Barcoo River Blackall, Queensland, Australia
By 1muggle on 19-Nov-18. Waypoint GC80GCD

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No longer live in the area, so archiving this cache.

Not many vans really nearby, we stayed right here about 10 years ago. A nice find thanks.

Quick find with no muggles Tftc

Found it.
Thanks

A great trip over to Queensland.
Was able to put a few smileys on the map.
This was one of them.
Now catching up with logging them with five minutes on the computer.
TFTC

Found at 1:59:00 PM(t) GAFF1.
Fascinating stuff about Barcoo - but what is missing is how the name "Barcoo" came about? That would have been very interesting.
We are camped just 42 metres from GZ and when we went over to find the cache we had a bit of trouble as there were muggle campers setting up on each side - however they were pre-occupied with their work and ignored us in our retrieval and replacement exercise
Thanks 1muggle.

Travelling homeward bound to Busselton from the Townsville Mega, how lost can we get?
It’s been 2 months since the CacheQld mega and we are still in Queensland, that’s still a long way to go to get home to WA
But the fun bit is, finding all these geocaches along the way.
No matter where we park our caravan for the night, it’s always an exciting day to see this great country through the eyes of the local geocachers.
Thanks to all the COs for showing us your favourite spots along the way.
TFTC

Another good cache found with woolwood9.
*Enjoyed the drive / walk around.*
SL **tm/ww NZ**

Thanks for the fun find!

Replaced log and bag but needs a new container.

Enjoying a trip around Queensland with tmann421after a two year wait for the Australian New Zealand boarders to open.
Found numerous caches and saw plenty of interesting places.
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

TFTC. The log is a bit wet.

Log damp but just luggage. Area recovering from recent floods. Cycling southwards. Tftc

Quick stop here before calling it a day and heading to the bottle shop. Swearah took a quick step up and boom, cache! TFTC!

Krcamber and I had a big day of caching and decided to grab this one on the way back to the accommodation (via the pub obviously…)

A quick spot at GZ and soon we had the cache in hand. I love these kind of tree climbs - they’re the ones I can do!

Thanks for the cache, 1muggle

TFTC, dont put your hand in any holes, huge huntsman nested inside one of them

Cache in good condition TFTC

Out early this morning to beat the crowd. Ha ! A whole family found the cache just before us.. TFTC

We camped overnight but there were muggles in their van right at GZ. They left next morning so geohubby wandered over to find it while I finished up in the motorhome. Nice easy find. TFTC

Nice easy find. TFTC

Found while traveling on my 'Quest to the Cape' trip from Adelaide to the northern tip of Australia on Cape York Peninsula. The plan was to tour along the Strzelecki Track to Innamincka, out to Noccundra and through Quilpie, Blackall, Barcaldine, Hughendon and Ravenshoe to Cairns, then out to Weipa and up to the top. Based myself at the Barcoo River Camping Area at Blackall for two nights, heading out each day to do a circuit of caches in the area. A remarkably easy early morning find here as I discovered that this cache was just 15 metres away from where I'd set up my tent!!! Thanks for the cache 1muggle!

Camped here for the night for travelling on towards Cunnamulla

Thanks co. Easy find

Went back this morning, muggle still encamped at GZ but thankfully had taken his clothesline down so I had no qualms about wandering up to locate GZ. As he was out and about I introduced him to the game. Even let him find cache and as a result I believe we have another player who will introduce his grandchildren. Nice easy find. TFTC

Someone camped at GZ and by the look of it have their clothesline right at GZ. Can’t get this one today. Here for the QLD Golf Masters. Might see if they’ve moved on tmrw.

Busy place this time of year, parked enough to hide GZ.

Well, this journey started about 12 months or more ago, skip 2020 and we find ourselves planning a long-overdue road trip. This means one thing ... a cache run would be involved. One or two different routes where planned caches were studied, some more than others (manly puzzle styles), and a plan was hatched.

It includes the most number of puzzles we have ever solved personally, Wherigo's, and even a few 'FTF' (FTF) FTF caches. The distance that was driven is approx. 3500 km. Over some 10 days. 14km of muddy, red, and black soil 4wd only slip-sliding heart-pumping road - which we got through without incident only to get bogged a while later on the side of a tar road doing a U-turn.

The total number of caches found is yet to be determined, could also depend upon my logging them, as those who know me also know my lack of logging or length of time to do so could mean the correct total will never be shown. Still, it’s not about the numbers.

Logs have been signed with any one of the following, JABs, FWBs, TasReach, MEMO, or TR. Often depended upon who was signing the logbook, time of the day, length of the days caching run, sleep-deprived state, condition of the logbook. Penned often in the first available spot (except in the case of new cache), in between other cache's names. Hopefully to help extend the life of a logbook. The date was not often recorded, again to save room and maybe a little time.

Distance travel is undetermined, basically, fly from Hobart to Brisbane, drive northerly to Gympie, out through Gayndah, Monto to the Westwood, and then turn west straight out to Longreach, with a part-day layover to collect all those 92 solved puzzles. Home is hopefully via Jericho, south through Mexico and into Blackall then down and cross to Roma, Toowoomba Brissie and fly home.

Meeting up with great family friends of ours to share part of this journey MEMO, the cache name TasReach or TR for short was born, been both Tasmania and Longreach. So wished each cache could have its own story, but in that case, I would never finish logging. So I thought a long story was better than a TFTC. But hey thanks for the cache anyway.

JABs.

Watched a idiot trying to get out in the mud some mother’s do have them. No need he may have stayed here another night. All good with the cache. Thanks for this one

Fortunately the muggles who were camped right next to GZ when we walked over from where we were camped nearby were not home so we were able to search unhindered. Still felt conspicuous, but we were able to make a quick find and be on our way.

It was only a short drive from Tambo to Blackall today, but we did find a few caches in Tambo that we had not done yesterday before we left. A puzzle we had solved last night, the final for a wherigo we did yesterday, and another 15 stage Wherigo. Then it was a few more caches en route.
Set up in Blackall for a while now.
Thank you to the local COs for developing and maintaining the caches. You are much appreciated.

TFTC. A nice quick find after coming into camp on a nice warm day. I’m visiting from the Hunter Valley near Newcastle.

Day Five of our caching adventure in Blackall. Today we attempted some caches in and south of town.

Thanks for placing this cache here. Over the years, Geocaching has taken us on many adventures and to lots of wonderful destinations all over Australia. Without 'caching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our nomadic wanderings. 'Caching has also introduced us to a diverse group of like-minded people, many of whom we now call friends.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 3m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

Quick and easy, thankfully the muggles were camped further over near river. Was dry enough to sign.

NAGL

What a great spot! TFTC from Tasmania

Thanks found

Learning first ever find, log book wet didn’t have a pen to sign

Tftf didnt sign it as it was too wet

07/01/21 After doing caching around Blackall yesterday decided to tackle the remaining caches on the powertrail. Completed all active caches to #166 to end (426). Some caches have been listed by me as require archive as they are widening the road and these caches were in the section of trees that have been removed. Roadtrip Mackay to Emerald to Barcaldine to Aramac to Blackall to Jericho over the these 3 weeks. Lots of puzzle solving before and during trip. Thanks to all for creating this trail of caches for our enjoyment. SL logs where required. All caches discovered were in okay condition unless I mention below and even with all the rain the dirt road was accessible. Continued after dinner with some nighttime caching around Blackwater.

Blackall Trip Day 1. Spending a few days in the area caching and sightseeing. Quickly found, logged signed and replaced. Thanks.

Quick find TFTC

Found

My first find. Thank you

Found with Dozenmater TFTC

TFTC - found with rainygirl74

I am heading up to Barcaldine region for a week of family time and of course geocaching. Sorry for the generic post. Especially because I am going to find a lot. TFTC

Great cache. Thanks for arranging and interesting placement. Fav point. Our thanks to 1muggle for placing this cache and enhancing our enjoyment of the area.

Day eight of my outback Queensland trip and hopefully I will get Blackall completed and be in Barcaldine by the night. Wow there is so much to do in and around this town and some really fun caches. Again I will have no problems in continuing my challenges of a trad a day and a cache a day.

Meet up with Willis007 for an early start, as there is a good deal to get completed today. Plus it was nice to have company on the drive around today. The plan was to do the loose caches , the Evora road trail, wool scour trail, Ravensbourne road trail and anything else as we pass. with most of the hard work already done it was a matter of signing logs today.

All good with this cache and with the log signed and cache returned as found, it was onto the next one. Thank you for placing it here, I really enjoyed the drive around this area today.

Day 5 of my Outback road trip. Met up with CHAMAD to collect some local caches before heading out to tackle the Evora Road Bison Trek.

Quick find at gz, log signed, cached replaced as found. All is well with this cache.

Thanks for the cache 1muggle.

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Found on my solo camping trip north from Adelaide.

After spending the night camped at Blackall, I made my way to Tambo today, essentially via the Heartland Wherigo series, picking up selected caches along the way.

I camped quite close to this cache last night and grabbed it this morning before I left.

Thanks 1muggle for the cache.

Nice onegotta watch for the grey nomads

Brahms6 found this one. Lots of campers around so had to spend time gazing about.TFTC

Stepped up to retrieve the cache, which is safe from flooding here. I experienced the **rains** firsthand last week and the place quickly morphs into a mudbath

TFTC KL62

Good climb, plenty of caravanners around but no-one bothered us. TFTC

Tftc 1'muggle , been waiting for a camper to move on so we could get this.
Mission now achieved.

Very good hide tftc

Good one

Good hide. Thanks

Outback roadtrip Day 3 - Blackall and surrounds. Left the van park before dawn to hit the road early and do a big loop away from town. Caches were mostly in excellent condition.

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Thanks for giving us a reason to visit, **1muggle**. Our log is trackable, mention this cache.

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TFTC

quick find today tftc

Paper to sign is getting scrappy. Good hid

Nice place. TFTC

Another hot day was in store so we tried to get going early with ilook4geo to get some caching done in the morning. We had a reasonable day but the heat did slow the hunt down, as we did not want to suffer heat exhaustion. Took lots of water to drink.
We enjoyed the caches we found, signed the logs, replaced all as they were found and hurried back to the car for protection from the heat. Thanks go to 1muggle for placing this cache.

Spent the day caching in the Blackall area with goingplaces2, but it was very hot, so some we just passed by. Thanks for this cache.

Been here a couple of times with au.fait but a couple camping within 6 metres of GZ stopped us even looking. While out and about , heard on the grapevine that the couple had signed up this morning. Straight back to make an easy find.

Thanks 1muggle for placing this cache.

Thanks for the cache

We are now on our way to The Springs but just had to check if the part of the car arrived (which it didn't). A quick stop here to grab this cache. Hopefully will be around for a while unless the rains do come. Very dry here today.

Thanks for bringing us here.
TFTC 1muggle

Thanks. It just stay out of the flood, if it every rains out here.

In town for QOGM 2019.We have had a wonderful weekend with friends old and new. Our thanks to the organisers and CO's for all they have done to make the weekend so great.

I've had some technology issues over the weekend so instead of logging in order, I am logging today what I know we have found just to clear the backlog.

All caches were in good order, our TB's visited each cache. TFTC

Nice easy find on my walk around town this morning. Signed Grubby G. TFTC

What an awesome morning for an adventure, out and about caching with BenM70 and Phoenix Ferals. TFTC 1muggle

Found whilst exploring the area attending the QOGM 2019 event

Cache and contents were in good condition.

We would like to thank all the cache owners for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment

Found it but bit high for us short people .

Took a bit to find but found it

If Cachely would play nice this would have been easy. Signed and relegated as annoying for no fault of it’s own

Thank you that was fun

Found it with my aunty

Queensland Outback Geomuster 2019 trip to Blackall. Day 3. As the heat picked up during the day I traveled from Wyandra to Blackall via Charlieville, Augathella and Tambo. I arrived in Blackall in time to do a few caches and join in my first evening happy hour surrounded by great caching friends. I arrived a bit earlier than expected, so I spent a bit of time around town collecting caches as I went and met up with a few other cachers along the way.

Thanks.

27299.8 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Rangefinder A#67

**Albida**

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Found with Rambolina

[green] - Found It on [4/10/19 ] ...
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TFTC! - [blue][1muggle][/blue] ...
Total Finds now ... [FINDCOUNT]
Found on our trip to the QOGM in Central QLD, its been an expensive trip, a few repairs, more motels than expected, but a very much enjoyed caching holiday.
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We have arrived at the BLackall Tambo area for the QOGM 2019.

Tftc to all COs and organisers.

Gotcha!!! TFTC

Found on QOGM19

Found while attending QOGM

TFTC

Found. Left something. TFTC

Great cache

Found this one during our second attack on caches today...It helps if you're searching in the right area TFTC.

As always, we are early birds. No one yet here for the meeting at 7 o'clock.... So we took off for a first cache!

Tftc

While we are in Blackall for the QOGM Event we found this
cache. Nice hide.
Found, signed and replaced for the next finder.

Thanks 1muggle

Little Squirell

Found by Miss CNQ, with a little climb, cache 93 for the day and we are done, tftc

TFTC smile 5104 ?? out and about with miss Millie geo dog and echocage1 at the Blackall muster what a great time chaseing geocaches on dusty roads great friends,great caches, beautiful days and so much to see.thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment

TFTC,

Sorry for the Generic log, I had 57 finds today.

Today was a big day caching with Coongoola ( who we met along the way ) and Nana nel south of Blackall.

The puzzles I completed were a team effort by myself, Nana nel and Everlasting who came on board due to problems I was having and at the request of Nana nel. She showed me so much.

First day of QOGM and caching here , there and everywhere around the Blackall area. Thanks so much to the COs for placing these caches and showing us around this area.

Day 2 in Blackall for QOGM and Team JKRS heading out to find more caches in the area. Suppose I'll be as busy as yesterday but it's great finding all of them. Signed logs as JKRS.

Out here , staying at Blackall for the QOGM 2019 Event. So many caches and so many to find. Thank you to all CO's for the placement of these caches and bringing us to places we would probably just drive past. Found the cache, signed the log and returned it to where it was found.
TFTC

Time to tidy up a few odd caches that we haven't had time to do. This one was quickly located and the log signed JKRS. TFTC

A day out caching with Wazza9, quick find, signed log and replaced. Thanks to CO for placing this cache. ???? bring on the rain ????????

Bustin Blackall cache 14 nice quiet little spot. TFTC

In town for the QOGM2019 event.Rolling around town picking up caches and seeing the sights.TFTC??

Sorry for the generic log. In town for the QOGM, so nice to catch up with old friends and make new ones. Enjoyed all the caches we found
Thanks for the cache 1muggle
cheers
greynomads - Bill and Diana