IS A BELL Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia
By Lost_Bear on 21-Jan-05. Waypoint GCMJAY

In spite of the pestering by some locals with a vested interest in seeing this one archived, it has failed the "reasonable time" test for maintenance and is now archived.

hay ump The owner of this cache lost bear might have quit or he has moved

Pestering the cache owner isn't going to get you anywhere. You guys have made your point, the reviewers are onto it, so lets leave it alone shall we? I'm getting annoyed by your posts and I don't even own the cache.

If it bothers you that much then add it to your ignore list.

come put it back

what is the pont of haveing a look it will only be a didn't find this is not good when this hapens

come on put it back

come put it back it is the last on my list

what tom lambert say
2 months and 1 day mate

2 months mate

lost bear have cheched it yet ??????????

Will do a check this weekend.

The owner of this cache...lost bear...has not found a cache since january so he might be overseas or he has moved...does anyone agree that i should replace the cache?
Alfoyle

if u replace the cache
Alfoyle u will be the best

when i go past it i have look with is ones a week and i do not get[:(!] help me git it

'cache check' plz for me

im with belly i think its time for a cache check

with direct instructions 2 days prior from headless cat, i still can't seem to find it. i had a very descent look around the entire wouth side of the point, and still no sign.

i think a 'cache check' is in order...

Belly07

I had about a 45 minute look around the entire south side of the point. Nothing found except a dead rabbit. Be going back for another look soon.

can you give more specific clues

Had as much of a look as was possible today but came up empty handed. Every muggle in the vicinity was here today, checking out the huge surf after the bad weather from the last few days. Will come back.

GPS had me in the middle of the grass with cliffs on either side. Spent some time checking scrub on both sides to no avail.

found after a short search did not find any travel bugs in the cache as the last log said one dropped of tnlnsl tftc lost bear

dropped off diabetes travel bug.
Alfoyle

Found this on a trip back from further north- had to be careful with a few muggles and gizmo was playing up but was spotted in the end in a good container.

didn't take me very long love the veiw thanks

Found by accident chasing baby black rabbit - what are the chances of that! Heard about game might find some more!

Jaipie
Hard to find , good spot.
thanks

Found it in ten mins This was a great cache lost Bear It has a good veiw of the water
TFTC TNLN
Headless cat

[Found it on the same day headless cat and i placed "coledale cabin". Got the co-ords from the newsagents internet in coledale then made my way to GZ found it except the co-ords led me half way up the hill.

i found] it on the south side

[TFTC
Took: Flower Thing, Left: Maccas Voucher]

Finally made the pilgrimage to the No. 1 cache in my home town. Found in no time, was almost too obvious. Returned in same spot but put it a little further under cover to make sure all was well. TFTC!

this was a great cache i found it with crazyhand. it took us about 2 hours to find it because of all of the tourists and because we havn't found a cache in about 3 months
. any ways great view also bumped into some geocachers.
thanks

tex

found it finaly,with tex,took a while more like ages
nice spot great view
thanks,
crazyhand

rode there in the arvo, and was about to leave when daaave found it. it was well hidden. took tape left keyring.
CHOKO1

thankyou for your interest in my cache, glad that others enjoy this location as much as i do. now go find it already.

This cache will be replaced 31.12.06, sorry i have not got to it earlier, when i went back to find the cache it was ruined and could not replaced straight away, then i had the birth of my little girl Claire and time has got away from me a little. Not realising people are so keen to visit this cache i have been slack and am sorry fellow cachers.

Would anyone object if I reloaded this cache? Lost Bear, if you're watching, could you contact me by email thru "my profile" to see if we can work something out? R.

Gday, Just wondering what is happening with this cache.
D

Thanks to some fellow caches, namely gazma and applehead man, this cache has been spotted nearby it's hiding location - apparently decided to have a look around or was it some ghostly intervention? - anyway i'll head on over and replace it in next couple of days and enable the cache again. Thanks again to gazma and applehead man, good spotting.

Was not there, was found, not there again, i will go have a look and replace if needed. Watch this space.

Searched the entire area with fine tooth comb and could not find. Could see where others had looked on ground zero and as Daaave could not find it in its position 3 days ago it could have gone missing.
But then again I may have just missed it but short of using a whipper snipper every area was covered.
Great name and very cryptic for the spot.
Will try again soon.
Muggle city.

Ironbark.

I had a quick check because i was there anyway and it has moved from where i found it last. I didn't look for it again, all i know is that it wasn't where i found and rehid it.
Daaave

Was my 2nd cache find today. loved it. we looked for ages and ages but eventually found it.
TNLNSL
Alfoyle.

will go and check cache in next couple of days, fingers crossed it is still there.

Couldn't find it. Looked for ages too. I'm convinced it's not even there.

This one was fairly easy to find. IT was the first one the team found and the first one of the day. Near a great beach so +5 points for that reason?
Yay found it.

Good find on our fave beach.
tnlnsl
Thanks,
Gazma

For a first cache it was excellent. great exposure and lots of muggle activity. Tn/Ln
Cheers,
Daaave

MRE Platoon (of 2) found our first Cache! We were so amazed that there was one so close to us. We looked for over an hour but found it in the end. The name by the way does not come from the name of the headland (Bells Point) but infact derives from the memorial chair on the headland dedicated to "Isabell Boulton 1954)
Great view
TN/LN
MRE Platoon

Found this one on the second attempt with a hint from Krafty.
We probably missed it the first time due to the complexity of the hide!!

Had a quick look around for this one but couldn’t find it. Being by myself walking up and down I think I aroused a bit of suspicion. When I couldn’t handle the weird looks any more I decided to quit. I will have to come back one day and throw a ball around and loose it like Kiama Krew did, sounds like a good idea.

had a bit of trouble with this one - even with the phone a friend option. Will be back soon

On an afternoons caching with Krafty Charlie. Lovely sunny winters afternoon. A few people on the beach.
Took a little while to find cache. Enjoy the view from the chair.
TNLNSL

interesting hide...whilst we were there a muggle mentioned to Charlie that a lot of couples propose in this area so we chose to leave behind a Champagne bottle of bubbles and took the BJK Key ring

Took a family member with us on their first geocache hunt (now a geocaching convert) and his geokiddie found it within seconds once we hit GZ. (Dont you hate Beginner's Luck !!). To return the cache without the muggles spotting us we pretended the geokiddies were searching for a lost tennis ball (he he). Great day, great spot, great views.

Nice views
lots of muggles wandering about in the nice winter weather eventuly came up with the goods
Cheers

Nemesis Cracked! Excellent.

I swear I looked there last time...

I grew up within sight of here.

TNLNSL.

ps. The answer to K9's question is in the name of the location.

Cheers,
W-L
1ARC

Nice hide. What's this got to do with a bell? Thanks Lost_Bear.

Very unusual cache container that certainly does the job. Hard to believe that we sat and ate lunch here only an hour or so earlier. Proves you just never know that they are right under your feet risisting accidental discovery. Always admire your hides Lost_Bear and this one was no exception.

First cache of the day, and a no find I was searching around for ages and just couldn't spot anything...

Cheers,
W-L
1ARC

thanks Lost Bear

I got busted big time by a muggle, she just appeared out of absolutely no where and then dissapeared the same way, she was very old, she didn't see me retreive only sign log so I said G'day and pretended to write notes (in log), the container was beside me so she couldn't see it. Big oopps.

Took hair ties left coin

"Gringo"
4GRLGB

nice easy cache for a sunday stroll cheers knock

Was in the area the first time this cache was put out and walked away disapointed as it had been muggled. this time i found it the first for the day. TN Left dinosaur. thanx

found cache even though gps had a bit of a hissy fit at this location, good views of the ocean and the pub,
mmmmm beer
cheers
Belabb

Great views from here, no-one around while we were searching which made it easier to find. TNLN

A bit damp on this day, but this is a very nice spot

Came up this way for lunch at the Headlands hotel.
Quickly dropped in for this one on the way home.
Geo son was too quick and dived in for the find.
Good one.

Great spot. Took a little bit of searching and eventually we came up with the goods.
TFTC

Took: Birdie
Left: Bear (Not Lost)

Rated: for Overall Experience

Magnificent day at the most beautiful view. Had to spend some time finding this cache and avoiding the muggles.

Paul, Kaye, Sahra, Geomum

One of my favourite local spots.In our muggle days (a week ago) would never have imagined anything hidden there. Took a while to find. Could see lots of muggles but none close by. Geokiddie retrieved the cache.Contents damp. Took toy car left toy lorikeet. Thanks Lost Bear

Lovely spot, aptly named cache. Had to hunt a bit, but found ok. Cache had some water in it, so dried out as well as possible, then replaced. Had no swaps so TNLNSL. Thanks.

Found it just before midnight after attending a wedding nearby. Nice and easy with nobody else around. Thanks

Nice easy find - what a great view down the coast. Thanks for the hunt. No muggles around but the trafic was pretty bad, I think the new bridge is working! Took bells left key ring.

Easy find but difficult to extract without suspicion. We sent in the kids and nobody was the wiser:)
Left some colouring pencils and took a fridge magnet. Great spot to waste some time, pity we had none to waste.
Thanks lostbear

Found it after a bit of a search. Nice spot with a top beach below. TNLN I was going to leave an old tape but there was no room. Thanks again.

Cache Find #6 For Today, Nice easy find despite all the muggles,

Waited till no one was looking and a quick dive into the bushes had this cache logged.

Took Poncho Left Small sea Sponge

There were 2 muggles sitting very closeby, but Mrs Router with great skill nailed it undetected. had some fun fitting it back together.Replaced and we were on our marry way, took some nice pic's

Hi all
Found this one on my third visit to GZ.
Muggles here, muggles there, muggles every bl#*dy where. Oh well, it is such a beautiful spot (one that was voted one of the best in Australia), everyone's going to enjoy the area.
TNLN/SL

Thanks Lost_Bear for bringing me back to my youth.
Juz4fun

third for the day. no muggles on our visit as it was raining when we got there and then proceeded to hail. The girls thought it was hilarious sheltering in the back of the car and loved walking to location under the umbrella with their raincoats on. Those of us not under the umbrella were soaked from head to toe and had to get changed when I got back to the car! Fairly easy find and had stopped raining for two mins while we logged and swapped. Thanks

team festy
franky, Josh Hannah (2) and Erin (7mths)

took - thong notepad
left - emergency poncho (appropriate)

Found by Pi and Sigma.

50th GC cache.

This is by far our favourite beach on this part of the coast and both of us have many fond memories of coming here over the years. GPSr had us going from one side to the other so we decided to take a seat and let it rest for a minute. This was a good move as the GPSr then led us straight to the cache. To avoid scrutiny we sat down with Isabel at a nearby comfortable location with excellent views and did the cache stuff. The replacement went well and then we headed down to the restaurant for lunch. We are glad we did this one before lunch as there were some people enjoying the views from near the cache while we were eating and it looked like they had settled in.

T: Girls bracelet.
L: Warner Bros fridge magnet.

TFTC,
Mike and Ellie.
(Pi and Sigma).

4:38pm
Sun was going away fast, starting to get cooler, but the seas were quite spectacular down below!

Cache was easily found and i think really needs replacing as a nest of ants, including eggs had taken up residence inside.

Removed the ants, signed the log and put it back.

Cheers

Ah, much easier without wedding parties setting up in my way! Still had to be careful with muggles walking past by the tonne. One muggle started to follow me out towards GZ, and then stood there right next to where I wanted to be as he stared off into space for about 10 minutes. Then after he left and I started searching, an old lady decided I looked a bit suspicious and gave me the evil eye for a few more minutes while I retreated to safety. Finally with a decent gap in traffic, I made the find and retreived the cache! No swaps on me, so TNLNSL. Thanks Lost Bear, great location for a cache!

Sorry to hear about your misfortune bigmick, I checked and the cache is still in place, maybe bring your penguin suit next attempt - oh and maybe let tangles know when your going.

Well, this should've been easy. But noone mentioned wedding parties setting up right where we wanted to be! Bugger! Try as we might, we just weren't dressed to blend in as wedding guests. I'll be back...

A nice easy find during an afternoon of 6 successful find in 8 caches around Wollongong.

TNLN

Nice to be back around real beaches instead of the waveless excuses in Melbourne.

Did not see any penguins here.

I optimistically headed down to Hill 60 at Port Kembla to go hang gliding. However, by the time I reached Stanwell it was pretty obvious that it wasn't going to happen. It was blowing over the back and Port Kembla was hidden in haze.
I thought well, it's worth going and having a look - you never know - optimism overruling logic. I turned off at Bulli and there was no wind and now lightning was striking down south around Port Kembla. That's when logic prevailed - you ain't getting airborne today buddy.

This headland brings back memories. I ran up and down it while learning to fly about 16 years ago. I think they still use it for this.

By the time I extracted the cache, the sky was looking pretty awe inspiring - the picture doesn't do it justice. Moments after this photo, the heavens opened up and the wind was blowing so strongly that blasting sand from the beach made it impossible to face the wind.
I quickly signed the log in the lee of the bushes and got outta there.
I think Tangles got the better end of the day if his pictures are anything to go by.
TNLN.
Thanks Lost_Bear

She is handsome, she is pretty
She is the bell of Bells Point Austi.
She is a cachin one, two, three
Please won't you log this find for me.

Isabel's chair has received a new coat of paint since we were last here. A couple were enjoying its function, kicking back with an esky full of goodness admiring the view below.

The cache has been found by a muggle who did the right thing.

We finished off with a refreshing swim in the sea.

Found it :-p , my 1st cache find alone and without a gps, am i good or what. That will shut you up Lost_Bear (well at least for a couple of minutes). Took hole punch left super ball.

First to find in new spot. took a bit of searching to find this one. Mrs McPodie & BushPig was looking in the location a few time but were looking for a diferent type of container.
The water below looked realy good as it was a stinker. but no swimers and no time ment we had to move on.
TNLN.

While doing some driving lessons with the McPodies we got first find.

Decided to kill 2 birds with the one stone with this cache. On a stinking hot day it was time to head to the beach so lets do a cache at the beach.
Didnt see Odee here, as they were the first finders just before us. Took a little while to find. swapped some tattoos for a hole punch.
Thanks Lost Bear

Cache is back in anti muggle mode, Note: slightly different coordinates.

We confirmed the speedy muggling and are sorry to see this Lost Bear. Better luck with the next placement.

A popular spot today. Met up with a few other fellow cachers out here only to walk away empty handed. Unfortuantely we think the muggles beat us all. We found the attachemnt method on the ground, but no cache.
Sorry Lost Bear, me thinks its gooooone!!!!

Bugger, cache has gone MIA, i will replace in near future.