The Federation Rocks! Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Cankid on 17-Dec-13. Waypoint GC4QJA0

Archived per my earlier advice, as no action has occurred.Thanks,GeoAwareANZ2

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

The Rocks have been relocated.

Rocks relocated maybe?

The Rocks are no longer here. They have been moved to the Arboretum. All of the waypoints need to be adjusted

Logging this as a DNF until I find where the rocks have been moved to

Well, I've DNFed a few cache types over the years, although this is the first EarthCache to meet that fate!I was deliberating whether to tick off this EC today only to rock up and discover that the federation rocks have all disappeared!There's one pretty nice red rock left in their former location, although I couldn't derive any information from it.The last of the rocks were reportedly removed on May 30, so I've chosen to log a DNF as the answers couldn't possibly be collected here after that date.Hopefully I can visit them at the Arboretum when their exhibit opens "later in the year" (if the NRG's website is to be believed) although **this EC should probably be disabled until then**.Thanks for highlighting this collection nonetheless, Cankid!

I think I'm the last person to claim the earthcache at its current location before it moves to the Arboretum. Thanks Cankid

Veni, Vidi, Vici

Day 5 of mogni and sir_spectre visit the ACT. Today was a mixed bag, old caches, letterbox, trad and wherigo and hunting letterboxes, more multies and stamping challenges as we passed and of course targetting favourite caches, oh and what everelse we happened upon. As per normal if a cache needed a bit of love, it got it. Lots of micro logsheets added today.Answers have been sent by sir_spectre.Thanks to Cankid from mogni

Stopped here for morning tea and did the earth cache afterwards. That's a lot of wp's. answers sent. Logging with approval. 1st earthcache in the ACT for me.Found with Mogni. Myself and mogni are headed off to canberra on the " I missed the Capital GeoBash Mega " holiday, since last minute family problems came in to play and we had to adjust our plans by a few weeks. On the way over we targeted multi's, wherigo's and puzzles to make sure we had 25 in each or at least close to that total ( or more ) as possible, getting as many new New South Wales LGA's as possible, the 17th most favourite point NSW cache and every cache size in New South Wales.In the ACT it was getting 2 of the 5 oldest letterboxes, oldest wherigo in Australia, 2nd oldest earthcache ( with a side trip to get the oldest earthcache of course ), and ACT oldest cache too. I also hosted a CITO and planned on getting every different cache type i could and eevry different cache size as well. I also needed 9 more virtuals this trip to get my virtual count over 100. Finally canberra was far enough away from from house to complete the well aged well travelled cacher 0 to 1000 kms with a cache every 10 km's ( i only need 7 more caches to complete )Leaving the ACT it was going via Victoria to get there last active web cam cache and slowly getting a total of 20 finds in each LGA i passed through if i had enough time plus also hosting a CITO in Victoria as well. A busy 11 days. Trust me by the end of the holiday you would have thought the 6 meter ladder weighed more than 13 kg's to amount of times it was used or carried up hills or over creeks. If your cache was found with a broken container/lid it was replaced or if the log was full it was replaced or a extra log if the container was big enough ( except for nano's, do your own maintenance on nano's.

Such a cool location, easily earned a favorite point! This hands down is the coolest rock exhibit I've seen; I loved how they show the natural stone but then also a polished cross section. Attached is my favorite of the collection - brockman iron formation from Western Australia.

The Cockburn Crew are on tour at the Capital Geobash in Canberra - travelling from Perth to Sydney, Canberra, Sydney and finally back to Perth.Today was day 6. We completed a huge number of trails, challenges, whereigos, traditional, multis, earthcaches, labs, virtuals and puzzles. It really was a great day for variety. We enjoyed caching in territory we havent been before. Weve filled our boots with some rare DTs and DTTs and generally had a great time. Thanks to the COs for a great day and event. Logs signed as part of team WA/WAC (WA Crew)

Out and about again, headed around 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 15064, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to Cankid 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.

Found yesterday as part of my GeoBash tour of the area - answers sent!

Caching our way around Canberra taking in the sights with 2beez and attending Mega. Another great day picking up challenges, hiking and visiting some unique spots. We have been so lucky with the weather too. A fantastic spot. Thanks Cankid for creating for us all to enjoy. An easy FP Answers sent. ...................................................Nominations for the **2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards** are now open and will close on **17 April 2024**. Nominate your favourite caches [here](https://forms.gle/Ktb6LZvtAJDX5iCb6/).Join us for a sausage sizzle as we announce all the shortlisted nominees at Cherry Lake on 21 April 2024. Log your will attend at [GCAK9V2](https://coord.info/GCAK9V2/).

Out n about with m4yb grabbing some caches. Easter Sunday jaunt around the lake to discover this interesting garden. Answers sent via m4yb thanks for the education, great to see all the varieties in one spot. Thanks for the hide & Cankid

Megawat60 and I are at the Capital Geobash! And today we are just about playingTourists and meandering around.Fascinating Display and description. Answers sent.Thanks and a FP!

Its Easter Sunday and I havent spotted the Easter bunny however it has been an adventure with a mega wedding, volcano eruption and witch hunt.Time for some standard caching!This cache was a great earth cache to see many different rocks side by side.Walked around with my umbrella to take my time to look with a bit of shade from the sun

Great location TFTC

Picked a random earthcache to fill our space hunt sheet for Geobash. As daunting as this one looks, I found it quite fascinating. Answers were sent in by Martini.989. Now its off to the next find.

Traveled from SA with hubby to be out and about for the Canberra Mega with Rapidlywild and sixpak69. TFTC ????

A super cool collection of rocks from around the country. Its amazing what a cut and polish will do for appearances. At Capital GeoBash with Tweety2 & Tilda241 and Tilda needed one more earth cache for her space hunt. That brought us here and it was an enjoyable earthcache. TFTC!

Thanks to Martini.989 for sending our answers through and to Tweety2 for the way points. Really interesting cache. The collection of rocks are all incredible histories of our ancient past.

stoppedby with janjorjack with all7 driving us around..very cool spot..really enjoyed it..janjorjack sent in our answers..thks for the fun

Fav for me sure. Answers sent. Visiting Australia and today we are in Canberra out with All7. Now that was fun! We are always looking for oldies and some of the other caches nearby. We have found the cachers around here super friendly and helpful. Thanks for the smile

This was a lot more interesting than I expected! Is that gold??

Found It!A nice collection of rocks for my 22,500th cache find! Wandered around and collected the answers which I've sent to the CO.TFTC

September is Earth cache binge month for this Geo-battler, and gee whiz Im learning quite a lot about rocks! So good.Id been here once before but not looked too closely. This was a superb mini walk through Australias geological history, and some of those rocks are so smooth! This was my favourite.Answers submitted to the CO and fav point attached. Thanks!

Looks cool

#12505 11:20
The last day of our mini holiday we decided to take two hotel bicycles and cycle around the lake. ACT is loaded with geocaches and even during our ride around the lake my partner would not put up with me stopping at each single cache. So I picked up a few, but not all geocaches along the route.
An interesting, but tricky Earth Cache. The waypoints are close together, and on the path and not the rocks themselves. So that made it a challenge to understand which rocks were meant to be inspected.
Nevertheless an interesting collection!

TFTC Cankid.

I have looked at this a few times but decided it was time to complete. Very interesting rocks and some are very pretty. Answers sent to CO.
Thanks for getting me out and about Cankid

A day in Canberra, a great collection of impressive rocks!

Thanks for the cache.

/herrFamaxe from Sweden

Despite being a local I had no idea the National Rock Garden existed until this cache led us here. Really interesting to visit even though it's only a small collection.
Thanks for creating this earthcache Cankid! Answers have been sent.

Answers have been sent to CO. Log follows.

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With many a protester still lingering in this area (with a myriad of flags in tow and lots of interesting slogans written on nearby parked cars), opinions may be divided about various aspects of our federation, but one thing is for sure: these rocks certainly rock!

The diversity of all the geological objects highlighted by this earthcache is superb, in terms of various features: shape, size, colour, texture and many more! We loved learning about all their histories and unique elements, as well as spotting the various crystals and veins where relevant. Thanks for the fabulous and excellently educational journey

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In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country on which we geocache throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We (the pants people) pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Visiting from Coffs Harbour.

I have never been to a rock garden before so I thought I would come and check it out.

It was interesting look and reading about the different rocks.

Favourite point given.

Thanks for bringing me here.

We found this while staying in the area. It was enjoyable exploring the area and also doing what was needed for the cache.

Answers sent to CO.

Thanks Cankid for placing this earth cache, so we can enjoy finding it.

Never been to a National rock garden before. Interesting information and rocks here from all over the country. Answers were sent. First cache for the day and a sunny one too. TFTC

Day 3 in Canberra already, still going strong and loving the caches here. Another cracker of a day only makes it more enjoyable!
TFTC Wilbert67

What a splendid display of rocks, both impressive and significant. FP. TftEC.

This was a lovely day of exploring and geocaching the arbouretums.
Answers sent
TFT Earthcache

Interesting group of rocks and interesting history. Answers sent to CO.

Interesting group of rocks and interesting history. Answers sent to CO.

A few more cache types collected in the afternoon before and after the evening event on the lake.

After a nice dog walk with the extended family in this part of the Arboretum I collected the needed information for this EC. What a perfect spot for an EC all these different rock formations.
Thank you Cankid for putting the EC out.

-()-Ij6mIVw+

Interesting spot. It is very cool to see rocks from all across Australia here. TFTC

Firstly, to anyone reading these logs, if you enjoyed this small collection of big rocks, could I recommend another gem (see what I did there ? that isn’t terribly well known and take a trip south to Geoscience Australia off Hindmarsh Drive and take a look at their big collection of little rocks !! Although it might not be open until all this Covid stuff is over.

I first came out here 5+ years ago with a workmate - just a short lunchtime ride to look at them on recommendation from another workmate. Then I took my Mum to see them on one of her visits.

This time for Earthcache Day, and paid way more attention to them. I really do find rocks fascinating. Makes me wish I did more geology at school.

TFTC.

1st or 3 finds of the day, but will be out of order due to relogging to get points for the peaks challenge.

GHJ & poked around here for a good while collecting the answers and finding some new rocks not meant for the quiz Several other folks were poking about too, but I don't think they were cachers. TFTEC

TODO: Placeholder until the answers are logged

I have collected all the information ages ago, but have no idea what I did with my notes.

So today I went again and looked at all the boulders again.
Answers have been sent to the CO.

Glorious day today.


TFTC

I knew this was here but have never stopped for a proper look. It's actually quite interesting.

Answers sent to CO - thanks, Cankid.

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Well this is a place I don't think I would have gone to if it wasn't for this earthcache. Who would have thought rocks could be so interesting. I thought the Chinaman Creek limestone was pretty cool!

Thanks Cankid!

Emailed owner a few weeks ago but following on from tradition, shall log a find in leiu of correct answers

Answers sent to CO three days ago and logging now in the belief that they are correct. TFTC

I’ve been close to this earthcache quite a few times but I’ve always been intimidated by the number of WPs. Today I got over it and collected the required information.
Answers sent
Thanks for the earthcache

Found this earthcache a few days back and sent answers to CO. Haven’t received any correspondence so am presuming all is good to log. Was interesting checking out these rocks. Thanks for bringing us to this site during our travels in and around Canberra.

I am catching up on logging finds from the weekend. I know that I have collected the answers to this cache before but as I can't find them I redid them today. Answers as best I can do are being sent to the CO. I am certainly not a geologist and found it difficult to answer some of the questions that I have answered very briefly , not in full sentence format as I probably should have. TFTC Cankid and I hope the answers are satisfactory.

#4164
In the middle of our ACT roadtrip for the year, and we have a 'rest day' in a sea of caches! The kids needed a bit of a breather, so we decided on a tree-climb and large container focus for the day, with assorted others thrown in here and there, for an enjoyable 18 finds.
It seems ages since we logged an EC, and this one was great - these really are special samples of iconic rocks. We weren't sure we were starting on the right one, but after a bit it seemed right. TFTC!

Found with my Dad and big brother on our tree climb day in Canberra!
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Found today on day 3 of our road trip, today we just drove around Canberra getting 16 finds along the way, had a very fun time!!! Dad has sent the answers! =D (lee737). FP because of the cool spot!

TFTC!i!i!i!i!i!

Out again on the geocycle today. Should hit a milestone find as well as signing a few challenges and attending my first ACT event. A few more caches on the "to do" list and a couple of ALs to finish too.

With my usual flair for zero preparation I arrived here with no concept of what was needed. So glad that I could look it up on my phone. I would have been out of luck relying only on the GPSr.

Answers sent to the CO. Earthcache #6 for the day, and a favourite point for showing me something that I had pedaled by at least twice already today and not even noticed.

Rock ROCK.

Found with MDT79 and Gum62 TFTC answered by MDT79 cheers thank you

Found it with bek76 and MDT79

Found with Bek76 and Gum62 TFTC all answers sent to CO

Thankyou! Never stopped and had a good look before, some very beautiful rocks.

Found with OzKEG. TFTC.

After a family visit to the Arboretum, we visited this cache. Didn't know these was here. Another example of caching taking me to places and things that I otherwise, would have ever discovered. Anyway, a find for Mrs_OzKEG and Chocolistick03 who were with me. Thanks Cankid.

Found this nice Cache together with Dino and Flintstones. Thank you for putting it out and maintaining it Cankid.

Found together with Fred.

TFTC Cankid

TFTC cankid, your cache was very informative and made us have a closer look than we would have done without your cache.

Out and about on a walk with MinnieK, GLISS! and nibletricecakes grabbing a few caches in the area. TFTC.

Our usual Wednesday caching with GLISS!, nibletricecakes and k8tybee.

A quick gathering of information and answers sent to the CO. Thanks for bringing us here.

As we approached we noticed some men on BMX's practising their tricks....see photo.

Out with K8tybee, Minniek and GLISS! For a delightful mid week walk around the peninsular. Such a beautiful spot! Thanks for all the caches.

easy

Out with Coolducky to get some caches. Most found easy and logs signed. Thanks to all the cache owners for putting the caches out and maintaining them.
TFTC

Canberra Day 1: In my quest to complete all the Australian states, it would be remiss if I didn’t visit the fine city of Canberra. So, in the first leg of my journey through Australia, I made my way to Canberra by bus from Sydney. Flew into SYD this morning, before catching a Greyhound to the ACT. Picked up a fair number of caches today, a feat considering most of it was spent travelling between cities, but a good start to the adventure to come.

This is the specific log for this cache:
What fine specimens of rocks from all over Australia. I like what they have done to some of these, especially some that have been cut and polished to show the mineralization of the rock. I do hope something bigger becomes of these guys, they currently are quite lonely here. TFTEC!

Forgot to log this one and so catching up now.

Aquilus1 and I have been past these rocks many a time. We decided that we should finally do the earthcache.

We worked together, discussing the answers for the questions, before sending them to the CO.

Nice spot and a good idea for an earthcache. Tftc Cankid!!!

Perhaps one of my closest to home earth caches, definitely the one I notice as I often drive past and felt the need to visit to complete it. With dty73 we visited together and worked over the questions, It is good to finally have made the effort to do this one! Thanks for the EC Cankid - answers have been sent.

Great to check out the new rocks especially the Adelong Norite which polishes up to make beautiful ornaments. Tftc

Sent the answers a few days ago, so I figure its cool to log by now. Nice rocks.

Himself visited this collection previously in the height of summer, and when there were less rocks in the garden. A much more pleasant temperature this time, and an interesting walk through the collection. Answers were sent to CO a couple of days ago. Thanks for bringing us here and we shall keep an eye out for future additions.

Great geocache. Very interesting. Needs some updates due to changes in the rocks now there.

My first earth cache!!

Found 10:40 14/7/19 with TheTrueCornDogs on a very cold day. To make this cache even more enjoyable there was a geologist who was running a tour at GZ when we got there. It was great to have someone around to give us such great insight into the rocks. Thank you Cankid for the cache and bringing me to this location. Answers have been sent.

On a Sunday cycle from home to around the Black Mountain peninsula, found a few caches on the way. Visited here many times, including the popular Tilly's beach close by. Quite a bit of discussion as to which rocks corresponded to which WP, given the additional rocks, and that some have moved.... but we got there in the end. Lovely to get up close to the rocks, they are so tactile. TFTC cankid

answers Sent email to CO on today..

wow awesome and very interesting around, enjoyed walked to pick answers..
TFTC

A very interesting spot, thanks for the geological info.
It is wonderful to see the different types of rock formations.
As we travel around the country it is interesting to see favourite spots through the eyes of the local Geocaching community, otherwise we would not have noticed this area.
Thanks for your Earthcache.

Found it out caching with the geokids.

was very interesting to walk around and learn about the different rocks types.

TFTC

Answers send to co. While at mega we had a great time with this cache I loved what I saw like the effects on the rocks thanks for the cache Cankid
With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

Answers sent to CO during the mega. Now logging 11 May 2019.

At first I wasn't sure what to think at this cache, but it soon became a very fun endeavour to find the answers! Thanks for a fun time!

Answers sent to CO during mega.

Cool looking rocks. We got this one done between rain falls. TFTC Cankid

A very nice spot for an Earthcache. really enjoyed discovering the different rocks.

TFTC

Georode

Hello Canberra - what a great place. Here for the MEGA AND THE NFF. Out on a mission and MTB on a lovely Easter Monday. My GPS was wandering and I think there are more rocks since this earthcache was created so I have answered the questions assuming particular rock positions and I took photos of each too. Having said that, I guess the spirit of earth caches is to visit remarkable and geologically interesting spots! We all maybe have favourites - mine was one of the limestones. Thanks

Great EC down here explored after completing the nearby AL. Although I couldn't appreciate the full impact of these rocks as I was here after dark I was treated to a display of burnouts by a couple of utes. I always thought the practice was a little silly, now I can confirm the opinion comes from personal observation.

Log to follow. Responses sent to CO.

TFTC Log to follow

Lil Donna

Answers sent via email yesterday.
Thanks for bringing me to this interest site. I may never have stopped to look without this cache. I'm terrible at assessing rocks though. I guess I n3ed to do a lot more earthcaches.

Answers sent to CO on behalf of ourselves and Ash_Kate. Interesting location.

T4TEC
Logging with approval from the CO.
Enjoyed this one and learnt many new thinks.
Thanks to the CO for bringing us and others to this location.

Answers sent via frazelle. Cool little cache tftc

2nd earthy done for the day
TFTC