#5 The Turtle Series Mildura, Victoria, Australia
By 4Moule on 06-Feb-19. Waypoint GC843ZD

Our night caching with Larafolk. TFTC Great puzzle series

Out caching as we've come up to Mildura for the weekend with JonesCrew. The puzzles were all enjoyable solves, some trickier than others, but very well thought out and enabled JonesCrew to learn new skills as they haven't solved puzzles before. We went out caching at night while it was cooler. Not sure we're going to get all in the series done as they are all over the place and not all are park and grab close to the road. Hopefully when we come back next year they are still available. Tftc.

Found on a fun day out and about - TFTC

Having a great few days around Coomealla and Mildura with Earthlight and Shandyk. We managed to finish the Paddle Steamer series and spent today doing some closer to our home away from home. Thanks for bringing us out here. Signed log as EGS. TFTC.

Found with friends and logging as EGS.A quick find and cache ok.Not a turtle in sight.TFTC.

Found while in Mildura for the weekend. And staying sooooo close too, almost like Id planned it that way . Many thanks TheMoules for providing this game piece for our enjoyment.Greetings from Tatura

Taking a few days off work so I can get away to Mildura for a long weekend. My first time in Mildura so lots of geocaches to tackle to keep me entertained. Perfect conditions to be outside and geocaching. I managed to solve all of the puzzles in this series in the months leading up to my visit. A good variety of puzzles to test the gray matter. I found all of the caches over 3 days. A good mix of hides and terrain. My 2WD car was really put to the test. For the last 6 of the series found, I didnt trust my car so ended up doing them on foot. I really need to get myself a 4WD car. All found and no DNFs. A couple had cracked lids but all containers were found without problems. Thank you 4Moule, for placing #5 The Turtle Series for the geocaching community.# # #15779 # #

Up to Mildura for a week with Littleboss2, Sorceysal and Geo the puppy. We'd solved a few puzzles between us, (Ss about 97% of them) and this was the week to grab as many as we could, as well as the multiple labs, multis and trads, and really enjoy this stunning area. After a wild night, we really felt the heat and humidity that happens post rain, but it's all a part of what Australia's diverse zones bring on board. Plenty of sharp bindis added to the fun. Is that what gaiters are for? Our thanks to TheMoules for this amazing series

A week away geocaching in Mildura with Bogonghazy, Sorceysal and Geo dog. Thanks to sorceysal for solving the majority of these puzzles. A windy day and a bit soggy underfoot, we managed to tick off most of this series. Thankyou to TheMoules for this great series

A week of caching and golf with bogonghazy and Littleboss 2 in and around Mildura and of course any smileys we can pick up on the way.Sorry for the generic log. I really appreciated the help of the CO with some of these puzzles.

It was time to tackle the Turtle Series. Solving the puzzles began some time ago, but was done in earnest during the first of the long Covid lockdowns while supervising our eldest grandson while he was involved in remote learning. A great way to keep us occupied, but also stopping us from hovering over him while he did his work.We had envisaged doing much of the trails on bike but decided the night before to abandon that idea and do the caches with a mixture of car travel and walking. Turned out to be a wise decision as with soft and spongy trails and a myriad of thorns, burrs and bindis we think we would have been in trouble. It meant a lot of walking, but then that is supposed to be good for us!The hides were straightforward with in most case few options which was appreciated. Only one DNF. We also picked up a few other caches en route, a couple good field puzzles and containers.Thank you for a great series well executed.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache TheMoules.**SKI Pair****

We found your cache today 7 May 2024 10:53am , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC 4Moule

We had just picked up our new camper trailer and now it was time to turn around and head back and find a camp spot on the river somewhere.But before we did that, we ducked over here to grab a few puzzle caches that the Queen had solved before we drove up.We only found a few as we got muggled out on one by a dude in a broken down Transit van.We signed our lives away in each log and then took off in a small cloud of dust.

Finally finished my turtle hunt this morningTFTC

Found while having a look around the area today, staying in Mildura for the week. Last of the turtles for today, all good here, thanks.Find #6946 on 17 Apr 2024.TFTC TheMoules!

Nice quick find in this areaTftc

During the periods of Covid Lock-down and possibly more particular lockouts I worked on solving the Turtle Series puzzles and today was the first chance I have had in attempting to make the finds, This cache was found in good condition. Thank you TheMoules for your efforts in setting up and maintaining this series.

T4T$

Thanks for the puzzle and cache 4Moule.

Love being back on terra firma!What a fabulous series that I have been looking forward to experiencing. AMoule is a very interactive, generous, and creative geocacher. Thank you so much for this wonderful geocaching experience in an environment with so much wildlife! It was great to walk after so much driving. Much respect from kbucky

On our second day dedicated to finding more caches in this wonderful series, we parked the car and set off on foot. We thoroughly enjoyed the scenic locations these caches brought us to. By now, we were pretty familiar about the types of hides and thanks to accurate coordinates, most were quick finds.Our thanks to TheMoules for all your efforts in setting up this great GeoArt series, from the puzzles to the beautiful locations.

Find # 8754

Making the most of the opportunity to duck out for a few caches while on a work trip to the area. Seeking out the occasional challenge or two, or trying to mop up any solves that I might have from puzzle group or even some from lockdown days of old.

Found with nannynomad, MazzyMay and Joybell53 and logged as DYLZ for short (the last letters of our caching names.) We found a few more Turtles today, we picked ones along a made road as it was now raining. nannynomad had to find this one as it was her 1000th cache find, a quick photo in the rain and she rushed back to the car. TFTC

Found with SifiRulz nannynomad and joybells53 signed as dylz. TFTC

Found it with DYLZ

nannynomad's 1000.00th

Found with joybell53 MazzyMay and SciFiRulz TFTC signed as DYLZ my 1,000th cache

We worked these out awhile ago but haven’t done them all. Slowly chipping away grabbing them using Cachly and the Garmin Etrex22x. Thanks 4Moule for The Turtle series tftc

4/50 found. Only 46 to go. Thanks for the series and all the puzzles. Great!

Mildura
I joined a group of Canberra cachers to tackle the caches around Mildura.

Thanks for the hide TheMoules

That’s the Turtle neons now for the multi.

Day 5 of our Mildura Madness run and the gang is all here ??. Really looking forward to looking around.

Thanks for getting me out and about TheMoules

Our last full day in Mildura was a mix of multis, puzzles, ALs, virtuals, the last of the Turtles and a few scattered trads. Found with Joolay, Kittykatch, Albida33 and Nibletricecakes.
Thanks to all the COs for such entertaining creative caches.

Having finished the Paddlesteamer (and many other great caches) it was time for some of our crew to start the trek back home. Caching today with a smaller crew - Joolay, KittyKatch, Albida33 and GLISS! Continue to by impressed by the vast open scenery and beautiful waterways. Thanks for all the hard work from COs make and maintain these caches. Thanks for a great weekend everyone. Thanks for the cache.

Out with Dty73 and Tankengine on a caching tour around Ballarat. Last one for today . More to follow.. Kutgw

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 and youban on our mini Mildura invasion! Nice find here! Thanks TheMoules!

I managed to solve a few of these turtle puzzles a few weeks ago. Today I managed to locate this cache and add my stamp.

found it all good with team 6ACDDE ( 63Roos, All7, Crank1, DeafPhantom, DutchAus and Everlasting ).

Found it

63Roo, ALL7, Crank1, DutchAus, DeafPhantom, and Everlasting .
Signed the log as "6ACDDE"

Love drive along highway beautiful country

Enjoyed myself wandering the country and caches. Thank you for the cache and hunt.

Accompanying 6ACDDE (Deaf group) enjoyed run series, and TFTM

Signed the log as 6ACDDE (63ROO, ALL7, CRANK1, DEAFPHANTOM, DUTCHAUS, EVERLASTING)

Accompany with 63Roos, ALL7, Crank1, DutchAus, DeafPhantom, and Everlasting .
Signed the log as "6ACDDE"

Enjoyed myself wandering the country and caches. Thank you for the cache and hunt.
Sorry, copy and paste

Nothing like a good maths puzzle to keep the brain ticking.
This one we sorted quickly and added to the list for our adventures in Mildura.
A beautiful nursery was very close by to GZ.. We decided to do the ones in this area by car, which was a welcome change on such a hot day.
Thanks for the series 4Moule
Domsky

Out for a morning pick up of a few Mildura caches. A quick puzzle to solve a while ago and a quick find here today. Cache was all in good order. Tftc!!

Nice day out collecting some of this series. The remainder to be done on next visit when I come up and see my daughter and grandson.

TFTC and all the maintenance on this series. A great way to see this part of the world.

TFTC SL

Last one for today hope to get a few more tomorrow before heading home
A nice easy find Signed and replaced TFTC

We are in Mildura for a few days to look for the Turtle series and the Paddlesteamer series. Apologies for some generic logs. In most cases the the coordinates were accurate and the searches were straightforward. Thanks to 4Moule for the puzzle and cache.

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure, yes I know we have wandered over the border or maybe two. Never mind, It is a wonderful day, just perfect for geocaching so we are off to look for turtles. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

Found with Gizmos Gang and SpiderMonkeysMom on a great weekend away!!! Three states, 6 events ....... 69 finds ........ and one snake!!! Quickly located!!

Travelling with SpidermonkeysMum and CPwanderer for the weekend. Our goal being the tri-state events and whatever caches we can also find along the way.
After breakfast at Berri and lunch at Wentworth we headed back to Victoria for the next event (with some stops for caches and Adventure Labs along the way).
This was one of the caches that we found on our journey. We thought we would find a few of this series on our way in to Mildura. We'll be back some time to do more of the series.
TFTC 4Moule

One of eighteen caches found on International Geocaching day doing the tri-states border hopping events.
Wanted to find a couple of mystery caches in Victoria today so decided to start on the pre-solved Turtle series. This and the other 4 nearby seemed to be ideal, of course I wasn't going to find just 2 of the 5
Thanks to 4Moule for putting out this cache for us to find.
Cache #11950

*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*

Big weekend on the road! Overnighted in mega town (Murray bridge) after chasing some large caches for a challenge I have been working on for many years. Also made it to 4000 cache finds

Picked up CPWanderer and gizmos gang bright and early to get to Berri fir Brekky, Wentworth for lunch and back to Mildura for dinner. Then another Brekky and a cito the following day. Well that’s the plan anyway.

We are picking up whatever caches we can on the way, over 300 to chose from the CP hasn’t found and probably the odd one he has (that doesn’t include the PS series) which will have to wait to return for.

Apologies for the generic log, but where possible I will return to add a comment.
Thank you for placing it for us to find. Thank you for contributing to the geo map and maintaining when required. TFTC

After a night in Hay, fitzy_1965 and I continued on to Mildura for the Community Celebration Event on offer.

We picked up a few beforehand so that I could log the CCE as find 15000. Turned out to be a gorgeous day and was great to meet some new cachers along the way. We then headed south to pick up a couple of rouge counties. Then spent the night in Culgoa at the free camping next to the pub. Great pub food and fantastic hospitality.

Nice easy find here today.

28,328. Found with minniek during a quick run around Mildura prior to attending a Community Celebration Event nearby.

With a Community Celebration Event on offer in Mildura this weekend, we decided another visit was worth the drive to attend it and knock off the last of the NW Vic Counties we need. We left home yesterday and free-camped overnight at Hay. Another few hours and we arrived in Mildura. As expected we had a bit of time up our sleeves so we hit a few selected caches. This one was a nice quick drive by. An easy find once at GZ. The puzzle series itself we solved a while ago and it has a great selection of puzzles. Stamped the log, replaced the cache as found, then we headed off to the next cache on the list.

Thanks 4Moule/TheMoules !! It was great to meet up with you at the CCE.

A nice easy find thankfully

Tftc

Thanks for this cache and series.

First day in Mildura with BettyBoo3747.
Spent most of the day setting up and shopping, etc.
Hit the trails on the deadly treadlies and did some Turtle Series caches.
So far a great series for the bikes, some very nice trails.
Dogs enjoyed the run and ride too.
Thanks for this interesting series.
Solved all these when they first came out, glad to be able to finally pick some up.
Thanks, Robmc.

#18534. Robmc and I have arrived near Merbein to make a start on the PaddleSteamer and Turtle Series. A beautiful sunny but cool day to get on the bikes and load the doggies into their trailer and start with the Turtle. We covered approximately 22km (mostly after lunch) after a short morning ride along some river tracks and got back at about 4.30pm. With another cold night coming up it should be another enjoyable bike day tomorrow. Some cute containers noted on our journey today.

Thanks 4Moule

thank you for this cache we don't have time for all of them but we will come back

This one took longer than it should have

Jumpy coords but found nevertheless

Spending a few days in Mildura, joined by the rest of the Goldy clan for a family getaway.

We've been coming here since our first visit in 2008, it's a Goldy family favourite so I'm excited for the opportunity to find a few geocaches here and in some of the surrounding towns.

I'm also looking forward to experiencing some different hides in another state, as all my finds so far have been in South Australia.

I won't be able to get to all the caches due to having other plans with family, family always comes first.

So a high majority of caches on the "to be found" list are ones where I can learn local history and ones that are relatively quick and easy.

I've been primarily eyeing off the turtle series geoart and adventure labs.

I solved the puzzles that I could back in February in preparation for the trip.

This series helped introduce me to some new puzzles which is good experience for future hides.

All turtle caches (that I found) are in good condition with no issues.

Quick and easy find here today.

Put my signature in the log book and returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Signed as "P.Goldy"

Thanks to TheMoules for this cache and series.

Find No.854
22/04/2022

Day 7 of the long road trip from Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland.

Caching today was in Mildura mainly doing the Turtle Series and one of the Adventure Labs. Unfortunately half the final ground zeros somehow dissappeared from the GPS so had to rely on the tablet to work out where to find the Turtles. It made the day long and a case of backtracking a few times when it was found some caches had been missed.

This cache found without problems. Log signed and the cache returned as it was found.

Thanks TheMoules for placing and maintaining this cache for geocachers to find.

Day 7 of the long road trip from Western Australia to Townsville, Queensland.

Caching today was in Mildura mainly doing the Turtle Series and one of the Adventure Labs. Unfortunately half the final ground zeros somehow dissappeared from the GPS so had to rely on the tablet to work out where to find the Turtles. It made the day long and a case of backtracking a few times when it was found some caches had been missed.

This cache found without problems. Log signed and the cache returned as it was found.

Thanks TheMoules for placing and maintaining this cache for geocachers to find.

# 14453 Found and logged at 8:36:00 AM
Spending the day today on the turtle trail plus a few others
Beautiful day to be outdoors
Thanks for the cache TheMoules
Lgoody

TFTC smile 11880 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather, enjoying a trip to Mildura to cache the Paddle Steamer and picking up any other caches in the area
signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, 4Moule, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Second day out on the local trails with hatzofff, grannysmith1947 & RoddyC. (All logs signed as Team 44 QLD)
Having just finished the PS series we have made a start on the Turtle geo art combined with some local produce shopping. All hides today were found quickly due to the spot on co-ordinates, well done CO.
TFTC 4Moule

Day 24 of our southern trip. It is our plan to finish the Paddle Steamer and start the Turtle geoart today.
It was cold again today.

Caching and travelling with RoddyC snickersallan and grannysmith1947. Signed as 44 QLD (4 for QLD)

TFTCache 4Moule

Day 24 of our southern trip. Second day of the PS Series and commencing the Turtles. We are Team 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

Had some fun with the puzzles, but not ha;f as much as with the caches. We were limited to a 2WD today instead of the usual 4WD which was in being serviced. Some of the tracks were very venturesome, so we> will return tomorrow with the 4WD to finish the series off.

Fun fun fun!!

Log signed and cache replaced as found. TFTC, TheMoules

#13029 - 1:18:00 PM; Day 4 of the Wang Mega tour with Sol de lune. Made it to Mildura last night and after a good feed and a good night's sleep, "The Turtle Series". An early start and we were soon in position to begin the hunt. Parked the geomobuile and set off knocking over some smaller sections and some larger sections as we moved through the various locations. Completed most of the mission today on foot as we weren't in 4WD mode and much of the area was out of bounds to vehicles in any event. A well constructed and planned series worthy of a favourite point! Back tomorrow to try for the remainder! TFTC 4Moule

After a couple of great days in and around Wang at the Mega, followed by a drive to Echuca, LuckyL10n and I were now in Mildura. LL has some business to attend to, however with time before and after meetings we set on the path of the 'Turtle'.

Not knowing the area that well, we took a few wrong turns, however once in the right spots, we parked at some caches and walked for quite a few of them. All the locations we walked were interesting to see and the good news was that all the caches were found. We completed 40 of them today, leaving us another walk for 9 tomorrow, and then #50 to finish off. That was fun itself, but is also a log for tomorrow.

Many thanks for the series 4moule. All the decorated containers were appreciated and shows a commitment to the series. A favourite point for each and everyone.

An enjoyable series, coords were spot on. Love having this piece of geoart. This was one on the caches we targeted and found. Thanks 4moule

Out on hot summers day caching adventures with Wollaston.

Container condition
Log condition

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC 4Moule

Find # 5231

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. It’s a great day for caching. TFTC TheMoules
Find #7582 at 16:27.

First of the turtle series for us today. Looking forward to this series!

First find of the Turtle series with Kelligula. Looking forward to completing the series.

It was good to be able to find any caches in place today after the extreme winds experienced last night. We came along with ilook4geo for a mix of puzzle, traditional and multi caches as well as some necessary business for the day. Thank you to 4Moule for placing this series of puzzle caches.

Had some fun caching along with goingplaces2 today and found several different kinds. All found logs were signed and then returned to place. TFTC.

What a fab day of caching in the by 4WD, MTB and on foot! Took some nice pics. Soaked up the fresh air and got a healthy dose of exercise. Only got a bit muddy today but rounded out the day at the carwash

The primary targets were the which were solved over a few sessions on the couch. Fun puzzles and nearly all solved solo. A couple of the trickier ones required a CO nudge. Really good coords and consistent hides and some scenic locations. I decided to allocate points to my favourite puzzles rather than GZ.

TFTC 4Moule

We found this cache today on our Mildura Midday Mayhem 2 hour cache hunt. Thanks from D & HA B-A

Lots of goodies in this one, straightforward find, starting to feel positively disposed to become a local with our own piece of paradise! T4TC

Adelaide Trip. May 2021. Day 9. With my week in Adelaide over, I started my journey home. Today I drove to Hay via Nurioopta, Barmara, Mildura and Balranald. As ever I took on way too much along the way, and got into town just before the end of dinner time at the pub. I was happy to visit all the spots I did and the Labs around Mildura Homestead were a highlight.

I had needed a puzzle on the day I was traveling west, and had two of these ready to find. Today I had one left and decided to sop on the way east again.

Thanks for the cache 4Moule

32470.6 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2012 Egypt A#236

**Albida**

In Mildura for ANZAC day and to catch up with some family so decided to do this interesting little series. A few days of solving and today I'm collecting some more of the Turle series caches. Hope to finish the series in the next day or so. Tftc

I’d solved this ages ago and today I was able to finally add my name to the log. Enjoyed the puzzles too TFTC 4Moule

Had the puzzles solved for a while now with a bit of an early nudge from CO for a couple, thanks. Today we had the opportunity to get out and sign the logs on our transit to Adelaide.

All the caches attempted today were found, assisted by good accurate coords. All were in good condition even down to the nicely sharpened pencils. Generally great hiding spots.

Apologies for the generic logs which in no way detracts from our enjoyment of the trails on a beautiful autumn morning. Thanks 4Moule

Found by Rebel Acts

In Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and The Empire.
After finishing off the GOT series it was time for Me to do the turtle series, it was a little challenging getting to some locations but I managed to get them all done.

The highlight for the day were the fantastic gadget caches in the area.

Thanks 4Moule for the cache.

In Mildura as part of a larger group of caching family and friends to tackle a couple of series in and around town, today we focused on the Turtle Series and also made the most of seeing some new sights and grab a bag load of smilies. Never really had much of a chance or reason to have a look around Lake Hawthorn besides driving past it so it was good to have a chance to explore this beaut area a little more closely. Had some great weather for us to enjoy our visit and also had some laughs and fun as we made our way around the area, this hide was soon found after a short search, as they say many hands make light work. Thanks 4Moule for the puzzle and the hide.

*Staying in Mildura for a few days*

In town with Happy pants, Happy Feet, The Empire, omegaman1971 and Rebel Acts for a few nights and to clean up the Paddle Steamer Geo Art Trail and a few other series if time permitted.
We headed out to grab a few local caches prior to hitting the series. We made our way to GZ where we made the straight forward find. I have seen many wonderful sights, a fantastic variety of hides and taken many photos around this fantastic area
Thanks for the puzzles and the cache 4Moule. Appreciate your efforts.
Stamped log and returned as found.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

Cache on!
**#16114**

This was a great opportunity to get away with some caching friends in Mildura. The plan was to hit some of the local trails and geo art. There was many other hides discovered, with some really great containers and hides in the area.

Thanks 4Moule for placing the cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy the find.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 7912 finds
In town for a few day with the crew to hit this powertrail and put some smiles on the map.
Has been many years since I was here last , the town has certainly changed.
Really enjoyed these puzzles and the series, cheers 4Moule.

Found by The Empire
Here in Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet and Happy Pants.
Today's target was this cool Turtle Series - we were able to find all of the caches and had a few laughs along the way. Driving along the edge of the lake was a highlight - I was able to drop off some stickers and pathtags in some of the caches. Thanks for the cache, and the cool series 4Moule.
- M

Day 2 on this awesome trail, cache #3 for the day. Thank you!

Making this a drive-by trip. Quick find.

A plan was hatched with Rapidlywild to attack some of the caching trails down in VIC/SA.
With the boarders slowly staying open we thought Easter might be a safe time to try since the QLD boarder was still too fragile to attempt going to the MEGA.

The group grew from two to six rather quickly after having a chat to GoodLook about our plans.

Our power team “The Mob” consisted of GoodLook, LíB, Rapidlywild, The Drovers and ourselves. This team ended up being very productive and some new friendships were made. Always a bonus in my book.

All logs were stamped with “The Mob” to save space and time.
This series proved very challenging and tough going.

Thanks for the placement and maintenance of this series 4Moule.

For the first time in a long time, it was road trip time. With COVID-19 keeping everyone at home for so long, the borders were finally opening and the feet were itchy for a decent caching trip. Plans were made with FurfacesLL to do a 10 day road trip across to Mildura and Loxton to do a heap of caching and we were excited. Across the 10 days we racked up over 4,300km in driving, multiple hotels/motels, brought home enough red dust to create our own sand pit in the back yard and collected over 1800 finds between us. It was a massive trip and lots of fun was had.

We teamed up with GoodLook, FeatherTop, The Drovers and LiB and signed most logs as "The Mob". There were a few caches which were signed as individual team names as some teams had already completed said caches, those will be noted individually.

Our target caches were the Turtle Series, the Paddle Steamer Series and the On Ya Bike wherigo Series, heaps of other caches were also collected along the way but our primary target caches were completed which made us all very happy and very tired geocachers.

First day out and about in Mildura, remember solving this one nice and easily, this was one of the easier solves of the series.

Thanks for the hides 4Moule And thanks to "The Mob" for a trip to remember [^].

All caches are stamped as The Mob (consisting of The Drovers, LíB, FurfacesLL, Rapidlywild and myself).

I acknowledge the hard work that went into creating this series including the puzzles, and sincerely thank the CO.

Overall, our group found the hides a little disjointed (locations wise), and difficult to access, yet the containers were great and the series is certainly well maintained. It was quite hot when we tackled this series, and navigating some of the hides were challenging (working out where to park the cars and where to walk/ what 4WD tracks we could access etc). I enjoyed solving the puzzles, so it was great turning the green dots into yellow smiley faces.

2020 was not a great year, and the beginnings of 2021 have also been tricky - so when it looked like the various borders would be open again (without quarantine restrictions), a trip was spontaneously planned and I was able to pull together a number of my caching friends who hadn't cached together before to form "The Mob".

LíB and I started in SA, drove to Victoria and ended our trip in SA; FurfacesLL and Rapidlywild came from Canberra and The Drovers began their journey from NSW; and then a few days later, feathertop from Victoria, joined us to complete the On Your Bike Series and other caches in SA.

We filled our days with piling in cars, hard core caching, Adventure Labs, crazy funny CB radio chatter, some laughter, some tense moments (OMG some of the ladder and tree climbs on this trip were crazy!), lots of lovely meals and even live music from a band called "Kung Fu Jesus" - nope, that is no joke.

We had hot weather each day (well into 30s), so I am thrilled that I now own a car fridge to keep the drinks icy cold (loving them at about 1 degree).

Thanks to 4Moule for placing these caches

This cache was found during a week long geo vacation, spaning Victoria and South Australia, with the company of several awesome geocaching teams

All logs were stamped/signed as The Mob. For the Mildura leg of this geo vacation "The Mob" consisted of GoodLook, The Drovers, FurfacesLL & Rapidlywild.

The day was warm and the flies annoying as we walked the dry and dusty trails.
All containers and logs were found in good condition.
Thank you for your efforts in placing and maintaining this series.

TFTC 4Moule

A plan was hatched a few weeks ago to head to Mildura,
to complete the Turtle series and the PS series.
We stamped each log as 'The Mob' to save space and time.
'The Mob' this time was made up of GoodLook, LíB, FurfacesLL, Rapidlywild,
and ourselves.

Due to lack of local knowledge, we ended up doing a lot of walking.
Some of the tracks were a little rough, but we were grateful they were dry.

Many thanks for placing this cache, 4Moule, for us and others to find.

Found on a fine Autumn day for a country drive.
On a visit to Mildura for a PS adventure.
Today was a start on the Turtle series and a few others in town.
Mostly good accurate co-ordinates on these too.
Thanks for the cache series 4Moule,
***Roostaman ***

Found today with hevwalker and Trigger_Fish during our adventures to find all the turtle series today. Back in the Covid 2020 hevwalker and I worked together over what is our now regular Friday night video catchups doing the puzzles on this and the Paddle Steamer series. ..... thanks for the cache, love this series. TFTC

scramping & I spent some time on video calls solving puzzles before our long awaited Mildura trip.
We joined Trigger_Fish in our quest to find them all today.
An after dinner turtle...found in the dark by torchlight
TFTC 4Moule

Four South Australian's ventured across the border to attempt the paddle Steamer series.
Three of us then went on to do the Turtle series the following day.
What a fantastic day!!!
Thanks for placing this amazing series for cachers to find.