OTD 4.12 December 4th McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia
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3LG on 16-Sep-15. Waypoint GC5YDK3
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After a tasty pie and sauce for breakfast I headed to a known location to pick up some rubbish, enjoyed a colourful sunrise and poked a bear . It was then that I decided to make the most of this early start.I headed home, hopped on my bike , rode a couple of trains and followed a trail of caches into the vines .A most enjoyable day/night down south finding treasures.TFTC LBKeep smiling
Travelling with richlink on our Annual Caravan Geocaching road trip, using geocaching as our guide. We're staying in in the area for a few days, hunting down some nearby caches in this lovely part of SA. We walked the track enjoying all around us. This is the best of the OTD series that we have completed. Thank you. LNCU
Travelling with iluvtrekking from our home state of WA on a SA caching foray. Staying in Aldinga for a few days and ranging from there to grab some finds. Scored a beautiful day after a couple of chilly ones. Thanks for the hide LNCU
Well hiddenFound on a day out caching with cachehunter, our mini cacher (6 m.o) and Zoe the geo dog.Beautiful day for a cache. Tftc
Found with NiciDanielle, Zoe the Geodog & Elijah the Geobub. A tricky one indeed. I managed to glance at the right place at the right time, was not where I was expecting and well hidden. Could easily been one of those caches that takes an hour to find with much swearing and cursing along the way. Fortunately for us, not today! TFTC
About to give up when it was finally spotted. Enough of scratchy bushes and scrabbling around in long grass, so that might be it for today. TFTC
Perfectly sunny day for a pedal Prob did 16 or so kliks from McLaren Vale to Old Noarlunga return - map showed 13km as the crow flies. Mixed results on the caching but picked up the pace closer to the coast. A swag of DNFs near my start point on the Shiraz Trail Then back to the Shingleback winery a bit later for tasting after I stowed the bike on the car.
Impressed with the good coords. Liked the containers for ride-by caching. A couple of hides with a Terrain rating of mountain goat but I was wearing runners. One butt slide to get back down to the track. A few waves and strange looks from others taking advantage of the balmy weather
Saving the other half of this trail for another day
TFTC COs Couldn’t have asked for a better excursion today.
Impressed with the good coords. Liked the containers for ride-by caching. A couple of hides with a Terrain rating of mountain goat but I was wearing runners. One butt slide to get back down to the track. A few waves and strange looks from others taking advantage of the balmy weather
Saving the other half of this trail for another day
TFTC COs Couldn’t have asked for a better excursion today.
Nice hide. Tnlf tftc.
Found this one on our way back as the stench kept us from hanging around lol
Found this one on our way back as the stench kept us from hanging around lol
Water got into this one. Thankfully we didn't need a tank to go off roading for this one. TFTC
2 July 2022
2:01 pm
2273
Hi LíB, I found OTD 4.12 December 4th today.
Many thanks LíB for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.
2:01 pm
2273
Hi LíB, I found OTD 4.12 December 4th today.
Many thanks LíB for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.
Out for an afternoon caching on the bike today. Made my way through the December series without too much trouble. Tftc!!
It was a beautiful day for a walk along the Shiraz Trail in the company of The 4 Hawks and Moose 3. With the sun shining and a nice cool breeze we collected all the caches in this series between South Rd and Victor Harbour Rd. Thanks for taking the trouble to put out these caches.
Camping at Mt Compass for Easter today Mr Felix decided to cycle from Willunga to Old Noarlunga picking off caches as he went. Great day out but boy was the cycle trail busy and by the time he finished it was 33degrees and a bit warm. [B)]
TFTC
TFTC
Oh cool fact for this day the Mary Celeste is a great mystery!!
In 1872, Brigantine Mary Celeste, weighing 282 tons, set sail from New York City on her maiden voyage on the Atlantic. On board were the captain, her crew, a number of crew members and passengers, as well as the ship’s crew.
On December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered by a passing British ship called Dei Gratia in the middle of the Atlantic, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Italy. The main theory of what happened to these people is that the ship sank as a result of a collision with another ship, possibly an iceberg, or maybe a hurricane. Despite the lack of lifeboats, the vessels were undamaged and loaded with food and water good for six months.
Sounds suss hey.
But here is a much funner December 4 fact, its National Cookie Day in America, heres a recipe ....
Simple Peanut Butter Cookies (makes 20 cookies)
Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of teaspoon kosher salt
Heat your oven to 350° F. Beat the peanut butter and sugars with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, which should take about 2-3 minutes.
Then, reduce the speed to low and add in the eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt, beating constantly. To form cookies, roll tablespoonfuls of the dough into balls and place on a lightly greased baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart, as the dough will spread out during baking.
Using a lightly floured fork, press the dough to a a half-inch thickness, making a cute crisscross pattern on top of each cookie. Bake, remembering to rotate the baking sheet halfway through the baking process, until the edges are set and golden-brown, so for about 10 to 12 minutes.
Let cool slightly on the baking sheet before trying to remove them so they don’t crumble, then transfer the cookies wire racks to cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days…but let’s be honest, they’ll never last that long!
Thanks LiB for the cache, signed sealed and replaced. TNLN
In 1872, Brigantine Mary Celeste, weighing 282 tons, set sail from New York City on her maiden voyage on the Atlantic. On board were the captain, her crew, a number of crew members and passengers, as well as the ship’s crew.
On December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was discovered by a passing British ship called Dei Gratia in the middle of the Atlantic, about 1,000 miles off the coast of Italy. The main theory of what happened to these people is that the ship sank as a result of a collision with another ship, possibly an iceberg, or maybe a hurricane. Despite the lack of lifeboats, the vessels were undamaged and loaded with food and water good for six months.
Sounds suss hey.
But here is a much funner December 4 fact, its National Cookie Day in America, heres a recipe ....
Simple Peanut Butter Cookies (makes 20 cookies)
Ingredients:
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cups granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
pinch of teaspoon kosher salt
Heat your oven to 350° F. Beat the peanut butter and sugars with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, which should take about 2-3 minutes.
Then, reduce the speed to low and add in the eggs, baking soda, vanilla, and salt, beating constantly. To form cookies, roll tablespoonfuls of the dough into balls and place on a lightly greased baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart, as the dough will spread out during baking.
Using a lightly floured fork, press the dough to a a half-inch thickness, making a cute crisscross pattern on top of each cookie. Bake, remembering to rotate the baking sheet halfway through the baking process, until the edges are set and golden-brown, so for about 10 to 12 minutes.
Let cool slightly on the baking sheet before trying to remove them so they don’t crumble, then transfer the cookies wire racks to cool completely. Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days…but let’s be honest, they’ll never last that long!
Thanks LiB for the cache, signed sealed and replaced. TNLN
In Port Elliott today, great day for caching out to get a few near McLaren Vale before the heat hits later this week. TFTC
Put the sweat wheels on the car today and headed south, with primary aim being a couple of trads left in the O'Halloran Hill Recreation Park which is in my 42K circle from home. After that I headed further south to the December OTD series where the bike would also be useful. Ended up finding all 25 left in the series.
Thanks LíB for the cache and the series.
*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*
Thanks LíB for the cache and the series.
*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*
Down South again on this Perfect, Sunny but cool day of Wednesday the 9th of September 2020, i decided to finish off this the "OTD December" Series having done the rest from 17 December upwards a while ago. Pls note, all hides were found and were in good condition. [Some moisture-munchers were added where they were missing in some of the caches].
SL at 11:01.
TFTC LiB
SL at 11:01.
TFTC LiB
Decided to go for a walk today and had a look on the map and this OTD series looked good! started on sth rd side and convinced myself that I would go to the bridge and head back to the car.. but I ended up walking all the way to Victor Harbour Rd, Mclaren vale and back! Seen a fair bit of wildlife, snals, bugs, a RED BACK SPIDER, Kangaroos, a FROG and some sheep! TFTC!
This is a great bike track, I am looking forward to exploring more some day and bag a few caches along the way.
tftc 3LG
tftc 3LG
Found while out for a casual day of caching with Dr Owl.
Thanks for the cache 3LG.
Thanks for the cache 3LG.
Catching some Southern caches and steps! Thank you 3LG for the fun! Picked up Baby Big Bird, sitting under this cache.
Found on a perfict sunny winters day with Debandy. We soaked up some sunshine and a few cache as well.
Thanks for the cache!
Thanks for the cache!
A quick find here with no cyclists in view for just about the first time today.-----SL-----TNLN------TFTC
On a day of scattered showers, gridge98 and I decided to grab our bikes and do some of the December OTD series from Noarlunga.
We dived part of the Mary Celeste in Bermuda, and was pretty cool to see parts of the paddle steamer boat. Cache recovered and found, thanks 3LG.
We dived part of the Mary Celeste in Bermuda, and was pretty cool to see parts of the paddle steamer boat. Cache recovered and found, thanks 3LG.
Last night after the vent Davidwazza and I decided that we would come and tackle this OTD December today. Majority were fairly easy finds others took a few minutes and a bit of searching. Only one DNF along the way.
A very enjoyable ride and some nice views of the vineyards makes it that little bit special.
TFTC 3LG
A very enjoyable ride and some nice views of the vineyards makes it that little bit special.
TFTC 3LG
As it was such a nice afternoon we decided to walk part of the trail to collect some of the OTD December series. Luckily we had the trail almost to ourselves which meant a quick find at GZ. TFTC and thanks for the series in such a beautiful location!
Fourth find on a lovely morning walking through the vines. This is such a lovely trail, thanks for the caches!
Found during a very pleasant day cycling along part of the Coast to Vines Rail Trail, enjoying the exercise, searches and scenery. Thanks for the cache 3LG!
