Plane Spotters #7 v2.0 "Flyin' In" Lara, Victoria, Australia
By Air Head ✈️ on 14-Jun-15. Waypoint GC5XJ87

TFTC!!

Great little spot. Love the cache too.

So BackPaqer calls me and wants to go and get over a 100 caches today... Challenge accepted..So meet at Westgate Park in Melbourne at 8:30am but can't get parked due to a go-karting event, so head down the road and find a parking space which leads me to the first cache of the day.Then I pile into BackPaqers car and we head to Point Henry South of Geelong. A few caches picked up here and an ad lab and then back into North Geelong for a few more ad labs. Then into the Botanic gardens for a walk around and you guessed it more ad labs. Then we took scooters and rode along the foreshore getting all the ad labs on route.was great to bump into two seperate Geocachers, who both came over to say Hi.Then it was back to the car and we parked in the centre of Geelong while we picked up a few virtuals and more ad labs.. then the journey home began stopping on route for a multiple and some more traditionals.. final count is 115 caches... pretty good for 6 hours...I left a trackable in this oneThanks for the cache and the hidelog book has been signed and returnedFind #2858

After having spent some time this afternoon finding a few caches hidden around the nearby area, I decided I would find one more before heading home. As this cache is near the motorway which I would be using to head back towards Melbourne, I figured it would be a good final find. I drove my vehicle a short distance along the nearby dirt road, parking up just before the trees. I then made the short walk to GZ to try and find this cache. After a small amount of bush-bashing, I found myself in a small clearing in the trees, right at GZ according to my GPS. After a relatively short search, I then spotted an interesting little creation. Sure enough, it was the cache. I quickly extracted the container and signed the logbook. The log has certainly seen better days. It was starting to disintegrate and is beginning to fill up. I signed my name in the log (possibly as PagC) before placing it all back together. TFTC

First find of the day. No planes around at the moment.Thanking you for the Traditional Cache that you placed Air Head

Handy craftsmanship. Nice hide. Thank!

Attempted this one a few weeks ago but the bison was missing. Messaged CO, no reply(probably busy Geocaching ), thought wed try again. Still no bison in place so went searching around the surrounds for a few minutes and finally found it among some leaf litter. Log signed and back where it should be. 2x TBs popped by for a visit: Fingerzeig & Minty fresh 50 caches. TFTC!

Nice and easy pick up, if only I didnt lose my eyes. Jorgo #3 stopped off to watch a 747 leave and in the way home I thought Id grab this one. Nice and easy find. Very nice stop

That is a very neat cache, and entirely in keeping the COs creativity elsewhere. Neat little hide, not too hard, but you do have to look for it. I like this quiet track along the air field.

Nice quick find. TFTC

Very mangled cache, but still original and made me happyThanks for the cachePika 24/12/23

Quick easy park and grab

Nice quick cache no planes over head unfortunately

On my last 3 weeks of my visit from the US to see family (halfmugglemum). Getting some geocaches done while I can.Found it. Cute little cache.

️ thanks for a great cache!

Great swap and cache
The ideas people have never cease to amaze me
Thanks

12:45
Deja vu on our way home from today's Rippleside CITO.

And some fond memories of my best first-to-find hunt around Tullamarine with Alsume and an infamous banana.

One of those first logged nine years and, wow, pushing 5K caches ago (GC4XVG1 Plane Spotters #3 ️"The Gods Must be Crazy"), is now in my care, much to my constant amusement.

Thanks, Air Head ️. For the cache and the chance to revisit past exploits.

#7412

#19414 @0535
Back on the mainland after 2 weeks in Tasmania to attend the Oceania Orienteering Champs, etc. Cache easily found on the dark. TFTC.

Very nice hiding spot, log a fair bit wet tftc

Wheres the wading attribute? Also it wasn't raining when I left the car! But found for a calendar hole.

Found it out and about again with Annabella02, tftc, we gave a favourite for the on theme hide , nicely done

Back to to pick my son up from Avalon Airport this afternoon , I dragged sassieold55
along for the day to do some more caches. We picked this one on our way out, a cute little cache and well theme, a fav point.TFTC Air Head.

Heading away for the weekend to camp in the Brisbane ranges and took the Avalon airport turn off. There was a lonely trad here that I had overlooked when gathering some other caches along this track, so I took a quick diversion to return here again and claim the smiley.

A very appropriate cache here at GZ.

Thanks Darth Briji for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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Found it

On our way back from a nearby multi we looked and saw this one near by! Very clever cache indeed, but I was sad to see parts of it strung about. When we grabbed it we noticed the lid was missing. Signed it, had a search and it didn't take us long to locate it (it was at our feet) to prevent the log getting wet.

Back down to this neck of the woods today and picked up this little freebie on the way to my actual target. The cap to the bison has gone missing which will be a problem in the long term given the propensity for the log to fall out to the ground. Other than that, nicely done with a themed bit of camo.

Found it TFTC

Lovely spot.

My last cache before getting back onto the highway. A nice secluded spot that gives a great view of things overhead. A small plane went over while I was there. Great themed camo, thanks Air Head. A favourite from me.

Without this geocache I would never have even guessed that this road existed, let alone the amazing view of Avalon Airport. As I pulled up to the start of the road in, a plane was landing. Talk about perfect timing! I smiled as soon as I saw the cache, I think you know why. This is my favourite type of micro. With the moon almost full and the sun pretty much set, the cache was spotted easily before the torch was even turned on. TFTC

This was a good easy find to begin my day of geocaching in the area. Cute little cache but wondering if he would pass safety checks? No planes sadly....

Keeping the streak alive undecided to do a quick detour to retrieve this cache. Cache was easily spotted once arriving at GZ. The log carrier is very weather worn but doing it's job perfectly. Thank you

We ventured into Melbourne. We purchased a Sprinter to turn into our home on wheels. Driving back to St Leonard's, we made a detour down the Point Wilson road to pick up a few caches around Avalon Airport. Maps took us on a rather interesting trip to this cache. It wanted to take us through locked gates, but eventually, we found this quiet place right near the freeway. As with most trips to a geocache, when there is a hard way in, we will find it and then take the easy way out. Love the cache container. The cache is in excellent condition. Thank you for this cache Darth Briji.

Down this way today with Sean.75 and kenbryl doing a recon mission for a fishing spot. We took the opportunity to find some caches along the way. tftc

Sean.75, kenare and I headed down this way for the day. Our plan was to check out a few fishing spots and find some caches along the way. We had a great day. tftc

Out this way with kenare and kenbryl for the day after being stuck at home. Easy find, after finding a way in to Gz. Cigc. Tftc

After dropping my daughter for her 6am flight, drove around to a couple of the local hides. Driving down a deserted dirt road early in the morning in the dark alone is a little scared. Used my headlights to light up the GZ, walked through the bushes and eventually spotted the hide! Went to sign but in the freezing temperatures, my pen decided it was too cold to work! Photo if required.

Found on our way to visit mum in Torquay

A quick flyby with +Wife on our way home from Deans Marsh.
A cute little cache.
Not much activity at Avalon Airfield today.
Thanks for the cache.

Found with FUF009.
Today was a slow day and we planned to have a big walk and then see what happened after that. There were a few caches on the list.
Nice cache container. Tftc

Find # 9500

Day 1 of my extended long weekend.
Spending time with sharkiefan, we decided on a few caches for today, but as we drove around, the list of finds got bigger and before we knew it we were heading back to Werribee for Dinner. A little later than planned on that point too.

But it was the perfect day for caching, not hot n not raining, plenty of sights n fun had along the way.

I was a little iffy when seeing that this was a micro. But at GZ I was quite surprised. Love the themed cache. Adding a fave


TFTC Air Head ️

Found it. Very appropriate as I'm working at the airport. Not sure of cache's airworthiness though. Good camo. TFTC

Love this! So cute ️ TFTC

This was a GREAT FIND love the creative touch!
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Not all who wander aus for a spoiler and to watch us find this one

Out and about on this nice sunny day, decided to give this one another go, guess what, yep, found it.
Tried it last week but it was raining, glad I came back.

Tftc

Found this adorable cache

Hi there Darth Briji.

We found your cache **"Plane Spotters #7 v2.0 ?? "Flyin' In""** today. (This makes our find count 24190).

We headed to the You Yangs today. it was great to venture out and enjoy the sunshine because the weather forecast for the next few days is rather bleak. We had a successful day & found 11 caches & DNF'd 0 .

Over the years, Geocaching has taken us on many adventures and to lots of wonderful destinations all over Australia. Without 'caching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our nomadic wanderings. 'Caching has also introduced us to a diverse group of like-minded people, many of whom we now call friends.

**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Nothing.

Thank you for placing this cache here & adding to our adventure. We awarded this cache a favourite point for the novelty value

Regards

Ian & Penny

Love this design, fun drive by on our way home to SA. Thanks for the cool cache.

Really having to travel far and wide for streaks now. So Crackers works at Melbourne Airport and thought why now add to streak stupidity by grabbing on at Avalon Airport after work.
Nice easy find and great theme with the camo.
Thanks Darth Briji for adding to the streak.

Always thought this would be on the side of the highway and then tonight I noticed the track off the side. Have slightly better weather this week compared to last week. my Muggle Fisher Hubby had a very rocky landing last week, it was so windy. I thought I would grab this quickly while waiting for his plane to land. I love the camo.TFTC

Log like this cache has seen better days.
Cache replaced and ready for boarding.

No plane activity for photography - TFTC

As we wander the great land
Thanks to Darth Briji for placing the cache for us to find.

After the rain of the morning, decided to get in a spot of caching after lunch, while staying in the local area. This was a good find and log was signed, all was put back securely. TFTC.

A relatively quick park and grab on the way into work. tftc

Reckon I might make it a thing to grab one of these caches each time I am out here! Which to be honest is about to get - whoa that's my friend's plane. Gotta fly! Thanks for the cache!!!

Pretty sure I found the original one of Plane Spotters #7.......I enjoy watching planes and a Jetstar flight landed as I was signing the log so that was an added bonus. Beautiful day out here today. TFTC

Found with 63ROOS....We drive all the way to geelong country and Beautiful Beach and 12 Apostles... Thanks

Trip to Apollo Bay for overnight from Melbourne with ALL7..
Good spot.. nice cache.
TFTC

Out caching with thomo31. Pulled over and found. TFTC

Found with teamashy while caching and birding today. Surprised we could drive close to GZ. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Found today as we headed towards Queenscliff for a butcher visit. Having not visited Avalon. before we went for a drive through to check out then back to the cache which was quickly spotted and log signed. TFTC

It was the last day of Tarbit being away on holiday overseas so I coupled the trip to the airport with a bit of caching to round out a busy few weeks. I had work appointments in Hawthorn and then in the city and once I was done there I headed out west. It was a very hot evening with temperatures still in the high 30s and I decided to target caches that were effectively drivebys. Having grabbed a few finds along the way I was now just killing time with a few finds in the vicinity of the airport. This was my final stop and I made hard work of it to some degree. FOudn the right spot to park but then I over-complicated the approach on foot. Once I corrected I spotted this oen qucikly enough. My fourteenth and final cache on a fun evening. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache Darth Briji.

Quick and easy find, easier than getting to GZ!
TFTC

Tftc found by inspector Rex and co

A quick little find before headed to the airport to fly home after the mega. TFTC.

You don’t wanna miss that left turn!!

Found on the Parkville mega event round trip. This cache added to the experience.

Thanks Darth Briji. and clear skies from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

We were in the area because someone was flying out. But hey surely there is also someone flying in. TFTC

Picking up a mate from the airport and had a few minutes spare so grabbed this while I was here.
Tftc

Nice find

Found )

Great find

Quick stop on the way home from the office to maintain one’s streaks. Nice quick find just as JQ607 was on final approach. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

I had to travel down to Geelong and on the way back I saw a plane come in to Avalon which reminded me of these caches around the airport. I stopped off the beaten track here and found the cache before heading to the others in the area and heading home.

Thanks for the cache!

Found it! Couldn’t resist another one before returning to the freeway! A quick find! Loved the cache and the hidden track! TFTC SL Again no planes, just clouds!

Gevonden!

Back on the road again for another international trip. This time to Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and South Korea.
Like our previous trips we focussed on old caches, high favorites, rare cache types and pretty locations.
Most of the trip was together with Plaguerider, Zanna and FLtravelers, but some of it I did solo.
Logs were signed as DATT (Do All The Things) and if there were answers, we typically sent them as a group.

Thanks for maintaining the caches for us.

Waterfan5,
Kennesaw, GA

**Trip log:**
Found during Team DATT's (Do All The Things) annual international caching trip consisting of FLtravelers, PlagueRider, waterfan5 and myself. Africa kicked it all off back in 2016, with a follow up European tour last year. I tried to pitch Asia but the pull of the Great Ocean Road and completing our 6th continent was too strong, and we landed on week long road trips through both Australia and New Zealand. Before meeting the team in Sydney though, I was able to schedule some layovers in Asia (Beijing, Bangkok and Singapore), so in the end I got a bit of everything. =)

**Australia Day 5 - Melbourne -> Port Campbell:**
The bulk of today was spent along the Great Ocean Road and WOW, what an experience! Definitely the highlight of the trip. We made it to the 12 Apostles before the receding light became a problem then decided to head back to Melba Gully (which we had skipped earlier in the day) in order to view the glowworms in all their glory. What an amazing nighttime trek that was! After our arrival into Port Campbell, we finished the day with pizza and beer at our hostel. =)

**Cache Log:**
Quick bonus cache along our route!

TFTC [zanna - Atlanta, Georgia USA]

We’re on our annual international geocaching trip as Team DATT (Do All The Things) comprised of FLtravelers, PlagueRider, waterfan5, and zanna. This year we chose to explore Australia and New Zealand. Zanna and I decided to do a two-day stopover in Beijing, a three-day stopover in Bangkok, and a 12-hour layover in Singapore on our way to meet up with the rest of the team in Sydney.

Once we got the Team back together, we made a “bee-line” to Lane Cove and various caches around Sydney. Then we headed down the coast on A1. After visiting Wasp Head, we headed up through Canberra and down M31 to Melbourne, after a webcam stop on Mount Buller.

We had a great time in Melbourne, which is my favorite city in Australia so far, then onto the Great Ocean Road, the highlight of Australia for this trip. After a couple days (not nearly enough) we left the ocean road and headed up A6 towards Victor Harbor (webcam) and Adelaide (webcams) for our flight to Auckland. Seems we found every webcam in Australia.

We targeted old caches, highly favorited caches, earthcaches, virtuals, and of course webcam caches, and anything else that got our interest along the way. Logs were signed DATT. Answers, where required, were sent by one of the team members. Thanks for adding to the enjoyment of our trip with this cache. Great hide.

Quick drive by and grab. TFTC Air Head. Very cute.

Leaving Melbourne for the Great Ocean Road not without having several stops before . This was a short pull off from the highway - but no plane spotting today, maybe it was just too chilly for flying .

TFTC

Sl tftc

It's taken us years to come back here for the second version of this hide.
Reliable coords, great camo - this is the quality work we are used to from this CO. Thanks for the smilie!

Travelling to Geelong today, brought me to a stop around here, And as there is a hide nearby, just had to make the find, glad I am not travelling in that plane, it has seen better days, but still flying with a suspicious looking item under its belly, put my sign in and replaced as found, Thanks for the hide Air Head,

Had a little geocaching run around the Lara area today.
Nice weather and a Public Holiday in Ballarat meant we had a day to go for an Adventure.
Thanks for placing the cache here for us to find.

Found with McAdies and jelly_bean14.
Great day out geocaching.
Thanks for the cache hide.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
It was a beautiful day to be out exploring.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.

Looks like the cache may have had a crash, but logbook safe. Unfortunately, no planes to see while I was here.

23/09/2017
Stopped off while passing on the trip from Portland to Melbourne.
The aircraft is looking a little worse for wear.
Thanks

Nice day for a geocache around the western area. Have just recently gotten back into geocaching after a long break thanks for the cache

Did not find was interrupted by a large snake with tibbi1

3:27 pm #3344
Heading home after a weekend of caching.
Decided to detour slightly to pick up the caches around this area. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find. Cheers

Another clever hide in this series. Won't have time to do them all this visit but look forward to completing them all in the near future. Thanks for the cache and for bringing us here.

Who doesn't love a unique cache? These are the best ones, silly me though I was looking on the ground. TFTC

Last stop on the way down to Ocean Grove for a few days break in the cool weather after finding another cache nearby. After walking down towards GZ I circled around a couple of times somehow without noticing the hide. On my third trip round it almost poked me in the eye. Not sure how I missed it in the first place. Thanks for the cache.

Only one take off today. Brand new log book as well.. tftc

12:05, 26 June 2017, supplied a small temporary replacement log today to help out as i was in area.

Must have just missed you. New log in place as of 26/6/17 13:00hrs

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

9:07, 24 June 2017, #266, after dropping Alan off at the airport, I checked the local area and wanted to see how my new samsung S8 performed while caching seeing I have only had it for 2 days, this was the 2nd cache I found and this was proving that my new phone was working great.

It wasn't long and I had this little cache in my hands as a plane flew over my head.. probably Alan flying off to Tassie.

The log was quite full and damp, it needs a new log sheet and I didnt have any TOTT with me other than a pen in my vehicle. I'll be back to pick up Alan on Monday if it hasn't had any attention by then, ill check it and bring a replacement log sheet with me just incase.

TFTC. Great spot for viewing planes at the airshow I bet.

Found this cache quick and easy. Thought it might take a while because of the size. TFTC