Trolls of the Rattley Bridge Yandina, Queensland, Australia
By Ladyjet86 on 31-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4MAZ6

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24-Jun-14
One or more of the following has occurred:

No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.

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14-May-14
Ventured past the other day with a friend as we didn't realise it hadn't been found since Jan 14 and was disabled.

Lots of rubbish around GZ and a drug users paradise by the looks of things.

Is this one going to be replaced or archived?
 
13-Feb-14
I am going to go and check on the cache and see if it's still in place. I think with some of the rather scary comments about medical boxes being found a whole new hiding place might be in order. Sorry to disappoint anyone. Hopefully I will have this sorted soon.
 
13-Feb-14
I couldn't find this geocache, maybe I'll have better luck next time!
 
01-Feb-14
Lots of possibilities. No cache
 
11-Jan-14
Was down this way yesterday so decided to have a go at it. Been a long time between caches and wasn't quite organised as i should of been Ie research read old logs etc. so searched where the GPS pointed plenty of hidey holes there so got the phone out and looked up some details found the Needle canisters so decided to call it a day I will be back for it.
 
07-Jan-14
Uh Oh! DNF it!

Interesting story though..

Out and about with geo-fiance`and geotwins. We pulled up at the park to find a fisherman muggle sitting in his car waiting for the fish to bite. We decided to start our search regardless .. we could see the man kept looking over to see what on earth is this crazy family doing.

Spent a little while searching.. there where just so many places this cache could be. The fishermuggle watched from a short distance away as we hoisted the geotwins up into trees etc. Started reading recent logs for some more clues as the hint had us baffled.. Others said GPS was way off and so we searched in another area.

Got to a suspicious looking tree close to mugglefisherman sitting in his car.. Finally I see a strange container hiding in a tree. Before opening it I excitedly yelled "FOUND IT!!" to the rest of my team. Whoops.. curious muggle fisherman was now very intrigued. Open the container.. its full of medical supplies and unused syringes.. uh oh I think I found a druggies hideout.. Muggle Fisherman obviously thinks this is more than odd when a young couple with two kids get excited about "medical supplies".. its not long until a couple more of these containers with similar contents are found.

Couldn't find this cache.. but there was one particular spot which stood out as being a perfect match to clues/description. I wonder if the users of these "medical supplies" found the cache and got rid of it? Perhaps geocaching might be a better hobby for them?
 
05-Jan-14
Didnt find this one to many needle canastas that the kids thought was a cache bit dodgy place especially for kids
 
21-Dec-13
Found with JaffaJ and geokids. Great location. Enjoyed the trolls and their hidey hole.
 
21-Dec-13
Trit trot trit trot. Left a goat so the trolls don't get hungry. Really nice cache.
 
07-Dec-13
Found this one after a bit of time. Like others, this one proved to be a bit tricky because the gps pointed us in a number of different directions.

Geowife enjoyed the bridge while I finally discovered the cache amd signed the log.

Cache is in good condition. TNLN. TFTC.
 
07-Dec-13
Nice little park on a detour off the highway. Glad to find a couple of caches in between a very busy schedule of engagements this time of year. Razz We parked not far from the bridge and headed where the GPS pointed - lots of good hiding spots but no cache. Then tried other finders listed coords and still way off. J found it's hideout right next to the car! Cute but slightly creepy trolls and they can spy the bridge from there. Cool Left Simon the travel slug TB to finally venture out on his own. #428 @ 1530. Tftc Ladyjet86. Big Grin
 
27-Nov-13
I had been here twice previously, very late afternoon both times, and can say I was miles away...according to my GPSr.

This time, as a bit of an attack on the West Cooroy State Forest, I elected to meet Papasmurf12 here for our morning rendezvous. I checked all the same spots, and came up empty handed. Papasmurf12 ended up spying the goods though. I'm glad to see the back of this one.

Thanks for the cache, Ladyjet86. I remember the minute this was published, I was in the middle of two caches on top of Mount Eerwah. I was no chance of FTF that day.
 
24-Nov-13
This was our first stop on a trip to West Cooroy State Forest with dahumbug today. With a little bit of GPS bounce we search the area in question and came back to the car to review where we need to search again. After reading the description again it wasn't too long and we had the right GZ and the cache was in hand.
TFTC TNLNSL
 
19-Nov-13
Bit of a tricky find due to the skygods not liking the trees. Cache in good shape. Nice spot.
 
15-Nov-13
Easy find as it was not covered at all. Replaced and covered it up. Thanks
 
01-Nov-13
Today was going to be quite an eventful and great day.Big Grin, ending up at "After Dark - A Sunny Coast Event" [^]

0830 Started off with a comlpementry log book Razz for a FTF that the CO Red Face had left in the boot of her car when placing the cache.
Supplying a tether to an old Scrub Bull cache [^] that had been replaced by dahumbug [^] at Poomona, to stop this one doing a dissapearing act Razz again in the upcoming wet season.

The first Smile for the day. The GPS definately didn't like all the tree coverSurprised, I think I have downloaded the Mexican Hat Dance into itWink. Had to resort Razz to the 'clue' to find it.
Cache in good condition.

TFTC Ladtjey86
 
25-Oct-13
Some very funky trolls. Found this after a bit of searching at the back end of a canoe trip up River. TFTC
 
25-Oct-13
Tftc cute little trolls too
 
21-Oct-13
What a nice park here by the creek [^]. Found quickly before any muggles turned up (still no bag). Left lucky penguin TB and turtle squinky. TFTC Ladyjet86 Smile
 
10-Oct-13
1482. Stopped off to see the trolls, spent a bit of time looking for cache at the listed co-ords, a muggle dogwalker arrived so I walked back to the car and noticed a likely spot on the way, the dogwalker moved on down to the bridge - so out for a further inspection Bingo! There it was a bare Sistema container,
signed the log and returned where I found it .
Ladyjet86 - TFTC.
 
a nice park and grab in the most obvious spot - there was no baggie around the cache

TFTC
 
08-Oct-13
Found while staying in Yandina for a birthday holiday for Amelia.

We looked in the obvious spot and found the stash, however it was missing it's plastic bag, don't see a problem as long as the container is placed the right way up.

The trolls are certainly cute.

thanks for showing us this place Ladyjet86
 
02-Oct-13
Found it , co ordinates were about 10 mts off for us , swapped toy fish for trashie Smile TFTC
 
29-Sep-13
Out and about with holster and thehairbear and decided to stop for a rest and a cache. We remembered the old cache that was there, 'Don't Fall In' GC14GNW by Scrub Bull and it's good to see another one here.

It was a quick find after a short search and the co-ords from the previous finder were a bit closer to the mark.

TNLNSL

TFTC Ladyjet86 Smile

Brought along some trackables for a visit.
 
29-Sep-13
Out with Konie and thehairbear and it was a quick find after a short search.

TNLNSL

TFTC Ladyjet86 Smile
 
29-Sep-13
Found it with holster and Konie

TFTC
 
29-Sep-13
#225 @ 2:15pm Out doing a job and drove past this one as there was car parked here. On returning the coast was clear to go for a find. Now reading the logs it seems I may have just missed Konie and his clan. Might have even been his car in the park. ~ TFTC Ladyjet86 Smile
 
21-Sep-13
For some reason I found myself a short while ago looking at the listing for this cache - maybe just because it was in an area that was recently devoid of unfound geocaches. As a result, when Fangoski, Pprime, Sweet_bee and I were driving past, it only seemed fair to stop and have a look. It sounded alright, I do enjoy a good abandoned bridge.

There was a muggle hanging around, but far enough away to not pose a threat to the hunt. We all noted the co-ords had us each in a similar area and the looking began. After some minutes, much poking about and widening the radius, we were fresh out of luck. Some reading of the cache page, extra thinking and wandering around and I came across a likely spot. Bingo! Got it. Inside, Fangsoki had to explain the theme to me and how it related to the swaps. Everyday is a school day. The co-ords that worked for us today were noted and I had a look into the creek before we headed off. TFTC Ladyjet86 Smile
 
21-Sep-13
Headin' outa town sonny boy Jims for Imbil land with Soki-Fang, Sweet-Bee, 'n' the Capt'n aboard the four-by-four.

Two locals from Imbil decide to go duck hunting. Neither one of them has ever been duck hunting before and after several hours they still haven?t bagged any.
One hunter looks at the other and says "I just don?t understand it - why aren?t we getting any ducks?" His friend says "I keep telling you, I just don?t think we?re throwing the dog high enough."

Okelys, moving on. We pulled the truck up here at this 'ere bridge thing looking to hunt a Troll. Tricky bugger lurkin' in the woods and running away to hide, but we hunted him down in good time.

Thanks for placing this cache, Ladyjet86. Found in good condition.
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21-Sep-13
This ended up being the first cache for the day of our group consisting of Pprime (P`), Captain Terror, Sweet_bee, and myself.

We parked up and made our way into the area our GPSr indicated. Bzzzt. We looked at other logs and hints - and were confused for a while.

Then I pointed out a possibility and Captain Terror swooped into investigate. Sure enough - the cache was soon in hand. I signed the beast for us and gave it to Captain Terror to return to its home.

We would have not seen this old bit of history if not for this cache - worthy of looking at indeed.

The co-ords were about 12m or so for us. I have put up the co-ordinates that worked for us today (admittedly, it was a bit bouncey under the trees). TFTC Ladyjet86 Smile
 
12-Sep-13
Dropped into visit this cache and after a quick walk soon had the cache in hand.
I had been here a few weeks ago looking for an old archived cache but had disappeared long ago.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Ladyiet86 Cool All good with this cache
 
07-Sep-13
Published
 
07-Sep-13
FTF Yahoo! At Coolum Beach when the notification came through. Jumped into geocar and off we went for a loverly drive. Arrived at GZ only to find a muggle with a dog parked right on GZ. Two boys were fishing off the bridge but did not show any interest in us being there. After 5 mins muggle with dog drove off allowing us to locate and retrieve cache. Thanks Ladyjet 86 for showing us this loverly quite part of the world . Left trash bin. TFTC SL
 
07-Sep-13
Wow we were on our way home from the beach when I checked my emails, drove like crazy people to get to GZ but were 30 min late for first to find!!! Congrats to geo nomads for ftf Smile nice little spot geo kids played while we searched Smile tftc