Sparkle Bloom Wakerley, Queensland, Australia
By EatSleepCacheRepeat on 01-Sep-17. Waypoint GC7BQW7

Second cache of the day on a quiet Sunday afternoon. I parked a little way away, and approached through the council easement. At the appropriate juncture I headed off trail, avoiding the vines and adjusting a few spiders webs. It was one of those afternoons where the phone was playing up and not giving me an accurate compass reading. As i got closer, the distance on screen increased. So I used the map view and soon found what I was after. The cache roll was retrieved, a little faded, but nice and dry, All signed and returned as found. Thanks very much for this cache placement EatSleepCacheRepeat. Cheers

EatSleepCacheRepeat_ I found your cache Sparkle Bloom on 6/8/2024, 2:05PM. This is my find 6899 and find # 10 today. Came in via the fire trail. Watch out for thorny vines. Arrived at GZ and it wasnt long before I found the garden. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

mini slip in log!

11/02/2024 - 12:45Lovely mild day for a walk along the water at Manly so rather than spend any time looking for caches out that way I waited until I was on my way home to pull in at the side of the road and go for a slightly sodden bush bash. It is actually in the obvious spot but a little lower and overgrown so keep your eyes peeledmarcussjd9#195TFTC

After a nearby work appointment late this afternoon, I had an hour or so free before my next gig. A quick look at the map and I spotted this cache nearby. I grabbed a convenient roadside park before heading bush. Walked right over the top of the secret garden initially and didn't spot it until my second lap of the area. Not certain how I missed that on the first pass. All in good order here. The bush is very dry. Many thanks EatSleepCacheRepeatPete#7,499

Sparkle Bloom indeed...the container was spotted near the delightful "garden", as I was deciding where to look....again, modest bush bashing needed by me & T4TC:-)

definitely needed tweezers for this one, very cute though

Out and about this afternoon to pick up a few south side caches on a beautiful sunny winters day in south east Queensland.

Found a safe place to park the car and made my way to ground zero to locate the cache. Didn’t take long before the cache was in hand and pen applied to the log. Returned the cache to its hiding place and trudged back to the car

A big thanks to the cache owner for making this cache available to be found.

Cheers

Found it! very bushy and don’t recommend entering from the way i came. got some nice little souvenirs to take home aswell(see photo)

Very bushy. Very cute.

Too hard to find for us can't tell by the pictures how small it is. But small I'm assuming. Will try again another time

My god that was a mission! Happy to tick this one off ??

It’s better to get to this one from the fire break rather than from the road. It’s safe and less prickly bush to get through.
Have it a fav because of the extra effort put into it.
TFTC

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I was on the Southside delivery parcels. I was having a short break. Is there any caches around, of course yes.
I quickly found the cache.
EatSleepCacheRepeat *TFTC* 7042 *Finds*

Very nice but overgrown

Found the fairy garden

Love the fairy garden.. definitely overgrown but easy to find

Bit of a bush whack but worth it, very cute!

Today, I started the day with jesswrigley partaking in Mitchelton parkrun, followed by a few miscellaneous errands and shopping. In the early afternoon, I decided to head out solo, with the general strategy to keep heading south to time with a night multi-cache planned. Several Adventure Labs were visited and completed, such as *Hills on the Southside*, *Redlands Coast*, *Cleveland Heritage Precinct*, and *Historical Redlands*. Hence, quite a few different areas were visited, starting from Seven Hills Bushland Reserve, Wellington Point, and Cleveland. I finished up the afternoon/evening with a walk in Kidd Street Conservation Area, targeting and completing *Sleepy Hollow* multi-cache.

I approached this cache from the road, and I'm not sure if there was a better way at all, as the bush was certainly dense, with a few spider webs intersected along the way. After searching around the area at GZ, I eventually caught side of this nicely decorated cache, fitting the theme nicely. The cache container was in good shape, but the logbook was damp inside. It certainly isn't an issue given the logbook's paper is waterproof, but I'm fairly sure my stamp won't last too long. Thanks EatSleepCacheRepeat for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

A bit of a tricky one for us! Tall grass, phone took us on slightly the wrong course (or maybe cache has moved?) but the littlest geocacher found it in the end. Many thanks,

It’s a little fairy garden!

I can’t compete with a woodyrothwell log... I’ve now typed that enough that my phones predictive text supplies the line automatically... all I can say is cute cache... ... oh and I’ve had soooo many fairy names over the years I’ve lost count...

On the drive down I told Mrs Woodyrothwell to look out for yellow gates. She retorted that she wasn’t dead yet and I said “yellow gates, not pearly gates”. I also added that my next wife wasn’t not going to be colour-blind and that joke went down like a lead fart.

It wasn’t raining any more but we still had our rain jackets on. They were getting hot so we tied them around our waists, old-skool style. I’m sure when I was at high school tying garments around you waist was a sure way to get the ladies. It was also a great way to hide any accidents in case you shat yourself.

After finding the cache I asked my wife what our fairy names would be. She told me that mine was probably “dikhed” and hers was going to be “spendsallyoursuperannuationonanewman”. She understands fairy names are meant to be pleasant right? tftc

We returned to attempt this cache again. The park has recently been mowed so way more accessible now compared to our last attempt. We absolutely love the cache that is hidden. We added a little dinosaur to the fairy garden. TFTC!

Found by Nettle Goldtwist, Yarrow Goldsplatter, and Thorn Goldfly. Couldn't find a log to sign. TYFTF!

no log book to sign, but lovely fairy garden

Lovely! My fairy name is Aurora Sunrise. Nice to meet you Sparkle Bloom. My and I had a pleasant visit here today.

Found it. Tftc

Out today to continue my challenges of a trad a day and a cache a day, with work over for the day it was over to this side of town to grab a few little caches. I also set myself a little task of grabbing some caches on their birthdays. I found four caches that were having birthdays today, awesome. This was the first one and a little detour from the fence line path and I was nearing GZ. I found the cache and a very cute cache, nice. I cleaned the area from a bunch of leaves that were on it to get a better look at the design, aww nice.

I signed the log and replaced and set off for the next one some 200 plus metres away. All good with this cache, thank you for bringing me here and happy birthday, lol.

interesting hide

Found it

It’s not what you think.

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No wild crackheads at GZ today but also no luck finding the cache.

TFTH!

A wild crackhead appeared and scared us away be carefulll will try again soon

Thanks for making my friend's first geocache a challenging and sweet one.

Wandering around in here I am so glad it is not the middle of summer! Thanks for the adventure, now do I take the direct route to the next cache or find my way out of here?

Micro in overgrown bush with no idea what I'm looking for. No luck for the DNF Queen today.

There was lots of tall grass and I kept having to go from one side to the other of a little gully/dry water course.

After the bush bashing for Dromoka I walked along Tilley Rd from the yellow council gate and slipped (squeezed more like) between the bars of the fencing. I did my best to search, but I was on a mission for gems and this one was just a bonus, so it was a reluctant DNF and moving on to the next one ASAP!

My caching buddy is Oddiewan ️

Having a fine weekend up in Maryborough. The weather could not be more perfect. There are so many caches here to be found. Thank you for hiding the cache to allow us to enjoy this lovely region.

My caching partner is Semik. While on the way home from Maryborough we thought we would do some caching to break up the trip.
TFTC

ESCR Jr wanted to show her creation to her muggle friend so we had a quick stop off here. A bit more overgrown then when it was placed but still easy enough to get too.
Thanks to everyone who has been commenting their fairy name - she reads all logs

Great cache tftc

Found the caching fairy and the log at this location.
From the road, the bush looked very wet but I made it to the cache without getting wet
Thanks for the build and the hide
R

That's a nicely decorated cache.
This is the second cache we found in this reserve this morning.
Thanks for the cache and adding more fun to our day.
Our fairy names are Luna Bloom and Sky Evergreen. How sweet.

With our American visitor we did this well placed cache. Thankyou EatSleepCacheRepeat_ for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area

Very nicely done!

Great Cache

A favourite point from me for the cute design. Wasn't the most pleasant walk in to get it as it was raining and I was in thongs but I wanted the smiley haha! TFTC

With daylight hours dwindling and a few caches to find, I'm on the hunt to round off my finds to 800 today... Can I do it? You bet I can... this is one of those caches that helped me find my 800th.. but this wasnt my 800th, it was close.. but no cigar... missed it by "that" much

Thanks for the cache!!

We had decided at Sticky Situation that we were heading home, but after the kids had a nice break in the playground and we had refreshed with a big drink of water we decided to plough on and do the last two caches on our list. This was one of them and aren't we pleased we didn't miss this one. Chikinlittle was so impressed. Her words were "wow, thats very cute! so cute". Just beautiful indeed. Thanks for this pretty cache. A FP coming your way.

The Southside wasn't too kind today with caches, but thankfully, this was where it was supposed to be. Thank goodness I had sturdy looking pants on as the were a lot of thorns along the way! Tftc

Once following the fire break as instructed, it was time to follow the co-ordinates through the thick bush. Gradually, we zeroed in to the spot. Found it and signed the log.

Parked across the road from the fire break and headed in. Soon saw we needed to do a bit of bush bashing. Battled through to GZ and looked high and low. Saw a possible spot and was rewarded with a cute cache. Thanks ESCR and a favourite point for young Sparkle Blooms creativity.

25/4/18 out today to tick another day off on my geocaching calendar. After 2 DNFs already (due to muggles and a suspected missing cache) I was very keen for a find. As I pulled up and I saw the grass I was unsure about this one, but determined for a smilie. In I went and trekked through the very long grass. After not much luck I read some previous logs hoping it would save me going where I didn’t need to. Finally I spotted a likely location and sure enough there it was. Cute design, wet log but thankfully paper that can withstand the wet. Log signed and returned and another smilie earned. TFTC EatSleepCacheRepeat

An early commitment left me wandering in search of caches while the muggles were still (mostly) in bed.

Bitey itchy plants. Must remember to take machete out of boot when venturing into the wilderness

We came across your cache, EatSleepCacheRepeat: we were in the area for a nearby event

Last one before the event. Bit of bush bashing to an obvious hide which has some nice camo.

Log signed and replaced at 11:53 am on 10 February 2018. TFTC.

Nice bloom to find in the bush amongst the prickly shrubs, RoddyC spotted this quickly before I had made my way to GZ.
TFTC EatSleepCacheRepeat
Found February 10, 2018

Out with Brother Colin today and our main target is this CO's Oz Geo Muster info event.

This one was a bush bash right from the get-go, and I eventually zeroed on on GZ. From this fairy to another, TFTC, eat.sleep.cache.repeat.

Out and about in the area today because of a local event happening a little later.
And my long time (but infrequent) caching buddy, IolantheK, and I are together again for a day. [^]
We obviously approached this one with the longer bush bash rather than straight in from the road (which is the way we exited).
it was not too long before IolantheK spotted the cache.
Thanks for the cache.

TFTC

Geopartner and I are doing the 7 container challenge (micro) that I signed the log for in Victoria last November.
We arrived at the parking place and headed into GZ.
We made sure we sprayed but the mozzies were still ferocious.
We spotted the nice cache and signed the log.
TNLNSL Thanks EatSleepCacheRepeat All good with this cache

The drive to work is getting longer and longer. I decided to leave home early, beat the traffic and do some caching before I had to get to work.

I chose this one as a parking spot and had a bit of a wander about from here.

I did not make it far from the car before the hound started. That will impress folks at 05:30

A short wander in to the bush and a likely spot was spied. Sure enough there was the cute little cache.

Nice work and a favourite point for the great effort. [^]

Such a cute little cache and a nice walk in as well.

Tftc a cutie fav pt from us

In the neighbourhood for my nephew's 18th, we were running early so OrangeCrewJr and I made a quick grab. Thanks for the hunt **EatSleepCacheRepeat**, this find makes #4110.

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TFTC
So, this one is my Favorite for the day, for so many reasons, one of which is the developer being the GeoGirl of ESCR. What a stunning little cache.. she is going to turn out to be one terrific little CO.
Very clever..
Cheers
Seemyshell

Temporary fencing blown down in strong wind, dogs loose and appearing in need of a feed.

Lucky for us a fairy appeared and guided us to her green garden set among an arid landscape...**TFTC**... **Tulip Ripple**

Found it. That must have taken some time to make Well Done. Had a couple of Dogs bark at us as we passed but no problems.
TFTC

After finding the other nearby cache I decided that I could get access to this one from where I had left the car and found a track which seemed to head in the right direction and then found that it was taking me away from the cache so it was back into the scrub to take the direct route.

A quick find when I did arrive at GZ and then I found a quicker way out back to the car.

TFTC EatSleepCacheRepeat_

What a clever geo-daughter you have to make such a cute cache. Quick little jaunt into the Forrest to find this one. I think my fairy name is Luna Blossom. Signed the log eventually as every pen I used would write on that paper so reverted to a lead pencil. Replaced cache as found. TFTC

Published

*FTF*. TFTC

Geoteen spotted this one. Just missed out on FTF damn it lol. Cute cache ESCR TFTC

Quick easy find
Very clever cache

I was up near Burpengary when the new notifications came through, meeting our new puppy . So excited!! On our way home , I decided we must check out these new caches as they looked magical and whimsical . What a lovely patch of bushland to wander through on this glorious spring day!! The cache was enchanting and a delight to find.