Kibby VC - Remembrance Driveway New South Wales, Australia
By Carojajoda on 04-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4FJG9

TFTC! One of my favourite types to find. First to sign the fresh new log

Maintenance done. New container placed

Coordinates changed from:S 34 48.969 E 149 36.198Coordinates changed to:S 34 48.965 E 149 36.194Distance from original: 31.5 feet or 9.6 meters.Taking away from the overgrown area

After transferring this cache to Joolay it was time to finally log a find for the many visits over the past years. Thanks for the maintenance Joolay.

Transferring this cache to Joolay - thanks for continuing the recognition of our VC recipients.

Kibby VC - Remembrance Driveway was transferred from Carojajoda to user Joolay

We were almost stumped, as all we saw was a lot of tall grass and fallen tree. Eventually made the find. Stopped by here on our way back to Sydney. A beautiful sunny morning to make a stop here. TFTC!

Container is broken in places as it looks like rats have been gnawing on the container but all still ok with log. Much nicer day today after the freezing raining weather of yesterday. Lovely sunny day. Picking up a few on the way back from the event near Macquarie Pass.Thanks for getting me out and about Carojajoda

Found on our way home from Goulburn. We concur with the last Cacher that the container needs replacing before the logbook becomes too wet. Thanks for the break in our trip. TFTC Carojajoda.

This took a bit of a search but with three pairs of eyes it wasn't going to stay hidden for long. As mentioned by my colleagues and earlier cachers, this container isn't going to last much longer.Thanks Carojajoda.

Tree has fallen on the stump. Log and cache are in good condition. TFTC

Found it after a bit of a search - the hint was accurate but actually ended up leading me astray! Eventually I went back to where I started and looked harder, and there it was.Surpassed the recent logs haven't mentioned that the cache is in dire need of maintenance - the lid still seals well but the container has holes in three corners! Not sure if human-caused damage or animal, but the presence of a cigarette butt in the cache made me wonder if some muggles had had a go at it. On top of that, the pencil mentioned in the description seems to be long gone, what once might have been a baggie for the log was just a loose piece of plastic, and the notebook which serves as the log doesn't hold onto its pages - each page seems to fall out as you turn to the next one. I replaced the plastic with a new snap lock bag for the log/loose log papers and the couple of trinkets that were in the cache. TFTC

Cache needs maintenance - container has holes in three corners!

Goulburn Day 2 & have settled into the caravan park for the next few days.Our plan today was to head out of town to do the Marvel Mystery Series & Birds of AustraliaThe Marvel puzzle took many days to work through some time ago. I only know a handful of MarvelsDuring the day we stopped at 3 VC rest stops & also a few other caches that we passed along the way.A nice way to visit the town & area is by following the geocaching trailThanks Carojajoda for hiding this cache.

This one took a bit of searching before locating it, well hidden!Thanks for the cache!

Another stop and stretch to find a cache on my travels back to Canberra.Its nice to read about these men and what they did instead of just seeing a name with some dates.TFTC CarojajodaKeep smiling

This is the Geobash boomerang trip, why boomerang? Whizzed past this area last week on the way home from South Australia and here I am back again. This cache, why?random pickLeft Brisbane at lunchtime yesterday and made it to the edge of Sydney before calling it quits for the day. Not far to Canberra now and stopped to get a pic of the Rememberance Way sign and thought there should be a cache somewhere around here and there was. Quick find and sign. TFTC

Cockburn Crew on tour to the Canberra Mega. Day 1 involved a bunch of caching around Sydney before making our way to Canberra for the Capital Geobash. We found a huge variety of caches, and its great to cache in new territory that we havent explored much in the past. Unlike our home state of Western Australia where we have found just about anything and everything.A beautiful day with great weather and even better company. Thank you to the local COs for a great day in and around this great country of ours.

Exciting times over the next couple of weeks as we takeoff for the Capital GeoBash in Canberra! Its going to be a flood of Sandgropers over east, with a host of West Aussies making the trek east for the event. Im travelling with fellow Cockburn Crew members Leg5 and Barnzy12, starting in Sydney and hitting the road to Canberra, before returning back to Sydney. Honourary mention to our fellow member, Cravo10, who couldnt make it after recently introducing a new geocacher to the world the week prior. Once in Canberra, the agenda is set, well team up with a host of Western Australians to conquer caches. Collectively, were hoping to make it the biggest ever weekend for cache finding. Following the event, the journey continues back to Sydney, with a mission to clean up caches and new Local Government Areas (LGAs), ensuring no cache is left unturned in this epic geocaching adventure. Something tells me that well need a holiday after this, well, holiday. All logs have been signed as WAC to save space, abbreviation for Western Australia Crew. Cheers Carojajoda! Join us in Augusta, in Western Australias South West, for WA Goes Big 2024 (GCAGV8Y) on Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. Log your will attend now!

Out and about again, headed over to Sydney early in the morning, grabbed a hire car and got some local hides before driving to Canberra for the MEGA. Super excited my first MEGA and heading over with 2 others from the Cockburn Crew - signed log as WAC to save time.This is 14259, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to Carojajoda for the caches we found.********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********Head over to Australian Capital Territory for Capital GeoBash MEGA - Canberras first ever Mega Event. Easter 2024 (GC9PNFB): - 5 day event at Canberra Park adjacent to EPIC (Canberra Showgrounds) on the Federal Highway, only 6km from the centre of the city.The mascot for the Mega is Gangles the endemic Gang Gang Cockatoo, a bird you may see or hear while in Canberra.The official website - geobash.ozmega.com.auACT has over 4700 active caches, power trails, and over 100 Lab Adventures. Heaps of challenge caches, hikes for geocaches for all levels of skills and fitness.

On way to Canberra got it TFTC ????

Took me awhile Windy GPS back forth again Finally glad I didnt give up Now off to motel Thank u

Found on the Mega Capital Geobash coastal loop via Adelaide - Barrington - coast to Mexico City loop. A lot of caches and white line fever was sweated out.Thanks Carojajoda and clear skies from TeamAstro. Cache the planet! Some logs signed as TAD as teamed up with Tenkae and Deanside for additional fun.

We found this cache while on our way to Canberra Mega.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the huntTook Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log Signed long as MB&CFound with the rest of the DFC_JLK2019 and Cubs Gang (MummaBear66, Princess1005, Captain Monkey 96 and T1ny96

Day 15 were making our way to Canberra for the Easter 2024 Geobash. So poignant reading stories about these young men who must have experienced so many shocking atrocities. Thanks Carojajoda for placing this here, making me stop and for contributing to this great game for myself and others to enjoy.

We found this cache while on our way to Canberra Mega.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the huntTook Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log Signed long as MB&CFound with the rest of the MummaBear and Cubs Gang (MummaBear66, Princess1005, Captain Monkey 96 and T1ny96)

Quickly drive by TFTC

Nice little find on way home from Parklea markets. Nice country side view. TFTC

On the road to my sons place in Canberra for a lone weekend visit. I had grabbed the other hide in this rest area a while ago and just kept on forgetting about grabbing this one each time I pass it! So this time I was on the case. Pulled into the rest area just as the Geomissus called me, so when the call ended, I headed over towards the GZ. The hint seemingly made for a straightforward find, but this was not the case. Trudging around in the very long thick grass was not very comforting, and the recent tree fall made things tricky. I couldnt see what the hint was suggesting and spreading out the search area didnt reveal anything. I started uncomfortably poking and prodding with my hand and was at that point we all get to. So as I rose to move off, I spotted something. Sure enough it was there but well hidden due to recent events.Im glad for the read, and find the stories behind these people compelling. Glad to see they have been memorialised in some way.

Visited it during 28-days geotrip to Australia, N.Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Am.Samoa, Fr.Polynesia with Marci, Ch. Sometimes we logged as "MT" or "Jonea" or "MTCh". Thanks for showing nice caches and places. MT-Jonea from Brno city in Czechia EU.

On the way to Canberra, after a 5 week stay in Sydney to see children and new grandies. Came to stretch our legs and was grateful for the hides. Quick find, scary long grass

Was unable to find it after a bit of looking, although it was dark, maybe next time

Heading back to QLD, after spending Christmas with family, a cold windy day for the trip home, so we were lucky that we did not have to spend too much time searching for these.Thanks Carojajoda for the caches.Total Cache Finds 15320,

TFTC

Wasn’t able to search for very long as behind schedule on my drive but the long grasses and fallen branches kept me from finding this one.

Needed Geomum leannem59 for this one. But concerned about the long grass but the Geo trail always helps. TFTC

Nice quick find. A few hello toots by passing trucks. TFTC

Back from the big smoke on a coolish night. Quick find under torch light. Tftc

Tftc, an easy find on the way to Canberra

TFTC. Quick find after reading the previous DNF I went looking for a stump under the tree and there it was log in good condition.

A much trickier search than the cache at the other end. I only had about 10 minutes to look for this one, the metre-high grass and collapsed remains of a large tree meant that probably wasn't enough. I poked around in and under a lot of things but had to admit defeat. I suppose it's also possible that the tree was more of a tree and less of a pile when the cache was placed?

Yes, it is where you think it is. Nice little rest stop cache, thanks!

harder than the other one to find thanks

We are travelling down from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to Canberra for a 6 day (5 night) holiday, staying in a park cabin at Alivio Tourist Park in O'Connor, and planning to explore the areas around Lake Burley Griffin, old & new Parliament House’s, the Australian War Memorial, Questacon, the Carillion, Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie, and areas around Canberra Airport and maybe out around the Kowen Forest if time permits. Have solved most of the CBR Wherigo Puzzle series and numerous other Mystery/Puzzle caches, so will hopefully get to some of those, and will do some of the Adventure Labs, Virtuals, and EarthCaches in the areas we visit. Photos will be uploaded to logs after our return to home base. This was the 15th of 23 finds for the day (day 1), and 15th find of the holiday.

After finding the "William Kibby VC Memorial Rest Area" cache we drove down to the other end of the rest area for this one. Had to battle through the long wet grass and clamber over a fallen tree to reach GZ, but then made a nice quick find once there. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. TFTC Carojajoda.

Find 5637

Almost gave up after walking through the long, wet grass but happy I persevered! TFTC

Find#2899
Nice hiding place
Thanks for the cache

Adventure boys!
We found in peace.
#nosuchthingas [ftf]

Kibby VC - Remembrance Driveway
3187
24 July 2022

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In the spirit of reconciliation I would like to acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

A quick find while stopped for a break.

TFTC

Nice quick park and grab. Great hiding spot! Found it a bit freaky in the dark with a torch though! TFTC

Quick stop tftc

While out and about in the area, I was able to pick this up along the way. A nice quick find and sign then off to the next one. Tftc Carojajoda!!!

Tftc

Easy find. Good chance for toilet stop, and stretch the legs. OCW MaxAdventurer. TFTC

A quick rest stop on the trip back to Canberra to catch the flight home. There is a lot of great caching around here; I’ll have to come back. TFTC.

Quick stop to stretch my legs after a dash to Sydney. Thanks Carojajoda

Found today on my way to Canberra. This is an area that I have not cached in much at all save for forest of fear several years back. I pulled into this rest area and found not one but TWO caches! Bonus. Cache was easy to find but silly me for wearing thongs on the drive. A bunny near GZ was startled by me and I I called out to him “watch out for the road, bun!” Two muggles smoking must have though I was weird going into the bush at each end of the rest area but they didn’t seem to be watching me. TFTC

It a great hidr

Catching up on a missed log

We were heading into Canberra to meet up with some people and we got off to an early start to try and find some caches along the way. We decided to concentrate mainly on Adventure Labs
and anything else that was near any of the points.

We have visited a few of these Remembrance Drive sites and we have visited this spot for a previous cache . We are very happy to see these VC winners honoured as they well and truly earned it along with all the other men and women who risked everything so that we could live in a free country.
The cache itself was a nice easy find and we have happily added our name to the log.

Many thanks for the cache.
Lest we forget.

Found on a geobaby pit stop, nice hide TFTC

A nice day to cache. A quick find today. TFTC

TFTC.The 4Rods. :>

Today is our second day of travel home to Gippsland after catching up with family in Nambucca Heads. We had a lovely time with our grandsons after the long drawn out time of restrictions. The last few days of rain made it a bit challenging trying to entertain 2 very lively young lads in a caravan park, but overall had a fantastic time.
Coming through Sydney was a breeze with the new Conex tunnel recently open. The hit on our Linkt account ($60) was even worth it! We have driven this road innumerable times over the years, but this time we had a bit of time up our sleeves, so we decided to grab caravan friendly caches as we travelled. The added bonus is that we finally managed to get a number of caches in the ACT, completing our national grid at long last. A cache in every state and every mainland territory.
We spent last night in a free VC campsite (Derrick), and really appreciate both the number of caravan friendly stops and the tribute behind them. This cache was a simple straightforward find, except we got drenched. The rain had stopped but the long grass and shrubbery was soaking. The log on the other hand was nice and dry. An added bonus was the second cache in the same area!
TFTC

Parked close by and made my way to GZ, helped by a well-defined geotrail. A quick find and was soon back on the road. TFTC Carojajoda

Found

Interesting little find in the dark but well hidden!!

Parked as close as possible making a quick dash in the rain
Thanks Carojajoda for the cache

Had lunch here on way home from Sydney. Hint and co ords spot on. Too cold for snakes this time of year. TFTC

TFTC, couldn’t bring myself to use the long drop though!

Duck down to find...tftc

I liked the hiding place. It was like a easy but fun mini adventure to find it. TFTC

Thanks easy find

Pineapple

Quick easy find. TFTC.

Yay!!! Good spot really like it, thank you.

Tftc

Down in Australia on business from California but had an extra day so decided to drive to Canberra and get some caches on the way. What lovely country down here. I know the odds of me getting killed by Australia spiders, snakes, crocodiles, or whatnot is ridiculously low, but I was careful nevertheless coming in under the tree. A quick find (along with the one at the other end) and back on the road. TFTC #3,054.

The rest area was quite full but lucky everyone was at the other end. TFTC.

Quick stop on the way past. Scared away a rabbit or two. Tftc

TFTC So many little bunnies!

Found on our way into Canberra. Thanks for another reason to stop.

tftc

**Found after attending the Oz Geomuster 2019 - The Gong!**.

Out caching with The Empire

Day 4 of our interstate trip. Today we head for home. We wanted to head out grabbing a few caches along the way. All in all a great, albeit a long day
Thanks for the cache Carojajoda. Appreciate your efforts.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

Found by The Empire with Snap Happy
On our way home from the Oz Geomuster 2019 - The Gong! A couple of quick finds after leaving The Hume for the backroads. Thanks for the cache Carojajoda.
- M

Sunday at the Wollongong mega, most of what was on our lists logged, the idea of going to Canberra for the day came up.
Burgo78 and I set off and when we got here it was time to swap drivers
Quick log
thank you for the cache
R

Heading to Canberra for the day with Karicka after doing the labs around the mega yesterday.
Quick test stop and a find here.
Tftc

Thanks Kibby.

Funny joke

Found on the last day of an Easter weekend away with Javens17. Thanks!

Another find on a weekend away with Muttley84

found on way to Mega with the Geo Family thanks

Find number 4321

The Booos are heading to the Clear Waters mega and made a quick stop here.

We parked between the two caches here and Mr Booo walked up to find this cache after a brief search.

Thanks Carojajoda for placing this cache.

#2838
We're on the road on Good Friday headed to the ACT and the Clear Waters Mega.... *big mistake* - the Good Friday bit! In between very heavy traffic and 3 accidents we spent most of our time from Campbelltown to Berrima at least in stop/start traffic, mostly stopped..... Once things got moving we got through our list of rest stop hides along the way, bagging 11 for the day.
We circled this one, dodging what we presumed were snake holes all the way.... Cache in good shape when we found it. TFTC!

Found with my Dad today on our way to Clear Waters...

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Found on way to the Mega TFTC

Finding a few caches in the area following an emergency stop here.
I must say this is a beautiful location.

Slowly wondering north after the Parkville Mega. Thank you, Carojajoda for placing this cache it certainly added to the enjoyment of our trip. 4060. TFTC TNLN.

Found On the way to the Mega event near Canberra. Nice quick find. TFTC Carojajoda
# 1751 at 3:28:00 PM on 15Apr2019

On our way to the Mega and stopped here for a couple of quick caches. Thanks for placing and remembering our war heroes.

Didn’t find this one. Lots of animal burrows here and looks like I found a bit of a critter nest. Didn’t want to disturb it too much.

Down this way to pick-up something in Canberra found on Gumtree.
Nice easy find.
TFTC Cjj.

Found with Bigswifty1