Dead Centre of Cairns Cairns, Queensland, Australia
By Yarrum on 25-May-06. Waypoint GCW7M1

found at the base of a tree as suggested. TFTC

I assume i found the possible area of where the cache would be hidden but it appears its been muggled? Ill keep an eye on the logs and if someone finds it, ill be back for another look

Today was a very early start with a drive to the airport for a 6 am flight to Cairns and day one of our North Queensland geocaching trip.Snickersallan and I were met at the airport by Grannysmith and Bluewattle. The bags were thrown into the car and we were off for a day of adventure. First off it was up to Kuranda, then across to Mareeba, down to Atherton and Millaa Millaa. It was then over to Innisfail before working our way back to Cairns, to arrive just in time for the night time event. It was nice to see a couple of locals turn up to the event, thank you.We are on the move and we had to stop in here for this old cache it was on the list of must do's. It was a nice find and the log was signed with all four names. It was then replaced as found. Thanks for the hide and the placement.

Thanks for placingFound with my buddies from Brivagas. Early start on our adventure to Tablelands and surrounds

Travelling around the local districts with geo friends for a few days and enjoying the beautiful scenery along the way whilst visiting some places for the very first time.Thank you, CO, for placing this good hide for our benefit and enjoyment.

Helps to know your trees

Homeless camp has now gone from the area and the cache could do with a check on.

Didn't find the cache. Homeless guy in the tent came out and started ranting and raving, telling me to f@@k off, waving a small metal object. Not very safe.

We had to tread carefully into GZ, so as not to stir the local camper, thankfully a quick find, loads of muggles at a funeral, and obviously not interested in our activities, TFTC Yarrum

We had a grounds keeper ask if we were geocaching and said he talked to a couple people a few days ago that we’re looking for it as well so I’m assuming they just didn’t log the cache. As we were heading back to it we were stopped by a guy who said he lives in this tent and he wanted to know why we were going back there. We didn’t stick around long but I turned over some rocks and looked under a rather large one and didn’t find it. The GPS location is extremely close to the tent and judging by the guys attitude, I’m not entirely sure the cache is still here. It’s very possible I was just putting too much faith in the GPS though.

Took a while but we found it, log still wet and no trackables in it, found with Bail24

The log is too wet to sign in but I found it tftc

We came here a couple of weeks ago at night and were both hesitant to enter due to being a bit spooked haha lucky we didn’t as we ran into a couple of old headstones In the bush there and I bet that totally would’ve put the wind us up at night already feeling the spooky vibes

In the area with geo-buddies so of course geocaching. Alway nice to find an oldie! Thanks for the cache.
Cheers

We made a quick find. As mentioned, the log is wet but there was a reasonably dry card we were able to sign. Thanks for the cache

The log book is extremely wet

Find # 1188 Found @13:52Hrs

A nice easy find in the first i looked, I didn't even need the Hint
The Log is very wet to the point it needs replacing.


TNLNSL
TFTH

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Black rocks cover the light TFTC

New paper until it rains again

Can’t say I was dying to get in here

I like a dad joke and this cache title caught my attention and was within walking distance to the hotel.

As I walked along the foot path trying not to look suspicious about to enter a cemetery, a local asked me for guidance on the nearby trail - wow I pulled off the disguise!

The cache was fairly quick to find but the cache log was saturated. New paper added.

Do it at night for the thrills

Waterlogged log sheet

Log book not signed as it is waterlogged

Found with (Venom) today, visiting from Adelaide. TFTC

We've had this oldie on the radar for a long time now and finally found it. The older part of the cemetery is an interesting place for a stroll for sure. Unfortunately we have to foto-log since the container is slowly being eaten by ants and all the contents are wet and yucky.
TFTC

Found but log is soaked, replacement log is needed

Not my first visit to Cairns' dead centre and my previous trips failed to find this oldie. Not this time and I really don't know how I missed this cache in my previous attempts. I'm grateful I latched onto the cache quickly and found the plastic bag ripped apart and a very wet log.

My latest trip did uncover a great flower arrangement that I hope to replicate for the daughter's upcoming nuptials. She was really wrapped (not really) that I took an interest in this facet of her wedding. Thanks Yarrum for the journey to the dead centre.

I dropped the geowife and youngest off for some 'mall shopping' and knew I had time to collect some caches on the way back to the apartment. Thanks to all the hiders for placing and maintaining these caches.

Last one for the day....too wet to sign, but I do enjoy walking through old cemetarys

Very wet. Tftc

Made this our first stop of the day on our way to the Gardens. Love cemetery caches, spent quite a bit of time reading some of the headstones. TFTC

On our trip to Cairns, we are exploring so many new places. New places for us, that is!
Today after a lovely walk up one of the nearby mountains, we decided to come and find a couple of drive-by hides.
This was the last of the day, and it was very peaceful to come for a walk through the older parts of this cemetery.
The log and container were quite wet, and we have tried to dry them and removed as much water as possible.
Thanks yarrum
Domsky

Found it after a long walk. The container is muddy and soaked from all the rain. I couldn’t sign it sadly but left something for the next person who finds it

TFTC. Unfortunately couldn’t sign log as paper saturated. Photo sent to CO

Log saturated and needs replacing

We wandered to this cache in the dead of night, but I was not happy walking around the bush at this time. The graves, that wasnt a problem.
Eventually we came up with the cache find

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This cache was found as part of a trip with GoosenEgg and Stainless Steel Rat to Far North Queensland for the Townsville Mega. The trip started in Cairns and ended in Mackay, and allowed us to find some ripper caches inbetween.
We managed to complete some of the Breaking Bad cache series until we driven back to the car due to the heat, and the Saint and most of the book series. There were some good variety in both these series which kept them interesting.
One of the highlights (although a low light when removing the mud) was the walk on the salt flats outside Townsville to get the challenge caches
Another highlight was Magnetic island, where other than some great views, we managed to spot two koala's in the wild.
Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache that was part of our trip

We were lucky in the fact that it was dead quiet out here at this time of night and we only took a few minutes to find the cache after looking in the wrong places at first.

This was my first Mega trip in a while now, I had planned to go to the last one in Wangaratta but concerns about COVID made me pull out at the last minute. For this one it was a trip with BudgieTas and GooseandEgg landing in Cairns on the Sunday where we collected a few caches in the dark before driving down to Townsville on the Monday collecting a select few caches along our very indirect route.
While in the Townsville we made the best of our time collecting a few series of caches and searching for some of the older caches on offer, some with lots of favourite points or something we thought maybe a bit different, along with all that we got to go to all the Mega events and meet up with cachers old and new, spending Thursday with Greg going round Magnetic Island and a bit of time with the Davinells who went out of their way to welcome the Tasmanians to Queensland.
All to soon it came to an end and we drove down to Mackay on the Monday again collecting caches along the way before flying home on the Tuesday Morning.
Thanks for the warm (sometimes too hot) welcome Queensland until next time!

Thanks for the cache.

Found on 10/04/2022 at 23:34:00 thanks to Yarrum for placing this cache for me to find.

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Tftc

Bit of bush hunting, put a few more corks there. Tftc

Out doing a few Caches whilst visiting Cairns. In the short time I was trying to locate this one I nearly got eaten alive by the mozzies. Luckily a quick find. I dropped off a TB in the container also to continue the journey. TFTC

Ah a few scratches going through there but I got it. It’s full of white crawled things not sure what they are. Lost pen on my walk to here but sent a photo to the owner so hopefully this is accepted !

TFTC!

Straight forward find.

Did not find. Rest In Peace

13/10/21 Find #5030
Today was only a mini caching day for Fangsoki and I, collecting just a couple of older caches for me, which he had already done.
For someone who has been here before, he certainly didn’t know how to find his way around. Can’t blame Fangsoki tho, he only has an android phone, not one that actually shows roads in a cemetery
I however could work out exactly where I needed to be, so having directed him as close as necessary, I jumped out of the car, leaving him in the nice cool aircon, while I headed in under cover to make myself a nice quick find - pretty close on the coords too.
Then it was time for us to depart, tho not in the (6th) sense of others around here, but to make our way to the airport for a flight to Horn/Thursday Island.
Thanks for the cache Yarrum.

We looked but DNF

Pretty spooky and intense search that ended lifelessly.

TFTC! Took me a while to get my bearings, but finally made to GZ & had cache in hand.

Back home in Cairns for a little while, thought we had better get a few, 3 August 2021 1:07 pm Tyfc Yarrum total caches now 2253 left a tb.

Fairly easy. Good photo a few logs back.

such a cool place to always visit, amazing to see the 1830is grave nearby. so cool

Grey nomads, currently spending time caching in far north Queensland. We have had enough of the rain, and hankering to get back on the road again. After spending almost 3 hours down on the esplanade, we decided to find just one cache. Dead Centre.....

Arrived in the scrub and walked around in circle at GZ, I found something that fitted the description, but I did not find the cache. Stepped back and read some logs and the clue.
Something there helped me a little, and I went back into the scrub, and quickly found the cache - where I had already looked. So there!

The container was just like a grave, buried under ground, and full of water. The humongous zip log bag was full of water. I emptied out the water, the log book was not reasonably dry. I replaced the ziploc bag, and double bagged the log book after signing it, returned it to the grave, said a prayer Amen.

Plenty of wait a while here, came out dripping with blood.

Thanks Yarrum for the cache.

In Cairns en route to Nhulunbuy with Muggle Jane. After being attacked by swooping birds on the walk through the dead we were then attacked by jumbo sized mozzies at GZ luckily Muggle Jane made quick find.

Gefunden

Lots of rubbish around... pluggers are necessary! TFTC
Remember it you take a trackable to log it’s adventures.

This one took me a little bit to find, came across some very R rated items when hunting for this one, very odd what people will throw in the bushes. Tftc.

Tftc

Found it thanks to other photos. Here’s another hint - thong

Easy find and a nice stroll amongst the dead

Edge hill scouts Wow Troop found it with 21 scouts & 3 leaders traded a glow stick necklace with earrings, great activity for the scouts, on to our next one now

Quickly found by Mrs Blingg

TFTC

It wasn't the dead centre of the night but it was dark when we walked to look for the cache. After finding it we realised we came about it all wrong and had walked a heap further to a side entrance. The cache took ages to find. We wandered around in the right place trying to find the hints, even something that looked cache hidey. Eventually MrG found it in a place he said he hadn't seen before but I reckon I saw it at least half a dozen times and dismissed it. [xx(] Made hard work of it but TFTC Yarrum.

Out for my morning walk on our last day in Cairns. I’ve been tackling ones close to where we are staying. A few on the list to do. Cache located quickly log signed trinket left behind. No biting locals of any kind. TFTC Yarrum

Clue gave it away

Found it! TFTC

tftc

3/7/20 1115am Did a lot of searching and no find so sent into log to look at photos. Found a tree that was in photo and found bush chook had buried cache. Found cache SL Log fairly dry. Replaced rocks on cache container.

Found after looking at photos. It seems even this container can't keep moisture out. No trackable inside. Tftc

Found with LJB54 after tending to some maintenance whilst visiting family on the other side of the area. Got swarmed a bit by mosquitoes despite the find in the early afternoon, so be prepared if attempting this one later in the day.

Container in good condition and added our names to the log and a TB visit. GZ is fairly dry and the log is still in fair condition. TFTC TNLN

Came out to this location with my geosisters today but sadly couldn’t find we think this one has been muggled

My partner and I were in Cairns for a quick weekend away this weekend and I took the opportunity to find a few caches in the area. This was one of the last, on our way to the airport, and we drove most of the way to GZ, only heading bush at the last. Plenty of growth but we found it reasonably quickly and in reasonable shape. TFTC, Yarrum. =^.^=

***COs- Gradually trying to catch up on a major logging backlog, some I'm sorry to say, stretches back a few years.
Please note- I'm logging each cache on the day that I visited it, not the day I'm logging on. Cheers??***

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Returning home to Brisbane from the QOGM events in Blackall but taking a "little detour" as I often do. This time it was via Barcaldine, Charters Towers and Cairns then down the coast on the Bruce Highway.

This is as far north as I'm going on this trip and I'm staying for a few days as I haven't been here for many years and that was before I started caching.

Wandering around Cairns letting caching be my guide and stopped to find this oldie. Did a bit of here and there to find it which is normal for older caches and got my name on the log.

Wont post a pic on this log as only have two from here, one of the cache hide and one of a group of identical graves.

TFTC Yarrum

Had a look arpund a 10 metre area as gps was bouncing. No luck today

Gotcha! TFTC

We couldnt find it

A great little cache in an interesting location,
We failed to bring a pen so we could not write in log

DNF visiting from Townsville & could not locate after a good look around GZ & trek through cobwebs, over logs, under vines & around plenty scrub, tall trees & Bush this morning.

###MILESTONE CACHE #6800###
My most Northerly Australian find. The prime target of a lovely afternoon's walk along the Cairns foreshore, and an oldie cache to boot. What's not to love

I took a long, long, looooong walk around town - 18kms (and another 4kms next morning) ... picked up a bevy of cache finds, but I was always focussed on this one. A much further walk then I was expecting, and felt afterwards that perhaps I should have bedded down here. But I soldiered on and have lived to tell the day. A bit like this cache. It's had a few "moments" over the years I see, but always good to see the community banding together.

Apart from some muggles on mowers over there somewhere, it was just me, the ants and a few noisy birds today. My GPSr insisted GZ was somewhere that did not match any hint, but a widened search quickly had me in a sensible spot, and a cache was uncovered. Retrieved the TB to head south with me, and returned the container upside down to help keep it dry inside.

Thanks Yarrum and all the 'helpers' for your efforts to entertain me at this location.
*{Overall find #6800}*

Not so easy to find! Obviously the cache is adopted by Walterhellmut. The container is now rather small - a little bit too small for the new logbook. After all there were none of the TBs from Malipara.
New TB in.
Klumpedumpe bedankt sich bei Yarrum fürs Herführen, Legen und bei Walterhellmut fürs Pflegen. 1061

We are staying not too far away and noticed the growing dnfs. We stopped on a walk to buy a sistema and made contact with the CO. A new container is at GZ under a rock as shown in the picture. We took time to admire the small but well kept war cemetery. Thanks.

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DNF

Scare as some worm there, good luck to next~

Thought I found this but it ended up being a box of used needles right at GZ which promptly ended my search!

My non geo friend and I spend half hour searching for this no hope

Some1 has stolen or muggled this one..I took my kids to sign log and get there 1st tb each but nothing..

Quick stop for some caching and to drop some trackables whilst up from Victoria. Thanks for a good sized cache to fit said trackables

Found with cuz bretto77

Wasn’t sure how far to go into the bush wearing just thongs, but fortunately easy find once in. TFTC

Easy find

Quick find. Tn LN . Tyftc

First one...many more to come.
TFTC

Stayed last night here and had a couple of hours to spend in Cairns before heading North. Picked up 2 trackable. Tftc

Great day for geocaching. Thanks for bringing us here! Dropped off a couple of TB to continue on their journey. Also picked up a TB that is not shown in inventory so will grab it. Log signed. TFTC.

Just visiting the TB that we found here and 'grabbed' from the Netherlands, so he can accumulate the mileage to Australia!

We found this cache during a hike along the botanical garden, the Esplanade and the city of Cairns.

A cache on a cemetery.... The last one I found was a couple of years ago in Denmark. It was an easy found in beautiful weather. On a quite quiet place. Thanks! Out: TB

Laatste dag van de vakantie in Australië, dus nog snel tijd om de twee TB’s te droppen die ik helemaal vanuit Nederland heb meegenomen!
Wel een toepasselijke naam voor deze cache... Gewoon met de auto de begraafplaats op rijden, only in Australia.

Thank you for the cache!

TB: 2x in

Quick find. Tftc

Found while on holiday from Tasmania. TFTC!

Found it