2 x 2 Katamatite, Victoria, Australia
By cdmark on 24-Aug-07. Waypoint GC159MV

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No dice. Bummer

We waited out a bloke here whilst we made lunch, then popped over for a look but sadly found nothing resembling a cache.Our four day boys trip was an 1800km dash from Melbourne Airport into southern parts of NSW, caching in 19 different LGAs. After an overnight near Melbourne airport, the toolman picked us up and we were off. Overnight stops were in Deniliquin, Ariah Park and Albury with a small selection of caches in each LGA unless there some more exciting ones to make us hang around a bit longer. The toolman finally filled his D/T grid. Lots of laughs, lots of insults, a good number of caches, but not enough sleep!Thanks to all the COs that made the trip a fun adventure. Visit the [Geocaching Tasmania Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/318455407771/)Member of the [Tas_Community](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=25086739) maintenance group.

We had lunch here while we waiting for a worker to leave and even after he had gone the cache couldnt be found, looks like he was part of the crew going work on this building!Searched but failed to find on 24/10/2024 at 15:08:00The best caches I have found so far are:-Sentimental [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)Traditional [Hanging Around in Toorak](http://coord.info/GC62KAP) By [bobthebuilder_123](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=586681)Multi [Gawler Fort Knox](https://coord.info/GC5T0W1) By [**JEM**](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=11449141)Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045) Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)Earthcache [Totem Pole](https://coord.info/GC862H8) By [The Hancock Clan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=263428)Visit the [Geocaching Tasmania Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/318455407771/)Member of the [Tas_Community](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=25086739) maintenance group.

No find for us. I got plenty dirty sfrubbing around in multiple spots and corners EVEN fighting off the bees who have made home inside the cladding of the rear building. WE TRIED but no smilie

Dnf

Glad it was not any closer to the Bee hive.

Family is away for the first week of the school holidays and so I have a plan to go caching. First goal is to make 7000 caches and hoping to crack 180 in a day on Monday. Today I headed west with the geohound - starting on 821 caches for the year (250 AdLabs!) and hoping to crack 50 in various LGAs for the day. It also happens to be AFl Grand Final day so listening to the Swans and the Lions as well. The Lions have just won by 60 points - second gf caching day where the game has been a flogging. Parked near the interesting church and knew where I needed to look. Spotted on second view and then the good sized cache extracted and log signed.TFTC cdmark

Out & about caching today. Thought wed stop off here & get this cache before heading home. Quick find by gleesonstribe. TFTC

Last cache for the day before heading home to Rushy. Thought we were in for a big look but I soon spotted it. Nice way to end the day! TFTC!

Very disappointing. Second dnf in a row

Cant find it!

Found with Team Waldron on our way back to Adelaide after attending the Capital GeoBash mega event in Canberra over the Easter weekend. Stayed in Wodonga overnight then headed westward to Mt Terrick Terrick campsite near Mitiamo, searching for caches along the way. Thanks for the cache cdmark!

With Featherwaite we're on our way home from Canberra after the GeoBash Mega over Easter.On our way we set our route to take in LGAs that I have no finds in. Day 1 we made it to Wodonga and Day 2 we arrived in Terrick Terrick NP and Day 3 we were home.Unless stated this cache is in good condition.Apologies for the generic log.TFTC

TFTCI love this old church, there is one similar in the ACT but a little bigger. Ive been out here a couple of times and only just realised that there is a cache or two in the area

Easter camping at the Murray requires some day trips for caches. This one was a quick, easy find today. TFTC

Great hide. We really did think a snake would be under there...

Although we were excited to find this geo we werent risking being stung/bitten by bees, wasps and bull ants

Outnabout for some solo caching while travelling from The Great Leap Forward Mega event in Adelaide to the Capital GeoBash Mega in Canberra. Grabbed a couple of caches in the area on the way through increasing my LGA tally. Its always a great day for caching. TFTC cdmark

TFTC,On our way to do the Ballarat GeoTour.Visited trackables.

On our way to Ballarat, needed a few looks stamped log and replaced. Took TB. Thanks to CO

Found with MoSSau on Silo art tourTftc

Thanks for the cache love the old buildings

Found. Bees were definitely friendly today! Nice hide! Took us a while.

Search aborted due to bee sting. Bee careful!

Good hide

Could not locate today

Didn't find it myself but then sent geo kid in to have another look. It was an easy find for him.

Tried to have a look but the mozzies were the size of small birds after some rain so had to retreat. Will try next time we pass through

Couldn't find it 9.11.23

Made a quick find here. TFTC

Definitely an unusual church! Heading home after a week out west and on a mission to visit a few LGA's and explore a few towns I have not been to for awhile. TFTC and the dark FUN.

Thank-you

Everyone before us found it easy enough but we struggled and found nothing.

TFTC

Found it

Exploring the countryside with geohusband and geodog TFTC

Took a bit longer than it should have. Out with Geowife and Geodog exploring the area. All good here. Now onto the next one for the day. TFTC

Gps was bouncing around and locals started to look, so put it in for a further visit

In the area for a couple of days. Quick find with Bogonghazy and SS. Thanks for placing the Geocache

Found with LittleBoss2 and Sorceysal on the way to Yarrawonga. Took ages as the gps was all over the place. Needed the torch to help. Thanks

Road tripping with bogonghazy and littleboss 2 for a few days of caching. Took a while as the gps was bouncing around. TFTC

Whilst up in Shepparton for the kings birthday long weekend, we decided to knock off some local caches
Nice easy find tftc

Oooooh weeee that was fun!!!! Definitely our most difficult so far took bells left googly eyes. The log book is full but some kind soul left a some paper so signed that Geo and Magic

Making my way to a few days away in Ballarat with Happy Feet and made the most of picking up a couple of caches as we passed by. All quiet today which made for a nice straight forward find being not on a Sunday morning, thanks cdmark for the hide and for highlighting this interesting enough shaped building.

Heading away for a few days to Ballarat with Happy pants. Grabbing a few caches along the way.

Stopped off here and made an easy enough find. Great to turn my blue face from many years ago, into a smiley.

Thanks cdmark for placing and maintaining this hide for us to find.

Log signed by Ellie.

Out collecting a few caches while in the area.

Thanks for the cache.

Find # 9049
Nice quick find.

TFTC cdmark
11 April 2023 11:55

Great Hide

Thanks cdmark for the cache

James0116
Tuesday11 Apr 2023
4:47:56 pm AEST
3184

Well, that was much more grubby than I wanted to get my clothes today, but it was a find so worth it. Got a splinter too, have to find a needle in Rutherglen.

I was travelling home after visiting my sister in Victoria and decided to grab this cache. It was a very small detour for me and I certainly had to assume "that" position. Cache was quickly found and log signed. TFTC cdmark TNLN

Tftc

Quick find after a DNF earlier. Kids swapped a few toys. Thanks

Nice and easy find which was good as had a big day. TFTC

Found it on our way home from bundalong, nice ready find

We will be back! Bees got a little friendly

I located the spot but it took the other half to grab the cache. Tftc

Quick little find going back from finley
There's a nice little trackable in there
TFTC

TFTC

Today we traversed around the flat country side following many wetlands, creeks and rivers, wow what a great plase to visit. We found many caches and this was one of them.

Dodging the rain we made our way around the eastern side of the showground trying not to get tooooo wet!. Cache and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

My daughter said this town is called contaminate. I guess the words are similar.
Quick cache find where I thought it would be

It was very quite at GZ which was good because we took a few minutes to find the container- the GPSr devices took some time to settle. Thanks to cdmark for the cache.

#2215 - 11pm
We would've been a little early for midnight mass, if there'd been one on. But fortunately, all was quiet at the church tonight. In fact, the whole township of Katamatite was quiet.

A quick drive-by was what the doctor ordered after a miss at the Max Tractor nearby. We got to park impressively close to GZ, but then things got tricky...

Maybe coming to church was a cause for some reflection.

So as I examined where my GPS clearly indicated GZ was, I thought about the first 40 years of my life, and how I hardly ventured outside of Melbourne. It was as though I had become obsessively familiar with just one particular spot on the map and never looked beyond it.

I got down and supplicated for divine assistance, and while I was there I used my torch to examine GZ from various angles. But there was nothing here, no matter how much I prayed, no matter how much I searched that one spot.

Perhaps I was searching wrong. Isn't it said that all truth lies within our own heart, if only we have the courage to seek it? Well, after a DNF and 15 minutes of rolling around in the darkened dirt, I had no shortage of courage. So, I listened to my heart, to that little voice within...

And it said:-

"Go forth and explore thy four corners of the world and verily all caches will come to you!"

So I did.

And this cache did come to me!

Indeed, my blindness was healed!!

Though I had come in darkness, I had found salvation here, and gratefully I shared the Good News with Heymissjo.

Thanks so much, cdmark, for providing the spiritual element of our pilgramage today. This was our first cache back in Victoria after an unexpected NSW roadtrip today. It was good to explore more of the world again.

#1264
Been a massive day for The Welder and I as we chased caches along the border LGAs. Managed to pick up three extra Vic ones and three NSW ones… not bad considering this started as a day trip at 8am this morning. Now that this cache has finally been found we can start the long drive back down to Melbourne so we can sleep in our own beds.

Massive wasp nest where this is supposed to be. Please be careful.

# 14357 Found and logged at 9:56:00 AM
Some quick finds today from Shepparton to Yarrawanga
Much more plesent out caching today
Left Geocoin
Thanks for the cache cdmark
Lgoody

First cache for the year. Holiday fun while staying in Cobram.

With mrs one/ eyed we spent the day around Tungamah photographing the art on the silos then on to Katamatite for a cuppa found this one. Tftc

Tricky..left swag.. TFTC

Said a few prayers and there it was, TFTC

Out for a drive with my two girls today and stopped in to look for this cache.

Fortunately the cache was a few meters away from the beehive!

TFTC

Quick find on a sunny morning on our way home from work
Tftc

Found at 12.50pm. Another cdmark cache found quickly. We in form today
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Managed to get my shoes wet on the dewy grass on walk to GZ. Surprised to see a previous DNF as this is a decent sized cache

Easy enough to spot with the mobi camera.

TFTC cdmark

Couldn’t find

All good. Dirty knees though now.

Found on our way to Sealake checking out the silo art trail and a few caches

Our final find in the town for today. Certainly had to do some praying. I woke a few spiders but they were very forgiving.
Thanks for the hide.

Suscoe was heading north today for a caching trip.
With the worst of the rain left behind us around the Metro Ring Road we first encountered fog coming over the Great Dividing Range.
Once we down on the northern side we had clouds but the day remained fine.
We had a wonderful time wandering the roads all the way to Mulwala today but we did take the long way round at times.

Thanks to cdmark for this hide, we did a little circle work and had success.
Cache in good condition.

Time to head for tonight's pit stop.

Didnt find IT.

Spent a little while trying to find this. I was certain of the type of hide, just needed to work out which corner as my GPSr was playing funny buggers. Got it on the 4th spot I looked. Cache in great condition. TFTC.

A quick find while spending a few days in Yarrawonga.TFTC.

Gorgeous little quiet town great setting.

Found it

Found. Nice.

TFTC! The cache has a magnet TNL-Game

Driving through town and couldn’t resist picking this one up. We had groceries in the car so we had a 5 minute limit to grab this one. Luckily our geosenses were on point. Picked up a TB. Thanks for the fun!

So glad this little place has a couple of caches. This was an easy find. For some reason Katamatite sounds like the name of a mineral to me.

Great little find, TFTC. I let a couple of trackables, I hope they have fun on there travels

Tftc found with 2beez

Tftc driving home from the Murray river after a weeks camping with PeteBev. Stopped for some lunch at the Boosey Cafe - great hamburgers

Gps gave us some trouble but got there

Second times a charm

Found my first travel bug! Left some trade items and have decided to take the travel bug on an adventure!

Only a little praying was needed. Took 2 TBs. Left TB.

As a member of TeamOZCAT logged in this cache, I am now logging as an individual predominantly to avoid any mistaken/unnecessary revisitation.
Under groundspeak guidelines, this logging is acceptable as I was indeed at Cache GZ in person in recent times. However, all cache owners have the right to delete logs as they see fit. Usually done to "Armchair loggers" or inappropriate texting.

If any cache Owner/s have questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact.

TeamOZCAT logged finds when both Karen and Reg logged as individuals. This logging is exactly the same, only in reverse. Again, groundspeak acceptable.
For an unspecified period of time TeamOZCAT are no longer cache searching but remain active in our cache management and maintenance.

I sincerely thank all CO's and wish you all the best in your endeavours. Cheers Karen

Many cache owners are already aware: As per Groundspeak guidelines, I am claiming find because physically found under TeamOzcat. I undertake this not for disinterested statistical purposes, but because of inability to revisit this cache, and/or because it's so damn confusing when viewing the local district geocache maps. I sincerely thank all CO's for time and effort in placement of their caches. Cheers Reg.

Took us a while, but we got there in the end. Left 2 TB's for a lucky cacher

Found...we were blessed

Found it after sometime!