Does Parra Matter? Sassafras, Tasmania, Australia
By Waterwells on 09-Nov-04. Waypoint GCM17R

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Archived temporarily! ... It appears this cache has gone M.I.A. ... Will check it asap!

Found this one before but when we went looking this time it didn't seem to be there, might need to be checked.

Had all sorts of problems with the GPS, but decided that it had to be in the tree somewhere. Trouble is, we just couldn't find it.

Nope, Mrs Bundy and I spent over 1/2 hour searching for this one. We kept returning to the same tree, which fitted in with the clue, but we could not find it. Not sure what to make of it.

Cheers
Bundy

There were a few muggles about today, was able to log our found easily though. TFTC

Found @ 1350.

Found whilst driving from Launceston to Burnie for work. Despite a couple of muggles in the carpark, I was able to retrieve the cache unnoticed.

Our last cache on the way home from Hobart today. Despite some muggles in the carpark, we were able to log our visit without being noticed. TFTC

A great little rest area, kids had fun finding this clever hiding spot.

T plastic medal L grass hopper

TFTC

Easy find but awkward with the amount of muggles around.

Another roadside stop for another cache. Very wet here as well today, but the cache was found a few minutes. Thnaks for the stop.

We really love these roadside caches. It was very wet around the area and we had to watch our step. GPS was about 10 meters off but a bit of exploring found it. Log book was a little wt but we didn't have any zip lock bags for the book so had to leave it as was.

We lobbed at the car park and found a couple of cars of muggles about. Managed to look like a couple of people out to stretch our legs and found ourselves nicely concealed when getting the cache. 5th of 17 for Tassie.

[This entry was edited by 2BrothersGrimm on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 at 3:24:33 AM.]

Finally we nailed this one! It was in such an obvious spot but the GPSr kept leading us up the garden path.

Finally found it - GPS helped! Didn't really want to stick my hand down that hole, but when I eventually did I pulled out a cache.
Took bubble mix, left key chain pen.

Last cache for our Tassie Trip in this nice Park.
TFTC

The last cache of our Tassie trip with our fellow cachers saraci.jaee and Indiana08, and what a nice one to finish it off.
TNLN, TFTC

last cache for the tassie trip! tftc

Dog found this one. Loves holes to explore. TFTC

Twitties+Tosh dog

Found no worries. TN, Left Le Lady Di TB, SL, Thanks

After an extensive search we had to admit defeat. Being a public holiday there was a "driver reviver" station at the rest area creating an almost constant stream of muggles. The amount of rain over the last few days has left the grassed area very wet and boggy making the search more difficult.

We'll be back!

Great spot for a pit stop and for a cache. Had to wait for some muggles to move on. Thanks Waterwells.

Last cache of the trip home as the batteries in the PDA died 36M from the cache and the screen went blank. I was not sure what direction but with some good caching logic and the headlamp we sussed it out from a few possible locations nearby.

Not too hard a find, though rain made it a bit interesting.
Took nothing, left nothing.

4th Tassie cache

Sorry to report TB bombers button was not there

TFTC

Passing TB through

10/04/2009 08:12

Joined up with 2 other teams for this one, with Robyn coming up with the goods, in what could be her only Tassie cache

A nice little place to stop and have a cuppa whilst stretching the legs

TNLNSL

08:12 Found on our Touring Tassie and Beyond 2009 Trip!

Joined up with 2 other teams for this one, with Robyn coming up with the goods, in what could be her only Tassie cache

A nice little place to stop and have a cuppa whilst stretching the legs

TNLNSL

Had stopped here once before and knew it would be a great place for a cahce. Delighted to pull in again for a different reason and find the goods (in the rain) . TNLN TFTC No TB was in the cache when we arrived.

Found with a friend's GPS after an unsuccessful and unpopular attempt to eat Weetbix sans bowls for breakfast TNLN.

Have stopped here for a rest on many occassions. After waiting for the muggle activity to reduce, the eldest of the geopups bagged this one.

This must be a different Parramatta Park to the last one I visited. I didn't see any eels here
There were plenty of camper van muggles nearby though, but as usual the only bit of the outside world they wanted to see was the dunnies [:o]
So grabbing the cache was a casual affair
TFTC and excuse for a stop on the long drive between two nearby caches this morning

Been past a number of times but this time stopped and there it was. Thanks

Found on Sunday on our way to Devonport, my first little foray north. Funny I've been to Parramatta on the big isle but never stopped here. My favourite for the day and I was actually able to coax my number 1 hero (he did arrange this trip) out of the car to help with the search and he put me in the right direction after I started out at the wrong spot. TNLNSL. TFTC

Nice hide
Found with not any problem
there were a few muggles in the area but couldn't see me dive for GZ and the loot

This was a gr8 spot to stop and have a bite to eat on our hunt for caches(mini cacher need a run).
No free coffee and cookies today tho...lol


thnx

1st cache on trip to hobart. Took a while but finally found it. Would have been a long journey if they all took as long as this one. TNLN.

GZ, not there. Then a "Hollow" from a younger searcher about 20m up the hill had the find. TFTC

That would explain it.

I don't know where you put it.

Did a thorough search of the area, and checked with 2 previous finders, so did some community maintenance and replaced the cache for the next looker.

Thanks for the cache - Wackys and Cached (SA)

Had a good look around this one, couldn't remember the clue (may have helped) No luck this time. Even had Flange_1&tribe helping

Found a hidey hole at GZ but only thing evident was some rubbish collected by an animal to make a nest. As it has not been loged for over 2 months I wonder if it is still there?

Dropped off Brown Bomber TB

A busload of muggles didn't stop me from picking this one up on the way tonight. TFTC!

on the way pass call in for this one

A great drive by, found nice and easy

grab is one on my way pass it

Found in the end in obvious spot. Good little park.
Cache in good order but exposed -covered better.
Thanks Waterwells.

Stopped here with Minnie & May Flower after ice creams and strangely painted cows at Ashgrove Cheese.
Interesting hiding spot, very obvious once you're there. For some reason Minnie kept wandering up to the pine trees though the GPS was clearly pointing to the right location.

The cache grounds were spectacular with a full range of Autumn colours on this Mother's Day. We stopped on the way to Kimberley to allow crying kids a chance to settle and to have a run around so Parra really does matta.
We were surprised to find the cache about 1 metre away from its hidey hole out in the open grass; obviously dragged out there by the burrowing animal. There was no damage to the clear Sistema container so after a bit of a clean up the kids made their usual swaps and completed the log signing. The middle-est daughter casually tossed the cache down the burrow so I spent much longer retrieving the cache than actually finding it. Hopefully the cache doesn't fall down otherwise the next finder we need a long stick to get it out.
The tree has lots of bees in it, a combination of the nearby hive and loads of blossoms. They are quiet bees but still be careful.
Thanks Waterwellsfor this cache.

I took the circuitous route to find this cache. Quite an obvious spot in the end. Nice rest area to stretch my legs.
T: TB L: pin TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Yes it does!! Liked the roadside stop off, didn't like the noisy people who had set up there caravan here.
Left a TB.
TFTC

Another find in Tassie, very nice picnic spot that was frequented by a number of muggles this morning. TFTC

A quick find on our way to Devonport.
Thanks Waterwells for showing us this busy little spot,
Regards Mr.Coffee and the " Crossed the bridge of death not looking for a shrubbery" Clan

We pulled in here on our way back to catch the ferry home. We could not help commenting on how great the park looked with all the different coloured autumn leaves on the trees. With only one muggle camped here and out of site of GZ we had a nice easy find @ 13.00.We made use of the amenities before heading back on our way
Thanks Waterwells for the cache
On the way back to the car we noticed a very active bee colony (whether they are planning on making a hive or it was just a swarm we are not sure) in the tree about a metre from the bridge closest to the main road, so any one whi is allaergic to bees would be advised to take the upper bridge

Found by Mary & David at 1620. Great little park and facilities. Real bullrushes growing in the creek. TNLN. Our thanks to Waterwells.

Found with Juzmac as we slowly made our way back to Launceston. Nice easy find. TNLN

Foudn @ 1530 after a short search.

Back in the lovely Apple Isle again, and first stop off the ferry finds this little treasure. TNLN Thanks for the hunt, Waterwells.

FerretBoy found the cache while FerretGirl was bemused by the less than polite nature of the invitations scrawled on the toilet door.

Hooray for cheese factories!

TNLNSL. TFTC!

The seed for this "FEB 08 NUMBERS RUN" germinated during our South Coast Chaos walk and now we have done it.
Finished work as early as possible, not early enough, on Friday and set of for Somerset. Managed about two hours sleep/rest and started 00:00 and finished at 23:54 today.
We had relaxed breaks for breakfast, lunch and dinner and achieved our goal with only nine DNFs, no injuries and were still smiling at the end.
Thankyou for this cache Waterwells

With rebulus and gspblu we were able to locate and log this cache as part of our FEB ‘08 NUMBERS RUN.
A lovely area to stop and stretch the legs. Lots of muggles enjoying the facilities but we were in a bit of a hurry and had to keep moving.
Thanks Waterwells for being one of the 24 cache owners that made our trip a success.

This cache was found as part of our
FEB 08 NUMBERS RUN along the north coast between
Somerset and Launceston
Thanks waterwells for placing this cache so as to make this trip possible for us to do.

Just stopped for a quick break turned on the GPS and there was a cache a few meters away. Took the House Sparrow TB.

Maintenance check, all okay. Left 'House Sparrow' TB.

Took us a while, we also looked around the wrong tree for a while lol.
Unfortunaly i did not have much time to write much in the log or do swaps.
Also i think a few spiders live there aswell!
Nice park i recomend!
Thanks for the Cache!

Hadn't stopped off here for about 25 years. Still popular as ever. Quick find and muggles had the manners not to arrive until after I had found it. Thanks for the cache.

Found nice and easy...a few muggles about but they weren't paying attention to what we were doing.
TNLNSL
TFTC

our last find, on a long tiring day.
we were totally looking around the wrong tree.
cache was in plain sight, when we checked the right spot.
left it slightly more hidden.
took nothing, left snake.
TFTC!

Found easily, however plenty of muggles to be wary of

TNLNSL

TFTC

the first un-aided find for mrs mad, gave her the GPS and said go for it while i attended to some individual business.
TNL a pen, the old one looked a bit knackered.
TFTC

Yes Parra does matter even though they did not win the NRL grand final this year, they still tried hard. Woops back to geocaching, the toilets sure mattered. A good little hide but noticed that a native animal may want this area for a home. Once we had done our stuff we put the cache back again but off to the side. Hoping that the animal muggle may leave it alone.
TN SL TFTC

First find for the morning. Found no problems. Thanks for the cache.

Had been muggled but intact. Cache was completely exposed, so put it back in its hidey hole.
TNLNSL

lovely day, lovely spot, nice hide TNLN, thanks

A nice easy find today.

Took Bouncy ball and left monkey

TFTC

Buzznsmurf

Found with ConcreteGnome. Nice way to start the trip.

Found with GeoStrom:

Our first cache on Tasmanian soil. Lovely area, thanks.

Our usual comfort stop between Launie and home. Just the highway traffic, which was unusual. TNLNSL TFTC

it was fun to find. I liked the shell. TFTC.

Found it again with nephew after I had a quick snooze. He was racing around and yakking while I couldn't keep my eyes open. So then I looked through the log book and couldn't find my entry. Worked out that it must have been in the first log book - so I signed it again!

Found 200705171634 . Parra may matter, but not as much as a quick find when one has to get to Devonport to catch the boat back to the mainland . This was my last cache of a fantastic ten-day tour around Tassie

TNLN

Cheers Waterwells

A pleasant rest stop on my way to Ulverstone. Cache was found in the most logical hiding spot. Thanks waterwells

Quick stop on the way up to the 'sunny' North Coast for a site visit. Got absolutely soaked in the rain, I needed to stop after driving non-stop from Hobart.
TNLN, thanks for the rest stop - much appreciated.

Lovely spot for a break. We were doing a few caches in the area while killing time waiting for the boat back to the big island Left notebook, took eraser. TFTC

A welcome pit stop was had at this cache. It was a nice quick easy find and out of the way of the many prying eyes that were present when we pulled up. In fact we thought we would have to abandon this one due to all the muggles about which seemed to be the theme of our day but that was not so.
Grabbed TB and will relocate it soon.

logging tb

Just logging pjamesk's pedometer tb

good cache took untb

Found it with Jaktas on the way to Devonport.
TFTC

a great rest spot and an even better find as our first 3 were unsuccessful,but not to be put off we kept on trying,only a couple of muggles about but they seemed more interested in the toilets than what we were doing,the local rats have taken a liking to the container and have chewed a small hole in it, so it had quite a few bugs in it,probably looking for some shelter from the rain,didn't have any tape to cover the hole with so just tipped the bugs out,contents still dry,left travel bug.

Our favorite resting spot. Took glowing bar left car everfresh. Thanks Waterwells.

Found in the presence of Mr Cheesy on our NWCW trip.
Stopped for a driver change and nature rest stop.
No swaps today.
Thanks WW.
Swampy

Seems I missed this onewhen logging everything else.

Found this under my previous incarnation as a Cheesy Pig

While Piglet did a silent protest for most of the caches back home by not leaving the car, the adults of the group (snigger) found this one quite quickly. Took Doggie left glowstick. Good hide Waterwells, thank you.

A nice little spot to stretch your legs and snaffle a cache. Our 12th for the day (cache and leg stretch!). As I'm logging this on the 20th after arriving home from holidays and loosing all our recorded log info from the pocket pc, I can't remember what or if we swapped here. Maybe the next finder could enlighten us please.
Thanks for the cache Waterwells.

Great pit-stop - any time. A few muggles and a maintenance guy about, but not too busy. Nearly fell into the cache's hidey hole trying to retrieve the booty - that would have been a laugh for anybody who'd seen it...TNLNSL...

Called in on way to work.Easy find.TNLNSL.Cheers

Seventh of twenty-three finds for the Launceston to Devonport day of my assault on Northern Tasmania. When I arrived at the parking area, there were some muggles enjoying a cup of coffee, but they left shortly after I arrived--I seem to have that effect on people. However, the real bogeys were the three maintenance people working on the toilets and generally cleaning up. It started raining again, so I decided to wait them out; I settled down to type up my logs so far. Fortunately, they left after 20 minutes or so, and I was able to locate the cache (in steady rain) at 1055. It was partially exposed, but I hid it better before I left. There was a constant stream of people visiting the toilets or stopping for a cuppa. There were even two chooks wandering around the car park. The place is popular! Thanks to Waterwells for the cache.

IN: Super ball
OUT: Toy car

On the way to Devonport to catch the boat out of Tassie,

Had a chook and rooster guard the car whilst we went off to find the cache.