York Park Conservation Area Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By StrangeTrousers on 10-Aug-15. Waypoint GC60VHX

The "conservation site" has been handed over to the developers for on-going management. Site is now stripped along with the cache and the sign to which it was attached.

Found this on the way to the gym. But by the time that I was coming back the cache (and the sign that it was attached to) had disappeared. The trees in the park are in the process of disappearing and the paddock will be gone soon.

This one is reportedly gone now. I will check it out tomorrow but it will likely be archived due to the hiding spot MIA.

Quick find but didn't have a pen so didn't mark it. Cheers for the hide

Through the smoky haze it was a quick find on New Years Eve! Our first geocache out of New South Wales.

Stayed in the Little National Hotel last night (amazing hotel) and didn't even realise this cache was here until this morning. Would never have thought twice about this plot of land if you hadn't brought me here. Very sad about the development but can't say I'm surprised.
Didn't have a pen so took a photo of the log. TFTC

Had to abandon my first attempt due to muggles waiting for the bus - at this time if the year!

Shame about the impending development. So much for conserving biodiversity.

I'm glad I got here to see it, even though it looks a bit sad being so dry.

Found with my Mum on Christmas Day for our post lunch walk (and her first cache). TFTC!

TFTC!

Took grandson for a walk and he was happy to find this one .. cheers

A morning jog from cache to cache and this was the first find - quick and easy. Interesting protest message on the information panel. tftc

Cache replaced.

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To be replaced shortly.

Looked all over and couldn't find it. Is it true what the sign says and that this once conserved grassland is going to be developed too.

It’s gone. I was told it was magnetic but it wasn’t there

Found it first one

Found it!

Found the cache on the ground but it's back in place now. What a strange site - it looks like all the other open spaces in Canberra. TFTC

Just opposite of my hotel:-). Quiet place on a quiet sunday. Logbook is almost full. TFTC!

Moving closely towards my 2000th. Tftc

Picked this up as we were travelling by. TFTC

Thanks for my first one!

TFTC!

Wished I’d been staying in that hotel opposite. The area looked. Dry hot n dry today.


Thanks StrangeTrousers and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

A great little spot

Quick easy find thanks to the description. Container may need a bit of an upgrade. Thanks!

Nice hide

I grabbed this after attending a nearby event. Thanks StrangeTrousers

Found it fallen apart on the ground

Grabbed on the way to Questacon, it was nice and close to our hotel. TFTC.

OCW Sensible Shoes & Shoes Junior. Found on our way to Questacon. Signed as Shoes x3 TFTC

Quick find outside our hotel. TFTC [may have signed as The Shoes X3]

Learnt about the golden sun moth and biodiversity at this cache. CIGC TNLN TFTC

My first Canberra cache! Yay!! Nice easy one and so much space for inner city area. TFTC

What a great little history lesson this was. It's completely odd to see this place here and now I know why. Tftc

A fabulously fast find. TFTC

Staying at a hotel near by we decided to head out for a short walk before going to find a place for dinner. This cache was much easier than expected and found within less than 2 minutes.
Tftc

Thanks, good loaction

Nice quick find after a gym session. Didn't have a pencil with me to sign, but do have photo of the cache if requested

Found after a great lunch with friends

Easy find! We could spot it from a few metres away however so we made sure it was fully out of site! TFTC

Yea the Boys

Quick find. I’m visiting from Perth. Thanks for the cache and for highlighting this conservation area.

As I drove past this patch of land I thought "oh, they're going to put another big building in here," but that's because it's the norm in Sydney for every empty space to be filled in with a new multi-story building. When I arrived on site and read the sign, I was relieved to see that this space was all about conservation. I found the container on the ground when I arrived but replaced it into a safe spot after log signing duties were completed.

Easy find on a quiet Sunday

YAY - I found York Park Conservation Area . I was on a very brief stay in Canberra to spend time with family. Just had enough time to duck off and find a cache or two. Thanks StrangeTrousers for setting up this cache - I loved reading about the significance of this piece of land and why it's still vacant. My fingers are crossed for it staying vacant. In the end - this was a quick find. It took longer to pull the log book out than to find it. Thanks again.



PS: The Troll Dolls (TN6TR0) were with me when I found this cache.

Quick grab and my 300th! Nonpen soery so a pic!

Thanks Strangetrousers. Interesting spot!

Stayed at the nearby fancy hotel with the geowife prior to caching. Today a quick find TFTC. Finally got a Forrest cache for the mapping challenge !

Found whilst on a 5km circular walk on Sunday afternoon.
Cache easily found and in great condition.
Cheers

Great for the kids!

Found today on a walk around Manuka. Lovely spot which I didn't know about. Picked up a TB.
Cache in good condition. TFTC

Out for a Sunday breakfast and found this little cache! Quite an odd spot for a conservation site and would not have known this was even here! TFTC

Quick find after arriving from London. Tftc

Nice little walk at night. Easy found. My first in Canberra.tftc

Found it. Thank you. Lots of moggles with the football on.

Staying in a nearby hotel. Took an evening stroll for a nice quick find. TFTC

I was in Queanbeyan with my boyfriends family, As I've not cached before, I signed some logs of the caches I found with XC, until I came up with my caching name.
I had lots of fun, met some nice people and found some great hides.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.

Having a caching day out with friends bobbiiesgirl and joojoo57. logs were signed team job to save room.
Our first day out since Late January. What better way to spend it than on a dimorgan trail,
TFTC SL tnln

Out caching today with Happy Feet we found such a good variety of caches & also attended a couple of events. The closest being not far from where we camped.
Thanks for placing this cache StrangeTrousers

In Queanbeyan to attend the Mega. So great to get here early to spend time catching up with some many familiar faces. Always taking the time to grab a cache, when the opportunity allowed it.

Out around Canberra with Di Morgan and newbie signing as XC, picking up some hides, after attending this mornings event. Had some fun and laughs along the way, while finding a number of good finds.

Thanks StrangeTrousers for all the effort of placing the cache for us to find and doing the maintenance to keep it in play
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Out geocaching while attending the MEGA, and what a great time we had with all the events and opportunities for meeting other geocachers and getting out there to find some.
This was one we came to find and thank you StrangeTrousers for placing it for us and others to find. Signed as Team Brolgas.
Cheers and happy caching!

Visiting Canberra for the Clear Waters Mega and caching as part of Team Brolga. Thoroughly enjoying the whole Canberra experience, the glorious weather and the beautiful countryside, so different from the coast. Thank you for placing, copy and paste logs in no way detract from my enjoyment and appreciation. Nice to have the opportunity to find a few urban caches.

Outnabout caching with Wollaston whilst attending the Clear Waters Mega. TFTC

Return trip to Canberra after 31 years (on our honeymoon). This time attending Clearwater Mega event at Queanbeyan. Found with Team Outnabout. TFTC StrangeTrousers.

Very quick and easy find! TFTC!

This was a sparse area. Not sure what I expected but I didn’t realise I was here till my gps beeped. Had a rest while i logged. All in good condition here

Down in Canberra for the running festival, am decided to go on a bit of a walk in the late afternoon. Wasn't intending on caching, but when I saw this so close by I thought why not. An easy find, but I definitely learnt something new - tftc!

Quick find. Easy cash but the site is worth coming too.

Found with standloper thank you for info on sun moth!

Magnets

We are currently in Austraila on a holiday.
A quick find. Nice container. TFTC
Co-ords were good and the cache in good condition.
Geocaching takes you to new exciting places and is life changing.

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain, The Innocents
"Reis is die doodsteek van vooroordeel, kleingeestigheid en verkramptheid. 'n Mens kan nie oopkop en met welwillendheid na mense en dinge kyk as jy jou hele lewe lank in een hoekie van die aarde sit en kripeer nie."

Thanks for the adventure.

"I would rather be lost in the woods than found in the city".

Easy find

Very interesting thank you.

Dropped by this one tonight. Yes, it's gone. I put the old one back. Cache on.

We spent 45 min and checked every conceivable spot, but unfortunately no luck; we are visiting from Washington DC

Cache replaced.

Had some spare time en route to a Do in town so spent an enjoyable sunny afternoon picking up a few local caches. Quick wander and grab on my way past.

Found it very obvious

Dropped by this one today to have a quick check. It's getting a bit crappy, might have to replace it soon. Still some space in the log book and dry. Cache on.
Grabbed the tb.

TFTC

Nice easy find thanks. First geocache in Australia. Left a trackable.

Found that on my business trip in Canberra

Tftc on a trip to Canberra for the BBL

Tank you for this easy cache, just in front of our hotel. During our trip from Sydney to Melbourne.

**TFTC** Greetings from France.

1 year since last discovered! Nice to get out of the office!

Nearly 1 year to the day since found, good to be out of the office

Easy one!

Nice easy find, with jembalina.

Very quick TFTC

Bring a pen! Easy find

Found. First try at GC

Yay!!

This one has been on my to do list since I first started caching, as it's across the street from work, but it's always been way too busy during my lunch breaks. However, I had to come into the office this fine Sunday evening (just to do some printing, thankfully), so I took advantage of the quiet street & got that smiley. TFTC!

Pretty obvious placement but still a good one haha. Found with EpicDocHoliday.

Easy find and pretty obvious, found with Haltheim

Previously logged a "Found". Writing note to log TB Visit

A quick and easy find which is what I needed after 2 days of conferencing at a local hotel.

Tftc

Not many muggles at 6.30 on a Sunday morning. TFTC