Geocaching

Thursday, 20 June 2013 After spending time listing the caches planned for this walk through the East Risdon Reserve, Peter hopped out of the car and went to grab the list only to find he had left it at home. He was quite upset with himself, because he did the same only a few weeks ago. Fortunately Peter knew where the puzzle start waypoint for one of Barad's caches, so all was not lost. The calculator on the GPS also came in handy today as we only had the tiniest bit of paper to work things out on. We included a few Old Saint caches on the day and had a devil of a job finding one of them and with the one placed by DDTs, we walked past it thinking eventually it would get closer but it didn't, and we had to settle for looking for it on the return walk. A Bridge View A few muggles about but we managed to spot the hide and log it without drawing too much attention. Had at use a little item to assist in the extraction. Selfs Point Gee this caused us a lot of angst as we could see...

Wednesday, 26 June 2013 The Alum Cliffs track is marked as 2 hours return, but it took us much longer; but stopping for lunch at a beach front café accounts for that. We started at the top end off Sedgebrook Rd and collected the caches along the way. On return we walked along in the northern direction to the final lookout and cache. Alum Cliffs: Have a Seat! When Sue read out the hint. Jenny who was walking with us spotted the location. Left TB Dash to start his journey. Achiever's Cache As we were coming from the top the hint was not so easy to use. Sue approached from a different, though harder, starting point to Peter and arrived first. The container was quite visible from a few metres away and did try to make it less so when replacing. Chepup & Snuva As mentioned in a recent log, this cache has been muggled or somehow come apart. We had Dave with us and he located a clip lock plastic bag whist Peter found the lid of the container and a couple of plastic bags one with ge...

Friday, 28 June 2013 Our ambition was greater than what we could achieve on this walk. This was partly brought about by the fact that the multicache took us on a circuit of Rosny Hill that we had already just walked. Those we didn't get can wait for another day. Fire Up Bingo! Sue spotted a cache then found in fact there were two for the price of one. We did not have this one down searching and realised when checking the web site map that it did not show up due to it being hidden behind the "Black Beetle" mate at the same coords. With this one we signed the log and put it back in the hide Foreshore Track - Reflections Of … This time there were no workers about and in fact it was all fairly quiet as we walked past. Quickly grabbed the cache and walked on a little, in case vehicles came past, to sign the login before returning it. VIEW 360 A geocache track took us down to the spot. No More Mr. Nice Guy We entered the Rosny Hill reserve from the western side and walked ...

Saturday, 29 June 2013 A lunch invitation took us to Bagdad and the opportunity to do a few geocaches on the homeward journey was too good to miss. An Old Fashioned Ford Two walkers with a dog were exiting from the path to this cache and one was quickly recognised as Graham51, who worked out why we had pulled up. We took some time looking for the cache and Peter had just about given up thinking this was harder than a 1.5 difficulty for him. Sue made a search in the spot vacated by Peter and came up with the goods. A nifty and clever hide. Bridge over troubled Jordan Even with highway no longer going here, there was still ample traffic. A quick find by Sue. When hearing the name of this cache this morning Peter suggested it sounded like a Budgie title. Downtown Bagdad After stopping at the bottom of Winstead Rd, it was a matter of crossing the highway and nabbing the cache container. Traffic was not all that heavy so it could be replaced and the road crossed again. To the Pontville...

Wednesday 12 June 2013 Collected They Found a Cache   whilst on a bushwalk to Butlers Hill.  We ascended to the top of the cliffs from the Chauncy Vale car park and wound our way along the tops until an old logging track was reached.  This was followed for a while then a steep climb to another  and finally up to Butlers Hill.  On return we came down at a gully and were able to walk under the upper cliffs for a considerable distance.  This was quite fascinating with many overhangs and caves, masses of what we though were Devil scats and several spots with the white from bird droppings from the cliffs above.  As we got closer to the GZ the GPS indicated it was directly below us so  this necessitated continuing along on the level we were on until a way could be found to get onto the walking track past the cache cave.              Cliff line          De...

Tuesday 11 June 2013 This was t he  last one needed to have the right to visit Wellington Peaks H.  On a fine and partly sunny day we walked up the track from Myrtle Forest, getting wet from the bushes with the previous nights showers still cloaking them. Peter had been told of an exotic pine up there and when he spotted it, was most annoyed about not bringing a saw; oh well looks like another trip back there soon. On approaching the summit Neville and John were given a brief explanation on geocaching and Neville helped find the container.   Photo at top     Lunch on Collins Bonnet    above   Mount Connection and below   Mount Marian from Collins Bonnet summit

Saturday, 8 June 2013 For the last couple of months we had on the radar a visit to the Murdunna area to both the see the destruction from the bushfire and to get the Barard caches. We also thought buying morning coffee and lunch would be a way of helping the local businesses. Coffee at the Murdunna store was acceptable but only came in throw away containers; it could be better with cups and some food to choose from plus a door directly out to the deck. Lunch was at Dunalley Waterfront Café which had a nice atmosphere and service was good. Sommers Bay is a pretty area. Murdunna Moments After having a coffee on the deck at the Murdunna store it was a short stroll to GZ. In fact Sue had it found well before Peter even had his GPS on. We left Soccer Ball TB Sommer Set #1 We walked down the gravel path to the jetty then were unsure which way from there, mostly because of a sign nearby, which seemed to suggest that it was private property where we needed to go. The answer was to walk aro...