Woody Raglan, New South Wales, Australia
By Apsley168 on 19-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4X90Q

A quick find. Watch out for the blackberries.

Apsley168 I found your cache Woody on 18/10/2024, 9:10am. This is my find 7142 and find # 1 today. A quick and easy find with the help of the hint. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

It looks like some branches have fallen over the spot where the cache must have been + overgrown hope to find it another day

A long search. But I had to stick to it. TFTC.

Very easy find! Found it in a minute

Tricky, needed very tricky eyes to findTip would be you dont need to be spiked to find it just a keen eye

Too overgrown

Couldnt find it, the area is very overgrown

Reperio 12:44

Happened to be heading over to Bathurst today, so decided to come and grab this one being a nice accessible spot. Found the cache well enough, however it looks like the camo has swollen and the cache is stuck tight. Could not remove or unscrew the lid without damaging it. Photo has been taken.

Gratias Apsley168


‘As a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death’ - LDV

Tftc with drobbo on a trip to Sydney

Turned a DNF into a smile today! With Kimmy 533. A fave from me.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 25.465 E 149° 38.607

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 25.464 E 149° 38.609

Distance from original: 11.8 feet or 3.6 meters.

I've placed it in a better spot.

The cache has been replaced and is better than ever and ready to be found.

I’ll disable this so that I can do some maintenance on it.

TFTC. Very easy find at the moment and may require some maintenance

I was unable to open it.

Found on the ground and it appears that the cache had been run over by a mower as it was quite dented and could not be unscrewed. As a temporary measure, we hung on a tree. Details and photo will be sent to the CO. TFTC

Tftc - hard find

Samuel suggested this as we were looking for the trig on the hill here. But after 5 minutes in the very long, wet grass and lifting spiky bushes, it got old.....

Couldn’t come home without one more cash on a cold bathurst night

I’m not sure what hint means, but the cache name gives it away, thanks.

Pretty sure this is my fourth visit over about five years, maybe more. Had my daughter with me so felt less conspicuous. Picked up the camo straight away but put it down. A few minutes later, I gave it a closer look. Fave point for the camo and for driving me nuts all these years.

Tftc, love it haha.

5177 17 February 2021
Visiting Bathurst, Sofala and Hill End areas this time. Looking at finding a variety of caches.
Thanks for the caches and AL's.
Tricky!
TNLNSL
TFTC Apsley168 ?

Tftc Apsley 168, love the hint, what's brown and sticky in an off leash dog area???
Found, log signed

On our way to Dubbo, picking up a few smiles along the way. We are the woody’s, so when we saw the name of this cache we turned around to claim a find. Also chasing 50yrs challenge cache so this one will count towards our goal. FP added for the name sake & crafty hide. TFTC

Replaced bigger and better than before.

I checked this yesterday and it seems to be missing.
I'll replace it shortly.

We have travelled from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to Bathurst for a 9 day holiday, camping in our Jayco Swan Outback Camper Trailer at the Bathurst NRMA Big4 Caravan Park, and plan to collect some caches & Adventure Labs in the Bathurst and surrounding areas.

Today we went for a wander around the Bathurst CBD, completing the Adventure Lab and collecting numerous other caches along the way. After returning to camp for lunch and a swim we headed out in the late afternoon for some caching in the Raglan area, which turned out to be a bit of a disaster with 4 DNF's in a row and only 1 find - we should have stayed in the pool!

And here's the last of our 4 DNF's. Searched amongst the prickly bushes, but failed to find a cache. Yet more time wasted on DNF's, with this probably being our worst ever DNF "streak"

Found

Quick find with with jennyfromthefarm TFTC

Quick find! TFTC

Easy to find, thanks for the cache!

Found it, container was just lying on the ground in the grass exposed away from garden. placed it slightly camouflaged on a bush right on the edge. Not sure where it was originally located.

Nice evening walk

In all are travels we would not have even thought to traveled to this location.
(Ha Ha). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one of the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH -Apsley168 [^]

Tftc - originally thought it was sap but the geoson was quick to laugh while correcting me.

TFTC Thank you for hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity. It took a while. Good hint.

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I’m not sure what the previous finder was talking about, but I’ve just been and checked and after replacing the split ring, all is well. There’s no need to extract the container from it’s camo, just unscrew the lid.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Flew in this afternoon from Melbourne (via Sydney) for some work tomorrow up in Oberon and intentionally came with enough time to do a little cache hunting (it helps if you have a hire car). My third cache stop on my way in from the Airport was this cache. Always wary of a Micro that hasn't been found for ages, I was amazed that I put my hand straight to it when I arrived at GZ.

Unfortunately, after that things didn't go so well. I couldn't extract the cache container from its camouflage... after much twisting and pulling I eventually manage to unscrew the lid without extracting the container. It was then I discovered part of the problem... the rubber seal had expanded and was jamming things up. In the process of getting it out, the ring was ripped apart and so, without it, I was able to screw the lid back on after signing the log. The other problem was that in the process, the metal split ring broke... yes, it was jammed in really tight. I left the remains with the cache but it probably should be replaced.

Thanks **Apsley168** for the cache... and I am sorry that I broke things a bit. As I didn't have anything with me to make a repair, the best I can do is leave you a Favourite Point.

Out with RoddyC while in Bathurst house sitting.
Thought we had better cache today while here.

Quick easy find.

TFTC, Apsley168.

Hatzofff and I are in Bathurst for a few weeks house sitting, and of course have time for lots of caching.

After we had a late lunch in the Geo Falcon we wandered across and I soon spotted a hide all too familiar with my style of hiding up home. Nice one.

Log signed and replaced on May 31, 2019 at 2:25 PM. TFTC, Apsley168.

20 May 2019
This is find number: 3365
Streak Day: 1250

Found with Snoopy1976 , Nightfairy85 and lil paddy while in the area today. Thanks.

Thanks to Apsley168 for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Streak Day #2139 - Found this one on the ground near the seat as there is mowing going on...Have placed back in the garden. Might need to check on this to make sure it's in the right place. TFTC

Found the cache laying in the grass behind the seat. Placed it back in the garden but not sure if it's in the right place. Council was here mowing and whipper snipping so it may have been flung.

I noted that Woody was back in towne
Off I headed to say hello !!
And as usual in any parkland setting,
there was the council worker mowing the grass [:o]

How do they know ??

Between passes of the mower,
I poked the shrubberies.
Some poked back [:o]
Ow!!

Beginning to think that this was a woody needle in a lomandra stack,
I was ready to admit defeat.
Then ....
... Eureka

Hello Woody

TFTC !!

#4969- Out caching with thomo31- was concerned this may take us a while, but it was an instant find. Thanks

Found with WaywardWoman on a caching day out in the Bathurst area. A quicker find than we were expecting! Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Back in place and ready to be found.

Just checked and unfortunately it appears to be missing. I’ll replace it soon.

No luck today

Second time trying to find. No luck again today after 40 minutes.

Stopped by on the way back home after a weekend at Dunns Swamp.

Cheers

Yes. Brown and sticky and dirty. Good camo. TFTC

Easy cache find. Found Woody but no Buzz. TFTC

On road trip Sydney to Peak Hill. Weather getting cold, but managed to find it before my fingers fell off

This one got the better of me today. No luck.

Great wooden hide!

Sneaky but if You pay attention it’s right there ......even at 4’11 I had to get low.... TFTF with Joshwyatt83

Nice hide! Thank you

I now felt ready to continue my caching day, comfort stops are so important really....
I found this one surprisingly easy, I also think I was quite lucky with where I sat down to look; pretty much put my hand straight on something relevant. I have a similar hide so that may count but I think it was more luck of the draw than skill. tftc Aspley168

Mudgee trip for The Road Less Traveled series. Day 2. Bumeroo Ford to Sofala via lots of back roads and Kelso. On the outskirts of Bathurst, Raglan provided a nice cluster of caches before heading back to the TRLT series. This would have been easy to miss.

Thanks.

24621.45 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2007 June Signal A#92

**Albida**

We had a good search around but no luck at all here today.
Thanks

I've just been and checked this cache once again and, as I expected it's still in place, waiting to be found. You just have to look a bit harder!

Looked for ages.

Not a good start to Bathurst geos. Hope they aren't all dnf's

I hope this isn’t what Bathurst is going to be like. Another DNF

Looking with geo sister

Needed to stretch the legs. But no find today.

14832. Found during a tour up around the Bathurst region with minniek.

With a full day available for a caching run for my birthday we headed up towards Bathurst to fill in many gaps and have a great days caching. This was the next find for the day. After a DNF last time it was nice to make the find this time. Signed the log, replaced the cache, then we were off to the next one.

Thanks to all the CO's for placing the caches !!

TNLN - TFTC !!

I suggest to fitzy_1965 that we should go caching for his birthday. He chose the Bathurst area. So with a list compiled, my only request was to grab some unloved caches so I could finally complete a challenge cache. We managed to fill in a lot of gaps and some previous DNF's.....although I think we ended up with more DNF's for the day

Glad to be turning a DNF into a smiley.....not so many spider webs here this time!

I've just checked on this and found that's still there. I've also just increased its difficulty rating. Keep looking.

No luck today

Hi there Apsley168.

We found your cache **"Woody"** at 12:32:00 PM today. (This makes our find count 17931).

We cached around the 'burbs of Bathurst hoping to log some of our prior DNF logs. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour around the area. We ended up finding a variety of container types and sizes hidden along the way.

Today we found 11 caches (& DNF'd 3). Thank you for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Didn't spot this one today.

After looking away from co ords found Woody. Cache creep. Returned him to where he is supposed to be. TFTC.

With the storm rolling in we found it!

TFTC. Wood u like to find more caches but it's the last one for the night

After finding the Ansley168 cache Lavenders Blue frazeydaze and I decided to attemp this cache on the way to White Rock to visit family. After frazeydaze explained the hint it was a reasonably quick find. I own an identical cache at Randwick and it shouldn't of needed an explanation. TFTC Ansley168.

After finding Lavender's blue, went with oldmorty to find this cache. Offered a suggestion about the hint and off he went, hiking stick in hand, to poke around the prickly bush. He came up trumps. TFTC Apsley168

Headed out on a geocaching weekend through Bathurst and on to Orange with Fitzy_1965. We have pre-solved a number of puzzles and they were our main priority. Added in the odd multi & traditional along the way.

Prickly bushes are very prickly and currently resident to lots of spiders. We both came away with lots of scratches but no find.

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 25.449 E 149° 38.584

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 25.465 E 149° 38.607

Distance from original: 152.0 feet or 46.3 meters.

Because of a fire in the area, I've had to re-locate this cache. It is in a similar area to its previous location.
The new coordinates are. S 33 25.465 E 149 38.607

Cache is back in the new position. Happy hunting!

Having been alerted to the fact that there's been a fire in the area, I've just been out and checked. In spite of the area having been completely burnt out, the cache was still sitting there in place. What a little survivor!
I've temporarily disabled it and will re-locate it to somewhere nearby so it can continue to frustrate the faint of heart.

We have a thought on what this one may be but have decided to cAll off the hunt quickly.
Not sure how recent but there has been a fire through this area and wonder if it may have affected the cache.
We will take another look next time through.
Hope it is still ok
Tftc

I thought the recent mowing/slashing may have affected the cache - I looked for ages but had no luck.

The area has been recently mowed and I struggled to get my device to settle on an accessible GZ. Decided to just use cachey-sense instead and had nearly given up when all was revealed. Log book is wet but I managed to sign it.

TFTC

All of you people who are posting DNF's need to look a bit harder! I checked this morning and it's still there, waiting to be found. You don't even need to get off the grass!

A DNF today. Positve I was close but the garden is quite over grown. Maybe a check by CO?

A re post from my previous log as I accidentally put a find instead of a DNF

Out for a weekend of caching from Goulburn to Bathurst and surrounds with The Rats and Steeba.

Despite our best efforts we were unable to find this cache.

Cheers

We had no luck here tonight.... The weeds seeem to have taken over the garden bed

No luck for us here today- plenty of long grass in the darkness!

Lots of sticks...lots of prickles close to path...will need to try again later

Great hide!

Wilbert67 and us have been planning an over night trip to Bathurst and pre solved many puzzles in preparation, we also picked up quite a few others along the way. We left early in the morning and we were hoping for better weather in light of all the rain we been having and good weather we had. We had an enjoyable day with only 4 DNF out of approximately 43. A big thanks to all the CO for making our trip enjoyable. TFTC.

On A weekender with J+J.AU, Goulburn, Oberon, Bathurst, Lithgow and back is our goal. Solved lots of puzzles as a preparation for this trip and happy to collect in on a lot of them. More eyes makes easier caching. Started with some fog and cold on Saturday morning, but the weather got better and better. Thanks for putting out all the caches!
Wilbert67

Finally found. Searched at least 3 times before