Careening with Miss Carey Kirribilli, New South Wales, Australia
By The Reigate Squires on 27-Nov-03. Waypoint GCH9C8

Good clues. Easy to find!

Thanks! Loved the hint. Learnt some mythology

A few finds somewhere far from my usual haunts. Keeping my score a bit high while one has the opportunity to do so . This geocache was simply visible on my geocaching maps. After logging two nearby hides, the breezy evening brings me over here. Lots of muggles yet GZ is quite secluded. Oh, its a 2003 geocache, thats placed 21 years ago. Another month ticked off my Jasmer calendar. TFTC The Reigate Squires for my 2408 find.

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This was a pleasant find, added a little drink for such a hot day

Great cache! We found quickly then returned it.TFTCTilly rose and dad

TFTC. Beautiful spot. Plenty of tourists in nearby park.

Nice place to explore, especially when jacarandas are in full bloom

Thanks for my first find!

At first I was like, oh my, so many options. Then spotted the cache immediately

Great find with a nice place to relax and sit after a walk !!

Thank you. A great find and easy enough to make our day

TFTC great location.

TFTC. Found H&R

This is the oldest geocache I've found here in Australia so far after 5 days. Another great little park with blooming roses in winter!TFTH!!!!

After arriving at GZ via what I later realised was an inefficient route around Milson Park and the canal, I soon spotted the seat in question and looked around the structure that most interested me. Indeed, soon enough I spotted a common cache hiding location, checked for any spiders, and extracted the cache which was covered by dust. However, the cache was still in good condition. Good hiding spot, TFTC!

Found it

A delightful spot for this cache and despite there being a few stray log sheets, all is now in order with everything back in its baggie.

Found with samdoggy and hulioxxx. Tftc

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Found whilst doing Bondi to Manly walk with my geohiking buddies. TFTC TNLNSL.

Found it but theres rat droppings so we dont wanna touch it anymore than what it was hiding behind

Use cache sense to find. Thanks.

Came back and did it.

I found it had no pen good hinding spot.

Thx but watch out! There was a spider under the box. Almost p*ss myself!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~The logbook is signed **pesti-Hoot** for *pestinette* and *BlackHoot*.In: Nothing.Out: Nothing.Thanks **The Reigate Squires** for the cache.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~*Here is the palaver from my log "3615-MyLife" that you still don't have to read:*After multiple outings together, here are some examples: the park at T5 in the Orlans region, the Letterbox Matrix in Provins on the return of GeoBulles 2023, a getaway to Rambouillet and Fontainebleau, the Mega in Oliveira de Frades in Portugal, that in Spain in Camarasa with a memorable passage in Andorra, a foray into the Drme at the beginning of the year, I have the immense luck and pleasure to accompany the pestinettes who asked me last summer to be part of this crazy trip to Australia to participate in the Adelaide Mega on February 29 !So I start by thanking them once again for the invitation as well as for the preparation of all logistics and the program of discoveries planned for these 17 days on Australian lands: Jasmers including three from the year 2000,webcams, virtual ones (full), challenges, Earthcaches, mysteries, Events.I would just add my two cents with the Matrices by cache type as well as obtaining as many Addons as possible for Leap Day ! Then depending on the time that we will have left at each of our stages, all caches allowing usto visit a nice new place.We only visited a tiny part of this beautiful country which makes us want to come back although it is not next door and I would also remember the warm welcome of Australians and their kindness.I sincerely thank all the poseurs without whom the exploration of all theseplaces known or much more discreet would not have been possible. A big thank you for your personal investment for the pleasure of all and ours in particular during this beautiful trip shared in friendly company ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~**Against a sedentary lifestyle, geocache! Get Out and Play! Saia and play! Sal y juega!**

6 months ago, during a frenzy, we said to ourselves "why not going to the mega in Adelaide for the leapday". From scratch we moved on to preparing an 18-day project in Australia.Our objectives are simple, visit a small part of this immense continent while validating a few caches. There are so many caches (impossible to do everything) that we will select. Our plan will allow us to visit Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Mount Gambier and finish in Adelaide for the famous Mega.During our stay we will log PestiHoot for Pestinette and Blackhoot.Second day, we take our car to visit north of Sydney. Our circuit is planned based on caches selected for their D/T, their installation date, or the PFs received. We will discover fauna and flora different from ours. We will be surprised to come across dragons.Thanks to the caches we visited many sites evoking Australian culture and history.Thanks for the cache and the discovery of beautiful or original spots

Enjoying exploring the harbour today. TFTC

Great cache, cool private location

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Found it

Found it. Lovely little park

TFTC

Spending the day in Sydney on my way to Melbourne from the Gold Coast. Getting me Ausmer numbers up. Im loving the little Harbour inlets. I AM GURTHE SKITZ CACHER

i was exploring the north side of the harbour for the first time and using geocaching as my guide.that and the smell of restaurants in the area. i opened the map and almost fell over the pavement when i saw this cache from november 2003 active and ready to be found.it absolutely defined my movements next. it's a rare thing to still have a cache alive for twenty years. in fact, this is only the third time i've ever found a cache hidden in november 2003. at first i was on the wrong level. like most people probably. soon realised the error of my ways and not long later the ancient cache was being signed. so cool.thank you so much for keeping this alive for us all to keep finding.

I first started looking fora nano on a seat and then reexamined my device and realised there was an upper level, A more obvious hide presented itself along with some slightly out of place camo.TFTC

A week in Sydney to visit friends. Of course I also used the time to find some caches. Many thanks to all the owners for maintaining the caches.

Found, with shaneo58. We came down from Newcastle on the train, Signed log and Cache replaced as found.**Thanks For The Cache** The Reigate Squires.This makes the 2nd cache of 6 for today making a grand total of 4257 at 10:47AM on this Thursday the 19th of October in the Year 2023

Found this cache with BillHill531. Nice hie. TFTC The Reigate Squire's.

Yay. Thank you!

tftc!!

Found! Very tight spot. The log in little bag was full, damp paper (Zane some logs were quiet old: 2018) we filled in log in the little tube but be careful and patient not to rip the paper.

Nice

Hiding spot was easy to see but was defended by a spider I needed to move. A bit terrifying nglTFTC

Difficulty 1 and size 2

Very easy find get good

TFTC! Easy find. Quiet place. Perfect for a quick rest. While the paper has dried out it could use replacing.

Greetings from Ireland - this is a generic log for now until I return home / have WiFi - I want to log all finds now so I don't forget them.

FPs will be awarded at the time of this log (where applicable) so I don't forget.

Tftc!

Thx

Day 2: Lane Cove and North Sydney

Today’s plan was to strike north of the Harbour for two main reasons: to get the Lane Cove Virtual and to find a Letterbox cache in Sydney. The weather was lovely today, and despite walking almost 25k steps, it really didn’t feel like it, and I return to the city a really happy cacher

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A pleasant spot indeed, though I spent quite a bit of time poking about on the wrong level, but once I recalibrated, the hide was easily found in a very logical spot. Love the history behind the many parks in the neighbourhood. TFTC!

Once on the right level it was a quick and easy find

Great location in our neighbourhood! We’re new to the game but found it relatively easy. Ta!

What a lovely little reserve! So quiet - not a single person came past GZ on the stairs, even though I stayed here for over an hour. It was just me and the resident bush turkey, with the sounds of locals (kids and adults alike) making use of the reserve at the bottom of the hill.

The cache wasn't too hard to find. As other have said, the log was drenched. I wasn't in a rush to be anywhere, and paper actually dries out quite quickly if given half a chance, so I carefully pulled each piece of paper apart and laid them out on the seat to dry, moving them along as the sun did. I removed the NSW Transport Officer card & the card advertising a geo event from 2019 from the cache - thicker paper takes more time to dry and they weren't useful as logs anyway.

Most of the papers dried out nicely, even if they look worse for wear. I signed the rolled up log in the tube - it has lots of empty space, and the other logs date between 2016 and 2022 - I'd rather not jumble newer dates in between those! But future visitors may need tweezers to remove the log from the tube.

The seal on the cache container is completely dried out and non-functional, which explains how the problem happened. If I can drop by again sometime I'll try to bring a plastic bag or new container.

TFTC!

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This was the only find for the day. I had an appointment in North Sydney and decided afterwards to look for a cache nearby. This was one I had also been keen to find due to the month and year it was placed. Deciding on the gentle walk from North Sydney station, I found myself at GZ relatively easily after a 15 minute walk. I had read the clue and found a location that matched but for some reason the GPS would not settle. I searched in so many places but nothing showed up. I did stop now and then to admire the view and wished that a lovely place like this existed near where I live. Deciding to look at some past photos, something stood out and I realised several more of what I was sitting on were positioned at higher levels. After moving, suddenly the GPS made more sense and I soon had the CIH. Unfortunately, the logs are all soaked so my pen carved into the paper. SLTNLN. TFTC.

Tough Spot TFTC

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Good spot, cache is a bit wet and could do with some TLC

Tftc logbook is wet

Logbook is wet, but had a fun time looking for it. Cheers!

TFTC

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The cache is wet and I didn't have a pen

Couldn't write in log as it just chewed into paper.

Stunning view

Quick camo find! Love Gladys’s story <3 Ed + Cam

P.s. cache and logs are sopping wet, needs maintenance.

Caching between Circular Quay and Taronga Zoo today. Sixth find of the day - 20th all time. Log was so wet I couldn't sign it

After googling the hint, easy to find. Tftc

Nice one
TftC

Took a while but eventually found
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Very wet

That was hella dirty

Found this one. A but soggy but the test tube log is good. TFTC

This was a little bit out of way of my planned walk but couldn’t resist another oldie. It was very wet inside the box but the new log sheets inside the tube were nice and dry. I googled the hint which helped to make an easy find. Tftc

All the roads to get to this oldie were closed thanks for the blooming Jacaranda trees nearby; which are apparently a tourist attraction!

So I had a lovely walk down the street and through the parks to get here. Upon arrival; this part of the park was completely quiet so I had the place to myself.

Quickly found the cache (although the hint didn’t really help much). Can confirm the log inside is wet, but the new log that has been protected in a smaller inner container is still dry and good for signing!

Thanks for bringing me to this quaint little spot

Find 10 of 21 on a walk from the CBD to Kirribilli. Straight off the red-eye flight from Perth, dropped bag off at the hotel and out we went.

As reported, the log sheets are all super saturated. Managed to scratch a mark in. As we left we were nearly mugged by a couple of bush turkeys, but they turned out to be quite friendly.

TFTC The Reigate Squires!

having a great time wondering aroundafter my event i got to find lots of cachesthanks for the fun day outTFTC

Nice hidden garden. Seems lots of greenery been taken away from here. Lovely to see the jacarandas in bloom. TFTC.

Log is all wet. There is a smaller dry log that has been placed here but previous papers waterlogged still. Check for maintenance thanks;)

Took the ferry to Kirribilli and its jacaranda trees. What a beautiful colour! So glad we managed to come here at this time of the year. The weather was lovely and we enjoyed the walk. Coffee at the Flying Bear was an obvious choice for the Bears that we are.

Nice and quiet, met only a bush turkey.
TFTC The Reigate Squires

Other Anthropomorphic personifications have evolved from what they originally were; the Tooth Fairy started out as the anthropomorphic personifications of fear or the first The Bogeyman but after so long decided to protect children by guarding their teeth from the possibility of controlling magic.

We made a quick find here. Nice kayak. Thanks for the cache

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found with Sharanyaexpress after a walk of the Sub Base Platypus precinct.
We found this park just stunning and were so tempted to have a drink on the deck overlooking the bay.
The log was saturated.
Tftc

Found with jomingara on an afternoon stroll in the area. Thanks for bringing us to this cozy, beautiful corner.

Log book is saturated.

Tftc

Great area for a visit. TFTC

I was a good spot but everything in the tub is saturated

Couldn’t sign the log since it was a little wet, other then that an awesome cache. TFTC

Nice seat. Not a lot of view because of ferns loving all the recent rain.
The log is in need of attention. It's in pieces and sodden
TFTC

Still wet

Love all these little green spaces between the houses. Bush turkeys everywhere ! SL TFTCM

Ah, levels. Lovely spot for a chance thank you, and thanks for keeping the history alive.

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Nice walk and lovely spot to rest you legs.

Log wet but signed

First find in maybe 11 years! Forgot all about geocaching and found out there are a bunch super close to my place.
Log book is wet so didn’t sign.
Took travel bug.

Found it!