Terra-cache Reedy Creek, New South Wales, Australia
By buckling-wheels on 31-Mar-05. Waypoint GCN9R3

Needs Maintenance cache is broken. Making our way towards home over the next few weeks travelling with 2 dogs and a cat we have found caching a great way to give the fur babies a break. Thanks to the COs for placing and maintaining.

I found pieces of the container near where I think I was meant to be. On my way back down I found the lid. TFTC

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found with Curloo. Amazing spot. Unfortunately the container was smashed and no log book. We didn't have a replacement.

Found with Jondub after walking in Nangar NP for a couple of days. This was a bit of a scramble, but enjoyed the climb and the view. Unfortunately cache was broken and log couldn’t be found. See photo. I blame the goats! One of my favourite locations. TFTC

As we were driving from small town to small town picking up ‘History of ….’ solved puzzles we noticed 3 oldies in here and just had to try our luck with them. This was the first cache which was easily accessed from the picnic spot and only being 100 metres or so away, how hard could it be? Then we saw the gradient of the hill, yikes!!! So the mountain goat of the team set off, rock hopping the creek before he started weaving his way up the sheer hill until he reached the secret cave, arriving safely. The cache was found out in the open so once the logbook was signed he hid it out of view and the elements and made his way back down to the safety of the camping ground.
Thanks buckling-wheels for the adventurous placement, it certainly deserves the T rating.

That was a fun climb

#14947 @1610
In Eugowra for the NSW orienteering champs. After today's event I visited the Nangar National Park to attempt the caches here before dark. Cache easily found, after a strenuous climb. Well worth it though. TFTC.

Tftc buckling-wheels, on our way to Parkes from Cowra, had a few hours to kill so a drive here was decided upon. Beaut day for a drive, after arriving at the campground, JL stayed with the Geobus while BL made the climb to GZ, failing to read the hint made this harder than it should have been.
Finally arrived at GZ then had the CIH. All in good condition.

Well . . . that was commitment to the cause. Very steep climb but achievable for a dedicated novice. The hint helped but I now smell like goat excrement. Well worth the effort. Cache is in good order. tftc

As a member of TeamOZCAT logged in this cache, I am now logging as an individual predominantly to avoid any mistaken/unnecessary revisitation.
Under groundspeak guidelines, this logging is acceptable as I was indeed at Cache GZ in person in recent times. However, all cache owners have the right to delete logs as they see fit. Usually done to "Armchair loggers" or inappropriate texting.

If any cache Owner/s have questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact.

TeamOZCAT logged finds when both Karen and Reg logged as individuals. This logging is exactly the same, only in reverse. Again, groundspeak acceptable.
For an unspecified period of time TeamOZCAT are no longer cache searching but remain active in our cache management and maintenance.

I sincerely thank all CO's and wish you all the best in your endeavours. Cheers Karen

Add a Fav.. Many cache owners are already aware: As per Groundspeak guidelines, I am claiming find because physically found under TeamOzcat. I undertake this not for disinterested statistical purposes, but because of inability to revisit this cache, and/or because it's so damn confusing when viewing the local district geocache maps. I sincerely thank all CO's for time and effort in placement of their caches. Cheers Reg.

Thank you buckling-wheels for bringing us to this fantastic location. We spent a cold night here though due to the shaded camping ground. Never mind, it was worth it. Gave it a fave

Howdy from Dallas, Texas

This was one of the primary target caches of the trip as it was old and it made us get a long way from the big cities. We were a little worried about driving but no issues at all. What a great location and cache. A rare favorite point from us.

This trip was planned some time ago but we kept running into issues. So when a business trip to Asia came up I decided that an unconventional route and an extended stop-over were in order as opposed to waiting for the stars to align on a pleasure trip.

Our 2020 goals are to find all the year 2000 caches and complete 6 original FIZZY loops (loops with caches placed before April 6, 2007). No one in the world has done the latter. Only one person is at 4 loops, LISDOWNEY from Ontario, Canada. So, of course, Lane Cove and Geocache - Relocated topped the list this trip and one other south of Canberra that we found, that wasn't easy.

I had been to Australia once before for a honeymoon years ago but promptly headed off to the Hayman Islands to scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef, so I didn't get to take in many of the touristy things Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, and Wollongong has to offer. This trip we fixed that anemia. The aforementioned cities played as our hub cities each night and the launching pad for the next day. Sydney was the only city that there were two overnight stays. Sadly the first day after landing we had found all the target caches that we had for Sydney, so I fixed that staying longer in Wollongong and did some epic hikes.

I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that while in Sydney a sad record-breaking day occurred. When driving out of the city toward the outback a radio announcement said that that day was the worst day in Sydney's history for the smoke covering the area from all the wildfires. It was bad, I could really feel it in my lungs. But, just an hour west and it was a beautiful nice day.


Things learned about Australia while on this trip (I know COs in Australia don't care about this stuff but we have students that like to read our logs here in the States and some creepers that obsess about us - no joke we had an event while there and showed a group of Sydney cachers our trolls) :

- Birds are so different here, all kinds and Cockatoos were like our Krackle birds as noisy as heck and everywhere.
- Kangaroos are like our dear. Cool to watch, see and eat. Yes, eat. It was on the menu one night.
- The Average Aussie drinks 96 liters of beer per year
- Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world
- There are more kangaroos than people
- The Drop Bear was created to scare tourists
- And they love Vegemite
- Melbourne has the largest Greek population outside of Greece
- There’s a mountain named “Mt. Disappointment”
- Australia’s dingo fence is longer than the Great Wall of China
- Some of the world’s deadliest animals live here
- Australia was inhabited for at least 50 000 years before the British came
- Australia has over 10 000 beaches
- It’s the 6th largest country in the world
- The Australian Alps receive more snow than Switzerland
- Home to the largest living structure on Earth – The Great Barrier Reef
- The Kangaroo is the national animal of Australia
- Home to a larger population of camels than Egypt
- Wombat poo is square/cube-shaped so they don’t roll away. This makes it easier for them to mark their territory.
- The name ‘Australia’ comes from the Latin word ‘australis’, meaning southern
- Total Population: 24,970,200.
- Capital: Canberra.
- Biggest City: Sydney.
- Highest Mountain: Mount Kosciuszko
- Land area: 7,692,024 km2.
- Biggest Lake: Lake Eyre (salt) and Lake Mackay (freshwater)
- Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Prime minister: Scott Morrison
- National song: “Advance Australia Fair”
- Official website: www.australia.gov.au

I just got the $120 USD toll road bill for just two days caching in the Sydney area.

Has taken a while to get around to logging this cache but better later then never. We were camped close by for three days in June and thought we would give this cache a go. However, on reading the description I decided that it would be best to send the M part of MNJ to where only goats would venture. She enjoyed the climb but was very relieved to see the cache without venturing too far. TFTC Buckling-wheels.

This cache was amazing!!!! I had a very fun time navigating to the camping ground and then looked up at where I needed to go and ooooh I'm not sure about that! Hmmm, if it's there that's maybe ok, but if it's higher than there then no way. Oh well, may as well start the up and see how I go. And so I did. I zigzagged a fair bit, being a little timid about heighty things and being on my own too. And then one more jumpy scramble and oooh lookie here, it's a cache! Thank goodness it was in the best place a cache could be. Exactly where I would have hidden one.

I then began my descent... and took a bit longer to do so and bigger zigs and zags as going downhill seems to work best when controlled well, lol. I took one hiking pole with me which ended up being a great and helpful idea.

All good, back to the car and happy as. Thanks for placing this cache and bringing me to this great location. What a great place it would be to camp at. And thanks for pushing me with my comfort zone. A favourite point for the adventure, buckling-wheels!

Liked this one. My first 3.5/4.5 cache. Parked at picnic tables and walked up. Quick find. Cache all good. Fav point. Tftc

An early morning assault after a night camping down below. It was torrential rain nearly all night and reading through some of the logs we thought we might have to leave this one as everywhere was so wet. As it was we gave it a go and was surprised how easy the terrain was. I guess it depends on what route you choose? The cache was an easy find and I've never seen so much goat poo! I expect the place was busy in last night's storms? TFTC!
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

I should have waited even longer before attempting this one in the heat of the afternoon. I got half way up and felt very poorly indeed, a sitdown for 10 minutes and a good drink and I felt somewhat better, even though I had probably sweated it all out sitting there.

So upwards and onwards I pressed, all the time smelling goat and other wildlife. I got to the top and walked the ridge till I got close to GZ, I sat and looked down at the family below, drank the last of my water and wondered was I stupid?

After recovering enough and the sweating stopped, I started to look, hmmmm, what have I missed here, I read a few logs and two words stood out, I knew where it would be, a few minutes later, I had the cache in hand.

I clambered back to the top of the ridge and walked back down to my awaiting chariot and more water. Loved the challenge and the location, though the final is a tad on the nose.

Have your wits about you, very dangerous terrain

Great little cache in a beautiful spot. Creek was dry today and the camp ground taken over by numerous roos with joey's. Climbed up and soon made a find amongst the goat pooh. Cache in good shape. Thanks for placing this one.

Mistakenly posted this as found when I should have done it for Escort Rock. Cheers

Beautiful drive to GZ. Although with the road works including the turn off to the National Park, the escort vehicle was not impressed that I wanted to leave his flock. Once at the picnic area, decided a straight line was the quickest way to go. This worked fine for the up leg but was woeful for the down. Luckily some sure footed friends had made lots of zigzag tracks to make the descent easier. Thank you buckling-wheels for placing this cache

Today we explored Forbes and surrounds using geocaching as a guide.

Wow what a climb, we went the long way to reach the top of the lookout. Then the fun began we searched high, we searched low and eventually came up with the goods!

A very rewarding find, left pathtag.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Too steep for me

Okay; firstly, the initial sitting co-ordinates were close enough I suppose, but I reckon that my compass was suggesting a different direction to the one mentioned in the hint; I reckon that it was more like 230 degrees. That doesn't really matter though, as either description by IF actually confirms the terrain.

Not so silly, and perhaps a little older (mature), I set off with gerrynewgirl and two muggles (to become cachers), in a far different direction, but a much more gradual climb. Sure enough we had to cover a lot more ground, but in the end I still think that it was the easier route.

Now, actually arriving at GZ, even with excellent GPS reception and good co-ordinates, doesn't really confirm the location, and I meant to RECORD the elevation (oh I forgot), which would have been a hint. Just 3 metres in lateral movement can mean a big difference in ground movement on such a steep slope.

I read also in IFs log that he encountered wallaby poo! Not that I'm an expert on such 'shitty' matters, but I'm almost positive that the local feral goats wouldn't want to be known as wallabies!

It was a perilous area for a cache, but a cache well worth the effort, and a great feeling of satisfaction, once it was firmly in hand.
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Thanks for the cache. Took nuffin and left a weroamin token.

Found in the company of weroamin and new cachers Committed & Birds Eye View who both really enjoyed their first cache. TFTC

found on the second attempt
great view

I was looking for an easy, relaxing day out today.
A break from the frenetic cache finding of the last few months
I noticed a trio of caches sitting out in the Nangar National Park ....
.... somewhere I have not been before

So bright and early, I set off from Eugowra for the short drive to GZ.

I found a great camping area and marked it down for future reference
Now where was that cache.
A quick look at the GPS revealed the awful truth [:o]
This cache was close to the campgrounds, but far enough away that it could only be a mad scramble up a steep rocky hill to locate [:o]

OK !! I'm kidding !!
GZ was actually located up a steep rocky hill which would not require a mad scramble to reach, but rather a relaxed, fun and challenging climb to reach !!

So off I went
I tried to follow the instructions, but they did not make any sense.
So I observed the scenery for a few minutes,
and decided that a direct path straight up the hill would be best

That worked until I reached a small cliffline.
So I wandered along in the shelter of the cliffs to gain elevation for a while until I found a way above the cliffs
After 15 or 20 minutes, I found meself standing very close to GZ and enjoying the views.

Let the fun begin !!

Was the cache up top or down theres ?
I didn't know and couldn't find the stairs !!
I slithered and scraped,
Searched and gaped,
Until I found GZ unawares !! [:o)]

Well the place I found just looked like it should hide a cache.
And after some more scrambling I wriggled in and found that under me nose was not only a lot of wallaby poo, but a cache too !!

I signed the logbook and rehid the booty.
All is well with this one [^]

Now there was just the roll down the hill,
back to the campsite.
Far easier than the wander up !!

TFTC and detour to a wonderful place

A bit of a scramble but found it after looking high and low

Spent ages looking in completely the wrong place. Only found it after giving up and starting to walk back down the hill.

Once again we found ourselves camping in Nangar (3rd time) and once again we made the trek up the hill to see this cache. Found it a couple of meters lower than last time so returned it to its original hide.(we think?). Also hid one ourselves down the road a bit so keep an eye out for it.

New to this game and tryed to find this one but no good at all awesome place to put one a good challenge is great even if I didn't find it cheers

Wow, what a challenge! Scrambled up with a five year old geoson, who was up for some adventure. Great views of the campsite. Thanks for an adventure.

Took Geo nephews for their first caching experience. This one was a bit of a climb, although the kids didn't seem to have any trouble.

Came out here to see what the camp sites were like and did some geocaching.
What a climb.. Getting down was fun too
TFTC

Have found this one before but enjoyed it so much we made the treck again when we were camping at Nangar again this time round. Still loved the climb and this great nat park. The log book is fuller than it suggests here as there have been some finds from muggles and several from Duke of Ed. kids. who have been camping here. Enjoyed it so much second time around that it gets a fav point from me.

First cache we have found since losing acces to our old Geocaching account. Great location, scary climb with the kids.
Thanks
TNLN, but will move Elementery, My Dear Watson along.

This was the first of three finds on our three day camping trip in nangar. The weather was extreme (40 at times) but we loved every minute of our trip to this wonderful park. You do indeed need the qualities of mountain goats and the climb proved too much for yougest geokid. Made the find with 2 geosons and geobrother (his first) while geomum and geo daughter waited at the camp site below. Plenty of wilflife around for the three days (roos, walaby, lizards, goats, eagles and more) will definitely return to this spectactular area. Thanks for placing a cache in such a wonderful place. TNLN TFTC.

Having never heard of this NP, it was a pleasant surprise to find out how beautiful it was here. After the flatness of the surrounding plains the hills grew larger. We drove all the way in after stopping at the old historic house down the track.
We arrived at the camping site and found a group ready to leave. We had the place to ourselves except for the hordes of flies we were alone. Not long after arriving and in the heat of the day we scaled to dizzying heights. Finding we had gone too high in elevation, Sir Altaire dropped down a level and immediately saw the hiding spot.
now did I mention the prickles that I sat on scrambling down a level. Yikes! Nasty yukky things, that hurt and itch. I think I spent the rest of the day extracting them from various parts of my clothing.
We spent a while at GZ, cause it was such a great spot. It seems that some muggles had also found the cache and signed the log book.
Left the Elementary Cache GC.
Great cache location.

This was an excellent cache location. We'd never even heard of this place let alone visited it. No problems finding the understated access point off the highway from which we followed the dusty, stony track to the camping/picnic area. Thought it may have been a bit crowded due to the holidays however there was only one group of three cars there and they were leaving. After assessing the terrain and a read of the notes we were off and up the hill side. It's not difficult at all really and despite the heat of the day we were soon atop high above the campground and at a likely looking search area. The only problem was a particularly innocuous looking plant which bore some tiresome little prickles - all too eager to embed themselves in socks, clothes & skin. I think Tronador is still extracting them. After a search at one elevation, Lady Altaire & Tronador stayed high whilst muggins headed down and under expert guidance from above soon found an excellent cache hiding hole. Looks like it is shared with some of the local wildlife. The girls came down and the cache duties completed along with a spot of photography. Wonderful harsh bushy rocky vistas all around. Thence back down the hill, careful to avoid wherever possible the aforementioned prickles, and back to the car for a spot of lunch. Looks like it would be a nice place to spend a weekend, so we left the finding of the other caches here for that exact reason. Picked up Kenny Koala TB - even though it's meant to be in "Hello" GC13793.

Very early morning hike up the hill with geokid 1 and a quick return before the sleeping campers awoke.
JABs.

We arrived at this lovely location and I selflessly decided to boil the kettle and make lunch. Bruce has more mountain goat blood in him anyway. Used the UHF radio to relay the clues but found we could actually hear each other without them as the sound travelled easily. Bruce was up there searching around for a long time. When he moved lower he noticed something significant which required closer inspection and the cache was found in no time. Bruce felt such an empathy with the geocaching keyring that he took it but as he didn't have a swap with him and didn't want to venture up the hill again we left a box of cable fasteners at Eagles Nest. Thanks for a most enjoyable cache buckling-wheels

Took the long way round to find cache,Should of looked a bit more closer first time,TFTC

Started the search a little early which meant a bit of climb over the hill. Spent about 45 mins looking here & there. After a bit of read of the earlier logs, a sit down and think, went straight to the obvious spot where an earlier look missed it.
TNLNSL
TFTC

After a bit of a climb, a NEW CACHE container was put in place. thanks to those that reported the need to replace.

Nice spot for lunch but no muggles about, too dry for anyone to come here. Mr G did this cache, Mrs G was not keen on the steepness of the hill. Mr G climbed about on the rocks for a while until Mrs G said 'right below you theres a ....' After that quickly found and signed. Last log in logbook was from muggles. Container lid is pretty well broken, probably should be replaced.

Found as 1st for the day. Once to the top, legs felt like jelly, found the cache in the obvious place. The lid to the cache had been broken but contents all intact. Maintenance might be required soon though. Took a couple of breaths, wiped the sweat from the brow, looked down and thought 'the seat of my pants might not be so intact at the bottom'.

Wow!! What a climb! This was a challenge, or two. Challenge one, getting up, then challenge two, getting down again. It had rained overnight and everything was wet and slippery. We lost sight of the car about half way up the hill, but the views from the top were simply awesome. The Pres found the cache, looks like it has been slept on by something native to the area and the lid has cracked. The cache is dry and protected though, so all is good. No swaps.

Thanx very much for this challenging but enjoyable cache. Don't know why we put it off for so long, oh yes, I remember now, the hill!

Not a bad climb to this one , well worth the effort!great spot.
Lots of people about but none knew what we were up to, we even Nudied for a smiley!
Thanx for a top cache! Mr & Mrs Router.

hard to find

although there was some huffing and puffing as it was hot!climb to place TB Ozz in cache.

Well Buckling wheels we looked and looked, under every rock, bush, tree, cliff, absolutely everything but nothing at all. It was a long hard climb for no reward but it was good exercise. Thanks Buckling wheels

Although we are actually first to log this on the cache page someone had beaten us there. They didn't leave their name only said took 1 left 2 on the 30/3/05. Anyway sent Mr Team'80' running up the side of the hill whilst I sat in the warm out of the rain and watched him try to out run a few rock wallabies. Didn't take or leave anything as it was too far for him to come back to the car with it. Great spot. Thanks Buckling-Wheels. Team'80'