#15 R&D on the Road to Kurri Kurri Weston, New South Wales, Australia
By kingfisher_au on 28-Dec-18. Waypoint GC80M92

TFTCPaper is a bit damp tho.

Nice easy park and grab TFTC

TFTC

The weather this morning was not looking great, cloudy and overcast after some rain overnight but we decided to head out anyway down to Kurri Kurri to check out the murals.We took the loop route caching as we went before spending time in Kurri to look around, complete a Lab and have some great local fish and chips before heading back the more direct but busier way.We came across some great 3D printed cache containers and a couple of innovative ones as well, also completing a multi.We managed to dodge the rain and had a good day out.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache kingfisher_au.**SKI Pair****

Tftc!

TFTC

Found on our second visitTFTC

Thanks Kingfisher for replacing cache. Great to get rid of DNF

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Today we moved from Morisset to Maitland. Once we dropped off the van and had some lunch it was off to try and complete the Map of Tasmania. Boy was it hard work with multiple DNF's at the start, we were even doubting our caching mojo after a while. Mr F wasn't a happy driver as the roads were very busy, glad it was the weekend, assuming it's busier on weekdays[?]Got home at sunset with only 1 left to tackle tomorrow. It's a shame cachers seem hesitant to log needs maintenance and DNF's both of which help Cache owner keep on top of pending maitenance.TFTC kingfisher_au

TFTC log in good condition, quick find

Cool container! TFTC

Up from the Central Coast for a relaxing break -with a bit of Geocache hunting on the way of course!! Thanks for replacing this one. Nice quick find.

Reperio 10:25Today was Day 2 of our return to Newcastle escapade caching trip, and Master Vitruvius and I started on some caches around the Cessnock/Maitland area. We decided to finally tackle the R&D series today, and along side navigating some of the dangerous and at times illegal places to park, we managed to get through the series pretty well, and found most of the caches in good condition. It was nice to be able to revisit this area again after moving away. This one in particular was nice to find as it rectified a previous DNF. Gratias kingfisher_auAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Second time around revenge dnf thanks for the find!

Thank you.

Replaced cache

Found the most logical spot at GZ but nothing there.

Must have blasted offSaw where it shouldve been

No luck here.There was a nice spot where a cache could be hidden but nothing was there. [(:]

Can't find think it's missing

Found it.

In the area for The Chicks co cert at Bimbagen Estate with #Searchingformacca and, of course, had to grab some caches on the drive. This one was a nice quick grab today.

Down this way for The Dixie Chicks concert with @Smithiesoutbackhear, was a good little find and pretty quick too. Cheers

Staying the weekend camping in the Watagans, we went out on the Saturday to find some caches, when we stumbled over this series. We decided to do the whole series, even though we started from the end.Another quality container, found after a short search.

Another cool design well placed

Very much in the way but we worked around it.
Thanks kingfisher au

Blast Off

Great fun, great clue. Cheers.

We are heading up the coast to avoid the coldest of the winter weather in Victoria.

Out grabbing a few of this series while we are staying in thea area.

The container was found after a short search, once at GZ.

Thanks kingfisher_au for placing this cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy finding it.

Thank goodness Lift off had been delayed

I went to NASA in Houston last year. This would've been a great find there. FP awarded. TFTC!

TFTC Found whilst caching on Mother’s Day.

Found it. Very easy

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 12458.

I was out today trying to find a few caches to help me along the way to this months challenge. It had been a while since I’d been out this way and I made my way long between storms. A nice quick find.

Thanks kingfisher_au for the cache.

It is a overcast day but the rain will hold off. I’m coming to Kurri from Newcastle because my mum travel bowler are coming to bowl at Kurri Kerri’s bowling club. I plan on meeting them for lunch. But it is only 11am heaps of time for a few quick caches and then an adventure cache and a virtual. I will be ready for lunch at about 1. This was the first for the day. I loved the 3d print caches you are very clever. Thank you for placing the trail and for maintaining it. Well done.

Again, the containers are brilliant & loved the clue. It’s a nice tree to be stymied by!

Nice hide the kids love this one

So close to so many damaged contraptions. Geobike just laughed. Rockets and bicycles are the way to go.

Driving around from New Zealand. Finding some caches as we went. Thanks to the cache owners.

#9215 (12 of 15 today - including 5 Adventure Labs)I am gradually catching up with my logging - I'm missing two months worth or so. And that's over 100 caches! At least my most recent finds are up to date - just need to fill in the gap!To be honest, while I still find searching for caches fun, I'm finding logging less so. But I have to log to get me stats and souvenirs, so...Only a few Adventure Labs and my First2Finds have been written up in a timely manner - don't want people racing out when it's already been snaffled.Nevertheless, I have kept up with my 2022 goal of 16 finds per caching day. In fact, for the most part my modus operandi has been to actually aim for 20. So far I've only failed on that a few times, and only by 1 find. Amazingly I'm on track for 19 finds per day, I just have to put my mind to my future goals... 25 per day? Owwww.Thanks to all the CO's who have made it possible to keep my goal in sight. Most of the finds have been Traditionals, but a few Puzzle series and the odd other cache type have been grabbed where possible.Sorry the logs are very generic, but I'll never catch back up otherwise.###END OF GENERIC ABJECT GROVELLING SECTION###Decided to head north to the Hunter Valley, and the area around Kurri Kurri. Went for 15 caches, including five ALs and found everything I looked for. Excellent day, and there are still plenty of caches up here to plunder in the future.###END OF CUT AND PASTE SECTION###Another fun container - well done.SLTNLNTFTC

Cute ?? Tftc

Damp log

Nice container. Pour some water out but log was fairly dry

Found with Dozenmater,,TFTC

Found with rainygirl74 - TFTC

Visiting from Coffs Harbour and finding a few caches while I’m here.

A few of this series were skipped.
Quick find had along this busy road. Couldn’t open cache. Happy to send the CO if you want a photo as proof.

TNLN TFTC

Tftc

What an excellent little container. Thanks kingfisher_au.

Fun hide. TftC.

So creative! I love that caches come in all shapes and sizes, and don’t have to be a standard plastic container.

The CO must be a Rocket Scientist!! TFTC kingfisher_au

So creative, just shows that containers don’t have to be ordinary. Thanks kingfisher_au.

Doing these slightly out of order…

First one in a while. Tftc!

Found

Nice hide, was scared of putting my hand in and pulling out a spider TFTC

Love it!!Tftc easy find

Coordinates changed from:
S 32° 48.343 E 151° 28.008

Coordinates changed to:
S 32° 48.340 E 151° 28.000

Distance from original: 44.7 feet or 13.6 meters.

Replaced and moved to a better location

No cache here today. A glove, a beer bottle in a brown paper bag, and some rubbish. No 3D object.

Oops! That's a DNF for me.

finally after 3 months and lots of 12 hour days I have my 3D printer going,
now to start printing and catch up on the Maintenance thanks for being patient with me and your supporting kind words

DNF W/ The Cupcake Ninjas

????

Looks like it's missing

We were very intrigued with this one but were disappointed with a dnf..thanks anyway

Sadly the mushroom seems to have been harvested ?

Unfortunately has been taken

not sure if cache is gone or if I'm just bad

My daughter was super happy to find it

Son was happy he found it first

TFTC

Tftc

This is a great series

TFTC nice container

Found

Pink

Kids loved this one. Was super excited when we read the hint. The knew what they were looking for ^_^ Happy Oz day!

Easy find this time, thanks

Tftc kingfisher_au, dnf here last year, turned that frown up side down

A quick park and grab this morning with Steam koala. I am loving the 3D printed caches.

#1375
Found today with nellc. After stopping near GZ I looked at the most logical place and here was the cache nicely hiding in plain sight awesome 3D printed container.
Worth a fav point
Thanks kingfisher_au

TFTC

Great container here! Putting a smilr on my face
Thank you for hiding this geocache kingfisher_au
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Easy find

Found with My Dad (DJANT) and my Brothers (dart16 & Jedi Anakin) I have my own account now and am trying to catch up to the boys Thanks for the cache.

Thanks

Found it thank u

Started with this one this afternoon. Great little cache. Tftf.

8yr olds first cach. She loved it. Tftc

Nice greenery regrowth made it a bit tricky. Fun.

Well 2020 has been a relatively slow year on the caching front due to COVID-19. If it wasn't for that it would have been a trip to the USA and Geocaching's 20th year celebrations.

However the crew got back together and The Rats, Hoojar and I teamed up for a few days caching up around the Hunter area. First it was to finish off some of the older OZGM series caches then up into the Watagans for more. Most of Saturday was spent tackling the great Dogs Head Trail then on Sunday it was down into Newcastle city for some great caches.

This was another find on our trip.

TFTC!

COVID has really put a dampener on this year’s caching ability, but it hasn't stopped my enthusiasm to get out and find a cache whenever possible. So, it was with excitement that I was keen to catch up with Steeba and Hoojar for our first caching weekend of the year.

We targeted a number of powertrails in the Central Coast and Hunter region over our 3-day caching frenzy. The weekend threw up a bit of everything, including a plethora of finds, mountain bush bashing, coastal caching, weather that varied from beautiful to bizarre, sleeping under the stars, some close calls with the flora and fauna, lovely local hospitality and most of all, a great time away with my mates”.

Thanks to all the C.O’s for placing and maintaining their caches for us to find. Apologises for the generic log but with so many finds I couldn’t personalise every one of them.

Saturday dawned early with spectacular views from MacLeans lookout and a few nearby caches, one of these include my 19000th find. From here we headed south deep into the Watagans where we completed the LMHS trail. Our day concluded with a few caches around Kurri. Thanks

With restrictions starting to ease in our Covid World, it was decided that 2020 caching really need to kick up a gear, and so a plan was set in motion for The Rats, Steeba and myself to head to the Newcastle and Hunter region. There were a few trails, power trails, and Lab Caches that would be hitting our radars, along with a milestone for The Rats. We headed off on Thursday evening and turned for jome on Sunday afternoon. A wonderful long weekend was had, and our cache finds topped 450 for the trip. All in all it was a great success.

The caches were excellent. Some indeed were amazing, and favourite points have been awarded. The company, as always, was faultless. The weather was varied. We had sun, rain, wind, colder, warm, more wind... A bit of everything! We managed to find a few nice spots to camp, and enjoyed the company of Big Matt and Marcus Vitruvius for dinner at a local establishment on Saturday evening.

Please forgive the boiler-plate log, I assure you it is no reflection on the caching experience of our few days away. Thank you to all cache owners for their hides.

Cheers

Find # 6291
Nice quick find.
We are loving our journey around the Hunter Valley. Weather-wise, today is a repeat of yesterday with a stiff cold wind.
TFTC kingfisher_au
22 August 2020 3:06 pm

Cute find TFTC

This is cool

Tftc, beautiful cache.

Tftc your work

Found with Bek76 MDT79 and Gum62 TFTC

found it with Bek76 and MDT79