#005 The PS Series Victoria, Australia
By MilduraGeoCrew on 12-Mar-20. Waypoint GC8N6V9

Found on a fun day out and about - TFTC

Found with friends caching the rest of the PS series today. We have enjoyed travelling the back roads .Logged as EGS. TFTC

Arrived in the area Sunday, focused on finding some of the Paddle Steamer series. Today was our second day finding them, and we did well. A couple of DNF, but mostly found. Caching with Shandyk and Earthlight, we signed the log as EGS. Thanks for putting out a great series. We had fun over 2 days getting as many as we could (Around 340).

Taking a few days off work so I can get away to Mildura for a long weekend. Of course I stopped for a few caches along the way. Perfect conditions to be outside and geocaching. Day 2 of my long weekend and it was time make a start on the Paddle Steamer power trail. I managed to solve all the puzzles in advance of my trip so all that was left was to go find them. On a solo mission so I had to spread it over 2 gruelling days. It was hot and dusty but thankfully the roads were largely empty - I only saw two other cars over the two days. The western half was completed on the first day and the Eastern half completed on the second day. Only 4 DNFs out of the 350 caches which is pretty good going consider I was solo. My 2WD car was getting a bit of a workout. Some sandy bogs in places but I made it through without incident. Despite the 4 DNFs, it is very rewarding to see the sea of smilies on the map. Thank you MilduraGeoCrew, for placing #005 The PS Series for the geocaching community.# # #15712 # #

We're back in the area and today we hope to finish as many of our outstanding Paddle Steamers as possible. We did most of them this time last year and now we want to clean them out, got them all except five, one was a DNF and four were higher than we could reach and replace. We saw lots of emus and kangaroos on our cruise around these back roads and had a great time, TFTC and the puzzles

I have been wanting to come to this extraordinary place for longer than I can remember.........My husband dalerious introduced me to this wonderful geoart when we first met, and informed me that although he had visited and signed every cache here, he did not log them all electronically. I went on to explain to him that there are no coincidences, and the reason he didn't log them was because he knew that one day he would visit this beautiful area with me.We thoroughly enjoyed 2 full days driving, walking and jogging (me the latter), and signing the majority of the caches in the series.Unfortunately, there were a string of trads that were no longer there, and a few of the containers were out in the open and some were chewed. But all in all, the majority were in good condition with plenty of room in the log for future finders.Some caches experienced cache creep, probably because the hide had suffered damage. Limbs broken off and the like.We saw plenty of sign of the diverse fauna that reside here, but mainly only Red and Grey Kangaroos, one dead goat, one dead snake, and one very live fox.We were here in the early morning, as well as the night; and the night sky was spectacular. Thank you so much for keeping this dynamic series going. Awesome effort MilduraGeoCrew.

A big day out today with Bogonghazy and Sorceysal to tick off this amazing series. We managed to complete the series in one day with only 4 dnfs. Thanks to Sorceysal for solving the puzzles and for MGC for an awesome series. Highlight was seeing a mob of emus running through the bush

A massive day for LittleBoss2, Sorceysal and I as we attempted to complete the entire series in one day. With only 4 dnfs, we did the last 20 or so with the Headtorches on, but we got there. Kangaroos, emus, wild pigs, goats and a couple of bearded dragons also played cameos. A massive thanks to MGC for this huge contribution to our great game. We were also astounded at the accuracy of the coords on such a large scale. Brilliant work, cheers

I had solved these puzzles a couple of years ago but thought I would never do them on my own so when an invitation came from bogonghazy and littleboss 2 to join them on a caching and golf trip to Mildura, I jumped at the chance. We attempted to do the series all in one day and with only 4 dnf's and having to find the last 20 in the dark with head torches, we had a group hug for a very successful day. We saw lots of wildlife (emus, kangaroos, wild pigs, frill necked lizards, parrots) and fortunately no slithery things. Thanks MilduraGeoCrew for an awesome series that must have taken so much work to put out and maintain. I really appreciate your efforts.

Sun had eaten the original lid, new lid now in place.

After having a quiet day yesterday it was time to tackle the Paddle Steamer Series. We had solved the puzzle components starting before Covid hit and then finalizing them during that time as we worked with our eldest grandson on his home learning.Setting out reasonably early in the morning it was a cool start to the day, but that soon turned into a marvelous day to be out and about. Warm sunshine, blue skies and only the faintest hint of a breeze. The roads the caches were on today were good country gravel roads with little traffic, although it will take some time to get all the dust out of the car. During our travels we saw kangaroos, emus and many different birds. Some beautiful parrots. A few wild goats were encountered and we believe it is they that have inflicted some damage on a number of caches.Coordinates for the caches were spot on which made searching a much easier and quicker task. There were some tee climbs, but nothing we needed to deploy the TOTT for.Congratulations to the Mildura Crew on a really well developed series of geoart so far.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache MilduraGeoCrew.**SKI Pair****

Thanks to the MilduraGeoCrew for this Paddle Steamer Trail.A cold morning turned into a mild day with some sun and then clouds.We saw lots of kangaroos and emus early on this morning along with lots of parrots and other birds. We saw sheep and cattle as well.We searched for this cache for a considerable amount of time and were unable to find it. There is a good chance that it is gone. We have replaced it with a film canister sized container until the CO can check it.

Tftc. Series description at number 1.

So back out to the PSS for day 2. Yesterday we learnt the Park was closing for a controlled burn off, so we basically had to find all the caches that were in the park. Oh Lord that was going to be a big job for us. Perfect day for it and again a big thank you to the MilduraGeoCrew for a great day of caching. We had a ball today. Saw a great load of wildlife. Not just a fabulous array of birdies which included emus escaping out headlights but a lovely silvery snake and heaps of roos. We were pretty late leaving the park tonight but really wanted to finish the leftover caches. Slow trip out but it was worth it. All caches were found and in great condition, GZ very accurate on most. If there were any issues will note here. Thanks again for a great series.

Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink but the curves and bends along this road simulate the shape of water without the necessity of Geo art. How clever. TheRobbos3266 and I are back again today after finding about 40 yesterday and with todays aim to complete Settlement Road caches Those caches just kept coming and coming and we just kept finding and finding. A beautiful day that ended with a blazing sunset before we had quite found them all So to achieve our aim the last few caches became night caches which just added to the fun WooHoo Tired and hungry it was in to RedCliffs for a late meal. Great day and great company It was a huge achievement for us but Im absolutely in awe of the MilduraGeoCrew for all the work they have put in to plan and place the Paddlesteamer Series for us to enjoy. So huge huge thanks

Glad to be back here and finally attempt these caches.tmann421 and I tried to get down to these in 2022 after all the rain in the area but the roads were impassable in our two wheel drive vehicle.Really enjoyed this trail with great finds in mainly easy locations.Most containers we found were in great conditionSigned tm/ww NZ

*Another nice find in the PS Series with woolwood9 today.* We did all the caches over 3 days - this is day 3, we were at the first cache for the day at 7-45am.Great hot weather, dusty roads with a few soft patches but no real problems.Over the 3 day period we only saw 2 cars so was great to park basically anywhere on the road!*Thanks, MilduraGeoCrew for putting this cache series out for us to visit.* We tried for these in 2022 but the timing couldn't be worse with the flooding in the area.SL *tm/ww NZ*Soon located, only a few were tough to find with good co-ords throughout.Most containers in good order, some of the lids have become brittle with sun damage. First finders this year on this section!

Konie and I are heading south and west on an adventure. Today, we decided to head out to make a start on the paddle steamer series. Next, we came to this cache. A quick find was made and the log signed before we continued on our way. TFTC

Out with Selva Girls today doing the Paddle Steamer series. Lots of interesting hides and containers with good coords. Log signed and all returned as found.Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for me and others to enjoy. TFTC MilduraGeoCrew

Just the two of us slowly assembling the Steamer. Thanks to the MilduraGeoCrew for this adventure tftc

Found while on our winter sojourn into Victoria. Visiting wonderful sights, learning history of the area and finding smileys.
TFTC

Found

Out doing the PS series signing as MMA. Kutgw

I'm trying to catch up on logging as many drafts as I can before the end of the year (tonight) in preparation for my New Years Resolution to log within a month of finding a cache. Only this time next year will see how I go with that ??Tankengine, Youban and I teamed up with our Canberra Caching mates to collect some of the series around here, plus a few extras. This series was very well done. This cache was found all good. Tftc!!!

Finally made it to this geoart after lots of puzzle solving and arranging. Saw it come out and was determined to get here one day. Travelled over with a group from Canberra and today is the day we attack it. Group includes Kittykatch, Joolay, Tankengine, dty73, Youban, Gliss!, nibbletricecakes and Albida33 plus my cousin as a newbie TLSARC. Caches signed as MMA23 (Mildura May Adventures 2023). Tftc Mildura Geocrew

Out to tackle the Paddlesteamer with a lovely bunch of Canberra friends! Always fantastic to be able to get away for a long weekend of caching together. Loved the red dust and the crazy caching trails. Thanks for all the hard work from COs make and maintain these caches. Called our trip the Mildura May Adventure so signed as MMA or MMA23 today. Great to be caching with you KLSARC, GLISS! Albida33, Kittykatch, Barb2e, Joolay, Tankengine, DTY73 and youban. Thanks for a great weekend everyone. Thanks for the cache.

Southern Autumn adventure Day 53. Mildura Paddle Steamer Trip Day 2. Today was the day, we set out early to get as much of the Paddle Steamer done as possible. We signed as MAA, Mildura Autumn Attack and we consisted of Nibletricecakes, Gliss!, Joolay, Kitty Katch, Barb2e, Tankengine, dty73, Youban and Albida33. We soon fell into a rhythm and we managed over three quarters of the art work today before we ran out of fuel and light. That was alright, we were keen to get back for the dinner event where we would meet the cache team responsible for the massive geo art. We had a great day and I know I enjoyed it. There is a little bit more to do tomorrow before getting on to the Turtle caches.

Thanks for the cache MilduraGeoCrew

42847.52 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2016 Silver for the Boatman A#351

**Albida**

Mildura Paddlesteamer
I joined a group of Canberra cachers to tackle the caches around Mildura. Signed as MMA (Mildura May Adventurers).

Thanks for the hide MilduraGeoCrew

Found while on a fabulous weekend away to Mildura to complete the Paddlesteamer & Turtle geoarts, and various trads, multis + gadget caches. The Canberra crew included Nibletricecakes, joolay, kittykatch, youban, dty73, tankengine, barb2e, Klsarc & albida33. We signed as Mildura May Adventures 23 (MMA or MMA23). Unless otherwise mentioned, all caches were quickly found. TFTC.

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 youban Kittykatch Joolay NRC GLISS Barb2e Albida on our mini Mildura invasion! Signed MMA - Mildura May Adventurers! Thanks MilduraGeoCrew!

Day 3 of our Mildura Madness run and the gang is all here . Really looking forward to looking around. Signing as MMA23 or MMA. (Mildura May Adventures)

Thanks for getting me out and about MilduraGeoCrew

Chasing the Sun and the P.S. series while tackling a few challenges. This is one of the easier caches I found today.

?????????????????????????????????????????????????? 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 - ?? Mildura Geo Crew ?? [^]????????????????????????????????????????????

Staying in Mildura for a few days, so what better way to spend a day or so than making a start on the Paddle Steamer series. All the puzzles were worked out in the previous weeks, Most were reasonably quick finds with only a few requiring a detailed search. Only a couple of roos were sighted and the area was remarkably free of flies.

TFTC

Accompanied ALL7, crank1, Dutchaus, Deafphathom,Everlasting..

Fantastic run boat series, wow long long way to get caches on gravel road (red dirty)..
Enjoyed solved this puzzles

All of followings some of happened..
Some of missing
Some of damage lid
Some of searched to found 20mts out ,(maybe windy make cache roll over from GZ)

Heaps of webs with obey spider nearby cache (yuk)
Some of saw kangaroos and emu and lizards

Awesome enjoyed runs well, flattened out with stuff legs…
Sign in “6ACDDE” (63ROOS ALL7, crank1, Dutchaus, Deafphathom,Everlasting)..
TFTM

Found the cache and logged the log with Everlasting Deaf Phantom 63Roos DutchAus All7 as 6ACDDE MilduraGeoCrew, Thank you so much for placing it.

AMAZING RUN SERIES so long way drive, so great enjoed around for 8 hours, wow worn out my legs by ins outs ...
Also some of caches was show on ground and some of missing so replaced new for you...

Signed the log as 6ACDDE (63ROOS, 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

Found it all day with four cars team geez made us tired ! With 6ACDDE TFTC

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

Whoo love the gravel roads and caches. Rain windy cold warm bl…..y millions flies. Saw few hares hopping fast, kangaroos and emus

Thank you for the cache and hunt.

After completing all puzzles last week and getting 178 caches yesterday I was back for day 2 of the paddle steamer series!! A long day starting at 6:30am and finishing at 4pm. Managed to get the remaining 171 caches without any DNFs. Some took a while, but most were quick. Thank you for all the hard work put into this awesome series!!

Today we started the PS series and enjoyed the drive on the roads less travelled. All the caches we found were in good condition and some were easier to find than others.

A lot of work has gone into creating placing and maintaining this series. Thanks to the placement teams for a great series.

# 14807 Found and logged at 11:13:00 AM
Spent another day today on the paddleweaeer series
Thanks for the cache MilduraGeoCrew
Lgoody

We have come up to Mildura for the Paddleboat Series as well as the Turtle series having finished all the puzzles some time ago. This is day 3 of searches for this series. Apologies for generic logs as in most cases the containers were quick finds along a deserted road. In the main the road surface was good. The GPS coordinates were very accurate for all the caches. Thanks to MilduraGeoCrew for the puzzle and cache.

Full time nomads visiting Mildura to finally tackle the Paddle Steamer with iluvtrekking. Way back in March 2020 we were on a cruise to Tasmania with iluvtrekking when Covid hit. They headed back to WA but we kept nomading about SA. Last month a plan was hatched to meet up again after we had been working at Mundi Mundi Bash at Broken Hill.

So now we are together again cruising our way through the PS series. Thankfully the puzzles were all solved before hand mostly in June 2020 druing lockdown (sitting in our computers just teasing us to get here to collect the smilies.)

What a fun few days we have had. We were delayed a few days thanks to the storm that hit whilst we were in Mildura. Good thing we did wait too, as there were definitely a few spots where the mud is still drying out but otherwise the tracks are in great condiiton.

Lovely to be driving about this region with the lush looking crops and even some wildflowers. We camped 3 nights all up and enjoyed sitting by the fire spotting satelites and planes, and wondering where the planes were coming and going too. [?]

Fantastic fun this trail thanks so much for all the hard work, placing, setting puzzles and maintaining. We found 1 cache that something had been having a feast on the lid so we have replaced the lid as we had 1 on board but otherwise all caches were found in good order.

The Coords and Terrain rating all seemed spot on. The climbing was manageable without a TOTT for our climbers all bar 2. **You definitely deserve a round of applause and many many fave points.**

TFTC MilduraGeoCrew

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure, and yes, we know we have wandered across the border.

We have teamed up with FelixII, our main aim, a leisurely cruise on the Paddle Steamer. A great series all caches were found in good condition and without problem. Thanks MilduraGeoCrew

Our thanks to the COs who have been Geo-tour guides for the last 5 months. But time is nigh, we will have to head West again soon.

Came out here to find a few cache, well we spent all day doing it!
The SAGC crew we had put together worked well.
Most were found in a timely manner, some we just couldn't see for the trees, so the next person just walked straight up to it! Many blended in very well too. lol
A great day out, finishing off with camping out at the Community Event.
Thanks for all the work going into setting and maintaining this huge trail...
Great work...
TNLNSL

A big weekend of events over 3 States in 3 Days and an even bigger day doing the PS Series caches with the SAGC Team

Another fun find along the journey
Cheers & TFTC MilduraGeoCrew

Had a big day on this, the second day of my trip to Mildura for the tri-state events to celebrate International Geocaching day. Went south to the edge of the Murray-Sunset National Park to see how many of The Paddle Steamer series I could find. Managed to find all 142 looked for, and for the icing on the cake, made the Community Celebration Campout at Murray-Sunset event my 12,000th smilie.
Thanks to the MilduraGeoCrew for all the work involved in creating and maintaining this great series.
Cache #12005

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

A big weekend of events over 3 States in 3 Days and an even bigger day doing the PS Series caches with the SAGC Team (South Australian Geocaching Crew).

Thanks to the CO's for the effort on putting out this series. It just seemed to go on forever but got it finished in the end.

The day culminated with a Campout near the centre of the geoart around a campfire, reminiscing about the weekend that was.

Well we paddled and paddled.

It was great to find the caches during the day and camp out at GC8HJC7 Event Cache Community Celebration Campout at Murray-Sunset. The caches were signed by our small group as SAGC. We really did need to camp out here to find these. But that was the fun part too. There was a fire. There was a BBQ with steak. There were refreshments and much merriment. This is what caching is about. The good 'ol days were revived tonight - thanks to everyone that came to the camp and had fun on the trail.

This was found on part of an 8 EVENT MADNESS in 3 state trip with four-fun. We cached, we kept hydrated, labbed, swagged and we paddled. Most of all we met lots of people an made new friends.

Thanks to MilduraGeoCrew and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^]

27 June 2022
11:01 am
2198

Hi MilduraGeoCrew, I found #005 The PS Series today.

Many thanks MilduraGeoCrew for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.

Spent the day relying on Weirdobikers phone and that worked really well in most of the locations today. A great set of puzzles and a great day caching. 133 was the total before we turned back for Mildura due to kangaroo jumping time. Found every single cache we looked for, all were in great condition. We also had no trouble on the still slightly damp roads in my 2wd car.

We’ve done quite a few of the puzzle caches along this road and we’ve decided to do a few of the traditionals as well before heading home
I’m really impressed with the coordinates being spot on for this series

After 2 years of this being published it was always a matter of when to do this series so the plan was hatched for this series, we completed 114 day 1 and the remains day 2, all caches were found in great condition apart from 2 missing and needing to be replaced. Great to see some tree climbing in it too.

A trip to Victoria with Freddo for 3 days to complete the paddle steamer and find a few caches in Mildura and along the way to and from, all the caches were signed respective of the day FG23, FG24, FG25 or our own caching names.
Total of 468 finds for the trip

Thanks for a great series

Left a good job in the city,
Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day,
And I never lost one minute of sleepin',
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.

Big wheel keep on turnin',
Paddle Steamer keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

Found a lot of caches in Nevada,
Hid a lot of caches in Adelaide,
But I never saw the good side of the sunset country
'Til the covid pandemic was over.

Big wheel keep on turnin',
Paddle Steamer keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

The cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. 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.

I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count.

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...

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

I’m having this week off as others at work had the Easter break off so it was my turn and another trip up North to Mildura was planned.
I was able to leave Melbourne nice and early to get a few caches in before reaching my destination for the night which was Culgoa.
So after a great feed and a couple of beers and of course great accomodation at the Kaneira Hotel it was time to head to Mildura and see how many of the Paddle Steamer series I could find.
I had worked out all of the puzzles for this series not long after the series was published and of course work, distance, time off and Covid all got in the way of coming up this way and now was the time.
The tracks off the main gravel roads where a tad slippery and muddy in spots and a bit more colour was added to the Geocruiser along the way.
Thanks to the teams for all of the effort in putting this series out.

Thanks MilduraGeoCrew TFTC.

On this Easter break we went out to Mildura for the Paddle Steamer series.
We started in Mildura with the LabCache. It was very nice to walk along the Murray river.
Then we reached the first cache. We solved all the puzzles a few weeks ago. The first day was just half day with about 120 caches. Nobody on the track, perfect for quick and easy finds.
The second day was the toughest with 200 caches. Our body started to be tired so we stopped there and kept the last 30 for the next morning.
During the weekend we camped at Rocket lake. Very nice and quiet campsite. The sunset and sunrise were awesome. And we had perfect weather for the full weekend.
We really enjoyed doing this series. We love solving GeoArt ! All the GZ were spot on. We did only 3 maintenances for the missing containers.

Well done to MilduraGeoCrew for the very good job with this steamer boat.
Thanks for the series and thanks for the fun.

TFTC smile 12516 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather, enjoying a trip to South Australia to cache the Bike Series ( get ready to pedal) we are off on our bikes, first day 184,, second day 157 third day??? to Adelaide we go looking for oldies and any good caches

signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, MilduraGeoCrew, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Day 23 of our southern trip. First day of the PS Series. We are Team 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

Starting at daylight, we set off the decorate the Paddle Steamer with yellow smiley faces. We allocated two days to do the series, with day one and the major day aiming for at least 250 to be found.

It was a lot of fun, setting the GPSs, overshooting the mark and backing up, cleaning out or replacing any damaged caches, and of course, adding our group name to the log.

Today we encountered only one lone Kangaroo, wh9 came out of the bush and onto the road, and skipped up the road and over the rise until he/she was out of sight. Oh, and we saw a couple of lizard/skinks crossing the road. Fortunately all survived.

Overall, the roads were in very good condition, and could easily be traversed by and standard 2WD vehicle. It is true - MOST of the area has no mobile phone service.

We met but one other person - a local who stopped to enquire as to our wellbeing. His number plate as "OL JOHN".

A very pleasant day - maximum temperature was around the 29degree mark.

Log signed and cache replaced as found. TFTC, MilduraGeoCrew

Perfect summers day to do this lovely geoart with hatzofff, grannysmith1947 & RoddyC. (All logs signed as Team 44 QLD)
Having a terrific time on the trails as most co-ords were near perfect which made finding the caches much easier & quicker. Thanks MilduraGeoCrew for all the time and hard work that went into placing this Geo Art for our benefit

Day 23 of our southern trip. It is our plan to do the Paddle Steamer geoart today. Much cooler day.

Caching and travelling with RoddyC snickersallan and grannysmith1947. Signed as Team 44 Qld.

We finished our day when the shadows were getting long.

TFTCache MilduraGeoCrew

Tackling paddlesteamer caches with Wollaston and Liz&Bruce with Honeysucker our driver.

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 MilduraGeoCrew

Find # 6538

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Honeysucker, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC MilduraGeoCrew
Find #7716 at 10:38.

Out doing the series today with Wollaston and SeasonedBird and with Honeysucker doing the driving. Perfect day for caching thanks for arranging MilduraGeoCrew.

Day 7: SA/Vic Christmas holiday trip

Last Christmas holidays, fitzy_1965 and I (along with two geo-kids, Death Killer & my_name_jeff_1) headed to SA to visit family whilst we could, and to collect as many counties and caches as possible along the way. We decided even before getting home that we needed to go back. The added incentive of more On You Bike series sealed the deal. Fast forward through 2021 (because who wants to remember that), and here we are again. This time with extra company in the form of Sol de lune, Smittengranny and albida33.

Today we were out to finish off the Paddlesteamer Series. We headed to the far end to drive with our backs to the sun. A much nicer way than what we had done yester. Once finished we headed into Mildura for a few more caches before a nice dinner at the Mildura Brewery Pub…. One of the few places open on a Sunday. Tomorrow we head home.

All caches were signed as FMSS and were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned.

The decision was made to joined in the South Australia tour to hit up the On Ya Bike series with fitzy_1965, Minniek, Smittengranny and Albida33 (who had driven up from his Christmas visit to Adelaide). After getting across the SA border with only a stop for one of us to be (re) tested, we headed to our camping area at Loxton and set up camp.

Day on the Paddle Steamer series and we headed out early in the morning to try an avoid the heat. We were somewhat successful, but with 210 caches required to complete the series, it was still an almost 9 hour day. Again the caches we found were all in good condition and mostly found quickly, however there were the few that stumped us for a few minutes, but all ended with a find. To save space the logs were signed as FMSS, for fitzy_1965, Minniek, Smittengranny and Sol de Lune. After finishing the series and grabbing a few other caches in town, we ended up having dinner and beers at the Mildura Brewery, and that was a very pleasant way to finish the day and our trip.

Thanks to the MilduraGeoCrew for the caches and of course thanks for adding to the fun of our 7 day adventure/road trip.

26,473. Found with minniek, Sol de Lune and Smittengranny during our post Christmas / New Year trip over to South Australia and Victoria to tackle the On Your Bike and Paddle Steamer series among many other caches.

Today our aim was to complete the Paddle Steamer, then grab a few more caches around Mildura before a relaxing dinner to celebrate what has been a fantastic trip. Signed as FMSS. This was another long hot day.

When minniek and I were in South Australia in January this year (2021) doing the On Your Bike series of (then) 100 Wherigo caches, we were talking to the CO who mentioned that a whole lot more were soon to be published, and they were - 512 more ! So once back home we set about solving all those new ones which was at least something to do during 'stay at home' orders effecting us. Then once they were all solved we planned a trip over to grab them. Then just to add to the fun the latest 152 were published just in time for us to spend time solving them all so we could get the whole set. With our caching friends Sol de Lune, Smittengranny and albida33 this series was our main aim, but with the 'Around the World in 81 caches' series, various solved puzzles and the Paddle Steamer as standby if we got the time.

We managed some BIG days caching and finished off the On Your Bike series in three days, then attempted the mammoth 'Around the World in 81 caches' series and some lovely high/rare D/T caches - all in searing summer heat peaking at over 40 degrees ! Once they were finally completed we headed over to the Mildura region for another two blistering hot days doing the Paddle Steamer series. After camping for five nights we finally relented and got hotel rooms for the last two nights and worked the air conditioning to the bone.

All in all an amazingly fun time was had, and we have all made room in our calendars for when the next part of the On Your Bike series is published - no pressure ! Highlights included many of the fun tree climbs, the pole caches which increased our skills at the recovery and replacements of those styled caches, and the relaxed times and banter around the camp site at the end of each tiring day - including New Years Eve !

Thanks to all the COs for contributing their caches to our fun times, and I must apologise for the generic logs as we did find well over one thousand caches which now require logging !

Another hot day in SA and Victoria as Sol de Lune, Minniek, Fitzy and I continued our caching expedition to make as many finds as we could in this wonderland of caches. I can't believe how many we actually found with no DNFs eventually, even though we replaced a couple and had to visit some GZs twice to ensure we had no sad blue faces on our maps.

I am home again now and sitting in the relative cool of a local shopping mall. It was a most enjoyable trip and I thank my travelling companions, including Minniek's two sons for the pleasure of their company and their support and encouragement to keep going with over 1000 finds in SA and Victoria.

All logs were signed as FMSS or similar and I admit that sometimes I dated the logs as 2021 instead of 2022! I am sure that this will be plainly obvious to following cachers. Huge thanks to all the COs for placing the multitude of caches.

TFTC, grabbed this series with Algae , this is our third trip back to the area to finish off this series… as well as to celebrate Algae’s 50th birthday today we got 137 from this series our biggest day yet. We off to NSW tomorrow for some more adventures.

Back to finish off the Series with Shumba7 in one final push of 137. Thanks for the series. No snakes but plenty of hairy spiders to keep you awake.

It was absolutely perfect weather today, with a cool start before the day warmed up and a nice breeze. Just the right sort of day to go out on a major caching expedition with ilook4geo. The paddle steamer was still our focus and we have managed to fill in a large part of the geo art with happy smiley faces. Many thanks go to MilduraGeoCrew for placing all these caches.

Doing another chunk of the PS series today with goingplaces2. Most caches were found easily, co-ords were good and we enjoyed the day. TFTC.

In March this year we visited the Paddle Steamer Geoart and found about 200 over two days. We returned today hoping to complete the excellent series over today and tomorrow. During our previous visit we became familiar with the type of hides and that made today much easier.

This was a straightforward puzzle. Accurate coordinates and sensible hides led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks MilduraGeoCrew for this cache and an excellent series.

This was our on of the main reasons for heading up this way for a few days away with the crew knocking out the massive Paddle Steamer series. With plenty of sunshine and with good company we set off on what was to be a epic trip tackling this geoart series, really enjoyed getting off the beaten track and following our gps as we travelled on the back roads of the region and managed to knock out quite a few smilies for our efforts. Many thanks MilduraGeoCrew for the placement and set up of these puzzles and hides.

*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.

After grabbing the prerequisite coffee and fuel, we made our way to the PSS. Saw many different types of wildlife along the way and the wind also introduced a few 'tubbleweeds' to some of the tracks. I have seen many wonderful sights, a fantastic variety of hides and taken many photos around this fantastic area A overcast but fine but at times windy and dusty day but we managed to find all caches today. No real trouble finding any of the caches today as we stopped every now and then for a cuppa / cold drink and a snack. A great day had by all.

Thanks for the cache MilduraGeoCrew. Appreciate your efforts.
Stamped log and returned as found.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

Cache on!
**#16252**

Found by Rebel Acts

In Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and The Empire. After having these solved for some time and holds up getting here due to Covid the planets had finally aligned and today was the day to do the The Paddle Steamer Series and a few other caches in the area.

We had a great day out on the trails with perfect weather for caching with all caches in the series found.


Thanks MilduraGeoCrew for the cache.

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. Today we attacked and concered the Paddle Steamer Series. It was a long day, and a shower at the end, was most rewarding.
They were good containers and there were some great hides of different terrains. It was an enjoyable day with lots a laughs and fun.

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

Found by The Empire
Here in Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and now joined by Rebel Acts for the series today. After much planning, the day has come - The Paddle Steamer Series.

We were able to cruise around in the mostly overcast weather, finding all of the caches in the series without too many troubles. Stopping occasionally for a drink and some snacks, and of course, some Kangaroos and a few wild goats! We came across some closed gates but were either able to navigate around them or go through them to get to where we needed to be.

My thanks to the MilduraGeoCrew - for the puzzles, the adventure lab, the whole series (the geoart looks great) and getting us out to lovely Mildura.
- M

Omegaman1971

After so much planning and multiple delays due to covid and other events it was finally great to be out doing the paddle steamer series.

I can only imagine how long it took the CO to place all of the caches in such a remote location.
The day was long and dusty but well worth the effort for such a fun day of caching.

And I think we definitely picked the right time of year to smash this series. Not too hot. not too cold just perfect. We managed to complete this series with no DNF's

A massive thanks and congratulations to the Midura Geocrew for such a great series.

This cache was found during a week long geo vacation, spanning 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 & myself. With feathertop joining "The Mob" for the SA leg of the geo vacation.
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this fab group of people and meeting new friends

The day was warm, the flies annoying and the roads were dusty.
All containers and logs were found in good condition.

Your effort in placing and maintaining this series are greatly appreciated

TFTC MilduraGeoCrew

What a great series - coordinates were good, hides were fairly straight forward, the roads were generally wide, and fine for 2WD and 4WD vehicles alike. It was great that the puzzles were straight forward to solve too.

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

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 celcius).

A sincere thanks to MilduraGeoCrew for placing these caches, it was an enjoyable series, completed over 2 days. [^]

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 and it also looked like it could be rather wet there.

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.

Day 2 of the trip and Day 1 of The PS Series.
All puzzles in this series were solved prior to the trip.
This series was dry and dusty mostly straight forward finds with a few tree climbs thrown in for good measure.

Thanks for the placement and maintenance of this series MilduraGeoCrew

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.

Day 2 of our trip away and it was time to start the Paddle Steamer Series. Our on the trail today "The Mob" consisted of GoodLook, The Drovers, LiB, FurfacesLL and myself. The roads were in good condition for both 2WD and 4WD's, lots of red dust gathered in the clothes and the car, plenty of wildlife spotted and lots of caches stamped. We got through a large chunk of the PS Series today leaving only a small portion to complete on Day 3.

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

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.

Day 1 of the PS series, travelling the dry and dusty roads.
We spotted lots rabbits and large kangaroos.
Most caches were easy pick ups with the odd tree climb.
Several of the containers had been chewed by animals, one had to be replaced.
Many thanks for placing this series, MilduraGeoCrew, for us and others to find.

In Mildura for a few days, caching around town and on the Paddle Steamer run. All caches found in good order and with accurate coordinates. Thanks to MilduraGeoCrew for the caches.

Found on a fine Autumn day for a country drive.
On a visit to Mildura for a PS adventure.
Not a single muggle or vehicle along Settlement Rd all day.
Only saw a few Roos and Emus on the trail too.
Mostly good accurate co-ordinates on this part of the trail.
Thanks for the cache and the great series MilduraGeoCrew,
***Roostaman ***

Who in their right mind would attempt picking up 350 geocaches in a day? The JAMS would. After an 18 month geocaching hiatus, this March long weekend I tagged along with the JAMS (today caching as the 'Mystery Randoms') who headed to Mexico with solved puzzles and iron determination. I easily smashed my previous record of 100 caches in a day. We definitely earned our pub dinner. There were a lot of cache guardians (including a cute bearded dragon), and a helluva lot of red dust. Many thanks to the Mildura caching community for creating an entertaining geo-destination. TFTC! See you again soon.

A day I don't think I will ever forget. The Mystery Randoms(JJ52, mogni, BratKat, Sir Spectre and I) have traveled to Mildura to do this series. This is going to look good on our maps. JJ52 and Mogni and BratKat did all of the work in finding the spots, I got to find a heap of caches which is always fun. Logging them all is not as much. We got to the first cache at approximately 8:30am and at around 5pm we had finished the whole lot. Great to find all same containers on a long series like this but good to find them in different places. Great area with beautiful views. The trees changed completely in one section which was great. The red sands are also a nice cushion when doing lots of walking and great contrast to the native vegetation. I didn't see any legged or not legged lizards. I did encounter lots of spider webs but none like the monster web and spider JJ52 walked into. TFTCs MilduraGeo Crew

A plan was made for a group of us, (mogni, sir_spectre, allister w, BratKat and myself) to head over to Mildura for the long weekend as the borders are now open and we wouldn't have to quarantine on the way back. [^]
Two of us spent a long time solving all the puzzles in the Turtle and Paddle Steamer series along with the other puzzles around Mildura, but they were put away waiting for the time when we could get over to find the caches.
We had a very busy weekend and managed to find all of the Turtle and Paddle Steamer caches along with some of the high favourited caches, an Adventure Lab, one night cache, quite a few gadget caches and a couple of water caches...and then we ran out of time.
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and had a great time finding lots of different caches and we will have to make a return trip to find those that we didn't get around to.
All caches stamped "Mystery Randoms" [^]

A huge day completing all the PS Series.

Thanks for the cache MilduraGeoCrew.

A group of South Australians jumped to border in to Victoria for the long weekend. The group was Allister W, JJ52, Mogni, Sir_spectre, and BratKat. All logs stamped as " Mystery Random's ". We left Adelaide and headed over to Mildura. The target for the puzzlers was to clear the highway caches then complete the " Turtle series " and the " Paddle Steamer series " since they had solved all the puzzles before coming over. My target was the D5/T5 underwater field puzzle and also hoping to get up to 13000 finds this trip ( that was achieved ). Once those goals where filled we mainly targeted caches with high favourite points and started on the many multi's that are in Mildura. I highly enjoyed the field puzzles and themed caches from the locals and sorry to say that we only did 1 of the night caches. On the 2nd night after doing 356 caches during the day it bucketed down that night and we had a beer/wine or two instead. We will be back, maybe not this year, but it will be the sooner, not later.

A long weekend with a big plan. A group attack on the powertrails near Mildura. Two of us solved all the puzzles and then covid hit so they got put into the get around to it one day basket... Covid back under control so a plan was hatched to go interstate for the first time in over a year and be allowed to return without having to isolate for 2 weeks. Joined up with sir_spectre, JJ52, Allister W and Bratkat. We cached as the mystery randoms which suited us while well. Both powertrails were found and we managed to grab a few others while travelling around. I am usually a regular visitor Mildura but it had been a couple of years between trips. I am sure we will all be back to complete the many great caches we researched but din't have time to find. Thanks for a great weekend.
Thanks to MilduraGeoCrew from mogni

Out with Scramping, Hevwalker, AnyMules and Triggerfish (SHAT for short, and in the logs).

The Paddle Steamer Geoart was our main goal for today. We enjoyed solving the puzzles and coming to make the finds.

Thanks for the cache MilduraGeoCrew.
Found on 6/3/21 at 21:08.
Find #12921.

Four South Australian's ventured across the border to attempt the paddle Steamer series.
It took us slightly over 12 hours to do them all.
What a fantastic day!!!
We saw lots of wildlife and had a great time exploring the area.
Thanks for placing this amazing series for cachers to find.

I don't normally do a completely generic log but I have for this series as there are so many caches. I appreciate all the time & effort, by the CO's, that has gone into developing the series. A big thank you ??

Scramping & I spent 4 nights via videolink solving these when they first appeared but then had to wait for borders to open. Glad we were able to get across for the SA long weekend.

Completed this series in 13hrs with scramping; Trigger_Fish & AnyMules (SHAT entered in logbooks). Started 9:55am & completed 11pm stopping for a quick lunch & dinner break. We had plenty of snacks & water on board. The track was dry; dusty & red but the day was a lovely warm one with a cool breeze at times. We saw kangaroos; emus; 1 big snake sunning itself on the road.

A great day with friends.
TFTC & the series MilduraGeoCrew ??

Found with hevwalker, Trigger_Fish and AnyMules.....What an amazing day filled with strategies, team work, laughs and lots of exercise.....and dust. It's a fantastic series and art work, well done I really enjoyed the adventure. Thanks for the series and the caches

Mildura was a target caching destination for Spiffy- and I with the many art trails here and in S.A. Lockdown was the perfect opportunity to solve them all but we had to wait to visit. Finally a window opened up and together with geopartner the 3 of us headed off.

We managed to find all 350 caches with just the multi remaining as time was against us for the drive. This will give me 35 favourite points and although the logs are generic, I will award these favourite points back to the CO to say thanks for the amazing effort here. The time taken to prepare then paint all containers, the perfect log books and bags and the nice hides. It was all appreciated and we commented on it many times during our hunt. Brilliant. We worked well as a team to drive, locate and sign all caches. Aside from a few mud patches to navigate on the bottom section and many tumbleweeds, all went well and only saw 2 cars the entire 2 days. My car changed from silver grey to very dusty red too! All great fun.

Thanks to MilduraGeoCrew for the placement and fun.

Day 3 of our road trip to Mildura with Fleabag- via the silo art. We chose a good week for the weather, not too hot. Good to be on road trip, it’s been a while.
Today we decided to start on the paddle steamer and managed to get most of it done today. I had a big day when this was first posted on Facebook and managed to get all the puzzles solved in one day for the eventual time I would get up this way.
Could have started earlier today and finished the whole thing in the same day but we are on holiday ... don't want to over work ourselves.
The roads out here were deserted and we only saw 1 car the whole day. Thank goodness there were no problems because with no phone service either it would have been a long walk to safety. A few muddy holes to traverse as well which provided more excitement because we only had a 2WD with us. There were a couple of sections blocked with tumbleweeds which we manually cleared to get through as well.
Unbelievable amount of work has gone into this and we managed to find every one with no DNF's except for the Multi which we ran out of time to look for the final.
Thanks MilduraGeoCrew for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun. Much appreciated.

IT’S CHARLIE !!!
First stump tailed lizard for the day. Or as geokid says, the lizard with 2 heads.
My sister had a stumpy called Charlie for a pet for ages and fed him garden snails. She released him back into the wild 40 years ago. Now when ever I see one I think of her and tell her ‘I’ve seen Charlie!!!’.