Alpha 18 Alpha, Queensland, Australia
By Nedandmrskelly and maintained by sandshoo3 on 10-Apr-16. Waypoint GC6G2T8

Unfortunately there has been no response (or regular update) from the owner within the time requested and as per the original note this geocache has now been archived. If you wish to replace it please submit a new listing via [this link](https://www.geocaching.com/play/hide).Jingeri

Saw this one had been disabled but dropped by anyway. After a short search, we managed to locate something we'd seen recently before, with signatures. Seems to have been replaced with finds again. We're headed to Alpha.Tftc

G'day Nedandmrskelly,

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Jingeri

Thought we’d give this one a crack. We looked really hard to locate this one with no luck, we are thinking it might unfortunately be missing, we also had a good search in the wider area, checked hints and previous logs for clues with no joy.

CO Nedandmrskelly

No luck for us today. Searched for 10 minutes and then searched a little more. Thanks for bringing us here regardless.

Not found for some time. Could the CO please do a cache check???

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

After a long search, again we had to admit defeat.
Another day.........

Not for us today

No find for us today here.

Today we are making our way towards Rocky as Diane as some work to do there on Monday and of course we aren't in a screaming hurry so we will be stopping and picking up as many caches on the way across as we can.

We were quite surprised when we pulled up here to find a bitumen step and taxiways and can only assume that this has been put in for The Royal Flying Doctor service. Happily the area wasn't in use today and we were free to search . This one did take a little while to locate but we did manage to add our name to the log.

Thanks for a quick break in the drive and for showing us the Alpha airport.

Having found a similar hide the other day this was relatively easy. TFTC

Travelling with Geospark62. We found a similar hiding spot the other day somewhere between Winton and here. TFTC

Quick find here today. Smallest airport ever seen. Saw a waterhole on the way out.

Quick stop and grab. TFTC

Bit lost for starters but searched around and came with the goods logging with DeafCat, Deafphantom and DutchAus

Found it with Deaf Geo friends
Thank you
On way to Emerald.

Awesome with DeafPhantom DutchAus DeafVW

Enjoy travelling with DeafVW, DeafCat and DeafPhantom TFTC

Good coords took us directly to this one. All in perfect condition.
After five nights staying at the Showgrounds in Jericho overnight, and caching madly most days, we have hooked up the van again and are continuing our travels. A few days in Emerald where the car will be getting a service, and then who knows. That’s as far as our plans go.
Of course, we can’t just drive down a highway-not if there’s caches to be found. Great work by all the local CO’s for nicely breaking our journey with lots of lovely yellow smilies. Your efforts are appreciated, thank you all very much.
TFTC

Staying in Alpha for a couple of days and spent a morning getting most of the caches in town, quick find

TFTC

Looking for something to fill in time whilst not studying, it was suggested that I finally get around to logging THOSE caches long found but never logged. Some even have funny stories of being visited not only once or twice, but a few even have had a third or fourth visit before realising I've been there and done that. The date is as near to the correct day the cache was found.So, sorry for the generic and late log.JABs.The full story can be found herehttps://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=c74de4cf-b59f-4ee4-9b5a-63ff0fc061ea

We stopped by here on our way to Longreach. This was a very quiet place today. Cache found and log signed and used the restroom. Thanks for the cache Nedandmrskelly.

Having driven past this place many times today was the day to stop.
Note to self: dresses and heels are not the best caching attire lol. After a short hunt cache was soon in hand thanks for placing and maintaining Nedandmrskelly

Logging old caches originally found with alphag_25. Now have my own account and logging them separately so that i can claim the finds or not as the case may be. TFTC.

02/01/21 Roadtrip Mackay to Emerald to Barcaldine to Aramac to Blackall to Jericho over the next 3 weeks. Lots of puzzle solving before and during trip. Searched area and found GZ . Replaced and signed log. TFTC SL Dropped off Caravan to Zip around area quicker.

Like being taken to interesting spots like this. Well maintained tarmac TFTC

Day 15 of our Western trip for work and caching. Today's trip from Barcaldine to Longreach to Barcaldine to Sapphire. On our way home.

Doing some maintenance and some smiles as we go.

With a previous finder who knew where this one was so did a replacement.



TFTC Nedandmrskelly and maintained by sandshoo3

Day 10 of my road trip, travelling from Longreach to Emerald. There are a lot of caches to collect along the way, this afternoon I am collecting the Alpha caches.
A quick find, log signed and cache replaced as found.
Thanks Nedandmrskelly for the cache, and thanks to sandshoo3 for maintaining this.

Day ten of my outback Queensland trip and the plan today is to arrive in Emerald by night time, via the towns of Jericho, Alpha, Sapphire, Rubyvale and Anakie. Continuing with my challenges of a trad a day and a cache a day and collecting a few more for the day. I do have a list of caches that I do want to collect along the way and probably some extras as I see fit.

Caching on my own again and am enjoying the time and adventures that comes with that. Though most of the caches were easy finds, some did give me a smile and I saw some familiar name in the logs, was I following?

This cache was an easy find and in good condition. With the log signed and cache returned as found, it was onto the next one. Thank you for placing it here, I really enjoyed the drive around this area today.

Day 14 of my trip north from Adelaide in search of some warmer weather and a few caches.

After camping last night at Jericho, today I traveled to Emerald, with a side trip up to Sapphire and Rubyvale.

I spent a bit of time in and around Alpha hunting out some of the caches in this Alpha series with mixed results.

Unfortunately this was one of the DNFs despite a good search.

Dnf

I decided to do a little caching/shopping trip today. NEF on my way home. TFTC

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TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Ned and Mrs Kelly (Sandshoo3) [^]

Found by Mary and David at 20:29. No duty free or baggage carousels here. Our thanks to Nedandmrskelly.

Day 8 on our road trip to QOGM 2019 at Blackall and today we make our way from Alpha to Blackall. We had a great day making our way around the area and enjoying the fairly quiet roads along the way. Thanks so much to the COs for placing the caches here for our enjoyment.

After staying at Emerald for a couple of days we were on the way towards Blackall via Alpha. Due to the number found the logs will be generic. Thank you to all CO's who placed the caches. Cache found and signed log. TFTC

8952 Located by baby&Mrs gopher ( also sign as bMg on small log sheets) at 1330. A drive out the track seems appropriate about now. The variation of hides makes it worth while. SL Tnx Nedandmrskelly

On our way to QOGM (Blackall) day 25 of our trip. 24 caches for the day and 754 for the trip.TFTC

Caching in and around Alpha and surrounds we picked up a few caches and this was one of them.

Enjoyed the variety of hides, cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

FROM NZ
We are on an out back tour from rocky heading to Emerald and on to Longreach then back through Blackall and on down to Dalby

Good one Sandshoo.TFTC

Hi there Nedandmrskelly. While on holiday in Queensland we found this cache after a short search - and the container and log are in good condition. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to Nedandmrskelly for this cache - our find #7174.

Found while making our way from Emerald to Longreach and beyond. Thanks,

Found enroute to the Finke desert race. TB dropped off.

Saw some action at the airport

Saw some action at the airport

Grey Nomads travelling in their caravan around Australia. We have been on the road since July 2011 and discovered caching in August 2013. We travel with a bunch of travel bugs belonging to our sons and grand children. Where ever possible, we will maintain your cache as we travel.

Now travelling west towards Barcaldine for TheLongestLine (of RVs) World Guinness Record attempt. BRC is very proactive in gaining greynomads to visit. This is one of their attempts. Geocaching is another. This is one of many in the BRC for us to attempt

Just like a miner, we FIFO this one. Quick easy find at the airport. Thanks Nedandmrskelly

found it TFTC

Out and about with The Drovers picking up some caches and this was one of them.

A quick find and the last of the Alpha caches for today.

Once the log was signed all was returned as found.

TFTC Nedandmrskelly

Travelling with Konie for a couple of days, picking up a few caches along the way.

Cache found, log signed, and replaced as found.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Nedandmrskelly, for us and others to find.

Hi there Nedandmrskelly.

We found your cache **"Alpha 18"** at 10:09:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 20297).

We started the day off by nominating a cache near Alpha, and then took a route that was mostly determined by the next closest cache according to our GPS. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area & ended up finding quite a variety of container types, and sizes hidden along our route.

We found 21 caches today & DNF'd 0. Without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the 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.

TFTC Nedandmrskelly and maintained by sandshoo3
Decided to go home via Emerald after attending the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. We picked up some caches.

Day 9 of my geocaching adventure with Team DIEL heading towards Emerald on route to the Gold Coast.
Nice neat hide here.
TFTC Nedandmrskelly and maintained by sandshoo3
Found October 2, 2018

In Barcaldine and surrounds to attend QOGM18 for the long weekend. Thanks for all the caches and hard work in making this such a fantastic trip.

Last day and cleaning up the town before I go.

Found on the way to Barcaldine event tftc

Today grannysmith1947 and ourselves have come to Alpha to explore the area prior to heading to Jericho for more fun and adventure connected with the QOGM event. All caches are in good condition. No planes today. SL TFTC

TFTC another on my map whilst at QOGM having a great time.
Regards Les and Wendy

Quick park and grab on day 4 of QOGM 18. thanks for placing these caches around here. Waiting for the event tonight at Jericho Hotel. TFTC.

I have been traveling a zigzag path to QOGM, in Barcaldine. I have now met up with my regular caching buddy, so the SGx2 girls are back together again. Today, we are making our way from Emerald to Barcaldine, caching along the way. We enjoyed our tour around Alpha and the variety of caches and hides to be found here. This cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

I am on a road trip to the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster in Barcaldine with Selva Girls. Today we are travelling from Emerald to Barcaldine. We journeyed around Alpha collecting the variety of caches and enjoying the local hospitality. Tftc Nedandmrskelly with sandshoo3

Nice series to entertain us. A lot of unusual hides and caches! Thanks for all the efforts!

Travelling with Uwe001 to QOGM in Barcaldine. Choosed some back roads for smilies. Found this cache, signed logsheets TBU1+2.

Tftc

Travelling with Bikesu to QOGM in Barcaldine. Stopped to grab this cache. Tftc

TFTC,
Travelled from Sapphire to Alpha, dropped the van and started to cache the town.
This is the last cache in Alpha for us. A big thanks to the CO for taking us to so many local features. Especially Nola at the Information Center. What a great lady who we have spoken to on both our visits.
Had a great time, visited trackables.

Staying in town overnight, with pprass and Wazza9, quick find, signed log and replaced. Thanks to Nedandmrskelly. This was a great series, thank you.

Found at 3:33 PM GAFF5 in the company of nana nel and wazza9..
Last cache for the day and the one that is the furtherest out of town. Well that's it for Sapphire caching wise - so now let's get to the bakery for some coffee and a milk drink
Thanks Nedandmrskelly.

Found while on my way to Jericho for a mornings geocaching. A quick find to start my day off with. TFTC.

Following a very early morning walk and then another before morning tea, we later set out in the car to try and clean up all the caches in town. So far we have them all except one and the Earth cache, but the day isn't over yet. Still the trickiest to go, but I'm not giving up! Thanks to NedandMrsKelly for the wonderful variety of hides and caches. All logs were signed though some as SG as I often do in small caches to save space.

After overnighting in Alpha I made an early start, collecting a few more Alpha series caches around town then more as I headed west My final diversion a short way out of town. Found in the first place I looked TFTC Nedandmrskelly

Checked o k

On a mission to do the power trail at Jericho.
Of course I had to get some finds on the way through to my hotel in Barcaldine.
Thank you to all the CO's for placing and maintaining all the caches.

SL TNLN TFTC

I apologise to all the CO's for the cut and paste logs.

Quick find while staying at Jericho.TFTC

No muggles this morning. Quick and easy find.

TFTC

Georode

Stopped here to check an outback airport and make lunch. What an easy find, it was the first spot I looked in. TOO EASY. TFTC.

Our last one for the day. Nice easy drive down to the cache location. Great when you have a caravan in tow.TFTC

**# 21562** Found on our 2018 mega adventure to ACT, NSW, QLD and beyond.
Another perfect Winter day for a trip to Jericho.
Not any muggles around today and a not so quick find.
Thanks for the cache Nedandmrskelly,
***Roostaman***

TFTC. We are camped at Jericho Showgrounds for a week. Today was a lovely day to go for a drive and attempt the many caches in Alpha. We dnf’d 3 aches and did not attempt another one due to muggles. All in all a great day.

This day started out with picking up a few more of the Alpha series that either we did not pick up yesterday because of the muggle factor or we simply had not looked for it.
None was difficult to locate today and after doing the signing we soon headed off again. Thanks go to Nedandmrskelly for this series and to sandshoo3 for maintaining the caches.

Found and signed log while traveling around the country in our van...TFTC

#139 We didn't have our passports with us but we still managed to travel to the right place.
A successful day out caching Alpha and a few others between there and home. We skipped one due to logs indicating it’s no longer there and muggles kept us away from a few others. Just the one DNF on the way home.
TFTC

All good. Very quiet out here today.

3:07PM #683

Wasn't leaving until I found it! The cache and contents were in good condition.

TFTC, Nedandmrskelly and maintained by sandshoo3.
Jay of GemJay.

Clever. TFTC

Down and dirty! Good hide.

In Alpha catching up with family. This was a great team effort and the result was a dusty bum!
TFTC Nedandmrskelly

Tftc

Quick find all good TFTC

Cruising the Capricorn again today,
I flew into the airport carpark
Nobody was around for a change [^]
Must be all the rain keeping them away

A short wander around and I soon found a good spot to flush out a cache from.
TFTC !!!

Time to fly !!

I would not have thought that YAPH would be a busy airfield !! [:o]
But here I was for a second drive by for the cache,
and yep !!

Muggle central again

I flew in and flew out with a DNF

Completely dark when I got here, good coordinates took me to the right place and soon I had the cache in hand.
Signed and returned
Thanks for hiding
R

12:07PM

No luck finding this cache today! Hopefully will find it before I leave!

TFTH,Nedandmrskelly.
Jay of GemJay.

Checked out o k

Great day caching with no one around. Found this one quickly and enjoyed a quick look at the surroundings. TFTC! #633

Alpha was another welcoming and delightful town in the Barcaldine shire, It was great to have this cache to find. Thanks to Nedandmrskelly for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Found Ok

After attending the Red Centre Experience event and spending a little time exploring some iconic locations in the Northern Territory, it was time to make a more or less express trip back home. Fortunately there were sufficient well placed caches at opportune spots to safely park and stretch our legs on our way home [^].

Now that we have had a small taste of what there is to offer in central and north-west Queensland, we will need to look at organising another trip sometime when we can spend more time to explore the area. We had no difficulty in locating the cache and with our name added to the logbook, we continued on our long journey.

Thank you Nedandmrskelly for having placed the cache for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy

Found while travelling east on the way home.

Loved the Fatigue buster on the way into Alpha. How many Greek letter did people remember?
Alpha was a lovely place. Needs a cache in town. It was market day. Lovely murals
TFTC

Easy as.

Cheers

Bundy

Travelling around Australia and now super excited to be finally starting our trek to the Easter Geocaching Event at Alice Springs.

Leaving The Gemfields and heading to Jericho, we had to stop to collect a few more smilies of course.

We really enjoyed using Geocaching as our tour guide of Alpha. Boy what a great series! We thoroughly enjoyed our visit albeit with several DNF's. A good reason to revisit.

TFTC Nedandmrskelly and maintained by sandshoo3