Grand View Bowen, Queensland, Australia
By HDSpringer on 19-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5N397

It is with a sad heart that I am archiving this cache as it has been very popular and probably my favourite. My husband is very ill and I am unable to carry out maintenance.

Hi HDSpringer. We think this cache may be missing. Have had a good look around too. And contacted a previous finder. No luck, beautiful day though

We found it. But we could not get the logbook out. I will send you a photo of the cache. Thanks for showing this nice place. We were here at sunset. Very nice.
Hase100+Igel 100 from Germany

Impromptu trip to Bowen to boost the numbers.
Thankfully a quick find in the 38 degree heat.
As others noted the log could not be removed from the cache.
Tftc.

Took me a little bit but I finally found it

Yay, Gon20s finally spotted this fine little creature, to my eternal gratitude, because the midges were eating me alive. Got it open but couldn't remove the log, so I've emailed a photo as proof of our find. Beautiful views. TFTC.

Yay! Sneaky little bugger. Nearly threw in the towel because of the midges and mozzies.....and there it was
Couldn't remove the log, too compressed. Wonder Wits emailing photo of find to cache owner
With Wonder Wits. TFTC

Good one.

10 minutes pays off

A really great view on my australian tour with schgaa.

Thanks for the cache from germany

Little tricky one.... but Eagle Eyed Lamm_Bada got it after a while... Many THXs and a Merry Christmas from Germany

Found on Tour with Lamm_Bada

Vielen Dank fürs Ausdenken, Legen, Hegen und Pflegen und natürlich ein dickes
DankeFürDieDose

Great hide. Love these imposters. Here on holidays from Vancouver Island, Canada in hot and sunny Australia TFTC

Here on vacation from Canada with SwagHo. TFTC.

Stopover in Bowen on the way home to the Sunshine Coast after a holiday in Mission Beach. Always a beautiful place to be. We had an early swim, snorkel and kayak in Horseshoe Bay which was great and now a morning tea break at Flagstaff Hill.
Luckily no-one else came over to the path and gazebo while I was searching as it took me ages. I looked up down, around, then up and down again - annoying as you have to walk along the path to the end and back again to change levels. Finally spotted from above something suspicious but very well blended in to its environment. Retrieved it and signed, although log still quite full, then when trying to place it back it fell to the ground, so had to walk around again to find it and put it where it should be.
Perfect calm day with excellent views, but where's the lighthouse gone?
#1307 @ 1050h
Lots of TBs visiting...
TFTC HDSpringer

Excellent hide..!!

We were just about to give up on this one when my hubby spotted it went looking back. Clever hide. Gorgeous view. tftc

No room to write but found it

TFTC

With muggle workers sorting out the path next to the pavilion, this was a bit of a challenge, especially since the find wasn't so obvious in the first place. However the Capt. Had the right idea and keen eye, so we succeeded in finding the treasure in the end

Hi Found it TFTC

Tricky. Almost gave up.
Squeezed my name on log.
Cheers from New Zealand.

Lots of muggles today! Found it though.. Tftc

Exactly the hide type we were expecting here. It was quickly found and then we entered the nearby establishment and headed upstairs for another perspective of the 360 degree views here. Remember coming up here and getting a cache when we passed through a few years ago. Thanks, a top spot.

The odd thing out , look down not out

Just found enough space to write needs new log

On approaching cache site thought it might be hard to find. But the wife quickly had it in hand. Great view. Needs new logbook

What a fantastic viewing spot. Stunning blue water, glorious islands, a ship or two on the horizon and all of this on three magnificent sides. Wow.
The only disappointment today is that the cafe shut about 1/2 an hour ago!
A well disguised hide, one that may be similar to a few we've hidden ourselves back home in Victoria. That is, minus the views (which is why we've given this a fav).
TFTC

Would never have found that in a million years a few weeks ago.

On our trip around Australia we stoped here to grab the Cache.
Thank's to show us this beautiful place. What a view !!!
We like to leave a FP here.

Greetings from Switzerland.

What an amazing view - soon spotted what we were looking for T4TC:)

Traveling with Doodle Bug Oz in Bowen TFTC 3rd

Awesome hide. Great view. Tftc. Uppy.

Time for a new log book, now that s out of the way; what a great view. Slightly breeze but divine weather for a trip to Bowen today. We would not have come up here if not for this cache so thanks for the cache and the views.

Today we headed to Bowen, an overnight stop to find the caches.
This is certainly an amazing view. The sneaky cache was discovered after a few minutes of searching
favourite point given
Thanks for placing this cache HDSpringer

Very tricky

Very tricky find but we got it!

We had the lookout area to ourselves so gave it a real good look but no luck.

This one was tricky, especially because we did it at night. Worth it for the beautiful view though. TFTC

We founded it but it took while. The cash is clever hide. Thank you.

Out exploring the Whitsunday coast with dabom81 on a munchkin free weekend We took some time to enjoy another splendid view, took a few pictures and found this cache without too much trouble.

Thanks for the cache HDSpringer

Tftf

TFTC. It was a very sneaky hide.

Went out today to find a cache while we are in Bowen so tried this one, walked up to the spot no muggles around and hubby made a quick find, signed and replaced. TFTC

Right on the spot but too many muggles to move rocks and search

13/1/16 700pm Found it. Very nicely hidden. Lots of wind this afternoon and throwing gps all over the place. TfTC SL.

When we saw the name for this cache come up we wrongly assumed that we knew exactly where we would be looking for this cache, WRONG. Once we checked the map we soon saw that we would be heading up the hill to 360. Very windy up here today but not enough to blow us away and we hung onto the log sheet very tight. SL TFTC

Was on a non-caching holiday and couldn't resist. No pen so pic attached. TFTC!

Yay. Been out of the game for a while but stopped off on way back to Townsville for a bite to eat. Nice quick find. Cheers

Took a little while but after we looked furtherfron the coords we found it easy enough tftc!

Almost gave up then bam!! TFTC

Broke camp early to enjoy the view with the sunrise obstructed occasionally by cloud but the effect was the same. A great view & cache. Found a spot to add our moniker. TFTC.

Yeah,nice view! TFTC Needs new logbook!

Super sneaky, the log book is full and may need to be replaced, great spot, took a few pics tftc

Second attempt found it.. It screws with you trying to think of the odd thing out but be patient u will get it

Nice..... TFTC

TFTC!

Nice view from here, TFTC!

Found it quickly, thanks for the cache!

Found with the ferals on way home from swimming carnival in proserpine. Tftf

Tftc

Tricky find. Definitely look for the odd thing. Found by shay. Tftc

Found during our motorhometrip in Australia,
Auf unserer Wohnmobilreise durch Autralien gefunden,
TFTC
DKWjunior49

Got attacked by a magpie on the way to the viewing Pavilion. The view however was great as it was a perfect North Queensland day.
TFTC

A quick search and had it in hand. Great spot for a coffee. And we were lucky enough to see the rain:-)
Thanks for the hide

Tricky!!! TFTC

out on a round trip from Mackay to Eungella, Collinsville, Bowen then home again, we came by here late in the day to show the muggle boy the view. A new cache since our last visit so we had to look for it. searched for a little while before we finally made the find. Amazing views here.

TFTC

out for a sunday drive with the boys and Mum. we found this one when Mum spotted the odd thing.

While staying near Proserpine we headed back to Bowen to try for some of the local caches without the van in tow.

A very windy, but bright sunny day with glorious views all round. We would not have seen this place if not for geocaching.

Many thanks for the hide HDSpringer[^]

Frankenstein has found it!!! Tftc

Another awesome place to look at, thank you for sharing this fantastic place, tftc

Nice camo. Tftc

Clever hide. TFTC.

Great little find. Beautiful views.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one off the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH HDSpringer [^]

TFTC nice little find to a game of what doesn't belong to find it

# 297

One of these things is not like the others!!!

SL TFTC

Our search was interrupted by muggles a couple of times but we eventually managed to find what we were looking for. Cool little container although it was a little bit of a challenge getting the log book out as the wire had been put in the wrong way. Thanks for bringing us back to the great location.

Could not find it although there we just a few visitors in the morning. Not my best day but instead I saw wales jumping from there!

Perfect Lookout; decided to have dinner just @ sunset there - thanks for showing - FP

It took us a while but we finally found it. Great cache!

TFTC a nice tricky one, had a coffee & cake between looks. A favourite from us for the view, hide, & cafe.

Here on Holiday from NZ. On route to Cairns from Brisbane. Had us looking for 30 mins. TXT c.

With coordinates as good as these the easy part was spotting it. The hard part was doing a grab and return between the continuous stream of muggles.
Thanks HDSpringer

Very nice place, beautiful "fourmis" in french and a wonderful view,
a favorite for this

Fabulous views. Geohubby spotted the oddity. Tftc

It certainly is a grand view and a nice little hide as well. Giving it a fav point for being a bit tricky. TFTC.

[Blue]# 12560[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip to Qld.
Another perfect winter day for a drive around Bowen.
Yes it is a great view, very good spot and hide too.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina, NSW.
Thanks for the cache HDSpringer,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Sneaky sneaky! Spotted by geo-niece! TFTF.

Hey finally found this one after many attempts. This type is a first for me. There are a lot of muggles around today so i had to time it right TFTC

Very tricky just about to give up when I seen something odd thanks for the cache and bringing us to such a beautiful spot

Sparkles0123 Nostrildumass& Gemmy1 would not have found it without reading the activity log . very clever hide

Yes Nostrildumass & Gemmy1 easy find.

Tftc

Tftc

Found at 12:15:00 PM with the pope while sightseeing in the Bowen area. We had to dodge a few muggles and were stumped for a while until Mrs pope spotted this sneaky little one.

Thanks HDSpringer.

a tricky placement of cashe but we found it after several days of not finding any in our travels

TFTC. Tricky bugger.

Was just about to give up in between Muggles when....Aha! TFTC

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there HDSpringer. We found your cache "Grand View" at 12:18:00 PM today. This cache makes our find count 11000.
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Passing through with the "Walk for Life" team. (Team Robins & Rainforest Cookie).
They are spending 14 months and plan to walk around Australia raising money for prostate and breast cancer awareness & research.
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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: Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

In Bowen for work and decided to stretch my legs and grab a few caches before the day heated up. On the map, they didn't look too far from my accommodation in Powell Street, so off I went.

Walked along Peter Wyche Drive until I got to Elphinstone Street. I then found an access track off Elphinstone Street that took me up towards the GZ for the cache "Three Sixty". From here, I continued along the access track until I arrived at the GZ for "Grand View". It was an easy walk and relatively flat terrain between the two caches.

The views from the look out are spectacular. To me, this is what geocaching is all about. Being taken to spectacular locations that you would not normally see.

On arrival at the GZ, the prize was located after a brief search. Thankfully, muggle activity was at a minimum this morning. It was a shame that the cafe at the lookout was closed though. Would have enjoyed brunch while taking in the vista.

From here, I walked down Margaret Reynolds Drive, admiring the view out along Kings Beach. On arrival back at my accommodation, it was time for a short nap before returning to work at 5pm and home to Townsville.

The cache container and contents were found to be in excellent condition. Finding this cache has now given me a total find count of 1351.

Thanks for the Cache hide HDSpringer Awarded a favorite point for bringing me to this great location