Where's the Train? Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
By Squash2 on 07-Feb-13. Waypoint GC45J20

Thanks Squash 2! This one was found by a muggle friend called PT!

This one took us wayyyyyy longer than it should have. GPS was about 6m out, but we looked in the obvious structure and after almost giving up 3 times geohubbys fingers found the prize. All signed, cobwebs removed, and replaced where found. Nice to put a smile on this one. TFTC

TFTF

Good hiding spot, glad we didn't rained on!

Ramp

Good spot. Relatively simple

Hi there Squash2. While out on the road today we found this cache at 0149pm after a short search - and the container and log are in good condition. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to Squash2 for this cache - our find 10838 and the 4th of 4 finds for the day.FieldNotes: The cache and log were both found in good condition.

Yeah my 100th find

Disembarked from P&Os Pacific Explorer this morning for a day around Geraldton. Geosister Dotmay66 wanted to visit the railway station as a friend of hers used to work there. Just so happens there was a cache here. TFTC

In town for a 50th class reunion, a little time left before returning home to find some caches. Couldnt believe my luck, I had parked right beside it. Found in good condition TFTC

Its the second box weve found on our trip to Geraldton. TFTC and greetings from Germany!

Checked today and all okay.

Coordinates are all over the place
On the bridge or in the car park ????

Couldn't find and couldn't figure out whether it was under the bridge or in the middle of the car park.

Features to come on a Saturday afternoon..not many smugglers around

Tftc

DNF today, wasn’t willing to put my hands near too many webs

Found it!!

People watching so I sent hubby with his hi-vis and shifting spanner. Tftc

Did not find, but didn't get the opportunity for a really thorough look as the market was on and too many muggles

DNF after a long search GPS is bad and no hint, not very helpfull…

Tricky little cache to find. Went over it a few times before we spotted it. Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Found with Sweet FA TFTC

Found with Bjossi after a great trip to the museum. TFTC

Found it this time, glad to turn this face yellow. Our gps was 5 meters off. TFTC

Found Sunday 7/8/22 but forgot to log

Staying in Geraldton for the week, I attempted to search for this cache a couple of days ago, but it had rained and GZ was a puddle. I returned today and found the well-hidden cache without getting wet. Very good camo here, the cache blends in well.

Out for the day with Wollaston taking advantage of the open border. Cache found and bravely retrieved, what a beautiful station building.

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC Squash2

Find # 7560

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird on a quick visit to WA. I’ll leave the more interesting & detailed log to Mrs Geo (aka: SeasonedBird, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird) because she writes so much more eloquently than I and usually has much more time to do so while I’m driving. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC Squash2
Find #9909

G’day Squash2, unfortunately I wasn’t able to find your cache today (Saturday 9/4/2022). Cheers for the hunt anyway!

Started our 2nd tour of WA now touring around the south slowly heading north on our way home to Cairns. Did your Where's the Train? today. 28 February 2022 12:50 pm Tyfc Squash2 total caches now 4361 .

Clever little hide. Lots of muggles

Lots of webs. Thanks

Very happy to find on 2nd attempt due to high muggle activity on 1st attempt.... Had to brush off lots of dust as hasn't been found in a very long time. TFTC

We had a good look, but some places we refused to put our fingers TFTH

Find 27 of 29 with fourteen DNFs on a day-long 30km bike ride around Geraldton with not a cloud in the sky. Many more DNFs than we would usually register, this is a tricky town! Thanks to all the COs for placing and maintaining these caches.

An unloved cache. Great to find it and bring it back to life for future finders. Took some contortions but we got there.

So many DNFs in this town. This is another one.

Nope

Good hide

Had planned on doing this one on our bike ride yesterday but a group of young muggles were hanging around on the platform so we gave it a miss and returned today.
Had to be patient today retrieving and returning this one as there were quite a few muggles coming and going. But we got it in the end.
Thanks.

Found after a short search! No train spotting here.... TFTC

On a big round trip, heading up to my sisters in Newman and then across to Karajini Np, Tom Price and then to my Dad's in Carnarvon, to Shark bay and Monkey Mia, to Gerardton and back though Perth to Mandurah. Tftc.

Quick find as I was passing through Gero to Kalbarri ..... 2.30am no one around ....

Insanely busy during some markets but I parked my bike suitably to blend in... I hope! Thanks again.

On a 4 day drive to the warmer weather, stopping in at Kalbarri, Denham, monkey Mia, Carnarvon and Gascoyne junction.

Hoping for 2 LGA’s that we’re missed on the last trip this way and to clean up the map.

Travelling with the usual suspect Barnzy12

Squash2 We found your cache Where's the Train? thanks for placing this cache for myself and others to find.

It's cool to see the old station with the vast free area in front of it, so you get a full look at it. It likely won't be the same once the "station square" will be built with houses and offices. Found the cache quickly, TFTC!

Yippee

Under the sea

Thanks for the maintenance work! First to sign a nice fresh log.

Checked today and found the cache was still there but had been relocated and damaged. Replaced with a new unit.
Enjoy.

Checked everywhere - is it def still there?

Crawled everywhere could not find it is it def still there?

Found it! TFTC

Finally in town to check on the missing cache but surprisingly the original is still in it's correct place. However I could not find the replacement nano as referred to in the previous log but I only did a quick search. So just to confirm, what you are looking for is a magnetic Eclipse tin containing the log and pencil.
Good Luck.

Hope the CO doesn't mind but I confirmed with a previous finder where the cache should be and it is definitely missing so I have replaced it with a black magnetic micro container so we could log our find. TFTC

pug002 didn't find it 31/10/2016. Geo hubby crawled all under the structure and got all manner of things stuck to him but couldn't find it.

Our last day of caching in Geraldton with iluvtrekking and after a morning visit to Ellendale Pool Mrs iluvtrekking and I dropped off our geo-hubbys along the foreshore cycle trail so that they could grab some finds while enjoying the scenery. We headed off together grabbing finds in the surrounding suburbs. Log sheet full and damp so replaced. Thanks Squash2

We had a great day an in and around Gerald ton. The boys rode their bikes along the IGD 2016 cycle way while we girls looked for caches a little further afield.
What a great station, how nice that they decided to keep it, thanks Squash2

Nice hide needs a new log

We were traveling down the WA coast, having left Adelaide and up to Darwin, when we stopped a few days in Geraldton.
We visited the markets in the morning and walked over GZ but there were people everywhere so I returned later for a quick find and sign.

22929 found

Another weather was very nice for me... anyway enjoyed search, found and signed. [^]
Interesting about station!!.

Thanks for organising the cache, Squash2

Caching our way to IGD Geraldton. Also celebrating our 28th Wedding Anniversary. An easy find. Where is the train is a good name for the hide. SL TFTC Squash 2

Hi there Squash2.

We found your cache **"Where's the Train?"** at 11:09:00 AM today. This cache makes our find count 14323.

Our 6th day in Geraldton, and there are still a few unexplored areas to look into. The town itself is to be congratulated on all the interesting things visitors can see and do - - and then there's Geocaching as well.

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour around the area today. Without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many wonderful caches in interesting places.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found this cache around two metres from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape, but **the listed trackable "Cindy's Unicorn" is not in the cache,** could Squash2 (or the Trackable owner) please "Mark the Item as Missing" so it can be removed from the cache inventory. This option is under Actions on the trackable's web page).

**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Our first for the day - beautiful in Geraldton now the wind has eased. TNLNSL. TFTC!

Found this one with Leega before leaving Geraldton. A little searching soon turned up the cache. TFTC Squash2.

Had a quick look around with axell33, glad I looked a 'couple' more times! Not sure how it alluded me as it did for a while. Tyftc

Quicky tftc

We are visiting from California! We're here today because it's one of the stops our cruise ship is making. We're on a 32 day Australia and Indonesia cruise. This is day 16 of the trip! Thanks for providing the fun cache!! My little four-year-old grandson is the one who actually made the grab on it! I dropped a travel bug in it! It's a duplicate travel bug that I found in California and am happy to relocate to Australia. Please help move it along!

Found by Mary & David at 1125. A lovely old station. A few muggles here and there, but an opportunity soon came, and a quick find followed. Our thanks to Squash2.

Funny !!
I gotta admit I remember there being a railway station here
And looking in through the doors, it looked like quite a few passengers were assembling
So I figured there must be a train due !!

Meanwhile outside, I enjoyed a quick cache find, while employing a bit of stealth to avoid passing muggles

Now I read on the cache notes that the line stopped working back in the 50's [:o]
So what were all those muggles doing, queuing up to buy tickets inside the station ??

More research has revealed the truth
Not a working train station at all !!
But a far busier place
Given how they drive in these parts,
I am not surprised at all

TFTC.

Pretty easy

Very clever hide
Found it with miss 6 and she was stoked....

Reminded me of when I did my truck driving test and pulled up here after passing. TFTC

Swapped Mr Ant over from last find. Took plastic shell. Strawn found this one quicker than any before. #apirateslifeforme

Spending some time in Gero over the new year and beyond so we have decided to get a few smiley's.
Thanks.

Nice quick find TFTC

A nice easy quick grab. T.F.T.C.

TFTC. Found on our great Aussie Road Trip heading south

Lovely way to spend to spend an evening. tftc

Thanks for the find.

Found it

After checking into our overnight accommodation, we went down to the waterfront for a walk and to pick up a few caches. Here I was the lucky one to spot the cache and megawat60 did the retrieval and SL duties.
TFTC Squash2!

After a fairly emotional Virtual at The HMAS Sydney Memorial, we parked the GeoYota near the waterfront and had a nice walk to grab some more.

Joint find here, she spotted it and I made the retrieval. As we walked towards GZ we both discussed the likely hiding spot and were rewarded as being pretty accurate.

Thanks for this one Squash2.

At the markets with MC_ZombieSlayer and MC_ZombieSlayers_Mum & they've found the cache before so they gave me a hint to make it a quick find as the area was full of muggles TFTC Squash2

Lots of muggles but miss Shoreina was quick to grab and sign. Thanks for the cache. Visiting from the Dawn Princess

Geo instincts... Had to wait for muggle to leave x TFTC

TFTC! This cache was found on my two and a bit day GeoTrip to Geraldton and surrounds to attend the International Geocaching Day event in Greenough.

The weekend started with a nighttime drive from Perth to Geraldton getting in at 1140pm after finding a couple of caches along the way in the dark. I rose on my first day in town as grabbed supplies before some CBD caching and then some more hides in Greenough before the event. I had a nice little run after the event following the guys chasing a few of the FTFs before getting back to my planned routes to help cleanup a lot of the newly published caches since my last visit in 2013. Had a reasonable day, which went Pretty pear shaped come mid afternoon, with a large number of DNFs in the northern Geraldton suburbs. I returned to my accomodation to freshen up and watch a bit of footy before heading out again on a night time run around the CBD. Big Mistake. had one of those blind nights, where the easy finds were impossible and I resorted to PAF to help guide me on some of the simplest hides!!

I was back on the saddle the next day grabbing a bunch of caches in southern Geraldton before attending the CITO event. Grabbed a few bits of rubbish and got talking to the local COs, where were most amused by my DNFs LOL. They were gracious enough to provide a large number of hints which Ive stored in the memory bank for next year!

Thanks to all of the locals for your hospitality this weekend and I'm looking forward to attending next year! Thanks

This cache was found tonight after getting a bite to eat and then heading up to the HMAS Sydney Memorial, we decided to grab a cache before heading to bed and this was the one closest to us passing by. Needless to say we had the area to ourselves to search and the youngest geo child soon came up with the goods, thanks for the cache Squash2.

After the rain at lunch is now perfect weather to go for a little cachingtour
TFTC

Thanks to spot-on coords, we quickly found cache and signed the log. Nice one Squash2.

Nice quick find with no one about. TFTC

Day fifty four of the WA road trip with BettyBoo3747.
A day to play tourist in Geraldton. We started with the tour of the HMAS Sydney Memorial, then caught the Shipwrecks tour at the Museum. Fish & Chips by the shore, and a few caches to round off the day.
We found some tracks, but we couldn't ask at the booking office when the next train was coming as it was closed! Probably just as well as we were standing in the middle of the tracks!
Good to see the old station still being used and not dismantled.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 8192. The only full day here in Geraldton for Robmc and me. Fortunately it was a much sunnier and warmer day than yesterday's welcome. We did the tour of the HMAS Sydney Memorial before going down the hill to the Museum for the Shipwreck Tour. After lunch by the shore it was off to do some caching.

Called past here just before 5.00pm and all was deserted so we had the cache in hand quickly. Was prepared to pop in a new log sheet but on opening, realised that had already been taken care of. Now it is definitely time to head to our accommodation for some quiet time.

Thanks Squash2

Found while I was on holiday in Geraldton. Tftc

Just off the pacific jewel. Market was one but an easy find under the cover of a stall. Needs a new log rest all ok TFTC .

Found it! Number 2 in half an hour!

New log in place. Thanks Smrfykk.

Easy find, gps was jumpy but use your geo instincts Tftc

Needs new log book thanks

Tftc

Awesome, found it