LKA Simply "Huddo" Simon Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
By Darzee Di & OtterCreek29 on 14-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5MQRV

Cache replaced and moved to better location away from ants nest.

This cache has been damaged and will be replaced any logs for finds for November will not be accepted particularly log book not signed

I'm going to claim the cache as found, but the container is destroyed, and has no log.I will message the CO.I also was one of Simon's close friends in school when he tragically was killed.I thank Darjeeling and otter Creek 29 for this cache, and helping me remember a forgotten past.

Sorry but this one will be unavailable for a couple of weeks until I get to fix and put new container and log book.

Found it!!

After scooting around the cemetery, I headed out here... Easy find. Bullants have made a home in the cache hidey hole. Managed to log it without disturbing the nest. TFTC DD

Cache found without any issues, Except the nest of Soldier ants that now call this place home. Be careful retrieving the cache and dont get bitten!. All looks to be good with the cache, Log signed and returned okay.

Yay finally found sumt

Heartbreaking walking through the kids section here. Glad you have this memorial to think of your friend TFTC

had a nice walk around trying to find this one we got there in the end tftc

TYFTC. Didnt sign due to bull ants throughout.

Find 5084 on April 1, 2024Found on our way home from the Capital Geobash. Today we traveled from Canberra to Wagga Wagga. Nice quick find but watch the ants. All is well with the cache. TFTC Darzee Di

Finally we are on our way to Canberra for the GeoBash.We set up camp in Coota for 4 nights and visited the town and some of the outlying places.Today was a lovely sunny day and we hopped on the bikes to tour the town and we visited Huddo.Thanks for sharing you history Darzee Di

The ants are loving it

Found it (and the jackjumpers nest ) whilst collecting an AdLab stage. Sorry you lost your schoolmate at such a young age. Tftc.i

Found it. As an ex Coota person. Did all my school years there. I remember Simon and remember that day in 1976 well.

A quick find for us today on our way through to Wagga Wagga. Tftc!

It was time for the traditional post Christmas road trip. The stockings were emptied of presents, feasts were devoured and great times were had with family and friends. Now to get away!Day 15:After another swim in the mineral pools it was off further south towards Wagga Wagga, making a few stops along the way.A nice quick find at GZ as we wrapped up in this area.Thanks Darzee Di for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy. ----------------------------------------------------------The Ballarat GeoTour ends on 4 March 2024! Be sure to find all the caches and earn the souvenir before the tour is archived. The [Farewell Ballarat GeoTour Event - GCAFQ8B](https://coord.info/GCAFQ8B) is on 18 February 2024.Looking for caches to find when visiting Victoria? Why not check out the geocaching lists available on the [Geocaching Victoria Website](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/). There are plenty to choose from including all of the previous nominees and winners of the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards.

A loose plan was hatched for a 3-week road trip with RoamingHowie to explore locations in Country NSW wed not been to before and of course, find a cache here and there.DAY FIFTEEN: Crossing back through Temora, this time towards Cootamundra, then Bethungra, Junee and Wagga Wagga. The ants have decided to use this setup as a neat entry way to their nest. Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, Darzee Di ~ ~

Thank you for this cache and a walk around an old section of the cemetery

Found it

Cool interesting easy

It was fitzy_1965's birthday this weekend, so we decided to head out west for a bit of caching.Great weather and great company lead to a great couple of days caching.Didn't see this one initially so checked in with the CO. She gave me permission to replace.All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned.edited to say: CO checked on 21/10/2023 and cache was there. Checking photos, it seems someone has visited in between. I have been allowed to keep my log in place.

No luck here today

Found

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JohnoMawbs asked if I wanted to go to Coota today to find this cache and a couple of others.Unfortunately had a DNF for this one! Will come back to find this one another day!

Found with Trodectus, Binliner & Goldenwattle. TFTC.

A quick find on a caching trip with Goldenwattle, Decrypter and Trodectus. A nice hide and TFTC Darzee Di & OtterCreek29

We paid our respects to Simon and walked the whole fence line but there was nothing to be found. We are new to this so we could be mistaken.

Another find Thankyou

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Doing a bit of cache maintenance today. Fixed this one up a little so hopefully it will stay dry for a while. Look out for the cache guardians!!

Thanks. A bit damp inside but hopefully secured to tightly

01/08/2023 4:58:00 PM
A bit of time to kill in Cootamundra, so I walked from one side of town to the other collecting finds.
The cache looked like it has seen better days and I was expecting the log to be sodden mess, judging by the cache's state but it was perfectly dry to my surprise.

Thanks OtterCreek29 & Darzee Di

Find recorded using GCDroid and logged using GSAK

Needs a bit of attention. Found by blackhanders

Bit wet but found Tftc

Found easily enough. Filled in and on to the next adventure.

Found It!
This cache is hidden in the middle of an ant nest. After getting all the ants off it, I got the logbook out and signed it.
TFTC

Quickly found on a freezing afternoon. Tftc

A bit sneaky. TFTC

Booo Booo and Mrs Booo went on a little road trip for a few days and we made this find while in the area. TFTC

Find number 8932

Mrs Booo and Booo Booo went on a little road trip for a few days and we made this find while in the area.

Thanks Darzee Di for placing this cache GC5MQRV

Clever find

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Found on way to Lithgow from Wagga Wagga for work.

SL TNLN TFTC

Teamed up with AngelG27 and TikvaNZ for a day trip to Wagga Wagga to get some numbers up! What a roasting hot day but luckily AngelG27's car has AMAZING air-conditioning! Logs signed as SAT to save time/space.

Swung by this one after visiting a nearby AL stage, quick find but we don't get the hint!

Thanks for the hide, Darzee Di & OtterCreek29

Cache 9698 on 11 Feb 2023.

On a day trip to Wagga with SpecimenX and TikvaNZ to boost our numbers before the Rutherglen mega event. A lovely day to be out and about and away from the home office!

Unless otherwise indicated, this cache was found easily and in hint with any hints.

Thanks Darzee Di for the cache and the fun!

#19515 @0910
A geo mission to Wagga Wagga and back with AngelG27 and SpecimenX to boost find numbers. Cache quickly found. Signed as SAT. TFTC.

Staying at the Cootamundra Showgrounds, I decided walk to a few caches on a hot day. I was glad that this one did not take too long to find. Clever hide.

Eh

Great spot

So cool with its ant soldiers.

Ah now I’m onto you guys lol going back to find nurses Bruce now @ArtofLivingWithTrina #TheHolisticLifestyleMovement plenty of laughs will be shared from todays cache hunt

I must be blind cause I could not see it

Many ants today

Off for a couple of days caching with BettyBoo3747 and the geo-doggies.
Stayed the night in Cootamundra. Completed a few AdLabs and some odd caches on the way home.

From one side to the other. From Nana to Huddo. A soggy cold walk.
Thanks, Robmc.

#19645. Day 3 of a short trip into NSW with Robmc and the geo doggies. Awoke to a very wet and soggy caravan park here in Cootamundra and had thoughts of heading straight home. However, the rains eased so we thought we would do a few caches before leaving town. It was interesting to see water rushing across the roads in the floodways - not used to seeing that.
Left the geo chariot where it was and walked along the fenceline on the outside, probably would have been easier from the inside as you suggested. Must have been too wet for ants today.

Thanks Darzee Di

Easily found but covered in ants. TFTC

Found on our way home from a weekend away with friends in Harden. Made the find quickly and went on our way. TFTC

No ants was great to see the history in this section thankyou

Tftc
Watch ants

Friendly ants! Tftc

Grabbed this cache whilst waiting for muggles to leave to area so that we could replace the first cache we found in the other section of the cemetery. Nice easy find SL. TFTC.

Easy find

Easy find

Found easy but still fun

Thank you for highlighting the tragedy of a fellow school mate. Always a devastating event for friends and the Community. SL at 8.39am on a chilly winter’s morning. #8813 TFTC Darzee Di & OtterCreek29

Another stop whilst passing through town.

Cheers

A sad story indeed.
Cache found quickly, but it is over a bullants nest. Glad it was cold and the ants were really sluggish today.

It was time to move on from Wagga, so we said goodbye to good friends and set off on our way to Cootamundra via Bethungra. Its still bitterly cold, but thankfully today there were only a few showers and we managed to dodge most of them.
It was mainly traditionals today although we managed an interesting Virtual and a couple of multis.
All in all a casual day traveling with plenty of stops..

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Darzee Di.
**SKI Pair****

the ants have taken over be careful TFTF

Quickly found and visited an old friend while I was here. TFTC

Found 01/05/22, R.I.P Simon

Thank you. Signed log (log is full)

Log has been replaced.

Found with O319 on our long weekend away

Quick find with SJG66 after eradicating the black ants. Log book in full. TFTC

Such a beautiful cemetery!! My grandmother is here but unfortunately could not find her. We did find my cousin and his Dad. RIP Shane and Darryl. Great road trip from the southern highlands

Rip to your friend Simon. Thank you for this one. I found in pieces. Put back together tho and hid how I think it was

Great spot. Took me a while.

rock-a-bye baby

Nicka’s & Coop

Found at 10pm on a Friday night in Coota, beautiful at night

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It was not that hard just have to look hard for it

Spotted from a short distance. From gz

Bathurst to Wagga on our way to the Mega at Wangaratta.
We had an overnight spot at Cootamundarra at the showgrounds. We have met up with the Snakepiters to continue our journey onto the Mega with.
We followed a caching trail around town which was a good way to explore this area. Certainlt a lot of history on Donald Bradman & Australian Cricket here.
Thankyou Darzee Di for placing this cache.

Met up with Bill and Di Morgan, while heading to the Wangaratta Mega. Stopped here overnight and grabbed a few around town.

TFTC Darzee Di
Total Cache Finds 11995,

A nice idea to celebrate a friend's memory with a cache. RIP Huddo. TFTC Darzee Di.

Quick grab! Thanks for the little bit of history.

Sneaky camo

Tftc, found it. Replaced zip lock bag.
Quick one.
All good here

Headed away for a bit of a post lockdown trip to central west NSW. My main goal for the trip was to find GC2F6F (2001 cache), but as always I couldn't drive past as if it wasn't there. This was one of the many caches I found on my road trip.

Thanks to the CO's for hiding your cache and contributing in a small way to the fun I had.
TFTC

TFTC Lovely day to be out looking for a few caches we are staying at the showground Cootamundra is a lovely town

Quite an easy find. Very sad story. Had a similar incident as a schoolboy (back in the 1950's) when one of our classmates died of leukaemia.
Cache is in good condition. Signed and replaced. Thanks for placing the cache

Nice stretch of the and easy find.SL TFTC

Rocked it in.

Tftc! A good hide

Tftc. Great hide. Quick find.