Dux's Hut Sovereign Islands, Queensland, Australia
By
CouranCove on 29-Nov-17. Waypoint GC7FEH8
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Logs
My neighbour lost her GoPro so I offered to go with her to help her find it and maybe find a couple of caches along the way. Luckily, she found it on the sand where she'd dropped it. Thanks CouranCove and happy caching
We started this series on a surprise birthday trip last year but ran out of time to collect them all so a plan was made to finish them off and put the fish back together.EeePees flew in from Tassie, Peppa packed the snacks, LDavs studied the maps, JDavs acted as Karickas anchor and we sailed the seas around South Stradbroke Island.Our last find of the day and what a way to finish stumbling over our 20th DT loop, back in front of Peppa, all is right with the world Thanks for the cache CouranCoveFind #6524
When does a plan become a scheme?With a goal of getting a D/T Loop up on me, Davinells began laying the groundwork for that plan about 18 months agoDavinells, EeePees and I got to take Karicka out unsupervised for a spin to South Stradbroke Island to finish off this part of the map A great day, with great companyOur final find of the day we added some protection for the logThanks CouranCove
Found at new coordinates in hint. Log is still there but dont think it will last long. This one was a bit of an adventure. TFTC.
On a boat trip from Brisbane got the skipper to pull in so I could make the find. Thanks
Thanks a great hiding place, needed my sailing husband to navigate me to GZ. Had never seen an original GC shell, learn something new every day
On school camp always time to sneak away for some geo hunting an bring a student with me. I am GUR
Check the updated coordinates before searching for this one.
Came from Jacobs well on a glassy sea.
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Came from Jacobs well on a glassy sea.
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Out with karicka and chamad chasing down the Fish and Cache series, and any others along the way that looked interesting.
We split up and I headed off and found this one. The plain log paper has turned to mush so I added a waterproof log sheet.
#10486 @ 07:39
Thanks CouranCove for giving us a reason to visit.
.........@__,
/|___||_/__________|\
\\_______/_TGQNRV_/
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We split up and I headed off and found this one. The plain log paper has turned to mush so I added a waterproof log sheet.
#10486 @ 07:39
Thanks CouranCove for giving us a reason to visit.
.........@__,
/|___||_/__________|\
\\_______/_TGQNRV_/
~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~
Out today on the seas to do a spot of fishing. It was a great day, calm seas and good company with Karicka as skipper and Orange Crew as professor, me as Gilligan I suppose. Our tour started at Jacobs well to our first stop at tipplers, we went north from there collecting a few fish and a few extras as we passed.
This one was repaired by orange crew as he brought along a kit of spares for the adventure. With log replaced and signed, cache was replaced and we set sail again.
A great day again and a big haul of fish, thanks to the CO’s for the series and the trads along the way. At the end of the day all caches (series or trads) are in place and are in good condition.
This one was repaired by orange crew as he brought along a kit of spares for the adventure. With log replaced and signed, cache was replaced and we set sail again.
A great day again and a big haul of fish, thanks to the CO’s for the series and the trads along the way. At the end of the day all caches (series or trads) are in place and are in good condition.
This is what we love about geocaching... learning local history like this and being taken places we would probably never have got to otherwise.
We’re having a caching day on South Straddie and really enjoying it.
Nice cache container Good coords here made for a quick find.
Thanks for the cache CouranVove.
We’re having a caching day on South Straddie and really enjoying it.
Nice cache container Good coords here made for a quick find.
Thanks for the cache CouranVove.
Stopped at tiplers for a ice cream on jet skis thought I had better come look for this one as so close nice first place I looked tftc Lokky1
Must've been late 2017 I was alerted that this GeoTour was imminent. And yet with the advance warning, I didn't make it before the promotion ended and as has been noted, it's poor form that the attribute is revoked from the listings by Geocaching themselves. Seems a bit commercially motivated. But enough of that, a geocache.
It's no big secret I'm enthusiastic about all sorts of abandoned infrastructure. Indeed the Moreton bay oyster industry of the twentieth century has seen a bit of research by me, a lot of which for the purpose of [this description](https://coord.info/GC7TPH8), but I can't say the Dux name came up in that particular line.
There is definitely worse places to build one's hut and livelihood; it's a beautiful part of the world and I get the attraction - aside from the obvious income opportunity. I should have visited here long ago, and indeed a few of us have discussed it vaguely for some time. Fangsoki, Pprime, Crew 153 and I can be vague with our plans and park them all for 'one day'. Though our last boating experiences have been great and at some point a date was locked in, a boat hire company called and the plan more or less set.
While we could have had the hire boat launched at many locations, somehow we began the day pushing off the Heathwood Drive boat ramp in some light rain. And said boat turned out to be very underpowered and topped out at just 7km/h. Today would be a long day without dynamic lift and with only about seven kilometres per hour! Oh well, beats swimming all the way to South Stradbroke!
Having cleared the Coomera River, we were now working our way north up the passage. And while we hadn't planned on stopping at any of the GeoTour, someone was keen for this sample of the wares. Alrighty then!
Getting to the beach here proved near impossible. On nearly a low tide, the oyster leases and seaweed beds proved impassable. Just not enough water to get over and the outboard was getting clogged anytime we got near. North, north, north we went. A moored yacht near the jetty gave me hope and indeed, there was just enough water to get in here.
Now though, we have a significant walk down to the geocache along the beach. Which is ok really. As we went, there was a bird hopping about with food in his beak, apparently unhappy at our presence or fearful we were going to steal his meal. In my voice memo of the visit I can hear the cranky curlew with his crab in the background!
Left up to me, we wouldn't've found this one. Someone else noted the co-ordinates in the hint and that is where the geocache is. Maybe the CO could update the listing to reflect this? But a quick find and inside the container wasn't amazing as it seems the container isn't remotely weather proof. But, we've made the find and happy with a bonus smiley for the day. Thanks for this geocache, CouranCove
It's no big secret I'm enthusiastic about all sorts of abandoned infrastructure. Indeed the Moreton bay oyster industry of the twentieth century has seen a bit of research by me, a lot of which for the purpose of [this description](https://coord.info/GC7TPH8), but I can't say the Dux name came up in that particular line.
There is definitely worse places to build one's hut and livelihood; it's a beautiful part of the world and I get the attraction - aside from the obvious income opportunity. I should have visited here long ago, and indeed a few of us have discussed it vaguely for some time. Fangsoki, Pprime, Crew 153 and I can be vague with our plans and park them all for 'one day'. Though our last boating experiences have been great and at some point a date was locked in, a boat hire company called and the plan more or less set.
While we could have had the hire boat launched at many locations, somehow we began the day pushing off the Heathwood Drive boat ramp in some light rain. And said boat turned out to be very underpowered and topped out at just 7km/h. Today would be a long day without dynamic lift and with only about seven kilometres per hour! Oh well, beats swimming all the way to South Stradbroke!
Having cleared the Coomera River, we were now working our way north up the passage. And while we hadn't planned on stopping at any of the GeoTour, someone was keen for this sample of the wares. Alrighty then!
Getting to the beach here proved near impossible. On nearly a low tide, the oyster leases and seaweed beds proved impassable. Just not enough water to get over and the outboard was getting clogged anytime we got near. North, north, north we went. A moored yacht near the jetty gave me hope and indeed, there was just enough water to get in here.
Now though, we have a significant walk down to the geocache along the beach. Which is ok really. As we went, there was a bird hopping about with food in his beak, apparently unhappy at our presence or fearful we were going to steal his meal. In my voice memo of the visit I can hear the cranky curlew with his crab in the background!
Left up to me, we wouldn't've found this one. Someone else noted the co-ordinates in the hint and that is where the geocache is. Maybe the CO could update the listing to reflect this? But a quick find and inside the container wasn't amazing as it seems the container isn't remotely weather proof. But, we've made the find and happy with a bonus smiley for the day. Thanks for this geocache, CouranCove
Fangsoki, Captain Terror, Crew153 and I went to sea. We'd sailed the Coomera River and across to South Straddie by now, and we're heading north now. It took a bit to work out a way to shore here as the tide was going out and the Oyster farms are strategically placed to protect this spot - but we found a way in and wondered down the beach to GZ. Quick find, no worries.
We were somewhat confused by the updated coordinates not being on the cache itself but hidden in the hint?
Thanks CouranCove for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #6713}*
We were somewhat confused by the updated coordinates not being on the cache itself but hidden in the hint?
Thanks CouranCove for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #6713}* Crew 153, Pprime, Captain Terror, and I were floating up South Straddie and we decided to grab this one.
This one was probably the most difficult for us to approach. We were running out of tide and had to make several attempts to get to shore - but we got there in the end.
We made the 300m or so hoof up the beach toward GZ. Thankfully, the others had their wits about them and knew the posted co-ordinates were not correct (maybe the cache owner could change the posted co-ords to the correct one?)
We found the cache very quickly at GZ. We signed the log and re-hid it as found.
A nice little place to visit. We very nearly didn't get this one.
I have to say it is very disappointing form on "Geocaching HQ's" behalf to remove the GeoTour attribute on all of these caches found by so many people. Even the archived ones. If a cache is archived and no longer there, I get to keep the attributes of that cache. But apparently GeoTour's are an exception? How convenient....
Thank you, CouranCove, for putting out these caches, and playing in our little game
This one was probably the most difficult for us to approach. We were running out of tide and had to make several attempts to get to shore - but we got there in the end.
We made the 300m or so hoof up the beach toward GZ. Thankfully, the others had their wits about them and knew the posted co-ordinates were not correct (maybe the cache owner could change the posted co-ords to the correct one?)
We found the cache very quickly at GZ. We signed the log and re-hid it as found.
A nice little place to visit. We very nearly didn't get this one.
I have to say it is very disappointing form on "Geocaching HQ's" behalf to remove the GeoTour attribute on all of these caches found by so many people. Even the archived ones. If a cache is archived and no longer there, I get to keep the attributes of that cache. But apparently GeoTour's are an exception? How convenient....
Thank you, CouranCove, for putting out these caches, and playing in our little game
Out on the water with Pprime, Fangsoki and Captain Terror.
We assumed that the correct access to this cache from a land based assault as we had to park the boat 300m away because of the oyster farms.
We didn't mind the stroll along the beach and the cache was quickly located.
It is a pity that these caches are no longer Geo-Tour caches and not being fully maintained.
TFTC CouranCove We didn't walk the further distance to the Hut.
We assumed that the correct access to this cache from a land based assault as we had to park the boat 300m away because of the oyster farms.
We didn't mind the stroll along the beach and the cache was quickly located.
It is a pity that these caches are no longer Geo-Tour caches and not being fully maintained.
TFTC CouranCove We didn't walk the further distance to the Hut.
We were having a great circuit walk around Tipplers - starting from behind Tipplers café after the ANZAC service, across to the surf side, walk along the beach north, back inland across the sand dunes and found ourselves here at the huts and oyster farms.
We had a slight problem trying to find the right track to the water's edge so waded through the scratchy bush from the Tipplers track to the mangroves. Then it was a careful walk through the mangroves past the huts to gz.
Nice scenic location with interesting history of the area. We have enjoyed the geotour series and are sad now to learn that it has officially ended (after our visit).
Great container - we had one as well that was used as 2 of our caches at different times but now seems to have slinked off and is missing (I had to replace ours with a much less interesting container).
Not quite at the base of the tree but in a nice dry (and higher) location.
Collected lots more rubbish here to help clean up the area - CITO wherever we go!
#2069 @ 1125h
TFTC CouranCove
We had a slight problem trying to find the right track to the water's edge so waded through the scratchy bush from the Tipplers track to the mangroves. Then it was a careful walk through the mangroves past the huts to gz.
Nice scenic location with interesting history of the area. We have enjoyed the geotour series and are sad now to learn that it has officially ended (after our visit).
Great container - we had one as well that was used as 2 of our caches at different times but now seems to have slinked off and is missing (I had to replace ours with a much less interesting container).
Not quite at the base of the tree but in a nice dry (and higher) location.
Collected lots more rubbish here to help clean up the area - CITO wherever we go!
#2069 @ 1125h
TFTC CouranCove
Dora the Explorer! and I have been paddling southward down the island and grabbing caches on the way.
This took a fair bit of searching until we discovered that the cache had been moved and was over 100m away from the original posted coordinates.
Eventually found and log signed.
TFTC ***CouranCove***
This took a fair bit of searching until we discovered that the cache had been moved and was over 100m away from the original posted coordinates.
Eventually found and log signed.
TFTC ***CouranCove***
Found after finding corrected coordinates from previous log. 113m from posted co ordinates.
We completed the fish series and traditionals around South Moreton Bay Island all by Kayak and walking. We stopped to camp overnight. Was a very enjoyable adventure using sit on top kayaks and hammock tents.
On day 1 we completed in this order, one of the caches may be out of order. We used two cars. One was parked at Jacobs Well and the other at Paradise Point tomsave back tracking. We had a very early start leaving Jacobs Well with the high tide.
Fish and Cache series, 16, 23, 19, 20, 22, Crusoe House Boat, 21, 18, 17, Jumpinpin Passage, Fish Cache Series 24, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2 Goats in a Boat Fish Series 12.
Day 2
Camped overnight near Fish Series 11.
Fish and Cache Series 11, 57 km from Mexican, Fish and Cache Series 13, 14, 15, Dux's Hut, The Sand Dunes, Tipplers, (we had a break here and bought breakfast from the shops here). As the Sun Sets, Wallaby Lawn, Step Back in Time, The Bora Ring, Easy for Some, Minbalup, and Canoe Tree. We then paddled from here back to Paradise Point.
The adventure was fairly straigt forward, saw lots of sting rays, so make sure you have foot wear on when pushing kayaks across the mud flats which we had to do on afew occasions. I even had a fish decide to join me in the kayak. I quickly put him straigt back into he water. We were both quite exhausted on the final leg back to Paradise Point as we were going against the tide.
All in all was a fun adventure and I would recommend doing it by kayak over two days.
We completed the fish series and traditionals around South Moreton Bay Island all by Kayak and walking. We stopped to camp overnight. Was a very enjoyable adventure using sit on top kayaks and hammock tents.
On day 1 we completed in this order, one of the caches may be out of order. We used two cars. One was parked at Jacobs Well and the other at Paradise Point tomsave back tracking. We had a very early start leaving Jacobs Well with the high tide.
Fish and Cache series, 16, 23, 19, 20, 22, Crusoe House Boat, 21, 18, 17, Jumpinpin Passage, Fish Cache Series 24, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2 Goats in a Boat Fish Series 12.
Day 2
Camped overnight near Fish Series 11.
Fish and Cache Series 11, 57 km from Mexican, Fish and Cache Series 13, 14, 15, Dux's Hut, The Sand Dunes, Tipplers, (we had a break here and bought breakfast from the shops here). As the Sun Sets, Wallaby Lawn, Step Back in Time, The Bora Ring, Easy for Some, Minbalup, and Canoe Tree. We then paddled from here back to Paradise Point.
The adventure was fairly straigt forward, saw lots of sting rays, so make sure you have foot wear on when pushing kayaks across the mud flats which we had to do on afew occasions. I even had a fish decide to join me in the kayak. I quickly put him straigt back into he water. We were both quite exhausted on the final leg back to Paradise Point as we were going against the tide.
All in all was a fun adventure and I would recommend doing it by kayak over two days.
7 of 12
Found thanks to previous log. Co-it’s given are off by about 100m
Found thanks to previous log. Co-it’s given are off by about 100m
Number 7 on tour with FourTrikiSeekers. A nice morning walk through the forest. Definitely use the coordinates listed by previous finders. We found them spot on and 113m north of the listed coordinates. TFTC
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Sunday. The SPs were out again with Mr & Mrs Coolumroo in their motorboat, hunting up the remainder of the Fish and Cache series. Found due to the amended co-ords in dahumbug's log. Would you believe we got muggled whilst we were signing the log?
At least it was by fellow cachers!
This was the 4th of 6 caches found on today's trip.
Thanks ***CouranCove***, for showing us this place.
Sunday. The SPs were out again with Mr & Mrs Coolumroo in their motorboat, hunting up the remainder of the Fish and Cache series. Found due to the amended co-ords in dahumbug's log. Would you believe we got muggled whilst we were signing the log?
At least it was by fellow cachers!This was the 4th of 6 caches found on today's trip.
Thanks ***CouranCove***, for showing us this place.
Lucky Mum had the new coordinates for the Garmin cos this cute little cache was hiding well.
I've been eyeing up the GeoTour on this island since it was first published. Having negotiated dates, times, work and exams, I decided to bring Jess over for a few nights, after she'd finished her exams and before the school holiday rush.
Today a couple of other geocachers joined us and we'd booked a 4wd GeoTour adventure. We had the super helpful, super friendly Paul as our GeoTour Guide, and couldn't have asked for a better chauffeur! There were the northern caches from the GeoTour to be found plus a few others we wanted to fish out... and lucky for us, today Paul was able to be flexible with the dropping off and picking up and he even helped us find a couple of the caches.
Our Tour Guide was informative and interesting, I learned about the history and the sand mining of the area, about a few birds around, albino wallabies, and he even pointed out some whales in the ocean which were migrating. OMG how cool is that! I think Paul organised that especially for us. Thanks!
The cache container is very cute here. Found it ok with the updated coordinates from a previous log. Thanks for the cache and GeoTour, CouranCove!
Today a couple of other geocachers joined us and we'd booked a 4wd GeoTour adventure. We had the super helpful, super friendly Paul as our GeoTour Guide, and couldn't have asked for a better chauffeur! There were the northern caches from the GeoTour to be found plus a few others we wanted to fish out... and lucky for us, today Paul was able to be flexible with the dropping off and picking up and he even helped us find a couple of the caches.
Our Tour Guide was informative and interesting, I learned about the history and the sand mining of the area, about a few birds around, albino wallabies, and he even pointed out some whales in the ocean which were migrating. OMG how cool is that! I think Paul organised that especially for us. Thanks!
The cache container is very cute here. Found it ok with the updated coordinates from a previous log. Thanks for the cache and GeoTour, CouranCove!
We had just finished a pizza and a couple of softies at Couran Cove by the pool and thought that we would find one more of the geo-tour before heading back to the mainland. We want to leave the rest of them for another time as it is so nice here we will be returning for another visit.
We jumped on the geo-jet and zoomed off into the horizon, well to the next cache really. It wasn’t long until we made the find and after adding our name we zoomed off once again to the boat ramp to wait our turn to use it. Popular day today.
Tftc CouranCove
We jumped on the geo-jet and zoomed off into the horizon, well to the next cache really. It wasn’t long until we made the find and after adding our name we zoomed off once again to the boat ramp to wait our turn to use it. Popular day today.
Tftc CouranCove
Out for another paddle to South Straddie today. Perfect weather once more. The morning was cool, but still OK in a rashie and shorts to start the paddle.
I had landed to the north of this one and had strolled down the beach collecting a few of the Fish and Cache puzzles on the way. It was nice to read the history of the hut.
I arrived near GZ and had a quick look around the obvious spot, but no luck. I checked the hint and tried another spot nearby. Still nothing. Time to read some logs.
Bah. Back from where I came.
The co-ordinates in dahumbug's log helped and the info in monkeymakers too. A bit of a hunt around some trees and it was eventually located.
I had landed to the north of this one and had strolled down the beach collecting a few of the Fish and Cache puzzles on the way. It was nice to read the history of the hut.
I arrived near GZ and had a quick look around the obvious spot, but no luck. I checked the hint and tried another spot nearby. Still nothing. Time to read some logs.
Bah. Back from where I came.
The co-ordinates in dahumbug's log helped and the info in monkeymakers too. A bit of a hunt around some trees and it was eventually located.Well this one required a little more work (and walk) than I was expecting. Not quite sure what is going on with this one, but for those trying in the future - see the new coordinates in the logs of others.
I am not a fan of being misled, and think that this one is probably too close to other caches to be legally placed here. Maybe needs a rethink, and re-place.
I am not a fan of being misled, and think that this one is probably too close to other caches to be legally placed here. Maybe needs a rethink, and re-place.
At the last Kenmore Catchup event a quorum of The Bromance were in attendance and a resolution was passed that we would spend today geo-fishing. By the end of the week, and with the late inclusion of Keepingupwith in the crew, we had solved a wide enough spread of puzzles each that we had a full set of answers.
Now answers alone don't get you to the GZ of these puzzles. Unfortunately Crookedpete, Swellerfungus and Keepingupwith have access to as many boats as the current Austrian Navy - none! The ever reliable Seffnjarah would have to come to the rescue yet again. Having inherited a share in a small runabout from my late Grandfather's passing, I set off Friday night to my brother's place to pick up said vessel. I had last captained a boat nearly 3 years ago (perchance on another geocaching expedition), and never this particular one, so I undertook a full hour of familiarisation of the ins and outs of its operation. Now my fellow Bromancers can be a critical bunch, so I paid particular attention to the current mechanical condition of the boat, ensuring on no less than three occasions during that time that the engine fired up first go, lest I be the butt of derision and humiliation for eons to come. Satisfied that things were ship shape, I set off for home and a relatively early night's sleep (but not before satisfying Swellerfungus' urgent demands for a full gpx file of our day's caching).
Fungus, KUW and I left home around 5am and arrived just before 6am at the Jacobs Well boat ramp, which was a hive of activity with the good weather forecast for the day. With the boat prepped and ready for launch we patiently waited for the arrival of Crookedpete, whose attendance at the footy the night before meant showing up this morning or still being asleep in bed under the influence of 10 schooners was an even money bet. We were delighted to see Honey the Hyundai drive into the car park, confirming his participation.
The boat was quickly launched and, with all crew aboard, gently shoved off from the jetty. Mercifully the engine fired immediately and we puttered off towards our first destination. Then it happened. My worst nightmare. The root cause of a week of sleepless nights. The engine sputtered and died. Oh my god! The ignominy, The panic. The embarrassment. No matter how many times I turned the key the engine would just not start. With our circumstances coinciding with the bottom of the tide, not even the current moved us along. We were dead in the water. Even an urgent phone call to my brother, who had taken the boat out for a run earlier in the week could not get us underway.
Now I posses as much mechanical knowledge as a sea cucumber so I was going to be no help at all. The blank stares coming from Swellerfungus and Keepingupwith proved they were just as useful. So cometh the hour, cometh the Crookedpete. Better known to us as the square-jawed mountain man, he has a few other strings to his bow - Japanese soup lover, cardiological diagnoser, sawmill story teller etc. It would seem he can now add nautical engineer to his resume. A fuel issue was eventually diagnosed and after a good half hour or more of tinkering, a crack in the housing of the fuel filter was located. Some fiddly bush mechanics later and the fuel line was connected directly to the carburettor and to my utter jubilation the engine fired to life. The cold sweats, shrunken sphincter and desire for self immolation suddenly abated and we were again underway.
With three caches already under our belts by the time we arrived at this cache, my composure had rturned to normal, although the nearby oyster beds made finding a nearer beaching point problematic. A slog through the deep muddly bottom was required before we reboarded the boat after finding the cache. TFTC
Now answers alone don't get you to the GZ of these puzzles. Unfortunately Crookedpete, Swellerfungus and Keepingupwith have access to as many boats as the current Austrian Navy - none! The ever reliable Seffnjarah would have to come to the rescue yet again. Having inherited a share in a small runabout from my late Grandfather's passing, I set off Friday night to my brother's place to pick up said vessel. I had last captained a boat nearly 3 years ago (perchance on another geocaching expedition), and never this particular one, so I undertook a full hour of familiarisation of the ins and outs of its operation. Now my fellow Bromancers can be a critical bunch, so I paid particular attention to the current mechanical condition of the boat, ensuring on no less than three occasions during that time that the engine fired up first go, lest I be the butt of derision and humiliation for eons to come. Satisfied that things were ship shape, I set off for home and a relatively early night's sleep (but not before satisfying Swellerfungus' urgent demands for a full gpx file of our day's caching).
Fungus, KUW and I left home around 5am and arrived just before 6am at the Jacobs Well boat ramp, which was a hive of activity with the good weather forecast for the day. With the boat prepped and ready for launch we patiently waited for the arrival of Crookedpete, whose attendance at the footy the night before meant showing up this morning or still being asleep in bed under the influence of 10 schooners was an even money bet. We were delighted to see Honey the Hyundai drive into the car park, confirming his participation.
The boat was quickly launched and, with all crew aboard, gently shoved off from the jetty. Mercifully the engine fired immediately and we puttered off towards our first destination. Then it happened. My worst nightmare. The root cause of a week of sleepless nights. The engine sputtered and died. Oh my god! The ignominy, The panic. The embarrassment. No matter how many times I turned the key the engine would just not start. With our circumstances coinciding with the bottom of the tide, not even the current moved us along. We were dead in the water. Even an urgent phone call to my brother, who had taken the boat out for a run earlier in the week could not get us underway.
Now I posses as much mechanical knowledge as a sea cucumber so I was going to be no help at all. The blank stares coming from Swellerfungus and Keepingupwith proved they were just as useful. So cometh the hour, cometh the Crookedpete. Better known to us as the square-jawed mountain man, he has a few other strings to his bow - Japanese soup lover, cardiological diagnoser, sawmill story teller etc. It would seem he can now add nautical engineer to his resume. A fuel issue was eventually diagnosed and after a good half hour or more of tinkering, a crack in the housing of the fuel filter was located. Some fiddly bush mechanics later and the fuel line was connected directly to the carburettor and to my utter jubilation the engine fired to life. The cold sweats, shrunken sphincter and desire for self immolation suddenly abated and we were again underway.
With three caches already under our belts by the time we arrived at this cache, my composure had rturned to normal, although the nearby oyster beds made finding a nearer beaching point problematic. A slog through the deep muddly bottom was required before we reboarded the boat after finding the cache. TFTC
I was out and about with the crew of the HMS Bromance combing the island for hidden treasures. After a bit of fruitless futtering we took note of the new coordinates in the logs and after relocating found the cache.
Thanks for the cache and encouraging us to come out for a fun day on the water!
Thanks for the cache and encouraging us to come out for a fun day on the water!
After three find nearby, this was our last cache heading south. We made the mistake of not reading the logs and ended up at the listed coordinates. After not finding the cache as per the hint, we resorted to reading previous logs and headed north for an easy find.
Clue was recorded. A bit of a wade through the mud to get back on board. As we motored to the next puzzle, we noticed a pink ski paddling across the channel. Turns out this was Team DFL, who we had pipped for a FTF nearby. We would ultimately catch up with her later on.
A great day out on the water. Many thanks CouranCove
Pete
#4,145
Clue was recorded. A bit of a wade through the mud to get back on board. As we motored to the next puzzle, we noticed a pink ski paddling across the channel. Turns out this was Team DFL, who we had pipped for a FTF nearby. We would ultimately catch up with her later on.
A great day out on the water. Many thanks CouranCove
Pete
#4,145
miss direction crawled through the mud i went the long way to get this cache TFTC
Silly me forgot to read the activity for this cache and ended up treking through the mud but as i rose from the ocean as a mud monster and searched around every tree in a 30 meter radius eventually i wised up checked the activity, saw the coordinate change and quickly had cache in hand TFTC.
This one was the third Geo tour cache for us on our quest to find the tour in one day.
After just finding a nearby cache we stayed on foot in search for this one. Making out way towards GZ we done a little bush bashing as things weren’t to difficult to walk through. Monkey maker seamed to have a fix on a location, so we all focused on this area. After a little bit of time the cache was in hand.
TFTC
After just finding a nearby cache we stayed on foot in search for this one. Making out way towards GZ we done a little bush bashing as things weren’t to difficult to walk through. Monkey maker seamed to have a fix on a location, so we all focused on this area. After a little bit of time the cache was in hand.
TFTC
This cache definitely gave us a lot to laugh and talk about today.
At the moment the cache is where Team ARF moved it to. The coords put you on the sand but just head up the bank about 8m to the closest tree. It's at the base on the island side of tree.
The actual trek to this one was quite nice, well the way we went anyway. Love the vegitation on the island.
Thanx again Couran Cove
At the moment the cache is where Team ARF moved it to. The coords put you on the sand but just head up the bank about 8m to the closest tree. It's at the base on the island side of tree.
The actual trek to this one was quite nice, well the way we went anyway. Love the vegitation on the island.
Thanx again Couran Cove
**S27 47.712 E153 25.872 as per Team ARF log. They moved it 200 metres north to preserve the container/cache. We were the first finders of this container since that move. The shell/snail container is at the base of the tree**
Out and about with monkey maker and CoolumRoo having a go at the caches on South Straddy. We started at the top end and made our way south to Couran Cove.
We were a little unsure how we would fare at these GeoTour caches but we had a clean sweep of all the caches to be **First To GeoTour** getting our names in all the CouranCove caches. All the secret word/phrases were noted on our passbooks and our SouthStraddy Geocoin applications are in the mail.
We had a "Perfect Day" caching out on the water today.
**End of Copy and Pate Section**
Third cache for the GeoTour. After finding the "The Sand Dunes" cache, we walked the inland beach track to Dux Hut and beeline-ed it over the bush when we got closer. We came out at the track that they use for their out door toilet which made for some funny banter between the three of us. There was people staying at the hut which led to awkward conversation between us and them, but some perusal of previous logs led us to where Team ARF hid the container. There were also found an unpublished cache on our travels around this area which made our second First to Find for the day.
Cheers Couran Cove for the Tour.
Secret Word noted.
Out and about with monkey maker and CoolumRoo having a go at the caches on South Straddy. We started at the top end and made our way south to Couran Cove.
We were a little unsure how we would fare at these GeoTour caches but we had a clean sweep of all the caches to be **First To GeoTour** getting our names in all the CouranCove caches. All the secret word/phrases were noted on our passbooks and our SouthStraddy Geocoin applications are in the mail.
We had a "Perfect Day" caching out on the water today.
**End of Copy and Pate Section**
Third cache for the GeoTour. After finding the "The Sand Dunes" cache, we walked the inland beach track to Dux Hut and beeline-ed it over the bush when we got closer. We came out at the track that they use for their out door toilet which made for some funny banter between the three of us. There was people staying at the hut which led to awkward conversation between us and them, but some perusal of previous logs led us to where Team ARF hid the container. There were also found an unpublished cache on our travels around this area which made our second First to Find for the day.
Cheers Couran Cove for the Tour.
Secret Word noted.
Just being moored off of Dux, took a short dingy ride to the beach. After retrieving the dune cache, took the service road to this cache and found a small trail to the huts where we met the leasee who was not pleased that a cache was placed at his front door!!
Suggest the new location is accessed from the beach, preferably at low tide. You'll need to park the dingy near Dux / TSS. Cache was relocated (refer my note below) and hidden at the base of a tree just off the beach. The CO has been contacted.
Thanks for placing this series of South Straddie caches CouranCove. Will be back at another time to collect the rest of the series.
Suggest the new location is accessed from the beach, preferably at low tide. You'll need to park the dingy near Dux / TSS. Cache was relocated (refer my note below) and hidden at the base of a tree just off the beach. The CO has been contacted.
Thanks for placing this series of South Straddie caches CouranCove. Will be back at another time to collect the rest of the series.
Met the leasee at the front steps who knew nothing about the cache being hidden here!!
Relocated cache north to 27 47.712 and 153 25.872 to keep th s cache active
Will converse with the CO when back from holidays
Relocated cache north to 27 47.712 and 153 25.872 to keep th s cache active
Will converse with the CO when back from holidays
Out with Snickersallan, JACS Team and E(: to find caches in this Geo Tour.
After finding the Sand Dunes our driver suggested we can walk to Dux's from here otherwise it would be a much longer drive.
Track not too bad and luckily it was a quick find.
A different cache container and an interesting location.
Thanks for bringing us here.
TFTC
After finding the Sand Dunes our driver suggested we can walk to Dux's from here otherwise it would be a much longer drive.
Track not too bad and luckily it was a quick find.
A different cache container and an interesting location.
Thanks for bringing us here.
TFTC
So glad this was a quick and easy find too. Thanks for the good hint.
TFTC CouranCove. All good with the cache.
Find #1749 Found 19 December 2017 12:39 pm
TFTC CouranCove. All good with the cache.
Find #1749 Found 19 December 2017 12:39 pm
We had a long walk to get to this one from The Sand Dunes but it was worth finding this cute little cache. Met the nearby oyster farmer as we thought we were on private property and he advised us it was a Heritage listed hut - if we had read the description first we would off known that!!
TFTC CouranCove
Found 19 December 2017
TFTC CouranCove
Found 19 December 2017
Whoop Whoop! Another find for the group. We made the dash over from the Sand Dunes to find the cute little cache holder.
Another FTF! We never knew this place existed! Nice container. The tide was low so we had a bit of a walk to get here. We've really enjoyed our short visit today TFTC.
