SST - Logging Mcleods Brogo, New South Wales, Australia
By dghoffy and elysium_au on 22-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5DDXF

We believe it will be quite sometime before caches will have hiding places in this area so we have decided to archive.

Found evidence that the cache has been destroyed. Spiral from notebook found at GZ

We are well aware of the fires and that many of our caches will not have survived.
we have disabled many of our caches including this one, so that people wouldn’t be inclined to go into burnt out areas.
We have every intention when it is safe to do so to replace any of our caches that have been lost so archiving isn’t something we intend to do.

This geocacher reported that this geocache should be archived. A community volunteer reviewer has been notified.

Currently not safe to access due to fires. Will need to check on cache once safe to do so.

Great camo, had me going for a while. Thanks dghoffy

Very cool

This is the last day for picking up more of this fun series, along with ilook4geo. We realise what a lot of thought and preparation has been put into the cache placements and names as well as the apt camo used on so many. Each log had both lots of initials noted on it before being replaced as found.
Many thanks go to dghoffy and elysium_au for placing and maintaining such a worthwhile series of caches.

Out and about caching again today with goingplaces2 and it is good to be able to claim so many smileys while heading into Bega and surrounding areas. TFTC.

TFTC another crafty one, great recycling!

Last day of the long weekend road trip to the far south coast. Stayed overnight in Beta and worked my way north from there. Again lots of caches and mostly of good quality, thanks to all for putting them out there!
TFTC Wilbert67

Found by Mary and David at 15:20. Camo is coming unstuck. The wind in the trees sounded like surf. Dropped off "Grandpa Handey" TB. Our thanks to dghoffy.

Spending a glorious weekend down the Sapphire Coast as part of the Canberra Invasion. Whilst the invasion meant the chance to catch up with many cachers at events and at different spots (and a delightful excuse to celebrate Lovetherabbitohs 18th birthday), I spent most of the weekend on the hunt with the CGI crew: Fitzy_1965, DarzeeDi, Minniek , K8TYBEE , GLISS!, GSC2000 Lovetherabbitohs, B0tmun, death_killer & my_name_jeff_1. Thanks so much for keeping all the caches alive and making this weekend a possibility! Tftc

Out and about with nibletricecakes and the Goulburn/Canberra crew. Scouting the coastline for treasures... my first big caching weekend! TFTC (and trail)

One of many many caches found during our SST caching invasion - thank you !

Headed to Wallaga Lake for a bit of an invasion by people from Canberra & Goulburn. A group of us convoyed for most of the long weekend. The group known as CGI (Canberra Goulburn Invasion) consisted of fitzy_1965, darzee di, nibletricecakes, k8tybee, GLISS!, GSC2000 and my geokids Lovetherabbitohs, b0tmun, death_killer & my_name_jeff_1.

Day 3 now all packed up and ready to head home but not before finishing the SST series and any others along the way. All caches were quickly found. We certainly loved the variety.

Sorry for the generic log, some with an added comment - this weekend a few of us from Canberra and Goulburn decided to travel down to Bermagui and do the SST series and some of the other traditionals, camping at Wallaga Lake Big4.
Today was day 3, final day of our adventure and what a great adventure it was, loved the company, lots of laughs and stories making it a successful fun long weekend. I just loved the different caches and ability to park safely and enjoy the experience, some a little harder to find than others but found in the end . We signed logs as team CGI (canberra Goulburn invasion) and we all enjoyed ourselves, we all had a great day and all said how much a fantastic series it was. Tftc dghoffy and elysium_au

#11161 @0910
Travelling with AngelG27 and BobL27 for the 'SST Bermagui Invasion'. Day 3. Cache soon found. TFTC.

I found this cache together with barbarine by our trip from Eden to Ulladulla. We had a nice day. Thank you for the hide. Greetings from finderus.

Found it by our hollyday trip in direction Sydney together with finderus. Thank you for the cache and greetings from barbarine

Sorry hoffys, but this is going to be a generic log, as I have trouble keeping up with the youngsters I cache with, let alone making notes for individual caches. It will however save you reading every log!
Weeks ago it was decided to resurrect the idea of Canberra Invasions. I had not previously been involved in these adventures but enthusiastically signed up and this is our second this year. What a fabulous time we had. The main targets were the Event on Saturday night to celebrate an 18th birthday and the SST series. Both were achieved as well as some extras thrown in for good luck.

Thanks to all the COs for the effort they put in to creating the caches we found, but especially to dghoffy . What an incredible set of caches. I especially loved the names allocated to the caches - wow what great imaginations you have, and this spilled over to the creation of the caches. Well done d! It was wonderful not to have a series of mint tins or sistemas and their placement was great too. Evil at times but so much fun! I especially appreciated the fact that there was always good parking on roads that can be busy - glad it was a winter long weekend not one in summer.

All caches were eventually found, sometimes with a little bit of help - thanks to the COs and GrimRaider and were signed or stamped as Capital Crunchers. Brilliant series so thanks again and it was great to have you share the weekend with us.

18,282. Found during the Canberra (and Goulburn) Invasion of the Sapphire Coast with minniek, GSC2000, DarzeeDi, Nibletricecakes, K8tybee, GLISS!, and the geokids.

After much planning and anticipation, the Canberra and Goulburn Invasion of the Sapphire Coast was underway. I had previously done the SST series back in 2016 but I had a few DNFs on missing caches from that trip to make right ! This was the fourth DNF to cross off - so happy about that. Quick find at GZ this time around !!

My log from back then was :

"Attempted on a weekend run down the coast with mtrax and LuckyL10n to do the SST and BFH series and any other caches in between !

Our first stumble for the run. We spent far too long looking around here even though the obvious spot was empty... Next time !"

And it was so...

Thanks dghoffy !! So happy to now know you guys and appreciate you joining our Invasion !

Cache 5216 on 10 Jun 2019.

This was a long awaited and planned geocaching mission to the south coast with a few other Canberra cachers. Bobl27, TikvaNZ and I drove down Saturday morning and picked up a few caches on the way to the main goal which was the SST. We picked up 19 caches Saturday and 70 on Sunday. Such good quality caches and so many different hide types have made caching this trail a real pleasure. Today we are aiming for the last 30 caches before heading home.

This cache: quality camo, but easy to spot here.

Thanks dghoffy and elysium_au for the cache and the fun!

last day at the beautiful coast. It’s been an awesome weekend.
Found with Smittengranny, Kittykatch and Grimraider caching as Capital Crunchers. The caching catchup was a great success. TFTC

Found on a long weekend away. Signed as Canberra Goulburn Invasion - CGI. TFTC.

Stopped by on the way down the coast to a Scout Camp.

Cheers

By McLeods Hill,
I stopped to find this caching pill
Cache found,
where Scot's abound

TFTC

Love the camo! Really fab cache! Tftc

TFTC

Tftc

Much better, much easier.

Cheers

Bundy

Nice camo. Nice drive down this road as well. TFTC.

Jsson and myself went for a trip to find caches in the BFH and SST series. We logged as IJ. A lovely sunshine day with some clouds and a light breeze.
We found many nice and partly challenging caches during our road trip.
Thanks for placing a cache for me to enjoy and find.

A trip with Ingabo to the BHF and SST serie today.
Many thanks for all the caches.Some we have to search for a while.
We wrote IJ stand for the first letter i our alias ( Jsson, Ingabo)
TFTC!

Accurate coordinates and the fact that the cache was out in the open led to a quick find. Apart from one aspect, the cache and contents were in good condition. The very annoying problem was that a previous finder had placed some lollies in the container and in the heat, they had melted and then stuck to the outside of the logbook bag and the inside of the container. As well as the mess problem, food in cache containers can attract vermin. We cleaned things up as best we could with what we had with us. Thanks dghoffy and elysium_au for the cache and a very enjoyable series.

Another excellent cache. It makes you think about creating cache containers. TFTC

Love the camouflage! Thanks for another great cache!

G&T had planned a raid on the SST series in the hope of ticking off the required 100 finds for the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. So we came down and had a very successful weekend, with 50 finds on the Saturday and at least 60 on the Sunday, and only 2 or 3 DNFs overall. We completed the SST loop, although we skipped a few here and there when we missed a turnoff or it looked like a given cache might take too long to get to, given we were on a numbers run. But I was really impressed with this series, finding it much more interesting than a boring power trail. There's obviously been genuine thought and in many cases clever workmanship going into the hides. To have so many of such quality and variety is quite an achievement and made the numbers run much more enjoyable than it could have been, were we pursuing endless "tupperware under a bush" hides. People concerned about the lack of hints just need to pay more attention to the clever naming system, in most cases. I also appreciate the thought that went into planning a particular route around the caches - clockwise, which we followed as advised - and the selection of safe places to pull over. Anyway, today was another big day with over 60 finds, breaking G&T's daily record, getting very close to my record and passing my 4000th find milestone. We started the day by heading back from Bega to the spur of BFH caches, getting a few more in the area and then resuming our loop of the SST.

A quick find here of a familiar hide. TFTC!

Find Number 1630, found at 12:33

With the current Groundspeak promotion encouraging caching for the numbers, GeoSon NationalSteel and I decided to try for all 100 finds in a two day weekend. The only significant series that neither of us had found was the SST, so we set off down South to try our luck. With 50 caches found yesterday, we needed another 50 today to complete the mission.

Another one found by NationalSteel. My geosenses must be getting rusty.

The cache was in good condition. We signed the log using the signature GT/NS and replaced the container as found

Thanks dghoffy for the cache.

A series I will never forget, extremely challenging at times as every cache is different and there is no hint. Without a hint you approach GZ each time like a newbie, and if co-ords slightly out finding some caches becomes hard. Day 3. Nice hide, this cache will burn. Tftc

Couple of days off work so time for caching thanks for the cache

Found on my around the SST. A great series to do. Enjoyed the different kind of hides.

Having a few days away caching with d@geo
Thank you for the hide dghoffy and elysium_au

Found with gwd.aussie while on a caching long weekend.

TFTC.

Very clever had us all stumped my 6 year old found it lol

TFTC
Heading south from Sydney with Brewmaker Himself & Muppet95, with the idea of two full Caching days around the Sapphire Coast. Found this Cache as part of our two day adventure...
Cheers
Seemyshell

Overnight trip around the SST with Seemyshell and Brewmaker. I was really impressed with the wide range of unique styles and sizes. Another huge selling point on these were the interesting names for the caches (instead of numbered), which makes it easier to remember each location and find. Thanks to all the Cache Owners of the Sapphire Coast (namely dghoffy and elysium_au) for injecting the greater area with good quality caches. Thanks For The Cache!

On a two day road trip with Seemyshell and Muppet95 searching for caches around the Sapphire Coast. So many various hides along the way. Thanks to the COs for placing and maintaining these caches in such a beautiful area to visit.

Didn't see his daughters here! TFTC

Heading into NSW on a relaxing few days away sightseeing and caching, not trying big note ourselves on what caches we get or don’t get while here, but to enjoy each others company.

Thanks to the CO for the placement here.

Dropped off TB

AddictedGamer and I made a quick find of this one. Tftc!!!

Another good camo. On our wonder down to the Vic, mega at Alexandra. . 2546 so far for us. Thanks for placing this cache dghoffy, without cachers like you we wouldn't have a hobby. Signed log. took nothing, left nothing

Such a cool container!

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Back again for a few more in this excellent series. Many thanks for these beautifully prepared and placed caches.

We have picked up some more of the series in between whale watching. Love the interesting and creative containers and the always perfect parking places. Thanks for the series.

We have been visiting The Saphire Coast since our childhood and have always loved family holidays. Now there's just the 2 of us and we still love coming here. There's no better way to explore than on our very own geo-tour. We are interested to see if we discover any unknown (to us!) treasures on our journey today. We have already seen one whale from the shore, fantastic!
A nice change from the traffic on the highway. It took a few minutes to find it though. We are starting to call this type of hide "a dghoffy special"!
TFTC

Love the cache box. Very clever!

Found today with geowife 1211 and Rogerz1956 TFTC

Found with Geohubby TB142 and Geo Friend RogerZ1956. TFTC

Found today with Geowife kezza1211

Logged! Tftc

F(H)ound It! #2025 - @ 3:20 PM

We are on our way home from a quick visit to Cuttagee. I'm driving while the Reluctant Geospouse relaxes in the passenger seat. This means I get to choose the podcast and I get to stop for a couple of caches . After (another) unfruitful search for Billaroy roadkill I was glad for a nice easy find here.

Thanks for the cache dghoffy. No Ridgeo-pup pics today, she is fast asleep on the backseat.

Quick find and very nice cache !
We put a TB in. Tftc

We finally didn't put the TB in because it's not working. Sorry

Yup! Quick find. Lovely road to drive. Kutgw

Found as we wind our way from Melbourne to Canberra the long way around picking up some stray map zones for a challenge cache as we go. Being dedicated caches we never take the shortest direct route to anywhere, except the next cache of course. A quick and easy find on this well camoed cache. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Day 2 on the SST Trail.
More nice sunny weather and lots of good caches found.
Appreciate the efforts you have put into the hides.

SL

Spending the day around Tathra, Tanja and Bega - it really was a day from the ocean to the mountains! We enjoyed the variety and difficulty of the cache hides. Thanks to all the COs for enriching our visit to this lovely area of NSW.

On holidays from Brisbane visiting friends, down near Tathra for 4 days. Today we decided to tackle the caches around Tathra, Tanja, Kalaru, and the Princess Highway heading north from Bega. Due to the numbers found while on this holiday, I have decided to do a generic message. Thank you to all the cache owners who have placed these caches in the various locations. TFTC

Another neatly constructed cache,
Thanks dghoffy

Apologies for the late log
Thank you for the cache

The title of this cache helped make it another quick find! The last one on this little side road before returning to the highway

TFTC

Took The Woofer down the coast for a couple of nights, and used the opportunity to bring our cache count closer to 1000! It took us 8 hours to get to Bermagui, but we found over 40 caches, and had an absolute ball - with some of the most creative hides we've ever seen.

Another fun hide! Left some goodies. TFTC!

2360 21 of 89 today

It is a long weekend in Canberra and a welcome trip away as work has been hectic the last few weeks. I was pleased to accept an initiation to stay with fellow geocachers Boeing737 & Jetfuselage (hope you're looking after my plane Will). The south coast is beautiful this time of year, however, with the warmer weather, the reptiles are on the move and I spotted numerous lizards and two black snakes.
I was surprised how quiet it was, I thought there would be a few Canberra cachers about, but no: just me. Forgive the generic logs.

I found this one quickly but as I turned around there was a black snake crossing my path. Yikes.

TFTC dghoffy.Thanks very much for the guided tour around this beautiful part of the coast. I look foward to my return.

Love these logs

Quick one tftc

Found at 2:22:00 PM

Made the detour down this road which I have driven before. There was detritus all over the road from the wind and I had to drive quite slowly.

Thanks dghoffy

Found it!

Cache checked and had indeed vanished....strange, oh well, another is now in place. Happy caching

I think this is gone..

The day had finally arrived to head to the coast with fitzy_65 and mtrax to give the SST and BFH series a run. The initial plans had been hatched with f65 a while ago, with mtrax joining in after a chat about forthcoming plans at a recent event. This was our first DNF on the main part of the mission today. We thought the name was a bit of a give away, but after searching high and low, this one had us stumped.

Attempted on a weekend run down the coast with mtrax and LuckyL10n to do the SST and BFH series and any other caches in between !

Our first stumble for the run. We spent far too long looking around here even though the obvious spot was empty... Next time !

12:11:00 PM:
No luck finding this cache.
Pretty sure its gone given the size

As we are still at Tathra and we had such fun yesterday we decided to do another run around collecting the rest of the Sapphire Surprise Tour caches. Left the caravan park at 7.30 am and returned at 5.30 pm. This time we made it to Bermagui as we stopped just short yesterday, so it has taken us two days to go the 40 klms! We thoroughly enjoyed this series, the creativity, the sneakiness of the hides and the humour all while showcasing the Sapphire Coast. The amount of time and effort that has been devoted to creating and maintaining this series is amazing. Thanks also for placing the hides near safe pull off spots. Another good hide. TFTC Took TB.

Well great spot great view saw 1 trackable left it there thanks for the cache the ewoks

Cache maintenance run. Cache all good.

Today's quest was to grab a few more of the SST series, and any others along the way. And another one of these type of caches.

My thanks to dghoffy and elysium_au for the cache.

Day twelve of the Southern NSW Lounge About with BettyBoo3747.
A lovely sunny day, perfect caching weather!
The second day mainly on the SST trail, and a few other as we were passing.

We will miss this quiet road.
A good sized cache to finish it off.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 10206. Robmc and I had a rest day from the SST yesterday but made an early start again today. We left Tuross Head at 7.40am and first stop was School's out that we missed the other day. Started the real trail again at 9.10am and finished about 10 hours later back at TH. We now only need to go back to Cobargo and work our way north towards the finish. The inland scenery has been breathtaking and I really enjoyed the scenic views everywhere we went. Frustratingly, we had 5 DNF's today - they waste so much time.

More spectacular views. Thankful for the now familiar hide. Dropped in a NZ TB here to continue its journey.

Thanks dghoffy

We have made our camp at Bega & joined up with pprass to do the SST & others that we pass along the way in this pretty country side.
It was a very full day & we have done about half the track. Some great hides & a variety of containers.
Thanks for placing this cache dghoffy

Found at 10:35 AM GAFF1 in the company of DiMorgan.
Glad it wasn't in those rocks!
Thanks dghoffy.

With the warm weather still around a plan was hatched with Rapidlywild to head off again on another adventure. We headed down from Canberra on Friday afternoon after getting an early mark from work. Our hotel was comfortable and after getting a good nights rest we were ready for day 2. Our plan today was to attack the SST trail and others along the way and hope that we find all of them.

Apologies for the generic log, we had a cracker of a time around this area. Thanks RW for another fun weekend away.

The SST trail contained some easy finds and some not so easy finds, which was great, we also enjoyed the various container sizes and types used. We collected all but one in the trail due to some muggles who were enjoying themselves a little too much for our liking to approach to conduct a search. Which means we will have to return another day to this lovely area to collect the last in the trail.

TFTC dghoffy and elysium_au

Plans were put into place to spend the Canberra Day long weekend down at Bega collecting some caches with FurfacesLL. We cached along the way and picked up a fair few across the whole weekend.

It was day 2 (the MAIN day) of the caching weekend. Today we had it planned to do the entire SST loop starting at Bega and finishing at Bega. We grabbed a couple SST caches last night, but today we will be targeting all the others.

We set off nice and early, and managed to complete the entire loop. We found ALL of the SST caches except for one at the old hall (which was occupied by some drunks). A big shout out to the CO for the efforts that would have been involved in establishing this series!! Cudos!! There were some amazing containers, each varied in designs which made for a wonderful caching day. We had lunch at Cobargo (we were starving by this time) and we snacked for dinner. We collected as many caches as we could along the way, mostly SST but there were also others along the way. Apologies for the generic logs, just know, we had a wonderful time and we enjoyed the range in difficulties of these caches also!

FFLL had to walk to this one from about 300m away as we could not continue along the road. There was a BIG tree that had fallen down across the road stopping both directions. I stayed at the geomobile and contacted the council to inform them it needed to be removed. We tried removing some of it, but lacked a chainsaw needed to cut it to a moveable size.

Thanks dghoffy for the placement of this cache, we had a great weekend [^] Thanks for the company FFLL, had a great time as always

Found it and a nice piece of work.TNLN.TFTC

I found 22 'SST' caches today so I'll keep the comments brief. I couldn't find a few! A great series to which I will give a few favourites. Thanks dghoffy.

Great to travel the old highway again thanks

Nice and Easy find, out and about on a slightly rainy day caching down the south coast. TFTC!

Got this one too. TFTC