Bundys Commute #5

Brahms6 found this one on 28th December 2010, 58th find.
Our last find on our trip to Rockhampton and the third in a row that was hidden by "Bundyrumandcoke".

This cache is hidden amongst the gardens in a little roadside park dedicated to a local pioneer Thomas Christian Seierup a Danish immigrant who arrived in the area in 1878 aboard the "Charles Dickens"

The cache was a small container holding a log book and a small amount of SWAG. I took a domino and left a rooster and a butterfly.

Apart from the copious amount of boggy water this was a very nice little park. Signed the log TFTC.

Bundys Commute #6

Brahms6 found this one on 28th December 2010, 57th find.

We set out in the rain again for a last shot at caching on our visit to Rockhampton. We decided to travel out to Rockhamptons satellite of Gracemere. We the water was lapping close to the road but traffic was getting through so we decided to be intrepid and brave the waters.

This monument acknowledging the Tropic of Capricorn is located in the middle of Gracemere and there were many muggles driving past so we made like tourists whilst scratching around in the mulch and locating the hide. The hide was small but not quite micro. It was very wet so we dried it out signed the log and returned it to mother earth.

Mt Morgan Boatramp

Brahms6 found this one on the 27th December 2010, 56th find.

This cache was hidden at the junction of the Bruce Highway and Burnett Highway. The location marks the peak of the flood in 1990/91. The highways were blocked then and I recall the hold ups in transport.

The floods that are around now are tipped to be as bad however the highways have been redirected and built much higher. It is still a broad expanse of flood water on either side of the roads.

The cache was a magnetic micro with room only for a log and a pencil. I signed the log which was quite dry given all the bad weather that has been around.
TFTC.

Flying School

Brahms6 found this one on 26th December 2010, 55th find

This structure has been built on top of a power pole in Yeppoon.

It was built as a result of a an osprey continuously returning to the site to nest. The birds come back each year to nest and raise their young. The cache was well hidden amongst the mosquitoes and the mangroves. I blundered around for a while when Mrs Brahms6 standing safely on the bank pointed out the likely spot and there it was.

I retrieved the Travel bug pictured above. It is called Tuk Tuk and originated in Switzerland and so far has travelled over 62,000 kilometers. I left a cow and a goat. Signed the log and hurried off away from the mossies. TFTC

Island View TB Motel

Brahms6 found this one on 26th December 2010, 54th find.
This find is situated on a hill overlooking the islands north of Emu Park. The block of land pictured below the GZ is for sale and would offer a million dollar view. Luckily due to geocaching I got the view and the climb for free.

The cache was well concealed yet easy to find for those looking for it. I retrieved the travelbug Pictured above. It is called chance after the dog in the picture. Chance's mission is tor travel as many kilometers as possible and since 2008 he has done more then 52,000 ks. I will take him back to Cairns and place him in a cache close to the cruise ship terminal.

I left a geocoin in the cache. It is a Gold Reef Check coin I have called Great Barrier Reef. I have given it the mission to visit as many reefs as possible.

Signed the log and bid farewell to Emu Park.

Singing Ship 3

Brahms6 Found this one on 26th December 2010, 53rd find.
Our second find in Emu Park. This landmark is an icon for the small community and it is great to stand beside it and listen to the wind singing.

The view out over the island is worth stopping for. There were muggles everywhere when we visited sight seeing, picnicking and flying kites. Luckily the GZ is tucked away out of sight and I was able to retrieve the cache without being seen.

I signed the log and took a rock and left a red tassel and a cow.

TFTC

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Which Bank

Brahms6 found this one on 26th December 2010, 52nd find.

King Omalley was a larger then life character from Australia and Queensland past. He is commemorated in the small seaside town of Emu Park on the Capricorn Coast east of Rockhampton.

This cache was a very cleverly hidden micro and was a positive start to our tour around Emu Park.

We had driven down to see friends on Boxing day and decided to look for some caches on the way back. This location could have had a lot of muggles around but being a public holiday it was muggle free. Signed the log after a quick find and photo and then moved on to the next one. TFTC.

Hide at the Dump

Brahms6 found this one on 25th December 2010, 51st find. Found with "Moistvonlipwig".

We set out on a wet Christmas afternoon to christen Moist's new GPSR.. This hide is hidden at a bird watching platform established at the landfill in Rockhampton. Because the river is very high in flood and the local water runoff from a week of solid rain has filled all the lagoons the platform overlooks a sea of water.

The cloud was very heavy and both GPSR's took us to the same spot. We searched for a while in the wet and then took to the shelter. Aha, there it is.

A small cache with room for only a few items of SWAG. We took a hair clip and left a goose and a turkey. These seemed appropriate given the time of the year and the nature of the hide.
As we were perusing the log we found the following entry quite amusing;

"I found this, I saw some people acting suspicious and investigated. I thought the container held drugs but was pleased to see it was just people having harmless fun. Signed A local landfill worker"

There was also a log from a person from Sweden, we did wonder about a tourist from Sweden ending up at the Rockhampton landfill, but then that is geocaching.

Rocky Icons - Purrey's Home

Brahms6 found this one on 17th December 2010, 50th find. Found with "Moistvonlipwig".

This historic railway station in Rockhampton plays host to a museum but we were there for something else, a cache of course.

The coordinates took is to this location and then we had to walk 50 metres along 320 degrees. I had not worked out how to read the GPS to do this but after one false start we walked straight to the spot.

A bit of scratching around and there it was, a sneaky little micro. We signed the log and that was us finished our caching for the day.

I would also like to point out that I have finally caught up with my blogging, phew what a marathon. I am not going to stop caching so there will be more entries but maybe not so many at once. Buuuut, I do have to travel back to Cairns.............................

Archer on Fitzroy

Brahms6 found this one on 17 December 2010, 49th find. Found with "Moistvonlipwig"

This was a puzzle cache that took us to the statue of Archer one of the regions early explorers. The statue is at the front of the Pilbeam Theatre and the clues to find the GZ
coordinates were on the plaque at the front of the statue.

We worked these out and headed off to the riverbank.

The cache was easily located and I took a motor car and restocked the cache with a few SWAG items.

Signed the log and replaced the cache. A good puzzle that took some thinking but not to much.

Rocky Icons - QR's Lost Wagon

Brahms6 found this one on 17th December 2010, 48th find. Found with "Moistvonlipwig"

The coordinates for this one took as to the parking lot at the local university "Central Queensland University". As we pulled up I was remembering all the hard work I put in there studying for my MBA. My son however was remembering the time he spent at the student union bar when he was supposed to have been studying.

After a little reminiscing we looked around and found the Railway Wagon we were instructed to find. We searched out the clue and found the cache exactly where it was supposed to be.

A micro cache so we signed the log and headed off for the next cache on the GPS.
Photo to come

Alexandra Rail

Brahms6 found this one on 14th December 2010, 47th find. Found with "Moistvonlipwig"

A micro that required a bit of footwork and mathematics. A walk out along the railway bridge across the Fitzroy river in full flood. Looking for graffiti. There was a lot and it certainly cast aspersions upon a lot of girls who most likely didn't deserve such criticism.

We found the right name and felt around and there was a strategically hidden magnetic cache.

Signed the log and enjoyed the view of all the water rushing below.
Photo to come

Walking on Trash

Brahms6 found this one on 14th December 2010, 46th find. Found with "moistvonlipwig"

This cache was hidden just off the walking path in Kershaw Gardens Rockhampton. The gardens are built on reclaimed ground hence the title. There is a lot of flood water around Rockhampton presently but this part of the gardens were high and dry.

The GPS was quite accurate until we moved off the path under the trees and then it was time to search.

Signed the log and took the wax comb and a train left a $coin and some clippers.

First Cache in Rockhampton TFTC.

Photo to come.

Coffee Break

Brahms6 found this one on 13th December 2010, 45th find.

Well actually Mrs Brahms6 found this one.

This cache is located at Waverly Creek, a driver reviver stop between Mackay and Rockhampton. I am not exaggerating when I say I have stopped here hundreds of times in the past and been completely oblivious to the fact that there was a cache here.

It had been pouring rain and the GZ was in the middle of a swamp Mrs Brahms6 and I both got down in the mud to look under a building and she spotted it high and dry.

The cache held a geocoin "Go Team" I collected this and now need to take a photo of a sporting venue and log that before placing in in another cache to continue its journey.

Left a ball and a motor car. Signed the log.

Because Mrs Brahms6 found the cache I "let" her get back down in the mud and replace it.

This was the last find on our three day trip south 1200 kilometers 17 finds.

Spending the next three weeks with the offspring in Rockhampton Number two son has switched on to cacheing code name "moistvonlipwig" so I expect we will find some in Rockhampton to log.

Clair's Views of Broadsound No. #3 "WAGS House"

Brahms6 found this one on 13 December 2010, 44th find.

Clareview is a little beach side community just off the highway between Mackay and Rockhampton in the 110 KPH zone.

If you slow down and turn in you will be pleasantly surprised by the lovely little village. the townsfolk have gone to a lot of trouble to make the place attractive for visitors. With gardens along the roadside and great murals.

There were a lot of travellers stopping in the rest area while we were there.
This of course meant lots of muggles. I managed to retrieve the cache and sign the log, then I had to wait 20 minutes for a gap in the muggle rush to return it to its hide.

A very nice spot and a credit to the town.

Brahms6 Sonata No.2

Brahms6 has placed another cache Brahms6 Sonata No.2.

This one is hidden in Sarina a little town about 35 kilometers south of Mackay in Central Queensland. The cache is a 2 litre jar painted black and it contains a number of goodies for SWAG.

There is a Geocoin placed in the cache that I have given the task of travelling from cache to cache collecting songs. Each finder when they log their find should log their favorite song for the coin before placing it in another cache.

The hiding place is a little garden that was planted by relatives to remember a worker who was killed in a cane train crash on the site. We also planted a tree each for our passed family members. I planted one for my mum and dad and it is now a very big bush covered in purple flowers (mum would have loved these and dad would have growled at the prickles on it).

The cache is at the base of this tree. So if you are driving through Sarina call in and pay your respects and log a cache at the same time.

I will add a photo to the post on my way back through

Armstrong Beach

Brahms6 found this one on 12 December 2010, 43rd find.

We took the relatives from Sarina on a geocaching trip to Armstrong Beach. The kids were very excited to be "Treasure Hunting".

The GPS pointed to a hole at the base of a tree in a nice beach side park. I tried to talk the boys into poking their hands in and having a feel around for the cache but they had convinced themselves that it was a snake hole.

So I walked them around the park for a while and then brought them back to the GZ where I probed into the whole and pulled out a sistema container with treasure in it.

The boys were fascinated, we signed the log took a marble and put a few things back in to top up the cache.

The boys are going to talk about geocaching for show and tell at school next year.

Choice Stop

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 42nd find.

WOW last find for the day, it was starting to get dark and what is normally a 8 hour trip was into its 12th hour already due to the caching. Mrs Brahms6 has been remarkably patient up until now.

This cache was a micro micro at a little whistle stop park beside a service station.

There had been a lot of DNFs for this one but a recent logged find reassured us it was here somewhere.

We searched and searched and searched. We climbed and crawled and prodded and probed, but no cache. It was getting darker. We went were we thought the clue took us even though the GPS said no.

Back to the car with disappointment that our last cache of the day would be a DNF. Mrs Brahms6 opens up the web page on her phone and looks at the pictures. yes we are looking in the right spot. Back we go, more poking and prodding and probing, EUREKA there it is.

We found it, signed the log, took a photo and headed off to finish our days trip. 800 kilometers and 14 caches what a day.

We were about 40 kilometers down the road when Mrs Brahms6 went Aha (or something to that effect with more emphasis) she had finally worked out the clue. It was so obvious then of course.

A really good challenge from "tigersden" TFTC

Stop on Red

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 41st find.

Another quick micro. There were more caches to find in Ayr but we settled for this one as we had to drive over this crossing on our trip south.

The bypass takes you around Ayr and skips a lot of traffic. This saves you driving time and gives you more time to find caches.

For those of you who don't know the geography Ayr is a sugar town and the crossing is for cane trains that take the sugarcane from the farms to the mill. The crush was a bit late finishing this year because of all the rain. To much rain makes the paddocks to wet to get on to harvest the cane and it also reduces the sugar content in the cane.

Signed the log and headed further south.

In the Buf

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 40th find.

What a challenge we were on a road trip and didn't want to spend to much time on each cache but this one took us a long 40 minutes.

First off there was a puzzle to solve to get the coordinates. The puzzle involved walking around an exercise circuit in the scrub gardens. This was OK I resisted the temptation to try out the actual exercise apparatus and quickly got the coordinates except for the last one.

The instruction said the last one was "OBVIOUS" well not to me. I tried the obvious digit and headed off to where the GPS pointed me. This was a 500 metre walk to discover the GZ was in the middle of a creek (wrong obvious digit).

I went back to the beginning and Mrs Brahms6 suggested another obvious digit, another 500 metre walk to a creek wrong obvious digit again.

We thought we had spent enough time on this one so we got in the car to head off, got 100 meters up the road and thought we can't give up lets retrace all the digits.

Obvious was not obvious so we thought "we have already tried two there are only eight left lets try them all" we picked one at random and this took us straight to what was the obvious spot. There was our treasure whoo hoo, hard work but worth it.

There is a life lesson there "what is obvious to others is not to you therefore what is obvious to you is not to others"

Signed the log.

Thanks for a great hunt.

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Enough to drive you NUTS

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December, 2010 39th find.

This cache took us to a beautiful swimming and camping spot just off the Bruce highway. We have driven past here scores of times and never had a clue what was just off the road.

There were muggles everywhere as it was a very hot day and the running water had obviously invited the locals out to play.

The photo is a bit off as the geodogs wanted to go meet the locals and Mrs Brahms6 struggled with them and focus. I will replace it with a new one that I will snap on the way back north.

There is free camping here for two days and the spots are nicely shaded with a good toilet block right beside a running stream. I may have to come back with the camper trailer and have a couple of days. Did I mention that there is a pub just a short walk up on the highway.

The cache itself is a very cleverly disguised little micro. Signed the log.
Thanks to "Big Dazza" for showing us this spot.

Crush it

Brahms6 found this in 11th December 2010, 38th find.

This was a tricky little micro hidden in some old sugar industry machinery that has been well presented for visitors to Ingham.

There is something primal about massive machinery and it is always fun to search for a cache amongst it's secrets.

I approached this one from the obvious direction but didn't have any luck so I walked away and came back from the other side and there it was.
Signed the log and headed off further south.

Remembering Merv

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 37th find. This cache is in a lovely little park that is named after and commemorates a local Police Officer. The park is a nice spot to stop in the town of Ingham and have a rest and walk around.

There are a couple of well founded pieces of standing art/rocks and the cache is hidden amongst these.

We enjoyed the stop and the geodogs enjoyed the run.

It was nice to have a read of the plaque and see how the community appreciated a local official. Signed the log. TFTC

Historic Cardwell

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 36th find. This was a quick one. We were shooting along the highway at 100 kilometers per hour when suddenly the GPS took a right angle turn and then started pointing behind us. So we did a u turn and headed back to this sign.

How many times do you drive past one of these signs and pay little attention. the cache was a carefully hidden micro.

I signed the log and left behind a Geocoin "Ubiquitous Micro" that we had retrieved at Tully. TFTC
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Cardwell DIDO

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 35th find.
Cardwell is a beautiful stop right on the coast between Cairns and Townsville.

We pulled over and bought a pie from the yellow van. We have been buying pies in Cardwell and eating them on the waterfront for 30 years now and they are still as good as ever. A highlight of the the trip that we always look forward to.

We pulled into the picnic area and there were muggles everywhere, campers, backpackers, daytrippers "one way ticket, yeah, it took me so long to find out, but i found out" (oops sorry just flashing back to the Beatles there). There was even a lady selling lychee's right up against the cache sight.

We took our time sat and ate our pies and had a cold drink, gave the geodogs a little walk. They were very interested in the wild roosters.

We then accomplished a very stealthy walk by retrieve. Signed the log, took a dinosaur and left a Horse.

A very enjoyable cache.

Bilyana Brother

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 34th find. We pulled into this little roadside park for a quick find. The GPS took us straight to the cache and I had it in a jiffy.

It did have a fair bit of water in it so I dried it before replacing. There is a driver reviver at this spot if you are traveling north or south pull in and have a coffee.

Signed the log and moved on TFTC

Take a break in Tully

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 33rd find.

This one was a puzzle cache. We walked around the statues and displays in the park at Tully collecting answers to a series of questions. Note the giant gumboot. Tully is the wettest town in QLD and the citizens are proud of it.

We looked at a number of tributes to the pioneers and the sugar industry. Geocaching is a fantastic way to stop and spend a little time finding out the history of the locations you normally drive through.

Found the micro cache after working out the clues signed the log and headed south again. A nice stop and the Geo dogs enjoyed the break

Tully Heritage

Brahms6 found this on on 11th December 2010, 32nd find.

Found this one in Tully at the information Centre. Took a few minutes to walk through the display and then sat on the bench with Martyn, Timothy and Peter. The cache was a micro and whilst I sat and thought Mrs Brahms6 found the cache . Signed the log and took the geocoin "Ubiquitous Micro" . The mission of this coin is to move from cache to cache so we will place it further south on our trip. There was a muggle cleaning up around but I think from the look she gave us she new what we were up to.

Page Park Cache

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 31st find.

This was our third and final find in Innisfail for this trip. This little garden is in the middle of the main highway and there were muggles everywhere.

We looked around the strategically placed rocks and eventually found the concealed treasure. Signed the log took a Buddha and left a butterfly.

Chuggin Along

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010, 30th find.
This was our second find in Innisfail for the morning. The GPS took us to the Railway Station where there was a very cleverly hidden cache.

We were on a roll two easy finds. Signed the log and took a small blue shell, left a plastic wolf.

Big Crown Gear

Brahms6 found this one on 11th December 2010. 29th find. This was the first find of an epic two day 17 cache drive from Cairns to Rockhampton.

Innisfail was our first stop and this was a nice little cache at the entry to an industrial area. I have made the assumption that these big cogs helped drive the sugar industry,

Signed the log took a keyring and left a plastic pig. a good easy find to start off the trip.

Cooktown Cemetery

Brahms6 found this one on 26th November 2010. 28th find.

"tjin ju tsai"
Respect the dead as if they are present
erected 03/1887

This cache lead us through the historic Cooktown Cemetery and a fantastic journey it was. There is so much history and the graves an monuments speak to the dreams and aspirations of people from so many different cultural backgrounds.

If you travel to Cooktown give your self a good few hours to walk through the cemetery and I promise you that you will be thankful.

The cache was hidden well and contained a good collection of SWAG. I sat by this grave and filled in the log. I took a small keyring and left a Geocoin " Todie's Wild Ride Rocking Roddy's Cachestalkers Geocoin", I had retrieved this one from Thursday Island.

I did take a few moments to sit and contemplate the epitaph. I found it very moving.

Cooktown Botanical Gardens

Brahms6 found this one on 26th November 2010 at 08:32 27th find.

I have been to Cooktown four times now and thanks to geocaching I have discovered there is a Botanical Garden.

The gardens are well kept tropical gardens with nice walking paths. The plants are all named so you can go on your own voyage of discovery.

I struggled a little to find this cache as the coordinates went off when I went under the trees. The clues left by previous cachers on their logs helped save the day. This was quite a full cache with lots of SWAG. I took a small plastic dinosaur and left a Travel Bug "My Two Cents Worth". Next time I travel up to Cooktown I am going to make time to have a proper look around the gardens.

Discovery Monument

Brahms6 found this on 26 November 20101 at 8:04. 26th find.

Well my secret is out I am a bit of a "CaptainCookaphile" and so I thoroughly enjoyed my latest trip to Cooktown. Cooktown is a genuine frontier town and it is named after the great navigator. The monument pictured in this photo pays homage to the landing of Cook and the Endeavour after hitting a reef.

This was the first of three caches found in Cooktown. This was supposed to be a micro but all I found was a cleverly concealed log in a Ziploc bag.

A nice start to the day walking along the waterfront. I signed the log and went on for some more sightseeing.