Ranger Fox Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) After doing an earthcache at the beach, I came across a dead fish. It looked funny, so I created a meme out of it. I call it "Glad Dead Fish". Enjoy my odd sense of humor. Edited May 12, 2021 by Ranger Fox Smaller image files 2 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I came to this beach in Tasmania, to find a cache, plus an Earth cache too I think from memory. I like this picture, because it has both fossils and what is likely a 'living' fossil in the same image. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Alexander's Grist Mill Ruins https://coord.info/GC3DA21 Very cool place! Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 The Emerald Pool in Popran National Park (NSW, Australia), the final waypoint in my multi GC8JGWN. I took that photo on the 6th of June when visiting with a group of caching friends but the water was a bit too chilly to go in for a winter swim. That didn't stop seaeagles1997 and friend a week later, though: 2 2 Quote Link to comment
+lee737 Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 I've got hundreds of favourites..... but I do like this pair - my son Samuel737 at the Henbury Meteorite Craters in Northern Territory, Australia. We went to a "mega" near here in 2017 and the EarthCache here was a destination cache for us. At another mega a year later, we did another EarthCache at a university geology department and checked out some of the meteorite fragments collected at that site.... Caches - https://coord.info/GC348PP , https://coord.info/GC6DMP3 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 This was close to GC997GE, "Reynolda Gardens - Hidden Forest". I happened to visit there at the right time. 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 And this was at GC1B7XQ, "Hanging Rock Multi-Falls". I found the earthcache twelve years ago, but returned a week ago because I had improved my photography skills and was there for photography and not caching. Caching and serious photography are usually mutually exclusive for me: caching requires me to visit a ton of places and not linger in any one spot while serious photography requires me visit relatively few locations and take my time crafting a compelling photograph. 3 Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Celery Farm, Allandale, NJ 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Oh, a heron. I've been trying to get a quality shot of those for a while. Back in March, I was shooting with an 800mm f/11 lens. This meant at 1/2500s, I had to go up to ISO 3200 to get still shots. These two below might be good by others' standards, but the sharpness is lacking for what I'm trying to do (and that's make the best photos I possibly can). Like caching, I'm not competing against anyone, but I'd rather use common interest to establish relationships and encourage each other to do better and improve. Anyway, these two photos were from March this year. What happened is in October 2020, I bought a new Canon camera and an assortment of lenses. This is my fourth Canon camera. When I started caching, I carried my first Canon with me, but then it was easier just to bring a smaller camera and then a cell phone. I didn't have that many lenses, and the ones I had were adequate. I have quite a large geocaching photo archive now, but most are snapshots and not artsy. Skip ahead about fourteen years to the pandemic and I wanted something else to do to balance out (one-a-day) caching and work. Now, I'm trying to carry that camera with me everywhere I go. It will be really interesting when Halloween rolls around and I see what I can do at haunted attractions, which have been my bread and butter photographic interest since prior to my starting geocaching. Do feel free to share your photographic stories. And if anyone wants to see how I combine photography and geocaching, check out my Epic Logs bookmark list and look for the one for "The Triple Crown". The log is spread over eleven log entries and is fully illustrated with photos I took along the way. Some people don't like long log entries. Others love it when I author an epic log. I never go into a cache intending to write one of those. It just sort of happens when I start telling my story. But I do hope people are entertained, encouraged, motivated, and inspired. If so, that's all I can hope for and perhaps I've contributed positively to the community when all is said and done. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 (edited) The closest I can come to caching right now in our long-running COVID lockdown is visiting my own caches, so this is near a virtual waypoint of GC6P7WN which I visited this morning as part of my CO duties (yes, it's tough work being a CO!): It's known locally as the Pearly Ponds due to its proximity to Pearl Beach and is upstream of the waterfall that's the cache's primary attraction. Edited August 12, 2021 by barefootjeff 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Back when we had profile pictures on our profile, I would change mine at least every month. I did that to show I was active--and it was a fun thing to do. When profile pictures went away, so did my habit of taking a photo of me every month. I have few photos of me over the recent years. I was out in the desert last week, drove up a hill, and took this photo. I'm using this photo and the cache there for my recent milestone find, 100K. I think it's one of the better photos I've taken of myself in recent years, so thought to post it here. I really need, though, to post a photo here without me in it. Yes, it's raining in the desert in the background. In fact, I had to weather a heavy rain where I was just half an hour prior. Anyway, it'll take me a while to go through the trip's photos and decide which I might want to publish. Oh, and before I forget: Canon EOS R5, 23mm, 1/60s, f/18, ISO 320, HDR 1 2 Quote Link to comment
+CheekyBrit Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) Haystack mountain in Bannock County Idaho - easily the steepest mountaineering climb I've done without harnessing up. This is overlooking Marsh Valley with Old Tom mountain and Scout Mountain across the other side. Up valley out of shot is Pocatello, Inkom, and Pebble Creek ski resort. Edit: GC1ZZJQ Haystack mountain Edited October 24, 2021 by CheekyBrit 1 1 Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 10/21/2021 at 1:40 PM, CheekyBrit said: Haystack mountain in Bannock County Idaho... Beautiful indeed, but please always try to add a link to the the closest cache. Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted October 22, 2021 Share Posted October 22, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 7:33 PM, Ranger Fox said: I was out in the desert last week, drove up a hill, and took this photo. I'm using this photo and the cache there for my recent milestone find, 100K. Which is?... Quote Link to comment
+OusKonNé & Cétyla Posted October 23, 2021 Share Posted October 23, 2021 Cache: Evolution (Near Lake Powell, North of Page, Arizona) Found: May 22, 2015 Colorful view from the cache (late PM) 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranger Fox Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Happy autumn to those in the northern hemisphere. This was taken new GC21N6F. For those who know of the Blue Ridge Parkway, this is likely the most-photographed spot. Perhaps next year I can bring a ladder or something and get the full curvature of the viaduct. To get this angle, I had to be perched atop a small rock with very little room even for my tripod. 4 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Here's a couple of shots from yesterday's caching. Firstly near GC5HW5M looking east over the Hawkesbury River towards the railway bridge: and from GCWN51 looking north-west up the river over Milsons Island: 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 https://coord.info/GC5TNTK 1 Quote Link to comment
+DARKSIDEDAN Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 EVERYONE THOUGHT THE ORIGIONAL CANBERRA NATURE PARK CACHE (CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA'S OLDEST CACHE) WAS LOST FOREVER UNTILL DARKSIDEDAN FOUND IT AGAIN On the 16th April 2016, I attended the 15th Birthday Event for Canberra Nature Park by Alex, Helen & Jock | GC6CF | Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It was at this event with great sadness that I found out that the original Canberra Nature Park Cache (the ACT’s Oldest Geocache) had been lost forever and replaced by Sol de lune a 5 years earlier. After the event I walked down the hill with some of the other geocache crews to find and sign the logbook for Canberra's Oldest cache even though I had found the cache 12 month ago. The other geocache finders all went to a pile of rocks and pulled out the replacement cache for GC6CF. I yelled out "That's not the right cache, the cache is over here". I ran 40 to 50 meters away and pulled out from a crack in the rocks, the Original Canberra Nature Park by Alex, Helen & Jock | GC6CF | Australian Capital Territory Australia, including all the old original logbooks dating back to the very first day of placement. Sol de lune (the current caretaker of the cache) came running down the hill as fast as he could to find me holding both the original and the replacement cache. When I had originally found the Canberra Nature Park Cache (the ACT’s Oldest Geocache) I didn’t have my GPS with me so I just searched around for it. Not known to me at the time I had found and signed the original cache, not the replacement. Twelve months later I had both an original and the replacement cache in my hand as well as a smile from ear to ear. It gave me pleasure to know that I am responsible in giving this piece of ACT Geocaching history back to the Geocaching community to enjoy on its 15th Birthday. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+MtnGoat50 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 A photo from one of my all time favorite caches. The image does a good job of defining the experience of walking an abandoned rail line, including several trestles. Sadly one of the trestles burned to the ground in a brush fire and the cache has been archived. 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 This rocky outcrop is near GCV0Y4 on Alum Mountain at Bulahdelah, New South Wales: It's far enough from the existing cache for someone to place a new cache there, but it's too far from home (about 200km) for me to do so. 3 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 This is on Fortress Ridge in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, on the way down to the virtual cache Fortress (GC7B6E4): 2 5 Quote Link to comment
+SeekTheCache Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) This is Zambujeira do Mar - Portugal. That's my husband on his way to the GZ -https://coord.info/GC60EYJ Eventually, after a few deep breaths, I found my way down there as well. Edited February 14, 2022 by SeekTheCache uploaded the wrong photo - didn't correspond to the GZ in question 1 5 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 A hawk at GC4G9N0 Grizzly Adam. 2 5 Quote Link to comment
+IsThisMajorTom Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 https://coord.info/GC1JEB6 No cell phone signal, my small car probably hated it, but made it. And that's how geocaching hooks you ♥ 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 One of the earlier pictures above (excellent, all of 'em!), reminded me of this one. One cacher (me), and three muggle friends, but only one interested enough to check out the cache with me. Tuff Puff Summit. 1 Quote Link to comment
+51MarLin Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 Lake Morey in Fairlee, Vermont taken from "Where Eagles Dare (GC6W5ZD)" 1 Quote Link to comment
+ChriBli Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 https://coord.info/GCA152 Rocks around the Masts or Ghost Picnic Site, Cyprus 1 3 Quote Link to comment
+2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/20/2022 at 8:24 AM, Ry Dawg said: GC15C4 Were these taken at the St George area? It sure looks familiar... And thanks for posting them, it brought back many memories... Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 One of the waterfalls on Robinson Creek near GZ of Robinson Cascades GC9QR5W. The cache is up on the far bank overlooking the falls. 1 3 Quote Link to comment
+Wadcutter Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Mrs WC and Snickers caching in 2002 Quote Link to comment
RuideAlmeida Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Wadcutter said: Mrs WC and Snickers caching in 2002 Lovely. Please always try to add the GC code of a nearby cache. Quote Link to comment
+Wadcutter Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) On 4/6/2022 at 1:48 PM, RuideAlmeida said: Lovely. Please always try to add the GC code of a nearby cache. That picture was taken 20 years ago near Quincy IL. No way I would remember the GC code on a single cache from 20 years ago. Most likely that cache has long been archived. Edited April 17, 2022 by Wadcutter Quote Link to comment
+simon_cornelus Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 https://coord.info/GC2FH5A https://coord.info/GC19TCH 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) The wind-eroded sandstone cave in Katandra reserve, Gosford, that's home to the final of The Bushranger (GC5WHEM): Edited May 6, 2022 by barefootjeff 2 2 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 The view over the Patonga Creek estuary from my newest cache GC9TW3Y, taken on a rare sunny day: 1 Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 GLZM3GA1 is a virtual in Shanghai. To claim the find I had to post a photo imitating one of the statues 1 Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) GLWYGF91 was a fun cache. I think I may have converted the local ranger to geocaching. See my log here for the full story Edited May 21, 2022 by Gill & Tony 1 Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 GLFK17YY The view from the top of Pigeon House mountain, a place I didn't expect to visit. An epic journey. See my log here for the full story. 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 37 minutes ago, Gill & Tony said: GLFK17YY The view from the top of Pigeon House mountain, a place I didn't expect to visit. An epic journey. See my log here for the full story. That looks like a cache I should put on my must-do list! Quote Link to comment
+Gill & Tony Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, barefootjeff said: That looks like a cache I should put on my must-do list! There are a few here you would enjoy. https://coord.info/GC31FDM https://coord.info/GC18XVP https://coord.info/GC7FCDE None of which are in my sights Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) Some photographs from my recent three weeks holiday. GCGH5V Another virtual & an Earth cache not far away. Pilliga Nature Reserve, and a couple of muggles posing. Evidence of Aboriginal occupancy. GC1AVQX & GC646XX Bellata, NSW. GC7FT3A I liked the blue against the blue sky, and the streaks of power lines. Same with the blues of the following one. Blue mountain I titled this one. Edited May 21, 2022 by Goldenwattle 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) Guyra GC5KH3Y My second DNF of this cache. Uralla GC90AT6 Found this one. Edited May 21, 2022 by Goldenwattle 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Didn't find this cache, as I backed off after almost treading on this. GC1Y234 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) Almost home again. Cowra NSW. In the end of a log where I was searching. GC9M6ZK Spider webs were everywhere. GC9QV32 Edited May 21, 2022 by Goldenwattle 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 This is the view over the Colo River (north-west of Sydney, Australia) from Picture Perfect GX2QE1V. There's a kayaking power trail along this stretch of river but with three major floods this year (so far) with the water level topping the bridge, there might not be much left of them. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
+MNTA Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 GC17 Mt Hood in the background as I recall someone installed a bench here. That day was was a beautiful hike for early May though there was still spots of snow on the trail. 1 Quote Link to comment
+TeamRabbitRun Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 14 hours ago, MNTA said: GC17 Mt Hood in the background as I recall someone installed a bench here. That day was was a beautiful hike for early May though there was still spots of snow on the trail. ...And it's gone? Up there? Dadgum muggles! Quote Link to comment
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