The Murilla Travel Bug Motel Miles, Queensland, Australia
By bedmaker on 15-Jul-06. Waypoint GCX5NC

Found on the 25/06/24 with Binkybelle . Great big box to store lots of goodies

Woo hoo!! King clan and I haven't found a cache in ages. Thanks for the find good times

TFTC. Found on our way to our friends property further up the road. A nice quick find. No TBs to swap. Im visiting from the Hunter Valley.

Great cache TFTC

Tftc. Nice stop on our way north

Ive visited a few travel bug motels so I thought Id give this one a go as well. Easy to find off the hwy. Tftc

I found this cache first while bunadoorian was waiting for his GPS to settle. What a great sized cache. We added a new logbook to save the CO from calling in shortly. There was enough space for a others to sign. TFTC and for bringing us here bedmaker.

Grub62 led the way and found the cache easily. The logbook was not full but we had plenty and there was room enough for a spare one so one was left. Thanks for a good sized cache and for creating this one and TFTC.

JACS and I had hatched a plan a while back to book leave for a road trip out west and to attend the last QOGM. Today was the first big day Dalby to St George with me collecting a swag of oldies JACS spread has! Still managed a few for her and an awesome day in the truck together!

Well my trip up to QOGM has officially started and I’m taking the very indirect route up to outback QLD to get there.
So after cruising up the Hume to Sydney then the M1 and A1 up to Byron Bay with a few other roads in between as I have been cris crossing a bit so it is time to start heading west.
I have never been up this way before so it will be interesting to see what towns I come across in my travels.
After spending the night in Texas I was heading to The Pink Pub at Dulacca for the night.
Continuing along the Warrego Hwy on parts that I haven’t travelled on before.
Took this detour as I had a couple of personal TB’s that have been with me for awhile so I was waiting for 1 - when I remembered to drop them off and 2 - A good spot to leave.
Safe travel guys.

Thanks bedmaker TFTC.

Many thanks… all is well, more later.
Later:
Thanks for the cache, I found it with Sea Reason. We were forced to overshoot the mark. and walk back, because we had traffic behind us and it was either:
* Go onto the shoulder at 100km/h, or
* Slow the traffic down so that we might exit onto the shoulder.
Anyway, we pulled up, walked back, and the lovely old ammo case was soon to hand. There was indeed a (one only) travel bug— ETEQV7 — but I left it so that there would remain one in the case.

Nice quick find with Capricorn Dancer TFTC

Tftc Bedmaker, stopped because we had a trackable to drop off.
On our way to Longreach for QOGM event. Nice to see this older dated hide still in great condition.

Omg what a cool find. Love it

Nice quick find on the way to orienteering championship

Found it

Found my first one!

What a loaded cache tyftf

Nice easy walk off the roadside. Sadly none of the trackables listed were there.
Had a few with us that visited but didn't stay.

Travelling from Bogabilla to Gladstone as part of our 'north for warmer weather' trip (North East Vic to Central Qld).
Thanks to all COs who have provided caches along the way.

No travel bugs! Easy find on the way to Possum Park for the night. TNLS!

Quick and easy find. No travel bugs here.

Quick find while out for a day’s exploring and caching around Miles. Camped at the free camp at Caliguel Lagoon south of Condamine. TFTC

This geocache is not engulfed in fire, however it is very close to the area that is currently burning and subject to evacuation this evening.
Anyone coming through in the next week would be best advised to leave this find for another time.

After an overnight stop in Miles Mr CNQ had a long day driving back to Charters Towers, dodging road closures around Emerald. Found around 6am, in good condition but missing the listed trackables. Thanks for keeping this old cache going bedmaker.

Heading off for a weekend road trip to St George for a conference with a group of friends from Brisbane, I took the opportunity to explore the local areas and grab some caches along the way of course!

It was a wonderful experience and I was able to see so much. Thanks for all the caches along the way, and I promise I'll be coming back to get the ones I didn't chance upon this trip.

After a long, lonely solo trip down the Condamine-Meandarra Road with no phone reception, I finally arrived in Condamine and made a beeline for the nearest bathroom opportunity! Stunning views of the Condamine river. A quick drive up to Miles to catch up with Oz_Bean_Counter and CaptainTerror to continue the caching on the journey home.

Having located a nearby cache, CaptainTerror wanted to find this one and it wasn't that far out of town, considering we were still 3-4 hours at least from home. Travelling not far behind them up the road, they were super quick - had the cache located and were in the midst of opening the large container when I arrived on scene. What a great old cache this is. Log book signed and we were off on our next caching adventure.

Thanks so much for maintaining this cache.

A weekend in St George for a conference and to deliver some training. A plan from months ago, finally came together resulting in 45 people from Brisbane and all across the southern Queensland and Northern NSW towns visiting, learning and socialising. What a magical event! A trip to the country is always welcome, and those of us from Brisbane were most welcomed.

Now it was time for the long drive home. Oz_bean_counter and I opted for a reasonably direct route, but via Miles for some geocaches. This was one of those - and it was my priority for the entire trip. Ever since I was last out this way in 2015, I was slightly hurt that this older geocache was missed by me. I knew I'd be back, but when!

We'd caught up with CaptainKirky in Miles and now made the detour north. Well really, I insisted given it was the one I really wanted. 5km each way isn't so bad when we're still 300 kilometres from home!

Just there, in an entirely arbitrary location, is the geocache. We parked up off the road and headed in the something-teen metres. It was not difficult to find and there was a squeal of enjoyment upon realising it's a classic, old, big ammo box. I can relate. A huntsman chased OBC around as she tried to open the container, but he left pretty soon.

Sadly inside, no trackables. And sadly, all the trackables I have at the moment are on my desk at home (oops). But the logbook was signed at 17:30 and it would be my last find for the day. Just another stop or two before dinner in Dalby, and a late arrival home for a much-needed shower. Thank you bedmakerTG, for keeping this big old geocache going for so long

On a road trip with friends to attend a Toastmasters conference for the weekend. It's a long drive from Brisbane to St George, but oh so worth it! The stop overs in Dalby, Chinchilla, Miles, Meandarra and Condamine were just so stunning. And of course, I love country hospitality (and chicken parmiganas the size of my face, haha!). Of course, we picked up some caches along the way, with a focus on the oldies. This was one of those caches. Thanks so much for adding to my joy this weekend.
TFTC

A note to those with TBs in this TB motel. It was sadly empty.

Found it

Staying at the Gil weir and out caching. Pity there are no TB’s. Tftc

On our way home from a wedding at roma, stopped and did this quick one

No travel bugs today . Cheers and tftc

Found this cache as part of the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster (QOGM) 2022 event
And was found and replaced as found.

Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance
Thanks for the Hunt
Thank you for taking us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs

Found this cache with T1NY96, Captain Monkey 96,
DFC_JLK2019, MummaBear66,The Green Geckos, Muggle65,

Day 12 of the Munna Culla Snake Ninjas Time Travelling Turtle tour… and we’re homeward bound…

Everyone was up and out the door before 6am… and I’m pretty sure nothing was left behind…

I’m driving… and we’ve finally found traffic… so a bit of a detour to collect this oldie on the way home…

Tftc…

Yes let’s get out of the traffic!!
Quick find by Peppa
On our way home from QOGM 2022.
With Munna Culla Snack Ninjas

Day 12 with the Munna Culla Snack Ninja's returning from QOGM 2022.

Apparently we have time for just a few more caches on the way home according to Peppa

Back in the car logging is down quickly to save time

Thanks for the cache

Heading home from QOGM 22. We got caught in a long line of traffic which turned into a great excuse to make a quick detour for the travel bug motel! A quick find. Tftf signed the log as Munna Culla Snack Ninjas

Day 2 of my outback travels and the start of my Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster trip for 2022. While Triple Turmoil and I headed out to meet up with the others, it gave us time to grab a few caches along the way. We were aiming to be at the campsite at a reasonable hour so as we could set up in the daylight and see what is around at camp. This was all in readiness for our continuation from last year’s event and a very successful team collaboration with Willis007 and Jacs Team.
Today was a drive from Miles to Charleville, grabbing caches and adventure labs along the way. It was a fun day and we found all caches fairly easily. We signed the logs and replaced caches as found. Thanks for the hides and maintaining them

dropped off tb

Found this cache as part of the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster (QOGM) 2022 event
And the Container was found and replaced as found.

Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance
Thanks for the Hunt
Thank you for taking us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C 1/2

Found this cache with T1NY96, Captain Monkey 96, Princess 1005, DFC_JLK2019, The Green Geckos, Muggle65,

Found this cache as part of the Queensland Outback Geocaching Muster (QOGM) 2022 event
And the Container was found and replaced as found.

Thank you for the cache placement and maintenance
Thanks for the Hunt
Thank you for taking us to this beautiful location
Took Nothing, Left Nothing, Signed Log
Replaced the cache exactly as found
Team Signed as Mumma Bear and the Cubs / M B & C 1/2

Found this cache with T1NY96, Captain Monkey 96, Princess 1005, MummaBear66, The Green Geckos, Muggle65,

Spending a day or two caching around Miles.

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC bedmakerTG

Find # 8825

Heading to QOGM 2022 Charleville

No TB’s in residence today. Found whilst on a very non direct route to QOGM - Charleville 2022. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird (aka Mrs Geo, Salty Chook, the Old Boiler, Old Chook, Dirty Bird, Angry Bird & occasionally even Love Bird). It’s a great day for caching.
TFTC bedmakerTG
Find #11198

After spending the night in Miles, we are on our way to Toowoomba today.
A short detour after breakfast up to visit this old cache, and we have added our name to the log.
There was just one trackable inside this TB hotel, and so we have taken it with us and will move it on.
Thanks Bedmaker
Domsky

Most upset that there is supposed to have 3 tbs here and none were here so we left one. On the road again, heading to Charleville for Qogm.  Did your The Murilla Travel Bug Motel today.  13 September 2022 3:32 pm Tyfc  bedmaker  total caches now  5240  .

A few caches on my way out to Charleville to attend QOGM 2022 Murweh.
The cache was found in a reasonable time, in the expected area.
The cache was in a good condition.
TNLNSL TFTC

Driving back to Chinchilla and scooted up the road for this cache. There are a LOT of vacancies in the TB hotel. In fact, nobody at home Prob the downside of TB hotels

Quick find and U turn back to the highway

TFTC bedmaker

Found - on our way to Mission Beach via Taroom, took a TB and hope to send it on its way up north!

Late night drop off and pick up on the way home from fnq.

We are traveling by car through Australia to visit family. We hail from Missouri, USA. We dropped off a special trackable that was a part of an event in the US from Texas Instruments. It was highly competitive and hard to get them! We picked up a few trackables to take back to the US. Tftc!!

**This Cache:**

Add the words "TB" or "Travel Bug" to a cache name, and it will draw in finders like me
Can't go past one of these, it's always a good sized find and usually in an accessible spot, so a nice pick up!
This one was no different, it was a bit of an oldie too! Gotta love that.
Awesome container also!
TFTC

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**Today:**

Day 19 of my road trip, now heading back to Canberra from the Townsville Mega Event!

Today was my longest drive of the entire trip, I had gotten to a point where I was started to feel the trip drag on a little and decided I wanted to get home a day earlier than expected, which meant a night less of camping in NSW which wouldn't of been necessary as I can always return to this area in the future without much hassle.

So only grabbed 6 cache finds along the way, mainly for new counties and to break up the solo driving to stretch my legs and have a break!
I drove from Theodore QLD - Mendooran NSW, which is about 9.5 hours...! But I also detoured to North Star, NSW which added even more time!

I was glad to be getting some sleep at the end of it, that's for sure!
Thanks to the CO's

Day 4 of our trek to the Townsville Mega and back with fitzy_1965 and two of my geo-kids Death_killer & my_name_jeff_1.

Long haul for us today as we head further north. Travelled from Goondiwindi, through Roma and onto Emerald: arriving well after dark. We splurged again on a cabin for our two night stay. The air conditioning is something we could get used to very easily LOL. Only collected a handful or two of caches today but ticked off a few more counties along the way.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned.

27,414. Found with minniek during our Grand Townsville Trek up to CacheQLD's Townsville Mega Event over Easter.

Day 4 of our Townsville Trek, and our third full day on the road. This was a big day's travel but we did manage 15 caches across 4 new LGAs. After spending the night at Goondiwindi in the tents, we headed north up to Miles, west across to Roma, then the long haul north up to Emerald. We decided on a cabin in Emerald as we were to be there for 2 days. This was the next find of the day, and another leg strength. Quick find at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache, then continued along to the next cache on our list.

Thanks bedmaker !! Another oldie picked up.

I had just found this one when a policeman pulled over to see if I was OK. I explained that I was geocaching and he knew what that was.

Ya gotta like the force.

Easy find and lots of trackables

This was a target today on our way home. Container was swarming with ants so we sprayed it. Relocated a huge black spider. Cleaned out a bit of rubbish and left a few new swaps.

Dropped 10 TBs. Took 1. There's two listed in the cache inventory but are not in the cache container - the CO should mark those two as M.I.A.

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Dropped the following

TB8J7W0 Dog on the tuckerbox
TB7ZPY3 I am NOT lost #2
TB5EQ38 Lightning Blue Whistle
TB8T5ZD Parkacruz Jaws
TB7978V Travel Navi-Gator Travel Tag
TB7AWTJ Bryan 2014 Tag
TB7K1RE Geo-Freunde
TB8FNZ4 GIFF 2017 Geocoin
TB8XC01 WEBIGAIL
TB90HJG Gold-Fin Trackable

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Took this one

TB7FYYQ Ray the Ray from Sentosa

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These are missing

TB6RET6 "ROO"
TB7VN4G Dactyl high flyer

We have dropped ray to travel
On with somebody else and added Bridget to our travel bugs for our journey north to cairns . The other two travel bugs listed in this cache are not there.

Nice size Hotel. Rescued the trackable to send further afield. Thanks bedmakerTG

Accio 15:32:00
An amazing long weekend of traveling around with Crew153 in the mighty Suzee geomobile. After visiting Blackdown NP we headed into Emerald for the night and today we head to Chinchilla. A quick find - no TBS taken or left today (a couple were in there). Great to see such an old cache in fine condition.
Thanks bedmaker for entertaining me at this location.
*{Overall find #10067}*

Pprime and I escaped Brisbane for the long weekend for the delayed public holiday for the Ekka. We hit the road to Emerald and back home via Roma.

We took the detour off the highway as we passed through Miles to pick up this cache. A quick find and we headed back on the road

TFTC bedmakerTG

Found today. My final day road tripping after Cunnamulla QOGM 2021. The cache was in good condition, it's always good to have an ammo can to find. Have dropped off 2 TBs for someone else to collect and send on their way.

Dropped off travel bug

Thanks for the cache!

TYFTC found with NutCacheBNE. No TBs ??

Found it with Deafcat dutchaus
Perfect day drive thank you

Enjoy with DeafPhantom and DeafCat TFTC

The Hermit Elephant (Elephantus Solitarius) is a species native to Howondaland. The Hermit Elephant has thin skin making another form of protection necessary; it enters a village and lifts a building onto its back to use as a shell. As the elephant grows larger it will require bigger and bigger houses. A few were brought to Ankh Morpork by Dibbler a few years ago now. It’s interesting to watch them grazing along the outskirts of the city. Although there have been complaints about people coming home and not finding their house wheee they left it.

Quick find but no TBs in here today. Thanks for the cache

Great with DeafPhantom DutchAus

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TB taken, the other 2 listed are not in here

Had a one day stopover on my way to bell for the event there on the weekend. I spent the day looking for lsome local geocaches. This was an easy find early in the day.. TFTC.

Quick easy find, however both listed bugs are missing, dropped off another

TFTC

Today was day 8 of 9 long days of travelling and caching for us. Long, but fun. This was the Roma to Chinchilla leg of our trip.

Day 8 of 8 (Taroom to Toowoomba) of a Queenslander road trip with Kestal, clocking just over 4000km, to tick off boxes for different challenges. We got caught behind a wide load about 60kms from this cache. About 30kms away we were waved on to pass by the rear pilot vehicle. As we pulled up here we raced to make the find as quick as possible in order not to end up behind it again...all was returned as found! As we jumped back in the car we could just see the lead pilot vehicle coming in to view! TFTC bedmaker.

Day 8 and our last day on the road. Today we travelled from Taroom back to Toowoomba completing just over 4200kms in the past 8 days and collecting 90 different finds. Just a small handful of caches was found today.

This was number one of four and after being waved around a very wide load a few kms back we were hoping to get far enough in front that we would be able to make this find safely and be back in the car and on the road before it had caught up to us. Thankfully this one was a very straightforward find and we were onto the next before the truck came into sight. TFTC bedmaker

Found it. In the area for a trail ride, a very wet one by the looks. Got to area early to grab a few cashes. Trackables have moved on by the looks.

Grey nomads, after spending way too much time in Far North Queensland, now on our way to Warwick. It is going to be cold tonight, and cold in Warwick! What to do???

Find a cache, easier said than done, none on the highway (A4) between Theodore and Miles - until this travel bug motel.

Easy find on our journey south. Left pterodactyl travel bug and took the only travel bug in this cache. One in one out, no others according to the inventory.

Thans bedmaker for the cache.Fav point for an ammo tin

This cache fills a hole in my Jasmer grid so I made sure to come find it while in the area. Quickly found at GZ, left a TB and added our name to the log. Tftc Bedmaker

Staying in Miles, this cache was close to town, so we decided to pay it a visit. I picked up a couple of TBs here and found a pathtag as well.

Hi there bedmakerTG.

We found your cache **"The Murilla Travel Bug Motel"** today.

We came to Miles as a stopping point on our way to Blackall, but as there are so many caches we've decided to stay for a few more days. Today we diverted to pick up the caches between Condamine & Miles. We found 7 caches & DNF'd 0.

Thanks for placing the cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache almost exactly where our GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container & log are in good condition.
**Grabbed Trackable:** "Magic: The Gathering, Ixalan Treasure Piece" & "Sheilinkas Reise um die Welt".
**Dropped Trackable:** "Mooooving cow" & "Escaped Ornament 2".

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

Travelling through the area, a very quick find by Wazza9, stamped log and replaced. Exchanged trackables. Thanks to bedmakerTG

TFTC,
Driving south and this is the first cache we have seen since Isle George.
Exchanged a Trackable.

Took one travel bug whilst on the road. Will place down the road. Tftc.

Tftc
Nice stop to break the drive.

Day 1 of of a Queensland road trip with EatSleepCacheRepeat and JACS Team - Brisbane to Roma. We spent the day slowly driving (is there any other way for geocachers?) to Roma and picking up the odd geocache here and there. No real targets beyond a couple of older caches.

Didn't grab any trackables as I am bad at moving them along... TFTC!

Quick little detour to grab this one. Found safe and well, tucked away. Took nothing, left nothing today ️ TFTC

My youngest and I are travelling around on a holiday roadtrip; today's journey was from Rockhampton to Miles. We had to stop to visit the motel on our way into Miles; dropping off a few new tenants and collecting a couple of others to continue their journey. Name in the log and we returned everything as found before heading into Miles to find our motel. Tftc bedmaker

Staying at Possum Park took the short drive easy find, collected 3 x TB and dropped off 1 x TB. TFTC

Found it

Managed to find it on our motor bikes, we signed the wrote our names on the paper and left a zip tie because that's all we had

Tftc

Second find today! Took a travel bug to place in the next. 3C4FRY. This was one of my favourites. TFTC!

Walk thru the bush alittle and look low

Dropped 2 bugs off, took one. Found my 2nd of 7 Deadly Ducks. TFTC

On my way to work, especially changed my route to find this cache to drop off 2 travellers, and another one wanted to come along. TFTC

Heading West to escape some of the COVID craziness going on in Brisbane at the moment. An early start was made to fit in a long day of driving to Emerald via Roma, with plenty of caching along the way.

Nice big container, looks like a safe spot so I dropped a stack of TBs and coins, and grabbed the 2 in there to move on.

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Found at 07:32, thanks for bringing us here  **bedmaker**. This log is trackable, mention where you saw it.

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\\_______/_TGQNRV_/
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Managed to claim this one tonight just after dusk. A few Trackable traded into and out of the cache.

Log in good condition.


TFTC.

TRACKABLE DIP:
TB8T2F1 - The Adventures of Pumpkin and Samuel.
TB5D21K - Emergency Services Badass Series: EMTs & PARAMEDICS.
TBPEE0Y - Holiday Travel Bug.
TB7HH4V - GC Trackable Patch.

TRACKABLE DROP:
TB9EE0C - A Kiwi & His Tree.
TB9EE1J - Koala Adoption: Peace & Harmony

Sadly, all the travel bugs have departed to find a cooler place to stay I think. Anyway, added to the log, and departed. TFTC, bedmaker.

On the way home to Brisbane from a trip to mt Isa miles was our last stop before heading home. What a nice big cache but unfortunately no travel bugs today. Thankyou for placing this cache here for us to enjoy

Easy find at the end of an epic day