Cornerstone Emerald, Queensland, Australia
By Wag00 on 22-Jul-17. Waypoint GC79ACR

14/09/24

Tricky little hide but soon had my name on the log TFTC

Found it with Rex 46 dot558

With dot558 trading to emerald when weather turned against us but the smiles are still thereThanks for the cachePs log is full

Found it with rex46

Quick stop on the way back into Emerald. *The generic bit for this trip*We are on our way north for warmer weather. From Victoria to Cooktown, weaving inland and to the coast, caching as we go. No real plans, just taking each day as it comes and enjoying the adventure in our converted ambulance. Thanks to all COs for placing and maintaining caches for our enjoyment.

Glad the grass wasnt too high. Be wary of snakes. TFTH

Quick find. Grass not too bad. Been in worse around Emerald. Must have been a good year for farming not so good for snake awareness geocachers. Tyftc

Easy find. Thanks for the Cache.

Grass to long

DNF! Grass is way too long !

Cool

Leaving QOGM 23 and heading to the Coast grabbing caches along the way TFTC

33,552. 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 28. Today was a pretty long day. Firstly we did our best to clean out Emerald, then we visited Lake Maraboon, then continued south picking up caches (including the marvellous golden oldie Minerva) until we arrived into Roma. 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 !!

While attending QOGM 2023 with the MummaBear and the cubs gang, Nathan_and_Alyce and ??54.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the huntThank for giving us a reason to stopTook nothing, Left nothing, signed logSigned log as MummaBear and the Cubs and for smaller logs MB&CSigned as MGNT or with our team stampMummaBear and the CubsGEM_54Nathan_and_AlyceTenkae

During our stay at the Emerald Motel, we had the opportunity to explore the area and find hidden caches. We also had the chance to take in the sights and sounds of the local area. Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache Wag00.

Good one. TFTC

Nice quick one. Thanks

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

Quick find

Thanks Wag00 for taking time to set out and maintain this hide and for showing us this very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot

Find # 9543

#LockitupintheOutback

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird while on a slow roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. A quick find here. Spent a few minutes to try out the damp log, all OK. A couple of caching days planned in and around Emerald to clear out the remainder of caches that we’ve been tackling over the last few years visits. It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC Wag00

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.

Quick find with SJG66 as we head North in search of caches and warmer weather. TFTC

Found with O319 on our way north

Got it. Cheers

It'd been a long time since my last cache find so I decided to stop here for a look. Once at GZ, I was soon signing the dampish log at 16:30. Maybe some TLC is in order for this one.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks Wag00.

Glad I’m taking a drive out these roads,one sees things you otherwise wouldn’t.TFTC

Read the previous logs but after a short search and standing on cache we found it. Signed log (although a bit wet) and replaced where we think it should be.

Stopped here and had a good look around.. It's ethere a great hide or it's missing.

Unfortunately no luck.

A trip to Perth checking out some of the awesome places along the way in ACT, NSW, Qld and NT. Grabbing some old caches and missing LGAs. TFTC.
Outside container was full of water. Inside bison kept the log reasonably dry.

A trip to Perth checking out some of the awesome places along the way in ACT, NSW, Qld and NT. Grabbing some old caches and missing LGAs. TFTC.
Outside container was full of water. Inside bison kept the log reasonably dry.

Found heading into Emerald after a long drive from Miles, quite showery today but log ok. Thanks Wag00.

Awesome straight forward find

Had to basically trip over that one. Container is buggered, totally wet inside. we tipped everything into the bin and replaced the log plus a hopefully dryer case.
Beautiful trees all around
TFTC

TFTC! 25 September 2022 12:09:07 pm 3412
Thanks for the cache. Made a quick and easy find.

Quick driveby pick up.

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All a bit damp. Rugies plus Jacko

Quick find. So easy

Container is split and was full of water could not sign wet log

Found it
Need some maintenance- log sheet is wet.

Quick roadside grab on the way home from grabbing a few caches.
Container is leaking, all log sheets are wet.

Quick park and grab on our way to Springsure.
TFTC

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Wet could do with some TLC sorry we didn’t have anything with us needs log TFTC

TFTC

Quick find but log is saturated. Signed names as best we could. TFTC

A little soggy
TFTC

Log is saturated. Found it lying down and full of water.

Tft$

Found it with pippahiccup on a western run up to Mt Garnett

Passing through emerald on our way north for a family event.
TFTC!

Day 5 of a road trip to Townsville to with LuckyL10n and today it was all about finishing off this Emerald series.

After completing the jigsaw series we continued around town grabbing a few other caches. A couple of DNF's in that lot, however this one was found ok and the cache in good condition. A few differnt locations visited, but it was certainly good to get back to the camp ground and sit in the shade for a while.

Many thanks to all the CO's. Most logs were signed SdL / L Lion.

#13699 - 1:06:00 PM; Day five of the Townsville Mega adventure with Sol de lune and after spending the first of two nights in Emerald, we set out to collect the remainder of the local geoart, which we managed with just the one DNF. Then it was time to collect what we could of the remaining caches in and around the town, including this one. Quickly spotted once we got to GZ. TFTC Wag00

Quick and easy find the other day forgot to log

After visiting the dam, I was headed back to Emerald and made a slight detour to this cache. A quick find was made and the log signed. TFTC

Grass is too long for caching atm... especially because it's perfect snake weather... maybe next time...

Found after short search

Logbook is wet but I was still able to get my name in it. A quick find once at GZ

Swearah made the grab here, a nice easy find. Cool tree on the other side of the road! TFTC!

A nice quick find. Loving travelling around in these roads. So cool!

Thanks for the cache, wag00

Quick and easy find

Easy and quick grab. Tftc!

Bit of green makes this stop more pretty. Thanks for the little shiny

TFTC Found. Took a treasure left a treasure.

Found it
Deafcat DeafVW DutchAus

Awesome with DeafPhantom DutchAus DeafVW

Enjoy travelling with DeafVW, DeafCat and DeafPhantom TFTC

Found it with Deafies

Drove straight past this one so had to do a Uie to come back and find it. Straight forward find in a logical spot.

A walk around the botanical gardens was on the agenda today and then a trip down to the lake to maybe have a picnic.
The botanical gardens are quite impressive with their pathways, sculptures and play areas. It was being well utilised.
The lake was very low on water, it grass has sprouted on what would have been dirt or muddy banks so it is still quite picturesque. We had a great picnic at a high place on the point before doing the caches and checking out the wall. Even had seagulls serenade us as we ate.
Thanks once again to local cachers for their work in creating and maintaining caches for us to find.

A long road trip to Emerald from Brisbane for 2 little turmoils, but they did really well. We were here for the geoart and anything else that we found along the way from Brisbane to Gladstone to Emerald, to Chinchilla and home. This was day 7 of lengthy days caching and driving. This cache was found on our trip from Emerald to Roma.

Day 7 of 8 (Emerald to Taroom) of a Queenslander road trip with Kestal, clocking just over 4000km, to tick off boxes for different challenges. Ha…it certainly is all in the name with this one. A straightforward find. TFTC Wag00

Day 7 of what has been an epic adventure around Queensland saw us trip from Emerald to Taroom the long way picking up a few caches along the way.

This one was a random collection for no other reason then ooh there’s a cache let’s grab it. Spotted before leaving the car. Loved the relevance of this ones name and then it’s placement. TFTC Wag00

Quick easy find TFTC

That would be the easiest one we’ve found yet loved it TFTC

TFTC
A morning out geocaching

TFTC

30 April 21,

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Tftc. Quick find.

Tftc

Nice quick find leaving Emerald. Signed log and left a “kiss.” We’ve enjoyed Emerald and will come back and explore more sometime.
TFTC

Loving the hunt tftc

3/1/21 00:31 a quick park and grab certainly. Does it get muggled often? Thanks for the cache Wag00

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.

31/12/20 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. TFTC SL

Granddaughter successful again. Easy find

On a road trip from Brisbane to carnarvon gorge and now we are on our way to Barcaldine picking up smileys on the way. Thanks to the hint we soon spotted this cache. Thanks for the fun

Gotcha Quick grab TFTC

Taking a geo tour around QLD, Emerald today, this is no 15, nice easy one tyfc.

Nice to stretch our legs - thanks!

This was our first cache find after arriving into Emerald. Hopefully, plenty more finds to come.

Day 11 of my road trip! An early start in Emerald, focusing on the geo art and other wonderful caches around town.

A quick find at gz today.

Thanks Wag00 for the cache.

Day eleven of my outback Queensland trip and the plan today is to complete all the caches in Emerald and then head to Springsure for the night. Continuing with my challenges of a trad a day and a cache a day will be easy today. My main aim is to complete the cotton bud geoart which should be fun and collect 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.

I am enjoying the time, the caching and the adventures that comes with that. These caches were easy finds and I saw some familiar name in the logs, was I following? All caches were easy finds 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.

This is the first in Emerald to be found, hopefully I will have over a 100 before I leave. Thanks for this one

Neat bird in cache.

5641

Tuesday. Coming out from Emerald, we found a safe spot to turn around and park near the hide. A quick search revealed the cache. No helicopters, but it was late in the day and maybe they had all gone back to their hangers!

This was the 98th of 104 caches found on this outing.

Thanks ***Wag00*** for showing us this place

Found easy peasy, tftc.

Good quick little find.