Colonial Graveyards 4 - McGraths Hill Methodist McGraths Hill, New South Wales, Australia
By ADAcache on 03-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4DH48

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Ministro - Matt

Hi ADAcache,

This cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, only to discourage people from visiting this location until this cache may be addressed.

**Please note that caches disabled during the current COVID19 crisis you will be given some extra time to react as we recognise that CO's can't just pop out and fix the issue,** geocache maintenance can wait. Once the acute threat of pandemic is over, I will remind you about your cache needing attention.

Should you feel it safe for you to maintain and address this cache now, AND your regional Health and Governmental authorities allow it, please feel free to do so. However, I would like to assure you I will not be archiving any caches which the cache owner does not currently feel safe to maintain.

I'll pass by in about another 45 days and hopefully this will all be over.

Ministro - Matt

Same as previous logs. However the grass had been mowed.

Too overgrown even when freshly mowed
24/3/20

Too many cut down branches and overgrown grass... will be back to check on it from time to time...

I believe I found the GZ but it was covered with fallen/broken branches from the peppercorn tree. A search was made as good as I was able but no result.

Very overgrown and Not maintained made it very difficult to locate

Followed clues and gps, nothing here but broken trees and overgrown grass, cache maintenance required

GPS was throwing me around a bit, and the muggles across the road decided to stand outside

I’ll come back another day!

Found it thank you

Found it with geo-friends and thanks for leading us here ☆☆

Cycling back from Windsor to Castle Hill I chose a few back roads, mainly to get up the kilometre tally, and also to pick up a few caches along the way.

I actually rode past this road I needed to turn down, but soon checked my GPSr and then corrected my mistake. It wasn't long before I was at this little hidden graveyard. Always interesting to see the headstones, some of them quite weathered and difficult to read.

While I parked the bicycle under a nearby tree I checked the hint, and then had to look twice in the same spot before I saw the container. The log sheet might be a tad broad for the container, and there is no longer an o-ring on the bison. That might lead to water ingress when it finally rains again around here.

Anyway, log signed, everything put back as found, and soon I was on my way again. Cool "snowman" made from white tyres across the road ... I should have taken a photo, but then I would have had to stop again and get my phone out. All such a mission when cycling.

No pen so I took photo

No pen take photo

What a surprise to find this little cemetery. Mr Gaztek thought it would be a little spooky to live across the road from here.Nice hide. SL TFTC Cheers... Gaztek

TFTC, but badly needs new log sheet.

Found TFTC

Easy find

Found thank you

#10

Quick easy with hint TFTC

An awesome day geocaching in three of Aus’s cool suburbs. Thanks so much for the great hides. Ran around with geobabe today finding caches everywhere to solve the mystery. Log to follow

Nice and easy micro find

Found nice and quick

TFTC with Pulloa

TFTC!
Found with BrodyT2010

Found it pretty easy besides the guy next door hanging around

I found it in the place that the hint suggested, but it's well hidden so I had to look closely to see it.

Found it on my second visit

Medium find.

Just picked up a couple of caches to keep the tally ticking over. This cache was in the only place it could be, given the hint, so it was an easy find, but well hidden. Log signed, all done. Thanks for the cache.

We have travelled from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to Vineyard for a short three day caching holiday, staying in a park cabin at the Avina Caravan Park, and planning on exploring the areas around Vineyard, McGraths Hill, Mulgrave, Windsor, Wilberforce, and Ebenezer. And being the final weekend of the Cache Carnival (ends Monday) we will be looking to maximise our score on the Friends Leaderboard. This was our 17th find of the day, and 30th find of the holiday.

It’s amazing how many of these old cemeteries are scattered around the Windsor area, hiding behind buildings & houses, so it was nice to find another one with this cache. Searched the likely spots at GZ and soon found the cache container. Signed the log sheet and then replaced as found. TFTC ADAcache.

Find #3074

No luck today

Thanks for the great cache

found location but not item

Cool easy find at first spot we checked nice spot TFTC

No luck today
Thanks

Another day OCW marj01. After a very early start from the eastern subs we arrived at Ebenezer at first light to commence the day. During the course of the day we visited 69 trads, 4 multis, 2 puzzle and 2 letterbox caches. With only a handfull of dnfs it was a successfull day, with the majority of the caches being found in a reasonably short time. Thanks to all the COs for hiding and maintaining their caches and providing us with a fun day. No luck for us here today. Cheers oldmorty.

Geocache No: 659
Time: 15:54
Condition: Good
Experience: This was our 2nd Geocache for the day. We had stopped caching for a long time and decided we really wanted to get back to it and start hitting the find count that we really should be at.
This cache took a little bit of searching but looking in the usual places brought the cache into our hands.

Thank you for the cache.

Good find

#5374 (6 of 6 today)

Headed northwest-ish today looking for a few finds. And I can extend my current challenge streak if I pick up something other than a Puzzle cache.

So, started with a Multi, then a few Traditionals... oh and another puzzle. Got six on a round trip including two previous DNFs.
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And the second DNF expunged today.
A number of spots checked, but one area caught my attention early on.
Yep, that was the one. Pretty sure it wasn't there last time I was here.

But I'll take it today.

Completed singing duties and replaced.
A sad neglected graveyard. Had a walk thought - last burial I spotted was 1975 - that was a surprise.
Time to head home.

SLTNLN
TFTC

TFTC

Tftc - After completing 1/3 of the bike trail nearby we turned around and headed back towards Wisemans Ferry completing caches as we went.

Easy find TFTC

Easy find #988 tftc

Easy find returned to its original location

Our first find on our drive to Wisemans Ferry. Some of Australia's early settlers are buried here.
TFTC.

Streak Day #1791 - Out with dave8153 running errands and stopped by here to nab this cache. Was a lot easier this time and pretty sure it was not there the last time we looked. TFTC

Cache find No. 2470
Streak Day: 902

Found tonight with Snoopy1976. Was an easy find today after a couple if other attempts. TFTC

Got it

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MsS found this one after an appointment nearby TFTC

Great cache! Little one enjoyed searching around. Thanks!

Another great out of the way spot, you would never stop at it your weren't a Geocacher..

Found with O319 on our week away. TFTC!

Good site, tftc!

#11156 Found and Logged at 7:43:00 AM
One of 31 quick cachers on a bright sunny morning while in Windsor for a few days
Thanks for the cache ADAcache
Lgoody

Easy find

Found by Mary & David at 1605. A FP here even before Mary took her seatbelt off. She loves exploring cemeteries for their graveyard architecture, symbolism and social history. Sadly with sandstone, the inscriptions weather, erode and fade over time, and many here were nearly illegible. We did find a clear 1851,and some 1855 dates, and one that we think was 1850. Look at the meaning behind a carved lily - purity, a rose - perfection, and a draped urn - mourning. Even the wrought iron surrounds were varied and special. Sadly too, even though the grounds were well car5ed for, there has been some vandalism and ground subsidence. Our thanks to ADAcache.

Was dead quite along this street this afternoon

Tftc

6915 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 0945. Thank you for brining us to this location. We spent some time reading and looking at the in formation that can be found often in locations like this Cache in good condition.SL Tnx ADAcache.

Great little cemetery Gets a fav from me

We are based in Richmond for a few days and what a wonderful choice of caches. Today we followed the gps without a very firm plan of what we were doing and this was one of the caches we targetted and found. Thanks to ADAcache for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

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TFTC

When you dont look that extra inch further and your caching partner does. Tftc.

Cute little cemetery TFTH

Definitely micro!

#4 for the day.
Nice little micro! Had a little look around the cemetery too. TFTC

TFTC! Great hide 4/4 today with mbyrne26!

Nice little find!

Been wondering how many a solo cacher could reasonably find in daylight hours. Made an attempt today to celebrate a major life milestone. Started near the South end of the Old Windsor Road 'power trial' and cycle-cached my way North. The initial target was to make 40 but managed to complete that before noon. So continued on to Windsor. 50 finds came up just before Windsor with still a few hours left before needing to get back to the Eastern Suburbs for an engagement. So picked off a few more caches on either side on the ride back to the car. Tally for the day (in 7 hours 45 minutes): 63 finds and 7 DNFs. A big thank you to Morley196 for making this outing possible.
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53rd find of the day. There seems to be a lot of these small, ancient cemeteries around Windsor area.
TFTC ADAcache

3rd

Quick search but didn't hold out much hope with all of the previous DNFs...

I'm back working in the area for a few weeks.
I've caught up on some well overdue online logging and I was eager to find a few more on the way into work.
I was able to tick off the Train Spotter-Vineyard cache by making amends on a DNF on the way here.
I saw this cache has a string of DNFs but I don't let that phase me, as I have found caches before with many DNF before I found it.
Okay, I surveyed the area at GZ, took note of the description and clue and set out to find the cache. After searching all around and not finding anything I started to feel as thought the cache was in fact gone. But then two area of interest caught my eye, and I investigated further. Nothing in the first one, and looks like nothing in the second one.....oh...wait, wait, whats this.... Bingo!!! The long lost cache was found. The log was signed and I returned it exactly where I found it.
Happy hunting.

Find: 371
4th of 8 finds for today
0 DNFs for today
Cache: in good condition
Log/Logbook: Is a small sheet of paper but in good condition with room left.

T4TC ??

I just wanted to send a quick note to say that this cache is alive and well full log to follow.

Too hard to find.

Had 5 sets of eyes looking for it and couldn't find it

Searched and searched and met someone who found it previously in passing and wasn't where they said they found it. Maybe it was taken?

No luck for us on this one. Searched for sometime. Could the CO please check.

tftc

With the grass mowed and the plants pruned this cache was found quickly and easily. The log was signed and the cache was replaced as found. Thank you ADAcache for placing this cache.

Thanks.

Nice hide! TFTC

Quick find with LLL. TFTC

Nice spot with great history. SL TFTC!

#1234
On my way to Putty Rd to clear some new puzzle caches. Here was a good spot to stop off and try my luck along the way. Parked at the bottom of the road and walked back up through historic cemetery. Saw a place of interest but didn't look thoroughly enough. Checked plenty of other places before reading logs encouraging me to look deeper. Sure enough, there it was very well tucked away.
TFTC

#1073 second time I have been here. I thought I checked all the spots that matched the hint. This time went through all the spots all over again., still nothing. So went through again this time found it a bit deeper. Signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks fir the cache ADAcache

The following TBs visited for the distance - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, & 2016 phlphotos NSW geocoins, phlphotos' Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin & Rainbow Spirit’s Caching Dilemma's Geocoin & phlphotos 2015 NSW Travel coin.

Found but not where GPS was telling me. In expanded search area and well hidden. Has it been moved? Nice old graves here.
TFTC

Tough to find but eventually got there

After completing the Windsor Rd powertrail we ducked over to grab this one.

TFTC

Found it after completing the nearby power trail with delloro. We managed to grab 70 from 71 today!
Decided to get some more on our way back to the car.
A quick find after I dug a little deeper.

TFTC

After having spent the night camping at Cattai we headed out for a day of caching. This was our first one. We searched thoroughly around GZ, and it was not until we really extended the search, using an extension, that we managed to extract the hidden little bugger.

Very hard to find but did in the end

I was able to also find this cache during my cacher tour through Windsor today.
Thank you
Team sissifalke

Nice quick one. TFTC.

This took Bluewattle and myself some time to find but we retraced where we started from and looked more throughly and soon had the prize in hand. Replaced overly full log, thanks CO and TFTC

Another cemetery visit on our list today, found with Snickersallan

An interesting historic location.

I had an idea where I should look but the last cacher really hid it well and it did take some searching to make the find. Still, a challenge is good, although I would rather have spent the time looking at the cemetery. That will have to wait for another visit.

11th find for the morning in the Windsor area.
TFTC # 1571

#457 Second of ten finds on a morning's caching around McGrath's Hill and Windsor. Nice quick and easy find. TFTC