AA Co Stroud, New South Wales, Australia
By SuperMoosie, Cheeeeese2001 on 28-May-06. Waypoint GCWB42

Looks like this has gone missing again.

Doesn't seem to be there!

Two men and a ladder set off early on Australia day to find 25 caches to satisfy The Unique Difficulty/Terrain Challenge. The ladder on the roof of the car was the noisiest of the bunch as the wind whistled through it every time we went above 80km/h. I must amid TOMBI did all of the pre-trip preparations by identifying caches that fulfilled the criteria and ensuring there were backups were we not able to find some of them. We headed towards Gloucester then over to Taree then finally back towards Newcastle. A good day was had by with only a few caches eluding us. I managed 26 unique Difficulty/Terrain caches whilst TOMBI managed 28 as he had already qualified for another challenge and I had found one previously that he hadn't.
Two sets of eyes looking for this one and we didn't have any luck. searched all of the nooks and crannies. i then checked the previous logs and informed TOMBI that it hadn't been found for a while with a couple of previous DNFs so we gave up and moved onto the next one on our list.

Today Orrsome86 and I set off to find a few challenge caches, while qualifying for a few others. The weather reports said there was a 90% chance of rain with 20-40mm expected. We set off anyway and it turned out to be a near perfect day for caching; Overcast with scattered light showers, we never had to put our raincoats on and were never too hot (well almost). I had formed a list of 35 unique difficulty and terrain combinations. We found 28 of them. Nearly all our successful finds were quick, but our DNFs always took longer. We left Edgeworth just before 6am and were back a little after 8pm.
This was our first DNF on our way up to Gloucester. We were not overly hopeful going off the last few logs, but thought we should check anyway. I love that the main road has this on it!

Seems as though it's missing

Alas couldn't find it but yes for the history.

The cycling duo were unable to find today, tried both sides of road.

TFTC. Park and grab. Enjoyed a swim in the pool. Great suggestion.

TFTC
great hide thankyou

Nice quick find. TFTC.

Easy one. TFTC. Angus the great GeoWestie assisted by grey nomad carer Lis Brown on a journey from Shepparton Vic to Geelong Vic then Coolah and Port Stephens in NSW and back to Shepparton before going to Tasmania.

Impressive I must say. we did wonder why they were here. great place for a cache too.

Thanks for hiding this one SuperMoosie

what big gates. do they close? do they ever closed them now????

easy find here
TFTC

Find on the ground after looking ten min put back were I thought it should be Tftc

Found it, heaps easy

Found it-nice and easy

Gotta concentrate to find this one but I found it

Nice and easy
hint pretty much told you!

Was a nice spit to hide was easy to find , thanks

A well needed break on our way through. A quick find...the cache shouldn't accidentally escape from it's hide, a very neat fit! TFTC SuperMoosie.

Lovely winter afternoon in a pretty town on the shortest day of the year. TFTC

Found it. Thanks.

Given the hint, Mr y'stassie was dispatched to look for this cache. Looking from a particular angle led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks for the cache SuperMoosie.

After a short break in the town I found this and kept travelling. Tftc and the history info.

Quick find while pitstopping en route home from Barringtons. TFTC.

Nice and easy

This took us much longer than it should have!!!!
Thanks for the cache and the history!!!

Yay!! We found this on a wet and soggy afternoon! Thank you

Bit hard to get loose. But got it in the end

Nice easy find. Not much traffic to disturb us

Nice find in a nice little town after DNFing the nearby one. TFTC.

Tftc

Found on Caching Day around the Hunter.

SL TNLN TFTC

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

What a lovely entrance to the town

Quick and easy drive by. TFTC

On a roll. Another easy find. Thanks stroud

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Cache check and removed non working links from cache page

A quick find while on my way from Sydney to Gloucester for work.

TFTC

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a way to explore the "land down under".
Appreciate the history lesson, always nice to gain a little local knowledge!
Thanks for the fun SuperMoosie!

There's a company that did not want to come last in the phone book listings
I enjoyed the history contained within the cache notes before wandering over from the swimming pool carpark to see if the gates were open or closed today

Open !!
I doubt they could actually close these days.
My mark one eyeball suggested there may still be a major gap left if they were swung into position

At the gate I soon found a cache and also spied the "AA Co's" logo on the hinge

TFTC !!

PS: And if you stroll from this cache to the nearby brick throwing cache, you can admire more Aussie Agricultural history in the front yard of the house next to God's waiting room
They have a very nice Furphy on display

Found with "sesblocker".
This was certainly an easy find.
It would've interesting to see the gates closed across the road in it's day..
TNLNSL
TFTC SuperMoosie & Cheeeeeese 1

Found with "The Neighbs".
Super quick grab.

TFTC

Found, log in very poor condition, needs replacing. Tftc.

Found by Nanny and Bo on a very pleasant late winter's day while Geocaching on the lower north coast with Fatty Acid and family.
Quite an easy find with the clue
A good style of cache with a good clue.
Signed the Log
Took Nothing Left Nothing
Thanks For The Cache

Great history


Tftc


Fattyacid team

11:35:00 AM, GAFF1, Found by Geoson and I on our way to Gloucester for the weekend.

The gates were open for use today however it was not quite warm enough for a swim,

SL, Lid missing from container, log very fragile, looks like it may have been wet but dried out.

TFTC SuperMoosie

Lid missing from container and log is very fragile.

Easy find for lunch in scone. The locals don't miss you. TFTC

Lid is missing from canister. Contents may get wet.

Lostwoods4

Think it was Friday night, tho it may have been just after midnight, that I found this container, as others have said, without its lid. Log was moist, but dry enough to write on.
Will hopefully be back this way, what with the Gloucester Event, and having to give the 'bro' a lift there.
Nick Starrs Starr and Hedge Hopper TBs thru.
TFTC SUPER Moosie

Found film container, no lid, wet log, if the next finder has spare 35mm (rare these days of course) they could replace it. TFTC.

Found the container separated from the lid and thus the log was very wet. Tried to return the cache to its spot but without success. TFTC

Very interesting structure but what is amazing, is that this is being preserved. TFtC

Uccic

Found this cache while heading north along the Thunderbolt Way. Fantastic set of gates.
Thanks SuperMoosie and Cheeseeeee2001 for the hide.
The Bushies NSW

I've driven through Stroud for many years on my way to and from Gloucester - I can recall when these gates were built. I'd picked up all the caches around here a year ago but today we were back and there were a couple I'd missed since the last visit. This one gave us an excuse to examine the gates close up which I'd never done. Quite the squeeze in there for this one and the geoteen made a quick find. Signed and replaced.

Thanks!

Ding was not in the mood to be trekking around in the growing dark and was dragging his feet to the cache. Hoojar had it before we even got there.
Cheers.

Found on a long drive home from Armidale to Wollongong with Chip and Ding.

Now that is a large gate! An easy find in the growing darkness.

Cheers

Made it easier with the clue, Nice town, TFTC

A quick and easy park + grab. TFTC

Nice little drive by. TFTC

Nice gate

Found after being out at frying pan for the morning for our 2000th cache. Thanks SuperMoosie.
Cheers from Browngang

Months ago we tried to find this cache without success due to it being muggled, since then it has been replaced & re enabled, today we re visited & made a very quick find without attracting the attention our the nearby muggles in the pool. Nice simple hide & quick find.
TNLN,SL TFTC
Cheers from CATONY.

Found it

Found you tucked away nicely, SL, TNLN, TFTC

Found It!!
Nice cache
thx Supermoosie

This entry was edited by KAV2013 on Thursday, 14 February 2013 at 12:36:04 UTC.

This entry was edited by KAV2013 on Thursday, 14 February 2013 at 12:37:00 UTC.

Always loved Stroud. More so now that I know the history. TFTC.

On the way to Tamworth for Country Music Festival, staying with friends at Ogunbil, interesting gates, TFTC SuperMoosie!!

Found it on our way back home. Due for a break in driving. The history of the gate was avery interesting. TFTC.

Quick find Tftc

Found. This is my first cache ever. Completed log and replaced.
See photo.

Found on the way to Texas Qld. The old lady on the verandah at the community lodge must have wondered what I was up to. Many thanks.

Container replaced. Already to be found again.

Unarchiving cache.

Took at detour from my trip up to Hawkes next to replace the cache, unfortuantly the sign explaining the history of the gate has gone. There is a photo of it in the gallery. Also I could not get reception here to get the details of the other caches that are in town.

This entry was edited by SuperMoosie on Monday, 24 September 2012 at 03:48:46 UTC.

"comments for your log"

3 X DNFs in a row, will have to go have a look.

Searched high and low, with no luck.

checked the hint, looked & looked but no luck today, will try again next time we go through this lovely area.

Lots of muggles, could not find. Please check!

Third find today for Googirl and me.

No problem finding this one. The cache was in good shape and nobody was watching us.

Dropped by to check. It is still there where I left it last. Log was dry but pages starting to fall out. Tidied up. All ok now

As per previous log. Cache NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT OR REPLACED!!

Easy find, lots of muglers over in scateboard park. TFTC Garnets

Have to say that I found this today as I was on my way home from the Gloucester Show with azza213 & hypo123 who have already found this cache and once I had a decent search, they searched for it and revealed that it HAS BEEN MUGGLED. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. This is most likely due to the many locals that gather at the skatepark and have found this cache.

Found it No. 3450 ... interesting gates ... TNLN ... TFTC

This should be quick we said as we pulled up. J was having a unfruitful look so A jumped out and landed the find. TFTC.

Grabbed this one on the way home.. fast find and log

Found this cache on Australia Day on the way to a camping trip at Barrington Tops. A really hot day today and travelling without air conditioning is not cool. TNLN TFTC SuperMoosie.

TFTC good hide. Might need to fix the log book up as the pages are falling out. Nice country town. TNLNSL

TNLNSL gr8 hide

Right where the clue says. TFTC

We usually stop in Gloucester when traveling this road but it was nice to take a look at Stroud. Thanks.

As we arrived at GZ we spotted a couple of kids using the skate park, luckily they were not at all interested in what we were doing so with a litle stealth the cache was logged. Interesting history TFTC SuperMoosie. [832]

Found at 3.45pm GAFF1. Quit a unique structure - we haven't seen anything like this in any town we have been through. This is a very neat and interesting little town, which we are sure we will be visiting many times.

Thanks SuperMoosie, Cheeeeese2001