Townsville Christmas 2013 Railway Estate, Queensland, Australia
By
Danzfox on 15-Dec-13. Waypoint GC4VE4N
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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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Recently, I placed a new cache in the spot. Unfortunately when I went to check on it the next day it had gone. Gardeners where in the area at the time. I will renew the cache
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I am temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary.
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I apologise as family illnesses and the passing away of relatives was my priority these last months. I will address this cache in the short time
Not found in a long time, last online action from CO was in July.
Can we please have this one archived to possibly free up the are for other caches.
Thanks
R
Can we please have this one archived to possibly free up the are for other caches.
Thanks
R
[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there Danzfox. We found your cache "Townsville Christmas 2013" at 8:09:00 AM today.
This was our 2nd cache find in a caching run of 2 Finds & 0 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9810.)
[Blue]
We are trying to log at least one cache every day, so we can add to our streak of "Most Consecutive Days Cached", which we started on New Years Day 2014. Our route today took us to some really wonderful & scenic locations.
Wow, another quick find on our trip today. [/Blue]
Coordinate Accuracy: We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]
This was our 2nd cache find in a caching run of 2 Finds & 0 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9810.)
[Blue]
We are trying to log at least one cache every day, so we can add to our streak of "Most Consecutive Days Cached", which we started on New Years Day 2014. Our route today took us to some really wonderful & scenic locations.
Wow, another quick find on our trip today. [/Blue]
Coordinate Accuracy: We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]
No need for any scissors, but the other elements mentioned in the additional hint proved very helpful in narrowing down our search area. Thanks Danzfox for this hide.
Found it after a long day competing in the Miss Muddy event.
Have grabbed the 2 tbs to help them on their journey. Tftf.
Couldnt resist a quick play on the playground by myself while all nearby muggles were tucked up in bed asleep
Have grabbed the 2 tbs to help them on their journey. Tftf.
Couldnt resist a quick play on the playground by myself while all nearby muggles were tucked up in bed asleep
Awesome. Although our coordinates were way off - the hint proved our instincts right.
#419 a nice easy cache yet again and 5 of 6 for the day.
Came over to this one from a nice find at Smelly nearby. Arrived in the area and went straight off in the wrong direction, following the gps. After reading description, logs and hint, narrowed in on gz. Still took a bit of looking around but after reading a few more logs made a quick find as I was previously looking in the wrong area. Did not sign log as no pen in cache, but did take photo of cache if proof of find required.
Thanks for the cache Danzfox!
TFTC TNLN
Condorito
Came over to this one from a nice find at Smelly nearby. Arrived in the area and went straight off in the wrong direction, following the gps. After reading description, logs and hint, narrowed in on gz. Still took a bit of looking around but after reading a few more logs made a quick find as I was previously looking in the wrong area. Did not sign log as no pen in cache, but did take photo of cache if proof of find required.
Thanks for the cache Danzfox!
TFTC TNLN
Condorito
Staying at a caravan park in Townsvillle, on our 3rd trip around Australia.
Decided on a evening drive into the city, for some muggle free caching.
This was a good hide, and a well camouflaged container. Enjoyed the hunt.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Danzfox, for us and others to find.
Decided on a evening drive into the city, for some muggle free caching.
This was a good hide, and a well camouflaged container. Enjoyed the hunt.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Danzfox, for us and others to find.
Im here in Townsville officiating at the V8 races and at the end of today's racing, I ventured down here to collect this one. The crowds had more or less dispersed by the time I arrived and with the help of the clue, located the cache quite quickly. TFTC
11679 caches found
raining had to be a quick find
took : nothing
left : nothing
Thanks for the cache Danzfox
raining had to be a quick find
took : nothing
left : nothing
Thanks for the cache Danzfox
Suspect it may have been taken. Were muggled before we could be sure. Will be back...
Easy find with the hint. GPS was swinging today. Nice little park first time here. Thanks SL
This entry was edited by 2N's on Sunday, 23 March 2014 at 07:12:17 UTC.
This entry was edited by 2N's on Sunday, 23 March 2014 at 07:12:17 UTC.
Great hint! Found within 2mins of arriving at the coordinates, TFTC!!! Jackylegs44
A bit late for Xmas and too early for Xmas in July but that didn't stop me. No one around at 230pm so I came, saw and conquered fairly quickly. Good hint. Works well. Signed and replaced.
Thanks!
Thanks!
We called by here yesterday but were dissuaded from a search due to the presence of muggles on the play set. Today we arrived to a clear playground but muggle neighbours in attendance. We decided to try the search anyway and were heading for the indicated GZ when geoP went "there's a suspicious pile of. . . ." and the find was made with the GPSr still indicating a further 8m to GZ.
We signed the log and went to explore the playgorund, the likes of which we certainly did not have when we were growing up.
TNLN SL TFTC
We signed the log and went to explore the playgorund, the likes of which we certainly did not have when we were growing up.
TNLN SL TFTC
This is a delightful little park which we did not know existed. Quick find. TNLN TFTC.
We didn't have a find on 15 Jan on our stats page so we shot out after work together to grab this one. GPS was a little jumpy but we soon had the cache in hand.
TFTC
TFTC
After arriving in North Queensland a few hours ago, this park was the destination for a late family Christmas catchup and afternoon BBQ with the in-laws. All the kids took scooters, bikes and even a waylaid shopping cart to the nearby hair pin at the race track.
After the race track, it was on to the park. Whilst the kids were playing, a few of us wandered over and made the find.
Thanks for the cache, Danzfox
Pete
#1,447
After the race track, it was on to the park. Whilst the kids were playing, a few of us wandered over and made the find.
Thanks for the cache, Danzfox
Pete
#1,447
Mtn Pygmy Possum and I thought this would be an appropriate day to grab this one. Everything was very quiet at GZ and MPP soon came up with the find. TFTC. 
Nice spot, found it before my more experienced hubby, Mattcns. Thanks for the cache, and for something cool to look for on Christmas day.
Found together with a friend today. When we arrived there was a dad with his two kids at the playground, but the two little ones kept dad quite busy, so he didn't even have a chance to wonder about us two 
Squeezed a trackable in, that I brought over from NZ. Next finder please take it, I am sure it feels pretty claustrophobic in there.
TFTC
Squeezed a trackable in, that I brought over from NZ. Next finder please take it, I am sure it feels pretty claustrophobic in there.
TFTC
I got the msg saying that this cache had been published while I was walking to pick up my car...so had no car to zoom off and maybe get a FTF!! After speed walking to Mike Carney and finally getting the keys I still did not see a log...maybe still a chance....on arrival I quickly found the cache and low and behold Champs2Monkeys beat me...ha!! Anyway "Merry Christmas to all geocachers and I hope Santa brings you everything you want" 
Just got the notification for this one and rushed out to find. Turns out ^dventurers was sitting there when I arrived with a 2ndTF. I grabbed a 3rdTF regardless.
TFTC TNTL SL
TFTC TNTL SL
# 943 On our way back from lunch when we received the notification of a new cache.
It was a quick find while tradies were parked around the park eating lunch.
We didn't take the prize.
SL TNLN TFTC FTF
It was a quick find while tradies were parked around the park eating lunch.
We didn't take the prize.
SL TNLN TFTC FTF
This cache is only 875 metres from home as the crow flies. So took an afternoon stroll around to the GZ to grab the cache. On arrival, the park was resident to numerous muggles enjoying the play equipment. I continued on with my stroll and returned about an hour later. By this stage the park was deserted, making finding the cache easy. TFTC Danzfox. TNLN SL {#439}.
