A Sunday Stroll...to a another stump! Brown Hill, Victoria, Australia
By GemmaSistema on 19-May-20. Waypoint GC8R8EC

Son picked a little turtle toy, he says thanks fellow leavers!

I made my way out to Ballarat from Melbourne earlier in the day to run some errands. After they were completed, I still had a few hours to spare in the afternoon. I recall finding a few caches in this area a while ago, and I still had plenty more to find. I decided to return to this area to spend my final few hours of the day finding some caches hidden around it. It was quite an overcast day with some light rain forecast, so I was hoping to make the most of it. I made a quick find of this one and it was all in good condition.TFTC

Thanks found it lots of beautiful purple flowers along the track at the moment.

Found with Deanside and Team Astro, had a great time exploring Victoria, Tftc

A great walk in the still forest today. Not a sound except the distant call of the odd bird and even more distant odd truck. Some of these caches were out by 15m or so, so fan out if having trouble.Thanks to deanside and Tenkae who added to the fun. Logs signed as TAD and stamps used when the logs were soaked!Thanks GemmaSistema and clear skies from TeamAstro. Cache the planet!

Spending my birthday the best way I know, caching in the bush and with great friends in the company of Tenkae and TeamAstro!!!!Thanks GemmaSistema for showcasing this area and contributing to this great game for myself and others to enjoy. Happy trails!

Yep

Found

Cheers

Easy find

Found it

Found

Yep found it. Took coin, no room for a scout but shall drop one asap TFTC

TFTC. Setting up camp for a week in Murray Bridge before the MEGA for 29th Feb!Moving to Ballarat for another week afterwards. Last hurrah travelling before wooding season at home starts!Happy caching and safe travels!

A pleasant morning for a few finds along the forest walking trails.A quick find here.Thanks to GemmaSistema for placing this cache.Stumps are such useful things in the bush!!

The next one to the collection. All good tftc

Found it

We found it nice and easy well we were walking

Found it

Day 2 of getting sidetracked from completing the Ballarat GeoTour. I enjoyed my walk around the Koala reserve so much yesterday that today i thought i would return to do some more walking. The plan was to walk/cache for 4 hours and then take 2 hours to return. At 12 p.m., I decided i wanted to keep going rather than retrace my steps, so i organised a pick up at the other end. This was one of the many caches l found today.Hmm, no longer a micro...and I think I am officially all stumped out...but funnily enough I ended up sitting on a stump for a bit while waiting for my taxi.

I came to Ballarat for a brunch event, then spent the rest of my time in the bush. Apart from the first and last, it was a GemmaSistema day. Si



My thanks for the cache, GemmaSistema.

Found it very easily with dad. TFTC

Found with LittleFergzter. All is well with the hide.

A Sunday stroll on a Thursday… why not! TFTC

Found with PapaGrouch and MazzyMay. We went for a stroll to find this cache even though it was a Monday. We had found one of the others a couple of years ago but never got back to find the rest, so today we headed out to remedy that. The track was a bit interesting as some motorbike riders had been enjoying it, and with the rain as well, some of the ruts and puddles were significant. We made our way over or around them as much as possible, and took alternate routes back after picking up caches. Most caches were quickly found, unless we zeroed in on the wrong area at first. We are glad that these caches aren't sitting there waiting to be found anymore.
Heading down the track in a different direction and we found this one. TFTC

Found this one with SciFiRulz and MazzyMay TFTC

Found today with PapaGrouch and SciFiRulz. It was good to finally do this group of caches. Not exactly a Sunday stroll. More like a Monday marathon for this old lady. Thankfully all found. Thanks for placing these caches.

Found TFTC

Chook (from chooknchunk) and I have wanted to do this hike through the bush collecting all the caches along the way for it seems "ages" - Only took us over a year lol before both could make it. Well, we car shuttled half way to the end so we could fit more caches in. We talked, laughed and had a most enjoyable day - hoping to return earlier than later to finish the trail.
Decided to do this twisty and narrow sunday stroll - both enjoyed a lot.
thanks Gemma for these well placed caches.

After walking the lower half of the Eureka Track this morning, Chook and Sunset62 had a quick bite to eat then headed off to stroll along this narrow twisty bike/walk track to find the Sunday Stroll caches, returning along Codes Forest Rd back to the car.

Thank you GemmaSistema for the effort in placing all these caches so we could come out here and enjoy them.

Next stop a walk/drive around the area. No issues here and the log was soon in hand and the log signed. From there it was off to the next few along the trail.

Thanks again for the series GS....and all the detailed hints...makes for a good quick find.

Found it!!!!!!

Found it

Out on the geoeuc with Shumba7 for an evening ride. Keep moving so the mozzies don’t carry you away. TFTC

We spent a about 10 days on the road with aqau caching around St Arnaud, Ballarat and Daylesford areas.
Thanks for your cache.

Found by Stacey with Jye

Good one

TFTC

First find of the day. But forgot a pencil to be able to fill out log

Found with mum and Coco

1 by 1

Quick little find tftc

Amazing how many holes are in the bottom of trees around here. TFTC

Cool stump to the left
Thanks

TFTC - out with Crack n Lee Lee to complete this part of the Goldfield Track. Seeing lots of smileys now along this path.

Another smilie for us to enjoy.

Thanks GemmaSistema for placing and maintaining these for us to enjoy.
All caches were found as described.
Left lots if swaps where we could.

Good job

Nothing like another stump, there are loads of these to see today.
We needed to come to Ballarat for doctor's appointments and so we made the decision to come to town a few days early with the idea to attend a few events and collect caches that have been published since we were last here in October and others that we just had not got to. SL TFTC

Yes

TFTC smile 11177 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather,
signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, GemmaSistema, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Day 11 of our southern trip. Creswick area today, with Team 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

Yep, another stump, but with a micro. Ha.

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 1:01 PM on January 20, 2022. TFTC, GemmaSistema

Day 11 of our southern trip caching around Creswick.

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

TFTCache GemmaSistema

Visiting the lovely little town of Creswick and surrounding areas with hatzofff, grannysmith1947 and RoddyC.
All logs signed as Team 44 QLD.

TFTC GemmaSistema

Once again we got distracted and ended up walking past the cache, As there was an echidna not too far past the cache. TFTC.

It's quite a busy road, even during the week. Good thing the caches are off the road...
TFTC gemmasistema

Found by clank ram and pig

Before coming to Ballarat for the weekend with Connie of (ConnieandRick) we completed all but one of the Christmas Downunder series. We decided to pick them up this afternoon and then continued on for a few traditionals.
We walked a lot further than we originally intended but were glad of the beautiful day.

A long walk after the Xmas Tree series, but the second car was down here, so we just had to do them.

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Waiting to collect the youngest team member from his overnight camp, I had time and took the small detour here, to take some back roads and enjoy a walk, log retrieved, signed and replaced. TFTC and the fun

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Quick and easy find on a lovely walk where I could forget about the imminent regional Vic lockdown for a while . TFTC!

August 15, 2021 10:57 AM

A Sunday stroll indeed with lots of stumps and hidden treasure found. Another ticked off the map. Thx GemmaS ftc CIGC.

3rd for the day

Find # 9748
Found with Tyred n Cranky

Off for a Sunday in the bush around Creswick. With bikes on board we tackled the Goldfields Track, Sunday stroll caches and a couple of others around.
Based at the picnic grounds we made our way south first. Then done the north ones after lunch.

The bush was full of buzz today as we seen a number of motorbikes, 4x4s, other bike riders, bush walkers, gold fossickers using both pans and detectors and the campers both in the camp grounds an others in the bush.

On our way around we tackled everything from hard pack roads, gravel, clay, rough course stone roads, rock drops, deep mud and even deeper puddles, not to mention a number of trees over the track/roads we had to climb over (who goes around ) but we made it through to the end with over 50 caches found for the day.

After the ride, with all the mud and clay we went through our bikes were caked over and a little heavier. Not to forget our jackets that were splattered up the back. YEP WE HAD FUN ALRIGHT! A great days caching out in the bush.

All caches were found quite quick thanks to good hints.


TFTC GemmaSistema

Find No. 3381. Found with FUF009 at 1.14pm.

Headed down to Creswick with FUF009 and our bicycles on board to do the trails down that way.
Pulled up at the picnic area and headed off. The park was alive with Gold Prospectors, walkers, motor cycle riders, cyclists and four wheel drivers.
All caches were easy to find. Some terrain was challenging but that is what caching is all about - the challenge.
We all had a very enjoyable day, walking and cycling through the park.

TFTC

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Found it. Thanks. Loving the lady bugs.

Quick find with prickles in my socks from going through the bush. TFTC

Bingo! Found with Jimmytherat TFTC

TFTC GemmaSistema. Another well-placed cache and an easy find for N04. Jimmytherat with Noelle04

Well it’s 2021 and I have finally said good bye to a not so great 2020 and it was great to finally be able to have a reasonable holiday as I have not had a decent break since 2019.
So after making it to South Australia, crossing the border and then being greeted by a couple of very friendly SA police offices for which i had the official paper work to allow me to enter I then made my way west along the Eyre Hwy and I went as far as Penong and the Eyre Hwy on which I have not travelled along since the late 70’s when I was on a holiday with my folks and this was the last holiday before I started full time work as a sparkie.
I then toured the Eyre Peninsula and throughly enjoyed the 2 national parks down the bottom of it.
COVID got in the way and interrupted my dates so the planned Yorke Peninsula part of the trip will have to wait for another time except for Port Germein and Crystal Brook.
Finally recrossed the border back into Vic after being in SA for 3 great weeks near Pinarroo
And stayed at Murryville for the night.
Geocaching when towing a van is not always easy and I have to be a bit selective on which ones I decide to try and find for safe parking purposes especially along busy highways.
Made Beaufort yesterday afternoon and found a few in the afternoon.
Today is a new day so I got up early to tackle the tracks around here to find a few Christmas trees and to drive/walk a bit of the Goldfields trail as well.
After driving around the tracks for awhile it was time to get out stretch the legs and go for a stroll around the tracks, only thing is today is not Sunday.
Surely you could not have found another stump out here to place a cache at.
Low and behold another stump and another cache.
Getting my exercise for the morning.
Thanks GemmaSistema TFTC.

This was one of the main aims for today so here we are, nice and early. We will drive what we can but are prepared and hoping for a great walk in this great area also.
Loving the walk in this bushed area.
Thanks for the time and effort that has gone into placing and maintaining this trail for us.

A camping road trip with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 and RoamingHowie, exploring Ballarat and surrounds, with focus on the new Geotour, the Goldfields Track and various solved puzzles.
Day Two...
Today’s target - Goldfield track. A really fun drive/walk (including a Sunday stroll on a Sunday!), enjoying all locations, and no trouble with any finds. Gotta catch ‘em all!
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, GemmaSistema

After an early (!!!) morning breakfast OHC, GT37, Papi4506 and I set off to follow the goldfields trail and surrounding caches.

A perfect temperature this morning for a stroll. A quick find along the way.

Thanks GemmaSistema for the cache.

Needing some space and fresh air we headed north for the day, exploring the bush around the Eureka Track in the morning followed by some CBD city walking in the afternoon. It was a great day out with Jacko - good company and we even did some caching along the way . It ended up being a diverse mix of caches, terrain and cache types with amazingly no DNFs.

After covering the southern end of the Eureka Track on foot we tried the northern section but soon realized a 2WD wasn't going to get far. So the car was parked and it was off for some Sunday strolling looking for stumps.
Today is actually Wednesday. But we're not really counting days. Or stumps. Bring on another one!
Thanks, GemmaSistema.

Out caching with Pacman on a beautiful warm day to a new area. Thanks for placing!

Out for the day with Sorceysal (And Bree the GeoDog) to attempt to do this popular series. Not the best day to be walking 10km in the heat,but it's always justified when you do such a great series.
My sincere thanks GemmaSistema, another easy find with great hints and coords.

Bree loved the first chance of a decent walk here, as we left the car at the bottom, and walked this series while it was a little cooler

Out with Bogonghazy for a rare day of caching, and a walk and drive along the Goldfields Track seemed just right for the day, albeit a bit hot. Managed to get most of the caches and an enjoyable day was had with lots of laughs and a couple of swims for bree. Sorry about the generic logs but there is too many to remember. Thanks for all your efforts Gemma, in placing these for us to find.

TFTC. We had been caching in the New Ballarat Cemetery and surrounds. Heading back to Maryborough decided that we should get rid of this blue face. Our fist opportunity since it was replaced. Thanks Gemma

Lots of stumps to search... I chose the wrong one first

The weather forecast was for rain, but it looked like it would hold off for a while, so rather than sit at home I loaded up the push bike and headed out to find some caches.. I was able to find all that I looked for. In general the co-ordinates were pretty good and the hides were in good condition. I only had to use the hint for a couple. All were found and signed within a few minutes of arrival. Some spotted before getting off the bike, a few after a few minutes of walking in circles.

Had a great afternoon out, with 38 finds added to the tally. Apologies, but that does mean I'm using a generic log for each of them.

Spotted large wallaby, heard lots of kookaburra's, and saw only a few other people.

Thanks for bringing me here.

Can now say I've walked some of the Goldfields Track. A good series to do with good hints and sensible hides. TFTC

Found it, tftc.

Many thanks to GemmaSistema for placing the Goldfield Track series. This was number 18 find for the day. TFTC.

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks GemmaSistema (F=8278 H=233) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

Catching up on a missed log.

After a great days caching yesterday we headed off with micaparamedic this morning slowly working our way home and thought that as we were talking to the CO yesterday and as it is nearly Xmas we should try our luck at the Christmas Down Under series and any others that were close by.
We did two of the Sunday Stroll series that were easily accessible from the road and both were found nice and easily
As we were time poor we were quite happy that we could turn them into driveby's and both log books now contain our name. We are looking forward to coming back with a bit more time and doing the series as it was intended.

Thanks again Gemma Sistema for the cache.

#17625. With a cooler day forecast and wanting a bit of a change from a lot of AdLabs Robmc and I decided on a mountain bike ride on the Goldfields Track starting at White Swan Road and heading towards Creswick. We also did the Sunday Stroll Series (not ideal for a heavy electric MB, with an old, non-adrenalin junkie rider).

Dear oh dear - I think I have been too spoilt up there in the North East with such good surfaces on the Rail Trails. This was not quite what I was expecting today. Right at the start huge rocks that I had to walk over and then random sections of the same stuff along the way. Fallen trees, deep ruts from 4 x 4s, water, and more of the same, plus the very narrow section along the water race.

We turned onto the Sunday Stroll caches by mistake. We had intended to do them on the way back. I can safely say that Rob enjoyed this section but I did not. Was glad to make it to the last one so we could ride the open tracks back to where we left off, before continuing northwards.

Thanks GemmaSistema

Out with the deadly treadlies to do a bit of the Goldfields trail with BettyBoo3747.
We also collected a few caches, and tried a couple of AdLabs.

As we were flying down the main Goldfields trail, we took a slight detour onto the single track for these caches.
Not quite a Sunday Stroll!
This was a fun trail to do on an electric mountain bike! Just what it was made for.
Narrow, lots of rock, tree roots and mud puddles. What more could we ask for?
And then you put caches along it!
Thanks for the fun ride and cache.
Thanks, Robmc.
PS: stumped me with the BOT one!

I teamed up with The_Tritonz here to tackle this series. We all enjoyed our time in this area and luckily we were just finishing up when the rain started. Thanks GemmaSistema for placing and maintaining.

We set out with wozzle68 to complete the Goldfield Track trial today armed with a bike for the fit Triton and the car for woz and myself. We thoroughly enjoyed the journey through the bush with the caches taking us to some amazing locations with changing scenery. Being a Saturday we had to contend with gold fossickers trail bike riders and campers but that didn't deter us from our goal of completing the series. Its amazing how many people take advantage of this beaut location.
At one time when the track got narrow there might have been a slight mishap but we won't talk about that lol The hills were plentiful but that made for some great views.
Did we mention the flat tyre? The subie decided it had too much air in one of the tyres and wanted to take a break [:o]
The various hides were quickly found with the help of good hints making for a pleasurable caching outing.
Thanks GemmaSistema for the mammoth effort put into this series we had a ball today.

*Found on the 28 Nov 2020 @ 9:20 am.*
*Cache find # 11119.*

It was now time to leave the goldfields track for a little while and go for a stroll even though it wasn’t on a Sunday.
After parking the car, we headed off on foot, we were only a short distance in when the first group of mountain bike riders came on passed, there were a few for groups later on as well.
All caches were found without any problems as we made our way along this trail.
After finding this one, we headed over to the road and back to the car.

**Thanks to GemmaSistema for placing this cache.**

**28/11/2020 09:18:00
Find #4543
Traditional Find #2836**

I headed out with Steve to return to Creswick where we'd made a start on finding caches a fortnight ago. The day was warm and overcast and the Creswick State Forest quite crowded for a forest. Campers at every available campsite along with metal detectorists and gold panners all try their luck.
We had no DNF's but the track was quite a lot rougher than we had anticipated and on a few occasions, elected to park the car and walk. Steve did a brilliant job of piloting his Subaru along the tracks but there were a few places which we beyond the capabilities of any SUV.

**Thank-you to GemmaSistema for placing this geocache**

Find #2436 for me. Found at 11:31 am while on my way to Ballarat to visit Mum. I knew the area well from my last visit and made an immediate find at the stump where my GPS led me previously. Definitely much easier to find when the cache is there! Thanks for cache and the replacement Gemma!

Replaced. Furious that someone has clearly pinched the unique cache on this trail. Now replaced with a basic Sistema

We searched in , up ,down and around. We expanded the circle. This one has us beaten.

In contrast to the earlier cache at the tree base, this one really had me going. There were 3 stumps all close to my GZ and I checked them all. Then again. And again.... Then extended my search to check out any other tree stump I could see within a reasonable distance from GZ, but no luck. I think it's fair to say this one really had me stumped today! Thanks for the hunt so far Gemma - I'll be back!

This one was awesome! The Geo kids will be talking about this one for awhile yet. Very well disguised, it looks like it definitely belongs here. Enjoyed the beautiful purple flowers too. Tftc

Found

Love the cache tftc