A trip down memory lane Darwin Airport, Northern Territory, Australia
By ADAcache on 12-Jul-06. Waypoint GCX3VM

It looks like the recent wheather conditions in the area have removed this cache from its hiding place. It was nice while it lasted so thanks to all cachers that have helped keep this one online over the years.

Spent a bit of time searching around GZ but noting the proximity of this cache to the creek, the recent cyclones, lack of logs since December, continuing wet season and the recent water mark on the tree at GZ around waist height this cache may have been washed away?

Took trackable to start it's travels.

Took a while to locate, but then read the log that said the previous finder had relocated a little.

Cache was quite exposed and log book very soggy .... placed on higher ground ... TFTC

Definately have to pay close attention on this one. Definately watch for mugglers. My cousin had to pretend her daughter was doing homework.

Found it in the dark from the Darwin Airport Inn, Staying over night in Darwin then heading offshore to work. So dropped off TB that i picked up from Jurien Bay in WA and took GC. Pretty hard finding in the dark without a torch and walking through BIG spider webs. No need to worry about any more as i think i walked through every last one of them. Nice place - wish i could have seen it in the day time. But need to fly out at 3am, so better get to bed. Couldn't log in notebook because book was wet so if you go to this cache, it may be an idea to take a new notebook and some water proofing bags for it of some sort. I would but i dont think the spiders like me to much there.

TFTC. My first Northern Territory find.

Fryzie

A nice find on our way back to the caravan park after the Rapid Creek market. TNLN. thanks ADAcache

Nice spot

Disturbed a snake in the creek then decided we might try a different plan of attack based on some previous logs. Found the cache fairly easily.

T: Pig
L: Microchip Geocoin

this was funny, as we took the long way through bush and over a creek. the kids loved that though, i kicked myself when i realised how close to the road it was. took dog,left bracelet TFTC log was wet.

Found as a part of Team SaintsMadHouse and now that the kids have grown we each have our own accounts to finddd geocaches with separately wherever we go!Log is very wet, took a few minutes as it was a little bit out of Coordinates (5M) TN left ball keychain

Log is very wet, took a few minutes as it was a little bit out of Coordinates (5M) TN left ball keychain

Easy find the log is wet may need changing.

still a favourite of kids. need to watch out for crocs these days

Found after lovely walk in bush-everything was pretty wet-spent some time drying things out. TFTC


This entry was edited by corunnaroad on Saturday, 05 June 2010 at 01:14:45.

A quick find while awaiting a flight. Log is a bit damp but still writeable (just). TNLN and TFTC

Found this cache today while visiting the airport
Parking was little problem but I don't have anything against a walk.
Thanks for the cache and showing the area.
Greetings, Colonel Dago from Germany

I have visions of 'blaire witch' traipsing through this little patch of scrub--creepy. TFTC!

G-Day we found this cache a long time ago as steve & ra and are a updating as a team thanks Black Flag.

Box is getting a little wet and the pen has crapped out. Needs a new box. Good hide though. Been meaning to get to this one for a while now.

This one is so close to be carried awat by the floods - had to wade through water to get there, it probaby safe and dry tftc

Not too hard a find... really well camouflaged . TFTC

GPS initially had me doing a wander through the bush after a few minutes it settled down and took me right to GZ. Had a squadron of mosquitoes to greet me as I signed the log. Made a hasty retreat as soon as I was able. TNLNSL. TFTC ADAcache. [190].

Quickly found this one. The camo sorta gives it away. TFTC

Mozzies were fierce today. Left Birkenstock key-ring, took nothing TFTC

On our way to Darwin Airport this was an easy find together with VP244.

TFTC
Struppi & Strolch

Although the cords were a little bit off we spotted the box fast together with Struppi & Strolch.

Out: TB

TFTC
VP244

Nice easy find. Actually spotted the container from the road. I covered it over a bit better.

TNLNSL T4TC.

Quick cache and dash on our way home TFTC

Released Mr pirate on his travels

Found easily at 4:30pm. All the sunlight would definitely help. Thanks for cache TNLNSL

A nice easy cache.
Would have been a drive by if you could park nearby!
TNLN
TFTC

we didn't find it...

I seem to be chasing BuzzBumble around on caches around our hotel but without their luck. It was too dark to find this one, I'll have to return next time in the light.

Walked 200 to 300m from where we our staying and found cache with not too many problems. TFTC.

My first Darwin Cache! I was going to try for it last night but was glad I didn't. An easy find this morning, thanks ADAcache.

Found by youngest geodaughter during a Sunday caching trip with the entire NTBBBB tribe. Dropped of my BBBB TB and NT GC before grabbing them back again.

T - Nothing
L - Nothing

SL

TFTC

Easy find, the walk looked good also. TFTC

I was sorry it was so late in the day when we found this cache as the walk along the creek looked lovely. Next time we come to Darwin, I'll have to remember to set aside a bit of time for a walk here. Thanks ADAcache

Found while awaiting our very belated plane... perfect caching oppotunity! Great little spot and easy find. The cache will get wet when the creek floods... sorry we didn't move it but we only had mobile phones for light and couldn't really see a secure spot in the dark. Thanks for the cache. TNLN

Enjoyed the longer walk through the bushland, and a luvurrly butterfly glen along the way.
T= duck
L = octopus

TFTC

Coin dip

A quick find on the way in to a business trip to Darwin. Good hide while not being overly difficult. TNLN TFTC

Found this one in the dark, by phone light!
great little spot by the creek. Thanks.
TNLNSL

The note book was a bit damp. TFTH

An easy find in the end. I too had the yellow pom pom disease after returning from the cache site. Thanks, ADAcache!

A quick find at 1540hrs before returning the hire car. I came away looking like a yellow pom pom. Thanks ADAcache.

TNLN

TFTC

Mr Bushies2 found it finally because we attempted to look for it the other night but a problem with parking and it was getting dark so had to abandon the hunt till today. We were able to park opposite the hide, illegal?? Thanks ADAcache for organising the hide and hunt.

After it's recent discovery I returned for another look. The cache has moved about 8 metres from it's last location, hence not finding it a few weeks ago. The cache is better hidden now but may be in trouble if the creek floods. Grabbed the geocoins this time.

Easy find, coords right on the money, cache in good condition a little damp though, but then what isn't up here. took tb TFTC

Went to grab the coins but alas the cache is gone.

One our finds during our holiday in darwin TFTC

Found with GGG on a 24 hour geocaching marathon that started at Darwin International Airport, criss-crossed the city before heading south. We were in the CBD between 1am and 4am, went to Marrara and Fannie Bay, around Charles Darwin University around Sunrise before going out to the Eastern Cliffs and conducting a mopping up operation in torrential rain in the afternoon. As time was limited we tended to avoid most multicaches. TVMFTC.

Yep Found the cache at 2.35pm. Need someone to clean up and refresh due to mould - outside due to wet leaves and sticks etc. I try my best but not good enough. Someone left a small bottle with dead spider... Shall I take it away??? SL. Thanks ADAcache for organising the cache and hunt.

Parked in the nearby resort and walk down to the general location. Cache was found quickly with no problems.

TNLN & TFTC.

Cheers,

We had some time left after going for the travelbug hotel but we could not get to this one. There is a fence and we did not dare to go over it (and get caugth by the police and mis our plane home... i don't think so)
To bad.

Wow beat it has changed a bit since ADA stomped here. Good spot. Took Necklace, puppy dog and Donkey LEft Quartz Rock, a horse and a bag of erasers

My mum used to play here as a kid - cool cache. TFTH

trudders were here we left mouse took badge and also dropped kaden's kache kow TB

Net hiding place - but could get very wet in a couple of months!

A quick stop on the way in to the airport. Thanks ADAcache!

Found this after a short search with a couple of others. TNLN TFTC.

We bumped into this one today for an easy find. T car L Lizard. TFTC

We checked in at the airport for our flight home to BNE with time to spare. I left my wife to read her book while I whizzed out to locate this cache in the heat of the day.
After waiting for a few vehicles to drive past, I managed to get where I wanted to be. The cache was located shortly after, no swaps. SL Thanks ADAcache.

Lots of building work going on nearby. Easy, could have walked 30 metres, not 590 metres, needed the exercise! TNLN, cheers and thanks.

Found @ 0830 with 3 yo daughter. GPSr once again struggled with sat coverage so had to search for likely hides keeping cache size in mind. Located cache fairly quickly.

TNLNSL TFTC ADACache

TFTC

WanderingAus wandered by on day thirty-seven of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia.

My find No 599, LCC, TNLNSL, grabed The Beast, Pizza and the Down Under Dream TB, dropped my WanderingAus Happy New Year 2008 Gold GC in for a visit before grabbing it back again.

T4TH ADAcache
Keith

Not knowing the area the cache took a bit of finding. We set off from three base points before we found the the right one. Our Geo-Rel found it in the end and was thrilled, we may have given birth to some new cachers

TNLN TFTC

Dorik

Me and my son are visiting Darwin from the USA. This was our very first cache. We tried to find it yesterday but we underestimated the length of a mile walk in sandals. By the time we got there it was dark and we heard some things moving in the woods.

The next day we found the Cache and dropped off The Beast Travel Bug from the US. We took the 50,000 Indo Dollar.

It was a lot of fun and I think we are going to do some more while we are here.

Thank you.

We were on a Long trip trough a beautiful Australia. Unfortunatly without internet. So the log a a little behind the time...
Thanks for the nice cache!
Many greetings from Yodah (Germany)

Had to walk along way as I parked to far.
Cache was uncovered when I got to it but did not appear muggled.

This is another cache that is a little damp and has that not distinct wet season smell.

TNLN.

Covered with debris but don't know if it's in the correct spot??

TFTC

A quick bit of geocaching during an overnight stopover at Darwin Airport Resort - a nice walk along the creek to get there - the water looked very inviting!

Picked up thong keyring, didn't have any traditional cache goodies, so dropped off Indonesian 50,000 rupiah note (about A$5) as a souvenir for any geokids that like to collect banknotes.

Thanks for the cache.

TFTC (sorry for the late log, I found it together with Stevo)

nice one my first find cool as thanks

On our holidays, partly travelling in a Britz campervan through the upper half of the Northern Territory, we tried to log as many of the caches on the way. With the use of a PDA with iGo and the caches loaded as POIs, driving to the cache locations has become quite easy. In total, we visited 61 cache sites and of all these sites, we found 41 caches. Certainly not a perfect score, but we usually enjoyed the location the owner of the cache has chosen. Geocaching brought us to the usual popular tourist locations, but also on some places that we would have otherwise never stopped or driven through.

This log-entry is the tenth cache on our tour.

Still plenty of time left before the plane arrives, so the second closes cache to the airport. Not quite sure if it was allowed to cross the fence, but decided it must be since the cache is a just a meters on the other side. Besides the large number of green ants guarding the cache, it’s quite an easy score.

Lovely to find a full sized cache. Though finding a park that was not obvious was a bit harder.
Uplifted the geocoin for a journey, and left Butterfly's World Cup 2011 geocoin.
Thanks

Dropped off a geocoin.

Waiting for our flight back home at the airport.
Searching for a cache made the waiting much easier!

Duimpje
Holland

nicked out and did this one while waiting for a plane to Kununurra.

TNLNSL

TFTC

First Darwin cache and I worked up a sweat . Just as well it was an easy wham bam cache. Parked in the nearby new hotel which has a lot of great of new suites/cubby houses. Nice looking pool too. Boy… it beaconed.
TFTC ADA and clear skies fromTeamAstro

Another cache on our way to the airport going home to Sydney after the APEC long weekend getaway.
A bit difficult, because it had gotten dark, and we only had one torch between the two of us (and the other one always wanted to have it).
Took Fish Feeding block, left Blue Hiker Badge pin.

The tree cover confused the GPS for a while and a whole class of mini muggles were oblivous to my activity.
Took the clay pipe whistle and left an enamel necklace.
It's a shame about the state of the cool clear water today but memories are always good to hang onto.
TFTC

Have been by quite often but finally got the chance togo in.
TFTC TNLNSL

Easy to find, hard to park TNLNSL TFTC

easy find tftc tnln

Nice area for a cache!
The hardest part was to find the parking site!
TFTC
geocoaches

Grrr - I hate those Greenbum ants! Managed to get a whole bunch on me for this cache! Glad there's none of those in Canberra! One of 15 finds on my 66km bicycle tour of Darwin! Nice cache, TNLN, thanks ADAcache!

Kiwicachers on our great top half adventure. 5th find of 6 today in Darwin. TFTC

Found @ 4:50pm. Eighth of nine caches found on a long day of caching by bike.

My first ever cache was an ADAcache one in Canberra so how appropriate was it to do one of his in Darwin?!

Thanks for another nice & easy find.

Took nothing, left allrounder pathtag & thong keyring.

TFTC.

I didn't know the bike path went this far up Rapid Creek.

T: Swiss keyring and little crocodile.
L: Holiday fish feeding tab.

Thanks for the cache.

Would have loved to live around here when I was younger.

Easy find. Even know the creek is in town, not sure I'd brave it in case a croc was visiting

Easy find close to two others in the vicinity of the airport. Thanks.

One of 5 finds on a short stopover in Darwin by a Kiwi
currently working in East Timor. Easy to find close to another cache in the same area. Left an ET coin.

Located without a problem. Grabbed the two travelbugs for a trip back to Perth. TFTH

A quick grab - TNLN except for some TB logging! T4TC

Good spot for a cache, had to do some running repairs to the cammo, it had fallen off and cache was visible from ten meters !

took geocoin to assist its travels.

Thanks for the cache - Pigbitch.

Quick find as not very well hidden. Took nothing and left a geocoin. I tried to hide the cache a little better. TFTC

Quick one after not finding the TB hotel.

Thanks and greetings from Dresden, Germany,
Bergzwerge