Cycling the Redlands - Apollo Alexandra Hills, Queensland, Australia
By Oddiewan on 14-Jun-21. Waypoint GC9CR5X

Quick find after a pleasant walk from the van. I'd guessed what the hint was about, but the hide wasn't quite where I expected it to be . I'm always nervous walking behind houses, but today everyone was either at work or sleeping. The place seemed utterly deserted.

Nicole and Panda found it. First one on the cycling trail.

If you find this. Don't try to pull the paper out. Very hard to get back in and no room to sign

Looked 4 the wrong thing in wrong place b4 changing tactic & then...EZY! T4TC:-)

A delightful little find with SkyeMartin12! Got bitten by the travel bug. TFTC

Fun little find with @Lacuna__ TFTF a lot of little cute SWAGS in there

Tftc. Tb dropped off.

Out and about with Davinells. She had a plan. I liked the plan. Win win! Thanks for the cache. Cheers

Needing numbers for my next milestone, I met up with wayn0 to ride the Redlands trail. Quick find and we were off to the next one.Tftc OddiewanFind #4887

Easy spot TFTC

Nice easy find from a distance with hint and coordinates. Thanks for the cache. Signed and placed back where found.

Getting the hang of the ebike now. Managed the single track OK. It doesnt corner as neatly as my MTB. But staying upright Cache found quickly TFTC Oddiewan

Love it tftc

I was working in the neighbourhood so stop to find this one. It was a quick find.
Oddiewan thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment.

Found by Youth Flourish Outdoors. TFTC

TFTC.

10.23am
Out geocaching with Geo friends and had the use of one of their e-scooters which made this trail much easier than walking.
Made a quick find. Log signed cache returned.
Tftc

Caching today on the escooters

Out caching with geofriends

TFTCache Oddiewan

Some e-scootering in the Redland today.

Good one.

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 10:24 AM on July 2, 2023. TFTC, Oddiewan

Out with MereanaMaree for the day.
TFTC

Out with Itste, TFTC

A quick last find for the day. Tftc and for this great series!

The cache had fallen out of its hiding spot so made it for a quick find TFTC. Co .

2/5/23 heading home from work and remember today is a souvenir day. Lucky I knew of a simple cache in the area. A quick stop and short walk and the cache was in my hands. Nice sized cache in a logical spot. TFTC

TFTC smile 16200 out and about with miss millie geo dog on a lovely day With Imbunda on the south side
Signed and replaced, sign as GS1947 on small caches

Thank you, Oddiewan, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

TFTC

Quick find! Thanks for the hide!

Tftc

Quick trip to the Redlands to visit some friends before Christmas. Spotted this trail so decided to find some caches along it before some lunch and last minute shopping. Will be back in the New Year to find some more. Nice hide, TFTC.

Geobike ride after the nearby Parkrun. TFTC

Got mixed up with another option first but then found cache tftc

6th and final find for this series today.

Made the small bush bash to GZ instead of coming along the nice grassy section. Found something that seemed like a cache before realising it was some teenager’s vape they’re hiding from their parents in nature. Ha! Actual cache found about 2 metres from the vape.

TFTC and putting this series together. Will return sometime in the future for more.

Lovely area for a morning walk. Left some swag. TFTC Oddiewan

#16 out on the geo-scooter.while out on the geo-scooter today. Decided to head south-east for a few. Easy find. TFTC, TFTH, TNLNSL & TFT

Quick find all good here

Nice day for a ride after this mornings fog.
While we are in the area we have been doing a few bike trails , this one was a good workout, hides were all fun.
Few quite tricky ones to mix things up a bit
TFTC oddiewan

Found this with a friend from Perth

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Today my muggle friend and i decided to take a walk along here and find some smileys. We do often ride our bikes together but decided to walk this one. We really enjoyed the 8.6km walk and finding these caches along the way. We found this cache thanks to the hint. Thanks for taking us here and for placing this cache here for us to enjoy

Brisbane, we have now set up camp at Thornside for a few days. Visiting the area to catch up with family & also to do some caching.
We chose this biketrail as Bill loves to ride his bike while I walked a few.
Can't say this is an easy trail as there are many micros hanging in trees which took some time to spot. On the plus side the co-ords were good & some very helpful hints. The DT seemed to be low on this series.
Thankyou Oddiewan for placing this cache.

We really enjoyed this one
Pleasant walk on these extensive tracks with only a short off track saunter to the cache. As we stepped off path we had a guess as to where we'd find the cache. Over there? then on remembering the clue, nah...has...to...be...just..over...here Spot on.
Signed log, took pics then returned for next finder.
Have a favourite point.
Thanks Oddiewan.

Tftc

Found it

Staying nearby and decided to walk this series. Quite a long way and some uphill. We enjoyed the ambience along the way and the variety of hides kept us challenged and entertained. Thanks Oddiewan fav point alloc

Out and about with my dad Oddiewan, Semik and Geopup Aneka
TFTC

Today I decided to head out on 2 wheels and grab some caches. Spotted thia one nice and quick. Tftc Oddiewan

Great little hide thanks so much for placing.

That was a nice stick

Container had no trades so chucked a few in for the next person! Easy find spotted it from the path

TFTC - dropped in a bug

After joining an enthusiastic group of cyclists to explore the trails around the area this rainy morning, four of us continued on to find a few more, including this one. We enjoyed the variety of hides, some tricky, some straightforward, and most were quick finds thanks to the many cachers that we ride with. All up we rode 30km today, signing logs RRG to save space.
TFTC, Oddiewan. =^.^=

This morning, I joined Ruzzelz' Reindeer/Ride Group (RRG) with a morning of finding the *Cycling the Redlands* geocaches series. The rain had magically disappeared from the start of our ride, and it was an enjoyable group session. I then managed to target a few older geocaches in the area before heading home.
In the afternoon, jesswrigley and I headed out and took a walk along Enoggera Creek in The Gap, finding a few of the *On Your Bike* series from #11 to #6. Again, the rain stayed away long enough to have a decent walk along this stretch whilst passing by many muggles similarly enjoying the afternoon.

Ruzzelz' Reindeer/Ride Group (RRG) consisted of bedmakerTG, DisSister, eatmorchikin, JQTB, La Kedi, nikid1, TaxisVW and DrPam, and teamdfl, as well as our esteemed leader Ruzzelz. Meeting at Scribbly Gums, we rode to the eastern end of the trail, with the plan to ride west and collect the caches in the series. We took a coffee break in the middle of the series at the nearby Alexandra Hills Shopping Centre, as well as a few miscellaneous geocaches that we encountered along the way. In total, we rode an approximate distance of 20 km.

We stopped off at this geocache, and it wasn't too long until we managed to make the cache find reasonably quickly. The cache container and logbook were in good shape, and we signed as *RRG* / *RR* to preserve space in the logbook. Thanks Oddiewan for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

I ride Scribbly Gums usually every second month so I have been cruising ride past a few of these caches on a couple of occasions. With the New Year fast approaching I decided to test the water on whether a few like minded geocyclists would like to complete the trail.

Now the weather was not looking good but as the ride leader i was duty bound to turn up. Right on cue at the designated start time the rain cleared and a group of many set off to clear the Cycling trail to Redlands.

We set off from Scribbly Gums heading East and then back West to collect caches. After the final western Cycle trail cache four of us pushed on to seek additional caches.

ruzzelz raining (not) ride group all had a great morning on 2 wheels including a diversion to Alex Hill shops for a group session at the coffee shop.

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*“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ― Albert Einstein*

“The best things in life make you sweaty.” – Edgar Allan Poe

I put my hand up when the call was made as to who would be up for a bike ride around this part of the Redlands.
We all headed out today and found quite a few caches.
Some easy, some hard but all thoroughly enjoyable.
Logs all signed RRG for our group of cyclists.
TFTC and the history lesson.

Joined an enthusiastic group of cyclists to make the run through the trails here, stopping every so often to take a wander into the bush or ponder a structure. A great variety of hides, some tricky, some straightforward. Thankful that many eyes made short work of the hunting in most instances and that the rain kindly stayed away. All up we rode 30km today, signing logs RRG to save space. TFTC Oddiewan

A call was put out on Facebook to join up for a bike ride and do this series. Still with a few days of rec leave left I couldn’t refuse. There were familiar faces and a few new ones which is one of the reasons I like these type of events as you can never know too many cachers.
In all we did 20km of riding (we did have to detour off the track for a coffee break)
Logs signed as RRG to save on log space.
TFTC Oddiewan for putting out this series.

One of my courier bikes was an Apollo. I think the model was Everest. It was the bike I started my MTB racing on. It was affectionately known as Beryl the Yellow Peril due to the fluoro yellow colour of the frame. Very trendy in the late 1980s.

Found with a large group of crazy pedalers today. Logs all signed RRG for the group. I don't think I actually found any of the caches myself. I was close at a few, and added our team log to some. Many I did not get near as the group often made for quick finding.

Thanks for the series and the effort to put out so many caches.

Found today with RR (Ruzzelz Rainers)
TNLNSL.
TFTC.

So half way through the journey we realise how small the world is. Some of the group know each other. TFTC

A quick find. Second one today after a lovely Christmas lunch with the family.
The big black lid led to the easy find.
TFTC

After Malvern Star this was a quick find in the logical position…I have a vague recollection about Apollo Bikes from when I was much younger…

Thanks Oddiewan for your time and effort in creating and maintaining this trail for our pleasure…

And this was where I saw my first cyclist of the day… kind of made me jump… they should wear bells…

Quick find
Morning caching with cacheman and muggle Cade along this series
Tftc(s)

Easy find. Tftc

A quick visit down the road to get a couple more of these caches. A pleasant walk along the path to get this one. Had to be careful I didn't get a scratch on my legs due to upcoming surgery. Soon had the cache in hand and log signed then replaced all as found. Now to find my way back without mishap. TFTC

Out on a bike ride this morning with chamad tackling the new bike series, along with a couple of others along the way.
A great variety of hides in the series, some very clever ideas among them.
Thanks Oddiewan for the great series.

A morning of caching with willis007 and a day for a leisurely Sunday bike ride. A ride from Capalaba to Cleveland enjoying the recent trail of caches on the bikeway. A nice variety of caches, some very tricky hides and some not so hard. It was a fun morning and by the end of the trail, we were done. We were planning on another ride further afield, but we were feeling a little lethargic from the heat and the humidity and called it a day. We still managed to grab a couple of the older caches in the area on our around and towards home. We were happy with our haul today, we got to take it easy and enjoy the caches and the surrounds.

This was the next in the run of caches along this trail. This was an easy find and spotted it as we walked up. The suspicious stick cover gave it away, lol. Thanks for the hide and with the log signed and cache replaced as found, it was onto the next one.

Back again for my third attack on the series and after picking up a few which I had previously DNFed I parked on Vienna Rd and walked past another cache to get to this one for a quick find.

TFTC Oddiewan

Quick easy find tftc

I took the toy dragon for “Z”. TFTC

Back to tackle some more of the Cycling the Redlands series but once again we forgot to organise any 'cycles!
Nevermind we are enjoying the walking, great exercise!

Nice quick find.
A bird's favourite home? [?]
Maybe it was at one time but probably not anymore.
Made our mark & replaced as found.

TFTC Oddiewan

Found it
Nice ride on E Bike
Thank you

Found it tftc

Loaded the bike for some morning caching in the Redlands. Resisted the first to find urge and saved these.
Good to get to find a larger cache on my ride. Turned around here
Thank you for hiding this geocache Oddiewan
Find number 23607
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We decided to go for a cycle today before it gets too hot - our first fail. Loved doing this trail in our old stomping grounds. The co- ords were all spot on and some great caches. Thanks Oddiewan for setting up this trail and for the fab caches.
A nice easy find with the hint.

*FTF*

I noticed these new caches yesterday afternoon and assumed they’d be found before now. But when I woke up and saw that they hadn’t been found, I decided to head over for a bike ride before work.

As I arrived at GZ, I spotted something suspicious. Thanks for the cache

Left home early to cycle the new Redlands trail, found most without too much trouble.

Find #11939 @ 08:05
Thanks Oddiewan for giving us a reason to visit.

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