Preliminaries:
There is no cache hidden at the posted coordinates, but you will need to start there.
There is no need to enter any commercial premises for any part of this cache!
Please use the roadside footpaths where possible, and take care in crossing any roads.
Makku Mob Caches are popping up all over the place. We place them where we have met up with fellow geocaching friends, and encourage others to do likewise: meet up with a few friends and have some fun caching.
So, a Mob Cache is a Social Cache. In order to find the location of this cache, you will need to bring along some of your friends! The more friends you have, the easier it is to find the cache.
For this cache, you need a minimum of THREE cachers to meet at the posted coordinates with their smartphones.
Location:
Goodna is a suburb on the eastern edge of the City of Ipswich and is situated in the Ugarapul traditional Aboriginal country. The Ugarapul people, custodians within the traditional Ugarapul country, spoke a dialect of the Ugarapul language group that continues their culture today.
In 1823 John Oxley's exploration party were the first Europeans to visit the area. which had extensive beds of sandstone providing building materials for the Moreton Bay penal colony.
Two thousand people attended the opening of the first rail link between Ipswich and Brisbane in 1873.
Goodna retains significant elements of its heritage and has a number of heritage-listed sites, including St Francis Xavier Church in of course, Church Street. It was opened in May 1881.
Goodna's schools include:
Goodna State School, St Francis Xavier's School, Westside Christian College, the Goodna Special Schooland the Westside Christian College.
The Queensland Pathways State College is a secondary (10–12) campus of Queensland Pathways State College (headquartered at Coorparoo), and Goodna is also home to a campus of The Bremer Institute of TAFE.
Goodna is renowned for its yearly Jacaranda Festival held towards the end of October.
Technical details:
This style of cache is called a geomob. It is popular at events, where a mob of 6, 10 or even more cachers might be required before a cache is unlocked. As this isn’t part of any event, I’ve reduced the size of the mob to just 3 people to give you a taste of the geomob experience. Each cacher present will need an internet-supported smart phone.
[The original mob server was discontinued at the start of 2024; however, the experience has been recreated by talk2azs (with assistance from Mister Doctor) to run on a new server.]
Once at the listed coordinates, each of you should tap on the following link on your separate devices.
CLICK THIS LINK NOW and a new window will open. Continue to refresh this window until you are close enough and connected to the mob. You will see the message and new coordinates.
👓 If you get a Geolocation Permission error, ensure your browser‘s settings allow geolocation.
👓 Refreshing the window should also clear any GPS reading errors.
👓 Be patient - the mob refresh rate is a bit slow, so even though you might be within the mob radius you may have to wait there for a little bit until your presence is detected!
✅ It would be a great idea if someone in your group IMMEDIATELY takes a screen snapshot to minimize the risk of losing the screen. OR, you could just write down the directions or coordinates for the final.
The Cache:
Then you could take a pleasant WALK from the starting coordinates to the cache - it is a short distance away.
Good Luck!