Rothe reserve Sedan, South Australia, Australia
By blackcat123 on 23-Aug-14. Waypoint GC5BHK0

Find # 14617Been a while since I've been out solo for a long trip. But things change over time. And I'm living the past.So with some time off work, I've jumped the border wall to chase down some long trails in South Aussie... don't know how many I'll get. But I've got quite a few downloaded. I do have a short hit list ( of 2) caches to help with a challenge. All others are just for the Adventure and countryside views. Armed with all the necessary TOTT from tweezers and magnet grab to 6m ladder and 8m fishing pole. I believe I'm prepared for all that I'll come across. (Just had to leave the Kayak at home )Day 2. Murray Bridge to Swan Reach, via Nuriootpa to visit Geostuff.Managed to get my hit list, of 2 done today... a few others thrown in. A couple of short sharp trails and the fireman's hat.... then focused on the high Terrain "On your bike" caches west of Swan Reach...Nice quick n easy bush grab. TFTC blackcat123

Today out and about on 158 of 183 days to get my daily cacher Sapphire Using my Garmin Etrex 22X and MacBook Air!Thanks for the cacheTFTC

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Day 2 of 3. In the area to complete more of the bike series which had been added to since our last visit with the same teams back in April 2021.We completed the bike series, and then moved our attention to the NVRATHM series for Firesafe. This cache was found while in the area, and in good condition. We stamped the log as 'The Mob' to save space and time.'The Mob' this time included:- FurfacesLL, Rapidlywild, feathertop, GoodLook, TheDame, LB, and ourselves.Signed and replaced as found.Many thanks for placing this cache, blackcat123, for us and others to find.

TFTC blackcat123 your cache Rothe reserve that we found today. The geo-vehicle was picked up yesterday afternoon all good to go the mechanic assured us. This morning we relocated to join the other crazy Canberra bound cachers at a farm block just outside Sedan. Along with Wollaston we headed out for an afternoon of caching in the sun in a loop around Sedan. A successful day with 39 caches found.Find Count: 18775

After a week of caching around Adelaide incorporating The Great Leap Forward event, HansandLinda, MeandDe and I moved camp to Sedan to capture some more targeted caches. HansandLinda & I tackled this one today. Another great day for caching. TFTC blackcat123

A quick find.Spent more time changing shoes from 'town' shoes to walking boots than it took to get to GZ from the road and find the cache!We'll come back for a walk some other day. Today was just about getting the cache and moving on to the next one.TFTC blackcat123.

Headed down to the Towitta - Sedan area for a couple days caching. Day 1 doing the NVRATHM series and others in the area. All caches were in good condition unless mention in log. TFTCFound fairly quickly

Travelling Australia in our caravan since February 2014.Stopping a few days in Sedan. With fantastic weather we decided on a picnic in the countryside. Of course finding a few caches along the way. [^]TFTC blackcat123

TFTC nice find quick drive by out and about with geo wife LynSteNet

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Geo hubby Animal62 & I would never had known about this place, so thank you for sharing this location with us.
The log was signed & dated then returned back to its cache & hiding place.

A very nice location hidden in plain view. TFTC

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location.
(HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it
Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Blackcat 123 [^]

as we wander through the land, grabbing caches and seeing the sights even occasionally catching up with friends

sitting nearby on a cold windy day made a quick grab between showers

A good day was had while grabbing these caches with lots of miles covered

Thanks for placing them



*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Mr Tardis was out for an adventure motorbike ride through the back roads and around the hills and Cambrai areas on a sunny Saturday.

A short walk in from my parking spot. It was nice and peaceful around GZ today. I found the cache in the first place I looked - don't you just love it when that happens?

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache blackcat123.

Nice to see these little pockets of unblemished bush for plenty of generations to walk in. TFTC blackcat123.

Whoop whoop

Clever one

Buzzz go the bees

Found by Mary and David at 14:05. But which one is the significant tree? Log is getting rather tatty. Our thanks to blackcat123.

Great hide! Found this one with my dad, Mazdarx2.
TFTC!

Amazing hide! Found this one with my daughter, RedPanda800.
TFTC!

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. Thanks Blackcat.

What a fab old dead gum in the area. Cache quickly spotted . This area is very dry and can only imagine what weather 100 yrs ago was like. TFTC and bringing The X-Trailers and I here.

After completing On Your Bike series with Earthlight we had to fill up with diesel . Sedan was an interesting little town with a variety of caches which we found
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Went for a bit of a Sunday drive today. Didn't know this reserve was here! TFTC blackcat123!

Today we headed out on our as the others in our group had spectific caches to find, most of which we have already found and as we do not own a yak there was four that did not suit us.
Our plan for the day, well open the GPS and click on the nearest unfound cache and this is the pattern we followed throughout the day. We found all the caches we attempted, some were found much easier than others. We drove through and saw beautiful scenery, birds, magnificient trees, dusty roads and many many flies.
SL TFTC

I saw the sign! TFTC!

After spending the day finishing off the On Your Bike Penny Farthing I took a different way home to pick up a couple of more caches. Not what I expected but a quick find.

Time to get back On Your Bike...again. This time it was a Penny Farthing! Part 2:
Last week we got half way through and we hoped to finish the rest today
As usual I had spent many hours solving the jigsaws because A) I like them and B) I have the time.

Joining me once again was Blackadders and S.A. Sewer rats and as usual we were visiting all caches together and individually stamping every cache.

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Unfortunately the last group of people decided to move the caches around so we found our stamps in 7 logs we did a week ago even though we hadn't done those caches. They now have our stamps twice a week apart. And on the reverse side our stamps are now not in 7 caches that we visited last week and we have no idea which ones. [:(!][:(!][:(!]
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Today was fine and hot and there roads were drive without standing water so we were able to make good time between caches. [:o)][B)] Some great little free tree climbs no ladders and we found every cache. Probably another day left on the trail to complete it.

Only one of the three goals from last year achieved. So once again trying and fill my calendar with multi-caches and complete loop 11 again this year. [^] For my third goal I will try and get my DNF numbers from over fifty to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]

***Thanks blackcat123 for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Found

TFTC

Nice find

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Today I headed up to Sedan and surrounds to get some numbers to help me reach my target of 13000 for the year. I also needed a multi for my calendar and there were plenty to choose from up here.
It was a great day for caching, blue skies and sunshine but not too hot, although I did get a sunburnt arm through the car window.
Lots of great caches and didn’t see any snakes which was great.
All up 48 finds for the day. Thanks to all the CO for their efforts really enjoyed my caching today.
Stopped here for lunch and found a cache TFTC

A wet day for a bit of geocaching. Nice spot and TFTC.

Day 397 ( Tuesday 29th ) of our trip. Caching along the way. In Sedan today. A total of 2 for the day and 7169 the trip. A grand total of 17,137 caches. TFTC

Found this with CherryRose while out caching for the day. TFTC TNLNSL

Found out with Beary Organised on lovely sunny day. TFTC TNLNSL

TFTC Out with Beaker thought we would grab a few caches on our way back home on this beautiful sunny winters day.

Quick find with Kellmik while out on a weekend away.
Lovely old tree!!
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

Maybe it's a sign

The rain avatars long enough for a walk in the park in the dark. It wasn’t far and was an easy find of one of those things. #NLAMT.

Thanks for the cache blackcat123.
Found on 15/6/20 at 6:03 pm.
Find #11292.

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A quick find while spending a couple of nights in the recreation grounds at Sedan.TFTC

We parked in the wrong spot, so Mark walked to this one, while Mary admired the nearby creek bed, large gums and bird life.
An easy find in the obvious spot.
TFTC.

Driving from Eden Valley to Sedan with Pony1966. Last one for the day on the way home. TFTC

Found with Wal & Ol, much drier today down on the plains. Interesting place, TFTC!

Found. Beautiful old tree

A quick road side stop.

A big day out today with a total of 47 finds, all found all over the place, from Brighton in Adelaide to blanchetown through the Barossa and the back roads. Not the best day to cache with continual rain though.

Thanks for the cache

If there's a reptile mentioned in the listing or a previous log - geo-hubby aint doing it. So I made the quick uneventful find at gz. Think that magnificent tree has come to the end of its life now. Thanks blackcat123

Out & about with CPWanderer and Froghoppin caching for the day around Blanchetown, Brookfield & Towitta.

The showers had finished, so the rest of the day was overcast & breezy which proved to be good weather for caching.

A quick find as froghoppin turned the car around.
Thanks for the cache blackcat123

It was pretty hard but Toby found it. Great job Toby

A lovely day for a country drive our first for the day, took the creek bed route ended up walking a small loop through the reserve, very dry at the moment, interesting signage quick find
TFTC blackcat123

Heading north on this lovely sunny day collect my quoter for friends league for last piece of the puzzle.

Walked along the rocky, dry creek bed and then waded through the dry grass to approach from behind. Maybe the high road would've been a better approach? Could see my goal and soon had the cache in hand. Great tree nearby! Cache #2703.

Geo hubby and I bolted through the rain while the geo kids watched on from the dry car. Found, signed and returned to position. Would have liked to have read the signs but one shower a day is enough for me! TFTC blackcat123

A Visit here today, a familiar spot. Found the cache and read the log only to find that our name was already entered. One we had omitted to log when we found it with the S A Sewer rats back in March 2015. A bit uneasy approaching GZ thisntimeof the year, long grass, warm weather = slithering sticks. No snakes other that the Blackadders today though. TFTC

Very interesting story about the significant tree. In my line of work, I look at an old tree like this and imagine the benchtops and other furniture that could be harvested from it. That's a far better outlook than those who imagine all the firewood they'd get from the same tree.

Cache was a nice quick find, despite the fact that I was expecting a small coloured container at ground level.

Thanks blackcat123.

German bloke

Heading back to Adelaide for an appointment,
we had to take the scenic route for a change!
Somehow the map had followed some little green boxes,
and yours was one of them!!!
Great old gum tree.
TFTC blackcat123

Travelling home from a great weekend, meeting cachers and friends and of course, finding caches.
TFTC

Found It!
A nice little place and a quick find!
TFTC

Found on my way to the "Lets Camp and Kayak" event in Roonka
Sorry About the late logging of this cache and as it was a long time ago I can't give you any specific experiences or memories at the location but I'm trying to catch up on some logging to get up to date with them.

A huge tree which I would love to see in its heyday. Thanks for bringing me to these interesting out of the way places.

Mr and Mrs Parrot from SA_Parrothead are out on the road today for the last day of Mr Parrots Christmas break.
Headed towards Swan reach but we never made it and headed back home after doing the August series.
It as a great day out doing lots of great country caches and we came home with 61 finds.

This one was find number 4

Amazing little reserve pity about the fire damage to the significant area,

Camping at Towitta Park for the weekend. The significant tree must have seen some things in it's 300 years. It looks like a fire has been through here some time ago looking at the regrowth. TFTC blackcat123

While camping at nearby Towitta Park, we thought we would spend a couple of hours out caching. There were so many to choose from for the afternoon so we thought we would just plan a ring route to collect as many as possible.

Nice easy find and keeping a good eye out for snakes. None today thankfully

Magnificent specimen of a tree, unfortunately this one was dead. There are so many great examples of these in near by creeks, especially where we are staying

Found it ok.tftc

Another great find while in the area
Thanks for setting this cache up.

Really good fun!
SL

An easy find after reading the info and marvelling at the tree size!
A quick find in a nice piece of remnant bushland.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Great story and information boards made for a great cache! Love the history of the tree here too SL TFTC

Day 3 Mount Pleasant. Staying at the caravan Park / Showgrounds
A much better day for the weather so we headed towards Sedan to find a few caches, we enjoyed our tiki tour of the area & learning a little history along the way.
Thanks for placing this cache blackcat123

An amazing old tree highlighted at this point. You have to wonder what this thing has seen!!!! Thanks for putting a cache there blackcat123.

Looks like a fire had been through here at some time, easy enough to find. Thank you again for the cache.

Rustic Relics
(Budgie)

What a great day! [^]
I set out with Snap Happy, followed by chrispy89, to attend at Geocaching's 15th birthday event.
Then after the event, I swapped into firesafe's car to cache a small series.
Ended the day with 1 event attended and 44 finds

A quick find by firesafe and I.
I took a pic of the tree...sadly not in its former glory but still majestic!

TNLN. SL. TFTC blackcat123

Following the 15 Years of Geocaching Event at Nuriootpa, locus cache and I headed over to Sedan and Cambrai to do some cache maintenance and grab some caches as well. TFTC.

This was my first find for on a long day of caching with Black Adders and The Crazy Geo=Driver.
Nice to see a few of these little reserves still being used.
Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC

Found at 8:00:00 PM with Freddo and Liz and Bruce. Amazing old tree but it appears to have been burnt recently. Thanks blackcat123

Brucie headed out with Freddo and Shonky to collect this great series of caches and managed to find them and a few more. Thanks to blackcat123 for placing this cache.

It seems bush fires don't care if a tree is significant or not. Thanks blackcat123.

Just great how there are all these little reserves in the area, not far out of town .
It wouldn't take much to develop these if there were a few families interested or the communities expanded and wanted to use them - great forward thinking [^].
Sad to see this area has succomed to fire in recent times .
TNLNSL.
Thanks Blackcat123.

Another hidden spot we have discovered through geocaching today. What a pity the old tree has been burnt. A magnificent specimen otherwise. Thanks for placing a cache here.

Tfc

Tftc found with polkys quest

Found with auzzie convict tftc

Quick Find on a Sunday drive on the way home after claiming the Earthcache Souvenir. I hope the tree and the quandong trees will have survived the fire. TFTC

Found on my way back home from a trip up to the riverland, enjoying the detour around the backroads of the mallee. Thanks for the cache blackcat123!

The wind was blowing a gale and there was dust flying everywhere so geoAJ did the chivalrous thing and let geoTM stay in the car while he went and grabbed the cache. Thanks for showing us around this area & for the cache.

Looks like the old tree was impacted by the Eden Valley fire. TFTC

Found on a weekend of caching with Freddo, Astro, and Four Fun.

A top weekend.

TFTC

A quick find in a interesting park. 3 chains is a third of a furlong.

Found with the WAFF group - teams[blue] Waldron & Astro, four-fun and Freddo [/blue] on a weekend full of fun, dust, plastic, and clear blue skies. The boys used their combined geo-skills to locate and carefully replace this cache and some of the others nearby.


Clear skies to blackcat123 from TeamAstro.

A quick find in a interesting park. Thanks for a fun cache guys. Love your work.
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This cache was found using a Garmin Montana 650t. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.

Stopped on our way past(heading for another ftf) to check out the signs when low and behold theres a cache..Shame about the burnt out old trees.
left a munzee to keep cache company.TFTc

not to much live animals today except for a shingle back and a goanna but a lovely drive this afternoon, thanks for the interlude and for bringing us here. TFTC SL

Easy find.
Would be a nice spot for a picnic when the trees grow back.
Tftc.

In 2 hours we were caching here we saw 3 brown snakes (2 not so alive) 6 roos (2 living) a couple of dead wombats, dodged a few living shingle backs, 1 bearded dragon (also alive) & watched helplessly as a little bird flew into our radiator.

What a magic place here. TFTC

A lovely spring day to be out geocaching. Found by geo-daughter. SL TNLN TFTC

What a lively area and a Reserve we didn't know existed. Great spot for a cache even though a cold wet day! Easily found with the hint. Tftc

The fire that went through here earlier this year has done some severe damage to the trees especially the old gum looks like its dead now shame but that is nature Thank for taking us to this new spot

Quickly found as I headed towards a FTF opportunity nearby (I got it!!) Interesting spot that was screaming out for a cache!! Thanks blackcat123 for the hide!!!