Emerald Woods Park #1 Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia
By spinna76 on 15-Nov-20. Waypoint GC92RQ1

We biked from the marina to this park and what a nice hidden gem! This was our first try and bsharwood spotted it quickly. Thanks for leading us here!

Back in town on our boat for a few days. This time we are heading south. After finding a prior dnf from last time we were here we had lunch and headed over to this park to sign a few logs here. A nice bike ride through a nice park.

Stopped here to finish the 3. Wandered around a bit then the cache was found. I like the lovely creek area. Signed the log and returned to where I found it. Thanks SSS Spinna76. All good with this cache. A favourite from me

Quick easy find. Lovely quiet park.

Audrey found!

Start of a nice walk. Cache was found quickly with a fresh log cheers

Replaced and back in play. Different container.

Replaced container. Slightly different container now.

I will go and sort a replacement out tomorrow.

DNF

dnf

Had a decent look without any luck.

We were asked to house sit at the Sunny Coast for the Australia Day weekend so that a German exchange student could stay home to meet other international students. Considering a long time ago I signed a cache with the challenge of 555 sunny coast caches and I have only 83....I thought this would be an opportunity to get a few more towards my goal. With two puppies and two children and extreme humidity and then rain, I didn't get as many as I would have liked to, but there are a few more in my list now. Like others before me, nothing could be seen.

Cant find it

F B B C

So after a night away in an Airbnb just around the corner, I dragged my partner for a walk around this path with promises of there being somewhere nice to lay up with a blanket and read her book whilst I ticked off these three caches. We started from the opposite end, so this was #3 rather than #1 but it wasnt that sort of park either. Oops.After successful finds on the other two, I was optimistic until I saw there hadnt been a single log in over 6 months. Not even a DNF! The hint made some degree of sense but after searching everything that could plausibly be deemed related to Y and then everything that wasnt we conceded defeat.Seems to have been a lot of trees/branches removed recently so perhaps this went with them too who knows? Not me!

Not as quick as we would have liked but got it in the end!

Love the spot

Out on a long walk taking in Mooloolaba and Alexandra Headland, while up on holidays on the Sunshine Coast. Searched and searched for this one for a good 25 minutes, but no luck. GPS seemed to be OK too, although there were only a few likely spots within 10m of the co-ordinates? Either I was barking up the wrong tree (trees!), or this one is goneski. Hopefully, others will continue to have more luck than I did!

Our third find of the day. Out and about with frannymfrog on the Sunny Coast and decided to do a bit of caching. This was quick find - although not as quick as the others - but the log was signed nonetheless.

TFTC! Found with frannymfrog logged as 3K!

Out and about on the sunny coast … catching up with family tonight so thought we would make the most of our weekend and grab some caches. Our geo trips have been few and far between so my geo senses are a tad rusty … luckily Potatochips101 is on it … and was rewarded with a quick find.
Found with potatochips101 (logged as 3K). TFTC

Last for me today in this series another quick find along this path where the arrow had finally settled . Signed log kingfisherau 11:25 am 6/1/2023 and replaced all as found,
SSS__Spinna76 - TFTC.
1x TB Visited (koko the koala)

On our 4th attempt in 3 years, we have finally made it from Camden to Currimundi and are spending Christmas with our family who live up here ️ it is lovely to be back on the sunny coast after so long ️

This morning we were due to catch-up with some friends but unfortunately our plans fell through. Oh well, we know how we can fill in that time! So, bringing up our pre prepared list, we headed out to grab a few caches out around Buderim Meadows and Mountain Creek.

On our way back to the apartment for lunch, we couldn't resist stopping in here for a quick park and grab. We had no idea this lovely little patch of coastal rainforest was hidden away here. What a beautiful little stream just a few metres from GZ. It was very tempting to continue on along the pathway to find the other two caches in this series and discover what was around the next corner, but alas we will have to check it out on our next visit. Thank you so much for placing the cache and bringing us here!

After a pleasant trip around the park we now have 3 for 3. TFTC.

Quick easy find while in the area

A day out caching with Mr CuriousQuest at the Sunshine Coast.
A quick find was made here and the log signed. TFTC

Out and about with Selva Girls today. Another quick find.We signed the log and replace the cache as found. TFTC

A bit of scratching around gave the desired result. TFTC

Now this was an easy find. Out on the bike to grab the last few Caches before we move of down the coast, it’s been a lovely 6 weeks staying here in Maroochydore , we are from Melbourne TFTC

Quick and easy find. Logged and left.

Out with Colwen. Everyone made an effort to find this one!

Took a while to find this one with GPS jumping all over the place. Eventually settled and found the cache where Mrs Colwen had previously looked. DOH!!

SSS__Spinna76 I found your cache Emerald Woods Park #1 on 17/6/2022, 12:45 pm. This is my find 3533 and find # 7 today. Another quick and easy find. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

Grass has grown a lot here. TftC.

A planned weekend trip up to the sunshine coast to grab a few caches. I still need a few more to get me closer to that sunshine coast challenge. The trip worked in well for the Sunday morning CITO event in Coolum.

I meet up with Esmiley and we spent Saturday, day and night, caching areas that neither of us had been to before. We were not certain if the recent rains and floods would have effected any of the caches but we gave it a shot.

We first of hit the Sippy Downs area and we had some fun. Many of the caches here took much longer than they should have; we spent way too much time trying to find simple caches. We then moved towards the north, working our way to Coolum however, time ran out and we had to stop for the day. It seemed as though the day was getting hotter as it went on and got even worse during the night.

Thanks to all the CO’s for the caches, some I kept notes on, some were just great caches and some I really do not understand why. We signed all logs with both names and replaced as we found them.

Emerald Woods Park #1
D 1.5 T 1.5 Small Traditional Cache

Fun day with chamad aiming to get 150 caches to qualify for the Sunshine Coast Challenge . Picking up caches from Sippy Downs, went south to Meridan Plains, clear out  DNFs in Currimundi and finishing up at Foote Sanctuary area.

Thanks for the cache and taking us here spinna76. Easy find by chamad.

Found it - it was lying in the open on the grass - suspect it had been muggled - I put it at the base of what I assume is the clue
I didn’t have a pen as have just arrived for the week and was taking geo gig for a quick walk
Will return and sign later in the week.

Windy day dog walk. Sitting in full view. Covered it up a bit. TFTC. TNLNSL.

Nice quick find thanks for bringing us here TFTC

Pupil free day spent caching with geokid exploring new places. Quick easy find. Swapped some loot

Nice quick find. TYFTC.

Back out of Covid19 lockdown.

Due to Covid-19 Lockdown I have disabled my Geocaches during the period of lockdown.

Quick find with Mr Shanks tftc

Found with my fiancé ROWJ TFTC

Passing muggles and their accompanying canine's were all the rage here.
Like ninja's they sprung at me from invisible hiding places.
Finally i had the treasure secured and signed.
Then skeddadled myself outta there back to the nest and sustenence.
Thank you spinna76 for placing caches along a bikepath in nature i didn't know was here and thoughtfully bringing it to my attention in the description!
Found around midday.
Find number 3011.

Having looped the opposite way to the passing muggle from before, i now had the same passing muggle.

Seems a dodgy bike is enough to deter them from stopping and asking questions. Nothing like making your brakes squeal in command.

Quick easy find

Not sure about the previous finder taking the TB home, but we found a TB here too which was not logged to the cache and we had to grab it from the cacher holding it.

Made it past the flying foxes intact but unfortunately we were not stealthy enough and caused a bit of a ruckus. The barricade was down when we continued along the path and we only noticed at the end of our walk at the Goonawarra Dr end that there was a sign about not disturbing the colony. They probably should have it at both ends if they don't want anyone walking past.
Found the cache without too much trouble once at the right Y. Lots of birdlife around - pale headed rosellas flying past and a tawny frogmouth high up in a nearby tree.
Dropped off "Travel Bug - 366 Days of Geocaching - Ringing the Bell" and picked up Find Nemo travel bug.
#2705 @ 1605h
TFTC spinna76

Tftc was a nice walk in the cool. (Not used to the heat and humidity) took the TB will take home to Victoria to help on its travels.

Having a break from swimming and lounging around the pool, decided to take a walk. Nice path, easy find, dropped a TB

#10275 @ 14:04
Thanks spinna76 for giving us a reason to visit.

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Nice easy find for this afternoons adventures.

Nice little find!

The geokids found this one!

super to get all three this morning. But the long walk down the road to our car parked at the other end was a bit wearisome! I'll bring a pushchair next time! And read the maps better!
Tftc

Although we did it in reverse order, its still a great walk round. Again not found by me l think l am designated pen holder tftc

This brings back memories to Never listen to Nascar182 always backwards,navigation skills not tftc happy new year

Up next on my ride, I came here to grab this newer one. Pounced on this one pretty much straight away. Log signed and replaced as found. Thanks for the hide spinna76!

The second cache I found on a lovely walk around this nature land this morning. Good hint for this one. Log signed and replaced as found. Thanks Spinna76

Parked up close to GZ and with the very helpful hint the cache was soon in hand. TFTC spinna76

4:39:00 PM. We kept following the path and enjoying mostly a shady walk. Our geodog was enjoying new smells. A brief search and we found the cache well covered. Log signed and returned. I hope this one lasts as muggles appear quickly and seemingly out of no where. Back down the street to our vehicle. A nice walk and thanks for bringing us here. Thanks for the cache spinna76

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Found on our way home late this afternoon, What a great little paradise tucked away fron prying eyes, Thanks for bringing us here
Quick and easy find

Thanks for the great Cache and Adventure spinna76

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*FTF* @ 0910

I had just left the beach and was on my way to go for a walk for a couple of new caches on my way home. I heard my phone ding and just after parking checked my messages and saw this new one. Well that was handy as I was parked pretty close.

So I trusted my phone and was soon near GZ where the cache was soon in hand. A nice blank logbook which is always nice.

Log signed and all returned as found.

TFTC spinna76

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