Lawrence's turn. Collaroy, Queensland, Australia
By Nedandmrskelly on 15-Jul-15. Waypoint GC5ZBYE

Nice. Harder than expected due to the poor reception.

This was a hard one so good thank you

A late night cache stop off. Good voords made this a quick find, a quick find is always a good find. Last cache of the evening.We stayed at the Finch Hatten Show grounds last night. A busy campground not realising they had a country music festival going on in the hall there. All good as room to set up and entertainment as a bonus. A pretty location in the hills and that iconic NQ scenery. A late start to the morning with some puzzle solving and collection of them before we left. Pinnacle was a great stop advertising Australia's best pies, well... is it really? Only one way to find out, and yes, they are a treat to try!Fueled up and ready to cache it was into Mackay for a black sand earthcache and coastal scenery. A strange yet fascinating sight but good to understand this black sand more.Caching along the way of different types as we passed, pulling into a busy rest stop half way between Mackay and Rockhampton after dark. Thanks for your cache to enjoy on our travels!

Finished another long trip around Australia. The 6th. Next up to Townsville to grab the Palm Island LGA. Only 2 LGAs to complete Australia.Firstly heading back south for some Canberra time.TFTC. Camped at the showground of Finch Hatton for the night. There happen to be a country music festival on right there. Bands played late into the night.A slow start in the morning getting some Jigidies done. Then it was back into Mackay to finish the last Earth Cache. Now heading south to Rockhampton to find lots of ECs, Virtuals and Ad Labs... and of course any other type that looks interesting, or not.Nice quick find. I think I have looked here before.

Out for our geo weekend to get points up for the Cosmic questFantastic!!

swung in here on way to croydon and signed log at 09:40am after a swift find,TFTC

This is our last one for this trail. We soon spotted what we were after. We enjoyed the whole trail it made for a great morning out. We are heading off back to our van and some lunch at St Lawrence pub ..

Found it easily with rex46

With dot a quick stop and grabLog is wetThanks for the cache

TFTC nice quick find, log still very wet ????

Ugh. First thing I touched then ignored. Kiwisteve2 to the rescue. Tftc

Coords were spot on. Sneaky too and yes a bit wet but could sign gently.

On the way to Airlie Beach and stopped for this county. Been a lovely drive. As said by others, a familiar hide once I read the logs. Time to visit Qld again. Up visiting family and doing some small road trips.Thanks for getting me out and about Nedandmrskelly

As we leave Mackay, we head for Rockhampton. I enjoyed finding the cache even though the weather was warm Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache Nedandmrskelly.

Found it with lance51 while on the travels TFTC

Found it with Silence49 while on travels FFTC

12721. Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1150. Added a new log sheet. In good condition. SL Tnx Nedandmrskelly

Back to the road after a pitstop diversion into St Lawrence, I decided to stop and see if I could grab a quick find here. Thankfully it was exactly that as I spotted the hide from about 20 or so metres away and was soon signing the log at 13:20. That's how I like 'em.

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

**PS:** The log is mighty full and could do with a newie pretty soon.

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa

Staying at Clairview for a few days….out for a drive today and picking up some nearby caches.

Signed log as TB & PDG to save space in the log.

Tftc

Ocw the Bebes picking up a few caches as we head north for winter. Quick find if a familiar hide for us. Tftc

Found this one last weekend, but with all the Reno’s going on at home, I have missed logging it till now.
This one almost had us stumped for a bit as even out in the open my GPS had us wandering all over the place.
As usual I ended up ignoring it as there were only a few options in the area and we quickly sussed out and dismissed the signage.
Onto the main event and had it a minute later.
I think we used the last possible spot on an edge to sign it.

Venimus Invenimus Signati

A planned trip north with a mate and his family, sees us checking out some of our great countryside. We got in some camping and in some not so usual spots. It has been fun and the best part is I get to cache in places I do not usually get to visit.

Today we are on the move again and heading towards Mackay. I wanted to be in MacKay for the morning event on the 8th. Ok this is for a challenge and it is the last date I need for this one so the nerd in me says it is important, lol.
On the way up there are just a few I wanted to stop at and a couple are ones I have passed before and said I will get it next time. Today was the next time and Clairview is on the list. Lol.

This one was an easy find thanks.

Thanks for the cache and the hide, I signed the log and returned the cache as found.

Had a long drive today but made sure to stop for this one so I could tick off another county for a challenge. Looked in the right place, doubted myself, then looked again and put my name on the log.

TFTC

Quick find tftc
Nice hide

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 109. Clairview Day 1. I spent the first part of the morning doing the caches along the Clairview shore line. Then I headed south to St Lawrence, where the nearest store is. Still wanting a few more to fill in my morning, I headed west up the Croyden road to the beginning of the range.

Along the Bruce Highway it was back to quick roadside caches in amongst the road works today.


Thanks for the cache Nedandmrskelly

37050.7 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2018 El Dorado Compass Rose A#377

**Albida**

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 Nedandmrskelly
Find #10453

A slow trip between Rockhampton and Mackay targeting a few random caches along the way to break up the drive.

Just found this and got a toot from fellow cacher Rob albida33 who had nipped in to St Lawrence.

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 Nedandmrskelly

Find # 8092

QOGM 2022

Good spot to get out and stretch the legs on a long boring drive. I have seen these types before so would have found it but unfortunately I got a massive clue by a previous logger taking a photo of it. So if you want to find it without cheating do not open any photos in the activities list. Log wet.

Magney

A quick find. This could do with a new log. I signed GW. TFTC Nedandmrskelly.

On our way back home from our Bundy Holiday we stopped for a stretch of our legs and a quick cache. TFTC.

We are starting to know what to look for and spotted this one in no time at all.
TFTC

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.

Log sheet wet, needs new log. Coongoola & Geodog are on an adventure after attending the Townsville Mega event in Qld. We found your cache today 14 May 2022 11:48 am , while enjoying another day out adding to our tally. TFTC Nedandmrskelly

Very tricky it needs a new log soon could barley see where I wrote my name

Not sure if this is it or not, but there were names on it so I guess

day one of road trip to townsville
bye bundy ... off to mackay

bubba and i found one of these in our first 20 finds
we spot them very quickly now

i really like where this one is

hi alansee

Heading north for the Townsville Mega, taking 5 days and finding caches along the way. Thanks to the COs for placing these caches to show us more of your local area.

Found with bubba_89, barbbowman and FastEd 59

Caching today from Rockhampton to Mackay as we move north to Townsville for the Mega. Along the way , stopping to do some of the caches. Signed the log. TFTC

I still have one of these at home still to put out so I able able to spot it pretty quick.

TFTC

nice quick find as we knew what we were looking for

Met some other cachers here who were also heading for the MEGA.

quick one

Couldn't find, by some of the comments maybe isn't there anymore?

No log, needs a new log. Writable. Sticky wins. Getting hot cycling north.

Only spent five minutes here.

Magnetic micro on the mailbox isn’t jumping out.
Or anything attached to the zip tie at the bus stop.

Should be an easy find.

Worth a future hunter spending more time here to confirm DNF

Nice one. Mark finch Mick

Could not find anything. Needs a check

We think we found but it was on the ground and no logs needs maintenance

Thanks put Pajamateam but did not date it under Selva girls I had assumed it was hidden somewhere else initially But all is good now

A very good cache! Tftc

Wow! We nearly gave up, then went searching through past activity and photos! What an excellent cache - never seen one like this before!
TFTC

After finding a nearby cache, I headed to this one. A quick find and sign here. It is getting too dark to keep caching, so heading back for something to eat and a sleep. TFTC

6338

Saturday. We were really enjoying the wonderful views heading north from Brisbane to Cairns. Clear blue skies and terrain that changes from nice and green to bone dry. We stopped by to stretch our legs and our arrows had us at a likely location, be we still searched the obvious (we thought) spot for the cache first. Coming up empty-handed, I went back to the original spot and bingo! We followed suit as Konie, and signed the tape as the log itself is gone.

This was the 7th of 11 caches found on this outing.

Thanks ***Nedandmrskelly*** for showing us this place

TFTC On a Aussie road crew trip

After staying in Carmila overnight I continued my journey south through the rain and stopped here and there to grab a cache and this was one of them.

There is no actual log so signed on the tape and replace as found.

Needs a bit of TLC from the CO as I didn't have a suitable spare log.


TFTC Nedandmrskelly

Very clever, thanks for the cache.

Hi there Nedandmrskelly.

Today we headed out from Mackay with Rainforest Cookie so we could attempt the remainder of the VC series, some of the Marlborough Trail - but we also had to find this one. As it's not part of the series it deserves a finely crafted log, not one of the crappy cut-n-paste ones that usually are associated with power trails.

We found 54 caches today & DNF'd 1. Without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Tftc, made a fairly quick find here.

Our first April holiday find. Awesome. TFTC

Quick find . I didn't have time to get out of the car before the boss found it

2 for 2 in my way to Tiaro

Very clever hide

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Aha !! A crossroads in me day's travels
I arrived from the south !!
Which was lucky,
as I already knew where the cache was hiding

I headed off east
And an couple of hours later,
arrived from the north,
and headed off west

TFTC

Quick find today on our way North, stamped log and replaced. Thanks to Nedandmrskelly

TFTC,
Heading north today to catch up with Liz and Bruce.
Always trying to find a number of caches along the way and we achieved 14 finds and 1 DNF.
Quick find.

Grabbed these while travelling North from Rocky

9623
TFTC Nedandmrskelly

Quick easy find on our way home to Townsville. Log urgently needs replacing.

Found with orth71 on the trip back Townsville.
Quick park and find.
Log wet but thanks to last finder who placed some log.
TFTC

Very very wet.. left our own log ged sticky note.

Log was damp and could not write on it without damaging it

Found it log full no way can a fb fit in this one

No luck, and a muggle arrived to spoil the fun

On a quick trip down the coast for a rugby game I thought I'd pick of a few caches on the way.

TNLNSL

TFTC

Dipped TB's

TFTC
Sneaky, but luckily I've run of those in Bundaberg.
TNLNSL

Found by Mary and David at 13:05. A quick find. We left maccamob HQ more than 3 weeks ago. Have caught up with family, other relatives and friends along the way. The main aim was to attend QOGM 2019 at Blackall. Our thanks to Nedandmrskelly.

Found it with help of photos with older logs
Favourite TFTC

Great sneaky hide tyfc

Gotcha - Found easy enough. Done these before. Tftc

first came at it from wrong angle but as soon as I saw it I knew I had a cache tftc

TFTC. We had camped overnight at St Lawrence and today planned on making our way further south to Yaamba stopping at caches as we go. This was the first for the day and a nice quick easy find.

Finally after two weeks being unexpectedly detained in Mackay we are on the road heading south, at least the weather has now cleared

Naturally a stop or two, or more along the way but sadly my travel list is being shortened as we are two weeks behind our schedule plus I’m currently the only driver so a lot harder to get in/out as fast

A nice quick find at GZ and I love all the parking room which with me towing I needed it

TFTC Amazed this Cache isn’t found more often

Needed a break in the driving, so we pulled off for this quick find! Tftc

Second cache of the day and need one more find so I get 4000 finds easy spotted the cache and got signed and returned same place and fav point TFTC

Logtime: 08:20 #6306
Heute: 3. Cache von total 11 Caches.

Hier suchten wir etwas länger und wollten schon aufgeben, da zauberte Frau simeat den trickig versteckten Cache hervor.

Google translate:
Here we searched a bit longer and wanted to give up, as conjured by Mrs simeat the tricky hidden cache out.

Danke und Gruss
simeat und Frau
Switzerland.

Wow sneaky

Tftc

Out with RoddyC & YOF prior to QOGM 2018.
TFTC

Blasting North from Bris to Mackay on an epic 2000km 2-day solo roadtrip, because Geocaching . Day 1: an early start reaching Mackay at 4pm before starting South again, 16 hours of driving, 35 caches found and a late finish rolling out the swag in the dark at Waverley Creek rest area.

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Another quick find. Thanks for placing and maintaining this traditional cache **Nedandmrskelly**.

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Thanks for placing and maintaining this traditional cache cache **Nedandmrskelly**.

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

Nice quick find. We too have a couple like that.

Log signed and cache replaced at 2:01 PM 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 Nedandmrskelly

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 Nedandmrskelly for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area

I have one just like this!

Quick find with the geo family as we head north on the final leg of our trip to Mackay from Ballarat in Victoria. Many thanks for the cache.

Very sneaky

SN TFTC

11/7/18 130pm Found it SL. Another sneaky designed cache. Good one.

TFTC