Animal Facts : Stick Insect Meadows, South Australia, Australia
By 3LG on 15-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4QQ1J

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Well after a whirl wind tour of Tasmania to help with 3 challenges that Im working on, I got back in late Tuesday night then packed the Geowagon and headed off to SA early Wednesday morning to attend the Leap Year Mega and to also tick off some LGAs along the way as well.Well after crossing the border the other day and staying in Millicent, Wellington, Cape Jervis and the Kingscote last night its time to head to Adelaide for a week.Kangaroo Island had been on my bucket list for ages and I have been able to finally tick that one off.After getting off the ferry it is LGA time again so a bit of zig zagging as Im not taking the most direct route to Adelaide.Now to learn some animal facts.My maps said one thing, gates and tracks said another but I worked out how to get to this one.Found somewhere to park the Geowagon and off I went in search of this one.Continued along the track on foot past the very loud barking dogs and got to this one.I added my name to the log and now to get the next and and also a bit closer to my destination.Thanks LB TFTC.

Out caching around Kuitpo forest and Prospect hill today. An enjoyable ride around to pick up the Animal Facts caches on this side of the forest. Some took a bit longer to spot than others, but found them all in the end. Only a couple had wet logbooks, otherwise all were in good knick. Cheers.Find #6475 on 29 Dec 2023.TFTC LB!SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - Feb 29th, 2024. Keep the date free!

Love these creatures!

Tftc braving the long grass but all good

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While staying at Yundi we decided to pick up some of the Animal Fact Series and as it was a fine, cool morning we headed off for a pleasant walk. Hiding where you would expect. Thanks for bringing us here LiB tftc

Slowly getting towards the end of the walk here and the searching for caches, though there was some doubling back still to occur to look for a few caches on different paths. A straightforward find though a slightly challenging retrieval, assuming I have remembered this one correctly! TFTC LíB

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Fun one

Great spot

After a big day out kayaking yesterday, I needed to give my arms and shoulders a rest so dime bush walking was on the cards today.

I had a very enjoyable day predominately bush walking and Geocaching around the Kuitpo Forest. I spotted kangaroos, a koala and an abundance of butterflies. Some GZs were amongst high “snakey looking “ grass, I am happy to report no snake encounters today.

I did suffer a couple of DNFs but still had a great day and got lots of exercise.

Thanks for the cache 3LG.
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Tool a while to find because we went around the tree backwards haha

One took up residence on my balcony in Sydney. Stayed for ages. We named her Stella.

After a morning brunch event in the heart of Mt. Barker, I’ve decided to stay in the area and chip away a few more of all these animals. The area used for this part of this huge series is currently very soggy, and I was on limited time, so no big numbers today. All caches found were in good condition. I’d love to know what the total count on this series is - a question for the next event maybe. Thanks LíB.

Another find for Clive, the puddle jumper! TFTC

I’ll stick this one on my found list lol tttc

Buried treasure

Friends now AWOL lookingfor mushroos. Nah. They've gone done rhe middle. I'm still quite happy looking for my caches.

Camping at Mt Compass for Easter we had a late start today messing about in camp before heading out at lunch time. We decided to attempt a few caches we had missed whilst driving around over the last week. Also to revisit some and attempt to convert to

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A fun day out with @davidwazza! TFTC!

Today, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I headed to Kuitpo with our mountain bikes to ride the Kuitpo / Prospect Hill trails. For a warm-up, we first stopped off at the northern-eastern side of the vicinity around Choorkaloo Camp Site to find a few remaining *Animal Facts* caches and others around the place. We then had a proper session on our mountain bikes, before closing out the day with a short walk in the southern side in Kyeema Conservation Park, and a few drive-by caches between Meadows and Echunga.

A nice ride along these fire tracks, and this cache was in a good hiding spot. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks 3LG/@LíB for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/@jesswrigley stamp.

This was a test. Both Supa’s past. Bike ride through mud and water for plastic containers. Thanks

This was fun. Wet bike. Wet shoes. Wet everything. Turtle Out

Dirty and Fantastic. The SupaBike went through many muddy creek crossings to reach our goal. Tra La Laaa

Swapped a dinosaur for a duck

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Thanks for the cache Lib

Nice hide on a lovely Sunday walk. Grabbed the TB. Thanks for the cache

Found this one with muggle Aunty Ang. Nice warm day out, the grass was a bit snaky so took plenty of precautions. Left a TB here. Kids fought over a lanyard swap. Traded some loot and on to the next one. Loving this series. TFTC

Good find

Put collecting smilies in the forest with geopooch TFTC

Hooray!! I spotted this one first lol

Took a cute SWAG pic

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12/8/19, 12:32, Find #1458

Bit of a soggy day ground wise. Need new Hiking Boots. A few 4-Legged observers near GZ. TFTC! Caching with CrackedChelle

Nice and wet today but cache and contents are all good. Out finishing off the mystery at the museum challenge. TFTC 3LG

I went for a drive after work. I forgot how wet this area gets in winter. I had to walk on water to get this one.
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Thanks for the find

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Today we focussed on the Animal Facts caches in the Kuitpo Forest area. We tried to make an early start because of the forecast higher temperatures but we started about 30 minutes later than planned. Despite that hiccup we were able to make our way around about more than half of the caches by 1:30pm. We will come back another day to look for the remainder.

Accurate coordinates and an obvious hide location led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks 3LG for the cache and this set of Animal Facts caches.

Found with fletch_4. Out on a geocaching day for my birthday today . TFTC SL TNLN.

Found with kirs3 on a bday caching expedition - and yep it's raining
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Found with NiciDanielle and Zoe the Geodog. TFTC

Out for a day hiking with Cachehunter and Zoe the Geodog

ANZAC Day, I was up nice and early and decided I was going to head out this way and see how many caches I could put a smiley on for today. I got the geo bike out and went for a ride TFTC

Took Tb

Stopped for a bike ride on the way home. TFTC....exchanged TB.

All ok here, sighted TB but left it. TFTC

Enjoying a fab NY Day with husband and hound first a lush brekkie at Mullygrub followed by caching what else could you ask for?!! Dropped Tb TFTC

Found with hevwalker on an afternoon caching adventure. Great day for a walk around the bush.
Quick find
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A lovely cool overcast afternoon...perfect for a walk around Kuitpo with TT016...
There could have been many stick insects here...no wriggly sticks today either
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Having decided that it was a great day for a walk and a picnic in Kuitpo we planned to collect some more in the Animal Facts series along the way. It is always interesting to read about the animals. There were a lot of curious young horses nearby - but no stick insects. TFTC [:]

Found with vj187 on a chilly winter day. Love the series TFTC

Found with 2011*turtle. TFTC

Found with Pathfinder group. Tftc

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Spent the morning with some lads from the Morphett Vale Pathfinder Club who are completing the Geocaching Honour. The group included Jimmy01, Jourdster5555, Blue Cheeta C, Shadowss and green mere cats. Thank you 3LG for the cache and the series.

Bit of high grass, quick find. Onwards to the next one.

Ive been wanting to find some of these Kuitpo caches and finally I had some free time thanks to a public holiday and the weather was kind. The dog was very distracted by the horses, who seemed to enjoy teasing her. I found this one nice and dry, and thankfully no cache guardians.

Number 4 for the Bear today.

Nearly poked an eye out grabbing this one!

My 800th Cache
Out on a nice Sunday walk with allister w. Ground was very wet as were some logs but still had fun doing these ones. TFTC

A nice Sunday afternoon walk Cara81 to grab a few caches in this animal facts series. Plenty of water around and we had damp shoes and socks when we had finished. At one point I gave Cara a piggyback across a creek crossing. All the caches we looked for we found and in good condition, a few had damp or wet logs. TFTC

Those curious horses must wonder why people come to this spot, they were watching us as well!
I love stick insects, but none to be found here.
Thanks 3LG

Made a quick find while being watched intently by a couple of curious horses. TFTC

Nice bike ride around Kuitpo, plenty of water around! Big container, so bag out and duck in. TFTC

Found on a lovely Father's Day outing with the whole family, as we went on a 5km walk through Kuitpo Forest tracking down some of 3LG's 'Animal Facts' caches. Some of the trail was under water after yesterday's heavy rains, so while today's weather was cloudy but fine, we still ended up with muddy shoes and soggy socks. It is not everyday a dad gets to piggyback his 16 and 13 year old geodaughters as he wades through creeks, LOL! It didn't dampen our spirits though as we racked up the cache finds and had a great day out. TNLNSL TFTC

Very wet under foot today, cache dry which is good. Thanks for the hid.

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god the neighbours dog can bark, with jacknor

out with sir_spectre with a very late start to the animal trail

Stick insects are sticky.

Thanks for the cache, 3LG

Out on a lovely morning, finding boxes and enjoying a walk TFTC 20/02/2016 10:27 am Find #1040

Don't have to do the Nano rant for that one. TFTC. 20/02/2016, 10:28 Find #1409

Out and about on my own as the rest of the clan wanted to go out shopping.
Thought today would be a good day to clear some more out of kuipto.
Thanks 3lg

On a lovely day that wasn't too hot I decided to go down to Kuitpo to have a look at 3LG's new cache and clean up the rest of the Animal Facts that I hadn't done. [^]
I decided to bring the bike this time and actually do some "mountain biking" even though pretty tame, but nevertheless the first time I have been off road. I thoroughly enjoyed the couple of hours that it took me to clean up the remaining 21 caches.
Most of the caches were in good order although a few had torn/broken zip lock bags and some of the logs were damp!! Don't know why that would be as there hasn't been much rain lately...maybe condensation.[?]
Thanks for the cache 3LG.

Easy find. TFTC

Came back for the rest of the trail... Quick find TFTC!!

What better way to start the weekend than a 5 hour trundle through a forest finding caches? 41 caches, 4 DNFs, 15 kangaroos and 3 kookaburras. This was the first sizeable one of the day. Left 2 TBs I'd been holding for a while. TFTC

Nice day for caching with geo moo

Found it. And a slug. Tftc!

Lots of potential cache locations here. This one was not in the first place I looked, adds to the adventure I suppose

Shoes filled with water, but got there!
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Managed to get all 41 caches in this area today with the Geowife. It drizzled on and off most of the day and took us about 5 hrs / 13km of walking to get them all - quite a rewarding experience - particularly finding them every 5 mins or so as we walked. Saw heaps of kangas, lots of birds and sloshed through countless puddles and overflowing creeks. Cooked up hot noodles and a hot cuppa for lunch at the edge of the forest - a tops day out.
Thanks for the cache!

Day 3 McLaren Vale.
Today we went into the forest searching for some animals. This was our first sunny day in ages, the ground was still wet, slippery & some puddles to negotiate in places.
Hubby walked one section of the trail while I did another.
Thanks for placing this cache 3LG

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Found this while House Sitting in Virginia...

Decided to head out into this picturesque area to grab some caches as I took some photo's of this beautiful area... A cool but fine day with the CO, to me what caching is all about... Fantastic area, good company & a few intestines caches thrown in for good measure...

A bit of a stroll, a short search, found cache, stamped and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment 3LG...
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Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
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Found this while House Sitting in Virginia...

Decided to head out into this picturesque area to grab some caches as I took some photo's of this beautiful area... A cool but fine day with the CO, to me what caching is all about... Fantastic area, good company & a few intestines caches thrown in for good measure...

A bit of a stroll, a short search, found cache, stamped and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment 3LG...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
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Checked cache and log sheet/contents and cache is fine.

The Geo Daughters 1pinkexplorer and 1funnyhoney had 2 pupil free days. We thought it would be good to go off camping. What better than to go camping where there are lots of caches to find. Had a great time camping at Chookarloo. Loved finding this cache and a few others near by as it meant that we had to go walking in the forest spending time as a family.

We have broken this trail up into segments as the Geo Daughters are still quite small and we had visitors coming our to have lunch with us. Some nice easy finds, great animal facts and lovely weather and excersise

A sensational break

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No 15 for the day. . Found by Sam. Tftc

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Out for a days caching with Mattycat, found on a short night walk after touring around the countryside TFTC 3LG

Out on the prowl for caches in the dark with the Froghoppins, after a day enjoying the hills scenery.

What's brown and sticky?
A stick..... insect !

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Thanks for the cache!

Had a day of caching in Kuitpo and picked this up along away.
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We camped in the forest reserve nearby for a few days and went out to find some of the AF caches in the area. Thankfully we were able to make most of them drive-bys due to temporary possession of our open-sesame geotool & an official permit to use it. Great scenery around this area and a good time was had locating the various caches. Apologies for the generic logs. Thanks for bringing us out here 3LG.

Furrangel and I decided it was time to brush off the cobwebs on the Geobikes ad go for a bit of a ride..

So we set out to do about half of the caches here so we have another excuse to come back. In some places it was unrideable due to the mess the trucks have made due to the recent logging. Also there is plenty of water around making some off the areas very muddy. Which Furrangel found out hehehe... lets just say someone decided to see how cold the water was.. My self I headed for every puddle I could see.. testing my balancing skills... Lets just say i nearly needed a snatch strap in one of the mud holes. lol Other than having to push the bikes at certain parts it was a nice ride and we got more done than we thought.

Looking forward to getting back to do the rest hopefully the water has moved on..

Thanks for the caches 3LG and the now sore bums ..... will deffently be looking at a new seat for the bike! Was also great to see another flock of Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo's flying but as we aproched the first cache on the list

Sorry for the generic log... you know how it is... and you gotta expect it.

Darknstormy and i got ourselves up early on this beautiful day and put our bikes on the back of Darknstormy's geowagon and headed to the forest for some bike riding and cache gathering

Most of the path was nice and easy but the tractors have carved up some of the inner paths and bike riding was made alot harder and near impossible in some parts. We also came across some fun water crossings where Darknstormy powered though without fear and i was a bit more unsure and ended up on my butt in a deeper one Where as Darknstormy nearly needed to be towed out of one

I love the size of many of the containers we come across today and all the caches were full of swaps and well looked after which makes it more fun to find

Thanks for bringing us here 3LG and helping us with an excuse to get the bikes nice and muddy( and also our selves) and apologies for a generic log, i wish i could personalize them more but unless we log as we go, i just cant remember all the details

Thanks 3LG

Found on a lovely walk around this forest, thanks 3LG. I will put most of my specific comments on Chimpanzee.