Poppets Pig Pen Wamboin, New South Wales, Australia
By Tankengine on 02-May-19. Waypoint GC876X7

Found It!Nice little bit of history. Looked in the wrong corner for a bit before trying a different back corner and then I found the cache.TFTC

Logsheet replaced. Cache refreshed. Old log attached.GOOD TO GO!!!

On a trail run through Kowen and picking up a few caches on the way! Such a beautiful spot and fun place to cache! Thank you!

Good fun finding this!

Dropped my pen somewhere on the way to the first of the 'Poppets', so unfortunately having to photo log them.

I was amazed at the network of paths for hiking & biking. There must have been an event on as there were little arrows everywhere and the whole circuit had been swept!! Not a leaf or twig in sight!

Another gorgeous day in CBR, and so I pointed the eMTB interstate and enjoyed a 16km loop through the northern section of Kowen Forest. Lots of wallabies and roos around, and being a weekday, no trailbikes - although their tracks are everywhere.

Spectacular views and general all-round scenery from this group of caches, and a thoroughly enjoyable expedition.

This cache: Last one for the trip. An unexpected little glade here, really pretty! I tried three other corners before finding the cache at the fourth, all in good condition.

Thanks, Tankengine!

#3633 As per the cache description we also spotted some black cockatoos on our way in. Fairly elegant for a rather large bird.
Now back to the cache. Thought we may have been in for a longer search and scratch around but got a bit lucky and caught just a glimpse of….
Needless to say cache located, logged and back to our goal of the peak. Thanks Tankengine.

Took a moment but got there.
Tftc

Found with Jondub. What an interesting place. TFTC

Found with Curloo

Good job E

Found on a wild diversion from the usual walk. Didn’t have a pen so took photo of log as evidence. TFTC

A smaller crew this time, just Bark2e and myself returned to Kowen Forest to finish the rest of the non-roo caches and then take on 20 roo caches. It was another warm sunny day and we did quite a bit of walking today.

Thanks for the cache Tankengine

30208.54 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 12 Days of Caching 2007 Silver A#86

**Albida**

Found on another great day out in Kowen Forest with Albida33. Tftc

Took me quite some time to locate this one, despite the good hint! I misunderstood what was meant by the "back" so had all 4 corners still open as options, but couldn't find it! Eventually located it, was buried under a lot of leaf litter, no wonder the last person DNF'd as well, took a bit of uncovering!

Thanks Tankengine, glad to locate this in the end, a very strange location out in the middle of nowhere!

I tried but I just couldn't get it

t was a great day for a walk. Not too hot, not too cold.

All the caches were found and it was nice ticking off a few more smilies in the area.

This cache: Interesting little spot. The have done a lot of work forming tracks out here and this pen I'm sure has seen better days. Tftc Tankengine!!!

Headed off early in some fairly thick fog, soon cleared though and a lovely sunny day to be out walking the area. Border bash was the focus with poppet peak and its collection of near by caches also on the list, stopping at fire finder on the way back to the car.

Oh boy, was there a few hills to tackle, the ones that are steep enough to be slower down than up, but on the whole, mostly an enjoyable walk along the easy enough trails. Thanks for the caches TE, all caches found today were yours!

Quite a few people out walking in this area, not surprising as it is a nice and maintained area of trails and paths. This was a really pretty little spot in here, very green after the recent rains.

Found today on a walk in Kowen Forest. Beautiful day to be out walking these well marked trails.

Condition Report:. Good and dry
Log Status:. Lots of room

Thanks for hiding this cache Tankengine

This was a lovely area and quite a surprise. Nice to walk on flat ground for a little while. Quick find and then moving on. Big hills to climb yet. TFTC Tankengine

Trounced over from 'Poppet's Partner', the smoke settling well into and across the hills. Would be nice if there was some fresh air. Stumbled upon the Pen where it was a quick find, sign and replace. Now up the hill for hopefully some of that fresh air. TNLNSL TFTC

Nice cache. Easy find.
Working of some of the kangaroo and the surrounding caches at the northern end today. Nice day with not many clouds. Perfect temperature. Quick walk over the hill to get to this one.
Thank you for the Cache Tankengine

Dino

The second day in Kowen, a much shorter but very enjoyable visit together, I cherished the time I had out and about with Dino today. We started off with caches at the northern end and continued onto the back of the roo.

This cache:
While we were so close this one was next.

Thank you Tankengine for putting the cache out and maintaining it.

Second day out and about in Kowen Forest saw fitzy_1965 and I targeting everything but the Roo.

I ended up with 18 Tankengine caches and we got two surprise FTF's. Was definitely a great day out.

A sneaky 'through the fence' we went for a short downhill trek to the Pig Pen. A fascinating area. Thanks TE for bringing us here. Quick find at GZ and then back up to the car.

19,378. Found with minniek during Day 2 of our meander around Kowen Forest.

While the 'cousins' were mostly hitting the Kowen Roo, we decided to take advantage of the forest access and concentrate on - mostly - the eastern side of the forest and clean out that area. We went through the Sparrow Hill Gate at about 11:30 and started on our list. This was the next find of the day. With time up our sleeve we decided to do the Poppets caches. We parked on the border track and wandered down the hill to the Pig Pen. A quick search and the cache was in hand. We signed the log, replaced the cache, then headed off to the next one.

Thanks Tankengine !! Without aiming for them I found 14 of your caches today (minniek 18) - awesome work

Found with Darksidedan on our day of hiking today - beautiful day to do some of the Roo... thanks

Field Log More To Come

A day of geocaching with Marmaduke Rothschild and contesta, primarily the SRPT series but also some nearby caches. My contribution on this road trip was to drive. But for 4 around here (including this one) we all enjoyed a short walk. TFTC.

TFTC thanks mr and jb for sharing the find or I’d still be looking!

A days caching with JohnnyBoyACT and Contesta. The primary object was to do the SRPT series.
A few other nearby caches were also searched and found on the day.
Good to get out of the car and strecth legs for a 3k round trip walk through some some nice forest. TFTC.

#11160 @0825
Time for a couple of caches before orienteering at Mt Jerrabomberra. I'd being studying the map and satelitte view to find a way into here. From the closest point it was a brisk warmup walk. The cache proved a bit elusive, but got there in the end. TFTC.

Bonus cache one for today's revisit. Was actually exploring this area on my previous visit so it was nice to return.
Why is it always the last corner we look in.

Interestingly this pig pen and a power switch inside it! But no where to charge my phone .

Thanks again Tankengine

Published

May the 4th be with you as it was with us for this [FTF].

Out and about with friends who live behind Kowen Forest. Took the opportunity with these new caches just released to walk closeby. Lovely part of the forest. Perfect weather for a short brisk walk of approxmately two kilometres.

This cache is in a lovely open area in a small gully. Evidence of human activity once upon a time was obvious. TFTC Tankengine.