Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds #24 Lucas Heights, New South Wales, Australia
By LMcasanova on 17-Jul-18. Waypoint GC7TQC5

Found the cache on our last caching day for these holidays. Also for our goal for 300 finds. Found full of green ants and they were not happy! TFTC, signed and replaced.

BlacknWhite suggested we do this power trail. We were going to try on push bikes, but my daughter and her partner laughed and said to take the E bike to lessen the chance of a heart attack. Heathcote Rd is far to dangerous for bike riders so I had to put up with the leg cramps from just walking to caches after driving along the trail. 18th findHad a great day.TFTC LMcasanova

OCW [Platyfly,](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=80a2adae-e405-45f3-8f78-92cf1a588444) and our eighteenth find for the dayMany thanks for hiding the cache and the adventure LMcasanova

Reperio 09:46I was headed to Sydney this evening for a 2 day course, and so it gave me a great opportunity to find a few caches along the way. I took in the little detour to do this series, and for the most part of it, all the caches were found, although most had wither wet logs, or needed maintenance in some way. With the series being situated along a busy road with not a lot of room to park in most places, the process was a lot slower than expected. All in all though, a good day was had.Gratias LMcasanovaAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Found it...log was in poor condition so replaced the plastic bag. TFTC__.-'--`-._'-O---O--'

Team Groodle found it. Next.

Quick find and on the next one

Awesome

Quick find. TFTC!

kecaps & spreeuv from Czech republice. Děkujeme za kešku, TFTC!

Vse o cele serii u kesky GC6XTEF. spreeuv & kecaps from Czech republic, Europe. Děkuji za kešku, TFTC! 12:50 hod.

Find # 8620
This search took a fair bit of a search here as the cache was buried ander months worth of bark and leaf litter. We had to dig around with a stick to locate the cache. When we opened the cache an unhappy centerpede vacated the cache in a hurry.

TFTC LMcasanova
24 March 2023 18:26

A quick find, thanks.

Stumbled over this one.
I am wondering how Shire people are proud of an area so covered in people garbage?

A few moments at sun set to grab more of these caches. TFTC

Up from the Can visiting family. The geobro, goldfinger777, had a 'leave pass' for a few hours so off we went for a holiday geomission!

Found after a few moments of chicken scratching in the leaf litter to uncover the hide.

Thanks for the hide, LMcasanova

Great hide TFTC

Here

No luck with this one either :/

Dan decided to cycle Heathcote Road to do these caches. He thought that it would be a bit easier than trying to park on this narrow and very busy road. Thanks for the hint to make this a bit quicker. TFTC LMcasanova

Found while passing through the area. It took longer than expected. TFTH

Find nr 5 today. TFTC

Easiest so far. Thanx

Out for a day with Irol22. This one took us some time, but we’re glad to have it in the bag. TFTC

This one took forever as the gps was 8m out from GZ. We were just about to leave when I pointed something else out to Roomar_S and just happened to find it.

Out with kate_h and Breeze Through to complete the second half of this hounds trail on a lovely spring afternoon.

Found with breeze through and walk there

TFTC

Out for a GC exploration with Kate_h and walk there to complete this trail. Successfully found!

Hi all. Ive seen a few logs stating that the log is wet. I have checked on cache once before and noticed that the inner container that held the log dry was stolen. I will however try and make time to replace cache with a new one. Thanks to everyone for the update on cache condition. LMcasanova.

Found on a perfect Winter day for a drive down to the Gong and surrounds.
Met up with fitzy65 and minniek for a fun day out and a big caching adventure.
A few good safe hides and not many muggles around.
Cache condition is poor, log was soggy so it has been replaced.
Needs CO attention.
Thanks for the cache LMcasanova,
***Roostaman***

Headed out for a days caching with fitzy_1965 and Roostaman.

Quick find here today once we got through all the underbrush....parking was a bit precarious though.

The log was moosh so we have added a new bit of paper.

20,890. Found during a caching loop from Moss Vale, Wollongong and up to the Sutherland Shire with minniek and our caching Mate from Wagga - Roostaman !!

I mentioned to Roostaman - who was in Moss Vale for a few days caching - that we were heading down Wollongong way for a few specific caches, and we decided to team up again for what turned out to be a pretty epic day. Heading up the highway now and we started the SSFTFH Power Trail. The traffic was picking up now and parking was 'fun' ! Bush-bashed to GZ for the find. Added some new log paper.

TFTC LMcasanova !!

Found today on a trip to Sydney to try out my new car.

TFTC LMcasanova

Cache in good condition TFTC

Apologies for the late log a tad busy with the fires, made this find on a quick trip out before starting work. Quick find but didn’t have a zippy bag with me to put the log into. TNLNSL TFTC

Checked in on this one today, all is good. Due to not having my geocaching bag with me I could not replace the log nor put it in a ziplock bag. If anyone that finds this one next can place the log in a ziplock bag for me that would be muchly appreciated lots. Injoy searching. should not be too hard to find now.

Grabbed while overnight in Campbelltown after a Xmas party. After a few DNFs in and around Campbelltown, I decided to try my luck on this trail. It was getting quite warm and I knew I would not have time to complete it. I enjoyed the variety of caches and the bushland, but sadly this road is one long tip.
No luck here.
Thanks anyway LMcasanova

Well after a day at a conference today was my free day to grab a few caches around the Sydney area. My first target was the Sunderland ftf trail and after that the plan was to go through the suburbs grabbing a few caches on the way back to the hotel. Ended up with 73 for the day plus a few dnfs, which is hard work on your own.

Tftc and making my day so enjoyable.

The caches on the Sunderland ftf trail were brilliant. So much work into making some of them.

gf n her dad spotted it immediately... i took a little longer

Found with gm10 and her bf

Me n dad spotted it immediately... bf took a little longer

Nice hint thanks

Rock on!

DOing it with Wheatz

Out this afternoon with SmudgeyCat finding the rest of the caches in the Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds Power Trail that I hadn't already previously found. Was searching for these as part of the clue hunt to solve the Mystery at the Museum puzzle.
Most of the caches were easy to find, though the 'hanging' ones were generally a lot more difficult. Due to the recent bushfires, there is some dead-wood undergrowth and black soot still on the stems and trunks. So a word of warning - don't wear good clothes, as they will get covered in black soot, and possibly scratched. Also drive, park, and walk with care along the road, as in some places there are big trucks rambling past just a few feet away. You'll probably need a good five hours to do the entire series, and four eyes are definitely better than two for some of the finds.
For this cache - read the hint, and then it was a quick find, even without the hard place. Found with SmudgeyCat M. TFTC

I found this Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds Power Trail trad cache with GeodudeAU. MM

On the way back from Sutherland today. Picking us a few caches which have gone down since I was down this way last. 21st for the day. TFTC

Decided to tick off a few more caches off this powertrail today. Good cammo. TFTC!

Tftc

OCW the Bebes to clear this trail if possible today. Tftc

OCW PelDroedGwin

Until today we’d only done half of this trail.....doing the rest in reverse order.

A nice quick grab

Tftc

Great another on my side of the road - long may that continue. Interesting to see all the regeneration along the side of this highway after the devastating fires. TFTC LMcasanova # 14,195

Travelling back to Brisbane after attending the OZGM and decided to grab a few of the SSFTFHPT. Very enjoyable series!

Found on the way to mega. Tftc

I decided to take myself on a little drive along this road studded with caches - I could not belive how busy it was, I had to be very careful pulling off the road and back into traffic. Great set of hides, TFTC!!

Found at 10:41:50 AM: GAFF1 in the company of Alansee.
Great co-ords which took me straight to the cache [^]
Thanks LMcasanova

Did these in the company of pprass. The day started off iffy and steadily went downhill weather wise. We managed 16 of the series before giving it away. The cars and trucks didn'nt help either.

This was the last day of our current geocaching holiday in Australia, and so we couldn't resist the opportunity to make the most of the last few hours we had before heading off to the airport to fly back home to search for the first 26 caches in this series. It was a crazy road to cache on with the traffic being so busy and fast, and so with the close spacing of the caches it really felt like playing dodgems as well as geocaching! This one was a nice quick find once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

Hit up this powertrail today.
Good hides, and good fun.

#6117 (1 of 4 today)

I need a find today for my Calendar Finds goal. Just the one, of course. But in the spirit of overdoing it, I decided to try for a few more than that.
My problem was today was shopping day, so I couldn’t get anywhere much before 4pm. So where to go?

Decided on the SSFTFH Powertrail, despite the long drive to get there. That way I can stop when it starts getting dark. Now the only problem is where to park!
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Found a spot to park - on the opposite side of the road. Waited for a big break in the traffic and sauntered over towards GZ.

Despite an iPhone that couldn’t decide on a spot at any of today’s caches, it was a relatively quick find.
Completed signing duties and replaced, then onwards to the next cache - along the side of the road...

SLTNLN
TFTC

Always fun caching with friends.
Catching up on logging.
OCWF&F TFTC

Tackled the 'Sutherland Shire FTF Hounds' powertrail today.

Pros:
Variety (users and containers)
Coordinates (pretty accurate)
Great to see the regeneration here after the fires!

Cons:
Dangerous road (100km/h, high traffic area, limited shoulder space)
Pollution (rubbish and car parts)

We were stopped by the Australian Federal Police, but after explaining what Geocaching is, they let us go on to continue the rest of the trail.

Thanks!

Trip away with woolwood9 and slowly heading to the Clear Waters MEGA.
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ.
Another nice find for us today, thanks for putting this cache out.

*Really felt unsafe in places on this trail - the traffic was crazy!!*

Found while on a trip away with tmann421, heading to the MEGA in Canberra
Signed as TT/WW NZ
Thanks for the placement

Browsed this power-trail and impressively, it has tripled in size since my last visit about a year ago! So brought my cross-bike down to whittle a few more away.
Due to muggle activities (#15) and placements on different sides of Heathcote road, I eventually visited in the order: 13, 14, 16, 22 to 31, then 21 back down to 17 and 15.
Thanks to all the CO's who have contributed to this collaborative power-trail.
Clearly, the geocaching community is alive and active in the Sutherland Shire.
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Must have been one serious willy-willy. Didn't expect this to end up here.
TFTC LMcasanova

The hint isn't too helpful
TFTC

Out caching with the grandsons. Easy find.

Easy find with my grandparents

Finally a quick park and grab
Thanks for the cache

Found with ziggiau, TFTC!

Nice quick find this time. Still getting dirty from the burnt trees.

With a little time to kill this morning, I decided to tackle the caches in this series that have appeared since my last visit.

Cheers

Found with WaywardWoman. A quick find! Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

#4786-Out caching with thomo31, we saw a girl wandering across the road. Then heard bikes. No cache there, but doing another activity. Quick find by thomo31. Thanks

With 30 in the FTF series, it was time to give this trail a crack. I had Team MavEtJu with me to lend another pair of eyes and hands and we made it from 30 to 1 in 3hr 15min. There were a few uncomfortably-close-to-speeding-traffic moments which does detract from the journey but it’s not really a park and grab scenario either.

Thanks LMcasanova for being a FTF hound and participating in the series.

#2393 on my way home after work stopped here and found and signed both #23 & #24 this was the second followed the GPSr to GZ and spotted the hide as I approached. Soon had the cache in had but the Aries peg fell out, I found it on the ground and replaced then grabbed the log

With log in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache LMcasanova

The following TBs visited for the distance - phlphotos 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW geocoin, phlphotos travelling 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 & 2018 NSW Geocoin, phlphotos Mary Hyde's compass, phlphotos Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, phlphotos, phlphotos Area 51 Tag, phlphotos backpacker canister cover, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, phlphotos Cache In Trash Out Tag, phlphotos CITO Micro Geocoin, phlphotos Col Miner geocoin, phlphotos Four Elements Geocoin, phlphotos Optical Illusion Geocoin, phlphotos Trackable Building Brick, phlphotos Travel Bug Dog Tag, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, phlphotos Oz GeoMuster 2018 geocoin, & dirty Black Juke

Out finding some local caches, disappointing the amount of rubbish on the road side, quick find, signed log and replaced. Thanks to LMcasanova.

TFTC,
Aiming towards achieving an average 4 cache finds per day for the year.
Out today to build my numbers and clear a few new caches from the area around mt base.
Visited trackables sharing the experience with me.

Another easy find in the burnt out bushland. TFTC LMcasanova

Not sure about the hard place as it was just laying on the ground, the first bit was right though.

TFTC

Ironbark.

Found -- 1:33 pm -- Thanks for the hunt and Thanks for bringing us here to this location *LMcasanova*.

**Cache Condition:** Good.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.
**Trackables:** None seen in this cache today.

**The Cache**
Didn't take too long to find. SL and returned cache to its hide'y hole. I managed to miss a few caches so had to return to get them which messed up my sequence. I noticed how pongy it is along this road today, I thought there must be a tip nearby.

**The Day**
Woke up this morning bright and early and wondered what to do today - ah yes, I'll go geocaching, and why not visit *Seemyshells* hotel and drop off some trackables and run the **Sutherland Shire FTF Hound(s) Track**, so I bounced out of bed and looked at the sky, very foggy and overcast looking, but I heard the sun was going to shine, and shine it did.
Gorgeous day and quite warm while on the trail. Had four left to find, and desperately wanted to knock them off, but I know there will be more caches coming out and after missing this find I figured the remainder didn't matter - next time will do. Had to cut the day short anyway and urgently get home. OCW *DustyJapserJet*. Had a fantastic day !!! but when don't I when I'm out caching.

27 = 22 1 4 [8)] not attempted.

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***Respect peoples caches - money, time and effort that has gone into them.***

Found while OCW *Throsbyonchurch* and *Little Kitten*. Thanks for the cache hide.

OCW *Throsbyonchurch* and *DustyJasperJet*. Signed log and returned container. Thanks for the fun hide.

Streak Day #1885 - Out this way with dave8153 to complete more of this series. Was a quick find. TFTC

Cache find No. 2685
Streak Day: 996

Headed down here today with Snoopy1976 to complete the our unfound caches in this series. TFTC.

Luckily for me I approached this one from the right direction, inadvertently, to see it on approach. Unfortunately I also saw all the rubbish (whyyyyy people?) but was interested in the remnants of the steel radial tyres I must admit!

TFTC
On my way to dropping off my car for servicing, had to grab this one one the way.
Cheers
Seemyshell

It practically jumped out at me.

Thanks for the terrific power trail.

Good spot to put one of those cache types. Walked straight past it at first. TFTC

Last for the series today, this cache rocks.

After successfully completing some Woronora River caches in the canoe we came this way to pick up the as yet unfound caches in this series. We worked so that the caches were always on the left hand side of the road, so partway through the list we did a U turn to find the rest.
There was no difficulty in finding the containers, especially as fire had cleared the vegetation around most of them.
It was good to see the regeneration of the trees and other greenery starting to happen.
Thanks go to LMcasanova for this cache placement.

Picked a few of these on the way home today. My cache Achilles heel is the ones that are "hanging." Didn't find any of those. TFTC

On the way to Ulladulla for the weekend provided an opportunity to grab the last four of the FTF Hounds trail. All caches were quickly found, however, I wish I hadn't worn light coloured jeans. TFTC.

Having been away for 5 weeks it was time to catch up on this power trail.

Nice to see the trees growing back (only if it is just to hide the amount of rubbish dumped here).

TFTCs people.

On my way for a walk in the RNP, i couldn't resist detouring to find the next bunch of this series.

Thanks for the cache.

Second one this morning. I spotted something on arrival but dismissed it - in the end that was the cache- it was upside down! TFTC!

The area looks black and terrible but slowly the rubbish is returning!!!!

This had me going in circles as I took the hint too literally!?!

TFTC.

My final FTF Hound for the arvo, and it took me awhile too. With so much blackened earth, my hands and the geodogs paws were black too. Finally the hint made sense when I spotted the obvious. TFTC

In our final week of school holidays we headed out fora days caching with the Rats.
Dad said we'll take the bikes and do a bit of bike riding... well it turned out to be a great day as we rode around the streets on a beautiful sunny day. The "many" series was alot of fun.

We finished our day with a few finds in the FTF hound series.
Thanks to all the cache owners for the fun day.