Bicentennial National Trail Gordon, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
By Aquilus1 on 04-Jun-23. Waypoint GCA9PRY

Thanks this was fun

Was passing through after finishing the Stranger Night Cache and elected to get this short series of trads along the way. TikvaNZ was an expert guide with an impressive recollection of what to expect at each stop along the way. All good with the cache. Thanks Aquilus1 . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country on which we geocache throughout Australia and their long lasting, and ongoing connections to land, sea and community. We (the pants people) pay our respects to Traditional Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Cool spot. Cheers

What a find

Thank you

What a sweet little cache! A quick find and we admired the handiwork. Tftc

Good spot, great view. Singed log. Thank you

Found with O319 on a lovely sunny afternoon

Quick find with SJG66 TFTC

#4851 A nice little cache here that I spent the first minute or so at the wrong level before coming up with the quite obvious find. Thanks A1!

Quick find in the dark during a night of caching adventures with Turtle284 and DeadThief. This is the kind of hide that sits right in front of your face and you completely ignore it... Turtle284 came up with the goods after a minute of searching in the right area.Thank you Aquilus1 for the cache!

Quick find. Tftc

TFTC. Quick find.

Found on Superhero Day. I was scouting Mt Stranger today to plan and assess risk for a Scouting activity in a couple of weeks where we are going to do the night cache together. I was meant to come on the sample tour prior to the Capital GeoBash, but The Vid had other ideas. Quick find at GZ, the caches along the Bicentennial National Trail were a lovely reprieve on the way back to the car after the journey over the hill. Amazing hide, it does seem to be damaged a bit and the CO has been notified, but still awesome nonetheless! TFTC A1!

Out and about with Joey Loves Treasure. TFTC.

Quick find on a beautiful day

Canberra Mega time, day three.Collecting a few AdLabs and occasional caches down south of Canberra.Started on the Bicentennial trail and ended up on Mt Taylor.Walked around the base of Mt Stranger and completed the AdLab and a few trads, this was the first one.Thanks, Robmc.

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My daughter and I left Brisbane on Wednesday night, and made it to Canberra after lunch yesterday after a stop to see her brother in Sydney on Thursday noghtIn town to enjoy a few days of the Canberra Mega before heading to Melbourne for a family birthday party.After our first night in our accom I was up early while she caught up on sleep and picked up a few early morning caches Found a safe place to park and was soon at ground zero where the cache was quickly located. Log book signed ( needs a new one by the way )and back to the car and off on the next challenge.A big thanks to the cache owner for making this cache available to be found.

TFTC smile ?? out and about on a night cache. Canberra with so much to do signing as grannysmith1947 Bellahappychappy CybergranV and Charis MareeMe and De what a great team we made and lots of laughter and fun Thank you Aquilus1 for placing this cache for our enjoyment ????

It's always good to go geocaching with like-minded friends even if you've only just met some of them . I'm out wandering around in the dark with grannysmith1947, Bellahappychappy and CharisMaree. Our primary aim is the [Stranger Night Cache](https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA8MQT_stranger-night-cache) but obviously we didn't miss any others we passed while we were here. Thanks for find #5959TNLN

Back in my old stomping ground after leaving a couple years ago. Was new to caching so didn't get many before moving so what better excuse to get some than the MEGA!Attended the opening ceremony than it was offTo do 'the stranger night cache' with BellaHappyChappy, Grannysmith1947 and meanddee when we realised there was more caches around so of coarse we had to do some detouring. This was my first 'night cache' and i had so much fun. Signed as CM. Tftc!

We are having a group of ladies out doing tge bight cache and have trailed off to do some trads. Im with ME AND DE CharisMaree and GrannySmith1947 We are in Canberra and surrounds collecting geocaches in preparation for the Canberra mega which is in a few days super glad to be up here from the Victoria to enjoy this beautiful week and the amazing people that has brought it here thank you so much for this hide logbook and containerSigned BHC

Geobash Easter Mega - Day #1 (Maundy Thursday 28/3)Day one of my mega trip started with a very early wake up and with a leaving time of 5:22am. This is so I could get to my first of three (pre-registered) tours over the weekend which was at Parliament House (on time). It was a great tour and I learn/saw lots which I hadnt seen before. Of course we also found the caches nearby. Once the tour was over we went our separate ways. For myself, I went to check in at the mega site. Got all my goodies and even bought a Geobash Bucket Hat. Afterwards, I went with a couple of others to find the nearby Letterbox. Afterwards it was time to head to the nearby event (GCAKGK0). It was a great event for everyone to catch up. I ducked off early and found the nearby caches. I then went and got ALs plus saw some suspicious characters getting dinner. They invited me to tonights Mt Stranger tour. So of course I had to go. It was great fun walking around and find the night cache as well as others nearby. TB visit. If the cache wasnt signed as JohnoMawbs, it was signed as JM or as the tour group name. A big thanks to the CO for adding this cache to game for the Geocaching community to enjoy. TFTEs & TFTCs Signed as STG. This cache was one of those we found while on the tour. A nice quick find and soon it was signed and replaced. Another great find to add to the list. Now off to the next one.

Part of the Sandgroper contingent that has come to the Mega to explore new hunting grounds. Its sure to be a great week with many finds and laughs with lots of great friends and maybe some new ones along the way. Thank you for placing this cache for our enjoyment. Logged as STG

Found just as the moon was rising.

Day 4 of my Canberra Mega adventure. Out caching with the members of the WA6 crew. The day looks to be another sunny day. Very happy to claim a smiley here . WA6 crew - Geotrakka, meme28, burns345, Neva2old, I c nothing and CirrusTonights adventure we are signing as STG.Some logs signed as N2O or WA6This is my 12781 find Thankyou Aquilus1for placing and maintaining this cache.

Over here for Canberra Mega from Western Australia picking up caches. TFTC logged as the strangers night tour group

TFTC Aquilus1 your cache Bicentennial National Trail that we found today. We are in Canberra for the fun and games of the Mega. Tonight we were out on the Mt Strange Night Cache tour. While on the trail we stopped at the various other caches on the trail. All caches were signed MST1 or Mount Strange Tour depending on size of logbook.Find Count: 19364

TFTC,At the MEGA doing the Stranger night cache tour. We completed 10 caches and an Adventure Lab.Signed as STG (Stranger tour group), the first time I have ever signed as a group. Made sure I saw every log sheet.Visited trackables.

Found while attending the Mega and out with the tour group at Tidbinbilla. A great day out. Log signed for the group as STG. Another great day for caching. ?? TFTC Aquilus1

Out on the Mt Stranger Night Tour, a lovely night. Cache signed STG. Thanks for great tour. ????

Cute hide. Found this cache this arvo while on our walk. Thank you. ??

We came to Canberra for the Geobash Event and couldn't resist booking some of the great tours on offer. Tonight, one of us took part in the wonderfully guided Nightcache Tour. Following the bright and shiny markers we found several caches on the way - this was one of them; signed as STG.Thanks Aquilus1 for the guided tour and the cache

Found while attending the Canberra Geobash Mt Stranger Night Tour.Had a great night on the tour.TFTC

Day 2 of my magnificent mega caching experience in Canberra and surrounds.Today I C Nothing, meme28, geotrakka, Burns345, neva2old & I (signing as WA6) focussed more on the central Canberra area with a couple of tours booked at Parliament House & the Australian War Memorial, was fantastic to see these places and meet caches from all over the place too.The evening was spent on another mega tour at Mt Stranger.Once again a great variety of cache types and containers were located and with a large group the competition to get hands on the log first was high, with plenty of laughs along the way too.Thanks Aquilus1 for placing Bicentennial National Trail for me and others to find.I added my name to the log at 21:10 on 28/3/2024.This is find number 8414 for me.

Mount Stranger Tour Group - night tour. There were some new and familiar faces tonightWandering along with torchesCache found with no issues. Cheers

Very happy to be here for my first Mega event from WA. Out on a night adventure woohoo! Signing as STG ( stranger tour group)My personal aim is to try and boost my numbers to hit my next milestone whilst here.Many thanks Aquilus1 for placing this hide for me to find and adding to my adventures.

The Adelaide Leap Day Mega and Canberra Geobash gave us a great excuse for a road trip. This trip has shown us so many new and interesting places as weve chased LGAs, oldies, challenges, interesting D/T combinations, rarer cache types and favourites.Meeting up with friends old and new along the way, we sometimes cached together and sometimes alone but always had a great time. Tonight we joined the Mt Stranger Night Cache Tour led by the lovely CO. Armed with torches we all set off on this fairly easy walk up, over and around Mt Stranger, following the very well set up reflectors and stopping to find caches we passed along the way. A most enjoyable way to spend the evening. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for us and adding to our enjoyment.

Found while on a Group Night Cache

Found in group

Caching from WA west coast to ACT for 2 megas. TFTC. An excellent surprise at the cache.

Great HideThanks Aquilus1 for the cacheJames0116Wednesday, 27 Mar 202411:07:51pm AEDT4185

My first ever find. Thank you. How exciting!

I wonder if the bird knows where it is. I didn't bring pen .

Pleasant ride on the bike, thanks.

My first find in more than 3 months! I was in the area today, so decided to go for this walk. All caches found quickly and OK.Thanks for not making tree climbs!

After an afternoon in the sub terrain, this evening we joined one of the sample tours and wandered with a number of others. There were roughly 20 odd teams who wandered the hill tonight in the dark. Following the lights, we made our way along the designated route collecting caches along the way. No issues with the caches along the route. Thanks heaps for the tour Aquilus1

We spent earlier in the day down in the tunnels with a group of people, then it was time to spend the evening in the dark with another group of people. We put our hands up to join this night Geobash sample tour. Which was a great walk in the dark with torches shining every which way. There was no issues with any of the caches along the way being we had the CO with us. All were found and signed as a group. Thanks for the hide and the night tour walk Aquilus1

Enjoyed the walk tonight and looking forward to sitting down. I think Mt Stranger is a great walk day or night but very cool at night.Thanks for getting me out and about Aquilus1

#9115 Tonight iplod65 and I joined a trial night-tour of the caches on Mt Stranger. We had to drive through a heavy storm past the airport so we wondered how it would turn out. We need not have worried as it was completely dry at the start. The night tour was a blast and we'll attended by about 21 people, so it was a good trial and everyone seemed happy with it. Thanks Aquilus1 for this Traditional Cache

Find # 11074Out in the Capital GeoBash trial Mt Stranger night tour accompanied by 20 or so others. A great selection of caches to find on this circuit, and an easy path to follow. There are so many well defined reflector markers, youd have to have your eyes closed not to be able to easily find your way. A bit uneven underfoot in places so appropriate footwear ?? recommended, and a good torch ??. Some pretty tall grass to wade through for some of the finds, all well maintained and it good condition.Great fun with a bunch of equally eager enthusiasts! ?? Thanks Aquilus1 ??????????

Found on the Capital GeoBash Mt Stranger sample night tour. Fun night with lots of wonderful people! TFTC & tour, was great to try something different!

Night caching with StrangeTrousers and the tourTFTC

With the Mt Stranger Tour group

Found while on the Mt Stranger tour. TFTC

Found whilst on the sample tour with a group of 21. The array of headlamps and torches assisted the find.Many thanks to Aquilus1 and the rest of the group for the hide and adventure.

This was the second find of the day for me, but Albida33's first. A quick find and sign here. I love the creative camouflage. Have an FP Aquilus1.

My patter has taken me down south on recent Fridays, so with that in mind I was joined by Smitten Granny to tackle a tree climb I have done before. It was still a challenging climb, but with that done safely, we headed a bit further south to target a cache for me. I have walked this track a few times, but I am always happy to come back for a new cache. The location the cache would be was apparent as we arrived, it was just a matter of locating it. Which we did. Home time.Thanks for the cache Aquilus145467.1 TNLNVisited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 Compass Rose Silver Matt A#159**Albida**

Nice little surprise. It will be good to come back in spring and see them fledge. A favourite point for the fun.

Found with fitzy_1965 on a warm summers afternoon.It was a little bit of a trek but we managed to find our targeted caches.Thanks for placement.

34,022. Found with minniek during our afternoon walk today.Our walk today comprised of this wonderful little reserve down south. While I have cached in here before it was minniek's first time. A nice simple walk along the trail with some gates allowing access to certain caches - awesome. Once at GZ of this one we made a nice quick find on this well set up Trad. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, took a photo of the neighbours, then continued on to the next cache on the list. Thanks Aquilus1 !! Really enjoyed these ones.

Final cache for the day, and a really nice way to wrap up todays finds - nicely put together!Thanks for another great cache, Aquilus1

Hmm can't say I've heard about this trail before..it sure was a great walk .Found this cache as I listened to the wind blowing...it's a hot day but their is a nice breeze.

Found, TFTC!

Awesome spot

Needed a walk after too much fun indoors in virtual worlds, so Tankengine and I decided to take this lovely walk this afternoon and pick up a few caches which although I was with the CO many times, I didnt end up signing the logs.The fire must of come close to all the caches along here. But this one seems to have survived quite well. Tftc!!!

Needed a little exercise, so decided to finally go get these caches with dty73! Had done the loop sussing out the hiding places with the CO, so was nice to finally see the end result today! Cute little hide here, favourite from me! Thanks Aquilus1!

Stopped to check only this with the burn off that occurred recently. Wow, that came close! A little heat evidence, but it's all good otherwise.

I love this little section of Tuggeranong, fantastic views. Usually I'm on my bike, but today I went for a stroll to find these caches. After some fairly uninspiring power trails around these parts this was a very fun mini trail. This was easily found and my favorite. Fav point from me.Thanks Aquilus1

A relaxed walk on a sunny afternoon. Cache quickly found, signed and replaced. TNLNSL TFTC

It must be summer because suddenly its hot and out here with limited shade you can certainly feel the heat. Car parked at point hut so it was a short loop back to it, i was pleasantly surprised at the cache, it was intricately designed and so cute. TFTC

A cute little cache guardian here! Walked through the burnt grass from the other side to access!

Many thanks A1

I take my daughter and 2 grandkids walking to park find few caches and beautiful weather...
Im not suprise Look burn all grass but lucky safe caches... tks

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An frosty early morning wander to grab a few caches. Cache easily found. TFTC.

A wonderful surprise at GZ. Beautifully made cache. A favorite. TFTC

A quick cycle after our 11 km warm up return trip on Rob Roy Reserve early morning. Enjoyed the short ride in brilliant sunshine. Love a quality hide and the gorgeous cache at this location - worth a favourite point. TFTC Aquilus1.

After a fun ride up Rob Roy, we gave the bikes a cooldown ride along this short section of trail. Cache quickly found at GZ and in excellent condition. Even found a nest nearby!

Another great cache trail here - thanks, Aquilus1. A favourite from me!

After completing a few UFO caches I returned home via Point Hut and then up to the Bicentennial Trail for these three new caches. TFTC.

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Woohoo [FTF] about 10 min after publishing. What a lovely little cache. Worth a fav point for the idea.