Ski Meee Dakabin, Queensland, Australia
By OMY130 on 21-Apr-02. Waypoint GC4F8E

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Last one for the day.....

No. 156tried to

I had been to this spot a couple of years ago for Australia Day with the GeoHubby's uncle's family, but that was pre-knowledge of caching. Today I visited with my three Geodaughters. The walk from the gate to the cache was rather enjoyable and my two older Geodaughters skipped ahead while I walked a bit slower with the Geobaby. We had trouble listening for cars coming along the track, however, because of the noise coming from the raceway on the other side of the lake. Luckily for us, ther weren't any cars and we were left to search completely muggle-free!

Everything is nice and dry inside the cache. TFTC.

Found on my way to an off road duathlon being held across Scout Road.

Dropped Travel Bug because the cache is in a romantic area, not far from where my partner and I bought our first home 14 years ago and bc I had only just given up triathlon whey partner first met me and now we've come full circle with me racing a duathlon today. So I thought it an appropriate spot for the anniversary travel bug.

First ammo cache!
Took the Lazerzone voucher and left a pirate medallion
Good hiding spot
13th of the day!
TFTC!

What a perfect way to start of a days caching. Not a soul in sight, the birds singing and beautiful scenery! Cache is safe and sound in its hiding spot.

TFTC OMY130

Another pleasant walk along the lake on a perfect day. Cache quickly to hand and quiet walk back.

Nice walk in! Signed log... Enjoyed view... TFTC!

Arriving at the locked vehicular access gate we managed to squeeze into one of the few parking spots available (well the last actually) and headed down the walking path..

Approaching GZ we realised the undergrowth may be an issue with previous comments re slithery things so we armed ourselves with sticks (not as easy as you would think just here)

However cache was easily spotted on arrival & quickly retrieved...

This is in good condition for an almost decade ole cache (well maintained) good to see...

Log soon signed & we set out on the return trek..

TNLNSL

Thanks OMY130 for the cached

Parking was a challenge today as Kaisho53 and I arrived at the gate to the area. No further by vehicle so I had to squeeze the Gunniemobile into a spot right at the back...

OK, that sorted, we took to the trail on foot. Enroute, I realised I had forgotten to pick up my walking stick to poke around at the other end, so it was into the bush for Kaisho53, who came out with one each to do the job... [^]

Meandering into GZ, I arrived and spotted the container. Aha, no need for the poking stick or anything actually. The cache was a nice easy find and easily retrieved. I agree with the previous finders, it's great to see a well lived cache. 10 years old in a few months. That's impressive...

We whacked our names in the log and tucked things away before the mozzies got any more blood. We still needed some to get us back to the car...

Cheers OMY130.

No problems with snakes today. Nice little walk with great views. Lovely. Noisy though with powerboats burning up water ... so to speak ...

Cache found in good order and back along the same path. Cheers OMY130.

nice easy find just watch out for snakes

Ok, parked the car and set off on our trek. Enjoyed the views on the way in, and almost to GZ, saw another path. Hmm, I wonder where that goes, will find out on the way out.

Found cache, signed log and headed for discovered path. Well that was definately shorter..should have come that way in.

TFTC

we always seem to miss 'that' track on the way in
lol

took sylvester the cat
left green ribbon

I was working in the area today and thought it was about time i took care of a couple of caches without smiley faces on them .
I parked the truck at the locked gate with nowhere to turn around , only a few hundred meters from GZ.
After a short walk in, i spent a while admiring the views of the lake before beginning my search. The treasure was found quickly after spotting a slight geo-trail, but you'd expect that after 9 years in action i guess .

I signed the log and headed back to the truck to realise i'd left my keys back at the cache so it was another journey to GZ for me before i was on my way to the next one … which is where i also realised i must have dropped my pen somewhere here as well [:o)]. Now to reverse about 500m (lucky i got 2 reverse speeds)

Great to find such an old cache. It is in good condition and dry … still . Took Hearts May Flutter TB. Thanks OMY130 (and all others involved originally)

What a beautiful spot. Left Hearts May Flutter GC and took Mississippi 2006 GC and Freestyle Fish GC to take further north. SL. TFTC

Found a beautiful new home for Hearts May Flutter GC overlooking the lake.

Dropped tumbleweed gc took kit kat tb commando tb and I love nz tb

This entry was edited by Eco & Rev on Saturday, 13 August 2011 at 08:42:59 UTC.

I have lived on the other side of the Lake for years and never ventured over to this side. Didn't realise it was so big. Thanks for the hide. I have left some travel bugs to encourage others to visit.

Geokid liked this cache. Swapped pirate treasure coins for a jigsaw puzzle.

Why are pirates called pirates?

Because they RRRrrrrrrr!

Gotta walk about 10m into the scrub to find it. Lots of cool stuff in there. Easy to spot the little path into the bush.

100th find. watched the water skiers on the lake. People camping on adjacent property. TN Left some clear hair slides. TFTC Thanks OMY130

Oh my goodness. What a hide. Feel very bushwacked! It really is in the thick of it!

Zac23 and I originally found this one with nic579 before we had our own usernames, we we came back to log it. Spring growth has made this a bit tougher to find than is was the first time we came. At least this time I didn't pick up a tick!

Spent ages here but couldn't find it should have got help from the person who found it today.

lovely long walk on easy track with geodog and lovely breeze view lake as luck no flood area... found it as hide very well.... thanks hunting.....

collected flowers along the way

well what a trial this has been, finding this one. well i input the wrong co-ords into the old GPS, for some reason this caused us not to find the cache, but now with the correct co-ords and a new GPS, this one is now off the list,
many thanks to both parties for hiding and keeping this cache going.

The hiding spot was decent a bit easy to find because grass had warn away to make a path to it.

=) found this one right on night fall , really nice area for a run.... TFTC !!! TNLN SL =)

This entry was edited by andrewandshay on Wednesday, 11 August 2010 at 13:55:03.

Found today @ 1130 a nice walk , nice water views with lots of skiers and rowers on the lake.Wild quails on the path kept us alert,Took pokemon and left TB [sheep] he hopes to have more interesting travels.

Found this one while tracking some local caches Took lobster left stapler TFTC

My very first geocache adventure, and will be one of many I'm sure. What a great location for a stroll around the lake. Many thanx to sticker boy.TFTC SL

@1447 Mr Simia

We are all but recent leaves on the same old tree of life and if this life has adapted itself to new functions and conditions, it uses the same old basic principles over and over again.  There is no real difference between the grass and the man who mows it.  ~Albert Szent-Györgyi .....Sorry I am very very very late in logging these finds...Trying to get all these logs up to date as they got a little out of hand and the dask became rather daunting.

@1447 Mr Simia

Wow after a few years away from the game, I logged in to find all these very very old field notes still sitting here unprocessed dating back to 2010....what to do what to do.....Log it I say!
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The Monkeys are back in the game. After a notable absence with only the occasional find, it was time to get on with some of the funniest monkey business we know. Geocaching. And this time we brought along some friends, old and new.

The return of the Monkeys was inspired by a new friends search for a hobby and we knew the perfect adventure. Once upon a time the Monkeys dominated the Albany Creek area and it was time to reclaim some lost ground.

@1447 Found with the Ambularesimia group on another adventure. Loved the walk - also found an abandoned BBQ - nice to picnic for a while. Found by Mr Simia after group splitting in many directions. TFTC

Plus-One, Triple-GGG and our Geo-Kids walked straight past this one, as did we initially although nowhere near as far. MrSimia had his hands on this one @1447, and then and moved it out to the path for all to sign while we admired the near by surrounds and the mystery BBQ in the bush nearby. A nice walk, great views and awesome to see the dam so full.

TFTC

Beautiful day for a nice walk. Great to see the lake looking so full.

That is some serious undergrowth at the moment!! Couldn't let this one get away so bashed my way through. Luckily it was easily found with the hint! Quick dip in the lake to stop the itchiness afterwards. L TB. TFTC OMY130

Clankirks was quick to find this one, after a pleasant walk from the car park. Thanks OMY130.

A nice stroll to this one today, saw a lot of vehicles parked, didn't see any one to or from the cache. A lovely area TFTC

Kms for my TB Shirt recording all Caches I have been to.

Quick find another long walk but thanks for the exercise
T: Shrek and Basket ball
L: helicopter and toy car
TFTC

Great to see the lake soooooo full. It was a beautiful day for a stroll along the shores and a quick cache find. TFTC

Found this one relatively easily after a trot. TFTC! Picked up Green Moose TB.

Hot day today, wanted to go for a ski myself

Wow hot day. The cache was well hidden and the clue very helpful. Watched a few of the waterskiers for a while.
I lived in Petrie for years as a kid and never been to this side of the Lake! Left green moose travel bug. TFTC

Found at 15:00, took wish you were here geocoin, and left pirate money, buttons and hotwheel car. lovely walk down to the cache,

Would like to come here again some time, we hurried while watching the sun going down, knowing the gate is locked after sunset. Left Great Voyages (Wish You Were Here) CG, but phone ran out of batteries so couldn't get a photo.

at 15:27. It seemed a very suitable place to leave the Hoppity the Frog TB. TFTC OMY130

Access to this one took a bit of driving around. Seeing as my in-car navigation system consists of me, a refidex and a GPSr full of cache WPs, by the time I arrived at the gate, I decided I'd better have lunch first. Great place for it [^]. Minimal traffic noise and lots of little birds twitting and flitting about the place. Eventually made my way to GZ and found the cache easily. TN/LN/SL and admired the pelicans feeding on the lake. Presumably, blue-green algae doesn't affect them ???

Another strike from Black Ops.
A very nice area for a quite walk along the waters edge and a great spot for a cache.
TNLN not even foot prints.
TFTC

Anothe find for Ogre No: 3. he was very pleased with his self as this was his second for the day.
A very nice spot shame that there were no tables would have been a nice spot for lunch.
TNLN
TFTC

Found it with my son
Took car
Left ball

Over this way on a cub camp just across the road. Took a break after feeding the pac and wandered down to the dam.
Easy find after negotiating the undergrowth. TFTC.

217 - Found at 3:52pm.The walking track was quite soft in places but it was an easy find. It was great to see the Lake full today - quite a beautiful place late in the afternoon. TFTC OMY130.

Staying across the road at the Scout camp, I couldn't let this one go unfound. GPSr was jumping all over the place which made it a bit of a challenge. The undergrowth, which is now almost overgrowth, just added that bit more of a challenge. Watched someone learning to ski as we wandered back up the road to the car. TFTC

Good start to the day easy find GPS right on it

First time geocaching in QLD. Find two of three.

TFTC

Did the cache at 5:30pm just before sunset and on route we saw our first ever Koala in the wild. We also saw a sea eagle. What a fantastic location. If only all caches could be like this one!

Lovely area! The sites were just amazing!

The undergrowth is getting a little overgrown around the cache so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for it! Muscles are also required to open the cache - but thats ok cause now I have an excuse to get that gym membership !

Amazing times - just a note geodogs aren't allowed anymore ...

Congratulations on adopting the cache and its marvelous surroundings!

TNLNSL. TFTC

A wet Saturday afternoon and there was only one boat with, apparently, beginner skiers. Brings back good memories of our summer weekends two decades ago when water skiing was our family's regular weekend activity.
The road from the gate to the cache was slippery in places but nevertheless it was a most enjoyable walk and the cache was very easily spotted at the stated location.
Thanks OMY130. TNLN SL

Nice area, didn't realise that geo mutts were not allowed but as there were no people around we took her on her lead and had a nice lunch at the dam with a hungry maggie. TFTH

A nice easy walk with a great view.

well stocked cache

Found in the company of Rastas on the way to Bribie to do some caching. Some friendly Muggles had keys to the second gate and offered to let us in but we decided a walk was in order. TFTH

Out for the day on a trip to Bribie and surrounds with The Green Gecko's. Grabbed this one on the way. What a picturesque little spot!! TFTC

1420 hrs. No. 6 for the day.

My eldest 2 boys were well fading by the time we took this little walk. We did take the wrong ummm... area first. Not wise to always listen to excited Scouts.. who of course know better than Mum. So after our deviation it was a lovely walk. All good exercise anyway. One ski boat out today water looked gorgeous.

Took a dinosaur left a pencil

TFTC

looked for it while skiing with a friend, easy find GPS pointed to exact location took shoe left aussie flag tatoo thought it was the right thing to leave on ANZAC day TFTC

A ski boat was burning off some fuel while I was there. Lake Kurwongbah looks not too bad at the moment and my visit coincided with the bluest of blue reflections on the water. Cache contents in ziplock bags are in good condition. No swaps. SL. TFTH.

Found cache, with Meekster & Gill and co, great spot.

end of a good day with meekster67 and the jansens left a transformer and took a football

Returned today with The Janssens and Gill Clan. Good opurtunity to move this coin along.

Left Lifejacket geocoin,

Meekster67 & C.J.

This one is close to home so it's about time we did it. Geoson and I had a pleasant stroll through the park. Cache was easily located. Took scout badge (I collect them - thanks). Left football. Saw a snake on the way back to the car. TFTC.

Great spot!! Geoson found it pretty quick. Left Scout patch, took master bluey travel bug.

TFTC


Meekster67 & Geoson

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The MadMyers found this one - we left a travel bug behind and we picked up a coin - hmmm that's interesting no coin is listed in the inventory for this cache. Well some detective work is going to be needed I can see.

Found it without much trouble. Nice spot. Thanks!

aaaargh!,out on ye' trusty iron horse tis' mornin',nice quite spot 'ere!,thankin' ye'

This was a really nice walk in a very picturesque spot. We were amazed at how many birds were around...particularly these little finch-like birds with amazing red/pink heads. And when we found the cache there were a couple of kookaburras having a good old laugh at us!

Next time we're out this way we'll have to stop in at the Petrie Markets down the road.

TFTC.

Found after a short walk. Drove past this one many times, decided to finally do it.
TNLNSL

James & Patt

Located this one easily. Saw some nice properties on the way in, made me very envious. While walking to the cache saw a wallaby as well. Other than that it was a quiet walk in and out.
TNLNSL TFTC

Lots of trail bike riders use this area. One property owner has built his kids their very own jumps and they were making good use of them. Found the cache and signed the log before anyone came racing by. TFTC

Quite pastoral, isn't it? Pity it's supposed to be water. Any koalas in the vicinity must have been scared off by the trail bike riders to the left, right and centre. Was there a convention nobody told us about? The sound of screaming engines shattered what looked like it should have been a very peaceful location. Nonetheless, not a bad walk there and back, found the cache safe and well. TFTC. ='.'=

Our last find for the day. Found just before sunset. TFTC!

Mloe and I had a nice walk to this cache. TFTC. *Overall Experience: 2*

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found @ 12:58pm

A nice walk by the lake here. We weren't lucky enough to see any koalas though; I'm very jealous Cookie16. Striking to see all the 'lawn' where there ought to be lake. Thanks for the cache OMY130, Mowbs, Hodgy & Spider.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Very nice walk to the cache.
koala in the tree was watching us the whoe time

A Pleasant little walk along the track "admiring" the low dam level, found cache, along with lots of mozzies.

hmmmm..... Mosquito creek nearby should give you a clue!!

First one of the day. Found pretty wiyh my Geosons quickly nice walk.

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Jinga at 2:33pm. Once we found the right road the walk to the cache was easy and finding the cache was too. Water level is certainly down a bit. In: dinosaur & goat Out: orange hiliter. TFTC

Found it on our Mid afternoon Geo hunt, was a bit of a trek but a nice view of the lake. found quiet easyliey as only one stump around.
great cache

Found with XF

Gate isn't always open, but an easy walk.

Found it on our Mid afternoon Geo hunt, was a bit of a trek but a nice view of the lake. found quiet easyliey as only one stump around.

great cache

Found this one at 11.00 18/11/06 out: barney rubble. in:cat dog... needs new zip lock bags.. I will start carrying these..

Cheers all

A nice quick easy find after work. Last time I attempted coming out here, a thunder storm broke before reaching final gates. TFTC OMY130

Completed this find on the way home from a BBQ, didnt have much time before the gates closed but we hurridly made it to the spot and found the cache cleverly disguised.

Left: Alien Keyring
Took: Mini Pliers

Gypsy & Hoover with Datto and Sid from SA - found it - 08/08/06 - 11.35am - sorry for the late log.

Nice place to take the geo-dogs for a walk.

In - Klem's Mob Bear. Out - Boomerang - SL.

TFTC!