Wollongong Suburbs - Austinmer Austinmer, New South Wales, Australia
By Hoojar, Chip & Ding on 14-Feb-13. Waypoint GC45ZRT

Still there albeit not where it should be. We found it near the little gate under the paver

Sadly this one has gone. Thanks for playing.

Another DNF from Brew. This time with a previous finder. Not in the spot it's meant to be! 6 DNFs since Sept 2017. A couple of recent "FIND ITs" from cachers that use the same log? But definitely not there. Please check soon please. Thanks. Brew

Seems to be AWOL. Please check soon. Thanks.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

With Scotty Tee..... DO IT....

DOing IT Hard

DNF for us also

Looked and looked, but couldn't find.

Looked but couldn’t find

Such a lovely spot. Pity its a dnf

DNF. Checked everywhere I could try but nothing. Maybe a check by CO to confirm if I have cache blindness?

No idea. Spent about half hour here for what should have been fairly simple. Checked the obvious places.

that took longer then is should have tftc

It took us a little while but it was fun and we had a good view of the beach across the street. It was very tricky and great for my first Australian geocache. TFTC

Found with WHATSERNAME123 after a day out at the beach! Took us way too long to find this but was still fun! TFTC

Off we go for another geomission! fitzy_1965, AngelG27 and I were off in the geomover to descend on the Illawarra region to knock off the Helensburgh puzzle series and whatever others we could nab along the way. Sunny spring weather and lots of laughs made for a fun weekend of caching!

An odd placement but found none the less

Thanks for the hide, Hoojar, Chip & Ding

14562. Found during a great weekend caching down in the Helensburgh / Wollongong region with specimenX and AngelG27.

A long planned weekend was finally here. An early morning departure from Canberra soon had us hitting the caches. After finishing the Scout and the Helensburgh puzzle series, we headed south cherry-picking some nice caches gradually getting closer and closer to our digs for the night. This was the next stop. Quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache, and we were on our way to the next one.

Thanks to all the CO's for their caches - very much appreciated !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cache 2886 on 2/9/17

Fitzy_1965, SpecimenX and I headed out on a long planned geomission to Helensburgh and Wollongong to grab a stack of solved puzzles and as-yet-uncollected traditionals. We headed up the highway from the ACT to Appin, then down the hill to Helensburgh and then made our way south. We have around 160 caches on the list, but if we grab 100 over the two days, that would be fine, especially since I have a terrible head cold! Unless otherwise indicated, caches were found quickly and in good order. Thanks to my geo partners in crime for a fun weekend

Oddly placed cache !

Thanks Hoojar for the cache!

Couldn't find it after 20 minutes of looking. Can someone give me some clues or areas of where I should search

A quick find after pulling off some driving maneuvers,
TFTC

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Easy find

TFTC beautiful spot

Near the road

Found with Booderee TFTC No TB

Good coords but no trackable Found with my sis EchoBoogie

Found with Selfdecapitation, TFTC

Found with Georgia_jane97, TFTC

Found with AF BEE while on a great geocaching vacation. Thanks for placing this cache.

Last day of a 3+ week trip to Australia and New Zealand...took a couple of minutes to hone in...also crossed the street and enjoyed a short walk on the beach while there...TFTC!

TFTC log to follow

I nice easy find while participating in a Geotrek 2017. Picked up TB, thanks.

5/3/17. 11:35 AM. Cache #4819.
10th of 15 finds for the day.

GEOTREK 2017 route took us through Campbelltown, Bradbury, St Helens Park, Gilead, Appin, Cataract, Bulli, Thirroul, Austinmer, Coledale, Wombarra, Scarborough, Clifton, Coalcliff to finish at Stanwell Park. Grabbed caches at most of these locations and finished the day with a CITO in Putney!

After "Copious Caches on the Coast #2", the GEOTREK route sent **bella at waggy** and I down the Bulli Pass and then heading north up the Lawrence Hargreaves. We passed through Thirroul before getting back into caching again, deciding to pick up the "Wollongong Suburbs" series, starting with this one. I hadn't saved this on my phone so b@w had to do all the navigating.

He soon turned it up. Only jkcourtz had been here before us today. Off to the Coledale cache in the series next. TFTC.
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Searched for while doing the Geotrek2017!

Despite that somebody else found it, it was no luck for me.

Nice to be spending some time in my old stomping grounds. Haven't been to this garden since the late 1980's. Not sure if much has changed as I can't really remember what it looked like then. Anyway, of course I parked on the opposite side of the gardens so was *forced to walk all the way through. Got to GZ only to find old muggles resting in the shade on the opposite foot path. They weren't paying me any attention so I made the grab and disappeared behind the big tree. With signing duties completed and 2 x TB's placed inside, the cache was returned whilst the muggles were still resting. TFTC Hoojar!

Czech Ladybird TB was not found in the cache today.

This was another easy find as there were not many places to look and it was actually found in the first place checked. No problem with the log signing and all was put back for the next cacher to find. Thanks to Hoojar, Chip & Ding for this cache placement.

Very easy took us about 5 minutes hit GZ very quickly but it was a bit off I did it with a friend it was fun



TFTC

Found it, took a lot longer to find than it should of

6033 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1205 on our way south towards Wollongong. Found the back entrance to the park so there was not a problem with the time we took to SL Tnx Hoojar.

No trackable!!!!!

Easy find with accurate coords. TFTC nice view to both headlands. Container is in good shape and the location was muggle free.

Lots of shade for the 30 degree day out caching!
TFTC!!

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Found Wollongong Suburbs - Austinmer at Austinmer with Mikev1 while out driving along the road. SR

I decided on this cache for my 300th cache find because Austinmer brings back many good summer childhood memories for me. My family used to come down to Austinmer Beach for the summer holidays and we always stayed in an old house on the southern headland overlooking the beach. It was just a short stroll down the steps and onto the beach. I enjoyed building sandcastles in the sand, having a paddle in the baths with my special floatie bubble attached, and exploring the rock pools. I first learnt to blow bubbles in the kids rockpool nearby!
The old house was pulled down just a few years ago and replaced with a modern house, but I still like to come to this beach, grab some fish n chips, and have a stroll. In fact Austinmer would have to be one of my favourite beaches.
There is no cache near the beach proper, but this cache is over the headland opposite another nearby beach. I had actually never been to this park before and at first my gps was pointing to a structure, in which I was hoping the cache wouldn't be. But thankfully then it shifted to a few metres away and I saw another likely cache hiding place. Walked up to it and there was the cache. Got a fright when I opened the cache, as a little creature jumped out - I dropped the cache and the contents in the process, before I realized what it was! Signed the log and replaced it (with the critter inside) for the next cacher to find. Found with SmudgeyCat SR. TFTC

Picked up during The Gong Ride. I got a break in the traffic and was able to get over to pick it up quickly.

Was busy as anything due to the closer of buli pass but found a good break on traffic and sighed the log!! TFTC!!!

Travelling home from our trip to Bony Mountain Music Festival, we picked up this cache. tftc.

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Tftc no trackable

Found with Jeanovanwam millymoo13 hails13 zooter10

Found this on fathers day! TFTC SL and found with Missa25, Hailz13, Millymoo13 and Zooter10 we are now off to Sea Cliff Bridge on our way back to Kirrawee

TFTC!!!

Founddd

TFTC! Quick Find by a geokid. Good eyes. Dropped a TB.

I'm sorry Charlie for doubting you.

TFTC left behind some cash for the next friend!

TFTC!

Great long weekend find

Took us abut but we got it! TFTC

Illegal parking thanks Yingling from Colorado

We found it with some help by some people who were looking for it as well!!!

Found with geojackbaxter. 3 nice kids. TFTC

Found on a walk along the beach
TFTH

Yay!! Abit confused with clue.. but we got it

Tftc

After looking around for a while and reading through past logs for clues, I turned around and there it was!!
Found with poochie the geodog, his 2nd find!

Niece found it again. She's a natural! TFTC

Not sure on the clue. But a nifty hiding place. TFTC

7 of us looking, but no luck. Lovely spot, shame we couldn't find it.

Did I just see Austin Power drive by or just a mer. TFTC

Nice easy one! Tftc lots of muggles around.. Needs a new log also! Beautiful location

FIRST GEOCACHE! Woohoo! Never been so excited haha

So sad my friend and I couldn't find it! I'm not too surprised though, I've only geocached twice before this. Even so, I thought I'd find it because everyone was saying it was easy! Maybe I'm just really bad... Can anyone give me a hint???

Easy grab on my break to skydiving

Quick find after dropping Scot off tftc

Great scene

On a ride to wollongong, with some girocaching on the way. Cool flourescent pen. Love these gardens, thanks.

In the area trying to get numbers for Wazza9 to complete his goals he had set himself in 2015. A quick find. Thanks to Hoojar

TFTC,
Today is all about numbers. I am trying to achieve 3 per day for 2015.
Visited trackables.

Our final suburb for the day, as this is as far south of the Illawarra Coast we were going to travel today as we have a flight out of Sydney to catch. I had to dash over from the next street down the drive because we couldn't find a parking. It was a fairly straightforward hide, and thanks for this wonderful series of caches!

Cache No. 7 Beautiful park opposite lovely Beach. My first solo find today. Cheers, Grandventure ?

GPS was confused so was a somewhat difficult find but is a great hiding spot. Could imagine its difficult to avoid muggles on a busy weekend. TFTC!

Had to drive past a few times before working out where I could stop without walking too far in the rain for this one.
TFTC Hoojar

Last one for the day. Thanks for the bringing us here today. TFTC

Easy find, some little local muggles came over to show us where it was. TFTC

TFTC log full though

Quick find ... Respect

Found this cache with our friends from New Zealand on our coastal drive from the big smoke. Thanks Hoojar.

Cruising with WEEO who is showing us his back yard, caching wise.

Thanks Hoojar and greetings from NZ

Found. Thanks for the cache hide. Found with *Throsbyonchurch* and *Little Panther*

I found this cache as a joint part of “Team” *Throsbyonchurch* and in which name the log book was signed. I now have my own account as I’m old enough to cache myself, so I am claiming a fair share of my earlier finds. As I had no caching name at the time there's no log in the book for me but I’m claiming the find under team ToC. Thank you for the hide.

I found this cache jointly with TOC and now I have my own account I am claiming my finds. My caching name is not in the log book though as I didn't have one. I can cache on my own now. Thank you for the hide.

Out caching with the fam on a beautiful hot spring day. Geokid found this cache quickly. Nice park. SL TFTH.

Tftc!

Found it this afternoon with Ian and meneertier. Lovely location!

TFTC Thank you for going to the effort of hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity. TOOK TB

Out marking some more off my Wollongong Suburbs to do list. Beautiful day, lovely park. TFTC dropped a TB that I bought back from TAS