Rocky Icons - A little bit of local history Norman Road, Queensland, Australia
By dandent on 26-Nov-06. Waypoint GCZHN8

no news on the Major's whereabouts
been awhile
so unfortunately time to put this one away

I have been informed that
It looks like the Major may have been moved
So, out of play for the time being

Arrived and talked to 2 feathered friends. They wouldn't tell of location.... 'Major' might be a minor but may need a check up!!!

Here for emergency services day. Talked to the wrong majors. My muggle husband worked it out and youngest son retrieved. Tftc

Called past here today on the way to cairns and after a little looking came you with the good

TFTC

Was in Rocky for in-law business, but this morning it is MY business. Was driving past, sort of, so took the chance for a look here. I visited very nearby last trip for work, but hadn't looked at the puzzle so ignored it. This time I'd come prepared with what was needed to be done, and made a fairly quick find.
Thanks for placing this cache, dandent. Found in good condition.
*{Overall find #5621}*

I was in Rockhampton for work and I decided to grab some caches before starting the job.

This was next on my hitlist. I read the description and decided to check out the area. Even in the front area there is a decent collection of cars and other memorabilia. I eventually came up with some idea and was pleased when I found something that matched the hint.

Reading back in the logs - I don't see any mention of the old cache ever being found - so this replacement I found must be the cache. That'll do. The dates in the replacement logbook are going back 5 years anyway

An enjoyable little cache. TFTC dandent

A great hide! TFTC

Had to scratch the old head a bit for this one......hum is it the Major' of the feathered variety or something else. Wandered around, pretty obvious really , thanks for this little puzzle!

Easy! Thanks

A leisurely stroll from caravan pk this morning
Checked out one likely spot but then searched elsewhere
Should have stayed at obvious spot as headed back there and located straight away
How did we miss it the first time ,we asked ourselves
Any way signed the log returned it to its hidibg spot then checked out the area
tftc and bringing us to this great place to explore

Found it

It has been far too long since Seffnjarah, Swellerfungus and I did stupid things on a roadtrip a long way from home. So, a caching road trip from Brisbane to Rocky & Yeppoon and a few ports (and mountains) in between was planned. The well planned though overly optimistic caching itinerary included miscellaneous mind bending puzzles, half a dozen or so of Queensland's Oldest caches a few wee hill climbs, a healthy selection of unloved caches and any other interesting caches in between.

After a day caching in Rocky, we opted for dinner at the local tavern, before heading towards Yeppoon for some evening caching and a spot to roll out our swags. On the way, we drove past this one. I had done a little research on this and had an idea of what was required.

When we pulled into the carpark, a security car nearby tailed us around the car park and parked close by to observe our activities. After a frustrating day caching with a string of DNF's behind us, we were in no mood to explain ourselves to the guard, so we opted to move on.

Maybe next time.

Can owner verify whether the cache might get lost in the rain. We looked where we thought and used small hands but just got muddy???

Lol. Went to leave and spotted a different type of majors. 3 majors in one spot. Loved it!

Nice easy find TFTC!

When we finally found the 'Major' it was a fairly quick find.
Unfortunately the Village was closed today (Anzac Day) but we'll be back. It looks interesting.
Thanks for the cache and fun we had finding this one dandent.

Hahaha good find

TFTC wasn't where I expected it to be but after 30 minutes cache was in hand

Found with Mystery6 and andy roo 2 while in town visiting them. Major is a little magnificent. Small manoeverable hands advantage..

Great idea. Loved the hiding spot. The container was slightly bigger then expected,

Easy find on a day of showing TB Bryan around Rocky. It was his goal.

TFRC Dan.

Mum had some idea what we might be looking for here but it turns out she was wrong but her next idea was right.

TFTC Dan

Fond on the last day of long drive home to Townsville.
Being familiar with the Major in question I made it straight to GZ where I soon found the hide
Thanks for the cache
R

Dropped in to this one to have a quick look after little looking seen what I thought was the cache but because there were way to many muggle eyes and muggle passerbyer I decide was it was just better off leaving it for another time

Tftc

Found the second cache. Original cache still unfound.

[Blue]# 12607[/Blue] Found on our 2015 Winter escape trip to Qld.
Another perfect winter day for a drive around Rockhampton.
I found him and the cache too.
Cheers from Wagga Wagga in the Riverina, NSW.
Thanks for the cache dandent,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

Took us a while to locate the Major, but when we did it was a very easy find. TFTC.

The Major caught our eye and once we were there. Easy find!!

So glad I knew what I was looking for and had this one in hand quickly. Unlike the other 5 I DNF'd today.

Two in one day nateash

This one took a bit to find .. Gps was about 50m out didn't take a pen with us but we prepared a bottle cap with out initials on it had to think a fair bit on this one 7-3-15

Tftc

Team G Squad

Grabbed this one on the way to the Gladstone get together. Saw the major on approah and couldn't resist stopping in. Tftc

This took a while to work out, but eventually found it! The major is not on the grounds and is about 50m from where coordinates lead you.

Not what we expected at all but it didn't take us long to realise what we should pay close attention to. This was definitely a job for Muggle Hubby on Father's Day and he achieved it in a very quick time. Thanks for putting a smile on his face and a new smiley on our map

Quick as a flash! Making our mark on the capricorn coast. Tftc.

Clever, found the major straight away. TFTC

25.5.14good old major

Definitely not inside the grounds, but a fun find

We parked in the car park near the listed coords and wandered around aimlessly for about 20 minutes. With some assistance from previous logs and Google we managed to find the Major and made a quick find of the cache. TFTC.

Found this one with a friend and couldn't see it on my app but could on his. Soon realized i only had the intro version which I just realized and fixed up then bang all of a sudden all these other colours popped up all over the place . found with tenillematt aswell

found it with Hayward Clan

While researching geocaches that I wanted to find for my flying trip to Rockhampton, this one came through my filters, being that it was hidden before I started geocaching - and a mystery type. I read all about it and wondered what weirdness was involved. Another read and I was happy I didn't have to pay to find it and such I figured it 'could' be a quick park and grab.

I'd be a liar, complete with pants ablaze if I said I didn't try to jet-ski this one. I googled and mapped and shouted out loud to try to find out who/what/where/why the Major is. I had no luck. So half because the cache is old and half because curiosity now had the better of me, it made the 'to-do' list - all mysteries yet to be solved.

The detour out of town on the map looked significant - but Rocky is only a small place by comparison to my home stomping grounds and after a few minutes I was at the spot. I figured the Major wouldn't be the first idea that came to mind, but I did have another idea. As I turned off the main drag it all came quickly together. Thankfully I have an interest in just that 'subject' and have worked with similar before too. I was slightly annoyed I didn't think of it but stoked I had this one in the bag.

I parked as close as possible and made the mad dash towards the Major. A quick look about and I found the container. Getting it out was a bit like moving a lounge suite through a cat door but we got there in the end. All in good condition inside and now happily sporting my signature. TFTC dandent

Was a good find with the help of Sel we managed to get put on the right path of finding this cache

[blue][size=5]Found on the CQ leg of our Round Aust trip[/size][/blue]
[green] Stopped here on our way down from Marlborough to Rocky and stopped here to get some local info. While Mrs was chatting to the staff I wandered around and found some Waymarks to log. When we were about to leave I checked to see if there were any GCs and spotted this, usually I cant be bothered with puzzles as im just not clever enough, lol. This one seemed pretty straight forward and after reading some previous logs got a few clues. Soon managed to find 'Major' and Chloe found the cache pretty quickly[/green]
[red]TFTC [/red]
[orange] Lots of fun![/orange]

[size=6][blue]Found with SeabreezeOZ[/blue][/size]
[size=6][red]TFTC[/red][/size]

[size=6][blue]Found with SeabreezeOZ[/blue][/size]
[size=6][red]TFTC[/red][/size]

So after talking to the cockatoos for far too long and looking like galahs, we came to the realisation the the major might not ask questions - like "what are you doing?", and saying "hello" continually. You know your looking at the wrong thing when even the birds are puzzled at your activities. After reading some of the other logs, we made our way back out side and soon discovered the home of the prize - 'the major' and the log. Thanks for an interesting cache. SL

Found the original and the new! It's not on the heritage grounds

Toured around everything in front of the info booth (ie the free stuff) for a while. Awesome old cars on display! That would've made the trip worthwhile alone. However, I came for a cache. Having trouble finding the major, I asked one of the volunteers for help. She was perplexed, but grabbed a young fella with a cowboy hat and boots on (who also worked there). He knew exactly where to go. Took me right to it. I had to give them a little intel on this gloabal treasure hunt, but I did not tell them what it was called and did not mention a physical container... only that I wanted to photograph "The Major" and move one, which I did. Once the cowboy left however, and I turned back and grabbed the cache. TNLNSL TFT[?]C!!

Unsure how to approach doing this cache at first. Arrived at GZ just after the museum had closed and one of the volunteers came over to talk to us and gave us a map of Rockhampton and a tour book. Mr Beetle knew what the clue meant but as we couldn't find it in the available area we decided it must be inside the locked gates and we would have to call in again on our way north tomorrow. Did think this was strange though as you are usually informed about caches that are unavailable 24/7 in the cache description. As we were driving out we saw the necessary item so we stopped and checked it out and found the replacement cache. Feel free to delete our log if this cache is not an acceptable find. Thanks, looks like a very interesting place to visit.

That was fun! Now we know what a Major is...info for the owner of the cache, the log has notes in it saying its a replacement of the original cache???

Got the wrong time to pick up my daughter from a musical practice at her nearby school, so with the extra time and this being the nearest unsolved cache I had a go. Took me a few minutes to realise what the "Major" was. I guessed and when I got there, I could see I had guessed right, and had the cached in about 1 minute. Thanks Dandent - really like this one.

Found the major but couldn't find the cache.

Found on the 2012 Tour de Eclipse. Cache found this visit. We looked there last time but not properly. Thanks for the cache guys, we love your work.
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This cache was found using a Garmin Montana 650t and/or a Blackberry 9700. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK and/or Cacheberry.

Found on the great Eclipse Trip of 2012 with Freddo. Cool puzzle and this time found the sucker with the ia dof a loooong magnet

A day of caching from Koumala to Boyne Island. A road trip with a chance to stretch the legs is a good thing.

Thanks to dandent and clear skies from TeamAstro.

We found GZ without any problems, but as soon as we arrived a caravan set up for lunch right next to it! you can only admire GZ for so long before the stares began!

Next time!

Epic fail! You pwned us n00bs... My mojo died. Damn.

You pwned us n00bs.

We will return.

Thanks to dandent and clear skies from TeamAstro.

Quick find today

TFTC

Nice easy find with a little PAF help from FunPhillies.

Left: Clone Trooper.

TFTC
TSYB
G

Happy to have found this piece of history, my Dad had a major. The cache was very quicly found & logged, no time to check the museum this visit.
TFTC dandent

Just about to give up, when mr geo made a bigger stretch Than I and we were on our way tftc

Found by team lolly

We had a chat with the Majors on our way south and had no luck, they told us where to look so on our way home we looked and we found it without any trouble. I kept telling Geohubby where I thought it was and guess what I was right. TFTC

Bit disappointing.....No Treasure! BUT we put one in for the next finders! We should've trusted our first hunch instead of questioning the birds!

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haha! Like this one TFTC

Found the major but left when the police pulled up & started asking questions to geodaughter.

This is my second visit, and after a hint from dooghan, I found another major. TFTC

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Found what I am guessing was The Major. Said 'hello', then continually had to keep saying 'hello' as muggles came by. Couldn't find the cache. Will try another time.

TSYB

Found with Bedmaker today.
We found major and I put my hands on it in the first place I looked.
Great spot for a cache!
TFTC

Found with TassieGirl13 while in the area over the holidays.
This was an easy find for us as I new what a 'major' was.
Tassiegirl however was the one that put her hands on it first.
A great spot!
TFTC.

A little bit of a local search and it was found. TFTC

Was not aware that they come in a major. Very good, took a few goes with local knowledge assuring us that we were on the right track. Thank you

enjoyable search for our first attempt:-)

We managed to park near this one on a visit to the markets, we wandered around the markets, not buying anything much then located the cache very quickly on our way out.
TFTC

Found after a bit of a think, first time was only there very quickly but seen "major" easily the second time for today. Great hidey spot. Tftc ..hooroo

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How the #*%$@# did we miss that the other day???????? Unbelievable. TFTC

Second attempt gets the prize, it's still here. Jai found it.

We couldn't figure out what the 'Major' was let alone find the cache. Life is like that

Found the Major with no problem, but were unable to come up with the goods, the major has had a recent coat of paint, so hope the cache has not gone with the old colors. Will try again next time we are in town.

We didnt have a lot of time to spend on this one as we were just passing through. Will have to try another time.

Found with dabuzzard. Tnln tftc 202

This one took me a little while to find. In the end it took logic and persistence to find the major and then the cache soon followed.

Found at 10.30

Took a bit of looking & working out what exactly the major was.

Geowife spotted this one.

TFTC

TNLN

Very well hidden, not too hard to find. Love the discrete clue "major." Kristie & Michael

Third time lucky. Must admit I have been way off the first two time. Just had something stuck in my head that was obviously wrong. How easy it turned out to be. TFTC

Together with "A lovely world" we searched for the Major. After finding him the cache was spotted in no time. TFTC.
Team Blitar

11am, My 500th after a third go at this one. YES we finally found the correct major this time! Geo Daughter on her first introduction to Caching found The Cache So a bonus experience for us TFTC-dandent

no trouble to know what the major was
brought back happy memories.
Great hiding place.
TFTC TNLN
gypsy jj

I'm liking the theme.. getting to see some parts of Rocky that I wouldn't normally go looking at.

Good hide! We got to the location and there was a wedding on. Managed to sneak in to get the cache without being seen.

Should have known. As we drove past the major i said "its probably in there." Then spent the next 20 mins looking for a different major. Finally found the "major" and found it in seconds. Thanks for the Cache.
Wobbly45 & family

Did a lot of poking around but I found it

Needed a bit of searching to find this one

Wow going through GPSr and discovered that I hadn't logged this cache. I remember finding this on my drive between Townsville on Rocky. Very familiar with the area as I grew up in Rocky and this was a nostalgic cache.

Had a great time, and my field notes in GPSr confirm that.

TNLN

TFTC