A quick one

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

As my mobile phone is no longer working properly I wanted to try out my recently bought tablet with the SIM-card to see if it would work well as a replacement GPS.  Kevin was here to pick up the guinea pigs which had come to my place for a holiday and had just enough time to try a geocache close to my place (in walking distance even!)

Buckley's Outlook

Although I had done this one before I didn't have pictures, so I thought I'ld show them now.  The pictures were taken with my tablet as well.  A bit big for a camera, and in particular for a GPS, but it works well if you haven't anything else at hand. :-)

Buckley's Outlook

Buckley's Outlook

Buckley's Outlook

Buckley's Outlook

Geocaching with the BUGs yet again

Sunday, September 22, 2013

After two successful geocaching rides Joyce organised another ride to combine with this great outdoor activity.

The days are warm and pleasant at the moment, so we opted for a ride starting at 7am, and believe it or not, I didn't get home until 12.15pm!

As I am not game to cross the bridge on my bike I opted to walk, while the others (newcomers Chris and Nancy) would go and try the Here (4) cache, which is close to our starting point of the bike rides (Kiosk on Benabrow Avenue).

Bob and I went ahead and waited for the others to join us at the mainland side of the bridge.  As their GPS had played up the little group arrived rather quickly, having skipped the search for the first cache.

As a few of the caches are repeats for me I just mention them quickly, but may add a few photos just for fun.

We had a pleasant ride on the bike path towards Ningi and stopped along the main road to search for our second cache of the day:

Kal-ma-kuta

Kal-ma-kuta

Kal-ma-kuta

Kal-ma-kuta

Big bugs at Turner's Camp

Big Bugs at Turner's Camp

Big Bugs at Turner's Camp

The Ningi Thingy

The Ningi Thingy

The Ningi Thingy

The Ningi Thingy

A Geocaching Romance

We missed the dirt track that would've lead us to the next cache, so we skipped that and went on for a ride along the main road, past the roundabout at Bestmann Road and right towards a new housing estate next to Ningi Creek.  There were two caches hidden here.  The first one was an easy find amongst the trees in a park, and was called: A Geocaching Romance.  No pictures here, as I forgot to take them, and as this was a new cache for me I don't have any existing pictures.

Muddy Tides

Muddy Tides also was a new one for me.  By the way, I had to rely on the other people's GPS, as I still am without one.

A short ride further down towards the creek lead us to the mudflats.  As we haven't had much rain of late, we didn't need to get our feet dirty.  The only muggles around were some kangaroos lying lazily in the sun. They weren't even interested in us!  Although Joyce had read out the hint clearly for us we did not find this cache.  After reading the logs at home I suspect that we were looking at the wrong tree, as this one must have recently fallen down near GZ.  I had been poking around at a tree nearby, but since I was told that I was 20m away from GZ I stopped.  Should've kept looking, because a spoiler photo showed that I may have been in the right spot after all.  Well, 1 DNF is not the worst thing and we can always go back for this one.  I still want my smiley!

Muddy Tides

Muddy Tides

The Ningi Ghost House

The Ningi Ghost House

The Ningi Ghost House
(please, excuse my hand in front of the camera)

We reckoned we had done our quota for the day and headed home.  However, closer to the bridge we all felt like a break and some refreshments, so stopped off at a little (until then unknown to me) coffee shop: Bribie Passage Kiosk & Boat Hire where we enjoyed anything from coffee to ice cream and I my favourite Chai Latte.

This concluded a lovely ride and successful geocaching morning.

31 Days of Geocaching

Thursday, August 1, 2013

When the 31 Days of Geocaching was announced I had all the intentions to try and do as many as I could do during the month of August, but all I have managed so far is the first day of the month...  It's a bit difficult without a GPS! ;-)

However, I had noticed that Bribie Island Lifestyle was back on track after it had gone walkabout, so I could do this one without my GPS as I already knew where to look for the cache.  It was an easy find at the spot where we had been looking before and I was happy again to be able to log another one: nr. 82.  And this is what I received for my effort:

August 1

Geocachers Get Outdoors Day

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Today is Geocachers Get Outdoors Day and if you log a cache you receive a souvenir.  As I have already obtained three other ones (New York State, France and Queensland) I would like to add this one to my collection.  As I don't have much time at the moment Kevin and I have visited this one a few days ago, when we visited Don't P.A.F..  He logged his find and I am going back today to log my find.  As easy as! ;-)

It's a bit of a walk along a busy road, but the weather is fine, so no problem there.  Kevin fhas found this one again and it wasn't too hard.  The cache is hidden near a memorial dedicated to Kal-Ma-Kuta, an aboriginal woman of the Joondoburri Tribe who lived near Pumicestone Passage and passed away in 1897.

Kal-Ma-Kuta

Oh, and this is my souvenir:

Ningi

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Kevin and I are on our way to do some shopping in Caboolture and know that the cache Don't P.A.F. is going to be archived very soon, because of problems that have arisen through other cachers' behaviour. We couldn't find this cache the first time around, but want to have another go before it disappears.  So here we are and have another good search.  It is noticable that someone has gone over this place with a fine toothed comb!  It makes searching for us so much easier, because they have also left GZ quite open and Kevin spots the cache very quickly.  It is one of the most well-camouflaged caches that we have seen and very clear why we hadn't noticed it the first time.  It's a shame that a cache like this is going to be archived, because a lot of work and effort has gone into it.  However, it's the owner's decision and we are happy that we can log it before it goes...

Yes, behind the wall.

Birkdale

Thursday, July 4, 2013

On our way to visit Tori and the grandchildren during the school holidays we stop of at Pleasant Buoy which has been bugging me for a while.  This time Kevin does the search with me (formerly I have been twice with James and we turned over many rocks....) and of course it's Kevin we finds the cache.  According to the many logs it often depends how the last person leaves the cache behind, because sometimes it's easier to find than at other times.  However, we've got it and I am happy to log this one finally.  (The picture was pinched from the geocaching.com gallery as I often forget to take pictures)

The hint is: under a rock!!! :-)

On the way to Regency Downs

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Today we have to go to Kevin's place and as we have enough time to find one or two caches we stop along the Warrego Highway.  The first one, called aaarrgh! ye' dumbo is orange! is not hard to find:

Kevin found this one.  It wasn't too difficult.

Next stop was at the shopping centre Plain Land.  After the colourful GZ it was a really plain stop (pardon the pun), but not the first one at a parking lot.  Parking lots seemed to be popular places in America too...

Plain Land Stop n' Go - yeah, somewhere there.... :-)