CRGPT P-11 "Paddlers 150 Challenge" Lower Portland, New South Wales, Australia
By GrumpyOldMates on 16-Feb-20. Waypoint GC8KT9A

It seems I do not qualify for this challenge, though logged now signed in anticipation.Making the most of lifes opportunities, or indeed creating said opportunities, is part of the fun!Thanks to GrumpyOldMates for this CRGPT P-11 "Paddlers 150 Challenge" and for keeping the game alive with the pursuit of yet more goals to achieve

Found with a group of about 30 cachers on 20 water craft including a safety boat. It was a terrific day out on the water. Great weather and loads of fun. Signed as HSC24. I need lots more caches before I can claim the find on this one. Thanks to the CO for placing these for us to enjoy. TFTC.

Mmmm, I do not yet qualify for this challenge. Still 48 paddles off. That makes me grumpy!

Signed the log still might have a few to go

#8365Two previous trips here have been thwarted by floods in the past few years, so it was great to finally get boats on the water for this trail. It has certainly helped our DT grid efforts!This paddle has pushed us over the qualifying gradeTFTC!

8am launching the amarda Kayaks from the Colo River Jetty. I believe 22 kayaks in fine weather with an amazing greeting from the high sandstone cliffs once in the drink.There was no stopping for lunch, just snack as you go. Took us 6hrs and even though I drank 1.25ltrs of water and protein snacks, wearing long pants to avoid the leg burn, still came down with a migraine in the evening. The suns reflection off the water was enough I feel to get me after the mornings sunscreen application wore off.My 2nd paddle down the Colo, such a fun adventure and thank you for the placement to the COs.

Two previous trips here have been thwarted by floods in the past few years, so it was great to finally get boats on the water for this trail. It has certainly helped our DT grid efforts!Will check numbers, were close I try thinkTFTC!

#8356Its finally time! The long awaited HAVOC Colo Kayaking Trip!After the event this morning, at 8am sharp the kayaks were on the water and we were off. A beautiful day for a paddle, and a nice series of caches and DTs!Permission to replace missing ones granted by the COs, and all logs being signed as HSC24 (Hunter Sydney Canberra 24) end of copy paste Had to replace this one, in the tree at GZ, a bit up above the rocks. Dont qualify on PGC, but once it updates after today well be good to go! TNLN SLThanks for placing and maintaining this cache GrumpyOldMates

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Spending some time caching around the NSW/ACT southern tablelands with lots of side trips. TFTC.Today was a trip to Windsor, Sydney to join a group of cachers from Hunter, Sydney and Canberra to kayak the Colo River. Signing as HSC24 (HAVOC, Sydney & Canberra)Today was the big day with a large turnout of many cachers with many caches. There were some caches with signs of being swept away, one totally gone and quite a few in need of repair. The maintenance crew did a wonderful job.14 km later and we were finally at the end. What a long paddle.Finished off with dinner at Wismans Ferry with a few caches on the way there and back.

We started the day with a 40 minute drive, a mass kayak drop, car shuffle and an event. An early start to have us out on the river about 8am. Lots of Canberra caches taking advantage of the opportunity to join in on a paddle up the Colo River had made our way north to join in for the day. We signed as HSC24 (hunter, Sydney, canberra) for all our many people, and groups, almost 30 people.The tides were gentle and flowing with us. A beautiful river, calm, great bushland setting with the hills high about us and crazy, fascinating sandstone rock formations into the water by us.The caches were a mixed of finds. Easy generally but just the attachments, strings, or tops on occasion. Permission sort prior, to replace any needing maintenance that were clearly missing or in need of repair.A great day out on the water, shallow at times across sand backs and fish jumping. Great scenery, it was easier going than expected. The change of tide brought a calm stand still to the water and over 14km and 5 hours later, a gentle tide change to paddle against which wasn't noticed and we made ut to our end spot.Quicker than expected to finish, off for some caches, shower, rest and then the dinner event at Wisemans ferry before a few caches on the way home. I'll sleep well tonight, but a great day. Thanks for the cache and fun!

Cache # 11576 on 9 Nov 2024TikvaNZ, Fox in Jox and I had been eyeing off this series for a couple of years and had been plugging away at solving the various puzzles, so when we saw the event being hosted by HAVOC, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to focus our attention and finally get on the water!With a few hints for the last few puzzles, we finally got them all sorted and it was time for a trip up the Hume. TikvaNZ lent Fox and myself a double kayak, so after the event photo, we launched onto the gently flowing Colo River for an epic paddle and 50+ caches! It was around 14kms and around 5.5 hours on the water for us. We beached at one point for breakfast rolls and to reapply sunscreen, but other than that, the paddle was straightforward with the outgoing tide for most of the way. Lots of wildlife spotted and heard, and the rocks along the sides of the river were epic! Surprisingly, we had to replace quite a few caches, but only did so after a thorough check. With 20+ kayaks and a boat making up the flotilla, there were many eyes searching for the sneaky caches. Signed as HSC24 to save room on the logs. At reasonably low tide, there were quite a few exits from the yaks to sign or replace the caches. Qualified for this challenge well and truely! Cache replaced. Thank you GrumpyOldMates for this epic series and the mental and physical challenge!

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 13782. This trip had been in the planning for quite a while and had a few false starts due to high water levels we finally made it onto the water today. Now, the group was a big one and it took a while to get everyone into the water but it wasnt long and we were enjoying the current taking us down stream. The challenge with this series was the sheer number of caches that were needing maintenance, we found lots of bison kids, strings without bisons and the like. Wed come prepared for this and had spare bisons, stainless rings and zip ties and had the owners permission to replace caches that couldnt be found. In just over 5 hours we covered the 14km paddle down stream and it was only the last few hours we had to work against the current due to the tide coming back in. After a big day on the water today I certainly now meet the requirements. Overall a great day on the water and a good chat with loads of different people. Thanks GrumpyOldMates for the cache.

Joined the large flotilla of kayakers from Sydney and Canberra (signed as HSC24 HAVOC Sydney Canberra 2024) to paddle from Colo River Park to Skeleton Rocks Reserve, including a few extra on the Hawkesbury. AngelG was my doubles partner in the yellow sit-on-top. We powered along for a 5-6hr paddle, collecting over 50 caches. Replaced a lot of missing containers along the way, but now ready for the next flotilla.Fox in Jox fulfills challenge CRGPT P-11 "Paddlers 150 Challenge" (GC8KT9A) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395. TFTC GOMs

Colo River TripHeading to Wiseman's Ferry area for a weekend of caching with Joolay. We joined a great bunch of cachers who had arrived to attend today's event and tte planned paddle. So many friendly cachers brought together for a common purpose. We signed caches as Hunter Sydney Caberra 2024 (HSC24). We had a great day on the river finding caches, replacing the missing caches we found bits of. Qualification: I have checked Project-GC and qualify for this challenge. I have found 152 caches of type "Boat required". Thanks for hiding this cool Challenge GrumpyOldMates

The caches in this series I have wanted to do for a very long time, quite a few years actually and I have had 2 previous events planned to do it, but the floods decided to change that, so I was very glad when today actually managed to happen. The weather was brilliant, the scenery was stunning with such incredible sandstone caves and rock formations and our timing worked out really well with the tides as well. there was a large group of kayaks on the water from Havoc, Sydney and Canberra so the logs were signed as HSC24 because the puzzles are a real test, and it has taken a long time to get here.The time went really quickly because of so much chatting with friends old and new, I was pretty tired by the end but so happy to have made it the whole way. Some of the caches needed replacing along the way, which we had prior permission to do, A big thanks to Lee737, Samuel737 and Big Matt for supplying the equipment and doing such a great job on the maintenance.Thanks to the GrumpyOldMates for an awesome series[Mighty Minions](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Mighty%20Minions) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 174 caches of type "Boat required"

#23033 @1235Over 20 kayakers (accompanied by others in a saftey boat - thanks boot65) paddled the Colo River, from Colo River Park to Lower Portland. Departing at about 8am and finishing about 2pm, finding over 50 caches. Caches were signed as HSC24 (Hunter Sydney Caberra 2024). Most were found ok. Some were found with the base and log missing, some were 'found' with just the attachment. These were all replaced. A few were unable to be found at all (even in part). All but one of these were replaced. (The one not replaced because the location had been destroyed by flooding.) We had perfect weather for the paddle - a great day out on the water. Solving the puzzles occurred over several months/years, with the last few solved with team work in the days leading up to the trip. TFTC. According to [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") I qualified for this challenge with 283 caches found with the 'Boat required' attribute (150 needed).

I have only 118/150 needed. More paddling needed. Found today in company of HSC24. TFTC.

I am not sure how I missed logging this cache. It was found along with the rest of the HAVOC mob and signed as HSC24

FLTF TFTC

Find # 13044Following an event at Colo boat launch, it was the start of a day kayaking down to the bridge and junction with the Hawkesbury. Fun times!! Large group off down the river. Signing today as Hunter Sydney Canberra 24 or (HSC24).Joolay, KittyKatch, Fitzy, Minniek, FurfacesLL, GLISS!, Aykayem, Flintstones, Sacada, Aquillis, Search4, Smittengranny, Boots65, Nibletricecakes, Loci612, Googlehihihi, TikvaNZ, Foxnjox, Angel, MightyMinions, BigMat, Everest, Its_Dozzie, Samuel737, Leon737, gavingo4, Many thanks to GrumpyOldMates for placing CRGPT P-11 "Paddlers 150 Challenge" for us all to enjoy. Your contribution to the game through the placement and maintenance of this cache over the years is appreciated.

Just going over some challenges we had book marked for completing. We SL for this one on a raid of the series with the grumpy squad back on [13 June 2020](https://coord.info/GL11PDF4Z) but had only amassed 84 qualifying caches by the end of that day hmmmph!Well, according to the checker, we now qualify for this challenge so take that you grumpy grumpity grumps..[team novo](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=team%20novo) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 152 caches of type "Boat required"This is how we'd been progressing over the approx. 4 years since:You have found 38 caches of type "Boat required". You require 112 more (@1134 overall finds)You have found 43 caches of type "Boat required". You require 107 more (@1140 overall finds)You have found 84 caches of type "Boat required". You require 66 more (@1182 overall finds)You have found 109 caches of type "Boat required". You require 41 more (@1500 overall finds)You have found 117 caches of type "Boat required". You require 33 more (@1574 overall finds)You have found 130 caches of type "Boat required". You require 20 more (@1953 overall finds)You have found 152 caches of type "Boat required" (today @2073 overall finds)To our successful qualification of this challenge, we owe the many COs who dare to place their caches on or near the water, and also to our fave novo water TOTT [Lil' Geoff](https://coord.info/TB9QQJD). TFTC and grumpy challenge, GrumpyOldMates.#2074

Checker agrees I can log:[Ardom](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Ardom) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 490 caches of type "Boat required"

Out for a long paddle with ESCR - we launched just after 8am and finished about 7 hours later. Great weather made for a really enjoyable day. Bulk logging - will check qualification later. TFTC!

An amazing stretch of river. Highly recommend anyone who loves a paddle to visit here the water was crystal clear in places, and wildlife was abundant. Almost all caches were found with only a few DNFs. Some caches were just remnants of what used to be and some are obvious throw downs. But even if they were all mint tins this would still be top 3 paddles of all time (so far!) TFTAdventure!

I love kayaking and have qualified for this challenge cache. I hope to come and find and sign the cache soon.CheckEverestHigh fulfils challenge CRGPT P-11 "Paddlers 150 Challenge" (GC8KT9A), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395[EverestHigh](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=EverestHigh) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 205 caches of type "Boat required"boat-yes.png You have found 205 caches of type "Boat required"

Out for a day of kayaking on the Colo with Rats and Steeba. We had targetted this series as our primary objective for today. The day started off foggy, but the weather cleared up into an absolute stinker around lunchtime and early afternoon, before a classic summer storm rolled through in the late afternoon. THankfully we were off the water by then.On the water we found many caches. Some were high and dry. Some were floating under water. Some were just lids (missing their bottoms). Some were missing altogether. Where possible we replaced those caches that were missing, but we did not have enough replacement cache containers to do this to all of them.A truly excellent series, on a river that I had actually not kayaked on before (but I have hiked and li-lo'd further up-river). Thankfully we timed the trip right, our early start coincided with the high tide, and it dropped throughout our trip. I highly reccomend this series!Cheers

Out for a weekend in and around the Colo River with The Rats and Hoojar to find plenty of caches- a fair bit of legwork needed beforehand though. Some enjoyable country.TFTC!

Out for a weekend caching with steeba and Hoojar. We targeted NW Sydney and the Colo area. With plenty of choices we had a great weekend canoeing and hiking.Today we enjoyed a paddle along the Colo river collecting the Grumpy P.TChecker confirms I qualified TFTC

I'd qualified for this one a very long time ago and was disappointed that I just couldn't find anything not on the way upstream or on the way back.

As I am checking these I will log them if I qualify.
GrumpyOldMates thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment.

Brislions fulfills challenge CRGPT P-11 "Paddlers 150 Challenge" (GC8KT9A) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395

Muggle65 and l were on our way to Rutherglen and we met up with Brislions to enjoy a group paddle. We planned a one way paddle with a vehicle at each end and hoped to make the most of the receding tide. We were worried about the low tide as in Queensland, it means a lot less water and wading through crotch deep mud. Turns out we needn't have given that a thought. The scenery was out of an episode of Skippy and we couldn't stop staring at everything as we paddled by. Many thanks to the CO for the generous input on this series.

Cruising down from BtisVegas, (The Green Geckos) & I met up with Bris to take on the Colo River Challenge. With all puzzles solved, Coords & equipment ready we set ourselves up & went for a paddle.
One by one we meandered down stream, thanks to the CO for their assistance in making this outing a great one. It’s such a great paddle, the scenery was fabulous & seeing where the recent flood waters reached. I spoke briefly to a resident who described it.

Thanks to the Grumpy Old Mates for this great series.

https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395

Hmmph - All this whinging about missing caches or caches being underwater!! The GOM's including our ACT Member, took advantage of a perfect day to do a maintenance run.
All caches where upgraded with corrosion resistant fittings, new logs and where necessary given a slight altitude adjustment. 95% of the caches were indeed in place.

Couldn't find anything.

[Noodles22](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Noodles22) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 242 caches of type "Boat required"

While my legs are still recovering from an epic canyoning trip over the weekend I wasn't up for any long caching trips. but then again by kayak, I'm not using my legs...
This time I timed my arrival with the falling tide, so all caches were above the waterline (except that one I couldn't find!) and I could use the rising tide on the return journey. I started about 7:30 this morning, and managed to get back to the starting point by 2pm.
I'll return again once I manage to solve the remaining 13 mystery caches.
Thanks for the caches.

goingplaces2 has used Project-GC Challenge Checker to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did. You have found 165 caches of type "Boat required"

Found this cache and the log was signed Hippy and Friends on behalf of Paul_the Hippy, goingplaces2, ilook4geo and geologic2. All was replaced as found.
Full log on CRGPT P 1 (GC8KT6A). Thanks for all these caches go to GrumpyOldMates.

This was the last cache for the day as we were fast running out of time. It gets a favourite point on behalf of the whole series.

Just putting a note that it has been found but not yet qualified.

Added to the total total today but don't have enough yet to qualify for this challenge.. Took a boat ride along the Colo River and found a lot of caches. Joined with goingplaces2, Paul_the_Hippy and geologic2 to sign the found logs as Hippy and Friends. Had a good day and was happy with the outcome. TFTC.

Not yet qualified. A muggle ship was sitting over this spot on the way out. Fortunately they had shipped out on return. Had to get out to sign it.

Thanks GOMs for puzzles and Hides.

This cache was one of the main targets of the day, and I'm glad it was not one of the DNFs.
Before starting out on the journey today, I had 153 of the required attributes. By the end of the day I had extended that number by a dozen or so. I sure have a lot more work to do out here! But it's a loooong way from home, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to get back. Georges River is about 90 minutes closer, and I still have over 80 caches to find there. So this great Colo River series might have to wait for a bit.
Thx GOMs for the challenge, and for deploying the cache!

I sneak over the line with 153. Will try to grab the cache later this year. Great challenge, GOM!

Joint **FTF** with the full contingent of the GOMs, Rainbow Spirit, Martin Cousins, Team Novo and DKMacca. Wonderful day on the river in perfect conditions and great company. Many thanks to Rainbow Spirit for transporting me in style and comfort all day.

SL TFTC

A grumpy gang of ten had a long, but enjoyable paddle along the river picking up a collection of solved Puzzles and Letterboxes, lots of Traditionals and a Multi and a WherIGo.

Logging at home. Tired and sore.

TFTC.

Found by the gang of ten surprisingly ungrumpy searchers drifting down the Colo today. Thanks to the whole mob for their excellent company and to the hiders for a fantastic effort.

#4169

A great day on the river with a gang of grumpy (and some not-so-grumpy) old mates.

[crash2079](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=crash2079) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 208 caches of type "Boat required"

TFTC GOM

A day out on the river which was enough to make you unGrumpy with The very Orange looking Rainbow Spirit and his orange muggle crew man on official duties to give some of the states toys a work over, Team Novo, DK Macca, Martin Cousins and the whole of the NSW Chapter of GOM. After a few logistics the fleet consisting of powered and non powered craft got under way noting the GOM Founding Chairman and AntiSecretary managed to get a lift on the States Transport. Not wanting to sound grumpy I was happy to paddle.
A great outing with a number of **FTF** still up for grabs as we made our way on the tour. Interesting to hear of peoples approaches on the puzzle and great to see how the hides survived the floods.
A call in at Wombat Rock to watch some antics for those who have not previous found it.
TFTC

Well I should be unGrumpy with over 800 boat cache finds

[bella at waggy](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=bella+at+waggy) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 860 caches of type "Boat required"

Hmph! Even after today's grumpy paddle I *still* require another 66 caches with the boat attribute. Bahh.

Name's in the log though. I happened to be at the front of the field whilst going for this one, amongst a somewhat stroppy squad of shirty shipmates all on the grumpy powertrail today. So I made my approach for the container which, with the help of a very specifically positioned sphere of hot plasma, I spotted from around 60m away. Managed to ward off all the incoming competition for CIH for the final meters where at GZ, it was *just* within my reach with my right hand, from the comfort of the yak that is. With the assistance of Team Canary/ DKMacca/ MC, I managed to remove the lid with one hand and pass the parchment over to I think MC who was able to sign it on all our behalfs, due to the large amount of mud I'd just collected on my left hand in a bid to remain stable whilst leaning over for the grab. Replacing the log was tricky but successful. It was then that I realised I'd just been had.

Shall be back later to claim the challenge!
#1182

Previously logged under team account BoogieRogue. Re-logging with my individual account. #Find#: 2806#

[FTF]#: 114

Found on: 10 June 2020 14:08

Buddies: none

Muggles: none

Weather: sunny

Cache condition: New



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Finally I am able to convert this from a write note to a found it.

I was just waiting for it to finally be re-enabled after the COVID19 restrictions being eased.

I qualify for this for some time now... Grumble grumble...

Signing duties were done when I last visited this area before the series was disabled.



[BoogieRogue](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=BoogieRogue) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 'Project-GC Challenge Checker') to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 175 caches of type 'Boat required'



**TFTC GrumpyOldMates TNLNSL**

Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0V, GM5KY0

#Find#: 2806#
[FTF]#: 114
Found on: 10 June 2020 14:08
Buddies: none
Muggles: none
Weather: sunny
Cache condition: New

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Finally I am able to convert this from a write note to a found it.
I was just waiting for it to finally be re-enabled after the COVID19 restrictions being eased.
I qualify for this for some time now... Grumble grumble...
Signing duties were done when I last visited this area before the series was disabled.

[BoogieRogue](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=BoogieRogue) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8KT9A/49395 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.
You have found 175 caches of type "Boat required"

**TFTC GrumpyOldMates TNLNSL**
Discover my trackables: 654EMY, GSVG86, TAKM0V, GM5KY0

Grmmp! I need only 25 more to qualify. I guess when I come here to do the others I'll make up for it. Thanks for nothing GOM!

Hmph. I require another 107 caches with the boat attribute. Thanks for nothing, GOM. Even a grumpy paddle would still leave me wanting. Pft!
#1140

Grrrrr - Well we suppose it is about time that we re-enable these caches, grumble, grumble. Its been really pleasant not being annoyed by others logging caches and asking questions, but its time to let the hordes loose and pollute the river with noise and other social nonsense.

hummph!!
#StayAtHome
To help people comply with Government requirements this series is disabled and off limits. Any new logs or claims from this period will be deleted and you will physically have to revisit and re sign the log when it is Reenabled. While the cache location may appear as social distancing its is far from the Governments 30min of exercise near your home. The action for people to get here will involve unnecessary travel, more interactions at fuel stations etc
It makes us all Grumpy!!!

came here to collect this one as well although I need a few more to be able to properly log the cache.

I'm 131 caches short of the required 150, and that makes me grumpy.

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