20th Battalion (Australia) Coppabella, Queensland, Australia
By geocaching_mackay on 10-Sep-21. Waypoint GC9G6A5

Playing hooky from work, day 2 Long weekend in Nebo camping with Ratdog12 and Ian & Penny, looking to cover as many as possiblethis one was foundlog signed somewhere with I&P R R sometimes with I&P RFC RD keeping it brief TFTC

Hi there geocaching_mackay, we found your cache 20th Battalion (Australia) at 11:55 today. This is day two of our Nebo power trail" experience. Were caching with Rainforest Cookie and Ratdog. Just like yesterday, our aim is to find as many of the Military" series as we can before we head out on our separate ways. To save space weve just written our initials in the logs. 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).

A drive down to Moranbah with DiMorgan grabbing the caches as we go. A windy day and slowly warming up as we go. Thanks for the effort for placing.

It's lightly raining here today but not enough to stop us chasing smiles. We are moving along nicely, finding our fare share of smiles along the way. Wow, there is a lot of rubbish here, which made it harder to spot the cache ..Gotcha.

this cache is in plain site thought there were punters here but the trucks were just parked up signed at 10.57am then watched a heap of birds for a while then off to the next, TFTC (cache in good order)

On the way back to Moranbah I made a quick stop here to grab this one.
TFTC

We are currently staying at Mackay and today we returned to the trail to find more in this series.

Some were quick finds; others took longer to reveal themselves. We added ziplock bags, new log sheets to those that needed it and replaced a couple that were gone due to roadside fires.

A 11hr day by the time we returned to Mackay.

Our thanks to geocaching_mackay for creating, researching and placing this series. We appreciate the time and effort that it must have taken to do so.

Pulling up near GZ we eye the truck pulled up there as well.
We decide that the driver is elsewhere which leaves us free to look for the cache.
Buttons spies it quickly, which just leaves the main problem, how to get to it.
Much like the last one up the road (the 24th Battalion)The area is thick with rubbish.
It looks more like a rubbish dump rather than a piece of the outback.
I navigate my way around some stuff that is unrecognisable and then an old mattress before reaching the cache.
The smell is unbelievable.
I sign the log, drop in a button and get out as quick as I can.
As a War history buff, I appreciate the effort that has gone into keeping the memory of those times and people alive.

TFTC
Venimus, Invenimus, Signati

We came up North to escape the winter chill at home.

We are stopping for sightseeing and caching .

Today it's this stretch of road .

Tftc geocaching_mackay

I am travelling around with TBU1Bikesu.

We found the cache and signed the log.

Tftc geocaching_mackay

Found. Take care. Area littered with glass and tyres

Another good cache found with woolwood9.
*Enjoyed the drive / walk around.*
SL **tm/ww NZ**
**Day 1 of 3 on the powertrail**
*Thanks for the fun find!
Really appreciate the effort put into this cache series.*

Enjoying a trip around Queensland with tmann421after a two year wait for the Australian New Zealand boarders to open.
Found numerous caches and saw plenty of interesting places.
Log signed tm/ww NZ
TFTC

GoodJob TFT$

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Coongoola & Geodog are on an adventure after attending the Townsville Mega event in Qld. We found your cache today 3 May 2022 12:40 pm , while enjoying another day out adding to our tally. TFTC geocaching_mackay

Elpinstone to Nebo. Having a 3 night stay to resume our Military Series. We enjoyed reading the history of the various armed services as we went along.
We plan to base our selves here & head out to the various locations in the area.We have covered quite a large region in the area. Todays trip was visiting Moranbah area & a few more caches nearer Nebo.
This is a great tribute series to all that have served our country.
Thankyou geocaching_mackay for placing this cache.

Tftc

Day 6 of the road trip to Townsville to with LuckyL10n and today it was all about driving from Emerald to Nebo and grabbing caches along the way and then hitting up some of the military units series.

It was slow going at first (and this was expected) as we made our way along the busier highway, however once we hit Nebo and the surrounding areas, the finds were coming thick and fast. We had no issues with any of the caches...after our first one...and all went well as we cruised around finding and signing caches. Good to see the fly boys get a mention as I've been in a few of those units over time.

Many thanks geocaching mackay for the series and the reason to head to Townsville a different way. Hopefully we'll finish what we think is the first half of the series tomorrow, before hitting the rest on our trip home after the mega.

Most logs were signed SdL / L Lion.

#13709 - 10:54:00 AM; Day six of the Townsville Mega adventure with Sol de lune and after spending a couple of nights in Emerald, we are now headed further north collecting a couple of caches along the way, as we make our way towards the Armed Services series around Nebo. As we made our way around the series, all caches were found in good order unless noted in the log and each has been signed L.L10n & Sdl or vice versa. Apologies for the largely generic logs [:o)] TFTC geocaching_mackay

On the hunting trail with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce on route to Townsville via the the longer caching route of course. Another great day for caching. TFTC geocaching_mackay
Find #9594

Travelling to Townsville with Wollaston and SeasonedBird. A good series to earn smiley's and learn about Australia's military history. Thanks geocaching Mackay.

Travelling with Wollaston and Liz and Bruce and caching our way via the tourist routes to the 2022 Townsville Mega event.

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC geocaching_mackay

Find # 7200

Micaparamedic, Team Crackers, Geoturtle37 and myself decided to tackle this series and see how many we could find. As much as I enjoy searching for caches and the places they take us, the amount of interesting information supplied with these caches was outstanding and well worth reading.
Please excuse the generic logs but know that we appreciate all the time, effort and money that has gone into placing this series and now maintaining it for us to enjoy.
Thank you for everything that has gone into this series.

We started this trail today with micaparamedic, geoturtle37 and Papi4506 wondering how many we would be able to get before the sun went down. Of course we didn't go any other caches as we made our way.
We would have to say that we would recommend this cache series to anybody even if you don't go out to look for the caches but the information on the cache pages is absolutely fantastic and well worth a sit down and read.
We had a great run today with no Dnf's, a couple of damp logs. Our only trouble was the really long grass that at times was well over our heads.
We apologise for the generic logs but isn't meant to take away from all the effort that has gone into the cache pages as well as the hides. When you do this many caches in a short time you lose track of each individual hide.

Many thanks for placing these for us to find.

Found by Mary and David at 09:25 on a drive from Moranbah to Sarina. Our thanks to geocaching_mackay.

#238

Gotcha, quick find after nightshift and to collect my souvenir.

Out checking for locations for new hides.

TFTC

Quick stop and grab. TFTC

31/10/21 Out for a daytrip with Learner driver daughter and grabbing some caches. TFTC SL

Quick found on the way to Rockhampton! TFTC (:

**FTF** with Konie.

I met up with Konie again this morning to continue working on this power trail. Next, we came to this cache. A quick find was made and the log signed. TFTC

**FTF** with Selva Girls

Heading west from Nebo to Clermont today and picked up the rest of the Military series and other caches along the way.

A great day out with 16 FTF's and only 1 DNF.

Thanks for placing and maintaining these caches for me and others to enjoy.

TFTC geocaching_mackay

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