Creepy Crawly Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia
By GeodudeAu on 08-Jan-16. Waypoint GC695N9

Tyftc

How to find the cache is all in the name, never enjoyed crawling to find caches but this one felt great to find. TFTC ??forgot my pen so photo of cache for proof

Found it,but I did touch something soft a fluffy too.

Nope, no no, don’t like these kinds of claustrophobic caches. Not for fear of breaking my knees as the hint may have you believe, I just do not like the idea of getting my large body stuck in a cave, 127 hours style.
Sorry; I’m incredibly grateful for the views on this walk as the sun sets though! TFTC anyway!

A pleasant, if wet, walk out along the track. Then a wet bushbash to GZ.

Once there, luckily I picked the right spot to explore and soon made the fun find.

TFTC.

I took the easy way and Wazza9 went the long way, after he found the cache, he handed it to me, to stamp, then replaced. Thanks to CO.

TFTC,
Is there anything worse than grown man lying on his back with only his feet visible to the outside.
Came the wrong way to GZ while Nana nel took the easy way. Located the pouch and passed out to Nana nel to stamp.
All good.

Well this one required a torch and a total horizontal position
Tftc!!

Had a look with Walk there and Had coffee but no luck for us today. 2 of the 3 of us have a dodgy knee though which made it hard to really get down and crawl. Maybe next time

After the frustration of Duggan’s Cave this was an easy find.

OCW a rabbitohs supporter. We accidently went too high for this and had to resort to sliding down to the correct level getting our backsides a bit wet. There seemed to be only one place to look at. Dan crawled in and then laid down as it was a bit tight for the big bloke. Fortunately he was in a position which enabled him to see the very nicely placed cache. TFTC GeodudeAu

Log to follow

Couldn’t find the other crawl one, so gave it a break for awhile and continued onto here. No probs spying this one, nice fun hide

Crawled all the way in to what I am 90% sure is the correct cave but could not spot the cache. Might have cache blindness. Cool spot anyway

Despite declaring I only wanted park n grabs for the rest of the day after aladdins cave, I have done two more cave caches! What the hell!?
TFTC

Nice spot, the recent burn cleaned out the undergrowth and made access easier. Found it in the first hidey hole I looked. Tucked it back into its spot and continued on this very pleasant walk.

Tftc. Was a tricky find

I found this layng on the ground, so replaced it back up where it should be.

Found the spot where I expect the cache should have been based on the description & comments, but couldn’t see it there ???

Took a guess on this one as the GPS wasn't working so well, crawled through and spotted some garbage ... I really hope this is the cache not someone's discarded sandwiches ... Yep it's the cache. Haha that was fun. Thanks for placing. I don't think I've needed to do that before to get a cache.

After clambering around in Dunggans cave, I made my way to this site. I scurried around nearby under the natural roof before arriving at the front door. I slid in and made a quick find. Thank you for the cache!

Geopupdog took the leap of faith and landed at the front door TFTC.

After a DNF on the nearby cache I was determined to find this one. A few less places to search and this time the cache was soon in hand. TFTC

Great day for some quick mid week caching at Oatley, a place I had heard about but not visited before. Thank you for providing the excuse.

I creeped. I crawled. I shuddered. I found.
Tftc!

Bah... Forgot our pen. Lovely walk through the mangroves to get here. JF

cut my thumb on a blade of grass, eventually found it and signed the log with car keys cause we forgot the pencil. TFTC!

TFTC! Signed using key...

Shopping done, cooking preparations done, enough sleep, tick, so what else to do for the next 10 hours on Christmas Eve? Well caching is still the best time filler I have ever discovered!
Ventured out to Sydney again today to fill a few more grids and this calender day, good fun, a bit humid however. All caches found easily.
TFTC Wilbert67

A lovely morning walk with all the birds out and singing.
I ended up heading right past it at first but once i eliminated the other possible hiding spots i doubled back and was able to locate it.
Accurate difficulty raring.
The cache is in a good place and the log is dry.
Thanks.
#694

No joy today. Will try again another day.

Get down low!

Found this one with ease since a wasn’t carrying a backpack. TFTC signed the log and returned to its rightful position not a muggle in sight

Great cache Spoiler: in plastic bag thought it was rubbish
FYI no pen/pencil

Very clever! Had fun with this one. Prepare to get dirty

A real fun cache to grab - TFTC

Thanks GeoDude, really enjoyed this Cache ! The Coords caused me some grief but with a bit of logical thinking it was possible to apply some rationale and get the CIH.
Great meeting you the other day , thanks for initiating the contact. Will have to make my snooping less obvious. Cheers

Here we searched two times before without luck. Now we had an private guide with us. This cacher helped us to find the container and than we can sign.
Thank you and greetings from Germany send Moorhelmi

Took a slight deviation on my way to work today, jumping off the M5 Motorway at King Georges Road, to grab a few caches around Oatley, with a stop-off at Narwee for a newish Traditional that had appeared since my last visit to the area. This was the 3rd of 4 finds for the morning.

After finding "Duggan's Cave", at Duggan's Cave, I continued along the bush track to this one, the second of the two T3 caches within the Lime Kiln Bay Wetlands Reserve. I spent a lot of time in my youth doing this particular adventurous activity, so no problem getting back into it today and being rewarded with CIH. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. TFTC GeodudeAu.

Find #3039

OCW morty8888 around Oatley. Morty8888 only had a cursory look here as reckoned thrte were too many mozzies in there. TFTC

Located at 11:33am. #882. 6 months unloved accrued.

Continuing on from Duggan’s Cave, I made my way to the second cache on my walk. I was already pouring with sweat and had finished half of my 1.5L bottle. Being a taller and bigger guy, the access was a touch squeezy but I soon had CIH and the log was signed. I really enjoy higher and tougher terrain caches and this was suitably challenging. This is a great part of Geocaching . And as icing on the cake, I picked up 6 months unloved. Much obliged.

Большое спасибо! תודה! L’chaim! TFTC!

Found with minimal crawl as a previous finder left it in the open and with the contents loose in a bag. We put it back as intended (as confirmed by the CO). TFTC GeodudeAu

TFTC GeodudeAU!

GeodudeAU I found your cache Creepy Crawly on 11/3/18, 2:33 pm. This is my find 1937 and find # 8 today. A quick and easy find, wasn't expecting a container like this, I think a proper container would be better. Thanks for the cache! TNSLLN

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Never imagine that bag is a cache, I was standing there few minutes before I decide to check that one. TFTC

That was a tight squeeze
Tftc

Reading Se of the older logs made it easier, so I knew to look for a cave all enough to crawl into. Saw a marble bag on the floor the cave which I only had to drag out with a long stick though, so I presume it had fallen out of its original hiding place. Great location.

Crocosaurus and I had to work a little harder on this one, but the challenge makes it all the more fun when you find it . TFTC - good effort!

TFTC

Mate, what a find. Like the other logs, crawling is advised . TFTC #teamscrubs

What a nice little adventure. Thank you.

After reading the logs I gathered that there was only one way to get to this cache and I wasn't sure I'd be able to manage it. As I'd just completed the nearby Duggan's Cave cache with the CO watching on, he tells me that this one is easier and to just go for it. So off I go, found the GZ and prepared myself for the grabbing. I tried to avoid the crawly part of this cache but it's not possible so I gave into it. As I was lying there I saw a few likely spots but nothing, until I felt something touch my shoulder... argh! Was this the creepy part? As I tried to shoo away whatever had just touched me, it turned out to be the cache! Phew!! Once I had the cache in hand I actually quite enjoyed having a lie down in the coolness of the cave. Signed, replaced, and off to the CITO event. Thanks Mikev1 for the interesting cache and location.

We came the long way round to this one, having started at Duggan's Cave and moved round to Dead End. Didn't expect to be doing so much bushbashing just below the house-line. Geowife managed to scone herself on a good bit of Sydney sandstone, but we eventually crawled into the right crevice.

I'd headed South today t try to clear the furthest caches in my "15km from hoe radius", I'd read the discretion for this one but didn't really fancy the sound of it.......creepy crawlies freak me out.

As I was not too far I decided to be brave and have a look. Once at GZ I had nothing to worry about, the idea in my head was much worse than reality. Being a little one I crawled straight in grabbed the cache and had it signed and replaced in next to no time.

This is a lovely bush area that I haven't visited before

TFTC

Out caching while my wife plays bridge! 10 found, 2 DNF.

I feared with great fears but I saw that there was a little thingie hanging down which made my search a lot easier. TFTC!

Batman!! BYOP! Nice little bush walk

As I often stay in Oatley when I visit a close friend, I try to find all the caches in the area. Today I went after a few and I found this one easily even after wearing my favourite daishiki (top from Ghana). TFTC

Had a great crawl Pretty cool cache... Decided I would rather crawl back up rather than climb and luckily didn't get stuck

Found on a nice cool evenings walk with Katsumar. Spotted the upper entry point then went down a bit and Katsumar spied the prize. Afterwards he insisted on going through. Decided not to join him! Thanks for bringing us to a pretty spot.

Continuing on from Duggan's Cave, we enjoyed the walk to here. I'd left my walking shoes at home and was wearing only thongs so trod extra carefully over the the last 5 metres or so! The highly likely spot stuck out like a sore thumb and I had the cache in hand in no time at all. Great spot! TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Great find one of the best I've found so much fun !!!! GPS was off explored around a little thank you so much

I was getting restless after doing work on my computer at home all morning so I looked at the geocaching map and targeted these two (also Duggan's Cave) along Lime Kiln Bay. I approached from Barwon/Baringa Roads and, even though I'd saved the caches, I lost internet connection and GPS signal immediately. So, at first I just went down to the duck pond to have a look around. I'm so glad I did... I saw heaps of ducks, a turquoise parrot, a turtle, a snake and 2 baby kookaburras!


Anyway, after eventually finding Duggan's Cave without a GPS, I continued along hoping but not expecting to find this one. At first, I went too far west. I spotted some rock formations and found some likely candidates but it didn't really seem right so I kept looking and kept looking until I gave up (seeing the snake earlier had freaked me out a bit). Back to the track to head back to the car when I spotted some more rock formations I hadn't seen before. I ran over to them then followed them west until I found what really looked like GZ - aha! Super mean hide... And again, a container that I can scarcely believe keeps the log dry. I pulled out the contents using a stick for fear of there being a spider living in there. Thankfully there wasn't. TFTC!

After the CITO we headed off with JordsAU to find a couple of local caches by the CO. DUggan's Cave was first. Certainly a lot of potential spots and we were soon joined by Nation Steel. (Nice to meet you). Some searching before the tricky hide was found with a different sort of container it was then off to Creepy Crawly. Some more nice bush along the way to Creepy Crawly and the likely entry point was soon spotted with National Steel doing the retrieval honours. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC

19/9/2016. Found, full log to follow. Thanks For The Cache.

Log to follow

#3101 (1 of 2 today) (Streak day 389)

Busy day, but finally had a gap in my schedule big enough to grab two caches down south.
Had trouble with one - and reached out for help - but the other was a nice quick find.
Got back home in time for my next appointment, thankfully.
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Came in via the trailhead off Waterfall Road and after spending an unfruitful 20 minutes scouting around *Duggan's Cave* I shot off a TAF and headed here.

Initially I missed the turnoff and ended up too high. I probably could have found a way down but decided to go via the track. Aah. There's the turnoff.
Once at GZ it was a quick and easy find. Used my hiking stick to retrieve the cache - in case of creepy crawlies and my phone rang.

It was my TAF getting back. Suggesting I try a different approach at *Duggan's Cave* which as I wuld find out meant I'd just barely missed it last time, I completed signing duties here and replaced. Then back the way I came... Oh look. There's a quicker way down!

SLTNLN
TFTC

Nice quick find. Thanks for the cache?

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Got dirty to find this one

I tried to convince my lithe and lanky (184cm, 57kg) 16 year old son to crawl in, but he refused! So poor old dad had to do it...

a good hide TFTC

Hehehe. We found this cache lying completely in the open! Surely not what the CO intended?! We put the cache back behind some natural camo. Attaching an image from the walk to the cache. Thanks for the cache!

A nice easy find. Just have to pick the right track to get here.
TFTC. Somtom333

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TFTC! We didnt trade just to let you know
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I had chosen 8 caches to find in this area today, but my breakfast ran a bit later than I expected and only found 3 in the end. Maybe it was also due to forgetting to update the newer caches on my GPS, or the search took longer than I counted on.

This one was nice and easy at least. I found the cache in the only place I looked. Though I may have taken a while clearing cobwebs off my clothes after bashing my way through the bush from where I parked my car.

Thanks for the cache.

As others have found co-ordinates were out but quickly found in the obvious spot. Aries44 was getting cheeky as I retrieved the cache so I replaced it and made him go in and get it himself.

On the path back to the car we saw the biggest, fastest moving red belly I have ever seen - I had no idea they could move that quick! Thankfully he was tearing down the track away rather than towards us.

TFTC

Scrambling down to GZ with Mr D ahead and on the scent. Over the edge and along I went to discover the lower half of Mr D projecting from a lump of rock. Bent down and saw he was onto it. Then I noticed he replaced it back where found and said "now its your turn". I did the same. I was giving a bit of cheek so it was pay back time. Enjoyable caches and the reserve was great. Spotted a snake moving at high speed away from us as we approached the steps to the road. It was moving so fast I thought it had legs! TFTC Mikev1.

Yep, it really is in there. The GPS us off by about 9m

Managed to walk around the track form the other nearby 'cave' cache and although my compass pointed slightly otherwise I thought "it must be in there". So hitched up the pants and in I went- not too far and I spotted the cache. Log signed, back out then back to the car and off to work. TFTC!

9/1/16. 8:12 AM. Cache #3355. Streak day #566.
2nd of 5 finds - Mortdale Heights, Revesby, Pemulwuy, Prospect & Blacktown.

Main plan for today was getting as many of yesterday's new caches as I could, in the southern & western parts of my usual area. But first, I started with "Duggan's Cave" which was published a week earlier. Walking back from that one towards the car, and I now had this one to find. During the walk< I had a guess what the creepy crawly would look like, and the emphasis on one of those words

A short bush bash got me to the right level, but then I needed to get into the right position to search. Thankfully, the coordinates were very good and there was less signal interference here, so I made a fairly quick find. Signed as 2TF, replaced it all and headed back to the car. Definitely not a cache to wear your Sunday best at. Drove off to my next target, "Hide 'n' Cache", which ended up being a DNF. TFTC.
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After a DNF at Duggans Cave I had better luck here. The hint was very helpful and I'm glad I wore some old clothes. TFTC.

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Hooray! My second FTF. Just home from walking geopuppy and this new cache by Mikev1 came through. So what does a geocacher on holidays do? Go and try to be FTF. CO was on nearby street having just finished getting cache finalised. So he followed me along the trail. Gave no hints or clues. Compass pointed in the direction that hints indicated. I'm not a true speleophile or patellaphobe so onward I went. Spotted it quickly and it was CIH. An empty log to sign is a pleasant surprise. Took geocoin to travel. Left a tiger and skeleton to scare the next finder. Took pirate coin. Watch out for the giant blow flies! TFTC. #235.