Beaufort Memorial Springfield Lakes, Queensland, Australia
By Gaz'n'Kab on 14-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4JTWF

I almost didn't attempt this multi but I'm very glad I did. Calculating GZ was easy enough and the included waypoints made for a pleasant walk there, stopping briefly at the memorial tree with its small cross and fragment of metal. Interesting history here and it's good to see their memories preserved in this way. TFTC and an FP from me.

Out with CuriousQuest, finding a few caches. We stopped by this multi and gathered the required information. Then we were off to GZ. I parked the geomobile at an entrance to the area and we took a pleasant walk to GZ. There, The cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

After an early morning event in the company of Selva Girls, we both headed out to Spring Field and found an assortment of caches and this was one of them. All caches were found easily enough and (once the log was signed) all were returned as found. TFTC

I visited the memorial when I was caching in the area on 27/04/23 and had determined the final co-ordinates then. It has taken me a while to get back out here and find it. Today I had a couple of hours spare so Kolour and I opted to do a small walk along the Iron Bark Track in Springfield collecting a few caches including this one. Just like the other nearby caches this one was quite a way off the track and required a bit of a bush bash to get to it. We passed the car wreck and I noticed the interesting cross that had been placed on it. At GZ the cache was a nice easy find and everything was in good condition. Thanks for research and placing this interesting multi cache Gaz'n'Kab!

Brissy Cat and I had a plan to find a few caches in Springfield this morning - a beautiful winters day. I worked out the coordinates some time ago with the help of Google. We enjoyed our walk here, seeing an old car wreck along the way and it was to find our second ammo tin of the day. Logbook signed and replaced as found. All good here. Tftc

Headed out this morning to work my way through a few challenge caches on the radar. So south of the river it was for the morning picking up a few newly established lab caches, followed by the particular caches on my radar followed by a few in betweenI stopped and found a park and quickly made my way to ground zero where the cache was quickly sighted. After extracting the cache I sign ed the lag and returned it safely to its hiding place ready for the next lucky cacher to find.A big thanks to the cache owner for making this cache available for fellow cachers to find.Cheers

GC4JTWF Beaufort MemorialMy run of Thursdays off are coming to an end so KerriMG and I grabbed the chance for some Thursday caching. After minimal planning we decided on this area for todays adventure as we both had lots of caches to be found. These stories are always so sad. Found the cache and the remains ok. Will have to return to this area to explore some more. TFTC Gaz'n'Kab

Out for the day with nikid1 and we headed to Springfield stopping for a few caches along the way. We headed to the memorial & found the plagues to find some numbers & work out the final. After driving to the start of the trail we headed off & decided to follow the path instead of taking the side track as it was quite overgrown & difficult to see. A final bush bash took us to GZ where we found the great container & after a wander around found some of the wreckage as well. Thanks for bringing us to this site Gaz'n'Kab, a favourite point from me

This was my second visit here after aborting my last effort due to heavy rain and it becoming rather dark. Today, I come across the tree with several assorted pieces placed together and further down a rusted out old vehicle lying beside the creek bed.Once at GZ, I quickly spotted the tell-tale signs and was surprised to find my favourite type of container, an ammo can!Through geocaching, I have been to several plane crash sites and memorials. The walks to the Stinson and Lincoln Bomber were probably the hardest I have done. Seeing both wrecks and remains made me quite emotional, I must say.Thank you, Gaz'n'Kab, for this good multi that was very enjoyable to do

I went and solved the riddles at night a few days ago while the park was quiet. I had to wait until today until I could go grab the cache itself as Im not too keen on bushwalking at 10pm. Tftc! (I think this is some of the wreckage? Its the only wreckage like thing I could find)

An easy find today, but why do I keep wandering around the bush looking for caches when the temp is >30C and phewmidity over 80%. A slow learner I guess, besides it might be raining tomorrow.. Cache in good condition. We don't often see ammo boxes these days. No swaps today - nothing in the box to swap anyway. On the way came across yet another mountain bike trail carefully marked with pink surveyor tape every few metres. Met up with 'the car wreck' on the way out.I find it very sad visiting the site of an aircraft crash, having visited many in the past. A Lancaster bomber carrying my uncle crashed near Brest in 1944 and pieces of aluminium are still found in the area today. One of the RR Merlin engines is still visible on the sea bed nearby. At the site of the Liberator crash at Kroombit Tops pieces of wreckage are still scattered around including many pieces quite recognisable. The Lincoln wreck from the 1950 era on Mt Superbus still has much wreckage strewn about including one of the Merlin engines, and in the 1970 era a Piper Commanche crashed near Mt D'Aguilar leaving lots of bits scattered. There was not much left of the Stinson trimotor in Lamington when I visited, but some of the steel frame remained, and I recall a visit to Nightcap Ranges national park where a light plane vanished under strange circumstances on a flight from the south in the 1960s I think and was found many years later. I also seem to recall a visit to the site of a QANTAS crash near Tambo in the days when they were the Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service flying outback routes.After all that rambling. TFTC, Gaz'n Kab

I was glad to have scanned the vicinity before our planned walk, and noted this multi-cache with us passing quite close to the crash site. Consequently, I made plans to visit the memorial once first up. My general plan was to get the walk finished before the temperatures increased, and then have a playground play, so baby Cottontail was quite excited when there was a major playground first up! Following 20 min of experiencing the various forts and slides, we walked through the playground and visited the memorial, where we easily collected the required numbers and calculated the required GZ. It appeared to look reasonable given the [Crash Site (Debris Visible) (CS)](https://www.geocaching.com/seek/wpt.aspx?WID=65f16719-d87c-4e9a-87ec-b3cc3d34ba0b&RefID=b3414033-7be7-42aa-a251-109ccb1510dd&RefDS=1) defined waypoint.Regarding our walk, we set out on this walk at 08:35 hr, and departed from the Wild Iris Terrace trailhead, i.e. the posted coordinates of [Frilled Neck Lizard Circuit Trail](https://coord.info/GC65370). We walked (i.e. I carried baby Cottontail in the backpack) a total distance of 7 km across an elevation of 166 m, and in terms of timing, totalling 2 hr and a moving time of 1:35 hr, as per my [Strava record](https://www.strava.com/activities/10242723301). Some fairly large kangaroos were spotted during our walk, but otherwise, there were no encounters with any slithery animals or ticks.Approaching GZ from the south, I opted to leave the main fire track to then follow the guidance leaving the Trailhead waypoint, and heading to the crash site waypoint (although it wasn't too dense that a route from the south was probably feasible). I first arrived at the crash site, and I didn't see any debris (I did have in my mind that there may be fuselage remnants), but I did see a tree with a few minor pieces that had been put together, so that was interesting to see. It almost felt like a local secret to the bushland. I also saw the nearby vehicle wreck, and the makeshift tree cross coming out of the body was quite interesting. Once at GZ, the cache was a quick find, and the cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks [Gaz'n'Kab](https://coord.info/PR2WHK7) for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance. A Favourite Point for pointing out the memorial and actual crash site - a highlight of why I enjoy geocaching.----------Today, baby Cottontail and I visited the Springfield area (Springfield Central and Springfield Lakes). The plan was to walk the Frilled Neck Lizard Circuit (FNLC) that is within the Spring Mountain Conservation Estate before it got too hot, which was a hit with baby Cottontail given the variety of themed animal hides. Our other highlight was Grande Park's playground and RAAF Beaufort Bomber memorial. We then returned home via a strategic bakery lunch stop to then have an afternoon home play. We also visited a few Locations in the [Coffee Capers around Springfield Lakes](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/3497f3de-917a-4df1-acc3-0984823a82fc) Adventure Lab.

The wife and kids wanted to go shopping, so dropped them off at Orion and headed out to grab one of the multis nearby. Arrived at the park and quickly found the necessary information. Like others before me, I missed the part of the question that required division. Quickly rectified and I was off on a walk. 900 metres into the walk it began to rain, but I pressed on regardless to the trail head. From here, it really became a bush bash as there was no real defined track. Even so, it was still relatively easy going. Reached the crash zone and found the tree that still had some wreckage at its base. From here, it was a short walk to the GZ and I was glad to find an appropriate sized (and fitting for the historical aspect of this cache) container. Log signed and cache returned to its hiding spot, I started to backtrack back to the park.Thank you for bringing me to this spot. I lived near by for 6 months and never knew about the crash. Cache and log in good condition.TFTmultiC. TNLN. SL. Favourite Point awarded for historical aspect and cache container.Find # 1672.

After reading the bolded paragraph at the end of the description section I was a little apprehensive to go where its noted venomous snake were known to reside. But kicking & screaming (in my own head) I reluctantly undertook this multi with and it was a great walk. The crash site was a bit awe inspiring and reflective location.Thank you for creating this fabulous adventure.

After checking out the memorial and working out our answers, Muggle65 and l parked at the track and enjoyed the short walk to the bush remains. Not much left there but hopefully people are leaving it be. We continued to GZ and found a great container in great condition. Thank you for bringing us here - it was very interesting

I had a family get together on the Southside tonight. But I had time to grab this cache. I found all the information that was needed. Then I headed to the trail head to find GZ. Cache was found and signed and then replace. Then I out for dinner.Gaz'n'Kab thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for geocaching community enjoyment.

With some work on the Southside completed, I meet up with Triple turmoil who said she needed a cache for the day. We worked out an area and we headed off. Although she had completed these caches a while ago it was nice for her to fix up her notes.
It was on some fantastic walking trails and the caches in here were nice and easy to find. Oh and there is a bonus attached to them, awesome. There turns out there is a multi in the area as well so needing a multi today I go onto that one as well. We did not find the plane wreckage but we did find an old car wreckage.

Thanks for the fun here and I signed the log and replaced as found.

Chamad was down my end of town, I needed to get a cache for my calendar fill. He mentioned this cache and it was one that I had solved and wanted to return to the final, so today was the perfect time. I tried really hard to spot the signs of the plane crash. But I only found the vehicle pictured. Glad to have this one ticked of off.

My coords didn't look good because I forgot to divide. Once I had that sorted, I went for a walk and made a quick find. Unfortunately, there seems to no longer be any trace of the wreckage. Thanks for the fun Gaz'n'Kab

I have decided to have May as My Mad, Multi May Month to find 31 Multi's in the month of May for a challenge in Melbourne (GC5M69G). My geo work friend and i managed to solve this one at lunch one day and really enjoyed gathering the information . What an interesting but sad incident. Today i was hoping that we were correct and after following the trail and heading to our coordinates i soon spotted a likely hiding spot and there was the cache. Great idea for a Multi . Thanks for all the fun

Easy find TFTC
Beautiful area

4/2/2023 Find #5675
Pprime and I had decided on a long overdue morning catch up, and opted for this side of town to try and knock a few caches off our lists.
We wondered how we would fare with the weather, between the sweltering heatwave we were supposedly having, or the rain.
Turns out the heat wasn’t really an issue for us today, and the rain, when it occurred, hardly bothered us at all.
We made our way over to seek out the necessary information and had soon crunches our numbers enough to come up with a set of coords that must be correct, as we both came up with exactly the same.
The next decision was to walk or drive to the final, and with our weather predictions we decided driving would be the wiser option.
A couple of Roos were there to greet us as we began the next stage of our journey, hopping away once we had taken photos and begun to get closer.
Then we headed off the main track as the drizzle began. Over our “creek” crossing we went then up the other side and around until we came once again to a creek crossing. Yep, we have to be over there.
So another hop skip and a jump and we were there and noticed the likely location for the cache. A quick peak and yes, it was definitely still there.
Log signed, we bounded back pleased we had made this find. An interesting history here.
Thanks for the cache Gaz'n'Kab.

Accio 09:10:02
A rainy, humid and very hot day - but after a week cooped up 1MinnieMoo and I needed to do SOMETHING. The resultant 'plan' (for the sake of a word) had us down here, and next up was this one. A quick sort of numbers - we matched - and so off to TH we went to get to WP and then GZ. A slight light drizzle amused us, and some roos, before we decided time to go bush. Not too hard, crossed the creek, passed the crash site (no evidence we saw) and on to our calculated location. Spotted likely hide a few metres away and viola - a beautiful cache. A top multi - muchos enjoyas!

Thanks Gaz'n'Kab for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #11118}*

A DNF for us today.

Lot of bushbashing, fun find though

Good background for a cache a piece of quiet bushland.
And a good sized container.
That means a favourite from me.
Thank you for this one
R

Hsush

TFTC, this was a really interesting one!

Found the car first, then the wreckage and finally the actual cache after walking a few circles.

Found WP1 a couple of days ago, so decided to seek this and a couple of other caches in this area in one strike.

TFTC - Per Ardua Ad Astra

Found while wandering around in the neighbourhood. A little deviation made and another great cache. Thanks for showing me this spot. Not much left to remember them by now.
TFTC

This is a very sobering experience. It's good that the crash has been remembered and that the site has been left as is as a sign of respect.

Had no trouble with the clues which made for an easy calculation and retrieval at GZ. As expected, there were no other people anywhere near GZ. TFTC

Firstly, thank you Gaz’n’Kab for bringing me here today and for alerting me to the history of this place... hard not to be moved...

I also located the “wreck” featured in others pics... wtf?

I think I bushbashed from the “wrong” direction, but still managed to make it in and out in one piece... hard to believe it’s been 15 month since the last find... tftc...

This was certainly an interesting cache to chase. I find the concept of all military related caches interesting and crashes especially, because I am so used to waking up each morning and seeing a train crash in the mirror. It is a bit disheartening to see some young lives were lost on a training run.

I started my fact finding mission by interrupting an early morning group of yoga enthusiasts getting their Bhujangasana on in the shelter. They were all in perfect position to watch me reading the memorial with interest. Their interest was further piqued when I didn't run away when the rain started. I apologised for any chakras that were thrown out of spiritual alignment.

When I saw where GZ was, I first decided I needed a caffeine injection first and so headed into the shops. After battling a confusing series of streets, I found the only cafe that was open so early. I also found the endless conga line of patrons assembled waiting to order. I didn't seem to be wearing the appropriate amount of lycra to join the queue so I drove off to start my walk.

I followed the waypoints and after finding the other crash near GZ which closely resembles my early morning appearance, I was soon onto the hide. The next part was to find some of the metal in the trees which was like finding a cache of its own. I hope my tetanus vaccination is up to date. tftc

On our way to the event here for Gunnie69, stopped off to do this multi. Final took us on an interesting walk and cache found in good condition. Found a wreck but not a Beaufort Bomber.

Found on 2 February 2019. TFTC, Gaz'n'Kab.

I am in the region today to go to a non-geocaching event this evening.
Strangely enough I arrived a little early .. about 7 hours early.
Time to find a couple of geocaches beforehand.
I did mean to get a photo of the rusted wreck close by ... a rusty car body that is.
A great bit of local history. Thanks. [^] A fav pt awarded.
A quick find here once at GZ.
Thanks for cache. [^]

We came to this park today for a mothers day picnic Now that it's all over we checked to see if there were any nearby caches and saw this one. We wandered over to the plaques and had a read. Our interest was piqued. GZ was calculated and it's not too far away. Can we do it now? Yes we can! So off we went
Had no trouble locating the cache. All is good here. Then we made our way to the 'debris site'. Thanks heaps Gaz'n'Kab for another interesting cache and bringing this history to our notice. Fav Point from us.

Today Bristracker and I are out and about picking up caches in Springfield so Bristracker can complete the planetary pursuit challenge. I am a big fan of aviation and also very interested in plane crashes, so I was super keen to do this cache. We went to the first waypoint and got the required info, that was the easy part. Off to the second waypoint, hmmmm i'm sure we have been here before today...maybe in future I should check out the locations of waypoints of all caches I plan to avoid backtracking. This time around we knew how to access the trail to the cache. We stopped off at the wreckage, that was quite somber, but a nice memorial there. Off to GZ and a nice sized container was found. Very awesome cache. TFTC

Fabulous cache. Killer walk in. My Dad flew Beauforts in WW2. They were pretty rough planes. Absolutely tragic the loss of young lives here.

After a long day out with a combination of a trip up north (Caboolture!) for a caching event, other caches around that area, a peek around Old Petrie Town and a stop over at Chermside shops for the heck of it, AndyCol95, my GeoSister and I headed back down here to play with the dog.

We did that for a while and waited for the other small child to arrive home.

Once the other small child arrived home we headed out to the waypoint of this one to collect the information for the final.

Good chance to take the dog out for a walk as well.

We all trundled out towards the informational location and before long we were there. I got the kids to gather the information while I wrote it down.

I worked out the final and off we went home to drop off the dog and grab the car to get to the trail faster.

We were against the clock on this one as dinner had been ordered and also the sun was soon setting.

It didn’t take long before we were at the start of the trail and were able to park.

I thought I had headed to where the pin was for where the trail started but it looks like I was wrong

As per tradition I lead the others directly into the bush before a little navigation had me working out that we had not needed to head into the bush quick so early and when they said trail, they actual meant it!

So we’re on the trail now and walking along to where it has the pin for where to cross the creek, and I saw a bit of a cachers path but thought for good measure to keep walking a little to make sure that is indeed where we want to go and sure enough it was so we turned back around.

In we went and then along the inner path.

I got a little too comfortable walking along the path that I forgot to check the GPS and we over shot where to go down and cross the creek, back again we go!

Now the next part was pretty uneventful, we crossed the creek, had a fright with an encounter with a spider, and with AndyCol95 leading the way with the “spider stick” we did the usual battling with lantana and navigating ourselves through the trees until we got to GZ.

Upon nearing GZ I spotted the cache immediately I grabbed it out, took photos of the TBs I was dropping and signed off the log.

Now by this time we were operating off the lowest amount of sunlight and our phones were also low on battery....and we had no other torches or supplies with us. We’re pretty good at this being prepared thing aren’t we?

So we did a quick shuffle to wear the pin was that we were supposed to be able to see the debris of the plane but due to the low light could not see much.

We did however spot the old abandoned car that I believe other cachers had also found.

We did another quick shuffle, took some photos and then we were off.

AndyCol95 leading the way with the “spider stick” again.

He managed to push us straight forwards all the way to the creek, which was good but also meant we arrived at the creek at a different part to where we were supposed to be.

I did a quick scan around and was able to see we weren’t too far down the creek from where we came from so we’re able to tip toe along the creek to there...and by that I mean AndyCol95 decided to put his feet directly into the creek and walk through and us three followed him but in a more orderly fashion on the rocks and things without touching the water.

We clambered back up the creek bank and before long we had reached the trail!

Hallelujah, we made it just in the nick of time and we had just run out of sunlight as we reached the car.

We drove home and all tucked into the pizza that was ready roughly 30 minutes ago but there were no complaints.

Phew, TFTC and the terrific adventure, boy we were all sweating by the time it was over though.

TFTC... In memory of Dad who worked on Beauforts in P&NG during the second world war. Easy route in is from the Huntingdale end of IT.

Excellent way to find out some history of the area. Required some bush bashing and thanks for including a pen as we forgot ours! Didn't find any plane parts but found a very rusted out car! TFTC

This was a cache I was wanting to do today for sure as I do really like memorial geocaches. I came to the co-ords and found the information needed. I collected the info, made the calculations and headed back to the car for the final onslaught. Saw some large fencing and thought my access would be blocked, but as I got closer I saw that it was open so in I went. Walking, walking, and eventually found my way from the large trail to a smaller trail, then a little skip down the dry creekbed for a shortcut and up the bank to another wide track. Got close and noticed the GPS stayed the same for a bit so realized I was walking level with GZ and not towards it so headed in for a fairly easy walk, jump over, easy walk and there she was - the cache. It was obscured from view and not visible but our geosense knew where to look and bingo. Happily signed the dry log and replaced all as found. Many thanks for bringing me here Gaz'n'Kab to give me something to do while Bob was having a work meeting. Unfortunately he phoned for me to pick him up when I was only half way through the walk TO the cache so I had to hurry. I'm happy to award this cache another favourite point for the enjoyment it gave me today. Cheers and happy caching!

Thanks Gaz'n'Kab for bringing me here to see this place and learn about what happened.

As I was approaching GZ I was too busy looking at my GPS and I almost stepped on a huge Goanna, which I believe to be a Lace Monitor (according to google).

As soon as I reached for my hip-holstered camera, he shot off up and ran up a tree! I have posted a photo of him here.

The wreckage and memorial pins are still present.

!!!! Only a log book in the cache today tftc what a nice walk! Found plame remanants tftc!!

Out for another lap of the area on the geocycle this morning. Been around here a few times now chasing smileys

I parked near the published co-ords for this one and set off on my loop.

I gathered the required information and set off towards GZ. A short detour on the way to collect another cache, but pretty much straight to GZ.

This area has changed a lot since my last visit. I remember riding across a big bed of rocks near the start of the marked trail. Lucky the next WP was there or I would have missed the track across to the gate.

I got as near to GZ as I could before heading off-piste. I found a different mode of transport along the way, but managed to miss the remains of the plane. Abandoned the bike and walked the last little bit to GZ. A quick look around and I spied a promising spot.

Log signed and back to the bike - which was right next to the plane parts. Somebody has put some pins in the tree near the parts.

Thanks for the history of the crash and bringing me out here again. [^]

Need to learn more about how to decipher these but got to learn more about the area.

Enjoyed very much TFTC

No time for collection of the final and we had only just finished traipsing through there and I was not repeating it today. However your numbers have been noted and I will collect my smiley, when I need to revisit the are for a challenge final.

Up early for a walk with the geodog. There was keep fit going on near the WP1 but away from me to obtain the information for the cache. A hop in the car and I made my way to the trail. There were lots of butterflies along the route too. Left the track at the marker and then worked my way along over the dry creekbed. As I approached the GZ, I was a little puzzled how the old wreck got there? Container found and signed the log, I did seek out the tree with the debris but didnt see. TFTC GaznKab

Thank you for the history lesson. Lovely remnant of woodland, shame about encroaching housing. Hopefully this sight will be preserved. Tftc. We left some wattle in remembrance.

I said I would be back, and the new park looks great with the new info board, made a quick trip down to get all the needed info for my walk the next day, interesting stuff they where all so young, didn't see any plane bits still was surprised to see a couple of old cars in the bush. thanks for showing be this bit of history

What a walk. The good thing is that you can combined it to grab another cache which is a good thing. Enjoyed our walk because it is a nice spot.

It is such a warm Winter's day - so geocaching is on! Out with Nadine1989 in Springfield area. This is one of the caches we found.

At the park, we quickly gathered the number then looked at the coordinates on Google Maps. Aha - we go here! So drove to trailhead and found the oaths OK - good directions led us to GZ and the nicely sized cache was found. Couldn't see any wreckage though.

Found at 12.45pm on 4th July 2016. TFTC.

It is with great excitement that we can confirm the information at WP1 has finally be returned by Council This one is good to go again [^]

It is with great excitement that we can confirm the information at WP1 has finally be returned by Council This one is good to go again [^]

I had all the information for this one a while ago and I just had to come see the area today.
I am doing a multi challenge and needed this one as well.
Out with geopartner to find some multis today.
The locals seem to still go for walks here as we followed a trail to the track and down the track we went.
We managed to find a trail into the area and I just wanted to soak up the atmosphere of what happened here all those years ago. We did not see any plane parts but we did see a rusty car with its doors open and the bonnet up.
We found the cache and signed the log and then made our way out again. It was very humid today.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Gaz'n'Kab All good with this cache
A favourite from me

Should have this one up and running again before the new year. Been discussing with council plans for the monument, so it has taken time

Hoping to have a new form of this one going again shortly... Proving to be a little difficult sadly

Although WP1 is missing, barbb had the final coordinates as she has been here before, so we took the opportunity to walk to the crash site. It was a nice walk in and FastEd was kind to drop us off and to be waiting for us at the other end. I felt sad when we reached GZ because there was no real memorial at the site, just a few pins to mark what had happened here. I saw a likely looking spot for a cache and soon had the container in hand. Log signed, barbb and I continued on to find the nearby mystery cache. TFTC Gaz'n'Kab and for bringing me to a special place

Fortunately as Barb had previously done this one, we were able to access information that we record and find the necessary WP.

After finding the access point and making our way up a muddy track, it was time to detour towards the GZ. Took a little to zero in with overcast skies and tree cover, but with the number of searchers in our group we soon had the cache in hand.

Log signed, cache replaced. Bonus, another unloved to add to my list.

TFTC

Out for a day of hunting with a few members of the NPG. We were lucky enough to have someone with us who had the final coordinates for this one as the first waypoint is currently unavailable.

All the rain over the last 12 hours had made the path very muddy and slippery. Somewhat amazingly we all made it through the day with not one of us actually slipping over, although there were a couple of close calls.

We cautiously made our way along the track, our shoes getting heavier with each step as they accumulated mud until we came to a point where we headed into the bush. It took a few minutes of searching but finally the cache was found and our names added to the log.

We then spent a little time searching for the debris that's left and took photos of the small 'memorial'.

Smilie #2907

Out chasing a few caches with NPG.
After some toing & froing, some humming & hawing, it was decided that, as the final was still in place & we were in the area, all available data/knowledge would be pooled for a collective search &, hopefully, find of this cache.
A nice stroll along the trails (quite wet, muddy & slippery) in the drizzling rain.
What better way to spend the day with 'friends'? LOL ...
More like 'like-minded caching crazies!'
So, a little more slipping & sliding, the mud accumulating on our shoes, & we were nearing GZ.
There was some discussion on whether the cache had been moved slightly but, luckily, it was found in the end!
Log signed & replaced as found.
A bit of a scan of the surrounds & the 'crash debris' was located & photographed for posterity!
Now to blunder further into the muddy unknown in search of more! LOL ...

TFTC Gaz''Kab

Out today with the NPG gang chasing Dropbears, a Punisher, a Terror box and an Elementary challenge. We convoyed to and fro, and had some laughs while getting thoroughly drenched and muddy in an unseasonal shower.

We noticed the first WP was unavailable due to works in the area, but that the CO doesn't mind finders signing the final.

It was on the way to another cache, and a previous finder had the coords, so we made a detour.

Barb tried to get us to travel in a straight line thru the Lantana and over a creek , but I found a great causeway which led to a wide smooth road, and led us in the right direction in a less punishing fashion.

We found the container hidden well, and also found the crash remnants, just a couple of handfuls of metal is all that's left now.

Thanks for bringing us here for the historical value

This entry was edited by Orange Crew on Friday, 18 September 2015 at 04:29:10 UTC.

Out and about today with the NPG, and the information for this multi was already on hand.

A parking spot with access to a couple of other caches as well was soon found and we set off on this wet muddy day. Of course heading to the cache it was not to long before the shoes were clogged with mud and the track was left. Heading in the general direction of the GPSr guiding me.

It did not take to long to locate the cache based on recollections of the previous finder among us. Our names were added and also soon discovered some parts of the wreck not far away.

TFTC

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Thursday. Slow Puncture was out with Orange Crew and various other members of the NPG - all of whom had differing reasons for being on the group get-together. In the RAIN After all the days lately of sunshine. Of course, we all blamed Kieran, as the organiser. Sorry, mate - the buck stops at the top

The group was lucky to have someone along who had the final co-ordinates (as the waypoint sign is currently unavailable) - so we took off through more mud - finally coming to a stream which we were able to ford with ease. Then we turned left onto a dirt road and walked for a while until the compass told us to turn left into the bush again. A bit of cross-country later and the container was soon found and signed by all. Then, nearby, we found the tree surrounded by the meagre remains of this accident. Our thoughts go out to the aircrew and their families.

This was the 7th of 9 caches found on this trip.

Thanks [Blue]Gaz'n'Kab[/Blue], for showing us this place.

When a group day out caching targeting some specific caches was suggested, we couldn't help ourselves but put our hand up to be part of the fun. Unfortunately, Mr Just a Trifle could not make it in the end so it was up to Mrs Just a Trifle to take one for the team ... well someone had to do it

Fortunately, one of the group had the missing piece of information required to locate ground zero so we decided we should search for the cache as we were already nearby for one of the caches on the list to be found by the group today. We had an interesting walk along the trails in the rain, getting our boots muddy and slipping here and there, crossing a small creek (which came in handy to wash the mud off our boots ) and walking past the memorial to the accident.

We soon located the cache and added our name to the log book. Thank you Gaz'n'Kab for having placed the cache for everyone to enjoy.

Still working on a new plan, and trying to see what plans Council have. The final is still in place, and we should have this one reworked shortly.

Very surprised to see this one go missing sadly We will try to come up with a new idea for this one. The final remains in place to be found, it is only WP1 which is affected.

Was looking forward to doing this one but was stumped at the first way point as its not their anymore looks like a pad for a new sign is under construction... see photo

I came here with my mum mnance101. It was a nice walk and great history to learn. This was my mum's 1000th cache. TFTC!

I had taken a photo of the plaque about six months ago. Two weeks ago I solved it. I decided to do this cache today for a B for the February challenge but also as my 1000th cache. I like history so I was happy to do this one as a special anniversary cache. My son mazza151 was with me today. We had an enjoyable walk in. We visited the crash site and then found the cache quite easily. We took a selfie to mark a celebration of my 1000th cache. TFTC, for the history lesson, and for bringing us to this interesting place. We also liked seeing the nearby car wreck and wondering how it got there!

This one looked intriguing. After grabbing the numbers, I set off for the nearest trailhead. Working my way around the fencing (maybe it's here to deter our friends who like dumping stuff), I figured I was off along the yellow dirt road and this worked as one of my mottos is 'as long as the metres are going down, this must be OK'. I soon found myself wiggling through and rejoining the big road before deciding I would have to go off-track somewhere. Your snake warnings on the page worked well in scaring the stuffing out of me and I trod to the GZ very warily indeed.
The cache is well hidden and in perfect condition as you'd hope. After rehiding and having a brief, respectful look at the remains, I tried for a direct return but a moment at the cliff edge told me that would be very, very silly.
Suffice to say, I made it out alive. TFTC and a very nice way of combining caching with local history in a dignified way.

This one is good to go again New and improved Cache Page and Questions, and a new Waypoint added

Gaz'n'Kab

Replaced the cache today, in a new location and the cache page questions have been updated

Gaz'n'Kab

Very sadly the final GZ cache has been stolen. We will have a replacement down in the next week

Gaz'n'Kab

I had never visited a plane crash site before geocaching. This would be the third I have visited now. Very fascinating areas indeed.

Sweet_bee and I had collected our clues in a very familiar spot and soon had a GZ in hand.

We ended up being near-ish to GZ today with Gaz'n'Kab - so we thought it would be plain rude not to drop into the final. We headed bush-wise toward the cache. Err Gaz.. where's the final? Is gone!

Gaz refused to believe his ammo box was consigned to oblivion and scoured the area in the ever-increasing darkness. Is gone for good Gaz'n'Kab were gracious enough to allow me to have the find at least.

Not much of the plane left these days - but still an area well worth visiting. TFTC Gaz'n'Kab

Out with a muggle Aircraft fanatic on a hunt for this cache. He sees A/c parts everywhere. Nelson the mangella says its 43.6 klm away. Nelson is turned off. Out with the trusty android phone which I haven't used before and an hour later and 3 klm ( yes we went in circles) we see the site. This is a special moment as we both work on the base and are around A/C parts all day. We feel for the four wasted lives and hope the site will be preserved. Thanks to Gaz'n'Kab for bringing us here and for not putting a cache on top of an important site.

I noticed this multi last week but didn't have any time left to attempt it. As aviation is of interest to me I decided to come back and have a look. Thanks for an interesting cache with a bit of history. I saw a few remnants of the crash site but I only took photos as I think it is special that these pieces remain there. I'ts so sad that these men lost their lives at such a young age. May they rest in peace. I thank them for their service.

This one has been on my list of caches to find for a long time now.

My father was an electrician working on the repair of Beaumont bombers during the war and he had often told tales of the bombers which did not return after test flights. He was actually scheduled to go on one flight which did not return but plans were changed at the last minute. I wonder if it was this flight?

I had visited the memorial some time back and worked out a set of coordinates which did not appear right and after checking with the CO I corrected them.

Today I decided that I would finish off the hunt.

Work has been done on the initial part of the trail and it was an easy stroll to the trailhead. I managed the crossing without getting my shoes wet and then headed to the crash site. The cache was easy to locate and I spent some time trying to visualize the scene from that fateful day.

I hope this area can be maintained as a shrine to their memory. May they rest in peace.

The trail head was not obvious enough in the dark tonight, and the neighbourhood dogs just didn't like us prowling the area. thought we may try and come back in daylight hours sometime soon.

Found with lisylou and misssusan79 after the kids cross country today a fairly quick walk through a little muddy and the rain stopped us in our tracks a little with the creeks all flowing with water but all good a quick find and back to the car tftc

Our kids had their cross country today so our massive Monday couldn't happen. We were all still keen to have a hunt so this one wss suggested as it was close to home. I wasn't dressed for the occasion but walked in wearing casual shoes and a skirt! Since we have had lots of rain I had to take my shoes off to wade across the creek. A nice little walk for today.

Out with misssusan and bennyboppers this morning. Coordinates easily retrieved, my kids love this park. Off to find the cache, we got onto a trail then bush bashed towards the cache, oh a creek, backed up to the trail to find a spot to get across. Found a good spot to cross then onto a trail and another little bushbash and we found the cache easily. Thanks for the history and the cache.

This entry was edited by Lisylou on Monday, 31 March 2014 at 12:23:35 UTC.

While making up a list of caches for tomorrow I came across this one. I will need more time for this one so will save for another day. It has special meaning for me because my Dad flew Beauforts in WW2 and I have climbed up into the one that is being restored in Brisbane. There were problems with the planes. There were also deaths of young men during training and during the War. I will be out to look for this one soon.

out on a play date with Iolanthek

this was on Iolanthek's list for day and i am so glad
did know this was here

all information collected
numbers sorted
off we go

oh no ... can we go that away
sure why not

overshot the mark and went in a little further down than we could have but so glad we did
the walk in was definitely part of the experience and so glad we got to see what we did

arrive at the GC
we found the small memorial items first
then the cache

took lots and lots of pic

took yoyo
left green ribbon

seems appropriate that this was found on 'thank a firefighter day'

Out for a play day with barbbowman This one was on my list for today, first of all because it was my only non-smilie in the area, but also because of the story behind the memorial. It's always good to see caches placed near such significant historical spots. We had a good look at the memorial, and I loved reading out the poem, then we sat down in the shade to crunch the numbers. Here was the moment when I realised how very young those men were So sad.

We plotted our GZ, then drove around looking for the access point, only to find lots of fencing around the new subdivision Eventually found a way in. Missed the "turn-off" but it was still an easy enough walk to GZ, and we found the memorial tree first. So little left... Then barb spied the cache. A pleasure to make this one a smilie. TFTC, and for showing me this place, Gaz'n'Kab.

Managed to calculate the necessary coodrinates from the memorial. Initially attemted to walk from this one from a cache nearby to the memorial but the bush soon put me off that idea. Found some accesses from some nearer streets. One was fenced off but found a clear access from the next. The terrain was certainly changing over the distance travelled - thick scrub, washout gullies, cleared land for future residential development, lantana, creeks with steep cliffs. After a fair bit of zigzagging I eventually found the cache right where the coordinates said. Logbook entry prior to mine completed by a member of the local rural fire brigade in charge of looking after the area and who were instrumental in getting the memorial erected. Took a different route back that seemed to be even more adventurous but got me back in one piece. A fun cache to complete. Tftc. Dropped TB

After collecting the required information at the memorial we calculated the new coordinates and a check on Google Maps gave a couple of options on how to get to GZ. Well we didn't think we were going to use the mountain bikes today but fortunately as the access to this neck of the woods from the 'Grande Park' side was blocked by council works so we made our way into GZ via the dirt track off the Springfield Greenbank Arterial.

A bit tricky trying to ride through the sand patches but definitely fun An easy find and all good with container and log.

TFTC.

I was out and about with EggInTheSky looking for some of Springfield's finest. It was getting late, but this one looked like it would be worth the walk so we decided to go for it.

Arriving at WP1 to pick up the answers we suddenly felt as if we had stumbled into the set for a B-grade zombie movie. Some party must have just broken up nearby and there were plenty of students mulling about attempting to remain upright. Some were trying to walk and others were checking their phones. None were swinging their phones in [url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=0e65be03-bef4-4f88-b676-0ac3c0779cc0]crazy figures of 8[/url] so I reckoned they weren't their for the same reason we were.

Number collected and [url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=589a14ce-fdb0-4f53-9c5c-f2d4810666ac]checked[/url] and we set off to find the trail.

Turns out there is construction happening near by, but a little bit of scouting around and we were on some interesting paths to GZ. If you have done some baking and know what flour is like after you sift it a few times - light and airy - this is just how the first stretch of track was in parts. The earth must have been pounded to dust by the trucks getting to and from the construction.

Good things my geo-crocs are easy to clean. Eggs was a little less impressed as she cleared out a small mountain of dirt from her shoes though.

We followed the trails to near GZ and then had an easy walk through light bush to find the cache.

Thanks for the fun multi Gaz'n'Kab!

Wow! Well I had decided during the week that this would be a great Saturday cache wirh Geolze and geolad whilst on the wrong side of town. So off we head, geolad happy to see the park whilst we figured out final coords. Easy to figure and got geolad to check once we'd got them...hoping he'd appreciate the story behind the crash. Lucky he did check b/c we found simple error inputting coords (and wrong coords to GZ would be a nightmare, lol). So we are at parking area and decide on taking newly carved road to first reference point and veer off towards Gz. With grizzling geolad scared of snakes and spiders ... actually he was grizzling as soon as he got out of the car, went follow the zigzagging compass into dry creek bed and along there for a while then up the bank and thru thin scrub to Gz. Geolze posed the Question as we got further in 'are we going to find our way out of here?' ... so we left geolad's hat hanging off a tree 50m from GZ. I called 'I see the cache' once within 4m and geolad goes to retrieve it. Geolze, bringing up the rear, she squeals 'I see the wreck'. Lol, I look up the track and see a rusty old ford wreck, lol. Cache was full of goodies and geolad scored a snake (seems he DOES like them after all). Found the plane remnants at the nearby tree - wow that makes it all so real. Cache tucked back away and we find our way out....past that stump, then that stump, I see the hat, down the riverbank, along tge bed, back uo the bank and back to the graded road. The whole way back I was imagining the alternate scenario of a DNF with wring GZ coords TFTC

I was chatting with Gaz recently and he advised me that there may be some help coming into the area, to support the 31 Days of August challenge... You'll have to work for it, but something may be coming... [^]

I got the notification the other night and read the details... Hmm, excellent, this will make a good one for the weekend I thought. WP1 was a lot more comfortable for me than it might have been for the previous finders. Let's just say I had some info on hand having been to the area before...

With a set of finals on hand, I took off to the trailhead and disappeared down the soon to be road. Now, having checked out the area on Google Earth before I departed, I knew to follow the paths and I would ger close to GZ. That and the fact the CO has kindly supplier a couple of waypoints, ensured all would be well and the stroll would be an easy one...

I followed tracks to within 60m of GZ (D'ya get that ManicWombat...) Geez I wish you could tag people on this page... The remainder of the walk to the location was in open bush with low grass and very few obstacles... I spotted the cache on approach and sorted business out before searching for the remains. Wow, that's pretty cool. Such history in our own back yards... [^]

All done, I made my way back the way I came in. AFter all, no need making life harder than you need to right guys... I don't know what all the fuss was about...

Thanks for a great cache in a nice spot. I too hope the encroaching suburban footprint does not impact this location. I notice that if left to their own devices, contractors will bulldoze heritage listed revetment walls. They won't even see the wrackage remains in here...

Cheers Gaz'n'Kab. Here's a favourite point for bringing the site to our attention. Nice work...

I was very keen to get to this one after seeing it published recently. Whilst the Beaufort is not a favorite of mine, it's cousin the Beaufighter sure is I'm an old aircraft tragic from way back so as soon as the weekend rolled around this was priority one. I had a couple of the questions answered from info online and so it was off to the memorial to get the rest of the answers required. The park was busy and lots of skateboard muggles were near the memorial. This may have caused me to rush a little bit here, little did I know the effect this would have later.....

We rolled up to the trail head and were soon skirting the temporary fencing and heading bush. At this point I forgot about the trail reference point kindly provided by the CO and after following the road being built for a distance turned left and into the bush towards GZ. Soon we had to go down a sheep slope into a gully. Followed the mostly dry river bed for a while and were confronted with a wall of lantana. I'd heard this might happen so had come prepared and soon the machete was in action on this pest of a plant[^]

After mush hacking, chopping, and course alterations we got to GZ (at least I thought we had). After looking all over for quite some time I was concerned that something was not right. I double checked the info on the cache print out and it all looked good, had I made an error somewhere? One thing was certain, after all the effort getting here, we were going to get this find

Not having the CO's phone number I called the Capt of Terror as he had been here before. He rambled on about GZ being near a car wreak. I looked around, no car wreak, just a lot of trees. I was getting a bad feeling about this..... Happily the Capt was able to provide me the CO's phone number and eventually contact was made with Gaz (and Kaz too if you count her laughing hysterically in the background as making contact). After checking my coordinates it was found that I had stuffed up and got one question wrong when at the memorial. The lessons here; always read the question carefully and if possible have someone double check the results.

With the error corrected new numbers were plugged into the Garmin and we were about 180m away from where we should have been......whoops So off we went and on arrival at the real GZ had the find in no time. Also checked out the nearby remains of the aircraft, this is an amazing bit of history to find "in the wild".

Signed the book, took one TB and dropped off another TB. The walk out was made much easier by using the trail waypoint and we were soon back at the car. Great work on this cache GnK, it gets a favorite point from me. I've no idea how you found out where the bits of wreckage are, but it sure makes it a special experience. I hope the advancing suburbia does not impact this site, might be worth keeping a close eye on this as time goes on. TFTC

I was not familiar with the history behind this cache but when reading the memorial it is a sad story. I let ManicWombat get the required hints as there were quite a few muggles in the area when we went to get the clues. I probably should have double checked the clues but did not bother which we were about to pay for later.

As we headed to a parking area we found a temporary fence insitu as there appears to be alot of work in progress. I did not do my research appropriately about the cache, if I had checked I would have realised there was a trail reference point on the information page of cache. We started into the bush and ended up on a fairly steep slope which led down to a dry creek bed in place. This happened to be an unlucky brake for me as I hit some loose stuff going down this slope and slid quite inelegantly down towards the dry spot in the creek bed luckily for me.

We proceeded to try and find the most appropriate access which was not going well so ManicWombat decided to make an access point by hacking away at some of the lantana. I must admit I was not sure if I was ever going to make it to where GZ was as the route we took was not very friendly for vertical challenged people in place. We eventually got to the coordinates we had got but the search was not going extremely well.

ManicWombat managed to make contact with the CO who assisted us with making sure we had the correct coordinates but alas we seemed to have made an error in our calculations and we were approximately 180 meters away from the required spot. It is quite amazing how things can change when you have one wrong digit in the coordinates. [:o)]

With the corrected coordinates we set out to the right area. Upon arrival at GZ, signed log book and checked out the remaining wreckage of the aircraft. The trail leading out was much easier than our entrance in. Great work guys on the cache and finding the remaining wreckage in this area. This one also gets a favorite point from me. TFTC Gaz' n 'Kab.

Managed to collect a favourite today so, as promised, it's yours.

Saw this one come up yesterday but commitments got in the way so watched it from time to time and this morning saw no logs? Supposed to be at Wynnum at 8.30am but could't resist having a quick look at the first waypoint. I knew this monument as I had read it when chasing other caches in the parkland. Re-read the monument, so sad, such young men. New co-ordinates were easily calculated and, wow! not far away!! Maybe a quick look at the terrain? Could see new road activity which appeared to head in the right direction so, maybe I'll see how close I can get along this track. OK, not that much further so, maybe I'll just go a bit further. About here things got a little sticky, a wall of lantana blocked my way. But I'm so close! Pushed on and in, then across a creek which thankfully was fairly dry. Arrived at GZ, couldn't immediately see any wreckage, am I in the right place? Co-ordinated were perfect. Suddenly there was the cache, almost under foot. Opened the log to see.... Captain Terror 12.10am. Congratulations mate, a night run in through that lantana would have been murder. However I was still very happy with second place and the cache, both the memorial and GZ site is one to put on the 'special' list. Dropped in a TB I was going to take further afield, but I felt this spot deserved one. Took a different route out but it was just as difficult. There is probably an easy way somewhere, but I have the happy knack of picking the most difficult. Bit late for my appointment but who cares, It was worth it. Thanks Gaz'n'Kab excellent. As soon as I earn a favourite, it will be yours.

I was having a slow day at home after my plans to go geocaching elsewhere were cancelled. I checked my emails casually and saw a few new geocaches published - then this one. It looked pretty interesting and worth a bit of a drive to stop me going house bound mad. It was a 20 something minute drive down - a road I know only too well by now.

I parked near the posted co-ords and recalled another cache hunt here quite some time ago. Such a lovely park and a very nice tribute plaque. I was blessed to have no muggles about so armed with pen and paper made my way through the questions. I won't lie, I feared I may have issues (not uncommon for a new cache) but I came across no issues and plotted myself the final co-ords. I did have a niggling doubt here, but it mostly looked good.

I drove towards it as the maps on my GPSr ran out and I followed my nose. I found a good entry point but instead went to the suggested (which I thought was less good, but who am I to argue?). I parked, had a quick drink and set off. The neighbouring dog told me what he thought of me being nearby so I strode off quickly away from his barks. There is sure no secret that there are works going on near here.

I noted another set of footprints as I went and wondered if they were the CO's. It was pretty warm getting along and came to the additional waypoint, I did as suggested and pushed onwards. Then not sure if I went wrong, but ended up having to duck under a log and collected a few spiders for my troubles. Then the track got wider and I was on the home stretch. Working up a sweat I turned off the path and followed the GPSr pointer through the bush, only a small bounce and change of direction before I was close. I spotted the cache hide first so went there as priority.

I plucked the beast out and noted the FTF prize still inside. Well, strike a light! That doesn't happen too often. I found the logbook and added my name to the uppermost slot on the first page, just after midday. Done and dusted I rehid all as found and looked about for the wreckage, which didn't take long. I sat down to look at it and think about the story told on the cache page and what these few metal scraps represent. As I had written in the logbook, 'RIP, fine aviators'.

Now it was time to head back to the car - pretty straightforward and no issues until the dog near my car spotted me again. Although I did get an interesting phone call as I trekked out. A great cache - I especially liked the effort that had gone into researching the crash and adding it to the cache page - the 'Related Webpage' makes for some more interesting reading. A most enjoyable little surprise for a Monday. TFTC Gaz'n'Kab

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