Lost in the Bush 150 Mitre, Victoria, Australia
By Rooossss on 12-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5B7MJ

Found with 999Hunter.TFTC

We are in Horsham for a long weekend away. Having never cached in this area, it is going to help us with a number of challenges. The hardest being GCA0HZW, where you need 20 geocaches in each Victorian LGA. We should get that in Horsham, probably not in the West Wimmera, Hindmarsh, and Yarriambiack LGAs that we will all be also visiting. After the event in Horsham and then brunch, it was time to head west to the West Wimmera LGA, stopping at Mt Arapiles first.This story was just amazing and great to learn about. Shame that most people just drive past and would never know about it.This was a quick find once at the GZ. Took a 7-point turn to get the car facing the right way again.Thanks for the cache, Rooossss.Hunter

Nice walk from camp

Found this cache whilst on our two month adventure throughout central Australia and remote parts of WA.The story that goes with these 2 caches is incredible and had us both enthralled.Thanks to all the COs for adding to our adventure. TFTC

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TFTC

Basselricks strike again

As our convey of three vehicles headed across from SA through VIC & NSW, we are focusing on collecting some LGAs before heading to the ACT Mega. To save space on all log sheets, we signed as 5 for QLD.All caches we found were in good condition, and with the odd wet logbook being replaced with write in the rain paper.Thank you to all cache owners for placing these hides for the benefit of the geocaching community

We attended a Mega in Adelaide for Leap Year, and are now slowly making our way to Canberra for the Easter Mega. We called in here to find this cache as it ticks off another LGA for this state.We are using the Acronym 6 for QLD to sign the log sheets. It was a pleasant drive through that countryside, and we were pleased to find all the caches on our list.What a fabulous story. Will look it up more when we get settled in Canberra later. Didn't see any railway remains.So, log signed and cache replace as found on 16th March, 2024. TFTC, Rooossss.

TFTC smile 18341 out and about on a lovely day having a great time finding a few caches on our way to Canberra today signing as 5 for Qld Hatzofff Snickersallan RoddyC Imbunda , grannysmith1947 what a great team we made and lots of laughter and fun Thank you Rooossss for placing this cache for our enjoyment

Heading now to Canberra, cross crossing across the states picking up LGAs as we travel.Must followup and watch the movie. An interesting story. Thank you for bringing me here.Caching with and signing as 5 for QLD. RoddyC hatzofff imbunda snickersallan and grannysmith1947.TFTCache Rooossss

Interesting tail this one, nice quick cache

Quick find while travelling through. TFTC!!

I was a little concerned when i first arrived at gz as there has been some firewood gathering right on site. Happily the cache is still safely in place and intact. Lost in the Bush 150 is find number 3,057 for me. A fun small traditional cache I enjoyed finding as part of my caching trip to West Wimmera Shire. Unless otherwise mentioned above, I found the coordinates to be accurate, the cache in good condition and the log dry and with plenty of room to sign. I am logging this one on Friday 10 Nov 2023 at 6:49 pm and the weather is Few Clouds 36C 12% 3 m/s . Thanks for placing this cache for the rest of us to enjoy Rooossss.*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

On the side of a dirt road, road not located on maps so keep an eye out for it !

We had an audience of muggle sheep

I wasn’t lost but can see how you would be in the grass if it became any longer.

Found out and about during a quick trip to the southern deserts where the stars shine so bright!

Thanks Rooossss and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

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SA’s Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. Keep looking up!

I almost managed to feel lost in the woods myself as I tentatively made my way through the long grass. Cache was soon in hand. TFTC

Melbourne to Adelaide Road Trip
Day Two: Horsham to Keith via Frances
Weather: cool morning, warm afternoon, clear skies.

On my last pass along this way, I stopped near here for the multi, which I highly recommend. Today I’m finishing the job with this trad, an easy find along a quiet country road. It’s an interesting story, I think that the multi covers it better.

Thanks for this cache Rooossss.

Working in Horsham today then heading cross country to meet the family at the beach in SA so I’m zig zagging across beautiful country roads taking in the sights. Thanks for the cache

Found nice find tftc

Good bit of rail history TFTC

Great cache on our favourite track home

Taking a bit of a rest day from climbing on the local rock to have an interesting meander. Quick find and dropped of a TB.

Little bit of a hunt but not too bad

TNLN TFTC

A quick find on a road trip. Thanks For The Cache

Day #12 of the Birthday Bush Bonanza. After a quick stop over in Goroke over night it was off to Horsham and then towards Ballarat for the day.

I crossed to the other side of the road and made the quick find.

Thanks Rooossss for the cache and for contributing to the game.

What a lovely track this is,a beautiful start to my day. The sun was catching on the barley, sheep calling each other parrots,magpies. Thanks so much for bringing me here and sharing this beautiful place

In the area for work.
A quick find
TFTC

This one took waaaay longer than it should have. I'm blaming it on the fact that I am not familiar with this area. Anyway, once I found out which way was 'up it made for a very easy find.
TFTC
TNLN
SL

Takes time but we found it

Our first find! Good fun

The cache container has been replaced and is now a round green plastic 600ml jar. Happy caching.

Packaging might need replacing

Container lid is cracked & broken, will be replaced by a round green plastic container when Lockdown is lifted.

Geocaching is leading us to towns and LGA’s we’ve not visited before. This is an amazing story and history of the area.

Thank you for your cache and adding to our memorable road trip in regional Victoria.

Awsome find off trekked path

Out caching with Beaker this Easter weekend.
TFTC

Quick find with Kellmik while in the area on an Easter caching trip.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

Took a bit of wondering around to find. It was only when I stepped up to the challenge that I spotted the cache finally.

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Leaving Horsham early we made our way to Hamilton, via an arc which took us close to the SA border (which we are not allowed to cross at the moment) Together with Suscoe, we found a variety of caches in some interesting locations. We still have the Fourth Book at home, it was interesting to have a cache for 150th anniversary.

Our thanks to 'Rooossss' for adding this cache to the geo-gameboard.
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*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).*

Suscoe headed out today for a trip to Hamilton via a wide arc heading out to near the SA border with our good friends, Phetlern.
It was a hot and windy day, with a top of 36 degrees on the car dashboard.
We saw some stunning countryside in places that we have never been to before.
Mt Arapiles was a stand out spot with amazing rocks, stunning views and remarkable countryside.
We were amazed at the green grasslands out here and the trees that were a feature of the whole drive.

Thanks to Rooossss for this hide, a quick find here today.

Thank for history

A good find. Just hiked in little Desert national park. Tough for kids and really highlights danger of being lost in the bush

Great history lesson, cool hide.

Lost in the Bush - nice find

Tijdens rit van Port Elliot deze cahce gezocht en gevonden.
TFTC and greetings from Belgium.

tftc Great cache for Aust day.
Called in at the Jane Duff highway park for lunch Beautiful spot lake is kept full by a bore across the road.

This was a very engrossing story. So fortunate that there was such a great outcome. Thanks for placing a cache here.

A quick detour off the main road down to this cache, I was unsure about the road as it looked really soft and didn't want to get stuck but it was all good in the end.
cache was found all in good order.
TFTC

Out and about with sir_spectre and Aussie M & M for the Victorian Mega.
Thanks to Rooossss from mogni

Day 1 Victor Habor to Natimuk

Came over to the 2019 mega in St Arnaud with Mogni. We where joined by jj52, Aussie M and M plus others at different times over the mega weekend. Many caches where found over the course of the 8 day trip. Targeting multi's on the way there and back plus the challenge trail in Mount Beckworth reserve. The creative trails around St Arnaud where the highlight of the trip.

Found during a visit to Horsham for the week. Today I headed west to visit the Natimuk and Arapiles area, enjoying the driving, the scenery and the caching! Thanks for the cache Rooossss!

Find #100 at 5:45pm on 6/10/19 my 100th find! A nice easy one too TFTC rooossss

A nice easy find following doing the Babes in the wood multi today.
TFTC and all the information re the list children.

11-07-19 Kel79

Good hide! Found with Kel79!!!

Just passing through on my way to Renmark. Decided to revisit Jane Duff Park. What a wonderful end to a sad, brave and heroic event.

Icybeetas

PS Very cold here today

Tftc. Found on my lunch break. Good one.

Flung on way home from Amazing Race2019

04/04/2019 2:39:00 PM
An quick drive by on my way to the bordrer track events.
Thanks

Leaving my stop over in Dimboola and doing a few around the area before heading west to find a few more.
So after finishing a couple in the desert I headed back to town to finish off a couple more before heading to my next destination.
I seem to be doing a lot of back tracking just to find the caches in a certain order.
A very sad and stressfull story but which had such a happy ending for all concerned.
Thank Rooossss TFTC.

After checking in to my motel in Nhill, I checked out other caches in the area. The Offroad Vehicle Challenge attracted me, and then afterwards I headed to this cache for a quick find. I thought I was going to have to walk cross country from the road to get to this one as my car satnav didn't show the track, and my GPS map showed it as a railway line. Clearly you can tell when driving along it that it used to be a railway.



Thanks to Rooossss for the cache.

Found it, wrote the wrong date in log book and only realised afterwards. TFTC

Travelling across to Melbourne which we do quite often, we decided to take a bit of a detour to collect some different caches. Luckily it was a perfect day for both the drive and caching It was interesting to read about a lost in the bush story that had a good outcome. Thanks for bringing us here!

A quick find at GZ. TFTC

A short distance from last night's campsite,
I headed for this cache
And got lost !! [:o]

Hang on a second !!
Why is the cache a couple of hundred metres into a farmer's paddock ?? [:o]
More zooming in on the GPS revealed an olde railway alignment
And with some backtracking,
I found the track that led to GZ

TFTC.

Great find!

As we pulled up on the side of the road we guessed that this cache was over the other side of a grain field which had been harvested some time ago. In addition, there was no fence on the road side of the field. So, given the hint, the taller member of the team headed off through the stubble. At the other side a fence had to be negotiated. It wasn't a straightforward task for the less mobile Mr y'stassie but he managed to find a way through and headed towards GZ. Once there the cache was located quickly due to accurate coordinates and the hint. The cache and contents were in good condition. The next task was to get through the fence again. then Mr y'stassie noticed a section of fence where the droppers had disappeared. This enabled the wires to be separated more easily and he was soon back at the car. Mission accomplished. Thanks Rooossss for the cache.

Last one for the day as the rain and nightfall fell. Great historical story and outcome. Thanks for bringing me here. SL TFTC

Great geocache with a very interesting story. Great find

*6/5/17, Found @ 1:06 pm, Find # 6621.*

Off on a weekend road trip to Swan Hill, going the long way on my 1400km adventure to pick up a few new LGA's along the way as well as a few caches of interest.
This one was out west in a new LGA that I had not been to yet so I had to make the detour out here.
Once I arrived at GZ I was able to make a quick find and sign the log.

I don't agree that the previous finder should have logged this cache as they have not signed the log, so the find should not be claimed, there have been lots of caches that I have seen but not been able to get to, to sign the log so no find was claimed.

**Thanks to Rooossss for placing this cache.**

Arrived at Jane Duff reserve late this afternoon and decided to do a bit of exploring and geocaching on our bikes. Wildflowers magnificent, frogs croaking.

We "found" the cache but the bees which are guarding it looked a bit scary. Perhaps on a cooler day they might be less active and we could get to the cache.
We will attach a photo of the cache in position to confirm finding it. No peeping until you have found it.

After spending a few days in Adelaide, we headed for home in Melbourne. We found this cache along the way. tftc.

Signed the log swapped a ladybeetle for multi coloured ball . TFTC

Thanks Roosssss for the cache and bringing our attention to this historical event. I still remember the movie from when I was a child and being fascinated by their survival.

Found this one today after heading out in an attempt to cure the kids of cabin-fever, haha. Heaps of flies out today! Found the cache quickly and in good condition. TNLNSL. TFTC.

Found while travelling on our way to Adelaide for holidays!
The geokids took loom band, smiley face sticker and frog and left koala, feather and red pencil
tftc Rooossss

Fell out of its hiding spot so it was returned, great little find

We checked in to see if our nearby cache was still in its hiding place and behaving itself. It was, however the old signage has been removed so we will have to rejig the questions.

Anyway, while we were in the neighbourhood we decided to check this one out. It had jumped out to greet and was in open view! So we had to return it to the obvious location. Hope it remains there.

Thanks Rooossss for your cache which is a logical follow up to ours. T:nothing L: a wooden ladybug.

Still in Horsham on our tour of Australia.

Today we headed out towards Mt Arapiles and surrounds. A few great caches in some challenging locations. A great day out albeit a bit chilliy with a maximum of 11degrees.

Thanks for your cache to feed our GeoAddiction.

TFTC Rooossss

Easy find ☺ ☺

Quick find once I found the right track in. Dropped TB TFTC

Nice easy find. TFTC

Have not had good service for the last couple of days so am catching up on my logging duties tonight.
Had intended to leave this one to the morning intending to camp nearby overnight, but it got the better of me and so I set out in the misty rain. Was within 250 m of GZ when I realised I was on the wrong path so turned around and tramped back to the entry of the correct track. I was feeling quite buoyant until all of a sudden Little Red Riding Hood (aka my GPSr) decided that she needed a new power surge. Not happy Alice! This was the 2nd set of batteries for the day and they were all failing after supposedly being fully recharged!!! Luckily I had glimpsed approx distance from GZ so started pacing it out. I allowed a little extra (my legs are quite short) then took off into the bush and started hunting - I had also read the hint. When I had gone far enough on that side I crossed over and started heading back to camp checking out the other side. I was not really hopeful, but Bingo! there it was. How cool was that! Fantastic!

TNLN SL TFTC Roooossss Awarding a fave because I can!

Great story, shame some people are to lazy to cover the cache nest properly.

Find # 2165 @ 1403 H

Heading over to Mount Arapiles to grab a few caches and some sights on a good Saturday arvo drive.

I ended up on the wrong side of the paddock, after I had missed the turn off up to the cache. so after a double back I was making a V-Line for GZ.

A quick find with smack of co ords

the first I heard of these children was on the news for when the new information shelter was "opened"

it was interesting to hit the area an learn a little more on their survival story.

TFTC Rooossss

We love the story of these courageous children, the distance they travelled is awesome. The Cache is in fantastic condition. SL TFTC

Finally found the access - signed the log. Thanks Roossss

Job in Goroke so deceided to pick up a few on Boxing day

Quick find whilst passing through
great cache, cool spot
TFTC Rooossss

Nice spot to stop on the way to halls gap!

Great find full of trinkets

Travelling to Ballarat via a few back roads, when I just happened to check any cache sites that we may pass by. Well I noticed that this new cache had not been found, so I planted the foot , broke a few speed rules, got held up with a mob of sheep and a very slow wide load, but we managed the 60 kms in record time. We were so pleased to have a FTF. Over the road , men were dismantling a marque that had been used for the 150 th anniversary comenerating the children that got lost. Thank you so much Rooosss.

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