Travel Bug Connector Tempe, New South Wales, Australia
By Sky Dog on 13-Oct-04. Waypoint GCKTHD

taking our TO THE GREAT PYRAMID tb to the tb graveyard in Tasmania, may you rust in peace.

Since the owner of the cache hasn't contacted me, I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wants to reinstate this cache, they should contact the reviewer that first published the cache.

Yep it looks like it's gone. I think the council workers cleaned it out when they were doing maintenance around the trees.

I looked as much as I could, thinking it would be largish and easy as per the description but I was pressed for time. I couldn't find it at all. Saw some spots I'd live if I were a cache lol, but they were empty.

Fly out next week and would love to put some TB's in the box so if it's possible to get it confirmed that it's still there would be great..since it wasn't found last time round either...

went to the spot it modt likley it would be. The coords led to a tree with an indentation where a cache would most likley be, but no luck. It might of been taken, or I am blind and did not look hard enough.

First cache for my mate Dano. We left Chris Reds travel bug that I took from the intersection of the Sturt and Hume Hwys.

took money
left TO THE GREAT PYRAMID tb. it has to go to casket4 in Egypt Cairo and return to Critters Coins and Cash Cache in Sydney Australia
tftc

Found @ 1420, QF Took TB, Left Coin

Dropped off Travel bug "Mickey". Mickey needs to go to the Netherlands via a round about route. Great spot for a cache.

Oh god this one was hard to find in the dark. Took me a good 25 minutes to find but it was worth it! So many goodies in there. Wanted to take the 'Rememberance coin' but it wasn't there. Took 'Elizabeth and Elizabeth'
TFTC

what an exciting find! This was my first cache find. When i first approached it i looked hard but couldnt find it. I then drove off but then i thought i would giv it another try so i looked up the hint and lo and behold i found it. I was like a kid in a candy store. I didnt swap or take anything but i left a log in the notebook

Quick find. No TB's to trade today . Nice spot for a hotel!
TFTC

dropped off a travel bug.

Nice big cache, easy find.

Found tonight, interesting spot with the traffic and regular passer-byes =)

Left a daft punk mask.

Mr Nilbog was off on an Isle of Man trip so thought we would pass by the Travel Bug Connector and pick up a TB. Took Dash the Dalmation to further his travels...

Thing is, we probably grabbed TBs too to take back to the UK, but it's so long ago and we lost the notes that I'm not sure!

Anyways, we did find it on the way back to the airport. The parks people were working in the area so we had to be careful.

Apologies for the late logging of this cache - last year was manic. Its bringing back lovely memories though logging them on their anniversary.

Well, we didn't find this too easy, but we got there in the end. A fair few muggles about but cameras and English accents cover a multitude of sins TFTC!

#574. Aus: #52 <-- Our penultimate Aussie cache.

Thought this would be a good place to start another adventure

This one was on our have to do list before we left Sydney to head home & as it turns out also our last.
Dropped in 4 TB's: "Fammy", "Parts is parts", "Circle of butterflies" & our first TB "Echo's Boomerang" (good luck on your travels!).
Took nothing, no TB's to move on...
TFTCSL, find #135 for Echo & Spice.

Quick and easy find.
Dropped off "Kenny from Kenya" TB
TFTC

An early morning find while staying in sydney for the night.
Took two TB's to take back to Adelaide initially and then on down to Tasmania.
TFTC

After checking-in my luggage I walked across the bridge to look for this cache. On the why I had to scale a few fences. I found the easy way when I was walking back.

IN/OUT: TBs and Coins

hope the What's in your mailbox? cames to wollongong so i can put it in my new letterbox cache that i am makeing this week or next

Last Cache for me in Australia after a nice trip.
Took 2 minutes to find it. Much harder was to find a way by foot from the airport to the cache
I shuffeld some TB's (3 in / 3 out)

TFTC.

_sunrise_

Although I am not interested in Geocaching any more, I had to make at least one cache on my trip to Australia. The cache location was not easy to find from the airport, but finally I found the cache. This was the only one during my visit, because there were so many beautiful things to see and I was a little bit scared of poisonous spiders and snakes.

No trade, TCTF Uri

easy find on a not so great day ...

well thought up and placed.

we unloaded 4 x TB and 1 x GC

we were about to take the only TB in the cache when we discovered it was on its was os, so we left it behind.

tftc

An easy find and a pleasant detour from the traffic on the drive home from work.

Cheers.

went for a trip this arfo to visit this cache and see if i can help any travel bugs on their way, were quite a few to many muggles around hanging out bout 20m away from where i located the cache ..having a party or something so i left and came bak later.. the cache didnt seem to be very well hidden in this certain spot for some reason.. so wen i finished making my swaps i quickly put it bak and covered it up a more than it was b4 with a few sticks because another group of muggles were near by..forgot to make a log in the rush "do'h"..

nice spot for making exchanges.. great idea!

took: mango girl for a trip to her new cache location

left: nutri grain step counter, blow up baloon thingo??, some pencils, paradise bank money

I should have visited this on my outbound trip to NZ but not enought time and it was raining. Took the opportunity on another trip up here from Canberra.
thankfully I found a car park close to GZ.
I am dropping off a couple of travellers which need to travel over to Europe that I picked up from NZ.

Dropped CX Fanzanten Coin (which has finished mission to NZ)
and the Davies Race TB

Found with Konie,
at 1550 hour's.
Took geo coin and will take back to Gods Country (Queenlsand) for a pleasant holiday.

Nice Cache, beat Konie to it again !!!!!.

Found in company with Dasathlahear at 1550hrs. Nice little location and we enjoyed checking out all the travellers.

TNLNSL TFTC

Dropping back TB that wants to go to the USA...

Found this one on a day out caching with The Hancock Clan. Thanks,
Elliott1000

A nice & easy find this afternoon. Took a coin & a TB (which we'll probably drop back in again in the next couple of days as it wants to go to USA - doh!). Left 7 TB's / coins.
Thanks,
The Hancock Clan

Quick visit to drop off santa "Christmas Topping" on his way home to California. Interesting as this was the first Cache we have done in the dead of night. Lots of spiders come out to get in the way.
Took the WiFi Delli Pig and taking him to the Gold Coast. If he cand get a swim there he might have to sun tan (Bacon the beach)
TFTC

Log book for TB's was full.

We had already picked up 2 TBs today so we left these ones alone.
Lucky we found a car park.
TFTC
Greenblob

Loved the view in the hotel pool!

TNLN, thanks for the diversion on my SYD layover.

This one finished off our day...as we went for a walk after checking in to the Holiday Inn nearby the airport. We'd done some in Wollongong and some in Canberra today too!

This is an excellent location and container for this type of cache. (it needs a bit of a look at and tidy up contents wise perhaps)

Found it in the dark around 10pm..all was quiet.

- TB Smiley Face to venture back to New Zealand
+ ROHO keyring

5/6 on a whirlwind tour of this part of Australia. Great location for cache!
TNLNSL
TFTC

Found it eventually Dropped in the WiFi Dell-i Pig! Happy trails

1037hrs - Took Aquarius GC and Left Smiley TB

On our way to Singapore, we got delayed and had to stay at the Mercure Hotel in Sydney. Decided to bide our time and found this cache conveniently near us. It wasn't a hard find as it had a huge white plastic bag on top of it which gave it away! Covered it up more naturally after.

Took CC Geocoin - Jun 07 (which we mistook for the Remembrance Coin II, which was what we were really after).

Drop-in and Swap-out

The cache was easy to find. Nice spot, if only there weren't mosquitoes. The cache looks a bit exposed because of its size. I couldn't do much to conceal it better, there were too many muggles around.

Rated: for Overall Experience

An after work visit to drop off the Vodafone GEO Racer Britannia coin and what beauty it is to.

No problems locating the cache and no one about to disturb me while I checked the contents

TNSL

Ozjeeper advised that there may be some garden maintenance work there soon, so I have moved it back to its original location so that the hint once again describes the position. Dunno who moved it from this spot.

I'd wondered how you could hide a moderately sized cache so close to the airport - it's in a great location, an easy and welcome detour on the daily commute. Dropped off T-Rex Travel Bug early this morning whilst trying to look inconspicuous waiting for a few muggles to walk on by.
Thanks,
The Lost Boys

[this is a repost after an account name change]
I'd wondered how you could hide a moderately sized cache so close to the airport - it's in a great location, an easy and welcome detour on the daily commute. Dropped off T-Rex Travel Bug early this morning whilst trying to look inconspicuous waiting for a few muggles to walk on by.
Thanks,
The Lost Boys

Dropped off "Sport Snoopy" TB who is in a race to go to Switzerland.

There is a HUGE pile of woodchips right near GZ. If these get spread around the nearby trees, the cache container may be at risk.

On the way to work this morning dropped off diabetes TB on its way to Russia.
Very easy to see cache so I covered it with a few more branches. TFTC

Found this after looking and looking and looking. Nice container, Lots of Tb's but we took nothing as we only visited cause it was close to home.

Great Cache. Lots of goodies for the traveller.

My first cache find whilst on holidays in Sydney. Took the geocoin to travel north. TFTC

Help, I (Laughing my way to Emil) have been in this hotel long enough. Will someone come rescue me, Emil want me to come closer to him!

Was speaking at a conference in Sydney and thought I would do a little geocaching before breakfast. I turned the GPS on, only to find the nearest cache was only metres from the Motel. Found it easily and was back in time for the first session. Took a TB which hopefully I can help along its way.

Taking Mr Invisibe TB and Southern 8-Ball TB for a ride to Adelaide next weekend.

Certainly full of TB's today. Nice easy find. Logged all the TB's and took TB Sandy.
In: Singapore coin.
TFTC

Wow, the vegetation around here is rather thin these days. The cache was visible as we walked up. We covered it back up so that it's not as obvious. I may have to come back some time and do some excavation to put it back where it was originally. I wouldn't want so many bugs to go troppo.

i disagree twith chris. The purpose is to swap bugs. If you only have a limited time to find the cache before flying off, you would be pissed if you could not find the cache. Only regret, I was not able to take some of the many bugs to their destination.

If you think it's so easy, c.j.b., how come I found it, not you? ;-p

This cache is a wealth of travel bugs. I've never seen so many in one place. It's also a nice, large container for such an exposed area. A good hide.

Took nothing, left nothing, thank you for the cache.

Along with OzPhoenix, Charl, and yewenyi. A terribly easy (too easy?) cache to find..

TNLN..

On way to airport, thought I'd drop of some TB and Coin

Dropped off the Yellow Jeep geocoin

Quickly dropped off some travelers.

On our way to the airport to catch a plane to Darwin we stopped by here and dropped two travelbugs ('MOM III' and 'Laughing my way to Emil'). Weather grey but OK, no muggles around. Also picked up two TB's which we will bring to Darwin: 'Atoyot Man' and 'Green Wreath'.

Dropped in "British Virgin Islands Bound Travel Bug". As the name implys it need to get to the British Virgin Islands or near the Caribbean. Please help it on it's way.
Regards Philma.

Nabbed this one after an airport drop off. TNLNSL but now know where it is for future TB swaps.

Great place to swap Travel Bugs, although a few TB's were not in the cache which were ment to be..? Where have they gone missing to?
Took "H" TB left Green Wreath TB

nice easy find on the way to work took geocoin

Found quite easily

Left TB. "bought to you by the letter H"

Took TB "Green Machine"

Very nice area, will make th effort to return to the club for lunch.

found 10.30a All quiet.Took PIV have time to make repairs b4 he takes off again. LN SL

A quick find on a fine Saturday morning. I had been afraid the place may have too many people around, but it was almost deserted. Left Atoyot Man TB, Took Monkey Business.

Dropped off 2 TBs: Monkey Business and Green Machine. Cache area seems to have lost a bit of cover since I was here last but it's got enough to keep it hidden.

Tried to find this one today before a flight overseas. Was planning on helping some bugs see the world, but alas I couldn't find it. Even after the phone-a-friend/geobuddy option There's been a bit of chopping around here lately - I hope the cache is still there?

Nice container!

TNLNSL

Just dropped in to pick up some TB's before we go on holidays but there was only 2 in here so I don't know where the rest went!
Took travel bug dog tag and left KIWI Geocoin

13th cache of our Sydney trip for an extended weekend with Team GraMon. Did this one heading back home with Team GraMon leaving earlier than we did. Nice and muggle free day and this one had me scratching around under a few branches before coming up with the goods. Nice to see this type of cache container! Dropped of several TB's.
T: GC - Washington
L: TB - Michael's Pop Toy
TB - The Travelling Toyota
TB - Red Hots
TB - Baby Board

Wit the cache just 45 metres from my room it was definitely on my list for today. Dropped in to drop off a few tb's looking for a lift overseas.

Found this cache after a short walk along the waters edge.
Realised when I got there I could have parked much closer Doohhh. Anyway thought I'd move some travel bugs on but from what I could see there was only one TB in there and it is supposed to be back in Nebraska USA next month so it was better to leave it where it was. If there is two more TB's in there I did not see them and I thought I'd at least have spotted the TB Tags? Might be time for some maintenance on this one there is a lot of loose worthless stuff in the base of this one in any case. Thanks for bringing me here top spot enjoyed the various abundant birdlife here too.
TNLN SL

Quick find in an area I have been to many times before. Weddings, conferences, birthdays.

Grabbed a heap of bugs. They are bound for South Australia. Left the one going to Nebraska.

Sorry only meant to discover the bug.

Had to drive past this one this morning, and we had a Bug that wanted to get to Nebraska by July 2007 - hopefully someone can help it on it's way.

Nice and easy find at 11:38am.

TNLN - TFTC and the opportunity to send Bug on it's way.

Cheers


[This entry was edited by Usat31 on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 10:44:34 PM.]

Oops - forgot to drop in the Bug..... In he goes now.
Cheers.

Got dropped off nearby by a workmate to chase this cache. D'oh...co-ords were not loaded in the GPS. So what to do?
Think like a cacher. Easy find for dogtired
L Rally Bug TB he really needs some help to get overseas.
T CR-124, Team Unicycle's unicycle & West racer.
Also left a gold medal & digi-clock.
Now back to the Hotel, its beer o'clock.

Had a few bugs to drop off so we stopped off to find the connector. Left the unicycle riding its way to Tassie and the Warrior which is trying to make it to China. Took nothing.

The Geocoin is dropped off.
Please take it as far west as you are going and as fast as you can. Thanks for the lift.

Just dropped in to drop off my "East Racer" geocoin

Please take me east and let me race
at the fastest possible pace.

When I return victory shall be
awarded to the likes of me.

Just dropped off Capt Ryan so he can begin a new adventure

Found this one while on a trip to Sydney to visit our son. Took 3 travel bugs and will take them for a trip to the central west of NSW. Musso.

Just dropped in to drop off an outgoing TB
Couldnt find any incoming TB's so I am empty

I personally use this rule of thumb
If it's last cache was not in NSW it's incoming
If it's last cache was in NSW it's outgoing

We're visiting from the US, and picked this up as we arrived back in Sydney. TFTC!

i placed this TB in a very apropriate place, at the airport where there are more planes than you can poke a stick at.
I hope that this little TB plane may take off soon and fly into the big blue sky, and maybe whoever takes it may be able to get a photo of a plane with the TB.

Visited this cache in a suit and tie whilst out job hunting
Left outgoing Uckermark Geocoin
Took incoming Travel Bug Duck(2cv)

Hi,

Had 2 TB to drop so I went looking for this cache. I retrieved 2 as well.

Bye,

Dr. Gold

Dropped in today on the way to Darwin to grab a few TB's.

Took:
Banana Man
Mighty Monkey
Porsche 550A Spyder
Something Fishy
Toyota315k

Left: Nothing (yet)

We'll see if we can bring a few back

Found this one on our sydney weekend.Droped off a tb Something fishy this is our first one.We took one to go over the big blue mountains.Signed new log book just missed the routers.Hid thit one a bit better. Thanks a lot

In the area on business droped off 3 new tb & some gathered from our wagga trip.

Forgot this one.we started a new log book for this cache as the were all full.