23 Majura Cycleway Majura, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By specimenX on 20-Feb-16. Waypoint GC6BQDB

Thank you for this one- I have now "eclipsed" my previous best find, and found 4 caches today.

*Copy and Paste Log!*On a trip down from the Illawarra for International Geocaching Day and in hopes of snagging my #1000th Find! I saw this trail a while back and new it would be a great day out but wasn't too sure when I could get down here to do it!Finally, today was the day and I set out with a buddy! We rented E-Bikes and set off! We started from the Ikea carpark and ventured North collecting every cache along this trail! We got stuck in a bit of rain and had to take cover under one of the bridges along the way but still the mission was there. Get me to my 1000th find! It was a great day out overall! Finished the day at Ikea for some meatballs and a hotdog! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this trail! It was a whole lot of fun and I can't wait to return to Canberra to continue finding a lot more caches!

Fun day on the bike. Cheers

Going back through our travels, we found this one while ago.TFTC

It was time to get the bikes out again today so onto the back of the car they went as we headed off to the Majura Cycleway. We found a place to park then headed off in the reverse direction. We didn't realize that it was slightly uphill a lot of the way until we turned for the return journey home. Still a good decision as the ride back was easy and even allowed us to divert for a few other caches. There was a variety of hides to keep us guessing, and a couple of quite challenging ones. We awarded a few well deserved favourites.That finished it was off to the CBR Geoart series. These were a bit easier going as there was good space to pull well off the road.Another big day!Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache specimenX.**SKI Pair****

Its been a while since I had a mega day of geocaching, and I was due for my yearly attempt to set a new PB for caches found per day. I awoke at 5am this morning and headed out into the freezing cold on a cache grabbing extravaganza. I started the day focusing on some AL stages in and around North Canberra (freezing my fingers off), before going out to the Hughie Edwards VC Rest Area. I did the power trail along Majura Parkway getting all the way to IKEA! and then returned via a slog up Mt Majura. Highlights of the day were almost hitting a kangaroo 5mins after I left home, getting my shoes wet multiple times, climbing Mt Majura for the first time, and the delicious salted caramel biscuits I brought along. TFTC!

A buddy of mine was after EUC ride so I took him on his first ever cashing adventure.TFTC,Slarti & Jadon.

Alansee located this one. I was on wrong side.Thanks for the cache specimenX

Found with Moonb1 Thanks for the cache specimenX .

Another great find on our geocaching journey in Canberra. My fiance and I had a wonderful time exploring and finding caches during the Mega event. Thanks to the owner for placing them cache!

Up at the Easter Canberra geobash Mega with the family and the kids wanted a scooter ride so this trail was perfect. It was pretty warm so glad I wasnt walking plus we had limited time here so had to make the most of it. We DNFed the 2 two D4 caches because the kids were getting bored waiting for me to look and we had to get to the end of the trail before dinner for the pick up point.Thanks specimenX for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Tftc went for a loverly ride on our scooters along the track

Found by moi who picked the right place to go and it was in the first place I looked. Yay to me! Riding the trail with The Morris. TFTC specimenX.

Finally we are in Canberra for the GeoBash.Today Mr Morris headed off with Pprass et al to walk Isaac Ridge and Lady Morris joined Geono for a bike ride along the Majura Cycleway. Different day, different experiences but all good fun.Thanks for contributing to our holiday specimenX

Find No: 9228. Down from Newcastle NSW, in Canberra for the Geobash MEGA, thanks for the cache specimenX!!

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Headed out for a big day in Canberra! Thought we would slip into town along the Majura cycleway then hit up some labs and trails in town. Well that plan was foiled by a late start and then the terrain and difficulty of finding the caches in long grass. took the best part of 4 hours for us to complete the cycleway trail, replacing logs as best we could. Wet feet and shoes, did not make this a comfortable journey.Once completed we tackled a couple of caches near the airport shops before heading to catch the light rail back towards Canberra Park in time to jump into the geocruiser for the Snapper Feast event.TFTC specimenX

Another awesome trip across the Nullarbor and we have finally made it!!Our trek to the Capital Geobash in Canberra, from our home town of Busselton, WA, via a few minor deTours.Now the fun begins!!Out on the Majura Cycleway today, an early start after parking the car and scooting down the track.A few easy caches, a few tricky caches, some dreaded ones over in the long grass, watching out for those slithery creatures but luckily we didnt see any of those!!The spiders, never seen so many in one spot We came up trumps, with logs signed and caches returned as found, a couple with photos to show the condition of the cache container.Where we wander, the places we go, the people we meet, always make for an amazing adventure while we geocache.A big thanks to the COs for making our journey all the more interesting:-)TFTC

In Canberra for the mega. Out for a bike ride today. The weather is brilliant and we are having a great time. Thanks for the cache tnln replaced as found sl

We found your cache today 25 March 2024 11:51am , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC specimenX

Another morning ride, this time along he Majura cycleway, picking up the ones we missed or could not find last time in Canberra. A cool start to the morning, but it soon warmed up, making for a pleasant ride.We managed to pick up a container on the track, and used it here to replace the broken one and add a a temp log.Total Caches Found 15603TFTC specimenX

Cache #23 of Majura CyclewayCache fully broken so didnt bother signing Needs maintenance TFTC

Container fully cracked

Continuing to conquer these Majura caches with eriicamurphy. Quickly logging 22-27 as we sit in the shade to avoid the summer heat. TFTC!

TFYC - found In Canberra for a few days. Good chance to find some new caches

Day #1 of 2 [7/5/23]
With four geo-events in Canberra, I decided on heading over to join with some of the fun. Unfortunately, I couldn’t join in with the Saturday events. However, that didn’t stop me with the fun and very wet Sunday events. On my way over to Canberra, I found two caches along the way. Next was breakfast at Macca’s before heading off to the CITO. A different type of CITO to attend. Next, I did some caching around Aranda Bushland to find some of the caches around the area. Morning Tea went down a treat and before the lunch time event a group of us went and found a couple of caches. Then the rain and hail came down which made getting to the lunchtime event interesting. A nice fun and wet Star Wars day event before heading off to the next set of caches with another small group of us. Toy Hunters, Sebass19 and myself then headed off to lunch and afterwards parted ways. Due to the amount of rain over the afternoon, I decided not to head out again for more caching.
Day #2 of 2 [8/5/23]
After a great night sleep, it was time to head off for today’s adventures. After the crazy weather Canberra had yesterday, it was nice to clear blue sky. I started the day with breakfast at Hungry Jacks and I headed over to the Queanbeyan Cemetery for the new AL’s. Then I headed over to the Majura Cycleway to find the south end of the trail. I started at #14 and finished up at #44, only skipping four of them for the return trip. Only one DNF and that was on #29. About half of the trail needs some TLC and because of this, **a few of them were signed as JM**. It was a great couple of hours riding my bike up and back and now time for lunch but not before finding a couple more caches just up the road. KFC for lunch and then I headed off home only finding one more cache about half way home. It was a great couple of days away.
P.S. I’ll be back soon, to find the rest of the trail.
TB visit on all found caches. I would like to thank all CO’s of the caches I found, for allowing them to bring enjoyment to the Geocaching community. TFTE’s and TFTC’s!

Container is cracked needs replacing. Logbook is ok.

Had to scramble up to GZ, but managed to avoid stepping in an animal's burrow as we did so. Was left wondering what animal lives there (snake? wombat? rabbit?). Guess we will never know.

Cache was found on the ground but we replaced it in a more likely spot given the hint. Thanks specimenX

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Quick find, but the container definitely needs some maintenance. TFTC!

Out on a great caching morning with CorvettePete, mixing it up by using our electric scooters to knock over some of the caches on this wonderful trail along the bike path.

Thanks for making such a great trail. TFTC

Container has split and needs some maintenance.

I am not that great at going up (or down) so I sent 3Kings off to grab this while I gave useful directions from below. It was soon in hand and we were off to the next one.

See our log for 44 Majura Cycleway for more information about our expedition.
TFTC

#3283 Having started this series from #1-7 in May, it was time to come back and continue.
Loaded up the bikes with DeadThief this morning and continued through to #27. A successful overall run with only one DNF.
Coordinates were good allowing for a nice quick find, however the container is broken and has seen better days. TFTC.

Container broken and log mouldy

Got this in-between the rain. TFTC
Container is broken and log is wet.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Nice hide TFTC
Need a new log and container as cracked

H

Out for a cycle on a glorious autumn day picking up some caches along the way

Out for a ride with R5 on a nice sunny day to finish off this trail.

Log was soggy nut made a mark.

Big day today! Was chatting with FejerFam about caching last night and he suggested that we could do Majura Cycleway. Great idea! I have been eyeing them off ever since I only did 8 previously. So started at 11am where I met up with FejerFam in Dickson. Then ride up the CCT Trail to get to Majura Cycleway and then we profit. The sky was quite cloudy and we did end up getting rained on quite a bit. Took shelter at 27 Majura Cycleway where we fuelled up too. Then kept going until we reached the end. Then took a ride down to a nice burger place where we ate up at 4pm. Then FejerFam had to go and gave me the option to come in the car with him which I declined. I have a lot more caches to do! Then spent another 3 hours going around Canberra picking up more caches as I go. Good day!

All logs signed as EE + FF except for the ones I found by myself

Thanks to all the COs for placing and thanks to FejerFam for accompanying me!

TOTAL HAUL FOR TODAY: 44 CACHES SPREAD OVER 5 TYPES

Some Stats: (because who doesn't love them )
Distance: 43.29km
Elevation Gain: 323m
Moving Time: 4:16:02
Elapsed Time 9:07:27
Average Speed 9.9km/h
Max Speed: 33.3km/h
Battery Consumed: 54%
Water Consumed 2L
Falls: 2
Flat Tyres: 0
Wrong Turns: 4
Separate Times Rained On: 4

Most Majura Cycleway logs end here as I forget which bison tube was what. But if yours is a bit more unique (or I remember it) here are my personal comments.

Found on the ground, placed back where it belongs

This morning EthisEthat asked if I would like to come and attempt to grab some caches along here. So we set out at 11 am on our bikes for Dickson, hoping to be at Brod Burger 2 to 3-ish. After finishing the track, we headed for brod burger, picking up caches along the way. We got there by 4:30.

TFTC

Quick find, but cache is cracked and, because it was exposed, the water in it was hot. Log is saturated.


TFTC

TFTC

This one got a bit soaked in the rain. Rip

TFTC. Difficult fence climb

Decided to get out for a bit of caching this morning combined with a bit of light biking. About 50% of the caches were wet making signing difficult, but hard to recall those that were good and those that were bad. This one was wet and needs changing ... TFTC

Cold start to the day but decided to ride south to north - allowing a downhill run back to the car, and early so as not to be disturbed by the commuters. Log is damp and needs replacement . TFTC

This one made me wish I’d brought grippier shoes and I’m glad nobody went past while I was retrieving it.

As a reluctant bikalist... cyclist.... I attacked these caches and knew I wanted to get them all but probably wouldn’t manage before my bum felt like it was going to cave in. Made it half way up the trail and that was enough up hill for me. I turned back towards ilea where I had stashed my car for the day and made an effort to get the caches I could without going into extensive long grass (hot day/summer/snakes). Sorry for the generic log but it’s hard to log power trails any other way TFTC

I'd long been meaning to tackle this lovely, long string of caches along the cycleway. When Contesta mentioned she had yet to do them as well we hatched a plan to collect them all on this beautiful late summer's day.

We left a car at Molonglo Reach and brought bikes and another car (a perk of team caching!) up to park near #1.5, then started the mostly downhill ride down to #44.

This cache was a straightforward find, being in an obvious location at GZ. Thanks Contesta for a great day out, and thanks specimenX for this cache.

TFTC Had planned this day, with mountainsbeyond, for cleaning up around Majura, including the cycleway caches.

Grateful thanks to CO for placing and maintaining the caches to entertain me on my journey.

Out on a lovely ride up and down the Majura parkway to do this trail. It was a beautiful day, but got a bit windy towards the end. Thank goodness we rode downhill and did the caches uphill - it made it a lot easier!! Thanks for this one!

Also, this one needs a new log!

Sixteenth cache of the day! We are riding the majura parkway getting all the caches. It’s a beautiful day and we hope to get the rest! Thanks!

Found it.

Thanks

Found ok but log book not in good condition. Thank you SpecimenX for bringing me here to this very substantial bridge leading to the property on the other side.

This ones a bit weathered! Is this bridge for that one house over there? TFTC

Spent quite a bit of time here only to find the container was not in situ. The log is in a parlous condition due to being wet from lying on the ground - replaced as per the hint. TFTC

Did not find

Tftc

Found!

cache 14

Cache #41
Accidentally logged my 40th as my 39th so yeah, TFTC!

Good spot

Nice day to do the cycle way.

Today is about "the steps". I'm expecting to have trouble getting my daily 10000 at the start of the week, so collecting extras this weekend. 7336 steps so far. TFTC.

Thanks!

Out for a Saturday walk of Majura Cycleway in search of 44 caches. Easy find today TFTC

Another “small” one

Looked around for quite a while before giving up. I then found the container on the ground half way down the hill! I put it back to match the hint. TFTH

Nope, couldn't find it.

Today Geowife had a Baby Shower to attend in Canberra, I thought this would be a good opportunity to get to Canberra for some powercaching in the 4 hours I had spare. She dropped me and Geobike off at the Ikea near #44 and the clock was started. Mission to complete the set before she was done. Long story short, I made it! Just, I had gotten all the way to #1 by the time she called asking where I was

Thank you for all that participated to put the Majura Cycleway Trail together, the caches were varied and interesting, which is rare for a power trail! All logs signed "11/5/19 SH"

This Cache: BOO! DNF - The first one today, I had a good look over and over, but with the click ticking down I decided to leave

TFTC

25/04/2019

Accompanied with DeafVW and DeafCat, we have a good fun - my legs become tired (not young anymore) ...
Thanks girls for help me ... Signed the log as "DED"

Thanks specimenX for the cache and hunt. [^]

Thanks for DED geo

Fun climb signing with DED

No good for us today, appears to be missing.

We had a good search around but no luck at all here today.
Thanks

Nice camo. Tftc. We continue our journey

I left from the coast early as I had this series and anything in-between it within my sights,starting at no.one and worked my way through in order.
It was quite and eventful day that involved Roos , Brumbies,Magpies...yep magpies and all up close too!,a flat tyre near no 10 ,and a random nose bleed??
It took my a while to get started but I slowly worked my way through the series finding all the hides, some alot trickier then others but a good variety of hides.
Thanks to all the COs for placing the caches I found today.
Thanks for the cache!

The seventeenth find of the day. After the event, I decided to head out and pick up a few micro caches towards my Badgegen badge. After a quick couple of micros around Franklin, I headed out to clean up the remaining caches I had along the Majura Cycleway. A visit to the new suburbs of Throsby and Taylor to clean up one or two before making a quick stop to get Loci612's newest tree climb cache (love your work, keep it up!). I had my bike in the car which proved handy for finding the caches along the cycleway, although it meant a lot of people stopped to ask if I needed help. The weather was really nice for most of the time, except the last cache or two where it got quite rainy. Thanks to all the COs who placed caches.

Mr TiedyeSmileys scaled the hill and made a quick find
TFTC

A bit of a change in altitude for this one. The gps was undecided as to where I should go, so I resorted to instinct and found it anyway!
TFTC, Specimen X

Watched a roo for a while and once we were happy he wasn’t going to play with traffic we quickly found the cache. TFTC

Had to chase a roo back down the hill before grabbing this cache tftc

Out for a lovely Sunday ride. TFTC. TNLNSL

Day 2 of our weekend journey to Canberra to clear out some of the trails. OCW The Bebes, AlphaDeltaIndigo and JordsAU cycling along part of the Majura Cycleway and any others in this area. A long day was ahead of us in the hunt as we headed off in the cold and wet for a day of caching. Some great hides and views along the way. Plus plenty of wildlife. Thanks to COs for placing these hides. What a great cycleway. TFTC

12 May 2018

Found with AlphaDeltaIndigo, Brewmaker and The Bebes.

I have been working towards a self imposed target, with the goal of the upcoming Giga Event in Cincinnati OH to be my 4,000th milestone. Needing in excess of 200 caches before I fly out to the United States of America in just over a week’s time, I hatched a plan to spend a weekend in our Nation’s Capital to help me reach the required number. I floated the idea out to a few geo-buddies and there was immediate interest, so we made the necessary arrangements and were eager to get going.

It was an early morning start on the Friday. I picked up The Bebes on the way through and we swung by the newly published ‘Whites Creek Wetlands’ Earth Cache (GC7MW51) in Annandale for a quick First To Find to start the trip on a positive note. Continuing on to Brewmaker’s, we hopped in the Brew-mobile, with the bikes on the back, and hit the road towards Canberra. The main target for the first day was to complete the section of the Canberra Centenary Trail (CCT) from Hall to Bonner. It was cold, windy and a little wet, but the mountain bikes ate up the trail and the riders conquered the mountain. In the evening, AlphaDeltaIndigo bussed in from Sydney and we relaxed in the warmth of a pub to watch a thrilling Swans victory on the big screen.

The Saturday was almost as full on but the riding was a little easier than the first day. We cycled the length of the Majura Cycleway series and back again, in similar weather conditions, picking up as many caches as we could along the way. After a surprisingly good dinner at a veggo restaurant in Dickson, we continued driving around town to finish up a long day with some more finds.

We woke on our final day of the trip to sunshine and slightly warmer weather. The main objective for the Sunday was to complete as many caches of the University of Geocaching Canberra (UGC) series as we could, as well as others in that area. We struggled on a few (and had to log a Did Not Find on some) but otherwise did well in making a dent in the series. On the way back to Sydney in the evening, we made pit stops in Penrose and Pheasants Nest.

A fun and successful weekend caching with great company. Thanks For The Caches to the respective Cache Owners.

“JordsAU

After a road trip down from Sydney with Brewmaker and JordsAU this was the second day of caching on bikes, we were joined by AlphaDeltaIndigo who we collected from the bus depot last night.

After a challenging ride yesterday we focused on the much flatter Majura Cycleway series and other nearby hides.

It's great to see such amazing facilities for cyclists, enabling them to commute and cache in safety!

A great day and some great hides. Plenty of kangaroos spotted again today.

TFTC

Caching buddies: The Bebes, Brewmaker and JordsAu

Team work is the best, Brew found this one. On to the next one then!
TFTC specimenX

A bit of fun cycling up to this. TFTC

Found down from Sydney and doing the bike track hope to pick up a few today

Found it. Road trip to Canberra to do a planned run of geos with the bikes.

What great scenery - cows and roos....and humans Out for a hike with the fam this morning to see how many of these caches we can get along the cycleway. TFTC.

Found with Acorn on a bike ride on my new foldable geocaching bike TFTC

Found this one with lego whilst having a nice relaxing bike ride this morning.

Found it

I just finished some maintenance on my bike and took it for a test ride along this bikeway. I knew that I had missed some last time so I did them all again just to be sure. I found this one lying on the ground. I carefully returned it to its correct spot according to the clue. TFTC

Arrived at GZ and felt around where I would likely find it. Nothing, looked and looked, and then I saw it, in the open, like it'd been tossed there.

I suspect someone isn't a fan of the cache being there?

At any rate, I put it up against the post.. still in plain sight.. but it seems to wear the elements well enough

TFTC SX!

**# 20558** Found on the start of our mega adventure to NSW, ACT, QLD and beyond.
Today was a good day for a bike ride along Majura cycleway while staying nearby.
Lots of muggles around today and a good variety of hides.
Thanks for the cache and the series specimenX,
***Roostaman***

Great view of the traffic, tftc

Found with nissan 65 on a few days away caching Log signed and returned to its hiding place. Thankyou for the cache.

Found with cullum68 on our bikes thanks for the cache