Geocaching

Saturday , 4 February 2017 Decided to walk from Cascade Gardens  up the steep fire tail above McRobies Gully  and returning on the Cascade Track.  It makes it about a 3 hour  walk of  7k.   On the way we would pass two newish caches. A Rocky Old Farm Road Sign We did manage to find the original one here and managed to get the replacement today.  We were fooled by part of the hint which had us both thinking it would have a particular extraction method. Reading a recent log that referred to the cache name as a hint helped make the discovery. Halfway Up Although we spent longer than we would have liked, we don’t have the perseverance of membsec and departed without reward after the stiff climb up here.

Sunday , 23 March 2014 New caches on the Wellington Falls track plus the replacement of Tiger Snake was a good reason the take the bikes out for a ride. We started out at Neika and rode to the start of the walking track. At least a year had elapsed since they were last used and on the return journey it was starting to be felt. Previously to the current reincarnation of the Tiger Snake cache we had looked for it on several occasions and again today were still not able to locate the very frustrating cache. PTPT Tiger Snake Strikes Back We looked for the original cache on a number of occasions, both going and coming back on the track and again with this reincarnation we had the same result. We checked about the spot that matched the hint until we got fed up and left. PTPT - Take a Seat Took a while to locate and then we had difficulty extracting the container; the use of tweezers eventually did the trick. PTPT - Table and Chairs Well OldSaint we found your cache before anyone else and...

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

Tuesday 12 February 2013 The hint for Organ Pipes was up beside a large rock but after going to Devil of a good time! and the rocks there this was not an ordeal. Whilst up signing the log four fellows went by and they were at the seat further down the track when I got there. One of them said that I was in front of them before, so how come they got in front. So I told them about geocaching. The rock beside the track mentioned in the hint, in this case it is the view from the cache site.

Tuesday 12 February 2013 Devil of a good time! Sue had been to Devils Gulch once before and was not at all keen on going there again, so she was happy to drop me off at The Springs.    The walk was a bit more adventurous than it needed to be and at one stage I thought Barad wouldn’t be pleased with the route I chose if he had been able to come on the walk.  As I departed from The Springs two Asian girls asked if they could follow to the top of the mountain.   I told them I wasn’t going the way they would need to and thought to myself they would be in for one hell of a shock at the boulders ahead if they did go my way.  Anyway I took them to the start of the Pinnacle track and gave them some brief directions.  Snow gum trunk Ice House Track     With that I turned left and headed for the Ice House track.   A bit over an hour later (70 minutes actually, so somewhat off Reborn’s pace) I was overlooking the cache area.  I...

Monday 11 February 2013 On this occasion it was the Pipeline from Neika to Ferntree. Our intention was go the reverse way but, with a bushfire meeting for locals, there was no parking left. However this turned out for the best because we stopped at the Wildside Café at Fern Tree for lunch before making the return walk.   PTPT The three "P's" This was our second attempt on this one, but this time some disturbed dirt looked suspicious, so it was quickly found on this visit.   PTPT Rocky Mountain Looked on the wrong side at first then Peter spotted a suspicious object.   PTPT - Fern Glade Lots and lots of muggles as we reached GZ but luckily all was quiet when the search started. After a couple of false attempts a reread of the description brought success.   Falling Silver Well we looked and searched where we reckoned it would be, but without success. Perusal of old logs at home suggest we may have looked in the correct spot but not closely enough.   PTP...

Saturday 2 February 2013 We had been out Mount Connection a year ago but since then a new cache had been placed there. It is always nice to visit Connection and most enjoyable wandering along the top which has a mixture of snow gums and lots of Orites revolutus, but there is always enough open ground to avoid pushing through scrub. Whist in the area we went along the scrubbier ridge top to Tom Thumb. Early on during the morning a very light shower started, but it wasn’t an omen for the day as it turned out quite pleasant with sun and a bit of cloud, and although it got warm it was never too hot for comfort.   The Lectern Although we have been on Mount Connection many times we have always stopped on the small rocky top about 60 metres before this cache site. We had some friends today who helped in the search and it was Sabine who found the hiding spot. Searching for the cache   With the cache   Wellington Peaks B - Tiny Tom Once on top the GPS still had a bit of di ...