Careening with Miss Carey Shell Cove, New South Wales, Australia
By The Reigate Squires on Thursday 27 November 2003. Waypoint GCH9C8

22nd

Even in the open paddock the GPS had the wobbles... so I took the advice and rested a few minutes... and lo and behold, there was GZ. Dipped a geocoin and three TB's in, and took Unite for Diabetes tb. TFTC.
 

19th

Found by Tim with Ben close behind after a play in the nearby park. TFTC
 

6th

Nice spot, I had to google the hint to find out who they were, which helped.
TFTC
 

5th

No joy today, will try again later, it was getting dark.
 

1st

Visited in my lunchbreak. Took train from Town Hall and wandnerred throuh Kirribilli. Nice hide in a very tranquil spot. Thanks for bringing me here and for your cache.
 

23rd

Pouring rain and no real motivation = no find.
 

16th

Amazing to find such a quiet retreat in such a busy place. Came by once before but the crowds drove me away until a quieter time. But I need not have!
 

7th

Nice easy find. A pleasant way to waste my lunch hour. Left earrings and my calling card no. 39

[This entry was edited by fimbulisen on Thursday, May 06, 2010 at 9:41:00 PM.]
 

26th

Found 10:30am, another nice spot to sit and enjoy the harbour views. TNLN thanks.
 

25th

Found it in the first place I thought to look. Great spot! Left Latios travel bug. TN.
 

25th

Forgot to add tb to my log.
 

23rd

17 :00Uhr
We’ve found the cache without any problems, thanks a lot for hiding it.
Hobel’s from switzerland

 

26th

A nice find.
TNLN-SL-TFTC
 

25th

TFTC
 

21st

Found with RTEC+. Beautiful views, great place to take a break. Took Geocoin. thanks
 

21st

Found with Suey stayed the night after going to the concert at the Zoo, Thanks
 

12th

found it on new adventure
 

11th

left roman geocoin
 

6th

Only had a very short look as I was short of time, didn't really have the right foot wear either after the over night rain.
 

4th

Nice spot in a park I hadn't visited before. Picked up while running home from work. TFTC
 

28th

Peaceful park for reading the Sunday papers... TFTC-SL
 

25th

Another great sport for a cache. I made the find while zig zagging my way to the city. TFTC SL
 

24th

Another place I certainly would have missed if it wasn't for caching! Thanks for luring me to this beautiful spot!
 

7th

gotta like this cache.....awesome litle place and a very cool hiding spot.sl.tgcln.tftc
 

31st

Made it to this lovely spot on foot acroos town. Was delighted to find it after a string of DNF's. Took TB, left a cool coin I found in California. TFTC SL
 

26th

What a lovely Australia Day. I was planning to go this cache for a long time, finally I got here. Aussie were playing cricket, footy and having BBQs in Milson Park.

TFTC TFTH
TNLNSL

#73
 

26th

This was the first of my walk today - catching a few caches for Australia Day. TFTC
 

22nd

My first geocash find - around 12k miles from my home. A beautiful little secuded spot - ideal memory
 

21st

I asked a friend to visit a cache in Australia as 'Rugger' the bearded lizard has been trying to get there for 5 years. Hip hip hooray, he's made it as Brian (Yorkshire, England) dropped him off in here. Best of luck with your further travels Rugger - we'll miss you!
MackJick  

21st

Had some friends from Shipley, UK visiting Oz and the oferred to take my geocoin across the world for me. The obviously have found this cache because they have left my coin here.  

5th

Nice hidden park, TFTC.
No trade.
Greetings from Slovakia.
 

28th

3228.

Nice Hide. The lack of GPS signal in the area was a sign of what was to come later in the evening.

Thanks The Reigate Squires for the cache.

TNLNSL
 

28th

A tricky little hide that had us searching for a little bit due to a dodgy GPS signal. We got there in the end. TNLN and TFTC.
 

27th

This was our very first cache find so I'm excited about it. Happy to say it was a very healthy cache! I had no idea that this serene park was even there. A quiet nestled spot to sit and read a book. Thanks! TNLN
 

14th

Nice area and pleased to get the find. Last 2 caches were DNF's TNLN TFTC
 

12th

Nice spot on a lovely day out caching.
TNLNSL&TFTC.
[:o)]
 

1st

aaah a beautiful spot to go with a lovely cache hide (and brilliant hint) well done...thanx for bringing here...cheers
 

30th

Nice spot
 

24th

Another morning jog across the bridge. This time, I combined running and geocaching. Even found a coin on the way. Thanks for the cache.
 

1st

Loved the hint and learned some ancient Greek story telling at the same time. Great park. Took a glass moon. Left Germany Geocoin and a pumpkin and a bat!! SL TFTC Cheers.........Gaztek
 

18th

I like this area a lot: palm trees, nice quite park, the boats mooring right in front of the houses. thanks, beaki
 

11th

Took some geocaching virgins who much enjoyed this find.

 

30th

Tftc, Quick and easy this one, although I think I got hit by some Bat droppings. They were everywhere this evening.
 

27th

2nd find a day trip through the area with Fitzy_1965. GPS didn't want to play the game, and with the wind being as strong as it was, I wasn't sure I wanted too either. However once the cache was found, all was good and it was to the next one.
 

27th

1641 - 2nd find on a caching run through Sydney with Sol de Lune.

Interesting park which was a bit hard to get to. GPS bounced around a bit but eventually zeroed in and the find was made.

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....
 

19th

#9 of 13 for today. This was a great park, and once we realised that there was another level Walenator and I quickly had the cache in hand. Dropped Handycapt's Travel Bug. SL TFTH
 

19th

Another little park in the middle of no where. Found with Rudi63 on a lovely day for caching. Once we worked out that we where on the wrong level of the park, we quickly had the cache in hand. SL TFTH TNLN Nice views from this spot
 

14th

NIce spot and a nice easy find. TFTC Cheers
 

14th

a 17 minute walk from work, leaves just enough time to find, log,and take in the veiw from the nearby seats.
a great cache in a location i didn't know existed.
now for the walk back up the hill !
TftC
 

12th

Thanks Miss Carey for creating this patch of greenery and The Reigate Squires for placing a cache here. Luckily we looked the hint up before leaving home as that helped locate the cache. Nice spot. TNLN.
 

9th

Very nice area! Comments re: plants and grass floating are still true - if you are up to your ankles in "quick mud" you're not exactly in the right spot. Took the no-spider route purely by accident (walked from Milson Point Station). Thanks for taking me to another lovely spot in Sydney!
 

9th

A very nice place we did not know existed.
Thanks for a good one.
 

4th

Good quick cache for a lunch hour (or less), just beware the danerous lunch eating muggles that are common to the area
 

26th

Very good afternoon for a cache with the rain keeping the muggles at bay! Sneaky spot and good camo TFTC
 

26th

109 - Found with 'BGowza' on a miserable, rainy evening! The hide had us stumped for a while but perseverance paid off! Nice little park! TFTC
 

24th

Lovely park, very peaceful.

Broken pencil (take a sharpener).

Left TB425291. Took snorkling tortoise.

SL TFTC
 

26th

Found the cache quickly but got lost finding the park. TFTC
 

26th

This took us a moment as we thought we should search the bench(es) Finally found it. It´s a nice and quite area. The spider is still there, so we took the long route

Thank you for that cache, greetings from Germany,
cameron[red]96[/red]
 

7th

Our walking group had it's 10th anniversary today and decided to do the same walk again. Lingered behind and grabbed this quick one while the rest were having morning tea in the park.
Had a bit of a read up on this old story prior to the day out and when I could not find a mulberry tree knew it had to be the other clue. I was right......great spot and thanks.

 

5th

Found at 15:10 after a very long search behind many wrong benches.
Was a little apprehensive about the gate, but in the end I found an alternate way around; thank goodness, because I really didn't want to go straight through the massive spider webs.
After all the recent rain, the ground nearby was not so much soil with grass growing out of it as it is an area of mud with some plants floating on top. Left a chunky little turtle.
 

23rd

NICE SPOT
 

23rd

Nice easy find lovely view
 

15th

Beautiful spot. Found it immediately, which was a nice change for me! Good hiding spot too.
 

12th

Good fun finding this one in the dark. Nice place aroiund here. Thanks.
 

10th

A nice easy find in a lovely little park - if that's what you can call it. The view is pretty good too.

TFTC.


 

2nd

Note to self: one should always trust your GPS, it makes this game so much easier.
Had lunch in the park after the find. Thanks
 

2nd

found after the wwfm-this cache rocks
 

30th

Now I know why Miss Carey made a seat - so she wouldn't get wet feet! Found easily with no muggles around. Thanks, The Reigate Squires !
 

21st

passing some trackables through  

21st

Ye Gods.... How wet under foot is that?

No need for the GPS as the footprints of the person before me earlier on in the day were still visable. The hint gave the rest of it away.

No swaps today. TFTC TNLN
 

21st

Last stop of 3 on morning walk this morning. Bit soggy underfoot near GZ. Coords spot on. Quick find, sit and log. TFTC, Biggles.
 

5th

We also traveled a long way for the is cache (7431miles) from California. Nice quiet spot for a breather after the walk over the bridge from the hotel in Sydney. TFTH-SL
 

24th

Gladys certainly constructed a nice spot to sit and think (and cache!). I have been nearby to the sailmaker, but had never stopped in this garden.
Thanks, Robmc.
 

21st

Travelled 10740 miles to find this cache. Sitting down on a bench close to the house on the upper level and musing helps a lot. GPS Signal none existant , maybe because I'm in the Southern Hemispher. Bless Miss Carey for this lovely spot..
TFTC TNLN
 

2nd

Mmm. Many potential places, but wasn't sure whether to look in walls or under seats. Found the previously mentioned clothesline but didn't want to go on private property to snoop around.
 

2nd

Picked up TB's for trip.  

22nd

Dropped off some travel bugs as heading home tomorrow and want them to stay in Sydney.  

19th

Cache was exactly where I expected it to be. Nice little spot. My first find in Sydney. Thanks for the cache
 

16th

Darn... I went off to hunt without looking up what those mythical characters would be looking for. Now I get it, but a tad to late. I have returned to Japan, back to work. Will bring Mr. JC along next trip to Sydney to make sure we get this one!
 

7th

Managed a quick find of not only the cache but also someones line full of underwear. Obviously the residents were using the corner to dry their laundry - I kept waiting for them to come out and ask why I was near their undies.

This was quick for me as I've had to unearth caches like this before. Nice little spot.

TFTC
AP
 

20th

Found eventually in the first place I looked and went back to - damn those nice bushes!
 

4th

Pulled up within metres of this one. A nice easy one - but beware of the 'nice' bushes that stick to your clothes and don't come off.
 

3rd

found this one with Moneydork
 

3rd

After sitting and pondering on the problem for a while, found the right solution. Nice spot to sit and think.

TNLN - Thanks Reigate Squires!
 

3rd

GPS led me right there, TFTC.
 

25th

Hooray!!!!
Finally after 3 DNFs in a row I finally found a cache. It is definitely a boost to my morale. This was a little trickier than expected because of the various levels, but fortunately the coords were pretty accurate.
T: TB TFTC & the seat to rest my legs after lots of walking & all the hills!
 

23rd

TFTC
 

22nd

nice place, looking around and found the cache quickly.

Thanks and greetings from Germany
 

5th

Nice & quiet little park. Cache was easy to find without any muggles around early on Wednesday morning. Swapped travellers.
 

30th

I was concentrating on my seat when I should have been thinking of my back. TFTH.
 

16th

Geokids found this one pretty smartly - nice little park nearby.
TFTC
 

27th

A nice little spot in a nice park. TNLN SL. TFTC!
 

26th

GPSr was not sure where to point me - and it didn't help that I was running low on batteries. Cache was located in the end. Very quiet spot - TFTC
 

17th

Loved this location. Very peaceful area. Quite an easy find. Took French coin. Left US dime. TFTC
 

2nd

Jogged over the bridge at lunchtime to collect a chinese coin and deposit an old french one. Nice easy find, so I headed back to the Botanical Gardens to knock another one off. TFTC
 

27th

A lovely afternoon prompted me to down tools and go for a walk to check out this lovely place. I sat and watched some schoolkids placing sport in the park while my GPSr locked onto the sats before getting my bearings and quickly locate the prize.
Thanks for bringing me to a lovely hidden place.

TNLN SL
Hunter/Finder
 

26th

Our GPSr lead us right on spot, so it was an easy grab.

TFTC!
Team gracher
from Germany
 

1st

Nice spot with some nice boats. Enjoyed the rest. TN, L magnet.
 

30th

Good hiding spot. TFTH TNLN
 

21st

Rather quick find after we got down to the area, tried the bus early in the day, but it didn't show, so we caught the ferry over from Circular Quay and found without much trouble, TNLN, SL, TFTC
 

19th

3/15! Indeed a romantic place, exept for the spiders...
TFTC
Jonno
 

19th

No. 3 for today (one fifth of what we did!!!)
TFTC
YACUP
 

7th

9pm on a cold night .. 2 blinking bicycles (us) arrive... looked around a bit... the guy in the window!... he calls down and asks if we are ok... yes thanks... he just sat there with someone the whole time... tricky.... kindof gave up .. too dark... but... needing a cupotea... we started up the MSR right on the concrete block by the bench and enjoyed a billy! lovely!
 

5th

Found this one without a problem but felt it was just a little close to the neighbours place whose window was ajar and within metres of the cache, with such a beaut park to look down onto why could it not have been placed in there?[8)]
Though this little park is quite pleasant also, No swaps today signed log.
 

26th

Lovely views from here. Found cache supprisingly easy, considering the number of possible hiding places. Thanks for leading us here.
TNLN
Greetings from South Africa
 

26th

A nice easy find after a DNF a few months ago. I really wasn't using my head last time and was searching in totally the wrong place. Yes there are more than two benches...TFTC
 

19th

Nice park. I thought I was in the right place. Then I was not. Just a little further over there.
 

17th

For some reason, the area this cache is in seems to be frequented by a lot of good looking women. Made for a very pleasant find.
Put in a dice and 100 yen coin.
Took 50c coin 'cause we were broke.
 

13th

Last cache of the day with a walk along the harbour foreshores. There was no pen and we wern't carring one so didn't write note, will have to come back to write note.
Picked up First Austrian Geocow Geocoin.
 

10th

This was a joint effort from Maxibean and Ricktus.

We are here on holiday and managed to find this cache quite quickly. It was well gaurded by lots of spiders.

We dropped off a Geocoin and took the travel bug to help it on its way, we fly back to the UK tomorrow and we plan to drop it of in Oxfordshire in a local cache.
 

23rd

we are americans. we have left a travel bug. it came from florida. we live at 51 willoughby st kirribilli.

the bug represents an american indian spirituality.
it traveled 10000 miles to get here!

our phone is 0420604403.

ira and ann


 

22nd

Found quite quickly. Lovely little park.
Took - Scotland GC to move out west.
Left - 50c piece.
SL TFTC
 

20th

Was right behind where I took a break from my run! Very lucky. Dropped in the Scotland geocoin, took the 80cache coin.
 

21st

Found @ 1700 sorry the date may not be correct i think this is roughly when i did it i have been meaning to go back and check in but just havn't had time.

found After work while exploring on my 16" BMX TFTC
 

5th

Easy find on a drizzle evening.
 

5th

Wow, that was a fast find!
Sunset and starting rain didnt leave much space for more..
So I continued my after-work walk instantly, not without dropping McPahnke's great "Around the Wold in 80 Caches"-Coin!
16k kilometers with two caches... how far will you go?

Thanks for bringin me to this little green spot!
Ben
 

1st

Nice and quick find in our afternoon of caching. Dropped in the pub at Kirribilli to celebrate the find. TFTC
 

2nd

Found at 1035. Arrived at GZ to be greeted with a small but interesting garden area. Luckily, the cache was found almost immediately, so I enjoyed sitting down in the shade to sign the log.

TNLN. TFTC.
 

1st

# 130 NYD 4/5

As the previous log had been a DNF we were a bit dubious, and, having looked for 5 mins in the wrong place we were on the verge of giving up. So we stepped it up a level and found it quickly. Lovely spot to take little ones to the park/playground.

SL TNLN TFTC
 

30th

Looks like the area around GZ has been cut back during the last week. Very tidy but no sign of the cache.
 

23rd

Nice little park and an easy cache. TNLNSL
 

23rd

Lovely little park
 

14th

Toonarmy found this one after a bit of a hunt around. A nice place for a cache, although the grounds near the cache need a bit of attention. TFTC
 

14th

Did this one with The Carey Clan after work. Well we had to with the name and all that.

A bit of a hunt and nearly gave up but eventually came up trumps. All dry and secure.

TFTC
 

11th

Arriving at GZ I firts thought the coords are a bit off, but after a short look around once the muggle disappeared I could get to the cache and quickly performed the cache duties bfeore the muggle might appear again.
Out Coin
TFTC
Alpini
proud PLG member
 

10th

It was like stepping into another dimension approaching GZ. From up on high I could look down on the busy, muggle rich areas of the park
The grass arond the cache could do with a mowing, but you are almost guaranteed the place to yourself
TFTC, I took the diabetes awareness TB and left Robert's personal geocoin.
 

2nd

a place we have never been before
took ladybug
left koala clip
TFTC
 

26th

Dearie me, about time we had a spring clean, Miss Carey. The Squires have pulled on the Wellington Boots and attacked the rising damp with a brand new container and fresh clean logbook. Tossed out some of the watery contents but left a ladybird and travel bug. Let's hope this keeps watertight. A apologies to all cache hunters who have braved the wet so far.  

26th

Lovely spot to sit and watch the world go by!

As per the other posts - this one is a bit damp.

Cheers for the cache
DanP
 

24th

Easy enough find to start the day off, and just safely out of sight of the neighbours. Nice spot even though it was raining at the time! Left a diabetes TB, thanks Reigate Squires.
 

18th

Almost a drive-in cache. Did not take long to locate the location of the cache. Log book reaaly needs attention, it is very damp and almost falling into pieces.
Took small gecko, left ring.
 

18th

I looked around for quite some time near where the GPS was pointing, but failed to locate it. I used the clue but this didn't help. I looked for some clues in previous logs, and considered ringing for help, but decided against it. I then moved my hunting to the next level and found it almost immediately. If only I'd been led there first. Thanks for the cache.
 

16th

Found with Az before a fantastic dinner. Not too hard to find in the end, but the logbook is still damp and a page or two has ripped out. TNLN, TFTC.
 

13th

Second finder today. The 18-foot crews were busy drying their sales on the lawn in the late afternoon. A good hiding spot that's well away from all the muggles. The log book is really good and one of the nicest we've seen - thanks Miss Carey.

The logbook is very damp and needs replacing (and souveniering by the cache owner) before it becomes unusable.
 

13th

Nice easy one to start to the day. Some relatives used to live on the other side of the park so we were pretty familiar with the area. We watched the 18's rigging close by after nabbing the Cache. The log is a little damp, but everything else is dry. Thanks for taking us there


TNLN

TFTCSL

 

6th

THis was our 5th find for the day.

Cache log book is destroyed - totally saturated and has a mould growing that would make a lab technician proud. This needs some urgent attention.

TNLNSL (Poorly)

TFTC!
 

4th

Made the find quite easily....No. 6 of seven finds on a walking tour of North SYD today. TFTC!!
 

26th

In serious need of maintenance. Log is saturated.  

26th

Great tucked away cache spot. Signing the log was a bit tricky due to water in the logbook. TFTC.
 

7th

The sats and Gizmo played the game perfectly for me today. I just had to be a bit wary of the local muggle hanging the washing on the line.
Cache was in the 2nd place I looked, so it was a quick & easy find. The cache is still quite damp, and the log book is sodden.
A lovely little park with some nice views.
No swaps we made today.
Thanks for the cache Squires.
Cheers.
 

19th

Wandered this way and that way but eventually wandered the right way and found the cache. Contents are a bit damp. Signed log and on my way. Very good walk down to the cache.
 

6th

Gotta say it’s been a while
In the area so dust off this geo-file
Why did I have problems with this
Pretty hard to miss
How water logged can a cache get
This one was thoroughly wet
Nice spot, but not to maintainer
You might want to invest in a new container

 

29th

A beautiful day out; perfect for geocaching. Took just the right amount of time to find. A bit damp though. TNLN
 

21st

Out for a spot of caching on the North Shore - ferry across to Neutral Bay Wharf, then a nice enough walk through the streets to this little park. Found the cache okay, with a little help from the clue, then enjoyed a rest down in the main park, looking out to the bay through the masts of the marina. And then onwards in search of other nearby caches, some nice coastal walkings, and eventually an evening ferry back from Cremorne Wharf.

A beautiful autumn day in sunny Sydney, and another lovely little park we'd not have found without a cache to seek - TFTC. TNLN ... cache and contents rather soggy after all the recent rain, though logbook remains dry in its own plastic bag.
 

15th

lovely park. spent a bot of time at the sailing club nearby when younger !
TNLN
The cache was a bit waterlogged and we dried things out as best we could.
 

14th

A great little spot. Was tempted to drop by and visit a friend who lives just 100m away. It's amazing what treasures can be found right on your doorstep.
 

14th

Another easy find. The lawn had been recently cut and the smell of fesh cut grass was great. TNLNSL. Log book was a little damp and mouldy.

 

9th

Plenty of Perfect spots around our Harbour
Took nothing left Lizard
TFTC
 

8th

Our third for Easter Sunday. Interesting place. Would like to have a look aroundthe Navy building here. TNLNSL
 

18th

Get little spot to sit and watch the sailing go by. Cheers Reigate Squires.
 

10th

What a great place. We lived in Sydney for many years before seeing the light and moving to the deep north. While here we had not discovered geocaching and we've been delighted with revisiting the beauty of this city. Thanks for bringing us here. TNLN
 

7th

Found 18:00ish. 1st of 8 FFTN. Second day back in Sydney for a couple of days of study, decided that I would fit in a couple of cache's into my already over filled days (thus night caching in a strange city). It's funny how a little rain quickly clears a street, made for easy caching (albeit damp with no umbrella). TNLNSL. TFTC.
 

25th

finally found one in Australia with the help of a kind man giving suttle hints. There was no pencil to log the visit and I left my pen behind. Cache still a bit wet. In and out nil
 

28th

We couldn't remember the story of Pyramus and Thisby, but we did find the cache. And a nice spot it is! Pity that the box hadn't been closed good enough; the contents were all wet. Tried to dry it out as well as we could, but the iron parts of the contents were all rusty.
TNLN, TFTC, Serendipitwo.
 

21st

Found it this morning and took the TB.
Thx for the Cache
 

30th

great day for a lunch time snooze in the park by the water.
 

29th

travel bug exchange.
nice supprise to find another one when I found onther one.
dino in the hole!
 

25th

We found this cache at 1830hrs without any problems. We liked this spot very much. The cache is wet inside.

IN: TB Arctos
OUT: -

thx for this cache!

team_BAFL
 

20th

What a great spot and wonderful clue. As noted by others, Miss Carey is suffering badly from damp. TNLN and TFTC.
 

13th

I wanted to try this as I was in the area and found it easily. The contents is a bit damp including the log. TNLNSL. TFTC
 

29th

Nice little park that Sydney seems to have lots of examples of. The cache was not where I first thought but it was in the second. Thanks Reigate squires for the cache
 

27th

One final night in Aus, and zero caches found. Time to find the closest one to our accommodation. I set off while the others watched the Terri Irwin Interview. I had seen the park and headed in the general area. Was interested in the 18 ft skiffs nearby. It was quite dark and I didn't want to arouse suspicion so nearly gave up. Thought I should have a quick look in the usual spots and waddaya know??!!
Thanks for the hide.
TNLN SL
Could do with a dry out.
 

26th

The logbook is wet and there is water in the box. Unfortunatly we hadn't anything with us to dry it. Sorry.

Thanks for the cache; regards 2cachefix


 

25th

After a walk across the bridge and breakfast by the water, we ventured to find this cache. We got a nice tour of the area and I am sure went the long way. We eventually found the spot and grabbed the cache. TFTC
 

24th

NIce restful spot away from the crowds of Sydney
 

1st

Indeed a nice quiet little spot to rest and reflect. An easy find too, which helps! Not too far from the station and my second of the day. Thanks.
 

25th

Second for the day!

A very easy find, exactly where I started looking (have done a similar one last week so was in that mindset)
very nice spot although watch for the hole in the ground close by, I has a nasty experience with my knee when my heal went in it as I was walking out
 

19th

Nice easy find
thanks for bringing us here
keener
 

19th

Another beautiful little park hugging the harbour!

Miss J found this one, almost right away. Plenty of Muggle activity, and this cache is not where you first think!
TNLNSL
TFTC
 

13th

Our first of 6 for the afternoon, teaching a couple of newbies about the game.
Cache was pretty wet, but too many muggles around to spend long drying it out. It could do with dsoem TLC in the near future.
Took dinasaur, left policeman

 

6th

Found my first cache. I live there, and it is very close.
have GPS since late 1980's, but haven't known about the geocache. what a great hoppy, perfect for excuses to travel
was wet, I tried it out as good as possible.
 

25th

Went out late at night, very soggy underfoot, took a few minutes, but found it, could have been heaps of places. Good search. Tub was very damp inside, not sure if watertight. May need to be checked.

TLNL. TFTH.
Rated: for Overall Experience  

16th

Very easy cache, first place I looked. No spiders.
Pleasant little park too.
Took tweety Left Brontosaurus.
TFTC
 

3rd

On a cache run from Denver. TNLNSL. Thanks!
 

28th

Another lunchtime find for me. Working localy I can second the recommendation for the spit roast shop's rolls. TNLNSL
Rated: for Overall Experience  

25th

I really liked this one - another lovely spot, a good place to hide, and a good hide. Took cap, Left Caribiner. Thanks The Squires.
 

21st

have bike through this part of the city without taking much notice. I always worry about the spider factor with these caches, no funnel web attacked me this time
 

15th

Found at 10:35am. Very nice and quiet little park on a Saturday morning.
 

10th

Walked in from Milson's Point station. Can recommend the spit roast shop - opposite the station exit - 1980s size slabs of meat in a roll which I ate in Milson Park. Then let my GPSr do the work: "The Arrow knows the way. Follow the Arrow. The Arrow is your friend." And the Arrow led right there at 13:20. Dank little cache, but I cannot understand why the log book is still damp inside its plastic pocket. Took nothing but left a purple mini torch so that those who find this cache after the sun goes down can find their way back! Such a pleasant place on a 27C day I was tempted to hang around - but duty called.
 

31st

Dropped by during my lunch hour to grab the Perry TB. All's well.  

27th

9:35 pm.
I continued my extended 3-hour run from South Sydney via Hyde Park and Harbor Bridge. I had not previously explored this side of the harbor and this hide provided a good excuse to continue across the bridge. Even in the dark I was able to spot after poking around a couple of minutes a bit too far up the hill where my GPSr insisted I should look. Fortunately it was completely deserted in the park and no one peeked out of the nearby windows to see what I was up to. TNSL. Left a green horned lizard. I photographed the Tbug and recorded its ID number with intent to log a touch-and-go but see it has already been moved so will not post a find and risk messing up its travel accounting. Thanks for the hide.
-Gecko Dad, San Diego
 

25th

We had a nice walk from i!31/2 cash to this. GPS had had great trouble getting a fix on this one pointing in all sorts of directions. We didn't have enough time to find before we had to leave. Will return.
 

25th

Skippy wasn't with me for this find so I took some friends along to introduce them to geocaching. Found the cache when the GPS eventually decided to start working!! The cache was very full, so I wasn't able to drop off a travel bug that we brought with us. LNTN.
Thanks for the cache!
Skippy & Ginger
 

24th

We came here especially to put in TB Perry the Peripatetic Pirate who we brought all the way from the UK and who wants to see Sydney Harbour. He has now achieved his mission!!! It's a lovely spot and he can see the boats from here.

We took 3 TB's to make room for him.

[This entry was edited by Lynda & Sam on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 12:46:36 AM.]
 

23rd

P only as I'm in Sydney on buisness.

The first of two caches today after work. Such a tranquil and beautiful location after the noise of Pacific Highway. I just had to sit for an hour and relax in the evening sunshine.

I've been struggling to find anything other than micro caches in the local area so dropped off 3 TBs a long way from home.

Thanks for a great cache location

PACH&A
 

22nd

Called in for a bit of a spring clean. Got rid of some damp rusty stuff and re-bagged the contents. The cache tends to attract moisture, so one day we'll find a more waterproof model. Forgot the lawn mower, though, and so has North Sydney Council by the looks of things so a wade through the long grass may be required.  

21st

As a member of the club across the park, I thought I'd pay this cache a visit. Found it no problem, but it had some water in it. Drained the water and replaced the baggie the log was in as it had split (log ok though). Probably needs some time in the sun to dry properly.
 

16th

Had some time to spare today so went off looking for this cache. After sitting down for a few minutes to let the GPSr get a grip I found it quickly.

Groovy cammo.

Cache was wet inside. Took everything out and dried it as much as possible. Snap lock bag for the Itty Bitty Log Book needs replacing as it is split.

Great little spot. Thanks. TNLNSL. Cheers.
 

3rd

It didn't take me long to find the cache.
It was my first one, and I didn't even use a GPS.
I went with Dad and my Dog, Sam.
I left a helicopter, and took the Alaska magnet.
 

2nd

Nice easy find, TNLN
 

24th

Nice park
 

24th

Found this cache at 2pm after letting the GPS settle down. Also used clues from the image gallery. A well hidden camouflaged cache. Noted in the log that we were the second finder for the day - at least we beat them to logging it online! Took Koala and left Tweety Bird.
 

19th

Was in the area to I thought I'd grab a quick cache. Shame I couldn't stay a bit longer this is a lovely spot. Took a small hunt which made it interesting. TNLNSL Thanks Squires.
 

14th

I see "Philma" had a partner this time. We seem to follow him and "Imgettingannoyed" all over town! Yeah! yet another location we had frequented over many years, Ross sailing Barina out of this Marina. Very interesting to know the background of this little park.

Another success for Marg & Ross "Minnamurra"
 

11th

This Minnesota gal walked over the Sydney bridge, so while in the neighborhood it seemed fitting to do a bit of geocaching. Happy to report a find on this one. Took Quantas clip. Left a pink golf tee.
 

5th

Found it. What a great view and restful spot. My wife said, "that is a perfect place for a cache" and she was right!!!

TFTH, TNLN
 

31st

Been meaning to do this one for about ten months and finally its in the bag. Took bell left koloa. Regards Philma & Bronte.
 

26th

Found okay, after doing a couple of laps around the area.

GPS was a little out though, once it fixed itself, found without too much problems.

Took cow. Left bell and motorcycle card.

Didn't have any repair material on me, but the ziplock bag containing the logbook has split(and this container does get damp inside). So if someone is visiting soon, please try and repair it.
 

23rd

Yet another beautiful location within walking distance of North Sydney.

Love the camouflage cache!!

 

2nd

I would have preferred tackling this one in daylight, but as it gets dark at 1730 up here, and I can't get away from work until about that time, I had to be satisfied with a night time assault. GPS coverage was pretty awful, but I had an idea where to look from something mentioned in one of the logs. I spent about 30 minutes looking there, to no avail. I was just about to give up, but I thought I'd have a look from a different angle. It was then that I spied another likely location (it was "Tiny Shiny" all over again). I had it in hand 30 seconds later at 1905. I probably would have saved 20 minutes if it hadn't been for the darkness. Oh well, these are the joys of caching at night. I've seen that cammo many, many times in Victoria; it's a maccamob speciality.

The inside of the cache was a bit damp from condensation, and a couple of calling cards were wet and mildewy, so I removed them. (My apologies to GEK and Charlie Brown.) I also ditched the 2004 Giro Post calendar, which was wet too. The log book is a beauty, and although its zip-lock bag is split, it's relatively dry. I grabbed the "Supreme Commander" TB, and copied the vital information. I really liked the location of this cache, and I've never seen such tall palm trees! Thanks to The Reigate Squires for the cache and the history lesson. However, the URL for the story about Miss Carey has changed. The new URL is as follows:

http://simplyaustralia.net/issue7/North-Sydney/nsydney-7.html

IN: Qantas lanyard
OUT: Key ring clip
 

28th

The Supreme Being will be happy here for a while.

[This entry was edited by Bensel on Saturday, April 02, 2005 at 1:57:39 PM.]  

28th

Walked straight upto this cache with family members. Left the Supreme being travel bug.

So hot right now

[This entry was edited by Bensel on Monday, March 28, 2005 at 1:37:09 PM.]

[This entry was edited by Bensel on Monday, March 28, 2005 at 1:38:07 PM.]
 

7th

Took the GeoCoin to Mad landing  

5th

Dropping a US Geocoin.
 

9th

Found on our last day in Austrailia. Particularly wanted to complete this one as my Grandmothers name is also Gladys Carey. Enjoyed lunch in her park.
Thanks for the cache
The Mr Men Gang
 

27th

Pity Miss Carey's still not around, this park needs a bit of TLC, otherwise a very nice harbourside spot. Didn't disturb the cache's resident snail, took the compass and left 20p. Was a warm day after a long walk so had a drink from the handy nearby tap.
 

4th

Take 2 - got it!
A day of caching with ChickDeputy and her other half, and it turns out that on my previous attempt I was looking right at this cache but somehow missed it. No more dusk-caching I think - without a torch anyway.
Nice one. Good container.
 

4th

Got it!!
I had made an unsuccessful attempt on this a while back which I had forgotten to log. I now find out we had missed it by a mere whisker on that cold dark night.
Yet another cache for the supreme EvilDan and ChickDeputy team. Yeah! And a perfect excuse to enjoy a burger at the Kirribilli Hotel before hand.

Somewhat disappointing though - the noisy Muggles were very quiet today. Maybe they only reach their crescendo at night?

T: orange stego L: a cow
 

7th

12:18am
A new day has dawned and we had given up on trying to do anymore in the city, just no parking!

We arrived and started a search, as Swampy said, the neighbours were being really noisey, luckily they were not looking below.

After I changed our search location, it was found easily. had nothing small enough to fit into this container so just signed the log.

A nice find in an unusual park.

Cheers
 

7th

Missed it we wandered around the same 10m radius for about 20 min, looking in all the obvious places in failing light - needed a torch to search some hidey-holes which we therefore couldnt do. Disappointed, but the clues mean we were looking in the right place - determined to have another go in the middle of the day soon!
 

7th

My log shows we found this one 17 minutes past the witching hour. The neigbours noisy party masked any noise we were making. It seems to have one been a nice location however it now waits for a lawnmower and some gardening.
The container was a bit cramped so I just did the log signing thing.

 

7th

It would be very quiet here normally at 1am, but the neighbours were being noisey
 

9th

It is always a delight to be taken to a place we would not otherwise visit and discover a little pocket of peace and tranquility and boats among the hubble of the city.

Great location and nicely hidden.

Took TB Single Die and a Harry Potter badge/pin. Left some Harrods golf tees, a Spiderman badge/pin and some Romanian coins.
 

5th

14:30am Came by ferry and found the place after some searching around. What is it with people who drive to a park and then don't get out but instead "enjoy" the view from behind the wheel? Fortunately the cache site is sheltered. Nice camo.
Took: coin & key TB
Left: smiley compass & single die TB
 

2nd

Nice Cache. Easy walk down from Milsons Point Train Station. The area is a bit mushy after the rain over the last few days (3 inches apparently), but accessible none the less. There is a little open drain/creek thing just there. It is interesting to stop on the foot bridge and watch all of the tiny little fishies swimming past.

Took TB Light up the world as this cache is just too small for it.
 

22nd

Just a note to drop Glug-Glug into the cache.  

21st

Decided to go after this one by ferry. As an inter-state visitor I couldn't think of a better way to get across the harbour on a sunny afternoon. Found easily, just loved the area. Left TB Glug Glug and a purple beetle thing.
Thanks for a great sojorn.
Cheers from foxbat

 

12th

Nice little park.
An even nicer bigger park which it overlooks. Can't believe they reclaimed this bit of land, as if Sydney didn't have enough?
Useless Trivia - EcoNic approved the fence along the stormwater channel there many years ago

Easy find, enojoyable cache.
Thanks!

EcoTeam
 

7th

found it after a lovely stroll through Kirribilli. Nice location- wonder if you can live aboard those boats in the harbour?
 

7th

a beautiful spot- nice walk from downtown. thanks for the great cache!

 

20th

Took a trip to the other side of the harbour during a long lunch break. After a bit of searching I eventually found the well-camouflaged cache. Nice peaceful little spot.

 

1st

This one drove us up the wall(s) requiring many restarts. Eventually we found it. Agree, well hidden. Serves us right for not looking closely or carefully enough. We explained to curious muggle nearby that we were on a mission to find a rare species of snail reported to have been seen in this area recently.

 

13th

Managed to find it on my second visit. Late night with no onlookers. Surely I looked there the first time! Guess not. Thanks for the cache. Took TB. Left nothing as my swaps wouldn't fit. Nicely hidden.

Rated: for Overall Experience  

4th

Always look twice.

With a very tight clock running as I needed to catch a train home to Newcastle in little more than an hour, I managed to find the cache (after half an hour of stealthy searching), drop off the travelbug Roverandom after taking him to Luna Park (that's kinda like the moon...), signed the logbook. No swaps.

Mission Accomplished! Good luck, Roverandom!

 

2nd

I (Hecta) am sure I looked where it was about eight times before I actually found it! There was a resident sleepy cat which was unimpressed by my presence.
Took US$1 and left magnet.

 

2nd

Found it...Nice quiet area to relax in.
Took stickers and left a $1 note (should have left some South African coins...)


 

27th

A muggle was sitting on the one bench so I sat on the other and waited for a chance to scratch around 'as one does' and possibly look a bit silly. GPS settled down and said quietly to me.."look over your right shoulder its 0 meters away". So around I looked and there it was. How easy was that!!! Left a 1944 penny in the front cover of the log book. A penny for my thoughts I thought..."she must have been a great lady".
Great cache..thanks.

 

22nd

Had a little bit of time before a morning appointment. Co-ords were spot on and it really was in the only spot that was in the area. TNLN. Nice spot.

 

14th

First of ten for the day. Never been here before,nice area.

 

9th

Found this one in the dark!! Was nearly going to give up, but fortunately we found it, and were pretty excited. Nice place. Very quiet at night, lucky no one around to see us wandering around with torches!

 

1st

Found first cache - late afternoon on glorious day - who would believe it is the first day of winter !

Easy to find - I gues I was lucky in choosing the right seat to contemplate life from



 

31st

Did this one sans-GPSr and just based my search on the hints. Unfortunately there are 3 or 4 different places it could.

Once I realised this I found it pretty quickly. Took batteries left calendar.

GEK

 

15th

No luck with this one as the sats were clearly against me. I got within 10meters of GZ (I think) but couldn't find the cache. Need to read up on Shakespeare I guess! I though I found the cache cleverly disguised as a small can of paint, but it turned out to be just that.

Rated: for Overall Experience  

9th

sid, down from the country and after a harbourside lunch with mates hippo and the wicked weasel strolled to this one just before dark. took/left nothing. thanks guys

 

10th

I approached the waypoint and had to walk around a group of people performing yoga or pilates (not quite sure), then saw some of those amazing web weaving spiders that frequent Sydney.

It took me some time to pinpoint GZ, but when I did, I found the cache easily. Great camo - I suppose you need it in Sydney otherwise the muggles will find it. Left a dinosaur and took nothing. Thanks for the quick cache in North Sydney.

 

28th

KitPie and I went out and about for a wander in the pleasant evening air. After picking up food supplies in North Sydney, where all signs of life had been replaced by hair spray impaired zombies, we continued on into the night. We needed to preserve the little remaining GPS battery power and took bearings sparingly, but arrived in the vicinity soon after sunset.

After observing the entrance to a well known (in some circles) and highly rated (in some circles) piece of infrastructure, we arrived at GZ and discovered that the urban nature of this cache was not suited for a night time assault. Unperturbed, KitPie amused herself with the pursuit of noisy insects while I tried to attract the attention of alert but not alarmed citizens with my torch.

Having failed in my mission at testing the country's homeland security preparations, I scratched around a bit more in the dark managed to collect the cache ... and a forearm load of little bugs.

WP2 of this cache ... the pen buried in the bottom of KitPie's bag ... turned out to equal the challenge of finding the cache itself. Nonetheless, the deed was done.

As we were leaving, we noticed a couple of ASIO officials disguised as owls up in the tree watching us. I guess I shouldn't have underestimated them after all.

 

24th

The first time I failed to find it, but this time no problems. Amazing what a difference a bit of sunlight makes! Loved the log book as it is so compact! (where did you find it?) Took nothing and left nothing. MRG

 

24th

Nice cache find for the end of the day. It took a bit of searching high and low, then we finally figured out the location. Well done. Signed log, took nothing, left nothing. Thanks.
BJF

 

17th

Great spot to relax and take in the location. Easily found after reading some of the logs. Could you really get any work done around this area?
TNLN however we left our calling card.
Thanks guys

Charlie Brown & Crew

 

11th

Found by Mary & David at 1800. More amazing (and no doubt expensive) views. Nice to have a cool breeze after recent hot days. Luckily not many people about to hinder our short search. Nice little hiding place. Took heart, left Christmas ornament. Our thanks to The Reigate Squires and, of course, to Miss Carey.

 

4th

Just about one of the easiest finds I've ever had! GPS led me straight to the spot, looked in the most obvious hole and hey presto! Took the glow in the dark ant and left a variety club heart badge. Yet another little corner of Sydney I didn't know existed. Thanks Squires! Top work!

 

30th

Found this one in the heat of the day, what a great spot.
Considered refreshments at the Yacht Club but there was more caching to be done.

 

26th

No painter overlooking my activities today and I found it within minutes... Well camouflaged Squires...

I used to work about 50m from here in the offices on the wharf and not surprisingly the view from the window was more attractive than work itself...
 

24th

Had a try at this one today, but had to abandon my attempt as there was a painter on a ladder about 5m from GZ... he started to get very interested in what I was doing and I ran out of wild flowers to "photograph"... I'll be back...
 

15th

Where did you say you worked Tangles.
 

12th

Had a bit of time to kill before the annual drunken orgy that’s supposed to be the staff Christmas party so I made my way over to the cache.
The stories I could tell about this place but I won’t bore you with stories involving naked woman, trapezes and harnesses.
After the cache, which was well done and had a very nice logbook it was back to the office party. What is it with chicks that work in accounts and office parties; they always seem to be first to get their gear off.
 

12th

Had a bit of time to kill before the annual drunken orgy that’s supposed to be the staff Christmas party so I made my way over to the cache.
The stories I could tell about this place but I won’t bore you with stories involving naked woman, trapezes and harnesses.
After the cache, which was well done and had a very nice logbook it was back to the office party. What is it with chicks that work in accounts and office parties; they always seem to be first to get their gear off.

 

9th

Sat and sat for a while for the satellites to sort themselves out - its a great spot to do just that. Followed the clues and found the goal before a major tragedy could transpire.

Great cache
ZijerPhil

[This entry was edited by zijerfex on Tuesday, December 09, 2003 at 2:37:29 PM.]

 

3rd

Missed my first virgin cache by 1 day - if only I'd gone yesterday when I'd intended...

Lovely spot - it's one of the things I love most about 'caching - discovering unique little places like this one.

I guess it's possible that your sat lock may be a little flaky when you are right at GZ, but once you get to the area, the clues should be more than enough for finding this little gem.

Took dice, left Cade Card #2.

 

2nd

What a cute little piece of land. Just love all the benches for those quiet moments. The birds were singing and so were we when we found a virgin cache. Just SNIFTERS height. I hope it wasn't some eager cacher that left the bricks etc strew around the place. We really didn't expect to go caching today so we had no swaps which is most unusual for us. Thanks for scenery.

 

30th

Re-checked co-ords this morning & found them correct within 1m. You do not need to go through any gates or over fences. Yes there are houses nearby - it's an urban cache after all!
 

29th

Dropped by as it was near home and had a 15 minute look for this new cache. I couldn't find it! My GPS had it pointing about 2 meters away from someones house! I was also unsure if the land was actually private property, (The sign on the gate said so!) so didnt try to hard! Might want to confirm the location is right, but then again maybe I was been to cautious! Thanks MRG