Shannon's Shore Googong, New South Wales, Australia
By Tankengine on 15-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4E9AR

All good here. I left the little tank engine in it for someone else, as I already have one Thanks for the cache, Tankengine! * * * * *I had a lovely day walking this trail near Googong Dam and completing the Queen series. It was a lovely four-hour walk gathering these and all of the others in the area. I only had one DNF for the day; all other geocaches in the series were in good condition. Then I headed back towards Jerrabomberra to finished off a multi cache that I ran out of time to collect yesterday. I headed home as the sun set, by the light of the waxing gibbous moon.

Came for a ride out here today with dty73 for a maintenance run.Logsheet replaced, old log attached.GOOD TO GO!!!

Coordinates changed from:S 35 26.430 E 149 14.933Coordinates changed to:S 35 26.459 E 149 14.941Distance from original: 180.9 feet or 55.1 meters.Moved back to path

Found

Girl Guides International Geocaching Day 23

LOVED THIS ONE! So much fun.

Not today unfortunately

What a wonderful way to spend a day! Great weather, good friends, a beautiful trail, excellent caches and a delightful Queen soundtrack care of the CO! Thanks for the Geocaching Queens - Toyhunters, Barb2e, Joolay, Seach4, GLISS, Contesta and aykayem for all the fun. Signed as GQ16.

Log was full but have put extra log in
Signing as GQ16. And lovely to have the CO walk with us.
Thanks for getting me out and about Tankengine

A fun find while exploring around the area with some geocaching friends. TFTH

On the walk around the Queen series. Log signed as Geocaching Queens 16 or GC16. Tftc

Find # 8527

Making the most of the opportunity to duck out for a few hours of caching fun as the Geocaching Queens for todays group. Barb2e, Joolay, Search4, ToyHunters, GLISS, Nibbletricecrackers, and Aykayem.

This was a quick and easy find and ️ here at GC5FEJY GZ on a beautiful sunny winters day. And a very special touch with Queen music to enjoy on our way around the circuit.

Log full so new log donated by a member of the group, signed and replaced. Old log left.

Thanks so much for the cache Tankengine And of course for getting me out and about and enjoying this area too

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Found with Toyhunters, Barb2e, Joolay, Seach4, Nibletricecakes, Contesta and aykayem. Signed as GQ16. This was a lovely day for a wander. TFTC Toyhunters.

This was a fun one. Tftc

Found it. Interesting use of the jar inside the regular chonkyboi size cache. The log book has all its spots filled up but it’s not situation critical, still plenty of room in margins. TFTC

Out with a walk to this area on a sunny day.
Decided to get some caches on the way.

Nearly bypassed this one! Tftc. HOTA

Enjoying a day out with the family.
Found with Team Duckymask

TFTC
️Team Begerah

Log Nearly full.

Thanks for the cache
️team Begerah

Nice easy find tftc

Today Turtle284 and I came out to find some caches at Googong.
Had a great time locating all the caches, and enjoying the sights as we went.

Thankfully, we are able to say that all the caches we found were in good condition, and we experienced zero DNF's. Thanks for a great walk!

#2373 More to come

On our treak around collecting the Queen route, we also picked up this one!

StylishParasite was particularly taken with container!

Found with Curloo

Found with Jondub. TFTC

Took a bit to find but it was a good spot!

Beautiful little side trail off the path, with some lovely trees to admire.

TFTC

Found this a while ago
Just didn’t have premium

Picked this up whilst doing the Queen trail with womfox. Tftc!

Found

Love it

Beautiful location tftc

I know I was only in Canberra earlier in the week for caching but this time is for another reason… a geo-event! (GA19402 & GC8T8JZ) This means that for a couple of us, it turned into two events as I hosted a GCA event about lunch time. My event was nice and small with only a few attendees but still great. Afterwards, I went with some others to find some other nearby caches. Next, it was time to check into my motel and have a rest. I then heard that there was a group of Cachers heading out to find a new WIG cache in Woden before the next event starts. A great walk around the parks and a unique hide. I am now sworn to secrecy…! Then it was time for the second event of the day. It was great fun catching up with many people and talking all things Geo! After a great sleep, I decided that before I headed home, I would attempt the ‘Queen’s greatest hits’ cache trail. It was a nice drive to Googong Dam but before I parked I found a solved puzzle cache. After finding a parking spot, I went for the 2-2.5 hour walk find the Queen caches and a few other ones along the way. It was a great walk with many great views of the lake and Googong. Then it was time to head home but I decided on taking a detour via Young to find the new cache there. A FTF on this one. A great couple days away and I hope to get to a couple of the events in ACT during December. TB visit on all caches. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I have found and for allowing them to bring me and others enjoyments. TFTE’s & TFTC’s

A mild morning made the perfect opportunity to walk the Queen power trail, and it was very nice to find a couple of TE caches in the mix too.

This cache was a straightforward find at GZ - thanks, Tankengine!

Tftc

Nice sized container. Found during a family walk around the dam. TFTC.

Fun hide

TFTC!

I could see where this one was compared to the walk trail so decided to bush bash to it instead of facing that gruelling downhill from Queen#12 back to the path. Glad I did I am sure my path wasn't as bad. Found this one easily enough and it is in good condition. TFTC TNLN SL

This one was surprisingly easy except that Gerriactive had to do the 'undoing' honours! TFTC

Another little uphill bit to a great cache. Thank you Tankengine.

found it!

Awesome find!

Cool hiding location. Lovely way to stay socially isolated without being stuck inside.

Nice find

Lovely spot. Oops no pen so not logged.

What a glorious day for a winter stroll around Googong Dam with the oldest two geokids (5 and 7) while the wife and youngest have coffee back in town. It may have only been 11 degrees but we still got a sweat up at times and the youngest was looking for a ‘bus’ to come pick her up by the end

No DNFs the whole way was great - thanks for great coords and recent maintenance on a few. Sorry for a somewhat generic log on these.

This was another quick find. My little trooper found this one and she was psyched to beat us to it. Needed help to open it though ha ha TNLN TFTC

A very nice find while doing the lovely Queen Trail on a bright Winter's day. Beautiful spots, great walking. We were greeted by a large group of beautiful birds here.

Awesome cache, really enjoyed this one TFTC!

Found during my adventures at the Clear Waters mega. Thank you for all the caches!

We started with ziggiau and me in the morning, Milo-Mike and NoTomorrow joined us and we picked up Bulldozer and Kaos at the track. TFTC!

Another great walk with my geo kids. Thanks

Thanks KB logging for lucky9

Yay! A bonus cache along the Queen power trail. TFTC!

Found while doing the Queen tour with toyhunters at the Mega. Loved the tour and loved the views! I never know Canberra was so beautiful! TFTC!

Thanks Tankengine for placing this cache. We found it today while doing the Queen Tour and it was a very nice addition to our walk. Thanks for placing and maintaining it out here. We've really enjoyed the walk and the views, some of countryside and some of water. All beautiful.
Cheers and happy caching!

Day 2 of our Clear Waters event and Queanbeyan/ACT adventures started off with a delightfully sunny and fresh morning which allowed us to find plenty of well placed caches. We spent the morning in Googong before heading back into Queanbeyan to explore the city centre.

So many nice sights along this walk, a very enjoyable morning.

Thanks Tankengine for placing and maintaining this cache.

#7674 11:55
While people were hunting for this not-Queen cache, Toyhunter was coming up with a plan to ensure we had some music on the remaining part of our Queen PT walk.
Two Smartphones playing the same song simultaneously. One walking in the front, and one in the back.
After logging Shannon's Shore we were back in business as *Killer Queen* played through the smart phones, albeit at a lower volume than before.

TFTC

Found as part of the Queens power trail take 2. Walking to this one we were eyeing off the slope of the hill thinking it was up a cliff. Scott had us taking the easy way to this one! TFTC

Find # 4472
Found with sesblocker, Aries44duo and the other 15 cachers on the Queen PT Tour #2 led by The Toy Hunters.
Great coordinates made for an easy find.
We are staying at Queanbeyan showground for the "Clear Waters" Mega event. This is day six of our mega adventure.
As requested by the organising committee, we have abreviated our caching name to "TN".

TFTC Tankengine ??
20 April 2019 11:55 am

Found today with my Dad, Mum and my brother, awesome little trail to get some caches. TNLN

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This morning I was fortunate to be invited along on a caching quest by the Ziggsta and Mavman. I wasn't the only stray they picked up with ozmilo joining too. Haha. Deciding to use real first names instead of geocaching ones, we came up with the team name of MEEL. We also met up with others on the Queen trail and logged the caches as MEELBK.

I had a great time walking around a number of traditional, multi and mystery caches in the dam area and getting to know our new friend MiloMike. Having sent a little lonely (definitely not alone though) the last 5 days, it was great to hang out with old friends and let my hair down a bit, singing along to Queen songs and chatting up a storm with the Ziggsta. Haha

Perfect weather. Best company. Beautiful location. Great caches.

TFTC

Visiting Canberra for the Mega Event and having a wonderful time touring the city with my host and sister Tealby, finding many caches in the process.
This cache was found whilst on a walking tour with the CO of all the Queen caches in the area.
Many thanks for the cache Tankengine.

Headed down to Googong Dam to do the Queen trail and surrounding caches with some new caching friends Ziggiau, NoTomorrow and Mavetju. As we started the trail, we joined forces with Bulldozer72 and Kaos. To save room in the logbooks, we logged as MEEL KB.

The vast majority of caches were found quickly - one or two needed a bit more time. Thoroughly enjoyed caches and the beautiful scenery.

Thanks for the cache.
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#2881
When planning a family activity for a day at the mega, I noted this little trail, and being a big Queen fan for many years, coincidentally starting when I lived in Canberra for two years in the early 90's, this was a great choice. So the four of us watered and booted up for the 6km hike and hit the (well worn!) trail. With our 6 year old we managed to complete the circuit in under 3 hours, with no DNFs. We met HappyUke and Finalf29 along the way and walked together for most of the trek - a great afternoon.
Nice container, in an out of the way spot..... TFTC Tankengine

Finalf29 and I spent the day in the Googong and what an enjoyable day it was. We paddled, walked (with a bit of huffing and puffing), met a lovely geocaching family Team737 and cached most of the Queen series with them... by the end of the day we were knackered, but still had a brilliant time doing it. Thanks to all the cache owners and thanks to Finalf29 and Team737 for wonderful company.

Another tankengine stop on the Queen your. Tftc.

Wazza and Lea took the lead and found this little cache. TFTC

13 for today
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3722 20 April 2019
Attending The Clearwaters Ozemega at Quenbeyan and grabbing a few caches and power trails around the area. Signing the logs 'A44' as requested. Out caching with The Neighbs.

TNLNSL
TFTC Tankengine

13 for today
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During toyhunter's queen tour for the MEGA event.

Attending the Queanbeyan Clear Waters mega event, this was a day packed with hikes and power trails. Our team "LUCKY9" started off the day walking around Googong Dam targeting the Queen geocache trail, before then heading south through Royalla and visiting Michelago, and then heading north via Burra. A massive day caching indeed in great weather.

This geocache didn't take long to find, and the cache and contents were in good shape. Thanks Tankengine.

Found as part of Queen Tour #1 - a morning full of great fun, friends, music and caches.
After coming in along the ridgeline, suddenly a complete change in the landscape - such a very beautiful area. TFTC Tankengine.

Caching day with “Lucky9” during Mega event, thank you so much for placing it Tankengine.

Attending the Clear Water 2019 mega this Easter in Queanbeyan. Found with a group catchers and logged as "Lucky9" Thanks for the series and for placing it Tankengine

Thank you for share Lucky 9 awesome :):)

19/04/2019

During the Mega.

The weather was perfect for us to travel road included the countryside so beautiful,
Found as team Lucky 9
Mostly good coordinate spot with hunt (it was helpful.)

Thanks Tankengine for organising the cache and hunt [^]

FLTF

Another quick find in this series with the Queen Tour group as part of the Mega Event. TFTC!

found on a queen #1 tour log to come

Rocking the Googong with the Queen Tour crew. Thanks toy hunter for a great day and TFTC

A 3 hour drive this morning to visit the Queanbeyan mega event this long weekend, to get here. After finally getting some breakfast into my stomach i needed to take a stretch, so planned to walk the cache circuit here. Sometime during the walk i feel too have woken up completely.
Thanks for the cache.

A massive day of caching as a member of LUCKY9. I'll sleep well tonight! Thanks for the hide.

A quick find while doing the trail nearby. TFTC.

Find Number 1831, found at 11:37. This was the 15th find of 35 finds and 0 DNF's today

Day 2 of the Clear Waters Mega trip with GeoSon NationalSteel. This morning we joined Toy Hunter for a tour of his GooGong Queen series, after which we tackled some more of the local caches.

Another quick find with the Queen Tour Group, music blaring out as we walk along. This wasn't part of the series, but was a most enjoyable cache

The cache was in good condition. We took nothing, left nothing, signed the log as Queen Tour 1 and replaced the container as found

Thanks Tankengine for the cache.

Nice hiding place
Found with Queen Tour #1
Thanks for the cache

We grabbed this one while doing the Queen power trail. I nice different hide among the rest of the caches here. We saw a fairly large black snake back down near the trail just after leaving this cache. Good thing that cache guardian wasn't at home when we made the find! TFTC!

Found with a nice group doing the Queen Tour and signing as QueenTour1 walking around near the lake while down for the Mega event at Clearwater. finding over 20 caches on the day. Thanks For The Cache Tankengine
# 1871 at 11:40:00 AM on 19Apr2019

Isn't it funny how this type of hide can blend into its surroundings until found - after which it is impossible to unsee it!
Thank you, Tankengine, for your fantastic contrubutions to everbody's geo fun! We were part of the Queen Tour 1, which led us past your cache.

TFTC smile 4363 Thank you Tankengine for the cache had a great time

Another long great day out with woolwood9 hunting containers.
SL - Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or printed tm421/ ww9
*Big thank you to the cache owners who made our trip fun!*

Found while on a trip away with tmann421, heading to the MEGA in Canberra
Signed as TM/WW NZ
*Thanks for the placement*

This was made a lot harder than it needed to be. I followed my arrow on my GPS and managed to cross the water by rock-hopping and then made a very difficult climb over steep and slippery rocks up the slope and then bush-bashed to GZ, where the cache was found easily.
Then I just followed the very easy track back down to the registered path.

QUESTION>>>>>>
Why is it that your GPS ALWAYS finds the hard way in to a cache, but there is just about always an easier way back to the track???????????????????

TNLNSL TFTC

Took your advice and approached via the Western Shores track which I enjoyed Found this before completing the circuit TFTC Tankengine

TFTC Tankengine!

What a piss poor cache!

Walking the Queen trail while attending the Mega. Great hike. I love Queen!

One we picked up on the way. Quick fibd with the hint.

TFTC

To be shore, to be shore, Shannon. I found it in the twinkling of an eye. TFTC Tank Engine

While out hiking the Queen geo-trail we stopped off to search for this cache which was soon spotted once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

Nicely placed. TFTC

I found this one awhile ago with Onieferret and have only just got around to logging it. Thank you for the cache