Tiny Shiny Linley Point, New South Wales, Australia
By GeoMonkeys on 09-Apr-02. Waypoint GC4B94

What an epic geocache this has become. Over twenty two years after being carefully crafted and hidden away in this seemingly innocuous riverbank location.Looking at the original photos oh how this place has changed. Reading the past logs is another indicator of change. Entertaining to read this cache many years ago was actually a tutu. It is well deserving of its fourfour status these days. I was at an event a handful of days prior and had asked the broader group of any clever cute or memorable caches in the area I was to be in for a future event. Immediately tiny shiny was mentioned and a general consensus went round of it being a great choice.So i took the ferry from circular quay to Huntley point the day of said event and beelined directly for this cache. Walked around the fence as past logs suggested and had an uneventful walk to within thirty odd metres. Worked up the nerve to thrash through the asparagus ferns and was most surprised when I came upon a handmade stone wall. After searching it thoroughly and only finding success in upsetting spiders, I discovered yet another wall. Holy crap.who built this. Is it convict built? Its right beside the shoreline. Was it during the bridgebuild. So many questions. Went to town so to speak and not long later eyed the treasure. Danced around and unravelled the log to read its royalty. Wow so many names. I've added a couple a log photos too. I loved every minute of this geostash. Its in a beautiful location with a slight element of adventure, has a great dt combination and is over twenty two years old. Back then I lived in Brisbane. Several lifetimes ago. An easy favourite for hiding a cache here and keeping it alive for us all to keep discovering. Epic. Thank you so much.Geocaches like this one are what this game is all about for me.

Staying in Sydney for a few days. We set out bright and early once again this morning despite having a rather late night yesterday. Today we primarily cached out west. It was a relatively nice caching day until the arrival of the late afternoon heat.Took some time to find a clear access path to gz, relatively quick find once we made it.Thanks for the cache

Last complete day in Sydneyso the Dtokk the Opal Card and tried to do something for the jasmer challengeand he was succesfull.Einen lieben Gru hinterlsst Die-GYLDe in dieser nun lachenden Schatzkiste DFDCVielen Dank fr's Herlocken, Legen und Pflegen!Many thanks for placing and leading me out here!Bedankt voor het plaatsen en om me naar hier te lokken!Muchas gracias por este cache que me ha trado hasta aqu!Moltes grcies per amagar i per mostrar-nos aquest indret!Merci pour cette cache et les amener aussi ce endroit!Graas para o cache, Grazie per questo Cache, Obrigado por isso Cache!, Takk for at Cache, Tack fr att Cache, Tak for denne Cache, Kiitos, ett Cache, Ai u t talpykl, Paldies par o Cache, Aith selle eest Cache, Dziki za Cache, Dky za ke, Hvala cache, Ksznjk, hogy a cache, nbellek iin teekkrler, cache, , , Dankon pro la kamemoro!

Ty

Found with Brewmaker & Its_Dozzie. I had no trouble getting under the access barriers. Much easier than Brewmaker did. But close to GZ, I nearly slipped into the river. Quick find by Brewmaker while I sniffed around. TFTC

OCW Its_Dozzie & GeodogZelda after a nearby event, we wanted to knock off this old 2002 cache. with some good intel from a recent finder, we found the gaps to get close to GZ. I felt like I was in the SAS with some of the belly crawls I had to make, though GDZ had little trouble getting under the fences. Once at the lowest level, we started searching in the wall and after a short time, I spotted the shiny tiny. Out came the log and added our names. Back in it's hole and back to the cars. TFTC

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OCW Brewmaker and Geodog Zelda. We had some intel how best to approach the cache. It still required some acrobatic manouvres and I had my slippery shoes on, so that was a challenge in itself.
Once at the right level the cache was spotted by Brewmaker while GDZ was tasting the local water.
TFTC

Decided to do this one for the D/T grid. Walked around the fence on the suggestion of one of the previous logs. The last part down to the cache was still the hardest IMO, and I'm glad I have a bit of confidence to scramble around the bush. Took a few minutes looking around a few spots until I found the cache. TFTC!

We were in the area on a geomission for a different cache. Saw this one close by and decided to have a look as the D/T combination was a good one to get. We walked around the fence and made our way to the closest open spot in front of the thorny bushes. Saw what looked like a possible trail and gingerly made our way down to the waters edge. After perusing a couple of logs we narrowed down our search area and soon spied the little hide tucked away. Reminded us of secreted idols in the Survivor TV series. Signed our name in the log book and made our way back to the geomobile. Interesting spot. Great views from the multimillion dollar homes along the waters edge. Thanks GeoMonkeys for challenging us.

Made it to the ferns but felt that was far enoigh tonight

Found It!
The hole in the fence has been patched up now but that wasn't a problem since I just walked around the fenced off area. I'm not sure why the fence was ever an issue for anyone. The hardest part for me was the last 20m through the thick bushes to get to the cache. But once I got to GZ, it didn't take long to find cache. The log scroll is rather full but I found a small gap part way along that I signed. This is an interesting little spot, I wonder what it used to be?
TFTC

With 9 more LGA’s needed to claim a ACT challenge I’d signed a couple of years ago I hired an ebike for the afternoon and set off on a big loop around the Parramatta River.

I had a bit of trouble finding access to this one but thankfully it was a quick find once I had. Fun spot. Thanks P3sKy_Geomonkey for creating and placing this for us to enjoy.

Fence is open under bridge and clambered down through the high grass and asparagus ferns.
Quick find once at correct level. Thanks for the sneaky hide!

Tftc. Nice explore. Found the path to the correct wall. Nice small old cache. Filled calendar month for me

Woohoo! Found at last - with a hint from recent finder about where best to enter the bush. My previous attempted entry points quickly became too difficult. With a bit of care this route got me there. Great adventure. SL TFTC.

Found a gap in the fence and made my way to the cache. After searching for ages I was about to give up and then I had one more look and found it. A great cache and nice to see such an old cache still going. TFTC

Returned nearish to low tide, used the gap in the fence. I explored what I thought would be a viable route but it did not look viable - it was still two hours to low tide so maybe that was the problem. I scouted another route and got half way down, but bottled out as I wasn’t sure I would be able to get up again. At some point I will return at actual low tide and give it a final go.

I was in the vicinity today and noticed that the gate in the fence has been removed, so it is straightforward to access the area. I got within 13m but was thwarted. Maybe low tide is necessary/

Attempted … not the water way and then seemed far too complicated. I will have to invest in a kayak lol

Another local lockdown Saturday adventure with BarberBlackSheep, decided to take our frisbee and head down to the park to play. I noticed this cache nearby and have been eyeing it off for a while, I have a nak of going to caches without looking at any of the details so it wasn’t until we got closer I realised that it was a 4/4 and I of course was wearing my nice runners.

Excited for the challenge, we made our way under the bridge and close to GZ, okay, so we went down the most difficult way and coming back up was A LOT more pleasant! Once we got to GZ we made the find quickly, how exciting! 2002 cache and its original log! I didn’t need to unravel the 4m long log but I did and it took FOREVER to roll back up haha.

Thank you for the adventure and keeping us entertained - deserves a fav point from me! Much appreciated!

TFTC

Found a gap in the fence and giggles as I read someone else commenting saying “It’s all down hill from here”


Adventure-fox and I made our way down and walked along the river to find the aforementioned wall

After searching for a little bit and then taken another approach, we soon had cache in hand

TFTC and Favourite point for this one!

Not today :-/

Not today:-/

Fenced off

I scouted it out but was not brave enough to attempt it as I could not find any reasonable way through, under or over the fence.

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Came in via kayak to correct my previous DNF. Great to find such an old cache still active.

Cheers

I DNF’d this one one many many years ago but today I was back. Once over the fence it was all downhill from there! TFTC!

This one has been on my list since 2017. I visited Sydney in 2017 and tried to find this one when I was fairly new to geocaching. Thinking it would be good to get Australia on the map before heading back to UK. It was a dnf back then. Fast forward to today, I’ve emigrated to Australia, married my wonderful wife and managed to get a few hours spare in the morning to go searching for this one. I missed a key word in the hunt but after readjusting my position I soon had cache in hand. Yay! Tftc

This cache had everything, DT, age, county... and it was sort of cool. Cool in a sharp, scramble and slimy rocks sort of way but it was still memorable! Thanks for the fun!!!

Trip details...
With GreyHams we continued onwards with our NSW counties trip, started as a need to collect a few to make up some missing numbers to qualify for a challenge... ended that we wanted ALL. OF. THEM!!! This wasn't the planned trip we thought was next but with no flights it was our plan B and still a needed one any way.

The focus was on the 7 counties around the Hunter region, however I did have 11 North Sydney counties I was keen to collect. GreyHams was gracious enough to help me get them despite having them already. He also was the best navigator to assist me to drive through the crazy of Sydney traffic! Planner, Navigator, finder, signer... yep, he does it all!!!

This trip was about quality, counties, oldies, sizes, interesting, type. If your cache made it to our list then it was one of these. We found three 2000 caches and despite living so close I finally found Lane Cove, my first Australian 2000 cache and also my 20th.

Sydney caching took its toll and the day got away from us. We made the move to return to Hornsby and luckily scored the last 2 rooms, as we often do! Placed us well though to continue with a few counties close by before continuing on to the start of the needed 7 around the Hunter way. Kurri Kurri murals also led to a great lunch at the local chippery, the fish burger was just the thing! It has to be said that the bats up this way are of some impressive size, good enough to be off the roads before night fall and saw us stopping in Dungog for the night.

Dungog was chosen as it was close to 'frying pan' an awesome 2000 cache in a stunning location for the next morning. It turning out to be a great place which was a massive bonus. Again we managed to last two rooms upstairs at the local Hotel. Great priced rooms, great food and super convenient. Beautiful countryside around this quaint town and the local bakery we stopped at for breakfast is a must.

Rain the last morning didn't slow us too much, even made for the trip out to Frying pan in the morning as a more beautiful experience with everything all wet. Loved the evidence of the old logging history as we made our way through the area and then it was time to head back to home. Never a direct route though it was very full and enjoyable day as we continued through to the last of the caches we had time for along the way.

Many thanks for you cache that led us on our journey, another counties trip ticked off but another great trip it was!

Pretty tough terrain. Low tide required. Tftc

First time leaving the house in nearly two weeks. I had to run an errand, and this was en route.. or so I thought. Foiled by the fence!

This one made me feel as though I was in Indiana Jones and the search for the Tiny Shiny! I gave it a bit of polishing as I left my adventure

A walk in Kosciusko National Park was planned many months ago for the first week of January, before the now infamous fires were but a spark. As Christmas came and went, and the fires grew worse, I was not aware that fires were also starting in Kosi National Park. A day before we were to fly out the park was closed for a few days due to nearby fires, so with the chance of still going, we headed to Sydney. We waited and waited for the warnings to clear, but sadly this was not to be, and in fact, it has gotten much worse and the closures continued. We were not going to Kosi . While this was an inconvenience for us, our thoughts are with those who have suffered so much worse than us in this devastating event.

We decided to stay around Sydney and Newcastle for the week, and salvage as much as we could of our holiday. We had some great walks, cliff faces, beaches, swims and rocky crags. It was a fantastic time all around. Thanks to all the CO’s for the work they have put into these caches.

Logs were signed as The Bromance for Seffnjarah. CrookedPete, JeznDez and myself to save room in the logbooks.

Over the the past few years, the Bromance (comprising CrookedPete, Seffnjarah, SwellerFungus and most recently JezNDez) have enjoyed road trips, bushwalking, overnight hikes, mountain climbing, kayaking and other adventures in search of some elusive caches. The first planned adventure for the brand new decade was a multi day hike in Kosciusko National Park bagging Australia's highest dozen peaks and all nearby caches.

Enroute to our adventure, Australia's bush fire crisis unfolded, and with the Kosciusko region on fire and closed, our plans gradually morphed to a caching road trip back to Queensland, collecting unusual and rarer caches along the way.

We were attracted by the DT here, though a little put off by the boating and swimming attributes. However, we decided to have a crack in the full heat of a stinking hot day. Seffnjarah found an unlocked gate and it was a pleasant stroll down to the waterfront. The high tide dissuaded us from a waterside assault, so instead we braved the jungle. We spent a few minutes searching the wrong wall and elevation, before realising our mistake, whereupon a quick find was made.

Some logs were signed with individual names or initials if log space was an issue, others with "Bromance". Our groups brand new "Bromance" stamp also got it's first use on some cache logs.

Thanks GeoMonkeys

Pete

#5,330

My family and I travelled down from Brisbane to Vincentia and Canberra to spend the Christmas/New Year period with relatives. Yesterday my fellow geocaching team members from The Bromance (Swellerfungus, Crookedpete and JezNDez) arrived in Sydney to join me for a planned hike in Kosciusko National Park (ultimately cancelled due to closures by bush fires). The plan was to head to Canberra after collecting them from the airport but the smoke was so bad in Canberra that we decided to spend a few days caching in Sydney to see if conditions improved.

Because of the late change of plans we did not have an organised list of caches to find, instead we identified caches to target on the fly. This was one of the caches we managed to visit.

While the rest of the group went off in search of somewhere to jump the fence, I managed to stumble across a much easier access portal. My smugness was short-lived however, as I found myself wait deep in ferns and bushes trying to get close to GZ while the others followed an nice trail towards the waters edge. Crookedpete was the first to get to GZ and had the cache found just as I arrived. Logbook stamped with The Bromance team name. TFTC

Spent the day targeting a few specific caches in Sydney. I had a quite successful and well-rounded outing. Thanks to all the Cache Owners for their contributions to the game.

Took a bit of effort to find the cache here. After walking the perimeter of the fence, we found a spot to get down to the water level. Took the most direct route to GZ before finding some feint geotrails. A quick find after referring to the images in the gallery.

Glad to have found another relatively unique 'hidden month' cache. TFTC

The cut&paste bit: Today I walked the 28Km+ 7Bridges Walk in Sydney for the 4th (or 5th?) time. This time around I was quite prepared with a list of geocache.com geocaches, as well as a list of Geocaching Australia (GCA) caches. Normally when I make caching plans I get distracted by something interesting and find few or none of my planned caches, but today was quite a success. The defined route helped! I finished the walk at 4:24 (official event end time was 4:30!) I planned my phone battery power well, bagged a few Pokemon on the way, and even did more caching afterwards. All up I found 9 GC caches, 3 GCA caches - not counting 8 for the 7 bridges and a ‘Completion’ cache - plus probably a bunch of GCA unloved. Thanks for all the caches everyone!

THIS CACHE: I've known about this cache for some time, it's a bit famous I reckon due to taking blood from more than one person, being so old and small, and for being fenced off - and even having someone pose as a construction worker to try to get in! Hearing about the fence was bit of a concern for me, and indeed I had no fewer than 7 alternative caches listed to one day complete my "Jasmer" for this month.

However I knew I was going to be walking right past today, so thought I'd give it a go, with THIS cache being the one I most hoped to find today if I could. As a previous finder said, it's worth scouting out the fencing first. I did notice a sign with a red circle and words starting with "DA..." however someone has spray-painted over the rest of the wording. My guess is that the sign said "DAILY ADMISSION IS TOTALLY OK". That's good news! I opted for a little fence corner with a flip and slide under action. In view of a house but I couldn't see anyone home. Nothing suss, promise! Made my way down. I could see other 7Bridge walkers going across the bridge above. I don't know if anyone saw me and recognised me as a fellow walker, if so I don't know what they must have thought haha!

I'd already checked tides, and knew it was low tide, sweet. Low tide is recommended if you come this way, there's already lots of sharp oyster shells everywhere. Found the wall and gave it a very though checking over. No cache! I thought I will NOT be denied my prize, which will be small, and somewhat shiny! Checked the logs and photoes. Ah, wrong wall. Found the proper GZ and short story short found the glorious little cache. Woo hoo! Found a spot to sign the strange log. Very happy!

Wondering if there would be cops waiting for me (I get anxious about such things) I went back up and slid under my bit of fence, nothing suss folks! Wiping dirt off me I then noticed that just a few metres away was a much easier option, DOH! Walked up to join my fellow walkers, now getting short of time for the 4:30 completion time!

Fave point awarded. TFTC! Awesome.

Wow thanks
This was a great little hide
But darn tricky - past logs and solo caching helped complete this one on a mad chilly morning.
Glad i didn't try on a worknight l. I'm a bit mucky
IP

This cache has eluded us for a long time. Today the opportunity arose to do it all again...
After having the cache between us and the water, we decided the Best Approach was Direct!!!!!
Got Ya!!!!
TFTC Goemonkeys

Did not find this cache.

Well.. this morning was my chance to put as much of a dint in this cache carnival nonsense as possible so I decided to take a trip to Sydney to find some caches with FPs which, to be honest, is not my favourite geocaching thing to do. I also decided to get a start on my Jasmer proper today as there are a few of those down here too. What's this? A GeoMonkeys cache! I haven't found a GM cache in a long time! SO it went down on today's agenda, even though I was on foot...

So I was able to avoid jumping any fences and other dodgy activities but only after spending a good 20 minutes or so pacing up and down to find the best way in (recommended). Turns out it is via quite a bit on lantana and spider webs BUT I came equipped with an appropriate TOTT for that. Once down at water level I was grateful for a low tide - something admittedly I did not plan for. The oysters and scratchy trees were horrendous. Once at GZ I was searching a little too high at first. After getting nowhere up there, I changed my altitude and found it in the first place I looked. That's not to say it is an easy find though. I actually think all up the D/T for this cache is pretty accurate! Nice to get another retro cache added to the tally - that's three so far today prior to 2003. TFTC, GeoMonkeys. What an interesting place you have found here!
#887

Wow! Almost 17 years and still so shiny!
We approached this one from the road, after walking over the Gladesville bridge. I knew about the fence going in, but we were prepared to accept any consequences of our soon to be fugitive status. I'm still unsure what the fence is supposed to be protecting though.
We reached the top of the hill and there was no other way but to go straight in. We descended to the first wall, and then down to the second wall and at GZ, sandysa quickly had the cache in hand.

It's funny to think that when placed, this cache was about as small as they got, but now it wouldn't even be classed as a nano!

Thanks for the adventure!!

First one of the day, so shiny! Anominous Sign warned me about the fence when we were approaching GZ. No fence would be stopping us from seeking out our tiny shiny. We didn't realise the terrain rating till we were in the bushes. Oh well, should wear a pair of more sensible shoes.
Once we reached GZ, it's only my nature to look for shiny objects! This little one could not hide from me either. Thanks for the cache!

This cache ended up ticking off 2 markers for me. It filled in the 4 / 4 square on my d/t grid and it happened to be my 100 days in a row streak cache. For that its worth a favourite point.
After parking at the end of Huntleys Point Rd i hopped the fence and made a bee line to the GZ. With the help of the clue i knew generally where to look but after a systematic search i turned up nothing. It wasn’t till i read some of the previous comments that i was able to narrow in on the hide spot and finally finding it.
I love the spot this cache is in. Obviously at some point a lot of work went into landscaping the area but the way its been left to go to seed gives the place a peaceful and contentedly forgotten feeling.
Thanks.
#291

1 of two main goals for the day. This one took a lot longer than expected. Once i was finally at GZ I searched the wrong spot for almost half an hour and then moved only 3 meters to find another wall that showed the find within seconds.
TFTC Wilbert67

Came out with the crew to get this one Thanks GeoMonkeys for the placement and on going maintenance Cheers

#2296 this was one that I have been after for a while which at a previous CITO nearby I had tried to get but spent a long time at the wrong rock wall so after today's CITO went with alnic39 and caught up with TARDIS0061, teamMerlin and Splitty Miller JJCC over at the entrance point at the end of Waruda Place. Stepping off a rock that didn’t have oysters over it I managed to draw blood on the only oyster I was stepping down from. Well the caching gods have had their offering hopefully that is sufficient. God to the other wall alnic39 starts as we reached there, I went a bit further along touched a rock as Al announced the words that all cachers like saying themselves especially after a previous DNF "found it". Finally got to see Tiny Shiny while standing in shade today it wasn’t so shiny

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 GeoMonkeys

We then climbed straight out going passed the previous place I checked and up to the driveway then back to the cars

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 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

Out on a quick late afternoon cache run with Splitty Miller JJCC collecting this targeted cache that fills in a missing month for the Australian Jasmer "Ausmer" Challenge cache. Parking in near by we walked down to GZ and luckily made a relatively quick find at GZ. With the cache in hand, we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache container and log are in good condition. Thanks for the cache GeoMonkeys.

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, Gold-Fin Trackable and Treasure X Trackable.

**This Cache:**

Wow looks like other people from the CITO had a similar idea in mind! I also came down to find this one, might have been a bit later though as it was my very last find before heading out of Sydney at around 3pm.

I parked in the dead end street, and a huge thanks to Greyhams (funny to see another Canberra cacher be the one to help on a Sydney cache!) for describing how he accessed as I persisted and managed to find an easy way to get to GZ. Wow certainly lots of oyster shells on that final walk though, quite amazing!

I managed to find the cache almost immediately, it helps that it is positioned in the way that it is, close to where I started my search!

Thanks Geomonkeys for this cache. I needed it to fill my 4th 4/4 slot, to complete the 4x4x4 challenge in Canberra! It is also very old which is a bonus! Thanks

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**The Day:**

My last day on the road, heading back to Canberra from Sydney. Managed to attend three events today as well as four old school caches including FINALLY grabbing Australia's Oldest! A few puzzles as well that I have missed in the future due to DNF's, wrong tools or wrong coords! Good to clean up a few loose ends. 16 caches for the day, including lots of driving!

Thanks to all the CO's! See individual log about each cache above ^^

After some fun and work at the CITO in Putney, phlphotos had this one in mind. He had been here previously, but was on the wrong level. We made our way down to the correct level and made an easy find. I needed this one for the "AUSMER" challenge...and I'm one square closer to completing the D/T grid. Great cache and the location under the bridge is awesome. i love what humans can build. Looks like it's a perfect candidate for a favourite point.

Found it with kids .

This was my main target for the day.... I had check the tide times and I was all set. When I parked the hired geomobile I was all set to follow the advice and 'walk around the fence' but... there looked like a custom built way to climb over without too much fuss right there at the parking, so over I went. Not too bad.

Once I had reached the pylons for the mega bridge the adventure started. The oyster shells were very, very many. Do not walk to this cache without shoes! But, the trees still caused some consternation and my main goal was to get to GZ without slipping on rocks and/or razor shells.

I survived the journey and then starting the systematic search. I found it after about 5-10 minutes but was annoyed as it should have been 30 seconds, as I distinctly remember starting the search almost exactly where I found it..... but, still super happy to find it. It ticked lots of boxes: jasmer, DT matrix and council area.... whats not to like?

On the way out I decided I may as well go the 'easy' way and walk around the fence. All I will say is that if you have the ability to get over the fence, do that.... it was much easier than walking around! Maybe that is just this Canberran dealing with Lantana.... I am much more used to blackberries everywhere!

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Attempted this by the cover of night but couldn’t make the last part due to the tide just being a tad too high. Was pretty cool though standing upon the large concrete foundation of bridge looking up above to the underbelly. I shall return. L’chaim!

#1998
Out to increase my tally towards my next milestone. This is the last of four today and ready to head home out of the heat. Took the popular option around the fence. Initially started too high and then at the wrong end but eventually uncovered the tiny container
TFTC GeoMonkeys

Found you my Tiny Shiny! I have put off coming to try and find this cache for so long, but now that I came to look, it was not as hard as I expected! Getting to GZ was the hardest part, and my arms got a tiny bit scratched. Great view from the underbelly of the bridge. TFTC GeoMonkeys

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. Came here from Mount Drummoyne. We followed the way Mr MR described on the way down to GZ. Here we approached the problem of finding the cache with a systematic approach. one of us on each end working towards the middle. Soon enough we had CIH. Sadly there is no micro pencil in the cache any more, but we cam prepared with our own pen. While we were making our way back, and were in the middle of oyster covered rock hopping, a couple row boats came surging past on their training. I can only imagine what they were thinking on what we are doing at that particular spot... TFTC

Came here from Mount Drummoyne. We followed the way Mr MR described on the way down to GZ. Here we approached the problem of finding the cache with a systematic approach. one of us on each end working towards the middle. Soon enough we had CIH. Sadly there is no micro pencil in the cache any more, but we cam prepared with our own pen. While we were making our way back, and were in the middle of oyster covered rock hopping, a couple row boats came surging past on their training. I can only imagine what they were thinking on what we are doing at that particular spot... TFTC

Cool

#235
I have been looking at this one over the past 6 weeks while I've been driving to and from my job site. Access seemed the difficult thing but after reading Mr MR's log it sounds totally doable, so today I had a little time to attempt it.
Definitely the walking around the fence under the bridge is an easy access. Then making my way towards the water over the boulders, luckily the tide being lower did help as I made my way along the waters edge over oyster encrusted rocks. I came to the little sandy beach mentioned and made my way up. I started searching the wall systematically until I got to as far as I could without any luck. It was then I realised it was the wrong wall, once I was at the right wall the find was made quickly. I was expecting it to be way harder, but I'm glad it wasn't.
Cool little cache.
I signed the log, I TNLN as there is no room for anything other than the log. I replaced the log once signing duties were complete.
I returned to my car the same way I came.
T4TC GeoMonkeys

I've been avoiding this one as, from the logs, both access and the hide itself seemed difficult. However, I was in the area and in a cache finding mood so I decided to attempt it.

Rather than leaping over or squeezing through the fence, which I doubt I could do anyway these days, I walked around the fence, down over some boulders and along the shore to the little beach below GZ. This was possible as the tide was fairly low. This route took me directly to the correct wall and it was just a matter of systematic searching before the cute cache was in hand.

I decided to take a different way out and, in doing so, I think I earned the terrain rating .

It was a fun adventure, thanks GeoMonkeys.

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It was very quiet around this area indeed, possibly because there is not much to access or see from the main path and also becuase the rain seemed to be on its way. I decided to take a trip to the waters edge from about 100 metres away from GZ and wade along the waters edge to get to this one. I was certainly glad I brought my reef shoes with me as some of the oyster-covered rocks looking very hostile indeed. There was a guy on one of the yachts moored nearby that was fishing, but he was facing the other way so didn't spot me or the odd behaviour I was displaying! I was pleased to check out the hint which narrowed the options greatly once I got close. It took a few minutes to discover its hiding place. I love the container, I don't think I have seen anything quite like it. TFTC

I've had my eye on this one for ages but never seemed to try it.
I assumed the area would be quiet today so attempted it in the way home from caching around North Ryde area.

As I thought the road was deserted, we parked up and I squeezed through the gap in the gate, geohubby hopped over. We walked down the path then rock hopped to GZ. A systematic search of the structure soon had CIH.

Great location and a fun adventure

Tftc

no luck today the heat and humidity final got to me
thanks

My daughters and I drove down to sydney to find some caches to help fill my jasmer grid . My daughters didn't like the thought of going through the fence so we went around it. We searched on the wrong level for a little while and just as i was making the find my daughter nearly fell in the water so I grabbed her then I signed the log. Thanks for the cache GeoMonkeys tnln sl

Thanks for the great cache we found this one quite difficult ,but in the end found it. I almost fell in the water luckily my mum saved me!

Quick hunt for this one, but I left early due to paranoia. Whilst cycling back, I crashed. 25km/h. Landed badly on my knee. Serves me right for do a wheelie. And it was a good one Close to my wheelie record of 150m, but hey, no pain no gain.

Quick hunt for this one, but I left early due to paranoia. Whilst cycling back, I crashed. 25km/h. Landed badly on my knee. Serves me right for do a wheelie. And it was a good one Close to my wheelie record of 150m, but hey, no pain no gain.

Found with full log to follow

Found with the_garbageman and his kids on a trip to Sydney. Our aim for the day was to find a bunch of rare hidden months, as well as a CITO and a rare attribute. Ten successful finds with five new months was a great result (leaving twenty five still to go, of which three are not in Australia).
This was our second stop. As we had found the previous one so quickly, I was allowed to come here, so while the others all stayed in the car (they had found it a week earlier), I came in for a reasonably quick find. Some nice construction for the old convicts. Lots of places it could be. I found it in the second wall I searched. Beautiful container.
Thanks for keeping this cache going, the heritage construction and the cache itself!

Came to Sydney today to fill in a few hidden month and hidden date spaces on my grid. Snuck through the hole in the fence and made a quick-ish find TNLN TFTC

Car to car in 7 minutes. After locating the quaint GZ I started my search in the obvious spots. It wasn't long before I had the 'treasure' in my hand. Amazing location and if I had the time I would've sat and enjoyed it for a little. TFTC

I've had this on my to find list for ages as its quite close to home but the terrain and difficulty put me off a bit. I have been here before, once with no luck and the 2nd time they were doing tree planting down the grassy slope inside the fence so there was no chance of getting to GZ.

Today no muggles around. Easy access, I can fit through the hole in the fence, then I headed down to the water line. It was low tide, not by planning, just luck so that meant I was able to access GZ along the oyster covered rocks. When I got near GZ a bit of scrambling and I was in a good spot to check everything. In one direction didn't see anything but in the other I spied the cache.
It was much smaller and far less shiny than I expected.
SL and rehid the cache then returned by a much quicker but probably not easier route.
Another T/D pairing marked off the grid.

TFTC # 1540

I've wanted to grab this on previous visits to Sydney but never got around to it because I usually prioritise unknowns and multis. I had planned to get it yesterday morning but I was a drowned rat after getting stuck in a downpour while collecting Caching Karma's Gonna Get You.
The weather at 7:00 am today was much more conducive to caching so I headed out.
Negotiated the terrain okay but a nearby dog went off at me. At least the dog was behind a fence. At GZ I searched for a few moments and there it was. That rarely happens. Especially on caches where others have spent a while searching. Usually I take a long, long time for tricky ones.
Interesting container. Never found one quite like that before.
On the way back I was careful not to alert the dog to my presence. Got back into the geomobile safe and sound and zoomed across to Pauline's Quay.
TFTC!

Tftc, it's still there!! I was in my super camo and entered the site from the whole in the fence. Made my way down the path to under the bridge and down to the water. Looked at the gps and saw I was quite far away.

Looked at past logs and went looking for the path. Found it hidden away and made my way down. A quick search and had the decorative cache in hand.

It felt good to turn this one into a smiley! One of my more adventurous cache finds.

Found at 6:20pm - Cache #800!

Well, what a great cache to notch up #800. It was certainly unexpected given that I have driven past this cache COUNTLESS times, at a guess I would say roughly 2000 times in the last 4 years, yes 2000 indeed.

The little green marker on my map has haunted me for a long time and I suspected it would for a lot longer. The inactivity of searches on this one turned me off it as I knew that there was construction going on around here recently. I actually came here early last year with JordsAU who had already made the find but we were deterred by the many workers who were present at the site.

It appears that the site is off limits although I didn't read the signs properly, typical of me really. After contemplating whether to actually go for it, I asked the question to JordsAU via text if the cache would likely still be in place given that the most recent find was June 2014! He assured me it would be there which lead me to think that it must be hidden well.

I snuck through the fence which had been cut open (probably by some young local hoodlum thundercats) and made my way down the hill. I took the wrong path trying to avoid attention, I ended up at another fence which had no clear gap in it whatsoever. As I made my way back to the top of the hill with ultimate stealth I found the track which lead down close to GZ. I strolled past a neighbour's house to do so which had me thinking twice about going further.

It was all good and I soon found myself at the water's edge where I spotted a young girl on her own sitting against the bridge pylons which hold up the Tarban Creek Bridge. She seemed unphased by my presence and I hers. I carried on across the beach but it wasn't easy and I wasn't certain I was on the right track, turns out I wasn't as I struggled across the sticks and oysters which were everywhere down here. I backtracked up to the top and started fresh.

I managed to find a pretty good way down to GZ from here and I soon came across a likely stash spot. I forgot to mention the spiders in the thick shrub, there were lots of spiders in the thick shrub. Luckily I carried a state-of-the-art anti-spider stick and got through ok, I wouldn't say comfortably but just ok. When I got down to the dry-wall(s) I thought I was searching in the right area based on the information I gathered from logs and JordsAU.

After a comprehensive 15-20 minute look in this spot I still had nothing and contemplated throwing it in. I then widened my search and began looking somewhere else which also didn't prove successful for a good 15 minutes. I had sent the SOS out to JordsAU to come down and help and just as I did that, I made a sneaky find.

Admittedly I dropped the cache when retrieving it and it took me a couple of minutes to find the lid. Once I did I proceeded to sign the log which hasn't had a lot of action in the past few years.

I was over the moon to get this one, a massive weight off the shoulders and it also fills a spot in my D/T grid and my 'Hidden Month' grid, a great day all round.

Hopefully SL, thanks for the cache GeoMonkeys

I saw this Cache on the map and read with interest the logs..Was I up to this, Construction site, Daylight, etc etc.......Yes, I will see how far I could get.
The gate was open, my Ürban Camoflage (Hi Vis Shirt and Boots) were on, all I needed was the nerve to enter... I walked thru the gate, waved at a few "co workers"and continued down the road. Then as the Etrex was telling me to head Nth, I noticed a faint trail off over the edge....Silently and steathily, I stepped over the Sediment Fence and away I went down the trail. I brushed the Spiders and Webs aside like Indiana Jones in the Temple Of Doom. I was a Man on a Mission. I came across a Dry Stone Wall... I knew I was close. Back and Forth i searched. The spiders and Ants were now becomming accustomed to me and I to them. They were in my hair and IN MY SHIRT....Jeepers.. Get it OUT i was screaming to myself. It was about then that I noticed the real workers watching me...OOps..
I made out I was checking something and made my retreat...
DNF.....I Will Be Back!!!!

Unable to access cache due to council worker maintenance in the area.

Missed the track and took a terrain 6 trip down the hill, clutching handfuls of grass over a 5m drop.
Never mind, I wasn't here to read a book.
Saw a pencil stub sitting on the rocks aha!
But I couldn't put in the cache either, it's on the wall, but I would Byo.
Great spot thanks,
No trouble with workmen, just walked down the road and back up. Just don't be tempted to turn off it early, it's quite a drop.

This entry was edited by Johndomeney on Thursday, 19 June 2014 at 10:17:31 UTC.

After DNFing @ 2 Multis (that were almost 'old-school') I thought I would at least try for this one. But will have to make sure I bring the kayak next time.

It is a big construction job repairing the Tarban Creek Bridge. The area is very well fenced off. I didn't fancy jumping fence and I didn't bring a construction hat with me. I searched around a bit for alternate access but couldn't find any.

Thanks GeoMonkeys. I searched but didn't find the cache so this cache is a DNF for me. Turned back at 8:26 am.

I was pleasantly surprised to find this in only 5 minutes today! During work hours, the fence gate was open, so I dared to turn right at the 'Danger Keep Out' sign, passed by the 'Do Not Enter' and 'Caution' signs, scurried down a hidden path to the beach and ... Tadah! Even fluked a low tide. SL and exited left!

Superb wee cache. Wrestled down.
[^][^]TFTC

Geocache # 990.
Found on Wednesday, 20th November 2013 at 8:08 PM.
Conditions: clear.
Current streak # 112 days.
Today's finds 1 of 1.

Goughy2012 and I met up in the afternoon to attempt a couple of local caches that have been alluding us for some time but still no luck. We still needed a find for the day and decided to attempt this one despite the daunting difficulty and terrain rating. After venturing along the fence line and navigating our way to the cache site, we were able to make the find fairly quickly. We performed the signing duties and returned the cache to its original hiding position. Thanks for keeping this old school cache alive and well, and TFTC GeoMonkeys!

"JordsAU

After attempting a few caches in the area and failing along with the assistance of "JordsAU. We decided since neither of us had found a D4T4 cache yet we thought this would be our best chance. After stopping off for dinner. We jumped back in the JordsAU cachemobile and headded off to get this cache.

Upon arrival we found that due to construction there was a large fence here. Walking along the fence we eventually found where it ended. Following the fence line along through the bush we round a way in via the base of the fence line and bridge pylons. and away we went. Finding a very defined path Jords lead the way to GZ. I awaited half way down our decent shouting out instructions and hints and clues from past logs to jords as he searched. No point both of us there as tide was coming in. With in about 8 min of searching we made the find at Approx 8.08pm. Jords brought the cache back up to sign together then replaced before we made our way our.

This cache was a awesome experience not just the cache container but the adventure its self for us land lovers to get into. A favourite point will absolutely be awarded here.

TNLN TFTC

#155

As the sun approached the Western horizon, I realised I was nearing this cache - a 4/4 I'd thought could be interesting to do. Especially as I've found nothing with either rating over 3½ or a combined rating over 6½.
Arrived at said cul-de-sac and said fence. Wandered along the fence, walking under the bridge, & found a section someone has pulled up. Still probably too small for me, I ruefully surmised, when I noticed another section of fence interfered with a little further along. Aah, that I can fit through.
Having not had to climb anything, I went looking for a way to GZ. Walked back & forth a little until I found it. Earned a bit of the terrain rating on the way down.
Approaching GZ, I took note of some of the logs and made my way to the expected GZ.
To my surprise it was in the first place I looked! Good thing as I realised I had left the torch in the car, so couldn't have taken too long on the search.

SLTNLN
TFTC

What a beautiful little cache in an awesome area, have to admit to some covert trespassing but well worth the serenity at gz! TFTC

I have been here before. Things looked familure as I descended the face under the bridge. I was tripping out here. I was sure I had been here before, and it would have been around 2008/9 on our bike trip back from Coober Pedy. No luck then, and no luck finding a DNF log.

This time, it was different. After making the same mistake as seemingly everyone else, and checking all over the wrong wall, sense finally struck me, and I descended into the abyss. Success. Nice almost empty log scroll.

Cheers

Bundy

Jumped the fence, worked my way down, and found it satisfyingly quickly. Maybe the log has recently been replaced, as I didn't have to unravel at all to sign - sometimes this is the hardest part of a nano cache

As I returned to the fence, the gate was now unlocked, and 4 workmen with hi-vis vests were standing around. I walked between them doing my best impersonation of someone who was 'authorised'.

Another nice find while on holiday around Sydney area.
Nice to get one with a little challenge to it.

No problems getting to the cache area
Container and log in great condition

SL TFTC

Parked at the col-de-sac 80m from GZ and jumped over the 1.5m high mesh panel fence. Walked down the gravel gradient path to 11m and used cacher path down rock steps to GZ. Moved the out of place rock and had CIH. SL TFTC

Approached GZ under the cover of darkness, Parked at the end of the street...
There was a light on in the building to the right but after not seeing any movement I jumped over the fence and made my way down to GZ.
In thongs the walk was quite difficult and slippery however my persistence paid off and I was in and out in no time at all
Not sure what the problem is with the fence I presume its to keep people from walking down towards the slippery embankment? I found the easier way out.
TFTC
H54

Parked in the street and walked around the fence on the western side of the bridge then backtracked underneath.
I then found the littke path down to the lower wall. I searched the wall for ages then text for help. While awaiting a reply I discovered I may not be at GZ. I checked another spot and made a find in the first place I looked.
I then signed the loooong log and rolled it back up and replaced the cache. I don't know what took longer, finding the cache or rolling the log back up! Haha..
I returned to street level and jumped the fence!
TFTC.

4/05/13 1:40 PM. Cache #592. Current streak: 237 days. My 4th cache for the day and a real adventure: I earned my 4 terrain points - in blood. I was parked in Drummoyne near Wolseley St Wharf (having just found "The Cat... #3" cache). Up and over Gladesville Bridge; on the way grabbing my clues for "Mount Rozelle", but deciding not to solve that one today, continued on to here.

I found a way down to GZ that did not involve jumping any fences, but going around some. However, halfway down to the cache, I stumbled down a loose gravel slope and hit the bitumen hard, taking a gouge out of my elbow. Stemmed the blood with pressure (eventually), took a few minutes to compose myself and pressed on, continuing all the way to the wall where the find took me about 10 minutes of studying every little nook and cranny. Clever little hide and happy to get my 4/4. I returned over Gladesville Bridge to my car, looking a right mess. But that's the fun of geocaching, so I still had a big smile on my face and this one still deserves a fave point. TFTC! }:)

Nice little hide away... T4TC...

After scouting an access for a little while I paf'd Baktrak to get advise on the approach. His description didn't seem to relate to the current conditions so I simply "jumped the fence" at the closest point available.
Made a speedy find once I had located the little trail and then admired the interesting little area that shows evidence of regular maritime use.

SL TFTC

I found it seconds before Porko2003 made his way over. Easy find with geocache eyes. We made it to the GZ by walking around the fence corner via bush land. I do not recommend that you go this way because I suspect poison berry trees that will scratch your bare skin. You don't need to jump the fence if you are thin enough to fit through the fence gap (I am 171cm in height and weight 63kg) I made it through even with D cup breasts (a lot faster through the fence gap). TFTC.

Loved the location got prinked by Wat looked like poison berry thorns. Supasmile found the cache seconds before I did

We attempted this cache in the morning but there were people working near GZ so hopping the fence was not an option. Went for a coffee to Ricciotti cafe instead
Tried again after lunch (lucky we live nearby) but the site was still not muggle-free.
Tried again late arvo... bingo! No muggles around. Walked around to GZ (not an easy walk though) and had CIH in a minute.
Thanks GeoMonkeys for a little adventure!

Nice little spot. Easy find, but lots of mosquitoes!