Billie's Bay Wivenhoe Pocket, Queensland, Australia
By jazjazzyjaz on 03-Sep-17. Waypoint GC7BTMF

Found it, lovely day for a picnic, while visiting family in Ipswich.

Came over the hill for a picnic lunch on a sunny day. Great views from on top and lots of wildlife at the lake. A quick find for Daisy.Thank you.David and Noeline with Geoff and Daisy.

Nice fun find. Awesome.

Found with my partner New_Age_God, tftc

quick fishing trip to billies bay with my partner ( selfnegligent) and decided to grab the cache while we were at it, awesome little cache and great spot tftc!!

jazjazzyjaz I found your cache Billie's Bay on 7/4/2024, 4:25pm. This is my find 6509 and find # 6 today. Found it after a brief search. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

Thanks for the nice fun find. Covered with bark again. It's a bit waterlogged and needs some attention.

great find needs a bit of maintenance as its full of water and not well hidden

Thanks, Covered with leaf and bark.

Unfortunately the road and area was closed to the public today.What a shame. It looks like a glorious spot.

Road blocked off

Quick find in a lovely location. Perfect day except for the wind. Thanks for bringing us

Too easy to see, covered with more foliage

4 Apr 2023 GC7BTMF Billie's Bay

1.5 small traditional cache 1.5/1.5



Found with mackay_geocaching. On Holidays from Mackay Qld and travelling south and making stops along the way. Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment.



Thanks jazjazzyjaz for placing this cache for our enjoyment

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Found with alphag_25 on holidays from Mackay. In the area for a few days to do some caches on (and off) the water. Trying to get some non paddle ones today. Had to wait out some gardening staff before making the find. TFTC

Found it

took awhile but found it.

Found with Cosmonaut97 and Firebatman88 after the New Year event near by.

Found with SFC after attending a nearby event. Used the natural cam to sweep the cache towards us lovely area and will be back to enjoy some water sports. TFTC.

DID NOT ATTEMPT! Walked up to the GZ spotted this snake looking at me. Please be careful and do not stick your hand where you cannot see!

Please exercise caution when looking for this cache, as the previous finder mentioned, there has been a snake in the area (although it wasn't there when i replaced the cache a few weeks ago).

The container is easy enough to reach without blindly sticking your hand inside a dark log, but remember - no smiley is worth risking your life for.

DNF… probably just too scared poking around in holes with the possibility of bugs/snakes. A beautiful spot to visit nonetheless!

Found! Left a trackable.

Looked all over for this cache for a good 10 minutes with no luck. hope its just cache blindness. Thanks for taking us to this lovely spot . Hope to get back for the event on 1st Jan

TFTC!! Beautiful spot to sit and enjoy the view

Today, I joined E_Smiley with our plan to hike at Crows Nest National Park, targeting a few Q100 oldies that included Perseverance Pays No 1 and 2.
We had arranged to meet at Toogoolawah, and I elected to take the drive north of Lake Wivenhoe via Wivenhoe Outlook and Red Cedar. We took a few stops at the small cluster of geocaches north of Lake Perseverance that took longer than I had anticipated, and so we eventually arrived at Crows Nest National Park for our walk. The river and pools were great, but I hadn't anticipated the mapped track to essentially be non-existent, so it was a much tougher slog than I had thought. If that challenge wasn't tough enough, we thought we had just enough time to take a drive south to another Crows Nest National Park section, where we then hiked up to Perseverance Pays No 1. A friendly walk along fire tracks, but the last scramble section was challenging, but the views were terrific. We made it back to Toogoolawah well after our planned end time, but it was a fantastic day nevertheless.

Given the additional 10 minute drive to arrive here from Wivenhoe Somerset Road, this cache was on the maybe list, but as I was close to Hine Road, I made the last-minute decision to head to this peninsula. I largely had the area to myself, and after checking in a few obvious hidey holes, I soon had the cache in hand. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks jazjazzyjaz for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Tftc 30m away we found two koalas

Not quite watertight but good to find

Nobody at the lake so easy to look around GZ.

Quick find - as others have noted area must have been flooded, contents is saturated so have attached a pic.

Thanks

My third find! As previous comment says, paper items are worse for wear, but log is in good condition.

Out for a Sunday drive and decided to grab a few caches (hopefully) while out and about.
Thanks for bringing us to this beautiful spot.
Have never been here before and will definitely make a return trip.

Hardly a soul around today which makes for good caching! Was very careful placing my hand in as it looked like a great place for any sort of animal to make a home.
Found the cache but unfortunately it was filled with water. Sorry CO I didn’t have anything with me to dry it out or replace the zip lock bags. I did tip most of the water out but the paper items are a bit worse for wear. The log though is in good condition!

TFTC!

We were here fishing then i looked on the app and I saw this it kinda easy to find you just have to look in the correct place to find it

What a lovely spot

My children were so excited to find it. They took a army man and a small gem. We replaced these with a small candlestick.

Found by Andy and Mary, thank you!

Thanks

Good easy find especially with the rain rolling in quickly. No better way to spend your day off. Be careful of ants, quite a few of them scurrying around and over the cache.

Found it TFTC

What an amazing view! Stunning waters that feed our surround towns and city. TFTC!

Our second stop, and boy was the view here fantastic! Definitely somewhere I had never been before, and probably somewhere I would like to visit again. The colours reflected in the water and those highlighted in the native grasses by the afternoon light were astonishing.

We fooled around on the log at GZ for a little while the last few cars left the car park. I quickly made the find up one end, and returned it again whilst my partner and I attempted to see each other through the log.

All is good with this cache!

TFTC

Unfortunately, we couldn't find it

TFTC Lovely Area

I’ve never been here before... and if the car park is any indicator this must get quite crowded at times... perhaps when there is enough water for the boat ramp to be open...

Today though I was the only person here... which made for ideal conditions to look for this cache... a quick find... I did replace the snap lock bags for the log and the swag... and I returned the plastic soldier that I found on the ground back into the swag bag... tftc... and for bringing me somewhere new...

Very beautiful at Bay
I haven’t been here before
Thank you

Found it . Covered it and took the trackable and left some treasures

Found with kelr0cks and armybrats04

Found with Joshwyatt83 and ArmyBrats4.... great spot

Found with kelr0cks and joshwyatt83

Called in late in the afternoon following a bike ride out of Rosewood. By now the temperature had dropped to a pleasant 34 C much cooler than the 37 C while we were out on the bikes.

No soul to be seen anywhere out this way this afternoon. The Lake is certainly looking a tad low these days as well.

Out this morning at a lovely geocaching event. Beautiful weather, stunning views and lovely company. ...and then this cache to find at the end.
Log signed
Thanks jazjazzyjaz
Domsky

Brahms6 found this one whilst attending the recent event.

Most people think Sergeant Colon is fat, stupid,lazy and cowardly, but you don’t get by in the Night Watch for all these years of you don’t know how to spot tension brewing. Fred is a master at it and always makes
Sure that he’s on the other side of the city.

Finally catching up on doing some logging I had grabbed a lift with grannysmith1947 to an event being held at Wivenhoe dam and then continued caching afterwards with Snickersallan, patrol14, E_Smiley, hatzofff, and RoddyC.

It didn't take us very long to locate the cache and with our names added to the log book, we continued on our way.

Thank you jazjazzyjaz for creating the cache and for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy

While attending a nearby event, the geograndies and I found this cache and sigend the log. TFTC

Signed this, as well as many others while at the nearby event. Lovely area. TFTC jazjazzyjaz

Was at an event so wandered over to pick this. All good tftc

While out today with RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan attending the event we grabbed this cache while here.

Found on 31 January 2021. TFTC, jazjazzyjaz.

Attending an event and managing a moment to find this one. All good here.
TFTC

A day caching after the event with RoddyC, hatzofff, Grannysmith1947, Just a trifle, Patrol 14, Snickersallan.

Nice quick find while at the event

TFTC jazjazzyjaz

Geocaching day after Wivenhoe Event.

Quickie.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on January 31, 2021. TFTC, jazjazzyjaz

We had arrived early for the Community Celebration Event when we met Elena also looking for the same cache. With a couple of sets of eyes looking the cache was quickly located and the log signed. Thanks for the hide.

Sneaked away from the event to log this cache.
Thank you J for hiding this one
R

Having just attended the nearby event we couldn’t leave this one! Tftc jazjazzyjaz

This was a busy cache today with the event happening in the park. Now that was some tree once. Quickly found and the deed done. Thanks jazjazzyjaz

Found this cache after attending an event here. We were some of the last to leave, and signed after a long list of others that also signed today.
Thanks for the cache at this lovely spot.

While attending the Community Event 59 metres away, I was no going home without finding this cache. Many other cachers had the same thing in mind too. Found and signed log . TFTC jazjazzyjaz

A quick find before reporting into the event. TFTC.

Found this one on the way out of an event held near by.
Nice quick find.
Caching with my gal Semik our geo pup Aneka,

TFTC jazjazzyjaz

31/1/21
8:01 pm

Caching with my main squeeze, Oddiewan ,and our new little geopup. Great view of the lake from here and from the road a little above this spot if you watch. A really neat spot caching has brought us to.

Thanks for the fun, jazjazzyjaz

Attended an Event today and made an easy find here, signed the log and very limited space left on it. Geocaching Supplies was in attendance at the Event so I was able to get a new log and replace it for CO. TFTC

Visiting from the Gold Coast after attending a Celebration Event and what a better way to spend the remainder of the day than caching with geofriends, hatzofff, RoddyC, patrol14, E_Smiley, Just a Trifle and grannysmith1947.

Oh so close to the event, good hide and many names in the log for today ????

TFTC jazjazzyjaz
Found 31 January 2021

Found this one while attending the event here today.Nice quick find. TFTC

Grab this cache while at the event

Found while at a celebration event.

TFTC smile 8493 out and about with miss Millie geo dog and Patrol14, Hatzoff, RoddyC, Snickersallan and Justatrifle

Thank you, jazjazzyjaz, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Out with nikid1 to attend the very nearby event & collect some caches. We joined the long list of cachers finding this one today. Water in the dam is quite low at the moment but it's still a beautiful place & lovely & green at present.
TFTC jazjazzyjaz

Found this one while attending the event here today.
Great location.
TFTC

Out collecting caches with being one of them. Our thanks to jazjazzyjaz for placing this cache series and enhancing our enjoyment of the area..

Thanks for the cache and taking us here jazjazzyjaz. Enjoyed the hunt.

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mmm found

A quick find in a lovely park! Thanks for the hide!

Another great park on the dam, easy find . Thanks jazjazzyjaz for the cache.

On the way home after a great day at Wivenhoe. TFTC

We made a quick find in a gorgeous area. I was kayaking the other side yesterday

TFTC

Good view, scared of snakes but found it without sighting any!

Nice spot. Quiet today. Once I got over my brown snake paranoia it was easy to find.

My partner and I decided to grab this one as it's at a location we haven't been to before and it's right on Wivenhoe Dam. I'm pretty sure their was meant to be an event here earlier this month, but was cancelled due to the Covid restrictions, I was looking forward to it, so seeing as we're out this way we'd stop off and grab the cache.

It was a quick find, so I'm unsure how the others missed it? Says the one that can't simple ones to. Dooh!!!

Thank you for bringing us to this side of Wivenhoe Dam. It's looking a little low unfortunately, but with La Nina now in effect we could have some decent rain falls coming soon, fingers crossed!

#1362 - TFTC

This is a lovely area to visit that we didn't even know existed. The log is full and needs replacing. TFTC

Not near the log

Dnf

Thank-you for making us aware of this lovely spot. TFTC

Hmm sneaky

A Saturday drive to spend some $$ in Paddy Palin in the city and we took the long way home via some old haunts. Although this particular spot neither of us had been to before. The weather kept the hoards away although there are a handful of people using the park today.
A quick find sign and replace just as it started spitting with rain again.
TNLN TFTC

As I remember last visit here was for a sailing club regatta and I got the impression the area was leased to the sailing club and locked when not in use. A brief visit today ( when I found the gates would be open) and the cache was soon in hand. Well, to be honest I spent quite a while trying to entice snakes or other biting things before locating the cache. Added to the loga, and replaced with suitable cammo cover. Looks like a good spot for a picnic, but another day. TFTC, jazjazzyjaz or is it (jaz) cubed?

Out day tripping after COVID iso. Have regularly been to Wivenhoe but never to Billies Bay. What better reason than to grab a cache!! A quick find, all is good with the cache. Thanks for placing!

Given the green light from Anna that I could travel within 50ish kms from home with 1 friend, I delighted in this new given luxury. So where could we, wombles being my plus one, venture? I checked the map and soon had a plan. You can certainly travel a long distance within a 50km radius from my house! I picked up my partner in crime and off we sped on our first day of freedom

Having no luck in finding a park on Mt Glorious, I’ve never seen it so busy, we continued on to this location. Yay! The mass hoards had not made it this far, there was only a sprinkling of muggles. Seeing as there was an available picnic table we decided to enjoy our afternoon tea here. A lovely little spot except it was blowing a gale.

After our munchies we headed to GZ and poked around for a while, finally locating the well hidden beasty.

Thanks for the cache jazjazzyjaz

Freedom! Nyssaflutterby and I planned a day as soon as we were allowed to be out for recreation, mapping out an area within 50kms of home.
What a great place to stop for afternoon tea, only a small handful of people and lots of peace and beautiful views.
After afternoon tea we checked all the wrong places for the cache before locating it.

Unfortunately, there is a strong odour of urine at GZ and I don't think it comes from the nearby toilets. I can only assume people use GZ as a toilet when the cubicles are full. I took the trackable. Thanks for the cache

Quick and easy find. Beautiful place here and so quiet today. TFTC

After enjoying the view and having a wade in the water we went to the GZ and after poking around a bit the cache was in hand. Dropped off a trackable as well. Cache no. 128!