midway break Georgetown, Queensland, Australia
By hot_wheelz on 19-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5D96Y

We continued today our tour of several AUS states in the NorthWest and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Traditional-Cache.The weather was - said in one word simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood. The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The logbook was okay, and allowed easy logging.Thanks to hot_wheelz for the generation of this nice cache midway break (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood. TFTC says H_M_A @ 22. Oktober 2024 @ 14:54 o'clock @ [#22706](https://coord.info/GC5D96Y)

Yes afew leaves,not much wildlife luckly

A lot of leaves indeed... As we always go snake and spider safe, we took two sticks to search for the container, that worked out really well and it was a quick find. Tftc!

Out and about today exploring Georgetown with Grannan55 and Geodogs. A quick find once I had the right tree. Thank you for placing this cache here for me to find. All good here. Now, onto the next one for the day. TNLN TFTC

Lovely little park for lunch with heaps of shade. Yes, the vegetation seems to have grown quite thick here but we managed to find the container once at the correct tree

This one was down to the grownups due to the extensive overgrowth. Bumblebee searched high and low, but it was Ballbag who found the loot. Logged signed. Cache rehidden. Back on the trek home.TFTCBallbag&Bumblebee + Bilby&Possum

Tftc. A lot of foliage but was lucky first go.

Stopped by on our way to cobbold gorge Lovely little park

A caching trip from Canberra, ACT to Cape York, Qld and then around the gulf to East Arnhem Land, NT.Now with a detour to Thursday Island.TFTC. I was worried about a long beach when i got to the spot but found it nice and quickly.

But if poking around but finally found withRosieAinoz. TFTH

Too much foliage round the tree didn't want to damage

Sadly did not find the cache today but beautiful view out to the river.

Making a bit of a mad dash across from Karumba to head down towards Brisbane and avoid the cyclone area, we still had to head this way and of course just needed a few convenient spots to stop for a quick break. This being one of them. Cache was found in good order, signed and replaced as found.

Out and about with TBU1Bikesu on a hot day for more smileys Tftc

We were traveling in this area after we left QOGM 2023 in Longreach and stopped here for a break and a smiley.We found the cache and signed the log.Tftc hot wheelz

Nice shady area to stretch the legs. Had a little friend to help

Found on our big adventure across 3 states. We had some time prior to our bota cruise along Cabbold Gorge, so what else should we do?! Thanks for bringing us here. It's lovely.

Grub62 and I had a bit of a look but a couple of muggles were having a BBQ. I tried to invite myself to it but I didn't think that they would share. Also we left without the cache. Happy and healthy Geocaching.

Heading to Cape York with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 & Team Crackers, after the QOGM in Longreach.This is one of the many caches that we found whilst in the area. The log was signed as PDGC, to save space, (Papi Drovers Geoturtle Crackers).Thanks to all the Co's for making this trip, more enjoyable. Signed and replaced as found.

Need to remember to carry a pen when wandering

Caching in the area we pick up a few caches along the way and this was one of them.

MAde a quick find at GZ. Enjoyed exploring the area, cache and contents were in good condition.

Many thanks for placing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience today.

A lunch stop on an Outback Spirit tour. The find took longer than it should have but all good in the end. We also found a lawn bowls ball - slightly out of place! Thanks to hot_wheelz for the cache.

Thanks hot_wheelz for taking time to set out and maintain this hide and for showing us this very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot

Find # 9483

#LockitupintheOutback

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird & Dawickedwaiz on an outback camping adventure. Grabbed this one after couple of great day at Cobbold Gorge. Another great day for caching.
TFTC hot_wheelz

For anyone making Geo plans, do yourself a favour and visit Australia’s only current Geotour at Ballarat while it lasts: https://www.geocaching.com/play/geotours/ballarat-victoria

And for anyone that can travel to Longreach, Queensland, late September 2023, Google “QOGM” which is the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. You’ll have at least 8 or 9 days of pure geocaching fun with around 200 like minded people attending a mix of events and access to over 200 geocaches placed by the QOGM team. It’s not a Mega, it’s better.

TFTC found with Wollaston and seasonedbird

All good here. Just passing through TFTC

We are staying in the van park just up the street.. Walked over and had the nice tide park to ourselves. Signed

We arrived in town this afternoon and set up camp. We have stretched our legs and gone for a walk around to take in the sites. Pool looks great to swim in. We had a bit of a scratch at GZ and found the cache. TFTC

Easy

Found

Found it! TFTC

TFTC School holiday trip out west.

Hard

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

Followed the GPS to 0 and put my hand in. Found it!! TFTC. Went for a walk to see the equipment and sign on the hill while Ardom stayed behind on a bench obviously in shock of my cache finding brilliance. TFTC!

ESCR found this while I was still assessing the site! TFTC!

This is a great little park. Well worth a visit.

TNlN, T4TC.

Cheers,
Ric

Gotcha Seeing as had been so long since a find we thought it may have been gone. What a lovely surprise TFTC

Had the park to ourselves. TFTC

Nice quick find. Thought we’d come out early while it’s cool. A beautiful park. TFTC

Just a short search here. TFTC

Found it TFTC. New log added.

Fun to find it was the hardest cash ever but had a great time

Spot on gps

Lovely little park. At bit challenging to sneak away from our tour group but made the find with a determined effort. One move county to The tally. Thanks for maintaining this cache.

Unfortunately no luck here, lots of camouflage around ground zero.

No luck here today

Wet day. Lots of lush vegetation here, but located the cache among the wet, dripping greenery. Cache was dry inside and also the log. TFTC hot_wheelz.

Found. Thankyou.

Thanks for your cache

Thanks

Beautiful cool spot for a quick find thank you

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 62. Mount Surprise to Western Creek Station near Georgetown. It was only a short drive today. I tried to have a leisurely start, but the birds were having none of that. I headed off and had a smooth drive. Once in Georgetown I walked to the two town caches and then the cemetery for the third. I had a look at the van parks and they seemed very full, so with two more caches out on the Forsythe road I decided to go to western Creek station. Very remote and despite plenty of people, very quiet.

With caravans all over the place, I was wondering what was going on, but I think it was just morning tea time. There was one group at the front of the park, but no one near this tree. That was pretty good, as I managed to need the whole lap to locate this one.

Thanks for the cache hot_wheelz

36582.1 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & March 2020 Guarding Gaia 3 A#422

**Albida**

Aquilus1 & I are on a mission to visit every LGA in Australia and on this short & sweet 5 day mission we went from Cairns to the Northern Territory and back again. 3400km's, 1 flat tyre, 600-700 kangaroo's seen, 1 hit, and all the other fauna & flora.

What a nuts adventure!

Day 1: Arrive in Cairns at before noon, grab the car and immediately off to Guyala for the first LGA of the day. During the day we saw massive trees, and old virtual and some earthcaches.....and at least 200km of dirt road without seeing anything at all except for one car. Limped into Hughenden from The Lynd about 9:15pm. Had to spend 15 minutes killing mozzies in the room before I was willing to go to bed.

Day 2: Leave Hughenden after admiring the windmill & the dinosaur for a day of largely earthcaches.....and long dirt roads that were marked '4WD only'. Our mightly little pretend SUV ate them for breakfast. Had a mad scramble for accommodation at the end of the day in Cloncurry.....eventually getting a cabin at the 'Road Runner'..... which clearly has a poor reputation based on the looks we got when mentioning it. Local event was great and met TeamPops for the first time.

Day 3: Left The Curry on the way to The Isa.....detoured south a bit before returning and doing some cool gadget caches by drrnrchr...some real talent there! Then off to the NT of course, as you do! From there it was a slog to Burketown...."up the dirt" which was a very poor road. Got the flat right near the end of the worst stretch so then limped in at 50-60km/h for the next 3 hours. I have never seen so many roo's in all my life and I live in Canberra which has a serious roo problem.....it was crazy. We arrived just near closing of the pub & takeaway and the town was in party mode....then 15 minutes later was completely silent.

Day 4: At sparrows got the car to the awesome guys at Nowland to fix the puncture. This was the day for visiting the aboriginal LGA's, we checked in for our 30 minute Mornington Island flights at the Shire Council, first time I have ever done that! Doomadgee was visited as well, the road there being excellent with an exciting river crossing for fun......and we discovered it was actually Mabo Day so we were very lucky to visit on that day, the towns were fascinating, the Rosie's chicken at the Doomadgee roadhouse delicious. Heading east along the Savannah way, we saw a croc & a canberra cacher....of all the things!

Day 5: Another long day from Croydon to Mareeba, with my first Queensland FTF as well on an amazing earthcache at Einasleigh....more swful roads but thankfully these were the very last! As always an interesting hunt for accommodation, but it all worked out.

Day 6: This was a relaxed day just cleaning up the few surrounding Cairns LGA's and cruising into the airport...where they tried to charge me $500 for having a puncture that was now repaired...jeez guys, c'mon! Sorted out quickly but I was set to 'ramming speed' for a few moments.

An unexpected and very nice park here, cache found without issue after a little searching through the foliage!

With GreyHams we set out on an epic 5 day caching trip from Cairns, to the Northern Territory and back again. 3400km via Burketown with the occasional detour off into different directions as was needed! Looong straight roads, many on dirt or rock and rough but luckily only the 1 flat tyre. Camels, a crocodile, wildlife in abundance of numbers and types and a crazy number of kangaroos after dark it was a little scary! Such a great trip through all the LGA's and we saw so much!

Day 1: We arrived in Cairns after midday to pick up the car with several hours of driving ahead of us to get to Hughenden. With road reports having just changed to open after recent rains it was a little unknown what was ahead of us. 'Drive to conditions and 4WD'... down the Lind in the dark and not a car to be seen for hours... we found out why! Some old caches, virtuals and earth caches to stop at, it was a good start into a few areas otherwise easy to drive by and miss their little discoveries.

Day 2: With reports of snow falling back home in Canberra we woke to a pleasant sunny day of blue sky and warmth. Hughendens windmills and dinosaur visited and then off into the unknown of more dirt roads of 'drive to conditions and 4WD' and a fascinating day of Earthcaches through the region. Cloncurry was our stop overnight and despite its many accommodation options it was a long search before the 'have you tried the road runner?' It proved better than expectations and as usual things just worked out. The Leichharde for dinner was a good snitty hotel, an event at the central was great to meet some local cachers and proved to be the steak place as we saw!

Day 3: The most epic of all days of the trip in the distance and events. Leaving The Curry it was up to The Isa, some local caching, local cachers and then south for a bit before returning through The Isa and off to the Northern Territory. Camooweal to Burke 'up the dirt' rough, rocky, lots of creek crossing, AKA 'dips' and a bit of water in places. A flat trye slowed things dramatically, after the crazy number of little kangaroos and 3 hours to travel 160km we limped into a thriving Burketown relieved to have made it with only 1 roo casualty. The hotel was a busy and friendly place, dinner at the closing TA and then the hotel closed and silence...

Day 4: Started off at the great guys at Nowlands who had the tyre repaired quickly. Checked in for our flight to Mornington and then off to the Burketown bore and wetlands while we wait, cool spot! Doomadgee missed the day before, we squeezed it in today which was worth the drive, the roos of the night made way for so many wedgies on the road and stopped overnight in Croydon at a great Queenslander hotel with the best meals and the best sauces to go with them. Yummy, caching fuel!

Day 5: Croydon to Mareeba, with a FTF opportunity at Einasleigh Gorge, great geology and a lovely discovery, lunch at the hotel and then off down some more dirt roads, creeks, water and corrugations, the road crews keep busy out these ways and we were pleased to meet some along the way! A little scramble for accommodation but Mareeba pushed us a little further and was well placed.

Day 6: A casual morning collecting a few local LGA's around the Cairns area before returning the tough and mighty little hire car and the flights down south to winter... aargh! Sunny Queensland, you will be missed!

Such a great trip, long days, long roads, landscapes and wildlife of such variety and abundance. Great caches, people and memories. Thanks for your cache that guided us through this area!

Found it! Out for a nice morning walk before we leave Georgetown to head home. Signed and replaced as found. TFTC

TFTC. Found it while out on a nice morning walk with Dat87

Found after a short search in this very pretty little park

After getting into Forsayth later than expected last night as we had chosen the wrong road and a very swollen flooded river blocked our patch so we had to come in via Georgetown so there was no caching done on our way in.
Today with a nice fresh start we headed out to Enslaigh to grab the two out there before heading our way towards previous logs said we thought that this was going to be a real needle in the ahy stack one but the GPS gods must have been shining on us today and we located the bigger than expected cache in the first place we looked.

As we pulled in our eyes were immediately taken by the old mining equipment and our hearts sank a little as we don't always have a lot of luck with hides on this sort of stuff and when we saw where the needle was pointing we breathed a sigh of relief.
Once we got to gz our hearts sank a little again and as

Many thanks hot_wheelz for bringing us to this location.

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks hot_wheelz (F=323 H=17) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

We were very lucky to find and return this one before a bus load of grey nomads pulled up and set up for morning smoko. Thanks for the cache.

We just beat the grey nomads. They were setting up for morning tea about two minutes after we found the cache. Thank for placing it.

Hubby and I just drove from Cobbold Gorge. Decided to stop for a coffee and look for a cache here in Green Park. Thanks Georgetown for a great park Easy find today. Tftc

TFTC,
Our trip to the Gulf ended last night with our arrival at karumba.
Day 14 and we have started to head east towards Cairns.
Taking a side trip to Forsayth tonight and grabbed this cache.
Visited trackables.

Day 14 of our adventure to Townsville Mega. Well this sure was a needle in a haystack, but luckily I found the needle, stamped log and returned. Thanks to hot_wheelz

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 3866#

Found on: 24 October 2021 14:31

Distance from GZ: 3m

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Quick find one the phone settled down on a location.

**TFTC for the Small Traditional Cache hot_wheelz TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 3866#
Found on: 24 October 2021 14:31
Distance from GZ: 3m
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Quick find one the phone settled down on a location.
**TFTC for the Small Traditional Cache hot_wheelz TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

#Find#: 3866#
Found on: 24 October 2021 14:31
Distance from GZ: 3m
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Quick find one the phone settled down on a location.
**TFTC for the Small Traditional Cache hot_wheelz TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0W, GM5KY0

Quicker than expected found with NutCacheBNE

Oasis

What a beautiful little park and I wish we had of known about the free council pool right next door to it…. Absolutely spotless would’ve spent the whole afternoon I had I have known about it….Never mind next time

lovely park, nice and shaded on a hot day

Found on Week 8 of my travels to northern Australia..

I travelled from Adelaide up to Cairns over 3 1/2 weeks on my own, then met up with FeatherWaite and another friend from Hobart and we spent another 3 weeks going up to Cape York and back. We then headed off on our separate ways home. I stayed in Cairns for a few days prior to heading back to Adelaide.

With the rather dynamic covid situation and the restrictions in place in terms of entry back into SA, I hadn’t really decided on my route home, although I decided to head west to keep the options of travelling home via the NT or via Birdsville. I was in no hurry!

After camping at the Einasleigh River last night, I headed south to Copperfield Gorge and Forsayth. Then it was back up to Georgetown before heading and west again towards Normanton.

It was busy around GZ today, with some local event on here at the park.

Thanks hot_wheelz for the cache.

TFTC this was such a beautiful little park with lovely gardens that I would never have stopped at if it were not for the cache.

Lovely tree to visit

Found during a trip from Adelaide to the northern tip of Australia and back. Traveling up solo along the Strzelecki Track to Innamincka, then through central Queensland to Quilpie, Blackall, Barcaldine, Hughendon and Ravenshoe to Cairns. In Cairns I met up with e.gregory1 and a non-cacher friend and spent three weeks on Cape York Peninsula before making our way back to Cairns and Mareeba. From there I headed on my own back home via Normanton, Cloncurry, Mount Isa, Tennant Creek and back down the Stuart Highway through Alice Springs to Adelaide. All in all I spent six weeks on the road, visited many out of the way locations, enjoying the scenery and finding caches along the way. Thanks for the cache hot_wheelz!

Great spot and happy to have this cache to do and to explore the region. Thanks to hot_wheelz

Nice - it rocks!

Lots of greenery but found it in the end. TFTC!

Stopped for lunch and eat

Stopped here on the way West, a lovely park, good coordinates and cache found in the first place I looked.
Thanks for placing and

TFTC

Too much greeness

Last time we couldn't search here as there were too many muggles.
This time we found it quickly.
TFTC

Found with LouLouRu14! Showing me the ropes TFTC

Found with a newbie! No clues due to no reception. TYFC

Took me far too long.
Tftc

A quick fuel stop and a couople of caches

9940
TFTC hot_wheelz

Number 10. Beautiful park. So much wildlife. Off to Cobbold.

We found this geocache in the middle of the road. Lucky we knew what it was. Placed back in location.

Picking up Corbo from his big adventure and dropped in with the weasel

found today tftc

Don’t take the hint too literal haha. Have taken the trackable for a road trip. Tftc

ZT & WJ found. Original log book looks a bit sad. Was going to have a go at moving the trackable but wasn’t confident enough.

Easy find tftc !

Tftc, GPS point accurate!

Got to the spot but could not find it with onlookers

Wonder if we were the muggles for the last people to find this one?!? tFTc

Tough muggle action at lunchtime but a nice bit of green to stop at. TFTC.

Found today while out and about TFTC

Nearly gave up but saw a little peak of a container poking out.