towitta blacksmith Shop Sedan, South Australia, Australia
By blackcat123 on 01-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5C559

Left Kapunda to chunka bend.All good hereTFTH

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Today out and about on 186 of 274 days to get my daily cacher Emerald Using my Garmin Etrex 22X and MacBook Air!Thanks for the cacheTFTC

Find # 14675Been 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...TFTC blackcat123

Left the van at the Towitta Hall and grabbed this one on the way to the Firemans Helmet Tftc

Beautiful old building. TftCache. TftHistory

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.

With the big targets finished, we headed out today to wander around an area that we had been passing through to get to our targets. There was also a trail nearby that we had also solved. Everything looked for was found. Thanks to the CO's for the caches.#9212

SedanStaying at farm close by. Caching with Wollaston todayOur main aim was to complete the Helmet Seies placed to recognise Firesafe's 60 th Birthday & all he has done contributing to the motor racing industry. We also found a couple of other caches that were not part of the serie.Thanks blackcat123 for hiding this cache.

Another caching team stopping in here on the trip to/from the Fireman's Hat geoart.We tidied up the area, finding another four traditionals plus the AL in Sedan.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

A lovely little hide on our way to do the helmet. Our 500 day of consecutive caching

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

Put the word out to WayneAPN to target this NVRATHM Fireman’s Helmet series and he was in like Jack Flash “I need to get my puzzle numbers up” he said
So here we are, on another power trail

A quick find, stamp and return here today

TFTC

Out this way doing the Fireman's Helmet Geo-art and decided to call in on this one.

Nice area, peaceful and tranquil.

TFTC SL

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 [^]

The JAMS have planned a Sunday drive, but we brought a friend along to help....Mrstravellinbees. We started with a CITO, found a fireman's helmet and even stopped for lunch at the pub. Honeysucker even caught up with us. A great day for an adventure.
Thanks to blackcat123 from mogni

Found with the Jams Crew plus one travellingbees on our way to find the caches in the Helmet Series. TFTC.

quick find. Now to start the geo art.
All logs where stamped or written as " JAMS " ( JJ52, Allister W, Mogni, and Sir_spectre ) plus Travellinbees for this trip. The target for this trip was to get a wherigo cache on this calendar day for me and do the NVRATHM series ( helmet geoart ). On the way near the geo art there we were driving only 30 kms due to fog and literally the groups of sheep on the road. While doing the geo art the fog lifted and it was cold but dry. After the geo art a nice pub lunch at Sedan was had then we went and found some of the local caches. The roads around Sedan where mostly dry with a few wet patches but able to still drive down them. We found a total of 23 trees down over the road and only 3 that we could drive around, all the rest i had to drag, roll, move off the road. Of those 19 trees, 4 i had to break in to pieces to lessen the weight to get them off the road. This really slowed the find count down and made it I longer than than expected but still a good day out. Over 100 caches found today including 1 adventure lab completed.

out for a day with the Jams crew collecting and retrieving caches
Tha ks for placing this cache

12350 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1410. We both find these old stone built buildings fascinating. SL Tnx blackcat123

while wandering through the area on our way to somewhere else for a photo session we grabbed this cache

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

Thanks for placing them

Found with Geooh GO

found while passing through the area, on a wet day.
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Buzzz the bees go

Long weekend in Sedan. Day 4, Towitta and surrounds. Building is still looking good!

TFTC

Another cache found on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. Thanks for the cache Blackcat123.

Thanks for pointing out this nice little ruin - love finding these sorts of things while caching. 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

Found it

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC blackcat123
Find #6882 at 14:37.

Caching with Wollaston and SeasonedBird. Thanks its great to be out exploring this area.

Out on caching adventures on the ‘On Your Bike’ trail with Wollaston and Liz&Bruce.

Country caching with history is the best kind. ️

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot in logbook with group stamp

TFTC blackcat123

Find # 4509

Another Wednesday Wandering for some members of the Befuddled Puzzle Solving Group. We gathered at the Lyndoch and myself, Blackadders and S.A. Sewer Rats headed out for a day of caching in and around the Barossa Except for 2 DNF's (Damn the list is growing again) we managed to find all we looked for. We were last moth and yet there were five new puzzles solved to look for. As usual there were a few laughs, a picnic lunch and these are the caches we found [B)]

Cute little building that now stores hay! Quick find of the cache.

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.

What a beautiful building. Psddocks are lovely green which is great to see. Tftc.

This cache was found while doing some caching around the Sedan area with ilook4geo.
It was a very quick and easy find and both names were soon stamped on the log before all was put back as it had been found. Thank you to blackcat123 for putting this cache into play.

Picking up some caches around Sedan with goingplaces2. All were easy to find and it was a successful tour around the area. Caches were located, logs were signed, all were replaced as found. TFTC.

Out n about w Team Waldron n Trail 06 today
Found quickly
Cool spot, great cache
TFTC

Found with Team Waldron and White Dog Gang. Nice piece of history. TFTC

Found with Team Waldron and White Dog Gang. Nice piece of history. TFTC

A very interesting ruin to view , so we appreciate the hide placed here for our enjoyment.
Thanks blackcat123 for the cache.

Found it

Quick easy find on a rainy day, TFTC.

Last cache of the day with CPwanderer & Gizmo's Gang.
A quick find by an interesting building, which is sadly no longer a blacksmith shop.
Thanks for the hide blackcat123

Found while out with CPwanderer and clare007. We were nearby finding another cache so Clare and I asked the driver to stop here. Interesting location.
TFTC blackcat123

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.
Great old building TFTC

End of the 3 day lockdown, in Sedan, out for a few caches this afternoon. TFTC

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

Quick easy find with Beary Organised on lovely sunny day. Never knew Towitta existed now we have all in this series. 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.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

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

Thanks for the cache!
What a great place for one
Love the history and what a cool building
Fav point from me

This was an interesting spot to be brought to, particularly liked the smoke feature on the roof here. It seemed that this blacksmith shop was a long way away from other Towitta residents too.
TFTC and a favourite for the building and its unusual venting system.

Another fun day out caching with Dr Owl and JJ52.

Definitely not used as a blacksmith shop now days but an interesting structure all the same.

Thanks for the cache blackcat123.

Another day out with Doctor Owl and sushilord heading north. We started in Williamstown, had lunch in Nuriootpa as well as picking up some new stamps, then ended our day in Towitta. [^] A great day with lots of variety, lots of fun and some great scenery that changed quite markedly the further north and east we travelled.

After finding the nearby multi we set about clearing all the caches around Towitta. This was a quick find next to the building that is holding up very well.

Thanks for the cache blackcat123.

Out on a Friday Frolic with a Fish and a Dragon. The emphasis was on fun, rather than big numbers, and that was certainly achieved (even with the curry Owl got for being home late for dinner). This was a day of cleaning up stray caches in out-of-the-way places and this cache certainly fitted the bill. Owl loves a bit of history and a quick find.

The old blacksmith shop is still in reasonable condition. Geo-hubby made a quick find at gz. Thanks blackcat123

Very cool

Found on a very productive day's caching with Gridge98 and FeatherWaite. A rather cold start, but eventually a lovely winter's day. Thanks blackcat123 for the cache.

Out for the day with e.gregory1 and feather Waite collecting some puzzles on the way and around Blanchetown. Quick drive by TFTC

Another great bit of history sadly no info to let the greater community know, looking a bit sad only used as hay storage would have had a lot of character in its hey day, quick find for us today
TFTC blackcat123

A pretty little building.

Thanks for the cache blackcat123.
Found on 25 Apr 2018 at 4:48:45 pm.
Find #6411

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

Nice spot. TFTC.

Great bit of history. Nice to know what the building once was. Quick find. Cache #2699.

Another easy find today. SL TFTC

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After a short meeting at work, took off with Jack to find some caches.
Can imagine them slaving away in the heat with just this tree for shade.
TFTC blackcat123

Out and about on a lovely sunny day, with Blackadders.
With the weather fine we went a caching.
This one was quickly found by the slithering snake.
While the Rat was looking elsewhere. TFTC

An easy find in an obvious spot. Such a pity though that these historical sites are just left to neglect. Not even a plaque marking the site and giving a little history. TFTC

It is a very windy day outside the Blacksmiths shop today. TFTC

Sorry for the delay in logging, but just trying to catch up on a number now.

Spending the weekend at Towitta Park on our Annual Scout Leaders Retreat...went out with the kids 1pinkexplorer & 1funnyhoney and Hevwalker12 to collect some caches around the nearby area...

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Spending the weekend at Towitta Park on our Annual Scout Leaders Retreat...went out with the_xtrailers, 1pinkexplorer & 1funnyhoney to collect some caches around the nearby area...

An interesting ruin...looks like it is now a storage shed for hay...a quick find by the girls...TFTC blackcat123

What a great little piece of history left intact for us to visit. If this was in most other locations it would be vandalised beyond recognition by now.

The cache was found quickly, and all is in fairly good order inside the container.

Thanks blackcat123.

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

Found It!
A nice old building and a quick find!
TFTC

Taking advantage of the cooler weather, we headed out to do a days caching around the Sedan - Towitta area. This was a nice find on a beautiful day. Seems strange to have a blacksmith shop so far away from the main town area but Iguess back in the day it would have been easier to get machinery, horses, etc to it. Thanks for the history and TFTC

Found it.

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 60

Nice building and found the cache real quick

Found it. Great little ruin.tftc

That looks like it would be a pretty hot place to work in the middle of summer in a series of 40+ days. Lovely today in winter though.


Cache #6704. TFTC blackcat123

A great spot for a cache.
We love these old ruins, especially when there is some history about them.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Fabulous cache location, just how I like them! I took lots of pics while Hurtle found the cache, we loved it. I was interested in the roof vents, air conditioning of times past! SL TFTC

I love seeing these old ruins, thanks for bringing us out this way and thank you for the cache.

Rustic Relics
(Budgie)

Cool old building!

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

Would have been interesting to see this forge in operation!

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.

Quick easy find. TFTC!!

Doing a few caches in the Murray Lands and this was along the way. Thanks blackcat123.

Nice to realise what the building actually was used for and a surprise at what we could see inside [^].
TNLNSL.
Thanks for one more Blackcat123 and for showing us around the local area today - well worth our journey out here [^].

Tftc found with polkys quest

Found with auzzie convict tftc

A great little drive-by on my cruise to Adelaide today
It looks like a Smithy's shop too !!
The large vent on the roof was obviously to let out the smoke

TFTC and reminder that the geomobile needs to be re-shoed

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!

Blacksmiths seem to have faded into history now but there are many of the old building still left. TFTC

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A quickstop on my way home to Berri, from Mannum. TFTC

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

A top weekend.

TFTC