Procrastinating Again Wingham, New South Wales, Australia
By Team Yota, adopted by Grahame Cookie on 08-Sep-05. Waypoint GCQFNA

Due to restrictions of not being able to attach an anchoring point for the cache so it does not get washed out to sea each time there is a flood this has been permanently ARCHIVED. But, may be resurrected on Geocaching Australia.

As there's been either no response from the cache owner, no cache to find or log to sign, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future (next 30 days), just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

BIG FLOOD, no cache! Will work out a replacement one soon!

Cache has been muggled, we found it sitting over a stick.

This entry was edited by churto on Sunday, 24 April 2011 at 00:48:00 UTC.

Satnav had me park on the other side of WIngham Brush for the walk down. I wasn't impressed when I came out the other side to a road. Still it was a nice walk, got to see some impressive trees and the flying foxes, as well as brush turkeys so it was worthwhile. Got to the mosaic and after a couple of questions thought I had the answer. Is the guy surfing or waterskiing? Is that really a person I can see in the boat? And should I count the dude whose plaque it is (though being the least significant digit that wasn't a big worry). Headed off to find...nothing.

Returned with Anna after she had done the stroll around town, to realise I had stuffed up the question on the terns. That's what happens when you don't have a printout and just scribble the questions on a bit of paper. With the rework we returned to a likely location and spotted the container after a short hunt. Managed to do the monkey act and sign the log before replacing.

The cache will need a maintenance visit soon as the sides of the lid are starting to crack, as soon as I touched it the thing came into my hand, I didn't have to unscrew it. But I could still screw it up afterwards. Most enjoyable climb and a great cache - if the high water ever gets to here things are looking bad. Thanks Team Yota and Grahame Cookie.

Amazing how you can find Cache's easily when your GPS is working properly! Was so glad I had Geokid 1 with me when I finally found this one. I wouldn't have stood a chance in retrieving this without him. TNLN SL TFTC

Did yhe 1st stage of this cache months ago when it was 1st published but didn't have enough daylight to grab the cache.
Got it today with new geocaching friends Dunks4 and Rod238.
Just as well we bought a monkey with us.
Swapped small swappables. SL. TFTC

Found with Gillygang4. Excelent hide. Took surgical scissors. Left Queens Jubilee Pin.

Easy to find the first bit. Started to doubt my maths skills when I saw where it was taking us and nearly didn't continue. We went after it in the end, but when finally spotted cache, the reaction was "holy sh**" how am I going to get that?! Luckily I had geokid 3 with me who was the monkey. Took easter 09 geocoin, left pirate coins. TFTC

Found WP1 & Got the answers to the questions - No luck with GPS today. Thought it may have to do with cloud cover. Got home and Geohusband told me he had been fiddling with GPS and had changed the Datum. No wonder I kept striking out. Arrgh!!!

I parked the geomobile and wandered past the muggles gathered around the boat ramp and picnic shelters and found a seat to myself
It was time for some observation and math if I was to find the cache.
But I couldn't make up my mind which question to start with [:o)]
After much indecision about a couple of the answers I arrived at at set of coordinates I could aim for

But how to get there ?
The cache was probably far enough away from the parked geomobile that driving there would save me some time.
But it was such a nice day that the stroll would do me good.
Oh! Desicions, desicions [:o]

After all that time wasting I made up for it by spotting the cache before I even got to GZ
Now what ?
I had failed miserably yesterday in grabbing a cache at a lesser elevation to this one
That thought made me more determined that this cache should not go the same DNF way as the other.

The climb turned out to be a good warm up for another cache in town that I headed for next [:o]

I dropped in "Faberge" geocoin to start it's travels.

TFTC [^]

Decided to try and find this one without the GPS. Climbed, signed, took geocoin. Thanks for the cache Grahame

Found with the Emongs, enjoyed looking around this spot. Left a new coin that I received for my 40th Birthday. Took frog and paperclip.

Left Aussie Bear took nil TFTH furtherest tree climb I've done in 40 years.

geo monkey got this one took scout patch left giant paperclip t4tc

My friend Will spotted this one first and shimmied up to get it.
We took the dominoes and dad took the geocoin.
TFTC

10/13 on a weekend jaunt with taytay97 and friend. The kids spotted this one first and then retrieved it. I took the Geocoin and we left some swaps for that and the dominoes that the kids took.
It was great to be FTF this replacement and a fantastic effort all round! well done GC it was probably our favourite of the day

Have now "Flood Proofed" the cache, hopefully. Come and get it - with a Tool of the Trade. Leaving Hgmosk Dutch geocoin 2008 in there.

Now, leaving coin

Procrastinating Again was transferred from Team Yota to user Grahame Cookie

Disabling until the owners check to see if it survived

I may have got the maths wrong, but I thinks its gone. As with the previous log. A huge amount of water and floods have recently hit the area and unless it was very securly tied down, I have made the assumption that its gone missing.

Sorry!! There is TWO metres of water of this site. No way it will have survived.

Enjoyed the walk through Wingham Brush. It was a damp day and this seemed to intensify the smell from the fruitbat guano! Loved the mosaic seat, "Tuck'ed" away in the bushes. Waterskiers and jetskiers busy on the water. Took scissors. left playing cards.We thought we might have got the clues wrong, as we were walking to the GZ, but found ok. The hint helped! TFTC

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Back on-line (until the next major flood) but hopefully be able to sort out a way of tethering it.
Brought through Zee Zee TB

Well, there you go!! [B)]
I go and take photos on ANZAC day of the flood going over 'the Bight' bridge and didn't check on GCQFNA. Silly me! [8)] (See Wingham Waterside Waltz - GC172A9)
Maybe by the photos posted you will be able to see that the river went a metre above the height of where the cache was wedged under a branch to deter the brush turkeys from playing with it. I had brought through 'Rent-a-car' and 'Larry Boy' travels bugs today to get some mileage or to leave on of them, BUT the cache was GONE AWOL.
Hopefully back up again soon, aye Team Yota?
*Note to self: if river reaches the Bight bridge, go and check the other low lying caches!!*

Thanks Again for the maintenance Grahame

Visited with my wife and child, got the co-ords last week but ran out of time to find the cache, after walking around the same area trying different numbers, we found it in the end. Took nothing, left a pen as one in there didn't work TFTC

1600 On way home from work decided to check on this cache. Will work on making the lid not so bright.
Brought through Dr Quack and Tanabe Diabetes TB's, and moving t Kuuk along.

We found it the second time around - got one of the clues wrong at first. Great spot for an outing with a big gang of kids.
In: TB "'t Kuuk"
Out: nothing

Finally got the Co-ords right, got two answers wrong the last time I was here. raining and a few lightning, nothing bad, the note book was a bit wet and and a few drops of water.

Cache only had a few nibbles by animals; AOK. Bringing Idaho 2007 coin through at same time.

Well, too difficult for us. But now I'm home some 1,200 kilometres away, I see i shoud have counted the memorialised person. Plenty of spear grass in the other spot though!

Had a go at this one last year but must have stuffed up the answers. Much easier when you get it right. Replaced container with a bit of natural cover as it was sitting out in the open. TNLN

Have had some geocaching visitors to the Tinonee area, so thought I had better check that they had not tried to find GCQFNA and only to have had it had been muggled. All well.

As the local 'weeder' says: "Please don't step on the small plants" as you make your find. (Still in good nick)

Got my dad to drop in Caught you red handed geocoin and dick turpin TB

Wow Team Yota, you are lucky your job lets you find these places...or is it that your job is so bad?????

Took the long but ever so interesting walk thru the maternity ward, learnt about a plant I wont be putting in the garden and loved the memorial to the Mayor, he really must of been a great guy, to inspire the people to create this for him.

Took nothing
Left nothing,
Mrs Us entertained the local "interesting" muggle while Mr Us replaced the cache
Thanks for the cache

Dropped by to check cache and refilled with 8xAA's. Missed Usat31 by an hour!

[This entry was edited by Grahame Cookie on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 2:09:07 PM.]

[This entry was edited by Grahame Cookie on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 at 1:30:32 PM.]

Sorry I didn't log this earlier, it is actually the 17th but I have logged it as the 14th so that I now when I found it as I don't own a GPS it had some inside information from the 'General Lee' on this one.
I took the the geocoin for a holiday, for a couple of days till I can get to another cache
I would have logged it earlier but was requested to wait of until it was logged in at the site before saying i had taken it and rather than check every hour just left it a couple of days.
MadDog!

Dropped in Dutch geocoin and took 4 batteries.

Need to make F = number of legs on a spider!
Good to see the young kids helping the parents!

Found it with the dukes of hazard. But I already knew where it was. It is nice to have at least one multi cache in the area.

Found it with a little help from my friends.

2nd for the day. Found with Dukes of Hazard.

Took a pen and 2 scissors
Left pen, slinkies and an eye piece

[This entry was edited by Dukes of Hazard on Friday, April 13, 2007 at 11:47:56 PM.]

[This entry was edited by Dukes of Hazard on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 12:18:13 AM.]

A very big thanks to Grahame Cookie for helping me correct this cache.

The clues and the hint has changed and the cache is in a new spot.

Sorry to all those that have had trouble with this one. Since changing jobs last year I havent found the chance to get back up ther myself.

Went back with the rats to work out better clues for Team Yota to include, BUT the cache has disappeared, except for a hacky sack. Will work on a replacement cache this weekend, in a slighty different position (?avoid muggles), and clued into memorial. Be patient pls

After 5 attempts found the closest one within 20 kms. Tried to let the contents dry out some. Left a 'Pariet' pen; took a fire sprinkler head.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Tried again, with 2 cows, as had tried 3 cows for 3 times, but still no success. Help!!

Rated: for Overall Experience

Clues need adjusting as fish numbers don't work - too many on memorial. Also cache contents are wet, under flood level - as noted by a previous finder in the log.

This took a bit longer than expected. Agree with previous finders, number of fish on memorial does not correspond to number required to find cache. After plugging in the third option we finally got it. Had to use some stealth as there were muggles swimming nearby. Thanks for bringing us to this interesting place, TFTH. Find number 6 for today.

Rated: for Overall Experience

I can see how this one may disappear after a flood, however, it's still there and in it's hiding spot. The clues are a little ambiguous so Liz and Bruce's log helped.

Team Yota ... I don't know what they are all whining about. My new GPS beeped, I looked down and there it was. So, if it matters ... this cache was certainly live and in its place at the end of 2006.

The clues from Liz and Bruce were invaluable, so if you are on a visit from the City and print out some of the log ... make sure you don't miss this one out.

Must have either messed up the maths/numbers or just could not see it. Tried it with the info Liz & bruce left, but still no good, so many potential hiding spots. Both girls picked up ticks while searching here.

Nice river area.

Had Two goes at this one. Had too many fish at the first attempt and would have ended up in the river. Returned with more time and made corrections. Easy this time. I wonder what will happen when the next flood comes! Have visited the brush on many occasions.
Thanks for the challange.

Bamboozer.

This is our 2nd go at this one. Still haven't found it yet.Trial and error will get us there. Live in the area and determined to find it. Goldiehounds

Great cache in nice area, took a walk in the nature reserve after doing the cache. Thanks Team Yota. Regards Philma.

This easy multi proved to be nothing but easy. Confusion over cows, bulls, flying fish, groups of fish and more fish on the side of the seat made quite a few combinations of what might be the coords. We worked on process of elimination in the end and did find the cache, 3 attempts and about 4 hours in total. It is a great area and the flying fox walk a must. An experience which is fascinating and revolting all at the same time. We were also fortunate to be there when the bats were leaving the area at dusk for their night time feed. We watched as about 200,000 bats flew in 2 different directions for about 15 minutes just blackening the sky in the fading light. Quite a sight. Now back to the cache. We figure we should have looked at the seat through the eyes of a 2 year old and not been so analytical. Cows/bulls are the same and the group of fish on top of the seat are the only ones to be included in the calculation. TNLN. Thanks Team Yota.

It's still there

This one almost converted my wife into a devoted GeoCacher. She loved being taken to a magical rainforest full of bats, magnificent trees and other rainforest dwellers. Led down an easy path to the river park and a puzzle that was easily solved by our 2.5 yr old daughter. Even if one of the cows was a bull. We are confident we made it to gz. Earlier logs matched. A great spot to swim, lie around and smoke unobserved. Passed two local kids on the way there and then were interrupted in our search by two others who turned up for a swim. Not sure what had happened to school that day. Before being interrupted we had had a good look around and had found plenty of empty hiding holes but no cache. There was a pen sitting out in the clearing so maybe it has been muggled or maybe we just didn’t look hard enough? This was a great cache even without the final find. Thanks for sharing the bats with us.

Found at 5.10pm GAFF2. The park here is fantastic, especially that humungous tree with the hundreds of bats all around. We had a bit of trouble working out how many cows and fish there were and we are still not sure what the right answer is even after finding the cache. Is that a bull or a cow? And that big fish away from the others, is that to be included? Took: Electrical tape, Left: Magnetic dragon. Thanks Team Yota for another great cache.

Day 2 of my Mid North Coast / New England Cachepedition. What a great little cache experience this one is, and a FTF to boot! Parked the car in Isabella St and took the Rainforest walk to get to WP1, which I highly recommend you all do. The buttressed roots on the giant fig trees are to be seen to be believed and the trees dripping with bats are amazing.

Now onto the cache. At WP1 there can be several solutions for figure C. Selecting the right one was a process of elimination. With a couple of options I was off to search my possible GZs. Once there I searched of the area for about 10 mins before finding the cache. There are signs that the area is frequented by muggles, some of the swimming variety and some of the pot smoking variety. Luckily there were neither there today sp I was able to log the cache and re-hide in peace. Thanks Team Yota for bringing me here.

The Ginger Loon

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