GRANITE BELT BIKE TRAIL, DELIGHTFUL Nundubbermere, Queensland, Australia
By Rainforest Cookie on 08-May-13. Waypoint GC4BN68

and its gone.

Definitely a delightful area. Everything is so lush and green at the moment. Followed the little trail in towards gz. Reckon it would be, nope, another one sitting on the ground. Would explain why it wasn't where i was expecting. Its back where i was expecting it, and was in good condition apart from it's temporary location. Thanks again.

Good hide.

A slower day today preparing for the trails tomorrow, we did some excellent caches today, 30 caches in 3 hours ,all fine finds, many thanx to all cache placers for the efforts put in, top stuff

Found at 4:05:00 PM, staying in Stanthorpe for a couple of days and grabbing a few caches before continuing on our way North to escape Wagga's winter. We started the Granite Belt Bike Trail this morning and soon realised that if we were going to have any chance of completing it in one day we would need a bit more horsepower so we swapped the bikes for the Geomobile.

Thanks Rainforest Cookie.

Tftc

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2nd one today with the boys

Last day of Mega....having a great time camping onsite....caching today with robbieracer66 and Team Grub Fred...tftc Rainforest Cookie

Sadly Oz Mega Mega is over till next year. We are super bummed, but we love this area so much that we are staying for a couple more days before we start making our way home. Thanks to all the cache owners, volunteers and friendly residents we have met. We have thoroughly enjoyed our holiday.
TFTC!!!!

Visiting from Newcastle, staying onsite at the Mega, travelling around with earthly65 and robbieracer66, TFTC Rainforest Cookie!!

Thanks for the cache found it with earthly 65 and grubfred

Zipped south from Stanthorpe to find a few caches before heading up to Warwick for the night. Thanks for the cache. Delightful is something I'm definitely not; just ask Mistraluna.

TFTC

Up in Stanthorpe for the Mega Event over Easter. Did caching on this day when the weather was showery however this did not stop us caching. Enjoyed locating this cache and well done to the CO. TFTC

Enjoying a beaut day in Stanthorpe & surrounds with our good mates DazRascal & Mvyrmnd.
Our goal today was to find as many types as we could & help us reach 4000 finds.
We enjoyed our drive along the back roads to find these caches, seeing some great countryside, beaut hides, lots of laughs and no DNFs.

Having a great time on this trail of caches [^]

Cheers.

When I first spied this series, I thought id walk or cycle it, turns out, its more of a driveable Trail...

Visiting QLD from Central Coast NSW, and attending the Stanthorpe MEGA EVENT for about a week. Camping at the showground, caching days done mainly with SpikeyMikey, meeting up with members of CCG, HAVOC, and others from all over Australia.
Many thanks to all responsible for a smooth operating event, my first Mega, and first visit to Stanthorpe. Plenty of reasons for a near future visit
Whilest it did rain and drizzle almost every day, I much preferred this over hot days, which is what I encounted on the Gold Coast return journey, as well as a repeated bout of coughing with the flu on the long drive home.

Great Puzzles, Power Trails, landscapes, History, Apples!, and company. Politeness and respect by all

Many Personal records smashed this weekend First MEGA, Finds per day, Altitude, etc

[green] - Found It on Saturday ... at 5:18 PM ...
TFTC! - [blue]Rainforest Cookie[/blue] ... [/green]
Total Finds now ... 1265
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Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty at 10:05am. The cache was found quickly in good condition. TFTC

#3666 12:48 pm

Out and about for a days caching with Haveanez and Mvyrmnd picking up a couple series of caches during the Mega weekend.

The weather wasn't the best but we didn't let that deter us from getting out and enjoying the Stanthorpe and surrounding areas caches.

This little series of caches came recommended by many around the campsite at the Mega weekend.
With Haveanez needing a few more finds to log the Mega as a milestone we came down this way to find a few more of the smaller series of caches.
This would have to be the widest "bike trail" I would have ever seen

TNLN, Cheers.

TFTC

Found it TFTC
Having a ball at the Queensland Mega Event, Stanthorpe and surrounds

Completing the bike trail as part of the how many different caches for the QLD Mega. Appreciated the variety of cache containers and places visited. Thanks Rainforest Cookie.

Catching up on missing online logs from this trip.At Stanthorpe for the Queensland Mega with Mistraluna and Chwiliwr.Today we are doing caches in Stanthorpe and then down into NSW and back.Found the cache without problems.Thanks Rainforest Cookie for the cache.

Touring around Stanthorpe and area with DOC-WHO, doing the Mega event caches.Found quickly after a short search. TNLNSL TFTC

Touring around Stanthorpe and area with DOC-WHO, doing the Mega event caches.
Found quickly after a short search. TNLNSL TFTC

After a rather eventful (read expensive, long and tiresome) trip down to the Mega, and spending yesterday and the morning trying to diagnose issues with the car, we decided we had better go find some caches.

Easy find, at 1520hrs. With all the cachers running around town, we decided to head out in a random direction to see what we could find. This is where our adventures took us.

Cheers

Bundy

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During QLD Mega. [:X][:X]

In the Afternoon, Whitepaws9, Eskies5 and myself wander the Granite Belt Bike Trail - enjoyed drive the car.

Thanks for organising the cache and hunt.[^]

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Tftc

Found while out and about with Haveanez and DazRascal while attending the 2015 OzMega. Shooting for all of the available cache types today. Thanks to the CO's for their respective caches.

TFTC!

Thank you for Stanthorpe Oz Mega....

As part of the caching group tour de Stanthorpe with Alansee, Maccamob, Phetlern, Zobo04, Lazzal and The Coffees we found your cache. We signed the log as GLAMPCZ, I apologize for the generic log.
Our thanks to Rainforest Cookie again for the caches, yes delightful.
Regards
The "as good as coffee" Coffee's

Found with Tassiegirl13 while in town for the Qld Mega.
Continuing along the Bike Trail.
We are seeing some wonderful countryside out in this area and we're both really enjoying the series.
TFTC

Had a fun filled day caching around the area with Gonefishen07, Lazzal, Alansee, Maccamob, Phetlern and The Coffees. Thanks for the interesting tour around the area and thank you fir all the effort that has gone into hiding theses caches TFTCRainforest Cookie

Found on the fourth day that Pheltern, Gonefishen07, Zobo04 and Maccamob and I had cached togethe rduring the MEGA event. Another great day's caching with no DNF.

Had a great day great caching with Alansee, Maccamob, Phetlern, Zobo04, Lazzal and The Coffees. Found lots of caches some easy to find some not so. We signed the log as GLAMPCZ. Thanks to those that have gone to the effort of putting out caches in this area for us all to enjoy wre had a great fun day. Thanks to Rainforest Cookie

Day two of our Mega 2015 Stanthorpe adventure.
Today was our first real look at the event venue and the town, there was a sense of excitment with many cars zooming around Stanthorpe with the flags flying.
Thanks Rainforest Cookie for your cache, which added to our fun.

Day two of our Mega 2015 Stanthorpe adventure.
Today was our first real look at the event venue and the town, there was a sense of excitment with many cars zooming around Stanthorpe with the flags flying.
Thanks Rainforest Cookie for your cache, which added to our fun.

Some more geocaching around the town. Signed those logs as ACDC (Alpenmilch80s, Cats&Dragons Geocaching). TFTC

Found as part of a short caching adventure before the official start of the OZ MEGA with Slieschke, Yorkshirekiwi83 & Vistra 0n Thursday 17th April. All logs were signed as "3ST"

We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the drive and the caches that we were presented with (learning along the way some local acronyms SPOR which occasionally we turned in to LPOR )
Thanks for the fun of the run and the sights that we saw including a large Lizard basking in the road (swerved to avoid) alongthe power trail.

So again thank you for the FUN of the hunt

Quick find on the way back to the showground T4TC

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Enjoy GRANITE series runs with Everlasting after event by SA.
Also bumped into other cachers... follow all the way till end of series runs.
Thanks for the hunting and caches.

Rainforest Cookie

Out collecting a few easy caches with Screma today. All good fun

TFTC

Out Caching with Jaminappleford for the QLD Mega, looking for some quick finds TFTC

Out and about with iluvtrekking on a jaunt between Stanthorpe and Tenterfield while attending the Mega. Beautiful countryside and although we had some showers during the day, it didn't impede on our caching. Thanks Rainforest Cookie

Found by Mary & David, in company with Gonefishen07, Lazzal, Alansee, and Phetlern, The Coffees and Zobo04 (now signing as GLAMPCZ), at 1131. Our fourth day out and about around Stanthorpe, and we enjoyed more of the scenery, some wonderful caches and the company. We also made a start on the new Lab caches. We're finding the trail and the surrounding countryside delightful too. Our thanks to Rainforest Cookie.

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[font=Comic Sans MS]A great day out with, Alansee, Gonefishen07, LAZZAL, maccamob, The Coffee's and Zobo04 logging as “GLAMPCZ” to preserve log space.
[Red]C[/Red] [Blue] onvoys of cars,[/Blue]
[Red]A[/Red][Blue] ll stopping and starting.[/Blue]
[Red]C[/Red] [Blue]urious looks from the muggles -[/Blue]
[Red]H[/Red][Blue] ow are ye doing mate?[/Blue]
[Red] I[/Red] [Blue]ngenious caches![/Blue]
[Red]N[/Red] [Blue]amesakes by Wingaap are gold! [/Blue]
[Red]G[/Red] [Blue]reat caching round Stanthorpe![/Blue]
[Red]Q[/Red] [Blue]uestions to answer, quizzes to solve,[/Blue]
[Red]L[/Red] [Blue]ab caches as well.[/Blue]
[Red]D[/Red] [Blue]NF’s equal none – for the day![/Blue]
[Red]M[/Red] [Blue]accamob logged in 21,000- fantastic![/Blue]
[Red]E[/Red] [Blue]veryone clapped & cheered,[/Blue]
[Red]G[/Red] [Blue]eo friends all around.[/Blue]
[Red]A[/Red] [Blue]great day of caching with 62 found.
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Our thanks to Rainforest Cookie for bringing us here.
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At Stanthorpe for the Queensland Mega with Mistraluna and the Better Half.

Today we are doing caches in Stanthorpe and then down into NSW and back.

Found the cache without problems.

Thanks Rainforest Cookie for the cache.

With Everlasting & Whitepaws9 leading the way Mrs Esky and the eldest kid had an enjoyable afternoon along the Bike Trail racking up the smilies in order to log the Mega as #800. Lovely to meet you both. Thanks Rainforest Cookie.

Arrived in Queensland early yesterday morning and headed straight out here to Stanthorpe. Oh so many caches and only such a short time for us to find as many as we can, whilst still taking time out to catch up and socialise with all the other geocachers who are in town for the big event. Headed down into NSW today , then crossed back over the border again into Queensland. No problems finding this one. Thanks again Rainforest Cookie

#6297Found and Logged 10:19:00 AM with Roostaman and The Green Geckos
One of 31 caches for the day 0f caching out about around around Stanthorpe while in town for OZ-MEGA
Thanks for the cache Rainforest Cookie

[Blue]# 11631[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip at the Qld Mega town.
Another perfect Autumn day for caching with lgoody and The Green Geckos.
Another morning of caches on the GBB Trail and nearby.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina.
Thanks for the cache Rainforest Cookie,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Out on a very enjoyable days caching with Roostaman and LGoody.
Having a fantastic time caching and exploring this part of the planet.
Kudos to all the local cachers for the many and varied caches in and around town.
Thank you Rainforest Cookie for placing this cache .

Day 2 of our return to Stanthorpe saga. Began the day with the Bike Trail and returned to it later in the day. Enjoyed the link to various goodies in the caches but our GPS hated the rocks.
TFTC

We spent the 1st day of the Mega caching on a tour around the district. TFTC

QLD Mega trip 2015 with Sol de Lune. On this almost 400km road trip we drove from Canberra to Stanthorpe caching in all the towns along the way with mostly great success. Around the Mega there were heaps of caches to be done including a few power trails. Despite the weather we got all of the planned caches done.

Day six was fairly gloomy and wet, but we started by heading up to the Bald Rock area, even though it turned out to be too wet to attempt the climb. Then it was back to the main road and trail caching for the rest of the way to Stanthorpe. Thanks.

19165.217 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 12 Days of Caching 2007 Silver A#86

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Found with Albida33 on the way to the Stanthorpe Mega......so please excuse the generic log.

The cache was found without any issues and the log was soon signed....then back in the car and off to continue our travels.

Thanks for the cache and adding to the fun of our Mega trip.....

cache find #2987. Another quick find along the bike trail. TFTC.

Out and about caching with Tassie Trekkers around Stanthorpe doing the Granite Belt Bike trail and other caches in the area. TFTC

Today we explored Stanthorpe with Whitewebbs using geocaching as a guide.

We targeted this series today while being here for the mega.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Out for a day caching with Gullivers Travels54 and this trail was on our list. TFTC

Pprime does MEGA! Loving my days seeing all nooks and crannys of this wonderful area.
Thanks for placing this cache, Rainforest Cookie. Found in good condition.
{Overall find #3685}
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Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Currently making a quick 'run' on caches in Stanthorpe in preparation for the Mega.

After a few dramas we finally set off at lunchtime to grab as many 'smilies' as possible.

TFTC

Looking forward to meeting other geocachers at the next Australian Geocaching Mega event

GC4X31B Queensland Geocaching ---- Event - Stanthorpe 2015 www.qldmega.com

Day 73 of my trip to Brisbane.

Today, we're heading home after a week in Stanthorpe. I'm packed, so are the GeoSchnauzers, so is the car. We're off. Before we leave the area, there's a string of Bike Trail caches that I wanted to do but didn't get to. So I'll do them now!!! Then, I'll use caches to break up the trip.

No 5 of 12 today. Thanks, Rainforest Cookie. Here it was on the ground again, as I note from previous logs. I've amended the supposed lurking point for the cache in the hope that it will stay put. Thanks for the series, have a favorite point to apply to the series.

Not many to go. On the bike trail in a car today with Aussiemates. one of my fav chocolates! TFTC

Weekend in Stanthorpe with Stealth Seeker. We were going to ride the bike trail but with winds forecast at up to 35klm/hr we changed our strategy. Very glad we did. Even in the car this was a big day.

We hadn't made the connection with the name till we saw the cache - Der. It was lying on the ground so we replaced where we thought it should go.

We enjoyed driving along beside the river. A flock of beautiful Eastern Rosellas took to the trees as we passed by. TFTC.

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Gotcha !!! TFTC

Great setup, thanks for placing the cache on the trail.

Tyftc

Out on my own today, finishing off a few caches I haven't found. Have enjoyed these as I haven't been on these roads before. TFTC

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there Rainforest Cookie. We found your cache "GRANITE BELT BIKE TRAIL, DELIGHTFUL" at 12:06:00 PM today.
This was our 4th cache find in a caching run of 9 Finds & 1 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9426.)
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Today's cache run was a quick raid to see how many "Bike Trail" caches we could find on the western side of the highway.

We found this cache on the ground, so we placed it in the most likely spot.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent. (We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
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After a fun filled week-end caching and going to the Christmas in July event I still have one more day in town.
So I headed south and slowly worked my way north before continuing on home to Brissy.
A quick find here as I drive around the back roads.
Thanks for the cache.

Found at 1054 while in the area to attend the C I J event at the Summit this weekend. TFTC.

And it's another smiley for the map. Thanks Rainforest Cookie

5350 Caches Found
Travelling North to the Xmas in July in Stanthorpe, Qld to meet old friends and to greet new ones and generally have a ball and of course the chance to discover some caches along the way and visit some interesting places. Great cache. TFTC

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing

Thanks for the great cache %OwnersName(8D)

All good with the cache . It has been a while since this was last found. Thanks Rainforest Cookie for the hunt.

Found with J+J.au as we found some Stanthorpe caches We stopped along the way and enjoyed various cache hides and locations. Enjoying this trail along a very different landscape to our own. SL..TFTC

Baja15 and I are up north enjoying Easter break and have taken the opportunity to get out and enjoy the country side and collect some caches, the weather is perfect and thank you for placing the caches for all of us to find. Enjoying the varieties very much. TFTC

Finishing off a few of the cahes south of Stanthorpe that we bypassed yesterday. Another good day with mostly easy finds aching with Liz & Bruce. Thanks to Rainforest Cookie for these great caches.

A great combination of hides kept us entertained as we cached around the Stanthorpe area. A big thanks to Rainforest Cookie

Cache # 2459, Found @12:22:00 PM.

On a weekend trip to Stanthorpe to pick up a few we had missed on previous trips. This series was published since we were last in the area so it was more incentive to visit a great area. Really enjoyed the series and the great drive.

Thanks to Rainforest Cookie for the cache

Found this cache whilst out for the day with Captain Terror. He had already found these caches but was willing to take me around and grab the few I needed. We pulled up to this one and I jumped out to start searching. It took me a minute or two but I had the cache in my hands before too long. I signed the log and replaced the cache as found. Thanks for the cache Rainforest cookie.

Another quick find on the trail. I was hoping to find all the caches in the Ballandean area when I finished but I was running out of time.

TFTC.

We are staying south of Stanthorpe to do the caching in this southern area. Arrived early & set up in the caravan park, lots of fruit pickers staying here.
Now its off to do the Granite Belt Bike Trail & others in this area.
Bill loves Turkish Delights
Thanks for placing this cache Rainforest Cookie.

Another great location.
TFTC

After two fabulous days caching the power trails with La Kedi and The Marble it was time to go home. I couldn't resist stopping off for "just one more" along the way. Thanks for placing this cache here so I could do that!

Oh Turkish Delight on a moonlit night
Or rather, a cold, wet day
I just wished I had some chocolate to warm me up a bit

TFTC.

how delightful was this I saw it first but left Stace to make the find.
TFTC

It has been a delightful series to do. Signed log and continued on our way for more caching. TFTC

Mmmmm....another all time fav....just too yummy. Loving the series, cheers RC

a headwind and slight incline had my leg muscles protesting a bit, but some friendly locals saying hello, seeing some rosellas and hearing some bell birds picked up my spirits on the way to this cache. This ride through the country is certainly delightful today. found the cache easily and continued on. cheers rainforest cookie

Found with Nebji today. really enjoying the caches in the area.
sl
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Back to Stanthorpe to have a crack at the granite Belt Bike trail. Had a good look at Google before I went and I still made a fundamental blunder. Explained later. Followed GPSr to the start of the Trail. I had a stop at the visitors information Centre to gather a number and I also had the brochure which I was able to down load from the internet.

Arrived at GZ and a quick find. Cache in good condition. Have now seen two cars and two Bike riders. They are pedaling towards Stanthorpe. TFTC and Series Rainforest Cookie

Previously logged under a team account. Re-logging with my individual account.

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.

Out and about bright and early today, we decided to tackle this series. We had a great drive out on the road, travelling around this great part of Queensland. We found the cache nice and easily, signed the logbook, and returned it to its spot.

TFTC Rainforest Cookie, a great series along some nice roads

Gaz'n'Kab

Out doing an early morning run on this series, this was next on my hit list.

I really should have trusted my GPSr for this one I thought it couldn't be where it was pointing.. but it was. And it was in good condition. TFTC Rainforest Cookie

Another delightful cache find and a very delightful chocolate in the favourites box. And for some reason there's never as many as the others . . . but who's counting!? TFTC Rainforest Cookie.

There's a nice variety of cache placements in this new series along the bike trail by Rainforest Cookie. Thanks for an interesting trail of caches! We are enjoying our sojourn today, and thanks for the memories too. NINOSL.