Stop, Shop and Explore Blaxland, New South Wales, Australia
By All Strung Out on 30-Mar-13. Waypoint GC48M74

It seems this position gets knocked around a bit....damaging the cache. Thankyou to whitemushroom whom has performed maintenance o this one a number of times. Archiving this cache to allow someone else to place something else within the area.

This one took a few visits to work out and I think it needs a little maintenance.

My second attempt :/ it might be missing not sure

Super hard find

I believe it is missing. A shame as I love a good cache bonanza.

My told me I was standing right on top of it! maybe next time

[Red]I think there may have been a car parked on this one today. We left empty handed.

Thanks anyway All Strung Out.[/Red]

Good to go again (thanks so much to the Funguy)

Good to go thanks to whitemushroom

Temp Disabled whilst maintenance is carried out. (Thankyou whitemushroom)!!!

Retrieved, for maintenance. Back soon.

loved it, our first micro! And yes a bare car park helps - painful shoppers always there day and night!

Our first micro! needs maintenance through, there is no more room on the paper and it was leaking so all the ink bleed. Great hiding spot walked past it the first time we saw it.

Yay

TFTC.

Found on second attempt, wasnt there first time but was replaced and didnt take long. Tftc!

TFTC

Well looking for this before and it wasnt there in the exact spot.. guessing someone might have taken it home accidently.. feels good to finally check this off tftc

Easy find with boy boys - tftc

Wasn't here the first time, couldn't find it. Then came back and lookee in the exact same spot and it's there? What? Oh well. Another find on our quest to complete the well rounded cache challenge. TFTC

This was really nothing like I expected, but that wad good, made me think outside the square. I got here nice and early so didn't have the problems of cars being parked on it, but wad glad for my purell to rid me of the rust before my appointment lol. SL TFTC

The hint is very good. if I hadn't seen one like this on eBay I might never have found it.

Found it on a day out geocaching with Frebob.

First of the day with pills123 TFTC

Not sure if it's still there.. looked in every possible spot available with an empty carpark

Easy but only if the way is not blocked

That was a little bugga lol TFTC

After being at this GZ about 2 times before this, I finally have it! Always been in the same spot that the app takes you to, however it was lodged last few times.
Good luck and TFTC!
Finally lol

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Gps a bit un settled but when it did finally settle we found a very well concealed container. Tftc was very hot though

This entry was edited by mccauley4 on Friday, 20 December 2013 at 05:44:09 UTC.

Very Good.... Took 4 visit as a car was parked there each time.

Re Enabled ..good to go!

Fixed up ready to go again (Thanks to whitemushroom for the re-construction)!

Disabled for a day or two, whilst maintenance is being undertaken. Thanks whitemushroom!

First find of the day with Erica a new cacher. Slightly damaged didn't write in it

First find:)

Another good find with TuisReturn
We enjoyed touring around the area finding caches

As already noted, the cache is in need of replacement. TFTC

Found while away geocaching with tmann421. Thanks to all the great hiders out there that enabled us to see some fantastic views & places in NSW. Sorry for the late logs but it will be Xmas before I catch up

Set out early this morning with Jfindit to attempt a few caches in a different area than one we are familiar with this being the lower blue mountains area, this is a great spot with many challenging cache types as well as terrain and difficulty ratings, we had a great day and would recommend the area to anyone who is prepared to test themselves in all environments. nice hide however the cache is a little out of shape and will need replacing tftc

xPhenoms and I ventured south this morning 4:30am “grumble grumble” in the trusty Mitsubishi Geowagon down the thin black line to Penrith and then onwards to the Blue Mountains ie Glenbrook, Blaxland, Springwood. For part one of a two day trip. Great cache. Even though the cache is badly damaged managed to open with the help of two Leatherman's container needs replacing. TFTC

Found container (see photo) it's damaged as some had taken the hint to literally. Could not open he container.

was visiting a family member and the Booo's grabbed this one on the way cache was damaged and we could not get it open so couldn't sign thanks

Found container (see photo) it's damaged as some had taken the hint to literally. Could not open the container.

Container had been damaged looks to have been crushed between concert and steel

Found on the way back from the mountains!
Great bread shop and pies on this strip
Tftc

Quick grab, look out for muggles.

TFTC. Not much room left on the log paper.

Yay! Good hiding spot.
Hint (tie your shoelace) .

On my way to the shops and thought I'd have a quick look.

TFTC. Quick easy find. Struggled getting the log back in

Found cache with jg, it was a hard find as cache had detached itself, if you feel like fixing it better than we tried bring some sort of tape, TFTC

tftc

Nice easy park and grab.
TftC

Very clever

While in the area for a quick job I snuck into the quiet car park and in between the muggle mobiles I found a very cheecky hide.
SL and Rntd safe.
I too have a very similar concealment ready but have not yet found the correct spot...well done.
TFTC
Steveishere

Forgot my pen! But while on my lunch break, went for quick hunt and luckily the car space was just becoming empty!

Nice local find TFTC

Home with the family late and the cupboard is empty, so I come to the shops to get something quick.
The car park is empty and the only person around is a tired stock person, so I see my opportunity to do this one.
Found it quick enough, but not where I expected to find it. Not too easy to retrieve for someone like me with sausage fingers.
Very clever hide.

The cache container is coming away from its cammo. I tried to resecure but didn't have much up to the task.

Tftc

Tftn

FOUND ! Night visiting

Tftc

tftc

I have looked for this cache previously however, last time there was a few tonne of metal in the way.

Today was a different story, I could access the cache ok, just had to deal with the nosy muggles passing by.

The cache was retrieved, log signed and all replaced as found.

Tks ... All Strung Out ... GazMag

#1,946

Good to go!

Thanks. Log is full.

Thanks. With some other person.

Finally opportunity to look for the cache. Was a bit hard to retreive with big fingers. TfTC

On my way to some of the bushland caches to the north of here today, so I stopped off for a look see here. At first I tried the larger object, then I noticed the smaller one Thanks ASO.

Sneaky find!

#2036
Came up to drop off the kids at their Grandmothers place. We met here and then on checking had a cache 50m away. COOL! I did a quick check but at first couldn't find it. Then once the were picked up, I drove over and had a thorough look. Using a tool, I spied something and realised it was the camo. It was a little stuck, but managed to get it out. SL, then added some tape as it was falling out, and replaced. Sneaky little hide. TFTC.

Went to find but was hindered by a muggle mobile parked over the top. Iwill return at night when there are lesser vehicles around.

A DNF for me I'm afraid.

It was dark, raining and Saturday night, all not conducive to locating this cache. I think I could see it however, there was a car parked right over it, so I just could not manage to claim the prize.

I will return.

Tks ... All Strung Out ... GazMag

Found the correct hiding spot fairly easily, but couldn't quite reach the container!

Some driver had parked their automobile most inconveniently . . .

I could reach it while lying down, and could feel it move, but retrieval proved impossible.

I shall return!

This cache was one of four I logged today, while on an expedition in the lower Blue Mountains with the senior member of Team Canary . . . We had a great time and escaped the fog and rain so prevalent in the upper mountains . . .

After my DNF earlier in the day, TC and I made the rounds of some new local caches, and then I returned to the Blaxland car park at the end of the day, having thought of a special 'tool' that might help with the retrieval job.

However, the offending car was gone!

So I made an easy find.

All was in good order with the geocache. TNLNSL.

Thanks to ASO another Blue Mountains cache.

Quiet enough for a quick poke around.

Come here often enough but never the chance to poke around due to numbers of muggles tonight was a charm though. Had the whole place mostly to myself for a quick search and discover. TFTC

This entry was edited by teanm.hall on Monday, 20 May 2013 at 06:33:09 UTC.

Mum drove us to Blaxland today so that we could get some pet mice. Then she suggested that I should look for this cache, as it was so close to the pet shop. Didn't take long to find, but my fingers couldn't get it out. My brother helped out.

My sister found this one, but I had to get it out for her. We were nearby to pick up some pet mice.

Found today with my brother and sister while we were getting our new pet mice.

Reasonably quick find without too much muggle activity. TFTC.

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A quick stop on our way out to dinner. Bikerbuddy had already found this one, so he directed me to a good parking spot then stood back to watch me search. Spotted it quickly, but needed a few goes to retrieve the cache, as it kept slipping out of my fingers.

Bikerbuddy's memory was that there was some tape involved with attaching the container to the camo. If his memory is correct, the CO might want to check on this one, as there is no longer any tape.

Thanks ASO, especially since I needed a find today to fill an empty calendar day .

A busy car park but we were lucky. No one on the move near the Cache location.
It was difficult to extract but we finally did it.
TFTC

Knowing the GZ, having helped the CO with the Co-ords at set-up (a smilie is a smilie), there was still the mystery of what the 'prize' was. Nifty, though a retrieve was a challenge. TFTC Team ASO

After refereeing I stopped and made a find. A little quicker than my walk to Mt Solitary yesterday!?! Or your find at CLIFFHANGER!

TFTC.

Took us a while

Tricky one! TFTC

Got out of the car followed GPS and found that a car was blocking our way to the cache geosis came up with an amazing excuse that we dropped something if someone asked what we were doing but the owner of the car came and we used it on him he was already leaving it didnt make much of a difference to him.

TFTC Found with the azazzlenic, bisygisy and. [^]

Pretending to drop something is probably the most useful caching tool yet. However, we still needed the car to move before it could be retrieved. Luckily the guy turned up and left so we could nab the car spot and the cache. Hopefully the container doesn't get any looser.

TFTC Found with the geobro and the geodad

Well what can I say. Never would of imagined that. TFTC.

A good laugh, very clever in how it was designed. TFTC.

FTF

We were on our way back up to Springwood this morning as the weather was so much nicer than yesterday and I wanted to grab a few of the caches left in the area.

Noticed this one that was not there yesterday, so, thought, hmmm, we could stop in and have a look, not had much luck with ASO's caches really, so did not hold high hopes.

Parked in a suitable location, though not ideal, youngest had it quickly, can't fool her, now to bring her up to some of your others LOL

We were going to Penrith this morning when the WaywardWoman noticed this one had been published. We arrived not long after it was published, but given conditions at this cache that others will discover, it was not possible for us to retrieve it at the time. So we went to Penrith and came back this afternoon on the way home. The way was now clear to get the cache and I had it in hand fairly quickly (although All Strung Out owe me a manicure and new nail polish!) We found that Webguy had been there already. Who would have guessed Webguy would be FTF on a micro in the mountains? The world is a strange place! Thanks

#1898- We struck out the first time on our way to Penrith, but on the way back, it was clear to nab this one. Thanks for a quick, but unusual find.

Arrived at GZ this arvo after making an unscheduled trip to Blaxland. As soon as I noticed the area around GZ I thought I knew what I was looking for and sure enough had it within a minute. Good to see something different! TFTC.

Good to find a new cache close to home
TFTC

Geogollum extracted it from its place. Helps having skinny fingers! As far as micros go, this is a good adaption. Nicely done.

As I work rather close to this cache, I decided to wait till after work to do my sneaking about. Empty car park helps... clumsy fingers do not. TFTC

Grabbed on our way back from Penrith after a false start in the morning.