165/400-JPT-366 Blackall, Queensland, Australia
By QOGM 2019 Committee on 11-Aug-19. Waypoint GC89762

Our focus today was to start on the Jericho-Blackall Power Trail. We had no idea how far we would get along the road from Blackall until the heat would get the better of us and we would have to suspend our cache hunt. However, starting at 7:00am, we managed to find 79 caches. We missed three and another three had been archived. It was an interesting but challenging task but, overall, we were pleased with what we achieved. We saw a number of emu, including a number of young birds, a large lizard and a wind event which came very quickly, threw vegetation about 10m into the air and then subsided as quickly as it had arrived.Unless started otherwise, reasonably accurate coordinates and the hint (where provided) led to relatively short hunts. The cache and contents were in good condition, Thanks QOGM2019 Committee for all the work that went into this series. All being well, we hope to tackle some more of the trail tomorrow.

Found with HRH54 TFTC

Quick find with Juju54 TFTC

Good look . TFTC

We are going great guns today . With help from friends , we are moving along this trail quickly and are getting it done. Signing logs as MGT. Tftc

While attending QOGM 2023 with the MummaBear and the cubs gang, Nathan_and_Alyce and 54.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the huntThank for giving us a reason to stopTook nothing, Left nothing, signed logSigned log as MummaBear and the Cubs and for smaller logs MB&CSigned as MGNT or with our team stampMummaBear and the CubsGEM_54Nathan_and_AlyceTenake

While attending QOGM 2023 with the MummaBear and the cubs gang, Nathan_and_Alyce and 54.Thanks for the cache placement and maintenanceThanks for the huntThank for giving us a reason to stopTook nothing, Left nothing, signed logSigned log as MummaBear and the Cubs and for smaller logs MB&CSigned as MGNT or with our team stampMummaBear and the CubsGEM_54Nathan_and_AlyceTenkae

Back on the Jericho trail again today... this time from Blackall north. Signed as MGNT

Continuing our trip back from QOGM staying in town for a few days to finish getting caches we needed so we decided we would do the power trail and surrounding caches it was another beautiful day today so we set out in 3 separate cars with Gem_54 and Tenkae.

Found on a sojourn all around during QOGM 2023. A fun jaunt with lots of dust, mud and starry skies.Thanks to artesiancacher and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^] Caches signed as TAD (TeamAstro and deanside).* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

During the trip to QOGM Longreach 2023. Logged these as TAD, enjoying the company of TeamAstro, TenkaeLoving these back roads, blue skies and great company!Thanks for the cache artesiancacher from deanside!

We are back in Queensland to attend the last QOGM. Such a shame. There was no way that we were going to miss this. Unfortunately, we have only been to the first and last but very pleased we attended a couple of them.More of this series wasn't high on the agenda as there is so much to choose from but we decided to dedicate a couple of hours to get some more done.We were very surprised that we managed to finish the trail and redeem a couple of DNF's as well.Our logs are generic and for this we apologise. This does not in any way diminish our gratitude for the work, time and money that you have all put into placing and maintaining this series for all of us to enjoy.All logs are signed PDGC to save space.Thank you very much to all involved. Your effort is much appreciated.

Making our way towards QOGM and collecting a few cachers (and finishing off a trail!) along the way. Thanks to the COs for the placement of these cachers and showing us around the region.

We are now on our way to Longreach for the QOBM event next month. As we missed the big event here, it was now time to grab some of the caches around the area. Another big day today, doing some of the trails around the area. Today was big day on the road to Jericho. Lots of long grass and made more difficult doing it solo.

Stopped off here and made a quick find.

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

Another stab at the power trail after our failed attempt at completing this series the other day. It’s blowing hard from the north and heading for 33 C

Log signed in first open spot in logbook with stamp

TFTC artesiancacher

Find # 10104

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird while on a slow roundabout route to QOGM 2023 at Longreach. Day 6 on the JPT trail. Based in Blackall for the next few days to continue clearing the local map. A quick find here. It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC artesiancacher

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And for anyone that can travel to Longreach, Queensland, late September 2023, Google “QOGM” which is the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster. You’ll have at least 8 or 9 days of pure geocaching fun with around 200 like minded people attending a mix of events and access to over 200 geocaches placed by the QOGM team. It’s not a Mega, it’s better.

Replaced. All good to go once again

Slowly working our way back to Cairns after attending Qogm 2022. Did your 165/400-JPT-366 today. 9 October 2022 10:42 am Tyfc QOGM 2019 Committee total caches now 5654 .

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 150. Blackall Day 5. I was joined for a mornings caching along the Jericho Road trail with Domsky today. It was great to be caching with others again after so long on my lonesome since the Townsville Mega. Things are generally drying out, but some of the roadsides today were much softer than the sandy areas I was on yesterday. Also, we came across several more caches that needed attention. Domsky are much more prepared on that front, and we were able to leave a working cache at each location with a damaged or missing cache today. This leaves me with one more days worth of caching for tomorrow before heading further south.

The container was on the ground and very broken, so I added a small container under the shell of the broken sistema.

Thanks for the cache artesiancacher

37892.22 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & June 2020 Stay on the Path A#417

**Albida**

Reading previous logs, it was clear that this one has disappeared, and out with Albida33, we all had a good search and then decided it was best to replace the missing container to keep the series alive.
Thanks QOGM 2019 Committee
Domsky

A member of the QOGM Placement team will check the power trail caches in trouble before QLOGM 2022

Not for us today

probably still here somewhere but not found by us.

No luck here today {:'(}

Easily spotted by Swearah, TFTC!

Blind as a bat here. Eventually my eyes adjusted and we had the cache in hand.

Thanks for the cache

Spending the whole day on this road with our geo friends. DeafCat, Deafphantom and DutchAus. Thank you so much for this fun day and hides

Awesome with DeafPhantom DutchAus DeafVW

Enjoy travelling with DeafVW, DeafCat and DeafPhantom TFTC

Love the long drive
And thank you for hide
Thank you for bring us here
With DeafVW DeafCat DutchAus

Our second day in row on this trail.
Caching with Tbu1bikesu.

Beautiful days out here.

Tftc QOGM-PLACEMENT-TEAM
And your huge efforts to place and maintain all these caches!

We continued today with this trail.

As there were road works a bit further North, we have still about 20 caches to find..... On a next trip.

Couple of caches were inside wet, but signable. We added couple of plastic bags to keep the sheets dry.

Tftc QOGM-Placement-Team and as we said before: you all did an awesome effort to place and maintain all these caches in the QOGM areas!

We are currently staying in Blackall, camping in our caravan on the eve of the river, along with heaps of others taking advantage of the cheap rates. Well done to the council for setting up this area.
Today we have started our assault on this serious power trail. We found all of the hides we looked for. Most were where they should be, we returned a few we found laying in the open according to what he hint indicated. A few were wet, but the logs were signable.
What a mighty effort by the team to put out all of these. We really appreciate it. Thank you all

After bush cacmping overnight I headed back out along the trail today towards Blackall. A long day with a few DNF's on missing caches from the roadworks and a bit of maintenance along the way.

If a cache needed attention that was done too, logs changed and containers replaced.

Thanks to the CO's for placing these cache for me and others to find.

My apologies for the generic logs.

TFTC artesiancacher

Day Three of our caching adventure in Blackall. Today was a HUGE day we started (and ended) the day by finding caches along the Blackall Jericho Road and diverged to log the Mail Trail and the Wherigo "Heartland" series.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found most caches where our GPS said we should be looking, we did have to expand our search for some though.
**Cache Condition:** Most containers and logs were in good condition. Some were wet, with soaked logs.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

Logging old caches originally found with alphag_25. Now have my own account and logging them separately so that I can claim the finds.

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.

Blackall Trip Day 1. Spending a few days in the area caching and sightseeing. Power Trail first pass. TFTC

We headed off to Blackall from Jericho. Last night a good lot of rain fell so we found ouselves jumpting puddles to get to some of the caches. We had the caravan with us and we gradually made our way along this muddy red road to Blackall. We enjoyed the bush hides and the variety of hiding spots and containers. Our thanks to artesiancacher for placing this cache and enhancing our enjoyment of the area.

WOW! What an awesome day!

Plans were set to me up with Willis007 to try and smash out the power trail of 420 plus caches of Blackall to Jericho. We meet at 5.30 am and with a quick rap of “morning, how you doing?” and a recap of what we were in for, we started. Spirits were high and I don’t think either of us knew what exactly we were in for.
It was run from one cache to the next and a search for some. Some searches took way longer than we banked on and then some caches were park and grabs. By 10 o’clock we were on target to finish with sunlight. Then I lost the trail map and had to head back to get reception to bring up a new run. Then Willis007 lost her run map and she had to scoot ahead to get reception.

There were a procession dirt trucks and work trucks going past all day, eventually around 5.45 one truck stopped and asked what are you doing? lol. Logging was fun, a few common names appeared on the logs, some seem to begin and then end, some seemed a little sporadic. It was funny to see names appear in full and over time they sort of got shortened and shortened and then it was just initials.

It was a fantastic day, great fun and great company and always a laugh to be had. But I am so glad it is over, never again, I am absolutely beat and by the three quarter mark I just wanted the insaneness to end. Then all of a sudden we had 50 caches to go, with a second wind we were off but now with head torches on as we were searching in the dark, we finally finished at 7.30pm, yep almost 14 hours of caching. no, never again, Thank you so much to the people who set this up and who maintain it, there are some great series’ of caches along the way; the runs of pvc piping, the runs of bisons, the run of tree preforms, and so on, was great, did I mention never again lol.

Wow, what a day! Met up with CHAMAD at 5.30am to kick off what was a fantastic caching day. Starting at the Blackall end, it wasn’t long before we got into our groove and had quickly made some real progress. A lot of running (which did slow down by the end of the day), laughter and cache finding happened over the next 14 hours!

Most of the caches were quite easy to find, I loved the variety of camos and hide types, although I did not want to search near another log by the end of the day We had some challenges with phone signal at times which saw some backtracking to pick it up again. I need to teach myself about offline lists and not try to set them up 10 minutes before heading out

With only a handful of DNFs, we completed the trail around 7.30pm, searching for the last 20-25 caches in the dark.

Thank you so much to all involved in creating and maintaining this massive trail. This is one of those days I will remember for a long time!

Started at the Blackall end, so guess the last was actually the first Mud has dried at least on the surface but kept a wheel or two on the firm stuff (car got a mud bath yesterday). Logged a scant 72 caches today Blackall is a cool town! Highlights included a huge worm, the pioneer graves’ puzzle, the unusual step-up tree climb (some doofus has kicked its head in ), soaking up the and Beadling the backroads. Really appreciate your efforts in placing and maintaining this power trail

TFTC QOGM19

Tftc QOGM Commitee.

We have come to Blackall to add some smiley's to our map. A few back roads on the list today to collect some solved mysteries.
Wherigo, and letterbox's, also a few on the JPT to total 50 for the day for a challenge we are chipping away at.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this trail
for us and others to enjoy.
Logs signed JLBL.
Our own personal Trackable " Cache the World " has the code #1WDM8 please feel free to discover it and mention where you saw its code

Last night there were kangaroos along the road here. Now in t h e early afternoon we saw none.
Picking up the caches at a good pace!
Thank you for placing this geocache QOGM 2019 Committee

Down from Townsville to boost my numbers and explore outback QLD during the school holidays.

After visiting Tambo and completing the Wherigo trail we’re back to pick up the final 100 of this PT.

Thanks artesiancacher for placing this for us to enjoy.

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.

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Thanks for giving us a reason to visit, **QOGM 2019 Committee**. Our log is trackable, mention this cache.

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Found TFTC

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We headed into Blackall this morning to continue the caching effort with ilook4geo. We received a very warm welcome but went on the hunt anyway. All logs found had both lots of initials added and were then replaced as found. It was a successful day and we achieved quite a lot despite the heat. This was one of the caches we found. TFTC.

Enjoying a caching time with goingplaces2. We had a good run today in the heat, signed lots of logs and got lots smileys for our map. TFTC.

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

In Blackall for the QOGM event officially closed yesterday. Day 39 of our trip. Finishing of the Jericho run, with a total of 146 caches for the day and 1417 for the trip. TFTC

After being inspired this morning by caching with Wazza9 and Nana Nel we decided to go out and beat our PB of 60 that we set on Thursday!!! We managed 123 caches today of which 99 we did on our own - woohoo!!!! Thank you soooo much to the QOGM committee for all your hard work. I was blown away by how accurate the co-ords were and the hints were invaluable. A fantastic job by all involved. Thanks heaps.

Thanks

TFTC,

Sorry for the Generic log, I had 131 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.

**Big day of geocaching with Wazza9 found 130 today. Quick find, signed log and replaced. Thanks to the CO. ️️ bring on the rain

Another wonderful day at QOGM that started beside the river and was followed by the most scrumptious breakfast that I can remember ever having. A huge thanks and congratulations to the cooks - it was certainly scrumptious.
In no time at all Pa and I hit the road. Aim? Complete the JBT. A rather ambitious plan indeed. By about 4pm I realised this was never going to happen so I mentally revised my plan - 200 caches. By 5pm I realised that was not going to happen either so I managed to push on to 195. My best day ever and a big thanks to Pa for his cooperation and help - I would never have made it if I had to navigate, research and drive as well. And thanks for the times you did get out and do the collecting - you were a true champion today muggle husband.
Thanks also to all the COs. Without you there would be no PT. There was a very wide assortment of containers, sizes and types of hides. A large majority of the coordinates were good and all caches attempted were found, signed and returned to their hidey holes.

Sitting at my computer during these Covid lockdowns, I am trying to catch up on a few logs that I haven't sent in yet.

Over the years, geocaching has taken me on many adventures, including interesting destinations all over my home continent of Australia and many overseas as well. It has also introduced me to a diverse group of like-minded caching tragics, many of whom I now call close friends.

Today, I was lucky enough to be out and about searching for caches, something I do on almost a daily basis. This was one cache that was targeted and found.

Sorry for the late log, something I am notorious for. Thank you for adding to the adventure that is geocaching.

Thanks artesiancacher (F=178 H=549) for the cache.

This is our second outback geo muster so we had already enjoyed completing the first part of this trail last year so we didn't have as many to do as the cachers who were here for the first time.
We joined forces with maccamob and a plan was hatched to target these caches today

Micaparamedic and au_fait also had some to finish so we got off to an early start this morning.
We headed out to the furtherest point that we hadn't completed so as if we didn't finish we didn't have as far to drive tomorrow. with really good co-ords and six pairs of eyes only a couple of hides gave us problems and we were really happy to be able to finish it in a day without any Dnf's

To save room in the logs we signed as CAMM

Team Crackers,au_fait,maccamob and micaparamedic.

Thanks QOGM2019 Committee for the time and effort put into placing these caches for us to find.

Found by Mary and David, in company with Team Crackers, Au Fait, and micaparamedic (signing as CAMM). Our thanks to artesiancacher.

After a rather long, dusty and corrugated journey into Postal Land we were all, (Team Crackers, maccamob, micaparamedic and au.fait ) all feeling rather weary and a bit jaded but continued to find all caches and sign as CAMM, as the sun was moving lower in the sky and an event wasn’t so far off we still were finding caches successfully, bringing a fantastic day of great company and a huge selection and variety of caches A mammoth effort by the QOGM Committee Huge Thank you

Found while out at QOGM 2019. Fantastic trail. Logged as Team SPIT, Snickersallen, Patrol14, Imbunda, The McAlister Zoo (TMZ59). Thanks very much for all the work and time that you guys have put into this one. Great job. Loved the whole day. ??????

Day 5 of our road trip to Blackall for QOGM 2019 and geared up for a very long day on the trail with an awesome group of geo friends. To save room on the log sheet, all logs signed as Team SPIT (Snickersallan, patrol14, Imbunda and The McAlister Zoo).
Thoroughly enjoyed this series with such a huge variety of good quality cache containers with the majority being found quick enough. Appreciate all the costs involved and the time & effort that has gone into placing this long trail for our enjoyment, many thanks.

TFTC QOGM 2019 Committee
Found October 2, 2019

Attending QOGM19 and today's mission was to complete the JPT with Snickersallen, PTrol14 and The McAlister Zoo as Team SPIT. We found a variety of caches and collected rubbish along the way. TFTC

While attending QOGM 2019, Team SPIT (Snickersallan, patrol14, Imbunda and The Mcalister Zoo) went out today to attack the Jericho to Blackall Power Trail.
Had a great time and a wide variety of caches to keep us on our toes.
The countryside is amazing!!
Luckily no snakes seen on the trail today but did collect a bag of rubbish on the way.

TFTC artesiancacher

Gotcha !!! Found while caching with pmt123 from Rockhampton for the next 4 days ay QOGM. TFTC

Found during our 2nd attack on the caches today. A quick park and grab. TFTC.

Attending the QOGM 2019 at Blackall. Caching in the company of Treking Trev and Grumpy Bump.
A quick find. Cache container in good condition.
TNLNSL TFTC

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Finished off the JPT today with Spiky Mikey and Grumpy Bump, All found after a long day in the field. TFTC.

*Catching up on a significant logging backlog.
Better late than never I suppose. ??
I'm logging each cache on the date that I actually visited it, not the date I'm logging it on.

In Blackall for the QOGM2019 events.
Second day on this trail and will finish it off today.

No dramas with finds, all caches and logs in good condition.
TFTC ??

By now this trail,
And me kinda know each other
Thus the caches are getting easier to find [^]
So this was a quick stop and go today.

Continuing along the trail today,
Life was good [^]
I was clocking up a cache find every,
Couple of minutes or so
Keep 'em coming [^]

TFTC.

We are at Blackall to attend QOGM
Today we out with the Snakepitters & Coongoola. We signed the logs as DISK
After having completed the 1st section of the JPT at the last QOGM today we set off nice & early to complete the trail that led us back to Blackall. We took a packed lunch & stopped out on the trail for a short early lunch.
Good coords & good hints made for mostly quick finds.
This was a great way to visit the area & travelling on roads that we have not been to before.
Thankyou for placing this cache artesiancacher

Set off at 7.00am destined for #166 along the power trail to Jericho, this was to be our starting point and we planned to work our way back to Blackall. The teams of Coongoola, DiMorgan, and Snakepiters used the signature of DISC for all log sheets along the trail.

All of the caches were found in good condition and with excellent coords and they were mostly easy finds along the quiet road.

We ended up with 269 finds and were back in camp by 2.00pm so about five hours of caching all up not including our rest stops for smoko and lunch.

Thanks for placing this cache artesiancacher, we thoroughly enjoyed the trail.

Today was the designated JPT day. Started early 7am decided that we would drive to the end of the previous trail and work our way back to Blackall. Out with Di Morgan, Coongoola and signed the logs DISC. GREAT second half of the JPT trail and fortunate not too much dirt road to traverse. Passed 100 finds and Bill needed a brew break, so we stopped for a well earned thirst quencher. Started again and got through to just before 12 and had lunch, knowing that there was not many left to do. Started again and got to the end without any problems, Footnote' Half the team needed a PAF from the other half to find a cache'. All done and dusted showered and relaxed before attempting the logging. Great series all in good condition. Gave a few favourite points along the way.

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TFTC artesiancacher

TFTC smile 5458 arrived in Blackall early to be able to have a good run to clean up all these 166/400-JPT caches in 2 days stayed out for 2 nights and finished the last 10 on the third day I'm very happy with that Out and about with miss millie geodog what a great time we had at the Blackall outback muster thank you to the QOGM2019 Committee for putting on a great Event All my TBs visited

TFTC. We are camped at Jericho with good friends muff1. We had signed a challenge cache in Victoria that required us to have two days with 150 finds or more. We had discussed this and muff1 agreed to wait for us to arrive and we would tackle the balance of the JPT from number 206 to the end plus the puzzle caches along Neverfail Road. A big day. We started around 8 am and finished the last cache close to 5.30. A great day of caching. Doing it with friends make the day fly by. All co-ordinates were good.

We are camped up at Jericho waiting until it is time to go to Blackall for this year's QOGM. Today we did 206 TO 426 on the trail with HansandLinda
Two caches were missing, one appeared to be burnt the other justing missing , these were replaced and the committee notified of our actions, all other caches that were attempted were found, none of them being particular tricky as the co-ords are spot on. We discovered a few TB's swag and pathtags were left.. We were very happy with the variety of cache containers and the many different hides. Very little traffic on the road today to disturb us, a few kangaroo's, no lizards , and a few birds. Our car has, again, changed colour. We did not pay for one of those expensive paint jobs where your car changes colour depending on light and angle, but we are geocachers and we go where the caches are.
What a top day we had with HansandLinda, thankyou for the company.
SL TFTC

While staying at Jericho we tackled the JPT series, with an early start we worked our way south from our last find from last year.

We were impressed with the quality of the containers and the variety of hides

We would like to thank the QOGM 2019 Committee for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment.

Hatzofff was part of the team to place these caches while on a 'setting up mission' to Blackall for the next QOGM.

TFTC QOGM 2019 Committee

Country side so dry
Guessing no rain here for a long time
Tftc

Camped at the Blackall caravan park with Roostaman and X-Trailers.

This morning we headed out with Roostaman to complete the Evora Road traill before heading further afield to see what Geocaching could show us about Blackall.

TFTC

Now that the first to find has gone I can log my golden smiley. It was a real fun experience placing all these hides with other members of the QOGM2019 placement team in that the road conditions change and the scenery is also different in places. At first it was easy to find a spot every 200 meters or so then towards the end of the trail the distance between hides got greater due to no suitable hiding places. Enjoy the journey along the Power trail. It was good to have our co ordinates confirmed as nearly all very accurate.

**# 25115** Found on our 2019 winter escape trip to Qld with Mrs Roosta.
Another perfect sunny Winter day for a start on the rest of the JPT added since our last trip.
Hardly any muggles on the road today and mainly good coords and safe hides.
And a bonus *FTF* here and about 50 others along the trail.
Thanks for the cache and the series artesiancacher,
***Roostaman***

Had the pleasure of being part of the placement team, so this is NOT a First to Find Claim. Hope everyone enjoys the trail as much as we did in placing them. Log signed on 7th June2019. TFTC, artesiancacher.

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