C9 Curtain Bellmere, Queensland, Australia
By Waz and Vik on 09-Aug-19. Waypoint GC8BXNK

no longer a suitable place for a hide

Having only recently discovered this Agatha Christie series I set to researching the books to solve the puzzles. I really enjoyed reminiscing the stories of the books, many of which I had read & some had even been released as movies. With today being forecast as a sunny day with no rain predicted I set out to see how many I could find. Only a couple eluded me & perhaps 3 did not have convenient areas to park so were bypassed. I think I got all the rest. The puzzles & the finds were all great fun.

Unfortunately another cache suffering from the elements & rain.

Thank you Waz & Vik for the enjoyment this series brought. TFTC

Found today, again lid not fitting too well, container and all inside full of water, drained all water, but log too wet to sign, Thanks for the series out this way, Waz and Vik

A few weeks back we collected some of the Agatha Christie series before weather stopped us. Today is the day to collect the rest.
Cache 8 for the day.
Cache was swimming in water. Two log books both had water in them too.
Did what we could to dry them out (drain, stop them from getting so much water again).
But might need a bit of a look from the CO.
Thanks for the series.

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

In the area today picking up some caches and this was one of them. I parked nearby and once at GZ the cache was soon in hand.

The container had water in it so I drained it out before returning all as found.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for me and others to enjoy.

TFTC Waz and Vik

Log is damp and cache has some water in. TFTC Was and Vic

We have now set up camp at the Caboolture showgrounds. We have been joined for a couple of days by pprass.
Today we ventured out to the AC trail, a lot of research was involved to work out the puzzles.
We left the camp in overcast conditions started with a couple on the railtrail before starting AC. We found it enjoyable caching along the country roads but we were surprised by how much traffic passed.
Most were good sized containers with plenty of swaps inside.
Thankyou Waz and Vik for placing this cache.

TFTC. We had stayed in Dayboro after the Mega to do some more caching. We had solved many puzzles while in lockdown and it wa s time to reap the rewards by finding the caches. We targeted this Agatha Christie series for today’s adventure with muff1.

We made the decision to spend another week at the Dayboro showgrounds to give ourselves the opportunity to find more of the many caches that have been placed in the area. The area is still showing signs of all the rain we have had recently with the creeks flowing fast, today we did not need to negotiate roads with water over them. We found all of the caches that we attempted today. We felt we were very high with great views but the map told us that we were not that high. As we used to live in FNQ at an altitude of 880 m todays altitudes were peanuts. SL TFTC

Signed today as MINIFIGAS! as I teamed up with GLISS! Minniek, Fitzy_1965, Albida33 and Smittengranny to tackle some counties, trails, oldies and interesting caches. It was another very wet day making some of the driving a little tricky, but we still managed some awesome caching. Great to be finally in Queensland with our eyes on the Mega Prize. We had a truly awesome day!

This is the first Mega we have had in Australia in over a year. We have navigated lockdowns, mouse plagues, floods and the dreaded Covid to get here. So wonderful to be able to be out caching in Queensland. Such a privilege. Thanks for the cache.

Easter trip away with fitzy_1965 for the cacheQLD Dayboro Mega.

After a slow start due to the rain, we teamed up with nibletricecakes, GLISS!, Albida33 and Smittengranny (signing logs as MiNiFiGAS!) to tackle the balance of We <3 Geo and Geosaurus, as well as Agatha Christie and part of the Coat of Arms Geo-art trails and any others in-between. Then ended the day with a great catch-up at the Tropi-Cal Party.

All caches were found in good condition unless otherwise stated.

24,271. Found with minniek on our Dayboro QLD MEGA Adventure trip. For today we also cached with albida33, Nibletricecakes, Smittengranny and GLISS! to form and sign as MiNiFiGAS!

With the sudden COVID outbreak in Queensland putting the Mega in doubt we decided to head up to the New South Wales / Queensland border hoping that it would still go ahead, and with the announcement that things were mostly returning to normal we decided Plan A still looked good. Day 5. An early and still wet start today with an aim of caching our way through finishing some of the Geo-Art around Dayboro (all being pre solved) plus various bonus caches along the way. This was the next stop for the day. We parked nearby this one for a quick find at GZ. Signed the log as MiNiFiGAS!, replaced the cache as found, then headed off to the next one.

Thanks CacheQLD and all the other Cache owners !! Please forgive the generic logs.

Dayboro trip. Day 10. Day two of the Mega weekend. I again joined Fitzy_1965, MinnieK, Nibblericecakes and Gliss for a full day of caching after a bit of time spent at mega HQ for catch up and learning. It was another wet day, but not as bad as it could have been. We mostly visited solved puzzles in the nearby Geo-art, but also did the other caches that we passed along the way. The day ended up in another remote part of the area, that meant a difficult wet drive home along narrow maintainous roads. All in all another fun day with great company.

The final set of caches for the day were the Agatha Christie caches and we could see a marked difference in the cache types, very nice.

Thanks for the cache Waz and Vik

31959.75 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2007 June Signal A#92

**Albida**

I am out in the rain on Day 3 as part of MINIFGAS. We are having a ball despite the rain. A great mob, great caches and great fun. Thanks to all the COs for the caches. TNLN SL

Hitting up the trails around Dayboro today. All caches were quickly found unless otherwise indicated. Caching in a group and signed as MiNiFiGAS! TFTC

Day 2 of our Dayboro mega weekend and a group of us headed north to find some Agatha Christie mysteries - mainly in the rain! Thanks Waz and Vik for the series.

Our second day out in the area and we decided to hunt for the Agatha series today. This was on our list and we are pleased to say we found it and gladly signed the log.
Many thanks for placing this series out for us and others to find.
Cheers and happy caching!

Found at 11:51 AM GAFF1.
A nice sized cache to spot from a distance - however it was 1/3rd full of water!
Thanks Waz and Vik.

Water has definitely gotten into this cache... unfortunately the logs snap lock bag wasn’t closed so it’s a little damp... I’ve double bagged the log book and added some silica to help with the damp... tftc... it certainly pays to take note of the size of the caches in this series... very varied... which is a good thing... tftc...

With the day off today I had planned to revisit the caches of the new horsehead Geoart and attack the AC art series. I mentioned it to Willis007 and she had managed to get the day off. We arranged to meet at an area that was near the start for us and visit the caches along the way, some I had already signed. On our travels in the area we bumped into Simber15 who also had a day off. After some discussions it was decided that all 3 of us would go and visit the art series together.

After the horse series and some lunch we headed up this way to grab the AC series and a couple of trad’s along the way. It was a nice drive around the streets of the area with some fantastic views and again some big laughs.

Thank you for the series, it is nice to have completed the puzzles and grab the caches. Today the log was signed as each cacher’s name and a few dnf’s rectified.

With a milestone approaching and a Mega event on the horizon it was time to get outside and find some caches! A plan was set to collect some smilies in Dayboro while the roads aren't too crowded and a day off work was requested. An early start ensured we made the most of the daylight available and we hit the tracks and trails and enjoyed a very varied day out. This cache was found with Chamad and Willis007. Thankyou for placing this here.

This was and easy find when I arrived at GZ but I think the last finders left it to dry out and it was still quite damp. Some of the contents need to be removed as they will go mouldy. Signed the log and replaced all to its hide. TFTC

Thanks to Covid, last year it was hard to go to the shops to buy drapes for your windows. It was very uncurtain times TFTC!

Staying over after the newbies events in Kilkivan to do caches in the area.

Nice quick find. Log book is wet. Water in cache.

TFTC Waz and Vik

After the New Year Events in Kilkivan, today's caching area includes the Harry Potter and Agatha Christie Series, with hatzofff and Snickersallan in the geovehicle.

Nice: fruit and nut trees. Oh, and a cache.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on January 3, 2021. TFTC, Waz and Vik

Making my way back down the coast with hatzofff and RoddyC & spending a few days in the local area to do some geoart puzzles and others in between.
All hides were found relatively easy and apart from a few wet logbooks that we changed where we could, caches were in good condition.
Apologies for the generic logs CO's, thanks for placing for everyones enjoyment.

TFTC Waz and Vik
Found 3 January 2021

Now that the bulk of the rain has passed I decided to venture north and grab the AC series that I've had solved for a little while. I left first thing this morning to HOPEFULLY avoid any of that wet stuff that falls from the sky, luckily I only bumped into a few passing showers and nothing too serious, pheew! However in a few parking spots the ground was a little too wet and I nearly got stuck several times, thankfully that didn't happen.

All in all it was a great morning out in a wonderful location, I thoroughly enjoyed my morning exploring the area. Thank you for the fun puzzles and for placing the caches for us to enjoy.

In the end I found 23 and DNF'd 1.

#1536 - TFTC

Today we've looked for the Agatha Christie caches.
This one we've found easily.
TFTC

Nice puzzle series and as an avid reader I do like a murder mystery. Straight forward find at this location. Thanks Waz and Vik

Tftc Waz and Vik, found , enjoyed your series thanks for the puzzles, container is a bit wet.

Easy find. Log book is very wet.

Found 8;25am on 7 November 2020 with Hedwig 26. Out for an adventure seeking finds from a week of hard puzzle solving. All good with this hide. TFTC SL Log book a bit moist.
Find number 774 for this Pirate Lady Yowhoo me hearties

Quick find
With DeafPVC
Thank you CO

A lovely drive. Logging with DeafPVC. Thanks DeafPhantom for doing the puzzle

Hooray thanks for share DeafPVC :)

All good at this one

Was taken on an unexpected ride today, and since the brains of this partnership had already done her work, it was up to me to be brawn today and run the legwork parts. With the mini-OBC in the back randomly providing artistic entertainment. I mostly kept pace and we ran through this series in quick smart time.

Thanks Waz and Vik for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #8209}*

Solved the majority of these puzzles last night over a glass of wine and a bowl of pasta. Good brain food! Most were relatively straightforward, with two requiring some extra thought.

Picking up my caching partner in crime, and dragging geokid #2 with me, we decided to tackle this one like a power trail. I drove and navigated, slowing down every 200m or so to kick out Mr P. Reset the GPSr to the next cache, checked the hint / size, and if he hadn't find it by then, jumped out to give him a hand. 21 times. Geokid was happily distracted drawing animals from A to Z in the backseat.

All 21 were found - 2 we skipped due to recent DNFs and 1 has been archived.

Thanks for a great series, Waz and Vik!

Out and about with geopup collecting the Agatha Christie caches today. I solved these a few months back, saving them for a free day. Today's the day! The puzzles were all fun and easy to solve.
A quick find at gz today. Log and cache contents damp.
Log signed, all replaced as found.
Thanks for the fun series and the cache Waz and Vic.

We solved this puzzle some time ago and today was the day to head out for the search. At the GZ we were able to locate the large sized container and sign the log book. TFTC

Really enjoyed solving this series. Murder mystery is my favourite genre and my parents had the whole series of Agatha Christie which is where my love for these books began. Ironically they used to live quite near where these caches are hidden.

The caches were all easily found and there was always somewhere safe to pull off the road.

We have given a few favourite points which are intended for the whole series.

Thanks for the puzzles and the caches.

Well that is another large one in my collection. Thanks for this one

Found TFTC

After a few months of living in isolation, it was time to dust off the geo gear and head out into the hills to find some smiley's again . We had solved all the puzzles so it was a enjoyable drive around finding all the caches.
TNLNSL TFTC

Needed to be in the area for the day, so decided to turn some of the completed puzzles into smileys.
Also my geodog Scruffy wanted to do some caching as well

All Good .. TFTC ..

Nice quick find. TFTC,

TFTC quick easy find TNLNSL

Took us longer than expected. Looking in the wrong spot. Tftc tnlnsl

#4 or 23 Agatha Christie series; #9 of 30 overall today.
Solved this one some time in April - having fun with the murder mystery research.
Out today for a drive to attempt our 1st whole geo-art series - came very close.
Big container for sure, but does not seem to be waterproof. Fair bit of water inside and all the swaps are soaked. Log was OK though. Took Coles mini (Latina pasta inside), left stegosaurus that can handle the wet.
#2340 @ 1400h
TFTC Waz and Vik ️ ️ ️

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Worked my way through the series this week, finishing the last of the mystery's last night. Couldn't resist getting out this morning to finish my first piece of Geo-Art.

Thanks to the CO's for placing the series.

A quick find in the area close to the calculated co-ords.
This another container that has a lip and takes in rain! The CO should have a look. Everything in side is soaked. TNLNSL TFTC

Another spot a bit wet
Tftc

We are nearly through this great series. Found with The X-Trailers. TFTC

I've had fun researching the answers to these. I read all her books years ago so hardly remember any of the stories. This was a quick, easy find. TFTC

After a fun morning, my geocaching buddies headed for home. I grabbed a bite to eat, then sat and looked at the options for the afternoon. After much procrastinating, I decided to head to these puzzles that I had solved some time ago. As I approached Wamuran, I wasn't sure how long the rain would hold off. This cache was quickly located and the log signed. TFTC

Another quick find for the clever pair!

Took two modes of transport to collect the AC puzzles series, predominately car and parking between caches, shanks pony came into the picture. As we were driving past this one, it was a drive by and collect. A few bovines took an interest in the cache collection and weren't too concern with our progress knowing a rellie would be served between two pieces bread for lunch. Spot on coords to find the cache. Thanks Waz and Vik for the puzzle and hide.

Another one located and my name added to the log. Thanks.

Mrs Just a Trifle was thrilled when IolantheK invited her out for a day of caching After a few days of puzzle solving, it was time for our day of fun around Caboolture and Wamuran It was quite interesting to learn a few things about the author while solving the puzzles and one day, I might even get around to reading some of the books

We had no difficulty in locating this cache and with our names added to the log book, we continued on our way.

Thank you Waz and Vik for placing the cache and for maintaining it for everyone to enjoy

Out and about today with Just a Trifle, to collect caches we both needed around Caboolture and Wamuran.

I've had this whole series solved since they first came out, and it was a pleasant wander back through these Agatha Christie's books! She was certainly my favourite author as a teenager. Today we had complete success and collected all 24 smileys in just over 2 hours TFTC, Waz and Vik.

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Headed South early this morning taking advantage of cool mostly dry day to try my hand at the Agatha Christie Series and a few others

Thanks for the great Cache and Adventure Waz and Vik

This Day in Music
13 Jan 1967
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr both went to the Bag O'Nails Club, London, England to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Good variety of sizes sand types of container. Always fun to find a large size. TFTC

11/1/20 Find #3286
Having spent the day in Toowoomba with PPrime and Crew153 and surpassing our goal of 100 caches for the day, Fangsoki and I decided to up the score and continue caching on our return home.
We added a few of this series to the day’s hunting in the wet weather.
Thanks for the cache Waz and Vik.

Gentle cache owner, please forgive my generic log

Pprime, Crew 153, 1MinnieMoo and I undertook to get a large amount of caches in one day. We did this in the the Toowoomba region - starting with Brother Colin's SSE series. After returning to Brisbane, 1MinnieMoo and I continued to find caches until late.

We enjoyed all the caches and appreciate the effort of creating and maintaining the various finds we made. TFTC

Nice easy find, thanks for the cache!

Very quick find. Emptied water out of container. Log a little damp but ok. TFTC

Another quick find by the Agatha Hunters.

TFTC Waz and Vik. Thanks for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Cheers, E

Contents wet here too. Might need a more watertight container. Tftc

Oh dear, another very wet cache container and contents.

Out gathering the Agatha Christie series with friends

Tftc

Another of these not even remotely water tight buckets. As expected when I opened it, there was a large amount of water inside and everything was floating. Amazingly the log was only damp. Thanks for the cache

I had dropped the geoteens off at a nearby swimming hole and had some time to fill in, so a few trads and solved puzzles seemed to be the order of the day. A quick find here, before returning to the luxury of air conditioning. Tftc and the puzzle Waz and Vik

We enjoyed solving these puzzles and learning more about Agatha Christie and her writings thanks to the CO for the series. We headed out to the area and had a lovely drive early in the morning to avoid the heat of the day. This cache was found in good condition and we signed the log which was a little damp and returned as found. TFTC

This cache was found easy enough after arriving at GZ.

Find #2553

Thanks for the cache and puzzle ***Waz and Vik***

Found with Quesera on a lovely day of caching, thank you for placing this cache here for us to find.

Nice Large cache, sharpem added a couple of swaps. My geo work buddy and I get together most lunch breaks to try and solve a puzzle. We have been working on this series over the last month and really enjoyed them . Some we had trouble and took us a couple of lunch breaks,others we could solve a few in one lunch break. Today sharpem and I decided to turn them into smileys . We loved the drive around here. It's getting green after the rain we had and so the cows were busy munching. We saw one dead snake that I nearly stepped on and lovely country roads. Thanks for the fun puzzles and for placing these caches for us to enjoy

Due to the pouring rain we thought that we wouldn’t be getting any caching done today, so the girls set off to the shops to create some photo pages and buy some frames for the walls while the boys went out for a learner driver course in the rain.

Later on as we were putting up the frames (just us now, the kids have already aborted on us), we look out the window and what do we see…sunshine! Photos were forgotten and we were in the car quick sticks to make a few finds. With having these AC caches solved, we thought that we would go for an afternoon drive and pick some of them up. We cannot believe how much people have dumped along this road, mattresses, car and tractor tyres, we even came across a fridge…and yes we opened it thinking it just might be the cache that we DNF’d on, we tentatively opened it and then the look on our faces would have been priceless when the stench actually hit our nostrils.

We had a great few hours travelling along these back roads finding the caches.

Tftc Waz and Vik

I've taken the week off as the the geomonsters are on school holidays. Fortunately Sandra had booked them into vacation care for the day, so it was either do some work in the peace and quiet or go out caching.

I'd worked out the coordinates shortly after this series was released and decided to get them finished today. This was a nice quick find. Onwards...

Thanks!!

#2465

This is one Agatha Christie I have not read. Must investigate. Nonetheless it was fun solving the puzzle with the help of Google. Today we are out on a drive and it looks like there’s been a small amount of rain overnight. The ground is just a little wet which I’m sure the locals are very grateful for. A quick search soon revealed the enormous container, and we signed the log.
A fun series.
Thanks Waz and Vik
Domsky

Perfect day to head north and log the Agatha Christie Puzzle series. These were solved jointly with the bearded redhead a few weeks back Brought back memories of a much younger me reading the books in high school. A great idea for a geo series

No problems with most of the caches, but a few had me spinning in circles A few of the local farmers have scary signs on the fence. But I didn’t see any muggles today. Pretty much a clean run.

TFTC Waz and Zik

Out with geowife doing the Agatha Christie series and some others. Tftc

It had been ages since I'd been caching and I noticed a new puzzle series of caches had appeared. Hmmmmmmm, Agatha Christie...they might be fun to solve. Today was the day to go and pick them up and bb was with me. We had an enjoyable day zipping up and down to and from Wamuran in Monty the mini, getting a few of the other caches that were nearby as well. TFTCs Waz and Vik - sorry about the generic logs - I am close to reaching a milestone and have a stack of caches to log

Found date Friday 13th ... Online log date Sunday 15th

My geobuddy loves Agatha Christie
All solved and off we go on a country

got our 9's mixed up and missed this one
not to worry
back we come and a nice quick find

Took tow truck
green

Along this road Mrs Woodyrothwell took a slide and landed on her butt while looking for a cache. Most couples probably check if the other party is alright but not us.

Forgot the stigma of embarrassment if you fall. Forget the burning desire to get up and wipe the dirt of your bum. Forget checking that your C4 vertebrae is one piece. If one of us takes a spill then you just have to wait in place for the inevitable photo and laughter.

No matter how technologically-minded I am, it seems to take an eternity for me to get the camera app on my phone ready. My wife had enough time to get her hair and make-up done while she sat in the dirt. tftc

Thanks for the cache

Cache a day to keep the doctor away, or is it to keep me sane. No it’s to keep my streak alive. Waz and vik >276 days. #1759 finds.

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Thursday. Mr SP pulled up the geomobile and hopped out to start to look for the container. I opened my door and called out that I think I see it about 1m away from me! Only spotted this quickly I think because I was literally right next to it and almost made it a park and grab. A bit of water inside the container, despite the desperately dry conditions.

This was the 7th of 10 caches found on today's trip.

Thanks ***Waz and Vik***, for showing us this place.

Quick and easy find

This was a bit wet inside, although the log was still dry. TFTC

Taking my sisters dog out for a bit of bonding as he settles in for a six week stay and I was very pleased with both the puzzles and the pick up. Tftc

As each installment was released we solved them all … but from afar, too far to make a quick run for a find.
When the last release was published we were quick to solve them & for a brief moment we contemplated doing a night run but then remembered how many avid cache stalkers lived so much closer than we did, Orange Crew had certainly made a meal of the earlier releases! LOL ...
Waking early we checker our phones & saw that grannysmith1947 was out & about, on the prowl but we had already decided we were out of the FTF race & that, now the series were all published, we would just make a morning of trying to convert them all to smilies.
#18 of 30 caches found today.

LOL ...
I must admit I had a real good belly laugh at this one.
Not at the cache but at Mrs VC!
I pulled the Geo-Beast to the verge just short of GZ & Mrs VC jumped out & set off for the find.
She wandered up the road a bit then turned & headed back towards me before stepping into the undergrowth & out of sight.
A quick find for Mrs VC who made our mark & replaced as found.
When she got back into the Geo-Beast Mrs VC laughingly said "I walked straight past it!"
So how is that news-worthy or comical you may ask?
The size is LARGE & the cache really is quite easy to see.
Anyway, Mrs VC says to me "Just drive up there & I'll show you why it's funny".
"Up where?" I queried.
" Just drive up there to that green tree!" was her quite stern reply.
I looked ahead at a roadside fully lined by GREEN TREES! LOL ...
I'm still laughing!
I must admit Mrs VC was a good sport as she had a good laugh too once she realised what she had said ... green tree indeed!

TFTC Waz and Vik
P.S. I don't just keep her for her good looks & cooking skills ... I can always expect a good laugh as well!

After the remaining puzzles of this series were published last night, I left the house early this morning hoping to get the one or other FTF done. But it looks like I was about one hour too late for this challenge. At the end I managed to find all caches in just under 2 hours and a l alos had a nice chat to other cachers on the way.

Thanks for the series and fun.

Georode

Helped mum get this series going for Mothers Day earlier this year including placement and puzzle checking, so pleased it’s finally out.

TFTC smile 4708 out and about with miss Millie geo dog Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment

Out with wombles to create a few new smileys on this lovely winters day.

Thanks for the cache Waz and Vik

A much faster find here!
Inside was a bit wet, we tipped out the excess water.

Geopartner and I were out enjoying the sunshine today for Ekka holiday. Solved the puzzle last night. Saw the movie just recently. Sad to see the last of Poirot. A nice quick find and signed the log and returned to where we found it.
TNLNSL TFTC Thanks Waz and Vik All good with this cache and puzzle

Easy find but unfortunately the contents were damp. Geowife 6 - hubby 5 TFTC Waz and Vik

With a sick child and a studying spouse, my afternoon was spent tinkering away at solving this series of Agatha Christie mysteries, but being unable to leave the house to find them. Like Poirot, I took many wrong turns and got lost down some rabbit holes but got there in the end.

Today there was a chance to duck out and try to find them, so an early start was made, arriving just before dawn. Ooh a nice large container. Went past and missed it completely just as the day was getting lighter, before spotting it on the way back out. Adding a fave here.

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Log signed at 06:03 and cache returned as found. Thanks for the smilie **Waz and Vik**. This log is
trackable.

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