GRANITE BELT BIKE TRAIL, POLLYWAFFLE Glen Aplin, Queensland, Australia
By Rainforest Cookie on 19-May-13. Waypoint GC4CGD3

Cache is gone.

Maybe it was due to your alternate purpose for the pollywaffle - but the flies here were THICK. I HATE flies. Eeew. Found the cache, signed and was trying desperately to calm myself while trying to replace the cache, damn the log doesn't fit! ARGH flies!!! Breathe (but not with an open mouth). Eventually log was in the container and back where i found it. Let's get out of here!!! Thanks, i think...

Sneaky

Another easy one.

Tfth

Tfth

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

We could not find this one!

This was tricky, but we found it!

Found at 3:20:00 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

What a great region this is! We have spent the last few days enjoying the scenery, the attractions, and also the caches.
Thank you to the COs of all of these caches for their diligence and thoughtfulness in giving visitors to this region a vast number of little (and not so little) gems to discover and the opportunity to see so much countryside which quite possibly could never have been seen except to a very select number of passers-by.
We have had a great time – thank you!

My husband found this one, as I am vertically challenged. TFTC

A quick trip to Stanthorpe for the traditional but a little early Xmas in July event for 2015. I took the opportunity to tackle the caches along the once was Mt Lindsay Highway but is now Mt Lindsay Road.

I had travelled the dirt section while at the mega to get to Bald Rock but that was just about sight-seeing. Today was different. I saw the sunrise at Amberley, bypassed the traffic jam at Aratula and made a beeline for Liston and the nearby Undercliife Falls. I headed south to Tenterfield and tackled everything along the way, before heading north to Robins Nest and the event and the overnight stay.



Thanks for placing this cache Rainforest Cookie

tftc

Found this on a day trip out with Mr and Mrs Robins. Thanks for the cache

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 Sunday ... at 5:39 PM ...
TFTC! - [blue]Rainforest Cookie[/blue] ... [/green]
Total Finds now ... 1320
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Last day of Mega....having a great time camping onsite....caching today with robbieracer66 and Team Grub Fred...tftc Rainforest Cookie

Mega all over time to head home, so grabbed a few caches on the way, thanks to all the CO's who helped make this a great event

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!!!!

Out for the last day in Stanthorpe with Mistraluna and the Better Half.

Found the cache without problems.

Thanks Rainforest Cookie for the cache.

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

Bit of a sad day today, being the last day of the Queensland 2015 Mega Event. Many cachers are already packing up and heading home. Not us though - we have another day to fill in, hoping to find as many of the unfound caches around the Stanthorpe area as we can. Couldn't leave this one behind. Thanks for the smiley 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.

TFTC 500 finds!

Wonderful holiday in Australia with laalaa. We drove around Stanthorpe and we had fun.
Greetings from Finland.
Thanks for the cache.

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Found it with Team FIN [kapeka & laalaa]

We had fun with caching few weeks here in Australia ( Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Australian Capital Territory ). Lots of geocaches and many sort of them too. We saw awesome places, weather was good all the time and people were friendly and polite. Caches were pretty similar like in our home country. Of course there were some exeptions. Nice and huge country!

Greetings from Finland!

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

Hmm, not a fan of Pollywaffles, do they still make them??

Cheers.

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty at 9:35am. The cache was found quickly in good condition. TFTC

#3661 12:27 pm

Was a fan of the polly waffle back in its day, seemed to be the perfect ratio of marshmallow , chocolate and wafer, and was a bit disappointed when Nestlè pulled the pin on its production back in 2009.
Found the container in the hands of another cacher when we arrived, log signed it was off to find some more name sakes of misspent childhood pocket money treasures.

TFTC, Cheers.

Up in Stanthorpe for the QLD Mega Event. The weather may not have been the best, but the many interesting caches found during Easter, made up for it. Congratulation to all Cache Owners.

TFTC

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

Enjoying the Mega Event. Tftc.

Found at 16:43 whilst wandering around Stanthorpe during the Queensland Mega event with Shonkylogic and Southern Cross Caching
Thanks Rainforest Cookie

Found today while trying to achieve my 2000 finds by today. TFTC

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.

TFTC,
Out for the day at the Qld Mega to complete #30 and help Nana nel reach 2000 finds.
Completed both goals.
Visited trackables.

Quick find while at the Mega. Happy Easter. TFTC

Quick find to get a couple more for our milestone. Tftc

This entry was edited by grundies on Sunday, 05 April 2015 at 20:40:17 UTC.

Found with Uni and Shonky while in Stanthorpe for the Queensland Mega.

TFTC,
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

TFTC Rainforrestcookie

Found during Stanthorpe mega. Thanks Rainforest Cookie

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 1440hrs. 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

doing the granite belt bike trail with red dwarfs and ned and mrs Kelly. having a ball at the Stanthorpe mega. gracias rainforest cookie

Tftc

Found at 11:21 AM GAFF1 in the company of Juddda.
Never a fan of the pollywaffle - not much substance in it for your money
Thanks Rainforest Cookie.

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!

Found at 11:21:00 AM, GAFF5, in the company of Pprass.
SL, cache in good condition.
TFTC Rainforest Cookie

Doing the wine trail with teamdfl, Bulldozer72, T-tech and IolantheK to do the bike trail we made it half way in the rain and after hot chips and coffee at Glen Alpin turned back for home. Still a great day out with friends

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.
I remember Pollywaffles and they were awesome dipping them in your coffee, Thanks Rainforest Cookie.
Regards
The "a big straw" Coffee's

Found with Tassiegirl13 while in town for the Qld Mega.
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.

Day two at the MEGA, and this afternoon T-Tech and I headed out with ruzzelz, teamdfl and bulldozer72 on a bike ride along the Granite Belt Bike Trail.

TFTC, Rainforest Cookie.

In the area with Just-Lookin for the MEGA.
Great fun driving around these caches

Stamped the logs with t&J or our names.
Thanks for the fun, we had a great time.

On a geocaching trip with tmann421 with the focus being the MEGA at Stanthorpe. A fantastic trip away seeing a part of the country I had not seen before and collecting caches along the way. Stamped the logs with t&J or our names.

Thanks to all the CO's for the caches and making this such a memorable trip.

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

Grabbing just one or maybe two more caches before heading back after a pleasent ride along the bike trails with Ruzzelz, teamdfl, T-Tech and IolantheK.
Soon located the cache and signed the log, plenty of time for just one more... 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 TFTC

Like everyone else logging these caches this weekend we have come for the mega event . We are having a great time and only 2nd day of the event , defiantly worth travelling from Bunbury , western aus! Tftc

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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

Quick P&G
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 1044. 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. Are Pollywaffles made any more? Our thanks to Rainforest Cookie.

10:44
[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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Took Nothing Left nothing. Slgned Log thanks for cache

TFTC Nice easy find

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.

Thank you for Stanthorpe Oz Mega....

[Blue]# 11636[/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. Took much longer than it should.
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.

19184.236 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Compass Rose Black A#161

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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 #2982. quick and easy cache find. 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. Wish you could still buy these, yum. TFTC

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The weather is perfect day for geocacher - no cold/hot

Enjoyed search, found and signed the log.

Thanks for organising the cache and hunt. [^] [^]

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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 #3680}
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#6020Found and Logged 9:15:00 AM
One of 8 caches , On a Hot day traveling from Tenterfield to Stanthorpe
Thanks Rainforest Cookie

changed the log book ready for mega

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Arriving in Stanthorpe yesterday to cache and check the location out in advance of the Mega.

The town looks very inviting and everyone has been friendly.

Decided to head south today and work our way back towards Stanthorpe. Managed 35finds on a leisurely day.

Replaced the log whilst here. Like the hide we have one the same at home.

TFTC

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

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Got it

Found it. This is my 100th cache. Yippee!!

Onto the second half of the trail. So far so good. 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.

Tricky little beast. Good place to get your bearings ( and a couple of answers for the multi )

As we drew up some Crimson Rosellas flew off into the bush. Mr. Herbz made the find as Mrs. Herbz was studying the info board. TFTC.

My three month Brisbane adventure has started. Day 7, Tenterfield to Stanthorpe.

Today will be a short driving day, so I'm hoping for plenty of sightseeing and caching. It's going to be another hot day, I think. My back seems better today. Perhaps it's something to do with the exercises I'm doing three times a day instead of twice? Maybe I'm just lucky?

No 15 of 22 today. Thanks, Rainforest Cookie. I don't remember pollywaffles, but I can now imagine what they look like. I'll really have to come back with the bike one day, and leave my sore back at home.

Tftc

Gotcha !!! TFTC