Bald Hills No.1 Hernani, New South Wales, Australia
By groovydoo on 13-Apr-14. Waypoint GC52D2T

At Armidale today for two nights and caching in the area. Some target caches that need our names in them.

Today, caching and travelling with RoddyC.

TFTCache groovydoo

We have started our homeward journey from Canberra after the Mega, and after overnighting in Bathurst, and our first of two nights in Armidale, today we hunt high altitude caches. Bald Hills Road circuit is our target.

Fence not electrified today. Curiously, the tree is still alive!

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 10:28 AM on April 16, 2023. TFTC, groovydoo

TFTC

Out and about caching today while visiting Dorrigo for a couple of days. Due to the number of caches, I am doing a generic log. Found the cache and signed the log. TFTC

After some quality time in Dorrigo NP, I picked up some caches on the way home. The FP's on this one piqued my interest, so I left the beaten path & it was well worth it. Such a cool tree! Made the find after a little digging & was on my away again. TFTC.

Crookedpete and I were given leave passes from our respective families for the Easter long weekend for a geocaching road trip. I suspect that this was our families' Easter present to themselves to have a weekend alone without our company .

As members of The Bromance geocaching collective, we are a rather contrarian bunch, so while the main geocaching action was apparently up north over Easter we decided to instead head south from Brisbane. Our main focus was on caches with lots of favourites, good DT combinations, high elevation or sitting sad and neglected with no visitors for an extended period.

After a second night camped on the roadside on the way into Armidale, our plan for the day was to head out towards Mt Hyland in search of a FTF. With that mission successfully accomplished, we headed back towards Ebor. Along the way we stopped to hunt for a few more caches to add to the tally, including this one which had not been found for a while and also helped qualify for an elevation challenge we were working towards. TFTC

Instead of heading mega north to Townsville for Easter, Seffnjarah and I planned a long weekend road trip south to Armidale and surrounds.

Another early start out of the swag at our preferred roadside camp site just out of town. The plan today was to cache along the Waterfall Way chasing unloved and high elevation caches with an FTF thrown in for good measure.

After the shocking experience at No 5, we were careful of the fence here. Many thanks for the series groovydoo.

Pete

TFTC found it

super tiny and hidden but a fantastic find! what it’s hidden in is probably the coolest piece of nature i’ve ever seen

Beautiful tree

On our way to Armidale for a few day's caching and picking up the ones along the Waterfall Way as we go Had to take this little detour.. Thanks for the cache.

Yay found it
The little clasp is briken and it was not attached. I have it hanging back in place but will need attention soon

Took a bit of finding and then unfortunately we dropped the log for which we spent even longer
Searching. Eventually had to replace it. Sorry.

This is a great piece of natural sculpture. Tftc

Geohubby back on form. Well done you. Love the tree. Talk about determination to survive. TFTC

Our last modern wonder to get the souvenir TFTC

TFTC detour to finalise modern wonders quick find in a surprisingly cool breeze

Getting tried now but had great day geocaching with Baby Birt and geo hubby

Out geocaching today with Wandering Me and her Geohusband. Another great find. Thanks for hiding this cache for our enjoyment groovydoo

Freezing cold, cool little find

Nice easy find for the start of our loop.

Found tyftc. On a trip to the coast to improve our D/T rating. Find #2006

A nice easy find TFTC

Tftc. #40

Left Grafton this morning heading to Tamworth to meet up with DiMorgan for the 29 Feb Souv. Stopped at Ebor and noticed this trail nearby. Setup the caravan at the Pub and set off for these. Nearly at the end and the heavens opened up on us. We were planning on doing the other trail but decided to call it and headed back to support the local pub for a few light refreshments.

TFTC groovydoo
Total Cache Finds 8913

I was on an Australia Day long weekend road trip with Pprime, Fangsoki and 1MinniMoo and we had targeted caches in the area which would help us to qualify for a number of challenges.

It took us a few minutes to locate the container.

TFTC groovydoo

With Fangsoki, Crew153 and 1MinnieMoo we have hit the Dorrigo Plateau for the weekend - having arrived yesterday we set out for day two through the early morning fog, next up here. Between us we had no issues finding this one, but the cows in this paddock were unimpressed (we found plenty of much friendlier bovines elsewhere).

Thanks groovydoo for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #7473}*

26/1/20 Find #3341
A road trip long weekend with Fangsoki, PPrime and Crew153, staying in Dorrigo. While signing the log the boys were obviously far too scary, as the entire herd of cows all fled up and over to the next hill.
Thanks for the cache groovydoo.

1MinnieMoo, Pprime, Crew 153, and I were in the Dorrigo / Ebor Area grabbing caches. This was our second day while in the area.

We enjoyed all of the caches in beautiful area - and appreciate the effort the cache owners put into the caches.

TFTC groovydoo

Found it TFTC

Found while on a geocaching holiday with tmann421.
Enjoyed the trip around and all the great hides.
Stamped TM/WW NZ, or if in pen our full names

Another very nice find today with woolwood9.
*Thanks for helping make our tour around fun!*
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or our full user names or tm421/ww9 in pen.

Thanks groovydoo for another good trail of caches.

Long weekend....time to get away. I left Brisbane yesterday after work and eventually made it to Grafton. This morning dawned raining with low cloud cover. This put a damper on my original plans for the day. Instead, I lounged around for a bit and had an extra cuppa or two before setting off. As the weather had begun to clear, I decided to follow this trail of caches. This cache took longer than it should have to find, but eventually the log was signed. TFTC

Our last easy find on this road, loved the series, even the shocking one lol.

Very cool tree

Logtime: 15:10 #6380
Heute: 15. Cache von total 17 Caches.

Vom Bald Hills-Trail haben wir leider 4 Caches nicht gefunden. Die anderen waren gut auffindbar.

Danke und Gruss
simeat und Frau
Switzerland.

Found out on a caching day around dorrigo and surrounds, with the main aims the bald hill and deer vale road caches. sorry for the generic logs and thanks for the cache.

Heading North for a short holiday and collecting some caches along the way.
Thanks for placing it for us to find.

TFTC groovydoo
Find 5909 logged from c:geo.

Staying around Dorrigo for a few day, camping and geocaching.

Time to attack the bald hills trail, most caches located after a short search, however a few took quite some time.

Nice quick find here, just out of sight of some muggles having morning tea a little ways down the road.
Thanks for the cache

Our caching list for today was brought to us courtesy of groovydoo! Thank you for so many caches to be found.
This Bald Hills run was an easier series of caches to find and the countryside is really lush and green. Our name was noted in each log found and all the containers were in good condition as were the contents.

We have been staying at the free camp in Thora with our caravan and using it as a base to cache around Bellingen and Dorrigo to as far as Ebor. Fabulous countryside and we have loved the creative hides on this series which quite often took some time to find. Thankyou groovydoo for placement of this cache and sharing this special spot with us. Fav point alloc for the series.

Found with my Dad and little brother on our Australia Day weekend adventure....

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Find #1849
Continuing our journey out into the sticks now, we managed 11/12 of the Bald Hills Series. The long grass gave us some tense moments, especially as a misunderstanding in my bag packing left me with only shorts to wear.....
This tree looks like it got hit by lightning while going into a wood chipper in a cyclone! Nice hide, I think I hurt my back leaning out to replace the log..... TFTC

this was a spontaneously action to do the Hill trail. it tooks a while to found all the containers we needed around 45 min - 60 min by car but we made it:) TFTC and maintenance the trail

Amazing tree
TFTC

A quick find. No problems. Thanks groovydoo

Found on a rainy caching day tftc

TFTC smile 3230# found all of these caches on the 17th of August on my way to Hunter Valley for my nephew wedding

Today on a caching/maintenance tour with Groovydoo. 2 trails and some single caches on a nice sunny day. 32/41

Thanks for the tour and the cache groovydoo

TFTC and the series.

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Find No: 5356. Visiting from Newcastle, staying in Woolgoolga, yukky day so thought we'd head for the hills, had a great day, great picnic lunch and 30 caches in total, thanks for the cache groovydoo!!

Found with shrimp 92 . Beautiful day for caching. Thankyou for the cache

A quick grab as we continue with our journey. TFTC

Sneaky hide and great views from GZ. TNLN SL TFTC

Last one in the series, disappointed to miss one but lots of smiles in our app now so happy about that. thanks for the series

Dissapointed this is the last one in this road for me although I did miss a couple,that will give me a reason to come back.TFTC.

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Weekend geotrip with ZO33 down in the Dorrigo Area.
What a glorious area with many beautiful natural attractions and plenty to see.
Thank you for placing and maintaining geocaches

A nice & easy find on this great drive. It's also a qualifier for the NSW Altitude Sickness Challenge! TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Thank you for bringing us to this beautiful area on our 3 day trip to Dorrigo & surrounds. TYFC
This is our 2nd Day. We are enjoying Today even more than Yesterday.

A bit of caching experience gave me new eyes this time!

Our second series of caches for today. Enjoyed this series more than the other Deer Vale ones - maybe it was just that it was more open country. Thanks so much Groovydoo for the effort you have put into the series. Great way to see the less travelled roads of Australia.

Nice easy find but as they are fencing it might have to be moved soon. TFTC

A favourite for an amazing tree. Tftc

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Found most of this series on my last visit but ran out of light in the end. This was a fun catch, thanks Groovydoo.

Decided to have an impromptu weekend away from Newcastle after the floods, so what better time to have a crack at gaining some stats for GC4K8YK NSW Altitude Challenge? It was however made more difficult by very limited reception, which meant all we had on the phone was the map with 30 closest caches and no information. A good test of 'cacher's instinct' - we only had 1 DNF which was pleasing. A fun day out with the kids, recommend the growers markets 45 minutes down the road too - great coffee and waffles!

We really enjoyed the Bald Hills series (as drive-by series go). Some inventive hides, with reasonable variety, and good coords. Nice views, cows on the road. Happy times. Thanks for all the effort.

We did the series in reverse, so this was the first for us. Quick find. TNLN TFTC

Found as part of our run through the Bald Hills mini power trail. While we don't normally go a lot of D 1.5 T 1.5 caches however we enjoyed the county side on our way through and thought the rating on some could be lifted a little. These all qualified us for the NSW altitude sickness challenge. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC.

This entry was edited by bella at waggy on Tuesday, 21 April 2015 at 09:26:21 UTC.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH GroovyDoo [^]

TFTC, groovydoo, SL

Out caching with geodaughter (geobunnybutts) to get the Bald Hills Road series. Had lots of fun along the way.
TFTC, groovydoo, SL.
My find no. 272 on 10 April 2015

6484 Caches Found

After leaving Stanthorpe and the end of the Mega Event. Heading home hoping to pick up a few caches along the way. What a wonderful drive Fantastic cache in a great location. Thanks for the great adventure

Thanks for the great cache groovydoo(8D)

This shaven landscape has been a delight to drive through looking for caches
Being a Sunday morning the skool bus was absent
So sans skool chids cruising past while I poked around in the roadside shrubberies, I had a really enjoyable morning out

TFTC.

Thanks for the trail
Fave point for the whole series

What a great series. I saw these when they were first published but this is the first chance I've had. Thanks groovydoo...

A nicely contructed and located cache. We didn't have time to do all of the series today, but hopefully will be able to return to complete it. Thanks groovydoo.

Found it with geodad Whitey Wiskas --- All Good .. TFTC ..

Found with Geoson Geoff511. TFTC Thanks groovydoo

New cache today

Thanks for the cache.

Boo another do e

10.35 sunday ,took awhile. clever hide..thanks groovydoo..

Easy find on a quiet road early Sunday morning. Thanks

Found after a quick search with Aussie_Rover89, touty78, scoots Beki & NSWLone Rovers

We reached the start at the end !

TFTC

Quick find on a weekends caching with Touty78, Scoota Beki, Lonely RA and NSW Lone Rover Crew. TFTC

Found on weekend caching with Lonely RA,Aussie_Rover89,NSW Lones Crew,and Scoota Bekie..Tftc

Found with 2 1/2 Crew Members in Attendance at the last of specific camps.

TFTC

Gotcha !!! TFTC And a favourite point from me for the series.

Second attempt at this one, almost gave up, but then I spotted it. TFTC groovydoo SL.

This was to be our only DNF today, had a good look but no luck today, we will be back! Thanks anyway.

Found it TFTC

Found It - - Quick Find TFTC

First one is the series for us. Thanks for a nice drive and some interesting hides. This log covers all!

Visiting the area for a day and happy to see some groovydoo caches to find. Thanks for the series.

Found at 2:11 PM GAFF1. We were told that there were no vehicles that came along this road, so it was safe ot travel along with our van - well at the very first one a 4wd and a semi trailer had to squeeze past our rig - what are the odds of that happening?

Thanks groovydoo.

Today we drove from Ebor to Port Macquarie.
It had snowed the previous night & as we arrived into Ebor there was still evidence laying around in the shady areas.
It was an early morning start 7am & -1degrees. We spent as quick a time at each cache as possible, hurrying to get back in the warmth of the car.
All the caches we found were in good condition & some wonderfull & scenic locations. Thanks for the nice country drive.

Thanks for placing this cache groovydoo

had a day out with family and teaching grandson all about geocaching.done the rounds of bald hills.bit cold sl.tftc.