Gad About Gatton Lawes, Queensland, Australia
By Ms Maddy on 01-Apr-18. Waypoint GC7MCKK

Day 15 of my fortnight+ road trip up to Brisbane and back to Blue Mountains. Will my geomobile repairs be completed today? Heading back to Brisbane via two new LGAs after an overnight stay in Toowoomba.Focusing on older caches for my Jasmer calendar. And those randomly here or there by chance. Like this Gad About Gatton geocache. A PnG find for me in Lockyer Valley Regional LGA. TFTC Ms Maddy

Nice easy find TFTC

TFTC smile 20771 Out and about on a Sunny day grabing a cache to try and keep a challenge going signed as GS1947 on small logs On a trip to Uralla and back via Toowoomba and Warwick Armidale back via Waterfall way Coffs Harbour Ballina Kingscliff Logan and home for a 80 birthday party and a wake Thank you Ms Maddy for placing this cache for our enjoyment

So many birds around! Thanks for the cache.

Crypt8c hint

A quick find while at the lake. Tftc

Thanks for the cache found with geowife after a stay overnight Thanks Gatton

A very pretty setting. Thanks for bringing us here

Stopped to have lunch on the way to Brisbane. Cockatoos are very loud

Today was a trip up in the Lockyer Valley with RoddyC, Hatzofff, chamad and Echocage1 to gain a few Smilies and also earn some points for Cosmic Quest.Soon had the cache, log signed before replacing as found. It sure was a beautiful day. TFTC

With hatzofff, imbunda, echocage1 and chamad for a pleasant Sunday caching around the Lockyer Vellay.Ring a ring of roses!Log signed and cache replaced as found at 12:33 pm on 4 August 2024. TFTC, Ms Maddy

Out with RoddyC chamad echocage1and imbunda to pick up a few smiles out of town.Nice trip out and about.What a massive park.TFTCache Ms Maddy

Had a DNF here a few years ago. Made a quick find today. Its nice to turn the frown upside down. TFTC

Found it all good beautiful sunny and cold TFTC

Cool hiding spot

Found it !! I'm from toowoomba but love this little park

From Toowoomba !! Easy cache

This was a great one to explore and discover especially with kids as there is toilets playground nearby for kids and a simple find .. really enjoyed it !!

Gad About GattonNeeding some caches for a couple of challenges I'm working on, and it being such a beautiful day, I headed to Scenic Rim and Lockyer Valley to find some caches.A quick find here, log signed, all replaced as found. TFTC Ms Maddy# 10320CheersWillis007

A short search proved fruitful. The cache found and the logbook signed now to enjoy the park for a while before we continue on our journey. Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC.

bunadoorian and I were enroute to Caloundra from Warwick. This trip I am trying to pick up some different LGA's - and this is one of them. bunadoorian found this cache first. I enjoyed the walk around this park - and seeing the monument to Truckies. TFTC and for bringing us here Ms Maddy.

Out for a cache day with geodog while hubby plays cricket nearby. Great day for an explore. Lovely park. Found it easily as no camo cover but have rectified situation .TFTC TNLNSL.

Thanks for the hide

Good little hide

Good little hide

Nice walk in a lovely park. Thanks for the hide and bringing us here

Found Ok

After a quiet start to the day I headed out past Ipswich to clean up a few caches and enjoy a lovely Sunday in south east Queensland.After finding a safe place to park I headed off to ground zero and soon had the cache container in hand. Log extracted and moniker applied. Safely returned to the hiding spot and back to the car and off to the next adventure.A big thanks to the cache owner for making this cache available to be found.Cheers

I was out in Toowoomba and surrounds cache with Muggle65 and GreenGecko1 grabbing a few caches after the event this one was next on the list. Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for geocaching community enjoyment.

Needing a couple of caches in The Valley for a challenge, easy find.

Good find tftc

Watawieh from Norfolk Island South Pacific.This afternoons geo-adventure was exploring the Lockyer Valley. I had to circle the garden bed twice before I located the nook where the cache was hiding. TFTC Found & logged using Cachly for iOS

A very nice park. Quick grab visiting the town. TFTC

Traveling through the Lockyer Valley this morning, so took the opportunity to stop and grab a cache or two. Nice open park with plenty of facilities for the family. TFTC. TNLN. SL.Find # 1699.

Voted early then a cache.

Nice little one

Beautiful morning and lovely lake. Thanls

Easy find - thanks!

Found on 12/8/23

Headed out in the geo-car for a few caches today with DW.

Decided to hit a few around Gatton before and after Park Run. This one made for a quick find.

TFTC, TFTH & TFTSF

Quick find take your time to enjoy the beautiful wetlands

A friend was having a surprise milestone birthday party and a trip to Brisbane was required to attend.

After accidentally (on purpose), booking my flights a few days earlier, it was time to do some pre party caching around town.

After a late night last night, today was a little more laid back exploring some targeted caches around Brisbane and beyond.

I accessed this cache from the wrong side and so didn’t initially spot it, but found it soon after.

Thanks Ms Maddy for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.

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Tftc

26/4/2023 Find #6067
A Wednesday Madness day out today with SaintsMadHouse, we had decided to head over Laidley way and see what we would find, and with our rather delayed start, our first stop was to be at a cabinet makers before beginning any caching.
With business there undertaken, it was time to begin caching.
With not too much time left in our day, we dashed over to this one and made a quick find. The first time I’ve seen one of these “official covers” on this type of container.
Thanks for the cache Ms Maddy.

Found in between as I thought. It has been raining on and off all day as we toured around the area.

Found!!

Staying in Gatton for work and found this one after dinner. Pretty straightforward find under torch light. Nice park.

Found it

Love the Camo.
Good one for the kiddies
Thanks

Quick easy find, signed and onto the next one.

TFTC

Nice park..
Gps crazy. . Tftc..️

Found this one nice and quickly while out on a drive around the area. It was our last day down in the Laidley area and we flew back up north today where, unfortunately, the weather is far from the perfect days we had while visiting. TFTC TNLN

We where on our way home from Greenmount to Brisbane, stopped of at Gatton to stretch our legs ..Notice few local caches, so off we went to see what we could find..Gotcha..tftc

Stopping in at Gatton for some brekkie on our way to visit the Currumbin wildlife sanctuary whne we spotted this great area.
After brekkie we went for a bit of a walk and found this cache. A recent severe mowing of the area made it easy to find.

After the cache we headed over to look at the Lights on the Hill memorial, coincidentally that song had just been playing in the car as we drove up to the park.

Thanks for the cache!

Getting a lift back from QOGM2022 in Charleville with JACS Team. She wanted a multi in this area and after we found that she asked if I minded doing a few more in the area. Always up for a few more so off we trundled. Quick find here and now our names are on the log. TFTC??

Was in the area after doing a huge huge drive from Charleville after attending this year Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. I had to make a detour to collect a particular multi further south after having collected the nearby target cache we had to drive through Gatton to get back on the highway. Had a quick discussion with my travelling companion for the day, EchoCage, and we decided to find the local caches whilst in town as neither of us would generally visit the town. Pulled up to this lovely big park and strolled over ground zero we circled the area playing eye spy in the hidey holes. With some good eyesight EchoCage spotted the cache as it’s camo was blending well today with the vegetation! Cache found, signed and replaced - then it was time for the next!

Found it with six cyclists

Happy hunting

Nice and easy. All good with the cache.

**Found Saturday 09-July-2022 at 14:59 Smiley #1820**

Quick little weekend away, exploring the country side, with the ultimate goal to complete some of the Map of Australia Geo-Art on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail.

Nice easy find. Good condition. before a quick stop in the tourist building.

All the logs are in good condition unless specified otherwise, and they were all found with ease unless specified otherwise.

Cache logs are either stamped, signed with Rogersclan13 or just RC13 for space. Thanks for the cache and thank you for breaking the drive up **Ms Maddy**

Rogersclan13

Tftc

Good find

I did a lap or two before looking closer and made a quick find. Thanks for the cache

Ahhhhh …. Nearly got hit by a swerving, out of control car down to the Lockyer this morning driving to work. The driver was okay, thankfully… car not so much. Decided that I haven’t geocached enough recently to die yet. I haven’t been to the Lockyer for a while, don’t really have much left to cache. Unfortunately people don’t like to put them out in this nice part of the country.

Thank you Ms Maddy for placing this cache for me to enjoy!

Found this with ICUNIPFREELY on 4th June but forgot to log it. Nice easy cache and gave the visitors a cache in Gatton. TFTC

First find of the day. Thanks

Found with MellyKate4. TFTC

Was a bit scared to feel around but found it after some searching

Came to look at the lights on the Hill Memorial tall the Australian truck drivers and bus drivers that have died whilst on the road and delivering our goods…. Decided to check if there was a Geo here and lo and behold on Anzac Day we were the 1st to sign the new log what are beautiful park to enjoy

Cache replaced and new log. If that log is full there’s a spare.

MM

Deffinatley wasn't easy but found it.

Couldn’t find it

Found it

Quick find
Needs a new log
TFTC
TNLNSL

Found after dropping a dancing friend home and killing time before an appointment. Cache is covered in tiny biting ants but we managed to squeeze our names in the full log.

Lots of ants on cache

TFTC Easy enough to find but needs a new log. Nice hide

On my ay home from Helidon I took the scenic route.
Picking up a few caches along the way.

All good here

Thank you for hiding here Ms Maddy
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Great day out driving from Brisbane. We have found a few fab caches today thanks for this one.

Gad About Gatton
D 1.5 T 1.5 Micro Traditional Cache

Signed Team Grav (Domsky, Chamad, Triple Turmoil, Simber15, willis007 and Nayfee).

Thanks for the cache and taking us here Ms Maddy. Enjoyed the adventure.

A plan was formed recently to camp at Oakey over the October long weekend (due to Ekka being postponed) and tackle the art and a number of fun puzzles in the vicinity. The call went out to a few others we enjoy travelling with and the solving began! Lots of back and forth between members and we finally had a full set a few days out from the trip.

The roads were wet and muddy but that isn't going to stop a group of dedicated geocachers on a mission! The rain held off which we were grateful for however chunks of mud were often shaken off shoes before returning to cars and moving on to the next one.

As is always the case when caching with others there were many laughs and a great time had by all. Always a great sense of achievement when you've been working through a project over a number of weeks.

Thankyou for placing and arranging this series for our enjoyment. The fields and flowers were in bloom. Birds a plenty enjoying the roadside water sources. The scenery was refreshing. Always enjoy a taste of the countryside.

A group of us came together to reassemble the SSE, find all of Gravel's Travels and everything in between. This is a beautiful area. Some caches took my Corolla to places it shouldn't have been, especially after the rain. But we had fun, found a variety of hides and saw a variety of landscapes (and muddy roads).

A big thanks to all the CO's who gave us a reason to camp in a little town for the weekend. Those who don't make this a weekend holiday destination are missing out. Signed as Team Grav to avoid too many names on the log.

Having a quick gad about Gatton before it starts to rain. TFTC

A spot of parkrun and some geocaching to finish our day out

Found with the Shuptrines on our parkrun adventures TFTC

Fairly quick find. Needs new log.

Fairly quick find. Needs a new log book. TFTC

Thanks

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Easy find

Found on our little anniversary adventure. Tftc

Needs new log, log full

Found with kelr0cks

Found with Joshwyatt83

Found it

First find!!

Found with the beautiful bmase. TFTF!

I think the local council may need to do some weeding! Easy find, tftc

Thank you for the find

Travelling from Glen Esk to Warwick via the Esk-Gatton road, we stopped to find this cache, in the lovely little park, before continuing on.
Log book was full but I squeezed our name in.
Thanks for this break in our journey, giving Muggle Hubby and I the opportunity to stretch our legs.