GPP G04 Glenmore Park, New South Wales, Australia
By ws_cachers on 20-Apr-20. Waypoint GC8PVET

25/07/22*none*
Time for this series to be retired.
We are archiving this Series and all Cache containers have been collected.
Thanks to all that have found this series.
ws_cachers

After some reported issues will disable and go and check on it

Helped solve these puzzles almost two years ago and today decided to turn them into smilies. Of the 31 planned for the day there were two that I could not get to because of muggles. There are another three in the series that I did not bother with as they were previous DNF’s.
Nice quick find.
TFTC ws_cachers

Cool little puzzle. Nice park but luckily quiet today. Quick find. Tftc

Another cool puzzle. A nice quick find here today in a lovely little park. All quiet here today. TFTC

Sunshine and caches in late fall. Dies it vet better. Tftc

In the run-up to my trip to Australia, I tried to solve this series.
Today my tour took me back to Penrith to look for more caches of this series.
After a short search I found what I was looking for.

Many thanks for this great series
Best regards
Team sissifalke

Wow that was a tricky hide. Did find eventually, while kids enjoyed a play on the slightly wet playground nearby!

After a night spent solving the majority of the Glenmore Park puzzles (except for all the jigsaws as need more time) I headed out west today as I have family nearby there.

Took my niece and nephew on their first geocaching day, along with my sister. My nephew just rode his bike and wasn't that interested at 3 years old but my niece was excited after her first find and we continued on to find more.

Coordinates off but found after increasing to a larger search area when I was about to give up found based on a few previous comments which hinted me to something. Thanks.

Down in the west of Sydney today to treat myself to a pre Christmas cache bender! Enjoyed solving a bunch of puzzles in advance and doing a heap of jigsaws.

This was a trickier hide that took us a few minutes but we were rewarded soon enough. Log very full. TNLN TFTC

Tftc - better and harder

Tftc - easy find found with WShoeii

Wow clever! Tftc

Tftc easy find very cool

TFTC Thank you for hiding this cache. You have shown us a new place and have helped make geocaching an enjoyable activity. We were about to log a DNF even made a spider homeless. In the end success.
Log full.

Out here today and made a quick find at this park thanks for the cache.

Thank you

Had a rostered day off today so ventured off to complete this set of puzzles that were solved a while ago
As Leanne said, I searched high and she searched low and then we were ready to go. TFTC

I solved the GP puzzles quite a while ago and have been waiting for a time to collect. Today was the day to make a start as my daughter had a flex day. The weather was perfect and we managed to get to 40 caches, with 34 finds and 6 DNF. We ran out of time to get the rest but will be back another day. Thank you ws cachers.
Nice hide. My daughter searched high I went low , one of us was right!!
TFTC

#9490 12:15
During Covid lockdown I solved the the Glenmore Park Puzzles and at the start of 2021 I found the first few of the caches.
Today I decided to complete the trail for which I brought along the foldable bicycle to speed up travels between the caches.

All GPP caches were found fast thanks to the hints. Unfortunately some log sheets were wet and could not be physically logged.

Thanks for the series ws_cachers.

Last find of our day! Exactly how much area did we cover? Lots! Clocked nearly 20k steps on this entire journey!

Found as part of a fun romp through Glenmore Park (in the pouring rain) with Foreignnebula and Alucard Lacroix! Thanks very much to ws_cachers for this wonderful puzzle and cache series! It’s great to finally be able to stretch the caching legs and get back in the swing of things!

Canberra Day Long weekend Day 1. Sydney. After a weekend trip to Sydney last weekend there was an old cache we wanted to visit, so another trip was scheduled for today. I was joined by Fitzy_1965 & MinnieK for a day trip this time. We started with the GPP-G caches near Penrith before heading to Kuringai National park for a walk for three caches and a bonus Community Event in Frenchs Forest. The day ended with a fun multi near Manly. Then the dash home again for two more busy days of caching out of Canberra.

This set of puzzles was solved before we headed up and presented a fun challenge to solve, and some were quite interesting hides. Only one DNF, but that was a muggle not a failed to find.

Thanks for the cache ws_cachers

31412.3 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 30 000 Finds A#426

**Albida**

Daytrip to Sydney with fitzy_1965 and albida33.

Solved these through the week. Other than being muggled out at GPP G01, all were found quickly and easily unless otherwise stated. Signed as MK, F65 & A33 to save space.

23,735. Found with minniek and albida33 during a day trip up to Sydney for some quality caching.

After having an enjoyable weekend in Sydney last weekend, and seeing another Community Celebration Event happening, the three of us decided to head back up to Sydney, grab a series of puzzle caches we'd solved in Penrith, find and replace a damaged very old cache, the attend the event. This was the next find of the day. When I spotted this GeoArt of puzzles I quickly solved The G and the first P. The second P we will finish off in slow time. A quick find once at GZ. Despite being a Saturday morning and all the muggles were out doing their lawns etc we were completely ignored - awesome ! Signed the log (mainly as F65 MK A33), replaced the cache as found, then headed off to the next one.

Thanks ws_cachers !! I'm really enjoying this series ! We'll be back to finish it off soon !

The geo-mirror was a big help. I could just reach. The log has a little space, but will need replacement soon. TFTC ws_cachers.

A very pleasant location! A bit tricky extracting the cache - though I couldn't see it, I knew where it had to be. With the aid of a natural TOTT the cache was soon in hand. Replacing it was trickier still! But with a bit of teamwork we got it done. Tftc!

It was somewhat in plain sight, thanks.

TFTC,

We were talking to the CO,s some time ago and soon after Nana nel started to work on the puzzles. As she would sometimes stumble, I was called upon to add input and most times come up with a way forward that was not obvious. Towards the end there were a small number that had been moved into the to hard basket and I was asked to look at them. It took a little while, but eventually we were able to say we had solved every cache in the series.

It was decided that with the year drawing to an end, we would head out today and complete them to improve our statistics for 2020. The year started well with January, February and March all over 130 finds per month and as COVID-19 took hold we crashed until we were able to get into Queensland where we too advantage of the freedom in July and August with 950 caches lifting our average day finds for the year beyond 5.

There were 32 finds (1 outside the series) and 5 DNF's today. Some maintenance was carried out and Nana nel will comment on those. GC91509, GC8PVF7, GC8RE71, GC8RE6X and GC8QE0Y all gave us grief and given the locations we wonder if some have been removed by locals. We left home at 7:30am and returned at 14:30pm and given the distance we need to drive for these caches, it will be some time before we are able to return and complete the Series.

I am adding a favourite for the series and will visit trackables to a few of them as we go.

After completing all this series some weeks back with Wazza9's help, I was keen to get out to claim a smiley on this series, so I suggested to Wazza9 that we go out today, we left early to beat the heat.

We attemped 37 caches, ending with 32 smiley faces and 5 sad faces. I enjoyed this series it takes in most simple puzzles and jigsaw's, that I love doing. A great series for beginners to start on puzzles.

A big thanks to the CO's, we stamped the logs and replaced.

Replaced the full log.

These caches were worked out many months ago but due to the border closures we have not been in the area since.
With the borders opened it was a good opportunity to head up to Glenmore Park for Christmas but times change and now they are closed again, with us on this side this time.
This virus sure has changed a lot of things and will continue for a long time yet I think.
I decided to grab a few of these guys this morning and was pleasantly surprised at the variety of hides and well thought locations including an area to park.
I had a problem with getting to the log as my caching gear was at home but Mother nature came to the rescue.
So far I have been impressed so thanks ws_cachers.

The GPP puzzle series was on our radar, to do list, for sometime now, with all the final GZ's worked out, it was time for the road trip from Geo-Base to Glenmore Park. With trustworthy navigator and Geo-Buddy, Mystic Seer guiding the Geo-mobile to the area and the next find, we set out to get the, tick in the box, for the GPP series. Well done to the CO the quality of the caches, containers and placement around the bike tracks. Our fold up bikes proved to be highly beneficial for the day of caching around Glenmore Park. A totally enjoyable day had by all. TFTH SL
Once again thank you very much for bringing us to this new estate close to the Blue Mountains.

Message from the logbook of Chief Puzzle Solver: Start transmission....The GPP puzzle series was on our radar, to do list for sometime. Having taken the opportunity with COVID-19 restrictions to solve the puzzles and obtain final GZ's it was time for the road trip from Geo-Base to Glenmore Park. With Geo-Buddy, Chippyddd navigating the Geo-mobile around  some streets the area towards next find, we set out on a mission to search and locate all the GPP series.
Well done to the CO on the placement of caches around the bike tracks. Our geobikes bikes proved to be a very efficient and effective method for transiting from cache to cache. With the exception of one cache there is no room for swaps or drops SL as geobunny stood guard while the cache was retrieved in a stealthily manner. TFTH TFTC Cache replaced as found ready for the next adventurer.
Thanks ws_cachers for an interesting series of puzzles and bringing us North Shore catchers to this new estate close to the Blue Mountains. End Transmission.

We have travelled from Sydney’s Northern Beaches to Emu Plains for a short 4 day caching holiday, staying in a park cabin at the Ingenia Nepean River BIG4 Holiday Park at Emu Plains, and are planning to explore the areas around Emu Plains, Penrith, Glenmore Park, Cranebrook, Castlereagh, Lapstone, Glenbrook, and Blaxland. Will be concentrating our efforts on collecting the Glenmore Park Puzzle GeoArt and the Puzzled Hearts GeoArt caches, all of which we had solved before leaving home, and also hoping to complete the local Adventure Labs along the way. This was our 7th find of the day, and 7th find of the holiday.

This one was next along the Glenmore Park Puzzle GeoArt trail, and it was another nice quick find. TNLNSL, and then replaced as found. TFTC ws_cachers.

Find #4075

Awesome hide!

Great park. Tftc

Found. Great series. Tftc

Enjoyed the variety of mainly straightforward puzzles which were all solved. The hides were also well constructed and in good condition. All found except for one, separately logged, due to nearby construction work which hindered the search. TFTC ws_cachers for a most enjoyable series around this new development.

TFTC

TFTC

DNF

Spent some time today on this series of caches with ilook4geo. We had a good run and the caches were found to be in good order. There was no problem in finding this one. Thanks to ws_cachers for creating this series of puzzle caches that are not too hard to do. Thanks for the variety of cache placements too. This series will probably go a long way to finding the wonders of the world, both modern and ancient.

Enjoyed this series with goingplaces2 doing the solving and both joining in the hunt and finding part. The series was well worth doing. TFTC.

TFTC

Such a cool little cache!!!

Another good puzzle.
I drove round here from where I'd left the geomobile near GPP G02 and walked into Pinnacle Ridge Park/
There were lots of possible hiding spots here. Checked the most obvious, but nothing found so I began looking at other possibilities.

I'm not having much luck with the perils of nature at these hides. 4 caches and 3 natural terrors. At this one luckily I looked before I poked my hands in likely places as I spied a REDBACK SPIDER in one place you sometimes find caches. I jumped back and that's when I spotted the cache.
OK how am I going to get that?
Back to the geomobile for a TOTT - a nearby tradie gave me a weird look as I carried it into the park but he'd disappeared before I retrieved the cache.

TFTC # 4117

Another quick find. TFTC

Took a long time to get out of the container as the clip didn't want to do it's role in helping the log escape. I would recommend a TOTT to help you get it out.

Thanks for a good geo art/puzzle series. TFTC.

OCW Oldmorty with the sun back out and it was my first attempt at GeoArt. Not being a natural puzzle solver, Oldmorty suggested I may have some luck with this series and so over the weekend we eventually managed to solve all.
It’s interesting to see the contrast of new residential living flanked by paddocks still.
We ended up finding all the caches and were tested by one or two. Thanks for for the series and for the varying containers. Really enjoyed it and I hope they all live a long life so all the new residents can enjoy in the future.

Headed west with morty8888 to tackle this series of caches.

All puzzles were solved over a wet weekend. Some were solved quickly, others a little longer and one or two some help was needed.

Most of the caches were found quickly, however, we had to have two goes at one opposite a bus stop - too many muggles waiting for a bus the first time.

Thanks for the variety of puzzles and placement of the caches ws_cachers.

Ms S spotted this one. Signed as The Shoes x3. TFTC

Found on the 2nd day of finding the puzzles. Signed as the Shoes X3. TFTC

Nice drive to this one to finish the Glenmore Park Puzzle. Found with Sensible Shoes and Shoes Junior. Signed as the shoesx3. TFTC

quick find with Ris768 thanks ws_cachers for placing this series

Log 2427
Streak Day 1292

Quick find with Deep_99 to keep the streak going. SL #4565 on streak day #2932 TFTC

Had to take my ute and camper to Emu Plains today to have some work done on them. Had the use of a courtesy vehicle so took the opportunity to have a look for some of the Glenmore Park puzzle caches that I had coords for. Enjoyed the experience and will return when I have coords for the rest of the caches. Thanks to CO for taking the trouble to put these caches out there.

#898
This was the fifth of 30 finds for the day. After finding ‘GPP G03’, Mizmaz and I found the shortest route to drive between the caches, but realised it didn’t matter where we parked, we would have to walk. Identifying the likely hiding spot of the cache was easy, as was solving the puzzle, and so we had to embark on a methodical search. Unfortunately, given some current health issues, it is becoming more difficult to search underneath without feeling dizzy so I tried my best but Mizmaz had CIH not long after searching. SL. TFTC.

Pointed out this geoart to a friend soon after G was published (as it was “just” within my notification radius though too far for his) and we both worked out our own quick solutions. Noticing later he’d ticked off the smileys without me, I didn’t tell him P1 was since active too and now I get to tick off G and P1 together while helping SarahFrances start/complete her Memory Lane Challenge. Though there were some similarities among hiding methods, there was also enough variety to keep us on our toes at times with the puzzles themselves simple and fun. Looking forward to the next P, hopefully in time for another trip up this way. To those seeking spoilers on individual hides, apologies for the generic log.

Going well so far on GPP series. OCW MaxAdventurer, the Bebes and Brewmaker . TFTC

Having solved the series, our gang of 4 headed west. Quick find with The Bebes, EverestHigh and MaxAdventurer. Hint helped with many options at GZ. TFTC

OCW Brewmaker, EverestHigh, MaxAdventurer

Headed west for caching today.

A nice series with a variety of puzzles. Signed log with initials

Tftc

OCW The Bebes, Brewmaker and EverestHigh on my Birthday. TFTC!

Day out in Penrith to find the Glenmore Park cache series. A lot of work has gone into creating the series. Drove around and quickly found and signed the cache logs. All quiet at night at each gz. Thanks heaps for the series.

Found this one on a scoot to find the Glenmore Park Puzzles with Sensible Shoes and Shoes Junior. Nice find after solving the puzzles a few weeks ago. Signed as 'the shoes x3' TFTC

found with geomonster10... catching up on my logging

Couldnt get the log out

Third and last find for today before heading off to shop TFTC

A clever puzzle, and the font made it just that little bit trickier. All was quiet, thankfully at GZ today and so we had the opportunity to search peacefully. With a good hint and accurate coordinates we soon had the logbook in our hands. Given the short amount of time this series has been published, there have been many finders.
Nice!
Thanks ws_cachers!
Domsky


**Total find count: 890** @ 22/06/2020 9:48:00 AM

We turned today into a geocaching date day. With the children enjoying themselves, some solved geocaching artwork, and a day off work, [crzymelly](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=42eace07-4982-45a4-a517-7bbff20be4dc) and I headed to Glenmore Park to find the two-thirds of the geoart currently published.

We had successful finds at all caches except one with muggles in close proximity. All caches had great coordinates, in excellent condition, and plenty of room to sign for future finders.

All in all, a great day out, an improvement on our find counts, and quality time with each other.

**TFTC ws_cachers**

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The following TBs and Geocoins helped with the search to find the hidden cache:
* Miniature Itsonlybarney
* GeocachingNSW 2016 Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2017 Geocoin
* Geocache Talk Geocoin
* Planetary Pursuit Micro Geocoin
* Geocoin Club Jan 2015 - Rescue Coin
* Geocoin Club May 2018 - Blodeuwedd
* OzGeomuster 2018 Geocoin
* Col Miner HAVOC Geocoin
* Geocoin Club June 2018 - Illumination
* Caching Under the Moon
* Geocoin Club July 2018 - Dive Deep
* Geocache Talk Blackout Geocoin
* GeocachingNSW 2018 Geocoin
* Clear Waters 2019 Geocoin
* OzGeomuster 2019 Geocoin

Passed through this new area and grabbed a few of these fine new caches. This was an accidental find; I normally wouldn’t stop for a 1½/1½ but must have been daydreaming. Thanks ws_cachers.

Didn't take to long to solve this puzzle and this weekend it was time to cache in on the work done. All found quick and easy.
TFTC Wilbert67

Heading to the Blue Mountains for a 20 year Community Celebration event over the weekend, I wanted to get a few caches along the way. These ones around Glenmore Park were high on my priority list for a number of reasons....

An early morning meander had me dodging workers, school kids and people off to work but I managed to get them all. Thanks

Was able to knock over a number of this series in here this morning. TFTC!

Another one down in this series. Im slowly working my way though them.
I was worried on my way here that i might have to do this one in the rain. It was pouring down quite heavily as i was driving out but by the time i reached the GZ the weather had cleared and there was actually a bit of sun out. Given the ground was still dry i guess the rain hasn’t reached this far yet today.
As I approached the GZ i noticed that someone had left a nearly empty bottle of vodka and a nearly full bottle of Jack Daniels in the spot where i was beginning my search.
I found the nice little cache after only a couple of minutes search.
Thanks.
#993

Met up with friends for a day outdoors. Collected a handful of finds in the Glenmore Park area. TFTC's.

Easy park 'n grab on the new trail. TFTC

Another cacher mentioned this series a few weeks ago so gave it a look one night and worked through this starting G,most looked very familiar so i managed to work through these without too much trouble which was great.
Today in between adventure labs we stopped into Glenmore Rise to grab what we could on our way,all turned out to be straight forward PnGs which was also great meaning we managed to find all 15 in less then an hour.
A very satisfying detour!
Thanks w.s cachers for the cache

Left home super early to grab this trail before going to visit my Mum in her 90th Birthday.
TFTC

Quick find
SL TFTC

full log to follow

Find number 4810.

A quick find at a familiar GZ.

Thanks ws_cachers for placing this cache.

Out caching with the GeoFamily. TFTC

Streak Day #2515 - Today Dave8153 and i were strapped for time so we decided to nab one of these close to home. Quick find. TFTC

30 May 2020
This is find number: 4073
Streak Day: 1626

Found today with Snoopy1976, a quick and easy find. Thanks

Thanks to ws_cachers for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Doing some caching in this pary of the workd today while my cuddle muggle visits her vest friend. A straightforward find here pretty close to where I found a cache previously.

Thanks for the puzzle and hide ws_cachers.

Tftc! An excellent location. Not for the vertically challenged

Solved the puzzles for this series of caches and arranged with Martin Cousins for an early morning drive through this new part of Glenmore park before the residents woke. Found an old cache (GC80MC6) here at GZ and wasn't sure which to sign but we did find this cache. Did the legals and replaced as found. TFTCM
Cheers dkmacca

Early start today arriving not long after daybreak with DKMacca. We netted all 15 without being muggled although we crossed tradies setting up for the days work on a few of these hides.
An enjoyable experience with another set of eyes which made short work of the area, thanks ws_cachers for placing these hides.

A quick search but the logsheet gave trouble!

TFTC.

Solved the puzzles on the day they were published it was then a matter of time to come and get the caches. No one out so a chance for a quick find.

With cache in hand we signed the log and replaced as found. Both the cache and log are in good condition. Thanks for bringing me to the area and thanks for placing the cache ws_cachers

The following TBs visited for the distance - Hawkesbury Tiger, 2011- 2019 NSW geocoins, Area 51 Tag, Cache In Trash Out Geocoin, Cache In Trash Out Tag, CITO Micro Geocoin, dirty Black Juke, Four Elements Geocoin, Mary Hyde's compass, Optical Illusion Geocoin, Spindoc Bob Memorial Geocoin, Trackable Building Brick, Wales Flag, Wheel of Caching Geocoin

With our longest caching slump now standing at 52 days and with the current easing of restrictions we decided to hit this series to us back into the game. Solved all of the currently released puzzles on the day of publication, so it was just a matter of collecting the prizes as we passed by today.

Found all of the caches we went for and with the cache in hand we signed the log before replacing as found. Both the log and cache container are in excellent condition. Thanks for the cache ws_cachers.

The following TBs came through for the mileage : Bob geoMinion, Dave geoMinion, Evil geoMinion, Jerry geoMinion, Larry geoMinion, Mary Hyde's Treasure, Stuart geoMinion, teamMerlin's 7 Deadly Ducks Tag (Lust), Vanlith The Youngling, Hidden Creatures Geocoin TB, teamMerlin's Football, Issaquah Trolley Cachekinz, Block Party 2015 Tag

#5301- Caching early with thomo31. Found the old cache first thinking that was it until we saw all the names in the log. Then thomo31 found it- took us a while to get the log out. Thanks

Found while doing an early cache run. Spotted an old cache first! Looked around for a quick find. Signed log and returned as found TFTC

This one took quite a while to spot. TFTC

Published

*FTF* @ 12:05

Full log to follow

Found it and met sue and dan

We made the find after cycling here, and were sitting down to have our cut lunch when some young bloke pulled up and looked across at us. We may have looked like muggles (that is, normal people) and we thought that was about to leave. So we called out "are you are geocacher?" Of course he was, and hence we met Blacktownman. We then spent an enjoyable 30 minutes talking about "life, the universe and geocaching." Which really means we only talked about geocaching - what else is there in life and the universe?
BTW TFTC and the puzzle.