HJ Waterford, Queensland, Australia
By Crew 153 on 08-Dec-06. Waypoint GCZP0D

searched area's main culprits to no avail
found bracing metal strips possibly used to harness cache to the site, but no cache.
Suggest check by main user especially in reflection of previous comments and flooding in the area.

I won't be replacing this cache. I am surprised that it lasted over 6 years.

Please look for the Cache, my TB is in it... Greetings from Germany

Had a good scratch around the obvious places but this area has clearly been well under water and so the cache may need checking.

Oh dear I think this has washed away. The walk was great but everything on the tree line was under water so.....


This entry was edited by Perusal on Friday, 22 February 2013 at 09:50:18 UTC.

TFTC lovely walk down to a place I would never have suspected contained such a hidden sanctuary of trimmed green lawns, big shady trees and abundant smatterings of Gods little creatures. Left tb, dropped in some swag. Thanks again crew. I think us geocaching community needs to do a sistema chip in for you one day to thank you for your prolific endeavours. Favourite point for this leafy paradise

Found the nice little track to the GZ. Was a little wet so we slipped a couple of times. Once we were close enough to the GZ it was a pretty easy find. TFTC

Were in the area this afternoon so parked at the car park at the Southern end and enjoyed a late afternoon walk in the park. Nice little park along the river with some neat tree. An easy park and grab but wonderful ambiance. TFTC Crew 153

An easy find. Nice area to walk around. Took some great pics of flowering trees.

TFTC nice quit spot at the river. Took nothing left nothing.

I should have read the hint first-I entered via the North entrance, a bit of a task at first but all was OK-had troubles with my GPS as the overhead canopy was playing havoc. Arrived at GZ after some doing and found the Cache, which was partially exposed. TFTC SL and covered cache with a good covering of leaves.

There are some beautiful big bunya pines here along the river. Pity they're not in season bc I love bunya nuts.

It's hot out here today. 40°C on my count. Glad to have scored 3/3 caches here today. Time to get some water and escape the heat.

TFTC

Copped a few spiderwebs in the face... As came from north. Cache hidden under leaves, but good likely spot

On a cache hunt in the area we couldn't miss this one. Found Abelia Drive had a parking area at the end leading onto a nice grassy walk to the cache. It certainly is a much greater challenge to access GZ from the north. Found the cache nicely hidden. Cache contents are a bit musty but log is o.k. Thanks for bringing us to learn this bit of history in this area Crew 153. Read the interesting plaque/sign before we left. TNLNSL.

Oops, came from the north, but still an easy track in. TFTC

Out today with a friend, Mr_Fy.

As he mentioned we came in from the north. Not too bad a walk. Quick find as it was exposed.

Thanks for the cache. All dry and in good condition.

Our first cache! Wasn't too hard to find. Left some Singapore money. Mozzies are a bit aggro!

Had a great time finding this one.

Parked at the north end to eat our dinner (meat pie from the servo), then read the previous logs and decided to go to the south end.

when we got there we saw that it was over twice the distance, but decided against going back and arousing the attention of people in the houses.

Seems we made the right choice because the path in was just a walk in the park

Cache was found quickly, although the log book is damp.

TFTC ...[^]... Crew153

Yes to the Terror-ist's wonderings about days gone by, I sure felt the past was present as i walked into the big clearing. Very powerful atmosphere there today. I knew a Crew153 cache would be intact, perhaps when the owner returns from circumnavigating Australia he can remove the first aid sign from the cache listing. it was ok today. I think the secret is to place the cache on a sufficiently high bed above ground so it won't be sitting in water. And be aware the terrain listing is not quite accurate if you are coming from the north as I did today. Fortunately some of the mud had dried out so my new running shoes stayed reasonably clean. Lots of rustles in the greenery so wildlife is around. Also if you park at the north entrance notice the big Bunya Pine (araucaria bidwillii) with the bird nesting boxes attached. Left a trackable Porsche - you'll have to come and tow him out of here, he's certainly not driving away.

Co-ords for northern entry (tougher terrain to cache) were S21 41.735 E153 08.403

Geoman went sliding down the hill with geokid in arms both ended up muddy. So me, geoson and the archers09 found alt route!

Woo got a bit muddy and u think the bag and the container needs a clean ants and maggots on it :/

Great cache - didn't have a pen to log the find on the day but will return soon!

Nice easy find No trades. TFTC.

This was the 3rd Cache today showing friends our wonderful game of Geocaching.
We headed for the closest point near the cache and headed off. After a little difficulty Geo Mum found the cache. Geo Mum, Geo Youngest Daughter, Friend and Daughter thought they would head another way to check out more of the park, while Geo Dad (Me) went back to get the car and meet them at the alternative location.
Well!! Without going into full details let me say that I was glad I had a change of clothes in the car (as we were going out this evening)because my return journey did not go as well as our inward journey.

So for the assistance of future Geocachers I post this -

WARNING - Do not approach this GZ from the Northern end

TFTC TSLS SL

Just cruising around the area seeing what caches come up on the map.... and this one obviously did.

Tracked it down after a bit of a wander.

Thanks for the cache Crew153. Nice one.

I grabbed the fancy coin and will keep it moving.

While signing the log one of those pesky cache stalking ninjas jumped on in.

What a nice quite place to visit decided to leave a geocoin TB and you guest it a rabbit TN SL TFTC cheers

good find ,enjoyed walk in park.tftc

Nobody out here on an overcast Saturday arvo TFTC

Had some issues getting to the parking today, turns out the streets marked on my GPS are actually just gravel/grass land blocks. Oops. After sorting out that issue I arrived at the obvious carpark. Read the sign and made my way off to the cache. I absolutely love learning about the history of our area and the sites of the earliest settlements are always great to visit. It's a shame that the large Moreton Bay Fig has died on the property though. Time takes it's toll though I suppose. A great walk along a great spot, I can never help myself from wondering what it must have been like on this ground 100 years ago. TFTC Crew 153.

A quick find on my way between jobs
TFTC

Found on a beautiful brisbane day with ninja e.t and tomctomc for Tom's birthday.

Tftc this is a great spor.

a bit of birthday caching with drml and ninja e.t

And I was hoping there would be a HJ Holden to be seen The park was deserted today and I made my way in toward GZ. The cache was found very easily and in good condition. An interesting area and I took time out to read the sign. TFTC Crew 153

Well I think we may have approached this from the wrong direction but we found the cache anyway! There was a large resident spider guarding the cache for you! Thanks Crew 153

Found after a short hunt, but left geomum and the geopup on the other side of the ravine

Found at 0836. Set off alone again as Marg sat in the geomobile. A quick walk down into a creek and out again and I was on to the cache. Cache OK and dry.. TFTC.

Found it! Thanks for bringing us here. Great spot and the Geokiddies loved it.

Now the area has dried out, we decided to give this one another go & found it without any problems. The grass is now mowed & made finding this one easier. Thanks for the cache.

Found the park & site of the former Tygum house but weren't able to get any further due to the incredible muddy bog left behind after the recent rains. After the amount of water in the area, not sure if the cache survived.

Nice spot in the rain if you take on the park from the right end. TFTC Crew 153

had to leave because of strange muggle with dog...came back later for quick find TFTC

TFTC had a ball

Found today whilst caching with Dannza. Enjoyed the walk to this cache. TNLN TFTC

Down Up and back again. TFTC

Great area, really enjoyed it.. despite slipping and sliding down the muddy path!!

Thanks Crew 153

After a little bit of driving around we found the way in ,ther are some beautiful big trees here

As I stepped out of the car I was not particularly sure if we were in the right area at first but proceeded off anyway. Whilst heading in the general direction we found a very friendly dog who come with us for part of the way and then I guess he decided to go on home. We proceed down into a small gully and had to cross a small plank to get to where we needed to be. Did no swaps, signed log. TFTC.

I have a feeling we came at this one from the wrong way. We parked at the end of William St and headed towards GZ. Before long we were joined by a very friendly dog who seemed interested in geocaching too, he came along for part of the way Down into a small gully we went and there was a plank bridge across the muddy bottom. Up the other side and into open ground, I guess this is the park but was not sure if I may have been in someone rather large backyard Found the cache quickly in a very secure hiding spot. Signed the log and replaced then backtracked quickly just in case I was somewhere I was not meant to be. Fun little adventure, cheers Crew 153

Found by Mary & David at 0800. Initially, we were on the wrong side of the river. Much better when we relocated. A nice riverside park. Didn't see the sign, but could imagine why this site was chosen. Our thanks to Crew153.

found this one today whilst had a spare ten minutes TFTC.

found it, great fun boys had a blast, 1st find

Had limited time but coordinates seem to put under the high water mark with local flooding will check for it again when drier and yes there was the mud and the dogs, but still a nice location

Rather a good amount of scrub bashing to get to this one - I think we parked in the wrong area and took the "long way". Once I found the cache it was quickly signed and returned then a long trek back through mozzie infected creek bed to the car. Unfortunately this was the last of the caches I had in my GPS for the weekend trip to Brisbane so missed out on a lot of caching opportunities.

TFTC
Magpyre

The dog's were onto me pretty quickly. Initially I thought there was only one barking away at me then I turned around and there was the second one quietly sneaking up behind me. I think they are getting cleverer with each cacher that comes along - they are learning to work as a team, one barks to attract my attention while the other prepares for the attack.

Only my quick-wittedness and fast reactions prevented the second dog from attacking from behind - OK it was a chihuahua but it could have done a lot of damage if it had latched onto my big toe (really, it was a bigger dog than that)

After my adventure with the dog pack, I bravely fought down my fear and proceeded to the cache site. Found in good condition, but there was a huge spider in the outer plastic bag the size of my hand (OK, the size of my thumbnail - but it seemed bigger, I was still recovering from the dogs ganging up on me). I released the spider into the wilds, then proceeded to check contents and sign the log. I left a Travel Xpress geocoin. TFTC Crew 153

Visited this cache today. Glad we found the cache because we never did see the sign telling the history of the area. Dogs didn't give us any trouble until we were coming back from the cache. We told them to 'go home' and they left us alone. Cache has been very wet. Items inside were smelly, going rusty, and damp. We cleaned it out, removed wet items and logbook and brought home to dry out. Replaced log book with a dry one, put it in a ziplock. Also put items in a ziplock as well as putting the whole cache into another ziplock. Hopefully all that should keep it dry inside. Will mail dried out log book to owner. Took TB and coin. Left car, hair bands and whizzer. Will send TB along quickly.

Mmm, those dogs are a nuisance. A couple of "Get Out"s and they were less enthusiastic about following me though which was handy. [^] I wanderred down the path and across the creek to GZ. This one could be interesting after a little rain... Once at GZ I found the container nice and quickly and openned it to reveal a stash of TBs that have been MIA for up to three years. Three of them in total. I seem to be attracting them at the moment as I found two in the cache near IKEA a couple of months ago...

Anyway, I left one of them to travel elsewhere but grabbed two to take home and give the owners some good news. I left a Masters of Space coin to keep the other TB company. Nice peaceful little spot once the dogs leave you alone.

Cheers Crew 153.

OH Dear 3 Dogs chase our dog around... Poor our dog...
Nice Forest area....

i think i got really close to it but partner was at work and i didn't want to stay too long to turn over piles of leaf litter on my own with barking dogs on the loose nearby. will go back at some point. i'm thinking it must be somewhere near the base of a tree. am i anywhere near the right track?

New to caching. Found with visiting cacher Indiana Jill. Great to find such a lovely spot near home. TFTC

Found in near dark with Smithzonians, new cachers in the area. Thanks for the journey. We approached from side that required a steep descent, muddy crossing and then uphill again. Find went to Elly. Couple of swaps. TFTC

Found it No. 1220 ... TN and left Chinese Coins

Found as snowflake&butterfly

Found this one on a day out with Snowflake & Butterfly. Another quick find. TFTC

Found this one on a day out with QldFlash & Co. TFTC

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Found this one one a day out with Snowflake& Butterfly. TFTC Nice of it to rain. Made for some slipping and sliding.

my very first found cache. didn't fall in the mud this time.
thank you very much. made no swaps.

[TFTC.

Took rubber ball. Left basketball trading card.

Best to enter at the more southern end of the park. Spider on the cache. Two dogs approached, but both were very friendly.

Cache contents still very damp.]

Need to move a bit of leaf litter.

found it TNLN ... need to get some more marbles

signed the log and departed

an old chook visited

Another historical area cache by the Crew. This is one of the main reasons that I enjoy caching so much - exercise and learning about local history, events or attractions. Well done. TFTC TN left token.

Interesting part of the river, area was on the dampish side after all the recent rain. GPS's wouldn't settle at first and I was beaten by weroamin for this find. TNLN. SL. TFTC.

The log was very wet when I went to sign it. TNLN

Tigey Wigey.

Good for BMX phew! Maybe I walked the wrong way but found it nice. TFTC

Accompanied with sevabo. We enjoyed walk along to the cache. No swap. SL. Thanks Crew153 for organising the cache and hunt.

Found it with Everlasting thanks for the hunt.

Quite a humid day with the mozzies that come with it, TFTC.

You have just gotta love "routing GPSr's" don't you... Even when we were on the correct side of the adjacent river, our GPSr was telling us to try and attack this cache driving driving all the way round to the other side and then "swim" across to get to the GZ !!

Once we ignored those particular instructions, the GZ and cache were soon located.

The log is still damp inside the cache.

Thanks for the hunt Crew 153
Cheers,
Ksix
"Eat... Sleep... Geocache..."
find #: 295 / found:2008-08-09 12:01

Wow, Have worked around this area for years and never knew this was here.The cache was very wet and the swaps were rusting in the bag. The log was also quite wet.We wiped some excess moisture off.TNLN SL TFTC. Silky Seekers.

Started at the wrong park only a short distance away. All was OK until we came upon the muddy creek. Saw there was another park so retreated and went to the other side. Enjoyed the walk through the park and found the cache easly. Took Ball left can't remember. The contents a very wet and need urgent maintenance. TFTC Diesel48

Found it in a quiet location .
contents wet/damp
taken trading card and left bagof shells SL
TFTC

Found
contents wet/damp

nice walk go to see our rates at work gee I love spiders well thats a lie..haha log and contents are damp going mouldy or rusting needs to be looked at now rather than later tnln tftc

A quick find on the way home from work. DAIMLER UTE

Found when a member of LEDGIN'S.

In the book of LEDGIN'S. Found at 1540hrs. TNLN. Dried it out a little and rebagged the contents. Put the whole cache in a clear plastic bag. Still need to be dried out a little.

Cache and log are wet and need urgent maintenance.

This was a quick-ish find. TFTC

Grabbed during The Great Southern Raid. The team consisted of, PowellBruce(little nano expert), Cooroy Scouts(Jack Brabham), d.d.dudes(whiplash), curtdog(how far is it) and (toughen up or Sgt Bilko).

Conveyed in our trusty special bus with pink wheels.

TFTC

The cache was waterlogged.

00:38
Found as a team member of The Great Southern Raid.Team consisting of DD dudes(whiplash)
Cooroy Scouts (We don't stop for coffee)
Konie(sgt.Bilko)
Powellbruce(Neville)and
Cutdog(howfar)
With trusty special bus.
thanks for the challenge
tftc
tnlnsl

The Great Southern Raid.Team consisted of DD dudes(whiplash)
Konie(sgt.Bilko)Powellbruce(Neville)and Cutdog(howfar)
With trusty special bus.
thanks for the challenge
tftc
tnlnsl

Cache was a bit wet!
This cache was hit on the epic weekend of the "Great Southern Raid". The team ......Powell (nano expert) Bruce, Cooroy (Jack Brabham) scouts, (toughen up)Konie, (how far) curtdog, and (whiplash)
Thanks for hunt!

Nice little park and a nice walk. Nice and quiet area so no problem with muggles. Might come back for a fish some time. I think I was lucky with this cache as I found it immediately without even trying - even being hidden so well. TFTC Crew - You certainly mix the caches up (Heaps of diff locations and different hiding spots) which keeps it interesting.

Maybe we came in from the wrong direction but we didn't see any sign with history of the area. Nice area though. Its good to see that they place green space / parks along the river bank so that the public can enjoy.

Cache was easily found.

TFTC andreas & geko

After the good rain during the last days, the partly very way from the most obvious access point was extremely slippery and muddy.

Left: Koala
Took: Golf Ball.

TFTC

Another lovely spot by Crew 153, Thanks, made no swaps

What a lovely little reserve. Thanks for bringing us here Crew. Took and left nothing on this occasion.

Found by Sunshine Toledo at 12:00 noon. A lovely area by the river. In: TB Cinco de Cacho Out: keyring TFTC