Tura Treats Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
By Jaky Dory & Geogundog on 16-Apr-06. Waypoint GCVHPA

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Should have read the logs! Please owner fix this one or have it archived!

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

Cache left orphaned too long, have contacted reviewer.

Perhaps a micro in the branches could serve this location. That old banksia certainly is worth highlighting.

We also didn't read previous DNF logs. Requires owner maintainance or disabling. Thankyou gregandjudi

I made my way easily to GZ, but hadn't read the DNF logs until there. I too found the discarded ziplock bag, but in the spirit of CITO I picked it up and took it back to the car. Had a bit of a look around, but really suspect that this one has gone.

We are only beginners but we looked realy hard and could not find it. A zip lock empty bag was on the ground that's all, has this cache been checked recently.

Have tried three times now and just can't find it, wonder if it has been muggled.

After one hour of looking hard, we were still unsuccessful. Having my doubts that it's still there considering everyones saying it was such an easy find..

first time geocaching today, i didnt end up finding this one. i had the help of Auby01 and we both spent around an hour digging around the roots and climbing the tree. we looked EVERYWHERE! its either gone missing or i am just really crap

only found an empty zip lock bag I think this one has gone

We fell in love with Banksia in WA recently and this is a beautiful old example.
TNLN TFTC

I never tire of visiting these South Coast beaches. Found with Ski Pair, Left a small purple penguin. TFTC

Visiting from Albury for the week and staying nearby! A nice little spot we wouldn't have known about if it wasn't for a cache and a beaut spot to sit and listen to the waves rolling in.
Many thanks for the cache.

Clever hide, beautiful old tree. My exercise done for the day lol. TFTC

After a really nice... long walk along the beach with Harrowang, picking up a bucketload of shells to take home with us, we made our way to GZ and found this little beauty. Geokid was excited to be playing amongst the trees!

quick find today no muggles around. Interesting tree I wonder how old it is? Nice beach here too. TFTC TNL1

Found this morning with Team Beavar at 10.10am. We enjoyed a long walk on the beach collecting shells and finally made it to the GZ. Took: Boots the monkey Left: shark. We come from Wangaratta, Vic and are spending Easter here in Tura Beach. Lovely day for a stroll on the beach. TFTC Jaky Dory & Geogundog

Found the cache today at 10.15am with beanie. Great views of the beach

Signed the log . TNLN
Thanks Jaky Dory & Geogundog for the cache.

TFTC
found while visiting friends. Left a star

Found on our way around Australia Geo caching all the way. LOL Didn,t see any trackables but enjoyed the view. thanks Jaky And Geogundog. Silky Seekers brisbane

nice spot gr8 beach TFTC

First stop on my next south coast adventure. With all the probs with the GC website yesterday , I thought I managed to download the required pocket queries. The TomTom was ok but GPS is bare. Damn! Hopefully I just stuffed this leg or the iPhone will be getting a good workout. Nevertheless, with your good hint and TomTom getting me to the Right parking spot, all good. Left a GC.

TFTC... What a great area to spend some peaceful quality time...

2 of 7 for the day found by Mr & Mrs 1SR at 0940. Well this is one of those spots that you would never find as a tourist except for Geocaching. What a top hidden spot that the locals must love. Well worth a visit.
TFTC

Dropping car TB, not sure why it didn't work when I logged the cache.

Found at 1115 am. TFTC

Nice easy find despite little help from the gps TNLNSL TFTC

This was our last cache for today, this a nice beach for a walk on or as others where fishing. have taken the travel bug , Egypian Explorer 30 . QWQE60. intend taking it closer to Sydney.TFTC

A quick find after spending a few hours at Magic Mountain.
The Wenches stayed in the car while I walked down to GZ expecting to find a coffee tin as per the log notes. Glad to see the container has been upgraded.

This is the last cache we'll find in the Merimbula area as we are off to Canberra tomorrow before heading home to Echuca a couple of days after. We're going on a gnome hunt in Canberra. (http://www.cachinggames.com/index.php)

Thanks Jaky Dory and woof to Geogundog.

4th of 4 for the day. Nice short walk found easily. Magnificent hide spot and lovely beach.

#589, found at 12:04.

Quickly found. Nice beach!

TFTC and regards,
the Monacos

Tricky to find the entrance to the park. TFTC

Great spot TFTC TNLN .

Hi, our group is still new to this great adventure, loved the hidden beach. TFTC. Chevy Cache

Left a whistle. TFTC

First find for the year with the Miller girls and Bamford boys.. Dropped off trackable My Dad Graeme

This entry was edited by Mi11ers on Thursday, 13 January 2011 at 03:06:49.

No coffee container but a welcome find except the boy cacher reckons it's a bit girlie. No pen or pencil. Tftc.

What a beautiful tree...and a lovely stroll in this area.
TFTC Domsky

An easy find. Cache was overfull so swapped a small object for a larger one. A very impressive tree in an area with some very impressive houses. Thanks.

Found with fellow treasure hunters RGM511

Nice beach. Went past the access road a couple of times but found the cache with no probs.
Juniors took pirate coin, ball and stone.
Left stickers and necklace.
Thanks

3723. [font=Comic Sans Ms][green]Well that was a very pleasant wander down to the beach on a flying visit to Merimbula. Amazingly warm today after the downpour/storm last night - and everything was mostly dry - particularly the cache. Like the cover.

TFTC and the scrubbers.[/green][font=Verdana]

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by Geoffrey, Charlotte, Liam and Liz.

We took out the Travel Express Geocoin. We also took the Collingwood card, and replaced it with a bouncy ball. A great spot that we probably wouldn't have seen otherwise.

TFTC

Drove around to other side of golf course and nabbed this one. Another one of those caches that takes you to a wonderful place you never would have found if not for the interest in geocaching. Thanks heaps for the cache...

5th of 13 of our Merimbula trip. It was a very easy find. The clue really helped but we weren't expecting a Barbie box. Nice hiding spot and nice walk along the beach. Took thong key ring in exchange for a shell. TFTC.

TFTC

13:45 King Jnr and Nephew J

An easy find but we nearly missed the narrow road to the top of the stairs. On the way back up we met "Me and Mrs Jones" family - great to meet you and have a chat - good luck with your caching.

Our thanks to Jaky Dory & Geogundog - we swapped a Collingwood footy card for a small rubber basketball.

I'm updating Caches from GPS so not sure of exact date. Love Merimbula though.

We found this one within a minute. It was easy to find.

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What a fantastic tree.

Getting on the right road was the only problem but we eventually got close with the motor home. A pleasant walk on an otherwise cold and wet day. The cache was overfull so we removed a couple of toys and replaced them with a couple of small erasers, now the lid can be closed.

TFTC SL

Greynomads - Bill and Diana

Nice little walk and what a magnificent tree! TFTC TNLN SL

Loved the tree! Nice walk to GZ then geokids exchanged treasures. TFTC SL

Went for a good walk along the beach to find this one. Worked out later that we could have parked closer!

Nice walk along the beach great spot thanks

Long history in the log, great to see, hope it keeps getting added to for years.

Love the old big tree - also beach so beauty - I didnt swim there ok. Smile. SL. Thanks Jaky Dory & Geogundog

4th find in our loop, had me scratching head for a minute working how to get in, then worked out clue and we were off. Another beautiful spot in a lovely area of the south coast. TNLN TFTC

On a campervan road trip around the South East of Australia after attending the Megga event in Wagga Wagga.

This was one of the caches we found on our journey.

TFTC

The cache was an easy find once I got there.
Took the wrong stairs on the north side. I walked the 300mtrs through the scrub and brush and got rather wet.

TFTC
TNLN

Liked the camel clue, walked down and tripped over it. TFTC, TNLN. Great rugged beach

2132 - A weekend at the coast and time for some caching !

Sixth find for the day - a nice walk down towards the beach - but what a strange coffee tin it was ! Thanks !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

[This entry was edited by fitzy_1965 on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 11:48:31 PM.]

The big bad banksia men were lurking in the coastal scrub near this cache [:o]
I didn't let them scare me off though and quickly grabbed the cache from their grasp
Thanks for the treat.

Nice deserted beach too [^]

found the cache easily and then went for a wander down to a near deserted beach
TFTC

A nice walk to a nice beach here. Found little road OK to a little parking area. Looks like many people here have dogs because the bin was overflowing with dog poo bags.
TFTC / TFTH / SL

A nice easy find on a beautiful sunny day. There is no pen in the cache so I had to improvise by using the bark from the tree to register my find. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Found a month ago but didn't get around to logging it.

Found this one on a little tour around Tura during our holidays in Merimbula. Love quit beaches like this today!
TFTC Wilbert67

Found the access road on the second pass, as it is not obvious between the houses. And then a lovely walk through the coastal scrub to the beach. That would have to be the biggest banksia I have ever seen. Nice spot, thanks Jaky Dory & Geogundog.

#4 for the day with geokids. Did not see TB. TFTC

Left random coinage and crystal. took nothing as the geocoin i was after wasnt there:( nice spot.

Found this one on a caching road trip around the South Coast. The information about the camel confused us somewhat until we saw the "hump". A nice walk down to a fascinating looking tree with an easy cache find. The trackables seem to have gone missing and the cache container is no longer a coffe tin - but in all a pleasant find. TNLNSL TFTC

Very nice place, thank you very much for this cache!
Greetings, Colonel Dago from Germany.

Found it. Our English visitor loved all the big bad banksia men!

Camping nearby on a week's holiday. Easy find and an interesting gnarly-looking tree. Nice part of the coastline.
Cheers,
The Hancock Clan

Pelusa found it
TNLNSL
needs a pencil
there is a full book to be retrieved by owner

nice beach access TN SL Left new notepad as no room left anywhere on old one. Just squished into container.
TFTC. Neither trackable still in cache!

Found by Mary & David at 1655. Had a chuckle about the camel as we admired the nearby real estate. Loved the trees too. The specimen at GZ was certainly one of the biggest of its type we've come across. Wonderful views up and down the beach. Our thanks to Jaky Dory & Geogundog.

It was nighttime - dark! that was my excuse! I missed the camel, I missed the carpark. Parked and walked and found both - duh!
A short walk and the cache was in hand - nice spot. Wasn't tempted by the water
Thanks, Robmc.

Found by Team Ladava on our Cup Week Capers in Merimbula tour.
Like so many caches in the area the scenery was simply spectacular
TNLN
Our thanks to Jaky Dory & Goegundog for the cache.
Cheers
Team Ladava

Rated: for Overall Experience

#557 - We donned spray jackets and walked through the drizzle for this one. Nice location. Great tree! TNLNSL TFTC

Quite a sneaky driveway to this one. No problems in the trees at this one today. Thanks.

2876.19 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 4th Birthday A#144

Albida

[This entry was edited by albida33 on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 11:32:52 PM.]

Found it easily - a beautiful hiding spot and a great start to our morning. No pen to write with in the cache - should have taken our own. Next geocachers may need to take a small pen or pencil to leave in the cache! Did not make entry in the log due to no pen but took button, left a pressed flower. TFTC

Access to this one had been a problem in the past as I couldn't find the track. Used GE Street View sometime ago to locate it & noted the house with the palms. Located cache & signed log then saw that street numbers were given in the description. Assume these were added after the original posting or I have made it very hard for myself. Very good to get this one, thanks.

TFTC

The car park was alot harder to find then the cache. Found this one with geo-cacher94 and rangerkid
TFTC
4x4Kid

Seconding the change of container. And the lack of bugs. Was looking forward to first one then was disappointed. Ah well

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Container has obviously changed from coffee tin to a sistema clone - didn't see any TBs or coins in this one TFTC&H - lovely little spot - said hello to the camels!

A quick find of an axposed container exactly where our GPSr told us to look. Re-hid it with some additional camolflage. We don't recall seeing any TBs in the cache.

Rushing to try to fit in as many caches as possible before dark. Decided it would be quicker to take the direct as crow flies route back to car park and then ended up scrambling about in scrub for 20 mins, definitely not quicker. Teen geogirl started squealing when I said "better just have quick check when we get back to car for ticks". That got her moving thats for sure. Her brother has been giving her heeby jeebies ever since... "whats that in your hair?... little buggie thing" followed by more squealing "Muuum". Next time will just walk back along beach.
TFTC

We went to the beach and found this one easily. Thanks and greetings from Germany!

Found the Camel then the Cache
the Cache is now a sistema container
left TB

Fourth find for a pleasant morning in Merimbula before starting work. Not too much surf today - I reckon you could just about swim there! TNLN. Thanks for the cache.

3rd cache of the day and we seem to be following Quasar!! Took lizard & left soldier. Plastic bag has come apart at the seams and needs replacing. TFTC

On the coast for a week so we decided to head over to Tura Beach for a look.
Walked out on the headland just up from the cache for a view north and out to sea.
J spotted the camel lying down, which was good because I wasn't looking for it.
It did not take long to find the cache while J went to survey the beach.
A spot worth a visit.
TNLN Thanks for the cache JJ Touje

Found this one as the kids played in the sand. Took the travel bug to continue is adventure add left a dinosaur. The log is full and need to be replaced.

what a lovely spot and a great old master!! deserted beach so romped with the grandchildren.
L - carry the load travel bug.
T - nothing
TFT great C !!