Carl the minion Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia
By widge76 on 20-Jan-20. Waypoint GC8JDJF

Suscoe was heading from Wagga to the coast today. It was full sun, about 30 degrees at its hottest and good travelling conditions.We left the Hume and headed east through the Southern Highlands down on to the coast. The countryside changed from brown to green and grain crops were replaced by green grazing farms and bushland. A lovely sea breeze greeted us at the coast.We found a few caches and Ad Labs as we travelled.Thanks to widge76 for this hide.

Thank you!

Quick find on a day geocaching around Exeter

Out with BlacknWhite to chase down a few caches in the southern highlands on this fine Kings birthday Monday.Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.Like his mate Dave Carl is looking a bit dusty, a bit of cosmetics may be helpful.TFTCIronbark.

Another quick find with Ironbark this morning.These minions seem to pop up all over the place.Thanks for the cache and another adventure widge76

Cool spot

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Staying a few nights in Moss Vale, today we headed over to Berrima and surrounds.TFTC widge76

Left Goulburn this morning & were now camped at Daley's Camp in Belangalo State forest.After setting up camp we drove towards Moss Vale completing the Rememberance caches & the WIGO crop Circle. We finished the day driving to Bundanoon to do a couple of ALs.Such a big variety of caches found todayA nice way to visit the town & area is by following the geocaching trailThanks widge76 for hiding this cache.

Found !

Slowly making my way to the Canberra mega. Nice quick find. TFTC!!

bunadoorian saw this on the map nd said - there is Carl the minion - do you want to find him. He had me at minion. TFTC and for bringing us here widge76.

Grub62 and I stopped by here on our travels as Grub62 is a fan of minions. A nice little tribute in a standard hide. TFTC.

A quick find here this morning while down at the Southern Highlands, TNLN thanks.

Great location and hide .TFTC

Found this cache with ilook4geo before leaving the area this time. It was a very easy find. Thank you to widge76 for placing this cache.

Adding a few more smileys to the map before leaving this area. Came along with goingplaces2, found the cache, signed the log and replaced. Job done! TFTC.

Cute but close to the road. Children must have an adult with them please

Thanks, Carl. TFTC.

After 17 years, our 1000th find! Arent we clever! TFTC.

Thanks for the cache

Easy find, thanks

A quick find during a break in the afternoon showers. Thanks for the cache widge76

Favourite because I love minions but really doesn’t deserve it. Don’t know who was more uncomfortable the motorbike rider or me when I pulled up at the barrier. Tftc

Super cool and funny good find

Out and about for a drive today, enjoying the sunshine in an air-conditioned car. As I love minions, I couldn't resist stopping to collect this one.

Parked nice and close and made a quick find. As the log was full, for the first time in my caching history, I was actually prepared with paper in the car. Signed the new piece of paper and placed it in the cache along with the old log.

Loved the container. Slightly regretting collecting this one without the geokids as I reckon they would have loved it too.

TFTC

Quick find with O319. The log is full

Quick find with SJG66, nice container. TFTC

Just out for the day drive quick find and sign placed back where it belong TFTC

Found with sebass19 on a huge day of caching in the Southern Highlights; all up, 68 finds for me today, not bad considering the heat! Parked further up the road and walked back down for a quick find. Retrieved and replaced in between traffic. A very cute container! TFTC widge76!

Find#3860
Nice hiding place
Found with Toyhunters
On a trip to moss vale and surrounds
Thanks for the cache

Very cute Karl. Log book is full just managed to squeeze my name in

Find # 8087
Nice quick find.

TFTC widge76
9 December 2022 12:30

Found It!
Another quick find, and another wet logbook, although it wasn't as bad as the other one.
TFTC

a beautiful windy day to be out geocaching thanks

Driving through town on a wet and cold public holiday. Glad to stop here and tick this one off.

Cheers

Tan out of the car on the dark to grab this one. Grabbed the torch but forgot the pen. Photo sent to co as proof of find. TFTC

Ocw the Bebes. A quick park and grab on our way out to Marilyn for the day. Tftc

OCW PelDroedGwin

A day around Sutton Forest.

Happy to find another of this cute yellow tribe.

Tftc

The first of a few caches we picked up here in town. A quick stop.

It was time to move on from Goulburn today, but only a short distance to Mossvale.
We did the usual however and stopped to pick up a number of caches along the way, some with short diversions needed.
We also did one waypoint of and Adventure Lab and fully completed another en route. This afternoon we did some further caching as we looked round town. A lot were quite wet, but as Gippslanders from Victoria we understand that is what happens when you have weather like we have had.

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache widge76.
**SKI Pair****

#14738 - 11:12:00 AM; Out on a Sunday drive to Bowral with the geohoney and collecting a few caches while I was there, including this one. Made a quick park and grab here as we passed through Sutton Forest. TFTC widge76

#17756 @1245
After dropping my son off at the airport, I spent the rest of the day caching my way back to Canberra. Cache easily found. TFTC.

After having found Carl's companion earlier on, it was not hard to understand where to look for this one.

After a quick dash across the road I made the find and replaced. The rain has finally stopped ?

Out n about browsing the antique shops. Took the opportunity to stroll down the road for a quick find here. TFTC.

Hahaha tftc on a road trip with drobbo to see Crowded house.

Tftc quick find. On our way to a Crowded House concert. With Kimmy 533.

Found with WaywardWoman while caching in the area. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

#6202- Found with thomo31 on a wet morning. Thanks

That was a nice quick one for the day. I hadn't much luck in the area previously.
Thanks for the cache.

Tankengine and I were on our way to a caching weekend away with other caching friends in Wollongong.

The day was warm, if not hot compared to what we’ve been use to, but it was also perfect for the caching we had in mind.

This cache: An nice quick find. Tftc!!!

Chooo ooo [found] with dty73! He’s lost his magnetic charm! Thanks widge76!

A nice easy cache when a daily is required on a trip home. Found Dave a while ago so good to now have Carl as well. Cheers.

Found this cache while out geocaching near the Moss Vale, NSW area. The cache was in good condition unless stated otherwise. Thanks for the cache and the adventure.

Here is a little information about me. I have been geocaching since March 2015. At the time of finding this cache, I have over 8550 finds plus 1120 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 (GC7N7ZC) 2019 in Wollongong, Australia. It was my love of Geocaching that helped me find my lovely Wife. I have dedicated a Geocache to her that explains how Geocaching brought us together. That Cache is The Blueiris of Tidbinbilla by DARKSIDEDAN. | GC80WHA | Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Currently I have over 10,000 Pathtags in my Collection plus over 500 Etagz. My collection includes over 300 JMC Pathtags and 180 Charlie Harper Pathtags. I love to trade pathtags with people at events or via post within Australia only. I currently have four Personal Pathtags 45762 / 46950 / 47696 / 47987 with another three in the works. Note: I do not trade overseas (Australia Only) so please do not ask. Also I do not log my Pathtags on Pathtags.com to keep what I have in my collection private. If you are selling your Pathtags or want to swap Pathtags send me a message. As a bonus to reading this very long log, please feel free to discover my Virtual Trackable AR6QTT. Yes this is my Personal Virtual Trackable and I give permission for you to discover it. Please feel free to share my Virtual Trackable with every geocacher you know.

I have included one of the Geocaching poems that I have written. I hope that anyone reading it likes 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.
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***** I am currently writing very detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC called "The Author". This Badge challenges geocachers to write logs with an average one hundred words or more in each log. As of the May 2021 my average is 160 words per log, which seems close to the 200 words per log target. However given that I have found so many GC caches, I have to write many logs with well over 200 words for a long period of time to get my average up. Apologies to anyone who finds the logs tedious but it is the only way that I can strive to attain this challenge. After more than 8000 caches (which includes all cache finds up and including today I am now entertaining the possibility that I might be able to achieve my task very soon. Progress has been better than anticipated.
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Included with this geocache log is a selection of random photos. The photos are not related to this geocache and are not a spoiler photo. The photos with this log are all photos from my geocaching adventures over the last 7 years.

Happy Geocaching
Daniel

**This Cache:**

Cute minion! A little hard to retrieve but got it out
Thanks

**Today:**

A trip to the Southern Highlands today with DSD to clean up some of the more "Park and Grab" style caches, rather than being super focused like I usually am! We also managed to sneak in some of the solved puzzles on my list too which were on my to-do list and happened to be along the routes we were taking!

All up a fairly productive day, with 45 finds over a 5 hour period excluding the driving time to/from Canberra. We had a few DNF's and a LOTTT of Did Not Attempts, unfortunately there seems to be a lot of missing caches around the place.

Thanks to all the CO's!

A quick find of this one and it’s counterpart not too far away. TFTC!

Minion guards both located. TFTC

Very green the grass near here. The cache and log were good. TFTC widge76.

A very durable name for this one TFTC

A nice quick find with Sophiescout on a drive around Moss Vale and the region. TFTC

Tftc quick find

Easy find and n a sunny day. Grabbed the gecko. TYFTC

Accompanied ALL7, awesome enjoyed day to few caches area, stay Mittagonog for two night as funeral next day...
after WOCCO series , via stop to caches on way, nice spot and sign the log with good dry, as no trouble..
TFTC

Trip to Mittagong/Moss Vale/Bowral for few days from Canberra, and waiting for 63roos arrival here to meet then do series around with me.. tks

Found this one.

Found at 11:54 AM GAFF1.
Wow - now there is a leap of faith type of retrieval. The spiders were doing a really good job in entombing the minion and it was a long way in b
Thanks widge76.
Feedback: Looking at the hint now as I write the log - it is no longer relevant.

Nice one..... left a TB

Great little spot

#7551 (5 of 10 today)

Catching up with some logs after five days at the cricket - not the result we wanted after day 5, but it could have been worse.

I was after some calendar finds today, and so decided to head for the Southern Highlands for some caching goodness. I was originally hoping for 15, but the rain that arrived in the afternoon put a dampener on that... (sorry)

Still, I got ten, including one puzzle in a bush setting that hasn't got much love lately.
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From one minion to another - but unlike last time when I parked over the road, had to stop a distance away and then walk. And it's definitely sprinkling now...

Again quick find in the logical spot. And nicely repurposed containers!

Completed signing duties and replaced, then off to my next target.

SLTNLN
TFTC

Banana ?! Cute hide, no longer magnetic. Tnsl tftc W76

Cute - matched my mascot

Thanks for the cache

Walking from Sutton Forest back to our holiday house in Moss Vale.

First of the day!

All good. TFTC

This morning on way back to ACT, need to concentrate more, looked on wrong side for a bit!

A quick and easy find. TFTC

A might minion hide, thanks.

Nicely placed in the 60km/h zone. We parked on Exeter Rd and walked 200m to GZ. TFTC widge76

Quick find. Fun container

I am taking a road trip to Sydney to visit my daughter and picking up caches along the way.

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

Thanks for hiding this cache widge76

Found by the geokid whilst at the local pub. Lovely weekend out in the southern highlands!
Tftc.

Another quick find for me today, TFTC

Quick run up the highlands for an EC Day souvenir, took the opportunity to tick a few traditionals off the map as well. Forgot to bring my minions props for a photo but quick find after a short walk from safe parking. Still felt a bit exposed with the passing traffic so checked out the view in between cars.

Another quick find with a nice view of the willow and creek nearby. TFTC!

Quick find but cute

Quick PnG on my way to pick up BTM from work. Cute container but the hint is completely irrelevant! TFTC

Aimed for this one after the other minion was too unsafe for the kids. Sadly this one was too! Will have to come back alone.

Quick stop at gz. Quickly found and signed. Liked the container. Tftc

My plan was to order a large coffee at the local and find this one while it was being made. Pity that I was standing behind someone who could not decide what they wanted. I decided that the cache was the priority!

Cute tftc

Found it thanks.

Found on a perfect Winter day for a drive at Moss Vale.
A few good safe hides and not many muggles around.
Cache condition is OK/good.
Thanks for the cache widge76,
***Roostaman***

Found

Tftc. Another quick park and grab today.

Out with Just a cacher and dropped in to grab this one as we passed by.

Thanks for the cache.

20,142. Found during a quick trip up the Hume this afternoon with minniek and GSC2000.

With bad weather on the horizon (literally !) we decided a quick trip for a few caches was in order. First find of the day, and it was a nice quick drive-by find. Cute container !

Thanks widge76 !!

Headed north for a few caches this afternoon with fitzy_1965 & GSC2000.

Quick find here today.

A nice quick find

Out caching with Black Bunny today. It started off all right, wit a few nice caches found, and then the weather closed in. Lots of lovely thunder and lightning, and plenty of rain. We can do with it! Thanks for this one, widge76!

A big day in the Highlands caching today. With so many new caches popping up, there was a plethora of caches to choose from. Taking advantage of the longer daylight hours and many solved puzzles, I was able to find some good numbers.

A few final caches in Sutton Forest to finish off my full days caching.
Thanks to the CO's for placing the caches I found today.

Even though it was extremely hot, I thought I better go and find a cache for palindrome day 02/02/2020... so I picked both Dave and Carl! Thanks

Last of the day before heading home. All good.

Thanks,

Out on another caching trip.
TFTC