HUNSLET Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
By blacktownman on 15-Jul-18. Waypoint GC7TMCM

Not enough time. ..will just have to callback another time with gloves on..lots of spider webs.

We have travelled from Sydneys Northern Beaches to Lithgow for a short (four day) caching holiday, staying for three nights in a park cabin at the Lithgow Tourist & Van Park. Planning on exploring areas around Hartley, Bowenfels, Marrangaroo, Lithgow, Clarence, Newnes Junction, and Dargan, with a pre-booked visit to the Zig Zag Railway on Saturday morning, and a visit to the Glow Worm Tunnel at Newnes on Sunday.Hoping to collect some previously solved Mystery/Puzzle caches, a SideTracked MultiCache, and some of the many Traditional & Multi caches that have appeared since our last visit to the area in 2015. Will be stopping at Mount Victoria and Blackheath, on Mondays return journey to Sydney, for some more previously solved Mystery/Puzzle caches and a five stage Adventure Lab, and maybe an EarthCache. Photos will be uploaded to logs on our return to home base.Today (day 3) we visited the glow worm tunnel at Newnes, stopping for a few Traditional caches on the drive out, and one cache on the drive back to Lithgow. Then ended the day with a few Traditional caches around Lithgow township. This was the 7th of 7 finds for the day (day 3), and 31st find of the holiday.After an enjoyable visit to the Newnes glow worm tunnel we had now returned to Lithgow, and this was the next cache we came to, which was at a feature that we had found a previous cache way back in 2015. Was expecting a lengthy search, based on our experience with the previous cache, but amazingly we had CIH in less than 10 minutes. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found.And that's our last cache find for today, so it's time to head back to the park cabin for dinner. TFTC blacktownman.Find #7108

Thanks for my first find! And what a hind little hint check the front TFTC

DNF

After going back for the second time we successfully found it

Tricky but found it

Cool find singed log

Took a while! But finally got it!

Glad we stopped, EH had CIH

Hunted it out quickly. TFTC

No luck

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Staying in Richmond we weren't sure where to go caching today. With lovely weather forecast we made the decision to drive towards Orange to collect some LGA's that we have not visited in our 10years travelling.Well we didn't hit the road till 10.30am and copped a mountain of roadworks before Lithgow. [xx(] We should have realised it was going to be a big ask. We kept pushing on. But we didn't return to our caravan till nearly 7.00pm and 430km later. TFTC blacktownman

TFTC smile19879 out and about on a Sunny day on my way to Wollongong in a round about way picking up LGAs on the way signed as GS1947 on small logs Have a FP Thank you blacktownman for placing this cache for our enjoyment

After eluding us many a times, got a hint from the CO. Went back today & had CIH within minutes. Can't believe I over thought it & didn't look or feel closer. TFTC Blacktownman

Cache is there as I looked on Wednesday morning

Unfortunately it eluded us again.

Visited it during 28-days geotrip to Australia, N.Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Am.Samoa, Fr.Polynesia with Marci, Ch. Sometimes we logged as "MT" or "Jonea" or "MTCh". Thanks for showing nice caches and places. MT-Jonea from Brno city in Czechia EU. Y.tt

Spent a while trying everything I could think of. Dnf

Approaching GZ I saw what was lurking there !!This cache could drive me loco !! [:o]It didn't I found the cache in the first place I stuck me paw !! [:o]That never happens !!No point buying a lottery ticket now,I've used up all me luck for one day TFTC

Dan didn't want to attempt this as he thought that it would be a long and painful DNF. However, Sue dragged him over and said we'll give it 10 minutes. Less than 2 minutes later Dan had CIH. More ass than class, of course. TFTC blacktownman

Dad, Jai ,Sam, addy was a tricky one! Looked in. The same spot for ages and got a handy hint to help us.

Out caching with oldmorty in Lithgow.I didnt know whether to add this to our list of caches to find today or not.I really hate these as we usually come off empty handed.But today was different. We found it!The log was full, so we placed another inside for future finders.TFTC blacktownman

This one could have taken ages to find but frazeydaze had her hands on it in under five minutes. We replaced the very soggy log. TFTC

DNF. Thinking it was somewhere that I could want game enough to root around in with the rain in the mud, leaves, and broken glass. That or its in a sneaky other spot! Hoping to find one day.

After an excellent Thai dinner at Nois we walked down. My clever husband found it within minutes TFTC

Few minutes to find this one. Very well hidden. TFTC

Found

Cool

Find 119

We have been looking for this for a long time, never found it. Today we came and found it in 10 seconds.

TFTC

No luck. Lots of leaves and mud, so maybe buried.

Yellow!!

Found it

found it

A reasonable good lunch cache .

Tftc .

Found while heading west with WaywardWoman for a day's caching. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Having looked for its sister cache in Clarence, I wasn't feeling too hopeful, but I put my hands on it immediately. Some days are diamonds. Thanks

2nd attempt but still no luck
But on a ain trip home and without gloves reluctant to put my hand in some areas
I will try again

Cache replaced all good to go again

Muggles at table, too close

Has us stumped

Tftc

choo choo! TFTC

Persistence really paid off here. Spent a long time looking for it. Even had to get 2 separate clues from the CO, so thank you for that. Ended up finding it in an area I thought I had thoroughly checked several times however had not put my hand in precisely the right spot. Glad to finally tick that off. TFTC

Tftc - Finally after so many visits we found it (with the help of the geogods). Fav from us.

Tftc - after so many attempts we finally find it found with wshoeii

Tftc

have a feeling we knew where it was but was full of mud and water

Cache in good condition TFTC

On the way home, I was told that I needed to find this cache by 2 previous finders....
Pulled up and immediately thought, hmmm this could be anywhere. And to add pressure, they decided to time me...... well to their amazement, a mere 7 mins later, I had Cache in hand, although I think it was more good luck than good management LOL.

TNLNSL
TFTC

Searched (played) on top and in the driver's area while Smurfyguy located the cache for me.

TFTC

On our way through going home from the road less traveled needed one to keep our streak going looked a good place to pull over and sure enough there was one on there made an easy find second time around thanks

Nice to avenge the DNF from a couple of days ago. Can’t believe Geoboyfriend laid his hand right on it the first place he looked - I swear we looked there the other day!

Quick stop today and no luck

Cache still there happy hunting

Think it might have been taken

no luck for us today

20mins of search. Double checking every spot I got in Front of the kids and soon had the Cache in hand. Well hidden.

With hints from OG I think it’s been muggled

Its a bit tricky this one kids lost interest on this one so we will come back

Lucky for us there was no one around, Mr R had his hand on it quickly. Thanks

Surprisingly quite a quick find today. Came here with previous finders and luckily no assistance required. Tftc

Have looked for this one before, and today success! We felt less suspicious having tthe geodog with us, and after searching some likely hidey holes we soon had the goods! Thank you for placing this cache! : )

Dnf

This cache has been bugging me for years finally Found with Batesy1993 search this hidey hole many times before and couldn't feel it, came up with the goods today
Tftc

Been looking for this cache for ages with noonie1990, finally can tick it off as found TFTC, now i know where it is, i cant believe we didnt find it earlier

After a bit of searching spotted it and soon had it in hand signed and and returned TFTC

Day3. No15 for the day on our Geo Adventurer in the Blue Mountains. I missed the location of this by 50mm while searching the Engine. Likely, Geo Buddy, Mystic Seer had my back. With CIH and the log signed it was replaced where found for the next Geo Adventurer.
Thanks blacktownman for bringing us to this location and for the cache.

Found with Chippyddd on Day 3 mission - Blue Mountains NSW caches. Lots of rain today. Hint is very useful for a sneaky hide. No room for SWAPS or drops. Both cache and logbook are dry. SL TFTC TFTH. Replaced cache as found ready for the next cacher. Thanks and cache on.

Passing through Lithgow, I needed an easy find and this cache certainly delivered it. When I approached the cache, I saw so many hiding possibilities but I went for the most obvious and was rewarded. Cache signed and return I was back on the road in minutes.

Tftc

Used the dog for cover while looking for this one in daylight hours. Luckily it was quickly found. Signed and replaced. Thanks for placing. Tftc

Found

Bit looking & feeling spied it, was tough, but being my first find in quite a while, great to know I still got it.

Years of caching experience took me to the front of my other searchers and right to the cache
Quicker and easier than I thought, must have got lucky as I usually hate searching machinery. Tftc

#870
Out this weekend with Calypso62 doing a road trip.
#73 of road trip
Signed the log and placed back.
TFTC.

#4119
Out for the weekend with Rama497 completing more of The Road Less Travelled series. I've looked for this one a few times without success. Today, we needed a PAF to at least narrow down the search area. We soon came up with the goods. No more will this cache laugh at me as I drive past!

Found tough one

Well turned up to GZ just as it started to snow, oh no this is nit going to be good. We were so surprised the when he first section we started on, bingo. So happy TFTC

Despite some paf calls and a long search...

This one could be in heaps of spots, we will try again another time

found with Ris768, it took some searching as there are so many places it could be, As Ris768 was walking away I put my hand into somewhere that had been searched before & found a familiar shape. thanks blacktownman for placing & maintaining this cache

Log 2426
Streak Day 1291

Just as I turned away in defeat Deep_99 calls out he found it, keeping the streak going. SL #4564 on streak day #2931 TFTC

After many try’s and help from a fellow geocacher we finally found if !!

Found this one in the rain after a substantial hint from the cache owner. Good hide TFTC

Found with a substantial hint from the cache owner and it was well hidden TFTC

5th attempt today no luck ! Hint would be nice ??

Cache still in place

Late night search and came away empty handed.
Maybe next time I'll find it.

TFTH blacktownman
Logged from cgeo:

Did not find yet...

TFTC Thank you for hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity. We didn’t have a pen. Took a photo of the log.

A big day as a tourist guide, starting in Blackheath, then Lithgow, Bathurst and backroads back to Blackheath. Lots of tourist attractions, but also a little time to pick up a few caches here and there
TFTC Wilbert67

Nice easy find to make as I ease myself back into the world of caching again...just on holiday visiting... Pity about the zigzag not being open... Means return trip... Tftc

15 minute find! Very thankful for my shorter half to locate this one, I would have been here for hours! TFTC

Always hard to find caches on machines. This one nearly defeated us but at last moment and much perseverance success. TFTC

Thanks for the great cache

With the level of frustration this cache has caused others, and the number of DNFs I have already logged today, I honestly didn't have high hopes.
But lo and behold, it was in the very first nook I looked in! I shocked myself!
TFTC from the Central Coast, NSW

found

Cache replaced

Second crack at it. 1/2 hour crawling around in dirt, hand in scary places and much passing muggle traffic. Still no luck.

Even with a PAF this cache couldn’t be located. Also seems to have become the local urinal