By The Gate Ballandean, Queensland, Australia
By TeamPaulsen on 07-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4WJR4

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That is frustratingly tricky. Drove off and found a couple of other caches and thought we'd have one last crack on way back. Well done. Found with Secret7(P).

Tftc

TFTC

Found the cache a sodden mess. I have taken the liberty to replace the log book and to replace/upgrade the baggies protecting said log book.

Cache is now dry and in good condition

Thanks

TFTC spent the Easter long weekend camping at Girraween NP, hiking and geocaching. Love discovery local history - thanks!

TFTC. On a muggy thirsty day. A short caching excursion. Before lunch.

Today i performed Maintenance on this cache

With Mr Ando and Pipa

no luck with this today

Well, this cache certainly isn't what we thought. Talk about thinking outside the box! Although, with the sheer amount of time we spent on red herrings, perhaps you could up the Difficulty rating on this cache to a 2?

Found at 1.30pm on 7th December, 2015. TFTC.

Interesting cache but am sure it should be more then a D1. TFTC

There were many a place it could have been,
But none of them it was ....

Tftc!

Had us searching for a while but we finally found the thing that should not be, I think this is our second encounter with something like this. T4TC

This entry was edited by TheReshimehs on Sunday, 23 August 2015 at 11:00:28 UTC.

Found with jetmadchic

Found with FX3

Must admit i'm not very good with finding these types of hides. Thankfully i was given a few hints from other people which made it a bit easier. Cache was a bit wet, but able to be signed still. Thanks for showing me this area.

A very tricky hide! Was wet inside the container. TFTC.

TFTC looked with the Rooster for about 30 mins. Upon ready logs, a comment left by a person of indeterminate age, I swore, walked straight to it and picked it out within 5 secs. Excellent job.

Wow that took a bit of a look. Tricky

[Teal][font=Verdana]20262 caches found

Decided go to cache in the country instead of Town... Always enjoyed drive the car and plenty to see history, country, animals etc.
Thanks for hide the caches - signed the log.

Again thanks TeamPaulsen[font=Verdana]^][/Teal]

Today we did some post Mega caching finding 83 and 2 DNFs caches. Our aim today was to try and finish the caches on the eastern side of Stanthorpe to Tenterfield and return. We enjoyed the journey that the cache locations took us to.

We appreciate the time and effort gone into placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment.

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Am enjoyable visit and find on my first day of a return road trip from the Queensland MEGA. Took a wee while to find this one.

Many thanks for the placement.

On a geocaching trip with tmann421 with the focus being the MEGA at Stanthorpe. A fantastic trip away seeing a part of the country I had not been to before, collecting caches along the way. Stamped the logs with t&J or our names. Thanks to all the CO's for making this such a memorable trip.

Took us a while to spot the cache here. SL TFTC

Last day of Mega....having a great time camping onsite....caching today with robbieracer66 and Team Grub Fred...cool hide...fave point from me...thanks TeamPaulsen

Visiting from Newcastle, staying onsite at the Mega, travelling around with earthly65 and robbieracer66, TFTC TeamPaulsen!!

OMG, did that ever trick is. What a good idea.
In Qld for the Oz Mega has brought us caching in this area and we are thrilled with the caches here. Kept us entertained and on our toes.
TFTC

Thanks for the cache found it with earthly 65 and grubfred

Sneaky container!!!
Touring around Stanthorpe and area with DOC-WHO, doing the Mega event caches.
Found quickly after a short search. TNLNSL TFTC

Visiting QLD from Central Coast NSW, and attending the Stanthorpe MEGA EVENT for about a week. Camping at the showground, caching days done mainly with SpikeyMikey, meeting up with members of CCG, HAVOC, and others from all over Australia.
Many thanks to all responsible for a smooth operating event, my first Mega, and first visit to Stanthorpe. Plenty of reasons for a near future visit
Whilest it did rain and drizzle almost every day, I much preferred this over hot days, which is what I encounted on the Gold Coast return journey, as well as a repeated bout of coughing with the flu on the long drive home.

Great Puzzles, Power Trails, landscapes, History, Apples!, and company. Politeness and respect by all

Many Personal records smashed this weekend First MEGA, Finds per day, Altitude, etc

[green] - Found It on Sunday ... at 4:31 PM ...
TFTC! - [blue]TeamPaulsen[/blue] ... [/green]
Total Finds now ... 1314
[blue] This log was posted with CacheSense v4.212, available on Android and BlackBerry ![/blue]

Tftc

Found at 12:27 PM GAFF3 in the company of Juddda.
Well - we ignored "that" for ages and then it became the only object left to check It's going to rain on us soon!
Thanks TeamPaulsen.

Thank you for Stanthorpe Oz Mega....

Found at 12:27:00 PM, GAFF5, in the company of Pprass.
After a search around and dismissing an object up at first, Pprass came up with the goods.
SL, cache in good condition.
TFTC TeamPaulsen

As part of the caching group tour de Stanthorpe with Alansee, Maccamob, Phetlern, Zobo04, Lazzal and The Coffees we found your cache. We signed the log as GLAMPCZ, I apologize for the generic log.
Our thanks to TeamPaulsen we enjoyed the cache.
Regards
The "and it was" Coffee's

Found with Tassiegirl13 while in town for the Qld Mega.
At first we dismissed something but then when we didn't come up with the cache we thought maybe it was what we thought.
Nice work on that one.
TFTC

Found with Tassiegirl13 while in town for the Qld Mega.
At first we dismissed something but then when we didn't come up with the cache we thought maybe it was what we thought.
Nice work on that one.
TFTC

Had a fun filled day caching around the area with Gonefishen07, Lazzal, Alansee, Maccamob, Phetlern and The Coffees. Thanks for the interesting tour around the area and thank you fir all the effort that has gone into hiding theses caches TFTCTeamPaulsen

Found on the fourth day that Pheltern, Gonefishen07, Zobo04 and Maccamob and I had cached togethe rduring the MEGA event. Another great day's caching with no DNF.

Had a great day great caching with Alansee, Maccamob, Phetlern, Zobo04, Lazzal and The Coffees. Found lots of caches some easy to find some not so. We signed the log as GLAMPCZ. Thanks to those that have gone to the effort of putting out caches in this area for us all to enjoy wre had a great fun day. Thanks to TeamPaulsen

Found while attending the Qld Mega event over the Easter weekend. A quick find. TFTC.

Found by Mary & David, in company with Gonefishen07, Lazzal, Alansee, and Phetlern, The Coffees and Zobo04 (now signing as GLAMPCZ), at 1400. Our fourth day out and about around Stanthorpe, and we enjoyed more of the scenery, some wonderful caches and the company. We also made a start on the new Lab caches. Hadn't realised that this area had been settled as early as 1840. Our thanks to TeamPaulsen.

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[font=Comic Sans MS]A great day out with, Alansee, Gonefishen07, LAZZAL, maccamob, The Coffee's and Zobo04 logging as “GLAMPCZ” to preserve log space.
[Red]C[/Red] [Blue] onvoys of cars,[/Blue]
[Red]A[/Red][Blue] ll stopping and starting.[/Blue]
[Red]C[/Red] [Blue]urious looks from the muggles -[/Blue]
[Red]H[/Red][Blue] ow are ye doing mate?[/Blue]
[Red] I[/Red] [Blue]ngenious caches![/Blue]
[Red]N[/Red] [Blue]amesakes by Wingaap are gold! [/Blue]
[Red]G[/Red] [Blue]reat caching round Stanthorpe![/Blue]
[Red]Q[/Red] [Blue]uestions to answer, quizzes to solve,[/Blue]
[Red]L[/Red] [Blue]ab caches as well.[/Blue]
[Red]D[/Red] [Blue]NF’s equal none – for the day![/Blue]
[Red]M[/Red] [Blue]accamob logged in 21,000- fantastic![/Blue]
[Red]E[/Red] [Blue]veryone clapped & cheered,[/Blue]
[Red]G[/Red] [Blue]eo friends all around.[/Blue]
[Red]A[/Red] [Blue]great day of caching with 62 found.
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Our thanks to TeamPaulsen for bringing us here.
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Out on a very enjoyable days caching with Roostaman and LGoody.
Having a fantastic time caching and exploring this part of the planet.
Kudos to all the local cachers for the many and varied caches in and around town.
Thank you TeamPaulsen for placing this cache .

On our second day of our return to Stanthorpe trail. Looked and looked and looked. Eventually decided upon the only possible option. Very cleverly done.
TFTC

#6292Found and Logged 9:48:00 AM with Roostaman and The Green Geckos
One of 31 caches for the day 0f caching out about around around Stanthorpe while in town for OZ-MEGA
Thanks for the cache TeamPaulsen

[Blue]# 11626[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip at the Qld Mega town.
Another perfect Autumn day for caching with lgoody and The Green Geckos.
Another morning of caches on the GBB Trail and nearby.
This was trickier than it should have been.
A local muggle arrived and said lots of people can't find so he didn't know where it was either.
We just missed it & then the Gecko just checked it and there it was.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina.
Thanks for the cache TeamPaulsen,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Pprime does MEGA! Loving my days seeing all nooks and crannys of this wonderful area. Burp, another cache downed.
Thanks for placing this cache, TeamPaulsen. Found in good condition.
{Overall find #3659}
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The lid of the outer container is not attached to the container.

Gotcha !!! Left Team Robins Nest early to head down to Tenterfield and back up the Mt. Lindsay road, picking up a few more caches before the Mega. TFTC

Day6: Tenterfield on our way to the Mega Event
Todays trip was up to Ballandean & into the national park.
Thought this was going to be a DNF the co-ords seemed to be out a bit but we wandered over to the one thing that should not have been here & BINGO there it was.
Thanks for placing this cache TeamPaulsen

Has been maintained and ready to go. Thank you for your patience.

Absolutely full water

Travelling around Australia in our Caravan with our cat.

Arriving in Stanthorpe yesterday to cache and check the location out in advance of the Mega.

The town looks very inviting and everyone has been friendly.

Decided to head south today and work our way back towards Stanthorpe. Managed 35finds on a leisurely day.

We found this cache but had to empty out over 100ml of water from the logbook. Were able to sign with our powertank pen but others would be unlikely to do so.

TFTC

Looking forward to meeting other geocachers at the next Australian Geocaching Mega event

GC4X31B Queensland Geocaching ---- Event - Stanthorpe 2015 www.qldmega.com

Day 67 of my trip to Brisbane.

Today is a semi-fun day. After the last couple of weeks of intensive sorting of ju.., er, collectibles at Mum's place, moving, and cleaning, I'm in Stanthorpe, staying for a week, on my leisurely way home out of the heat and humidity of Brisbane. I had a good sleep, and have nothing to do today except take the GeoSchnauzers for a haircut, collect their dog food, and enjoy myself. I haven't escaped the humidity after all - it's raining quite heavily, so today is a GeoSchnauzer-less park and grab day. After adventures with GPS and relying on my memory of same, I've finally dropped off the dogs, after first getting on the wrong side of Storm King Dam. Anyway, I've got my trusty umbrella, and I'm off.

No 21 of 23 today. Thanks, TeamPaulsen. Excellent!! Have a favorite point!!!

The cache has been fixed on the 18th Jan 2015 new log ready to go again

Out today for a drive and did stop here for a hunt. Gps had us looking at long grass. Cruised around obvious spots with no luck. Considering where we were traffic was frequent and we did look dodgy so logged a dog in case it has gone astray.

Obvious spot full of gravel from recent rains. PAF confirmed spot....unable to spot cache

This was very sneaky! We resorted to reading LOTS of past logs and eventually read something that gave us a good hint. TFTC.

Relogging this under individual account, previously a member of Gaz'n'Kab account.

Previously logged under a team account. Re-logging with my individual account.

We headed out to Stanthorpe for the weekend, and headed off nice and early today, starting off the weekend a day early We managed to grab 23 for the day, and as always, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip out this weekend This one was next up on the list today, so we pulled up close by, and made the find quickly We added our names to the logbook, and headed off to the next one [^] Another one in the area ticked off the list



TFTC TeamPaulsen



Gaz'n'Kab



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Registrations now open at www.qldmega.com/register

Log your Will Attend at GC4X31B

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there TeamPaulsen. We found your cache "By The Gate" at 1:58:00 PM today.
This was our 9th cache find in a caching run of 10 Finds & 0 DNFs today. (So this now makes our find count 9400.)
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Todays cache run was down to Tenterfield, primarily to log some geocaches but also to charge the second battery in the Jeep before the on board freezer started to thaw out.

This cache deserves a favourite point for ingenuity.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent. (We found the cache around 7m from where the GPS said we should be looking.)
Cache Condition: Container was full of water. The log book is in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

we were on our way to Sundown national Park to pick up the caches there and have a look around so Rainforest Cookie kindly stopped here so I could pick up this cache as well.
nice hide, it was the sound that gave it away for me.
tftc

After a fun filled week-end caching and going to the Christmas in July event I still have one more day in town.
So I headed south and slowly worked my way north before continuing on home to Brissy.
no luck here.

Nice old gate from days gone by. A good thing MrG wasn't so preoccupied with the gate or we'd have never found the cache. Nice one TeamPaulsen, TFTC.

Well, although there was a sign saying the area was under surveillance I couldn't see any cameras anywhere. Nevertheless, I could see what became the cache and signed the log with relief. I had been ready for a lengthy search but found it quickly. Thanks for bringing us down this road by placing the cache here TeamPaulsen. We hadn't been down this road before. [^][^]

From reading prior logs, I had an idea of what to expect. My idea turned out to be correct, so I found this cache quite easily. Read the logs first, and you’ll likely have a quick find as befits the D1 rating. Thanks for the novel hide TeamPaulsen

Second day of the trip North to the Xmas in July in Stanthorpe, Qld to meet old friends and to greet new ones and generally have a ball and of course the chance to discover some caches along the way and visit some interesting places. Great cache. TFTC

We arrived not knowing what to find and when we searched we found nothing. Thought about this for a minute and the had a light bulb moment and found it. A great cache and will give it a favourite. Thanks TeamPaulsen

This one was very tricky. Took us a while to realise what it was. Probably needs a hint or higher level difficulty. Tftc

Ill drink to this one very devious. Took a while to see the obviousWell done Thanks

Found but unable to sign the log as it is soaked. I think this hide might benefit from a little work, might I make a couple of suggestions. The outer container has some sharp edges so this might be a problem, especially for little cachers. The inner container is designed with holes in the lid, so of course this is less than ideal for keeping the log dry. TFTC.

Found this one after a period of time but was unable to sign log as it was very wet. TFTC.

Looked straight at it and dismissed it. Very clever. Love this game. Take nothing for granted.

Great camo. Took me a while but soon spotted it. Log was a bit damp.
Sl
Tftc

This should of been a quick find -only one star-unfortunately we spend about 30minutes here before coming up with the prize .

TFTC
TNLNSL

out caching with Mum this afternoon, this was a quick find by her.
TFTC team Paulsen

Decided to go find a few caches late this afternoon. loaded the geopuppies and away we went the rain was lingering but soon stopped as we approached GZ. opps a car was coming so a quick dart back to the ute to get a pen and all was good. I saw the cache quickly and with some difficulty got the log out for signing. not too sure what the stick and fishing line was all about but we left it in the cache. returned to its resting place we took off for the next cache a bit further down the road
tftc team paulsen

A quiet day today with a visit to friends in Texas on the agenda and hoping to pick up a few caches on the way just to keep the numbers ticking over. Thanks to TeamPaulsen for hiding this cache.

A great combination of hides kept us entertained as we cached around the Stanthorpe area. We found this one on our return visit - cleverly done and gets a fav. A big thanks to TeamPaulsen

Took some time to find and I had to PAF to help as the iPhone was taking me into the open grass area. TFTC great hide.

I have a caching plan in place for my holidays that commence on the 10th March but after having re evaluated the total driving time and distance to be travelled in 5 days I thought it wise to take this leg off that plan and come down now for a couple of days as I am on 4 rostered days off. Left home in Nanango at 0330 and finished Breakfast at the robins Nest at 0930. Now to cache from here to the border and come back to Stanthorpe and have the afternoon off.

Arrived at GZ and the gizmo had me in the middle of a very grassy area. Started my search and eventually found the very cunning outer container at 1215. Took me twenty minutes using the process of elimination method and walking in bigger and bigger circles and also using the GRID method. I had this one approximately 10m out. I do not drink this substance but after this search thought who ever did should clean up their rubbish. Signed log YOF as this is what I use on this size log. TFTC TeamPaulsen.

Found @10:16:00 AM.

Certainly not the first place we looked but it was the last. Clever.

Thanks to TeamPaulsen for the cache

Found this tricky container, on one of our trips south. TNLN TFTC TeamPaulsen

Thanks for taking us out this way. TFTC

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