Cruise on by, Gladstone. Gladstone Central, Queensland, Australia
By Bundyrumandcoke on 08-Sep-20. Waypoint GC8ZP7C

Maybe that's the box? If so, the location needs to be covered... I personally don't think it's very nice to hide caches and secure things

Thanks for my first find!

found it at 7:00pm 25 october

Thanks for my first find!

Thanks for my first find!

Found with TheKiltedKacher after waiting for muggles to pass by. TFTC!

GPS all over the place, probably due to all the steel work and RF interference in the area. Lots of muggles. TFTC

Found at 12:20 PM GAFF3.We waved at the security cameras and said G'day - but nothing happened Gosh - this town is unrecognisable since our last visit in 2009! From a backward industrial town with aging and demolished infrastructure to this wonderful clean and beautiful town - congratulations people!Thanks to Bundyrumandcoke

We stayed over night at the Tannum Sands campground. This morning we proceeded north and passed by Gladstone.In the harbour areas we found this little box.Thanks a lot for this traditional cache ,Murkel,on tour with Muckel1 26. September 2024 10:40

Second time around we had a quick find. TFTC

Gladstone day 2. Gladstone we are camped at the showgroundsHeaded into the harbour area to do a couple of AL & a few caches.Such an interesting area, we visit this area whenever we come to GladstoneFP given for the areaThanks Bundyrumandcoke for hiding this cache.

Picking up a few smiley around town. Thanks!

Awesome spot. Watch out for people fishing tftc

It's a harbour town around here. A nice straightforward find here today.After staying in Dululu overnight, we discussed options on directions, always so many choices, but the one was made to head towards Rockhampton via an earthcache and down the Bruce. Other options had more appeal, but left for a time when there was more of it. Listening to the radio that the section of road between Rockhampton and Gladstone was the most notorious for fatalities as we drove had us revaluation our option. Not from the report so much, but from the many near misses we saw while on it. Gladstone was a new discovery for me, having never visited. Big ships and tugboats, but a lovely day exporing about through caching.1770, with a name like that was a destination. Arriving very late afternoon with just enough light to see the pretty area, very popular and busy, but can see why. Black sands on the beach, a sunset and an AL to show us around. A short but nice visit then off till a cache stop found a good site to set ip camp overnight on the way to Bundaberg. Thanks for your cache that guided us about.

Finished another long trip around Australia. The 6th. Next up to Townsville to grab the Palm Island LGA. Only 2 LGAs to complete Australia.Firstly heading back south for some Canberra time.TFTC. Started the day at Dululu and then headed to Westwood for an Earth cache. Back to Rockhampton and then onwards to Gladstone.Finally out to 1770 for the EC and Ad Lab.An interesting container. Nice quick find.

Thanks

TFTC with Slack1962

With FiveTays-TT TFTC

Good location and hint helped. Thanks bundyrumandcoke. Replaced log as other was mush.

Out caching with KabbellaQld signed KATO quick find tftc

Fast find in a nice area, thanks for highlighting it. We enjoyed re-visiting it. Signed KATO (KabbellaQld and ToucanKB). Tftc

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looked everywhere dnf

Not here looked everywhere where it said even surrounding areas still no luck

Found it

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Bend n feel

No idea.

Nice quick find! Thanks!

Found it!

Got this one with The Roos!Tftc

Thanks for a great hide. Out for a warm and refreshing walk with The Roos

Thanks bundyrumandcoke Quick find on a glorious day!

Great hide!This is my first cache back after a bit of a hiatus. I get to enjoy a find while I work The log has been wet and is all munted

Great hiding spot, but tricky but very well thought out

Thanking you

Log is wet

Yayyyy!!!

Found relatively easily, but the notebook is disintegrated

Good spot! Needed the hint

Found it! Nice easy find by eye right at GZ. Unfortunately these tins are aging and as previously noted quite wet. If the next cacher comes past with a repair kit it could do with a new log at least. Ill have to create one for my next trip. Tried to sign it but with my pencil and the wet paper did not mark well. There was a small 3D printed trinket inside. Photo spoils the container showing its condition but not the location. Find #9 for this travelling newbie from Perth. TFTC

Looked everywhere possible taken

Found on 06/04/2024

Found it easy feel the bottom of the rail

Have looked so many times but found easy this time. Book is very wet tho

Looked all around but DNF

Cool container and was super wet

Found itGone all soggy from rain or ocean

Sad

Searched for about 30 mins on and off because of muggles. Tried all the places hinted in the logs but still couldn't find it

Found

Great find

Love the area with the history TFTC

I found it

Got eem, didn't think it'd be there tho.

Thanks a nice walk down near the big ships. Lid has broken loose and log a little damp when found.

Been on 2 cruises in the last few weeks, but I never knew one stops in Gladstone. Must overrun the city for a day I guess with tourists. Tftc

#4405 First time in Gladstone, first cache found here. Nice hide. Cheers from Canberra.

Found.

Found

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 30 - Gladstone, Queensland (20 km)Tak jsem na cest u 30 dn ! Docela to uteklo, ale nava se hls. Dnes byl tedy jen servisn a odpoinkov den. Hned rno jsem hodila prdlo do praky a nsledn do suiky a pak se nasndala a la si znovu lehnout. Klid na lku a do obda se vyplatil a moc dobe jsem si odpoala. K obdu jsem dojedla nu ze verejka a po kv a kontrole email jsem vyrazila prozkoumat Gladstone. Je to hlavn docela velk pstav, ale centrum je na kopeku nad zlivem a malebn. Ze zlivu je vhled na ostrovy jin sti Velkho barirovho tesu. Krsn upravenou maj nben promendu i vechny ostatn okoln parky. Taky marina je pkn a ist. Vude sochy a infrastruktura pro lidi. V parcch piknikov stoly i grily, toalety, pitn voda a fontny, ve kterch se dcka koupou. Je tu i pl, ale nikoho jsem ve vod nevidla. Za to parky byly pln mstnch, kte trvili slunenou sobotu venku a mli tu opravdu bohat prosteno. V centru nebyla ani noha a ve zaven, tak byl odlov keek velmi jednoduch. Posbrala jsem skoro ve kolem stedu msta a promendy krom jedn keky, kde pmo na n sedla pan a sledovala film na mobilu. Tak to se mi ekat nechtlo. V italsk kavrn jsem si dala kvu a zmrzlinu a v podveer udlala nkup v supermarketu a jela na svj pokoj s balkonem. ba zatm nepila.Today I have a rest after 29 days on the road. I slept until the lunch, wash my cloths and than I went to see Gladstone. A relatively nice port town with many beautiful parks, where the locals spent a sunny Saturday picnic. I spent a pleasant afternoon hunting for caches and I didn't find just one where a lady was sitting on it and reading. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic.

Were pretty sure we found the spot after looking through all the hints, but still couldnt find it today. Well keep trying to secure our first cache!

Good hide, nice and easy for beginners

Found Ok

It was hard because it wasnt where the gps so I put it there.

Was quite easy to find

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FOUND IT!! with nathan and chloe

Found

Thanks

TFTC! little hint. NOT on the entry fence. Look further away.

Found it with lance51 while on the travels TFTC

Found it with Silence49 and Crank1 while on travels TFTC

Found from old photo and comment re coords . Fun thanks

No luck today

Unfortunately for me and muggles around there so DNF for me Thank you for placing the cache Bundyrumandcoke.

We made a little deviation on our way to Gladstone to visit marina. We found several caches. The place is nice. Thank you for the cache.

Found it thanks it was fun but it took a while to find because the cord are a bit off but thanks.

Not in the spot I was expectingg

Old photo helped as coords are 12 m out.After QOGM 2023 in Longreach, TBU went on a round trip via Mount Isa, Burketown, Karumba, Ravenshoe, Atherton Tablelands down to Innisfail to Townsville. Now we are heading towards South back home, still refreshing our memories and collecting smileys. It was a nice variety of hides and we bumped into couple of cachers on the way. Thanks for this cache, Bundyrumandcoke

After having spent couple of weeks up North in Queensland, we are now heading back home - but still looking for smileys!We found this cache and signed the log.Tftc

Found it, pictures helped. GPS a tad off.

TFTC Bundyrumandcoke your cache Cruise on by, Gladstone. that we found today as we made our way home from QOGM 2023 in Longreach.Pulled up at the camp south of the river at Calliope and after setting up headed to the Ports area. All caches found without too much difficulty.Needed to see the images to locate the cache. GPS had us at the wrong spot.Find Count: 17144

Been searching for this one for a year. Finally caved in and check the photos. Great hide

With the help of photos and hints found and signed Dont go near the gate, head for another large structure.

Found with O319 on our way south

Found with SJG66 as we wind our way south to Brisbane. TFTC

Found wow bit easy

Found it, hints definitely help pictures are awesome thank u!

Thanks for the cache. Loads of muggles on a Saturday.

in the exact place i had previously been looking, partner of course found before i could when he saw me beelining for the corner and ran faster than me very good hide

TFTC

Your descriptions of this area are very informative Bundyrumandcoke-perfect to give tourists like us a quick overview of what's happening now and in the past.
It is so important to read all hints twice
TFTC

Yeah found it, after some time lookjng for it.

FINALLY FOUND IT. Had checked this spot many times before. Success this time. TFTC

Found ips
So easy when not crowded so can look
Found with earthlight
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The X-Trailers spotted in plain site before I approached. TFTC

My gps almost had me boarding a cruise I didn't want to take. Found using some useful info in previous logs thanks for the hunt.

Did not find

DNF