Animal Facts : Kea Mount Crawford, South Australia, Australia
By 3LG on 14-May-14. Waypoint GC54YY3

Archiving for new series to be placed here.

will be back soon.

Found this while House Sitting in Virginia... Grabbing some caches as I took around this beautiful area, being chauffeured around by 3LG and keeping company with earthlight... A cool but sunny day to be out & about...

A bit of a stroll, a short search, found cache, stamped and returned... A beautiful area... Great area for photo's and a nice idea for a series too...

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

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...
[green]Cache Condition - All Good[/green]...

Cache has been removed for maintenance.

Found by Faraday74 with scroungers54 tftc

Found on a day of cacheing with Faraday74
Tftc

Like trolls, that's how we rolls...

A beautiful day for a wander in the forest [^]
Was surprised by the amount of infrastructure they have installed along this little trail!
Cheers & TFTH 3LG

We decided that today would be a good day for the geokid to go for a walk along with the hyperactive geopup. I needed a trail that would keep my little guy amused but not being too hard on the terrain rating and I decided that this little boardwalk trail would do the job.

We were not disappointed, we found a mixture of small and large caches and we saw lots of kangaroos. So a total of 8 geocaches was found today on a fun day out.

Mrs TiedyeSmileys thought a Kea was a car. She did the trolling on this one and had no problems spotting the monster hide. Big enough to fit an elephant in, well, the elephant TB we had.


Cache #6583. TFTC 3LG

A nice quick find. TFTC

Lovely morning for a boardwalk and a forest walk, so we did a couple of loops finding these caches. Dry enough that it wasn't boggy, cool enough that snakes weren't a worry.
Nice to see a variety of container sizes and good hides along the walk. Very familiar area for Mrs Frozen Feet, who spent a lot of time orienteering in these parts as a youngster.
Saw a few roos and lots of birds, and a LOT of campers in the rocky paddock section.

Some of these could require a boat when the rains come "Marge"
The Geo dogs are loving it as much as the Geocachers. Highly recommend others to come for the walk

Out for the day knocking off some animal facts with locus cache, ismartis, travellinbees plus geopets brodie and winnie. We went up hills and down hills round bends and over bridges. We seen the fires devastation and the new growth coming back.
Thanks for placing thos cache for us to find.
Harleyjohn2569

Brodie and I set out to do the 8 Animal Facts caches on the boardwalk at Mt Crawford Forest and then the 31 OTDs of January down Kuitpo Forest way.
We were accompanied by travellinbees, Winnie and Harleyjohn2569 for the boardwalk caches and then I picked up Ismartis on our way to the Kuitpo caches.
Final total of 47 smileys for the day and lots of fun!

Having heard that this small group of caches are doomed to a pending archiving, I wanted to check them out before they disappear
We parked travellinbees' car at one end and Harry at the other as we knew that a big day was planned.
Great walk in a very dry area....No high grass, no waterlogged boardwalk and very little water in any of the low lying dam/wet areas.
Perfect weather, sunny and yet not hot and many laughs were had at the dog house

TNLN. SL. TFTC 3LG

The first time we attempted to find this cache the water was within two or three inches of the underside of the structure. We could see the cache but couldn't get it No such trouble today with a dry creek bed TFTC 3LG!

After speaking to the CO I wanted to do these caches soon so New Year's Day seemed a good time and after attending Freddo's X Marks the Spot event I headed up here with JJ52 to go for a stroll along the boardwalk.

CPWanderer had warned me to be careful of snakes but thankfully we didn't encounter any.

We found all 8 caches and wondered what it would be like here in the wetter months with more water around for the birds. We never imagined that in a couple of days the nearby hills would have a massive fire burning through them

It did end up getting quite hot so a few shade stops along the way were in order , including a longer stop in the bird hide on the return journey . Silly us did end up here in the hottest part of the day, but we are blaming that on Freddo

Thanks for a lovely boardwalk series 3LG [^]

After attending Freddo's New Year Event Ismartis and I headed up to Mt Crawford forest to have a nice walk along the boardwalk to find the caches that we believe may not be here for much longer.
We parked the car at the suggested spot and armed with plenty of water we set off. [^] [^]
Had a lovely walk stopping for the caches in a variety of hides, although it would have been much more comfortable if it had been about 10 degrees cooler.
Thankfully didn't spot any snakes, no wildlife around except for one small furry animal that ran away quickly after being startled. It was too quick for me to identify.
We found all 8 caches, had numerous stops on the way back and loved the bird hide where we cooled down for a while.
Thanks for the caches 3LG and for bringing us here.

My last actual find of these caches. Now that I have a map at least I can head back and find that
little punk at the start. An awesome walk along here. Big thanks to bringing me to a place I
may have never known about otherwise. TFTC

No trouble finding this cache. Nice location. This could be hard to get to if the rains came down.
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This cache was found using a Garmin Montana 650t. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.

What an amazing series of caches along a boardwalk in the forest past wetlands.

This series of 7 caches forms a series that would prrobably rate in my top 10 series for this year.
What a pity it is hidden amoungst the animal facts series and will probably be overlooked by people lumping it in with the other caches.

I had an amazing time walking through here.

I know I will be coming back in the middle of winter to see it flowing with water.

A beautiful experience.

Out for a bit of caching while the wife has a BBQ to go too. I dragged the wonderful burtons out for a drive as well.

Loving this part of your series, great caches in a great area.

Thank you for the cache 3LG, this was number 7 for the day.

Theshattells 1022

Had a fun time out caching with Mr Shattell.

I have seen a Kea before.

Really enjoyed the short walk along the board walk and learning some animal facts

Cheers and thanks for the cache

Out for a drive in the hills to find a good spot for lunch. To build up the appetite, I promised a short walk to grab a few of these. Plenty left for next time! Plenty!!

Clear skies to 3LG from TeamAstro.

Found on a bike ride on a nice day to collect some caches.
TFTC

Wow! Huge! Worth going so far!!

A pleasant walk along the trail past wet lands with surprisingly few water fowls about. Thanks 3LG.

Continuing the walk from Animal Facts : Barreleye Fish. Found it nice and easy. I did not get my hiking shoes wet because I had to across the creek again.

Thanks 3LG for the cache

One of a few found with Don't Panic Arthur while out in the Mt. Crawford area.
Thanks for the cache 3LG

Found while out with ttrogg in the Mt Crawford area.
TFTC 3LG

This series is one of the best we have done thanks

Found at 1124hrs after a pleasant walk along the boardwalk. Easy find. Thanks 3LG

Had to head to Mt Crawford to check conditions for next weeks Scouts Rally SA so grabbed some caches along the way and around the spectator area. There is a lot of water flowing around in the forest so the cars better stay on the tracks next weekend. TFTC.

Still leisurely touring South Australia after the Mega.

After completing a few caches in the morning we headed back to camp for some lunch.

Well as we ate Mr Felix decided that the rain had passed by and wanted to head out caching again. Mrs Felix didn't agree with his weather forecast so agreed to drop him at one end of a walk and pick him up at the other end whilst she stayed dry and read a book. Just over 1km and 8 caches how long can it take [?]

Hmmm well apparently the creeks and streams that we crossed this morning were rather small compared to the dams that Mr Felix had to negotiate this afternoon. See some pics attached.

Indeed some of the caches were floating when located, and the showers of rain just kept coming. When he thought they had passed another few mins and another was upon him.

Certainly an interesting walk in these conditions and the terrain rating is much higher in these wet months. But surely the most memorable of this series.

TFTC

Tricky extraction. I was planning a bit of excavation to get it out, when I had a brainwave and managed to find the way to get it out without too much trouble, and keep dry at the same time. Neat.

Thanks for the cache, 3LG.

Geo kids loved this find!!

Well, that was frustrating... We could see the cache, in fact we could get to about 3cm from it but we couldn't get it . I had two options, one was to jump in the rather full creek and the other was to remove some planks. I wasn't inclined to do either! We'll have to come back another day for this one.

Out with Aussie M & M, official driver and brisal5.... not a great day for a walk in the rain but oh well no point in complaining...
Thanks for the cache.

Mogni was in town for work...again. So I picked her up and we headed off for some caching in the hills. We called in and collected Aussie Mary who became official driver!
Our driver dropped us at this end of the trail and drove to the other to pick us up. She was going to have a walk with us but as it had just started to drizzle and she had already done these she left us too it.
A nice place to walk despite the drizzle. Another quick find for mogni. I seem to always be trying the wrong side. Thanks 3LG.

Decided on a late afternoon trip to the forest to finish of the Animal Fact caches that were in the boardwalk area of the forest. Little Miss geocacher retrieved this one - nice to see another large cache in this series Lots of kangaroos at GZ all looking at us wondering what on earth we were up to. TNLNSL thanks for yet another cache 3LG

Having just been to the South Island of New Zealand did not sight this particular bird
Nearly the end of the trail but still having fun in the sun
tftc

nice walk in the afternoon to get these , tftc

Out for an outing with grandies, started off just cold but then rain set in but no wind so was pleasant walking around. Many different types of fungi in colour and size. TFTC

Found on a walk along the forest trail. Geokids had a great time, despite the cold and wet. Thanks for the great hide

The rain started as we were walking here, so it was on with the wet weather gear .
This could be a challenging find in the middle of winter, but it was OK today .
TNLNSL.
Thanks for another one 3LG.

Nice cache.
Disappointing to see cigarette butts left at GZ.
Not much shelter from the rain here.
Tftc.

tftc great day out in a very nice spot with barely any muggles tnsl

Heard birds in the forest when beta testing this cache.
Did not sight a KEA.

Out and about with Miss GG on a wonderful day, we decided to make it a day in the forest.

We saw this little trail and decided that would be perfect for our walk. I did not know this was here how long has it been here... ?

We also checked out the local camp spots... Looks awesome will have to come and camp here and tick off the rest of the caches around

Thanks for the caches 3LG, sorry for the generic log

Today Darknstormy and i were heading to Mt Crawford for a lovely walk and some caching

After the overcast morning the day turned out nice and sunny and made for a perfect day spent in the sun

Thanks for the cache 3LG

We had a nice stroll collecting this set of animal facts on the boardwalk. Our seventh find out of eight. TNLNSL TFTC

A little harder to get to.... walking pole is helpful. No Kea's sighted. Thanks for the cache 3LG.

A great hide in a really nice spot!!!! Might be fun getting to this after heavy rain!!! Thanks 3LG for the hide!!!

You mean I have to get down there?? Spotting it was one thing but getting it out was another thing altogether. Putting it back was a lot easier. Nice to find a large cache for a change, too! Seems we've mostly been hunting for mint tins lately. TFTC

Kid could see it ,but dad had to scramble to retrieve it.Nice sized cache.Left a collector spoon and magnet.A fave for the walk and a nice sized cache.TFTC

Published

Woohoo. {FTF}
Woohoo. ) An empty log. I'm not a FTF Hound but it's nice to get them. Especially when it's themed after a New Zealand bird that I suggested to 3LG.
Last night I camped in my swag at the Rocky Paddock Campground and today I'm enjoying the Mt Crawford Forest ambience and getting some caches as I go.
I'd done a few then thought I'd see if any more had been published. My internet connection was sketchy and just wouldn't load anything. I managed to see some more were out but couldn't get details.
I really wanted to get Kea so I rushed off towards Williamstown to get a better signal. At Hale CP I managed to load them so off I drove to closest spot on road to this one rather than suggested parking spot for the series. (Did I say that I really wanted to FTF this one? )
Watch out for ladybugs. They're everywhere around here.
TFTC 3LG )
2:15 pm - Find #1647

I was out this way when I saw the new caches pop up, well almost, I'd been orienteering in Para Wirra CP. It was a learning experience getting the coords from the phone onto the GPSr and I managed 6 sets of the 8 before deciding to make a dash for some possible FTFs.

Found walking along with Apty.

Thanks for the cache 3LG.