Where's the School? Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
By Squash2 on 02-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4DFBM

OCW PelDroedGwin Towing the caravan with geopets in the car, heading south towards Getaldton we pulled in to this historic site to tick off another LGA. A quick find. Tftc

I was staying in Nanson with dear family friends to celebrate the life of my surrogate grand father and took the opportunity to grab a couple of caches to try and turn a few more LGAs green. We pulled up to this one and is so often the case headed off in the wrong direction for several metres and then quickly retrieved the cache that was rather exposed and added my name to the log. After replacing I added a little more camoflague and off to the next one. Thanks Squash2 for showing me this forgotten location, it looks like Howatharra was once a thriving community.

Its great how geocaching brings you to little known sites and adds to a place by giving context and history. We're staying nearby, so an obvious cache for us to target on our travels. Tftc

On our Australian trip . After started for some days in Darwin we are on the road to Perth now .On the Road after Katherine we have seen Edith Falls, Kunnurra and Bungles Bungle. Finally we cross the Pentecost-river to enter the Gibb RiverRoad . A lot to see like Emma Falls, El Questro, Mitchel Falls, Manning Gorge, Galvans Gorge, Bell Gorge, Tunnel Creek and Windjana Gorge .Now return on the sealed road again . Further over Derby, Broome, Port Hedland, Karratha, Karijini NP, Exmouth and now down the coast to Perth .After Coral Bay, Carnarvan and Monkey Mia, we headed further on the road and stopped for this one .After finding the cache easily I also found the special school .Nice stop.TFTC# 17'334

Found it

An easy find in a caravan friendly spot as we head to Geraldton. TFTC

WA Big Trip Winter 2024. Day 84 - Geraldton to Euraday area via Northampton. Today was a steady drive north for half a day. I did a couple of caches as I left Geraldton and then managed to pick up a few more along the way. The best bit was a detour for the Ajana Binnu Trail Labs and caches. The old dam was very impressive and must have been quite impressive when the lid was intact. My roadside camp was a little noisy, but had some network coverage so I was able to keep a bit up to date. Hamelin pool for tomorrow, even less driving and only one cache to do.At this spot, the water has receded from what recent cachers mention, and I was able to access the site without any acrobatics. I got a bit hung u on one area, but the cache was eventually spotted in a very close by location and th log has been signed.Thanks for the cache Squash248609.6 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Antarctica and South America 2024 A#550**Albida**

The big pool of water in front of GZ told the story of the weather lately. And it was only good timing that this cache hunt was a dry one. Walked the blue metal highroad to GZ for a quick find. TFTC Squash2.

A caching trip from Canberra, ACT to Cape York, Qld and then around the gulf to East Arnhem Land, NT then over the top of WA and down to Perth.Interesting detours to Thursday Island, Mabuiag Island, Mornington Island, Doomadgee, Hells Gate, Nhulunbuy, Wadeye, Litchfield Nat Park, Wyndham, the Gibb River Road, Monkey Mia, Meekatharra & Wiluna TFTC.A good drop of rain before arriving flooded out the area a bit. Cache is nice and dry.

A giant puddle of water right by the tree had a slight detour around on the Ridge of stones just for fun. Cache easily located and all good with it. Thanks for the cache!

Hi there Squash2. While out on the road today we found this cache at 1211pm after a short search - and the container and log are in good condition. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to Squash2 for this cache - our find 10892 and the 3rd of 11 finds for the day.FieldNotes: The cache and Log are in good condition.

Quick find after reading the nearby info boards--------------Decided to do a long road trip, flying in from Canberra, starting and finishing the drive in Port Hedland. It was a long day of flights, followed by 7 days of lots of kilometres. I stopped at every 'point of interest' along the way, I wanted to miss nothing! Earthcaches, Virtuals & AL's are always very good waypoints for interesting things as well.Every night I downloaded a bunch of podcasts and these made the kilometres fall away. This was the first outback road trip I have done where I saw more emu's than kangaroos. The wild camels walking in the desert were also very cool to see. My trusty swag served me very well.

Quick find. TFTC.

An easy find on our way back southTFTC Squash2. Found on 23 Sep 2023 at 11:47. Find # 2709

A quick PaG to break up the drive. I found your D1.5/T2.0 Small Traditional called Where's the School? on 23 September 2023. It was find #18493 for me. Thank you Squash2 for placing this cache for our enjoyment in the wonderful state of Western Australia.

Pulled in on our way from Kalbarri to Coronation beach. Great spot for those of us towing vans, plenty of room to turn. TFTC

Easy find

Op weg van Kalbarri naar Lancelin deze cache gelogd. TFTC.

Wifey found this as I was getting out of the car. Darn. Thanks.

Geraldton to Kalbarri
Camping at the caravanpark along the river side.
We stopped for a couple of caches along the way a detour to Port Gregory to see the pink lake.
Thankyou to the CO's for hiding this cache

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Very easy ??

Today we are heading from Geraldton und Kalbarri with some stops to find some geocaches. This one was our first stop and a short search to sign the logbook.

Thanks for the cache and regards from Switzerland.

No trouble finding this cache.

Heading south after one mintue of moon shadow. This is one of stops on a long journey.

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

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SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Can’t wait!!

I'm winding my way up to Exmouth for the eclipse After an overnight camp at Goodies, I was back in the car for the next leg up to Carnarvon... with a few caches to find on the way for good measure The two caches here were almost opposite the campsite so made sure to pull in and explore before heading north. After spending much longer than expected at the *Post Office* I was pleased this one was a quick cache & dash Always interesting to think what these places must have been like in their heyday. No problems here today - TFTC

Swiss Couple on the way from Geraldton to Monkey Mia. We are able to find some Geocache. Thank you very much for the Caches !

After spending the night in Billabong Motel Meadow I was taking on the last stage of my journey from Exmouth to Perth . As I was heading further south weather was constantly deteriorating, but it was still good enough for several cache stops . Thanks for giving me so many chances to pause my long journey and of course

TFTC

Was well in the open. Stealthed it a little more on replacement. Same position, just covered up a little.

I think I spotted the school.

Found on this wet day after a short search. Cache and log were okay. TFTC Squash2.

While on our way south with ilook4geo we stopped here to have a look for this cache. The co-ords were good and something caught our attention. The container was retrieved, two more names were added to the log and everything went back into place. Thanks for this hide go to Squash2.

Shared the find here with goingplaces2 on this cache. Found where the school used to be too. All good with container and log. TFTC.

I just about stepped on it but still didn’t see it. Familysteiner spotted it fairly quickly. Tftc.

A quick find here with Deefa71 on a day trip to Kalbarri whilst staying in Gero. Tftc

Day 25 of the long road trip from Perth to the Townsville Mega via the southern states and then back to Perth again via the northern part of Australia.Today was basically Caching from Northampton to Geraldton and then direct home.This cache found without problems. The log was signed and the cache returned as it was found.Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for cachers to find.

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As well as the cache we found a big bull ant nest under the bark. Be careful. NICE easy pull in area for caravaners. TFTC

Caching in the Greater Geraldton area today. Our intention for the day was to attack some power trails and do map cleanup around town.

Quick park and grab. Cheers Squash2!

Day 2 Arrived in Gero last night. The plan today is to hit the series and caches around Gero. Thanks to the COs for placing these caches - sorry for the genetic log. Signing as GT

Thank you! On a road trip to Exmouth and back. Happy to find the cache here.

Watch for black ants. Tftc.

Found it. TFTC Squash2. Quick find here today. Replaced as found.

TFTC

Whoop whoop! TFTC

TFTC. Quick find if my eyes were open..

Found while passing through the area. Thanks for highlighting this piece of local history.

Easy find

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Thanks for history lesson. An easy find TFTC

On an Adventure North. We have hitched the caravan are are intending to find some sunshine and warm weather.

Travelling along Hwy 94 and Hwy 1, our destination is Broome, via Karijini NP, then the trip home is along the coast sampling the towns we have yet to visit.

Of course along the way we will be getting a cache of two ......... and lots more.

Found the plaque for this school, after a nice lunch a ways up the road.



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Thanks Squash2 for bringing me to this location and taking the time to hide and maintain this cache. I found the cache at 16:00:00. This was my Find 45 for today out of a Total number of 50 Finds and 4 DNF for for this Caching Outing. The cache was found in Good Condition and I signed the log and returned the cache as I found it.

This find brings my total number of Finds to 5399.

Quick find here today. TFTC

Park and grab - nice

Found with Sweet FA TFTC

A quick park and grab with Bjossi. Container is perished but don't have a spare on board to replace. TFTC

Nice quick easy find! Thanks

Quick find thank you.

Nice quick find!

Found while holidaying with Team Outnabout as we continue our travel adventures together. Grabbed this one our way home. Love finding and learning about history sites. TFTC Squash2.

Up at Coronation Beach camping, went and did a few caches in the area. Quick find TFTH

Nice, easy, out gps was a bit out but still easy

Thankfully we read the new coords as it's freezing this morning.

On a lovely wildflower trip through beautiful WA.

TFTC

Changed co ordinates slightly off but not too hard to find. TFTC

Easy find, navigation far bit off though. TFTC. Thanks

Very windy here today . A nice quick find tftc

TFTC with Never2old on our road trip

Coordinates changed from:
S 28° 32.120 E 114° 37.945

Coordinates changed to:
S 28° 32.124 E 114° 37.907

Distance from original: 204.8 feet or 62.4 meters.

Had to relocate as new fence erected preventing access to cache.
Have fun.

Quick find after climbing over the fence.
TFTC

Easy find, thanks for the history lesson

N3 quick find tftc

Today our tour - which began in Perth, WA , and led us thru Western, Northern and Southern Australia back to Perth, was simply cruising from Geraldton to Kalbarri.


On the way we came to some interesting locations. Here we searched, found and logged this Tradi-Cache.

Weather was good in the morning and it should even get better during the day.

Thanks to 'Squash2' for showing us this location, for the fun we had with 'Where's the School?' and the smiley. The search here and today didn't take too much time, fortunately.

Greetings from Germany and we hope to see you soon in the forest.

TFTC says H_M_A @ 28. September 2019 @ 07:43 o'clock @ [#13718](https://coord.info/GC4DFBM)
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Love reading about all the old history

Yes thank you

cool

Quick stopover on our way to Horrocks.
Cache in good condition. Thanks for the opportunity to stretch the legs. Tftc

Coordinates changed from:
S 28° 32.115 E 114° 37.938

Coordinates changed to:
S 28° 32.120 E 114° 37.945

Distance from original: 48.2 feet or 14.7 meters.

Cache has been relocated as a fence has been installed restricting access.
All okay now. Enjoy.

A NEF here. TFTC Squash2

Spotted so climbed over the fence and signed the log.
In Geraldton for a couple of days of geocaching.

TFTC Squash2 this is find # 5091 for us.

Out and about near Geraldton WA and decided to go chase a few caches, Lucky we are staying nearby.

Log signed and off to the next.

TFTC

Climbed the fence and dealt with the cache which was spotted as soon as we pulled up. Then went to read the information board which had exactly the same information as the nearby plaque. If the photo on the board represents the total school enrolment then the teacher must have had a fairly easy time of it. Not like the classes of over 30 pupils that we get at home now.
Thanks.

Travelling with friends on our 'half-loop'
TFTC

Nearly missed this one....climb over the fence!!
TFTC

Spent the day finding caches in the Nabawa area and found this one. TFTC

On our way home from an Easter break in the Murchison our mission was to clean up another area on the map, happy to say we did just that here today TFTC

Love a geocache you can almost not have to get out of the car happy caching 2018

Nice and quick here. Tftc

TFTC

Container was left out in open all wet have replaced container for you and notebook tftc

Found the cache but didn't find to much of the school
TFTC

Found it on our travels. SL TFTC

Found while enjoying an extended break in Geraldton from my travels. The cache was a nice easy find but I couldn't find the school either, although I didn't look too hard for it. TFTC.

We were staying with muggle friends at Nanson and they wanted to know a bit more about Geocaching so we joined forces with ProspectorsWA and headed out for a days caching.
We pulled up here as a couple of muggles on a motor bike were having a refreshment break so we read the information and made idle chit chat until they left and then headed off to gz.
Our muggle friend Carol was very excited to find her first geocache.
I wish we had a dollar for every old school site we have visited since starting Geocaching as we would have a lot more money to put fuel in the tank to visit many more.

Many thanks Squash2 for the cache.

Day 2 of our mini road trip and still in town doing some more caching. Today's plan tackle Alexander series then head to Northampton, Nabawa, and Nanson then back to Gero.
Have a few caches on my list so fingers crossed we can manage as many as possible

Turns out another warm day in town and I didn't pack my shorts

I got muggle to take photos of the sign while I quickly located the cache.
The log book was sitting on top of cache but thankfully was dry, signed it and placed it back inside of cache.
Covered it all over better than found it so now it has its little roof on again

TFTC

Singapore - Perth - Rottnest Island - Penguin Island - Geraldton - Kalbarri - Denham - Carnarvon - Coral Bay - Exmouth - Port Hedland - Broome - Darwin and all Nationalparks on our way

Our trip with Stopover in Singapore and through Western Australia to the Northern Territory with the Campervan from Perth to Darwin led us to many beautiful caches. Sometimes the temperatures were very high for us Europeans, but we have always managed the walk well and are looking forward to standing so many miles from home in the logbook. Australia is a very fantastic country, with lots of sights and especially so many animals, from the kangaroo over dugongs, dolphins, emu's and even the blue whale and the whale shark we have seen a lot. We would like to thank all the owners for the layout of the caches, their care and the showing of mostly special places.

We send many greetings and a G 'Day from Leipzig in Germany from the 2 Supermuggels

Nice easy find...tftc

pug002 found it 26/10/2016 TFTC Squash2 Yes where is the school?

Quick find on our way back to Perth from Port Gregory. TFTH

Headed out early this morning with iluvtrekking with Nanson and surrounds as our destination. Of course there were other various locations to explore along the way and some great caches. Quick find. Thanks Squash2

We had a wonderful day today exploring the countryside around Geraldton looking for history, flowers and caches.
Thanks for the cache Squash2, we made a quick find here.

We left Adelaide in July and traveled to Darwin, then down the WA coast finding a few caches along the way.
This was one that was found and signed on our way from Kalbarri to Geraldton.