OldFed 4 - Rocky Gully Bywong, New South Wales, Australia
By Pacmania on 18-Jan-15. Waypoint GC5KD70

In Gundaroo for a couple of days. Out for a few caches between the showers. TFTC

Good hide

Thank you!

Found after lunch at the tulips farm nearby. Cheers.

Was indeed near a rocky gully ??

Tftc

Out for a days caching. Opted to spend the day in Canberra. Spent much of the day walking hills and grabbing lab caches.Really enjoyed my walk around the Black Mt precinct.This was one of a handful I found today. Thanks for contributing to my fun day.TFTC

Out and about again, headed around Canberra for the MEGA. Super excited my first MEGA and heading over with 2 others from the Cockburn Crew. Today is we are out with a group from Western Australia and signing the log as WAC to save time and log space.This is 15432, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to Pacmania for the caches we found.OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024Head over to Australian Capital Territory for Capital GeoBash MEGA - Canberras first ever Mega Event. Easter 2024 (GC9PNFB):5 day event at Canberra Park adjacent to EPIC (Canberra Showgrounds) on the Federal Highway, only 6km from the centre of the city. The mascot for the Mega is Gangles the endemic Gang Gang Cockatoo, a bird you may see or hear while in Canberra. The official website - geobash.ozmega.com.auACT has over 4700 active caches, power trails, and over 100 Lab Adventures. Heaps of challenge caches, hikes for geocaches for all levels of skills and fitness.

Exciting times over the next couple of weeks as we takeoff for the Capital GeoBash in Canberra! Its going to be a flood of Sandgropers over east, with a host of West Aussies making the trek east for the event. Im travelling with fellow Cockburn Crew members Leg5 and Barnzy12, starting in Sydney and hitting the road to Canberra, before returning back to Sydney. Honourary mention to our fellow member, Cravo10, who couldnt make it after recently introducing a new geocacher to the world the week prior. Once in Canberra, the agenda is set, well team up with a host of Western Australians to conquer caches. Collectively, were hoping to make it the biggest ever weekend for cache finding. Following the event, the journey continues back to Sydney, with a mission to clean up caches and new Local Government Areas (LGAs), ensuring no cache is left unturned in this epic geocaching adventure. Something tells me that well need a holiday after this, well, holiday. All logs have been signed as WAC to save space, abbreviation for Western Australia Crew. Cheers Pacmania! Join us in Augusta, in Western Australias South West, for WA Goes Big 2024 (GCAGV8Y) on Friday 20 to Sunday 22 September. Log your will attend now!

The Cockburn Crew are on tour at the Capital Geobash in Canberra - travelling from Perth to Sydney, Canberra, Sydney and finally back to Perth.Today was day 6. We completed a huge number of trails, challenges, whereigos, traditional, multis, earthcaches, labs, virtuals and puzzles. It really was a great day for variety. We enjoyed caching in territory we havent been before. Weve filled our boots with some rare DTs and DTTs and generally had a great time. Thanks to the COs for a great day and event. Logs signed as part of team WA/WAC (WA Crew)

We are visiting from Canada for the GeoBash. Today is our last day in the area and we decided to go for a country drive to pick up a few more caches. This was one. TFT

Over from the West to enjoy my first Mega.Out to fill my grid and find some high favourited caches. Lots of laughs catching up with old friends and making some new friends along the way. Signing as a team - WA6Some logs are delayed and out of order - Apologies for that- its been hectic trying to keep up! Many thanks Pacmania for placing this hide for me to find and adding to my adventures.

In Canberra for GeoBash 2024. Had an awesome time and joined up with Happy Feet 1 for some epic caching fun. We tackled tricky puzzles, found loads of caches, and had a great time meeting old and new caching buddies. This is one of the caches we found whilst in Canberra.Cheers for the cache.

EGGI found your D1.5/T1.5 Small Traditional called OldFed 4 - Rocky Gully on 30 March 2024. It was find #19001 for me. Thank you Pacmania for placing this cache for our enjoyment in the wonderful state of New South Wales.

Something special or unusual goes here:Another quick find whilst passing. The Generic Bit:The Capital Geobash Adventure 2024. Day 8: Cruising Canberra again Yet again today myself, Anymules and Muff1 set out to try and find a few more caches. A lot of puzzles were solved over many months preparing for this trip so we wanted to grab a few of those. During the last two days the puzzle finds and concentrating on completing the USG series of challenge caches meant that when we checked this morning we had all finally qualified for as particular cache. So that cache, some L.U.C.Y. caches and a special Wedding were the targets for today. ***Thanks Pacmania for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. *** Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Another fantastic day here in Canberra, the locals have certainly turned the wonderful weather for the event, maybe they had a chat with the Lord Above. We did not find many caches today but they certainly are quality caches. We signed a couple of challenge caches that we do not qualify for but found many others that we do qualify for and signed. The event last night was fantastic with loads of people to chat with. SL TFTC

A quick one for the Roos

Easy peasy today.Gotta have some wins today.Enjoying the Geobash!Tftc

*In the area with woolwood9 attending the MEGA Event.* ????We cached from Sydney to Canberra, then after the MEGA, up through Yass, Cowra and Bathurst to return to Sydney.*We had a great 3 weeks and enjoyed finding many good caches.* ????We soon had the container found!SL *tm/ww NZ* Or with the group at some caches!*Thanks for putting this cache out for us to visit*

Over in the area heading for Canberra to attend the Easter Mega with tmann421Tons of caches done while here and this was one of them.Enjoyed the touring around and all the containers foundLog signed tm/ww NZThanks for the placement and the effort put into maintaining these hides for us to find.??????

Tftc quick one out with The Roos

Quick find. Here with the Roos for the Capital Magabash TFTC

Found with Mclookers, muzza and micaparamedic this morning along the old fed hwy.Log signed as MMMF. Many thanks Pacmania

Found today on a great day's caching with McLookers, Micaparamedic and Feathertop. All signed as 3MF.Thanks to Pacmania for the cache.

Out with Muzza, micaparamedic and feathertop this morning. We signed the log 3MF.Thanks for placing the cache Pacmania.

Over for the GeoBash Mega our WA team Burns345 Geotrakka ICNothing Cirrus_WA and Neva2Old hit the gravel early. Cache found with no issues. Cheers

Part of the Sandgroper contingent that has come to the Mega to explore new hunting grounds. Its sure to be a great week with many finds and laughs with lots of great friends and maybe some new ones along the way. Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment. Logged as WA6.

Over here for Canberra Mega from Western Australia picking up caches. TFTC logged as WA6 (Geotrakka Meme28 Burns345 and Neva2old)

Had heaps of fun this morning doing challenge logs and a few more along the road near by.I am in Canberra and surrounds collecting geocaches in preparation for the Canberra mega which is in a few days super glad to be up here from the Victoria to enjoy this beautiful week and the amazing people that has brought it here thank you so much for this hide logbook and container are in great health.Signed BHC CM WA6 RA RM

Day 4 my Canberra Mega adventure. Out caching with the members of the WA6 crew. The day looks to be another sunny day. Very happy to claim a smiley here . WA6 crew - Geotrakka, meme28, burns345, Neva2old, I c nothing and CirrusSome logs signed as N2O or WA6This is my 12785 find Thankyou Pacmaniafor placing and maintaining this cache.

So good to be back in my old stomping ground (sure makes it that bit easier getting around without getting to lost!) Out in a group today meeting new people while also putting faces to caching names! Trying to get a mix of different types of caches while here. Log signed as CM. Tftc!

Day 2 of my magnificent mega caching experience in Canberra and surrounds.Today I C Nothing, meme28, geotrakka, Burns345, neva2old & I (signing as WA6) focussed more on the central Canberra area with a couple of tours booked at Parliament House & the Australian War Memorial, was fantastic to see these places and meet caches from all over the place too.The evening was spent on another mega tour at Mt Stranger.Once again a great variety of cache types and containers were located and with a large group the competition to get hands on the log first was high, with plenty of laughs along the way too.Thanks Pacmania for placing OldFed 4 - Rocky Gully for me and others to find.I added my name to the log at 09:25 on 28/3/2024.This is find number 8364 for me.

Found while attending the mega in Canberra. I had a great time caching and catching up with friends.This is one of the caches found today.Thanks Pacmania for the cache.

Canberra Mega Day ..Today I teamed up with Rebel Acts and Roosterman for some caching shenanigans the team soon expanded to include Bellahappychappy and the WA contingent .. was there a plan?? You bet ya..lol...Go Go Go was the morning motto as we cached cached cached. This was one of the caches we found signed 2S for two states

I am here for the Capital City Geobash and staying nearby so today I decided to make the appropriate detour to make the find. Thank you for placing and maintaining the cache.

Definitely a chilly morning. Thanks for the fun! Mermaid.

I made it to the outskirts of Canberra late last night and managed to get in a camping spot next to Grannysmith. This made it easy to go out this morning as we set oFf to grab a few caches around the area and in particular the LUCY series. I did not know that she has done a few already. This was an interesting series and a nice road to csche along.Some of the Challenges I know I will qualify for and some I will have to check. Thanks for the series and all logs were signed and caches returned as found We did this one as we were passing by , easy find thanks

Gundaroo staying at the sporting grounds, until we go into Canberra for the MegaWe did more of the American States, Animal Series some challenge caches & a variety of others were included in our trip today. This was a great way to visit the area,Thanks Pacmania for hiding this cache.

Easy find, TFTC

Didnt take too long nice find. TFTC

Old hwy brings back memories, tftc

Billie the wonder dog assisted here tftc

Day out in Collector, Sutton and Yass chasing whereigos. Got about 40 for the day. Signed and replaced. Thanks for all the caches in the area to find

Visiting Australia and today we are in Canberra out with All7. Now that was fun! We are always looking for oldies and some of the other caches nearby. We have found the cachers around here super friendly and helpful. Thanks for the smile

Nice quick find.Thanks for the fun

Reperio 16:40After landing in Canberra from the Melbourne Oxfam Trailwalker event, it was time to head home and visit some geocaches along the way. This one was on an obvious structure, but not quite in the obvious spot. Found after a brief search.Gratias PacmaniaAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

A quick stop on the way back from Goulburn, tftc.

A quick stop after a visit to nearby Tulip Top. TFTC

#21281. Day 3 of a short trip heading north.with Robmc. Today we left the ACT and made it to Hawks Nest for the night. Found 11 today amongst the long drive.

A very pleasant place for a stop and a cache find. Admired the rocky gully before we continued on our way.

Thanks Pacmania

On our way north with BettyBoo3747 and the geodoggies.
Day three traveling between Canberra and Hawks Nest doing some odd caches.

A very pretty spot off the side of the road here.
Thanks, Robmc.

Thanks for the cache

No trouble here today, a quick find in the twilight. Thanks for the cache Pacmania

Cache in ok condition. TFTC

TFTC smile 14860 out and about with miss millie geo dog Signed and replaced on our way to Canberra

Thank you, Pacmania, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Apparently the gully is for sale.

Lid is deteriorating. At this stage only the rim is cracked, but contents is dry.

TFTC

#1846 Waited for a group of cyclists to pass by before dismounting and ducking across to GZ. A nice quick find, logging and replacement. It would be a long long time since I’ve been on this bit of highway! It’s holding up pretty well.

Day 46 of our southern trip.

Decided to do another day in the Sutton area as long as the rain holds off.

Travelling & Caching with RoddyC.

Park and grab

TFTCache Pacmania

Day 46 of our southern trip. More caching around the ACT, day 4.

We enjoyed the caches we found, yours included.

Parked alongside. Although the base of the container is split, it's resting spot should keep our dry.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on February 24, 2022. TFTC, Pacmania.

Heading north to QLD I decided after leaving the ACT this morning to do a quick detour for this little 'trail' just over the border in NSW.
Nice quick find here, thanks CO.

TFTC Pacmania

Sadly it took us several posts before we got the right one! Must be getting tired! TNLN TFTC

Tftc, nice little gully, wonder what they want for it??

Good quick find. TFTC!

Cache 7987 on 26 Jul 2021.

Needed a few caches to top up my finds for today so headed north with Bobl27 before work to grab a few trads and a challenge cache. Not as cold as yesterday fortunately.

Quick find!

Thanks Pacmania for the cache and the fun!

Found with my 12 year old sister. Warnings: lots of spiky caterpillars on it!

OCW *Throsbyonchurch* and *Little Pather*. Running around finding some caches. Off camping for Easter holidays and enjoying roaming around Canberra and its back blocks. My appologies for the generic boring log.
Thanks for the cache placement of OldFed 4 - Rocky Gully, Pacmania.
DustyJaperJet

Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

Day 1 of the Canberra adventure begins. With a handful of challenge caches and over half the labs of Canberra in the list it’s going to be both a long and ambitious day!

Another quick find along this old part of the highway.

Thanks Pacmania for the cache.

A weekend road trip to Canberra with RoamingHowie, targetting AdLabs, various grid fillers, interesting DTs, challenges and of course, solved puzzles.
Overshot a bit, but soon found once at zero.
Thanks for your contribution to our gameboard, Pacmania

Wow - we so lucky to be able to explore so many different areas of the Aussie landscape following our passion for the geo game, particularly in the company of Alansee, Good Look, Micaparamedic, Team Crackers and The Drovers. (For economy of space logs of caches we found are stamped "The Mob"
Another fabulous day of fun and friendship.

Thanks Pacmania for placing so many caches on the gameboard, which players enjoy finding.
28856

The third day of caching logging as THE MOB. Once more we appreciated the CO's efforts in putting them out. The weather on all 3 days has been great for caching.

We stamped the logs as "The Mob" to save space in the logs - today there were 6 teams caching together: Team Crackers, The Drovers, Phetlern, Alansee, the lovely micaparamedic and myself.

Most of the cache finds were straight forward, yet a couple stumped us. A few were located where it was difficult to safely pull the car off of the road, but we made it work with some creative maneuvers.

2020 was not a great year, and the beginnings of 2021 have also been tricky - so when it looked like the various borders would be open again (without quarantine restrictions), a trip that was planned at the Clear Waters mega was able to occur.

Adelaide, Victoria, NSW and Canberra - a decent drive, filled with various caching activities including Adventure Labs.

Several days caching with the awesome Team Crackers, gorgeous The Drovers, fab Phetlern, cool Alansee, and the lovely micaparamedic.

We laughed, sang to a vast variety of songs and chatted - almost non-stop! [^] We piled into cars and had such a fun time. Despite the light showers, windy conditions at times, we also had sunny days to enjoy caching in.

A sincere thanks to Pacmania for placing these caches, including the enjoyable little series.

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Caching as 'The Mob' - 6 teams made up of Team Crackers, Phetlern, Micaparamedic,
Alansee, GoodLook, and ourselves.

Day 3 - Concentrating on trails, and a few nearby caches.
A few caches were replaced, and some logs replaced due to being wet.
Thanks to all the CO's for an entertaining day.

TFTH

Nice quick find. Thought it may have been wiped out by collision damage but all is good. Log signed, tftc

# 13740 Found and Logged
Moved on from Bungendore to Gundaroo for a few days
verry windy out caching today
Thanks for the cache Pacmania (F=7311 H=144)
Lgoody

A straightforward find, thank you.

Found

Found it!

Quick find with barb2. The creek is running but it’s pretty cold. All good with cache. TFTC Pacmania

Quick find out of the wind. On the way to Collector with Joolay. Tftc

Found quickly on a very wet and cold day.

FOUND IT!!! Thank you.

#1722 found as we travel the smaller roads in pursuit of caches and country views. SL TFTC

Found today. Thank you.

A quick roadside park and grab while exploring around the area. TFTH

1st day out caching since surgery Waether bit cold but not bad , thanks to MrJD for the company
5 of 1402

Find # 5823
Found with sesblocker.
We are caching around this area for a few days.
TFTC Pacmania
5 February 2020 5:07 pm

Found with O319 on our way home from Goulburn.

Driving the old federal highway. Don’t believe we drive this so many times

Found with bedlem2 & kazzacosmo

home to Sydney trying to get as many as we can

A quick stop and grab whilst enjoying the quiet road.TFTC.

TFTC beautiful drive on the old road

Found this one on our way to the next camp ground
We stopped here and found this cache Thanks for the cache

Greetings from the Netherlands

Lots of frog noises from the creek. TFTC.

Found quickly though the sight of missing guard rail as I walked toward GZ did make me wonder if the cache was there. It was

TFTC Pacmania

Taking Elmo out for a spin with Lpud this was my tenth find for the day. Nice easy park and grab. TFTC

This was a quick pak n grab in the dark
Thanks Pacmania for the cache

Out for a beautiful sunny Canberra day for more Learner Driver hours to find this little cache! TFTC

Time to pick up a couple more caches for the day while travelling with ilook4geo. It is good to get off the highway and cache along some quieter roads. This was a very easy find and the log soon had some more names added to the list of finders. All was returned as it had been found before we moved off to continue on our way. Thanks go to Pacmania for placing this cache.