Off Course on Maxwell Bell, Queensland, Australia
By Rose & Speedmistress on 29-May-21. Waypoint GC9C124

The muggles keep taking it, so I no longer have the energy to keep replacing it.

No luck with this one.

Good look here. No smiley face here.

I feel like this one may have been muggled

3rd for the morning Quick find TFTC

All Good here

Outnabout for some solo caching after QOGM 2023. Its always a great day for caching. TFTC SpeedmistressFor anyone making Geo plans, do yourself a favour and visit Australias only current Geotour at Ballarat while it lasts: https://www.geocaching.com/play/geotours/ballarat-victoria

Golf was an interesting game. Unfortunately ruzzelz gets very good use out of a course and spends a lot of time off course.

Well, someone is going to have to take a deep dive here. My caching buddy decided to do the honours. The cache was fairly deep in the plughole.TFTC R&Sm

Thanks

Found it. TFTC

Our third find of today.

Out and about on a caching road trip - Bell was a must do. After a tasty toastie and Pip’n’Cherries it was on to the next cache.

It was a quick find by frannymfrog!

TFTC! Found with frannymfrog logged as 3K!

Having a blast on our caching trip out west.
Found with potatochips101 (logged as 3K)
TFTC!

Found with Cosmonaut97 and Firebatman88 on our weekend away TFTC

Please don't bite me, please don't bite me. Nothing bit me thank God found with silverfox1970 and firebatman88 during our weekend away. TFTC.

After a couple of disappoints, our first find for the day tftc

While on my way from Goondiwindi to Kingaroy noticed there were some caches in Bell so checked into van park then off to find this and other caches. Enjoyed the hunt around town. Thanks for this cache.

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Another DNF here. A CO check is in order.

No luck with this one, look like it could be MIA

Out and about for a couple of hours to find a few caches around Bell.
Unfortunately I didn't find the cache.

Found by Mary and David at 14:05. So busy talking that we overshot GZ. Easy one after that. Our thanks to Speedmistress.

Message sent to the CO. This one had me really confused and it should have been and easy find and it was not. TFTC Rose & Speedmistress.

Found by Sunshine Toledo and Her Majesty at 110pm. The cache was found quickly. It's a great view over the golf course and the sports area. TFTC

Lovely spot.

Nice one

Nice to have some mowed grass to on, quick easy find tftc

Cache container has been replaced.

Although this one is offline it still came up on our GPSr and we could see it had been found recently, so off we went to search. Yes, it is still there and easily accessible. Log signed.

Yesterday's caching finished up because of coming showers, and after all the rain overnight we thought that might be it. But after lunch the rain stopped and although it was dark and overcast the wind came up and dried things out a bit. It was still quite wet underfoot and in places muddy so out we went with an open mind as to what we might find and be able to do.
In the end we got most left and broke it up with coffee and a scone at the cafe in town. Car and us both a bit muddy, but a successful afternoon, made all the better by well maintained and creative caches.

Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Speedmistress.
**SKI Pair****

We are currently house sitting at Bell, with so many caches placed in this area how could we not go and find a few. All the caches we found are in good condition thanks to the CO's viglience with their maintenance. As per usual we have used geocaching as a tourist guide to the area. SL TFTC

Maintenance coming.

Looked and looked even got out several TOTT but given the previous log guess its not reachable.

There is a large hole inside the tree. I reached down it and just touched the cache before it went tumbling down. I can't reach it anymore. Sorry.

Out and about on our first geocaching adventure in a few years as we have fallen in and out of love with caching over the years. ATM looks like were back in as we both had a ball today.

Found the hide but the cupboard was bare, then went back and have another look and found the very well hidden container.

Thanks for the cache Rose & Speed Mistress

Tftc Rose and Speedmistress ,
We are enjoying our time in Bell, thanks for showing us the town.

Soon had the cache in hand and a different type of container for this one. TFTC Speedmistress

In Bell for a few days, trying to do as many as we can.
TFTC

Heading home from the Wangaratta Mega and stopped in Bell for a couple of days. Day two and our final day caching in Bell. Not a bad grab yesterday. We planned to ride around on our bikes to grab those within the town limits, but the wind was coming up and might be a struggle to get around, so we opted for the car.

Got to be a hot day in the end, so it was great in the car's AC. A couple of DNFs for the day, not sure where we were going wrong.

Thanks Speedmistress for the caches.
Total Cache Finds 12446,

We are spending a few days in the area and having fun caching. This is one we found on a lovely quiet morning with the good hint. All good with the cache log signed and replaced as found. Thanks Rose & Speedmistress.

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TFTC. Quick find

TFTC watch out for the creepy crawlies!

So lovely and green after the recent rain. TFTC

It's our first time in Bell. What a beautiful caravan park in town!

Now we start to explore the area and get some smilies at the same time.

Tftc Rose and Speedmistress

Stay for caple of days in Bell to get same smile. Tftc Rose & Speedmistress

Hi there Speedmistress, we found your cache Off Course on Maxwell today.

We are slowly meandering towards Hervey Bay, and have stopped off in Bell for a few days. Well it’s day three and there’s still caches to find, we just might clean them up the remaining traditionals today.

Coordinate Accuracy: We found this cache near where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: The container and log are in good shape.

Regards
Ian & Penny
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Joining up with RoddyC, Hatsoff and GrannySmith1947 later and finding a few caches before they arrive from Charleville, this was one of them. Easily found and log signed before replacing as found. TFTC

What a great little town TFTC

Mrs Ant jumped when she scared a rabbit as approaching GZ! TFTC!

A lovely view near gz.
After a busy weekend in Cunnamulla, we were looking forward to some slow time in Bell. So many great caches here.
Our team signed as Team DES, Snickersallan, E_Smiley and Domsky.
Thanks Rose & Speedmistress
Domsky

Off Course on Maxwell
1.5 1.5 Small

Found by Team DES (Domsky, E_Smiley, Snickersallan) on our way home (via Bell) from attending the very enjoyable QOGM (Queensland Outback Geo-Muster) 2021 Paroo. Can't wait for QOGM2022 Murweh!

Thanks for the cache and taking us here Rose & Speedmistress.

Finally arrived in Bell, had morning tea and all geared up for an overnight stay.
Love this countryside and it is very rewarding visiting towns/places for the very first time.
All finds in and around Bell were fantastic, found relatively quickly and to save room on the logs we signed as Something Catchy/Team DES (domsky, E_Smiley & Snickersallan)
Apologies CO for the generic logs, your caches are a real credit to you.

TFTC Rose & Speedmistress

A quick park and grab here.
TFTC

No one on the course today
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Great to be exploring the area. Thanks Speedmistress

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The dogs were a bit noisy here but thankfully we're too long at gz tftc

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Found Ok

Another park and grab and quickly on my way to the next cache.

After a yummy toasty at the cafe we headed off to find a few last local caches before heading back to Toowoomba. Great find made here. TFTC Speedmistress

What a fab weekend out in Bell finding lots of the caches that have been placed here in recent times! This was one we found on our little adventure. Thanks for the fun, Rose & Speedmistress!

TFTC smile 9602 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC great cache, great friends, great day ,
Thank you, Rose & Speedmistress, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Escaping Brisbane for an overnight trip for another event.

Now will this be the last one for the day. Found while watching the sunset. Now is it safe??

TFTCache Rose & Speedmistress

Bell weekend.

Quick find.

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 5:36 PM on August 14, 2021. TFTC, Rose & Speedmistress

Found, full log to follow tonight

Nothing there just a bit of concrete

Great hides here. Thanks

After a refreshing night's sleep, in our rooftop tent, at Koehler Park we were keen to knock back some brekkie & face day two collecting smilies around Bell.
Plenty of sulphur crested cockatoos & apostlebirds put on a lovely choiral performance to send us on our way.
Today put another 18 smilies on our map.

Shielded GZ with the Geo-Beast while Mrs VC made a quick find.
You never know who is watching especially in a small rural location.
Made our mark & replaced as found.

TFTC Speedmistress

Back in Bell for the morning to collect a few more caches before heading back home at lunchtime or the showers get too heavy.
No one on the course today but there was a cache not too far away.

Final morning of caching before heading home to Brisbane. Weather was slowing turning to showers later in the morning but we got thru all the caches we had planned before the showers came heavier. Cache found and log signed. TFTC

Nice find

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Monday. Today was a day spent with the very clever Mr OC. He did all the driving and I got to go where he turned the steering wheel. We ended up finding the must number of caches I’d found in ages, so my apologies for a generic log to the caches we found, as I simply won’t have enough time to write my usual individual logs. We had a very early pre-dawn start to the day and we ended up coming home in the dark. We had picked out several dozen caches and tried to collect as many as we could, starting at Toowoomba, heading west and the out to Bell, and came home through Wamuran. It was a cracker of a day and after a cold start, there was no wind, no clouds and just perfect temperatures. Really cool spot for a cache here. No trouble spotting the beast we were after and what a lovely blue sky.

This was the 31st of 49 caches found on this outing.

Thanks ***Speedmistress*** for showing us this place

Out on a massive day trip with Slow Puncture, leaving Brissie in the wee hours and heading up the range to Toowoomba, across the plains and out to Bell, returning via Yarraman. We're picking up our list of solved puzzles and any other interesting caches we pass by.
It was an absolutely perfect winter's day, with a cool crisp morning and a clear blue sky.

Find #11254 @ 14:04
Thanks Rose & Speedmistress for giving us a reason to visit.

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Quick little grab for Peppa and I today on our big day of adventuring from Brisbane to Bell - with all these distracting caches on the way I'm not sure we will ever make it to the curious Bell.

After leaving Brisbane at 7am this morning, and with Bell as our target, the journey took something like 6 hours.... all those green dots... so distracting...

Now with time getting away from us, we're moving north, for no better reason than we can...

This was a nice quick find... we were wondering if the CO's had warned the locals about increased suspicious activity around their signs and trees.... TFTC....

And Tupperware - is there any Tupperware left in your panty Speedmistress as it seems you have left it ALL over Bell. Or was this a piece from Rose. Found while out on a day of adventuring with Peppa. Thanks for the cache

Sunday, with doscrapbooking chasing down some caches in Bell.
Di is quick on her feet, had found the cache before I'd worked out where to go next.
Thats why I love caching with her.
After all duties were attended to, the cache was returned as found.
TFTC Speedmistress

Aussie Liahona, Sweet and Sour and I are on the hunt.
Aussie Liahona found it.
TFTC

Jumping out for this cache with Sweet & Sour it was a race to see who would spot it first. While he was looking at another spot I found it in its hide and we all signed the log. I love pepper trees and wish the peppercorns had matured however today they were only just beginning. The smell was lovely though and the leaves are so fine and delicate. Many thanks for the fun we’ve had geocaching in this nice town today Rose and Speedmistress.
Cheers and happy caching!

Great spot. I wonder who suggested it.

Our last one for the day - time to head home but we will be back for a weekend of more fun!
TFTC

Nice easy drive by. TFTC

Thanks for the find

{*FTF*} full log to follow

Bit of a challenge to find because the gps was jumping from one side of the fence to the other. Also because of the crazy barking dog at 6am!! I gave up once because I didn't want to arouse suspicion. Came back 30 mins later and approached from another direction so as to keep the neighbour quiet.

Thanks for hiding for our enjoyment.

I AM GUR

Tftc

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