#9 Cockle Creek Edgeworth, New South Wales, Australia
By Samuel737 on 02-Feb-24. Waypoint GCAK5C9

A shady retrieval under the two mangrove tree. We are enjoying these lovely 3-D printed ties which seem to keep the paper dry.All good here at GZ. Lots of cicadas singing and bellbirds. Thanks Team737Domsky

We came up to Newie again this week for about the third weekend in the last four, this time to attend the [HAVOC Flotilla](https://coord.info/GCAZBVQ) event on the Newcastle harbour which was fun. We decided we might set sail up Cockle Creek after the event which was, obviously, a great idea on a day like this! Today eldest geokid was skipper of [our water TOTT](https://coord.info/TB9QQJD) while I was doing all the navigating and grabbing. Heading right upstream now, taking the western arm of the creek system to our next find of another cache in excellent condition, also with a nice dry log ready for our names to be added. TFTC and series, team737.#2067

Found with mannering park sea scouts

Great day on the water for a paddle

Hard to get to but eventually found a way in, located, signed and replace. TFTC

madrabbitoh spotted. difficult to manouver in there. TFTC

#7683Ventured north with [@Purplepeopleater](https://coord.info/PR4X0DC) and [@bella at waggy](https://coord.info/PR5DQ4Z) lured by the Cockle Creek series. Met up at the carpark and organised our car shuffle before hitting the water just before 9am with 2 yaks and a SUP. Excellent home made containers.TFTC Samuel737

An excellent morning with Crash and B@W paddling this marvellously reclaimed creek.All containers were in excellent condition.SL TFTC

Found on 28/4 with Mighty Minions & 2pods. It was wonderful weather with calm waters - a great day for my first attempt at kayaking. Thanks for these caches.

Another day of work but time to slip out at get a few more in this series. A different launch spot but needed a CITO. Easy paddling on the SUP. The extra height was good for some spots and so was stepping on and off. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC

Another well camouflaged container, spotted with Mighty Minions and Goldberry17 - TFTC!

Out caching with 2pods and Goldberry17 today. the weather was brilliant, and the water was very smooth. we had lots of laughs, and I really enjoyed the day. the caches were all found with no problems and in good condition. Thanks for the cache Samuel737 tnln replaced as found sl

Decided to drag the canoe all the way to Newcastle so had to make good use of it! Did the cockle creek series and a nearby adventure lab today, not sure if the weather is good enough tomorrow. Good quality made for good fun!TFTC Wilbert67

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 13175.A day of paddling with Deni_f and Banj on Cockle Creek this morning. With the tide due to hit high at 8am we made an early start at 7. With two kayaks and one stand up paddle board we covered 11.7km in 3hours 59 minutes. Another great cache in the series, found without issue. I love the effort youve gone to with these containers. Thanks Samuel737 for the cache.

Find#1881After these caches were published I was very keen to get them with all of the different DT ratings. After Banj asked me, Today was the day. Came out with Big Matt also and had an absolutely glorious day finding these caches. I wish I had 15 favourite points as this was such a fun series to do. Matt had calculated that we paddled a little over 11km and a bit over 4hrs in total at a very casual pace Ill add. Thanks for a great series Team 737. Log and cache in good condition. TFTC

A great day to be out on the water finding some geocaches. Joined today by Big Matt on a SUP and Deni F in a kayak that an extremely nice bloke borrowed for him to use.TFTC

Find No: 9189. Out for a great morning with Yella Belly & shaneo58 , thanks for the cache Team737!!

Finishing off this series with Yella Belly and grub fred today. A great day for caching. TFTC TEAM737

Launched the old "Yella Belly" today and as I am the Captain I picked up an unlikely crew in shanoe58 as Retriever of caches and Grub Fred as passenger (and secretary) to do the Cockle Creek caches. Well it was a fun trip up the river with nobody falling overboard. caches were well hidden but with keen eyes they were found. Thanks Team737 for the series.

Helllo #9!Just enough time to paddle up to this one before the rain hits(?)At least Ill get a bit fit. If I keep doing these one at a time TFTH! Lovely out here!I wonder how many sharks are eyeing me off for dinner fine to skeddadle before dusk

Out on the water today starting from the launch point near the railway bridge and heading upstream of there. When I hit GO on this one on my GPSr from #8, the cache itself was off the map and I didn't realise it was on the other bank until I'd overshot it by about 50 metres. Too much daydreaming while padding along, I guess. Anyway, after heading across and back, I soon spotted the cache but had a bit of trouble squeezing in through the greenery to get to it. Eventually I succeeded without capsizing.Thanks for the hide and the series, now back around and on to #10.

Paddling on. TFTC

Nice an quiet spot, A little hard to access from land as we had to slid across a thin branch to access but definitely worth it for the FTF, TFTF.

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