Another view of the Dam Moffatdale, Queensland, Australia
By youngoldfella on 25-Jan-15. Waypoint GC5KR6Z

We drove down the dirt road looking for another view. We could see water but no one on it having any fun. It must be good to have a house out here.We were happy to be brought to a spot we would have otherwise missed. tftc

Lovely peaceful spot. TFTC

While staying in Nanango for a few days with my geodog Scruffy , We decided to look for a few caches in the outlying areas ...All Good .. TFTC ..

11:48:00 AM. Out for a drive and GPS had us turning down here. A quick find and log signed. A couple of nice homes out here with great views.Thanks for the cache youngoldfella

While staying at Murgon we ventured out to the BD Dam and picked up a few caches, tftc YOF

Our last day of caching, home tomorrow, planning our next breakout. An overcast day with interminent sunny patches. Most of the caches were damp, and we were going to replace, however there is another rain storm due to pass through in the bnext couple of days. Some of the containers are missing the rubber seal, letting water/condensation into the container. Drained containers and aired logs for about 10 min.

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TFTC youngoldfella

Done

Indeed a great view from here and down the road a bit.. Managed to restrain myself from grabbing the firewood hide lol

Nice and dry container and contents.

The lucky locals who get to look at this beautiful lake which looks like it’s at capacity

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC youngoldfella

Find # 8767

Heading to QOGM 2022 Charleville

Found whilst on a very non direct route to QOGM - Charleville 2022. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC youngoldfella
Find #11142

Out for a drive today on the back roads.
Very cool start to the day.
Tftc Youngoldfella, quick find here, all good with the cache.

Completing a multitude of backlogs from a Bromance trip in August 21. Apologies for the late log. This was a bromance run in between COVID lockdowns, and somehow I didn't get to logging these finds. I was with Seffnjarah and a full team of JeznDez in the new jalopy they had recently purchased. Thanks ot the CO's for the great caches we picked up. Caching roadtrips with friends are the BEST!

Road trips for The Bromance have been few and far between since Covid-19 raised its ugly head so, with the recent travel restrictions now eased, Seffnjarah, Swellerfungus and a full complement of JezNDez headed off to subject JezNDez's new acquisition Max to the rigours of its first The Bromance geocaching weekend.

Our trip covered the Nanango, Goomeri and Kilkivan areas, and although we had visited this area back in May, we still had plenty of caches left to find up this way, including this one.

We were now headed towards our accommodation for the night in Goomeri so stopped as we passed by. Logbook stamped with The Bromance team stamp. TFTC

This was the last cache for the day . Thanks for your hides.

Out and about caching north of Kingaroy, where I was staying for 9 days, doing a house-sit. Travelling around the countryside stopping here and there to find various caches in different locations. Logs signed and cache placed back where found. TFTC

Doing the loop drive of Wondai, Murgon, Goomeri and BP Dam, while staying in Kingaroy, and collecting a variety of caches along the way as well as an AL. Many thanks to the COs for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment as well as showing us around your region.

Another view indeed - our first visit to the dam named after the infamous premier of our childhood. Found ourselves across from a driveway but luckily no muggles in sight. Glimpse of water in the distance as we found the cache under some sticks.
Bit damp inside this pipe but not as wet as the last one.
#2896 @ 0930H
TFTC youngoldfella ️ ️ ️

Found

A quick find while driving around the BP dam. TFTC.

We are having a few days in Goomeri picking up some caches and this is one we found. We enjoyed driving around the lovely country roads. Thanks for the cache youngoldfella.

Was glad I decided to do this and one more on the way back to Yarraman after a good morning's hunting.
Cache wet, log ok. Dried everything & ensured log was well sealed. TFTC.

Another day caching from Goomeri while up from the Sunny Coast. This one was a bit out in the open, so I covered it with some natural camo after signing the log. TFTC youngoldfella

Chillaxing in the bush for a few days after a week and a half of beach and social activity. This morning I drove into Murgon for ️ and a couple of things. Then beadled around collecting caches

This road was open, however the main road into the dam and park was closed today.

TFTC YOF

Found it Tftc

Heading up to Kilkivan to attend the annual event, which we've become quite find of over the last few years.

Instead of taking the boring highway route, we're heading out through Nanango and stopping here and there to make some finds along the way of ones we've missed previously or that have been published since our last visit.

Not much of the dam can be seen at the moment, the water level is rather low.

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Log for Another view of the Dam signed at 12:03 and cache returned as found. Thanks for the smilie and bringing us here **youngoldfella**. This log is trackable, mention where you saw it.

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On our way south after the QOGM event Blackall, grabbing a few caches on the way. We visited your cache at 11:47 am Logs signed Coongoola or CG. Thanks for placing this cache youngoldfella

We have thoroughly enjoyed our time staying in the Barambah Bush Caravan Park and caching the local area. We have found over 60 caches. (many owned by this CO) and all have been in great condition and well maintained.

If we didn’t know there was supposed to be some water here we would have guessed this was just local farmland. Send down some rain Huey

Many thanks for showing us this area youngoldfella

Found while visiting family in the area thank you for placing this cache here.

Tftc

10/4/19 quick find where expected. TFTC

Been a while since this one has been found. Glad to give it some love, sign it's log & leave some swag. Tnsl tftc youngoldfella xo

This week-end Caro (from Jess & Caro) & myself teamed up for a few days of geocaching up this way. [^]
Today's geocaching drive started at Moore and finished at Murgon. We did detour into Nanango for lunch as well.
I found a total of 23 caches for the day and Caro found a few more than that.
All finds were found quickly and generally in good condition.
Thanks for the caches.

Heading up north to enjoy the car's aircon in the hot Aussie countryside this Australia Day weekend and to dash out every now and then and find some caches along the way.
Brother Colin can drive when I need a cold beverage, hehehe. That may be quite soon, seeing how hot this day has gotten!
This was one of a total of 37 finds for me today, and it turned out to be a very enjoyable Australia Day.
Thanks for the cache!

Nice view and nice spot to hide! Got signed and returned same place TFTC

Me last attempt at finding this cache was thwarted by muggles [:o]

I returned today in the hope that the shoreline would be clear.
The muggle camp had gone,
and a quick find and sign of the logbook was enjoyed

Lots of bird life on the dam below today.

I headed down to the lake for a look see.
On the way back I stopped at GZ.
Where I could see that the people camped in the paddock opposite,
were all looking my way [:o]

I didn't get out of the geomobile,
and had to keep going

Great views over the farm and part view of dam
tftc

Found it

TFTC

Driving towards Goomeri this morning and I knew that this one needed some attention. Arrived at GZ and opened the container. The moisture inside is from condensation. Dried out the container and removed some of the wet swag. New log book and three clip seal bags. This log book should be OK now despite any new condensation. All good to go.

Yes, with our caravan behind the car, we had to follow the road for a while. And grabbed this one: logbook so wet! Was unusable. So we packed it back and added another logsheet with our names on it.

On another caravanning trip with Uwe001. Beautiful country. On our way to Rockie.. Tftc

Found it with bikesu.Tftc

We stopped to find this cache as we meandered homeward this arvo.
Good coords led us straight to the cache. Thanks.
Another very well made cache container. Surprised to see we are the first visitors this year!!
Cache contents are very wet and the log book is sodden but we managed to gently peel the pages open and signed the log with our fantastic pen
We wiped things dry but the book remains wet.
Thanks youngoldfella for placing this cache and adding to our fun day.

It's man vs beast, okay woman vs ant, but I still won. Had them crawling on me but a nice ant dance saw me escape without a bite.

Out for a Sunday drive collecting a few smilies. Thanks for the cache from Bindair and The Princess.

Nice ! Thanks ! Very nice trip !

Thanks.

Found on a nice drive in the district while camping with X&S at a favourite campsite of ours.

We are heading toward a milestone event, so we decided to set ourselves a challenge to achieve a few milestones all at once. To manage this however, we have found ourselves on a roadtrip which would provide us with an abundance of caches ... perfect for our requirements.

Fortunately, all the caches we found today seemed to be pretty straight forward and we managed to add our name to the log book without any difficulty.

Thank you youngoldfella for having placed the series and maintaining it for everyone to enjoy

Tftc

In the area for a week of rest & relaxation as well as caching.

Arrived at GZ and began the search.
Found the container quickly & returned to hiding spot.

Had hoped to get too the dam so Geohound could have a swim but to no avail.

TFTC

#7787 Cache Found

After being idle and tied up with household chores over the last few weeks, It didn't take to much prodding to decide a mini road trip was in order.
After consulting the trusty map decided that a little adventure North through Yarraman, Narango and Kingaroy. And because youngoldfella places his caches along some great country roads the marjority of attempts would be on his caches, With a few others thrown in for good measure Nice cache thanks for bringing me here and for the adventure.

Thanks for the great cache and adventure youngoldfella

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TFTC!

TFTC a lovely spot to stop!

Out touring around today cleaning up a few rogue caches. All good with the cache
TFTC
28 December 2015 11:46

BP Dam seen the view now the cache.
Signed logbook 7/12/2015 9:45 am and replaced all as found.
2 x TB Visited.
youngoldfella - TFTC.

This was the second day of caching in Nanango for Captain Terror and I. We had come up for Nanango's first event and this morning we were out caching with Bulldozer72. This was the eighteenth cache for the day for me. We pulled up at GZ for this cache and before I could take my seatbelt off and fall out of the backseat of Bulldozer's Ute Captain Terror had leapt out, graceful like a Gazelle and had grabbed the container. We added our names to the logbook and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache youngoldfella

Sometime between late yesterday afternoon and this morning, Net88 and I decided to have the morning out with bulldozer72 grabbing whichever geocaches took our fancy on a circuit drive from where we were all camped in Nanango to Kingaroy, onto Murgon, then back to Nanango. Along the way I grabbed twenty finds, we visited a bunch of interesting locations, had a tasty picnic lunch at Bjelke-Petersen Dam and had a few laughs. What more could you want?

Having the longest legs means I tend to get in and out of the car fastest and make the most actual finds for most groups I geocache with. Today was no exception. Bulldozer parked us right next to this one and with it being on my side, of course I made the find. The last finders left the hide in a bit of a state so it was quickly spotted.

Everything inside in good condition so the logbook was signed, then I made sure it was carefully replaced and covered over as I feared the local muggles may see it otherwise. Onwards though to the views and a U-turn in a driveway. It's not an angle of the dam most would see, but lovely all the same. There are definitely worse blocks of land to build a house on than those nearby. Thanks for this geocache, youngoldfella

Out and about in the area today grabbing caches along the way. This was the second one a little off the main road and a great little track to travel down to see a view of the dam not normally seen. TFTC

Logged in the company of Stacevel and *SuzySquirrel*. Here for Nanango's 1st Event. Big thanks to youngoldfella for a great weekend. ~ TFTC

# 980 @ 12:17 pm | Logged as SSS.
We stayed in Nanango last night after attending the awesome Nanango event. As we head home *SuzySquirrel*, spinna76 and I (and now Liz and Bruce) are collecting some smilies along the way.
Thanks for adding to a fantastic weekend.

TFTC youngoldfella

#1287 @ 12:19 pm. Road trip weekend with spinna76 and Stacevel out to Nanango for Nanango's First Event. TFTC youngoldfella!

A great day of caching with beautiful weather and glorious scenery. We managed to meet up with the splendid Sss - Stacevel, *SuzySquirrel* and Spinna76 and our joint caching activity added to our pleasure of the day. We got a bit sidetracked at a winery near the dam when an very necessary stop was made "to spend a penny" and resulted in wine tasting and leaving with a box under our arm. Nice to be able to make these sorts of stops as well as geocaching. We found this cache after a short search - nice one. Thanks to youngoldfella for its placement and adding to our enjoyment of this location.

Last day in Nanango after the Event. Heading home the long way, just had to clear up a few of Youngoldfella's old caches that I'd missed last time I was through.

All with the cache
TFTC youngoldfella

Found by Geokid again.
Took sticker left penny.
Thanks for the cache.
Cache in good order.

Out and about with one half of The Drovers from the South Burnett to Gympie areas for a couple of days caching. We found a variety of caches and containers along the way and plenty of different hides to keep us on our toes along the way and this was one of them.

Thanks to all the CO's for placing and maintaining the caches along the way.

TFTC youngoldfella

Mr Drover joined up with Konie and headed off, for a 2 day caching & camping trip.
Drove from Caboolture to cache the hills, travelling 600 kms in a loop & back to Caboolture.
We found a variety of cache hides and containers, some a little tricky to find.
Thanks to the CO's for all the effort of placing and maintaining these caches, we had an awesome 2 days.

Many thanks for placing this cache, youngoldfella, for us and others to find.

4th find today. Lovely area! Awesome view!

Another "Damn! That was a nice view!" We are so glad Geocaching makes us stop to take in the views (better than smelling the roses - if any would ever grow out here). Found at 11.30 am on 30 th August 2015. TFTC.

3rd find of the day. Quiet out here and good views of the dam. TFTC

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there youngoldfella. We found your cache "Another view of the Dam" at 11:21:00 AM today. This cache makes our find count 11274.
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We thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area today. We started the day off by nominating a cache some distance away from our caravan park and then took a route mainly determined by the next closest cache according to our GPS.

We love youngoldfella caches because the majority are bigger than a mint tin or 200ml Sistema, and are usually "kid friendly".
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Coordinate Accuracy: We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: The container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Smiley Badge.
Thanks for the hunt today,
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Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

TFTC
Beautiful area
Took bird
Left car

TICK!
TFTC!
Eloise @ The Plaza

TFTC

Found Ok

Out on a big adventure today, April 19, 2015 11:10AM geocaching with MinkosDes working our way to Nanango again. Love the area. TFTC youngoldfella much appreciated.

Wow, the views on offer are just stunning today. With the weather being cool, what more could one ask for.

This cache was found at 11:10 on 19 April 2015 and is #1220 for my ever growing geo:map.

It was also part of a Geocaching bush adventure that I shared with Fairy Mother today.

When deciding where to go hunting, it is always a struggle trying to find somewhere that one has not been... Well, upon looking at the map it was decided that a place once visited, was calling out for our return. That area being the now heavily cached-up and beloved Nanango.

Thank you for the cache youngoldfella!

Todays we headed south from Murgon, then we finished the last few caches still unfound in the town area.
This has been a great week visiting all these small towns, finding well maitained caches. A credit to all the local cachers. Thanks for making our time here memorable.
Met the owner that lives at the end of the road, said he had recently seen a snake so told us to be cautious.
Thanks for placing this cache youngoldfella

Another nice quick find today while caching around the area with Just-Lookin.

SL Thanks for the fun!

Enjoying exploring this part of the country with tmann421 collecting caches along the way. Many thanks to all the COs for making this such a memorable trip.

TFTC

Camping near by so had to do some caches.
Thanks youngoldfella for all the caches you put out.

Yay FTF!!! ! I found this cache on Australia day but have only just got premium back, found with vidgirl and becxy98 .thank you youngoldfella for all the effort time it took ti make these caches

Sorry for the couple months late logs

Gotcha !!! Picking up a few caches on our way to Stanthorpe for the Mega. TFTC

Four out of five today - wanting to pick the last few around Murgon that I have not done yet. Today is the day.

Easy Peasy this one I say

Thanks youngoldfella for another out of the way hide.
TOOK THONG, LEFT GREAT WORK PENCIL

Wombat the Anthus laptop Geocoin visited, as did Runciple's Grasshopper, a tassie trekkers pathtag, a sweet - sour pathtag, a grannysmith path tag, a dolphin, a broken heart and geo achievement 500 caches award, oh, and a bundle of keyrings that I have collected since caching in WA in August 2013 (current count is 25)

Find #1681

Found, log to follow TFTC

Out and about with Robbie4121, GrannySmith1947 and GeoMum. This was cache number 19 for the day. Left home at about 12pm and finished at 7pm. Took Nothing left Nothing. TFTC YoungOldFella.

Had a great day geocaching with GrannySmith1947 and Purple_Ninja_00. This was my first time geocaching with other geocachers. This was my 15th cache for the day.

Tftc youngoldfella

TFTC Out and about with Purple_Ninja_00 and Robbie4121 we had a great afternoon 40 geo caches in 6hours thanks goes to Purple_Ninja_00 geo Mum who drove us for six hours 240k good team work by all



This entry was edited by grannysmith1947 on Monday, 09 February 2015 at 06:47:48 UTC.

Out in the area today and saw these new caches, a great selection of cache locations and sizes. Well done youngoldfella. Thank you for placing them and the effort you have put in. Tftc

FTF again. Been a great day TFTC

FTF again today for the 5th time... Picked a great day for geocaching

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