Geocaching

Thursday , 26 February 2015 We were going to collect our granddaughter and worked out that whilst in the area we could do a couple of caches at Taroona  that we didn’t have. The plan was for a circuit walk and although it was OK weather on leaving home, it turned a bit blustery and showery part way.  We dashed back to the car and rather than leave empty handed, after a fruitless search for cache one,  drove to spot two and as a result scored a 50% success rate for the day. Crayfish Point Well we looked and looked, read some logs and reread the hint but left without success. Turning Circle We went past here in December 2013 only to find a street party going on so continued walking.  This time it was a lot quieter and  a quick find.

Sunday , 15 December 2013 Since the last visit to the Taroona area there has been a few new caches put in, so we decided to go for a walk mostly using the foreshore track, but with an excursion on the roads that was needed in order to attempt one of the caches. At one stage we came to a dead end at Illawong Cres but a local said it was probably OK to walk on the land that connected to Wandella Ave. so that saved a lot of backtracking. As it was the cache up that way impossibly under the view of a horde of muggles. Dixons Reef We searched about until Sue spotted a potential hide and it came up trumps. As we went down the steps there were two groups of muggles but they were in the process of leaving and we had the area to ourselves for the search. Taroona Foreshore Track - Pilop For a one star difficulty this proved to be almost a DNF for us. We concentrated on the wrong spot for quite some time and gave up. It was only on the return walk that it was finally discovered by Sue at a clos...

Wednesday, 17 July 2013 Many thanks to the geocachers who brought us down to the Taroona foreshore track. It was unknown to us and may never have been discovered otherwise. Council had closed off part, but not where the caches were hidden, and a laneway diversion had to be adopted. Lunch was at a café in an old service station and seems a popular spot. Retreat Cove Went from track through the schoolyard; noted a lot of Vinca at GZ (a spreading and horribly invasive weed). Dead or Alive Name and hint honed us onto this. Took Orion geocoin and left KJs trackable Time & Tide Glad to have been brought here. Followed dirt track which was a bit muddy to the final waypoint. Caching Greatest Hits We walked from the café at Taroona after doing the foreshore caches and, despite it being winter, by the time we got up the hill to GZ we were quite warm and sweaty. The views of the large old home and another fairly old one were interesting and something not noticed as well when driving. Too...