Dragonstone #44 Murrumbateman, New South Wales, Australia
By ALL7 on 15-Jun-20. Waypoint GC8V2AN

Short Trip Away Day #3 [25/11] of 3Day three of my holidays (and day #3 of 3 for my trip away) saw me leaving the motel early to start the day. I started by heading over to Fyshwick for a couple of caches over there. For nice easy-ish ones. Three in the Fyshwick Forrest and one over in the park next to Maryborough St. After finding those ones, I headed over to Belconnen to find a couple of others and then onto the Mall for lunch. While at the Mall, I also did a game of 10 pin bowling because why not? I got a score of 120. Once I finished up in the Mall, I started making my way home. I found the next lot of power trail caches along Dog Trap Rd. I have decided on doing these caches section by section given, I drive past/through here so much. From there, I headed home while finding one more in Binalong before getting home. It was a great weekend away and I quite enjoyed catching up with everyone. TB visit. Some caches were signed as JM. A big thanks to the CO for adding this cache to game for the Geocaching community to enjoy. TFTCs!

Spending some time caching around the NSW/ACT southern tablelands with lots of side trips. TFTC.A trip out to Murrumbateman for a winery and then a few caches. Nice.Nice quick find

Find# 12330The old sign has obviously been wiped out in a MVA. Bent pipework is lying in the ditch.The sign here is new, so we have donated a new bison to the back of this new sign. TFTC ALL7

What is it about signs along this road, that I cannot find the cache, and only 1.5D&T? DNF!

Found it: 30/03/2024Sorry for falling behind with logs. Ive been busy catching up with family and also been unwell. I havent completed logs from events - QOBM, Leap Day and Canberra Mega, so am catching up now. Thank you for the cache and hunt.

59th of 60 found today.Yesterday it was a walk, today it was mostly drive-bys, or more correctly drive right up to. Although some were in spots that were a bit dicey to park at, most were okay out this was today. And as they are drive-bys, sadly these be generic logs for most of the caches done on my run today.A nice area to drive around as country roads have a different and welcome feel. Even all the farmers seen were friendly and gave waves or said G'day.The cache is in good condition.TFTC ALL7 and the tan

Sign has been badly damaged, geocache is no longer there.

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. Staying a week or so in Yass, today we headed out late morning. Fantastic warm weather today, woo hoo! Headed south today looking for caches as we head towards a major milestone.TFTC ALL7

Barb2e and I are on a drive to find countryside caches. TFTC *Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Out and about around the Murrumbateman country side. We signed the log as JAR when the caches were found. Thank you for the placement of the caches for us cachers to find. TFTC

*In the area with woolwood9 after the MEGA Event.* We cached from Sydney to Canberra, then after the MEGA, up through Yass, Cowra and Bathurst, finally returning to Sydney.*We had a great 3 weeks and enjoyed finding many good caches.* We soon had the container found!SL *tm/ww NZ* *Thanks for putting this cache out for us to visit*Back for day 2 on this trail - heading towards Yass today.

A day out caching west of Murrumbateman saw Team JAR finding quite a few caches but leaving the high climbs etc to the more able cachers. Thanks to all the COs for placing and maintaining their caches for us to find and admire the lovely countryside.

Over in the area heading for Canberra to attend the Easter Mega with tmann421Tons of caches done while here and this was one of them.Enjoyed the touring around and all the containers foundLog signed tm/ww NZThanks for the placement and the effort put into maintaining these hides for us to find.

Out caching today with friends. 3 of us having a fun time each trying to be the first to get a hold of the cache. We signed as team JAR to save log room. Joojoo57, Aussie Liahona and RichmondLad. 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!

Since I'm in Canberra for Mega, I've enjoyed seeing many places as well as the warm weather.Here's one to find today.Thank you for placing the cache ?? ALL7.

Got it with WACDG ????

Over here for Capital GeoBash Mega. One of many hidden caches all over the city and surrounds on Mega Day itself. Part of deaf geocachers and friends - WACDG, TFTC

More big days of caching as WAC consisting of Lachlan1.77, Leg5, neva2old, Barnzy12 and me. So many caches, so little time. Too many tree climbs for my liking but Im a chicken from way back. Thanks to other cachers for helping supply some of the required tools for the higher terrain caches. Thanks to you (and DARKSIDEDAN) for supplying the bulk of the hides Im finding.

Found with a group and signed as WACDG during Mega event. ALL7, thank you so much for placing it for everyone to enjoy and highlighting this area.

I've enjoyed seeing many places and beautiful views and very different from other states. Beautiful day and saw thick fogs Beautiful drive country road with my brand new Prado 4x4 With Deaf TeamThank you so much

Another massive day with the WA Crew signing WAC. If we arent up trees, we are wading through water or hiking mountains. We are grateful for locals who have shared their TOTT with us. Since we all flew to get to Canberra, it wasnt possible to bring the tools necessary for the high terrain caches. For some of the day we cached with an awesome group signing DG as deaf group; truly a generous and welcoming group. Thanks for your contribution in hiding this cache to make our experience as amazing as its been so far. Please forgive us if the dates are incorrect; we are catching up online logging whenever we find

Out and about again, headed around Canberra for the MEGA. Super excited my first MEGA and heading over with 2 others from the Cockburn Crew - signed log as WAC to save time.This is 14704, hoping to clock over the 15,000 finds in the week in New South Wales and ACT.Thanks to ALL7 for the caches we found.********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024 OZMEGA2024********** ********** ********** ********** ********** **********Head over to Australian Capital Territory for Capital GeoBash MEGA - Canberras first ever Mega Event. Easter 2024 (GC9PNFB): - 5 day event at Canberra Park adjacent to EPIC (Canberra Showgrounds) on the Federal Highway, only 6km from the centre of the city.The mascot for the Mega is Gangles the endemic Gang Gang Cockatoo, a bird you may see or hear while in Canberra.The official website - geobash.ozmega.com.auACT has over 4700 active caches, power trails, and over 100 Lab Adventures. Heaps of challenge caches, hikes for geocaches for all levels of skills and fitness.

Well, while were here doing the hard one we targeted, lets grab a couple of others on our way to the mega. TFTC

Happy to find a couple more along this road as we make our way back to the Barton Hwy and onto the Mega. SL at 2.49pm #10,852 TFTC ALL7

Well, I found out one quickly. Thanks for the fun!

Big spider guarding

No trouble here today. Thanks for the cache ALL7

Reperio 14:53This was Day 3 of our camping getaway to Yass to go in search for some of the local geocaches, and things got off to a very early start being woken up by some extra enthusiastic 4WDers, so we decided to leave where we were and resume where we left off yesterday. With approximately 150 caches found today, we had an awesome day with only about 10 DNFs, and managed to either replace broken containers or do some log maintenance along the way. Gratias ALL7As a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death - LDV

Caching around Murrambateman today, this cache was easy. Tftc

Out and about with FFLL#1 and ALL7 to pick up some countryside caches. Was nice weather today and we managed to get our names in all the caches we attempted. There were a couple we didnt attempt due to their placements but thats all good. Logs signed as FAR (FurfacesLL, ALL7 and Rapidlywild) for those which we all needed, otherwise it was individual names.

Found with the CO on board, good to get a few more of these Dragonstone caches checked off.

Thanks for the cache placement ALL7 and thanks for a nice day out FFLL and ALL7.

After a call asking if a wanted to get some caches, I drop everything and went out caching. TFTC

A straightforward find here today, thanks ALL7!

A last minute decision, and lift to head out this way after MuggleHusband was happy playing with the grandkids for a few hours. Quick find. TFTC ALL7.

Found it Tiny. TFTC.

Found while out with Shaneo58 on the way down to Albury,
Signed log and Cache replaced as found.
**Thanks For The Cache** ALL7.

This makes the 29th cache of 46 for today making a grand total of 3758 at 12:53PM on this Tuesday the 8th of November in the Year 2022

Day 4 on the roads south of Yass with Cybergran.
A good road with lots of trads, letterboxes and the odd challenge cache.
Nice to have a couple of different hiders too.
Thanks ALL7 for this one.

Sadly the road head does not look very inviting so we have decided to turn left and head into Murrumbateman to get some lunch, so this will be the last one of yours that feathertop and I will find on this trip.
Thank you ALL7 for the fun you have provided for us.

Nice break for lunch in Murrumbateman then back out to the quiet road. Very busy on the highway today. Tftc

Thanks so much for the Dragonstone adventure. We have had a wonderful day out. Will be sure to be back and start from this spot and continue to Yass another day. Beautiful country drive. TFTC

Another big day with sjg66 out around Murrumbateman, TFTC.

Out and about with O319 attempting to better our best month numbers. TFTC

A quick find in a familiar spot.

Found while on a bit of a caching spree to top up my 2021 numbers. TFTH

Camping at the Showgrounds. Caching today with JLBL
This morning we headed down the Dragonstone Trail. A big variety of hides & DT ratings.
Tree climbs & even a wet creek crossing included. An very enjoyable drive along the country roads.
Thankyou ALL7 for placing this cache.

Camped at Yass for a week, today our goal is this series. In the company of Di Morgan trail completed with 2 dnf and I tree climb unattempted.
Your efforts to maintain create and maintain this trail is appreciated.

TFTC found on a Saturday afternoon caching with mr-aeiou

TFTC with mrs_aeiou

Two containers at chache, tftc(s)

#11485 - 10:07:00 AM; Headed out again today with Sol de lune as we continue our work on a couple of personal challenges to raise daily cache finds and also complete loops of different cache types. Finished off a few more in this series today in the rain, leaving a couple of 'higher' terrain caches for another day when we have th necessary TOTT and things are not as slippery. All caches found today were in good order and logs signed Sdl & LL or similar. TFTC ALL7

Out this way again with LuckyL10n to grab a few more in the series. Decided to start at the far end and work our way back to home. Last one for today. No problems and the cache was soon in hand.

Thanks again for the series ALL7....

Tftc

We weren't expecting to be in town for as long as we were but having had an issue with the fuel line, we had at least another day to have a look around and attempt some smileys.
We managed to do quite a few this morning and as we still had some time, decided to tackle some of this series. Won't be as many to find next time we visit, hopefully.
Please excuse the generic logs, we are thoroughly enjoying driving through the countryside. Another fun retrieval.
Thank you for placing so many caches in this area.

I'm leaving the new Mrs Mister JD at home while I go to care for my aged Mum in Brisbane for a couple of weeks while my brother visits his grandkids in Sydney. I'm looking forward to seeing
mum but sad to be leaving my wife at home. I'm taking four days for the trip because
I want to find caches, and long trips are way in my past due to my crook back. Caching is ideal as I can stop and start practically as I like. Today's leg is home to Dubbo. I got off to a late start, and found the traffic out of Canberra was horrendous, so I took a back road just out of town, and finished up doing part of a power trail before I got to Yass. I really enjoyed that road, but took too long and found only a few more on the rest of the day. I did stop quite a few times for my back and to give Sophie GeoSchnauzer a bit of a run. Sophie is a bit sad, we have just lost her lifetime companion, Oscar GeoSchnauzer at the ripe old age of fifteen and a half.

Find no 15 of 19 today. Thanks, ALL7

Permitted by ALL7, , sorry about late log in... I was in Canberra for workshop weekend, great enjoyed country road long way... TFTC

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks ALL7 (F=18985 H=1365) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

We stamped the logs as "The Mob" to save space in the logs - today there were 6 teams caching together: Team Crackers, The Drovers, Phetlern, Alansee, the lovely micaparamedic and myself.

Most of the cache finds were straight forward, yet a couple stumped us. A few were located where it was difficult to safely pull the car off of the road, but we made it work with some creative maneuvers.

2020 was not a great year, and the beginnings of 2021 have also been tricky - so when it looked like the various borders would be open again (without quarantine restrictions), a trip that was planned at the Clear Waters mega was able to occur.

Adelaide, Victoria, NSW and Canberra - a decent drive, filled with various caching activities including Adventure Labs.

Several days caching with the awesome Team Crackers, gorgeous The Drovers, fab Phetlern, cool Alansee, and the lovely micaparamedic.

We laughed, sang to a vast variety of songs and chatted - almost non-stop! [^] We piled into cars and had such a fun time. Despite the light showers, windy conditions at times, we also had sunny days to enjoy caching in.

A sincere thanks to ALL7 for placing these caches, including the enjoyable little series.

Did this cache with a group who logged as THE MOB. We had to replace quite a few logbooks and caches. All in all we were appreciative of the CO's efforts in putting them out.

A plan was formulated at the Queanbyann Mega to come and attack some of the Canberra trails nut unfortunately in 2019 the bush fires put paid to our plans and then Co-vid got in the way and with things looking settled we took the opportunity to get the group together and head up here to try our luck.

Day 1 turned into a great day. although parking was quite difficult at some locations but we managed with a bit of a walk here and there. We replaced quite a few soggy log books and cache containers that we were positive were missing and had a great time collecting some nice terrain and difficulty's, some of which took quite awhile to spot, even with this many eyes. We only had one dnf for the day.

To save room in the logs we signed the logbooks as the Mob consisting of Alansee, Goodlook. Micaparamedic. Phetlern, Team Crackers and The Drovers.

Thanks to all the cache owners for these hides and a great fun day.

Setting out from Murrumbateman in glorious autumn weather, we had a fabulous day of fun, friendship and caching in the great company of Alansee, Good Look, Micaparamedic, Team Crackers and The Drovers. (For economy of space logs of caches we found are stamped "The Mob"

Thanks ALL7 for placing so many caches on the gameboard, which players enjoy finding.
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Caching as 'The Mob" - 6 teams made up of Team Crackers, Phetlern, Micaparamedic,
Alansee GoodLook, and ourselves.

Staying in Murrumbateman, concentrating on trails, and a few nearby caches.
Thanks to all the CO's for a entertaining day. All caches found quickly and in good condition.
Many thanks for placing this cache, ALL7, for us and others to find.

Nice easy find at the junction. Off to the next.

Happy New Year.

After a shocking 2020 and glad to see the back of it, allrounder and I decided to head out for a cache drive to start 2021 off.

After heading down Wee Jasper Road for a bit we turned around to head back home via Dog Trap Road.

TFTC

Found @ 4:18pm with hccatcher11415 on a caching road trip to start the new year

Another find while parking very close. Thanks again ALL7

This was the 27th of 28 caches found today

To finish off the year The Rats, Hoojar and I teamed up for another caching run down around the Yass area. We certainly had a great 24hr run finding plenty of caches (in some long grass!) The spate of recent hides around this area with five star terrain rating meant we scored plenty of stars with our finds and had some interesting caches. Great area and some great caching. TFTC!

After a difficult Covid 2020, The Rats floated the idea of a trip to Yass with Steeba and myself. We compared diaries, and had a 24 hour mid-week window where we could make things happen.

Thankfully the predicted rain held off, for the most part, and we were able to tour around the region collecting many of the new caches that have appeared of late.

A lot of excellent caches were found, and some fantastic terrain caches too. I was introduced to the concept that all caches cannot be climbed to, it still feels foreign to me!

Thank you to all of the cache owners for placing their hides.

Cheers

The Rats, steeba and Hoojar were keen to fit in one more caching trip before the curtain came down on 2020. With our personal calendar's filling fast, the best we could do was a midweek juggernaut for 24 hours.
The influx of caches around Yass was our target, so with some careful route planning we tackled a number of trails in the area.

This was one of our targetted trails for the night. The long grass made many of the hides alot harder than expected.

Thanks to all the CO's for your caches. We had a great time bantering one another, trialling our new TOTT, staying one step ahead of the weather and one eye on what lurked in the grass. Thanks.

With one day to go before I head off to the North of Queensland, I was joined by Smittengranny for an afternoon in the long grass doing another section of the Dragonstone series. A few more trips out of the car with the ladder and one DNF fixed and one more DNF created.

Thanks for the cache ALL7

30651.16 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2015 24 Hours 200 Caches A#334

**Albida**

I had a great afternoon out caching with Albida33 who was on a mission. It is so much fun caching with a good friend. I was very happy to be the one to steady the ladder while he climbed when that TOTT was needed. It was also handy to have two pairs of eyes searching for those caches that required "look up". Thanks for allowing me to accompany you AL33. All caches attempted were found and signed. TFTCs ALL7 another great series with varied hides.

I was in the mood for a geomission so decided to go for the drive and grab some of the Dragonstone series and a couple of others Very long grass to wade through but found a decent haul for the day!

Quick park and grab for me here before I decided to head off home. I couldn't wait to have a cool shower as my skin was quite itchy from the prickles, pollen and scratches I had collected! [B)]

Thanks for the hide, ALL7

# 13783 Found and Logged
Moved on from Bungendore to Gundaroo now in Yass for a few days
A great day to be out caching
Thanks for the cache ALL7
Lgoody

Found on a trip along the Dragonstone trail on a fine Spring day.
Some very good hides and many muggles around.
Those tree climbs were a bit challenging as well.
Cache condition is good/OK here.
Thanks for the cache ALL7,
***Roostaman ***

cruising along the country road TFTC ALL7

Easy find

Assisting ALL7 with her maintenance run of her caches today. TFTC

Went on a country tour today and enjoyed all the finds made with ilook4geo. We found most of the caches we looked for, but gave some a miss when we couldn't see it up high or it was not really accessible. Many thanks go to ALL7 for placing this extensive series of caches.

What a lovely day for a drive around the countryside with goingplaces2. Found many caches and had a fun day. All found logs were signed and then replaced. TFTC.

Found

Another afternoon out driving through the green and lush countryside. Some great hides, wonderful scenery and all on a fantastic day to be outside. Found without issue, any pertinent or half interesting details added at the end of log. TNLNSL TFTC

Grabbed these on my return from Yass.

Thanks,

After helping with the maintenance of previous ones in this series, the CO asked us to assist her with the placement of more caches in the series.
It was a really nice winters day and we all had a great day out in the country side with many laughs along the way.

Thanks for keeping the game growing ALL7.

Found with Contesta TFTC

TFTC

Found it

21,132. Heading home but still time for a few quick finds.

I wanted a few more caches today so I went for a drive down a now familiar road for some nice quick drive-bys. I left the tree climbs for another day. Quick find at GZ.

TFTC ALL7 !!

Time to finish off this series today on a trip to Yass.

Or so I thought. Unfortunately there were several tree climbs I didn't even attempt. If I couldn't spot the cache from the ground and previous logs were unpromising I didn't even try for it. Although I did successfully score one or two less challenging climbs.

A really nice drive on a beautiful morning. TFTC and for placing and maintaining this series ALL7.

Aquilus1, Tankengine and I had met up with Kittykatch and Joolay to work together to pick up the tree climb caches along this trail then we went our separate ways. Tftc ALL7!!!

Came out caching today with dty73 and Aquilus1. Mainly to complete this trail. We teamed up with Joolay and KittyKatch for a few of the tree climbs. The weather was beautiful, the company wonderful, and the caches, well, very average... But at least we got some smilies! Thanks for the cache ALL7.

It was a very chilly morning to head out with dty73 and Tankengine and meet up with kittykatch and Joolay. The Dragonstone cache series was the target, to join up and tackle the tree climbs. Always good with a nice group and there was a lot of fun and laughter to be had!

Indeed it was a good move as some required assistance, most are good with a ladder but there are some that need a very tall ladder, a good climber, probably both... but also the extra hands to hold the ladder steady.

We met at #47 and made our way back to Jaggy Jeir stopping at the caches T3 or above as they seemed to require some element of up. For a sunny bright blue sky morning it was icy cold. The wind blew straight through and the hands froze, not good for some of the tiny micros but we managed to get all we set out to achieve done.

Jaggy Jeir has been on my to do list for a while and a lovely location, was also nice to finally feel some heat from the sun as we walked along! It was here we said goodbye to Joolay and Kittykatch as we headed north to complete the rest of the series not up a tree, found a few T2.5 that were up but simple stuff.

The caches we had wanted complete, it was into Yass for lunch with time to find a few local caches before getting home early afternoon. Thanks for the cache ALL7, a lovely scenic area and a nice drive through made more enjoyable with team work and great company.

Any information about the cache has been added below the cut and paste trip log here.
All found okay, so tiny it's super cute!

Day out in Gundaroo, Murrumbateman and Yass. Achieved around 90 finds for the day. Roads were busy around lunchtime, quietened down into the evening. Signed and replaced cache. Thanks heaps for all the caches in the area.

Grabbed this one immediately after pulling up, noting the slightly more r posed position and using the car for shelter. We continue the drive to collect the Dragonstone Series and close out the drive along DogTrap Road. A beautiful area and some lovely sights during the trip. Thanks for putting this series together. SL TFTC

Wilbert67 and I are on the hunt to grab these All7 series today. Nice winters day. TFTC

A lovely new series of All7, lots of variation and a few very tricky ones, difficulty as well as terrain. I was able to climb a few, but happy to have the tott for others. Great country side driving and ideal weather conditions (was a bit worried about rain)

TFTC Wilbert67

Found at 12:39 PM GAFF1.

Thanks ALL7

Such a cute container - not for the fat fingered!

A different container for this one.

It’s a sign, cute little container, pie beckons so off we go after doing the necessary

Thank we had lots of fun continuing this series, has some problems finding the high caches but we still had lots of laughs. Thank you.

**This Series:**

Came with DSD today to find caches #20 - #59 in the Dragonstone series, minus a couple of high D/T ones that we got a FTF on a night time adventure when they came out

It was an enjoyable drive along the country road, some caches are potentially on private property however, as the road seems to act as a thoroughfare but parking and walking off-track felt a bit iffy. All caches were still found however, and we even met ZQX, Angel, Fox and Tikva at one of the T4 caches before going opposite directions again.

Every cache was in good condition, no problems at all! One of the T4's had fallen out of the tree however, which is where we met the others, but with 6 pairs of eyes and after 15 minutes TikvaNZ spotted it amongst the grass, and we returned it back to where we assumed it was meant to be according to a previous finder who we PAF'd

Thanks ALL7 for the series, still have a few of the early numbers unfound (as DSD had already done them), but maybe I'll be back in the future.

Cache 6273 on 28 Jun 2020.

Another day, another geocaching mission, this time to pick up a few of the more interesting DT combinations in this new series. TikvaNZ, Fox in Jox, ZQX and myself met nice and early, loaded ourselves and a TOTT into the SusieQ and headed off to eat some dirt. A gorgeous day although frosty underfoot at the start. We found nine of the nine we looked for, although some took some time to spot and find. We all contributed to retrieving and spotting the caches this time around. I will be back to finish off the series in the not too distant future!

Eighth cache of the morning and a quick one for the numbers.

Thanks ALL7 for the cache and the fun!

There is nothing better than a sunday trip getting caches. Signed dsd. Thanks for the cache and the adventure. All caches were an easy find and all were in great condition with plenty of room in the logbooks.

Nice to get out on a Sunday morning trip with FATZ (Fox in Jox, AngelG27, TikvaNZ and ZQX). Our mission was some nice DT combos that have recently been deployed.

Quick find for this one. TFTC ALL7