Look out for the Blackboy's Tyringham, New South Wales, Australia
By groovydoo on 10-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4JE6N

GPS jumping and lots undergrowth unable to locate

At Armidale today for two nights and caching in the area. Some target caches that need our names in them.

Eve with 2 years unloved on it we could not remove the grass to find this one. Only found one stone.

Today caching and travelling with RoddyC.

TFTCache groovydoo

We have started our homeward journey from Canberra after the Mega, and after overnighting in Bathurst, and our first of two nights in Armidale, today we hunt high altitude caches. Bald Hills Road circuit is our target.

Tall wet grass got the better of us today.

This one needed a bit longer stop with ilook4geo to find this cache and another smiley to our caching map. The co-ords are good but spotting the camo was a bit more difficult. Ended with a successful hunt. Two more names were noted on the log before all was put back where it had been found. Thank you to groovydoo for placing and maintaining this cache.

Heading out again with goingplaces2 to pick up some more caches. This was one that we found. TFTC.

Absolutely stunning country thank you Groovydoo for encouraging me to stop and let the shower pass and get out and look.

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Cache is most likely there....as approaching GZ....i finally understood what you ment by Black Boys....
I AM NOT A FAN OF SNAKES!! He was huge!! About 2metres long. Now I have driven 233kms today on my way from Lismore to Armidale..this might my only chance to get this cache.. .but not taking any chances! I ran back to my GeoMobile and continued on my way....

This is a whole lot further into the bush than you would expect. Very pretty spot once you get to gz. It's nice to see the bush regeneratig or not burnt from last year's fires.

As per usual geohubby found it. Sometimes I think I should just leave him at home. Lol. TFTC

Log is wet, love the view

A nice easy find TFTC

Tftc. #59

I was on an Australia Day long weekend road trip with Pprime, Fangsoki and 1MinniMoo and we had targeted caches in the area which would help us to qualify for a number of challenges.

Very familiar type of hide for this one. No problem.

TFTC groovydoo

With Fangsoki, Crew153 and 1MinnieMoo we have hit the Dorrigo Plateau for the weekend - having arrived up the range we did a quick loop of the area - a quick stop here as we observed the again changing countryside.

Thanks groovydoo for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #7457}*

25/1/20 Find #3325
A road trip long weekend with Fangsoki, PPrime and Crew153, staying in Dorrigo. We spotted the hide on our way over.... kind of. Right GZ, wrong hole! Soon had cache in hand however.
Thanks for the cache groovydoo.

1MinnieMoo, Crew 153, Pprime, and I were heading out of Dorrigo and this one was one our list to grab.

We found this one okay after a bit of a hunt.

TFTC groovydo

Long weekend....time to get away. I left Brisbane yesterday after work and eventually made it to Grafton. This morning dawned raining with low cloud cover. This put a damper on my original plans for the day. Instead, I lounged around for a bit and had an extra cuppa or two before setting off. This was my second stop and another quick find. TFTC

A surprisingly quick find here.
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Driving towards Grafton I thought we had lots of time up our sleeve to find caches but the road got windy and slow and stopping for some plastic had to take a back seat. This was our last cache because I knew we had to get to our hotel in time for my wife to spend hours at the shops.

We wandered around for a bit before the geosenses kicked in and the cache was found. Now for a few more bends and turns followed by a cold beer (after shopping of course). tftc

There appears to be more than just one.... Blackboy that is. Took a few minutes to find.

found while on a caching day around dorrigo and surrounds. thanks

Heading North for a short holiday and collecting some caches along the way.
Thanks for placing it for us to find.

TFTC groovydoo
Find 5922 logged from c:geo.

Second stop for the day on my way from Lismore to Uralla. After a few minutes looking, I soon had this one in hand. Nice little stand of Blackboys. Once the log was signed it was back on the road to the next one. Thanks Groovydoo!

GPS had us going in circles but a look at likely spot nearby and a quick find was made. TFTC

Staying around Dorrigo for a few days, camping and geocaching.

Followed a geotrail to within 10 metres of GZ before we spotted a familiar camo.
Thanks for the cache

First find of Day 5 of my Road Trip before my middle son’s eighteenth birthday. Today was a long drive to see my wife’s aunt and then camp with the platypuses!!!

After lunch with my wife’s aunt in Grafton we drive off towards Armidale and this was a chance to stretch the legs and make a quick find.

TFTC.

Driving north along this road heading to Wooli via Grafton we were pleased to find a few geocaches, this being one of them. Thanks for placing it Groovydoo and wishing you a Happy New Year! Cheers!

Parked across the road and walked through the waist high scrub to get to the cache. Made heaps of noise when walking through to make sure no s were hanging around. SL and placed the container back "solid".

TFTC. Cute bunch of mushrooms snuggled in with it

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Decided to do this circuit today
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Quick find of - yep - another rock. Thanks groovydoo

Plenty of Blackboys here
Yet searching Googly for the word 'Blackboy' returns a load of racist sites [:o]
We here in Australia love our Blackboys

So why does a search for Yukkas reveal that they are North American plants ??

'Cmon Googly !!
Finally I resorted to what I know best, botanical names
Lets go with the botanical name
Xanthorrhoea !!

There thatt's better

And in the middle of the guardians I soon found this cache

TFTC smile 3219# out and about with miss millie geo dog doing caches on my way to Hunter Valley for my nephew wedding

TFTC, quick park and grab.

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Found @3:09:00 PM.

Beautiful vegetation at GZ. Nice cache

Thanks to groovydoo for the cache

Another great cache to find during our Christmas/New Years campingtrip.

tnln sl

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Find No: 5369. Visiting from Newcastle, staying in Woolgoolga, yukky day so thought we'd head for the hills, had a great day, great picnic lunch and 30 caches in total, thanks for the cache groovydoo!!

Found with shrimp 92 Beautiful day for caching. Thankyou for the cache

A quick grab as we continue our journey. TFTC

A quick park and grab as we explore this beautiful rural country side. Appropriately named cache. TNLN SL TFTC

Great day out caching. This cache was soon in hand

As I walked in I wondered where you were taking me Groovy,but it turned out to be a good view and nice spot.TFTC.

Replaced today

Gave it 20 minutes but no smiley. Pretty sure we were at GZ.

Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful area on our 3 day trip to Dorrigo & surrounds. TYFC
This is our 2nd Day. We are enjoying Today even more than Yesterday.
The wildflowers were amazing.

We thought this was going to be frustration central.. but fortunately it wasn't and even though a micro was on offer it wasn't unreasonably hard to find. We did use the hint first up. Thanks groovydoo.

TFTC!

Each year I like to get out of Brisbane for a week or so around my birthday in September. This year I decided to plan a road trip which would take myself, Captain Terror and catscatcat22 on a 2700km loop of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. We were gone from the 18-24 September and visited Dalby, Miles, Tara, Surat, St. George, Lightning Ridge, Walgett, Coonabarabran, Tamworth, Uralla, Armidale, Maclean, Yamba then came home following the coast road.

This was the 91st cache for me for the trip. As we hopped out of the car we spotted a bouncing rabbit, dashing into his burrow. We left him alone and continued on towards GZ. When we arrived Captain Terror spotted the container out of the corner of his eye. We signed our names in the logbook and headed back to the car without seeing anymore rabbits. Thanks for the cache groovydoo.

For Net88’s birthday this year, she, Captain Terror, and I went on a road trip of awesomeness, taking us out west from Brisbane.
A total of six days, our whirlwind adventure took us West through Dalby, Miles, Tara and Surat, and then South through Lightning Ridge (the farthest West I’d been!). Then we’d continue South through Walgett, Pilliga, Baradine, and Coonabarabran to Tamworth. Then it was through Uralla to Armidale, and Maclean to Yamba, and finally back to Brisbane.
We saw kangaroos, emus, baby emus, kookaburras, giant guitars, so many sunsets, and so many snacks, thanks to the help of Snackman.
A nice holiday from work, it was also a great excuse to pick up geocaches along the way.

From 18 to 24 September, Net88, catscatscats22 and I embarked on a road trip to see some different parts of Australia. We drove from home in Brisbane to Dalby, Miles, Tara, Surat, St. George, Lightning Ridge, Walgett, Coonabarabran, Tamworth, Armidale, Yamba and home again, a drive of over 2700 kilometres, a few nights camping and 122 geocache visits to guide us along the way.

This was a surprising little find. I managed to park us across the road and we walked over. Upon our approach a rabbit shot off and ducked into a log. He hid in there and we decided not to disturb him now safely back home - even if feral. Onwards we marched between the xanthorrhoea towards GZ. As it indicated a few metres I caught the geocache container in the corner of my eye. It's a usual disguise and likely tricky for a new geocacher, but I guess I've seen enough of them it may as well have a neon sign pointed at it. All in good condition here and no more bunnies to be seen. Thanks for this geocache, groovydoo

Out caching today on my way home and determined to find this one this time. Turned out an easy find. Both times I have come here I have seen evidence of stolen grass trees leaving an empty hollow scar in the soil. So sad.
TFTC, groovydoo, SL.
My find no. 330 on 7 September 2015

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH GroovyDoo [^]

Wow, so many blackboys. Love these plants. What a pretty spot.

Found it with geodad Whitey Wiskas --- All Good .. TFTC ..

Found with Geoson Geoff511. TFTC Thanks groovydoo

TFTC, wet legs after this one!

13.40.sunday ,for some unknown reason coords had me wrong side of the road???re set things, all ok ! top spot for a cache ,pretty country .thanks groooydoo ...

Found very quickly this time, after what seemed like an hour without luck last visit. tftc

Gotcha !!! TFTC

This one tested us, not a rock in sight, until... TFTC groovydoo.

Found it TFTC

Found It - - Quick Find TFTC - Found the cache scattered around GZ repacked & replaced where I think it came from

Didn't find this but didn't have details on me either, so not sure what looking for. Know better now but will have to wait for another trip.

Found the cache, signed the log then spent a lot of time studying the grass trees and photographing other plants. I thought we knew the location of most blackboys on this road but I was wrong.

TFTC
Magpyre

Time to head home after Easter but not before we took the detour across to Tamworth. I spent too long looking too hard for this one.

Thanks

Sorry for the late log. We did this cache with the Rats as we returned home from our Easter holiday.
Dad and I looked too hard for this one.

Thanks for the cache.

Number three of my big day out. Wasn't too sure what a Blackboy was so took pictures and looked them up in Wikipedia. Now I know that it's a grasstree or Xanthorrhoea.

Found the cache quite easily, groovydoo, thanks so much. TNLN but geocoins visited.

Couldn't see the cache for the blackboys! Nice hide - thanks.

Those blackboys will be wonderful when they grow - love to see them in flower. Thanks for location and the cache.

Some searching in the vegetation soon uncovered the cache. Lovely settings for these caches.

Not the normal cache we find but you do see them around. TFTC.

14. Australia trip - cheers Peter
#1220

After dropping our caravan at Dangar Falls Camping area its off to do the circuit.
A great Saturday morning drive, so glad we decided to do I as soon as we arrived as rain has set in this afternoon. Great country views & such a variety of caches to be found.
Had to have a second look in the hole to find it.
Thanks groovydoo for placing these caches.

Looked for ages - no joy today. Thanks anyway.

Found eventually after some searching. The notice of the cicada's was deafening! TFTC.

Found with Nudge74 & Doogle06

Tricky find but eventually found on drive thru country with Vaggfam and Doogle06.

TFTC.

Found with Nudge74 & Vaggfam after searching for sometime. Came back and found it where we originally looked.

Found It! #197

This cache took way longer than it should have!! Looked in 'that spot' .. looked again .. and again. One final check and ...how did we miss that!!

TFTC groovydoo

Last cache for the day for us, we have enjoyed all the new caches today and this one is the last and best cache for the day...lovely spot, cool placement, a fave, thanks groovydoo

TFTC Groovydoo

Found at 3:52 PM GAFF1. With all of the burning off that is going on around here, I think that these Xanthorrhoea are really going to be black boys
There were interesting purple flowers all around GZ - wonder what they are?
Thanks groovydoo.

Well after the initial excitement of finding the neat grove of blackboys we spent way too much time looking for this cache. A nearby bushfire added to our unease and we were about to call it quits. We knew where it should be and one last look reaped the reward. TFTC.

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last one. still wet and cold could be some white powder falling out this area if it stays this cold tonight.sl.tftc back home to the fire,try to thaw out.

We tried to ignore these new unfound caches as we really didn't have time to travel to them but then we thought 'night caching' and headed out. We may regret this lack of sleep tomorrow but never a FTF. Found at 8.45pm. TFTC groovydoo.

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