1956 Olympic Torch Relay Monument Lotus Creek, Queensland, Australia
By cache me up on 06-Apr-15. Waypoint GC5QWK7

Clever wasnt expecting that. With Juju54 TFTC

Very clever camo here a favourite from us! With HRH54 TFTC

Did not find it but enjoyed the stop, plenty of safe room for the van

Out for our geo weekend to get points up for the Cosmic questLots of cute frogs this time of night!

Had a good look but no cache was found

Tftc.
An ice pleasant surprise to break up my trip.
Cheers

Found while traveling north a few days ago on 21 Jun had to wait until the 27 jun to log it online. Stayed overnight before continuing on the Nebo. TFTC.

Road trippin to take mum n dad home, went down the horror stretch fir something different so pulled up fir a look at thevtorchvand check fir a cache.

TFTC

SIDE NOTE: be careful of the paper wasp nest.

Visited here while camping with Kelkin and muggles at Lotus creek.. great little spot tyfc

We had a great day driving along this road finding caches and this is one we found. Thanks for causing us to stop here we signed the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache catch me up.

Stopped for a quick photo in the torch oh we have been this way

Stopped here overnight. Great location for a cache. Replaced damaged container and added an extra log. 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 cache me up
Find #10572

Passing through on our trek north to the sun picking off a few caches on a break from towing.

A surprise at the torch monument, hope the road was in better nick then

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 cache me up

Find # 8211

QOGM 2022

On the road again, heading to Brisbane then Charleville for Qogm.  Did your 1956 Olympic Torch Relay Monument today.  9 August 2022 10:25 am Tyfc  cache me up  total caches now  5065  .

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What a great find.
Great bit of history, would never have known about this if not for the cache.
Thanks for the hide.

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 113. Lotus Creek to Marlborough. I got moving fairly quickly to get the twenty or so army caches I had left to do today before leaving Lotus Creek. That all went smoothly, and then I returned to the Marlborough series. That is a bit up and down these days. I saw some very interesting caches and a few odd locations. I then settled into the Marlborough pub caravan park for a quiet afternoon and a dinner in the pub.

With the van on now, this was a good place to stop, and a reminder that this one used to be the main road. The area is looking a bit worn out now, but the cache was in place.

Thanks for the cache cache me up

37128.19 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 5th Ann Compass Rose Gold A#138

**Albida**

Enjoying a trip around Queensland with tmann421after a two year wait for the Australian New Zealand boarders to open.
Found numerous caches and saw plenty of interesting places.
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Another good cache found with woolwood9.
*Enjoyed the drive / walk around.*
SL **tm/ww NZ**
*Thanks for the fun find!
Really appreciate the effort put into this cache.*

Long, tough but enjoyable day.

Hi

Easy find, nice statue

Our journey continued south today with goingplaces2 as we hunted down some more smileys to add to the collection. TFTC.

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 cache me up (F=317 H=37) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

Micaparamedic, Team Crackers, Geoturtle37 and myself decided to tackle the many caches in the area and see how many we could find. We enjoy searching for caches and the places they take us.
The grass today wasn't nearly as much of a problem as it was yesterday so that helped make the searching easier.
This cache brought back memories for GT37 as she got to see the more recent torch on a number of occasions and even handle it . . . . only a replica given to those that carry the real thing. She has great memories of the story the gentleman told her re his participation.
Thank you for the cache.

Day 2 in the area with micaparamedic, Geoturtle37 and Papi4506 picking up a few caches while slowly working our way to the Queensland Mega and today we targeted the letterbox series for a challenge down in Melbourne that we all want to get and these will help s qualify.
After grabbing the Adventure Lab All the big things stage in Sabrina we decided to try our luck with the VC series.

We had finished this series with only three Dnf's and happily we spotted this cache a little further down. We are glad that we did as it was a fantastic place to visit. This is the first time that we have seen a monument to the Olympic torch and were certainly not expecting one as lavish as this.
Diane can't remember anything of the Olympics as she was born during the Melbourne games but her mother told her stories of how she could see the Olympic athletes from the windows in the Women's Hospital

Once we finished taking the photo's we headed off to gz where of course the cache was found in the last place we looked and to save room in the logs we signed as "The Vics"

Thanks cache me up for the cache

We don't know about the history here. Spent time checking the torch out. Then went cache hunting.. signed log and returned..

That happens to be one of the most random things I’ve spotted geocaching. Thanks cache me up

was out this way
so took the chance to scratch that DNF from 2018
all good this time [:o)]
thanks for the cache

After finding a nearby cache, I headed to this one. A quick find and sign and I was on my way again. TFTC

In the area today as I head north and picking up caches along the way and this was one of them. Started at Marlborough Rd and did the loop finishing at St Lawrence and then back to camp at Marlborough. A great adventure!

This was a very nice and totally unexpected piece of history that I wouldn't have seen if it wasn't for caching.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for me and others to enjoy.

TFTC cache me up

Foundjbj2020

Great place. Thanks for showing us! TFTC

On our way home from our TL21 four day caching tour heading back to the Burdekin from Yeppoon. Amazing what is on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. This is so cool and weird at the same time to have an Olympic commemorative display here. Definetly have to get some photos with this iconic symbol, especially in light of the current Olympic cercumstances with Japan and future Brisbane games. TFTC

Found it

Tftc,
Was expecting a long search here, instead it was found on the ground.
Replaced in a likely spot but not sure if it's the right one

Tft$

Quick easy find , thanks

I couldn't resist stopping for this cache and learnt something I never knew, thanks for placing, a favourite point from me and

TFTC

TFTC smile 7732 out and about with Hatzoff RoddyC Snickersallan youngoldfella and miss Millie geo dog having a great time day 4 to Mackay via Sarina 154 caches today plenty of caches ,very long day starting at 6am ending at 6-30pm lots of eyes make short work thanks to all the CO who placed and give so much fun to the caching community



Thank you, cache me up, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Day four of my adventure from the Gold Coast to Townsville with geo friends RoddyC, hatzofff, youngoldfella & grannysmith1947.
Loved coming to this location whilst doing the VC trail and knew where we should be looking for the cache & sure enough it was in the first place we looked.


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Found November 30, 2020

Stopped for another look. Brought brought another 6 sets of eyes.. I guess we are all blind because we still couldn't locate it.
Will have to send to the owner or previous finder for an extra clue to allow a success next trip past.
We hate failure

Couldn't find it

Had a fast look due to time slipping away and places of importance to be. Will be back another day or later this afternoon on my homeward run for another crack at it. I'm sure I was in roughly the right area but no dice for me this time.

After completing the VC trail with Wazza9 and Liz and Bruce, picked up a few other close by caches. Quick find Stamped log and replaced. Thanks to cache me up.

TFTC,

1956 is so long ago.

It has been a massive day completing the VC Trail with Nana nel & Liz and Bruce.

We are grabbing a few other caches in the area before calling it a day.

Found. Ok

First find hooray I’m off and running

TFTC FOUND

Found quickly on today's road trip from Rocky to Nebo.

TFTC

Georode

Wow, to have been here in the 50s. What a celebration!

Found by Mary and David at 13:10. We both remember those games. Saw many of the events on the TV, which was only recently available in Australia. Memorable Australian names competing were Betty Cuthbert, Shirley Strickland, Murray Rose, and of course Dawn Fraser. Our thanks to cache me up.

Found this nano cache at this interesting place, all good TFTC

Had a few four legged muggles watching us. Fancy the torch being taken along this route. Bumpy road.

Found 15.4.19

As noted previously, log is full so I couldn't sign. But I did take a photo! I have driven past this monument so many times but today was the first time I had stopped. TFTC

Out with RoddyC & YOF prior to QOGM 2018.
TFTC

We came across your cache, cache me up, on our way with youngoldfella, caching towards this year's QOGM in Barcaldine.

After reading previous logs, yes, there is no cache here now. Log sheet probably blown away too, if today's windy blasts are anything to go by. YOF had a nice silver replacement in his Geo Vehicle, so now there is a cache here for everyone to enjoy.

Log signed and cache replaced at 11:12 AM on September 18, 2018. TFTC.

On my way to Barcaldine for QOGM 2018 . Left Nanango at 0225 and this was the next stop of the day. Good quick find. Going to Rockhampton to meet up with RoddyC and Mrs RoddyC some time this afternoon then heading to QOGM 2018 via the coast and across to Clermont. Signed log YOF as that is what I use on small and Micro log sheets/books to save space on the paper as I tend to write on the big side. Apologies for boiler plate logs as I have a lot to write up. TFTC cache me up

We are heading to Barcaldine to attend the event and detoured a couple of hundred kms to do this loop of caches. Varied scenery and hides made it an intersting day. We left Yaamba at 12 noon and got back at 6.30pm. It was a bit of a rush towards the end as we could see we would run out of day light. Thankyou cache me up for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area

Magical moment as I reached my 100th GC! Log is a tiny scroll which needs to be a specific purchase in order to replace it (current log is full)

Found good hide historic place

TFTC

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10/7/18 1230pm Found it TFTC Log full, photo log

TFTC great hiding spot

Another quick trip to Rocky
Had some time to kill on the way home ...
So decided to take the detour along the old highway
I have been past this monument numerous times ...
and a few times since the cache was placed too
running late, and running out of daylight
but thought I would stop for just a quick look anyway ...
nah ... getting too dark
will admit that I didn't look too hard either ...
marked as spot to return to another time

Heading north for a week of sailing and relaxing in the Whitsundays for our 30th anniversary. Of course we had to cache along the way.

On our way home after a fantastic week on "Lazyitis" and some wind, rain and thunderstorms.

Now this IS an interesting spot, which I would never had known about but for caching. The wording on the plaque, "Unique situation" had me googling at a later time. Seems the original route was flooded, so a detour was needed, which added about 40km to the route, but no additional time was given, so the runners were required to run faster to make up the time. They did it.

Cheers

Bundy

A great hide ...a lovely picnic spot with shade and tables and chairs. Nice to share a bit of Aussie history too. TFTC

Wow. After much frustration and many minutes H found it. The log is full but we didn't have a replacement that size. TFTC.

TFTC

Got it good hide TFTC

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TFTC nice torch

nice stop and a good hide

Tftc Found this one on a geo trip from Yeppoon

Having spent a great time in the Whitsundays, we are now on our way back home. With our caravan. Stopping for walks and smilies. Tftc

Found it with r

On the drive south along this lonely road,
I stopped here to find a cache
Why is there a cache here ??

Oh !!
Here in the middle of nowhere,
is the most unexpected of memorials to events past
Not your average,
boring,
so what !!,
type memorial.

But a significant bit of Aussie history is commemorated here !! [:o]
And didn't they build these memorials to last back then

TFTC,
an easy find

Gotta give this one a fave point !!! [:o]

Almost gave up on this one. Tricky. Found while driving home after working away for a couple of weeks

Heading from Byfield towards Mackay for our next house sit, picking up a few caches on the way. Mrs D made the find. Muggle truckee alseep in his truck had no idea what we were up to. Thanks god for the shade today. Thanks Nedandmrskelly

Had a very enjoyable, at time geo challenging afternoon along this road find ( and sometimes DNF) caches along the way. What beautiful country this is.

Travelling along I saw the sign about the Olympic Torch so pulled in to take a photo. Checked Maggy just in case & this close by. When looking & pocking surprised two frogs. Got a wave from the school bus. Thanks.

Very good cache very nice spot thanks for the cache

Found by HancockT I would have been here till it bit me. Tftc

Between 1999 and 2002 when the Olympics was on i lived at thursday island. They brought the torch to us and I was 1 of the lucky ones who got to hold it and get a photo taken.

when I read the cache description I was wondering which year it was. I find of the kids when they were in school ran in the Olympic torch relay out this way somewhere. Not this year obviously Must have been the Sydney Olympics a few years back now. She said the torch was very heavy and hard to carry while running to the next person. I think that had to run about 1km might be wrong though. A lot of training went into it. She brought the torch to a school outreach so we could all get to see and feel it. Very exciting..

Nice place for a cache fav from us Cache Me Up

St. Lawrence.
We stopped at the camp spot here to do the Marlborough Road series & a few others on the way.
This was a great country drive & as we entered the mountainance region the scenery was quiet spectacular.
This is the only monument I have seen dedicated to the 1956 Olympics.
Favourite point given
Thanks for placing this cache cache me up

Wow thats big, I sure hope its a scale model . Mum found the cache here didn't have too much trouble with the log either. the trick to these is roll and put back into the lid.

TFTC

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Found it with our Road trip crew! TFTC SL TNLN

What a lovely memorial to the Olympic Torch, never knew this was here. Thanks for placing a cache here which we found on our road trip today. TFTC. Get a fav

Great piece of history although I was asked if that was the original torch. [:O)]

SL TFTC

Out on the road trip with the crew from Mackay. Great day finding some very interesting caches. Apologies for the repeated logs, but there were so many finds today.

Had driven past the monument several times and thought of placing a cache here. Glad it was done by someone.

Gotcha !!! Good toKnock over a previous DNF... Visited TBs and GCs ...TFTC

This was definitely a surprise to see here, would never have thought. TFTC!

Back in the area to finish the trail. These caches are a must do for families. Great caches and a great trail.

Passed through this way 16 months ago and didn't know there was a cache here. Thought I'd pass by the other 14 odd caches and just stop for this one...............it must have been an isolated trek back in 1956.........well worth the stop to read all about it and have a lunch break as well. TFTC and thanks for bringing me here.

An alternate road with a string of caches
Very little traffic and plenty of parking made this a pleasant alternative to the Bruce hwy.
Thought that this monument was much older than it was, thought is was from early 70-ties
Thanks for the cache
R