Wet Ones Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Corunnaroad on 13-Feb-17. Waypoint GA9913

In Geelong in November my sister and I were doing some Lab Caches. One required getting close to the pontoon in the Eastern Beach baths. We went at Low tide but I let little sister wade out to get the info. TFTC

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Cache Name - GC59331 - Lake Fred Tritton

Location - Richmond, Qld

Found - 16/9/22

Mr T swam to this one and was very happy to make the find.

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There used to be a great GC cache in Williamstown Vic.

GCT606 - A Watery Transit

You lined up 3 points on land and got a cross reference out in the water about 100m away.

Swim out and sign away.

I completed it back in Feb 2010.

Sadly it has now been archived.

TFTL

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S 33° 39.497' E 115° 30.086' - GC5TBBP - WAGB Arrow 18 - Mystery cache - These are the listed co-ordinates for the cache not the actual co-ordinates as it's a puzzle cache and I'm not going to give away the answer

Pood and I were on a big FTF hunt on solved WAGB puzzles, sadly it was a wet and cold day but hey we managed a few FTFs this day so who can complain about drenching rain

This had been a cache we had wanted for a while GC6BAJ5 Yakin in the hills S 27° 18.668 E 153° 01.303 so swimming was the only option on the day

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All the Rivers Run (cache no. 1 = GC23G7X) was a series of caches along the Molonglo River in Canberra. It was 27klm walk, hike with 7 caches in the series. We needed to cross a couple of times and the attached photo is the last crossing as we approached the final puzzle cache in the series. Luckily it was 28 Feb (2010) so the water wasn't cold. can't believe it's 10 years since that adventure...but also that I haven't logged this locationless earlier. With the isolation for COVID-19 on, I'm now catching up on a lot of locationless...

Thanks for this one Corunnaroad. Photo is our group making the crossing.

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GCA 2,582. Well this was a well earned locationless !

Last year a bunch of ACT and regional cachers combined for a fun days caching the UFO GeoArt series west of Canberra. The day started and ended with a river crossing where most of us cachers under 6'3'' got at least a bit wet. I took my boots off for the first crossing but on the way back I couldn't be bothered and just walked across in the water. Most of us managaged from UFO #1 (GC7J3F8) to UFO #35 (GC7JH5E) - but there are many more out there awaiting another adventure.

TFTC !! Piccie attached showing part of the return crossing.

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Whilst in Melbourne for the Parkville Mega Event, we found a LOT of T5 caches.
We even swum an entire series of them, because the boat became a pain to keep lugging around wetlands, but I didn't get any photos of that day.

There was one cache however, that was so close to the shore that we didn't want to get the boat out.
I didn't realise however that you weren't allowed to swim until i got home to log it! Oops too late! It was only knee deep regardless..

Here is a picture of me in the knee deep water signing the cache!

Cache Name: Jet d'Eau
GC Code: GC5MGAK

Thanks

Mrs Shifter will do nearly anything for a FTF, well that was the case on this day which was pouring with raid, and it had been for a couple of days. We had been working on a big puzzle cache called "The DaPesky Code" when a nearby cache was published so we headed out to locate it. It was very wet and Mrs Shifter's japara didn't keep her very dry as the rain was just so heavy. Mr and Miss Shifter waited in the car and took the photo as she was returning triumphantly. The cache is "Lagoon Lunacy" GC1PXBA (now archived).

Parenting 101: When it's too wet, send over the geokid! This cache was called 'Another Long Distance Walking Trail' (GCDPK) and one we enjoyed doing as a family back in the day. Thanks Corunnaroad for providing this cache.

carlin&sondra and I had to swim to this cache "Submerged" GC5SHW7G on 28/12/14. The cache was hidden under a log in a river. There was no way you could get to this cache without getting wet. Unfortunately the floods destroyed the cache and it is now archived after only 2 finds.

We found TP5390 Monument Hill Trig on 29 April 2016 on a rather wet day. The attached photo shows mr sharnie's tribe getting damp but it didn't put us off making the find! The views from the lookout were fairly ordinary that day. TFTC, been saving this one to fill a gap in our caching calendar

GC5K9NE Isand Hideaway.
This cache is located on a small island across from a park in the Boreen Point caravan park. You can walk out to the island but a canoe or kayak could be useful. well I did not have a water craft so I waded out. The water was relatively warm as i made the trip twice. The first time I could not find the cache and then read the description again and had an Idea so waded back out. Got stuck twice on the way over as I sank into the bottom bud near the shore. TFTL Corunnaroad.

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We got very wet retrieving GC5CEK6 Lust on Christmas Island recently. It's the first time we've had to don our togs to retrieve a cache. Cache was hidden behind a waterfall. After the hike up the hill to GZ getting through the cold waterfal was rather refreshing.
Photo shows a very wet Mrs W with cache.
Thanks Corunnaroad.

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Mrs Dangles had to get wet to find GC69VGW Pipe Clay Lagoon

Whilst visiting the Gold Coast over Christmas, I took my cousin out for her first crack at geocaching. We came across GC4ZT6C "Drawbridge" and it looked like a bit of fun. My cousin decided she would go across, and I quickly learnt that stability is not her forte . After falling in 6 times, she finally made it up the "Drawbridge" and had the cache in hand.

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I'm pleased you are enjoying them, so okay, another then .
Panic's Patch GC2Y4JP
Extreme Challenge - Tunnel of Terror GCKQ73
The coordinates are for 'Panic's Patch'. The other, 'Extreme Challenge - Tunnel of Terror' is a multi-cache and so I won't give the coordinates for that one . Both involved walking several kms through storm-water tunnels under Canberra. Some tunnels required wading. Both caches were found with a group of over twenty people on the same day. We started off fairly dry, but the tunnels got wetter, until we needed to wade. Good bye dry shoes . I was pleased I managed to stay upright (at least one person didn't), although the suggestion to wear helmets was a good one, as I pumped the ceiling several times. Fortunately in most of the tunnels I was able to stand upright, but some of the tallest participants would no doubt have had to bend...or knock their heads a lot. Possibly both . Lots of spiders, moths and some frogs. At one stage someone began singing and others joined in. I imagined this ghostly choir being heard in the streets we passed under, as our ghostly voices rose from the gratings. SPOOKY !
After I would have liked to suggest we go for coffee, but our shoes were soaked and the last tunnel had an 'interesting' odour , so I didn't suggest.
We had fun.
Then it was home for a shower and the squelching shoes went into a bucket of water with disinfectant to soak.

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Love these stories and photos . Keep them coming. They are such fun

Hi corunnaroad
Redtag and I went for the FTF for GC23E3H 'Denman's Treasure' near Port Arthur in Tasmania and got it on the 20th Feb 2010.
Our trip to and from the cache involved a jet ski - ok! had to get wet!!

The log read:
"Hi Crustydemons, Great adventure to get this cache. Both OldSaint and red tag got this one together and are claiming an FTF together. Thankyou!!! Red tag had the jet ski and we boarded, arrived and searched together, signing the cache at 1604hrs. For both of us, it was first time to Stinky Bay so thanks again. Got up to about 58-60mph on the way back. Then she wanted to take me for a joy ride and right in front of Annie we both came off!!! Wet, wet, wet!!! First swim in some time. Found out she can't swim (poetic licence taken) and had to drag her out!! Thanks red tag for the ride and the fun. See associated photos. TFTC and cheers OldSaint."

TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.

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Tomorrow will be the fifth anniversary of succeeding in our attempts to access a cache at East Inlet at Stanley in the far North West of Tasmania. The cache "GA4218 Sand Dunes, Shells and Birds" had been placed on a point on the eastern side of the inlet. Access was from the western side of the inlet and in between was a tidal area with sand, mud and some rather swiftly flowing deep channels. We made one attempt at a low tide 10 days previously, but even then the tide was not sufficiently low. We started about 2 hours before low tide. We took, as much as possible, a fairly direct route towards GZ but were thwarted when we were within about 400m of the cache by a deep, swiftly flowing channel. We waited until low tide but still could not find away to cross.

After studying the topography of the area on Google Earth, realising that sand and sand bars often move, we set off again on 15 February 2012. The low tide at Stanley was to be 0.3m (0.7 on our previous attempt). We decided to walk southwards along the western side of East Inlet until we could find a safe spot to cross the main channel. Again we started a little over 2 hours before low tide. After walking on solid sand, sea grasses and, in places, sinking up to our knees in very soft sand/mud, we found a point to cross the main channel safely. That is where we goth rather wet with water getting to thigh height at times. After about 1.75 hours we reached GZ where we hunted in the sand dunes for some time before locating the cache. We set out on our return about 20 minutes before low tide. We were very surprised how much the water had fallen in the last 60 minutes. So, we headed off in a direct route back to the car. Were able to wade through the channels quite easily (deepest was only up to our knees but previously it would have been another 0.4m higher) and we returned to our car in about 40 minutes. This was a great cache in that it provided a real challenge requiring a preliminary visit, research and development of an access strategy. It also took us to a location where there are so many different types of water and sea birds, "millions" of crabs of different sizes, many different shells and, today, one very big jellyfish.

A number of photos have been added to the Gallery: A map of our route (the Google earth image taken at low tide); Mrs y'stassie wading through one of the channels; pelicans flying over the inlet at low tide; and the sand dune where the cache was hidden. The coordinates are the cache location although the cache has now been archived. Thanks corunnaroad for the cache.

Bridge Banter XIIb GC3NPB7
It was raining .

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'Operation: High Tide'GC4T1W6 (Now archived)
Lake Burley Griffin, ACT.
This was fun. Most people went by boat, but I swam.

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'Southern Shores' GC54GN3
Lake Tuggeranong, ACT.
A wade and a swim. Dressed for this one .

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GC45MQY
On way to GZ holding GPS & pen aloft.
Molonglo River, ACT.

Yes, I had stripped for this adventure .
And was VERY worried to be approaching blackberries without any protection!

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Caching in the rain with girls at Portsea
GC6Y0JJ MPW - SS Cheviot

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Jump in and go for it

Decided we would have a go at GC5G8NF-View of St Michaels. Had always been a bit cautious of it knowing it was in the river but when we got there, it wasn't as bad as we thought and off went one team member-all good fun

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