Manar's Dino Park Warri, New South Wales, Australia
By Gonefishen07 maintained by AnderKa on 15-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4X1XB

No response from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this cache has been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new cache via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).

Ministro - Matt

Good to go

Ooops better contact my cuz first

Thanks for the message. The area, including my farm near by, was significantly damaged by the fires in December 2019. My effort has been focused on recovery, i.e. repairing perimeter fences and hand feeding stock, so while I have the gear to replace the cache it has been a slightly lower priority at this stage. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Cheers, Karen.

Please note Anderka’s note. I’m sure she will have it fixed soon. Thank you for your patience at this time. Huge thank you to Karen for fixing this when you have time

Seems the poor Dino’s met a grim death

Gonefishen07 can you please disable this cache until I have a chance to rebuild it. It's a victim of the Black Range Fire or at least the building of a containment line. Sorry I didn't think about collecting it earlier.

Signed DSD with Loci612 today.

I love discovering Geocaches, Trackable items and collecting Pathtags. I have added your cache to my growing list of “Found It” logs. I hope that you enjoy Geocaching as much as I do. For me geocaching is a way of life. When I am not Geocaching, I am thinking of Geocaching. I would like to say a very big than you for placing your geocache and for maintaining it for the Geocaching Community.

In 2019, I won the right to place a Virtual 2.0 Cache from Geocaching.com, but I have not placed it yet. I am just trying to find somewhere that is worthy of a Virtual Cache.

Here is a little information about me. I have been geocaching since 2015. At the time of finding this cache I have over 5600 finds plus 340 hides. I am the creator of the “Duck Dip” Lab Cache that won 2nd Place for the Australian Capital Territory in the State Vs State - Battle of the Lab Caches at the OzGeoMuster - The Gong Mega 2019 in Wollongong, Australia.

Now let’s talk Pathtags. Currently I have over 4600 Pathtags in my collection plus about 500 Etagz. I currently have two of my own Pathtags (45762 & 46950) with another one in the works.

Have been meaning to grab these two caches for a long time now, every time I head down this road to the coast! But have always had other goals or plans!

Today however was purely about caching, and with most other caches along the highway found it was time to make a rest stop here !

Wasn't disappointed either, it was a fun dirt road to drive down and two caches with very interesting themes that some work has gone into to make us smile.

Thanks to the CO and the person maintaining for keeping these caches alive!

What's that ??
"Thar's dinosaurs in them thar Manar hills !!" [:o]
I headed up there to see for meself.

Yep !! There's the dinos
They're so cute at that age

TFTC

A trip out to Braidwood to visit the Dancing Man artwork and collect a few caches along the way. A diversion off the main track to area I have never visited. TFTC.

We soon found this cache once at Ground Zero. We loved the Dino Park - very nicely themed! We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for another good fun cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

Starting the day before sun up I drove out from the coast,via Nerriga,across to Tarargo and Lake Bathurst then down to Braidwood and The Clyde Mountain then back out through to Mongarlowe to Nerriga and home again.....Today was very enjoyable day of caching!,I visited some really neat spots along the way finding alot of good hides all on a beautiful scenic country drive to top it all off.

Found the cacheosaurus,loved the hide.Gotta give this a fav point!
TFTC

Picking up some stray caches on our way to canberra. Enjoying this little detour and seeing some different sights. Well the things you find in the Australian scrub, who would have thought. Tftc

Heading to Narroma today for the Narroma Rally, DRT and I decided to take the more scenic route and grab some caches.

This was our second and Ju loved the cache guardians TFTC

Fun thanks.

Thanks to a course Genghicat is doing we find ourselves away from Canberra for the long weekend. While the cat studies away however, I shall play.
I'm starting my day with Dino Park. A cute cache I must say and one that will thrill any little child.
It's quite a lovely drive over dirt roads. There's a bit of corrigation but otherwise an easy drive. Shame it's so dry.
The cache was found quickly in good condition and exactly on coordinates. Tftc.

Cool spot, dinosaurs was a great idea! Left as found. TFTC

Joined StrangeTrousers for a few hours caching out of town. The weather was nice – maybe a tad on the hot side later in the day. It was nice to get out here. Fun finding roads you do not normally travel and cool caches like this one. Know a friend’s son who would love this one. Thank you for putting this out and all the work to make sure they don’t scamper off.


TFTC Gonefishen07

#3735 5th for today

A quick Sunday morning trip out to Braidwood for some geocaching fun with CBCHic. I noted a new cache out at Braidwood and informed CC that it would be non-stop to Braidwood & we'd need to grab others on the way back. Just as well we did as it turned out. It was quite hot out there, I think it got to 35C by the end, but we were mostly in the car, so it didn't matter too much. Enjoyed the diversion along Manar Rd in particular. Had a late, quick lunch in Bungendore before heading back to Canberra. Other appointments awaited.

A nice collection of dino's roaming about here.

TFTC Gonefishen07.

Found @ 9:30am with hccatcher11415 on a weekend trip to the Bay

I'm not sure we took the right way into this one but it made us chuckle when we spotted the hide. Well done Gonefishen07 (and AnderKa for maintaining), a favourite for me!

A detour with allrounder on a road trip to the coast. A quick find. A favourite point from me.

TFTC

Good location. TFTC

Found with *Throsbyonchurch* TFTH

Found with *Throsbyonchurch* TFTH

*Mizee92 Tilly* found with *Throsbyonchurch* TFTH

Found your cache hide, thank you for the cache.

Lots of fun

Found -- 12:00:00 pm -- Thanks for the hunt and thanks for bringing us here to this location Gonefishin07.

**Cache Condition:** Good.

**The Cache**
Log signed and replaced in it's hide'y hole. Loved this cache hide too. Love the area, beautiful. I didn't plan to find this cache so running a smartphone was difficult it didn't like the trees.

**The Day**
I don't really have a *The Day* log on this occasion as this was more of a family camping trip to get in a little camping before school goes back, and as it's been occasionally cold and mostly super hot in our neck of the woods we have not done much over the holidays . Combining camping and swimming seemed like a good idea, so we ventured to Braidwood for four nights. It's been a disastrous trip for us, a caravan blow out and the wheel falling off due to the other half forgetting the nuts need tightening, and then a flat tyre on the car heading home, followed by a torrential downpour between Tarago and Goulburn and I couldn't see the road very well and nowhere to pull over with a caravan on the rear. The farmland around Goulburn was flooded, rivers had risen, and the streets were severely flooded !! Never seen anything like it there.

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***Respect peoples caches - money, time and effort that has gone into them.***

Out in the wilds of Manar to find... a Dino Park. Oh hahahahaha! Love, love the cache. Great idea, and a welcome diversion from the notorious Kings Highway. The guardians are doing there job quite well, and should delight many a geokiddie (and those young at heart). TFTC, a favourite. We also stayed here for a good 15 minutes and as the weather was mild and overcast, had a spot of late lunch, before continuing on back to CBR.

Out with Black Bunny.

Quick find here.

Thanks, Gonefishen07 maintained by AnderKa!

Out with Just a cacher and this was a quick park and grab here today.

Quickly spotted and the log signed to continue our journey.

Thanks for the cache.

Pretty cute. Will have to bring the Geo Grandkids to find this one. Kutgw

Found on a one month road trip around Australia. Life finds a way. TNLNSL TFTC

I'd noticed three caches well off the main road over time and today was the perfect time to go looking for them.

Another great themed cache - as I'm always intently on the look out for danger noodles it was a bit of a surprise to see the decorations around GZ. The young fella thought it was great and very excited. Surprised to still get some phone reception (Telstra) here as well.

TFTC Gonefishen07

Out for a driving adventure of some local by roads, op shops and caches today. Found quickly and enjoyed the cute premise. TFTC

We are staying with friends at Braidwood and it was great to be able to find this cache. We love the scenery around here and the creative hide. Thanks to Gonefishen07 for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area. Fav point alloc.

Another very kid friendly and engaging cache that our two young ones loved finding and investigation the contents. Exactly the sort of cache that will keep them hungry for more cache hunting. Thanks for your efforts on this one.

Huge thank you to Anderka for fixing this cache for me

Contents checked, container replaced and returned for the guardians to do their job.

Lid was found cracked and open from a cover stone crushing it.

Found on the way home from my Christmas/New Year holiday down the coast. I had to make the most of the day after the big celebration and a long drive home, so what else is there to do but make a slight detour and find the caches I haven't been near before.
Loved the theme decorations here.
Though the container needs maintenence. A cover stone has crushed one side of the lid. The log was thankfully dry still.
Thanks for the cache.

Well protected this cache!

Another beaut cache Lisa had recommended .
Blowing a gale up here today when we found Mon at 1.45 pm .
Great spot and well set up .
A fav tick

Love it when a cache owner puts so much effort into their hides. SL TFTC gonefishen07

#6690 @1235
My Son#2's first driving lesson today. He drove from where the Hume highway turns off into Mac's reef road to today's orienteering which was near here, then had a break while I competed, then he drove to here. The cache was quickly found. Definitely worth a favourite for all the cache guardians. TFTC and the opportunity for some dirt road driving practice.

We are in Jurassic park with vickimay20 found it

Found with O319. TFTC!

Found with Justjessie on our weekend escape to the coast. TFTC.

Love this cache!

2nd and last find for the day. Nice site prep. TFTC.

Found on a caching stop-off trip on the way back to Canberra from Bateman's Bay. Wow, what a cool cache. Thank you Gonefishen07

Found at 2:58:00 PM

Two-fer. I like that. Clever little set up at the local Jurassic park.

Thanks Gonefishen07

Awesome cache. Wish there was more quality like this around. Tftc.

another find on our Easter geocaching weekend. (logged as minniek)

Love the marker

Another fun cache for the geokiddies. TFTC!

Find 114 on our geocaching weekend. Great find. Love the theme and thanks for bringing us out this way.

GRRRRRRR.
Would not want to stumble on this one in the dark.
A few well chewed dead animals near by. I wonder if the dinos have been out hunting recently.
Lots of fun. thanks for the well set up cache and find.

Apologies for the late log. Picked this one up as I headed for the coast for some R & R.
Watch out for the long black cache guard that slithered away as I approached.
The other guards were less of an issue .

TFTC Gonefishen07
Find 4675 logged from c:geo.

tftc a great drive home from coast to avoid highway traffic.

Found on a caching stop-off trip on the way back to Canberra from dropping off Venturers at Coast Venture at Lake Tabourie. Had no trouble finding the sibling Manar cache and was very impressed with the decorations surrounding the cache container. Good stuff gonefishen07.
Thanks for the cache.
Cheers
MajuraHathi

Awesome love it. Makes sense now TFYC

Mate, you've got quite a sense of humour!! Another good one. One of your guardians was trying to escape, but I caught him and put him back. Couldn't tie him up, though. TFTC.

Lots of cache guardians here.

Thanks

Good little farm of special animals. so many, great cache, lots of smiles. TFTC

Hahaha what a great cache! Thanks so much!

Checked this on my way home after a flying visit.

Found with Thing no1 while staying close by at my cousins. Such a beautiful area. TFTC

Being able to take a short break this week we decided to travel south to get a few more caches that were in another area as well as take a short two day holiday before having to return to work in the very near future quick find made today in the rain the log is a little wet SLTNLN thanks for the find Gonefishen07

This cache really bought out my inner or most often than not my not so inner child. Loved this so so so much! Thanks!

Good one

8923 and 3rd of 4 found today.[font=Verdana] [Green] After doing the last one I had an idea what I'd find here - and I wasn't disappointed. Another fun cache that has been well set-up and well themed. [/Green]


Thanks for the cache [Blue]Gonefishen07[/Blue] and the Rubble. [font=Verdana]

Found with sacada. Now have my own login. TFTC.

What an excellent series of caches along these roads. You have gone to a lot of planning and I love the themes. Wonderful. TFTCs Gonefishen07.

Out for a drive from Queanbeyan to Captains Flat to Braidwood to Bungendore and then back to Queanbeyan. Love the hide, simple but fun. Took TB. Thanks Gonefishen07.

What a wonderful themed cache for our Geo Grand son to find , love the area, took GC and will move it on soon .TFTC

Another find on my summer cachestravaganza. Woohoo. Dropped off the coin and tb

TFTC
This is definitely worth a favorite point from me ..
I love the Jurassic feel and the effort you put into this hide.
THANKYOU

A pleasant drive through the countryside and found a few caches. TFTC Gonefishen07.

What a dinosaur of a cache!! A favourite from me. TFTC Gonefishen07 and AnderKa.

Our third find for today - the real objective today was visiting the beautiful open gardens around Braidwood and a few caches were simply a bonus. Thanks Gonefishen07.

8744 + 1000 = 9744. A lovely drive out through the country for three great finds...

I'd heard that there was something special out along this road - a place I'd never visited before. Today was the day. Off the main road onto the dirt and after T break continued on to this one. Another great set up ! Fantastic effort ! I bet the kids enjoy this one.

Thanks Gonefishen07 !! A Favourite Point for this one !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

Out for a very enjoyable caching day with Grimraider, Kittykatch, and Mr Roo. Very nicely crafted cache. TFTC

I headed out on a road trip with GrimRaider, Mr Roo and Captain Tomato to walk to Big Hole and Marble Arch and collect caches along the way. We headed in and made for this cache first. The decorations really make this cach a fun find. Thanks a lot

Out with GrimRaider, Kittykatch and Captain Tomato. Found quickly had a laugh at the dino's TFTC

A quick and easy find with a great dino theme park, getting ready for the next Jurassic park I guess.

15:43 HRS
Loved the theme - quite a surprise! Nice and easy to find.

Thanks.

Along this way I came with TaurusSix and braved the local wildlife to get this cache.

Another nice find whilst on the way to the coast! Thanks again GF07.

again a cache worth making the detour! Love the detail next to the container!
TFTC Wilbert67

Off we go again on another fun filled geomission with Rapidlywild and the two ladies of the FurfacesLL This time we decided to target Batemans Bay to Tuross and surrounds as none of us had yet to make any finds at these locations. Luckily for us the rain eased mid morning so that meant the rest of the day was reasonably dry-good for caching!. An 8am start and 3am finish meant we were all geobuggered, but as always we had lots of laughs and a great day was had by all

After the last fun Manar's find we had a feeling we were in for another fun find-and we weren't dissapointed!

Thanks for another creative and fun find, Gonefishen07 and AnderKa

The weekend was here, and there was a location that had not been violated by myself, specimenX and the FurfacesLL ladies, so the location was revealed and we were off to the coast and surrounds. The sky was not in our favor all week and it was touch and go, but the final call was made Friday night and we were all go for an early morning Saturday for a wet coast expedition. There was a lot of laughter, a lot of experiences that I had never had before, a lot of blonde moments and a lot of caches found. What a wonderful day we had over a period of 18+ hours, many many km's and seen lots of the coast

Another cool set up here, thanks for the find Gonefishen07

A geomission was planned with Rapidlywild and specimenX and as no one in the group had collected any smileys down the coast the location was decided. The week of wet weather threatened for the mission to be cancelled, however the rain eased and the mission was going ahead. We awoke to overcast skies and headed off down the highway ready for a big adventure and big day, some of the group with sleepy eyes. Thanks again ladies for great day and lots of laughs we are looking forward to our next one.

Another fun one really like these ones. TFTC

Another great cache. Thanks Gonefishen07

We had been to Goulburn for the weekend. Saw the rose festival at the Soldiers Club on Saturday and the heritage fair at Riversdale on Sunday.

These caches were a bit of a detour from the direct route home, but I had read their details and decided that it would be worth the trip.

Having coaxed the GeoPrius as far as the previous cache we persuaded her to continue to the next one. We parked just into a fork in the road and made a quick easy find. Another great cache, well worth another FP.

We set off back the way we came, or so we thought. The GPS did say turn right onto Kings Highway, but it eventually dawned on us that we had continued on Manar Road and we eventually rejoined the highway well North of Goulburn Road, having done close to 20Km of dirt.

The GeoPrius was not amused!

Thanks for the cache and for the adventure.

Found on the way back from a lovely weekend at Murramarang. A short drive to the wild west, back in time to another period of history. A short park near GZ and a short dash in. Spotted one item, then as we got closer we spotted more and more - such a cool setup that once again, was out of the ordinary. Loved it! Nicely done. Left TB. TFTC Gonefishen07!

Another cache that had awesome presentation and a complete lack of seriousness!!

Well done, gets a fave!

Thanks for the cache.

Why am I not surprised that Gonefishen07 has done it again! Another brilliant cache that the geokids around the world would love. Sol de lune had been before me - would have loved to have met! Anyway we were pushing the bounds by this stage as we had less time than we realised to get back to town, ablute, wrap pressies and head out for a mates 70th. All was good, we are back home after that momentous event and I have now finished entering 10 successful (and 1 DNF) caches for the day. SL TNLN TFTC Gonefishen07

Find number 3 on a run around the area. Have never been on these particular back roads, and even though it was wet I had good time looking around...

Cache was found without issue and made me smile with the set-up and cammo. Good effort.

Log was signed and it was off to the wild wild west........TFTC...Fav point added.