BUDDIES The Gemfields, Queensland, Australia
By grannysmith1947 on 23-Mar-15. Waypoint GC5Q0F3

Today we headed to Sapphire and Rubyvale to explore parts of gem country. It took us some time to locate this cache. The coordinates were inaccurate but the hint was a red-herring. We eventually found the cache in a logical location. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks grannysmith1947 for the cache.

Tftc. Quick stopover in rubyvale.

Found while visiting Rubyvale on our way back from NSW south Coast to Cape York trip. Granny Smith 1947, hello! We met you geocaching in Kuranda with your geocache friends. Thanks for you cache!

Quick find thanks to the clue. Nice spot and an interesting read. TFTC

Good story good cache. Came at night after the festivalI AM GUR

Ah found it by following someones posted clues!

TFTC with Slack1962

With FiveTays-TT TFTC

Quick find while exporting Rubyvale. TFTC

TftcHad no pen to sign logbook

In not under. Stump not log. Lol. Out for a wander today.Signed The Roos.Tftc

Easy grab

TFTC found whilst exploring the area

Found it, thanks buddies

Inside a log not under great spot going for a pint

Hint didnt help. Scanned around and found logical spot. TFTH

Found it! Lovely easy one to start off our Anzac Day holiday exploring a new place! TFTC

Almost posted as missing due to it being buried. I passed over it initially, but came back and voila. Tftc

Quick find thankfully since it is quite central. The story is interesting. I will try to look out for the movie.

Tftc

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OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa Visiting pretty Rubyvale today.Tftc

Ocw the Bebes as we visit the area. Tftc

Thanks! Found it, and will hopefully find some sapphires too today

Finding a couple of caches for the afternoon. Tftc

During our stay at the Emerald Motel, we had the opportunity to explore the area and find hidden caches. We also had the chance to take in the sights and sounds of the local area. Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache grannysmith1947.

33,537. Found during our Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure - a 33 day epic tour of Northern NSW and Outback Queensland finding many caches, attending great events and catching up with awesome Cachers along the way.Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure Day 27. After a fun night at the local Pub, we packed up and cleaned out the Gemfields/Sapphire/Rubyvale region. Once that was complete we headed a little bit more East to Emerald where we both had unfinished business to attend to. This was the next one on the list. Quickly found once at GZ. Signed as F65 and A33 as required. Replaced the cache as found, then we continued on our journey.Thanks to all the COs who put out these caches !!

Found by Mary and David at 15:15. Haven't heard of that movie before, which fits with it not being very successful. Now we know a bit about it. Our thanks to grannysmith1947.

Leaving QOGM 23 and heading to the Coast grabbing caches along the way TFTC

Great little hunt. Our 6 & 7 year old found it, their 1st find. THANK YOU!

Found with Nathan from Nathan_and_Alyce and the rest of the MummaBear and the Cubs gangThanks for the cache placement and maintenance GrannySmith1947Thanks for the huntTook nothing, Left nothing, signed logSign Logbook as MB&C and NAB

Found while on our way to with Nathan_and_Alyce and rest of the MummaBear and the Cubs Gang.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenance GrannySmith1947Thanks for the huntTook nothing, Left nothing, signed logSign Logbook as MB&C and NAB

Visiting Emerald at the moment.
Looking forward to some great finds and exploration

Cache found after short search.

Left a painted rock as trinket. If you move the rock, please post on Facebook Mackay 'Rock' where it is moved to

On a slow, meandering trip out to Longreach for the QOGM 2023 event.
Cache found in the expected area, within a reasonable time, without difficulties.
Cache now in a stump under SPOR.
Cache in good condition.
TNSL TFTC

Found with The X-Trailers before heading to the Gem Gallery across the road.
Cache all ok
TFTC

Sounds like a good Aussie movie ,must see if we can get hold of it. Tftc

A movie to add to our watch list! A little bit of fossicking and maybe a touch of retail therapy with a cache or two thrown in

Thanks grannysmith1947 for taking time to set out and maintain this hide and for showing us this very special big bucket list part of the world

Log signed in first open spot

Find # 9547

#LockitupintheOutback

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird while on a slow roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. A quick find here. A couple of caching days planned in and around Rubyvale, Sapphire and a chance for Mrs Geo to hit the gem fields. It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC grannysmith1947

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And for anyone that can travel to Longreach, Queensland, late September 2023, Google “QOGM” which is the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. You’ll have at least 8 or 9 days of pure geocaching fun with around 200 like minded people attending a mix of events and access to over 200 geocaches placed by the QOGM team. It’s not a Mega, it’s better.

Found with SJG66 on our Emerald Blitz. TFTC

Found with O319.TFTC

Heading home to Mackay from Longreach, made a two night stop in Sapphire to explore The Gemfields, today we're in Rubyvale! After trying the delicious strudel up the road, wandered down to see if we could get a smiley in this small quiet outback town.

Thought maybe the BUDDIES sign was it.. always think magnetic! But after the hint was read we expanded the search radius. BINGO! Not so much under... more like IN. TFTC! Found with Globetrotters7701. ️

Found with geobrother, CC_5576 easy cache but there were spider webs

Fun little find across from our hotel found it with tueue, some bugs and spider webs
Photo for proof the log was full

Found. Needs some attention

15/07/22 need Attention

Great little hide and reading the history of the movie

Easy find after having lunch at the pub. Needs new log.

30/6/23 quick find in a logical spot. TFTC

Little super kiddy found this one. X-ray vision is one trait that must have been past down

TFTC easy find good hide

Our 1st find in the area as we headed South down to here to do some fossicking

TFTC and greetings from Tassie

Found cache not sealed properly. Looks like water has gotten in, paper disintegrating and unable to sign log. Didn't have anything to replace paper with me. Needs maintenance

Quick and easy find.
Thanks mate

What a hidden little gem!

Nice day out and about hubby found this one

TFTC great pub and lots to see.love it here,with 2 sisters and brother in law.

We sent Mrs Demi & PP1 to do the honours on this one. TFTC grannysmith1947

Another quick find - soggy log (the paper, not the receptacle!!) Tftc

Found on a cooler morning while visiting the RubyVale markets. TFTC

Found while on a day trip from Emerald.

After walking up to the policeman knobs we parked close by and made the find.
Thanks for placing this cache

Another quick find this morning taking an alternate route to Charters Towers from Emerald. Thanks for another cache grannysmith1947.

Found

FOUND TFTC WITH BARROD.

found it tftc

Don’t remember the movie but found the cache. Good coords. Tftc

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 133. Emerald to The Gemfields. After a great week of caching around Emerald, I headed an hour down the road to do the caches around Sapphire and Rubyvale. I left th can in Sapphire and ventured on to visit several roadside caches and a great hill climb for an Earth cache. I finished with a failure in the cemetery, oh well.

I found a small log, no cache, but I found it in a nearby location that seems even better.

Thanks for the cache grannysmith1947

37396.8 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & State Medallion - California A#227

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Mmm. Good hide

Found it with friends and in bushes

I’m off on my annual 6 week adventure and it is back to Outback Queensland to finish off what I started last time but got interrupted along the way.
It is nice and quiet on the roads this morning and I’m now in QLD and the weather can only get better to what Melbourne is at the moment.
After a beautiful couple of days at Carnarvon Gorge it was time to head to Anakie for a couple of nights.
Arrived at Anakie then set up the van so now it is off to explore the area as much as I am able to do so.
My trip has turned pear shaped as my knee has gone and so there is now very little walking so if you saw someone hobbling around that was probably me.
Continuing on with my caching tour of Sapphire and Rubyvale and what an interesting place to visit.
So now time for a couple of caches in Rubyvale.
I hadn’t heard of the movie Buddies but it would be good to try and find a copy just to have a look.
Not many people around here but the caravan park close by was packed in which made me happy as I was staying at the more leisurely Anakie CP.
A quick search and I had this one located.

Thanks grannysmith1947 TFTC.

Found with Dozenmater,,TFTC

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

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First in rubyvale tftc

Good find

Nice easy find tftc

Out this way on a geo road trip with swearah and stephyy. We stopped by this one on our way out after staying across the raod.
Tftc grannysmith1947 ️

Leaving Rubyvale with Swearah and Jodsta83. We made a quick easy find here thanks

First cache of the day with Stephyy and jodsta83, Stephyy made a quick find here and we were on the road to our new destination in no time.

Thanks for the cache, grannysmith1947

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks grannysmith1947 (F=14073 H=42) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

This one was found in a traditional hide. Thanks for placing it for us to find.

We are zig zagging our way north with micaparamedic, Papi4506 & Geoturtle37 and after staying at Blackall we are heading towards the Lab caches in Emerald via Barcaldine to grab a few solved puzzles there.

We had spent the night in Sapphire as the sun had set by the time we had finished the Rockhound trail. Today we were having a more leisurely day

We haven't seen the movie "Buddies" but we will be looking for a copy when we go home to see if we recognize any sites that are still remaining and perhaps get a glimpse of what the town used to look like. and maybe even recognize one of the extras. but for today we were more interested in location a different type of treasure which happily was a lot easier to find than precious stones and we are happy that the log book now contains our names.

Thanks but once more for the cache.

We had enough time for a short visit to Ruby Vale today. What a beautiful area with so much history. For a small town, it is quite alive with visitors and people having a go at searching for their own gems.
Before leaving to head back to Emerald, we stopped here and made a quick find under a little bit of shade with no one else the wiser as to our activity.
Thanks grannysmith1947
Domsky

After visiting a nearby cache, I headed to this one. The cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

Found with lots of live guardians

I am checking out the gem fields today. This cache was found easily enough although the ants were not happy. TFTC

Quick find in stump watch out for the angry

Tftc nice easy find

Nice quick easy find

Found it with Deaf Geo friends
Wow nice little town and interesting place to see
Thank you

Awesome with DeafPhantom DutchAus DeafVW

Found it with Deafies

Must try and find the movie, on YouTube maybe. Stayed at the new hotel, tyftc

Nice Cache!

Compass was going nuts, but finally settled. Found it. TFTC

Easy find, great story. Tftc in great condition

Quick easy find on our day trip to the area. Camped at Emerald on our last leg of our outback Queensland caching trip.
Thanks for the hide.

Found with orth71 on a trip from Townsville to the outback caching
We are caching Sapphire and Rubyvale today.
Quick easy find and thanks for the caches in the area.
Never seen the movie.
Had lunch at the pub though.
TFTC

Nice and close to the pub and caravan park. Cache find with _hitam TFTC

Found with Silverspirit1310. We actually found this one a couple of days ago but didn't have a pen with us. We ordered our meal at the pub then snuck over to grab the cache while we waited for our meals!