Boots 'n' all Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
By Staybe & Co & Adopted By Fiddle Peeps on 15-Oct-15. Waypoint GC65556

The area was changed up losing our cache in the process

Boots have gone walking!

Currently disabled as geo has gone we will repair and replace asap. Hold tight Geo friends

Great hiding spot

Ran out of day light and didn’t really want to put my hand in any places where a spider could appear

TFTC our first time finder friend found it straight away! Cache a bit damp with broken lid

Not the quickest hunt, but a find!! Thanks for bringing us to this local spectacle TFTC!

#4935
We shot out for a quick drive after lunch, managing 8 finds with a pair of DNFs today, another day of warm conditions, but with a fiercely hot sun when out of the shade.
Took a while, I shook every boot there too, before spotting it in the glare of the sun staring out at me. The container lid is broken, but the log is so far pretty dry. TFTC.

Found today while on our holiday up here in PMQ, having an amazing time so far. Cool little cache!

TFTC!

Well that wasn’t what I was expecting!! Oh my goodness! Up here in port Macquarie for a friends 40th and swung by to grab this cache with a group of interested muggles on our way to another Brewery for dinner. They were quite entertained watching my hunt from the car. Unfortunately one keen muggle jumped out to help me return the cache and managed to crack the lid putting it back - sorry! We have put it back in a way that will hopefully prevent any water getting inside. Thanks for drawing attention to this interesting little installation! Thanks for the cache.

Dayboro trip. Day 3. I was supposed to be in Port Macquarie, but could not because of the floods affecting the van parks. This did not stop me driving down from Waughope for a day around town caching. Plenty of evidence of the devastating floods, I think only one of my DNFs would have been caused by the floods. I was looking for a puzzle cache today, it took three trys, the first failed due to my ladder being too short. After a full day I did some shopping and then found time for logging after dinner in Waughope.

Plenty to choose from, and as it was closed I could take my time. Not as hard as I was making it out to be when I looked a bit more generally.

Thanks.

31545.18 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Compass Rose Black A#161

**Albida**

Found with Bek76 TFTC

Quick find

Nice quick find thanks for cache done while. Getting new tyrea

Tftc. Fairly easy find

Replaced and back in action

Someone has taken off with the container so over the weekend we will replace and re enable. Be back soon!

No luck

Looked in every boot i could reach but no luck

Covid has relaxed

Disabling until Covid-19 settles down

Not a lot of leg work with that one

While visiting P prayers at Port Macquarie we went out to do some shopping. Pulled over to check out some workwear. Boots galore. Soon made of found. Very funny. Nice change from blocks. Thanks for the cash

Container has been fixed . Happy hunting

Boots 'n' all was transferred from Staybe & Co to user Fiddle Peeps

We had to come into Port to pick up one final gift that had finally arrived, just in time. A cache was on the agenda also and this was the closest. As it was Christmas eve afternoon the nearby businesses were closed early so it was a good time to look. Mr Shifter located the cache after only a couple of minutes and without needing to put his hand inside any boot. The lid of the container has a hole in it.
Thanks for the hide Staybe &Co.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found with MDT79 and Gum62

Found with Bek76

I must admit I had an assistant local (who I am visiting) with this find who may be tempted to join geocaching madness after being quite chuffed at the cache tftc

TFTC

Thanks to the Owner for this nice Idea. I found it very quickly. I put a Favo Heart into one of the shoes.

We nearly gave that one the boot, but then, bingo. TFTC

After a stinky search, the cache was located and signed. TFTC

Quick easy find bit stinky but luckily I was looking in the RIGHT area.

Found!

What a great site. Reminded me of the 'bra tree in NZ. OK you need to look but you still need strong finers to complete the operation. TFTC

Found with Gazkersh and littlemissleft (Mum and Dad)

Found with Gazkersh and littlemisslonglegs. Such a fun cache Favourite point from me

Found with littlemissleft and littlemisslonglegs had a search through many boots until the cache was found
Awesome cache
Thanks for the cache

Thanks for the easy find!

Brought to this vicinity by the need for emergency dental work ( just what you need while travelling!) Enjoyed finding the cache , which in the end required eyes rather than fingers, and the chat with a nearby shop owner. An explanation of geocaching brought a favourable reaction - “in future I will know people might be doing. Sometimes people steal items, but there are other reasons now for the interest in the collection.” Tftc. Oh, and the visit to the Good Shepherd dental practice was almost fun. - A recommendation for any travellers silly enough to bite on hard lollies.

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TNLN sl

Thanks. Great cache.

Have looked at this before but never at the right time. Tonight we were waiting in town so grabbed a few caches. This one was heaps easier at night. Tftc.

Found with Colbylouise...TFTC!!!

We have travelled up from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to Port Macquarie for our annual summer holiday, camping in our Jayco Swan Outback camper trailer at the Breakwall (Sundowner) Holiday Park. Today we spent the morning at Billabong Zoo, then collected caches on our way back to camp, concentrating our efforts around the Innes Lake and Ruins Way areas. This was our 17th find of the day, and 48th find of the holiday.

Parked the geomobile right in front of the very eye catching GZ, and then headed over for a look. It took us a while, checking one by one, but we eventually found the "right" one and had CIH. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. TFTC Staybe & Co.

Find #2139

Second attempt after a bit of advice. It feels strange with cars driving past TFTC

This has got to be one of the nicest towns to go geocaching in. Plenty of creative hides and we did not find any caches that had not been maintained. This was one we targetted and were able to find. What a beauty - luckily we got the cache fairly quickly - fav point alloc. Thanks to Staybe & Co for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

So many to look in .. great one

Found after a long search. Tftc sl left card.

Out and about doing a spot of caching on the first day of a week-long stay in Port Macquarie.

I figured a Saturday afternoon would be a good time to do the caches in this industrial area. However, even though all the businesses were closed, I felt uncomfortable and exposed here (and at the other one nearby). In the end, I decided I'd better move on before some passing muggle called in the police.

It looks to be an interesting hide though, so maybe I'll return for another go before I leave town.

We needed a second go at this one, finally located the correct hidy hole on a GREY day.
Also took the TB to move to another position.
Cheers

Tfnc tnln

Thanks we have dropped MB82WH from Germany Cheers

We laughed as we drove up to this one a few days ago, but we kept on driving as there were far too many tradies hanging around for us to be comfortable looking. Came back on Sunday, the place was deserted so had plenty of time to look. We sure needed it. Lucky we carry hand wash in our geo-vehicle to disinfect our hands after exploring our multiple options for GZ. Mind you we have never heard of a tradie with smelly feet!
A great idea for a hide, very imaginative and gave us a real laugh!
TFTC

Hilarious and clever cache. Small tree to stand behind to find away from cars and muggles. I love that each boot has it's own story. TFTC

Bit of a challenging hide, cache in good shape. TFTC

Another glorious day for some Caching in the Port Macquarie area. When we arrived at GZ, we thought this could take sometime, but thankfully luck was on our side. Many thanks for bringing us here. TNLN SL TFTC

Hi there Staybe & Co.

We found your cache **"Boots 'n' all"** at 11:34:00 AM today. (This makes our total find count 17450).

Today we cached around the 'burbs' of Port Macquarie with Di Morgan. we had a most enjoyable morning & found 3 caches in a variety of container types and sizes (& DNF'd 0). Thank you for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places to visit on our nomadic wander around Australia.

We awarded this cache a favourite point for the novelty value.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your 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:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

Nice easy one. Still heaps of muggles around though, even on the weekend

TFTC what a great feature for the industrial area. Every boot tells a different story

I found on the ground someone throw with medal and etc

It was beautiful day it was hard to find for awhile I'm realised I saw it

Arrr which boot do i put my hand in lol thanks for the cache the ewoks

Some argument over who would put their hand in when we found the right one, but wasn't a problem at all after a systematic search. TFTC

Found with LonelyRA on Australia Day. TFTC

A find with Moss AU, Possum 202 and NSW Lone Rovers

TFTC

Found while out and about in Port this morning and made the most of visiting some areas I have never been before, we arrived nice and early and had the area to ourselves and after a quick search soon had the cache in hand. Thanks Staybe & Co for the different hide.

In Port Macquarie for a few days, taking the opportunity to grab a few caches this morning with Happy pants. I had attemped this last time in town with no success, so was pleased when pants spotted this relatively quick find.
Thanks Staybe & Co for placing & maintaining the cache for us to find.
#4369

Found on a quiet sunday afternoon. I got lucky and spied the cache almost straight away, love when that happens. Thanks for the cache

Tftc. Showing a muggle family how to play the game and found this one after the Blackmans Point trail by DiMorgan and a late lunch. When we had parked car, we realised immediately what was required and soon had cache in hand. Tn, left a toy skateboard and a keyring, signed log and continued our Sunday afternoon adventure.

TFTC persistance is the key as "L" had decided to give up looking while standing next to the cache one last look from "B" gave us the goods but did like the redbacks in redbacks

Clue was a big help. Hard to avoid muggles

Great one, Quicker than I thought when I first seen GZ but waited out some muggles nearby and soon had the cache TFTC

Found on a holiday trip looking around town with good friends.

Found by Mary & David, in company with doheng, at 1455. A vast display, and so many to choose from. Some still in good condition, but a few more showing their age. With more eyes looking, the cache was located more quickly that we'd feared. Our thanks to Staybe & Co.

**# 14383** Found on our extended 2016 winter escape trek .
A nice day for a drive around Port looking for caches.
This took a while so it was lucky there were no muggles around here today.
Thanks for the cache Staybe & Co,
***Roostaman***

Izaiah found this one

Out and about with teamdfl again today.
After a short search before this one was found.
I also grabbed the TB.
Thanks for the cache

After the morning out in Broken Bago Forest we were heading to the coast for some more hunting. It was late in the day, so we decided to target caches with favourite points, or those with high D T ratings.

The local businesses had all closed and it was starting to get dark when we got to this one. A short systematic search and the cache was found.

Another one that deserves a favourite point.

GZ sure did scream 'cache location' though we were wondering how many old soles we'd have to check before we found it. Fortunately there was a pair of us. We started on a visual search which surprisingly led to a quick find. Great spot, we love a quirky cache. TFTC Staybe & Co, left Making Trax TB (can you believe it's a foot!).

12707 caches found


Out with Bill and Di Morgan doing a few caches ... but which one, where could the cache be ... cache in good order


took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache Staybe & Co

This one had us fighting over who was going to be sticking their hands in looking. Between cars passing, I managed to find it and daughter extracted it. The clue was a big help. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC, easy find with the clue.

Easy Peasy

Easy 2nd time

We were down in PM for a big day shopping and just had to fit a few caches that were in our vicinity. Although the street was very busy no-one seemed to be taking any notice of us fossicking around, and we did fossick for quite a while before finally spotting this cleverly hidden cache. So we did the Hokey Pokey, signed the log and went off very pleased with ourselves. Thanks for this great cache Staybe&Co

Looked in right and left...

Spent a short time searching but had no luck. Once muggle turned up we decided to leave it for another day, when back in the area. Thanks anyway.

Checked on this one and yep it's still there. Collected the CSM left by Cookie

Log dry and intact.

18:00 CO was correct - the cache was there all right. We went down late Sunday afternoon in order to avoid muggles and the whole industrial area was deserted as we began our search. Amazingly the occupant of the immediately adjacent car detailing business appeared soon after. He did not ask us for any details, despite his occupation. TFTC staybe

Dnf. Found plastic bags in shoes. No log. Possibly muggled?

No muggle around today, as it is New Year's Day. Had to put our hand into several boots, before we had the cache in hand.
TNLN TFTC

1025, GAFF1 After some other non-geocaching work I was on to finding some more caches at Port Macquarie.
While I have been down this road MANY times over the years I don't remember seeing this collection before. Took a while to find the particular one that I wanted.
Dry and intact; and while a CSM didn't fit in the container I did leave the Correct Site Marker at that particular site.
Through for mileage: 12-12-12 Multi Event - Auckland, New Zealand; 15 Years of Geocaching 2000-2015 Geocoin; 2007 Groundspeak Lackey Geocoin; 2014 Geocaching NSW geocoin; 3.1415 Pi & Ice Cream Slice; 3Brothers-NSW; Auckland NZ '13; Bridge2Bridge Travel Ingot; Cache Critters - Baa, Neigh, & Oink Geocoins; CII-35Z; CITO - Upper Swan, and Beyond; Discover Me & Animals: GCookie; Flash Mob XII GCookie Geocoin; G Cookie Earth Cache 10 Year Celebration Coin; Grahame Cookie t-shirt; Hello Cocky TB; IconicBridges2012; NZ Mega 13; NZ Mega Auckland 2013 Signature Trackable; Oz Mega 2014 GCookie; Petervan1966-1,000 Found's; Qld Mega 2015 GCookie coin; Spindoc Bob & Friends Coin; Suzie@2431; and Transaustralia.
TFTC Staybe & Co

We were out and about with DiMorgan. I have lost my GPS and am using my phone. It had me in all the wrong places. But we did get it.

Found after a while. Glad we chose a less busy time of the week. Interesting fence! TFTC

WELL DONE BOOTS !!! Might have to trade mine in as well!! thanks Staybe &Co ( the 3 grand geokids helped 5-3-near 2 )

Found today on an impromptu geocaching trip with Jamiso and friends. Very clever! It was amusing watching the last of the group struggle to find it. Tftc