Bush Turkey Bash - 3 Alderley, Queensland, Australia
By BastiansQuest on 17-Aug-15. Waypoint GC61QH2

Out chasing multi caches for a challenge.Relevant info obtained and transferred into new co-ords.Closing in on GZ. I looked a the hide (an obvious spot) on the way past and completely missed the cache. On the back track it was soon spotted. Don't know how I missed it.Log signed in a small spot as FE59. og book is as good as full.TFTH

Tftc. An interesting trunk.

Proud of my mathematical skills. I was initially very worried that I had already taken this path and was headed back towards a previous cache. But all in all found this one! Trying to be more courageous and trying to find more multi and mystery caches! Found on the 19/9/24 with RhiRhi

Not much room on the paper

Good one. We do like a multi that works out well first go. Found the cache quickly thanks to the good coords and hint. Thank you.

My first multicache, thanks for the solvable puzzle

Finished work at 6 a.m. and had two hours to burn before attending the For the Tardy Mouse! Event. The Banks Street Reserve is located around the corner, so what better way to kill time than a leisurely walk through a nature reserve, with the added bonus of a cache or two to find. TFTmultiC. SL. TBs Prado Owl ; The Great Leap Forward Geocoin ; Bee Croc ; Der Kleine Bub ; Rawhide ; Scarab; Sheeps on the Journey (Orange) ; RobS72 2000 Finds GC ; Forest Hill Ear Tag ; Kiwi Bird; and Trackable - Durham Cathedral visited.Find # 2132.

Zum zweiten Mal in Australien, und mein tolles Hobby gibt mir die Mglichkeit, dieses unglaublich relaxte, angenehme und schne Land von allen Seiten kennenzulernen. So konnte ich auch hier vorbeikommen und ganz nebenbei noch eine sehr schne Dose finden. Vielen Dank frs Legen und Pflegen!

never before been to this Reserve. We loved the many tracks crossing each other, if wanted or suitable.Found the cache with TBU1Bikesu for more smileys . Tftc BastiansQuest

Today I took a walk around Bank Street Reserve and found 5/6 Bush Turkey caches. I saw 0 turkeys today, which is pretty unusual because I almost always see turkeys when Im out caching. Not sure where they have all gone today?This was my second Bush Turkey cache I came across, having done the calculations before I set off on my walk. There were a few possibilities at the GZ but the cache was quickly found. It was pretty humid in the bush today and the swimming pool question was just a tease. Thanks for this great series of caches BastiansQuest!

We picked this little series of cached, as we had never before been to this Reserve. We loved the many tracks crossing each other, if wanted or suitable.We found this cache and signed the log. If we can do a Multi in one go from start to finish, it's always worth a fav point. Here it is TFT series, BastiansQuest

I was confused not completely unusual, but not normally with algebraFinding the required numbers was quick and painless, it then took some thinking to work out that the repeated variables x & y were actually two different numbers, hence my confusionArriving at my calculated GZ I sent out a PAF to confirm my dubious algebra and soon after had the cache in hand Swimming pools mmmThanks BastiansQuest

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Out for a nice Sunday morning walk. Quick find

Found during an early morning walk around Banks Street Reserve while staying nearby in Brisbane for a few days. Thanks for the cache BastiansQuest!

Auch heute haben mich Mama und Papa wieder mitgeschleift, um ein bisschen frische Luft zu schnappen und das Tagesdschen zu finden. Inzwischen trauen die mir ja ganz schn weite Wege zu, ich muss schon sagen... Macht mir aber ja genauso viel Spa wie denen, gebe ich ja gerne zu. Und man entdeckt immer wieder etwas Neues, selbst wenn man wie wir oft auf den gleichen Strecken unterwegs ist. In diesen Tagen ist aber alles neu. Australien ber Singapur und Malaysia, da war ich noch nie. Hier mussten wir gar nicht lange suchen, bis wir das Versteck gefunden hatten.Danke frs Austfteln, Verstecken, Herlocken und Pflegen des Caches!

Im Team gesucht und gefunden.Danke fr den schnen Spaziergang und natrlich Danke frs Austfteln, frs Herlocken und Zeigen sagt Mel_on_Tour**TFTC**()()( , , )( , , ).... ..- ** **`*.. .

Inzwischen haben wir uns zwar einigermaen kklimatisiert, haben aber auch beschlossen, unseren Rhythmus beizubehalten. Also sind wir auch heute wieder in aller Hergottsfrhe aufgebrochen, um noch vor dem Frhstck das ein oder andere Dschen zu suchen. Am Ende lief uns ein bisschen die Zeit davon, so dass wir in dieser kleinen aber feinen Reserve nicht mehr alles aufrumen konnten. Diese Dose war aber dabei und lie sich gut finden.Danke fr's Austfteln, Herlocken, Verstecken und Pflegen.Thank you very much for luring us here as well as for hiding and maintaining the cache !....../ ).....' /---' (_____.TFTC . ((__)..... _ ((___)....... -'((__)--.___((_)

Found it! With Gorjess

Our second find of the morning. A minute or two of searching once at GZ to find the right tree. The extra information was collected. TFTC found with Billy.

Watawieh from Norfolk Island South Pacific.

I called into the Banks Street Reserve today to log the bonus final of an Adventure Lab. I then strolled around this park finding many of the caches around this little park. TFTC

Found & logged using Cachly for iOS

Found it!

Solved this one today and made a quick find.
TFTC

So happy when a multi actually works. Thank you for the fun cache ??

We needed a quick multi and passing in the vicinity we dropped in and engaged a couple of brain cells.??

I was working in the neighbourhood so stop to find this one. I gather the information I needed then headed to GZ for a quick find.
BastiansQuest thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment.

3 down.

BastiansQuest I found your cache Bush Turkey Bash - 3 on 16/6/2023, 10:05 am. This is my find 5591 and find # 2 today. No problems locating this cache with the help of the hint. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

No problem with this multi (unusually for me). TftMC.

Some quick math and we were off to the cache. DanSanHai, Geostubs and I eventually made it to the geozone and signed the log. TFTC!

Easy find if you do your math correctly...

TFTC!

Found ya. Good hint

Found with NutcacheBNE

Very good hiding spot! Coordinates slightly off - 50m+

I was in the area this morning and took the opportunity to grab a couple of geos in this lovely reserve. TFTC

Found with Hatzofff, (Mrs)RoddyC and Imbunda. TFTC, TFTH & TFTSF

An event in the area brought us to the event so it was off to find some smiles. The thought to doing a multi gave us incentative to stop and cache this woodland area. Plenty of ups and downs gave us some exercise and some smiles too.

Calculations done before taking off from the top.

Bit of a wild Goose chase here but eventually found it.

Caching today with RoddyC (Mrs), Imbunda and Schazza66.

TFTCache BastiansQuest

Attended an Event with geo friends in the area not too far away so thought we try and get these caches before the weather gets to hot.
I think we must have parked in the best place as we saw a few puffing walkers and their 4 legged friends.
We were able to gather the information needed for this one very early and do our calculations before we headed off too far.
A few very steep sections for me as I haven't fully trained my new knee on hills. Most of the caches were easily found. Log signed and cache replaced as found and a bonus workout. TFTC

Quick check and all well with cache. One side of the water proof paper filled, just use other.

Nice hint!

Nice little multi Log signed and cache replaced as found.

Hard just go to the coordinates and look at the trees

A great afternoon out with Davidwazza and Baby Warren! TFTC!

This afternoon after work, I suggested to [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) that we should take a walk in Banks Street Reserve, which wasn't too far from home. We only had a short duration before it was to get dark, so we focused on a small circuit around the western side of the reserve. Like most suburban reserves, we enjoyed the bushland's tracks, and looking forward in returning here to explore further.

We parked close to this multi-cache's posted coordinates, and hence collected the numbers to understand where this cache was hidden. We then used this cache as an objective to walk in that direction.

We soon arrived at GZ, and after a short search, the cache was found. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks BastiansQuest for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance. Unfortunately, I forgot to answer the question of the *Bush Turkey Bash* mystery cache, so it looks like I will need to return here once again.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/jesswrigley stamp.

Found it
Puff puff I need to be fit
Thank u

I’m surprised we found this one so easy. Nice hide and i like clue. Signed team lolala.

I solved the coords for this one a couple of
years ago. today we were back for the find. TFTC

Found it

Great hide! TFTC!

TFTC! Mooo…

Second stop with the Oakleigh Crew tonight. 3 more to go!

First multi awesome

Good multi to do and the cache title lived up to its name as we did get to see a bush turkey along the way. Our little group worked out the sums and made a quick find once we found our way to GZ. Thanks CO, well done.

TFTC BastiansQuest

Quick find with good hint.

Thanks for the cache and taking us here BastiansQuest. One multi off the list, 5 to go.

Great little multi... out exploring the area and made a quick find with the final coords. Tftc

A lovely wander in this park today geocaching with friends. A nice easy multi. Tftc

Quick check on cache. All good.

Happy hunting!

Had a bit of time on a Saturday afternoon and spotted a group of caches in the Banks Street Reserve that I hadn't found, so off to find one today. I thought I would try the multi, as one calculation is probably something I was capable of. Parked at the published coordinates and headed over to the small sign and the the substitutions for x, y and z immediately made sense. Calculated the final destination and i was off. A nice walk in a great bushland setting. Didn't take long to get to GZ, but initially had trouble finding the cache. Checked the hint and after a little while i spotted something. The log sheet is fresh and was quickly signed and returned. Thanks very much BastiansQuest for a well constructed multi, in a great setting. Thanks for bringing me here and thanks for the cache.

Final find of this series for today. I got distracted and walked through way too many spider webs for this one

Nice new log but with all the vegetation I can’t see anything for the puzzle cache so will have to take a guess TFTC

Checked on this one. Getting a little ratty, but still serviceable. Log book (paper) full, so placed in a new one, ready for someone to sign it. Happy holidays.

Unfortunately, we couldn’t find this one after about an hour of searching. We’re pretty sure we’re in the right area, judging by the amount of pools nearby, but could not find the location according to the hint. We’ll have to come back to this one so that we can finish off the series. Awesome series anyways, we’ll be back!

Dropped in after work for a stroll. I didn’t even know this place existed. No koalas were spotted today, however as I just collected the multi I’ll be back over time to collect the other and hopefully see some then. Some lovely Bougainvillea flowers were out today, not to mention a few other people walking the tracks.

Work is getting in the way of my caching again, but with my challenges of a trad a day and a cache a day are closing in, I have only 30 plus days to go, I still have a few up my sleeve to see this through. Today I left work and headed back out to the banks street reserve. I was here yesterday; today I was here a little earlier to finish of the area.

I walked in and followed the tracks to find the last traditional cache of the area, a very easy and quick find. I then moved on to collect the multi that I solved some time ago, it too was an easy find.

Thanks for the cache placements; all good with these caches and with the log signed I replaced the cache as found.

Took to the trails for a bit of a leg stretch and a bit of fresh air after doing nothing all day yesterday and picked up a few caches along the way. Cache was found safe and dry. TFTC BastiansQuest

A great morning out finding treasure with kids and dogs.

TFTC

Things aren’t looking great for me work wise at the moment as I lost more work due to what’s going on in the world, but thankfully that gives me more time for caching, so after (not working) I decided to grab a few caches in the area.

Parked up and hit the trails to grab this series, however while wandering the trails I didn’t see one Bush Turkey at all, but I did encounter a very large huntsman that didn’t want to give up the first cache I found, we had a little battle, but victory was mine and he hurried back to his hiding place for his next victim.

Really enjoyed my time out here, the weather is great and the suns in hiding making the day seem a little cooler.

Thank you for the series.

Find #821 - TFTC

I had targeted these series for my afternoon walk with geopup, and had a great time exploring this reserve.

I made my way to the posted co-ords to gather the required information, and soon was making my way to claim the final. I quickly spotted the cache in it's cheeky home.

All is well with the cache. Log signed and replaced as found.

Thanks BastiansQuest for the cache and series.

Great multi cache! Found the cache so must have got it right! Thanks for the hide!

Quick easy find!!

Took a bit of looking at multiple different trees, found the right one! TFTC BastiansQuest!

On the Northside of Brissy for another successful skin checkup and decided it was time to mop up this series in Banks Street Reserve. I was not disappointed as the caches were fun and well laid out, and it’s a lovely location. A couple of mini hills but my legs soon warmed up. You could ride this route quickly however it was a nice quiet stroll

Lots of interpretative signs in this bush reserve. Enjoyed reading them.

This was a neat multi Searched for a minute and wondered if I’d screwed this up, then spotted the wee beastie nicely tucked away. Where’s my prize? A piping hot mug of hot ️ would be a treat Dropping a FAVE point here.

TFTC BastionsQuest

Got a bit confused with the double x’s in the calculation being a rookie geocacher ... but after a few tries came up with possible waypoint which was uncannily close to another in this series .. tftc ... good view of the pools and swimmers from the cache today

Great coords and hint made for a quick find with Jodsta83 and geopup. TFTC

Gotcha! Put with swearah and the geodog to do the Bush turkey series. Tftc

The 7 caches in this piece of bushland provided some leisurely exercise this afternoon after this mornings rain. It seems like every other dog walking muggle had the same idea as well.

Quickly found again - coords were spot on, though it did seem like the distance to the next traditional was under 160 metres. My phone was doing some wild things today. I wondered whether there were any other pools hidden by trees. Recorded my answer and heading to the next one, hoping the checksum for the final puzzle would assist with any discrepancies.

Thanks for the cache and the series BastainsQuest

Pete

#5,112

Amazed that the math checked out and we found it! Thanks

#4446:
I'm sorry, but I have to point out that the calculations are not mathematically correct. You've given both X and Y two values. Having done many many multis, I could understand what you meant... But for newbies, this might be very confusing.

It took me a while to find at GZ without a hint. A previous log mentioned it was hung by a hook, so this helped me narrow it down. A typical British cache hide in the woods! Haven't seen many hooks and nails in Australia.

As for the pool question... Honestly I'm unsure how many there are due to trees covering the view. But I'll take a wild guess as it. TFTC.
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44th cache found in Queensland City Of Brisbane.

I thought I must’ve made a mistake when I calculated the coords as they were too close to another cache. But after triple checking them and then confirming them with a previous finder, I accepted that they must be right. Quick find at GZ. Not sure about the swimming pools though. Time will tell with that one. Thanks for the cache

A day on the North side today.
Offloaded the bike and went for a ride to collect the caches in this bushland.
Cache found and hint for the final puzzle collected.
Thank you BastiansQuest for this cache
R

On the hunt today on my quest to find enough caches to qualify for the latest Mystery at The Museum souvenirs. Having fallen short of my target yesterday, I headed out early to finish off the balance.

I decided to access the park from the entry point at cache #4 in the series. Having collected the answers I continued the walk in to a couple of other caches along the way before heading back to collect this one. No problems making the find, and I signed my name into the logbook. TFTC

Thanks, great fun!

Thanks! Found it with our families 21/7

On a mission today to do the Turkey Bash.
Many years ago there was a high school just down the road from here that bedmaker attended. This area of bush was an area where we use to come before school to run a muck.
It certainly didn't have all the well defined tracks that are here today.
We gathered the information required for numbers to GZ and eventually made our way to it.
Once there we easily found the cache and all was good with it
TFTC and the trip down memory lane.

1MinnieMoo and I were in the area and we decided to grab me this one.

Holy honking up and down hills as we collected many a clue. But we got there in the end - once 1MinnieMoo understood which direction we should be going in toward the final

Happy to have grabbed this little effort. TFTC BastiansQuest

Running a quick check on all my geocaches here. All good.

found on a caching day around brisbane thanks

Collecting the info for the puzzle

Solid find...

Scratches, Kestal and I have been working towards a caching trip to Brisbane for quite some time. Leaving Toowoomba at 6am, Kestal came armed with her newly acquired A3 clipboard complete with spreadsheets and Scratches had colour print outs of the map of the target area! And I...I just drove where I was told to!!

A small detour for a rainy day walk into this reserve to pick up an earthcache for the souvenir and conveniently added this multi to our total. Thankfully the hide was spotted quickly

#8 - 8:46am

Found on a day out with Eskies5 and Kestal, lovely little reserve even in the wet.

TFTC

Taking a slight detour from our main goal today we came into this reserve to pick up a multi and an earth, we ended up with a bonus traditional on our way out. This was find number 8 for Eskies5, Scratches and myself today and thankfully the rain was timing itself well and we managed to stay dry here. After a short walk to this one we started searching, Eskies5 spotted this one on her first pass after I missed. TFTC BastiansQuest,

Tftc

Our walk through the reserve had been really good. Surprisingly the dusty wind made it really nice and cool and not a bead of sweat was harmed in the finding of these caches.

We knew there was a hill somewhere and it greeted us right before we reached the posted coordinates. I think Mrs Woodyrothwell must have breathed in a lungful of dust because she left it to me to climb the stairs to gather the information. At least if she is genuinely sick I won’t have to play the headache card at bed time.

These days I recheck multi calculations more closely than your grandmother counts 5 cent pieces in her purse. A couple of looks and I was happy and we made our way to GZ.

I found the cache on the ground otherwise it could have been tricky to find. I hung it back using the hook. We decided we were close enough to the car to head back for some water to keep powering on. tftc

TFTC on a very windy day.

Out and about scrubbing around with the turkeys. Tftc

I thought the wind would pick me up and carry me there..

TFTC

Worked out the coords a little while ago, but finally had a chance to pick it up. Took one path, looked and looked although had no luck. Took another path, looked and looked, but still no luck!! Was going to log this as a DNF, although as we were leaving, husband said "look over there". He'd found the tree (which was only metres away from where we were initially looking)!!!!
Such a fun adventure... although should have taken the insect repellant.
TFTC

Anzac Day stroll around the bush, quickly found and relieved, as always, that I hadn’t made a silly mistake with the coordinates. Mobile phones aren’t very good for jotting stuff down, doing calculations and then getting new coordinates. Give me paper, pencil, and my old Garmin any time! Guaranteed not to come up with disconcerting ads half way through the brain job. Hey ho, so much for the old times!
TFTC, now to sit in a corner and work out the coords for the puzzle cache. Have I got them right? We’ll see.