The Barassi Line Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia
By Jamin Appleford on 14-Jul-19. Waypoint GC8AR7H

Found it if it was in a tin it's gone. Mingan date day

thanks

Interesting spot, is there anything other than AFL? When two teams on the wrong side of the Barasdi line fought it out for the grand final a few days ago!

For someone like me who is not interested in sport, this is of historical interest only. Easy find after a little thought and a bit of luck. TFTC

What a terrific cache to find.Found with tassie expat while exploring this interesting area. Thanks for putting it here.

I am so going to drop 'The Barassi Line' into my next AFL conversation! A quick find, just have to be sneaky with the traffic. TFTC

Dnf

Great little cache

Found with Harley

Thank you for show me

Didnt know such a thing existed but it makes perfect sense. My son has moved to Queensland and now has to try and understand a new sport and all its rules that had never received any attention before being a Victorian TFTC

I have 3 main objective for this weekends caching run, first is to complete the final location for Adventure Lab Bollards Bonanza North in Whittlesea then secondly on to Ned Kelly County to get the final for Neds Last and Final Stand multi which has been on the to do list for ages but sadly when I arrived at the gate to start my walk I discovered they where doing planned burns and there was No Public access so I abandoned that and came to Wangaratta to finish off all the Adventure Labs and a few caches and then thirdly across to Corowa to get my Centriod cache so I can log the physical cache in Williamstown.After that I will be just free wheeling my way back home to Gippsland. Signed log and replaced. Thanks to everyone who placed there caches.

Found it on 2/2/24 m

Found easily travelling from Melbourne to dubbo, TFTC

Did not find

Found it today after a short break from Corowa and the Rutherglen Mega we are back to finish off the Easter Mega caches. Woohoo. Found this one on our way around the country to collect the Mega caches. Great find, great info. TFTC

On a relaxed road trip today with no specific plans. We have often driven by this cache with the plan to look next time. With the recent passing of Ron Barassi it seemed the perfect time to stop and sign the cache. My Dad was a loyal Carlton supporter and we will be hoping Carlton beats Brisbane Lions in the Preliminary Final tonight to see the Blues into a grand final against Collingwood.Thanks for the interesting history about the Barassi line.

Out searching for geo caches today on a road trip with friends Cod3x2877 . Beautiful weather.BE AWARE- there is a brown snake guarding this one that gave us a bit of a scare and a change of under wear !!

Nice find with auscachia guarded by a slippery friend

Watch the trucks!!!

TFTC
On my way back from Corowa after getting a new headlight on my truck.

What a clever cache container, I had to look twice before grabbing this one, GZ was spot on

Easy find one a quick stop as I head over the border. Log was very wet and could not write on it so popped a new one in there in a bag.
TFTC and SL at 9:30am.

Found on the way to Corowa. I never knew that!! TFTC.

Pulled over for a quick find on my way to NSW via the 'new' bridge. All in good condition and log signed. TFTC Jamin Appleford

I have lived all my life firmly south of the line. Australian Rules is king.
I did not know of this marker at gz.
Easy find.
Thanks jaminappleford..

Easy find here although it was beginning to rain so didn't hang around too long.
Thanks

Called in on our way to the Rutherglen Mega on Wednesday the 5th April and found this cache but only just getting around to logging these guys, thanks Jamin Appleford for placing . Logged as BAB6 or bushfire.

Back down south for another mega weekend!! Great to be able to visit the area again and enjoy some caching and catching up with friends. Cached with loads of different people over the weekend and checked out the local yummies. Found this one with GLISS! . Thanks to all the cache owners who set and maintained the caches. Great to have been able to add this one to my collection. Thanks for the cache.

*Found on the 11 Apr 2023 @ 12:33 pm.*
*Cache find # 14534.*

Day 5 of the Rutherglen MEGA trip.
Out and about around town finding lots of caches.
After a couple of events and cache finds in Corowa, it was now time to head back to camp to pack up my tent but on the way I was passing by this one, so I had to stop and have a look, it wasn’t long before the log was signed.

**Thanks to Jamin Appleford for placing this cache.**

An interesting cache topic here! Toy Hunters was telling us about this cache the day before. He is a big AFL fan so was really excited by it! So we figured we better swing by and find it as well on our way to the Corowa events!

Many thanks JA

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**Rutherglen Mega Day 5**

The final day for me in Rutherglen!
Crazily enough, I actually had a 7 hour work shift today back in Canberra! It was an afternoon / night shift though, so I worked out that if I leave Rutherglen by 10:30am, drove non-stop to Canberra, I would have time for a quick bite for lunch and straight into work!

This meant that I only found 5 caches this morning. Two trads, an Earthcache, an event and a CITO.

Thank you to all the CO's for today's cache finds!

Rutherglen Mega - Easter 2023 - Day 5: Tuesday

Spent the day on a loop trip around Corowa, Yarrawonga, Benalla and Wangaratta.

Nice easy find. Thanks!

Time to leave Rutherglen.

Our aim today was to reach Canberra, pick up a LGA at Albury, attend the event and CITO and anything else we could in between.

Today caching and travelling with RoddyC.

Do Victorians love their football that much?

TFTCache Jamin Appleford

After our three days in Rutherglen, we are heading back to Canberra.

Time to spare before a couple of events in Corowa, so we came here and were rewarded with a quick find. I wondered why these strange posts were here.

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 8:05 am on 11 April 2023. TFTC, Jamin Appleford

Found on way to meet n greet.
Tftc Jamin Appleford.

I had been given a nights accommodation with a couple of the Canberra boys, Loci and Seb. It was a fun night and I feel asleep in front of the fire. We woke in the morning to grab a couple of local caches before we hit town. the boys were off to ride the bike trail. I meet up with James and we went off and did a couple of labs and caches to the south and east. We all grouped up after lunch and raced around grabbing a few of the remaining caches in town before Seb and I headed towards Canberra.

It was a really long day and for some reason we kept missing the food stops but got in the cache stops. A few tree climbs a few unusual stops and we finally got to Canberra by 9pm. Thanks for a great day to my caching buddies and to the CO’s for the variety of hides.

This was our first cache of the day.

The Barassi Line! Being born a New South Welshman and now an adopted Victorian living with a Queenslander I have long known that there is a definite preference for one code or another in different states and now I have not only historical backing but a funny name to go with it. The Queenslander and I had a hearty laugh about this one and the giant goal posts just added to our mirth. Thank you for bringing us here JA. You've made our day!

Great Hide

Thanks Jamin Appleford for the cache

James0116
Monday10 Apr 2023
11:05:06 am AEST
3092

Found it. Thanks for the cache

Not where we first thought it was. Widened the search a bit and there it is. Thanks for the fun

Found it after wishing the search. Nice hide, just not where we expected
Thanks

Right up geohubbys area of interest. Tftc

Post MEGA post final run after the CITO and now heading south. Always super to learn something given I'd never heard of the "LINE" despite being a fan of good ol' Brassi in the day. TFTC and the info!

The JAMS team (JJ52 allister w, mogni and sir_spectre) were on a road trip heading to the Rutherglen Mega event (staying in Corowa) for 3 days then winding our way home via Albury, Wangaratta, Bendigo and various other places in between. It was a great week with many more caches found than we expected. There were targeted caches, challenge caches, Ad Labs, events and various others to fulfill various statistics for the four of us. We were lucky with the weather, it rained a bit on our way over on Friday, then half a day after we left Wangaratta but on the whole it was great caching weather. We did drive a few slippery muddy roads, but nothing too bad. We also caught up with lots of people either at events or out in the field and enjoyed many great chats. All in all a fun time with lots of Victoria explored and then very tired when I arrived home. [^]

Quick find at GZ.

Thanks for the cache Jamin Appleford.

Stamped as JAMS - JJ52, alllister w, mogni, sir_spectre. All of these teams are from South Australia and after some major planning we managed to find approx 700 caches while being away for a week. Also qualifiied for a variety of challenges, found LGA's and had lots of laughs. Found while attending the Victorian Mega in Rutherglen.
Thanks

Day Four: Around Albury and Rutherglen again
Weather: At last, it doesn’t look like it could rain at any second.

Stuck with a choice of either of these two codes, I think I’d rather go geocaching. If not for this geocache, I don’t think I’d have noticed the goalposts - there’s a lot of signage to take in here. Not a hard find here - the cache is still warm from the last team, driving off as I arrived.

Thanks for pointing out this quirky plaque Jamin Appleford.

It’s officially a mega!
GCA1DNA - The Great Leap Forward
Adelaide, South Australia, February 29th 2024.
** WE HAVE WEBCAM CACHES! **
We’d love your company.

*The Rutherglen Mega Sunday Adventure #2*
SueHut and I are zipping over to meet team DesHut at The Big Brolga, to find some of the meagre collection of puzzles I've solved so far. But how could a Carlton supporter possibly drive past a cache honouring Ron Barassi?
Thanks heaps, Jamin Appleford!

Well it is finally time for The Rutherglen Mega and I was able to take a couple of extra days off work and come up early so I could get the most out of the Easter break.
After 4 big days and evenings the Mega is semi over as it has all been pack up.
A couple of events today as well as a few randoms and also chasing the clues for the FTF series so I can do them after lunch.
I have lost my caching buddy GemmaSistema as she had to head back home so I’m riding solo in this morning.
Day 5 and I’m heading off in all directions but I’m also heading back to Corowa to call in at the Whiskey factory to pay it a visit.
After making it back to the Mega site for lunch I then teamed up with Roaming Howie and OzHockeyChick to tackle the FTF series and any other random caches that we came across.
Thanks for the history lesson as I had not heard about the Barassi line before.
I didn’t notice the goal posts till I stopped at this cache and looked around.

Thanks Jamin Appleford TFTC.

Funny how you can drive past this area and not notice the goal posts. Have always been a fan of the great Ronald Barassi and was interested in the history of the Line.

Thank you Jamin Appleford for highlighting this area for us.

The JAMS (JJ52, allister w, mogni and sir_spectre) go mega... We came, we cached, we laughed, we hugged and we had a great time. All caches were replaced better than found.
Thanks to Jamin Appleford from mogni

quick find.
Found with JAMS (( JJ52, Allister w, Mogni, plus sir_spectre ) Mitchell&hound wasn't with us this trip) crew. All logs stamped as JAMS to save log space. This trip we are off to the Rutherglen Mega and then slowly coming back to S.A. for a total of 8 dys and 7 nights. The targets of this trip are for JJ52 to get 11 more multi to get to 1000 multi's and a few more Victorian LGA's, Allister W was targeting 17 virtuals ( or as many as he could get ) a few more Victorian LGA's Mogni to make the Rutherglen Mega her 20, 000 find and also for her to complete all Victoria LGA's, sir_spectre needs 1 more multi to get to 1000 multi's and get his Victoria LGS's down to 2 LGA's left. We got 20 or more finds in a LGA if we stayed in there over night. We also detoured to stamp any challenge caches that we were " in the general area off " and to complete that challenge before we came back to S.A. This meant that some times dirt road (s) had to be walked down because they were to wet to drive down and/or haven't been repaired since last years flooding. We started off the holiday in the rain and then that cleared up only to start raining and a overnight thunder storm but most of the trip was dry. Over 600 caches found for the trip including over 120 lab stages in that total. Got to complete the GPS Maze at the Rutherglen Mega for a 2nd time. Allister w was the team driver for all of the Victorian part of the trip. I think this was the first trip ever to Victoria that the extension pole didn't get used but the 6.2 meter ladder did get a work out.

Sydney can make claim to Ron Barassi for his work in developing AFL. in NSW. Nice stop and great find.

Up for the Rutherglen mega event. Quick find today. Topped up trades for you

Found this one with SciFiRulz TFTC

Found with PapaGrouch. We have driven past this spot a few times while going to and from our accommodation in Corowa to the mega in Rutherglen. It seemed silly not to stop and pick up the cache. I hadn't noticed the goal posts beside the road until we were stopping here and I read the information board. I actually met Ron Barassi once in passing, as we were having dinner in the same restaurant. TFTC

In the area attending the Rutherglen Mega event catching up with gwd.aussie, Sharon14 and Mezza74. After spending the morning caching the BBP series cherry picking caches this afternoon to achieve as many types in the day as I can and any other caches that may pop up in between.

Log sheets, if not signed with d@geo signed with the team name gds+m.

Thanks Jamin Appleford

In the company of The BookHawk we stopped for this cache after the Breathalyser stop and the cache was found easily. Our thanks to Jamin Appleford for the cache, a favourite for me.
Regards
MrCoffee and the "count to ten, but officer Collingwood supporters might have trouble" Coffee Clan.

In the area for the Rutherglen Mega. Teamed up with GWD.aussie, D@geo and Mezza74 to find some caches. Log sheets, if not signed with Sharon14 signed with the team name gds+m , S14. Thanks Jamin Appleford

Arrive to find two teams of cachers, talking to a local.
So we quickly sign the cache, and followed on of the teams though the mud to the next cache.

To save time and to not take up room on the logs we sometimes signed as GDS+M
Gwd.aussie = G , D@geo = D , Sharon14 = S , and Mezza74 = M
And other times with sign with our normal or shorted caching names.

Thank you for the hide Jamin Appleford

Finally at Rutherglen and here for a week caching as Team JALEAR (joojoo57, Aussie Liahona, Richmond Lad, Endeavour3, Team Astro and Deanside) Loads of caches found and signed as well as some interesting places visited. Thanks to all the COs who placed caches around the region for our enjoyment of finding.

i was on my way to NSW for a 2 states challenge cache.

I meant to stop and sign this one after the nearby Midnight Oil fun a few months ago.

Today made for an easy smiley.

I was soon on my way.

TFTC

Attending the Rutherglen Event.
Out caching with Kiscardi and Agazo. Signing as KAM.
I enjoyed the read up on this. Never heard of it. Mind you, they are both minority winter sports in NZ!!!
TFTC

Nice quick find while attending the mega. All is well with the cache.

Just one more? Ha ha

TFTC. Signed and returned. Found with aussie fun seakers.

A quick find with little blue wren on our way to Corowa
Signed log and replaced where found TFTC

I still don't understand why they don't just stop arguing over this line and just play a real game of football like they play in the US. TFTC.

In town for the mega, and decided to head over the border. Stopped to grab this little cache and to check out the Murray.
TFTC

Well I had heard of this line before today but did not know for sure where it was. But now I know.
Touring aournd today with Marchwood and Agazo picking up multis , ad labs and trads.
Thanks for placing jamin Appleford

Headed interstate today to find some caches and on the return journey, redeem some unfound caches and labs from previous days.

Heading to complete the rest of the winery labs with a little divergence to here. Glad I live on the correct side of the Barassi Line, as I don't understand the other game

TFTC SL TB's visited

In the region this weekend for all things Mega. Lots of events and a huge variety of caches to be found in this beautiful area.

Interesting read. Have driven past this a few times this week. Time to pick it up.

Thanks Jamin Appleford for placing for all to enjoy.

Interesting story & typical interstate attitude Many thanks

Found with some fellow cachers.

Goal posts

9:45:00 AM: (8 of 26)
Day 3 Rutherglen
decided to do some touring around the area.
Found during the Rutherglen Mega, from Canberra traveling with Tankengine, DTY73 and Youban

thanks Jamin Appleford

Found on a week long Mega trip with Roostaman,
Many caches, Adventures and events attended. .
Thanks for the cache Jamin Appleford,
***MrsRoosta***

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73, Youban and Mtrax on our Rutherglen Mega trip down south. - Nice find here! Thanks Jamin Appleford!

Out with dty73 and Tankengine and mtrax roaming the country roads. Quick find. Kutgw

Find # 11981

Rutherglen MEGA Long Easter weekend trip. Day 3 Good Friday.

Found with sharkiefan while spending time in the area caching n chatting and all things MEGA
This year with new tools and transport on board. Bike, ladder, poles and a variety of other items to help with the cache grabs.

Puzzles were all sorted before the weekend. Making way for the finds to come.
Plans sorted for cache attack days, between ladder climbing, power trail grabs and the large amount of ad labs in the area. Not to mention the MEGA site visits and numerous other events to attend.

My stat's of finds started at 11,886 ?? before leaving home. Let's see what the final numbers are at trips end for the MEGA.


TFTC Jamin Appleford

Found with FUF009. Day 2.
Out and about the Indigo Shire region. Another variety of AdLabs, a virtual, a couple of events, puzzles and wherigos.
FUF009 got to a milestone of 12,000 as well. I spent the afternoon volunteering at the Gadget cache AdLabs which was fun.
The rain held off for the most part while we were out of the car.
All in all a good day and I'll certainly sleep well again tonight. Tftc

Found it
TFTH
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Another day at the Mega Event and another day caching around Rutherglen and the surrounding areas with Tankengine, Youban and Mtrax.

It was a great day that started with some whiskey and chocolate tasting and ending with a pub meal with friends and chatting about all things caching.

This cache: Another quick find and while signing the log Wilbert turned up as well to say hello. Megas are great for running into friends. Tftc!!!

Found while attending the Rutherglen Mega, I had a great time caching and catching up with friends.

This is one of the caches found today. I appreciate the description on this cache, this was a part of sporting history I was not aware of, always learning something through caching.

Thanks Jamin Appleford for the cache.

TFTC

Found on a typical Autumn day with MrsRoosta,. .
Another found while at the Rutherglen Mega event.
Thanks for the cache Jamin Appleford,
***Roostaman***

Very happy to be heading to another Mega and this year we took leave the day before and after Easter to make it much more relaxing and enjoyable. Have to do that next Mega as well.
After arriving at midday and checking in to the accommodation we headed out to start on these WhereIGos and most were found ok but a few seemed to be a little bit out but we still had great fun and no DNF's which was a huge bonus. These roads were nice and quiet too with barely a car ever.
After a few streets of WhereIGOs we then made our way towards the dinner event and stopped at a few caches along the way and this was one of them.
Thanks Jamin Appleford for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

In The area for the Rutherglen Mega and found this cache.

Logs have been stamped/signed GUSHBSTDTT to sve space on the log

Thanks to Jamin Appleford for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

What a strange sign! Quick find, thanks

Nice easy find with lots of interesting facts about footy

Quick stop and grab to start off my geocaching mega weekend, have fun out there everybody :3

6 April 2023
This is find number: 7986
Streak Day: 2670

Found Today while in town for the Rutherglen Event.

Logs have been signed or stamped GUSHBSTDTT.

Thanks to Jamin Appleford for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Heigh hi heigh hi
Off to the mega we go!

Day one of the Rutherglen mega

Fantastic day to be caching with Spiffy- and Fleabag- and miss Mary muggle.

This cache series was a quick find after dinner in the dark, thanks for the placement and fun time

TFTC! 6 April 2023 2:43:41 pm 5225
Thanks for the history lesson. Made light work of this one.

Off to the Mega with Spiffy- and many others. All caches have been presolved in the 14 month lead up and other interesting caches flagged for collection to assist with various challenges or just because they looked fun!

Today was random day collecting puzzle art and whereigos. Loved the containers.

Thanks to Jamin Appleford for the fun and the adventure.

Found Today while in town for the Rutherglen Event.

Logs have been signed or stamped GUSHBSTDTT to save room on the log

Find Number 2100

Found while caching on our way to mega BSTD.

Thanks Jamin Appleford for placing this cache

In the area for the Rutherglen Mega Event.

To save space on logs we have signed or stamped with GUSHBSTDTT for all teams initials.
TFTC

Found as part of team GUSHBSTDTT - TFTC

Just a quick find while I here in town for the mega event TFTC

Find number 8098

The Booos are in the area for The Rutherglen Event.

To save space on logs we have signed or stamped with GUSHBSTDTT for all teams initials.



Thanks for placing this cache

Interesting but there is only one code really. We all know what that is in Victoria.
Thanks for the fun and info Jamin Appleford
Logged as BAB6