Fill the Calendar Challenge Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
By Toriaz & bikerbuddy on 28-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5NKP4

Found this one a few weeks ago during an invasion of the area. Now that the dust has settled and I've caught up on all my logging I have ran the checker for this one - and success !Thanks Toriaz !! Fav Point for a fun challenge.My qualifications are as follows :[fitzy_1965 ](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=fitzy_1965%20) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

Sunday funday! We got up early and headed to Jordon Springs for breakfast. It was quite nice and one of the yummiest mochas I have had in a while. After that we met up with our friends (fitzy_1965, minniek, Joolay, contesta, Flintstones, Aquilus1 and sacada) to cache up to Katoomba and back.The day had its good points and bad:Good - great company, fabulous views, amazing places, finding caches and fantastic food. Bad - too many muggles, AL and Geocaching App meltdown. So frustrating!We found a handful of caches and got back to Penrith for an awesome dinner at Ros Niyom which was so delicious and the staff amazingly attentive. Not hard though, as we were the only ones there - everyone else was probably watching the NRL Penrith v Storm (Penrith won). We did a few caches on the way home after dinner before the roads got busy with very happy residents. This cache: Yay I qualify. Tftc!!!

A cache trip to Penrith and the Blue Mountains with a large group from Canberra, signing with CPI24. A number of caches planned and others added on the fly. A fun group outing on a beautiful spring weather day. This cache: one of the last finds of the day. Thank you Toriaz & bikerbuddy for putting the cache out and maintaining it. [Flintstone's](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Flintstone's) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

Will check if qualified and claim then.Thanks for getting me out and about Toriaz

Find # 128836/10/2024 contesta fulfils challenge Fill the Calendar Challenge (GC5NKP4), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731Thanks Toriaz for Fill the Calendar Challenge

Found with minniek and the rest of the Canberra Penrith Invasion 2024 Group (consisting of joolay, Contesta, Flintstones (Sunday Monday), sacada, Gliss (Saturday), Nibletricecakes (Saturday), Tankengine, dty73, Youban and Aquilus1 - signing as CPI24.Day 2 of the Canberra Penrith Invasion 2024. With a long weekend upon us a plan was hatched to do another Penrith Invasion as there are still many quality caches up here that we haven't found. We drove up early yesterday and concentrated on the Band Caches and Horcrux Series, along with many others along the way, then a dinner event at Panthers. Today's adventure started with brekkie at Maccas, then a trip up to the Blue Mountains for some quality Caches. We had a small list of targeted caches, plus any others we came across along the way, which worked out well. This cache was a nice quick find once at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, then continued on to the next one.Thanks Toriaz !! I'll check my stats once I'm back home and the weekend's logs are done

Spending some time caching around the NSW/ACT southern tablelands with lots of side trips. TFTC. The second day of caching Penrith with the Canberra mob (CPI24). Today was a trip to Katoomba in the blue mountains finding many old and interesting caches.Lots of great treks with fantastic views.Final dinner was not at the Panthers club with the grand final on tonight.Nice quick find with CPI24.[sacada](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=sacada) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

Log signed check qualifications.[Aquilus1](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Aquilus1) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed. Stunning spot, drove within 80m and just a short walk towards the cache. A slippery slope closer to the cache, I didn't go so close but happy for those that did. Great views away from the masses and crowds at the popular locations. Nice to enjoy this lovely old cache in peace!A caching weekend in the Penrith area with a group of canberra cachers. Prior puzzle solving had a wealth of caches, more than we could do but made for full days and plenty of choice. Log signed with team name CPI24. (Canberra Penrith Invasion 2024) The group is MinnieK, Fitzy_65, joolay, Contesta, Flintstones, sacada, Gliss, Nibletricecakes, Tankengine, dty73, Youban and myself.Weather was nice and warm and company great. A challenging weekend at times with my ongoing health issues but managed best I could. Lots of events, morning catch ups to focus our day with dinners to relax at the end. Good to meet local cachers at them too.The Saturday was a local busy day, puzzles and others as we passed. Sunday was the pretty day up in the blue mountains with scenery and short walks. Monday was another local day of groups and some independent caching to round out the weekend.Thanks for your cache!

In just 15 months since discovering geocaching, I completed my leap year streak of 366 daily finds on Thursday 12 September 2024. Why I started my streak was because I was doing my first souvenir challenge - Wheel of Challenges: Teamwork Hard in Sept 2023. At that time, I thought I'll go for 100 days to see if I can manage that. Then 200 came and went, likewise 300. Figured that I could go for the complete calendar as nobody ever says they rather wait 4 more years for another leap year.Timewise, some geocaching days have been difficult. When tired from work and other day-to-day errands. Still managed to drag myself out into the bush around 9~11 pm to keep it honest. A small number of my finds were done around the midnight mark on a few occasions so I can get two GC days in one geomobile trip. Mind you, some came from chasing FTFs during hot weather months, so that was much cooler after dark. One third of my days were 1 geocache find daily, often returning to the same area for the next find next day. Really didn't need that in the end, could have gone wider with several finds daily.[SurdiVisio](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=SurdiVisio) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did. 366 dates of 366 completed. Thanks Toriaz for this D4/T3 geocache and giving us the geochallenge opportunity. And this was my 2286th find / 1937th geocache. GCHQ statistics say 399th unbroken days today. Project-GC informs us that my streak is actually at 387 days - ignoring ALs.

Happy to get this off my list of challenges completed[chamad](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=chamad) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

[maplerosenz](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=maplerosenz) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed. TFT Challenge Toriaz

I signed this log back on 9/9/21. At the end of a tiresome bushwalk during lockdown. ( this was my daily exercise) remember the day well! Ended up with a hip bursitis- ouch! Glad to say all that is behind me! Fast forward to today. After 7years, 3months and 4days our calendar is finally filled! Yay! I loved this hide - great location on a beautiful walk. Thankyou for the challenge and cache Toriaz. It certainly kept us going! Now to go and chase numbers this find is no.1298.

Changing my log to a found now that I have completed the challenge. TFTC

We are visiting from Canada on an Australian adventure. This was a target cache for which we qualify. Cache was found in great shape at an unusual geological feature. We enjoyed the birds that followed us and the unusual (to us) foliage. We must get a bird/plant book! TFT [teamshande](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=teamshande) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

I went in to fast when I began my caching career I cleaned out my area then really had nothing locally to find, working fulltime so most of my caching is done on the weekend so it took me almost 8 years to complete this challenge,a had feb29 early but then dnf and or laziness sometimes made me miss days in-between but I eventually filled my calendar and today i made my way to GZ to scratch my name into the log.Thanks for the challenge and thanks for the cacheBonfire7 fulfills challenge Fill the Calendar Challenge (GC5NKP4) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731

Yes, I fulfill this challenge. Made our way down the trail, quite cool and muggy on a hot summer day. Thanks for the placement

Found after grabbing some "Dinner" nearby. I completed the challenge years ago and finally made it out this way to grab the cache. A nice walk along the trail, where a quick find was made once at the right level. TFTC

Having found The Dancing Men further down the track, stopped at this one and crawled up to the hiding place.Proof of challenge achieved attached.

This was a fun find! I really enjoyed the walk on the trail to get here, and no bush-bashing at all which was nice! The final little crawl under the sandstone and along the ledge to find an excellent cache container was also pretty epic! So have a favourite point from me for that! TFTC, qualifications are listed below---[Loci612](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Loci612) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.366 dates of 366 completed.

Will change this to a found once I complete the challenge. Not too many days to go. What a beautiful and stunning area.

I completed a year long streak and also got a cache on 29th February in 2020 so can happily sign my name in the log. Pleasant walk to GZ and made the last stretch without issue. Cache all good.
Travelled over from New Zealand to do a two week roadtrip down to the Rutherglen Mega and back to Sydney. Thanks for the cache, Toriaz
#4220

I have completed this challenge but am yet to sign the log. Saving this note here until I can officially log the find.

It's only taken 13 years of caching but today I filled in my last calendar day!
I've only been trying to complete this challenge for a few years, and a couple of those years included lockdowns so not too bad really.
I signed the physical log on 28th Aug.

TFTC

Found. Full log to follow

TFTC - First found this one on the 18-09-17. Having just started caching we thought we could just log it and get away with it without completing the challenge. A quick message from Toriaz and the deletion of our find and we realized we will have to go the whole distance. At the time we were sure it would take us about 10 months however that damn leap year stuck a spanner in the works and it eventually took us just under 5 years to complete. Well this is the day we are logging it, coinciding with the World Record Attempt 2022 suits as i sure we have set some record in taking this long to log a cache. Thanks for the cache Toriaz.

Okay, so I qualify for the challenge, but the even bigger challenge is to sign the log Coming soon...........

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366 dates of 366 completed.

#5337
It was our last full day in the mountains for this years trip, so we decided to do some more caches around Springwood, the first area we cached in down here 6 years ago, always a nice spot. 21 finds with a handful of DNFs, we had a great day in beautiful weather....
I'm not sure when the concept of filling our 'date-found' grid started for us - it could have been at an event down here in 2016 (GC6RY6J), in any case over the years we have been plugging away at the dates, thwarted here and there by weather, school, pandemics and the serious lack of available finds close to home, but we got there earlier this year.
We found the GZ area without issue, but then did struggle a bit - perhaps we should have read the description a little better!? In any case the cache was found (you guys do have the market cornered on awesome hides down here) and signed and replaced under the overhang - a great moment in our caching history, one that will be remembered.... TFTC! Easy FP.....

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366 dates of 366 completed.

We walked down this (massive) hill towards the cache before looking around and not being able to find the cache, then Dad and I crawled up onto the next level and quickly found the cache very close by, signed the log and replaced it as we found it...

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366 dates of 366 completed.


TFTC Toriaz, FP for the fantastic place and walk

After a few years of general caching and the last 12 months of targeting specific days, I have now completed the challenge. Used the checker and got the green tick. Finally, all good with this one now. TFTC.

YES! I have been trying to finish my caching calendar for years! I had one day left and for two years in a row I somehow I failed to find a cache. Finally last year I got that last day. But now I live in Melbourne. Bah! But today I was in Sydney and a trip to the Blue Mountains was had to find this cache. Hurray! Thank you for placing this challenge cache. Geodad enjoyed the challenge of getting to it

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366 dates of 366 completed.

I've met the challenge. Now to come and find and sign the cache.

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EverestHigh fulfils challenge Fill the Calendar Challenge (GC5NKP4), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731

I have fulfilled the challenge, now to find and sign the log.

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EverestHigh fulfils challenge Fill the Calendar Challenge (GC5NKP4), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC5NKP4/14731

A great morning of exploring a new part of the mountains for me. I had never been to the lower Blue mountains area and really enjoyed the walks I did here! My daughter wanted to stay with the car for these two and I really enjoyed the walk down the gully, the size and the hiding spot of the caches. The puzzles were solved long time ago.
TFTC Wilbert67

Just a note for today. Dreaming of when I can travel back home to visit family and do some Aussie caching again.

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Finally got to this one today. Quite a nice walk there and back and a well protected spot too. Thanks Toriaz & bikerbuddy.

A nicely placed cache. It has taken us just under 5 years to complete the requirements for this challenge. Thankyou Toriaz and bikerbuddy for this lovely cache.

Adding this to the list of caches I qualify for.

When I signed this log three + years ago, I didn't expect I would be such a pathetic cacher that it would take me this long to fill in those remaining pesky gaps. Finally I'll be able to sleep at night

SL today in anticipation of completing our calendar in May next year. It will have taken us only 5 years. LOL. TFTC

#7031. I flew over from New Zealand on Sunday. Here to attend the Mega event next weekend. But before then I have a week of geocaching in NSW and ACT. I am a challenge cache junkie so had to make a trip up to the Blue Mountains to pick up the challenges in this area. This was my last one of the day up in the mountains. Getting a bit gloomy down here in the valley floor late in the afternoon. The track wasn't too slippery but I did manage one wipeout. At GZ I could see why crawling would be necessary. Crawled along but couldn't find the cache. Back to where I left my day pack and grabbed the GPS. Then back into crawl mode again and had to go further than expected. But once there the cache was quickly spotted. Nice hide. All dry and secure. Signed the logbook and returned cache where found. Thanks Toriaz and bikerbuddy for the cache. Really enjoyed this adventure.

After being closed for over a year, Council have finally got all the dumped asbestos cleared and reopened access to Wiggins Track. Cache can now be accessed via the most direct track again, without the need for the long round trip via one of the other tracks.

We do love a Challenge Cache and so we simply had to divert off the main route towards Sydney to come and search for this one. We parked up at the end of Yondell Avenue and did what so many muggles before us have so very obviously done, which was to walk around the edge of the gates. We then picked up the very well used footpath and started off down towards Ground Zero. We very much enjoyed the early evening hike and then once in the Ground Zero area soon located the cache thanks to the good description and the spoiler photo. We signed the log book in anticipation of qualifying for a Found It log on the 29th February 2020, as this is the only date of the year we haven't yet found a cache on! Before returning the cache to its nice hiding place we took out the Travel Bee Travel Bug - we didn’t replace it with another Trackable as with the cache not having been found since the 26th May 2018 (almost an entire year!) we didn’t think it right to drop off another one as we know owners like their Trackables to travel. We hope to be able to convert this Write Note into a Found It log in February next year, but in the meantime so much for the cache and for the Challenge and greetings from Zimbabwe

Direct access to Wiggins Track remains closed by the council, but the cache can still be accessed if you take a much longer walk to it.

Access available from:
Victory Track from Faulconbridge;
Sassafras Gully Track from the end of Sassafras Gully Road;
Fairy Dell Track from Springwood; or
Martins Lookout Trail from Farm Road.

Drove by to see if there was any change. Fence is still blocking access to the track.

Cache is still accessible, if you are prepared for a long walk in & out from one of the other access points. The asbestos dump is apparently around the parking area at the trailhead.

Sorry. I was told by council on Friday that the track had been reopened. It appears this is not correct.

There's still a fence across Yondell Ave with a big DANGER ASBESTOS sign. I wasn't able to get past it today. Hopefully the council will remove the fence soon.

According to the council, the asbestos has been cleared and the track can now be accessed

Track entry still closed. Council don't seem to be moving too fast with the asbestos cleanup.

Access from Yondell Ave is still blocked. The asbestos is not on Wiggins Track, so if anyone is desperate to find this cache, they can access it via the much longer walks down Sassafras Gully Track or Victory Track.

Temporary disable - track has been closed by Council due to asbestos dumping.

https://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/media-centre/temporary-track-closure-council-cleans-up-illegally-dumped-asbestos-yondell-ave-fire

Should have signed this log, when I was down this track finding another puzzle cache, last month. Have found a cache on each of the 366 days, attached a photo of stats. Was a trickier hide here, then I was expecting. Signed log. Cache all good. Thanks for the challenge. Tftc

I forget put logs few years ago....Opps Sorry.. Finally all found of year...
Thanks

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366 dates of 366 completed.

Yay! I finally qualify. Just gotta got get that cache.

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366 dates of 366 completed.

This one has taken about 4 years to complete from first deciding it would be fun to start! Quite a journey of off and on, filling in the gaps in the calendar, lots of dodgy bus stops on rainy days alongside the more wonderful locations we regularly find ourselves in. Thanks for the challenge, feels quite a relief to get this one a smiley!

Brewmaker has completed the "Fill The Calendar Challenge". I will visit to sign the log and claim a FOUND IT soon.

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366 dates of 366 completed.

We were passing through the mountains on the way home from a weekend at Hill End and needed a stretch of the legs. This cache was the perfect choice and good to finally be rewarded for a challenge that we'd completed back in early 2011. A beautiful spot and a nice hide too. Worthy of a fav point. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

We first started caching in 2009 but only did a handful until we started back in May 2015. Caching with baby&Mrs Gopher, and my sisters teamashy and destinyruler the number of caches we found grew. Luckily I attended a leap year event in Penrith last year. In Nov 2016 we started doing a streak but after 75 days i slipped and hurt my knee and ankle so we were unable to keep it going. I do lots of caching with WaywardWoman and she mentioned a calendar fill. So that was this years challenge for us. MrT started doing the local harder terrain ones, which filled more of the blank days. We finally filled the calendar on November 16, 2017 at a cache at Bacchus Marsh in Victoria on the way home from Geelong. We couldnt have done it without the help of the above mentioned people, and family and friends that were happy to do side trips to find a cache while out birding etc.
Today MrT had to go to the SES shed at Faulconbridge so we decided to look for this Challenge cache. We headed down the track, MrT spotting a Lyrebird along the way. At GZ I watched while MrT found the cache and signed the log and returned as found. Picked up the TB.
TFTC

Noticed this challenge cache while randomly researching maps for new locations to explore and realised that not only did I meet the criteria, the very day I could next be in the area would also qualify it for unfound time (last log was a find but did not qualify to claim). Took a few minutes to recognise the trailhead and a lot longer than estimated to reach GZ due to the extreme mugginess but the lure of unfound time and the two hours it had taken me to drive here, kept me going. Glad for an easy find and that there was another cache along the same track to justify only one visit. Puzzled by the amount of unnatural colourful glitter around the caves??? Left TB

Found the cache, tftc - working towards completing the challenge. See you in about 10 months .........

Out with Team Merlin to grab this cache that we had previously qualified for
this challenge last year. After finding the cache we both signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition.

TFTC Toriaz & bikerbuddy

After finding some caches down the hill a bit, proceeded up to Springwood with JJCC in order to grab this mystery cache as we filled in the requirements for this challenge last year. In actual fact it was this particular cache that also helped spur us on to complete our 366 day streak and thus fill in our calendar.

After finding the cache we both signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition.

Took TB: Bead Bug

The following TBs came through for the mileage: Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), The Hulk & Vanlith The Youngling.

TFTC Toriaz & bikerbuddy - worthy of a favourite point for the adventure

Finally found this cache. Worthy of a mountains cache. I couldn't ever finish my calendar these days. I was meant to do this find with Webguy but he is too busy these days. Decided to venture down with the wife in tow. After finally filling out the 29th February last year I finally met the challenge. Thanks for placing the cache and finding such a nice spot.

I came found this today on a blitz of the mountains with the main objective of becoming a member of the black hand gang. I fulfilled this cache sometime ago on 470+ day streak. Loved the area it was placed in I haven't been down this gully before thank you for bring we here. The cache is in good condition TFTC

Found and signed the log today, but nowhere near qualifying yet. Will bookmark for future reference. TFTC! Took the TB

What a beautiful little walk and overhang. A favourite point for sure. Dropped some trackables.

Met the requirements for this challenge a few years back as a part of a streak.

Thanks

We had managed to fulfill the requirements for this challenge some time ago and finally thought we would look for the cache itself. Parked in the limited parking space at the top and walked down, down, down till we found where we should be looking for GZ.. Then, looking at the terrain we figured out where we needed to go. Following the information provided it was just a short crawl away to locate the actual cache container. With that in hand, only a short time was needed to complete the formalities. All was replaced before tackling the return up, up, up route. All our trackables managed to trek down and up the track too.
Thank you to Toriaz for issuing this challenge, which also worked in well as we are heading towards completing a 366 day streak.

Reperio at 1710.

As I was making my way towards Mount Victoria today, I figured I had time enough for one more cache, and this one was on my hit list to find. I parked at the top and headed down the trail fairly rapidly until I came to a screeching halt with a very energetic and curious dog and his family. Once I was past them, I returned to my jog until arriving at GZ. I followed the GPS to it's closest point on the trail, and then headed in for a search. It soon became apparent that I wasn't quite in the right spot, and once I had doubled back a little, I found the right approach in, and soon found the ammo can laying in wait. Great little spot. Can't recall when it was that I completed my calendar year, but I know it was certainly a nice feeling of accomplishment.

Gratias Toriaz.

Yes!! Finally after a missed opportunity last year, I filled the last date in my calendar today. In fact I made sure and found 7. In anticipation of this date I found this cache a couple of weeks ago on a Bluies expedition.

As an extra bonus this was my 400th Unknown Cache find!!

Thx Toriaz.
SL TFTC

I had hoped to get this one for my 2000th, as I had worked so hard this year to complete the calendar...but being 35 short and a big weekend of caching on the cards, I decided to give this one a go while I had a 45 minute window between drop off and pick up for dancing. The CO knows exactly what I'm talking about. I was expecting to simply walk along the Yondell fire trail, but found myself going down the Wiggins Track. My son calls me Wiggins, and I picked up the munzee he placed there in my honour. It was an enjoyable walk and the hint told me exactly what I had to do - get on my hands and knees. Who put all the glitter here!?
So this is cache 1976 - the year I was in Year 6. Great music from this year includes Queen's A Night at the Opera, Kansas' Leftoverture and Rush's iconic album 2112.

It was an epic but we really enjoyed doing this cache. We visited some great places and found many clever caches. Thanks for the challenge!

We'll having streaked 1001 days I was pretty sure I'd qualify for this one as that included 2012 when I finished this challenge Today with Gatherer Hade we'd conquered Sleepy when he mentioned the existence of this cache which he recently qualified for too. So it was off down the track, which having just ascended from the same gully on another path tested our resolve! At GZ there was a new hazard to overcome... craft herpies. For some strange reason there was glitter EVERYWHERE! I copped a minor infection as I shuffled in to the cache, soon to be followed by Hade who seemed to escape the horrid disease. Duties done it was off to anther "?" nearby. Cheers Toriaz! Screen shot attached (GC.com Only)

#2956 (7 of 8 today) (Streak day 336)

After last weekend's CITO I had a chat with **Zalgariath** about a cache in the Blue Mountains that we both needed to grab. Arrangements were quickly made and today we headed up to grab it. We both grabbed one cache that the other had already found, but the rest were all new for both of us.

We found every cache we went for - including our target - and in the process I avenged a previous DNF.

Top day. Many thanks to **Zalgariath** for the company and the assistance - and the driving.
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I'd mentioned the other puzzle on this track - *The Dancing Men* - to **Zalgariath** as one I wanted to grab as I'd previously DNFed it.
He noted this cache was also on the same track.
Well, I finally qualified for this challenge just over a month ago when I cache binged on 29 February by grabbing 50 finds.

Today, we arrived near GZ. He suspected where it was but I circled around looking for another way there. I was still circling when he made the find.
I joined him and we completed signing duties and replaced.
While there was clear "sparkling" evidence of nearby human activity, there was none near the cache.

Now onto our final of the day.

SLTNLN
TFTC

The last calendar spot filled today with two events and a multi so far. I can finally claim this challenge as completed.
Thanks for the cache.

Having completed the requirements for this one some time ago (including the leap year) thanks to a streak starting in late 2011 it was time we picked it up. A quick look to see what else might be around and we added another for collection in the area. We parked up top and then headed down the trail. As we got close we read some more of the cache notes and assumed the position for the 10 or so meters. Nice to spot an ammo can neatly tucked away. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC.

Caching streak day #932! Surely my calendar should be full by now! But no... that one pesky day is still blank!
Hold on a sec... I can fill that spot in 11 days time. Until then I can only log that i found the cache. Just waiting to qualify.

I completed my caching calendar in 2013. This was just the cache i was looking for today as I needed a puzzle/ mystery cache to complete my road trip souvenirs and I had no desire to rack my brain over ciphers or any other such seriously difficult puzzles that the average person has no hope of figuring out. Being extremely average, a more physical challenge is much more to my liking and this type of challenge is always great fun. With less then an hours daylight left I was umming and arring whether I should attempt this. I was also tired from parkrun a then a walk out to Ikara Head with Altaire. None the less I swung off the highway on my way home and made my way to the trail head. Thankfully, the walk was short but I make quick time, running down that track. GZ was no trouble locating and the cache easily found. I really like the fairy dust left behind at the point where you need to do some crawling. Very cute. Took the TB then ambled back up the hill to the car. Thanks for a puzzle cache I can actually do.

I'm a long way off qualifying for this one, but thought I'd sign it as I was in the area, and add it to my 'challenges in progress' list. I'm currently also working on:
- The Unique Reviewer Challenge (http://coord.info/GC558AP) for which I added another later in the day, and
- Challenge: Fifty Forgotten Years (http://coord.info/GC57Z2N) for which I added a year or so with the next cache I got

At the start of the year, I thought I might try and fill in my calendar, but lost enthusiasm in March. I don't think I could ever be a streaker!

Geoson and I were on a journey to visit some friends in Blackheath today, with a few caches along the way. Well it was a very soggy miserable day! It was pretty crazy to attempt these caches in this weather but we saw lots of spectacular water flows and falls.

I owe thanks in part to the late Spindoc Bob who hosted an event at the Strawberry Hills Hotel on Feb 29th 2012 - at the time I had no intention of filling the calendar but 6 months later became aware that this event had made it possible. So from late 2012 until June 2013 I picked off all the missing dates until I got sick and had to miss a couple. 12 months later I filled in the last 2 dates and was frankly relieved, it is the sort of challenge that means you go caching even when not convenient or you don't feel like it!

But having completed the requirements I saw this cache the other day and had to come in despite the inclement weather as I am not often enough in the mountains. The path was a torrent and we got saturated. We got some great photos but I think the phone has died so I might post them later. The cache was in fine shape though in its hidey hole.

It was a lovely walk - a fav point from us.

Dropped TB - nice Sea Blue Turtle

TFTC Toriaz and Bikerbuddy

This entry was edited by Equipe des fous on Saturday, 04 April 2015 at 22:33:54 UTC.

I cannot find this for another 11.5 months. Just need one more. Even though I do not need to fill in any days in a non leap year. I do need a 29th of Feb one. Lucky I am not in a hurry to find caches anymore.

Joint FTF!!!

This was second big geocaching challenge I set my set. (The first was completing the GCA calemnder, as they had statistics first!?!)

It took a lot of time and effort, but I managed to finish it and become obsessed by other goals!

So, it was my Thursday mission to find this cache and I was pleased when WaywardWoman wanted to join in. Off down the trail we descended until we saw the clue in the photo. Unfortunately I went a little too far and allowed her to make the FTF. Thankfully she agreed to share it.

TFTC.

#2891- FTF with Team Canary and a (yet to qualify), NickoHeap.
Some time ago, around April last year, I had talked about placing a calendar challenge. You see, I was nearing the end of my calendar by that time. Everyone plays the game differently, but that was one thing I had worked very hard to try and achieve, even though some days felt very difficult.
100 days of streaking certainly helped achieve it, though I must confess, I was soooooo glad when that was over. Some other difficult ones were 17th October- the day of the horrendous Blue Mountains bushfires. We had no sooner got back from a very long trip to Winmalee, via Penrith and Yarramundi, than I nicked out to get a nearby( down the mountain) cache.
I finally achieved the last of the 366 days on 9th May, 2014- a huge achievement for me. This involved going out when I didn't really feel like it, caching at all hours of the day, and sometimes nights ( although I still avoid that as much as possible) and a variety of cache types, including events along the way.
I never got around to putting up the challenge myself. In fact, when talking to riblit at an event, I didn't think he would publish one either. So I was glad to see that this one came up, and not too far from home.
I rang Canary yesterday and asked if he wanted to head out there today. We are one of the few in the area who would actually qualify. I was surprised to see that Pjmpjm and rogerw3 still had a number of days to complete, but only because many of their caches are GCA. He arrived and picked us up and we headed down the familiar track, though it is some time since I've been down there. We reached GZ and the rock formation was obvious. While Canary and NickoHeap crawled, I preferred the bum drag. Bikerbuddy sat watching in amusement, not saying anything. Canary and NickoHeap had gone too far- I spotted the cache and pulled it out.
Joint FTF at about 5.36 pm. A great formation and lovely spot. An ammo tin to boot. Always pleasant going for a cache with Our good friend, Canary. Thanks for the challenge.
Statistics are verifiable on my cache page and will be uploaded soon.

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