Bellbird Bend - Mary Valley Rail Trail #9 Imbil, Queensland, Australia
By spiderwebbs4 on 03-May-21. Waypoint GC9BE3Q

Its a decent drive out to Imbil, but an enjoyable one. We love the Mary Valley! When the rail trail had just been developed, I remember posting about it in the local FB caching group to see if anyone was interested in putting caches out along it. At the time I thought surely Sweet-Sour would. Big thank you Spiderwebbs for creating them, and now to JD for taking it on and adding another dimension. Although I thought there might be some relics along the way, the garden benches are a nice touch, and we had a great morning out walking from town to town and back. Classic hide made for a quick retrieval and sign. At this point the emergency services crew were hot on our tail cleaning up storm damage.

This one is right where I found it last time. Including its new painted rock guardian that appeared since my last visit!

Nice to find the occasional bigger cache. TFTC

Thank you!

A quick easy find. Thanks.

A mornings walk along the trail found this one. TFTC

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Thanks

Thanks very nice spot.

A quick find to make our family outing interesting. TFTC!

Cute things inside

Ta!

Easy find. TFTF

Thank you! So many cute little trinkets in this one.

Found it 10/05/24

Amazing hide but massive huntsman on it, tftc

Nice location. Tftc

Heading to the Mary Valley Rail Trail to do some birding and thought I might clean up part of this series whilst I was here. For the most part this series was a series of quick and easy finds, as well as some great bird sightings. The last one I got in this series, it was another quick and easy find. Thanks for the fun series spiderwebbs4.

Missed the last one Decided would spend more time on it when biking back. This one had us distracted with things higher up but then focused TFTC

Good

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location. (HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do. [:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort. Devilish Brilliant and Clever I like it Another one off the list TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Spider Webbs 4 [^]

Good day out back to the caravan park.

Hi there spiderwebbs4, we found your cache Bellbird Bend - Mary Valley Rail Trail #9 today. Today is Day One of our lets introduce some newbies to our hobby. Were camping at Kenilworth Showground and plan to find as many non premium caches as we can over the next few days. Thanks for placing a cache with swaps here, if we had the grandkids with us, they wouldve been in heaven. Were thoroughly enjoying our jaunt around the countryside today, & so far weve found quite a variety of container types, sizes and ratings. Coordinate Accuracy: We found this cache near where our GPS said we should be looking. Cache Condition: Good. Regards Ian & Penny (Found and logged using Cachly).

This one was fun! Quick search and we found it. Left some trinkets. No pen so didnt sign. Log book in good condition.

Today we have come to Imbil to buy a book about Imbil locals. 40 locals have been interviewed and their history provides a snapshot of Imbil today. Obviously caching is on as well! The Bellbirds were singing this morning .Thanks spiderwebbs4 for creating, placing and maintaining this cache.

Crackerjack find, TFTC

Teamed up with Sunseeker Wanderers today for a wander along the Mary Valley Rail Trail. Left the car at Brooloo and walked to Imbil collecting everything second cache on the way. Had a very enjoyable lunch at the pub then walked back to Brooloo picking up the remaining caches.
It was a great day and most of the caches were easy to find.
Thanks to all the COs who created this great trail.

Out birding. TFTC

After Duppers Magic Maker event, I planned to go up the bluff with those who were going. I use the “planned” word very loosely as I didn’t plan very well. After a few slips and slides due to wearing the wrong shoes, I decided to bail. Now since I had car pooled here with Duppers, I was stuck in the area for the day. I headed back to the car to cache locally while I wait, and I knew it was going to be a long wait.

When I got back to the car parking area, Davidwazza was just pulling out as he wasn’t going up this time around. He asked if I wanted to come along with him so I jumped at the chance. It’s always better to cache with friends. (Thanks David.)

Easy find

I had scoped out this area yesterday and considered to throw in my bicycle to ride this Mary Valley Rail Trail properly, but instead, we decided to "run" this trail by continuing to reposition the vehicle, and walk from different entry points. I look forward to seeing if this trail can be extended, and will then definitely return with my bike!
We arrived and after searching around, we made a quick find of the cache. The cache container and logbook were in good shape, and it was interesting to see the painted rock alongside this geocache. Thanks spiderwebbs4 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

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Today, a planned *Maker Magic* event on the top of Kenilworth Bluff had me make a trip north. When I completed this hike one year ago, I hadn't prepared for the walk to take the full day, and missed out checking other vicinity highlights. Following the event, [shazzar66](https://coord.info/PRJ8B31) and I took a drive north-west through Brooloo and Imbil, and we scoped out the Mary Valley Rail Trail, and the forestry area to the south-west. Those 4WD tracks didn't pose any concerns and were in good condition.
For lunch, [shazzar66](https://coord.info/PRJ8B31) and I returned to Kenilworth where we had lunch at the infamous bakery, and we ran into [Peppa](https://coord.info/PRAXNZZ) who had returned from the hike. We completed the finding of geocaches around town, and I then took off towards Mapleton, stopping off at Mapleton Falls National Park for a short walk. As time continued to get away from me, I was able to make a few final stops in Nambour, and then took the drive home fighting congestion on the M1 highway.

I also commenced/completed two Adventure Labs:
• [Not Too Shabby.](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/ead46a00-3de3-48be-97ed-2033deff279b); and
• [A wander around Kenilworth](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/703debde-f896-446d-ad5a-748aee0abcf7).

We are in the area for the Magic Maker Event on Kenilworth Bluff and used the day before to get out here.

We love country drives, rail trails and enjoyed the area. And we listened to the bellbirds!

Tftc

Spiderwebbs4

Out and about with TBU1Bikesu for more smileys. Thanks for the Serie spiderwebbs4 . All caches a well maintained.

Gotcha !!! TFTC

Decided to walk on to this one in the series Easy walk Easy find .
Signed log kingfisherau 11:50 am 18/5/2023 and replaced all as found,
spiderwebbs4 - TFTC.

Lovely spot, TFTC

TFTC smile 16329 out and about on a lovely day With Snickersallan Imbunda Hatzofff Patrol14 and RoddyC
Signed and replaced, sign as Geo Six
Thank you, spiderwebbs4, for placing this cache for our enjoyment. I 8o

Out with RoddyC hatzofff Snickersallan Imbunda and grannysmith1947 for a fun weekend of geocaching on the sunshine coast area. Logs signed as Geo Six.
Dropped the trailer off with the kayaks to make it easier to travel around.

Lovely walk along the rail trail and met a few dog walkers while here. Quick find of the cache. Lots of Bellbird calls being heard here.
Tftc

A long weekend for us to attend an kayaking Event up the Coast. We cached as geo6 ie RoddyC, Hatzofff, Patrol14, Snickersallan, GrannySmith1947 and me.
It was a fun filled weekend with a great variety of caches.
Cache found, log signed and all replaced as found. TFTC

A long weekend staying in Bollier and caching around Noosa and districts, with geo friends, patrol14, grannysmith1947, hatzofff, Imbunda and RoddyC. To save space on log sheets, most logs were signed as Geo Six.
Another neat hide and a quick find with our group.

Thank you, spiderwebbs4, for placing this cache.

Another (long) weekend group caching, GEO6.

Nice cache!

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 2:25 PM on May 5, 2023. TFTC, spiderwebbs4

A long weekend away with the kayaks and an event in the Sunshine Coast caching with the Geo Six, RoddyC, hatzofff, Imbunda, Patrol14, grannysmith1947.

Day 1 picking up caches to turn into smiles.

Bailed up by a dog
TFTCache spiderwebbs4

We enjoyed our walk on the rail trail. Thanks for the cache.

spiderwebbs4 I found your cache Bellbird Bend - Mary Valley Rail Trail #9 ️ on 17/2/2023, 12:50 pm. This is my find 4754 and find # 7 today. Found it after a brief search. Thanks for the cache, mate! TNSLLN

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This was a quick find, because it was in plain sight. Long signed caches was returned with a bit of extra camouflage. TFTC

Out for a drive from where we are staying at Glenwood. Some stunning country around here.
TFTC spiderwebbs4

Thanks spiderwebbs4 for hiding this cache. We are enjoying the rail trail.

Cute container. TFTC

Cute cache! Thanks for the hide!

Thanks

Found it!

Found with stairman1 and geodogs and Team Herbz. All good here.TFTC

Found with goldielover and team herbz.
All good here with your cache
TFTC

Mr. Herbz made this find with the help of the geomuts. The bell birds are still ringing with the odd whip bird chiming in looking for a mate. TFTC

Our first find of the day led to a very happy boy finding his first geocache

Eaz

The railtrail a good way to start the day , either to ride or walk. Today we are walking and picking up the cache series along the way. Today we signed in as B2. Thanks spiderwebbs4 for the caches.

Beautiful spot. Saw a rabbit and a dingo pup!

Found it all is good TFTC

Nice easy one! Shame no pencil even in a container big enough for one…

Found cache signed log and replaced as found. TFTC from GnS

Sillysoro found, thankyou

Great find !
Loving the spiders lol

That's my kind of cache! Did a swap. TFC

Quick find. Took nothing but left a lion to help the 8 legged cache guardians. Tftc

My second find today during a short amble on part of the trail. This trail looks to be in much better surface condition than the Brisbane Valley Trail! Thankfully not a nano here, and well camo'd container. No swaps. TFTC, spiderwebbs4.

Tftc out for a walk with the family

Found it nicely tftc

A return visit to the Mary Valley Rail Trail to find the remaining caches we didn't have time for on a pervious visit. Geowife dropped me off close to this one, then it was a quick scramble through the barbed wire fence and up the bank to GZ. Good coords made for a quick find. TFTC spiderwebbs4

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Headed to Brooloo today to ride along this new rail trail to Imbil grabbing the caches along the way. All caches were found without trouble thanks to good coords and hints. It was nice to ride along listening to the bellbirds and speaking to a few locals too.

TFTC spiderwebbs4

Decided to take our bikes for a ride along the rail trail & find some geocaches. TFTC

Found it

1:18:00 PM. I was blind here for a minute then after a better look found the cache with the Bellbirds in the background. Log signed. Thanks for the cache spiderwebbs4

Easy find. Thank you spiderwebbs4 for adding to the appeal of this wonderful track by taking the time to create this series of geocaches. We thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them.

I really did enjoy the walk along the rail trail it was so peaceful and I heard the sounds from the Bellbirds as I walked along. I do love a power trail! We met Vegan Cachers at the start of the trail so decided to start from the other end and met up with Dennis somewhere in the middle hence we have some FTF and some 2TF. A very enjoyable morning out here and thank you to Spiderwebbs4 for all the caches along the way and the hints provided..

***FTF***
Found @ 9.49

I seem to have picked the end of the trail where the caches are spread further apart! [?]
Or I'm getting older & it just seems that way? [?]
I quickly zeroed in on GZ where, to my surprise, I found the cache as yet undisturbed.
As I opened the cache I found a nice clean log staring back at me.
All the stop/start jogging & gasping for air is paying dividends so far!
More birds & other wildlife are joining the morning chatter & bustle & a fair sized kangaroo went bounding across the trail to disappear into the underbrush having succeeded in giving me a start!
Made our mark & replaced as found.

TFTC spiderwebbs4

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