Kiara's Christmas Cache Berrinba, Queensland, Australia
By Cantcacheus2014 on 14-Dec-14. Waypoint GC5HTYZ

Flooded and gone

Easy find to start the day!
TFTC

TFTC

I have been planning a visit to Karrawatha Forest for a while, today geopup and I finally made it.
A quick find here today, cache is a little worse for wear.
Thanks Cantcacheus2014.

Found replaced with a new day paper... inside very wet... lid broken.. I will try to repair box somehow.
Gracias

We've headed over to Logan to find [GC8E Queens land](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8E) for our 2500th find and needed just a few more finds before reaching that milestone.
This cache is in severe need of attention. The container lid is in shards, the inner container is not keeping the log book dry and the log book is so wet that we barely managed to make a mark on it. We left the container upside-down over it's contents in the hopes it will help keep things dry. This really needs a new outer container at a minimum.

Thanks for find #2497
TNLN

Found while caching around the area, the hide has a broken lid, all inside is saturated, but still able to sign log, thanks for the hide, Cantcacheus2014

Grabbed the Geo-Dad and headed out early to trek down to the Karawatha Forest to participate in Community Celebration Events - 2020 (belated as it is now 21st birthday celebrations).
Arrived deliberately early, to tackle the 5-6 caches in the nearby walking circuit.
Cache 10 for the day.
Okay, looking at heading back to the car, but a different path back might get us to double figures for the day...
Signature in the log. Thanks for the cache.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

After finding the Queens land anniversary caches I made a loop back to the car and stopped by this one on the way. The container was broken and full of water. I was able to sign a damp log but it does need some maintenance. Tftc

Easy find. The old log looks wet and mouldy, the new one is OK. TFTC.

Found!
Cache in bad shape, outside container filled up with water and cache container floating...
Reversed cache, covered with natural camo should be good for a minute
TFTC!

TFTC! Great little area of the forest.

Last one for today, as it was getting on a bit in the afternoon. This cache has obviously seen better days, but it's still in a loggable condition thanks to Peppa's replacement. I would agree however that some CO intervention would go a long way to helping it's longevity. The uploaded photo shows the condition of the original.

TFTC

I made a detour from my intended path thru Karawatha to find this cache... needs maintenance indeed... the container has pretty much disintegrated... I’ve placed the contents into a container (the biggest I had on me) but I would be concerned about the longevity of this container in the elements...

Tftc....

Found with goldielover and the dogs. Nice little stroll along here. All good with your cache.
TFTC

We drove to another part of the Karawatha Forest to locate this cache. A quick search at the GZ and the log book was signed. TFTC

We had planned to attend the event here today but all things being Covid it was cancelled. We decided to drive up from the GC anyway and collect some caches here on this special day. We had a list prepared that included Queens land and Queens Land 10th Anniversary caches.

We walked up the trail with goldielover and stairman1 and their geodogs and they waited while we took to the bush for this one. Found quickly and retrieved the rather broken container. Replaced as carefully as possible and headed back to the trail where we said goodbye to our new friends as our cars were in opposite directions. TFTC Cantcacheus2014

Found it.
TFTC.

Out for a lovely walk in this area today. It is very flat around here and I guess the whole area could sometimes be flooded. Certainly the container was very wet and the logbook soaking. We did our best to get rid of any excess water in the container, however the container does need to be replaced if the cache is going to live on.
A beautiful area to walk in. We are really enjoying our meander through this forest today.
Thanks
Domsky 

Found on a short bike ride.
The container is falling apart, picked up some of the broken pieces.
Thank you for placing this geocache Cantcacheus2014
R

I had several target caches that I was after and most of those were caches to finish off the JULY Challenge. As of today I still needed a J, U and and Y and since I'm running out of caches where I am, I decided to head over to the dark side of town to an area that had all those letters that I needed.

The day consisted of 6 different cache types (Wherigo, Traditional, Earthcache, Letterbox, Virtual and Mystery) with plenty of time spent driving around and around and around Slacks Creek, then off to Karawatha Forest to weave in and out of the many different trails this place has to offer, but be careful, if you're not paying attention to where you're going you could easily get lost, plus it was my first time here, so I didn't know what to expect. While on my travels between caches I also picked up a few traditionals and even an Earthcache that I pass every Wednesday for work, so it was nice to finally grab that one while I could.

Thank you for bringing me to all these locations, many of them I've never visited before, so thanks. All in all it was a stunning, but rather warm day here on the southside of Brisbane.

Seeing as I was close by I should grab this one to, but it could really do with a new, well everything! The container is broken and the log is a total mess and I wasn't able to sign it.

Find #1125 - TFTC

Found it in very poor condition. Too wet to sign! What beautiful walk.

Desperately in need of a new container. Broken lid and full of water.

Travelled down to Karawatha with the main objective to visit 'GC8E Queens Land', the oldest cache in Queensland. Walked the tracks finding a few caches in the area before heading back to where I was staying in Toowong, stopping several times along the way to add to the day's tally. Thanks for the cache Cantcacheus2014!

I spent the last two afternoons in the Karawatha Forest to visit the geocaches hidden here around. First time beeing here I was fully concentrated to get the 2k geocache only. Now it was time for the remaining stashes. Few of them seem to be muggles (dnf was logged there). All the rest could be located and the logbooks signed.

Many thanks to all the owners for hiding and maintenance on their caches!

Greetings from Germany
st_klein

TFTC

Out for a morning walk to get Queensland’s first so I thought I would stop by.
Nice easy find.

Container needs to be replaced as it is breaking down in the elements. Log still dry at this stage.

On a morning walk through the forest finding caches...this was the 9th along the way...a quick find after a light bushbash...TFTC!

Planned our trip from the Sunshine to Gold Coasts around these caches. Used up a lot of nervous energy getting there with kangaroos jumping around and the thought of all those deadly snakes and spiders. Nice to get another smiley. TFTC

Our first ever Karawatha cache. We tried to get into the area on Monday for a walk but couldn't make it down Illaweena Street. Found a different way around today and began our 6 hr walk. Lovely day for caching and great one to start us off. TFTC.

Awesome quickly

Co was out of order but luckily the cache was exposed

Beauty

Found while out enjoying a caching biking adventure with Griffo. Nice day and great weather.
SL
TFTC

Found @5:03:00 PM.

With the hidden creature souvenirs month beginning we began searching for possible locations to have a "big" day of caching.
With Lismore area cleaned out Walden clan and I decided to pack the bikes and head North. We left Lismore around 5am and returned around 8:30pm with around 70 finds.
Really enjoy caching this way. A few mishaps along the way.
1. A puncture
2. Lost mobile phone (luckily found again)
3. A run in with the police while trying to access an area that had a road closed sign.
4. A sore bum

37km of cycling.
Had a great day. Thanks to efforts of the hiders.
Sorry for all the copy and past logs.
Cheers

Thanks to Cantcacheus2014 for the cache

1Minniemoo and I headed over to the darkside after a cito event on the water in the morning. We wanted to find the old cache in here and as many others as we could find as well.
We weren't quite sure on the area this one was in but it turned out to be much easier then we were expecting.
After scaring a wallaby and finding some spiderwebs, we located the cache.
Thanks for the cache.

21/4/18, 3:09 pm Find #1633
Out with Wombles&Co on the Dark Side, oops I mean Southside, this afternoon, after spending our morning CITOing on the kayaks on the Northside. An all round workout day today with upper body in the morning, then the legs for the afternoon!
When we first headed for this cache we weren't exactly sure of how much bush bashing was going to be required, as neither of our phones seemed to show all the tracks in this area, regardless of what we used to look them up. However as we walked from our previous cache, the way became clearer and once we saw some yellow up ahead along side a fence we knew we would have an easy way in after all I've and close to the cache.
When we finally did head off track, we made a quick find. I also managed to make quite the find of some decent spiders webs too . But I probably asked for that.
Thanks for the cache Cantcacheus2014.

TFTC
Needing a cache for the day, this one was on the way to Qld oldest, lots and lots of rain over the last 24hrs meant for a very wet hike.
Grabbed this one, however could not walk to many of the others due to flood water.
Cheers
Seemyshell

Quick find here despite the recent floods, we weren't sure if we would find anything but it turned out to be a quick find at GZ where the cache is safe and dry

Nice quick find on hot day visiting the nearby oldie! Many thanks for placing this cache - hope the Christmas break was enjoyable

Pete

#4,002

Found on the way back to the war from finding qlds oldest cache.

Taken TB , on our way to QLD oldest cache TFTC

Oh thank you 'Cantcacheus2014' for a regular cache. I've just walked around the Holden series and I'm well and truly over micro caches. Found this one after clearing a lot of cobwebs on the way in. The next finder can thank me ... if they're quick. Signed the log and left the travel bug. I'm not much into finding these days, so hopefully the next finder will move it on. TN/LN/TFTC.

We were planning on finding this cache after trying to work out a place to park. The nearby road was closed for access and we had to find another place we could enter from. In the end we found somewhere in the middle of nowhere but were happy to rack up a few extra steps.

On the way in, we were inundated with cobwebs and I had to resort to the old hold a stick in front of your face trick. I was knocking them down at a rate of knots but after the first 20 slap you in the face, your care factor starts to drop.

There were plenty of black butterflies dancing around and everywhere we looked we could see them performing their crazy mating ritual. I'm not sure why these butterflies would pick a hot muggy day to get it on, because anything of that nature was the furtherest thing from our minds (well, from my wife's mind). I'm always thinking about it.

We dropped a TB into this cache that we saved from a previous cache that we don't think will last long. Unfortunately we didn't take note of the tracking code and I hope the TB owner will get back to me so I can update it. tftc

Found it!!

Headed back to the picnic grounds for a little lunch when we (Swampybees and I), decided to side track to this one. Found a convenient gate to cross to the right side .(Why is that fence there anyway?) Cache soon located and the deed done. Recovered with a little extra cover as it was a bit exposed. Thanks Cantcacheus. As usual we took a slightly harder route back thinking it was a short cut. All part of the fun.

It's Thursday Fun Day with the girls again and today barbbowman, my muggle mother-in-law Pat (who's 77) and I are going to take a walk along the holden series Last cache for this part of the forest today and we decided to commando crawl under the fence, rather than go through the perfectly functional gate It didn't take us long to find this one and we were soon headed back to the picnic area for some lunch. TFTC Cantcacheus2014

thursday and time to channel my inner brocky
rio and i have muggle grandma pat with us today

finished our driving for the while and decided to find a different way out

oh can we get this one please
following the path and numbers start going up
oh it must be in there ... no ... it is in there

slight backtrack ... then shortcut under

yay found it

Great little spot!!!

I saw the cache before I got to GZ. Nothing wrong with that. Contrasts with the last cache I went for.

Lots of spider webs to get through.

Nice one

All good with this cache
TNLNSL TFTC Cantcacheus2014

I parked at the end of the trail and slipped through the gap in the gate. A nice gentle walk down the trail and I veered off to the right and a short walk in to the GZ. A quick find here. TFTC CCU2014

Nice easy find. TFTC

Quick easy find

After finding the Minnie cache quickly, I figured I still had enough time to wander over and find this one before I had to get to work.

It was a pleasant stroll and I stayed on the path until I was about 50m away. When I stepped off the track, I startled a rabbit that was quite close and it took off into the bush.

The cache was found easily and I realised that I should have brought the TB I have to drop off but I left it in the car. So I signed the log and wandered back out.

TFTC Cantcacheus2014

Our fourth find of six on our way to 366 caches for our caching year after a stroll we came across this one with out much trouble great hide nice walk had fun walking
Took the TB and will drop off some where soon

TFTC

Nice easy find thanks

A pick pop in cheers time to drop off a tb

Smilie #3343

Another quick find here.
Quite a bit of moisture in container.
Dried the contents, signed the log & replaced as found.
The log managed to stay dry.

TFTC cantcacheus2014

Cache was wet.
Quick find.
TFTC

We were in the forest today particularly to find a very old cache and whilst we were there we thought that we should take the opportunity to find some other nearby caches.

This cache came up on the screen and after a short walk from a previous cache, it was soon in hand.

The log was signed and everything replaced as found.

All is good with this cache.

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After finding more then I bargained for at the last I was taking it easy and very much watching for anything else around as I headed for this cache. Soon I was close and took to the bush for the last little bit of the approach. It did not take to long once on site to find the cache and get my name on the log before heading onwards to give another nearby cache a look.

TFTC

Out and about in the forest today, this was the next find on our list to do. Nice quick find and on to the next one. TFTC

Nice easy find, and that was OK with me. TNLNSL, all safe and dry here. TFTC

With the day free I made my way to Karawatha Forest Park to turn a few green boxes into a smiley.
This was the first find of the day, once the GPSr settle I was able to make the find. Signed and replaced as found.
Thanks for the cache Cantcacheus2014

After the rain ceased, we thought we would try a few of other caches of the CO.
Headed into GZ and soon came to the place and found the cache easily.
Signed the log and rehid the cache.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Cantcacheus2014 All good with this cache

nice quick easy find. went slightly the wrong way and had to jump the fence to get to GZ but walked out the right way TFTC

After finishing work meetings not too far from here I decided to go and find a few caches before heading back to my hotel for dinner. I was aiming for the oldest cache in Queensland came past this cache along the way. Our younger daughter is named Chiara which seemed like a cool connection with this find. TFTC, Biggles.

Today I set out with my geocaching companions, son boonimajneB and 5y.o. grandson geokid Olly. Our goal was to do 4 caches in Karawatha Forest to reach my 100th find. This was my no. 98.

A nice easy find for Olly. Took finger puppet and left Android 17 (Dragonball Z) Tazo.

TFTC.

It was a bit of a walk to this one from the trail.

I left the geocycle just off the main track and walked the last few metres to get to this one. The GPSr dutifully guided me towards a few likely spots and as I hit single digits the telltale signs of a cache appeared.

I left a TB in this one.

Great walk for dogs and hoomans alike. TFTC.

Geocaching road trip 2015
Doing the area with geopuppies
Tftc

Kiara's Christmas Cache

is a cache which has

a name with no

relationship (as far as

a cacher like me can)

see) to the cache being sought.



Clearly, we did not let a possible red

herring detract us from the

rigors of the hunt, and so

in no uncertain terms, we

successfully found the prize

then signed the log

meticulously replaced it

and went on our merry way,

stealth mode to the fore!



Cantcacheus2014 perhaps has

a daughter whose love of

cake as Christmas time

has prompted this for-

e ver dedication. Only speculation, of course.




Found at 10.00 am on 18th June 2015. TFTC.

Tftc! Love this area. I also took TB.

other one today easy found TFTC

Too easy Bruh come at bro

Out to do a cache this morning close to home (3.1km as the crow flys). Got to GZ and soon located cache, signed the log and we was on the way. TFTC Anthony

Collecting a few smilies this morning after visiting Karawatha Forest yesterday. TFTC Cantcacheus2014.

Arrived today in Brisbane together with Cats&Dragons from New Zealand to have a day out geocaching in the area before heading to the Mega. We had to goal to pick up some geocaches in the park today but due to the rain we were only able to get two. TFTC

Found as part of a short caching adventure before the official start of the OZ MEGA with Slieschke, Yorkshirekiwi83 & Vistra 0n Thursday 17th April. All logs were signed as "3ST"

We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the drive and the caches that we were presented with (learning along the way some local acronyms SPOR which occasionally we turned in to LPOR )
Thanks for the fun of the run and the sights that we saw including a large Lizard basking in the road (swerved to avoid) alongthe power trail.

So again thank you for the FUN of the hunt

Cute travel bug inside. Tftc

Started off on the wrong side of the fence but found the right path and the easy cache.

A quick find with TM

Out caching with Lisylou, Misssusan, Remsjw, Bennyboppers and Jemillalucy. Nice easy find. Nicely decorated cache and log book! TFTC!

We wandered along from Queensland anniversary cache and found we were on the wrong side of the fence but we found a gate to get through and once at gz it was a nice quick find. Tftc

Happy Christmas from the Tough Mothers at a well kept cache.

A nice one TFTC

Gunnie69 spotted this one in no time as we arrived at GZ.

Found on a bike journey around Karawatha Forest with Gunnie69 for a drive down memory lane of ancient cars. Thanks Cantcacheus2014 for the cache!

A short stroll from the previous cache, Ghostgums and I found ourselves at GZ but overlooked the really obvious cache location and continued past the hiding spot... Hmm, clever...

I circumnavigated a tree and spotted the container which we both should have spotted on approach. We both walked within a metre after all and the container was exposed... We're good at this stuff...

With the find secured, business was taken care of, I dropped a coin to add to the cache inventory, then tucked the cache back and moved on.

Cheers Cantcacheus2014.

Left s few noisy swaps. TFTC.

Safe and dry

Just a short ride from the last and I ditched the treadly and took off on foot. My phone was playing catch up as I weaved my way through the trees towards GZ. Before it got a chance to work out where we were I spotted the container from a distance. It was completely uncovered just sitting there looking nice and pretty. Everything was in order so I guess a bush turkey or something had been scratching around it. As I had left my bike back near the track, I wasted no time signing in and replacing with a lot more camo.
The container looks familiar I think, Canungra event prize? Nice decoration work Kiara, thanx again to you and your parents.

I had take my push bike for quick ! cool TFTC

I had left the missus in the car parked near the gate and after finding the other cache headed down the path.

I was not aware that this part of the old farm had been annexed into the Karawatha Park but I am glad that it has been,

I soon found the cache and signed the log.

I returned to the car and my wife told me that she had been visited by the local constabulary who where checking out the area. She tried to explain caching to them but not with much luck. They told her that the area where had parked was not a safe area.

Looking at the burn out marks on the road and the 2 memorials on the fence I think I can agree with them. I would advise other cachers not to leave their vehicles unattended here especially at night. We were glad that we were leaving.

A quick stroll resulted in the log being signed. TFTC

Out and about on a sunny Sunday.
A quick detour to find a couple of caches before getting on the MTB nearby.
A quick find here after a short walk.
Thanks for the cache

The day before I, Dr Hunting Rabbit, am meant to be leaving Australia and what do I spend my day doing? Geocaching with WTF21!!!

After a morning of caching with Crew153 and a quick lunch WTF21 and Dr Hunting Rabbit teamed up for one final afternoon of caching.

Crew153 and I were in the middle of Glider Forest when the notifications came through. Nothing we could do about the FTF from our location so we carried on. WTF21 and I decided to start here for our afternoon out as these would be the easy hides and a good warm up for Magnesium Drive. This was our second find in this forest. WTF21 found this one within seconds of reaching GZ. It was nice to see the sistema from the Hinterland Round-up event go to good use.

TFTC Cantcacheus2014