"Happy Valley" Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
By Wesso Family on 28-Apr-15. Waypoint GC5TCP8

Unfortunately due to it's location and the fact that some cachers can not be stealthy I have reluctantly decided to archive this baby.

Thanks to all of the finders and the fav points.

Cheers Wesso

Looks like this has gone again!
I will have a re think and have it up and running in a few weeks.

No luck here. It was a quick search, but nothing obvious was noticed. Did not dig far tho.

Found the hole. Dug about. Used a torch and mirror. Nada. Grrr....

Tftc. Second try for us, too scared to put our hand in the first time

**New container in place, please be aware who is watching you when retrieving or replacing cache**

Will check this out ASAP

Found half of it but no log and not in where it was suppose to be

Catching up today and I know I logged this but it's no Smiley face... It's leaving a hole in my finds!!

I have three caches that have dropped out on my finds
this is sadly one of them
now it will not be in order but at least it will be on here

was out for the day with net

Barbbowman and I occasionally have the same day free and love to go geocaching together when possible so today we were both excited to head up the Coast and grab a few geocaches that made it through our filters into GSAK.

This was our second cache for the day. We parked nearby and wandered through the park towards GZ. We both saw a spot which matched the hint but it wasn't there but somewhere a bit lower. We signed our names in the logbook and replaced it as we found it.. which may not be the original spot. Thanks for the cache Wesso Family

Easy find
Arrived early located cache without any problems
Lovely day to spend on the coast
Asked oueswlves why we had moved from here a few years ago
Tftc Wesso family

Had fish and chips for dinner and let the kids play in the park. Thanks for a quick find!

After finding a nearby cache, Dora the Explorer and I made our way to this one. Lots of muggle activity here, but the cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

We were driving past on a quiet weekend and this cache appeared on the GPS.

I Thought about giving it a miss because of the location but seeing it was late on a Monday afternoon there were not too many muggles around so I parked close and strolled over to check it out.

My first glance and I spotted the cache fully exposed so I grabbed it and walked away to sign the log.

I replaced the cache back into the hiding spot,

TFTC

Wow- this location is stunning... thanks for the cache in the cache.

Easy find! Had to come back at night to find! Thanks

Tftc I love this area, have been visiting & holidaying around here for 45 years. Before husband, children, grandchildren & yes even before geocaching !!!!!
(Happy 16th birthday GC )
Thanks Wesso's for the excuse to sit & enjoy the view & the memories. The hide was unexpected but safe. Log in good condition!!

2nd ones to find it today. Walked past, snatcu and grab, then off to a nearby bench to sign the log. Another flash past to drop it off again. TFTC.

Quick and easy find. Tftc

#1323 From Canberra staying in Caloundra for the week, this little gem was just down the road. I had to pick my timing correctly to have the cache in my hand. Surprised at the number of muggles here at 7 in the morning. Neat little hide. Thanks Wesso Family.

Tftc

Went to wrong tree then turned around and found it.

After telling my BFF about Geocaching for ages, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to show her what it was all about whilst at the park with some friends.
We wandered off to the 'toilet', my geo senses kicked in & i knew were it was so i gave her the gps to work it out.
A quick find & a brave geomum!!
Thanks to BFF for the cover whilst signing as there was a LOT of muggles here!!
Found & signed. TFTF

Great hide. First geo for us in a little while. TFTC

Up on working holiday from Brisbane, thought no better way to kill time than find some caches, lots of muggles, but a bit of patience and well timing the cache was in hand in no time, nice hide TFTC

Nice fund

Orange Crew are having a short family holiday up the coast for a few days, it would be rude not to round up a few of the local caches while in the area .

The kids rode their scooters along the water, then played in the pirate park while I made the grab. I have definitely put my hand in scarier places

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This cache was found in good condition, and adds to our total of 2315 smilies. Thanks **Wesso Family** for showing us this spot. Discover our trackable TGQNRV

Lovely lunch at La Dolce Vita followed by a very short walk and a quick grab.
Really have to buy gloves for sticking hands where hands could be "stuck".
First time down here, great little spot, will be back.
All good with this cache, thanks.

Great disguise - awesome spot.Geosenses on HIGH alert !!!

New log installed.

Happy Geocaching

Tfhc

Log full

Found at 2:00pm with electro man.
Out and about today hunting caches with spinna76, SuzySquirrel and electro man.
Such a busy, thriving area so Electro man created a cover by pretending to take photo's. He quickly grabbed the cache and we took it away for signing.
As he placed it back he may have given himself concussion after smashing his head on a nearby branch.

TFTC Wesso Family

Busy today haha

Found it with bikesu . Tftc

Spending some time with my Mum at Kings Beach ... and grabbed this cache. Surprising hide! tftc

Found it. Nice spot for a cache. Boardwalk is great. Has a fantastic view of the ocean.
Thanks.

N.M.N.A

Found at 1400.

Out and about on a geoadventure with spinna76, Stacevel & * SuzySquirrel*, we pulled up at GZ and I could see the likely hidey hole straight away.
I stood next to GZ and pretended to take photos of trees, then quickly did a swoop on the cache
Back at the geovan, the cache was opened for signing. The logsheet was full, so I added a new one. It's not really the correct logsheet for this style of cache, so Wesso may want to fix things up.
After placing the cache back, I turned around and bashed my head on a low hanging branch and bit my tongue at the same time for good measure! Klutz!!

TNLNSL
TFTC! Wesso Family

My 600th find! Log is full. Needs replacement.

TFTC

Tftc nice quick find

A nice little cache in a funny location for what holds the log. But an enjoyable cache to do as long as you avoid the muggles. Found it today in good condition and admired the parklands. Thanks for placing the cache and bringing me here today Wesso Family. [^][^]

On the way to GZ we saw lots of kite boarders out at the river mouth enjoying the wind. Once at GZ we spotted a likely hidey hole but at first we couldn't see anything. Mr. Herbz delved a little deeper and then came up with the find. TFTC Wesso Family.

Quick easy find and nice views

A very busy area, especially during school holidays. Looked around and than looked at chest level and saw the hiding place. Checked with a torch before puting my hand in so no nasty surprises

7392 Cache Found

Having decided it was just a tad warm for any daylight caching activity. Departed home just after dark do do some night caching in the Caloulndra area.. Very clever little hide

Thanks for the great cache and adventure Wesso Family

This Day in Music
Alan Freed presents his first Moondog Jubilee Of Stars Under The Stars revue at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, featuring Fats Domino, The Clovers, The Orioles, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter. It is the first large racially mixed crowd at a concert of this size.

Here we are, back in happy Caloundra once again, and it is amazing how many new caches materialise from year to year! Well done, local COs!
We were heading for a twilight swim and fish n chips dinner at Bulcock with friends. What a nice reason to stop off along the way.
I delved in cautiously and was pleased to find a familiar shape waiting for me. All done quickly and quietly with muggles unaware.
TFTC here where all is fine.

Tftc

Awesome hide but gee it's busy here. Hope I did an ok job of acting as if I was waiting for someone!

One of your best Wesso family thank you so much

Easy find despite being very mugly today. Luckily we didn't look too suspicious. Thanks Wesso Family

Visiting the park with my little family. I used the stroller and dog as a decoy and soon had the cache in hand, signed and returned. TFTC. Very busy today

First day of the year, 2pm, hardly a soul enjoying the beautiful day!

Yeah NOT!

Wandered towards GZ - maybe the steps Nope
One tree nope
Looked around and spied a likely looking hidey hole.
Phone torch on - that looks like a cache.

Tftc wesso family.

Windy day at happy valley full stealth mode was required for this one great hint was an easy find tftc

Quick find! Tftc. Stealth required.

Good find ray 25 / 12/ 15

Very cool little hide. Found very easy by my mother. Tftc. Thanks so much wesso family.

Managed to get this cache while heading out to visit friends. Nice one. Thanks to Wesso Family for placing this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the location.

As always, there is that 'Just One MORE!' cache... And, this cache was just that for us.

After having found another cache nearby we were heading back to the car. But, we surely had to grab this one too as it was only a few 100mtrs away.

Upon getting closer to GZ it was apparent that we were going to have to go into stealth mode to grab this one... The only problem is, I don't think that Cassow11ry and I have that mode. Well, we think we do, but I am sure we don't.

After getting what we needed it was then time to sign the log... DARN, we had left our pen back at the other cache. So, thinking outside the box, Cassow11ry went to the nearby coffee cart and borrowed a pen. YES, THAT'S A !

This cache was part of a day on the water that was had by Cassow11ry and myself. It all started the day before with Cassow11ry asking if I wanted to hit the water.

She didn't even have to twist my arm, because as soon as the words left her mouth, it was a 'YES'! After a little map surfing, it was agreed that out near Bribie was looking pretty good to name as the hunting ground.

Thanks for another one Wesso Family. The cache is in perfect order!

Find #540

After an interesting day caching/kayaking with MinkosDes we decided to grab a couple more mutual unfounded caches before calling it a day. This little sucker was close to where we were so we decided to head on over and grab it. Possibly not the best timing to go for a search due to the VERY busy park but luckily everyone was too involved in their festive celebrations to worry what we were doing.

We soon had the cache in hand but realised that we left the writing utensil at a nearby cache.. Borrowing a pen off a nearby barista we had the log book signed and returned to his home.

Thanks for the quick cache Sensei Wesso.

Found after dark while on holidays up here., Still a few people around but no-one interested in us. Did take a bit of courage but all good. Thank you for the cache.

Thanks for cache

Tftc...

I forgot put my comments .. beautiful beach at Caloundra TFTC

Great fun for the kids

Quick and easy. TFTC!

Le beau temps revenu, nous permet de faire une balade dans le parc,
avec une recherche de cache pour agrémenter le tout.
Ce matin, le spot est tranquille pour un log discret.
MPLC

Tftc

1449

Thursday. Slow Puncture was out with the aim of finding a particular cache to qualify us to log the "Can you spell OCTOBER in October?" Challenge. Having found that one, we stopped in for some lunch in Caloundra, and then went in search of some randoms.

This cache rocked! When we got there the hidey hole seemed pretty obvious, and so it was! Always a test of confidence, caches like this. Not many muggles on a weekday, luckily!

This was the 2nd of 6 caches found on this trip.

Thanks [Blue]Wesso Family[/Blue], for showing us this place.

Great park for the kids & great hiding spot.
TFTC

Greetings from Finland! Our family's first find in Australia. After the smurf (dnf) in King's Beach we decided to try this cache. Our 6 yrs old spotted the place as soon as we walked to the right area. Geo mum was a little worried to "do the honors" but finally she did it. Name on the log and one happy family. Thank you for the cache!

// Perheemme ensimmäinen Australian löytö. Ensimmäinen kätkö oli meille liian vaikea, vaikka siellä vietimme aikaa ja tutkimme paikkoja pitkään ja hartaasti. Onneksi tämä paljasti karvansa tosi nopeasti, 6-vuotiaamme huomasi heti oikean paikan. Täällä myrkkyhämähäkkejä ja käärmeitä vilisevässä maassa vaati hieman rohkeutta poimia kätkö hyppysiin. Lokkaus ja perheen suut kääntyivät taas hymyyn. Kiitoksia kätköstä!

Too easy spotted it right away

Geo bro found this cache great cache

Found this one back in May but forgot to log . Tftc

Tftc lovely spot.

Sneaky Wesso. Found by my mate possumcrazy who thought there just might be a possum about . What a surprise she got ! Lucky there was a ferris wheel being assembled nearby and we were able to admire it whilst standing close to GZ . TFTC TNLNSL ☺

Quick find after doing the coast walk with the family. Kids love the playground here and it's much easier to find these ones if they are playjng! Thanks!

First find for a Fathers Day Cache Grab bonanza. After a delicious Fathers Day banquet breakfast at home we set of for the beach. I made a quick stealthy grab while GeoJen watched the kids at the park. Brought it back to her to sign the log, then returned it quickly without anyone noticing. Nice little find. Clever cache container too. We have not seen one of these used quite this way before. FP from us. TFTC

Found this one on a weekend away at Caloundra... just realized we had not logged. Our little girl loved the playground and finding the cache. Thanks for the cache, Andrew, Maryan and Lucy.

Great clue. Thanks for the lovely walk that our geodog really enjoyed.

Found it while doing a bit of Night caching. Not many muggle around at night. Cool hide.

TFTC Wesso. Only 7 lines left on log.

Quickly found on stop over to school camp. So many kids with us it wasn't hard to grab the cache and add our names to the log. TFTC

Quick find by the elder geocacher of the group. Lots of muggles about but after a quick grab noone noticed. Tftc

We could have spent hours here. Love Happy Valley! Thanks for bringing us here TFTC!

Got it. Nice find at night after dinner.

Geowife and I out on a walk on a lovely morning. Found this no probs with help of clue.

TNLN SL TFTC

Market day, Sunday, busy day. Managed to summon up the courage to put my hand where I could not see and retrieve cache. Signed log now to replace and back to the market

T-Tech and I, in the company of our son and younger daughter, visited our older daughter, son-in-law and grand-baby up at Caloundra this afternoon, and the boys decided to do a bit of fishing while we girls took a walk in the park on the shore. Happy Granny! After half an hour of a very pleasant exploration of the grounds, I had a quick look for the nearest caches on my phone, and lo and behold, there was one 33 metres from where I was sitting!!!! Double happy Granny!!!! We wandered towards GZ, and I searched the wrong spot rater diligently with no find, then I was directed to the right spot, where the cache was quickly in hand. TFTC, Wesso Family. A favourite point from me as it's my grand-baby's first find!

My Granny is a very keen geocacher (IolantheK is her name) and she has long wanted to take me on one of her outings Today she and Granddad came up to visit me at our holiday place, and we took a walk in the park at the beach. Granny saw there was a cache right nearby and Mummy said I could go with her to find it. Granny stuck her hand in the right spot and pulled out the container. I had a lovely play with it while she signed the logbook! It was rather bumpy and tasted salty. Thank you for the cache.

Visiting My Daughter, Son-in-law and PerolaK (Granddaughter) with IolantheK and spending some time along the foreshore and park [^]
I came back from a stroll to find PerolaK happily sucking on a sistema and IolantheK happily rejoicing in her first cache find [^]
Added my name to the log and continued to enjoy the ambiance of the area
TFTC Wesso Family we cleaned the slobber off the cache

Tftc. Now we know what these trees are called.

Took a little while to narrow down where to search but soon found the right place TFTC

Out with The Fat Fairy on an Australian holiday, tftc

Quickly found and gave gz a hug to put it back again. Love beach here and how it is set out to b.b.q, eat, fish and play. TFTC

#9829. While the rest of the family slept in, we went for a walk to find a few caches. Although we were out and about early, there were quite a few muggles around, though not too many at GZ. Troodles spotted the cache, and delegated the retrieval to me. TFTC.

After breakfast, we set off for a walk, and to find a cache or two. It was a little chilly out of the sun at 7 in the morning, but still a lot warmer than back home in NZ. Lots of people out and about, but all OK at GZ, except for a lone smoking muggle sitting at one of the tables nearby. Fortunately he was not at all interested in what we were up to.
I quickly spotted the cache, but was reluctant to retrieve, so StreetWalker used a stick to scare off any wildlife then grabbed the container. I could imagine that stealth would be required when the little muggles come out to play. TFTC.

Out for an early morning walk before all the mugglers are out of bed. Nice easy find, thanks.