Gotta cache 'em all? Queenton, Queensland, Australia
By Cachedin NQ on 02-Jul-15. Waypoint GC5YJN4

After 8 years this cache has aged and we are archiving it. Found the container with a hole in the lid (and couldn't get the lid off), the log on the ground, a dead bat also on the ground along with discarded needles.... Doesn't seem much point in moving or replacing it. Thanks to the 67 finders!

I found this cache but there was lots of Needles on the ground

12780 Located by baby&Mrs gopher 1350. Solved the mystery last evening to make the find today, SL Tnx Cachedin NQ

Found with SJG66 as we checked out Charters Towers, TFTC

Found with O319. Enjoying a day caching around Charters Towers

After solving the puzzle a quick find. TFTC

Outnabout for some solo caching while camping in town overnight. We’re taking the roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. It’s always a great day for caching.
TFTC Cachedin NQ

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Following a bit of breaky in town, it was time to resume my hunt for some solved mysteries. This was next and once at GZ, it was a nice quick find at 10:25.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks Cachedin NQ.

Puzzle solved and treasure in hand thanks for the cache

We worked things out and headed to the hide..Cache was quickly spotted.. Off to find some more smiles around town..

Checked on this one this afternoon and found in reasonable condition, might replace container with a repainted one soon.

In the area with Selva Girls today picking up some caches around town and this was one of them. Once at GZ the cache was soon in hand and once the log was signed all was returned as found.

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

TFTC Cachedin NQ

This puzzle was solved some time ago. As Konie and I were passing by today, we stopped off to make a quick find. Log signed, everything returned as found, then we were on our way again. TFTC

Last one for the day! I had this one solved in advance and as I got to GZ I spotted a familiar container.

TFTC

28/08/22 TFTC SL A great day out, thanks for all your caches

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

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 78. Charters Towers Day 1. After a restless night and an early wake due to some very noisy birds, I headed off for a days caching. I finished the caches along the Gregory Highway and went out to the weir and threw in a few pirate caches as well. Apart from lots of grass and associated seeds, the day went smoothly and I was home in time for a late lunch and some logging.

I started the day with one of the puzzles I solved in Charters towers after my last visit. Nice to get another one done.

Thanks for the cache Cachedin NQ

36639.1 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Adventure Lab Tag A#455

**Albida**

Arrived from Townsville today and setup the caravan at the Big4. Decided to get the bikes down and have a ride around and see what we could get.

Thanks Cachedin NQ for the caches.
Total Cache Finds 12959,

A walk across the field in the drizzling rain. We solved this one this morning over a morning coffee, and decided to stop by here and pick it up on our way through today.
Thanks for another puzzle here Cachedin NQ
Domsky

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We decided to start caching a little bit earlier than usual - best decision ever as it started showering later in the morning and then it just rained all afternoon.
We completed the tribe series as well as many other interesting caches north of Charters Towers.
Thanks to the CO's for placing these caches.

Out and about caching in and around Charter Towers today. Caches visited took us too many spots with many varied caches of different sizes/shapes. Thank you for placing the caches in their locations. TFTC

Got it just we thought it would be thanks. Quick dive in and out of the car quite wet today

Found as part of the Qld Cache mega event weekend in Townsville over Easter 2022. Joined forces with Gunnie69 after flying up from Brisbane to tackle a variety of caches around the Townsville area including three GeoArt series, other puzzles and a few labs! I would like to thank all the cache owners who are making this an enjoyable weekend!



Today we trekked out along the Flinders Highway to the historical town of Charters Towers. Enjoyed some of the sights, old buildings, occasional wildlife and of course lunch at a local pub!



A smiley has been added to the cache!

Thanks Cachedin NQ for the cache, the hunt and the smiley today! [D*|

Lunchtime was drawing near and Ghostgums and I had a hankering for a good pub meal. That was a challenge today and a very different story than finding this cache. GZ became obvious on approach and unlike trying to find a pub with an open kitchen on Easter Sunday, GZ was very obliging and offered up the container immediately. That was appreciated.

Cheers Cachedin NQ.

In town for the mega, using caching as a guide to show us the best of what the region has to offer.

Find #12468 @ 08:28
Thanks Cachedin NQ for giving us a reason to visit.

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Day 7 of our trek to the Townsville Mega and back with fitzy_1965 and two of my geo-kids Death_killer & my_name_jeff_1.

The long awaited day we drive into Townsville! We did a bit of caching around Charters Towers before leaving. Definitely some great caching there and some good Adventure Labs worth doing. A simple drive to Townsville: we are all happy to finally be here. The kids were very glad to have a quick dip in the pool at the Motel before some rest before all things Mega kicking off tomorrow.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned.

27,571. Found with minniek during our Grand Townsville Trek up to CacheQLD's Townsville Mega Event over Easter.

Day 7 of our Townsville Trek, and we cached our way around Charters Towers again during the morning, before doing the short journey to Townsville for the main event (literally !). A couple of neat Adventure Labs were completed, as well as their bonus caches (one a real doozy) plus some other must do caches along the way. This one was pre solved. Quick find once at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache, then continued along to the next cache on our list.

Thanks Cachedin NQ !!

#13927 - 1:02:00 PM; Day eight of the Townsville Mega adventure with Sol de lune. Made it through to Townsville last night and headed out to Charters Towers to try our hand at the variety of cache types in the area today. Managed 30 finds for the day on the way to and from and around the town in Charters Towers, with one DNF. Cache types we found included Adventure Labs, Letterbox Hybrids, Trads, Multis, Unknown (Puzzle), Wherigos, a virtual and an earthcache. All caches were found in good order unless noted in the log and where required each has been signed L.L10n & Sdl or vice versa. Apologies for the largely generic logs [:o)] TFTC Cachedin NQ

Day 8 of the road trip to Townsville to with LuckyL10n and today it was a drive from Townsville out to Charters Towers.

A quieter day than others on the trip, but that was due to the different types. Puzzles, WIG's and Multi's were the order of the day. A couple of trads of course as went right past them....and we couldn't leave them could we?

Left CT around 2.30 and head for Cardwell to help fill in a few counties up towards Carins and the Tablelands. All up, another great day.

Thanks to all the CO's for the caches....they all help to make the trip a good time.

Like all geocachers, I’m taking the scenic, slow route to Townsville. Along the way we detoured for, amongst many others, this geocache.

Having solved a lot of puzzles prior to the trip, we tried to find as many as we could.

Thanks for placing the cache Cachedin NQ, without hiders the game wouldn’t exist.

Date: April 12, 2022
Find #12371

Travelling up to Townsville for the Mega Event and Maze with beckNmonts. Found this one along the way.

Day 9, starting in Charters Towers and headed for Townsville. Now to cache along the way picking up as many puzzles and rarer cache types as we could.

Massive thanks go to Cachedin NQ for placing this one.

Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2022?*
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Stopped in Charters Towers for a few days to get a few more caches on our way to Townsville for the mega. Did your Gotta cache 'em all? today. 9 April 2022 1:20 pm Tyfc Cachedin NQ total caches now 4530 .

Seeing how undisturbed GZ was we could almost believe this cache hadn't been found in yonks. Well guess what.... it hadn't. Retrieving the cache was like pulling a rabbit out of a hat... didn't think there was that much depth in there. TFTC Cachedin NQ.

A nice puzzle and able to park close by, good coordinates soon had the cache found at the only place it could be.

TFTC

We were a bit worried about this one as there had been no logs shown for 2021, but Mr Ski walked up and put his hand straight on it. Go to get a smilie after solving the puzzle.

Our first full day in Charters Towers, and we decided to head out reasonably early as it is forecast to be quite warm. We targeted a variety of cache types including Adventure Lab, puzzle, traditional multi and Wherigo. All successful with no DNFs. Even managed to pick up one we think we looked for but could not find last time we were here.
What a lovely old town Charters Towers is. We particularly like seeing the range of old buildings on offer.
Thank you to the local COs for developing and maintaining the caches for us to find. It is much appreciated.

I was in the perfect age when Pokémon emerged. Having played most of the games and watched the TV show when I was a kid, this cache was solved in no time.

Another day searching out and completing remaining caches in the area. Thanks for this one.

As Pokémon fans, this one was easy. TFTC!

Day 18 of my trip north from Adelaide.

Today was spent caching and sightseeing around Charters Towers. I had picked out the multis, puzzles, wherigos and traditional caches that I was keen to do and picked up a few other opportunistic traditional caches along the way. I also completed the new Lab caches in town.

All in all it was as a very pleasant day, with a cool morning and a relatively mild day, which made things much easier and more enjoyable. In all I managed to find 7 puzzles, 9 multis, 3 wherigos, 13 traditionals and an earthcache for a total of 33 caches for the day (plus the Lab caches). I only had one DNF.

I spent quite a bit of time over the past few months solving puzzles, including this one, in preparation for my trip. The cache was found without any problems.

Thanks Cachedin NQ for the puzzle and the cache.

Old container had grown some tree fungus, replaced with a new container and log book.

Cycled past this one this morning and it was in the right place, thanks

I am not the best at puzzles but was able to capture my nerdy side (hahaha I am kidding ... I am a geocacher) and find this cache. Solved it last time I was in town but didn’t get the chance to grab it. Cache was on the ground ... picked it up and placed it in what I think was it’s hiding spot. TFTC.

What a mixed day. Had a lovely weekend, picked up a few caches along the way, and a DNF then found out a lovely lass i’ve known for a while passed away today. Have shed a few tears once or twice since finding out. RIP Susie. Forever young.
Picked up this cache before driving off, leaving the sun setting behind me. Thanks for the cache Cachedin NQ. Clever work Geoboy.

Caching in and around Charters Towers and surrounds we picked up a few caches and this was one of them.

Cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

This was our last cache to find in Charters Towers and I was delighted that it was a puzzle I could actually solve...thanks to the very helpful clue. Always especially nice to have a geochecker to be sure

Very well done Geoboy...a favourite point on it’s way

Thanks for the hide Cachedin NQ

I was able to solve the puzzle even though I have no clue as to what Pokemon entails. I found the cache very easily.

Checked on this today, log is good might shout it a new container one day. Added checkerfor the original coords.

A bit of research back at home led to us catching this guy this morning. Thanks again Cachedin NQ.

Found and signed to start the day in the west
Tftc

Can't catch 'em all before we head out of town, but at least we can catch another one! Co-ords for GZ were easily worked out a little while ago and we decided to pick this last cache up as we were on our way with the caravan on behind.
Thankfully it was a good place to park and just a short walk away from the hiding place. All was in good order with the cache and we were soon signed on and on the road again.
Thanks go to Cachedin NQ for a fun puzzle.

On a road trip from Mackay to Charters Towers then on to Townsville and return to Mackay.

Solved this one quite a while ago.

Sorry to all the CO's for the cut and paste logs.
Thank you all for placing and maintaing theses caches.
49 caches, 3 days and over 1000km's.

SL TNLN TFTC

Deciphering was easy as we had caught most of those Pokemon. Just as well we started playing recently. Does having a Senior's card make it too late to start. Lol Wasn't sure we were at the right spot and didn't want to traipse all over when a local came driving down the track so in we went to a likely spot and shortly after the cache was in hand. TFTC

Staying a few nights in Charters Towers this morning we visited the library to learn about the archives section to hopefully trace some family history here from the Pioneer days.

Once it was determined that we had to return tomorrow then it was out and about exploring town using your Geocache as part of our tour.

Solved this one before our arrival but with no geochecker we were still nervous we had made mistakes. However at GZ cache was quickly in hand.

TFTC Cachedin NQ

After we had breakfast and filled our car with petrol we headed to the last cache we still had to collect before we leave town.
The headline sounded promising. Just a year ago I was still hunting this small creatures with the smartphone.
As a semi professional the puzzle was quickly solved.
The final was an easy find. Cool!
Thanks for showing. Tftc

TFTC. We were enroute to Hughenden today but first we needed to stop in Charters Towers to get gas .
We had solved two puzzle caches while we housesat in Mareeba and today seemed a good time to stop and attempt the find. This first one was a quick find and a pleasant walk as we parked on the far side of the park.

We're still meandering across northern Australia after attending the Red Centre Experience over Easter. Now in Charters Towers, I had the day to myself, so I planned a route that would see me find a mixture of traditional, multi and mystery caches.
It turned out to be a huge day as I visited over 30 sites but only about 14 of them were caches, the rest were gathering information for the multis.
I have never had anything to do with Pokemon, but really enjoyed the challenge of solving this cache.
Once I arrived at GZ it was a quick find and after signing duties were completed the cache was returned to its hidey hole.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for us to find.

Arrived at GZ only to find cache on the ground empty. Have replaced log, put in a guardian and placed back in the tree, assuming that's where it was. Loved solving this mystery - TFTC

On a wander around Charters this morning,
a question mark appeared on the GPS screen !!
Oops !! I should have looked for any puzzle caches back at camp last night !! [:o]

I read the name of the cache ...
... oh I'm not interested in looking at that website ever again
But the cache notes gave me some clues where to look
With plenty of time up me sleeve,
I could afford to pick'an'choose

And after a short stroll,
I poked a likely location,
and found this one

TFTC.
No Bulbosauruses seen [^]

In Charters Towers for the day, this is the second time we visited as cachers, but there were still a few for us to find. We drove in from Macrossan Bridge and set out gps to go! I poked around with this puzzl last night and came up with the coordinates. We found at 10.30am. The tree had taken ownership of the cache, so we did have a bit of trouble extracting it. Signed and returned the wet log.

Thanks CachedinNQ

checked on this one today

Worked out at home prior to the visit. You must have known the Pokemon craze was about to hit. Fun to combine the two. GPS was playing up in the car and had us driving around in circles, which would have looked very odd to others.....blame it on the Pokemon. Found at the first stop with Team BlackPearl26. TFTC.

Blackbeard picked this one up today on a cruise to Charters Towers with burgo78. TFTC.

TFTC

Think our kids are the wrong age for this one and it took a bit of google work to solve it.
A quick find was made at GZ though. Thanks.

Tftc

Solved the other week and found today whilst visiting the area. TFTC!

Day 2 Charters Towers
A variety of caches found as we geocached around the area. So many multi caches we did today, so many for such a small town.
I did not know much about pokemon but I have learn't something doing this cache. Nice knew log to sign.
Thanks for placing this cache Cachedin NQ

Checked on some of our caches today and this one has survived a few months in the wild, all good

Having retrieved the original container under slightly mysterious circumstances we've put it back in the original hiding place with a new log and midget pencil! See what happens next!

This one was there last year but now it is not - time for a rethink

The puzzles were solved during our holidays, Greetings from Switzerland.

No luck here.

To add more mystery to this puzzle Phoenix Ferals have recently come across the original cache, log, pencil and $2 from 4/7/15 in the hands of some locals. Thanks for its return. The top of the log has a name for the 4/7/15 by 'dashoohqli' or similar. I don't recognise and can't find them - but they would have a claim to FTF and can still log it as found.

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Tftf

Out on a day trip to charters with geoparents who have come to Australia for a holiday from Europe. Decided to sneak a few caches in. Found quickly, tftc sl tnln

Work trip out west by car for once. A mystery that was quickly solved. Leaving one cache for the next time.
Did a drive in this chilly morning.
Thanks for the cache
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A much better outcome this time! Area has been heavily traversed by vehicles since we were there on Sunday. But cache was there! Thanks for putting this one out again, Cachedin NQ

We thought this was a secure location, but after a couple of calls this morning we cycled past to find the container missing already. We will consider alternative containers today, sorry for any inconvenience.

OK try again, having visited here 4 times in 4 days there appears to be more bike tracks around the area. Cycled past on the way to work and replaced the container with a smaller one log only. Opted for a different hiding spot in the same feature and average coords are close but Marill will get you 1m closer than azumarill.

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Relief! We weren't blind after all. Thanks Cachedin NQ for putting up with the phone calls and checking the cache. Down with all evil cache thieves!!