Australian Animals Series #57 - Bell Frog Gunning, New South Wales, Australia
By DARKSIDEDAN. on 01-Sep-19. Waypoint GC8DA39

Caching around East Coast and a bit inland for a while. TFTC. Another quick grab.

Find#1961Found today on our first day caching around Goulburn. Me and Shaneo58 are down here to work on some challenge caches near home in the Hunter valley and trying to claim some unique DTs to fill our grid also. After arriving here we made a quick find at Gz. Cache and log in good condition TFTC

Found it with deni_f. TFTC and the series DARKSIDEDAN

TFTC smile Day 3 out and about on a sunny day on my way to Wollongong in a round about way sign as GS1947 on small logs Thank you DARKSIDEDAN for placing this cache for our enjoyment

The JARS team are out and about again today and hitting the roads from Sutton to Gundaroo and Dalton and finally Gunning. Great weather and many caches found. Thanks to all the CO's for placing and maintaining the caches for our enjoyment.

A large spider was keeping guard on this one. Neither it or myself were harmed. Just both our heart rates rose a bit briefly. Out caching today with friends. 4 of us having a fun time each trying to be the first to get a hold of the cache. We signed as team JARS to save log room. Joojoo57, Aussie Liahona, RichmondLad and Selva Girls. Many thanks to all the COs who hid the caches we found today for ensuring this was a great caching day while we were attending the MEGA. Cheers and happy caching!

Reperio 15:39Day 5 of our Capital GeoBash mega event trip to Canberra with Miss Vitruvius, and today it was time to head home, but not before finding plenty of caches. We decided to line up the caches around the Sutton area, which had plenty of high DT caches, and plenty of easier ones as well. This one was one of the nicer easier drive by finds today.Gratias DARKSIDEDANAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Out and about around Gundaroo, Dalton and Gunning. Travelled up and down country roads looking for the caches on our list to do. Found cache and signed log. TFTC

Out caching with joojoo57, AussieLiahona and Richmond Lad. Logs have been signed as JARS. A quick find was made and the log signed. TFTC

Ive had the privilege of working with green and golden bell frogs, they are spectacular! Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN

In the area to grab a few caches.We found a variety of hides, some easy, and many much harder.Signed and replaced as found.Many thanks for placing this cache, DARKSIDEDAN, and for making our day.

Sydney to Adelaide Road TripDay One: Sydney to CanberraWeather: warm!!One of four Australian Animal caches logged as I make my way to Canberra via Gunning and Gundaroo for a change. Caching makes you do things like that.Thanks for the cache and the series DARKSIDEDAN.Its officially a mega.GCA1DNA The Great Leap ForwardAdelaide, South Australia, February 29, 2024.Wed love to have your company.

Another quick roadside cache. Thanks for this Australian Animals series. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

Thanks for the cache

Nearly forgot that I have done these with SA an MB sometime in March. TFTC

A straightforward find here today, thanks DSD!

This cache regrettably was in very poor condition with a damaged log and cracked container. We had some spares with us today and so have replaced both the container and log.

A fun short outing with caching colleagues on this cloudy ?? day. Quick find.

Mountainsbeyond undertook cache repairs at GZ to save it from a maintenance log. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN.

**This Cache:**

Just felt like stopping for two DSD caches on the way to Gunning, as I had a very small amount of time up my sleeve after originally thinking I got out of bed too late, lucky I got ready quickly!
Thanks, all good here

**Today:**

Headed out to rural NSW from ACT for a big day of event attending!
First up an event in Gunning, then a Community Celebration in Crookwell and finally another event + CITO in Goulburn! Made sure to also visit a couple other small towns between whilst caching!

Ended up with 35 finds today and hit cache find #15,000 unexpectedly! The milestones sneak up quickly when you don't keep an eye them! A huge month of caching coming up in November as well with the Vic Mega in particular!

Special thanks to GLISS! in particular for the mammoth organisation, as well as Nibletricecakes who also did a huge job in hosting one of the events and cooking up the perfect snags for the brekkie event as well!
Thanks to all the attendees too for supporting the community & all the great catch-ups that were had! Oh and shout-out to Crookwell RSL for managing to cater such a big crowd of both geocachers and christining folk who happily shared the big venue!

No 7 and the last for the day, the geo granny becoming restless lol.
Thanks DSD for today’s finds.

After the busy (and wet) summer had finished, The Rats floated the idea of a trip to the area around Canberra and Yass with Steeba and myself. We compared diaries, and had a two day mid-week window where we could make things happen, in the week wedged between Easter and ANZAC Day.

The weather was on our side for the first time in I forget how long, and we were able to make the most of our time opportunity.

A lot of excellent caches were found, and some fantastic terrain caches too. A few power trails, some crafty hides, some hard hides, and even some climbs that I could not do... even with our ladder!

Thank you to all of the cache owners for placing their hides. This boiler plate log does not reflect the quality of the hides. Most importantly thanks as always to my two great caching mates for their company!

Cheers

The Gong Gangsters (steeba, Hoojar and The Rats) took advantage of an extended Easter / Anzac break to head out for another caching juggernaut through the Southern Highlands and Yass regions. Blessed with beautiful weather we targeted a few powertrails and high D/T rated caches.

After 2 full days we'd collected a plethora of finds, made some new friends, laughed alot, pushed our bodies beyond the comfortable level and most of all - had a great time with mates. Thanks to all the CO's for your caches and those who tagged along.

The Rats, Hoojar and myself teamed up for an assault in and around the Yass area for a couple of days- a most enjoyable caching trip with my mates. Plenty of power trail type finds but a lot of great variety here and there, particularly around Yass itself. We started off on Wednesday night and finished up Friday afternoon. TFTC!

On a lone road trip from home to Canberra to pick up the missus, and as I was alone, I thought I’d try out this alternative route to Canberra that I’ve been wanting to try out for some time now. We often stop at Gunning on our Melbourne trips for a nice break and coffee at our now favourite cafe there, but to my dismay, the cafe wasn’t operating this morning due to a blackout. Never mind, there just happens to be a few caches between here and my destination, I’ll just have to pick up a few along the way.

As before, had to overshoot the mark a little due to traffic concerns, but I don’t mind, more time to take in the atmosphere! A nice trundle with no need for theatrics this time! Withdrew the hide and quickly returned it undisturbed for once!

TFTC

Out for a drive to Gunning with Joolay to collect some caches on the local roads. Tftc

Quick up no guardians I could see.
Decided to finally pick up the caches on the road to Gunning. Barb2e and hatched a plan to head out and find the ones we could.
Thanks For getting me out and about DARKSIDEDAN

#1779 Had to park across the road because we were heading the other way but after waiting for the passing motorbike traffic I honed in. Got a fair fright when a huntsman came out attached to the cache, but a bit of a juggle sent her on her way. Cache then logged and replaced atop her egg sacs. Hopefully she finds her way back. Heads up for next finder!

A quick find today. TFTC

A quick find today. TFTC

#11936 - 8:29:00 AM; Out on a solo mission this morning to complete another calendar day challenge. No problems as I worked my way through another batch in this series. All caches were found and apart from a couple of larger containers showing signs of fatigue, all were in good order. A bit damp in a couple of spots and a few potholes in the road at the far end, but all up a successful run. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN

Another day, although it's the last one, along these particular back roads grabbing a few caches to add to the days total. No problems with any of them, no problems with any parking, and all caches were in good condition, minus one or cracked containers that haven't impacted on the log book.

Thanks DSD...first time along one of these and it made for a neat loop back to Gundaroo.

Found on a trip out to Gunning and Dalton today. Great weather and cache is intact. TFTC

Today we visited a number of caches to the north of Murrumbateman. We enjoyed the areas through which we travelled but became frustrated with the number of caches that needed attention.

Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. This cache was in reasonable condition. Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for this and the many caches you have placed in a wide area.

We had a great time driving along and looking for as many as we could in this series. Not sure how many we found but will keep an eye out as we log them and then let you know on the last one we get to do. Not sure if we will have time for all of them but we are certainly going to learn a lot. Such a long time since either of us went tadpoling. We don't hear of kids doing that anymore. Thank you for the work that you have gone to placing yet another series for us all to enjoy.

No frogs at GZ, just a cache, thanks for all the caches along here.

DNF back in May due to a missing cache. Pulled up today on our way to Gunning for a quick find this time. TFTC DSD

A nice quick find on a drive to Gunning with Sophiescout and Courty1. TFTC

Found with Jemalong&family and Courty1 TFTC

TFTC, Found it!

Pushed too far in but eventually retrieved.
TFTC DSD

Thanks again

Day #1: With a long weekend off, I decided on coming to Canberra for it. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any accommodation for the Saturday night, so instead, I ended up with a single night but that doesn’t matter. I’m sure I’ll enjoy my Geocaching trip still. I started the Saturday with avenging some DNF’s as well as finding newer caches along ‘Sutton Rd’ to my accommodation in Queanbeyan. Yes, this did include finding the new AL in ‘Gundaroo’ which was great fun and full of history lessons to learn about. After finding these caches, I then booked into accommodation and have a late lunch. Afterwards, I decided on doing the new AL in Queanbeyan. I also decided on walking from my accommodation and visit some of the other caches around. After a rest and dinner, I went and did some night caching. Only two find for this and both were quick finds. Now time to get some sleep.

Day #2: After a great night sleep, I went to attack the GCA ALF trail and the Starwars Letterbox trail plus a few loose caches that were along the way. I started by re-attempting the new AL bonus cache in Queanbeyan but unfortunately, I needed to leave with a DNF again. Well, time to head over to the ALF trail and get started on my bush walk. I collected a couple before I got there. It took about 1h40m for the walk which was a lot, lot faster than when I did it back in 2016 for the GC version of these. It was great fun and full of great views… again. The area has changed a bit since last time. After having a break, it was time to start the Starwars trail. I drove to the end of the trail and worked my way back to the start of the trail. After this I knew I was nearby(ish) a cache that would fill in a gap in my Jasmer grid (May 2017). This is a rare month for me to find because the closest couple to my home coordinates were Canberra and Albury. These are 2.25h of driving each way (totalling 4.5hours) before finding caches and all other driving plus meals. In other words, a big day. It feels great to finally have this finally done. Now time for lunch. After lunch, I decided on collecting some more of the UGC caches, that I qualify for and then it was time to head home from my trip away.

All found caches were a mixture of both GC and GCA caches. TB visit on all found caches. I would like to thank all the CO’s of the caches I found and for allowing them to bring me and others enjoyment. TFTC’s

Found it.
Are

#6416 30th for today

The weather is not promising to be nice this week. So best to make the most of it before it set in. The plan was to grab the new Adventure Labs in Goulburn and Crookwell as well as any solved puzzles, virtuals etc. I was not too ambitious and it all went surprisingly well with only 2 DNFs. The weather, while not warm, held off for the most part. I think this is my 3rd visit to Crookwell and there's not much left to do after today. Most places were pretty quiet, being midweek, but still ran into a few locals.

Decided to grab as many of these on the way back home as I could before light and or rain made it too difficult.

Thanks DARKSIDEDAN

A day's outing with my mother and a picnic lunch. A different container to the rest. TFTC DARKSIDEDAN.

Some great rolling hills views out here .
Found and signed .
Many thanks to DSD.

Day out to the country to grab some caches what a great hide TFTC DSD

Day out in Gunning - Murumbateman. Found 60 odd caches. All quiet along the roads out here today. Signed and replaced. Thanks heaps for all the caches in the area.

Out for a Saturday drive. A nice quick find, thanks DSD.

Out to pick up some caches this morning. The day was lovely and the caching good.

Found all in good condition and without any issues. Tftc DSD!!!

An exciting early morning caching session out in the country. A little nippy, but the heat was on, find as many caches within the allotted time. With excellent eyes they came thick and fast, only the odd hide here and there testing hunting skills. By the time the whistle blew near on 30 smiles added. Apologies for the cut and paste, caches found in good condition unless otherwise noted. TNLNSL TFTC

Came up to this one and saw broken plastic on the ground. Oh no, I thought...but...all good here - just some rubbish. Found during a day trip out to Gunning. A quick park and grab. TFTC.

I headed out after work to visit the Australian animal series caches between Gundaroo and Yass. It all went very smoothly, I even found the one I had missed back in February. It was almost dark when I finished and headed home for dinner.

Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN

29068.7 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 Australia 1 A#21

**Albida**

#12923 @1545
Finished early for the day, and headed north for a drive to top up my find numbers for the day. Initially I couldn't find the cache, then I noticed some broken pieces of the cache container on the ground. I broadened the search and found the log book. After signing, I grabbed a new container from the car, and replaced the cache in the expected location. TFTC.

I could not find anything in the obvious spots on either side of the road. I thought about doing what I did for #55, but I wasn’t sure if I had the right location. Probably just should have. Oh well.

One of this series was missing, unless I'm cache blind, or it's hidden in a non-logical spot. I'm 90% sure it was this one.

Found on a warm Autumn day for another drive around the area.
Todays mission was to do most of the Aust Animals series.
Mostly nice quick finds and generally good safe hides out here.
Cache condition is OK/good.
Thanks for the cache DARKSIDEDAN,
***Roostaman***

Found with O319 on our way to replace one of his caches. TFTC

Gotcha - Found easy enough. Tftc

Off on a cache maintenance run sjg66, picking a few new caches up that have been published since we last headed up this way. Thanks to the CO's for hiding them.

Easy find. TFTC

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DARKSIDEDAN.
Logging this late due to syncing issues due to no signal when on the road.

CUT AND PASTE SECTION
Streak day 69
Below is a blurb about us.
We are trying to get a badge from Project-GC for writing found log files of 100 words or more. Once we get this badge we will stop writing this. We are also trying to
get badges for adding photos to our found logs.
We Started caching in December 2019 and by January 2020 we were hooked. As we are on the road full time (living in a caravan), caching fits in well with this lifestyle.
It is taking us to places that we would normally not have gone.
When we move to a new place we also look at what caches are in the area and how many days we will need to be there to get the caches we want.

While still based at Yass we meandered around different localities finding caches. Yours was one we targetted and found. Our thanks to DARKSIDEDAN for placing this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

We decided to FFLLNo 2’s “muggle sister” out for drive around the area and collected some caches as we toured around taking in the sights. The weather was great, sun shining and not much wind. An enjoyable day all round, lots of laughs, and almost converted her to take up the game.

We decided to head to this trail and make a start, with the exception of one container we found them all in good order. Thanks DARKSIDEDAN for the placements, we look forward to finishing this trail soon.

Found it TFTC

Found whilst heading towards Gunning and Yass for a few caches. TFTC.

Another quick and easy find on a jaunt along the back roads.
TFTC.

A quick find on a cold and windy day
Found on the first day of my long weekend of caching and driving country roads.
Thanks for the cache.

Found at 3:42 PM GAFF1.
Doing a loop to get back to camp - there are so many caches around here to do!
Thanks DARKSIDEDAN

A large Huntsman on top of this container made me yell and toss! Cache signed and replaced - Huntman last seen heading off road but, they are smart little (not) critters, and he will probably find his way back. At least I know I'm alive!! TFTC

A big day of caching with J+J.AU today. Starting in Mos Vale with a few quick aches just as light starts to appear. Then a long drive to and through Canberra to get to the part of the Murrumbidgy we were targeting today do finish of the vampire series. A lot of walking for some great d/t ratings and half of the time tracks were not really there! Of track is no problem however and enjoyed the day and perfect weather. Made such good progress that time was left to pick up a few more in the Australian animal series on the way home.
TFTC Wilbert67

Wilbert67 came out caching with us today. Huge effort was made. We decided to pick up these animal series as we’re headed home. TFTC DSD

While still camping this area with ilook4geo, we decided to look for some of the caches placed in honour of our native wildlife. Each creature was successfully found and two more lots of initials were noted in their visitors' books. Many thanks go to DARKSIDEDAN for creating and maintaining this extensive series. We hope to do more of these cachers at a later date.

We enjoyed doing some more of the Australian Animal series today with goingplaces2. Driving in the country is so much more pleasurable than in cities, so we enjoyed this tour. All caches were found, signed and hidden again. TFTC.

Find # 5428
Found with sesblocker. We are camped in Yass until Saturday.
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Great coordinates made for an easy find.
TFTC DARKSIDEDAN.
4 October 2019 1:20 pm

Passed these caches this morning on my way north, but it was raining, so deferred until my return journey this afternoon. All caches found quickly and all OK.

Thanks,

I help were present on the placing of these caches by DSD all the way.. thanks DSD

18,735. Found with minniek during a loop from Goulburn to Yass, Murrumbateman and home again this afternoon.

After a Sunday morning sleep-in we decided to head out for the afternoon grabbing some caches in our 'backyard'. We loved the drive around these country roads. This was the nest find of the day, and it was a quick find at GZ.

Thanks DSD !!

Nice afternoon drive with fitzy_1965 after a slow start this morning.

All caches found quickly and easily.

Published

Chooo ooo [FTF] on a lovely Spring day! A police car followed me most of the way to this cache. Probably something to do with the police chase and burnt out car around here earlier today! But all good! Cache found nice and quickly - thanks DSD.