Ward Oval Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
By farmer--brown on 06-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4DPWX

Cache site compromised.

Sadly I think this cache has been taken

No lock for us today. Appears to have gone.

No find for this one today. Doing a trip from Lake Macquarie to Broken Hill and back, and have limited time. Probably spent to much time looking for the rating. tried walking on the handrail at night to no avail but this really would increase the terrain rating to at least 3. Will have to try some other time farmer--brown.
Attempted to find this at 11:29:00 AM on 22Apr2018

Tried again, no luck!

Looked around for a bit.

First attempt with the kids and no luck!! Looks like some work has been done with clearing the area and a fence put up, so hope it’s still there somewhere

Found it. Quick grab. Tftc

Nice quick cache to start off the day. TFTC

Find #12 of 14 caches found for the day with 2 DNFs

Thanks farmer--brown for your addtion to the caching map.

The total count for the day was 14 consisting 10 Traditionals, 2 Earth, 1 Multi and 1 Mystery and 2 DNFs a really diverse day.

Grand Cache count = 369 total consisting of 348 Traditionals, 14 Multi, 5 Mystery and 2 Earth

**# 17666** Found on the NSW leg of our 2017 winter escape trip.
Another fine Spring day for a drive before heading westward out of Cobar.
No muggles around today, and a good quick find here.
Thanks for the cache farmer--brown,
***Roostaman***

Nice easy find for a Father's Day walk with the kids!

TFTC Staying in Cobar

Great to be here for a fellow Geocacher 500th! TFTC

Interesting to visit the showground a school sports day was in progress but able to find the cache unnoticed. Picked up a TB. TFTC

Hi there farmer--brown.

We found your cache **"Ward Oval"** at 12:17:00 PM today. (This makes our find count 17325).

We cached around Cobar today, & thoroughly enjoyed our tour around the area. We ended up finding a variety of container types and sizes hidden along the way. Today we found 10 caches (& DNF'd 0). Thank you for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.
**Dropped Trackable:** "Omas Vermächtnis".

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

After first looking in near dark have now found it in the sun.

Finally found how to get into this cache after coming up against school property on our previous guesses. Amazing facility here, would love to see it when the show is on. Tftc

TFTC Quick find.

Found

TFTC

TFTC NICE AN EASY

didn't find the peanut butter jar but found a container with notebook

On my this year's AUSTRALIA trip (AUS-17) also here approached and the log possibility used. Thanks for the cache.
best regards
Peter

3rd DNF now it looks like a need to see if it is still here

I’ll just add another DNF to this 1 – looks to be lost.

Perhaps needs to be checked after big amount of rain.

When we arrived we thought we knew where it was going to be, but to no avail.

Last stop on the way home from our walk! Nice and easy one this time. Thankfully there wasn't too many kids around with sport being on today!! Took a little bit of stealth to get this one. Used the puppy as cover.

No find today. Maybe trashed. Litter in the area.

A quick find. Left a TB, Thor, 87FC5V. TFTC

Easier then I first thought. Signed and replaced. Cache all good. Tftc

Slight detour while on Shitbox Rally due to weather. Camped near by. TFTC

Well hidden, but had good searches on hand!

This one had eluded us earlier in the day, as we couldn't find our way in, but this afternoon, after consulting a paper map we got here. The muggle teenagers on the oval left after a short while, so we made the find after a quick search. Thanks for the hide and bringing us here, a lovely looking complex.

Out in the open so replaced the camo. TFTC farmer--brown!

Great thanks

Haapy new year don't forget to stop at grand hotel for a feed and nice cold beer ..

#2716 - Found quickly by B on a sunny morning. The oval was started to be used by a group from the nearby school so had to be prompt.
All part of the fun and challenges on our AroundOz bicycle adventure via
the highest peak in each state and territory while finding geocaches along the way..
See http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/15119
Many thanks to the cache owner farmer--brown for establishing and maintaining another of many caches in this region.

Found It! Really easy to find unlike others. Cool items

Looks like the muggles found it, they wrote their full name on it and put it back, still in tact, good hide

Tftc!!!

Quick find once we had identified the entrance to the oval, then a very easy find

Our car GPS took us everywhere but the right way.
We finally found the entrance and made our way to
GZ. A nice quick find.

Thanks farmer--brown

Little Squirell

Arrived early from Hillston, and went off caching for me and Munzeeing for hubby. He had to go to the PO so wondered across and looked for the Drummond Park cache. Walked to this cache and located it fairly easily. Lots of bindi plant in this town. TFTC

It is big oval and easy to found it.

Found it

I rode into Ward Oval on the pushbike today.
The oval was a hive of activity
Not because of something as lame as cricket or footy.
Today was finals day of the Cobar Sheepdog Trial event !!

Sadly this event did not attract a lot of spectators
Nothing like the English sheepdog trials which are televised live in the UK, and often shown on TV in Oz a few months later

We cross live now, back to the cache chase [:o)]

Ah yes !! Down the back of the oval, I cycled into GZ.
Muggle campers near the horse stalls were not paying me any attention
Thus the cache was rounded up quicker than you can say "Gitta Round Back Dog !!" [^]

TFTC

TFTC gps sent us off the wrong way but found it eventually

This entry was edited by Linga Longa on Wednesday, 16 September 2015 at 06:50:27 UTC.

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty at 10:25am. The cache was found quickly.TFTC

GPS took us to a dead end road beside the school but accessing the cache from here was not an option. Made our own way to GZ and parked within 10 metres. A quick find was then made in the obvious spot. Thanks.

EASY!!!!

Straight to it, easy find

Typical hide.

Found with Justjessie on our trip to Camron corner and back. TFTC

Found with O319. TFTC!

Quick grab before the dog walker came into view...and a 4WD with a lovely couple heading where I just was. Who knows... TFTC

Well done. A great location

Found on trip to cobar with the GeoPraccie
TFTC

Good finding with Team Player

There were a couple of muggle with there dogs but as soon as they passed we found the cache. Easy find.

Good on ya farmer brown. Keep em comen!!

Came into town from Cliffhanger Navrun to repair blown tyre. Thanks Farmer Brown for the entertainment whilst in town

While staying in Cobar for Easter we are attempting to find some of the local caches.

Another easy find. Many thanks for the hide farmer-brown[^]

We have a few days to spend traveling from Bendigo to Stanthorpe for the Mega and we are going via Griffith, Cobar, Lightening Ridge and Moree.

Today we had some time to visit a few of the local highlights with very mixed success. What a lovely green oasis.
TFTC farmer--brown

4015. Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1245. This facility is a credit to the town, a little piece of green in the dry surrounds. SL Tnx farmer--brown

Thanks it's a easy one

Tftc! My first trip to Cobar, had some help from a former local who brought me here to show me where he grew up after much pestering from me ☺

Thanks - great hide

9:56:00 AM. After 2 days camped at the local water sports park it was time to continue west. Grabbed this before leaving town and watched a bloke test fly his new model plane. Signed log. Thanks for all the caches. Certainly makes it worth while stopping. Thanks for placing this cache.

Gotcha Tftc

TFTC farmer--brown

# 5749 Found and logged at 9:28:00 AM
One of 33 caches for the day while in Cobar for a few days on my western NSW adventure
I started early to beat the heat that didn't come, A much better day
Thanks for the cache farmer--brown
lgoody

Another quick and easy find for the wife, complete with chicken foot?

Long drive from Peterborough, running for home. Went for a walk and had some fun.

Found at 4:04 PM GAFF1. We were followed by a ute when we drove into the oval. They stopped at a distance and just observed us before moving on. We then sprang out of the car and quickly signed hte log and moved on. Wonder if this is a designated pick-up spot
Thanks farmer--brown.

Nice park good for a walk

Nice easy find, thanks for the fun, nicer weather than yesterday for this sort of thing

3rd!

Success here, left golf ball took the Ballarat key ring.

Thanks farmer Brown wish we were staying here longer but have to head for home

You have to appreciate these drive up caches. Bit of trimming work going on nearby.

Scared off a rabbit while retrieving this cache but no-one else was around.

TNLN TFTC

quick find while touring Cobar

Found on our "Making Memories" tour of Mainland Australia.

Today we explored Cobar and surrounds using geocaching as our guide.

Many thanks to all cache owners for placing and maintaining caches for our enjoyment.

A nice easy find while in Cobar Found with mile high RnC.
signed and replaced TNLN TFTC.

Travelling North with Aussie Fun Seakers we again stopped off at Cobar , hopefully to finish off the caches we missed last time and try for a few new ones.
Located and replaced
TNLN

TFTC

Very busy with an equestrian event but managed to get a quiet moment to log the cache.
Thanks farmer--brown

Bet the school makes good use of this wonderful sports ground. With so many sports and events that can happen here it was surprising we were alone today. TFTC farmer--brown.

Todays drive was around the country side of Cobar. A very interesting town of history & mining .
We started along the AT Series, the co-ords were accurate making them easy to find.
A couple of containers had been damaged I presume by foxes, which we replaced. I noticed spor covering a couple of caches.
The caches we found were interesting & varied.
Thanks for placing this cache farmer--brown

Thanks fo much Farmer Brown for being such a prolific cache-placer. We've been enjoying your caches for a few hundred kilometers now so it's about time we said "Thanks".

Found on the way home after attending the Oz Mega Event in Murray Bridge. South Australia. Decided o head home through Broken Hill for some sightseeing and caching. Great cache. TFTC

Whilst spending a late afternoon in Cobar with Mrs one-eyed , our Garmin Montana 650t had us going all over this area of Cobar, which initially ended up driving through the local school car park to their garden section.
Then after some re- adjusting the Garmin found the correct way to the location.
On departing the cache, we spotted a little tacker on his bike giving us a good look over, but he took off in the other direction.
TFTC

Nice big oval and quick spotted the cache and signed the log. Thanks farmer brown

Great day out for caching - enjoyed this area. As these were all simple park & grabs, I'm just going to copy & paste the same log text, with the Thanks for all the caches around here Cobar

Replaced the container today. Everything should be sweet.

Found what was left of a cache. Put back in a hollow. Will need replacing at some point. Sorry for the bad news.

Found damaged

Left as found! Very Busy area, lots of walkers

Found during a tour of Cobar on my way back from Brisbane. Thanks for the cache farmer--brown!