Watched by:
blossom*, geomatica, Hunter-Finder, ROMA123, Ropes & Team Lego Men |
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Description
Summer's finally here! With daylight saving and warm balmy evenings, there's a chance to get a bit of exercise after work and that's what this cache is all about. As well as being in the Moveable Cache Race! (see the details here http://www.cachinggames.com/mcr/index.php)
It's a moving cache, but it needs to stay within the Sydney Olympic parklands so it keeps it's "fun and fitness" attributes. The idea is to make a bike ride around the parklands more fun, by finding and hiding a cache along the way as well.
In fact, this cache is to get blossom* fit! Every time someone moves the cache, blossom*s challenge is to ride around the parklands, find the cache and rehide it. So the more you move it, the fitter blossom* will become! And if you go for a ride to find and move the cache every time blossom* rehides it, you'll get the fittness benefits too!
There are a few simple rules
1. The cache must stay within the boundaries of the "Sydney Olympic Park Map" found on their official web site http://www.sydneyolympicpark.com.au/Visiting/maps Please rehide it in a parkland area, not the Town Centre among all the buildings.
2. When you find the cache, you must move and rehide it again that day and log the new co-ordinate before the end of the day.
3. You can find and move the cache as often as you like, as long as someone else was the last person to hide it (otherwise, you'd know where it was, and what's the fun in that!)
How do you log a moving cache? Easy, first write a "found" log which gives you a "smiley". Then write a second log for "moved" and enter the new co-ordinates and a clue.
There are some really great little spots all over these parklands so I hope you can all discover a few of them and show some to others in return. Help keep that cache moving and get blossom* on her bike as many days a week as you can!!!
Logs
August 2010
9th
Found quickly and logged. Luckily I read the description before I ventured out so I knew I had to move it. Not being a local and not having internet all the time, I only moved it a little way because my next stop is the airport and I don't think blossom* would like to ride to Tasmania to retrieve this cache.
Thanks
Rated:
for Overall Experience
Thanks
Rated:
for Overall Experience
July 2010
23rd
Team Lego Men
Moved 0.46km
Moved 0.46km
S33° 50.306' E151° 4.593'
Not the quitest spot but it is an interesting little area of water. The birds in such a small area tonight were amazing. Take the time to stop and look at the black swans nesting just near GZ.
Not the quitest spot but it is an interesting little area of water. The birds in such a small area tonight were amazing. Take the time to stop and look at the black swans nesting just near GZ.
23rd
Hadn't grabbed this one for a while so picked it up while checking on Mobility Stealth. I can remember when Blossom would ride out each time and move this after someone else had moved it.
I think old age must be catching up with her.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I think old age must be catching up with her.
Rated:
for Overall Experience
15th
Team Canary
Moved 0.66km
Moved 0.66km
S33° 50.123' E151° 4.798'
Move to a area near a lovely viewing platform.
Move to a area near a lovely viewing platform.
15th
Luckily we approached this at low tide and sat on the hidden island to write up the log.
TFTC.
Rated: for Overall Experience
TFTC.
Rated:
for Overall Experience
6th
blossom*
Moved 0.84km
Moved 0.84km
S33° 50.481' E151° 4.784'
This is a great little spot. Well, I thought it was a bit of an adventure anyway! Low tide might be easiest and there is a nice clear approach from the path from the south where you won't need to push through long grass or shrubby plants.
There can be a zillion people riding, walking and jogging along here but that doesn't matter becasue once you've got the cache, you can take it away and it won't matter who sees where you've been!!
I love it when goole maps shows the cache in the blue of the water!!
This is a great little spot. Well, I thought it was a bit of an adventure anyway! Low tide might be easiest and there is a nice clear approach from the path from the south where you won't need to push through long grass or shrubby plants.
There can be a zillion people riding, walking and jogging along here but that doesn't matter becasue once you've got the cache, you can take it away and it won't matter who sees where you've been!!
I love it when goole maps shows the cache in the blue of the water!!
6th
Luckily I had a doctor's appointment today at Rhodes was able to get to Bicentennial Park and enjoy a really lovely walk afterwards. Along the way I sussed out several likely spots to re-hide the cache "when" I found it so it took quite a while to actually get to the right area.
Once there, the gps was pretty good but not quite stable enough for pinpoint accuracy. I wasn't quite sure what "traditional hide" meant but I was hoping it didn't mean "in the middle of lots of scratchy clumps" becasue there was a vast area to search in that case!!!
On the premise that there ought to be something obvious if only I looked at the right spot, I wandered around for about 10 minutes and began feeling quite sad that I might not get the chance to use any of my new hidey-holes that i'd found.
But then I saw the stone against the tree and immediatley knew I was in luck! Thanks guys, it was another fun search. I sat on the seat and listened to the frog's choir practice as I wrote in the log again. Isn't it a fabulous place?
Rated: for Overall Experience
Once there, the gps was pretty good but not quite stable enough for pinpoint accuracy. I wasn't quite sure what "traditional hide" meant but I was hoping it didn't mean "in the middle of lots of scratchy clumps" becasue there was a vast area to search in that case!!!
On the premise that there ought to be something obvious if only I looked at the right spot, I wandered around for about 10 minutes and began feeling quite sad that I might not get the chance to use any of my new hidey-holes that i'd found.
But then I saw the stone against the tree and immediatley knew I was in luck! Thanks guys, it was another fun search. I sat on the seat and listened to the frog's choir practice as I wrote in the log again. Isn't it a fabulous place?
Rated:
for Overall Experience
4th
Zalgariath
Moved 0.76km
Moved 0.76km
S33° 50.238' E151° 4.323'
Time for Blossom to go on the Hunt! Should be an easy find, Zac / Spindoc Jnr helped hide it
Time for Blossom to go on the Hunt! Should be an easy find, Zac / Spindoc Jnr helped hide it
3rd
Are my first moveable... I know where it is, should be just around the corner.. drat! Muggle right at GZ! Hang on... that muggle looks familiar. Cant be? It is! Spindoc Bob and Spindoc Jnr. They had just missed the Movable so I chipped in an leant a hand. We had a good chat and decided we would go seek another nearby GCA cache, Wentworth Wetlands, so we took this with us and re-hid it on the way to our next destination. Cheers Strikalight! Blossoms* Turn!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
3rd
Zac and I rode over (actually he did the riding) to find this cache. After 15 minutes of searching all we found was a Rivercat, which we enjoyed watching.
As we sat an pondered why we missed it, we bumped into Zalgariath. After we returned to GZ, he found it straight away.
As we sat an pondered why we missed it, we bumped into Zalgariath. After we returned to GZ, he found it straight away.
March 2010
28th
Hunter-Finder
Moved 0.14km
Moved 0.14km
S33° 49.322' E151° 4.633'
The cache has been relocated in another pleasant spot and is waiting for you to find it.
Go get it blossom*
The cache has been relocated in another pleasant spot and is waiting for you to find it.
Go get it blossom*
28th
A lovely morning for a stroll along the rivers edge to pick up the cache. It will be relocated very soon in a place that will make blossom* get on her bike and look for it.
Thanks for the lovely walk.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Thanks for the lovely walk.
Rated:
for Overall Experience
9th
blossom*
Moved 1.78km
Moved 1.78km
S33° 49.278' E151° 4.558'
This is a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the view in the evening. I hope the co-ords are ok as I didn't have a pen with me to write them down!
This is a lovely spot to sit and enjoy the view in the evening. I hope the co-ords are ok as I didn't have a pen with me to write them down!
9th
This was a bit of a shambles! I printed the cache details first thing this morning at work and planned to leave right on time. Well THAT didn't happen. The buses seemed to have all disappeared once I left work so I was pretty late getting home. Not to worry, grabbed the bike, changed my gear, got the gps and a notebook and pen and headed off. Oh, I might just look at the cache on google maps to see the best way to get there........
Oh! It's moved! Well THAT was lucky! I headed off to a spot that was a fair long ride from home and found the cache but it was getting pretty late and closer to dark. Figured I might take a short cut across the river but the ferry wasn't going the right way so I rode all the way around and got home just after dark. It's a real shame summer has to end.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Oh! It's moved! Well THAT was lucky! I headed off to a spot that was a fair long ride from home and found the cache but it was getting pretty late and closer to dark. Figured I might take a short cut across the river but the ferry wasn't going the right way so I rode all the way around and got home just after dark. It's a real shame summer has to end.
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for Overall Experience
9th
geomatica
Moved 3.41km
Moved 3.41km
S33° 49.484' E151° 3.430'
Ah, the river. Lovely spot to sit and rest and maybe find a cache! “Sniff sniffâ€. There is one near here, somewhere!
Ah, the river. Lovely spot to sit and rest and maybe find a cache! “Sniff sniffâ€. There is one near here, somewhere!
9th
Top spot at lunch time for a walk. Lots of Muggles about but I was invisible to them.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
9th
Team Lego Men
Moved 1.55km
Moved 1.55km
S33° 50.949' E151° 4.764'
Placed within easy access to walking tracks, car park, water etc.
Placed within easy access to walking tracks, car park, water etc.
9th
Hey, that's in the middle of the water. How do I get there? Was a little puzzled when I looked at the map on the GPS but thought Blossom wouldn't have gone swimming to place this, so there must be an access point.
Headed one direction after reaching the edge of the mangroves and finally decided this is too hard. Retraced my steps and heade in the other direction and once the distance was close headed into the swamp.
Cache soon spotted, great location.
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Headed one direction after reaching the edge of the mangroves and finally decided this is too hard. Retraced my steps and heade in the other direction and once the distance was close headed into the swamp.
Cache soon spotted, great location.
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4th
blossom*
Moved 0.19km
Moved 0.19km
S33° 50.181' E151° 4.374'
This is a quiet backwater and hidden haven for the local birdlife. Long grass along the way will be wet and sticky if there's a heavy dew. And a liberal spray of aeroguard might be handy too!
This is a quiet backwater and hidden haven for the local birdlife. Long grass along the way will be wet and sticky if there's a heavy dew. And a liberal spray of aeroguard might be handy too!
4th
I left work a bit early today to be sure to have my ride in daylight. It's very sad to see the days getting shorter. This was a nice little spot to watch the birdlife with not a soul in sight at 6pm or so.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
4th
Team Lego Men
Moved 1.77km
Moved 1.77km
S33° 50.285' E151° 4.386'
Tried for another spot with water views. Don't think they allow swimming here.
Tried for another spot with water views. Don't think they allow swimming here.
4th
These spots are lovely early in the morning. Short walk from Newington brought me straight to the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
February 2010
27th
blossom*
Moved 1.12km
Moved 1.12km
S33° 50.696' E151° 3.347'
There's a seat positioned right here that gives the perfect view down the river. You can see the correct tree on google maps (again) so you shouldn't need the clue.
There's a seat positioned right here that gives the perfect view down the river. You can see the correct tree on google maps (again) so you shouldn't need the clue.
27th
Aaaarrrh!!!! I printed this out on Thursday but didn;t have time to get to it as it's starting to get dark earlier these days and i don;t much like riding the bike then. So I figured I'd have a lovely ride in the early morning freshness. It was great with a king tide making eveything quite different along the river.
I had a quick check on the map before I went and the cache hadn't moved from it's spot - or so I thought. Got to the spot and searched, gps was perfect, clue was spot on but not a cache in sight! After a while, my brain began to wonder if geomatica might have grabbed it after work but not logged it's next move. Quick call, nup. OK, a call to home and some rather painful time stepping through how to get on the computer and look up a cache on the web site to someone who doesn't know anythng about the internet.
Ah-ha! New co-ords in hand and the cache was found. If only I'd known it was so close, I could have found it so easily but it never occurred to me it had moved but such a short distance.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I had a quick check on the map before I went and the cache hadn't moved from it's spot - or so I thought. Got to the spot and searched, gps was perfect, clue was spot on but not a cache in sight! After a while, my brain began to wonder if geomatica might have grabbed it after work but not logged it's next move. Quick call, nup. OK, a call to home and some rather painful time stepping through how to get on the computer and look up a cache on the web site to someone who doesn't know anythng about the internet.
Ah-ha! New co-ords in hand and the cache was found. If only I'd known it was so close, I could have found it so easily but it never occurred to me it had moved but such a short distance.
Rated:
for Overall Experience
26th
steptoe
Moved 0.02km
Moved 0.02km
S33° 50.249' E151° 3.835'
I was going to just grab the other cache that was with this, then decided to move it too - about 20feet I reckon. I even reused the camo.
I was going to just grab the other cache that was with this, then decided to move it too - about 20feet I reckon. I even reused the camo.
26th
25th
Team Lego Men
Moved 1.01km
Moved 1.01km
S33° 50.240' E151° 3.828'
So that it wouldn't get lonely it now has company. In the words of Tim Shaw "but wait, there's more". Pick this up and you will also get a set of steak knifes or another GCA cache.
So that it wouldn't get lonely it now has company. In the words of Tim Shaw "but wait, there's more". Pick this up and you will also get a set of steak knifes or another GCA cache.
25th
What a lovely spot early in the morning. The fish were indeed jumping and the water looked nice (not that I think I'd want to swim here).
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
22nd
blossom*
Moved 0.38km
Moved 0.38km
S33° 50.615' E151° 3.354'
Sit and watch the fish jumping here. It's amazing how often they seem to jump, I wonder why? You shouldn't need the hint, goole maps seems to show you the correct tree to look at (if you can't guess, it's a casurina!)
Sit and watch the fish jumping here. It's amazing how often they seem to jump, I wonder why? You shouldn't need the hint, goole maps seems to show you the correct tree to look at (if you can't guess, it's a casurina!)
22nd
Great to be back on the bike after a bit of a break. It seems my legs have lost their fitness yet again as I was pretty tired after today's ride! Thanks geomatica, good to have you back from holidays although I'm not sure about the "bush" part of the clue - more like a spikey clump than a spikey bush 
Great little path to ride along here.
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Great little path to ride along here.
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22nd
Found it all on its own and very lonely. Moved it on to a new location for you all to enjoy.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
7th
blossom*
Moved 0.28km
Moved 0.28km
S33° 49.650' E151° 3.560'
Now here's a nice spot I prepared earlier!!I went for a ride back in November sussing out good cache locations and this was a spot I'd found and prepared. Ideal time to use it I reckon. Geomatica might like a lunchtime walk, Ropes might like a morning's ride or Team Lego Men might like a quick before-work drive-by! Of course anyone else may want to find out what all the fun's about too and jump in and join the game.
Now here's a nice spot I prepared earlier!!I went for a ride back in November sussing out good cache locations and this was a spot I'd found and prepared. Ideal time to use it I reckon. Geomatica might like a lunchtime walk, Ropes might like a morning's ride or Team Lego Men might like a quick before-work drive-by! Of course anyone else may want to find out what all the fun's about too and jump in and join the game.
7th
After finally getting my bike back with new gear change thingy, it was great to get out for a really long ride today. There was heaps of water everywhere and all the grass areas were very water logged. The parkland near this hiding spot was absolutely covered in ibis digging in the swampy ground.
I'd had a look at this spot for a cache myself but hadn't got very far in my thinking so it's great to see it used. Hope there's a new one there real soon!
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I'd had a look at this spot for a cache myself but hadn't got very far in my thinking so it's great to see it used. Hope there's a new one there real soon!
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2nd
geomatica
Moved 1.93km
Moved 1.93km
S33° 49.532' E151° 3.451'
Ah... now this is a nice spot for a cache!!!
Meet the site of a soon to be release cache of mine.
Ah... now this is a nice spot for a cache!!!
Meet the site of a soon to be release cache of mine.
2nd
Nice quick drive by on the way to work. Returned to the car just as the SOPA Nazi's in their Suzuki turned up.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
January 2010
30th
Team Lego Men
Moved 1.43km
Moved 1.43km
S33° 50.087' E151° 4.514'
Dropped it off near the archery range in another spot with water views.
Dropped it off near the archery range in another spot with water views.
30th
We did a family bike ride and grabbed this on the way. Hardest bit is carrying it in your pocket while riding.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
29th
blossom*
Moved 0.2km
Moved 0.2km
S33° 49.349' E151° 4.791'
This should still be a nice walk for geomatica at lunch time or a great bike ride for anyone else! Good spot to sit and watch the world go by and you could ponder the question of whether paperbark is more likely to keep a cache dry than broken bits of roof tile?
This should still be a nice walk for geomatica at lunch time or a great bike ride for anyone else! Good spot to sit and watch the world go by and you could ponder the question of whether paperbark is more likely to keep a cache dry than broken bits of roof tile?
29th
Thanks geomatica, you certainly have a nice view from your window. I thought you might be working back a bit tonight so we could have a coke at the drink machine when I'd found the cache! Don't forget me if a nice job comes up in your office there
It was a VERY long walk from Concord West railway station to this hiding spot(my bike is being picked up today from it's repairs thank goodness). After about half an hour's walk to get here, I figured I might catch the ferry across the river rather than walking back to the train and luckily a ferry that wasn't supposed to stop pulled in and gave me a lift.
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It was a VERY long walk from Concord West railway station to this hiding spot(my bike is being picked up today from it's repairs thank goodness). After about half an hour's walk to get here, I figured I might catch the ferry across the river rather than walking back to the train and luckily a ferry that wasn't supposed to stop pulled in and gave me a lift.
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29th
geomatica
Moved 0.22km
Moved 0.22km
S33° 49.336' E151° 4.662'
Move a little closer to my window and view of the new location overlooking the water.
Move a little closer to my window and view of the new location overlooking the water.
29th
Woo Hoo...
Finally got around to participating in this cache. I guess it helped that Team Legoman put it within arms reach of where I work.
Nice spot, busy in the mornings what with walkers and cyclists.
Now, Lynn, Move It!
Thanks Kevin for the cache.
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Finally got around to participating in this cache. I guess it helped that Team Legoman put it within arms reach of where I work.
Nice spot, busy in the mornings what with walkers and cyclists.
Now, Lynn, Move It!
Thanks Kevin for the cache.
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29th
Team Lego Men
Moved 2.69km
Moved 2.69km
S33° 49.269' E151° 4.547'
Nice spot at the northern end of the park. Geomatica can keep an eye on it. In amongst the casuarinas with river views.
Nice spot at the northern end of the park. Geomatica can keep an eye on it. In amongst the casuarinas with river views.
29th
Headed off in the wrong direction, I didn't have my glasses and saw a cache on the GPS screen and finally found I was heading for Stick in the Mud.
Retraced my steps and found the small track which was a muddy walk this morning. Had concerns that with the high tide the cache may be underwater but all was fine. Plenty of birds around this morning. Nice spot.
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Retraced my steps and found the small track which was a muddy walk this morning. Had concerns that with the high tide the cache may be underwater but all was fine. Plenty of birds around this morning. Nice spot.
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28th
blossom*
Moved 0.46km
Moved 0.46km
S33° 50.710' E151° 4.740'
Another quiet little byway in this very diverse park. Follow the marker posts until the clue
Another quiet little byway in this very diverse park. Follow the marker posts until the clue
28th
Nice spot Lego Men - casurinas! I had actually thought of hiding this cache here when I was over this way recently so I had a pretty good idea what the area looked like. Thanks for the outing
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
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27th
Team Lego Men
Moved 0.36km
Moved 0.36km
S33° 50.957' E151° 4.704'
Short move, possibly one of our last in this competition. Left it in a nice area of casuarinas. Come on Blossom, get out there.
Short move, possibly one of our last in this competition. Left it in a nice area of casuarinas. Come on Blossom, get out there.
27th
Another easy pick up. The hint certainly made it a quick find which was lucky as the weather was looking pretty crook.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
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20th
blossom*
Moved 0.89km
Moved 0.89km
S33° 51.041' E151° 4.492'
I thought I'd hide this somewhere on a straight line between the last spot and Concord railway station! But in the end, I went for a walk around the lake and found a really great little spot to relax and had to hide it there instead. Take a seat and enjoy the view while you write in the log.
I thought I'd hide this somewhere on a straight line between the last spot and Concord railway station! But in the end, I went for a walk around the lake and found a really great little spot to relax and had to hide it there instead. Take a seat and enjoy the view while you write in the log.
20th
With my bike out of action it was a long walk to find this hiding spot! But a very clever hide, thanks Hunter/Finder. Luckily Ropes didn't beat me to it this time, I would have been annoyed to have walked so far in vain!!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
for Overall Experience
17th
Hunter-Finder
Moved 1.48km
Moved 1.48km
S33° 51.352' E151° 4.053'
Placed this one in a fairly easy spot for blossom* to find and retrieve.
There is another GC cache nearby that you could try as well.
Placed this one in a fairly easy spot for blossom* to find and retrieve.
There is another GC cache nearby that you could try as well.
17th
My first outing after a stint in hospital. Boy it was a good feeling to be out and about again albiet with a driver helping me.
Parked as close as I could and walked the rest of the way. How unfit am I....!
A quick search and using my bushcraft skills I soon nabbed this one.
It will be moved soon for blossom* to find.
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Parked as close as I could and walked the rest of the way. How unfit am I....!
A quick search and using my bushcraft skills I soon nabbed this one.
It will be moved soon for blossom* to find.
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14th
Ropes
Moved 1.46km
Moved 1.46km
S33° 50.785' E151° 4.732'
I could call it SUNDIAL...and the hint I placed is shown above, under "HINTS"
I could call it SUNDIAL...and the hint I placed is shown above, under "HINTS"
14th
Team Lego Men
Moved 0.68km
Moved 0.68km
S33° 50.277' E151° 4.006'
Found an off leash dog park. Don't know how often it would get used if you have to pay for parking to use it. Hid it under the most prominent object around. Watch out for the thistles.
Found an off leash dog park. Don't know how often it would get used if you have to pay for parking to use it. Hid it under the most prominent object around. Watch out for the thistles.
14th
It's been too hot the last few days to get out and move this along. Nice and cool this morning so off we went. So close to Hill Road but no stopping there. Parked in Newington and had a nice walk from there. Didn't pick up the truck that you left Blossom.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Rated:
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9th
blossom*
Moved 0.86km
Moved 0.86km
S33° 50.347' E151° 3.571'
I sat here this morning and watched the fish jumping and the divers trying to catch their breakfast! It's a really great spot so I hope whoever finds this will enjoy the tranquility here. Sit on the stone wall and relax for a few minutes.
The cache is able to watch the fish jump too and there's something for you to play with that I found nearby so if you spy it, you'll be at the right spot!
I sat here this morning and watched the fish jumping and the divers trying to catch their breakfast! It's a really great spot so I hope whoever finds this will enjoy the tranquility here. Sit on the stone wall and relax for a few minutes.
The cache is able to watch the fish jump too and there's something for you to play with that I found nearby so if you spy it, you'll be at the right spot!
9th
I can't believe that I had looked at this path myself as a possibility and had even ridden up it to see where I might put a cache! This was a quick find, the actual tree was even visible on google maps! Thanks for the ride tronador
Rated: for Overall Experience
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7th
tronador
Moved 0.23km
Moved 0.23km
S33° 50.297' E151° 4.127'
Great minds blossom! I too thought this spot would be a good spot for a cache. I picked it up and moved it further along after going to do a bit of maintenance. Didn't sign the log cause I'd already found it before. In fact didn't even open it. Hope you didn't leave anything special in there?!!!
Great minds blossom! I too thought this spot would be a good spot for a cache. I picked it up and moved it further along after going to do a bit of maintenance. Didn't sign the log cause I'd already found it before. In fact didn't even open it. Hope you didn't leave anything special in there?!!!
5th
blossom*
Moved 0.39km
Moved 0.39km
S33° 50.280' E151° 4.272'
This should be a fairly accurate gps reading so you might not need any clue except "casurinas" !!! There's even a marked trail of orange reflector to GZ from various starting points - although you would need to know when to stop! as the trail continues on.
OK, check the hint if you need more info.
This should be a fairly accurate gps reading so you might not need any clue except "casurinas" !!! There's even a marked trail of orange reflector to GZ from various starting points - although you would need to know when to stop! as the trail continues on.
OK, check the hint if you need more info.
5th
Thanks for the ride Lego men. I was feeling a bit washed out and tired, not looking for anything too energetic. But when there's a cache to move, what can you do? After the ride, I'm feeling much better - almost full of energy!
I loved the dirt track. In fact I had looked down at it yesterday afternoon thinking what a great spot it looked and wondering if I could move the cache there some time in the future!! And a perfect hiding spot too. I don't know how you managed to carry that all the way there just to hide the cache.
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I loved the dirt track. In fact I had looked down at it yesterday afternoon thinking what a great spot it looked and wondering if I could move the cache there some time in the future!! And a perfect hiding spot too. I don't know how you managed to carry that all the way there just to hide the cache.
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Team Lego Men
Moved 0.56km
Moved 0.56km
S33° 50.323' E151° 4.027'
Don't take the main bikepath. Follow the the dirt track starting at S33 50.477 E151 03.766
Don't take the main bikepath. Follow the the dirt track starting at S33 50.477 E151 03.766
5th
Nice spot. Have ridden around here but never ventured this far from the main track. Lots of birds today, oyster catchers, swans, ibis etc. Have moved it on.
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blossom*
Moved 0.39km
Moved 0.39km
S33° 50.411' E151° 3.676'
What can I say? I love casurinas! This is a rather nice little spot with a lot of birds around you on both sides.
My gps told me it was really accurate for this one but, just in case, there's a good hint as well. I found a few handy rocks to put on the cache which ought to be fairly obvious once you look at the right spot.
What can I say? I love casurinas! This is a rather nice little spot with a lot of birds around you on both sides.
My gps told me it was really accurate for this one but, just in case, there's a good hint as well. I found a few handy rocks to put on the cache which ought to be fairly obvious once you look at the right spot.
4th
Good one Ropes! This is a lovely peaceful spot.
I had a great ride today with the tides round here fascinating. With the King High tides also comes the really low ones too and there was water pouring off everywhere and huge expanses of mud showing that you only see once a year.
By the way, don't worry about any nearby caches. The rules permit placing this one as close as you like to another cache and even IN another cache if you want.
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I had a great ride today with the tides round here fascinating. With the King High tides also comes the really low ones too and there was water pouring off everywhere and huge expanses of mud showing that you only see once a year.
By the way, don't worry about any nearby caches. The rules permit placing this one as close as you like to another cache and even IN another cache if you want.
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Ropes
Moved 1.34km
Moved 1.34km
S33° 50.354' E151° 3.922'
Had moved to a new location, checked GC caches to find one about 80m away...checked another location and found another GC cache under the same rock! Kept peddling..finally moving to a higher point, now located beside a small fine leaved acacia.
Had moved to a new location, checked GC caches to find one about 80m away...checked another location and found another GC cache under the same rock! Kept peddling..finally moving to a higher point, now located beside a small fine leaved acacia.
4th
Arrived at GZ to find someone "collecting rubbish". Asked if she was looking for a cache and the answer was 'YES'...turns out she wasn't, waited til she moved on and located the cache quickly.
2nd
Ahh, so that is why I wasn't able to locate this cache this morning.
Blossom must have been up early to go on her bike ride.
But, it was still worth visiting here, I've never seen mangroves before. It was quite unique walking the path from where we parked the car to where the cache was located. Wont have time to try and locate this cache before we go back home.
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Blossom must have been up early to go on her bike ride.
But, it was still worth visiting here, I've never seen mangroves before. It was quite unique walking the path from where we parked the car to where the cache was located. Wont have time to try and locate this cache before we go back home.
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blossom*
Moved 0.63km
Moved 0.63km
S33° 50.294' E151° 4.787'
I love sitting here and watching the tide flow in and out. This morning there was a white-faced heron and an egret there with me watching the tide rush in. Must be a good spot for fishing I guess. Today is a king tide so I hope the cache stays dry! I used a handy brick to cover it so that should at least keep it in place.
I love sitting here and watching the tide flow in and out. This morning there was a white-faced heron and an egret there with me watching the tide rush in. Must be a good spot for fishing I guess. Today is a king tide so I hope the cache stays dry! I used a handy brick to cover it so that should at least keep it in place.
2nd
Thanks for the ride richary, my first for the year. Great hiding spot here too, you must have read some of my previous logs - I love the smell of mangroves!
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27th
Sorry tronador, I guess that happens with moveable caches! It had stalled for a couple of weeks so seeing I was in the area thought I would give it a quick shove.
27th
Sorry blossom* - looks like you've been able to rest for the last couple of weeks. I resisted the temptation to give you a serious bike ride by putting it up my end of Olympic Park which would have added a few kms to the journey from your place. So only a short move, should be an easy find as it is on top of the boardwalk.
12th
I was planning to have a look for this cache this afternoon if time permitted, but when i came out of my exam and started looking for the cache on the GPS it wasn't there (none of the GCA caches were showing up, but an upgrade of GSAK fixed that) so sorry blossom* you'll have to have a day off you're riding.
11th
blossom*
Moved 0.57km
Moved 0.57km
S33° 50.656' E151° 4.884'
Another little clear spot amongst the mangroves with a nice view if you want it. The co-ords shouldn't be too bad but the hiding spot might have you stumped for a bit. You could get your shoes a bit muddy if you're not careful, but I didn't!!
Another little clear spot amongst the mangroves with a nice view if you want it. The co-ords shouldn't be too bad but the hiding spot might have you stumped for a bit. You could get your shoes a bit muddy if you're not careful, but I didn't!!
11th
Wow! Lucky save Ropes!! I'm quite surprised that this cache became uncovered in less then 24 hours. I expect you saw where it WAS hidden and it was tucked in there quite snugly. I suspect it was a muggle animal who uncovered this, muggle people tend to keep them rather than leaving them lying around on clumps of grass.
As you can see, I found your hide quite safe and sound. I had been thinking I'd have a nice quiet evening at home and then saw you'd moved the cache already! So I hopped on the bike with only a cursory glance at the map and headed off, only remembering to make a note of the co-ords at the last moment!
With the wrong spot in mind, I started to search while the gps was warming up and found an old rusty cache! I think it's probably been archived by now since I can't find it on the sites but it hasn't been retrieved.
Weird, I thought. So I made my way to a closer spot and started searching there. Weird, I thought, I can't find this cache. But it was there, well camoflaged in the dark.
Thanks Ropes, I enjoyed my afternoon ride and exploration.
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As you can see, I found your hide quite safe and sound. I had been thinking I'd have a nice quiet evening at home and then saw you'd moved the cache already! So I hopped on the bike with only a cursory glance at the map and headed off, only remembering to make a note of the co-ords at the last moment!
With the wrong spot in mind, I started to search while the gps was warming up and found an old rusty cache! I think it's probably been archived by now since I can't find it on the sites but it hasn't been retrieved.
Weird, I thought. So I made my way to a closer spot and started searching there. Weird, I thought, I can't find this cache. But it was there, well camoflaged in the dark.
Thanks Ropes, I enjoyed my afternoon ride and exploration.
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Quick run out to this one and found it resting on a clump of reeds!! Moved it on a short distance this time...
10th
blossom*
Moved 0.13km
Moved 0.13km
S33° 50.414' E151° 4.793'
This is an interesting little spot to sit and listen to the birds. They've renewed the information signs here recently and that's a good clue for the cache which is at dirt level. You shouldn't need more of a hint than that as the gps reception here is very good (unlike amongst those mangroves!!!)
Your turn ropes!
This is an interesting little spot to sit and listen to the birds. They've renewed the information signs here recently and that's a good clue for the cache which is at dirt level. You shouldn't need more of a hint than that as the gps reception here is very good (unlike amongst those mangroves!!!)
Your turn ropes!
10th
It was just as well there weren't too many passers by here. My gps complained the whole time that it couldn't find any satellite. "Are you indoors?" it asked plaintively. no, I assured it. "Have you travelled a long way?" No again. Then it accused me of telling it the wrong date!
Luckily the clue was helpful enough and I eventually spied the little pile of typical stones you see around caches! Thanks for the ride tronador
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Luckily the clue was helpful enough and I eventually spied the little pile of typical stones you see around caches! Thanks for the ride tronador
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tronador
Moved 1.02km
Moved 1.02km
S33° 50.390' E151° 4.875'
This spot I'd been to before and is well secluded, so search your heart out without being sprung by the muggling hordes.
This spot I'd been to before and is well secluded, so search your heart out without being sprung by the muggling hordes.
9th
No one around on such a peaceful mid week day. Even got to drive the V8 super car track cause it's still there. Parked in a very convenient spot and had a most pleasant and peaceful walk to GZ. In fact, I missed the closer entry point to this well secluded hill and did my own lap of the course. took off X country and then realised what the mown grass meant. What a pleasant spot and one that I never knew was here in spite of living a few minutes away. A well camoed caching colour, almost missed it. Blossom* needs to get her bike ready.
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blossom*
Moved 0.14km
Moved 0.14km
S33° 50.326' E151° 4.215'
The cache is now in this quiet and peaceful spot which I hadn't realised was here. It's been great exploring to find new spots to hide the cache each time I visit and this is another little gem. There is a small pond and a seat to relax and watch the scenery. I don't reckon many people come here so you will probably have the place all to yourself.
The cache is now in this quiet and peaceful spot which I hadn't realised was here. It's been great exploring to find new spots to hide the cache each time I visit and this is another little gem. There is a small pond and a seat to relax and watch the scenery. I don't reckon many people come here so you will probably have the place all to yourself.
7th
What a fabulous evening for a bike ride. Headed over to Olympic Park and found the cache at a lovely spot with a good seat nearby. At first I thought it might be a needle in a haystack but again, Team Lego-men made it easy enough to find. Thanks for all the moves to date, I hope some others will join in too because it really is fun exploring all the little quiet corners of the parklands.
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Team Lego Men
Moved 1.54km
Moved 1.54km
S33° 50.400' E151° 4.197'
Nice little spot early in the morning. Quite a few water birds nearby. Good parking is available at S33 50.337 E151 04.313, then it's a nice short walk / ride along the path to GZ vicinity.
Nice little spot early in the morning. Quite a few water birds nearby. Good parking is available at S33 50.337 E151 04.313, then it's a nice short walk / ride along the path to GZ vicinity.
7th
Headed here this morning. Finding the location was pretty easy but that last metre was the hard bit. GZ was underneath a casuarina with very low branches, one of which took a nice chunk of skin out of my head. Poor Blossom hasn't had much exercise for a few days, lets see what we can do about that.
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5th
I was all set to go get this but the road nearby is closed all because of stupid motor racing....don't they know there is a much more important race on. I didn't have time to go park in Bicentennial Park and walk across.
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blossom*
Moved 0.74km
Moved 0.74km
S33° 51.204' E151° 4.442'
This is a lovely little spot. Park at S33 49.820 E151 04.285 again and ride your bike from there, you'll enjoy it.
This is a lovely little spot. Park at S33 49.820 E151 04.285 again and ride your bike from there, you'll enjoy it.
3rd
There wasn't as much of a headwind on the ride over today but this location had plenty of stretches that were straight into the setting sun! I got to the general area of GZ and wandered around looking for a likely spot to hide a small sistema. After a bit I began to think the clue had meant "needle in a haystack"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eventually I decided to get as close to the correct co-ords as possible and seach the haystacks near there. And lo! I found the cache. Very thoughtful of you Lego-man as I hadn't been here before.
And the co-ordinates were absolutely spot on, almost as if you had conferred with someone else as to their accuracy.
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Eventually I decided to get as close to the correct co-ords as possible and seach the haystacks near there. And lo! I found the cache. Very thoughtful of you Lego-man as I hadn't been here before.
And the co-ordinates were absolutely spot on, almost as if you had conferred with someone else as to their accuracy.
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Team Lego Men
Moved 3.19km
Moved 3.19km
S33° 51.350' E151° 3.996'
Moved it a bit further away. Hope it's not in the middle of the V8 Supercar track. That would get Blossom peddling faster.
Moved it a bit further away. Hope it's not in the middle of the V8 Supercar track. That would get Blossom peddling faster.
3rd
A harder walk to find it this time, the tracks didn't seem to go in the direction I wanted to head. Ended up going cross country. Satellite coverage was not good under all the trees. Found a pop up sprinkler near GZ, pulled it apart thinking maybe the cache has changed. No good, found another pop up sprinkler, there everywhere. Then found the spot that matched the hint. Success at last.
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blossom*
Moved 1.06km
Moved 1.06km
S33° 49.642' E151° 4.218'
You'll have to get a bit of exercise yourself for this location!! Good parking spot at S33 49.820 E151 04.285 but you'll have to ride or walk from there. My gps wavered around a bit so you might need the clue.
I wouldn't mind a rest day tomorrow so no need to rush.
You'll have to get a bit of exercise yourself for this location!! Good parking spot at S33 49.820 E151 04.285 but you'll have to ride or walk from there. My gps wavered around a bit so you might need the clue.
I wouldn't mind a rest day tomorrow so no need to rush.
1st
With a VERY strong headwind, it was a tiring ride to pick up the cache and move it on. And of course, the wind changed on the way home so it was a headwind the other way too!
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Team Lego Men
Moved 0.11km
Moved 0.11km
S33° 50.138' E151° 4.564'
Moved it nearby to S 33 50.138 E151 04.564. On yer bike Blossom.
Moved it nearby to S 33 50.138 E151 04.564. On yer bike Blossom.
1st
Woohoo! FTF. Third for the day. This one sounds great, I like the idea that Blossom has to go and find it every time it moves. Come on cachers, let's get her out there exercising. Easy find, was able to park close by and grab it. Thanks Strike A Light.
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