Tugz! Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia
By
KemblaKrew on 10-Jan-22. Waypoint GC9M7RF
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Hi KemblaKrew,The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention, or it may not but in the absence of the cache owner performing maintenance and/or disabling the cache to check it out, I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 4 weeks) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.If you require more time please be sure to **post a note** (not an email) explaining the situation and how much more time you require. For ongoing issues please ensure you visit the listing and post a new note every 4 weeks to keep everyone up to date, if you do not then you cache may be archived without further note from a reviewer. Caches archived due to lack of maintenance are no longer unarchived and you will need to submit a replacement as a new cache.Ngaambul - Matt
There has been alot of fill put here since the photos. We even dug around where one of the pics showed to no luck. Might need a check from the owner
Spent 40 mins checking a 20 m radius but for the life of me I couldn't find any coal, every other type of rock but no coal. Maybe next time. Looking over the fence at all that coke brought back memories. Glad I don't work there anymore. Actually glad I don't work.Next time.
No luck here, search stopped being fun after a while with all the coal dust blowing my way. Not today.
Find for geowife on a misty drizzly day. Ticking off some local caches. TFTC
Once you see it, you can't unsee it!!! All became obvious after sitting a while watching the port.
Great clue, we forgot to bring a pen to sign but it was a good little search, not too hard.
ScMo must have dropped his lump of coal here... Thanks, I watched a coal ship arrive being assisted in with some tugz...
Finally found him! Be careful on the rocks when it’s been raining, it’s every slippery out here. Also watch out for broken glass
31,977. Found during an unexpected journey down to the coast.
A Cacher was caching in Goulburn on Tuesday and made a bad mistake by leaving his GPS at the last cache he did and then driving home to the coast. Oops. minniek rescued the GPS that night, and after a few messages sent and received I was on my way to the coast yesterday to return it to its owner today. Any excuse to go caching ! I stayed at a local cacher's place overnight, and then the three of us met up for a coffee for the handover. Once that was complete my local guide drove me around for a few hours cherry-picking caches for me, which was awesome. This was the next one for the day, and I think it was my lucky day as i spotted something straight away and soon had cache in hand. Signed the log, returned the cache to it's hidey hole, then headed to the next one.
Thanks KemblaKrew !! Nicely set up. Fav Point !
A Cacher was caching in Goulburn on Tuesday and made a bad mistake by leaving his GPS at the last cache he did and then driving home to the coast. Oops. minniek rescued the GPS that night, and after a few messages sent and received I was on my way to the coast yesterday to return it to its owner today. Any excuse to go caching ! I stayed at a local cacher's place overnight, and then the three of us met up for a coffee for the handover. Once that was complete my local guide drove me around for a few hours cherry-picking caches for me, which was awesome. This was the next one for the day, and I think it was my lucky day as i spotted something straight away and soon had cache in hand. Signed the log, returned the cache to it's hidey hole, then headed to the next one.
Thanks KemblaKrew !! Nicely set up. Fav Point !
Could have been like looking for a Needle in a haystack But just my lucky as I was just about to give up I spotted it.
2 DNF’s in a row. We’re directly on top of the GZ but can’t find it. Maybe a muggle hid it under the bark?
Needing four caches to attain first souvenir for this month’s challenge, chose a Port Kembla run today (coincidently all by the same CO) to help. Successful on three with mizmutt choosing here to do zoomies. Took longer to catch her than spot the cache.
Tricky, reached in after removing some bark off my left shin, this souvenir will be a reminder of how I searched here. Nearly set up a camper to stay
Found the Tugs quickly, but had a slow poke to find the Coke (not the Coca-Cola kind of Coke). OCW Brewmaker. TFTC
That should have taken ages, but luckily I spotted the hint from the right side. Good camo. Have a FP. Now to clean my dirty hands. TFTC
Had some time to waste while son was doing some indoor hockey in the area. Great hide and cache. Working in the steel industry myself have never been here. Fascinating place to look around and see. Had to favourite this one. Thankful for the hint . TFTC.
I approached GZ with trepidation. In this type of locations, COs may make things very difficult. However, KK have been nice. Thank you KemblaKrew
A PAF helped me narrow the search area down. A few steps in and I spotted the camouflaged cache. TFTC
Returned for another try, the first one a while ago was only a quick look. Today I showed some dedication and stayed a lot longer then planned, can't put the picture in the log, but send it as proof of dedication, log signed, favourite point given
TFTC Wilbert67
TFTC Wilbert67
Oh how I hate rocks,
Not the sort of day any cacher wants. We were after 5 finds to bring our total on the grid for the 7th March to 10 and thought a trip to Wollongong would avoid Sydney traffic and allow us to complete our task in 3 hours. 6 Hours later we got home with 3 finds and 9 DNF's and to get the numbers, completed a few Adventure Lab stages. No idea if we or the caches were the problem but before returning, I will check the logs.
Not the sort of day any cacher wants. We were after 5 finds to bring our total on the grid for the 7th March to 10 and thought a trip to Wollongong would avoid Sydney traffic and allow us to complete our task in 3 hours. 6 Hours later we got home with 3 finds and 9 DNF's and to get the numbers, completed a few Adventure Lab stages. No idea if we or the caches were the problem but before returning, I will check the logs.
Another amazing cache. Took a while with the kids, but was good fun climbing up and down. Tftc
Well missed on on an FTF the other week but back today and did t take too long to locate. A great industrial cache in this area. TFTC!
Not such a nice place to look around but the geokids loved the view. Lots of glass around so the kids had to be careful but soon had the CIH. Thanks for the visit to the tugs.
Not the cleanest place to look around and also very challenging.
Thanks for the cache KemblaKrew
Thanks for the cache KemblaKrew
What a difference a day makes..... the weather was a lot kinda to me today and after a short search I had this one in hand.
Thanks
Thanks
Not really a DNF, more like a Did Not Fancy getting soaking wet. Arriving at GZ the torrential rain was almost sideways and I had nothing to keep me dry so I left nd headed for the other new cache.
Woohoo! Find 447 for the tribe and a [FTF] at 6.11pm
Upon arriving at GZ I thought what are my odds of finding this!? But pleasantly surprised with a blank logbook. Peaceful here today. The storm has passed. The tugs are home in bed. The ground was slippery, with broken glass as promised. Take care if bringing geokids. Views are totally worth it.
Thanks for another great cache KemblaCrew!
Upon arriving at GZ I thought what are my odds of finding this!? But pleasantly surprised with a blank logbook. Peaceful here today. The storm has passed. The tugs are home in bed. The ground was slippery, with broken glass as promised. Take care if bringing geokids. Views are totally worth it.
Thanks for another great cache KemblaCrew!
