Alpha. 10 Alpha, Queensland, Australia
By Nedandmrskelly on 17-May-16. Waypoint GC6J0G7

After using Longreach as a base for a few days, we headed east this morning to get to Emerald by the end of the day. Of, course we cached along the way. This is one of the caches we looked for.Accurate coordinates and something familiar led to a quick find. Apart from the logbook being full, the cache and contents were in good condition. We left a replacement log. Thanks Nedandmrskelly for the cache.

Wazza and the Wench are touring QLD for a couple of weeks. Driving from the coast out to Longreach then, without a definite plan, driving back to the coast.Today we're heading from Emerald back to Yepoon with very few stops along the way.This was the only cache we had earmarked for Alpha.Thank you, Nedandmrskelly, for this cache.#4323. Log signed at 1134Hrs.(I often sign the log book as "W+W" to save paper/time/ink)

Bee found TFTC

Found

With FiveTays-TT TFTC

TFTC with Slack1962

Nice easy find.

Clever cache. TFTC

quick find today tftc all good

Camped at Alpha for the night and walk over to the Showgrounds after breakfast for a quick find. TFTC

Thanks for placing Nedandmrskelly, nice quick one here, stayed in the aircon for this one.RVCL.

Easy find

After camping by the river last night, we are exploring Alpha this morning. Armed with a great coffee from the post office of all places... made a quick find here

33,496. Found during our Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure - a 33 day epic tour of Northern NSW and Outback Queensland finding many caches, attending great events and catching up with awesome Cachers along the way.Queensland Outback GeoMuster (QOGM) 2023 Longreach Adventure Day 26. After a fun night camping at Jericho with some fellow Cachers, we hit the road to finish another section of the Jericho Power Trail Road with Happy Feet 1. Once that was complete we parted company and we headed further east to the Alpha/Gemfields/Sapphire/Rubyvale region for another night stopover. We had a great night at the pub there. This was the next one on the list. Quickly found once at GZ. Signed as F65 and A33 as required. Replaced the cache as found, then we continued on our journey.Thanks to all the COs who put out these caches !!

Many thanks for this one. TFTC

Staying at the rest stop on way home. Tftc

On a slow, meandering trip out to Longreach for the QOGM 2023 event.
Cache found in the expected area, within a reasonable time, without difficulties.
Cache in good condition.
TNSL TFTC

Thanks Nedandmrskelly for taking time to set out and maintain this hide and for showing us this part of the world

Log signed in first open spot

Find # 9583

#LockitupintheOutback

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird while on a slow roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. A quick find here after a couple of caching days in and around Rubyvale, Sapphire and the opportunity for Mrs Geo to hit the gem fields. We’re on the road again to spend a night at Alpha. It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC Nedandmrskelly

For anyone making Geo plans, do yourself a favour and visit Australia’s only current Geotour at Ballarat while it lasts: https://www.geocaching.com/play/geotours/ballarat-victoria

And for anyone that can travel to Longreach, Queensland, late September 2023, Google “QOGM” which is the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. You’ll have at least 8 or 9 days of pure geocaching fun with around 200 like minded people attending a mix of events and access to over 200 geocaches placed by the QOGM team. It’s not a Mega, it’s better.

Gotcha!!. Thanks for the cache

Cool hide, thank you for the adventure!

Seem a few of these ones,straight on to it.TFTC

Very clever

Found with tikitere. TFTC

TFTC

Thought I’d post this one as a nice, quick find! TFTC

Gps got us a few meters off, but found it eventually. Great hide!

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 134. The Gemfields to Alpha. It was quite chilly night in Sapphire at The Gemfields, so I was happy to be up and away. There were a few caches along the highway, but I was still in Alpha by Mid morning and set up along the Cemetery road near the truck parking area. A spent the rest of the middle of the day trying to find the remaining Alpha caches. I failed on two that seem to be missing and had to leave one till after closing time. I finished the day with a late dinner at the pub as they did not open till 18.30, and no locals came in at all while I was there.

After finding my way into the show grounds, I was able to locate this without any problems. This s another cache that blends in with the environment very well.

Thanks for the cache Nedandmrskelly

37422.8 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Fight A#107

**Albida**

Supposedly standing right on top, dnf

Second attempt, found it

TFTC nice quick find whilst exploring this lovely town with PeteBev

Tftc nice clean showgrounds

Another good cache found with woolwood9.
*Enjoyed the drive / walk around.*

*Thanks for the fun find!
Really appreciate the effort put into this cache.*

Enjoying a trip around Queensland with tmann421after a two year wait for the Australian New Zealand boarders to open.
Found numerous caches and saw plenty of interesting places.
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks Nedandmrskelly (F=835 H=94) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

We both reminisced about going to 'real' shows in times gone by. Kids don't know what they are missing. Thanks for the cache.

We are zig zagging our way north with micaparamedic, Papi4506 & Geoturtle37 and after staying at Blackall we are heading towards the Lab caches in Emerald via Barcaldine to grab a few solved puzzles there.

We were in Alpha for the 2018 QOGM event but took too long caching our way out here and didn't get time to clean up all the caches in town. Today we were hoping to rectify that and this was the first of the five were looking for.

It doesn't seem to matter how small these country towns are most of them have a show ground. It must have been a great atmosphere in the days would bring their stock and produce to display. They would have been fantastic get togethers for the locals. Now days all the shows just seem to be carnivals and kids rides trying to drag dollars out of us for their communities.

None of that was happening here today and we managed a nice quick find right where the GPSr was pointing and we then added our names to the log.

Thanks NedandMrskelly for the cache.

Found by Mary and David at 11:05 on a drive from Barcaldine to Emerald. Lovely green space. Our thanks to Nedandmrskelly

Picked up this one while on the way through Alpha. Log signed and all was replaced as found. TFTC.

There was no problem in finding this cache and the log was soon signed along with ilook4geo.
Thank you to Nedandmrskellly for placing this cache.

Quick and easy find here today

They’re always good finds. TFTC

Our all time favourite cache! 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

Nice and easy find once we realised that the Showgrounds gates were open. First one like it for COM084 as he hasn’t come across this style of cache.

Log signed and returned as found.

TFTC

Nice cool idea for a cash. Found with v8 Minnie on our way to Jeriko. TFTC

Quick to find, dodged the muggles. Thanks for the hide

Found with orth71 on a trip from Townsville to the outback caching
Had to go in the back gate and avoid the local official to log this one.
TFTC

We drove along the outside road to get to this one, realised it was inside the fence and then found the next gate open, saved us needing to drive inside the show grounds to retrieve this one.

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 in the obvious location

TFTC

Easy find. Thanks

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.

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 thank you to sandshoo3 for maintaining it.

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.

Found with Dozenmater TFTC

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

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.

No trouble with this one once I found my way into the showgrounds.

Thanks Nedandmrskelly for the cache.

Tftc nedandmrskelly, nice hide, replaced damaged ziplock. All good now

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

I decided to do a little caching/shopping trip today. I thought today was the 17th most of the day. NEF and I put you in a brand new log because the old one was chokkers. TFTC

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

Quick find TFTC log is full

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.

On our way to QOGM (Blackall) day 25 of our trip. 15 caches for the day and 745 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

Quick find after chatting to locals erecting metal sculpture
Tftc

Very sneaky but a good challenge. Thanks Ned and Mrs Kelly.

Found on our way to the Finke desert race

We arrived in Alpha for an overnight stop on our annual trip around Qld. We had no idea if there were any geocaches here, and were pleasantly surprised to find this wonderful series placed by Nedandmrskelly. This was a very cunning hide, but fortunately we'd seen this type before and soon had it in hand. Thanks so much for your efforts in placing these caches for our enjoyment. Cheers from Bindair Dundat and Princess Madelyn.

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.

Quick and easy, once we worked out where to get in. Thanks Ned and Mrs Kelly

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

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. 10"** at 10:52:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 20303).

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:** Nothing.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Found it - thank you!

TFTC Nedandmrskelly.
Decided to go home via Emerald after attending the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. We picked up some caches and this was one of them.

Day 9 of my geocaching adventure with Team DIEL heading towards Emerald on route to the Gold Coast.
No one in the grounds, quick pick up, nice hide.
TFTC Nedandmrskelly
Found October 2, 2018

Heading east today for Rockhampton we enjoyed some various hides to help break up the journey.
The GPS zeroed right into a suspicious object that was guarding the cache.
Thanks Nedandmrskelly for the placement .

Found on the final day of QOGM 2018 while clearing the map around Jericho and Alpha to complete the Barcy Challenges. 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. SL 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

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

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

Tftc

On our way home from from our son's wedding near Bundy and picked up a few caches on the way. Overnighting at Alpha. TFTC

TFTC,
Travelled from Sapphire to Alpha, dropped the van and started to cache the town.
Had a great time, visited trackables.

Staying in town overnight, with pprass and Wazza9, quick find, signed log and replaced. Thanks to Nedandmrskelly.

Found at 3:05 PM GAFF1in the company of nana nel and wazza9..

Thanks Nedandmrskelly.

On my way to The QOGM in the Barcaldine district Stopped here in Alpha to pick up some smileys before entering the cauldron of the Muster. All Caches found today were in good cindition and it appears that somebody has place sparel log sheets in the most of the caches I found in preparation of the event. TFTC for the caches and the series.

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 A quick find once my navigation had me on the right side of the fence TFTC Nedandmrskelly

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

Neirbo4750
Easy find

Found on our 2018 mega adventure with Roostaman.
Thanks for the cache Nedandmrskelly,
***MrsRoosta***

**# 21552** Found on our 2018 mega adventure to ACT, NSW, QLD and beyond.
Another perfect Winter day for a trip around while on a stopover at Alpha.
Today's mission was to do as many of the Alpha trail as possible.
Not many muggles around today and a few more good safe hides.
Thanks for the cache Nedandmrskelly,
***Roostaman***

Easy find when the GPS actually works properly. TFTC