RRPT - Power Trail Challenge Annandale, Queensland, Australia
By GeocachingTownsville on 04-Sep-20. Waypoint GC8ZH5T

Looking at my. Townsville map in preparation for a visit in the New Year I saw this cache with a tick - a challenge I made a note on after finding earlier in the year while on a teaching stretch at end of term 2. Hit the checker and with no great surprise I can see I qualify. I am surprised at the number it states I have - although there was that big fishing trip in South Australia that would more than account for most of that now. [JACS Team](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=JACS%20Team) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 928 caches of type "Power trail"

Found will check later.

(# 10191) My first found geocache in Australia! I'm visiting an old friend, we were comrades in arms when doing the military service in the coastal artillery in Sweden. That was more than 45 years ago... We don't see each other too often, since he has been working abroad in different countries in Asia for decades. Now he is living in Townsville since 2016 with wife and daughter. He is planning to eventually move back to Sweden, so I thought it best to pay him a visit NOW. This geocache is actually the nearest one to where he lives. I arrived here yesterday, and today my friend and I took a bicycle ride along the Ross river. Since he is not a geocacher, I'd better break the news about my hobby gently, so I will not try to log every cache possible. But this one is a must. Not being a great fan of powertrails (I'm more for quality than quantity), I was at first a little sad about the task to achieve to qualify for this challenge. But I ran the checker, and was surprised to see the green light. I usually go about challenges that way; FIRST I qualify, THEN I seek the cache. I know you CAN sign the log, and then, sometime in the future when you're qualified, say that you found it. But that is not my MO.) We actually spotted the cache simultaneously, I proudly signed the log with my nick:// e-scape[e-scape](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=e-scape) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 184 caches of type "Power trail"

Now to sign the log sheet[MummaBear66](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=MummaBear66) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.You have found 514 caches of type "Power trail"

Find number 12378 at 12:51:41 pm on Friday the 1 September 2023
Departed Melbourne several weeks ago now and have been travelling north for the winter, well, for the northern warmth actually (hopefully ), passing through as many small towns as I can grabbing the odd cache here and there as I travel.
Finally made the northern warmth and the Cape and we have loved every minute of it now we are on our way home again and having many more adventures as we slowly travel south.
Spending a few extra days in Townsville now due to a cracked chassis and tow bar mount, due to get fixed this week before we can move on again. Hopefully, we will be picking it up this afternoon.
Another day touring, shopping and geocaching around Townsville.
A quick find here today.

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**Thanks for placing this cache GeocachingTownsville**

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Today we picked up a few more pre solved puzzles while about in Townsville.

Enjoyed exploring the area, cache and contents were in good condition.

Many thanks for placing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience today.

At last I am able to sign off on this challenge. A long while in the making quickly collecting my first RRPT caches then making my way slowly though the last 30. After collecting the RRBPT yesterday I can finally say I have don’t this challenge with 101 caches that meet the requirements .

Signed the log quite a while back but now I can finally log online.

Thankyou for the cache. It’s a good challenge to get you out and to slowly work towards. Now just 99% monkey that’s almost finished.

TFTC

Nice and easy after lowering my sights somewhat. There was an interesting looking bird in the tree above GZ, maybe a nightjar, will try and post a pic later.

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You have found 526 caches of type "Power trail"

Into Townsville for a few weeks with work, sleeping in a tent in a field near a busy road isn't that bad really, when you're tired you soon acclimatize. Flew in yesterday from NZ and after unpacking and orientating myself we had the day to ourselves. I headed out for an early coffee before breakfast and after that I headed our for my first foray into Townsville. With not many transport options aside from Shanks's pony I covered over 27km of ground, but suffered with a swollen foot for a few days afterwards. Started off with a run of 5 or 6 DNFs, but soon turned it around afterwards. Thanks to all COs for their hides found today.

Checked an we qualify
At GZ found after a short search up and down the tree.

TFTC

I checked on this one after the DNF and sadly it was missing. As I had just collected Retriever's Choice it made the perfect replacement for this one.
Happy hunting.

Couldn't find it

I am finally catching up on some of my logging and am pleased to see that I qualify for this cache. I like attempting to fulfill challenges. Thank you for setting the challenge and placing the cache.
Geoturtle37 fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

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You have found 497 caches of type "Power trail"

Konie and I headed to this one. A quick find was made and the log signed. TFTC

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You have found 1114 caches of type "Power trail"

In the Townsville area with Selva Girls to pick up some solved puzzles, Challenge caches and anything else that gets in the way. We found an interesting collection of caches in some nice areas and this was one of them. Tree climbs, tree fishing and hanging off rocks, all part of the fun.

One last cache and once we arrived at GZ the cache was soon in hand. Log signed and all returned as found.

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Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for me and others to enjoy.

TFTC GeocachingTownsville

I haven’t been concentrating on mysteries lately but I wondered how many Along the river that I had done, and knew they mostly had the PowerTrail attribute so I thought I’d check how many I have done. Turns out with todays find I tally up 121 which is more than enough.
Always good to pick up a D5 and maybe a local geokid who is wanting to do his DT grid might look around the map and see what he need to complete it. 19 of these isn’t many to do when they are so close to each other.
The locals had a ripper of a fire happening in this park closer to the water. Speaking of fire, it’s time to get back to viewing House of the Dragon. Thanks for the cache geocachingburgo

we just notice that we have now qualified for this challenge as verify.
GEM_54 fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 signed on 5/5/22.TFTC

Power Trails! Such a great way to get the numbers up and off on very quickly all in one day. I think we definitely did a bit of this in Townsville over the Mega in April.
Back for a couple of days visiting Townsville before we head west, this was a good one for us to come and sign.
Thanks Geocaching Townsville!
Domsky

This is the cache here by the river that I most wanted to find, as it also assists with another challenge. The cache appears that it was once attached to something, but it is well hidden where it is. TFTC GeocachingTownsville.

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You have found 153 caches of type "Power trail"

Got this challenge cache while at the Townsville mega. We've checked and we qualify. Thanks for arranging and fav point

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You have found 3963 caches of type "Power trail"

Signed the log today, but I suspect it will be quite a while until I qualify. Plus, can't figure out how to use the checker thing...

#14710; Signed the log for this cache on the Townsville Mega trip. Now claiming the find having confirmed that I qualify for the challenge.

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You have found 626 caches of type "Power trail"

TFTC GeocachingTownsville

Found it this morning. But sadly I don’t qualify yet. I will have to log it at a later date.

We found it easier than we thought. Tftc . We are powering along with trail. Fulfilled the trail challange from mega 22.. Cache No 3238 for us.

find#2664
nice hiding place
I finally qualify for this cache
found with loci612 during the mega in Townsville Easter 2022

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You have found 113 caches of type "Power trail"

Thanks for the cache

One of the last challenges caches signed on the trip!
Gcoven fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

A quick find today but somewhat to my surprise I don't qualify! Log signed for some time in the future ️

Great Northern escape 2022 Day 14. Townsville post Mega section Day 2. For my last day in Townsville, I joined TikvaNZ for another section of the Ross River power trail, with a bit of on and off again rain and a closed section we did pretty well. After that I set myself a list of puzzles and other non -trad caches to find for the day, which all took a lot longer than I expected, not to mention the ongoing rain all day. It has been a wonderful time in Townsville, and I have many more caches to get, so hopefully I will get to pass through again later in the year.

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You have found 1704 caches of type "Power trail"

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Thanks for the cache GeocachingTownsville

36305.15 TNLN
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**Albida**

Out caching with Team Crackers, Micaparamedic and Geoturtle37 today. We all love challenges so this was a must for the day. Pleased that I qualify already. Thanks for the cache and the challenge.

Papi4506 fulfils challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

We all like challenge caches so we were pleased to make this find and get our mark in the log. Thanks for setting this challenge and placing the cache. I will check if I qualify when I have finished logging.

Catching up with late logs.

Today we were out and about caching with Geoturtle37, Papi4506 & micaparamedic planning an easy day with some sight seeing and some targeted targeted caches that we wanted to get.

When we left Melbourne we had plans of hiring push bikes and doing this entire series but it seems that we are all made of sugar and would dissolve if we get wet so the rain put paid to this plan. Today we were just picking up a selected few.

The rain had eased again and we made our way to gz where the cache was found relatively quickly and our names were added to the log.

To save room in the smaller logs we signed as "The Vics"

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You have found 1995 caches of type "Power trail"

Thanks Geocaching Townsville for the cache.

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC GeocachingTownsville
Find #9859

SeasonedBird fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352. You have found 1257 caches of type "Power trail"

Found with geopartner Wollaston and Liz and Bruce after the successful Townsville 2022 Mega.

TFTC GeocachingTownsville.

# 7500

Day 11 of our trek to the Townsville Mega and back with fitzy_1965 and two of my geo-kids Death_killer & my_name_jeff_1.

Today we started the long-haul home. We picked up a few last caches in Townsville on the way out then cached our way South to the Mackay area with Sol de lune and LuckyL10n. It was another long but productive day which included picking up several counties, lots of letterboxes and others in between the intermittent rain. We parted ways with SDL & LL and managed to find a great Caravan Park in Sarina and set up our tents for the last time. We played darts and Trivial Pursuit into the night.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned. Thanks to all the CO’s.

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You have found 1370 caches of type "Power trail"

Found and signed paperwork on 19.04.2022. Do not qualify yet to log it.

My last day in Tvlle before flying out at lunch time. Had some time with my caching colleagues before my flight and it was decided to hit one of the power trails, starting with this challenge.

I had a heap of logging to do and without logging the Saint geo-art I was only 9 short of fulfilling this challenge. Pleasant walk upstream with Gcoven and Monchichi1. Thanks for setting up the challenge GeocachingTownsville.

TeamARF has used Project-GC Challenge Checker to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did. You have found 151 caches of type "Power trail"

27,833. Found with minniek during our Grand Townsville Trek up to CacheQLD's Townsville Mega Event over Easter.

Day 12 of our Townsville Trek, and we packed up from the Hotel then we managed a few caches around Townsville today before starting the long haul south to home. Met up with Sol de Lune and LuckyL10n again and cached together for the day. This was a fun final challenge to pick up before leaving Townsville. Quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, then continued along to the next cache on our list.

Thanks GeocachingTownsville !!

My Qualifications are as follows :

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You have found 1495 caches of type "Power trail"

As part of the CacheQLD committee I am here working, caching, catching up with friends and generally having a fab time. Some awesome puzzles up this way and some tricky and adventurous hides! Awesome experience!

Caching with Wollaston and SeasonedBird. A challenge we will check with Project-GC before logging. Thanks for arranging

Day fourteen of the Townsville Mega adventure with Sol de lune. Today we set off on our homeward journey. After packing up the geomobile, we collected a few more caches in and around Townsville with fitzy_65 and minniek, before hitting the road, final destination Mackay. Collected a few more caches along the way, including a few more in the "Armed Services" series south of Mackay before pulling up stumps in Koumala for the night. All caches were found in good order and signed LL, Sdl, f65 and mk or similar. Adding this one as a note and will claim a find once I confirm that I qualify for the challenge. TFTC GeocachingTownsville

Day 14 of the road trip to Townsville to with LuckyL10n and today all about the caches around town.

The mega is over and we are leaving town today for the 6/7 day road trip to get home to Canberra. However, leaving town didn't mean we couldn't grab another 5 or so caches as we made out towards the highway south.

No issues with these ones and our names were soon in the log books....and then it really was time to get the hell out of dodge. Sad but true....

Many thanks again to the CO's of all caches...and hope you've enjoy reading all the logs...cut n past and individual ones.

Date: April 19, 2022
Find #12679

In Townsville, hit the trails with beckNmonts and Earthbound Chief. Found this one along the way.

Day 16, again no pattern today, a few Adventure Labs and then random caches along our travels. My last day in Townsville

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You have found 141 caches of type "Power trail"

Massive thanks go to GeocachingTownsville for placing this one.

Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2022?*
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*19th / 20th November 2022 – GC8EW40 – Whittlesea – Victoria*

During the Easter long weekend, it was all about the Townsville Mega event! Highlights included a hike at Cape Pallarenda Conservation Peak, walks atop the local mountains of Mount Stuart, Castle Hill, and Mount Louisa, checking out a few shady spots along Ross River, sewer pipe / tunnel adventures, and a scuba dive to see the Museum of Underwater Art at John Brewer Reef. The Mega events themselves were fantastic: Gadget lab caches, GPS maze, trivia night, tree planting CITO, and Cal's Escape Room. There was also plenty of geocaching to be had, such as power trailing through the geoarts The Saint and the Book, and the collection of challenge caches at Bushland Beach mudflats. My view of Townsville had completely changed from my trip experience, and much kudos to the Cache Qld Townsville Mega Committee.

Our next area of interest for e.gregory1 and I was some of the more interesting Ross River Power Trail (RRPT) geocaches along Riverway Drive. With no boat TOTT with us, our scope remained to those that could be accessed by land. With e.gregory1 already finding this on a previous Townsville trip, I managed to convince him in making a quick stop for me. After a strategic location to park the car, I took a jog to GZ, and after making a few loops searching around, I eventually found the cache staring back at me. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. We decided to sign the geocache as DWEG1 (Davidwazza and e.gregory1) to save space in the logbook. Thanks GeocachingTownsville for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

I've certainly done my fair share of power trail days, including South Australia's fishing line series (I think we clocked up over 1000 in a day!). However, I don't believe any of those have the required power trail attribute, but relying on all of my other found geoarts and power trails, this challenge wasn't too difficult.
I used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if I qualified for this challenge, and I did.
I have found 787 caches of type "Power trail", and required 100.

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Townsville Mega 2022. Monday. Collecting the last of the few caches we could for today before catching our plane, we found this cache and signed our SSQ signature in the log. Now that I’m home, I can check if we qualify – and we do! Yay [Slow Puncture (LJCC) fulfils challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352]. Townsville just keeps on giving!

This was the 6th of 8 caches found on this outing.

Thanks ***GeocachingTownsville*** for showing us this place

Up in Townsville for the MEGA with Sharpe m and slow puncture . All the log books were signed SSQ to save room. Our last morning in Townsville and this is a cache that i really wanted to find as i love a power trail and i do qualify . Great to turn it into a smiley. Thanks for the challenge.

Found with BecknMonts while out using our electric scooters.

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You have found 1225 caches of type "Power trail"

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You have found 1023 caches of type "Power trail"

Well apparently I do a lot of power trails! We parked in the rabbit warren of streets and made the short walk to GZ.
Thanks GeocachingTownsville

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You have found 713 caches of type "Power trail

A ten day mega trip was arranged with Stainless steel rat and Budgietas. We flew into Cairns and out of Mackay, with the majority of the time in and around Townsville. We found a huge variety of caches and although our find count was a little lower than we would have liked, some of the high D/T caches more than made up for that. I really appreciate the effort of the local COs and all the people involved in hosting the mega and associated activities. I enjoyed catching up with many of our caching buddies, and make some new ones too!
Thanks for a great mega trip!

Sunday is normally a day for a relaxing start to the day but not this Sunday we were out the door nice and early to attend the tree planting only stopping to grab a coffee along the way but all the work had been done by some very early birds so we did some litter picking to make up for it.
Another great day in Queensland caching.

This was my first Mega trip in a while now, I had planned to go to the last one in Wangaratta but concerns about COVID made me pull out at the last minute. For this one it was a trip with BudgieTas and GooseandEgg landing in Cairns on the Sunday where we collected a few caches in the dark before driving down to Townsville on the Monday collecting a select few caches along our very indirect route.
While in the Townsville we made the best of our time collecting a few series of caches and searching for some of the older caches on offer, some with lots of favourite points or something we thought maybe a bit different, along with all that we got to go to all the Mega events and meet up with cachers old and new, spending Thursday with Greg going round Magnetic Island and a bit of time with the Davinells who went out of their way to welcome the Tasmanians to Queensland.
All to soon it came to an end and we drove down to Mackay on the Monday again collecting caches along the way before flying home on the Tuesday Morning.
Thanks for the warm (sometimes too hot) welcome Queensland until next time!

Thanks for the cache.

Found on 17/04/2022 at 16:23:00 thanks to GeocachingTownsville for placing this cache for me to find.

The best caches I have found so far are:-

Sentimental [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)
Traditional [Hanging Around in Toorak](http://coord.info/GC62KAP) By [bobthebuilder_123](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=586681)
Multi [Gawler Fort Knox](https://coord.info/GC5T0W1) By [**JEM**](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=11449141)
Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045)
Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)
Earthcache [Totem Pole](https://coord.info/GC862H8) By [The Hancock Clan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=263428)

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Found at 10:14 am.

Up in Townsville with the family for the Mega.
Have done soooo many power trails but they never have this attribute on them. Still managed to sneak in to qualify though.

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You have found 104 caches of type "Power trail"

Thanks GeocachingTownsville for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

A lovely cool and overcast Easter Sunday, perfect for doing some more of this fantastic walking trail along the river. Signed log, will claim smilie when I qualify.

#17223 @1210
Day 10 of a 3 week holiday driving from Canberra to Townsville and back to attend the Mega. Today team FATZ (Fox in Jox, AngelG27, ZQX and I) cached from Pallarendra to the City, then picked off a few desirable caches near Ross River. Cache easily found. TFTC.

According to [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") I qualified for this challenge with 427 caches found with "Power trail" attribute.

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You have found 542 caches of type "Power trail"

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This cache was found as part of a trip with GoosenEgg and Stainless Steel Rat to Far North Queensland for the Townsville Mega. The trip started in Cairns and ended in Mackay, and allowed us to find some ripper caches inbetween.
We managed to complete some of the Breaking Bad cache series until we driven back to the car due to the heat, and the Saint and most of the book series. There were some good variety in both these series which kept them interesting.
One of the highlights (although a low light when removing the mud) was the walk on the salt flats outside Townsville to get the challenge caches
Another highlight was Magnetic island, where other than some great views, we managed to spot two koala's in the wild.
Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache that was part of our trip

In Townsville for the Mega with Spiffy- and our geofamilies. With so many cache options we decided to choose a few target ones.

Still 2 off this.... soon..

Thanks to GeocachingTownsville for the fun and the adventure.

I signed the log on this challenge cache some time ago and with the 2 new power trails in Townsville I now qualify for this challenge, thanks for the challenge and

TFTC

Found with team FATZ. Full log to follow.

Cache 8826 on 17 Apr 2022.

Up in Townsville from CBR for the Mega with TikvaNZ, Fox in Jox and ZQX and thousands of other CBR cachers! So many interesting caches to find while in the area, we will sadly not be able to get to all of them. But happy to get some warmth and sunshine while out and about, which has been sadly lacking in the ACT this summer. This was also a chance to use up some flight credits from a cancelled trip to the USA in August 2020 before they expired. Many puzzles solved before travelling, either individually or collectively, and a few solved on the run!

Today: the plan is to head north after the CITO to grab a few challenge caches and a other tasty ones and then head south to knock over a few of the Saint puzzles. But as usual, plans change and we ended up caching in and around the Ross River and Mount Low in the afternoon.

This cache: quick find at GZ!

Qualification: [AngelG27](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=AngelG27) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 235 caches of type "Power trail"

Thanks GeocachingTownsville for the cache and the fun!

In town for the Mega with FATZ (Fox in Jox, AngelG27, TikvaNZ and ZQX).

Not a huge fan of power trails, but when done with friends, they can be fun. TFTC GT

Fox in Jox fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

One of the loveliest power trails I've been along, all jokes about crocs aside! Found while exploring lovely Townsville and surrounds during the CacheQld Townsville Mega, with DisSister and Dragonsky.

??powertrail-yes.png You have found 160 caches of type "Power trail"

TFTC, GeocachingTownsville. =^.^=

Day 3 in Townsville for the Mega. I fell short by 17 when I arrived in Townsville but it didn’t take long to remedy that with so many caches to choose from here. I now get the lovely green tick. Thanks GeocachingTownsville

Reperio 20:23

After having car hire troubles for the majority of the day, I received new wheels, and so headed out tonight to try and find a few caches. This was nearby, and had no worries with qualifying, and it was first cab off the rank.

Gratias GeocachingTownsville


‘As a well spent day brings happy sleep, a well spent life brings happy death’ - LDV

In town for the mega, using caching as a guide to show us the best of what the region has to offer.

Checker says I have 449 finds with this attribute, which makes me think there are a lot of power trail caches out there without the attribute

Great idea for a challenge

Find #12521 @ 15:30
Thanks GeocachingTownsville for giving us a reason to visit.

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After tackling the Adventurer's Challenge, I swung by here on the way back to the hotel for a quick find. Thanks for the challenge

[Beardman75](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Beardman75) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 477 caches of type "Power trail"

Today was a day of challenges as this type of cache was definitely the focus of the day.
The caches were all found OK and all statistics required for the challenges were met. Thanks for issuing this challenge go to GeocachingTownsville.

[goingplaces2](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=goingplaces2) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 2813 caches of type "Power trail"

Came along with goingplaces2 to tackle some challenge caches. Found all containers and signed all the logs. TFTC.

[ilook4geo](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=ilook4geo) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC89VKJ/43523 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

User has 290 finds (50 needed).Filters:( terrains (4.5 , 5) )

**This Cache:**

I must admit that I have lost a lot of interest in powertrails the last couple years, I used to be happy to do them but now I mostly avoid them unless they have some good statistics attached or I am with a group who is keen! I enjoy picking up caches in powertrails at home though when I am working, 1 by 1 though over long periods of time, I find that more entertaining! Thanks for the challenge though, a very attractive D/T rating! Interesting that they now have an attribute, I would have thought that spotting a powertrail was pretty easy and how exactly do you define a powertrail? Might have to research that!

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[Loci612](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Loci612) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 330 caches of type "Power trail"

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**Today:**

Day 11 of my road trip from Canberra - Townsville Mega Event!
**Found with sebass19**

Today started with a long drive, Port Douglas - Townsville, we needed to arrive by 10:30am to drop off taytayy1 at the airport, which meant we were on the road before the sun was up!

I then had a short amount of time alone to fill in whilst waiting for sebass19 to arrive in Townsville after a flight from Canberra to join me for mega festivities!

He soon joined me, we filled ourselves up with food for the afternoon, and started caching non-stop like crazy for the rest of the day with the final cache find at 10:15pm! Already done fishing caches, events, tunnels and tree climbs - and it was only day 1 in TSV!

Will log when I qualify for this cache

Townsville Mega: Day Three.

We’re pretty lucky in Adelaide, with numerous power trails, with the “On Your Bike” series exceeding 1000 caches. I’m enjoying the trail next to the river here.

Thanks for the challenge GeocachingTownsville.

[Otter61](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Otter61) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 843 caches of type "Power trail"

Mrs Snakepitter, out for an afternoon ride with Bill (DiMorgan), grabbing a few along the cycleway.


Snakepitters fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

[barb2e](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=barb2e) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 448 caches of type "Power trail"

Another early start with Joolay, Kittykatch and isopeda. Targeting solved puzzles, some Ad labs and other interesting caches in our lists. Tftc

Quick find once we got here ??

Joolay fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

Townsville here we come. Arrived today and joined with Kittykatch, Isopeda and barb2e to get started on our Townsville plans. Perfect weather.

Thanks For getting me out and about GeocachingTownsville

Friday: Another great day in Townsville with Kittykatch, Joolay, and barb2e picking up select caches, challenges and puzzles we solved before coming to the Mega.

?powertrail-yes.png You have found 187 caches of type "Power trail"



TFTC

Townsville Mega - Day 3
I checked Project-GC and do qualfy for this challenge. It's great to be in Townsville attending the Qld Mega. Thanks for placing this cache GeocachingTownsville

**Qualify**

I originally thought that I have to do the RRPT or RRBPT to qualify for this one.
I thought I run the checker and was very surprised to just qualify with 107.

Will edit with tick pic when I get back to home base.

Thank you for the challenge.

#5447

MEGA trip - day 1

After an early morning flight for a week of caching in Townsville, we grabbed a few at Castle Hill before meeting up with the bug who was helping with setup of the maze. We didn't quite have a plan but enjoyed zigzagging around the suburbs picking up a bunch of solved caches.

[crash2079](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=crash2079) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 136 caches of type "Power trail"

TFTC GeocachingTownsville

Yippie, I qualify

TBU2Uwe001 fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

Signed the logsheet on 13.4.22 with TBU1BIKESU.

Tftc geocaching Townsville

Full log to follow

Just scraped through on this one with 110 as I signed the cache

**Time: 4:39 pm**
**Date: Wed 13 Apr 2022**
This is one of the caches found during our attendance at the Townsville Mega.
I've done hundreds of power trail caches, but now that I check, it looks like most of them were tagged that way, so I still have a lot to find in order to qualify.
**Thanks for placing this cache GeocachingTownsville**

Nice little parklands here. I enjoy short walks out of aircon and then back into it... I did qualify once project gc syncs my logs from today. TFTC!

We found this cache while in Townsville to attend the Mega event. We ran the checker to make sure we qualified below is the result. Thanks

Yes, we qualify

TBU1Bikesu fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352


Now we have to sign the log.

Tftc

Yesterday discovered this challenge. Today signed.

It's our 1st full day in Townsville.

We are out and about for caching and sightseeing.

Tftc Geocaching Townsville

Found at 12:47 PM GAFF1 in the company of DiMorgan.
A generous D rating which we will gladly accept.
Thanks GeocachingTownsville.
As at 1 March 2021 we have found 746 caches with the "Power trail" attribute, which means that there are hundreds of power trail caches that we have found where the CO's have not included the attribute.

We have arrived into Townsville today to attend the Mega Event
Day 1

DiMorgan fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

After lunch hubby went out with pprass on their bikes to do a few caches along the river bank, he said it felt good to be out riding his bike caching.
Thankyou GeocachingTownsville for placing this cache.

Coongoola and geodog Buddy are making our way towards Townsville where the Mega is being held.

We qualified for this challenge.

Thanks GeocachingTownsville for placing this cache.
Cache number 7115 on 9 April 2022

Great to see we qualify for this geocache, our next challenge is to sign the log while in Townsville for the Mega Event.
Our qualifying notes are in the screenshot.
Thanks for the Challenge.

I downloaded a few caches along the river last year and now I actually have a chance to find a few. As I had no idea how many Power Trail Caches I have found, I decided to give signing the log a miss, I was actually too tired to care.

will sign the log when I'm in Townsville for the Mega
You have found 181 caches of type "Power trail"

I had a few hours this morning before I had to drive home and had the mountain bike packed so decided to do some of this trail, I didn't have time to finish it so will be back another day.
Overall I liked the array of different caches with some being an easy ride all the way to the cache and others needing some tree climbing/fishing ability.
Most of the caches and logs were in good order.

Many thanks to the CO's for placing.

I still fall a few short so signed the log and will revisit another day

23/12/21 Out for some arvo caching. TFTC SL Fullfilled cache requirements

alphag_25 fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

Was in the near by area.. and low and behold I qualify for this challenge cache. A short walk from our RV and the cache was soon in hand. Out with 2AGM and the Geopups for a muggy night walk. TFTC GeocachingTownsville

Looking forward to putting a smiley here while attending the Mega

pood fulfills challenge RRPT - Power Trail Challenge (GC8ZH5T) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352

The first time l checked to see if l qualified for this one, l had precisely zero qualifying caches. Didn't check again till we were getting close to leaving for Townsville. Couldn't believe that l somehow now qualify Thank you for the challenge

& I are here in Townsville for a park & Grab Weekend.. or at least that’s the plan this cache was exactly that (not exactly what we were expecting, but log signed

The log for this cache was signed about a year ago however I had not qualified to log a find then. I now have the numbers needed to log this cache.

[CDAH55](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=CDAH55) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 110 caches of type "Power trail"

Thanks for the challenge ***Geocaching Townsville***

After signing this challenge cache this afternoon, I have found I qualify to log. It was this time last year when I completed the Blackall to Jericho power trail which helped with this challenge.
Thanks Geocaching Townsville for the challenge and the cache,

Visiting this lovely park area this afternoon I signed the log for this challenge. Will need to check to see if I qualify.

[IolantheK](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=IolantheK) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC8ZH5T/54352 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

I have found 164 caches with the Attribute "Power trail"

Hoping to visit while at the Mega.