The Nexy Challenge #16 MacDonald Park, South Australia, Australia
By Burton's on 25-May-13. Waypoint GC4CWXC

Time to go. Cache has been removed.

Today, I had organised with Freddo and gridge98 to ride the Northern Expressway bikeway to complete the *Nexy Challenge* series geocaches. We rode the full distance, and then in the afternoon, jesswrigley and I visited the south-eastern end of Cleland Conservation Park and took a few walks around the area. The day began cold spitting a little, but towards the afternoon, it turned out to become quite warm and not too hot; almost the perfect day to be outside and hiking.

Freddo, gridge98 and I had set off early to complete this series. Both gridge98 and I had yet to find these geocaches, and Freddo had recently acquired these and was in the process of performing maintenance for a few that had accumulated DNFs. We rode past here, stopped, and managed to find this cache reasonably quickly. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks Burton's for the cache placement, and equipe de cinq for its ongoing maintenance.

Today I headed out with the godfather (Freddo) and Davidwazza to complete the next challenge trail and start the next big thing. A nice ride along the trail for the whole 50km as we went from Gawler to Port Adelaide. A great day out with over 40 finds.,
Thanks for the cache

TFTC and series.

Nice find on a perfect cycling day! TFTC

Quick find, nice

Found just lying in the open.
TFTC

Good hide

Well, we're getting there

After work I needed some exercise and my Geocaching fix so parked near #9, grabbed my bike from the car and set off.

The wind was a little brutal so I didn’t get as far as I had planned but all caches were found. Some took som searching but thankfully no frownies.

I’ve been wanting to start this trail for a long time so I’m glad I’ve finally made a start. The rest I’ll leave for another less windy day.

Thanks for the cache Burton's.
# # #5855 # #

Found with earthlight walking the trail
Cheers

Third time in a week have walked parts of this trail. Today was back with the Dayseekers. Glad this wasnt above my head today although do have a tool if had been. TFTC. Cache ok .

Tftc mb & CB

Cache in good condition. Thanks for this cache

Bingo!

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Another easy find

Young family

Out walking the nexy trail today. The weather is changing hope I get to where I want to be and back before the rain comes!! Hoping to walk about 12 km and pick up 15 caches this arvo. TFTC and the series it’s now very wet but going to keep going

The Nexy Challenge #16 was transferred from Burton's to user equipe de cinq

Found ages ago just logging now

TFTC. Great day for a walk, a cache hunt and to collect hidden magical creatures!
Hid this little cache a little better!
One more cache for a Kraken, then about face.
Hey, there is a cache at the old ammunition factory. I signed it, but must be archived!

Thank you for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.
Found 28 June 2018 9:28 am Find # 475

TFTC

Just logging the TBs from the other day!!

Out for a bike ride grabbing a few caches found this this afternoon TFTC

Found another one!

Oh look ! Found it too. Started this trail many years ago, funnily enough also on a warm day (but that was in summer not half way through Autumn)

Found with Dr Owl, Spidermonkey, Skuzzybear, and Bindi the pooch and Jethro the pooch. An enjoyable wander from #20 down to #13. A warm day ..... and seriously busy on the expressway!! Easy find as the bikes were zooming by!!

Are we there yet? Done decent distances between so enjoyed the time talking.... "Bikes two ways" the new GC entree!

We had a bit of time to kill so decided to go for a walk and collect a few caches along the way.
TFTC

A good day for a ‘first ride’ adjacent to the Northern Expressway. This is a great location for a series of caches. Thanks.

Quickly found. Tftc

Found it...

Did a quick run from work at lunchtime to grab a couple of caches. It was a DNF last time but managed to locate it this trip. Thanks Burton's for the fun.

Found it. Only 3 more Nexy's to go.

Not sure about that last finder, really nothing much here.
Donated a micro sized container to keep things going,
would be a pity to see the trail go again
TFTC Burton's and all the others along the way.

my 190th with troyyugal

Thank you for the find in our short bike ride. Found w mrbuzzy

Muggled maybe

Picking these up one by one, but not this one today.
Seems a couple of DNFs, and the obvious places had no cache to be found.
Some of the nearby ones have been wet, or heat damaged, so may be time for a replacement or two?
Thanks for the challenge Burton's
will place on the watch list and return asap!

Interesting historical facts but could not locate cache.

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Didn't find this one.

Today we decided to don our bike helmets and pump up the tyres and see how we go on the Nexy. Miss 10s bike was too small, Miss 14 recovering from shoulder surgery, Mr emilyangels bum not used to small seats.....this was going to be a tough ride and a sore night. But the ride was completed with no bandaids needed which surprised us all. Great family day out thankyou.

**Out and about letting my GPS be my guide**...

A short stroll, a short search, found the cache, stamped the log and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Burton's...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
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TFTC ((___)
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**#7955**...

**On my way home from Nuriootpa. Decided to grab these whilst it was quiet**...

A short stroll, a short search, found the cache, stamped the log and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Burton's...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
/ )
/ /
/ (___
......... ((__)
TFTC ((___)
....... ((__)
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**#7903**...

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Found I

Nice cool morning for a bike ride, decided to pick up where left off last time and collect a few more along nexy geocaching bike track.

Visiting Adelaide for the TDU. Huge apologies; started logging finds (and my DNF) the night I rode the series but was burning the candle at both ends, ran out of time and clearly forgot to go back and log them. Now that I'm planning this year's trip I've discovered the problem. Thanks for the great, bike friendly series....I even have some photos from the series.

'To cache or not to cache ..' that was never the question, because there is only one answer. The choice I gave Mr Frog, was to paddle or pedal and he chose pedal. We had a wonderful afternoon even though we had a slight head wind. Our bikes aren't used very much and I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow, but tomorrow will take care of itself.
Thank you for a wonderful afternoon and .....TFTC

Found on a warm day and therefore short session on the Stuart O'Grady bikeway.
Thanks for the cache Burton's

Tftc

Another great find on a geocaching trip around the area.

Thanks for putting up this cache and the series and making my visit fun.

SL

School holiday caching with the kids. Thought we would complete a bit more of the nexy bikeway. #5 today. TFTC!

Found during an energetic ride along the Nexy Bikeway on a cold, overcast day. Thanks for the challenge and cache Burton's!

Finally.doing.the nexy!

Took us a minute but we found it.

3 down. Heaps to go. Need to look down.

A nice day what to do ?? I know a stroll to grab a few nexy caches TFTC

Found

Headed over to SA for a planned trip, and fortunately Sorceysal was able to accompany me at short notice, meaning I wasn't stranded here doing the trip solo. I'd done this series previously with Skippy and Semik a couple of years ago, while replacing the eclipse containers with the pre-forms. Today SS and I headed down here to grab the new ones, I see now taken over by my good friends, The Burton's. Thanks Lee and Jim for taking this great series on, always good to jump on the bike for a run. Most were easy finds, and although I suffered multiple punctures at one cache about halfway (While climbing on the bike to reach a higher cache), we made it through to the end. All good fun

Day two of our epic road trip with the Bogonghazys as we get nearer to our goal of the geoart fish series. A great day with lots of finds and laughs along the way. This is certainly a cache rich state and my many thanks for the Cachers of South Oz for all the effort you have put in placing these caches for us to find.

Love the series and the opportunity to stretch the legs. Thanks for the cache Burton's

Number 21. T.F.T.C.

TFTC

With kc_86

Out with mishka89

Day Three of the WA road trip with BettyBoo3747 - The Nexy Challenge!
We had done the previous incarnation of the Nexy series a while ago, so we didn't need to redo #1-#7.
The forecast said 20 degrees and overcast, light breeze - perfect riding weather.
Dragged out the deadly treadlies and hit the trail at #45 and rode southish.
Really liked how most of the caches were about 500 meters apart, it made it a decent ride between stops. We got into the swing of the container and hide technique fairly quickly, so the time zipped past.
Took us about 2 hours to ride down caching, and about 45 minutes to ride back (counting lunch at the cemetery/picnic spot, and afternoon tea at the new picnic spot.
Completed the last 2 (#46 & #47) on the way back to the car.
Thanks for a really nice ride, and a pile of caches to draw us here. (and the nice puzzles to keep us occupied on night shift )
Thanks, Robmc.

# 7577. Here we are in Adelaide on day 3 of our lovely long holiday. We did the previous series of Nexy caches back in 2012. Today the forecast was for no wind (who makes up these stories), and a mild day. Well yes it was overcast and mild I sujppose.

We really enjoyed the ride on this great path - we started at #45 and enjoyed our lunch break near the Zoar Cemetery that I explored on the last visit. It is a very noisy shelter area here though with the trucks zooming past and no trees to break the noise. We rode on to finish the last 3 before turning around.

We had a speedy ride back but did stop at the other shelter on the trail to enjoy a snack break before the last few kilometres.

Only 5 caches of the series warrant separate comments: -

#41 - the sole eclipse tin - the log book is just a tad too wide and extraction was extremely difficult. A pair of scissors worked as tweezers otherwise we would not have succeeded.

#40 - has been saturated at some stage but the inside of the log book is OK.

#36 - the container lid on this one is broken and crumbling. We emptied the soggy and sodden mess of old sheets and left a new rite-in-the-rain log sheet here, so all should be OK until the container is replaced.

#31 and #27 have also both been saturated at some stage but the inside of the log books are OK.

Thanks Burton's

I am finally doing the Nexy challenge series with my little bike. I must say I bought a folding bike but I could not fit it in my small boot. Then the neighbour was giving away a little bike and I grabbed it. I had to paint it silver because it was pink with purple. Lol

Nice easy puzzles, which were good, I enjoyed solving them.

All were good until half way then grass thorns punctured my tyres because I was using my bike as my ladder as I could not reach the cache from the sign. (I am only five foot tall)

So I decided to walk the rest (20Kms) to finish them off.

Thanks for the challenge I enjoyed myself. .

Thanks Burton’s for the cache

We had completed the first version of the NEXY caches some time ago and at the same time, had found the first seven caches in this series, Since then The Nexy Challenge series had been extended and today our intention was to look for all the remaining caches along the walking/riding trail. Between us we walked the trail from #08 to #47. It was quite warm but a gentle breze at times did help.

Despite accurate coordinates, thi cache took a while to find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Burton's for reinstating the series along the expressway and thanks for this csche.

Change of plans today due to unforeseen circumstances saw me hire a bike instead and hit the Nexy trail, riding the full length followed by a quick stop in Gawler and then the express journey back. There were a few DNF's but for the most part the caches were all in good condition.

This was find number 13 of 42 for the afternoon for me. TFTC Burton's!

Tftc

Tftc with blackadders!

Damn !!
These Nexy Challenges are melting into one long bit of caching spaghetti [:o]
I cannot pick one from the other as I ride from one to the next
I know that I found this one, but cannot remember anything about the location

So .... TFTC ... I guess !!

Good find! Ammalee

Early morning walk with geo mum and geo sis.

Found at 11:47

Out for a day with Astro, Uni and Shonky to do the Nexy.

An enjoyable ride down the hill with a tail wind.

We replaced a copule but mosy were in good condition.


TFTC

Found at 11:49:00 AM with Astro, Uni and Waldron on a day out riding on the NEXY. Thanks Burton's

Replaced this one.

What an awesome day for a bike ride.

We started in Gawler and coasted on the tail wind down hill towards the air base. We were careful not to exert ourselves too much in case we rode too fast and generated a headwind. [8)]

Clear skies to Burton's from TeamAstro.

Tftc

Fun day out with the boys picking up some caches.

Great to have the nexy back up and running.

Thank Burton's for the find.

Mr Tardis, Mr Scoobster and Mr froghoppin decided to hit this trail today on our trusty mountain bikes. We had a great time and managed to find all in the series without any DNF's - YAY! Most of them were quick finds in quite a logical place for this powertrail.

All the containers and logs were in good condition.

Overall a really nice bike ride to get some exercise and some caches.

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache Burton's and the effort in putting out and maintaining this series.

A bike adventure with Tardis trio and Team Scoobster starting with 47 we headed towards Port Wakefield rd great little trail for the second time TFTC

Out with Liz And bruce grabbing a few caches on a cool afternoon
thanks to Burton's for putting this cache out for us to find

Out with Honeysucker finding this cache on this well known trail, we finished off just on sunset. Nice one. Thanks to Burton's

Staying in Gawler, on our 2nd trip around Australia.
Headed out today, to do The Nexy Challenge.
With only 1 electric bike, geo-hubby drew the short straw, and got dropped off at the start.
Geo-wife picked up a few in the area, before returning to the end of the series, to wait.
Apart from being a but chilly, it was an easy ride, mostly along level ground.
All the caches were found quickly, signed and replaced as found.
Many thanks for the hunt today, Burton's.

On our tour of Australia via Oz Mega we are currently staying at Highway 1 Caravan Park.

A lateish start today as has become our custom . We joined forces with iluvtrekking so we could get the bikes out and about (needed their car for the bike rack!)

What a fabulous day, great company some interesting caches and no rain!

Sadly there were a few DNF's, but still was a fabulous day to ride the electric bikes.

All in all, a successful fun day was had whilst finding geocaches! That's what Geocaching is all about isn't it.

Thanks for helping us meet our objective today with your caches.

[Green][font=Comic Sans MS]G'Day from W.A.[font=Verdana][/Green]

We joined forces with FelixII today for another days caching in the greater Adelaide area before our imminent departure. The boys set out on the bikes to hunt down the Nexy series, while the girls had a much more sedate day which involved stopping for coffee along the way.

We had a great day, thanks for your cache Burton's

Finding the cache was easy but attempting to get the cache to sign the logbook was not so easy. This short person was calling the cache owner every horrible name under the sun.

[Blue]# 8072 Found on the SA leg of our S.K.I.D.R.O. adventure, while at Windsor Gardens for a short stay.[/Blue]
Another day out on the bikes with Team Robins on a perfect day for a bike ride.
Not many muggles around and a reasonably quick find on all the hides.
Thanks for the cache and the series Burton's,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

10436 caches found

Out with Roosterman to finish this power trail and to try out our new bikes and the Princess in her carriage


took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache Burton's

We were coming back after spending a couple of days in Portland with Dad and thought that we would try our luck with another part of this series and also have another look for a couple we couldn't find on our last visit. We weren't sure how we would go starting at the wrong end but the parking turned out to be easy and safe.
The only problem we had was crossing the road to get to the caches as there were heaps of cars using the road today. We aren't sure if it was the holidaymakers heading back home or people avoiding the roadworks and taking the more scenic route. We had a great time collecting all the caches along here with the various hides and saw quite a few curious cows. Thw wind blew a gale for most of the time we were there but it did create some great white caps on the reservoir near the end of our journey. With so many caches found in such a short time we apologise for the generic log but we can say we really enjoyed this section of the series and found these to be easier hides than the first section was for us.
Thanks D'Belco for breaking up our journey. We came over to sort out a few details with The Oz Mega committee and mentioned that we would like to try the Nexy series. Semik & Skippy said that they would like to do it as well and after a long talk with the white bear Southerncross Caching also decided to join in. With hangovers in hand we arrived here this morning with full intentions of taking notes of each hide. Unfortunately all the good humored banter and friendly rivalry got in the way. We had 2 dnf's early in the piece at numbers 3 & 5 but luckily Skippy and Semik had spare containers in the car so after completing the series we returned to replace these two caches. We apologise for the generic log but on the day fun got in the road and the note pad never came out of the pocket. We can see we really enjoyed the ride and the company and also some of the metal signs along the way.

Found on a lovely long weekend Monday morning out before it got to hot. I met up with Skippy, Semik and Team Crackers at the Western end and off we went, up hill and into the wind mind you
The start was not so good with 2 DNF's in the first few, however these were rectified on the return journey. In the end we managed a find on all in the series so for
There was much fun, frivolity and yes Skippy even stoped to ingress along the way [^]
All in all a great day, although there was the odd time I wish I had one of those bikes that Spook was on [:o)]

TFTS Burtons,
Cheers and Happy Hunting,
Southern Cross Caching

A good hide, an easy ride while traffic rushes by. tftc

Out for a ride on a rather warm morning, started early (for me) to avoid the heat.

Turned out to be a great day, with a nice total of 17 for the morning.

Started from Curtis Road and headed towards Pt Wakefield Rd getting the caches on the left side, then turned around at the end and headed back doing the ones on the opposite side.

Wanted to do a few more, but started to get a little too warm, so left the remaining ones for another day.

Found this cache after a short search, which was lucky number 15.

Thanks Burton's for the great cache.

Had fallen to the ground but still found it

Tltc