Down at the Duck Pond. Banora Point, New South Wales, Australia
By
daveg57 on 25-Jan-13. Waypoint GC44Y7P
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Logs
Thought archived this already as won't be in the vicinity for a good few months yet.. Thanks to all finders..
Thank you all for your visits to this cache. The kids and I have followed happily from 'sunny' Scotland and enjoyed the logs however for the immediate future I am going to disable the listing. Thank you also to the maintenance team over the last couple of years, sterling service..!! daveg57
Perhaps to be brought back to life, mark 2 in the future..
Perhaps to be brought back to life, mark 2 in the future..
Excellent hiding spot. Not too hard, but tricky enough for the kids. Great goodies inside compared to what we have found previously, although a little wet from rain. Great effort from owner to keep things dry though. Fun one.
On a motorcycle tour from Melbourne to Brisbane for 3 weeks through East Coast OZ... having fun and going for caches along the road - thanks for having this one out there!
The content was soaked, there was water in the box - I cleaned it the best I could, but a little maintenance visit would be helpful...
Greetings from Brussels, Belgium
Merry Christmas!
The content was soaked, there was water in the box - I cleaned it the best I could, but a little maintenance visit would be helpful...
Greetings from Brussels, Belgium
Merry Christmas!The container was filled with water but the 2 ziplock bags kept the logbook dry - amazing! TFTC
#113 Very simple hide. When we got their we just saw it because it was not covered with anything so after we went through it we covered it with some sticks and stone. TFTC TNLN SL
We are having a couple of night at Boyd's Bay caravan park before heading home.
This was an area we had not been to before so it was a very nice scenic drive, geocaching as we went.
Visited some great locations & found some interesting caches.
Thanks for placing this cache daveg57
This was an area we had not been to before so it was a very nice scenic drive, geocaching as we went.
Visited some great locations & found some interesting caches.
Thanks for placing this cache daveg57
What a beautiful day to get out and about. Have not done much geocaching lately, and this time was out with my geo dad. Ran into the father in law of the cache owner who lives in Scotland. Might need to do something about the water. TFTC
Thanks for the visit, will see if I can get a dry log sorted out as soon as possible.
Our first ever find! It was really exciting. The kids enjoyed it. We'll be doing more. The contents are wet including the notebook. Swapped trinket ?
Out and about exploring again today on the MTB. 
A quick pedal down this way and then across the park to GZ.
A quick find with everything dry and in good condition.
Thanks for the cache.
A quick pedal down this way and then across the park to GZ.
A quick find with everything dry and in good condition.
Thanks for the cache.
Why oh why does Mr Mad always seem to park way way away from the cache???? Anyway Mrs Mad fed ducks on the walk around and then fed 4 magpies oh and then the fish ... Then some more ducks and the magpies came back for more!!! Cache found and refilled with swaps as it was very very empty!!! Thanks for the cache and the duck feeding !!!
Hello Koalatree. Was standing overlooking the cache for your visit I'm sure. Thanks for the care taken, lucky timing with the weather.. Heading back to Scotland today and looking forward to reading more log entries...Dave.
Easy find following the clue. Cache hide is infested with ants. Quite a variety of birdlife at this pretty location. Made entry in log book and left a trade.
Visited the pond and saw many ducks and swamp hens.
Quick find.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks daveg57 All good with this cache
Quick find.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks daveg57
All good with this cacheCaching with malrob66 and nessie56. Quick find. Tipped water out of container but
unfortunately didn't have any tissues to dry it out properly. Log still dry within its
plastic bag. TFTC.
unfortunately didn't have any tissues to dry it out properly. Log still dry within its
plastic bag. TFTC.
Perfect for the kiddies and they felt pretty special being the first log in the new book TFTC think i may have put the 6th not the 7th 
TFTC think i may have put the 6th not the 7th Needs nee log book and silica gel just in case gets wet again
Also forgot to say my TBs visited logging now
Also forgot to say my TBs visited logging now
Found at 3.50
Log completely wet and starting to smell mould like. No tb inside even tho last log In book says left tb.
TFTC beautiful view!!
Log completely wet and starting to smell mould like. No tb inside even tho last log In book says left tb.
TFTC beautiful view!!
Thanks for the finds. Will get a new logbook sorted out. DChanell, TB was logged below as removed and on its way by david779 already....
Resupply convoy has broken through despite storms, floods and wild beasts. New container, log book etc in place.
Thank you to those on the ground.
Happy caching.
Thank you to those on the ground.
Happy caching.
TFTC took TB to continue its journey. Excited to find my first TB with a very cute hitchhiker.
Log book is very wet and container full of small ants. Didn't have anything to replace log with sorry.
Ducked in for the first find of the morning on a mission to add a few caches to the list.
After visiting with the family in Tweed decided I needed to have some cache time... keeping a tb in mind... This cache sounded perfect... left Kelly's Little Green Frog tb to carry on... tftc... watch out for the ants though...
First of the day while spending a couple of days nearby with Muggle Cousin. A quick and easy find. TFTC
Quick and easy find but area is very wet from all the rain. Have covered the container better. Found with diamonjs
Guessing this would be a very pretty spot but the rain over the last few days has really knocked it around. To easy a find as it was uncovered in its spot, we re hid it and away to our next seeing as it is to windy for fishing. TFTC
Of course I park on the wrong side of the pond. Was a cold walk round to the cache, spotted it as I walked up to gz. Signed log and replaced just before 2 dogwalkers went by. Good timing for a change. Took tb.
Tftc
Tftc
Cleaning up the last of our unfound caches near where we are house sitting at Fingal. Heading south tomorrow & back to the cold. Nice little urban oasis ! SL TFTC daveg57
What a great duck pond,duck ,ibis ,water fowl and the water lilies just starting to flower .what a great island for the birds to best on, thanks for bringing us here. Easy find tftc
Lots of wildlife out. Had some ducks following us. Next time we will bring some food along. TFTC
Find #19, third for the day. Quick easy find by a beautiful little pond. Be wary of the ants! TFTC!
Nice little lake to have a walk around.
The find was easy, unfortunately the container was out in the open (although still in tacked).
Re positioned it but would probably now needs a move.
There was no one around when we found it.
Thanks. [?]
The find was easy, unfortunately the container was out in the open (although still in tacked).
Re positioned it but would probably now needs a move.
There was no one around when we found it.
Thanks. [?]
A great spot for a cache. I'm really surprised it lasts in such a relatively easyily found location.
The wildlife here today was amazing. Fish, and not tiddlers, swimming around, wild ducks, water fowls and other species I have know idea of, all floating around or fossicking about on the island.
Thanks for bringing me here.
The wildlife here today was amazing. Fish, and not tiddlers, swimming around, wild ducks, water fowls and other species I have know idea of, all floating around or fossicking about on the island.
Thanks for bringing me here.
Nice easy one in a lovely spot.
Thanks for bring me here, and TFTC daveg57...hope you enjoyed your time in Australia.
Thanks for bring me here, and TFTC daveg57...hope you enjoyed your time in Australia.
Lovely area - enjoyed walk the lake with some shower... dolphia spotted it and we signed the log. Thanks daveq57.
With Christmas coming there is now a little swap in the cache looking for a new home..
I set out on a mission today - 50 different caches in one day (sounds easy enough I know) but at least 1km apart from each other, as a partial requirement for GCQY6Q over on Rangitoto Island. My first thought was that this should be much easier in a new territory where I have not found many caches yet, plus we could turn it into a nice drive south to get a NSW souvenir 
/dev/gc0c made an excellent navigator, carefully choosing cache after cache to satisfy the challenge requirements, and calmly putting up with a few wrong turns as I was getting confused between my right and left... We started just after 6.30am, and got back just before 9pm having completed the mission - and not forgetting about the one extra for the 50 consecutive days - plus one more just for good measure. We had great fun along the way, even though it turned out harder than expected to find them all and keep tiredness at bay - coffee (or hot chocolate) in suitable doses does help! [^] Big thanks to all the CO's of the conveniently placed caches, they contributed to an excellent day!!
/dev/gc0c made an excellent navigator, carefully choosing cache after cache to satisfy the challenge requirements, and calmly putting up with a few wrong turns as I was getting confused between my right and left... We started just after 6.30am, and got back just before 9pm having completed the mission - and not forgetting about the one extra for the 50 consecutive days - plus one more just for good measure. We had great fun along the way, even though it turned out harder than expected to find them all and keep tiredness at bay - coffee (or hot chocolate) in suitable doses does help! [^] Big thanks to all the CO's of the conveniently placed caches, they contributed to an excellent day!!Back in place again. Fingers crossed it is left alone. Take plenty care when lifting and replacing the cache please. Cheers Dave.
Unfortunately container and all contents except note gas been removed. Will return with another container and log book tomorrow for others to enjoy
As logged the cache has gone AWOL. I will get it checked out and active asap. Cheers daveg57.
