Animal Facts : Giant Pacific Octopus Kuitpo, South Australia, Australia
By 3LG on 14-Nov-13. Waypoint GC4QQH7

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One of twelve Animal Facts logged today. This series is represented all over the state it seems; this particular cluster Ive had a previous go at, and although it wasnt raining at the time, everything was very soggy underfoot. No such problems this time with the hills being very dry right now. All the caches were pretty easy to find, and theres some fun theming in there too. Second finder today! Thanks for this cache and the series LB.I love these guys.

Tucked in nicely there TFTC

Great geochaching day in the forest with marvin277 and the geokids. Lots of animal facts and a great adventure. Tftc

Had a wonderful adventure today with squeak11 and our geokids. We found a total of 17 caches in the Animal Facts Series and learnt some interesting animal facts.TFTC

Fun trail to do with the kids. 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 #6466 on 29 Dec 2023.TFTC LB!SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - Feb 29th, 2024. Keep the date free!

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We were trying to work out the largest prey these guys would eat!

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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. Thanks for bringing us here LiB tftc

That one was a bit easier.. thanks

A smaller cache than most we found today but accurate coordinates led to a quick find here in the obvious location. ----SL----TFTC

Onto the next cache as part of my circular loop here. The track still seemed like it was never ending, and a few flies were starting to buzz around. It was starting to feel pretty hot so I was quite glad when I got to duck off the track to look for caches in the relative shade.

I've only ever seen one octopus in the wild - in a harbour in Canada. Quite impressive watching it move around the rocks of the breakwater.

TFTC LíB

Out for the day with Pineapplegoldy!

Lots of caches found a few not.

Thank you for the cache!

Sparkie and Goldy are back for another drive around the Aldinga region for a few recently solved mystery caches.

After finding a few caches in the suburbs we ventured out for a walk around Kuitpo. I haven't been here in 11 years.

The walk ended up taking about 2 hours and 15 minutes but was super worth it.

Cache in good condition.

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I heard something about a badge level thingy for writing longer logs... so feel to ignore from this point onwards.

Thanks for going to the effort to prepare, hide and submit this geocache for me to find, another smiley for my geomap.

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Thanks to the cache owners who do regular maintenance checks to ensure other players have an enjoyable experience when out in the field.

Your cache has been retrieved and the log book has been signed with the trusty stamp or a good old pen on paper, with the exception of virtuals, EarthCaches and webcams of course.

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Thanks LíB for this cache.

This cache brings Goldy's total find count to 2245 on the 30th of December 2022.

Doing the trail with the flies and kayche22. She replaced the wet log. Tftc

Forest caching with Clive. TFTC!

Oh no. It’s starting to rain!

Found it, 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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On a Sunday walk in the pouring rain. So refreshing and fun for the whole family. Geoson found pretty easily. TFTC

Nice

Easy find here

TFTC LíB

Thanks for this Traditional Cache

Cache on!

Found on February 13, 2021 at 1:27 PM
Find 1365

Nice hide

Smiley left. TFTC

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

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Thanks for the cache Lib

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Today with COVID-19 requirements still in effect, but fitness still being promoted, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I decided to head to Kuitpo for some mountain biking. We parked near the corner of Brookman Road and Gum View Road, and rode our mountain bikes north of Brookman Road around the fire tracks around the forestry area, finding the various *Animal Facts* series caches. We also joined a section of the Kidman Trail. We only anticipated to ride one half of these tracks, but we were making good time, and with it being a nice day, we continued our ride. We returned to have lunch, and then did a proper mountain biking session under the pine trees at Prospect Hill. A nice day out, and we saw a few kangaroos about too.

We continued our ride around this area on our mountain bikes, and made a quick find here. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks 3LG aka. [@LíB](http://coord.info/PR8KEM6) for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

A great day out on the bikes with [@Davidwazza](http://coord.info/PR61VZX) ! TFTC!

Octopus. Visiting for the tour down under 2020 passing through Meadows today. Enjoying the challenge of local caches. Thankyou for the cache series and the adventure , cheers.
Apologies for the generic logs

Still green out here. The birds are singing. Very pleasant. TFTC.

Had to make a detour due to flooding...Nice and wet today but cache and contents are all good. Out finishing off the mystery at the museum challenge. TFTC 3LG

Another nice quick find while passing
Cheers

Cache was quickly freed. Please remember if you cannot get your name on the physical log do not claim a find

Like others before us we discovered the cache is too wedged in to remove. It's well and truly jammed in and neither keys, branches or fingers could recover it. We will claim it nevertheless. TFTC

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. However we could retrieve the cache as it was firmly "cemented"into the hide location by a mud slide and it also appears that the bard of the tree has grown so much that the gap is narrower than the container. We have taken a photo and attached it to our log and we hope this is acceptable. Thanks 3LG for the cache and this set of Animal Facts caches.

The container is stuck. Here’s a photo. I hope that’s ok. Thanks.

Such a lovely morning for a walk at Kuitpo after camping overnight. This series provided a nice variety of hides and cache containers. Thanks 3LG. Another good camo here.

Another day another walk in the forest.Running water here at the moment, I was walking on water literally. Not sure how you are supposed to keep your feet dry.
Thanks to 3LG from mogni

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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Great hide!!!

Found out hiking with cachehunter and Zoe the Geodog

Found with NiciDanielle and Zoe the Geodog. Great hide and container. Love it. TFTC

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

Still a little sore from an eighteen km walk through Morialta yesterday I thought a nice small stroll through Kuitpo to loosen up a bit was in order. The fact that I had five caches left on this side of the forest to collect was a bonus. A great walk with cows, ducks and numerous birds sighted. Strangely no kangaroos today though.
Another quick find. Would you believe that that is second largest Giant Pacific Octopus I saw for the day? [:o)]

**Thanks 3LG for this cache. **

Stopped for a bike ride on the way home. TFTC

Nice octopus, worth a Fav point.

Fabulous day out with the entire caching family. Finished off what we could of this series in the Kuitpo Forrest. Super day for a big walk our favourite type of caching. Nice variety of hides and all found in good condition. TFTC and series a great way to spend the first day of the New Year.

Found with hevwalker on an afternoon caching adventure. Great day for a walk around the bush.
Expected to see another scary cache contained but thankfully we didn't
TFTC 3LG

A lovely cool overcast afternoon...perfect for a walk around Kuitpo with TT016...
After the last cache weren't too sure what we would find here...not quite a scary...
TFTC 3LG

Found on a smilie hunt almost directly south from home.
Thanks for the cache 3LG

Found it.

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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. TFTC [:]

Found with vj187 on a chilly winter day. TFTC

Found with 2011*turtle. TFTC

No meetings tonight so got out of work earlier than usual to take advantage of a rare hour of sunlight. Did a loop to grab the last of the major Animal Facts loop ... or as it should be called, 3LG's Tour of Kuipto's Great Trees.
Thanks for the series! Another cute hide!

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.

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. Haha, I like these little surprises. Thanks.
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Number 13 for the Bear today

walks with thechillibowl

Found with dashpotato

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. I spotted the camo. TFTC

We were probably a bit foolish undertaking the next part of the animal series on such an inclement day, but once we started we couldn't get any wetter!
Great cache decoration. Thanks 3LG

Found during a bike ride around Kuitpo, plenty of water around! Nice lid decoration! 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 didn't dampen our spirits though as we racked up the cache finds and had a great day out. TNLNSL TFTC

Ta!

the sun finally setting now and starting to get really dark, with jacknor

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

Camping in kuitpo forest again and really wanted to finish off the Animal fact series started in 2015. Lovely weather to be out walking and caching.

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Nice hide! Little pirate loves the cows and hearing them moo!

When you say Giant, you really mean Giant. 10 metres across is an enormous animal!

Thanks for the cache, 3LG

And another animal facts cache found

Well, you learn something every day. Before now I never knew giant squid lived in trees miles away from the ocean. TFTC. 20/02/2016, 11:31 Find #1419

Returned today to get the rest of this half done, I really need to invest in a bike. Another great day in 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.

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. Is the GPO called this because it is as giant as the Pacific Ocean? Or just larger than its Indian and Atlantic counterparts?

Found it! Tftc!

I did not know the did you know from the description.
The cache was some distance from any hiding place but safe enough given the distance from the track.
Muggles don't venture too far from any given track do they

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

Find #[green]5899[/green]...

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...
[green]Cache Condition - All Good[/green]...

Find #[green]5924[/green]...

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...
[green]Cache Condition - All Good[/green]...

Checked cache and replaced log sheet ,contents and cache are fine.

A nice day for a walk around the forrest with Mattycat for a extra set of eyes, most of the caches were in great shape a couple are in need of maintenance but they will be listed on the caches concerned, enjoyed the variety of sizes and hides as we walked around the pines even a laugh at some of the cammo used as usual a fun day out and a swag of animal facts in trivia bank and now also smilies on the map TFTC 3LG

If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise!
Out for an afternoon and evening walk and cache with Mr and Mrs Froghoppin (and Amber).
Nice variety of hides. Fav'd a couple for the cool camo
Most in great condition and neatly tucked away. Noted on a couple where attention might be needed.
Cute octopus not really a giant
tftc 3LG

Found on a drive out country

Found while out on a stroll on Good Friday afternoon. Beautiful here to walk around just as the sun is setting. Thanks 3LG.

Found by Tom, tftc. No 6 for the day.

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Had a day of caching in Kuitpo and picked this up along away.
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