07 Watagans Wander - By Gum! Freemans Waterhole, New South Wales, Australia
By lee737 on 18-Aug-24. Waypoint GCAWNHJ

We were out caching in The Entrance upon hearing this one was broken, so decided on a diversion on the way home to check it out. So with trailer/kayak we headed up into the mountains. We've replaced the cap so the cache is now good as new.FYI.... this is a tree fishing cache, you'll need a squid pole or other light-weight pole to access it. The 'poles' at GZ were more like 4x2 territory - and will needlessly damage the cache. Please use a squid/fishing pole, or cruise on by to the next cache.....

Broke cap (sorry) fixed it as best as we can. Was very hard to get it back where it was but we managed

My Physio said I needed to work on strengthening my hand and Mr. Minion had the day of work, so we decided it was the perfect time to tackle this series, Pole all the way for us here, that's pretty high up.. Thanks for the cache lee737 tnln replaced as found sl

Out today for a wander in the Watagans. After parking, I wandered into the forest to take a look at the gum and make sure I could see the cache before grabbing my pole and hook from the car. With the pole fully extended, I was able to comfortably hook the cache, lift it up off its branch and lower it without dropping it in the undergrowth. After signing the log, I managed to get it back in place on my first attempt, which is a rare achievement for me! Many thanks for the cache and the series.

Find#2484Quick find at GZ. I saw this get published and was even invited to go with Banj and Shaneo to get them on Wednesday but alas I had to work. So today is the day to attack this series. I found the cache easily enough with good coordinates and then went to work fishing it out of the tree. This one took the bait much easier than #10. Did this on the return trip as there is a better park on this side. Cache and log in good conditionTFTC

Wow thats a high one for a ladder. Pole all the way! Thanks Team737

I leap frogged B&W at this cache, as i thought he had done the same, but he did not even see me on offshoot. I pulled up at gz, but could not see him, prob as i was looking the wrong way. Came back later to find it, and could not. My phone had 0M at a particular tree, which was incorrect. Not much hanging room on this tree, so searched some others near by, but did not extend far enough. Banj5150 and Shaneo58 came along, and after a brief chat, Banj followed his phone, straight to the spot. I did the retrieval, signing and replacing. Paying pennance for beating them to all the others. Continued our chat for a while on the road side, then went our different ways. Off to see a tunnel. TFTC.

A day out with Banj5150 doing the new series through the Watigans. Ran into geoian on his way back from getting the FTF's. A great series. TFTC Team737

And finally we have found Geoian...after he's beaten us to 10 FTFs...oh well, have to set the alarm earlier next time. TFTC

I saw this series was still unfound this morning and with some flexible time headed up. As I got close a check on number one showed it had just been found so I decided to skip forward and see if I could join in with GeoIan. Initially lost his tyre tracks but saw him drive by and then met at the next one so we could share joint **FTF** Out with the pole for this one for a quick spot. TFTCSigning duties completed.

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