Taabinga Cemetery - In Memoriam Ivy Bills Taabinga, Queensland, Australia
By Net88 with Captain Terror and Aussie Liahona on 06-Dec-15. Waypoint GC67TX7

Thanks for this multicache.

There wasnt a burial or service in progress but this is the busiest I have ever seen a cemetery (except all those times When Michael Jacksons Thriller gets played and the zombies start hitting the dance floor).Business must be booming because the bob-cat was digging a few new sites. There were staff organising a shade structure and seats, and about 5 people just cleaning up headstones like there was about to be a royal visit. On top of that there were two guys in cars doing slow laps of the grounds like they were looking for a sniper.We felt odd with all the activity going on but everyone was head down, bum up, going about their work. Surely they must know about the cache because it is there for all to see. Maybe the guys driving around were protecting it. tftc

Catching up on logs and noticed that we had not logged this cache. While visiting family north of Kingaroy we decided to call by and collect this multi. Knowing the CO personally made this cache a must do for Mrs Ambayu and I. A quick collection of the facts and we calculated the coords and found the cache. All good here. Thanks Net88.

Found the resting place of Ivy and the appropriate answers. Cache found after correct co-orcs. Log signed, TFTC. Picked up TB here

9:25:00 AM. Stayed in town overnight and had a TB that we needed to drop as we had had it for too long. Saw this cache so drove out for it. Made it way harder than it is by not looking around better. Had my back to the cross and didn't see it until after I had walked the cemetery looking for it else where. The numbers came together easily and a short walk to the cache. Log signed and dropped TB.Thanks for the cache Net88

Out with Muggle65 for some caching today. Thank you for the fun

We were passing through and had noticed a non completed multi and so a detour was implemented and a calculation required to find this hide . All good here

I was out today to grab a multi today. Information gather to get the coords for GZ. Cache found and signed.Nett88 thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for enjoyment of the caching community.

A detour as we wandered our way home from an event further north this morning. All good here. Thanks Net88

Found on a trip through Broken Hill, Tilpa, Bourke, Cunnamulla, Charleville, Tambo, Blackall and Barcaldine to attend the QOGM at Longreach, then to Emerald, Biloela, Monto, Gayndah and Kilcoy on my way to Brisbane for a few days before a return drive back to Adelaide. After staying t the Sports Grounds campsite at Goovinen overnight, today I made my way to Kilcoy, stopping off intermittently to search for caches enroute. Thanks for the cache!

Final GZ had me stepping back to check on a few things as the persons name on a nearby grave was familiar. Even the age was within range. With some relief I moved on to find the cache.

TFTC Net88 your cache Taabinga Cemetery - In Memoriam Ivy Bills that we found today. Enroute to QOGM 2023 in Longreach. A rather circuitous route via Kingaroy, Morven and Charleville. Caching as we go. Tonight we stopped at Wooroolin. Needed to head into Kingaroy for a couple of things. Found some more caches in the area.

Find Count: 16682

RIP Ivy t4t$

Someone nameless (Bruce) called me yesterday and said something about points and a souvenir and getting my butt into gear He even told me my points’ score

I had an appointment in Kingaroy and so a handful of caches were logged

This was a simple multi that I managed to achieve before my back massage GZ was interesting in that it seems to be frequently visited A place to meditate, perhaps?

Love the handmade wooden memorial Such a nice thing to do.

TFTC AL & Co

Nice quiet morning to explore Kingaroy and it’s surrounds

Stopped by to complete this multi in a lovely tranquil little spot.

Cheers

Monstrous , normally love cemetery multis, but not today. We pushed through and finally had cache in hand. Loved your story, what a beautiful cemetery tftc

Found whilst on a very non direct route to QOGM - Charleville 2022. 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 Net88
Find #11100

Spending a day or two caching around Kingaroy after a few days 4x4ing on the Nanango country lanes and tracks.

Paid our respects and signed the log.

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 Net88

Find # 8732

Heading to QOGM 2022 Charleville

It was a pleasure wandering around this well maintained cemetery checking headstones and thinking of those who have passed on. A simple exercise gathering the information at Ivy’s grave then off to the specified location to sign the log. TFTC

It was moving day today as we traveled the short distance from Nanango to Kingaroy. The road was too bust to collect caches on the way so we headed straight to the showgrounds where we set up camp. Then it was off to collect as many caches as we could. Puzzles, multis and traditionals on a warm overcast day.

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Net88.
**SKI Pair****

I really like these types of caches, does that make me morbid?? Such a gorgeous cemetery and a great view, we enjoyed wandering around while heading to get the required information. After an initial slight miscalculation a realistic set of coordinates was obtained and the cache was found in good condition. Favourite point given.

TFTC

We are camped in Murgon helping out Blazeaid for a while. Pa and the team finished work on their allocated property today so we made a quick trip down to Kingaroy. This was one of the caches targeted to fill a specific challenge that I had set myself. Once I had the required information the cache was an easy find. As my hands are quite small Pa had to open the cache so that I could sign the log. After that it was a quick replace and onto the next one. TFTC TNLN

We had planned a road trip to Queensland to visit family in 2021, but our travel plans were stalled due to border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that the world was trying to get back to a semi normal state, we decided to have another go at getting away from the cold and head up north for some sunshine and warmth.

Day 13 - Staying in Nanango for a few days to catch up with family. We decided to go for a drive to Kingaroy to head to the peanut factory to later find out it is actually closed for tours. Damn Covid. But still liked checking out the place and picking up a few caches even visited the Peanut van when we had finished.

Quick multi here and while here there was a person playing the bagpipes which was pretty eerie as it was fairly quiet besides that.

All caches were found in good condition unless otherwise mentioned.
Thanks for the placement and keeping this hobby alive.

Stopping in Kingaroy for a couple of days as we bimble around before we head back to Ipswich.
Constant drizzly rain, causing wet vegetation and soggy ground underfoot made for an interesting days caching. We must GeoAddicts to be out hunting for caches in this weather. [:o)]

TFTC Net88 with Captain Terror and Aussie Liahona

It’s about time I began to head home after the Townsville mega, so I’ve ended up here. I enjoyed this cache about your grandmother. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the puzzles, the caches, the different to the usual finds Net88.

Still travelling for sightseeing and finding caches.

Again a fav point for this one!

Tftc Net88 and helper

We are staying in Nanango and are refreshing memories and searching old and new caches.

The very first time for us that a Multi on a cemetery was working very well including the coords. A fav point for that!

Tftc Net88 and helpers

Love these multis.
Visited Ivy. Gorgeous cross. Lovely story
Had a chat then located the cache which looks like is being looked after by Cush.
TFTC

TFTC Nice hide lovely old cemetery

Found as I meander my way from Adelaide to Cairns.

With no real travel plan and three weeks to get there before I meet up with friends, there has been plenty of opportunity for sightseeing and finding a few selected caches along the way.

The required information was collected, final coordinates calculated, then it was a quick find at GZ just a short distance away.

Thanks Net88 for the cache.

First full day in Kingaroy and out to do some caching for an hour or two. Decided to do the caches I haven't done around Kingaroy. Thank you to CO for placing the cache. Thoroughly enjoyed finding the info and then finding the cache. TFTC

Tftc, gathered the info and a quick walk to GZ, Cache in excellent condition.

What a special cache to place, we finished our day finding it. Thanks for the cache, Net88

Final hide for us to find tonight before heading back to the hotel for some R&R. Had a great day chasing down the new additions to the area and it was great to find one of the older ones to finish off the night. We were with Eskies5 who had made the FTF on this one, she had little recollection of where the final was and it was all made very clear why once we had calculated the numbers. The landscape had changed markedly and the hide surrounding GZ had been trimmed significantly. Container and all that were inside are in great condition. TFTC Net88

Thanks for sharing your memories. Well maintained cemetery. Alway interesting places to visit.

After reading the cache notes this was a 'must do' cache and we were not disappointed. Great location and rustic cross befitting this special person. Now back to the Richmond grove winery where we are able to stay with the caravan. Thanks to all involved with this cache and fav point alloc

I love the story behind this cache. What a beautiful and well kept cemetery. We were able to quickly get the final coords and made our way to it. We could see it from 20 metres away so tucked it a bit more out of sight. Thanks for placing a cache here as we never would have visited otherwise and now glad we did.
TFTC

Found your Great Grandmothers grave in a very well kept cemetery, answered the questions & found the cache. TFTC

What a lovely story behind this cache and such a lovely cemetery aswell. At gz we spotted the cross and such a sweet thing for your pop to make. I normally always make a mistake with calculations but surprised myself on getting it right first time. I am giving this a FP for taking us to this nice cemetery and for the sweet story . Thankyou

Second time but we found it this time! Two years ago this was my first time to find a geocache and I failed! This time it was so easy. Thanks for the story! I was born and now live in Nambour so I was especially interested in this story.

Quick find , despite a funeral being in progress

TFTC

I lived in Kingaroy for 5 years and I never came to this cemetery to say good bye to anyone. However today I found a number of people I knew during the period. The cache is hidden near a person I knew, I actually coached his son one year in the Kingaroy Red Ants Under 15’s. RIP Tony and all the others that are here.

Absolutely beautiful memorial. Thanks for sharing this with us ️

My youngest geodaughter and I were on our routine roadtrip to Ballogie today, to pick up her friend for the school holidays. We had checked in at our accommodation for the night and had time to fit in one more cache before dark. We chose to come and pay our respects to Ivy. We admired to the handiwork of the homemade cross and read through to answer the required questions. A short time later we were signing a log book. Thanks for bringing us here and sharing your family history Net88

We are on our way to Blackall QOGM, our 6th stop on our trip is Nanango.
This morning we decided not to move to Kingaroy but instead took a day trip from Nanango.
Our main target was the dinosaur trail & a few others around town.
Very quite at the moment but looks like a service will be held here later in the day.
Thankyou for placing this cache Net88

Found by Mary and David at 1035. A FP even before Mary climbed down from the GeoPrado. She loves cemeteries for the symbolism of the headstone designs, and the social history in the epitaphs. You could have left her here all day. So much to see - the Irish names, Celtic cross, shamrocks, and Irish Harp. Cases of "my cross is taller than yours" too. Not terribly old, but beautifully kept. Cache snug and dry. Thanks for bringing us here to meet Ivy. How lovely to have so many strangers who visit her and know her story. Our thanks to Net88.

Thank you for bringing me to this beautiful place of rest. This is a lovely tribute to your grandmother. It’s a very tranquil location. TFTC.

This was the first multi I solved on my own!!

Tftc....Nice multi to do...

While camping in the Nanango area with my geodog Scruffy, we just had to get out & about finding some caches in the surrounding areas.
Well Scruff & I enjoyed this one and the little puzzle to get coords was really well put together ..[^]
Well worth a Fav Point ..

All Good .. TFTC ..

Hi there Net88.

We have based ourselves in Nanango for a few days. We started off the day by selecting a cache that was near by, and then used a "Next Closest" route to complete our cache raid. Today's run was like a magical mystery tour, as we didn't know where we could have ended up. Nevertheless, we thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area & ended up finding a variety of container types, and sizes hidden along our route.

We found 8 caches today & DNF'd 0. Without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels. Thanks also for not placing a mint tin or a 200ml Sistema here. It made us feel really good to find this "special" cache here.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found this 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.

After parking and taking a walk through the grounds we were able to find the answer to the questions that we were seeking and then it was off to the final.

Thanks Nett88 there is some interesting history in these small towns.

Thank you for bringing me here, all good with this cache.

RIP Ivy. Staying at the Showgrounds with the caravan club and had the opportunity to grab a couple of smileys.

Just a few visitors at the cemetery when I arrived and luckily they weren't in the area where I needed to go and collect information. Put all the necessary numbers together and made my way to the final WP. All is good with the cache container.
Thanks Net88.

Found it nice cache

Visited Ivy today and retrieved the information required to find the cache. Once in the GPS we wandered over for a quick easy find. TFTC Net88

My wife, children and I made a day out of Geocaching around Kingaroy today. We had an awesome time.

This was a good fun one for the family. We felt we got to know Ivy and her family a little. I was 1yr old when she passed. After working out the answer to find the prize, we found the cache quite quickly. Thanks for the fun. We swapped out the finds.
TFTC

This was a final cache find for the morning and we really did enjoy doing it. We have appreciated all the planning and implementation that has gone into this excellent cache. We found your notes very interesting and very informative and we thank you for sharing some of your family history with your fellow geocachers.
It was a very good multi and most interesting to do and we were pleased to find that your final GZ and ours turned out to be the same! Nice hiding spot too! We will give you a fav from us for your great multi cache. This is the 6th cemetery we have visited recently due to geocaching and this is the largest and so well maintained and presented. The one we visited yesterday had only one headstone even though quite a few people were buried there and that seemed so sad to us.
TFTC Net88 and friends.

On a drive around the area today,
I popped by Ivy's place

I had forgotten this cemetery was here !!
I certainly don't remember that edifice that has been built next door [:o]
Looks kinda hellish !!

A wander round the memorials and I soon tracked Ivy down,
and worked out where the cache might be hiding.

The cache was hiding where I thought

TFTC.

What a lovely cache, a nice way to be remembered.
Tftc

TFTC

6427 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 0935. The Mrs just loves a good multi to calculate and find. We went for a wander after parking the truck at the gate. After reading the history of Ivy we wounder if she could have been related to George and Annis Bills of the horse trough fame in southern NSW and northern Victoria. SL Tnx Net88

Tftc our first multi cache find

Time for just one more cache before heading back to the lodgings for the night. Loved doing this little multi and loved the reasons behind it even more! <3 TFTC

Mrs RoddyC out by herself today for a while. What a wonderful way to honour a great grandmother who you weren't able to know. I could feel the 'love' that went into making the cross.
Found at 7.20am on 24th March 2017. TFTC Net88.

For some time I've been meaning to get back to visit the Burnett region, and today was the day. An early start was made and a 12.5 hr day driving 650km through Blackbutt, Yarraman, Nanango, Kingaroy, Murgon, and up to Boat Mountain.

This is a beautiful peaceful area, thanks for sharing your lovely story with us. After gathering the required info, it was off to the final to fibd a big cobtainer in great shape. Thanks **Net88** for bringing us here, this find makes smilie #3352. Discover our trackable TGQNRV .

Found it

Thank you for bringing us here. cache is exposed

Found it

In the area for a week of rest & relaxation as well as caching.

Not much of a multi fan but given the CO & the significance we decided to grab this cache.

Visited Ivy & got the required information.

As Geowife went off and looked around I visited GZ to grab the cache.

Favorite point added.

TFTC

Well this turned out to be an interesting one. After losing my Garmin Oregon overboard at Lake Boondooma on Monday (ouch !!!!), we decided to use the phone to find this one. No problems getting to Ivys grave and answering the questions, but what to do with the newly calculated co-ordinates. Without our trusty GPSr, I decided to try Mr Google. So I put the co-ords into a search and got taken to Google Maps which indicated the approximate location of the final GZ. This gave me a pretty good idea of where to start looking, so I asked Google to take me there, and here's where it got a bit crazy. Mr Google wanted to take us on a 3.7km odyssey around the roads of Kingaroy to get less than 200 metres to GZ. No way !!! So off we went in the general direction, and with a bit of caching intuition we had the cache in hand.
Thanks Net88 for placing this cache in honour of your Great Grandmother. We enjoyed the search and reading your little bit of history about Ivy. Cheers from Bindair Dundat.

Very sneaky great one though

Very sneaky great one though

Very sneaky great one though

TFTC

TFTC!

**# 14164** Found on our 2016 winter escape trek.
A cool cloudy winters day for another nice drive around Kingaroy.
A good safe hide and no muggles around here today.
Thanks for the cache Net88,
***Roostaman***

Found Ok

Visiting Kingaroy today with my daughter for her dancing and with a break after the morning session I decided to head out for a coffee and a cache or two.

Seeing this one wasn't far away I headed off and was soon parked and at the listed GZ. I gathered the information needed and with the new co-ords headed for thenew GZ.

Once there the cache was soon in hand.

Once the log was signed all was returned as found.

An interesting and enjoyable multi, a favourite point from me.

TFTC Net88

Visited Ivy today to find the required information. Will be back in town in a week or so to locate the cache.

Since we own the other Taabinga Cemetery cache we thought we had better do the right thing and find this multi-cache. Nice afternoon walk after work to air the brain out.

Out for a drive around the area with Cooks7. Tabinga cemetery holds a special place in our hearts as it is where many Cooks have been laid to rest. Was nice to have a walk around. TFTC

Out for a drive around the area with jakeandleek9. Tabinga cemetery holds a special place in our hearts as it is where many Cooks have been laid to rest. Was nice to have a walk around. TFTC

A nice and thoughtful cache, and one that we spoke about earlier on after meeting up with Captain Terror & friends up on Bunya Mountains. TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Net88 and Captain Terror came for a cuppa this morning, and after I told them I was on 298 finds we decided to venture north to Kingaroy town to grab the last two. Since Net88 hid this one and it has personal meaning for her, I decided that I would make it my landmark number 300. Thanks Net88 & Captain Terror for accompanying us today. It's a great cache in a very historic location. Much appreciated.

So it turns out this was the one that finished 2015 not Bruce...I'll blame the heat of the day for my failing memory, even 2 weeks later. We like to have to think and visit interesting places, thanks for that Net88.

Was delighted to see this cache published and realize that we would be passing by on our way to meet up with a bunch of our bestest geo-buddies including the CO! Mr_07 hadn't attempted a multi before so it was a great opportunity and a great cache to show him the ropes. Found the information source and cobbled together the info with ease and we were off to find the cache. This was a bit trickier to access and we found ourselves both wedged in odd spots on opposite sides of the cache.....we did manage to undertake log signing and rehiding in that position. Extracted ourselves and wandered off, paying respects to various strangers who have passed both before and after Ivy. Vale Ivy.

Thanks for cache Net88 and Co. xx svn07

Now that it is the 31st of december I can put this one in the found basket. I needed one find today for the souvenir and I did not have to drive a long distance. The one I need tomorrow is even closer to home. It was very frustrating for me to have two new hides this close to home and not wanting to attempt them as I wanted the souvenir for the last day of 2015 and the first day of 2016.

Short drive to area of GZ and parked outside the fence and walked towards GZ. There is a public car park inside the grounds very close to GZ. Quickly gathered the numbers needed and after a pleasant walk arrived at GZ. Very well concealed and covered. Replaced as found. All Good. Photos attached. I took several looking towards GZ but I could blow up the photos and make out most of the words on the cross so I did not use these. I will keep an eye on this one for you, Net, if there are any issues. I live much closer than you. I thought some of the other closer locals would have been here by now but it is school holidays. TFTC Net88

Out for Christmas, far from home.
Search for caches, as we roam.
Found a multi, this looks fun.
Entered numbers, found this one.
Hey, it's empty, must be new.
Joint *FTF*, happy crew!

Our very first *FTF* in which it was a surprise one. We (the family, including MrEsky and Eskies5) decided to do this cache and found that there were no logs. We instantly became determined to find it for our first *FTF* and we were so happy when we found it.

TFTC

A surprise *FTF*!!! with the family, Mr Esky and TheEskyBoys.

I (Mrs E) has family in Kingaroy and we were there today for Boxing Day lunch. The plan was to grab some caches on the way home as there had been an explosion of caches in the area since we were last here but we only had time for two. We grabbed a traditional nearby to where we lunched and I saw this multi at a cemetery...I am one of "those" that love cemetery caches so this was a must do.

We parked the car in the carpark and as we set off to the WP I decided to have a look at the recent logs...What! It's a new release and unfound!! Well at least not online...we will have to wait and see. We were a little blind to start with at finding the WP but soon had the required info and were off to GZ. Mr E volunteered (or was volunteered ) to make the extraction. Moment of truth aaannnd...a blank logbook!! The boys were very excited to have their first FTF. Great little multi made even better by the unexpected ftf. Thanks Net88.

I really appreciate new hides in this area. Normally I would have gone for this one a few hours ago and possibly got a FTF. I do not chase FTF's but will take them as they come. Will leave the FTF to one of the other locals.

I need two caches for New Years eve and New years day to get the souvenirs and would have had to drive a good distance to get the two. Now there is one very close to home in Nanango that I will get and this one in Kingaroy. Thank you Net for thinking of me/us. Happy Christmas and a very good caching New Years. We have one extra day to enjoy our past time in 2016 as it is a leap year.

Published

In recent months Net had mentioned a few times her relatives in this cemetery and that she should check it out some time. Since there was an unmissable event going on in Nanango that we chose to make into a long weekend, it seemed a perfect opportunity to nip over to 'somewhere a bit south of Kingaroy' and check things out. Of course, I was keeping an eye out for remnants of the Tarong Railway Line too!

This morning we visited Taabinga Cemtery while out geocaching with bulldozer72. It wasn't too hard to find with the sign off the main road. What was very impressive though, was the presentation of the cemetery. The road in lined with trees looks more like a boulevard. Recent rains and careful maintenance makes this one of the best looking cemeteries I've ever seen.

Finding Miss. Ivy Bills proved to be an issue though and after a lot of walking and then a phone call to some living relatives she'd narrowed down where she was resting - and we found her! Knowing a little of her story and seeing the home-made headstone made visiting this woman who I'd never met and have no connection to a little bit more special.

I have dead relatives too - we all do. I always find it incredible that we roam this earth for a full lifetime (if we're lucky) before being laid to rest, stationary in one of these donated blocks of land, marked by just a few simple words on some sort of headstone, again if we're lucky. Ivy, had for a long time been like most of my passed family, laid to rest with no marker. Just a green, grassy plot. Every soul buried was just like me, full of life, dreams, hopes, love, fear, had a technicolour story to tell and spent their life making the best of what they had. That grassy patch seems, at times, just not enough to truly represent all of that, and certainly not of the legacy left behind, in Ivy's case, four kids, some of which now have great-grandchildern. But it serves the purpose, not so much as a carrying on of the life but rather a symbol, a way of remembering and giving those who are yet to come a place to pay their respects and give thanks.

Later this afternoon we met up with Aussie Liahona who has a great love of cemeteries and possibly the unofficial queen of geocache hides in such locations - no doubt she has some tips up her sleeve. We thought she'd enjoy seeing this place. Another visit to Ivy and it was decided this was a brilliant cemetery as a whole and deserved a geocache to bring others here. Some questions were devised, a final location scouted then chosen and container hidden. It's always nice being a part of such a thing - and I do love a good multicache. Thanks for bringing me to this place and introducing me to the family, Net88