o clock but less muggly to check today. Little sucker is still there.

Thanks for the history lesson, and thanks for the show this square.Greetings from Switzerland

[Blue]# 12352[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip to Qld.
Another perfect winter day for a drive around Charters Towers.
A quick find here at the only obvious spot.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina, NSW.
Thanks for the cache Cachedin NQ,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Find #197

So, I decided to go for a drive this weekend.
Headed out from Mackay on Saturday and headed for Clermont.
Not enough so went to Charters Towers and stayed the night.
Done a few caches in Charters and then headed for Townsville.
Stayed the night and headed home on Monday.
Glad it was a long weekend.

SL TNLN TFTC

We have been spending a week in Charters Towers and grabbing some caches while we tour around.

Woohoo!! A puzzle cache that we can actually solve...and we did this while enjoying breakfast at the Stock Exchange Cafe early this morning after grabbing a couple of 'after hours' finds

Oops!!...I made a mistake with one of the numbers and we ended up on the opposite side of town so a quick recheck...and then back into town again to make the find

So many multis...and so many nanos at least that helps the caches to stay relatively muggle free

Many thanks Cachedin NQ...this one gets a favourite point from us as we were actually able to solve it[^][^]

Have had the puzzle solved for some time now. Last we passed CT I didn't have the solution with me this time I was well prepared.
Quite soon I had the little hide in hand.
Thanks for the cache
R

Traveled out to Charters Towers with Jackylegs44 for a day of caching. Solved the puzzle the day before during a slow period at work. After a brief search, I had the cache in hand.

Log signed. The cache container and contents were found to be in excellent condition. Finding this cache has now given me a total find count of 1329.

Thanks for the [?] Cache hide Cachedin NQ

Happy Pi Day
After solving the easy puzzle, I went to look for the cache today. When I arrived at the coordinates, it was quite obvious that I was at the correct location. Now I just had to find the cache... which didn't take too long either.
Good final location - let's hope the container survives.

Found on a nice day out caching tftc tnln sl

It's back, sorry for the delay. Still need to aim high for nano

Going to try this spot again just waiting for a replacement container, back up in another week or 2.

Cycled past again, cache missing again, we like the history of the final location but it might be time for a rethink in a week or 2.

We cycled past this morning and found the damaged container on the ground. Replaced with a slightly larger silver bison tube, still a nano, same log, good luck.

In our quest to find all the school related caches in our area during the first week of our last babys first year of schooling, it didnt take long to find this one. We had previously sat and worked out the puzzle ( after searching for it and not realising it was in the photos!.. lol) so going to the site was easy. Reaching the dam thing however was not! Lucky I had geoferal no. 2 with me who isnt vertically challenged like his mother and he reached it down for me! Tftf and the interesting school facts!

In the dark at 9pm. Relatively easy compared to others. Short people may need a ladder!

Parked the caravan at the Burdekin River, to cache around Charters Towers.
With a little help from a friend, this one was soon solved.
Cache found quickly, lovely old qld building.
Thanks for the cache, Cachedin NQ.

Found at 11:57 AM GAFF1. This was a satisfying cache as it was worked out at home a few weeks ago with the intention of finding it when we went through CT. And today it all happened. An interesting cache container and what is more an interesting piece of architecture - why were the weather boards only placed on the inside? We have seen a few buildings with this system and can only think that it was because there was a shortage of materials - it must be hot inside with only a board thickness to the outside [?]
Thanks Cachedin NQ.

Located on our northern adventure TFTC.

On a caching trip from Townsville with Corikra we decided to grab this cache.
I had done the puzzle this morning so had the cords.

Arrived to GZ and there is only once place it could be.

After a bit of fiddling the cache was in hand.

TFTC.

Thanks to Cat having fallen out of bed, or for some other reason gotten up way too early, I could just tag along and claim a find without having 'to work' for it
TFTC

I had a bit of fun around the campfire last night solving this puzzle.
It seemed very straightforward at first, but just a couple of numbers didn't seem quite right [:o]
So I had to start again and solve the puzzle properly

Sure enough this morning I found me way to GZ and amongst the gathered crowds of builders and wanna be builders, I managed to grab the cache
I wandered off down the street a bit to extract the log page.
I kept wandering for quite a bit more to extract the log page.
Damn it wouldn't come out [:o]

I finally found a twig lying around with the right shaped prongs on it to release the vice like grip of the container on log.
It's mine all mine !!
OK!! A quick stroll back past GZ and the cache was back in place

TFTC and lesson.

After spending last night poring over the details of this sneaky puzzle and at last arriving at GZ the Reluctant Companion swooped on the cache before I was out of the car. Well done cached it is a great cache and puzzle.

grabbed this one after some crosswording on a flying visit to the towers. sl.tnln.TFTC[^]

What a lot of work to put this cache together! The puzzle was fun. Mid-morning on a Friday is not the best time to look for this, but just waited around until the time was right. Thanks, Cachedin NQ for another fun cache.

Published

So much history. Thank you for the obvious effort that went into producing this. After 20 mins of kitchen table calculations we were off to find it - even if it was after 9pm