Perth Plaques - Government (T.T.) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
By TheThurstons on 18-Mar-16. Waypoint GC6BAP4

Glad I looked again in the first place I tried. TFTC

TFTC. This is my second visit. I tried all locations last time but no luck. I checked again very carefully and found it finally. It is at the first place I inspected. Thanks TheThurstons for hiding and maintaining the cache.

Headed back up to the City today to try to add some more smilies to our page....after the DNF yesterday on this we made a couple of PAFs and we were determined to turn this bluey into a smilie! Missed it the first time as was very well camoed and after a more thorough search knowing what we were looking for we finally came up trumps! Phewf!With a wander up St Georges Terrace yesterday with saz on one side of the road and pazza on the other we were happy to get a couple of ticks on the checker....sadly we had no luck finding this at GZ yesty! So glad we have got this now! Thank you TheThurstons for placing and maintaining Perth Plaques - Government (T.T.) for us and others to find and enjoy!

Headed up to the City again to finish off a few more around Kings Park, decided to get the train to Elizabeth Quay and walk up St Georges Terrace to collect the info for both the Multis on the way to Kings Park....saz on 1 side of the road, pazza on the other. Got to GZ and the location made sense with the name of the cache but with alot of Police and CCTV around we felt very conscious of being watched. We searched the most obvious place with no luck, had an idea of what we were looking for but could not come up with the goods........a PAF is in order and a return trip planned if it pans out!

Just wanted one multi on my first trip to WA. Why oh why did I pick this one.Gathered info while caching through the city. Checker liked it. Searched for ages, read all logs, checked all pics. Im stumped

Ran out of time on a previous visit to the city to search for the final. This time, after staying nearby, we took the opportunity to find this cache. At first the search didnt reveal the find until we had a look at the hint. Thanks for an enjoyable walk.

#3929 Final of two multis completed with Rieka. Thanks for an enjoyable and informative walk along St. Georges Terrace. Found quickly after checking coordinates were correct. TFTC

Thanks for an enjoyable walk along St. Georges Terrace. With Aussiewolves.Found quickly after checking coordinates were correct. TFTC

Trobat! Encontrado!Free day for do some walk guided by geocaching and Labcaches. This cach was one of them.Found It! Solved months ago and today was the day to sign the last location where IS the container. Easy spot and different logbook. Great multi and a good idea. Logbook full. Thanks for make this multi.Moltes grcies. Muchas gracias.

Out and about with @jamesknowlson in the city for 7 hours today finding geocaches. A fun day with no backtracking due to James perfectly prepared map and schedule of how to get to all the waypoints and stops from all the different caches around the city. We covered 15km on foot and managed to find multiple caches and get the coordinates for some multis that we will come back to at a later date. We will be back here another day to grab the final but wanted to keep the story of todays adventures present

Since we moved to Perth and got back into the game, I have been wanting to tackle Northbridge for a while. The plan was to catch the bus into the city in the morning, and stay all day grabbing caches. The only issue what order do we do everything in? I noticed a few multi caches with several waypoints. So spent last night (until about 1am) plotting every multi way point, traditional and virtual cache onto google maps, and working out the best method of attack from the bus stop. Im sure there is an easier way to do this but oh well. Its done now.So I set our route. Printed it all out, and it was ready to go! Woke up this morning, packed a lunch, and headed for the city at 10am. We started off slow, as 4 traditional caches were first up, but after that, we were smashing waypoint after waypoint of several different multi caches along St Georges Terrace (STG) whilst taking the occasional detour for the odd virtual/traditional slightly off the path. I must say, planning it out paid off! Otherwise, we would have been walking the length of SGT more than once! (Not ideal).By the time we made it to the end of STG, we had green lights on 4 Multi Caches (Plaques War Heroes, Plaques Government, Plaques Settlers, and Bumming Around).We then made our way down to Elizabeth Quay to collect a few more caches/waypoints, before returning to the bus to head home approximately 5pm.A great day out caching! Racked up 15km on foot!..This cache was one solved on the main path we were following of STG. Some great work done for all of these plaques to be put in. And truth be told, if I wasn't caching, I'd probably have walked straight over them all without thinking twice. Unfortunately GZ was a little far away for us to make on foot after a long day. So will have to return. However the log there may not be as exciting, so will leave this note for us to refer to upon our return. Thanks for the great day!

Except for stage 6 geting a fix on the GZs was a bit of a gamble. Have since used the checker so know my final's numbers are good. Pleasant breeze at final GZ on a hot day and not many people about. Unfortunately did not unveil the prize. Will watch and try again another day.

GPS not good in amongst the city buildings but the hints helped. Found after a short search then on to Kings park.

This morning before heading off to Singapore I had a few hours spare so headed along hay street doing this multi and collecting the odd lab cache too, after collecting the info I made my way to GZ where the cache was easily found Needs a new log book but a bit if room still left
Thanks for the cache

Having a day caching in the center before flying home later in the week. Enjoying the caches

Last find of the day. Asking the question, "If this were my GZ, where would I put the cache?" really helped. TFTH!

team okeeffek
Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Quick little find but I always wonder what the security cameras pick up

Nice walk within collecting the stages. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic.

The GeoBikes were still on the back of the car so this morning we decided to head to Kings Park and surrounds, using the bikes where parking was problematic and to cycle some of the foreshore. The foreshore was problematic with much of the path closed for repairs. [B)]

Finally we moved over to QEII and PCH but things took way longer than we had hoped there. OOps.

A fun filled long day and managed to get 'home' after dark. Happy Easter!

Collected the info last Monday on our EPIC walkabout the city. Only returned to add our name to the log today. Nobody about today for our extended search.

TFTC TheThurstons

Achilles has been sitting on the solved riddle for some time. He took a walk during a break in the battle to collect the treasure. Fortunately the clues were very helpful in our hero making this find.

I dunno..should I trudge through the garden beds

Found. We struggled with GPS bouncing around and took longer than expected. Even though the northings didn't come out to an integer, we rounded it up for a find. TFTC.

I gathered the information for these Perth Plaques caches yesterday, and sorted out the coordinates last night. Today was the day to do the finding. I felt a bit awkward here as I expected a bit more security, but no one took any notice of me. I saw a likely location, but did not look hard enough. I searched around but kept coming back to the same thing. A more thorough search revealed the cache. This is an excellent series.

It's taken me quite a few visits to the west to glean the information from all the plaques. I've had the final location calculated for a couple of months and this afternoon I headed in for a look around. [^]

I arrived at GZ and glanced around, no muggles but I was conscious of the cameras. I searched a couple of spots but missed the container completely. As I stood up, A member of the local constabulary was looking down on me. Huh, where did you come from... She asked me if I was looking for something, to which I replied 'yes, I am looking for a Geocache, have you heard of Geocaching?'

To my surprise, not only had she heard of it, she was a cacher herself and came down to join me, suggesting she had no idea there was a cache here. Well, the icon is not I advised her, it's the final location for a multi. Ah she replied, that would explain it.

She left me to it and I assume toddled off to advise the other two members of her clan who were now also watching on from afar. We could assume that she has advised the team that any likely behavious in this spot is probably not suspicious.

Back to the hunt, I was still cacheless and resorted to a PAF. What, Oh, it was that... I did see that and ran my hand over it, but it didn;t move so I dismissed it. DOH... Shortly after the container was in hand and my name in the log. [^]

Nice to have this one ticked off.

Cheers Thurstons.

Luckily a quick find. Enjoyed my meander up and down and up St Georges tce. Tftc

It's taken me a while to do all these plaque caches. Another fun one even at 2:30 AM. TFTC

Filling in some time before the WestOz AGM event ([GC9FG27](https://coord.info/GC9FG27)) down in Melville picking up a few labs about the place and whatever else takes my fancy.

After doing the Red Cat lab nearby I saw this solved multi on the GPSr so thought I'd have a go. A pretty quick find once I was on the right elevation. Not quite what I was expecting though.

TheThurstons I found your cache at 8:18am, this was the 11th of 34 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 7181. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

SLTFTC

Around the city for a few caches this morning.
This one has been on the list for awhile after solving the go location quite some time ago. Easy find once at gz with no muggles around.

A great morning. Luckily no one around so I had a quick find. TFTC

Had a few trips to the city while in Perth to grab some multis together. It sure is a different buzz to caching in the bush for me. After initially shying away from muggle activity I followed N2O &Y89s lead. Thanks for placing this. Sorry for the late logs.

TYFTC

Completed this one in parts over the cpl days we were here.
Couldn't get checker to work last night, but had a GZ of a likely spot, so searched anyways... obviously with no luck!
Sorted my calc error and soon had a tick.
Came to GZ at 0500 to complete the task.
Log is full now.
Nice brazen hide, but at this hour no-one else was around aside from the eyes in the trees!
TNLNSL
Thanks

Its taken us several trips to get all the required info on the multis in the city. Happy to be able to claim a smiley here after looking around and then trusting GZ to make our find here. TFTC

With neva2old and geotrakka, collect clues for some more caches . I found this one TFTC

Finally got back here whilst working in the convention centre for a few weeks involved in training for a job in SA and went to find this cache which this time was a very quick find compared to my last visit in July 2016 where i was questioned by security and police as to why i was in the garden beds given the security cameras here a LOT of people could see me far away from my location. TFTC TheThurstons.

Found with goldielover today. We spent all day wandering around the streets. A magic day. Gathered way points for a few multies as we went.
All great here at gz
Thanks for showing us part of your interesting city

Got all the clues and a tick from the checker but couldn’t locate the cache

Little hard but found it

Visited the stages in past two weeks while exploring the city of Perth.
Today made a detour to grab a cache from a place I have been before twice (typical GC);-)

Info had been gathered previously so stopped off to make the find while in the area today.

TFTC TheThurstons this is find #10382 for us.

After staying in the city last night we wanted to grab some caches before heading home. We got all the way points for your other multi on the way down St George’s terrace and this one on the way back. We worked out the final and off we set. We arrived at go and made a nice quick find and enjoyed the view while we added our names to your log. Really enjoyed this multi, favourite point coming up when I get a fresh batch. Now onto your other final. TFTC The Thurstons.

Really enjoyed this multi with axell33. We stayed in the city last night and were able to get some city smilies today. We worked on your other multi as we headed down the road from Mulligan Street and this one on the way back. Our lovely city has so much to offer! Thanks for the cache and greetings from Baldivis.

I had solved the puzzle a while back but didn't have the time to make the grab so this morning I dropped in at the start of my morning run to make the grab.
It was still quite dark when I arrived at GZ and I wondered if I would need to get the torch out but after checking the usual places I spotted what might be the cache and it was .
TFTC TheThurstons

Nice and quiet up in Perth so we took the opportunity to grab some caches. Didn’t take long to find this one after getting the info TFTC

Well I always wanted to visit this garden!

TFTC

I solved this one awhile ago and took the opportunity today to find this one, when I drove into the city. Such a beautiful area. Thankyou

Found on our last day in Perth. Great walk & loved the find!! TFTC

Great walk thank you.
On LawtonCat’s birthday trip to Auz
Perth - Melbourne

Great multi puzzle, certainly getting the steps up on my fit bit! TFTC

An early morning start had us heading up to the CBD to begin today’s caching adventures. We had fun cruising around with very few muggles about to disturb us. This cache was one we were able to claim as a smiley today. Cheers and TFTC.

G’day there TheThurstons, I was in this area today and found your cache Perth Plaques - Government (T.T.) GC6BAP4. I added my name to the log book at 7:01 am on 1 February 2020. A huge thanks to you for placing this cache here for us (and others) to find!

With the gps struggling with the high buildings, several times we had to walk quite a few metres up and down before finding what we were looking for. After getting all the info and making the calculations something just didn't add up to a whole number. Despite that we went with what we had, and were delighted to find the cache.

#17568

Out for a lunchtime walk and called in. No pen. I know, I know - schoolboy error. Will return to sign and send photo in the meantime. Not sure where the trackables were squeezed in to this particular container...TFTC!

Out grabbing a pizza and a few caches with Tiger777.

Not sure why 3 trackables are listed in this cache. Bizarre... Cheers TheThurstons!

Now that was a good walk!!! Definitely got the old heart beating!!!

TFTC

Spent a couple of days gathering the info for the three plaque caches. Sadly we only had time to collect two of the three. And I'm so glad we picked this one as it brought us to a place we would not otherwise have seen. And the final was fun too. TFTC, and a fab point.

The coordinates were good, so when I got to GZ, it was an easy find. Getting to GZ took me a little walking around until I got to the correct elevation. TFTC.

Having slowly collected the waypoints for many of these multis from various meetings in the city, I found myself near GZ today so being a Sunday with minimal muggle activity, i was able to make a quick find at the obvious spot at GZ


Many thanks to TheThurstons for placing and maintaining Perth Plaques - Government (T.T.). I found it, I signed it, and put it back as found.

Found while spending a few days In Perth WA with cullum68. We completed 3 multis in this street today we walked over 15km. Thankyou for the great multi.

Found while spending a few days In Perth after bushing down south of WA. We completed 3 multis in this street today we walked over 15km. Thankyou for the great multi.

In light rain we drove with the bike through the city to complete this multi. All WP was visited and all results were calculated together. The result led us exactly to the final. [^] To open the box there was a little bit of trouble at the beginning but then she opened up.

> Thanks for this multi say the Moorhelmi's from Germany.

No trackables but they wouldn’t fit anyway

A long walk and after a dnf on another cache, was glad to find this one. With gps all over the place at each WP I thought I’d need some corrections with calculations, but all was good first time on the checker dropped 3 tbs, took one

Walking along from the start collecting dates and names, at the final we had 7?
Back along and removed one of the dates. Working out the final surprised when it was correct first time. Out this morning and found the cache to sign. TFTC

Last cache for me to find in the CBD. An interesting stroll. Some interesting names. Nice final location.

Was in the city Monday for an appointment with hubby so now I am looking around and caching as well. Started this multi but c:geo not giving me any info on what I needed to find. Took lots of photos of plaques and managed to get the right ones. Got dropped off near here so able to find this final. All good here. SL then returned as found.
Great multi, got to see lots of interesting places. A fav point from me.

Found on 21 February 2019. TFTC, TheThurstons.

Easy find once we corrected our coords. First attempt was near the railway line. Wrong! TFTC loved the series. A favourite.

Nice walk up the Terrace. Did quickly from WP1 to WP6. Solved and found quickly TFTH

Found TFTC

Time to put in a last push to clear up these inner city multis. Very enjoyable TFTC

Joining the PP’s for a couple of quick cache finds after a nearby event. I must say this wasn’t what I thought it would be from the cache size listed but happy to get the find, TFTC.

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In the city today for an appointment, decided to take the opportunity to clear a few more caches After all the recent rains, nice to see the sun shining and the opportunity to walk some areas that I do not often visit.

Nice day to wander along this terrace to grab the need information.
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Thanks TheThurstons for bringing me to this location. I found the cache at 10:40:00. This was my Find 6 for today out of a Total number of 11 Finds and 0 DNF for for this Caching Outing. The cache was found in Good Condition and I returned the cache as I found it.

This find brings my total number of Finds to 4113.

Find #116 of 365 streak. Well I feel a bit dumb. I wandered the street two days ago collecting the numbers and with a quick sit down I had the go ahead. Arrived at GZ and found a likely hidey spot. As I searched the object I managed to scare myself due to possible spiders, cut my finger and hurt my knee. After searching a good few meters I felt a bit sus with the nearby building and CCTV so I gave up. I returned after my shift at 1am and tried the same object again. Nothing. Then I tried an obvious spot and found the cache. That is not micro! And how did I not find it before! An absolute fool I was. Anyways log signed and TFTC. A fav for the education and effort.

A bit of late afternoon-evening caching in the city after the footy, We had previously visited all points for this multi as well as the other multis in city and worked out the finales at home, so with the opportunity we headed back today to sign the log, another great multi TFTC

Another very early morning foray in the dark to find this cache as the numbers had slowly been collected as I walked around the city with TheRobbos3266. I loved the way the plaques had been utilised to create this cache and was often amazed as I came across familiar names that I had not connected with Western Australia. Another favourite point coming your way TFTC The Thurstons

Skyryser and I had the final co-ords worked out some while ago. Today we finally managed to go for the container. All good at the cache. No muggles around. Tftc The-Shredder

Solved already a few weeks ago but was nearby today with The-Shredder. TFTC

Love these series - look forward to seeing more please! Quick grab before work this morning - raindrops meant less people around so an inconspicuous find. Surprised it hadn’t been found for a few months.

The planets aligned tonight and my mother had left my house early after dinner and my wife was on bed so I had a couple of hours to kill before bedtime so shot a message out to Cravo10 to see if he wanted to head out to the CBD for some night time caching while the CBD was quiet with some muggle diners and council workers.

Decided to nail down a bunch of multi caches we had been working towards for some time.

I rarely visit the CBD, I think the last few times have all been for caching as I generally hate traffic.

How awesome are the lights, the mix of old and new buildings, the sculptures, and just the general vibe.

Loved the caching tonight. Great night with lots of pictures taken a couple of caches found a couple of DNFs, isn't that what caching is about?

Out on a CBD night run with Barnzy12, he was a little more prepared than me with high vis jacket and all to blend in.


TheThurstons I found your cache Perth Plaques - Government (T.T.) thanks for placing this hide and bringing me to this area.

Thanks for the walk and making me notice the plaques.

A great multi, giving it a favourite! I enjoyed looking for the information and learning a few things along the way. The container was much larger than what I expected, so a quick find on a Sunday with no-one around. Thank you for the hide TheThurstons.

Found it. Have been looking for an opportunity to find this cache after getting the green light from the geochecker quite a while ago. Made time today and caught the train in after a melbourne cup lunch in mt lawley. Walked up to get a few ks on the pedo and found i had to walk a bit further than i had originally thought. On approach, sighted the likely host and was rewarded with a quick find with no muggles about. Thanks for this and the other city multis , thurstons. Have thoroughly enjoyed them all. Unfortunately we have no faves left but this deserves one. Tftc!

Thanks for this interesting multi. Didn't know Bob Hawke was a Western Australian. On holiday from Warrnambool, Victoria.

apparently i should put the correct numbers into the GPS.. when you do that you are spot on... thanks for the great puzzle..

worked puzzle.. checked answer (got it correct).. but no cache at final location.. very sad day for me..

I had a bit of spare time this afternoon to take a stroll up and down the terrace, so I took note of some of the plaques. The coordinates I came up with seemed to make sense so I dropped by on the way home from work to make a quick find in the first place I looked. Another great instalment of this iconic series. TFTC TheThurstons

I collected the clues for this a few weeks ago, but haven't had chance to look for the final until this morning.
At GZ I almost gave up on the search because I was having no luck and was put off by the surveillance camera sign.
After starting to walk away I decided to go back and check a slightly different place.....and there it was!
Only the third signature on this new log!
Thanks for a great cache and multi

By the time we had the correct coords for this one, we knew we were at the wrong end of the terrace to have a look for it. Will have a look next time we are in the vicinity. TFTC!

Did this one twice and had no luck both times.

I'd found the clues for this one last night and did the calcs when I returned 'home' for the evening. Of course, that resulted in a face-palm moment [8)] but as is often the case, it's hard to sleep-in in a new city so I headed off this morning for a nice quick find at 06:45 in the light drizzle after waiting out the passing joggers.

A cache of this size in a city location combined with the interesting clues all means a fave point from me.

TNLNSL, although our night find geocoin just qualified for a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks TheThurstons.

For some time now there has been a challenge cache near home that required 10+ finds in all states of
Australia so we have slowly been doing that. A few months ago with only NT & WA left to go we setup a
trip to do a flying weeks visit to each state to complete the challenge. We also setup an event while
in Darwin and had a great meet up.
So myself, Fleabag- & GT02 set about solving some puzzles and working out a plan to complete the
challenge along with doing some tourist activities while traveling. Now back home and the challenge
is complete. Just need to go and collect it.

The first night we arrived we gathered the clues for this but ran out of time and had to head for dinner.
The next day while heading past we stopped off and found the cache.

Thanks TheThurstons for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

GT02, Spiffy- and I are on a multi state 5 day roadtrip to collect a trad, multi and puzzle in N.T. and W.A. We collected the clues on our way to dinner yesterday and today made it to GZ. Spiffy- was brilliant today making short work of the hide - a type that normally stumps him. Thanks to TheThurstons for placing this cache.

Quick find once we found the clues along the path.

Solved this one last year, very interesting. Today convenient to stop by final GZ, during bike ride on a beautiful day.

Went out for an afternoon bike ride with Lazarus, we cycled up to Herdsman lake and back after a short delay with a puncture. Lasarus had the solved coordinates, so this made an easy find for me, Will have to go back and read the plaques as I need to don some more in the city. Nice and quiet on a Sunday afternoon. Many thanks for the cache.

Cache replaced

Cache needs to be moved

i trudged all the way up St Georges Terrace to the last plaque, then sat and solved it and continued on. I searched the GZ area for several minutes and did not find it. PLEASE read the message i sent you.... it is very important.

As with most of the CBD multis, the collection of the numbers has been spread over many days and been an interesting diversion on many a lunch break walk along the Terrace. Some days sunny, some wet, some warm, some chilly...but all improved by hunting numbers This one had been on the solved & saved pile for a while and needing a cache for today I thought what a perfect time to go for a look. GZ was entirely appropriate and being a new resident to this fine city it was my first visit to the area. Very interesting. Surprised by the size of the container but it did make for a fast find once I got to GZ - handy as it wasn't somewhere where I wanted to attract too much attention! No problems on this one and again great fun in solving - another fave point coming your way TFTC

I was in the city today to pick up a scarf I'd left behind at the Terrace Hotel earlier in the week. Thought I'd make the most of my trip in plus my parking fees and attempt at least one of the new TT multis. As we'd parked near WP6, this is the one we started with and collected the required information in reverse order. The GPS was not playing fair along this stretch of road and it took us a few back and forth shuffles at a couple of the WPs to find the right plaques. Once at WP1 and with the six figures in hand, we sat down to work out the final. Our numbers did not work out at all once divided, and I wondered where we could have gone wrong. Once back home, I looked again at my figures, scrawled on a serviette, and realised my mistake. As I had worked in reverse, I'd accidentally used the value of WP1 as WP6 and so on. A quick switcheroo of the WPs and voila, a green light from the geochecker. As I needed a find for today for my caching calender (second last spot to be filled, roll on Sunday for day 366!) I rounded the geokids up and headed to the very apt final GZ. A brazen hide I must say, with all the security! I hope this lasts in its current spot. A fave point here guys. Now if only I'd collected the info required for the other two Terrace multis whilst I was doing this one! Another city trip required soon. TFTC