Wollongong Suburbs - Stanwell Tops Stanwell Tops, New South Wales, Australia
By Hoojar, Chip & Ding on 31-Mar-13. Waypoint GC48XDQ

Thanks for playing.

Thanks

Quick find by the geokids as we returned to the car after searching for the nearby escarpement caches. TFTC.

Tftc, found quickly

We found it after a little while. Thank you.

Today we made wirsch Team Pitsch Patsch a trip to Kiawa. On the way we had some stops to search an Cache. After a short search we can signed.
Thank you and greetings from Germany send Moorhelmi

Having just DNFed on Cracktacular it was nice to find this one easily and in the shade.
There were a couple of magpies bothering a big bird in the tree above me while i was signing the log. No idea what type it was.
Time for some lunch and a cold drink.
Thanks.
#369

GPS jumped around a lot but lucky for some wandering and found it. TFTC!

Came through this morning with JJCC on our way down south to some targeted caches for the team. Parking near GZ we started searching and found the cache in the third spot we looked at. With the cache in hand we signed our names, then replaced everything as found. Both the container and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache Hoojar, Chip & Ding.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, Selindian explores the World, Cumbyrocks GeoGem.

out with the fam bam... and the cache goes to geodad today. geokid very excited to find ninja lego... taken and left a lil plane for the next.

Found it with bugsy001 #2 of today

Fun find, every time we get out to look for one today it rains . Found with JC13

Easy to find

Found It!! Great Hide
TFTC

TFTC. Saw something out of place and there it was.

Found it. Tftc

Nice park and grab. TFTC

#2163 stopped here early in the morning stopped a bit further down the road so got a few steps. Soon found the cache in the first place I looked

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Hoojar, Chip & Ding

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2012, 2017 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Tftc! Beautiful location and nice hide! Cache find no. 44!

Gotta love the northern Illawarra on a clear winters day. Thanks for the cache.

I found the Wollongong Suburbs - Stanwell Tops trad cache at Stanwell Tops with GeodudeAU. MM

OCW my Geodad EverestHigh, The Bebes, and PelDroedGwin! TFTC Hoojar, Chip & Ding!

Out today finding some caches with SmudgeyCat heading towards Stanwell Park and back Parked the car and then headed over towards the cache. Read the hint and followed the gps which led straight to the cache hiding there. Signed the log and replaced it all as found with camo. Then it was back to the car and back north. Found with SmudgeyCat MM. TFTC

OCW PelDroedGwin, EverestHigh & MaxAdventurer

Headed south to tackle the puzzle series and others nearby.

A beautiful ocean view from this quiet location

Tftc

An easy find before walking in to Cracktacular, The Gnome, and Picnic on the Rocks. OCW The Bebes, PelDroedGwin and MaxAdventurer. TFTC Hoojar, Chip & Ding.

OCW the Bebes, Everest High and max adventurer. Tftc

Hi this was my first geocache!!! Excited to find more.

Found at 2:21 PM GAFF1.
This was a nice simple cache that we appreciated as we have done a few extreme, for us, caches lately - and one more very near to here
Thanks Hoojar.

TFTC

Doing it for Luie

TFTC

Tftc

We have travelled down from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to the Wollongong area for the April school holidays, camping in our Jayco Swan Outback camper trailer at the Corrimal Beach Tourist Park. Today we were off to do the Helensburgh puzzle cache series, which the family's chief puzzle solver had been busy solving over recent months, refusing any offers of help or assistance to come up with all 36 solutions. This was our 40th find of the day, and 81st find of the holiday.

After completing the Helensburgh puzzle cache series we were now on our way back to camp, but stopped off for this Traditional cache on the way, which was a quick find right where the hint said it would be. Signed the log, picked up the TB, then replaced as found. TFTC Hoojar, Chip & Ding.

Find #2491

#4538- thomo31 and I were on mission today- but we were making such brilliant time on the trail, that we stopped to smell the roses ( well, to look at the view from the lookout anyway) It was amazing today, as clear as the eye could see. Then a brief break for this nearby traditional. There were lots of spots where it could have been near GZ. After checking a number of spots we saw it. Thanks

Found with WaywardWoman. While doing a puzzle series nearby we spotted this cache on the map and did a side trip. Stopped at the nearby lookout to admire the view before heading here. With plenty of places to choose we took longer than expected to find it. Then signed log and returned as found. Thanks

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I've done quite a bit of puzzling before I've planned my trip to Helensburgh.
I did spend a week hours trying to solve the caches.
I've started my day trip to Helensburgh with the mission to find all the caches
What a beautiful day it was. Sunshine on this warm autumn day
Thank you for the nice series
Team sissifalke

A quick find on the first chilly morning of the year. A beautiful spot. TFTC

WT is in Australia as he has been flying in forbes. He found this and realised he forgot to get a pen. Going back to get one as I told him off for not carrying one.
Left TB.
Tftc

Clever red herring log very damp as not sealed properly thanks

A final find on a beautiful day. Nice and easy grab. Tnln tftc

Second one on our first day. Thanks.

We parked nearby, ready to walk the Wodi Wodi track in search of three other caches. TFTC

Pacgirl and I flew up to Sydney to visit Snoopy for a few days. The trip included sightseeing, socializing, and just a 'little' caching . Sometimes my geopartners got a little impatient - they're obviously more muggles than they are cachers . Today I set out on my own with time to tackle some of the more challenging caches around the RNP and Stanwell.

Inbetween some bigger hikes I was glad to pick up an occasional park-and-grab. This was one of my quicker finds. Quite an enjoyable day out here around Stanwell Tops.
Thanks, Hoojar.

The second find of the day!!!

This was my first ever geocaching experience. Pretty cool. Easy to find!

After our first finding at Orford outlook, the map show there is another one nearby, so we went to look for it and found it. A nice detour from the main road.

Whist doing the Helensburgh Puzzle Caches marj01 and I grabbed a few caches that were in the vicinity of the puzzle caches, this was one of them. TFTC Hoojar.

Ventured over her whilst doing the puzzle caches
Thanks

Found on my way to Year 8 camp at the nearby facility. I was driving behind the buses and noticed we were getting really close and that there was a cache placed here. Pulled the car over and made a quick find. I was wondering how I was going to sneak off from camp to keep my streak going. SL #3291 on streak day #1896 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!

Quick find and sign for us here.

Thanks for the hide, Hoojar

14532. 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. This was a nice bonus cache along the way doing the Helensburgh puzzle series. 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 2855 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



Thanks Hoojar for the cache!

Tftc! Nice area

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. Quick find when find the Helensburgh mysteries. TFTC

Quick find when find the Helensburgh mysteries. TFTC

Just as I pulled up the batteries in my GPS went flat,I had spare but thought I would find this cache by phone,its been awhile so it felt kinda weird using a phone again.I stopped in here and found the hide before taking on trails to the other nearby caches.
Thanks Hoojar,Chip & Ding for the cache

We headed out on a geocaching weekend with Rapidlywild to collect the new puzzle trail in Helensburg and others along the way. The weather was not kind, in fact it was downright revolting at times, but we persevered through the rain, flooded roads and detours to collect the smileys. Once we tackled the trail we headed up the highway to the Sutherland shire to check into our accommodation and grab a meal.

Apologies for the generic log, thanks to the cache owners for the placements, collecting them on this wet day only added to the adventure, we had fun in the puddles and with the leaches.

With the long weekend upon us, plans were in place with FurfacesLL to head towards Helensburgh to do the newly released puzzle series and what ever comes up. Weather in Helensburgh was far from pleasent....... we got pretty wet, came across some flooded roads, and some yucky leaches. We cached in Helensbough, Cronulla, Harbour Bridge, Bowral and even Goulburn lol we went everywhere [:p]

Short detour and another quick find, log signed and cache replaced.

Thanks heaps to FurfacesLL for another awesome weekend away, thanks Hoojar for the cache placement [^]

Thanks for cache!

TFTF

Found it, logged it, NEXT!!!

Took a bit of looking but got our last of the day. TFTC

Find #: 1,462
Companion: Geokids 12 and 5
Muggles: None
Weather: Hot afternoon
Cache condition: Good

My elder son attended a music camp at the nearby convention centre, and my younger son joined me on the journey to pick him up, which included a trip down to Stanwell Park to view the hang-gliders. After the concert I persuaded the boys to quickly stop and look for this cache. It took a little while to find the right object that matched the hint, but eventually I spotted some likely camo - CIH! TNLNSL, then we continued on to look at the view from the lookout point. TFTC

Tftc

TFTC!! Replaced broken pencil.

Quick find after Walking in the area, thanks for the hide!

Having just found the new cache nearby, when back at the car I saw this was only 30m away. Checked a few places matching the clue, before I spied something that looked suspicious. Sure enough, it was CIH.
TFTC.

Fluked this one!
TFTC!

Quick and easy find literally 10m from where I parked the car. On the way to pick up geoson from a camp at the conference centre. TFTC

came to pick up geokid for music camp at nearby convention centre. Decide to have a search nearby. There are so many fallen trees and had to check one by one. saw work nearby is ongoing as background music. finanlly spotted plastic bag and CIH. TFTC

Quick dash from the car to grab this one. TFTC

No a big fan of spiders but ill do anything for a cache.

Nice

2nd cache of the day with a similar hiding spot

Everytime I pass through here I aim to knock at least one off the list. Nice and easy. Tftc. Awesome views here and I love coalcliff. Tnln.

Quick find with my GeoFatherInLaw (who kept asking me where the Pokemon was )
Great little find! TFTC!

Really quick find, the clue was spot on, tftc

With our local friends, TFTC

On our way home after our church's annual workers' conference, this year held nearby at The Tops Conference Centre. God has blessed us with such a cool place to be. Thanks for the cache, a quick grab before the drive home.

Found with Happy Jackie on drive back up the coast. Lovely spot and what a view. Thanks

Ezpz

Follow the clue

Quick and easy. Thanks!

Quick and easy find. TFTC

Found with friends on visit to Sydney.

TFTC lots to search but didn't take to long

So many 'fallen' options. Tftc.

After completing our loop out to Train Spotting and beyond we realised as we headed back to the car that the there was a another cache with 100m of the car. A look at one spot before shifting to another and a quick find was made. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC

Final cache on the Illawara Coast Drive. Decided that this one is kid a short detour on the way back to Sydney, so a hunt was mounted. Took a while to find the correct fallen one, but got it in the end. TFTC!

On the Hoojar trail today , looking forward to some good finds. This was a good start. TFTC

Quick, easy find, new to this area so having fun TFTC

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.

Out caching with inthistogether & luck6. Funny find this one. Pulled up to see fellow cachers with phones in hand! Met seemyshells & friend & the find was made! TFTC

#490..... bumped into GeoJenTrio when making the approach to GZ. It's always great bumping into other cachers out in the field! TFTC

We went to Helensburgh today... wow! Here are some very awesome caches! Thank you for this cache, really enjoyed finding this! (:

Haha clue gives it away

TFTC.. Uneasy about getting in there though!

Was a little wary about this one with localised chainsaw practice recently. But CIH soon enough. TFTC.

Quick find on a glorious afternoon. TFTC

Found with Paegle on a trip up to Waterfall for a SeemyShell cache,

Easy enough,
Cheers