Geocaching

long marsh Whilst on a walk to the Long Marsh Dam site we didn’t miss the opportunity, along with barad Bunch, to find the cache.  It is a most interesting spot and the bush is pleasant and had huge spreads of Hibbertia procumbens a yellow flowering plant that literally covered the ground; in fact, we have never seen it so prolific or dominant. The most direct route is Honeysuckle Road from Ross, a distance of about 44k.  The road leaves the Tooms Lake Road about 18k from Ross and is initially a low standard but not overly rough gravel road for a large part of the distance, but does become rougher over the last third of the way. The former bridge over the Macquarie River no longer exists and ends at a rock barrier just prior to the river. A track leaves the road at the bottom of a dip a few hundred metres before the barrier (at S42° 08.8216 E147° 49.5031) and this gives an easy walk to the ruins of former settlement for the construction workers. The dam site can also be ...

Monday , 14 March 2016 ET Phone Home Peter put in a suggestion and Sue found it worked and went on to complete an arduous deciphering. We could not work out all of the hint though, but fortunately didn’t need to. Richmond Gaol geocache The hint homed us right to the spot. The Wedding Cache Muggles abounded so we just had to go calmly and we don’t think any really noticed as the ducks took precedence. Coal River Gorge Gorgeous Gorge Parked near the last house after attempting to ask some people in the previous dwelling if it was OK to go through.  They were spotted talking and so Peter walked down towards them but suddenly they were gone and it was all silence, even a yell  of "hello are you there" did not elicit reply. After leaving the car we went down an old vehicle track and spotted the hint, even if now fading.  Quite spectacular gorge which we had walked through part of it in mid 2005. Coal River Gorge from cache site You Sp...

Thursday , 21 January 2016 It had been several months since we had been out for a day caching and we chose South Arm as the venue. Peter thought to view the Australian geocaching site and this added a few extras to look for. With the Australian caches, for some reason the option to download the cache data to the Garmin GPS no longer works, but even when downloading the GPX file, and copying to the GPS, it doesn’t dhow as a geocache when searching.  So the only option was to record it as a waypoint. GREAT BALLS OF ??? Stopped but when we saw the rubbish, including toilet paper, we soon lost interest. Racecourse Flats Was just too hard to open, so a photo has been added in lieu of logging. Seven ZL/R Radio Mast ST466 Stopped at a spot roughly as close as we could get to. Billy's Bluff - the views The old log  bag was very wet so we removed it and dried the container insides.  A good view from here. 2014 Amongst the Fir Trees Looked at the spot the...

Saturday , 24 October 2015 But there's not twelve ! Still a spectacular scene no matter how many times you have seen it.   Didn’t have the underpass last time we were here. London Bridge Quite spectacular. Spectacular and tragic Sue located the container, which was a type we have found a few times before. The Arch of Erosion (Victoria) Have seen some of features in the area before but not this one and it is spectacular. The Grotto (Victoria) Quite spectacular.

Friday , 4 September 2015 The idea we had was to walk up the Cascade track to make a further search for the Barad Tricky tree cache and then cut over the ridge to Marlin Road and find if there was a way down to the Birthday cache near Strickland Avenue. We discovered there wasn’t and did a circuit up to the road junctions and then down Strickland to the car outside the brewery. Tricky Tree 06 After a bit of an oblique hint from Barad and somewhat more detail from another geocacher, we had a pretty good idea what to cast our eyes upon.  It was a more elaborate construction, than expected though, that we encountered.  A favourite point deserved for this. Birthday Cache On entering the park and seeing the way out signs erected by council, we were confident that once over the nicely built bridge the track would continue down the rivulet and exit back onto Strickland Avenue.  But after a very short distance a fence and go no further sign brought us to halt.

We have walked along some of the streets in the area but mostly on the southern side of Forest Road or north of Goulburn, so it was nice to wander the ones near this cache. We had never even noticed the lane. Our approach was i down the wrong street and the GPS pointed through a back yard. Clearly that didn’t seem correct and it wasn’t long before the precise way there was found. The cache was open and Sue took up the offer of a free lemon; thanks. A TB was left and this cache was a favourite favourite. Afterwards we continued to walk around the streets and observed some very diverse abodes.

Monday , 25 May 2015 The morning was pleasantly sunny and we opted for the Tranmere foreshore where three caches had been placed since our last visit.  Although the breeze was minimal it was enough to make us pleased to be wearing warm tops. In addition a cache in the hills was on the agenda and this involved walking past some huge modern and very formal looking houses; lots of coloured pebbles and evenly spaced plants. Sibling Reminded us of a cache that was near here once.  Took Hannah TB and left new beetle TB Pipeline The cache reminded us of a Budgietas one that existed for a time at Risdon Road Log Roll Peter didn't look high enough, but Sue made the find quickly when she arrived. Track Works Went round in a bit of a circle partly to avoid the hillocks  created on the old track. The cache was spotted but then it took a while to open because of the stiffness of the screw. Rolf's Letterbox In strict terms we probably ought mark as a DNF, but it was getting...