History of the HMT Dunera Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 13-Sep-16. Waypoint GC6RKQZ

Game over, let somebody else put one there!

I’m pretty sure that its not here

I did not to go down in water, but it should be here !

Found a while ago logging now

DNF

Third attempt still couldn’t find it

No luck. Definitely nothing hiding where the hint suggests. There’s quite often fishermen here so may have been muggled.

Didn’t find

I think it's gone

Bit wet. TFTC

Another day, another calendar slot to fill. We're getting close now and I'm being ever vigilant in case I miss a day and have to wait another 365 days to complete! This was a quick grab whilst on an evening run round the wharves, I saw the previous log before heading out that said it looked like trash.... and that's what I found, actual trash haha - another look and soon had cache signed. TFTC

Hint is perfect
TFTF

I guess no “muggle” picks it up because it looks like a piece of trash !

Nice hide and great spot! Was a little tricky to find but got there with a bit of perseverance. Thanks for placing

Great hint! Quick find!

TFTC xo

Great view of the bridge

A lot of muggle. Hard to wait lol

The conference at the International Convention Centre I had been involved in organising finished today and I had a bit of spare time in the afternoon to relax and do have a caching walk around the area.

I really like the way they have kept these wharves alive through businesses, often creative ones. And the wharves are a good way to get close to the harbour. I spent a few minutes here, watching interesting vessels go by, waiting out muggles and slowly sussing out where the cache would be. Eventually I want where I wasn't necessarily meant to go and made the find. TFTC

This was a bit different to the others as we needed to be in and out very quickly before some muggles spotted us. TFTC

Found with Happy Jackie on a morning walk around Pyrmont. Thanks.

second day caching in sydney
called past this one

TFTC

#2626 a quick find was made as the hint was easy to spot

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache Team MavEtJu

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Out on a cache run and walk in the city for the day with the crew. Came back over to find this particular cache. Nice and dry today and we quickly negotiated the barrier and made a a quick find. With the cache in hand we all signed the log before replacing as found. Both the cache container and log are in good condition - thanks for the cache Team MavEtJu.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football

Okay, so we were a bit naughty and ignored the fence and instruction to not go onto the steps. Hint made for a quick find.

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 2045#

Found on: 8 April 2019 12:38

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: good



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Snuck out at lunch today grab one to keep the steel alive.

**TFTC Team MavEtJu TNLNSL**

#Find#: 2045#
Found on: 8 April 2019 12:38
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: good

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Snuck out at lunch today grab one to keep the steel alive.
**TFTC Team MavEtJu TNLNSL**

Stayed in the city last night and decided to walk around town grabbing a view caches before heading home. With the rain easing off we walked out to Pyrmont before lunch. Unfortunately the area was fenced off and it was a bit slippery to do so in the drizzle. Will have to come back for this one.

I was in Sydney for a conference and it was very full on so no time for sightseeing and even worse, no time for geocaching. As it turned out we had an evening event near here at a venue and while my colleagues were having a few beers and wines I had a sneaky look at the phone and joy of joys there was a cache just 200m away.

Walked down to GZ and imagine my disappointment to see the area was fenced off. I normally play by the rules but I had to find at least one cache, so I sneaked around the short fence and dropped down to stay out of sight and have a look for the cache. Turns out I was spot on and found the cache very quickly. Was able to stay out of sight and sign and return the log.

Hooray got a cache even if I had to be a bit naughty. Thanks for the cache.

Easy find. Nice location

An interesting read thanks. Quite the busy place by the looks of it, not getting so much work now. Cheers

TFTC! Amazing bit of history here! Coming from overseas, this is the kind of little pieces of information that are really difficult to find otherwise and that I particularly value from Geocaching. Easy to find cache with the hint. We enjoyed the views on a way better day than yesterday in terms of weather. We just had to wait for a bit because some muggles on boats seemed to be really interested in our activities. Once they left, we couls come back to the hiding spot and leave the cache hidden again!
FP for the touristic value!
Thanks for hiding and maintaining Team MavEtJu!

This one took a while and needed an extra hint from the CO! Many thanks team MavEtJu! Great location! TFTC

TFTC

It took a bit of searching but we did manage to find it in the end. Found with Pmk49. Tftc!

It was getting quite dark when cmkoe3 and I approached this cache.
The area was totally deserted on this Sunday evening so we were able to use the flashlight in my phone to explore.
The cache was soon found.
TFTC

Good clue but still tricky

On my walk around the area via this wharf this cache was a quick find. TFTC

There was a muggle. Could not search for it with harvestmouse.

Broke a virgin cacher in today! Found with Renegade (pending him making an account and getting a nickname, will update once he does). A nice quick find with not too many muggles about TFTC!!

Twilight at cache

Sneaky hide found at twilight. Tftc

AMAZING little cache, well hidden.
Found with 8Wheels.

**This was 1 of 13 caches that was found by me on the 16th of 16 caching days here in Australia. Which also was the 53rd of 75 days that my travels thru southeast Asia and Oceania would last.**


*Together with Ingabo, jsson and Sivun I would spend 16 days in Australia. Our journey started in Melbourne and ended in Sydney. After that I continued to New Zealand while the others headed back towards Melbourne.*
*All in all I did manage to find 263 caches, 9 types, 3 new months and many more statistical fillers.*

After a previous DNF due to lunching muggles it was nice to get this one. TFTC.

Pic from the high road on top of jones bay wharf which I didn’t know existed!

Tftc

Team MavEtJu I found your cache History of the HMT Dunera on 25/11/18, 3:05 pm. This is my find 2176 and find # 11 today. Hardest part again was to find parking nearby. Found one with a short walk to GZ. A quick search and soon had CIH. Thanks for the cache! TNSLLN

Morning walk after an involuntary night nearby.
Just a few joggers around, easy to grab the cache, sign and return.
A long story and an important reminder
Thanks for hiding this one for us
R

Thwarted by lunching muggles. Will return in off peak

Easy find TFTC

Since November 5th I study Englisch at ILSC for 1 month. After the school I walked around and was searching some caches. Here I found the box after a short search.
Thanks for the cache from Bonn, Germany
Milka71

Tin with log inside

Tftc

What a time for the muggle to stop for his coffee, just as we got here. Nice view

Easy find while walking with my friend TFTC

Rolled up on the spot and my mate beat me to the find but a lovely little spot, TFTC

Tftc found with azn_hobo

Tftc. So much rusts....

Over from Perth on another business trip and managed to get away from meetings in the CBD long enough to take a stroll over the Pyrmont Bridge and pick up this cache. Lovely spot that I’ve never explored before - and likely wouldn’t have done without caching. Very interesting history too. One can only imagine what they’d make of the boats here today! GZ was deserted but I was conscious of unseen eyes behind glass when nearing GZ proper... thankfully the clever location provided some much needed cover! No problem with the cache which was a very quick find. Thanks for bringing me here today, and TFTC

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Caching in the morning saves health. Nice place, visited after coffee. Interesting story. T4T$ FF5

In the city to see a show for Father’s Day, my very accommodating geo-dad allowed me a few detours to grab a couple of caches too. Expected something bigger given the size rating but as soon as I’d walked straight up to GZ (almost without the gps), I quickly spotted the standard micro.

I was scuttled by a muggle the last time I was here but today I just had to dodge the business folk about to start drinking for the evening. Sunset was lovely offering just enough light to see why my hands were getting so dirty. An interesting point in our history and glad it’s remembered here. Thanks Team MavEtJu

Found while visiting from Canberra. An interesting part of our history. TFTC

I was muggled out of this one... TWICE! it seems that GZ is a great little hiding spot for locals to hide, possibly up to mischief! First occasion I moved on and found another nearby cache, the next time I parked myself a short distance away and waited for muggle to move on. Once I had GZ to myself, it was a reasonably quick find, despite the cache not being where I initially expected it to be. SL TFTC Team MavEtJu!

Beautiful view and wouldn’t have come here otherwise TFTC!

So much rust... TFTC

Watawieh from Norfolk Island South Pacific. The walk to the cache took me past a flotilla of floating gin places. What a contrSt these are to the conditions on the Dunera. Easy find at GZ. TFTC

Beautiful area and a great little hiding spot with an equally great clue. Missed it on first glance then had a look slightly below where I was originally looking at there it was. Glad the sea was tame today. TFTC MavEju.

We had a spare bag, so replaced the one lost by the previous cacher

One last find before the Event. Sadly I lost the plastic bag from the logsheet in the high wind. Sorry!

Thanks for the history lesson.

TFTC.

OCW Alephroom and Reverse G after the OZ Muster event. A quick find by the water. Nice day for it despite the wind. Cache# 985 TFTC

Located at 1:10pm. #738. OCW Rodney1210 and ReverseG. The wind had been strong for most of the day but here it was none more stronger. Nicely hidden cache and thought-provoking history lesson as well. Much obliged. Спасибо! תודה! L’chaim! TFTC!

Two in a row for mum munnas.
It was rusty!
Breezy +

Love the view from here. we took some photos

Walk around the area on our last day in Sydney. Some nice looking boats on the way to GZ. Willpunkey retrieved the cache. Thanks for bringing us out here

Zusammen mit Rio2013 war ich in Australien for Sightseeing und zum Cachen. Dabei haben wir auch hier gesucht und gefunden. Rio2013 hat einen TB von hier mitgenommen.
Greetings from Germany!
TFTC bomi58

First Time in Australia,the first day in Sydney

Looked everywhere but dnf

Found after dinner nearby. New log sheet is wet.

I had a great view from here. And I found the cache quickly.

TFTC!

Dan' parents probably arrived in Australia at this wharf in 1949. They were immigrants from Northern Europe who arrived here after WWII and became Australian. TFTC and the trip into my ancestry. By the way, we added a new logsheet in a snaplock bag.

What a story! Found cache on a morning run around Darling Harbour. Log book wet and needs replacing. Sorry i had no baggies or paper with me today. TFTC

TFTC!

Today I do a very long walk through Sydney for finding some caches.
Greetings from Austria _9604mec_

Well hidden, but found it reasonably quickly, TFTC

Hopped across the Tasman this morning and made a few caches while dodging ANZAC veterans and commemoration activities. This was one of those.
I visited here with team cacher zboy wonder.
A straightforward find on this one, and some fascinating history in the cache description - always appreciated, thank you. And quite the spot for a cache hide.
Cache in order; log signed, then safely re-hidden, just as found.
TFTC
The Turtle strikes again!

Found on a lunchtime walk.

Cheers

Found it- leave some red items in there for the next person

TFTC

nice spot to watch the fireworks. hint was very genourus

TFTC

Had to wait out a lunching muggle before a quick grab. Was eyed off suspiciously by a fisherman. TFTC.

TFTC - Found during morning stroll

Before the Dönerstag Event i did a little cache tour with Martin cousins and JordsAU. Thank you Team MavEtJu for History of the HMT Dunera ! Lovely Greetings from the german explorer-turtle
29. März 2018 9:20 PM

#4/5 of today afternoon stroll from chinese town through Darling Harbour and along the Pyrmont waterfronts. the Easter has already started and it was pretty hot too making the city so muggleless.
What a lovely offices along the wharf!
Logbook is wet.
TFTC

29 Mar 2018

Found with Entdeckerschildkröte & Martin Cousins.

With Döner's Day celebrations set for the evening in the city, I decided to head in early to tackle the yet to be found caches in the Pyrmont area. I put the word out to see who else was free and was joined by Entdeckerschildkröte & Martin Cousins.

We made arrangements to meet up at the 'Sydney Fish Markets' (GC770X8) to kick things off and I was the last to arrive (thanks to mechanical issues with my bus). Martin Cousins had went on ahead but I met up with Entdeckerschildkröte there. The cache was In Plain Sight and easily spotted. Thanks For The Cache rinsemesocks.

We crossed under the Western Distributor and over the tram tracks to catch up to Martin Cousins at 'Paradise' (GC7D6WF). Martin Cousins offered up a hint to help us narrow our search and we soon had the nicely constructed cammo and Cache In Hand. Thanks For The Cache Diadem.

I had previously solved the 'Forgotten Australians # 2' Mystery Cache (GC3EA1R) and, while Martin Cousins had already found it, we came past for a quick find once at Ground Zero. Thanks For The Mystery Cache rinsemesocks.

Another one Martin Cousins had already found, but we had not, was the 'Carmichael Park Troll' (GC2XR4K). A couple of muggles were celebrating 420 day a little prematurely right next to the bridge, but we were able to grab the cache without any issue. Thanks For The Cache rinsemesocks.

Next up was the 'Distillery Hill' Multi Cache (GC6VCKK). A straightforward multi with interesting history behind it. At the final location, we were unsure which level we needed to be at, but eventually made the find after widening our search. Thanks For The Multi Cache Seemyshell.

It seems our luck turned at this point, where we had a thorough search for the 'Great Balls of Iron' (GC23VNP). Even with a Phone A Friend, we were unable to locate the cache. Will have to try again another time #DNFpride.

Our string of bad luck continued at 'Maximum Points' (GC572NZ), despite having a fair idea what we were looking for, and at which level #DNFpride.

We were back on track with 'History of the HMT Dunera' (GC6RKQZ), for a fairly quick find. Thanks For The Cache Team MavEtJu.

The third Did Not Find for the day was at the final for the 'Purgatory, Paradise & Hellhole' (GC24AHK). Even though Martin Cousins had previously found, we were unable to locate it today. Will have to return in the near future #DNFpride.

We were able to finish on a positive at 'Sydney Heritage Fleet' (GC75RND). It proved illusive and threatened to derail us, but persistence paid off and we spotted the sneaky hide. Thanks For The Cache 2qt2bstr818.

With a fairly successful haul under our belts, we arrived on time at the '4th Annual Dönerstag in Sydney (Döner's Day)' Event Cache (GC7HY7P) at Darling Harbour. It was our biggest turn out to date! We had a great time catching up and discussing plans for the long weekend. Thank you all for coming and helping continue this joyous tradition!

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

Found it exactly as per the hint with JordsAU and Entdeckerschildkrote, thanks for the view and placement Team MavEtJu

Before heading home after a nice weekend with friends, we decided to grab a few caches together.

Admired the view, and then got busy searching for this cache. Soon CIH, did the legalities and then returned it back home.

After a lovely evening in the city, we grabbed a few caches before heading home.

Once we had found the cache and carried out the legalities, we admired the view. It was a shame I didn't have my camera. Will have to return another time to take some pictures.

TFTC

After staying in the Star for a weekend out, we decided to see what caches were about

Came across this in our walk along the waterfront, and found this sneaky one with the help of the activity comments SL

TFTC beautiful place for a hide