" BIG RIVER." Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
By
Sparra0907 on 24-Jan-16. Waypoint GC6A7R5
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Logs
No maintenance needed today as this cache is fine and dandy, allo nice and dry and ready to be found again. Cheers.
On an west to east and back roadtrip... Today in Swan Hill to get a few things done. After following the rising water along the Murray yesterday we headed out to this area this morning to see what was 'up'. My GPSr was pointing me to a spot now in water... Seeing it has survived much larger floodwaters, it seemed more likely that the hide was probably in the larger options now being lapped by the water, I decided not to push on with a hunt here. Thanks anyway Sparra0907
A very quick and easy find at this lovely location.Weather is a lot cooler today too, much better for caching. At least that is one less thing to frustrate us today!.TFTC
No need for any maintenance today as this cache is still there. Even after the flood waters have gone down the cache did not move and its still in good condition. Ready to be found again. Thanks and Cheers. The CO.
A visit to Swan Hill in the warmth after another cool spring down south. Nice find on the river.
Went out to check on this cache today. It is still there all nice and dry and just waiting to be found again. Cheers. The co.
It is a big river and it is flowing rather fast. Must be why it resembles a chocolate milk shake. There are a lot of birds here, very peaceful. Thanks for the cache.
#10150
Day eight of a camping road trip with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 & RoamingHowie.
Exploring all around the greater Swan Hill area today.
A quick one here as we enjoy the river views.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, Sparra0907
Day eight of a camping road trip with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 & RoamingHowie.
Exploring all around the greater Swan Hill area today.
A quick one here as we enjoy the river views.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, Sparra0907
#2106
The geocaching holiday continues with OzHockeyChick, Papi4506 & GeoTurtle37. We finally made it to Swan Hill after an epic drive (100kms in 6hrs). Today is the first day exploring the hill.
The river looks to have some speed to it today although maintains its murky colour. A quick find on the trail today
Thanks Sparra0907 for placing the hide!
The geocaching holiday continues with OzHockeyChick, Papi4506 & GeoTurtle37. We finally made it to Swan Hill after an epic drive (100kms in 6hrs). Today is the first day exploring the hill.
The river looks to have some speed to it today although maintains its murky colour. A quick find on the trail today
Thanks Sparra0907 for placing the hide!
A quick find with frmen1. Was exposed so covered lightly with what nature supplied. TFTC
Yay!!!! my 1st Sparra0907 hide, find for the day 
or maybe not lol.
SL at 15:04 on Sat 29th Sept 2019.
This was much more friendly a hide for me today!
or maybe not lol.SL at 15:04 on Sat 29th Sept 2019.
This was much more friendly a hide for me today!
A lovely spot along the river road. Nice variety of river scenery and water flow. Quick find
09:23
In contrast to yesterday, which was quite warm, today we battled a cold wind and some heavy rain squalls as we cached our way around the area north west of S.H. in the very good company of Suscoe. A variety of caches such as this, taught us more about this part of Victoria.
Thanks 'Sparra0907' for adding this cache to the game board.
25337
*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).*
In contrast to yesterday, which was quite warm, today we battled a cold wind and some heavy rain squalls as we cached our way around the area north west of S.H. in the very good company of Suscoe. A variety of caches such as this, taught us more about this part of Victoria.
Thanks 'Sparra0907' for adding this cache to the game board.
25337
*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).*
Suscoe and Phetlern were continuing their Swan Hill adventure this morning.
The weather took a change overnight and we woke to cooler temperatures and a cloudy sky.
Rain was also on the horizon and so a quick start was had to see how far we would get on the list for today.
Thanks to Sparra0907 for this hide, glad to see a reasonable amount of water travelling downstream to the Coorong.
The weather took a change overnight and we woke to cooler temperatures and a cloudy sky.
Rain was also on the horizon and so a quick start was had to see how far we would get on the list for today.
Thanks to Sparra0907 for this hide, glad to see a reasonable amount of water travelling downstream to the Coorong.
Swan Hill Day 2 staying on the riverside.
It was after lunch when we decide to cross the border into NSW & out to Murray downs where we had visited last night. It looked a lot different in the day light. It was then back to VIC & a drive along the edge of the Murray, such a good way to visit the area.
The cache locations were varied & a variety of containers found.
Thanks for placing this cache Sparra0907
It was after lunch when we decide to cross the border into NSW & out to Murray downs where we had visited last night. It looked a lot different in the day light. It was then back to VIC & a drive along the edge of the Murray, such a good way to visit the area.
The cache locations were varied & a variety of containers found.
Thanks for placing this cache Sparra0907
Continuing along the River Road caches with Mrs Perpetuallylost at the wheel enjoying some mild bush-bashing. Nice to have another cache with accurate coords and a cache that wasn't a micro for a change. Great view of the river here that's for sure. Thx Sparra yet again.
Great hide! And good swag, makes for a happy geo family. Took priate ring, left phone charm.
Spent some time looking at the bases of trees and using GPS etc. Lot of rubbish around but could not find cache. Did locate the bees
After not finding the previous river cache I now have a found to kick off my caching run today. Left a koala, sticker sheet and a trackable. TFTC
OK !!
Let's get facts straight
The 'Big River' only spans *TWO STATES*,
NSW and SA
Right !!
Now I've got that off me chest,
and left you wondering why I would say that ...
... (just do some online research if you don't believe me) ...
... I enjoyed the detour along River Road to find some caches along the Big River banks in Victoria
And found this cache tucked away
TFTC [^]
OH !! Hang on ... "a virtual water highway ??" [:o]
Please Google the definition of virtual !!
The water highway was very real,
and used by real paddle steamers !!
This ain't The Matrix !!
*Disclaimer:
Of course I'm ignoring any changes in the Murray's course that have occurred since the NSW - Vic boundary was declared
So while the main channel of the river may have moved,
the intent of the state boundary has not
Let's get facts straight
The 'Big River' only spans *TWO STATES*,
NSW and SA
Right !!
Now I've got that off me chest,
and left you wondering why I would say that ...
... (just do some online research if you don't believe me) ...
... I enjoyed the detour along River Road to find some caches along the Big River banks in Victoria
And found this cache tucked away
TFTC [^]
OH !! Hang on ... "a virtual water highway ??" [:o]
Please Google the definition of virtual !!
The water highway was very real,
and used by real paddle steamers !!
This ain't The Matrix !!
*Disclaimer:
Of course I'm ignoring any changes in the Murray's course that have occurred since the NSW - Vic boundary was declared
So while the main channel of the river may have moved,
the intent of the state boundary has not
Pulled up only to find a couple fishing nearby. Had a discussion about how much higher the river is than normal, and received a warning about nearby bees. Wandered off to check out the water while my wife took some photos, and I was able to surreptitiously retrieve the cache and sign. TFTC
5623.Found by baby&Mrs gopher. at 1315. baby used to fish all along this section of the river when he lived in Palaroo street. and it was great to retrace forgotten steps. SL Tnx Sparra0907
Ahhh a nice easy one to find after a couple DNF's.
Signed and replaced. TFTC.
Signed and replaced. TFTC.
Had a quick find with little beauty!! Lovely spot always go fishing here as its good area for the kids!! TFTc
#155
Having been out camping for a few days and upon our return noticed a couple of new caches in the area had been published.
So we headed on out to this one earlier this morning to beat the heat of the day
A quick find for us and a FTF to boot
With the cache being close to town and not being around when when it was published, a FTF was a pleasant surprise
TNLN. Thanks for the cache Sparra0907. [^]
Looks like a good spot to wet a line and drown a worm
Having been out camping for a few days and upon our return noticed a couple of new caches in the area had been published.
So we headed on out to this one earlier this morning to beat the heat of the day
A quick find for us and a FTF to boot
With the cache being close to town and not being around when when it was published, a FTF was a pleasant surprise
TNLN. Thanks for the cache Sparra0907. [^]
Looks like a good spot to wet a line and drown a worm
