Woodlands 59 - Palm Tree Greenvale, Victoria, Australia
By
Team_Woodlands on 18-Oct-11. Waypoint GC367K3
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Logs
Spring Victorian Incursion 2024.Day Three: Ballarat to MelbourneWeather: third day of strong winds but more sunshine now.One of seven Woodlands100 caches logged today, as I slowly chip away at this series. I had dropped friends at the airport and I wanted to hang in the area until I knew that they were boarded and on their way overseas.All caches attempted today were easy finds and caches in good condition. A big thank you to Team_Woodlands for setting up and maintaining this most enjoyable series.I started off here finding some swag, and then found the cache, too small to accommodate said swag, a short distance away. Ill move the swag on!
We are very happy to return out here to Woodlands Park after so long, and maybe to finish what we started years ago.This is a really lovely area. We are both enjoying it very much. Found the geocache safe and dry. TFTC
After a hiatus of 4 years we are back again to find some more of this series. Found ourselves a safe parking spot and set off on foot in the big park amongst the kangaroos and the big trees. SL at 12.41pm The poor palm tree has seen better days. #10,990 TFTC
TFTC.....I think I forgot what the walk was about and actually spent more time trying to find a sign about the former Greenvale Sanitorium. Luckily we had more luck finding the cache than information on the sanitorium. Oh and another change in vegetation.....much more English throughout the grounds
Would have been a grand old palm before it demise but also evidence of a building too Long agoTFTC
Checked on this one today.Changed the log.Sharpened the pencil.Replaced the cache where it belongs.All good to go.
On secondment to Melbourne, Australia, combined with short holidays here and there. 
From day 49/74, I was accompanied by my dear son, geocacher Ruupertti, who travelled from Finland to visit me in Australia and to spend a holiday with me in New Zealand at the end of my secondment. Day 50/74, Monday. After we both (me and my son) worked the day remotely from our AirBnB apartment in Keilor Downs, we headed to the lovely Woodlands Historic Park in early evening. We saw so many kangaroos again, and the geocaches too. We had so much fun! Thanks for the cache and greetings from Vaasa, Finland! Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).
From day 49/74, I was accompanied by my dear son, geocacher Ruupertti, who travelled from Finland to visit me in Australia and to spend a holiday with me in New Zealand at the end of my secondment. Day 50/74, Monday. After we both (me and my son) worked the day remotely from our AirBnB apartment in Keilor Downs, we headed to the lovely Woodlands Historic Park in early evening. We saw so many kangaroos again, and the geocaches too. We had so much fun! Thanks for the cache and greetings from Vaasa, Finland! Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).After a morning inside for a bowling tournament we wanted to make the most of the afternoon and get out walking. Came to Woodlands for the fourth time hoping to get the last ones from here. Thanks for this great series!
After having just spent a lovely week with my family, it was time for them to return home. I dropped them off at the airport for their early morning flight then made my way back out to this area for my second visit to find the Woodlands series of caches. I found eight caches during my previous visit here but today, with much more spare time available, I was determined to find many more. Unfortunately I was unable to find all the remaining caches during this visit, so I will definitely be returning for at least a third time in the near future.I made my way back onto this series after making a quick detour to the big park big tree cache nearby. I found this cache with relative ease and was in good condition. There were many roos bouncing around the area but they always scattered as I neared them.TFTC
Enjoyed a lovely day here with excellent company of moonbi and even the weather was on our side. With a long day walking around managed to find almost half the caches on offer. We will be back Thanks for all the work that has gone into placing and maintaining this great series
I was in the area after dropping my partner and daughter off at the airport. This was my third visit and I'm slowly plugging my way through the entire series. I walked a little over 13km on this cool June day.
I found doing these today was much better compared to the summer months as there really isn't a lot of tree over. All these were found easily using the hints provided. Thanks for the series, I'll probably finish it on the next run -
I found doing these today was much better compared to the summer months as there really isn't a lot of tree over. All these were found easily using the hints provided. Thanks for the series, I'll probably finish it on the next run -
A huge day out with a total of 69 caches found for the day (including #100 for me and #1000 for jaamc_3335). A big thank you to team TACKT for inviting me along for the adventure and Team Woodlands for placing and maintaining all the logs!
Out and about with Team T.A.C.K.T including Jaamc, Kpatt and tag along cazzajane07. We had a goal to tackle this series to help cover milestones for some of our members, 69 caches down, 20km of park explored and we had a blast, there was laughter, tears, the occasional swear as we took on the long hike and we all had a fantastic day out with the team :3
On a beautiful sunny winters day Team TACKT + C set off for on our mission, nice quick find, thanks for placing this series
After visiting the nearby CITO and gathering some information for the nearby Cache Crawl event, I decided the weather was now too good to go home. The sun was shining and so I headed to woodlands to do another loop.
An interesting spot here and a nice place to hide the cache.
Cache and log in good condition with plenty of room to sign.
Thanks Team_Woodlands for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.
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An interesting spot here and a nice place to hide the cache.
Cache and log in good condition with plenty of room to sign.
Thanks Team_Woodlands for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.
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hard to miss. Au Fait and I had a lovely walk doing the caches in this loop. It was nice to walk in this area with the trees, stumps and posts all telling their own story.
Thanks for the caches Team_Woodlands.
Thanks for the caches Team_Woodlands.
Quick find during a hike in the park.
Thanks for the cache & Greetings from Switzerland
Smurfy_CH
Thanks for the cache & Greetings from Switzerland
Smurfy_CH
Loaded up the deadly treadly and headed off for another few hours at Woodlands.
Completed a small loop starting at the southern car park, and doing several eastern caches.
It is a strange tree to see here, but by its size it must have been here for quite a while.
Thanks, Robmc.
Completed a small loop starting at the southern car park, and doing several eastern caches.
It is a strange tree to see here, but by its size it must have been here for quite a while.
Thanks, Robmc.
Find No. 3918. Found with FUF009.
A day trip down to do the Woodland series of caches.
Took our bicycles and FUF009 came with us.
Arrived at the gate, unloaded our bikes, had a cuppa and off we went getting our first cache at 8.55am.
We worked our way through the series stopping several times to watch the coming and going of the jets at Tullamarine.
After a long warm day with several challenges, we arrived back at the car park for a rest and well earned cuppa.
We put the clues together, punched in the co-ords and went and claimed the final cache of the series.
TFTC
A day trip down to do the Woodland series of caches.
Took our bicycles and FUF009 came with us.
Arrived at the gate, unloaded our bikes, had a cuppa and off we went getting our first cache at 8.55am.
We worked our way through the series stopping several times to watch the coming and going of the jets at Tullamarine.
After a long warm day with several challenges, we arrived back at the car park for a rest and well earned cuppa.
We put the clues together, punched in the co-ords and went and claimed the final cache of the series.
TFTC
Find # 11464
Found with Tyred n Cranky.
Well this has been a long time coming, to do the Woodlands caches. Many a plan has fallen through due to health and pandemic and work issues. But finally all was on our side for a cracker geocaching day to end 2022.
With bikes loaded up we were off, left St.Arnaud just before 6am and had the first cache signed at 8.55am. Then it was just one by one, following the GPSr.
From flowing trails to bush bashing (with and without tall grass) and even a bit of water, we had a lot. All the while the sounds of planes going overhead, birds around and the odd 100 roos thumping the ground when we disturbed them.
We managed to make good time and accomplish all we set out to do. Despite the heat and a couple of hills I had to walk up.
We believe luck was on our side with the back paddock being opened, after seeing so many had commented on it being shut.
All in All, personally, it was great to finally get this series done with a couple others thrown in that are in the park.
Oh and by the way, we got back home just after 9.30pm. A big days outing.
TFTC Team_Woodlands
Found with Tyred n Cranky.
Well this has been a long time coming, to do the Woodlands caches. Many a plan has fallen through due to health and pandemic and work issues. But finally all was on our side for a cracker geocaching day to end 2022.
With bikes loaded up we were off, left St.Arnaud just before 6am and had the first cache signed at 8.55am. Then it was just one by one, following the GPSr.
From flowing trails to bush bashing (with and without tall grass) and even a bit of water, we had a lot. All the while the sounds of planes going overhead, birds around and the odd 100 roos thumping the ground when we disturbed them.
We managed to make good time and accomplish all we set out to do. Despite the heat and a couple of hills I had to walk up.
We believe luck was on our side with the back paddock being opened, after seeing so many had commented on it being shut.
All in All, personally, it was great to finally get this series done with a couple others thrown in that are in the park.
Oh and by the way, we got back home just after 9.30pm. A big days outing.
TFTC Team_Woodlands
Also wondering if there was a house or building belonging to the sanatorium previous here as bricks are scattered throughout this area bit of a shame ...lots of butterfly very calming and beautiful..
Having dropped mum off at the airport, catnap777 and I made the most of our day by cycling the Woodlands in perfect weather. 
On this our 2nd visit to the park together, we managed to pick up every last available cache in the Woodlands leaving only those behind the catproof fence for us to find on another day when Parks Victoria eventually unlock the double gates to the Back Paddock. [^]
All caches were found or returned in good condition with dry logs and sharp pencils.
TFTC&Series Team_Woodlands.
On this our 2nd visit to the park together, we managed to pick up every last available cache in the Woodlands leaving only those behind the catproof fence for us to find on another day when Parks Victoria eventually unlock the double gates to the Back Paddock. [^]
All caches were found or returned in good condition with dry logs and sharp pencils.
TFTC&Series Team_Woodlands.
Cache found and log signed with dalerious 
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Detailed log about all of the caches we signed today was written up in the Woodlands Final cache as requested.
Thank you Team_Woodlands.
. Detailed log about all of the caches we signed today was written up in the Woodlands Final cache as requested.
Thank you Team_Woodlands
.*Found on the 10 Dec 2022 @ 10:39 am.*
*Cache find # 13760.*
Today I returned to Woodlands with biggles1024 in the hope of finally finishing this series after talking about doing it for many years, I was able to get all of the caches needed except for 9 caches that are in the back paddock that we have not found as it was locked up and we were locked out so another visit in the future will be needed.
The caches today where all found fairly quickly and most of them had a new log sheet in them which was stamped as we continued from one to the next.
**Thanks to Team_Woodlands for placing this cache.**
*Cache find # 13760.*
Today I returned to Woodlands with biggles1024 in the hope of finally finishing this series after talking about doing it for many years, I was able to get all of the caches needed except for 9 caches that are in the back paddock that we have not found as it was locked up and we were locked out so another visit in the future will be needed.
The caches today where all found fairly quickly and most of them had a new log sheet in them which was stamped as we continued from one to the next.
**Thanks to Team_Woodlands for placing this cache.**
**10/12/2022, 10:38:00**
**Find #4979**
**Traditional Find #3111**
Steve and I returned to Woodlands Park today to try and complete the series. The weather was perfect, but part of the park was closed so we will have to make a third trip some time in the future.
**Thank-you to Team_Woodlands for placing this geocache**
**Find #4979**
**Traditional Find #3111**
Steve and I returned to Woodlands Park today to try and complete the series. The weather was perfect, but part of the park was closed so we will have to make a third trip some time in the future.
**Thank-you to Team_Woodlands for placing this geocache**
Out and about on our bikes early today trying to beat the heat and continue our Woodlands quest. Loving being the first in all the new log books. Thanks for all the effort you’ve put into this great series. We look forward to finishing it soon.
Found at 12:17 pm.
Today the weather was finally a bit better so we had the scooters out to try and finish off this series today. Well for me anyway, OzHockeyChick still needs some in the fenced off area which was closed. Apart from one DNF I have now finished off the series in this great park.
Plenty of off track finds today and gladly had the off road based scooters as well otherwise we may have well of walked everywhere. Ah, fun times, headed off for ice cream celebration after finishing.
Thanks Team_Woodlands for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.
Today the weather was finally a bit better so we had the scooters out to try and finish off this series today. Well for me anyway, OzHockeyChick still needs some in the fenced off area which was closed. Apart from one DNF I have now finished off the series in this great park.
Plenty of off track finds today and gladly had the off road based scooters as well otherwise we may have well of walked everywhere. Ah, fun times, headed off for ice cream celebration after finishing.
Thanks Team_Woodlands for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.
A lovely, sunny day for a scooter ride with spiffy-, to find more of the Woodlands series, chatting to numerous kangaroos along the way.
Thanks for bringing us here today by placing this cache, Team_Woodlands
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Thanks for bringing us here today by placing this cache, Team_Woodlands
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Big things are continuing to happen! *Are you joining the fun again in 2022?*
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Didn't believe the name of this cache until we saw it! Dropped a woodlands clue in here that I found in the wrong cache earlier
Today I finished the last of the Woodland historic series. 26 in total to complete the 100 in the series. Oh my feet are sore. But I must say what a great location and a great time I had here this week. TFTC.
Seventeenth cache of the day. I am really enjoying this series. There is so much animal and bird life everywhere. A slice of bush in suburbia. This is a sneaky hide.
Quick find! Love this trail and area. Its so beautiful both when you go bush and when you follow the trail. The kangaroos are in abundance.TFTC Hoodedhooligans (H.H.)
For a while I feared I might be on the wrong side of the fence, but the GZ was actually on the side I was on.
Tftc
Tftc
