Paperbark Treehouse Civic Square, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By The Farmers 5 on 15-Jan-18. Waypoint GC7H4GT

Very cool treehouse. Wasn't sure if we were allowed underneath but it looked like there was a path & Mum spotted the cache. Put new bit of log paper in

Neville Windeyer Albury NSW 26 October 2024 15:43

Found 15:46 26/10/2024 after celebrating a birthday nearby. Thank you The Farmers 5 for the cache and bringing me to this location.

Nice little find. At 187cm, it wasn't at my head height.

Bei einem Spaziergang durch den botanischen Garten gefunden.Danke sagt Carmen aus Germany

Found with the year 5 and 6 kids from Boulia State School on our trip!Sorry no pen to signTFTC

Thank you. Unfortunately whoever was here before my daughter and I has scrunched up and jammed the paper into the micro cache and we couldn't get it out. Great spot. Thank you for placing this cache.

A nice quick find after getting a bit off the path. TFTC

Exploring select parts of the Botanic Gardens today with some previous finders, this was a quick find at GZ.Thanks, Farmers 5!

No luck with this one today!

A really interesting place to visit. Our grandkids would have loved it!Once the sun had broken through and things had warmed up a bit we headed off to the Botanic Gardens a place we had visited many years ago. The Rainforest Walk Mrs SKI remembered, and it is just like some areas close to where we live, The banksias were out and well worth a look. Some in flower we have in our garden at home!You can't be in this area without a visit to Black Mountain, but it is looking quite sad and run down. Most of the viewing areas are now obscured and the Tower is closed.Then it was time to head to the museum, and finally pout for a big tea down south, that we probably should have passed on, but was still enjoyable.Of course we collected a few caches on the way, quite a variety.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache The Farmers 5.**SKI Pair****

Love it.Needs new log

Thank you for the cache

After a visit to the botanical garden, where we were able to play two Adventure LABs, we went in search of more cans. These were on our way and we were able to sign the logbooks. Thank you very much for laying out the caches!

Little eyes wander up high. Eye level for some, stealthy is right! Found by Ollie (5) and Ammy (4)

Found it after a long search. Tftc for taking us to this cool treehouse. The hint is right - at head height yet our GPS had us searching 7m from GZ. Was still fun find with yummy az eats. Did not have a pen so could not sign log book

Here in Canberra for the Mega and we found your cache while exploring the area.We found a variety of hides with varying degrees of difficulty. Enjoyed caching in this area, cache and contents were in good condition.Many thanks to all CO's for your cache placement.

Looks like I did a back pocket log, so better do a proper one ! We've been all over the gardens today, and after that lovely rain this morning everything seemed fresh and thriving. Spent a good four hours here doing cache stuff, and having a good lunch as well. Thanks for adding to our botanic experiences today The Farmers 5.

Our first level 3 difficulty one

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 13306.A tricky little hide that took five sets of eyes to locate today. Thanks The Farmers 5 for the cache.

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Headed out for a big day in Canberra! 2 events and lots of walking around and around the Botanic Gardens then doing laps of Duntroon. Took a bit of looking but got it in the last option. [B)]TFTC The Farmers 5

Too many spiders

Lots of spiderwebs

Nice cache on a hot day - bonus of a play for the geo-kid. TFTC

After a long, almost entranced walk through the gardens, we had limited time to find this cache. Buses just love to be missed around here!We had a super fast initial search and our frantic-ness totally hampered any chances of finding the cache, but once the hint was read, it was in hand in seconds. The cache is in place and in perfect condition.The Paperbark Treehouse was so interesting. Something about its construction made me want to just stay there and wait for some grand adventure to spring to life around me!TFTC The Farmers 5

Only had a short while to search, and while I got excited I had spotted it after around 5-10 mins, when I got closer no cache to be found in that location.Will come back and try again soon.Nice treehouse, and loved walking around the banksia garden next to it.

Could not find it, but did not spend too much time looking

It took some time but finally HOORAAY

#6419.It took us a while to find this sneaky hide. The gardens are beautiful and we will have to come back for some more exploration when we have more time. TFTC!

Ran out of time

With some family visiting Canberra for the weekend, we decided to come for a walk through the Botanic Gardens and find some Waratahs. We then decided to come and visit the treehouse, and made our way to GZ. The torch was useful in helping us make a quick find here.Log signed The gardens are full of flowers in birds at the moment they are incredibly beautiful. Thanks The Farmers 5Domsky

I found it on my birthday! A bit moist but a great place to visit! Thank you for the cache.

Found, signed and stowed

Took a while to find . Kids were ready to log as a DNF however we ventured further through the gardens and looped back. Found on our second attempt.

Hard to find but found it in the end

Damn good hiding spot, up for the weekend from Albury Wodonga area, very nice day today

Nice hide and last find for today. All good with the container and contents. Its been a while since I visited the paperback treehouse but good to be back. Thanks for highlighting this installation The Farmers 5 and bringing us back here --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country on which we geocache throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We (the pants people) pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Great place to visit. TftC.

TFTC - and greetings from Tassie.
Found whilst out and about for a walk with a muggley friend/colleague. Bit of a flying visit, so any cache is a bonus.

FLTF.

Thanks, for this caching experience.
Cheers, EPs.
№ 3504 - Friday 4th August 2023
@1220hrs

Found. But we didn’t have a pen with us

Cache check .
All there in correct spot .
Changed hint a bit .

Tried but no find: David

Not sure if the cache is missing. Searched for a while on all three levels

Over from damp NZ visiting family.. time for a few cache hunts.

Unfortunately we lucked out here after quite a search. Lots of possible hiding places!!

Enjoyed our visit.

Tftc

Well didn’t take too long once I figured where I needed to be- logbook was missing but thankfully I could make up a replacement from my pocket so all good to go. TFTC!

Cache 9143 on 7 Aug 2022.

Was back visiting the gardens this afternoon and decided to swing by this cache on my way back to the car park. Tried a few ideas first with no luck, so reverted to previous logs for any hints. Found one, changed tack, and laid my hands on the cache finally.

Thanks The Farmers 5 for the cache and the fun!

Looked pretty much everywhere and it was a bit wet today so maybe next time I’m in Canberra I’ll check it out again

Lots of corners to check!

Great little cache location

Took me 20 mins but finally found it. Tftc!

Found it after quite a bit of looking. Very swampy. Tftc!

Found together with Fred.

TFTC The Farmers 5

Found this nice Cache together with Dino and Flintstones. Thank you for putting it out and maintaining it The Farmers 5.

A trip with the family to the botanical gardens seemed perfect as The path were nice and flat for me to walk on. There was this cache left and a couple AL stations which we did and had a lovely walk in the gardens followed by a nice meal in the cafe.

This structure ia very interesting and the cache took a moment to spot.

Thank you The Farmers 5 for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

Did not find

Took a minute to find. Tftc. 366 day streak

Found actually quite quickly. Interesting area and nice to wander around the gardens. TFTC The Farmers 5!!

A rainy day is always a good time to attempt a stealthy hide such as this. Enjoyed checking out all the levels before concentrating my search on a particular level and coming up with the find a short time later. I did park in the pay parking area costing me $3.60, but the money is all for a good cause and making the find was worth it as well. Thanks Farmers 5 for bringing me here!

This took way too long and l was super keen to get to the garden cafe to grab a coffee before it closed and while l had just finished the lab cache in the rain forest l ended out this way and set about on searching the area while the area was deserted. Read the hint and discovered that the whole thing is surrounded by them….argh! Ended up giving up as my caffeine withdrawal was too strong and the frustration was over taking my better judgment. Difficulty of 3, yeah that’s beaten me before, actually a lot less has beaten before but that’s when l let fly with the cache cursing and on my retreat towards the cafe l read some previous logs and it made me think of another approach and l quickly headed back and surprisingly located the cache after a quick scout about. Whaaat?? How is that possible? Maybe from now on l will save all that time by going to the gz, simply give up, stop looking and quickly turn about and find the little buggers without any stress. Simples. Many thanks for bringing me here and the hide, l think.

Headed here on lovely but cold winter school holidays ‘get out of the house’ with 4 geokids. The treehouse is great new addition to the gardens, they loved it.
After much time with all 5 searching and my GPS jumping all over for some reason, we asked for a clue. The most determined of our geokids found it quite quickly and is headed home very satisfied.
TFTC

This weekend from 17-21/06/2021, I joined georode and gridge98 in visiting our nation's capital, Canberra for geocaching adventures. We prioritised the higher difficulty-terrain combinations, as well as the more special/unique cache types.
On Thursday, I largely spent the day solo and visited Black Hill lookout, the Botanic Gardens, Australian National University and nearby Canberra Central, and then gridge98 and I walked around the front of Parliament area in Parkes.
Friday was spent completing a few hikes in Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve and Kowen Escarpment Nature Reserve, before then meeting locals at a Friday evening dinner event.
Saturday was predominantly the UFO series in Bullen Range Conservation Reserve, targeting the higher terrain ridge area.
On Sunday, we arose to the morning's CITO event, before returning to Goorooyarroo Reserve for more walking around those hills.
Finally on Monday, gridge98 and I headed north to Yass for the Birds of Australia Wherigo series, a few climbing caches, and returning to ACT completing the UGC series.

Today, I took ownership of our rental car, with my aim of heading to the lower Black Mountain challenges. However, I was lured by the virtual cache at the top of the mountain, and so that became my first stop. A short jog around the hill, and then great views at the top of Telstra Tower.
My next visit was the Australian National Botanic Gardens, completing the *Australia's Garden* and *The Rainforest Walk* Adventure Labs. It was then on to the challenges around lower Black Mountain, spending a few hours walking around before the rain fell later in the afternoon.
My afternoon was then spent touring around Australian National University whilst following a few more Adventure Labs: *ANU*, *Everyone's a critic!* and *What's in a name?*. I then had a walk in downtown Canberra and visited Glebe Park completing that *Glebe Park Wander* Adventure Lab.
After dinner, gridge98 was grabbed from the airport, and we explored some of Parkes in front of Parliament House. A few more virtual, wherigos and Adventure Labs were completed, and we made one last stop at the National Carillon.

When I first looked on at this treehouse, I thought it had been burned in one of the recent Summer bushfires and was closed, so it was surprising to see it was indeed still open, and perhaps meant to be like this? This geocache's coordinates were bouncing around the place, and I started to look in a few areas, before relenting to just doing the tourism thing first up, ascending up to the highest platform of the treehouse. A pretty cool treehouse! I did see a few good spots that a cache could be, but trying to find a micro-sized cache could be in many possible hiding spots. I then looked over the treehouse, and eventually managed the find in about 5-10 minutes of dedicated searching time. It seems like I may be one of a few who didn’t resort to a PAF to find this one. I was also confused to why this cache's size is actually listed as an other, as even by finding the cache container, it could certainly be categorised to a defined size type. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks The Farmers 5 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

#11497 - 12:54:00 PM; Dropped the geohoney in the city for some retail therapy and headed off to the Botanmical Gardens for a couple of caches and then on to the foothills of Mt Ainslie to see how many more of the Ainslie Hometown Ramble series I could collect (10 finds and 2 DNFs as it turned out). A nice day to be out wandering in the bush. I was a bit worried as I closed in on this one after seeing some recent DNFs, so had a rather confusing PAF conversation before making the find and adding my name to the log. I can confirm the cache is safe and sound. TFTC The Farmers 5

Wow! This is a gorgeous part of the gardens. No find but i will be back to try again.

I didn’t find this

Had no luck. Wasn’t sure what the hint “corner” was referring to because I swear I looked in every corner and still couldn’t find it. I’ll definitely be back!

Found with Aussiepuschaks after a helpful hint from the logs while on a walk through the park with family. TFTC

Found with Sophiescout during a family walk around the gardens. TFTC

Was in the area and thought this was a good opportunity to look for this cache. I forgot that school holidays had started and the place was crawling with families. Still managed to have a couple of breaks in the traffic. Also PAF to verify that I was looking at the right area. While waiting for the muggles to move on I identified two spider species and plucked a loper caterpillar of my arm.

TFTC

A little tricky but we found it, TFTC

One of those caches that the clue made perfect sense. After I found the cache.
A good 10 minutes of searching required.
Have been here a few times with the family. But made the effort today to make the find.
Nice hidey place.
I took the little nephew in to see the location too. He was not so impressed. Apparently he expects an Easter egg when he makes a find. Poor planning by his uncle.
Thanks for the cache.

Spent 45mins reading previous logs and looking high and low at every corner imaginable..
We will be back.

A winter Sunday caching in Queanbeyan and Canberra, including the first event since long time after the lock down. Let's hope it all stays open now. Easy find.
TFTC Wilbert67

A tricky hide which geo hubby found for me. We both felt maybe we should not have been down there. Happy to sign log and gain another smiley. Thank you The Farmers 5.

More like a DNA - Did Not Attempt. The whole Tree house is closed. Might need a disable?

After having some brunch with our friends at the nearby cafe, we took a lovely stroll through the Rainforest Walk and also to show them a geocache. I visited this awesome treehouse a couple of weeks ago when my friend was filming their entrant into the 'Lights! Canberra! Action!' film festival - the film didn't get in, but my cameo scene parodying the 'How's the Serenity' scene from The Castle from the top of the treehouse is something I'll never forget. This treehouse is absolutely amazing; so well designed, very fun, and a really really cool addition to the gardens. And with some beautiful views too! I spent a tiny bit of time the first time looking for this cache without success, but today I decided to try again. After a while of searching and hanging around I asked a previous finder for a bit of a hint; very generously, he gave me a hint and soon enough I had the cache in hand. Nicely placed. TFTC TF5!

15/12/19-sharpiebarb58. Found by my grandson James while we we on the children’s trail. Well done James! Tftc

I had the treehouse to myself this morning, though there was building going on just over the way. Mostly the trees covered me, and I was able to have a good look around. It's a nice place, and I enjoyed a quick snack and drink there before continuing my walk. It took me about fifteen minutes or so to find the cache.
TFTC!

After a few attempts at this one, fresh eyes found it!Thought I was in trouble when a Ranger appeared but got the all clear!

I was at the Botanical Gardens for a field trip today, and afterwards took a wander down here to look for this cache.
I was surprised that there were so few people around on such a lovely day, and I had the Paperbark Treehouse to myself.
GPS signal seemed to be affected by the tree cover, but it only took a few minutes of searching before I made the find.
TFTC, The Farmers 5

2nd time lucky. Can’t believe 6 sets of eyes missed this one the first time, even with help from CO! TFTC!

Found this one quite a while ago on my second attempt. (Have forgotten to log for quite some time, date place on this log is an estimate)

Was nice once finally found lol, TFTC

Found on our second visit. We had the place to ourselves for a multi-level Search but had the cache in hand in about 10 minutes. TFTH

Took a while to find this one and had to avoid a bunch of muggles - but eventually found. Bought three pens at the antiques fair, 5 caches for the morning, and now meeting geofamily for coffee. Perfect start to the day tftc!

Today I eas not caching alone, so even there were people around, I didn't look so suspicios:-) Sometimes its hard to be lonely male cacher ...

After last tmvisit, I was almost sure whatevel to look. And after few moments I had the CIH.

Thank you for a great reason to visit the Botanical gardens again....and again..

Well placed. Thanks for the Hint & the cache

Sneaky hide. Out caching with geobuddy StrangeTrousers. Love this place.

TFTC

#5309 Found with CBRChic on a beautiful, spring-like winter's day in Canberra. Now school holidays are over, places like this are thankfully deserted allowing us an unhurried and unobserved trip to the cache. We banged our heads but found it eventually.

Thanks TF5

Found 15 min before closing.
Were just about to give up as well. While looking up, Mr TiedyeSmileys' foot slipped down into the the small creek running through and ended up all muddy. Thinking that does it, let's give up, right there was the cache.
TFTC

Found today with Joolay. Not sure we should have been down there.
Cache in good condition. TFTC

Well that was interesting. Scootered from work with Kittykatch to get a cache for the day. Took a little while but cache was soon in hand. Beautiful spot and interesting location. TFTC

After enjoying a coffee in the cafe, I set out to find a couple of caches in the garden, and another in walking distance from the garden.
This one took a bit of searching, even though I had a previous finder with me and they vaguely remembered what level it was on (didn't seem 100% sure). They couldn't remember where the cache was hidden though, so after some time searching I made the find. Sneaky hide. TFTC The Farmers 5.

Finally found after second time.. the ground full mad.. hide well.. thanks

Cleaver allgood. Nice day looking while at a party with geokid 2

I love these gardens, so much inspiration is collected for our future projects.
This took some time to locate after sending a message to CO.
Once at the correct level the prize was ours.
There's plenty to see and a well worth visit.
Thanks for a great cache

Three sets of eyes searched for this one for over 30mins without success, with and without muggles in place. Cool area, will have to come back and look again.

No luck today. After 5 minutes group of kids arrived making any further search impossible ...

No luck for us today, too many muggles doesnt help.

Found by The Marathon Man and pnutbeagle on our 3-month Australia holiday after travelling from snowy and cold Northern Ontario Canada.

Finally found some time to get caught up in my logs

Please see The Marathon Man's Log for our experience finding the cache

Found by The Marathon Man and pnutbeagle on our 3-month Australia holiday after travelling from snowy and cold Northern Ontario Canada

After readings the logs and the problems some other people were having finding the cache we were wondering whether it could be done. But after a 10-15 minutes search the cache container was in our hands and the log signed