Clair's Views of Broadsound - No. #1 - Rest Stop Flaggy Rock, Queensland, Australia
By dandent on 27-Oct-06. Waypoint GCZ2V9

this one has been swamped and the surrounds changed too much to warrant a restash

dropped in to check cache and do some maintenance to find the surrounds have changed quite dramatically after recent weather and tidal events.
this one will have to be put to rest.
but another cache has bee placed locally
this one is to be archived

ok been away awhile and see we have a few DNF's
temporarily disabling
will get down to have a look at the two here after New Years

Just dipping my TB I brought through this cache

As others have said, the GZ has suffered from a fire. Despite Shell-A and I searching for about 10 minutes we couldn't find it. We enjoyed the views though.

Didn't happen for us either. There has been a fire over all the area from the road to the beach. Don't know if this effected the cache but may need checking. Thanks for the break anyway.

[This entry was edited by Temingi on Monday, March 22, 2010 at 11:48:40 PM.]

[font=Comic Sans MS][orange]Kia Ora[/orange]

This is really an awesome view! We enjoyed another break on the way north and for the box ... well ... it didn't show up.

[green]Dankeschön & Cache On!
Martina & Philipp[/green] :bad:

P.S.: see more about us travelling apac at http://traces-in-the-sand.blogspot.com/

Great place to stop off while heading north. Unfortunately couldn't find this one though.

Nice and Easy. TFTC

Very good place to hide a cache! This was our first view to the great barrier reef. Thank you for showing this nice place. Greetings from Germany!

VP244

On our way to Mackay this was one of the best caches we did. The view was amazing, thanks for showing this great location!

TFTC
Struppi & Strolch

1105hrs. Grabbed pig TB. Beautiful day and wished we had more time. There had been a fire all around but cache survived. TFTCSL

Found at 2.00pm GAFF1. What a change in the colour of the sea after travelling about 150 kms from Yeppoon. The sea was aqua blue there and here it has a light green tinge to it. The tide is way out and the exposed sands are a rich golden colour.
As we approached GZ we thought that the cache was no more as there had been a burn-off along the side of the road, Hhowever the cache was found just a metre or 2 from where the fire stopped - just saved!
Thanks dandent.

Nice view of see, nice camping place .

T TB L TB

TFTC

Fluppo

What a lovely spot, we even bought some jam at the little craft stall. The cache took us about 10 mins to find, but enjoyed the view.
Picked up 'The Duckster' TB
Left Tee's Bugs #1 TB
T: small sewing kit
L: New Holland Pen

TFTC

Charlie and I are here from Oregon USA, touring the east coast and visiting friends in Brisbane and Townsville. This was our first view out towards the Great Barrier Reef! Traded TBs. TFTFun

Found this cache on the way back home. After a spending a weekend in Mackay watching the kids play hockey.
Left GeoCoin Pick on Tour
TFTC
CamHelen

Found during our great holidays in Australia...
Thanks to all australian cachers to help us discover these places!!
Greetings from France!

Found with DaBuzzard on way to Great Endeavour Rally. TFTC TNLN

Found it with Wobbly45 on route to the 2009 Great Endeavour Rally

Awesome view when the tide is full.

T4TC

No pen in this one. Found it after dodging the spider webs. Our little girl like playing in the rocks near by. We liked the location so much, we stayed the night.

This is my favourite cache of the day.
a lovely location
a perfectly situated bit of drift wood to sit and do the log on and just the best timing possible.
was in need of a rest stop and i would not have pulled into this one had the cache not been here.
just a beautiful place.
the baggies that the logs were in were a little torn and damaged and the container has begun to let in a little water.
I resealed the logs in a waterproof wallet so they are safe and sound from the damp now. just dont put a pen or pencil inside the bag as thats what causes the puncture holes

thank you so very much for the cache
loved it.
not so much the green ants...though.
and i thought it was such a pretty location i dropped off the FTF coin so it can take in the ambiance until the next visitor to this little patch of paradise

Found with no hassles at all. Nice to break the trip up with some random caching.

T-GC
L-N

TFTC

Nice and easy find and an opportunity for a comfort stop. I hoisted the piggy geocoin to keep me company on the trip. Oink Oink!

Found after having to first retreat from an angry army of Green Beret ants. We launched another attack suitable smothered in bushmans ante ant lotion. Geo wife claimed she was Queen Caunte when the sea dissapeared into the distance.

Took Madstars Geo Coin and dropped off the GeoPenguin.

TFTC SL Greynomads

At last!..my first QLD Find!
After spending a couple of nights down at the caravan down the road (what a great spot!) a nice easy find on the way outta town.
Took the RFDS TB and left 2 GC's (Dots Surfboard and Spamela Anderson)

This was an evening raid (about 7:30pm)
Found it on the way from Mackay to Rocky on a business trip - I was tired and decided to pull in at the rest stop and then discovered a cache was calling out to me too!
Plenty of toads due to the rain, interesting beach and WOW so many campers nearby too.
Took Jay Jay TB
Left RFDS TB
Please make a donation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) if you take this TB from this cache to another one..
TFTC

Great spot to stop and have a rest on route South. Left TB to enjoy the views.

Another great spot that I would never have discovered if not for the cache. Found it ok. TFTC.

On our way to Rockhampton Gazza572003 and I took a quick detour off the highway to grab these caches. Speedy find and back in the car to the next one. TNLN. TFTC.

FOUND WITH BUBBLENSQUEAK WHILST ENROUTE TO ROCKY, TERRIFIC VIEWS. TNLN, TFTC.

Stopped for a driver change and leg stretch, drove past No.2, but there were too many muggles about to bother looking.
Found fairly quickly, and the kids enjoyed looking for crabs amongst the rocks on the beach.
No swaps.
Thanks dandent

Found with Matt_Stomper on our way to Townsville for New Years. TFTC

Found on the way from Gladstone to Townsville with Shell_seeker. There were a few fisherman around but our keen eye for mugglers found an opportunity and we went for it. TFTC!!!

QUICK STOP WHILE ENROUTE TOWNSVILLE TO ROCKY. EASY FIND TFTC.

Lovely stop on our way to Airli. Thank you for showing us this rest stop.

Found at 1540. Quick find after reading previous logs and description. GZ easy to find GPSr spot on for coordinates. Long grass and ants a little disturbing and the snake that was seen as well. TNLNSL TFTC.

Mmmmmmm, its looks like a typical cache area, with all the rocks stacked everywhere, TFTC...

We walked from the Blue Rocks to the Rest Stop along the beach. The tide was way out, interesting to see this. The nearby "one night camping site" was occupied, luckily the campers couldn't see us.
TFTC.

This is a great spot. There is also a caravan waist disposal as well - very handy. Thanks for bringing us here.

Quick Find, very interesting view - but unfortunately no water in sight today. Had more luck with this one than with #2.

TNLN TFTC JM-Project

After breakfast we checked out this cache. Unfortunately there was no coffee in it .

TFTC Anjella, Jinyan and Hulmi

Heading north to the Atherton Tablelands with Geo-gran-kids- Scanas2- from Hong Kong. This was the seventh find for the day of 25 for the trip. I learnt very quickly not to get between the cache and the Geo Grand daughter (9yo).
TNLNSL
TFTC

Stopped on my way to the ROCK, good spot nice beach.
In: Nothing
Out:Nothing

Found OK after lunch at this great little area. Now that's a different container. TFTC. TNLN.

A coffee break at a special place while driving south.
Great spot!

TFTC

GAFF 3 Found on the way to Rockhampton a short detour and an easy find. Loved the container, just goes to show that you can use anything with a bit of thought. The tide was way out this morning and a bit of a shock too see how far but it was interesting. Thanks dandent for the cache.

Found quickly while the geowife had a cuppa. Yet another cache container.
A magnificent beach at high tide, not quite as good at low.

TNLN

TFTC

Kev

Jeah found it with wenzer very quickly. Nice spot and funny container! TFTC!
Greetings from Luxembourg!

Veni-Vidi-Vici
Quick found together with Ben.
TFTC
Greetings from Luxembourg

21:32 what a glorious spot,we found the cache easily,there was a local who we found to be very entertaining,regailing tales of his trips around oz and local banter,we bought a cuppa and home made slice, bid our farewell and left feeling warmed by the view and sense of ozzie community,

A really nice spot for a break. Stopped also at the other traditional but were driven away by the ants there. No problem finding this one...

TFTC!
Team gracher

WanderingAus wandered by on day seventy of a 6 month trip Wandering Australia and made an easy find.

My find No 680, LCC, TNLNSL, dropped my WanderingAus Happy New Year 2008 Gold GC in for a visit before grabbing it back again.

T4TH dandent
Keith

Tried the jump straight in technique. It nevers works. Back to the beach, triangulate and walk straight up to it. Hee Hee. So easy when you think! Love the container. TNLT SL.

Thanks. SM.

Found by 2 Kiwis on way from Airlee Beach. Bit of a search but changed chain of thought and there it was. Nice place to stop for a picnic lunch. TNLN

Found on our way back home after a two week holiday. Good spot to rest and stretch the legs.

T: Garfield TB, Broken Car
L: Lizard

Have driven past many times but never stopped. An easy find. Dropper off Garfield TB and grabbed Piglet TB.
Thanks Dandent

Just a quick stop off to drop off a TB Piglet
TFTC
T Red whistle as cache was too full to leave piglet otherwise.
L TB Piglet
SL
UN4DB TB seems to have been removed without logging

Nice cache, I did wish that the cache container had held its original contents. I really like this place, we looked at buying a house here about six years ago. T TB L Koala. TFTC

Found as member of LEDGIN'S.

In the book of LEDGIN'S. Found at 1630hrs. Replaced Log book in a new plastic bag. Old one very sad. Took TB and Left TB.

an old chook visited

Nice stop off from the Highway. Interesting cache container! Took nothing, left toy car. The log was very damp and needs replacing ASAP. TFTC.

Lots of muggles nearby by they couldn't see us at GZ. Novel container.
Took - Nemo TB
Left: Thongs TB

Found easy enough on yet another trip to Mackay for our eldest son's hockey. Log book very wet but unfornunatley didn't have the time or resource's to fix. Took Geocoin and left Nemo TB so he can be close to the ocean.Nice little rest stop just off the highway that we would not have known about if it wasn't for a cache.
TFTC

Sorry for the delay in logging this GC correctly.
I forgot to record the number and had to ask other cachers to help me.
Finally got the number and all is sorted out.
Lesson is don't forget to record number.

Found it ... Took Geocoin and left Geocoin ... LOG VERY WET

Nice easy find after doing the other Clair's view cache.
Grabbed Nemo TB.
Left Red handed GC.
TFTC.

found this today, easy find. Cotents very wet, dried it out best i could in the time I had, took rangefinder geocoin, left nemo tb, who is trying to find his way to the barrier reef. Thanks for the cache...needs a new log book , btw...

Yarrum jnr found this cache. Left Geocoin "Rangefinder". TN SL. TFTC Dandent.

... was going to do a check, but couldn't get near it ...
muggles camping nearby [?]
tho it appears to be doing alright by the logs.

On my way home to Rocky from Mackay so called in to find it. An excellent view of the islands. The tide was fully in while there. Any easy find.

TNLNSL

Dooghan

Found this one after a short search. TN/LN
Nice views of the beach an islands

A fantastic spot to come back for a picnic/BBQ another day. Was fantastic at low tide, amazing.
Took Tigger TB and Left Sewing Kit.
TFTC

One cache on our way from Cairns to Brisbane. Nice location. T4TC

thanks zunge

nice place
saw the beach by low tide - what an experience

cheers shnelly

Found on way south - muggle swimming nearby. Took geocoin, left CRL/Calgary badges

Yay! Our first "away from home" find.As usual the GPSr led me straight past the cache,on the way back young Digger found it with ease while I was still messing around with the GPSr.No swaps today. Thanks for the cache Dandent and the great view and cool breeze.

Found on my way home - good views, muggle swimming nearby!! A bit dangerous me thinks. Took a geo coin left a calgary badge/CRL badge. No geocoin listed as being in this cache!!

Just a note to log a TB found here awhile ago that has been lost in my kit.

Dropped in to swap TB Rhino gone 3 others in its place oh well took 3 TB left 1 goecoin
TFTC
Visited Stickybear TB

Logging 2 Diabetes TB's found here & then picking them up to continue their travels

Great diversion on the trip back to Mackay. Pleased with myself to make the find. Cool hide!

We stopped here for lunch after nabbing the other nearby cache. We took the turtle TB and left the rooty hill rhino TB. otherwise no swaps! TFTC SL

Easy find on the drive north. TFTC Dropped off Tb

Found this during a stop during the drive to North Queensland. I usually stop at this location as I love the view especially when the tide is in. TNLNSL. Thanks Dandent.

This was our first view of the beach from the Bruce highway and well worth the detour.
TNLN Thanks Jacqueline and Peter #1551

Our third attempt this day to find a cache and finally we got one. Interesting container...
TFTC & Greetz from Germany
[blue]Christoph & friends[/blue]

Lovely spot to camp for the night
TFTC
T Bouncy ball
L Toy space soldier
SL

A quick stop this time. Thanks.

27.TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & Stars 2 - Aquila GC A#50

Albida

Thanks for the cache. Jumbo&Slonik from Czech Republic.

A very interesting cache container. Found easily enough on a long drive. TNLN

Found after having a morning cuppa. Nice spot - looked very appealing at high tide. A few other caravanners around. It was great to be able to do these two caches in the area without unhitching the caravan. Thanks dandent.

I had set up camp here for the night, on the way to Mackay for the weekend, with intentions of getting this cache in the morning. But after dinner, and a few Bundys, I decided a ramble into the scrub was in order. Down to the beach to avoid other campers, the cache was easily located. Signed, sealed, and replaced at 1955 hrs. It was pretty weird to wake up later that night to hear the tide crashing on the nearby beach, knowing that earlier, the water was barely visible in the distance at low tide, such is the tidal variation in these parts.

Cheers
Bundy

Lovley little town, easy find took spider left ball & autisum band. SL

Found at 09:10 hrs. Took me a bit of finding and rock turning but got there after about 30 minutes. I hate these caches where previous finders have entered "easy find" and I seem to take all day to find.
First time to stop at Clairview after passing many times.
TNLN. TFTC. SL.

JG

DanielC and wife found this one. No one else around. Found fairly easily. A strange little site. A strange stony beach. Glad I called in. Have travelled past with the caravan a number of times. This time I stayed a couple of days. No swaps. Cheers, and Good Hunting! Dan

Lovely little spot to detour into. The co-ordinates were spot on so the cache was quickly located. TNLNSL Thanks for the cache.

Yep found this one too.
Loved the cache container.
Considered staying the night here but Camila Pub was calling us.
TFTH...TNLN...SL