Whalers Groyne Frenchman Bay, Western Australia, Australia
By allinaday on 14-Apr-15. Waypoint GC5REXJ

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The hint was used and very accurate. Still took a long time to find the cache. A favourite point. Swapped TBs.

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

Finally found

Enjoying a long weekend in Albany, and of course picking up a few caches while here The only day with a real plan was yesterday (completing the Whale Tail series), otherwise I'm just picking them up as I roam around This was one that I stopped off at. A lovely little stretch of beach here. Enjoyed the short walk along to GZ. Initially just started searching, then quickly realised I could be here for a long time, haha, so went back to the hint and this time did as instructed. A quick find was made shortly after A good size box so dropped off a TB. Originally I was hoping to place it near to Albany Speedway however none of the caches in that area are suitable - so at least it's in a nice location here No problem today - TFTC

Quick find on a cruise ship day stop.

Zwei sehr grosse schritte

Came for a while and couldn’t find it but decided to come back after lunch. Found it! TFTC

Found! Took a bit of hunting and some stretching but we found it ◡̈

Thanks!

We visited the Whaling Station, which was really interesting. I liked the video at the start talking to the whalers and protesters about the end of whaling in Albany, and some of the poems about on the ship, and thinking about what the smell from the station must've been like when it wafted into town. Afterwards we came here, and Young Bruce soon spotted it. Thanks allinaday

Summer and Leo found it. It’s a good one

nice walk even for a dnf

TFTC

Took a bit of searching, good find by bmc96. Tftc

Almost gave up as we were getting too particular about the clues but we got there! Awesome cache in a beautiful spot. Tftc

Thanks

Maybe I was just off!

I thought this one was going to take ages and it would have if it wasn’t for my very clever partner. Thank you for bringing us to this great spot

Not so easy

Wasn't an easy find, but got there in the end

Great place on whaling history.

Tftc found it on a beautiful day in Albany and no muggles around

Finaly found it
Couldnt search lastime as a family had decided to have a picnic in the middle of the footpath right next to it

Tftc

Out n about with Mr and muggle mate converting some green to yellow to spread some sunshine on my map. Beautiful Day in sunny Albany. Muggle Vicki 1st find .. her long arms got the goods TFTC

Cache is still there to be found. Follow the hint!!

Nice spot for cache find. TFTC

With Rosie bogs, follow the hint, big steps, lay on belly, bingo tftc

woohoo! papabogs and i were worried it was missing but his big steps soon brought success. follow the hint and reach deep. container and log in great condition

No joy. Too many possibilities

Great spot tho.

DNF not our day here today. The whaling station was very interesting visit though

Had a good scramble amongst the rocks but did not find it

Followed the clues but DNF. Family visiting couldn't wait for us to continue looking.

Mr dimor, me and Benjamin came down for the harness racing last night and spend a few days in town. Today was a drive out to Whaleworld so I could get my coins with some caching to and from.

Having some of the path buried under sand was a bit hard going even with my walking stick but I was determined since we were here to find it.
Thought we may be here for a while but I followed directions and had cache in hand within seconds.
TFTC

VERRRY very tricky find! Well concealed under the rocks then it was a missing to retrieve it TFTC

TFTC after re-reading hint again, refreshed are point of searching and soon had cache in hand

Looked for awhile. Few muggles around little hard

Couldn’t find

Started our 2nd tour of WA now checking out Albany and surrounds with our wonderful WA caching friends The Chatterboxes Carol and George. 4 December 2021 12:58 pm Tyfc allinaday total caches now 3281

Another find yeah. No joy back in March 21. George found it.

Wow the previous finders concealed this one well bit a quick network and prize became a reality

4/11/21 had good search finely found it tftf

Found after a little search

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Found it

Follow the hint, there it is. Very quick and easy find during a sunny break in the weather.
TFTC

A rather quick find between the rain showers this afternoon.
What a great spot! even with the cloudy skies. The cache is in very good condition. TFTC

Find this one finally with some help from Minya 2004

Found after nearly a hour

Had a good look along the side of the path but couldn't spy it.

Our in Albany for WAGB21 weekend. Took way too long to find here, nearly gave up. Re-assessed the starting point and looked for other options- then found it. Thanks for the hide

No luck even with the hint and then chased away by the rain.

Once we read and interpreted the hint correctly we made a relatively quick find. Tftc

Tricky find amongst the rocks. Got there in the end

Easy one needs a new plastic bag for log

Went for a walk got out half way and the skies opened. Too wet. We will be back.

Out for a wander around Albany.
We wandered out here, took note of the description and came up trumps with the cache in hand.
We signed the log and replaced as found.
TFTC

Came down to the groyne after exploring the Historic Whaling Station and having lunch at the cafe. Had to use the hint for this one, and even then took a little while to find but got there in the end! TFTC allinaday

Great history out here, thanks for sharing this place.
TTC

Nice and easy for first time geo cachers looking forward to next one

I found this one quickly because the instructions were spot on & PP1 never takes the time to read them. TFTC allinaday

Surprisingly tricky with all the piles of suspect rocks

Wow! Great place for a cache! Took a while but found in the end. A little hard to get out of its spot though. Great hint! TFTC

No luck finding this one today

We were unable to find the cache Even with fellow geo friends that have already find it.

Thanks for the great hint. Found within a couple of minutes. Left Coles collectibles little book. Glad we didn't have to look under every rock

I tried to find this cache today, but my luck was not good, or maybe it was my eyesight, or maybe it was not there. Will have to return at a later time effect a find.

This was my 2 DNF out of 2 DNFs and a total of 23 Finds on this outing.

Could not locate it

Ran out of rocky energy

Just couldn’t find this one today, so many rocks!

Unfortunately a dnf on our recent outing to Albany on 11/07/20 as our search was halted by the arrival of some people fishing from the rocks. What a great excuse to return though

TFTC

Family fun and then some fun for the older geoboys while the wife checked out the gift shop of course lots of people about and a hint to save us was greatly appreciated

Tough find, had to use the hint. Thank you.

Sore chest and arms from doing pushups against the rocks, trying to peak under. Hard find. BW

So many hiding spots. We had to use the hint.

So many spots to look bit found in the end.

I came, I saw, I signed the logged. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Cache is in good condition.

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Great lil spot calm waters on the bay while every where else is rough.

TFTC

Checked on cache today.....wow....talk about cache creep!! It was quite a way from its original position. Have added a hint for an easier find.

Hi there allinaday.

This is the 1st of 1 caches we didn't find today. [:(!]

We spent quite some time here but we just couldn't locate your cache, geocaches hidden in rocks aren't really our forte - so here's a DNF from us.

Regards
Ian and Penny

On our trip through the southwest of Australia we came to Albany. Today we drove to the Torndirrup NP. After our visit of the Whalers Station we searched the cache and found it at 15:00.
No trade.
Thanks, Axel XXXX and Petra from Berlin, Germany

Took us a while but came up with the goods when just about to call it quits. Very neat hideaway. TFTC

Beaut day nice spot. TFTC

Found thanks to my caching buddy

Bloody beautiful day for it

Nice easy cache on a gorgeous day out! TNLN. TFTC

Found during our visit to Albany and surrounding, here at the whale station. Found after a few minutes.
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Thanks for the cache

Found it in 10 minutes

TFTC!!! Very wet when we found it a few years back. Nice hide.

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Yay found it

Had to go back for a second attempt because of muggles but I found it!

Lovely spot. Found after a trip to the whaling station, so glad this terrible place is only history.

Nice hide took a bit to find but amazing view

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Almost lost it

Took a few minutes of jumping over the rocks.

The Melbourne Cup has been run and won. Time for some exercise. TFTC

With not a lot on the radar this afternoon, I thought that I would go and pick up a couple of caches in the Frenchman Bay area. I am a local here, but every time I come down this way it makes me realize what a beautiful place Albany really is.

With this cache only a couple of hundred meters from the car park, I thought why not give this one a crack. Having read some of the recent logs, it appeared this cache was going to be vicious and indeed it was. After lifting, climbing, looking from a distance, re syncing the GPS, it was about time to call it quits and move on in my travels. As I turned to head back up the beach the camo colored box caught my eye. Log was signed, and cache returned.

TFTC allinaday

TFTC took awhile to find good little spot