ES #069 Mongoose Bookham, New South Wales, Australia
By specimenX & Rapidlywild on 18-May-14. Waypoint GC54XMK

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17-Nov-24
On my way back from Victoria, I thought I would get this series done. Cheers
 
29-Sep-24
The rest of the family is away for school holidays so I decided to have a long weekend caching. After a day along the Murray yesterday, today I headed up to Yass. Wanted to clean up the endangered species trail and see what happened after that. Tomorrow is my big day - aiming to hit 7000 and set a new caches in a day record. Ended up in Binalong as well for a few in the afternoon.Not many spots here and the cache was in one of them. All fine here.TFTC DARKSIDEDAN
 
19-Apr-24
Alot of time and effort was invested into placing this series and I am glad to see that so many people have enjoyed it. After being in play for 10 years, the ownership was trasnferred over to DSD to keep the trail alive, thanks DSD. Learnt alot of new things also during the creation of this series about all the different endangered animals, its sad really.
 
24-Mar-24
Now we are staying two nights in Yass on the way to Canberra for the mega and pick up some more caches .Found the cache with TBU1BIKESU. Tftc. Thanks for adopting DARKSIDEDAN
 
24-Mar-24
We are staying in Yass for the last night before we are arriving in Canberra for the MEGA events 2024.We found this cache and signed the log.Tftc specimenX and Rapidlywildand Darksidedan for adopting
 
18-Feb-24
This series is the linchpin of my 200 in 24 hours challenge. I've wanted to get it for a while and decided it would work well as the basis to try and meet the 200 goal. Thanks for all the caches you place - it's a huge effort. I struggle to get out and maintain a few dozen.
 
28-Jan-24
Found it
 
28-Jan-24
TFTC
 
21-Jan-24
Team Groodle found it. Next.
 
13-Nov-23
This was the next in this series that I tried. I was moving up the road to turn around as I had decided to give up on this series, when I noticed something else that fitted with the hint. It was at least 14m out according to Sam(sung) so my last try turned up the cache. TFTC SL
 
05-Nov-22
It was very wet underfoot and very overgrown. Some containers were found out in the open and I surprised they didn't float away. I suspect some others have. There were also a number that had wet logs and could not be signed. Overall, it was a fun morning in a beautiful area. I tend to agree with the previous searcher that there is no log at GZ
 
25-Oct-21
Dnf cache, dnf log
 
06-Aug-21
Today’s adventures out and about picking up some caches around Bookham and surrounds with Marmaduke Rothschild. An epic day planned before our starts to shrink once again with lockdowns closing in around us.

And before the next lot of rain hits us. With winter nearly over I’m sure looking forward to spring and longer days of warmth and sunshine ️.

All logs in good condition unless otherwise noted.

Thanks to COs for placing and maintaining these caches.
 
21-Oct-20
With a day off and possible FTF’s along the ES trail behind Bookham, I decided on going out there to collect the next chunk of caches along the road. A little more purple then last time I was out here. It was a very peaceful drive until one of the locals hassled me, about what I was doing. She knew about Geocaching but wasn’t fully convinced that was what I was doing, **so future Cacher’s beware.** Other than that, I have now have completed the Dirt part of the trail and a couple of others along the way, which included finding some GCA Moveable caches. These moveable caches have already been moved to the above location. TB visit on all caches. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I found and to DSD for maintaining the PT. It has brought me much enjoyment. Big Grin TFTC’s Big Grin
 
19-Oct-20
Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 54.115 E 148° 32.910

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 54.108 E 148° 32.906

Distance from original: 47.2 feet or 14.4 meters.

Cache has been replaced with a new logbook and container. It is ready to go again, happy hunting. Cords have been updated.
 
18-Oct-20
Cache has been replaced with a new logbook and container. It is ready to go again, happy hunting.
 
12-Oct-20
Found it !
 
10-Oct-20
ES #069 Mongoose was transferred from specimenX to user DARKSIDEDAN
 
05-Oct-20
Nope
 
05-Oct-20
This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.
 
03-Oct-20
The family is on the coast enjoying the school holidays so I decided to have the long weekend in the Yass-Tumut district to increase my numbers for the year. The first challenge was the Threatend Species Trail so I took the blue road grader down this road to try and crack 100 for the day.
The road was very busy (maybe long weekend not such a great idea), parking was mixed, the grass was very long and the Caches do need a little TLC. In the end I found 89 caches had 12 DNFs and 2 I just couldn't really look for. In the end I also only found four of the clues for the puzzle so that was not solved either
TFTC Rapidlywild & specimenx

I had a look here but here was a bee hive in the tree and I was not keen to get stuck so I left quickly
 
19-Jun-20
**Most of caches were in bad shape and need fixing, ASAP.**

What better way to use a day off then by going Geocaching! Big Grin I decided on starting the ‘Endangered Species Power Trail’ which has been on the to-find-list for far too long. I did the horseshoe today which is the far end of the trail. The cache numbers I found were #69 to #110. **Most of caches were in bad shape and need fixing, ASAP.** I was able to fix a couple of logsheets but unfortunately I didn’t have containers with me. I hope someone will go fix them soon. TB visit on all caches. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and others joy. TFTC’S Big Grin

My second of two DNF's today. Maybe next time.
 
04-Jan-20
This one took a bit of looking but after reading a log I soon had the cache in hand. Thanks!
 
31-Dec-19
Very quiet on this road again today. Chip chip chipping away at this series. It is so darn hot! Not sure how much of a dent I'll make today. Cache quickly found. TFTC
 
01-Oct-19
Find # 5305
Found with sesblocker.
This is another container that needed replacing. It was crushed flat. We had to break the tools out to pry the logsheet from the container.
**Hint needs to change to "base of tree".
TFTC specimenX & Rapidlywild
1 October 2019 1:12 pm
 
01-Oct-19
This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.
 
28-Apr-19
Said goodbye to Di Morgan who are heading further South as we head North and Home. Today was the Endangered Species trail hopefully to be able grab them all, while letting the wife get access to watch the Canberra Raiders on the Phone. (Don't ask, today they did not win) Also picking up the outgoing and incoming where we can.

The Endangered Species trail, needs an Owner maintenance check, as we replaced a few on the trail after spending considerable time at gz and then widening only to find some containers cracked or out exposed or 13mtrs from GZ. I do note that we did dome accross new containers placed in Jul 18

TFTC specimenX
Total Cache Finds 7623
 
28-Apr-19
Neirbo4750
Doing ES Trail
Last one for today
 
25-Apr-19
We spent about 10 minutes here, both looking, and couldn't find a cache at either a log or a rock.
 
18-Apr-19
Found by The Empire
On my way to the Clearwaters Mega Event in Queanbeyan! I found the first 5 of this series a few years back on my way home from a trip to Canberra. We didn't have time to complete and series then and that didn't change today.

I did a lot of it, the weather was spectacular. Apart from a few dead wombats, thing went well. I was able to pick up find number 12,000 during my short run today too! Please excuse the copy and paste logs, it's going to be a big weekend! Thanks for the cache, and the series Rapidlywild & specimenX.
- M
 
15-Sep-18
Cache 4097 on 15 Sep 2018

A plan was hatched in the last week with TikvaNZ to finally get out to Bookham and do the Endangered Species trail. It has been a long time coming for me and I had several half-hearted attempts over the last few years to get organized enough to do it. But now it is happening! We will attempting to do it all in one go, but no judgement if we have to come back to finish it off another day. Unless otherwise noted, all caches were found easily, in accordance with the hint and in good condition.

For this cache: little log! All good!

Thanks specimenX for the cache and the fun!
 
15-Sep-18
#9907 @1028
AngelG27 and I had talked about doing this series for well over a year, prefering to wait for the warmer months and longer days, but avoiding the peak of summer. Everything lined up at relatively short notice to do them today. We departed my place just before 7am, and I was dropped home again just before 3pm. From #001 to #110 took just under 4.5 hours. Most were easily and quickly found. A few were found out in the open. We replaced the lid for one. Some had been replaced by the previous finders. We did DNF 4 but re-searched on our return and found two of them, leaving only two unfound. We didn't find three of the letters, but hadn't looked in the first few caches. Fortunately we had enough to easily determine where the final was. It was a very pleasant day out and the area was looking very green. TFTC and series.
 
15-Sep-18
Out for the day to up my numbers. Is dark now but I can't leave without finishing the series.
This part of the drive winds through private property and cattle are everywhere. Certainly I've keeled in more than one questionable spot.

I'm not quite sure why people have said rock unless someone has placed a second cache at this site.
Gz acvording to my gps was the big tree nearest the road and the find was 10m from there, exactly as described as in the clue.

Cache was found in good condition.
Tftc
 
15-Jul-18
Found during a geocaching trip with 2 goals, 1. Complete the power trail for NibletRiceCakes, CountryKittyKat, MinnieK and Fitzy_1969, 2. Try to earn all the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. We completed Goal 1, Goal 2 not quite. Such an amazing power trail with amazing views. Tackled with MinnieK, Fitzy_1969, CountryKittyKat, K8TYBEE, NibletRiceCakes and TheCutlets. Signed as MK,CKK,KTB,NRC,JDM. I will definatly be back to complete the rest of the power trail! TFTC and sorry about the generic log!
 
14-Jul-18
No mongoose but a duck swimming by... had to look far and wide for this one. Cords off. but got there in the end.

Hunting for Hidden Creature by Hunting for Endangered Species! Perfect right ? Wink
Made a day of the bottom half of the series with K8tyB, TheCutlets, Jdogmonkey, Countrykittykat, and MinnieK with Fitzy_1965 along for the ride. TFTC
 
14-Jul-18
Headed out with Countrykittykat, Nibletricecakes, JDogMonkey & k8tybee for a bit of caching along the Endangered Species Series.. Fitzy_1965 was designated drive for car 2 so that he could pick up the last couple that weren't published when he was last out here.

We started at the end furthest from home as we had a time limit. All caches found easily. Maintained some as we went with permission from the CO.

(signed as MK, CKK, NRC, JDM, KTB)
 
14-Jul-18
Found with The Goulburn Crew. Tackled with MinnieK, Fitzy_1969, CountryKittyKat, K8TYBEE, NibletRiceCakes and TheCutlets. Signed as MK,CKK,KTB,NRC,JDM. I will definatly be back to complete the rest of the power trail! TFTC and sorry about the generic log!
 
14-Jul-18
Found with group of friends on a caching day out
 
14-Jul-18
Team Goulburn... my first geocaching power trail with this mob
 
09-Jun-18
Tftc. Couldn’t find at GZ so expanded our search.
 
09-Jun-18
Tftc
 
22-Apr-18
This series has been on our radar for some time, and we have passed by a number of times, always with something important on the agenda meaning we were unable to stop.
This time we left Tumut and made the short journey to Jugiong. A wonderful camp place with facilities and a few caches, but within striking distance of this series.
And what a great series it was. Initially the landscape was somewhat scrubby, but the further we got into the trail the more it opened up into farming country. But oh so dry!
Striking the river we saw it as almost an anomaly in the accompanying countryside. But we particularly enjoyed following it and saw a number of campers in the seemingly remote area.
Most of the caches were nice quick finds, but we did struggle with a few and also ended up with a few DNFs.
Great to see good-sized caches for such a large series.
Our apologies for the generic log, but we really did enjoy the series and the drive through the countryside.
TFTC
 
14-Apr-18
ACTchil and I drove to Cootamundra to visit my family there and we decided we would give this series a hit on the way, we left quite early in the morning and decided to start at #92 and were so pleased to find this one. A great day to go caching and this one was our 23rd find. We were really keen to do this series that we have wanted to do for a while. tftc SpecimenX & Rapidlywild.
 
14-Apr-18
went out with Darzee Di and Banjo the geohound to get this ES series which we have been meaning to do for some time. What a great series and beautiful countryside. tftc Rapidlywild and SpecimenX
 
30-Mar-18
Spent a long time here just to leave the space empty handed.
 
28-Mar-18
Needs checking recent tree work here
 
28-Mar-18
Think this one is gone. Recent work near GZ
 
06-Jan-18
Today was going to be an absolute scorcher with temperatures of 30+ expected so we decided to go caching again and the goal today was the endanged species series, however we were unable to finish the endanged species mystery we only had 9 of the 10 numbers found. This was find #42 of our total of 112 finds consisting of 111 traditionals 1 Mystery and 1 DNF.

Thanks specimenX & Rapidlywild for placing this series we started at the last one and worked our way back to bookem before returning to our Yass campsite.

Grand Cache count = 609 total consisting of 576 Traditionals, 18 Multi, 6 Mystery, 4 Earth, 2 Virtual and 3 Event.
 
20-Nov-17
A very rock shaped log.

Back 10 months later to complete the last 50 of the endangered species. Thanks heaps to Rapidlywild and SpecimenX for an amazing power trail in beautiful countryside and awesome info. Thanks for getting me out and about. TFTC.
 
14-Nov-17
With another early start we left Yass and headed south to attack the Endangered Species series in the company of Na'wal and DAB on our 3 day camping trip up north. With the weather being ideal, we thoroughly enjoyed our caching day as we headed down Childowla Rd towards the picturesque journey along the river where all but one cache was signed as The DNT.
Thanks so much specimenX & Rapidlywild for the placement of this excellent series for us and others to enjoy.
 
14-Nov-17
DAB, the Tritonz and myself were a long way from home for a caching trip. We were up at the crack of dawn again for another big day of caching (signing our logs as The DNT) after camping the night before (well some of us did as it was a bit wet and some others were a little soft Wink The scenery just started to get better the further along the road. We have not seen this animal before. This one was probably the longest find in the series. The cache hint was nothing where we finally made the find for this cache about 6-7 meters away. And also a good time to have a break with a little shade. Signed and replaced as found.

**Thanks to specimenX & Rapidlywild for placing this trad cache and series for us to find**
**Smile # 5548**
 
14-Nov-17
Another sunrise and yet another assault on the local caches by The DNT...... The dynamic team consisting of DAB, Na'wal and The_Tritonz. With another warm day on the horizon, we started the day early. A successful day all round, with a nice tally added to our counts. TFTC specimenX & Rapidlywild Big Grin
 
12-Nov-17
It was a great drive today with Kittykatch and a great series. Appreciate the hard work. TFTC
 
12-Nov-17
Joolay and I had a great drive out along this road today. Maybe the cache has been moved as the container was found at a rock, not a log. TFTC
 
24-Oct-17
What a day ! we did not know till this morning that this was gunna happen but a 3 hr drive a great brekkie at Binalong and onto the trail , to get to our 5000 target , we had one DNF and easy finds on the rest, made the beer taste really good on returning to Binalong !! we were hitting each cache in between 2 to 3 minute intervals , we Routers do like a good trail, huge thanx to the cache placers for your work.
cheers from the Routers
 
11-Sep-17
Back again to try to finish this series.
Wandered around in the fallen branch again for a little while before finally spotting some blue. Yes...rock is better clue.
TFTC
 
17-Jul-17
We arrived in Yass later than we hoped so found some accomodation for the night. Had a look on the map and noticed this trail so thought we would get some done this afternoon and maybe a few more in the morining on our way out of town. The logs will be mainly generic and we will let you know on the last cache we end up doing, just how we went.
 
07-May-17
Another good find along the trail.

This was a tricky one and co-ords are ok but think the container has been moved with the very large branch coming down at GZ

HINT SHOULD REALLY BE ROCK NOW.
Container and log in good condition.
 
25-Apr-17
Well this one stumped me - unable to 'log' a find here. Despite recently listed as found 2 days prior, I was unable to reveal this one's hide. A very large branch seems to have fallen recently impacting at GZ but don't know if it has impacted the hide. Anyway, I've had a great day on this trail, despite the weather, and this is my 1st DNF so am happy. Gives me an excuse to finally turn around & head for home. Still have a couple of others to chase along the highway heading home.
TFT trail specimenx & Rapidlywild. Will definitely be back to complete later.
 
24-Apr-17
I teamed up with cullum68 and nissan65 to tackle the series,our day started at 4.30am meeting at Sth Nowra.We found our first cache about 8.00am and finished at around 12.30pm.During the series both cullum and myself reached our 2000 find milestone.....high fives all round.
We found all the caches wihout any major problems and absolutly had a ball while admiring the autumn scenery and finding the caches.
Apologies for the repeated comments but so many caches to log Smile
Thank you specimenX and Rapidlywild for all you efforts put in to make this series happen !!!
TFTC
 
24-Apr-17
Big dy out caching with cullum68 and bonfire7 thanks for the cache
 
24-Apr-17
Found with nissan 65 and bonfire 7. We are up from the coast for a day's caching. Thanks for the cache
 
20-Feb-17
Thanks for placing this cache specimenX & Rapidlywild
 
08-Feb-17
Lets see how the trail goes. How many would I find? A late start, but the day looked promising. Final details posted at the last cache (of the day). Great views, no wiggly sticks but plenty of spiders, grasshoppers, sheep, cows and the odd roo and wallaby. Oh, llamas as well. Got into the habit of waving to passing muggles, they all wave regardless. Noticed some caches weren't rehiden that well, maybe the weather, or maybe just someone a little slack. Had fun regarless, which was the important thing. TNLNSL TFTC
 
07-Feb-17
Here we go with another number cruncher found.Getting a bit warm now TFTC
 
26-Jan-17
Nice trail through the country side with some fantastic views along the way. A great way to spend a day TFTC
 
26-Jan-17
TFTC
 
23-Jan-17
Suscoe started this trail today and will hopefully complete it by next weekend.
It was a warm morning to start this one and by half midday we were in the mid 30's.
Hot and still down this way all morning.
But what a delightful area and we enjoyed our 3 hours here today.
A great range of creatures seen as we wandered the trail included wombats, horses, cows, sheep, cockies, alpacas, bees and their hives, a wallaby, millions of grasshoppers, currawongs, bullants and millions of grasshoppers.
We enjoyed the various locations and hides, a few have been thrown by the locals creatures out of their hiding spots to provide nesting spaces. We popped them back where we suspected they belongs.
The river was flowing pleasantly today and the hills looked brown and beaut.
Thanks to specimenX for this delightful wander in the countryside.
Terrific cache pages too!!!!!!!!

Had no use for a mongoose today thank goodness.
 
09-Jan-17
Such a lovely power trail. Heading to a Canberra for a very special cache we wanted to make it a milestone but we were short about 70 smiles. We made a dent doing a few on a Wagga Wagga trail and a few other odds and ends along the way we reached and needed another 40. Took us about 2 hours as we picked and chose which ones to get - avoiding way long grass, houses, farmers, cows and ones that seemed to have lots of hiding places. Everything was found in good order and returned as found. Thank you for placing and maintaining this power trail.
 
05-Jan-17
Tftc,

So today was a mission. A mission to complete the Endangered Species Powertrail in Bookham. I dragged Azzepious along with an early morning start. We made the journey down to Bookham, grabbing a couple of caches along the way before starting the trail. Along the way we encountered spiders, snakes, kangaroos, sheep, cows, alpacas and horses. At one stage we were held up behind a flock of sheep. We were treated to some wonderful views. We better planning we would have brought a picnic to have down by the river.

My caching partner Azzepious suffered a bruised heel and a few ant bites. His limping and screams of pain slowed us down but we pushed through to the end. We emerged victorious back into Bookham to find the puzzle cache, capping off the trail.

Thanks to the COs for creating this wonderful trail!
 
05-Jan-17
#71 of the day.
MrSmith00 and myself are on a mission for 100 caches in a day. Bookham certainly seems like the place to do it.
Thanks to all who placed these caches and sorry for the copy paste logs.
 
31-Dec-16
Got it
 
31-Dec-16
Tftc
 
23-Dec-16
111/111 on this great series today. Full log on the final.

TFTC
 
23-Dec-16
OCW delloro and Pipes_down_under, we found all 111 out of 111 in the **Endangered Species Power Trail**. A great series to help us spend the time exploring this region. A lot of work has gone into putting this together, so apologies for the generic log, but will include more detail for the puzzle cache. TFTC. Smile
 
23-Dec-16
Out to grab this great **Endangered Species** series today with delloro and Brewmaker.
All 111 completed in this fabulous area. Please Excuse the repetitive posts until the final.
 
27-Nov-16
Set out with dty73 to see how much of the ES trail we could get through today. Started at #1 at 8am and finished at #110 at 4pm with 1 dnf and 8 we didn't get to with a road closure. Logged at 12.51pm with this being #69:102 of the ES trail we achieved. An outstanding well maintained trail surrounded in stunning scenery. Well done specimenX and rapidlywild a truly outstanding effort! Came across some phone reception here with some messages from home coming through.
 
27-Nov-16
Apologies for the general log, I plan to add detail soon. Great trail, Coords were spot on and the hints made it quicker to . Thanks specimenX and Rapidlywild!!!
 
24-Nov-16
. 2068 so far for us. Thanks for placing this cache specimenX, without cachers like you we wouldn't have a hobby.Smile Signed log.
 
19-Nov-16
Found this cache at 12.18pm. Now going to follow the Childowla road. A lot more houses down this way.
TFTC
 
19-Nov-16
Today was the day to finish off this series. Like others should have done it before the grass took over. Most finds still easy after wacking away at the grass and thistles. Meet up with some other caches once of the way in and again on the way out. TFTC.
 
16-Nov-16
Been keen to come back and have another run at some more of this trail. It was a day off (shift worker) and with the geofamily interstate visiting family for a week it was the perfect opportunity to get out and just enjoying the beautiful weather and do a good day of caching. It was a late start due to sleeping in but made me way down the Hume to do the next stage of this series. The grass had grown considerably longer since I was here recently and made for some more difficult finds trying to watch for snakes and eventually found one sun baking near #30. Pickup a couple of trackables and dropped a few. All in all it was a great day and very keen to come back and do some more Smile
 
25-Oct-16
**Staying at Yass and intending to do the ESPT over two days. I think this is the best time of the year to do the series with everything green and lush and hopefully not any snakes. Best scenery we have seen in a long time. The finds have been relatively straight forward and I noted many caches have new log books. We are using the 4WD so no issues we hope.TFTC and TFTPT. From Aries44 and Mrs A.**
 
22-Oct-16
F(H)ound It! #1483 - @2:10:00 PM

Really terrific series!!!
Found with goldfinger777 while escorting SpecimenX on a maintenance run.
See full log at "Welcome to the Endangered Species PT"
 
22-Oct-16
Dropped by this one on a maintenance run with goldfinger777 and ZimbaW Smile

Cache checked and replaced log with a nice new one so all ready to go!

Cache on folks! Cool
 
22-Oct-16
Down from the Shire and out on a geomission to the ESPT with my sister, specimenX, and new geofriend ZimbaW (and the ridgeopup!) Smile

Helped specimenX with the maintenance so all finds were quite easy!

Full log on Welcome to the Endangered Species mystery cache.

Thanks for the hides, specimenX & Rapidlywild Cool

 
05-Oct-16
### TFTC, TFTS ###
**I had two days free, a little i30 and a swag, I was ready to take on the ESPT. I messaged the CO, to ask if I needed to assist in any of the caches, and did on a few, as the logs were wet, etc. I found out the day before leaving that a deluge of rain had fallen and the river had risen. The river wasn't the only issue. I was creek hopping at every cache, with the water running beside the roadway. A no point did I let my i30 leave the road, or t would have been bogged. Half way through day one and I was already more than halfway through the trail. Maybe I could do this in one day? Completing them in order I came up to #101, and could not pass the swollen creek crossing, it was still early in the afternoon, so I abandon the i30 and make my way on foot the the final 10. All up 6.5hrs with 112 Caches under my belt (Inc Licence Please)**

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30-Jul-16
Saturday 30 July 2016 - after the thick fog lifted around 10.30am a magnificant sunny Winter's day emerged. With a brilliant blue sky and reaching the mid teens it was perfect for a brisk walk over a 5 hour period finding 49 from 49 caches. Enjoyed the Alpacas with cria, beautiful black bulls and cows - one was feeding triplet calves, sheep feeding their lambs, wild horses with foals, wallabies with wombat size noses, kookaburras, cockatoos and a large eagle spreading its magnificent wings.

The landscape had brilliant green pastures and hills with rivers, creeks and brooks full and flowing rapidly into Oaks Creek and then the Murrumbidgee nearby. We were unable to cross the creek by car after ES#97 due to the speed and depth of water flowing so we walked up Oaks Creek approx. 500m until we found a fallen log that enabled us to scamper safely to the other side to enjoy the 6km return walk to find caches ES#99-110.

Worth two favourite points for the start and end of today's finds. Will be back to find the rest of the caches soon. Thx Muggle husband. Fabulous day. Thx Rapidlywild. TFTC
 
24-Jul-16
Attempting the Endangered Species series has been on our agenda for some time and it became a priority for this trip. We were not confident as it has been raining quite steadily for the last few days but we woke this morning to 1C temperatures but a beautifully clear day. We headed off unsure what was before us. In the end we were able to find 96 caches, had DNFs on two caches but were unable to attempt #99 to #110 inclusive because a swift flowing creek made it unsafe for our 2WD car to continue.

The Endangered Species series is located along some of the best scenery we have seen for some time, particularly at the eastern end down on the river flats. It is magnificent country, an experience we would not have enjoyed without geocaching. Most of the finds were straightforward. Unless stated otherwise, the caches and logbooks were in reasonable condition - at times we were not sure if some logbooks were damp or very cold. Thanks specimenX and Rapidlywild for a very enjoyable series in a very picturesque part of Australia.

Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find.
 
27-Jun-16
A trip through the countryside finding caches. There are some huge Bulls near this cache so everyone look out.
 
22-May-16
TFTC.... Stopping for a lunch break
 
19-May-16
Returned to the half-completed trail over a year after I left it. All quiet today, only saw one vehicle over the 48 caches I did. All were pretty quick finds with good clues. Made much easier by the lack of a ziplock bag on the logs and having the logbook open at the right page. Took less than two hours to do the lot on my own, keeping the engine running the whole time. Apologies for the copy/paste nature of most logs but nearly everyone does it and it's tricky to come up with nifty poems for each animal.

Thanks!
 
21-Apr-16
what pattern of
deception
is the cobra
with its
yellow banana eyes
locked upon the
silver mongoose
he knows how to dance
weaving its body
from side to side
bobbing its head
up and down
in a yo-yo
like fashion
suddenly
a lightening
quick bite
straight as an arrow
to crush snap
then bite off
the cobra's head

SL TFTC SX&RW
 
20-Apr-16
On a break from Darwin travelling Oz with CAD. Enjoying a stay in Yass and out today completing some more of the ES series. Enjoying the scenery Thanks specimenX and Rapidlywild for this great series T4TC:)
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20-Apr-16
Another day on this trail with Doodle Bug Oz TFTC 30th
 
18-Apr-16
A local stopped us along the way and recommend that we take the right hand turn in the fork for a good picnic spot for lunch. Last stop was this one before we turned left!
 
18-Apr-16
We've been wanted to tackle the Endangered Species trail for some time now, and these school holidays we finally had the chance. I've been joined by Ryan Girls and geo/muggle Starlight. Nice day for a spot of caching with a picnic by the river!
 
28-Mar-16
Found on my last day in the ACT. It was overcast and looked like rain today but it hasn't rained on me yet so off I went. I found 108 of the caches but include 2 I replaced and a few I repaired along the way. Most caches were easy finds but not in the most obvious spots so a wee bit of a challenge. The area at the end down Nanangroe Rd is just marvelous. It took me just over 7 hours by myself including extra hunting time when I couldn't find one and while I was enjoying the scenery. Tftc
 
05-Mar-16
Day six of our month long escape from Tassie. Today we're going back to do the rest of the Endangered Species trail. Found 106 out of 110 over the two days. Fairly warm today but still enjoying ourselves. TFTC
 
27-Feb-16
Visiting on holidays and this was our 3rd day out and about caching. Decided to tackle the ES Series and see how many could be done. Not sure if all could be done in one day. We started, we continued and we finished. Thank you to the CO's for placing these caches out along the countryside and bring you down to the Murrumbidgee River. Apologies for the same comment in each of these caches. TFTC