#151 Norwegian Lundehund on the Dogs Head Trail Elderslie, New South Wales, Australia
By kingfisher_au on 22-Feb-19. Waypoint GC82GZ7

Quick park and grab under an UPL. Ta

Day 2 out on the Dog's Head Trail, but only a light day today as we work some of the trail heading east from Braxton before moving on to Maitland.We woke to a foggy day which took a while to burn off so we didn't get started until around 10:30 giving some time for the country to dry out a bit.Again the series was very well organized and maintained. Reasonable places to pull over in most instances and regularly advice as to where to pull up when there wasn't, Caches were of good and varying size with regular hints, good coordinates and obvious regular maintenance. Congratulations and well done!A shorter and enjoyable day through some rolling hills in farmland country.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache kingfisher_au.**SKI Pair****

TYFTC!

repaired or replaced cache at this location as it was either mulsh or missing, either way its now back in play

container broken

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Well we set off for a drive in the countryside today with a plan to try and complete the Dogs Head Trail.Bit foggy to start the morning but lovely and sunny from mid morning onwards.Verge was still boggy in patches but no dramas today.TFTC kingfisher_au

Quick find but container breaking up with holes in lid . Placed signed log in a plastic bag to help protect it. Placed rock on cache. TFTC

Container brokenLeannem59 put in plastic bag TFTC

Found it

Found it but log book not in great condition. Tftc

Found it, needs attending

Found - liked the clue!

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 parking wasn't great at many of these hides, so stopped where I could or just kept driving. Didn't want to be the accident, waiting to happen.

The container was found out on the ground a short way from GZ. Replaced as per hint.

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

It’s my down the neck of the dog tour today, with some maintenance where I can. Good to be on the correct side of the road, but the recent rains meant that I had to keep two tyres on the tar.

QPG

TFTC

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Tftc!

Last day on the dogs head trail
Thanks for the cache

Had a lot of interested cows watching me sign this log.

TFTC

TFTC smile 13617 out and about with miss millie geo dog and muggle twin sister great caches, great day ,good weather, On my way home to QLD spending a few days finding caches in local area now walking the dogs head ‍

Tftc found with earthly65 and Indigo blue

Completed our first swap with this find

TFTC

Day 2 on the Dog's Head Trail with EverestHigh, It's_Dozzie and GeoMonkeyGirl.

I might have mentioned once or twice that I love dogs of all kinds.

I also love the effort that the CO has put into this trial, so much fun

TFTC

#10182 11:13
A two day road trip to conquer the Dog Head Trail together with The Bebes, Everest High and Eagle Eyed Monkey Girl.
Full log will be placed with cache #197 (Standard Schnauzer).



This was cache find 174 of our road trip. TFTC!

Another lovely tree Found with Earthly65 and Robbieracer66

These 4 clip, clip lock containers, sure keep log nice and dry...thanks kingfisher

A quick find in the logical spot, thanks for the cache tnln replaced as found sl

TFTC

Now that i got internet i can start logging again. Found it even without internet

Nasty little cactus thing nearby. Watch out.

Thanks for going to the effort of a phenomenal geoart/puzzle trail in beautiful areas of the country. TFTC

Found with Shaneo58 help doing some caches around Branxton before heading to the last part of the Dog Head Trail. Making a quick find for most of these, I contacted the CO with some issues and he has already attended to these before I could log them.
Log signed and cache replaced as found.

**Thanks For The Cache** kingfisher_au.

This is the 9th cache of 73 for today making a grand total of 2862 at 9:19:00 AM on Mon 28Dec2020

Attempting the dogs head while camped nearby. Sorry for the cut and paste posts. Took TB.

Thanks to kingfisher_au we found your geocache at 8:48 a.m. on the 24 November 2020. This is #6005 for us.

I left a tb in this cache.

Wow what an amazing trail of caches. You are so good to maintain them all.
My story ~ I picked up my muggle friend from Greta she had never cached before. So this was going to be a baptism by fire. I did not want to push it to much so we only did a portion of the trail but I think she be back again. At one cache someone pulled up to check what we were doing maybe it was you.
Totally love this and will be back to finish it one day. We saw some amazing views. After dropping off the muggle I picked some more around Branxton. What a great day.
Thank you so so much for your effort. I’m not able to put that make effort into my logs.
FYI there was a few caches so wet I could not sign and other wet but I was able to sign. I will comment on this as I log them. All other caches in good condition.

37 TFTC

Attempting to complete this awesome trail over a few days for my 60th Birthday Week. Today I had the help of my geodaughter, we successfully completed the task. Such an awesome trail, can’t believe how much work has been put into having this available for us to do! I feel bad placing a cut and paste log, but after a fullish day of birthday caching, I can’t see me logging all of them in one night! Thanks Kingfisher!

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.

After a chilly night and another early start we tackled our biggest day, the “Dog’s Head” trail north of Maitland saw us meandering through the picturesque countryside. It was here we found some cleverly crafted containers which added to a great day. By time nightfall we’d met up with Big Matt & MV for a lovely meal at the Paterson Hotel.
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

Generic log time... Came down from Port Macquarie this morning to attempt to complete the dog's head trail. Beautiful weather for a drive around the countryside, although some areas were a little soggy from recent rain. Spring has definitely sprung with lots of flowers and baby animals in the paddocks. You've made a great trail Kingfisher, with a good variety of cache containers and placement. Thanks

Find #
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
20 August 2020 2:59 pm

Quick park and grab

Cache in good condition TFTC

TFTC Continuing on with this series today on a nice country drive.

I joined a trip to Maitland with Aquilus1, dty73, Tankengine, Barb2e, Kitty Katch & Joolay. The weekends main game was to do the dogs head series, but along the way we did some old caches around Sydney and did as many Maitland caches as time allowed. The return journey was via some old caches and some challenges that may or may not be met one day.

Day 2 was the dogs head series and three other series around Kurri Kurri. The R&D caches and many other Maitland caches are absolutely fantastic containers showing great creativity with new tools.

Thanks for the cache kingfisher_au

29294.185 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Cache In Trash Out A#310

**Albida**

A caching trip away with Kittykatch, Joolay, Aquilus1, Tankengine, Barb2e & Albida33 - the Capital Crunchers Gang!!

Ah the Dogs Head. This was one of our main aims for coming up. Most of the caches were found straightforward, some not so much. But all in all this was a good trail. Apologies for the generic log. Tftc Kingfisher_au!!!

Found with and signed the Capital Crunchers who are: dty73, Tankengine, Joolay, kittycatch, Albida33, Barb2e.

A four day caching trip up around Maitland collecting a number of caches of interest to suit everyone along for the fun. A lovely area, very scenic, green and lots of historic locations. Also some great caching to be done while in the area as well as on our way there and home.

The 'Dogs head' was a main focus of the trip, and took us the the best part of the day along with a few smaller trails and a few as we passed but a lovely scenic area to spend the day in. Most caches were straight forward finds, a few took a little search and others are great 3D printed designs or LARGE! Great trail through a great area, thanks for the cache kingfisher_au.

Chooo ooo - FOUND - on our Maitland/Dogs Head invasion! Signed - Capital Crunchers! (Joolay, KittyKatch, dty73, Aquilus1, Albida and barb2e).

We have a great long weekend from Thursday to Sunday caching all around Maitland and beyond. We found some power trails and many cool places as well!

Thanks for the cache!

Finishing the second half of this trail on a return visit to the area. Great day out with Capital Crunchers doing the local trails and finished with another good meal at the club. Tks for the great trails and all the great containers. Tftc

Found today with the Capital Crunchers on a trip to Maitland.

Condition Report:. Good and dry
Log Book: lots of room

Thanks for hiding this cache kingfisher_au

Tftc full description at number 1.

07/06/20
This is find number: 4262
Streak Day: 1634

Decided to head this way for the Long Weekend with Snoopy1976 to do some caching, Completed this series over the weekend. Frisky_puppet joined us for this leg, as he had not found these, Caches where the 3 of us found the cache the log has been signed FSD.

Thanks to kingfisher_au for placing and maintaining these caches

TFTC

Day 2 of our adventures with Dave and Snoopy.
And finally got to mark the dogs head as done.
Thanks Kingfisher_au for putting this all together and keeping it running. And thanks Dave & Snoopy for letting me tag along for the drive.

Dave8153 and I met up with frisky puppet to complete some more. Signed log as FSD. TFTC

Doin’ a few more Dogshead
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TFTC. A nice quick find. Hope it doesn’t rain yet. I left a TB.

Another quick find.

Another rocking cache.

In all are travels we would not have even thought to traveled to this location.
(Ha Ha). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one of the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Kingfisher-au [^]

Caching in the company of GrumpyBump, on our slow, meandering way to the Mega event in Millicent, S.A.
A quick find, in the obvious spot.
TNLNSL TFTC

Found tytfc ... guarded by green ants!!! #1759

on a wet and missurable day decided some cache maintenance was the order of the day
replaced, renewed or refreshed this cache for your caching please enjoy
Please make sure it goes back where it was found

See you in Kempsey in 2020! OzGeoMuster 2020
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8G3HT_ozgeomuster-2020-kempsey
www.ozgeomuster.com.au

We camped at the rest area in Branxton with wazza9 and Nana Nel and ventured on this trail together. We did the majority on day one which proved to be a good move as the rain came in for day 2. We enjoyed the hides and information about the various dogs, great job on putting out this trail. Thanks to kingfisher_au for hiding this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

TFTC,
I joined Liz and Bruce & Nana nel for 2 days caching around the area. Our primary goal was to complete the Dogs Head Trail but there are plenty of other caches to try and complete across several towns.
Thanks to Kingfisher_au for providing a trail where we could work together with other cachers and enjoy each others company while building numbers and learning about so many different breeds.

Caching on the Dog Head serirs, today with Liz and Bruce & Wazza9, quick find, great hints, I never knew there was so many breeds of dogs, 179 finds for the day, during the day Liz & Bruce completed there 59,000 find and I achieved 9,000 finds. Stamped log and replaced. Thanks to kingfisher_au. Great series.

Thanks for the cache kingfisher. Enjoying the trail. Plenty of great views.

Found it on the opposite side of the road. Re forked it at close to GZ. Dnf becomes an F.

With plenty of empty beer bottles around here, think the drunks have taken this one.

Think it’s gone

Found with Djant this is my 603thanks kingfisher_au for the cache had fun doing it

Not here today..

We learnt about the 'Dogs Head Trail' as one of our TB's was placed into a cache on the trail. After seeing it we just had to come and do it. Who knew that there is so many types of dog. The senery in the area is fabulous, we saw loads of cows and horses but not much else in the way of animal life. Now for the caches
Roads - Very busy
Farmers - friendly and interested
Co-ordinates - Really great
Hints - we used these and had a laugh at the humour that was used, it certainly kept you interested
Hides - Easy - loved the camo tape it really helps the cache containers to blend in and if the CO had wanted to these could have been hidden a lot harder
Parking - Great, OK, not so great and down right horrible. In saying this the cache owner does tell you when you need to be aware in the hints. It just means that you will get a little more exercise walking to the cache from a safe parking spot. The CO is looking after you and making certain you get your exercise. You may need to climb, either up or down, to reach the cache. You may choose to climb down when you do not need to this is, it is all up to the indiviual.
A huge thanks to the CO, what a massive job this would have been to find the places to hide the caches, sort co-ords, write the cache discriptions and now to maintain them. You asked us to leave a favorite for the dog that we feel is our most liked type of dog, for me it is the german shepherd and for hubby it is the bull mastiff.
SL TFTC

Got up early to do this series today. Needed to eventually download for offline use which is why we have now done these bulk logs. We ran out of reception pretty quick and hadn't thought of it. This is a lovely and easy series. Love it, thank you so much! Recommended to all geocachers new or experienced.

Aaaagh!! We had planned a very long list of caches to find today with ilook4geo, but for about two hours after we started the run, the GPS would simply not play nicely with the satellites. It was very frustrating and we had to get there using other methods.
Eventually it came good and performed properly and the caching started in earnest. Each cache had its log signed with initials GP2 and ilg and all was put back into place. Thanks go to kingfisher_au for creating this series of caches and the fun puzzles included.

Continued with the Dogs Head Trail today with goingplaces2. GPS misbehaved to start but was OK later. Found what we looked for and were glad to add so many caches to the total in one day. TFTC.

Dog’s Head has now become one of my new favourite trails!! So much creativity and diversity throughout. Thank you so much kingfisher_au for your time, energy and resources.

Tackled the trail (and some smaller surrounding ones) as part team Capital Crunchers (fitzy_1965, minniek, specimenX, Nibletricecakes, Joolay and Roostaman) on our Maitland long weekend adventure. So glad we made the trek it has been truly delightful! As an added bonus we all hit a milestone (mine being 3000) AND racked up the most number of finds we have ever found in a day!! 310! An all round epic adventure. Thanks so much everyone.

Headed to the Maitland area with fitzy_1965 & SpecimenX for an extra long weekend of caching.

Day 2 saw us joined by nibletricecakes, Joolay & even Roostaman (who happened to be staying in the same campground as us by chance). Dogs Head Trail was our main aim with others collected along the way.

All caches where found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned. Logs were either signed or stamped as Capital Crunchers, CC, Kapital Krunchers or KK.

18,970. Found as part of the Capital Crunchers Team (fitzy_1965, minniek, specimenX, nibletricecakes, Joolay and Roostaman) during the Canberra Invasion of Maitland region over the long weekend.

This was the main event. We were really looking forward to doing the Dog's Head Trail as well as the smaller trails in the region. We had an absolutely epic day of caching, with all of us setting milestone and achieving a new finds in a day record (310). All of the caches were found in good condition, signed and returned into its hidey hole. The 3D printed containers were a real highlight as well - fantastic effort by the CO.

Thanks kingfisher_au !! We really appreciate you putting out and maintaining these caches.

**# 25950** Found on the way back from our 2019 winter escape trip.
A cloudy Spring day for a drive around the Dogs Head trail with the Canberra crew.
We had a great big day and found all the caches and a few others as well.
Many muggles on the roads today and many good hides.
Logs signed or stamped as Canberra Crushers, CC and sometimes KK.
Thanks for the cache and the excellent series kingfisher_au,
***Roostaman***

This is an awesome trail. The effort in setting this up is huge and greatly appreciated.

Up in Maitland with Nibletricecakes, Fitzy1965, MinnieK and Specimen X, to do the Dogs Head. We will go by the name of Capital Crunchers. We have also met up with Roosterman who is joining us today. Really looking forward to the challenge and getting the geoart today. Unless otherwise stated cache in good condition. Thanks for the huge effort in placing these.

Our logs are signed CC, KK, Capital Crunchers or stamped depending who wrote them.
Apologies for the generic logs.

Found with fitzy_1965, minniek, Nibletricecakes, Joolay as well as Roostaman as part of the Canberra Invasion of Maitland and surrounds over an extra long weekend

Time for us to hit the Dogs Head Trail! An enjoyable drive around the trail collecting the caches and marveling at the 3D printed creations which were easy finds resulted in an epic day of caching. Signed or stamped as Capital Crunchers, CC or KK (for some early finds) to save log space.

Thanks for the hide, kingfisher_au

Found at 1:41 PM GAFF1.
Good to see some decent sized containers in such a series that are also well camoed.
Thanks kingfisher_au

Found with 63Roos and Darksidedan. Thanks

Accompanied with ALL7 and DSD for second visit day today run series, TFTC

G'Day My Fellow Geocacher,

How are you my fellow Geocacher? I’m DARKSIDEDAN aka Daniel from Canberra, Australia and I have had the pleasure of finding your Geocache during my travels as a Geocacher. All7, 63Roos and I signed the logbook in your cache and my name will appear as either Darksidedan or Darkside or DSD depending on the size of the cache. This was one epic series and I thank you for placing as well as maintaining this epic trail. I have added your cache to my growing list of “Found It” logs. Please forgive the Generic Logs for this Series.

I HAVE GIVEN TWO FAV POINTS FOR THIS SERIES ONE FOR THE FIRST AND ONE FOR THE LAST CACHE. WHAT AN EPIC SERIES. The Dogs Head Trail by kingfisher_au is so good you would be crazy not to do it, love it and to give it a fav point. I cant wait to do more caches series around the area by kingfisher_au.

I love discovering Geocaches, Trackable items and collecting Pathtags. I hope that you enjoy Geocaching as much as I do. For me geocaching is a way of life and when I am not Geocaching, I am thinking of Geocaching.

Here is a little information about me. I have been geocaching since 2015. At the time of finding this cache I have over 6000 finds plus 350 hides. I am the creator of the “Duck Dip” Lab Cache that won 2nd Place for the Australian Capital Territory in the State Vs State - Battle of the Lab Caches at the OzGeoMuster - The Gong Mega 2019 in Wollongong, Australia. In 2019, I won the right to place a Virtual 2.0 Cache from Geocaching.com, but I have not placed it yet. I am just trying to find somewhere that is worthy of a Virtual Cache.

Now let’s talk Pathtags. Currently I have over 4600 Pathtags in my collection plus about 500 Etagz. I currently have two of my own Pathtags (45762 & 46950) with another one in the works.

I have included with my Found It log an Original and One of a Kind, Geocaching poem that I have written. I hope that everyone who reads it gets some enjoyment out of it.

Geocache Poem by DARKSIDEDAN

My endless search goes on and on
Looking for treasures of every kind
Always chasing just one more find
Putting past DNF’s out of my mind
I step out into the world outside,
Seeking what is hidden from me
What size, shape or form will it be?
Only time will tell, I can’t wait to see
Will I find my prize at the end?
I will search in the failing light and cold
Filling with despair having looked everywhere
Where is this thing that gives my life pleasure?
Looking all around from every angle
I read the logs and check the hint
I curse out loud as I walk in circles
Screaming the bloody thing it not there
As time flies by and I fail to see,
Never once stopping to realize
It always been there before my eyes
No need for sorrow, there’s the Geocache.

I am currently writing very detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC called "The Author". This Badge challenges geocaches to write logs with an average length of more than one hundred words per log. As of the 25th September 2019 my average Found It log is 165 words per log. I would like to get all my logs up to more than 200 words per log but I will have to wait and see how I go. Currently I am just trying to get my average up by finding and logging as many geocaches as I can. My apologies to anyone who finds my lengthy logs tedious but it is the only way that I can strive to attain the highest level with this challenge. After more than 6,000 geocaches (which includes all cache finds up and including this cache, I am now entertaining the possibility that I might be able to achieve my task very soon. Progress has been better than anticipated.

CACHE SERIES OWNED
UFO Series - 180 Caches (Largest GeoArt Series in the ACT - 100kms Long)
Vampire Series - (100 Traditional, Letterboxes, Puzzle Caches in Thawa, ACT)
Australian Animals Series - (50 Traditional Caches in (Collector to Gunderoo NSW)
Puzzle Series (15 Puzzle Caches in Canberra ACT)

So many interesting dog breeds, amazing

Another day of fun driving / walking around the area with woolwood9.
*More good caches found along the way* **TFTC**
Stamped logs as TM/WW NZ or our full user names or tm421/ww9 in pen.

What an awesome trail of excellent hides and wonderful cache containers / holders.
This was a major focus of our geocaching holiday of 3 weeks and we were certainly not disappointed.
Today did from #149 - #215 then #1 - #23
Caches found in excellent shape - only issues in this area were: #167 A DNF for us, #182 Gone with road works.
Thank you for all your effort kingfisher_au

Found while on a geocaching holiday with tmann421.
Enjoyed the trip around and all the great hides.
Stamped TM/WW NZ, or if in pen our full names
Really enjoyed this trail and the caches we found.
Found all but two, the effort to maintain these is huge, much appreciated

Placed with cache owner

On our way to QOGM (Blackall) day 5 of our trip. 96 caches for the day, and 222 for the trip. TFTC

Found it

Found with delloro on Day 2 of our a trip to the Hunter. Another easy find along this excellent trail. TFTC

Another find on this very enjoyable trail.

TFTC

While up in NSW on holidays enjoying a fun Lighthouse Mega, we headed further North to catch up with family and try our luck with the Dog Series, one that we have had our eye on since publication.
The puzzles were solved without much fuss except for one and boy did that do our head in....lucky for the kind CO who put us out of our misery allowing for a 100% success rate today as we tackled them head on in the company of Tack123.
Thanks kingfisher_au for the awesome effort in putting this series together, we had a blast today/tonight.
Woof woof

The dog trail was achieved today with The_Tritonz working as a team we knocked over the entire series having a blast the whole way around. Lunching at Gresford, we refueled our bodies and continued on our way. We even done mini CITO’s near the caches as we signed the logs.
Thanks kingfisher_au for the Dog Head Series.

Heading home to Brisbane from oz muster. Stopped here in Maitland and found this dog series. Could not resist and staying two days to finish this wonderful beloved dog trail

Singleton staying at the Showgrounds
Today we have teamed up with Grub Fred & Shaneo58 we have signed the log as DIGS as a combination of our names & obviously it's what dogs like to do.
We did a small number in the afternoon leaving to do 100 the next day.
We enjoyed our drive around the farming land, surprised at how busy the country roads were.
The effort to place this trail & to provide information on so many different species of dogs is an enormance project. Some nice fantastic plastic containers noticed as well.
Thankyou for placing this cache kingfisher_au

Find No: 7535. Shaneo58, Leslea & I met up with Bill & DiMorgan at Singleton Showground to do the Dog's Head Trail, thanks for the cache and the series kingfisher_au!!