Geocaching

Thursday 22nd November 2012 The caches on the Ice House Track put in by Dippedidooda were the objective behind this walk. As well we decided to place a cache ourselves on the nearby Milles track ( Milles Jewel ) and also collect a few other caches on the Shoobridge and Jacksons track areas.   Jackson's Tunnel It didn’t take long to see the likely hiding spot, but spider webs were already around the opening even though it had been only a couple of weeks since the last finder.   Jackson's Ferns 'n' Logs A bit further up the track, from Tunnel, which was nice and dry today, then back down to the car.   Rocky Whelan’s Cave This is a spot we have been to several times over the years, but the first since taking up geocaching. Left our wizard trackable.   Bicep Started along Shoobridge track and noticed the GPS was pointing uphill, so soon realised we should have gone along the north south track instead. Rather than backtrack or head through the bush we decided to go ...

3 November 2012 The Lost world is at Mount Arthur in Wellington Park and we planned to find the somewhat difficult to get to geocache up there and then enter the cave system which is one of the features of the place. After that there were a few other caches that could be collected on the way home. All did not go to plan with the first problem being that Peter’s GPS did not have any of the caches showing up on the screen. The GPX files had been checked beforehand but none could be seen. Fortunately Barad’s GPS could send them to Peter’s so that overcame the lack of data. On checking the GPX files on the device after getting back at home it was found the missing ones were in fact there, but for some strange reason did not display on the GPS as present. The second problem was that the entrance to the caves could not be found. Plenty of openings were visible but all seemed to have too big a drop to safely enter and be able to extract oneself. Quite a bit of time was spent looking, but it...