Picola Kid's Alphabet: L is for Lyles Road Picola, Victoria, Australia
By Needle in a... on 25-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4H2ER

**Cache Archived**
Unfortunately, steps have not been taken to address the issue/s associated with this placement, as per the maintenance expectations in the Guidelines.

As explained in previous logs, the cache is now being de-listed (Archived) as abandoned. If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

If you wish to contact a Reviewer regarding this cache, please send an email via the profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the Cache Name and GC Identification Code.

Easy find, container needs replacing.
TFTC - Grace and I.

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Hi there Needle in a...,

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Bunjil

[3D(v)]

Our car seemed very small as a large tractor with even larger harrows approached from the opposite direction. Thankfully there was enough room for us to pass in this narrow lane. Reasonably accurate coordinates led to a quick find. Unfortunately the container has deteriorated and in broken. In addition the log has been wet, has dried out and is now quite brittle. Maintenance is required as soon as possible. Thanks Needle in a... for the cache,

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found with nephew and nanny tftc!

First cache for 2021. TFTC

After having a great few days caching in the area with Earthbound Chief, micaparamedic and Becknmonts we went our separate ways. We decided to head across to Echuca to pick up the Lab caches and anything else that popped up on screen.

As we had found the other twenty three of this series many years ago we thought that we should make an effort to finish this series off and today was the day.
We were quite happy that we were able to locate each of the hides and finally add our name to the last log books. This has certainly been a long time coming but at least we made it.

Thanks Needle in a.... for the series.

Tftc

On my way home from Cobram picking up caches along the way. Container needs urgent attention.

This container is brite and crumbled in my hands when I tried to open it. Needs urgent attention.

Round the corner ckeck out the super sprinklers.
Found with geodaughter.
TFTC

Out and about with AESPL. OMG the wind, thought I was going to get blown away. TFTC.

Only found what looked like the remains of a smashed container here

9280 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1020. Came out this far and intend to look on our way back to Nathalia for lunch. Just around the corner. SL Tnx Needle in a...

TFTF

Quick find, tftc

Nice quick find tftc

Day out exploring with the family. Tftc

Heading away for a few days caching and trying out some rough camping in a swag and OZREG's newly decked out 4WD ute. With no set plan but taking the opportunity to grab a few finds along the way as we weaved our way down the back tracks, heading down the great Murray River. Enjoyed the drive down the river and taking a few diversions along the way. Interesting to see the different agriculture, crops and landscapes along the way but if it wasn't for the river, it would be a very different story, as it is in the dry areas, further a field. We made some great discoveries, clever hides and generally enjoyed the caches we found, which took us to some interesting places, that we wouldn't probably see if it wasn't for caching. We had a few good laughs along the way.

We both headed into different directions to start making a search but OZREG quickly retreated, as he saw a large Eastern Brown snake, take off, just near GZ. I grabbed my walking stick and after a bit of a stomping, and a poke in a few holes, the container was located. We were sure that snake was long gone and far enough away, by now. This was the first of a few snake sightings today, but no others where near any caches. Pleased this was an easy find and retrieval.

Thanks Needle in a... for placing the cache for us to find and doing the maintenance to keep it in play.
7859

Apology for generic log. With approx 70 Caches to log and not recalling details of many, the most important point I must stress is................. THANKS ALL CACHE OWNERS for their efforts, because if not for you, so many wonderful places would not have been encountered to appreciate. Our fantastic time would not have been either.
Happy Feet 1 and I had a wonderful 3 days (Oct 5-7) cache trekking around the Murray Region from Howlong to almost Barmah.
HF1 with her skills, dedication, and helpful retrieving devices made a significant addition to my cache tally.
I felt like a circus act a few times.
Despite us both having a conflicting trait or two, we thoroughly enjoyed each others company and had quite the success we were aiming for.
Even catching out a member not being truthful or honest to himself or others in regards to caching etiquette.
The period of camping certainly helped in defining all the areas of my camping vehicle that needed modifying or improving upon. Having the annex fall upon my companion was not something I was proud of. Pheeew!! No harm done.
Again, thanks to CO's.

TFTC with Maskell08

Nice 1

Found this one very quickly while out for a geocache hunt on a rather cold day. TFTC

Wednesday Pre-brekkie Rampage #8
I declare this cache King Of The Beastly Caches.
Thanks heaps, Needle In A...

Found on the way home from our fun road trip with my Clarmensma family - becca85, GemmaSistema, neisha07, Ad & Luke. We had a great trip and visited some cool places and caches. TFTC!

Yay for school holidays and Clarmensma road trips!
Found with becca85, GemmaSistema, boo09, Ad & Luke on our way back home. TFTC

Stamped or signed as 'Team Clarmensma' AKA myself, GemmaSistema, neisha07, boo09, AdamSistema & LukeSistema.
School holidays yet again and we thought we'd stay the night in Echuca. It took us about 6 hours to get there from Maryborough and about 13 to get home.

A fun trip with only minimal rain, a handful of DNF's, some previous DNF's that are now smilies and 7 cache types found over the 2 days.

TFTC

Quick find here - enjoying these ones.

Today was day 2 of a 2 day road trip with Team Clarmensma (GemmaSistema & becca85 and our 4 geokids - neisha07, AdamSistema, boo09 & LukeSistema). The Sistema crew left Echuca and caches our way via Moama, Barmah, Picola, Yambuna, Koyuga, Nanneella, Rochester, Burnewang, Elmore and Bendigo before heading home via Maryborough to drop off the 3 girls and finishing at home in Ballarat about 11pm. We had plenty of finds, a few DNFs and heaps of laughter and fun as we cached along back roads, through tiny towns, around and across across amazing rivers with stunning scenery wherever we went. Thanks so much for putting this cache out for us to find and enjoy. We really appreciate it.

Nice hide. TFTC.

Up and at it early today to mark off another day on our 366
day Calendar.... A bit foggy today so we are now looking
forward to a very nice day. Found, signed and replaced for
the next finder. All is good with the cache. Tomorrow we
head off again to find another to continue our challenge.

Thanks Needle in a...

Little Squirell

Didn’t quite stump us

Suscoe headed out this afternoon to take on the Picola Kid's Alphabet.
It was a warm afternoon, temperature on the car's dashboard touched 35 degrees for an hour or two.
We had a delightful time wandering the roads in this area around Picola.
Thanks to Needle in a... for this cache and series.
A quick find and sign.

Sprung! By many moo..gles! SL at 2.50pm #4645 TFTC Needle in a...

Tftc

Tftc easy find

Found on a beautiful
Sunny day perfect for Geo cacheing made even better by this smiley face thank you.

Another quick find once we stopped looking at all the new lambs in the paddock next to GZ. TFTC

Late in the day, Brodie and I headed out caching and I'd intended to go to Echuca but somehow ended up out here at Picola, doing the Picola alphabet series
I had planned to do them all but storm clouds and tea time put an early end to the day as I returned to Wakiti Creek Resort for tea.
Just in time, too, as my hosts had tea almost ready

Unless mentioned otherwise, please know that your cache and log book was in good condition.

Another very quick find in this series as I managed to almost park on top of it

TNLN. SL. TFTC Needle in a...

15:12
An afternoon amongst the alphabet: a fascinating area of Victoria we have not explored before. It was amazing to see the powerful effect of water provided for irrigation, from the Broken Creek, for both stock and pastures - see images.
Loved the evidence of circular cropping pattterns we saw today.

Our thanks to Needle in a... for creating this series.
14613

Catching up with some late logs, therefore this unfortunately is going to be one of 'those logs'. I apologize in advance for the generic log, A combination of limited time and too many to log dictates that a generic log is best. I have enjoyed the hunt and being outdoors in this great country of ours, partaking in a pastime that I thoroughly enjoy. I usually head out by myself, but I thank those that have had the misfortune of my company in some of these ventures.

Thanks Needle in a... for placing this cache.

Found by Mary & David, in company with micaparamedic, at 1519. We always enjoy caching along a real country road like this. Our thanks to Needle in a....

Found

Found

Nice easy find with Go Grandys. Signed and replaced. TFTC.

A nice quick find while out with Aussie Fun Seakers. TFTC

[Blue]# 13868[/Blue] Found on another trek around the area after the Echuca event,
with Team Robins, to tackle the Picola alphabet series and others nearby.
A warm sunny day and not many muggles around today.
Thanks for the cache Needle in a...,
[Red]Roostaman[/Red].

12538 caches found


Out caching with Roostaman, finishing off this series, did not take long to find


took : nothing
left : nothing

Thanks for the cache Needle in a...

Last day of our trip, today we go home to the south coast, a few caches in Echuca and then it is off to our home state. Again quit a few caches we picked up along the road. Took a detour from Albury via Wagga Wagga and ended up home by 10 pm.
TFTC Wilbert67

Quickly located on our detour to collect this alphabet series. TFTC

As it transpired this was our last of this delightful series in Picola and again a well placed good sized cache. A favourite for the series and we were sorry we had to quit and go home. Well done for all the caches, locations, commentaries and hints.

A nice easy find Today whilst out grabbing a few caches in the area signed log and on our way

I detoured along Lyles Road on me way out of Picola this morning
Such nice, well irrigated, farming scenery [^]
And next to one of the biggest crop circles in the area, I hopped out of the geomobile to have another go at finding this cache

It wasn't there last time I looked, but today, I had a cache find in under five minutes

TFTC

As we pulled up for this cache we saw a promising place to start looking, so while Geoturtle37 set about taking more sunset pics (It was beautifully coloured.) I set off for the cache. After a brief search I spotted a possible sign, and closer inspection revealed the treasure we were seeking. With everything back in it's place I hustled Geoturtle back to the car, so that we could try and finish this series before it was completely dark. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Easy one to find.

Another great one for the kids

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Needle in a... [^]

Found this with Sully 1 and i am only just logging them please excuse the generic log but we did have a great morning out getting these caches in this series


thanks to Needle in a... for putting this cache out for us to find

Found with the Honeysucker on a trip to Picola this morning after the 15 year event at Kotupna yesterday. This series took us to some intersting sights and places today. We had taken Max, the Honeysucker GeoDog with us, and it was Max that actually had his nose on the cache before HS and I were on the spot. Thanks to Needle in a ...

Ta Da... Got it.
Another step closer to completing this most compelling series
SL TNLN TFTC Needles and kids.[^]

Another one we were unable to find last year, we were happy to cross off the list this time. Cozily tucked away in its hidey hole ready for the next finder

This entry was edited by Cybergran V on Sunday, 03 May 2015 at 07:38:38 UTC.

Brought geo kids up to do the trail. TFTC

Nice day for a cache or 10.
Happy Easter.

Found @ 1555hrs.
A Muggle friend and I took the opportunity of hunting down this interesting alphabet series of caches while spending a few days camping and kayaking in the Barmah National Park.
Many thanks Needle in a… for providing us this break.

TFTC - Great day for a cache or two

Holidaying from Queensland enjoying the Picola series. Dropped off shamrock geocoin. Tftc

another quick find. TN Left spiderman. Tftc

The weather just perfect for me - Real enjoyed myself to see scene/country. Hint is helpful worth to have hint. Thanks Needle in a...

Enjoyed this little series.......Had a great time slowly making my around the roads collecting the caches as I went. A couple were a few metres out, but the hints helped and was good.

Thanks for the fun and the caches....

Glad there were no snakes today

I had a long weekend planned to visit the Victorian border region for a bit of caching. I had a great time and managed to get to many caches over the time I was away. Things got a bit hot which slowed me down, but I was happy to see so many great places and hides. I am not sure why I missed this last time, just a quick roadside stop today. Thanks.

18552.59 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2009 NT Uluru Gold A#150

Albida

Decided to try for another series while in this part of the country.

This series looked really fun, going from one place to another, and a bit of a history lesson along the way.

Log signed and replaced.

TFTC

A quick detour off the main road, had cache in hand , signed and replaced super quickly. Local farmer was giving us the "eye" . We didn't do anything wrong. TFTH.
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I was back in Picola today to try to finish a few caches I had not discovered previously. This was my first cache of the day. I took the compass clip and left another brightly coloured clip. TFTC

Unarchiving cache.

Up and active at new coordinates after a bit of tree trimming pruned the previous hide.

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 59.058 E 145° 06.964

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 59.060 E 145° 06.960

Distance from original: 23.2 feet or 7.1 meters.
S 35 59 060
E 145 06 960

Replaced cache at new coordinates
S 335 59 060
E 145 06 960

This entry was edited by Needle in a... on Monday, 08 September 2014 at 23:33:29 UTC.

One or more of the following has occurred:

No response from the cache owner.
No cache to find or log to sign.
It has been more than 28 days since the last owner note.

As a result I am archiving this cache to keep from continually showing up in search lists and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements.

If you wish to repair/replace/make available the cache sometime in the near future, just contact a reviewer (by email), and assuming it still meets the current

guidelines, the reviewer will be happy to unarchive it.

Should you replace the cache after 28 days has passed please create a new cache listing so it can be reviewed as a new cache.

Cache has been replaced but coords must be checked before being reenabled.

I think this one has been missing for a long time, searched in case but no luck left stamps for this one at Auction

This one has apparently been missing for a long time, such a shame as it is a great little trail

I'll add me name to the growing list of proud DNF's on this cache

This was the only DNF for the day...and there weren't too many places to hide a cache here...but nothing!

Didn't read the previous logs so came to find a cache.
As has already been said the trees have been radically pruned.
It might need to be archived until you check it out Needle in a....

Thanks any way.

Little Squirell

Couldn't find this one. Could CO check this one please?

A beautiful day, so Bettyboo3747 and I drove over to do the Picola Kid's Alphabet. As it is a fair drive from here, we collected a few on the way over.
The tree that the GPSr was pointing to today has had a fair haircut on the road side. Not sure if this is why we couldn't find the cache , but we didn't locate any containers.
Thanks, Robmc.

Our only DNF for the Series which was disappointing. From a previous log stating "bright orange" I'm not sure how we could have missed it. The Christmas tree has been severely pruned so maybe the cache went with the trimmings.

Another one ticked off the list TFTC Needle in a

One of fifty four caches found today during a cache run up north. Making my way through Euroa and then on into Shepparton to try and find the caches in the SGBR series. With not have much luck with that and spending a lot longer there than I wanted, I abandoned that after finding the fourth cache and a DNF on the fifth so I decided to head on up to Finley then back down to complete the Picola Kid's Alphabet series which was fun to do. A great day overall with only two DNF's and two first to finds as well.
I had a great time cruising around Picola finding the caches in the Picola Kid's Alphabet series. I didn't have any problems with muggles and only had trouble finding one of the tree hides. By the time I was half way through it had turned dark. Thanks for the caches and series Needle in a . . !

Found by The Empire @ 11:02am
The Picola Kid's Alphabet series was the main aim before heading home today. Thanks for the cache Needle in a...
- M

micheena - slowly working through and the day is starting to cool off.

Today was a day for knocking over a heap of caches NE and NW of home but leaving a couple for the next two days of the 31 Days of Caching.

I'm not sure that bright orange is such a great camo color when the cache is hidden in natural material. The container was spotted as I drove past to a convenient gateway to turn around.

Thank you for the cache Needle in a....
#2255th @ 1028hrs and 22nd of 31 for the day and 22nd of 31 for the day.

Having cleared all the Alphabet series last weekend, we new there were more to come. As it was close to home and we only had a short time period, decided to head for Picola after lunch as there were many smilies waiting for us.
A quick find as we headed back into town. Thanks Needle in a .... for the series. SL

Out on a beautiful early sunny morning run to clean up some caches around Picola area. Quick find ... TFTF

Another quick find on a very foggy early morning around Picola! Bit fresh this morning but kept warm by finding all these geocaches! TFTC

This is one of 9 of the Picola Kid's Alphabet caches we found today. It was indeed a quick drive by. SL TFTC

found with Paddyjak but have been really busy and havent had time to log!, thanks Needle in a... for providing so many geocaches around our area and keeping us busy! TFTC

Quick find right near the car we were parked right on the GZ TFTC