Bridging the Gap Spalding, South Australia, Australia
By Tk2 on 20-Aug-17. Waypoint GC7AYH9

Quick find. TFTC

Travelling Australia in our caravan since February 2014.With magnificent weather forecast we were up making lunch, loading the bikes onto the geocruiser fairly early (for us).We saw a large snake on the mid north channel trail, many kangaroos and bobtails whilst out and about.Crops looking great in this region. We are waiting for harvest to start on York Peninsula, gonna be a while yet. TFTC Tk2

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Travelling with richlink from Perth to Darwin up along the west coast and home again through the centre and the Nullarbor, picking up caches as we go. Based in Peterborough, we are exploring some of the surrounding areas. While the boys were peddling along the Mid North Channel, we girls were picking up a few caches of our own TFTC TK2.

Travelling with iluvtrekking up the WA coast to Darwin, down the Centre and in the Flinders. Basing ourselves in Peterborough for a few days to grab finds in the surrounds. The Geo-men decided on a biking day so they were dropped off while Mrs ILT and I cached around the area. Thanks Tk2

Quick find while passing through the area.
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker
DGS

TFTC

TFTC

Awesome day out, tftc!

On the way to do a bit of the power tail. Thought we'd pick up some others too tftc

Out for a few day caching around Clare Valley & beyond with Team Waldron - our acronym is TWX2
Lotsa fun had, lotsa trees & ladders climbed & lotsa kms walked
Beaut weekend all round
TFTC Tk2

Away for a couple of days with TheWhiteDogGang.

We stayed at the free camping in Blyth and cached around Blyth, Brinkworth, Yacka, Spalding, Clare, Stanley Flat and surrounds.

Most caches found were in good order.

Not the bridge we first thought it would be at.

TFTC

Out for the public holiday cleaning up a few around Spalding TFTC!

Found on a drive home through the mid-north TFTC

Found 26/10/22
Thanks

A return visit to Clare was planned for the long weekend with the JAMS crew plus tallbikestan to find a lot of the caches that we didn't get to on our last visit along with the Rattler, Riesling and NE trails as well as the Mid North Channel Country trail. [^]

We had three very full days with perfect weather for caching, lots of bike riding, lots of walking and lots of driving along dirt tracks. We were lucky it had not recently been wet as some of the roads we drove on would not have been passable if wet. Loved the scenery at this time of year with everything looking very green as well as the bright yellow of the canola crops.

A fun weekend of caching, lots of caches found and lots of cool places visited.

Thanks for the cache Tk2.

A big long weekend with the JAMS Crew (JJ52, allister w(me), mogni, Sir Spectre and tallbikestan). We road from Riverton to Stanley Flat on day 1. Then more riding near Spalding on day 2. Then finished the weekend with finding caches around the area in the car. TFTC

Heading to the Mid North Channel Country bike trail. quick find.
The JAMS team ( JJ52,Allister w, Mogni, and sir_spectre minus mitchell&hound ) but Tallbikestan was with us instead and we where out for there usually monthly caching adventure. This time it was over the october long weekend instead of the usual day trip. The taget this time was Drop into the Light a long ladder cache on the way to clare and then to clear the Rattler trail, Riesling Trail, Ne Trail saturday on the bikes and then sunday do the Mid North Channel Country bike trail. Monday on the return home was to get Peter's view a 2001 cache. Of course there was many, many other's found on route to the various target for the weekend, somewhere around 260 found by the team. It could have been more but we were not going at a flat out pace, just steady and getting a blow out on the bike 1.6 km's from the end of the Mid North Channel Country bike trail didn't help. I didn't see any snakes this trip but allister did, he saw 5. The caches this trip where written in as JAMS, i forgot the stamps. Also 1 cache was placed by the JAMS team this trip. Out of all the bike tracks i preferred the Rattler /Riesling trail. I like riding through the very rich ( after all the recent rains ) fields of yellow flowers.

Found out on geo weekend with jams group all caches signed as jams

Thanks for the find!

Quick find. Tftc

Took a drive back & forth over the bridge, just to get the cache

Quick find on our way to the Flinders Ranges

Decided to look for some easily found cachers today after seeing North Clare B grade win over MinMan in first semi final played at Spalding.
Very nice day up to 21°C and some wind.
Found and signed nine logs this afternoon around Spalding area and added some bouncy bowls or dices to some of the finds.
TFTC.

Great view for this find

Beware of spiders, they'd love to make a home here

A short stop past here today, cache was easily found and is good

Since being in the area for the June Long weekend in Clare today we headed north with Michells&Hound to go for a nice walk in Spalding and find a few caches along the way.

Thanks for the cache

Found and pen does not work anymore

Can only imagine what it was like to see these old creeks flowing. Another lovely spot. Tftc.

Ltf

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Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 31.500 E 138° 37.692

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 31.496 E 138° 37.694

Distance from original: 26.4 feet or 8.1 meters.

tree that was protecting it has been removed.
I have replaced the container.

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 - Tk2 [^]

Out for a drive in the area today to grab a few caches to check off our Hidden Calendar. Was very close to this one after collecting others nearby so why wouldn't we get this one too. Was attempting the nearby multi but dnf'ed on a stage was that near here. Changed our target to this one as we admired the bridge and footings nearby from a bridge long gone. A neat hide.
TFTC

Had a visit from the local farm dog to check I was replacing the cache the way I found it

Spring has sprung and I'm having a long weekend away chilling, caching, camping.
Left either a buzzy or a lovely with the discovered cache.

TFTC
Keep smiling

It’s not a clear plastic container!

Easy find. Bring own pencil/ pen.

Trip to the Mid North with the geo-pup. Day 12, Burra to Booborowie.

Found replacement cache in pole, now a mint tin. Great bridge, thanks for bringing us here.

TFTC

Interesting spot to look at.

A quick find. Very noisy area with a lot of sheep nearby. Thanks Tk2.

Day 315 ( Thursday 9th) of our trip. Caching along the way. Leaving Pt Pirie today. A total of 9 for the day and 6059 for the trip. TFTC

Tftc only a few spiders

No cache left at the listed location. A replacement cache was installed in the empty pole. Discussed later with cache owner.

Thanks for placing a fun cache guys. We do love your work. We signed the logbook. Of course we did that is way we play this game. Cache in pretty good condition for the cache age.

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Easter 2020 was supposed to see South Australia Geocaching hosting the next Easter big MEGA event, GeoVenture 2020 at Millicent. GC82DAN. The event is now postponed six months to early October. Check out the event page and our website for new details. We would love to see you at this three day event. Mega event sponsored by Wattle Range Council, Geocaching.com and many other supporters. Lots of caches to find including two classic art work trails.

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This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and a Samsung S8. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs...

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bride it

Found out in the weather. Container brittle and broken and lid is missing. Hubby put it all in a plastic bag and rehide at GZ. Needs maintenance. TFTC

a quick find on the bridge to no where

it was fairly obvious where GZ was to be found on the old bridge

this was a quick find while in the area

A day for a drive up that way... with Purrfect Di and Jack the Monkey.
Sadly this one was exposed and is a bit broken.
Tucked as neatly as possible under a small log by the stump.
tftc Tk2

The track weaving across looks well used by local's vehicles still.
Quick find.
TNLNSL
Thanks

In the area for the Heartland Rally so grabbed some caches while going around TFTC

found with firesafe ona day out

Classic shape. Solid as. Deep as. Tucked cache safely away.

Thanks Tk2 and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

As our holiday is almost finished now, we are just tiki-touring around the local countryside picking up as many caches as we can. Hot weather is forecast so travelling in the air conditioned car is the preferable way to get around today.

Cache was visible on arrival so we put some extra camo on it. tftc

Found It!
A nice old bridge and another quick find. Very quiet here today...
TFTC

Easy find with AussieM&M and Mogn as we headed towards Jamestown for tonight's event!!i Thanks Tk2 for the hide!!

Always nice to see an older bridge. Could also see the footings and stonework from what I assume is an earlier bridge further along the creek line.
TFTC Tk2.

A quick easy find on the way home from the Jamestown airshow. TFTC

Out for a very long day with Aussie M & M and CPWanderer. We covered many kilometres and managed to find about 40 caches including an event
Thanks to Tk2 from mogni

Just about blown off the bridge Tftc

Lovely area

After a short public holiday shift there was time for a afternoon drive and of course a couple of caches, a magnificent bridge and a nearby railway bridge made in the same support design, quick find for us today
TFTC Tk2

Found today out with dennisc52

Found with Loopy1972 while out for a drive. TFTC.

Catching up with late logs

Heading down from Cameron Corner slowly making my way south I found so many caches in Orroroo that I decided to camp the night and grab some more before I left this morning.
That completed I was again heading south.

This one took a bit longer than it should have as I thought the GPS was pointing into private property so was looking around the wrong spots. Once I realised my mistake the cache was found not long after and the log now contains our name.
There is some quite serious erosion going on around here.
Many thanks TK2 for the great hide.

This one bridges the gap between my last find and two dnf’s in between. TFTC

Mustve been a substantial tree for its location

TFTC

TFTC WOW just WOW

Errrr - how do you get trees growing through the deck of a bridge, especially ones this big [?].
TNLNSL.
Thanks for another one Tk2.

Once again we are touring Australia and caching as we go!
Great old bridge and a good reason to stop and see it. Thanks Tk2!
Cheers from Canada!

Enjoyed a day in the Mid North, finding a few shops and, of course, caches
TFTC

A quick find on the way to Perth. Thanks

Quick find while on way to Quorn for an event on a long weekend found easy, TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1045. A lot of history here. So much to see, plus the old foundations of an earlier bridge, Dropped off "Oooh Handbags!" TB. Our thanks to Tk2.

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*ftf* 429pm

what do you do on your way to adelaide, detour slightly to go get a couple of ftfs.

this one was a lot easyier then the last, but since i knoew what i was looking for this time it was much easyier.

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Only passed here last night.