Tinjella Trail 4 of Hearts Kuitpo, South Australia, Australia
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weredunn4 on 02-Jun-20. Waypoint GC8T3CX
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Found with Mogni. I have walked this trail from start to finish about 15 years ago. This time the trail was walked in sections because i was working on getting my finds up to 15 on calendar days. Depending on the day there is a large different in the amount of people/walkers/horse people on the trail. Alot more people than 15 years ago. Most of the co ords were good but a few were 9 meters out. The hints were spot on every time and were helpful. A nice stroll ( if steep in parts ) around the forest.
Yet another day for a stroll in the woods with sir_spectre. A bit quieter today than the weekend.Thanks
It was perfect weather for a lovely walk and a few caches along the Tinjella Trail. We followed the hearts.TFTC
We had a few hours available for caching today and decided to do a small section of this trail - with more to be done in the near future as we attempt to clear out Kuitpo as much as possible. Cache is in great condition, thanks for the hunt today, it's been perfect weather.
Out caching around Kuitpo forest and Prospect hill today. Missed 5 along this trail as there was active logging in the area on our last visit. Found 4 but DNFd one so we will be back. Cheers.Find #6445 on 29 Dec 2023.TFTC weredunn4!SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - Feb 29th, 2024. Keep the date free!
Adventured a bit further south than I normally do. Doing this series as heard alot of good reports about this one. Just had to experience it for myself.Thanks Weredunn4 for placing and maintaining this series.TFTC SL
Another nice, cool Spring day had us making our final assault on the Tinjella Trail. We ended up with 1 DNF in the series and had 8 caches currently unavailable due to closure of a part of the forest due to logging. These are 2-9 Clubs. The trail is beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed each visit.Many thanks for a delightful series weredunn4
Four days ago we found about half the caches on the Tinjella Trail.We returned today hoping to find the remainder. In the time we had available, we found all 26 of the remaining caches from the series. As before, we found the coordinates to be of variable accuracy - in a number of instances we had to widen the search area, sometimes up to 10m. However the hints were very useful when attempting to locate the cache. Most of the logs were in reasonable condition, although a number were damp. Any significant variations from the above general comments are detailed below.
Specific comments relating to this cache only: there were many stumps in the area, some under fallen foliage, and it took a little while to locate the stump with the stone.
Thanks weredunn4 for the series of caches.
Specific comments relating to this cache only: there were many stumps in the area, some under fallen foliage, and it took a little while to locate the stump with the stone.
Thanks weredunn4 for the series of caches.
The family were away for the weekend so I decided to go for a nice long caching walk. The Tinjella Trail suited the bill nicely. I was a little confused at times as to what was off limits and what was not, especially as some of the areas had clearly been logged (recently?). It made looking for the caches a bit challenging, but overall the caches were found even when I was thinking that they might not be! It was a windy day but a fun walk. Nice to get some distance in the legs. TFTC and the series weredunn4
Nice straight forward find, thank goodness, we were beginning to doubt our cache finding ability, now with more confidence we set about doing the nice walk with not much change in altitude. Mr Kookacrew decided his leggies werent up to any of the steep bits but there was a good walk through the pines with an opportunity to grab a few caches as well. Nice sturdy caches these too!
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
A lovely jaunt through the woods with Sis and Nephews and a jolly little hangover ...
Sent the little ones through the trees to fetch for us.
TFTC! x
Sent the little ones through the trees to fetch for us.
TFTC! x
TFTC
Searching a little blind out here as can’t access Hints……doing alright so far
Searching a little blind out here as can’t access Hints……doing alright so far
A big day out hiking and caching in Kuipto Forest with geohubby cachehunter and geodog Zoe. It was a hot day but we came away with a good number of caches. Geodog was very excited to see some of the bouncy doggies (roos) and she very much wanted to go play with them. All caches were in good condition and relatively easy finds even with a bit of geobounce. Tftc
Found with NiciDanielle and Zoe the Geodog. Continuing our lovely walk along Tinjella trail. Geopooch suspects there's bouncy things in the trees... TBC.... TFTC
I came down to Kuitpo today for a drive and to find a few of those caches that I just haven't gotten around to finding. [^]
I have found a few of this series on a previous visit down here and was always going to do them in stages and today I planned on doing a few more. The weather wasn't too good and there was light drizzly rain, but that didn't stop me, just meant I didn't get as many as I had planned. After finding a couple of Spades I turned around and started the Hearts.
Even though it was wet it was beautiful in the forest and I enjoyed my walk and ended up finding another 5 of the series. All were found reasonably quickly thanks to the hints.
Thanks for the cache weredunn4.
I have found a few of this series on a previous visit down here and was always going to do them in stages and today I planned on doing a few more. The weather wasn't too good and there was light drizzly rain, but that didn't stop me, just meant I didn't get as many as I had planned. After finding a couple of Spades I turned around and started the Hearts.
Even though it was wet it was beautiful in the forest and I enjoyed my walk and ended up finding another 5 of the series. All were found reasonably quickly thanks to the hints.
Thanks for the cache weredunn4.
Today KTPops and I targeted this series on the Tinjella Trail. I have been wanting to do this for a long while and having the opportunity to do this with KTPops was ideal. We started on the trail at around 11.30am and managed to complete them all on foot by about 5.15pm. There were more ups and downs than I expected, especially when comparing it to the forest across Brookman Road.
We had a sensational day, barely seeing anyone during our travels. We did meet two lovely dogs from nearby walkers, great to see them enjoying this wonderful area. The caches were generally in good condition, a few were a little moist and a few were left out in the open. All caches were signed by both of us, and returned and covered to shelter them from the sun. Thank you Weredunn4 for all the work on this series, and the ongoing maintenance.
We had a sensational day, barely seeing anyone during our travels. We did meet two lovely dogs from nearby walkers, great to see them enjoying this wonderful area. The caches were generally in good condition, a few were a little moist and a few were left out in the open. All caches were signed by both of us, and returned and covered to shelter them from the sun. Thank you Weredunn4 for all the work on this series, and the ongoing maintenance.
OZGrumpy and I had a lovely day walking through Kuitpo today collecting these caches. Thanks weredunn4
Found. Went up to Kuitpo to collect some caches here in the school holidays. TFTC weredunn4
Today we needed to grab some caches for a souvenir challenge. We dusted off the bikes and set out to do at least 15. We successfully did this today and no dnf's.
Thanks for placing and maintaining these caches. We will be back to do the rest
Thanks for placing and maintaining these caches. We will be back to do the rest
I’ve had a short break from geocaching so this morning I planned a nice long bush walk to break the drought. The sun was shining and the temperature was cool so perfect geocaching weather.
I set off on foot at about 11am and returned back to the car 4.25 hours later. It was a thoroughly enjoyable walk along the trails despite some pretty deep mud around the 4 of Diamonds due to tree logging activity.
All caches found except one. All caches were in good condition except one or two which I have raised seperate logs.
A great geocaching trail so I’ve dropped a few random favourite points along the trail.
Thanks for the cache weredunn4.
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I set off on foot at about 11am and returned back to the car 4.25 hours later. It was a thoroughly enjoyable walk along the trails despite some pretty deep mud around the 4 of Diamonds due to tree logging activity.
All caches found except one. All caches were in good condition except one or two which I have raised seperate logs.
A great geocaching trail so I’ve dropped a few random favourite points along the trail.
Thanks for the cache weredunn4.
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#8526 # #Maintenance run with the puppies today along the Tinjella Trail.
This cache was ok
This cache was ok
Not great phone reception here if you’re caching by iphone as I am today. Come prepared!
Thanks for this series weredunn4!
Thanks for this series weredunn4!
Found during a tour around the Tinjella Trail in Kuitpo on a warm but pleasant day for walking, completing the circuit in 4 1/2 hours. Thanks for the cache and series weredunn4!
In all are travels we would not have even thought to traveled to this location.
(Ha Ha). 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 - Were Dunn 4 [^]
(Ha Ha). 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 - Were Dunn 4 [^]TallbikeStan and I road our mountain Bikes around this series in a clockwise direction. The first find was the 10 of Hearts and the last was the Jack of Hearts. All up the series took us 4.5 hours. I had to get of my bike a few times and walk up some of the hills. All the caches were found but some of the logs were a bit damp and mouldy. A good adventure Thanks for the series weredunn4
In Port Elliott today, out for a few caches around Meadows area before he rain sets in. TFTC
Decided to spend a day in Kuitpo Forest walking and geocaching along the Tinjella Trail backwards and forwards, enjoying the experience. Found all the ones I looked for bar one (probably gone awol). I managed about a half of them and was "kaput" at the end of the day, having walked 17 km. Thanks weredunn4 for all the hard work setting the series up.
Found at 13:47 by Stephen, with Emily, Olga and geodogs Luna and Winnie on a really nice afternoon walk around Kuitpo.
Stopped by to do a few of this trail.
All found easily, a nice place for a walk.
TNLNSL
Thanks
All found easily, a nice place for a walk.
TNLNSL
Thanks
Humam Abd Al-Khaliq Abd
minister of higher education and scientific research
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.
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Easter 2020 was supposed to see South Australia Geocaching hosting the next Easter big MEGA event, GeoVenture 2020 at Millicent. GC82DAN. Due to COVID restrictions the event is now postponed to early October 2021. Check out the event page and our website for new details. We would love to see you at this four day event. Mega event sponsored by Wattle Range Council, Geocaching.com and many other supporters. Lots of caches to find including two classic geo art trails including the famous animated bottle and glass.
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This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and a Samsung S8. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs...
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.
minister of higher education and scientific research
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.
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Easter 2020 was supposed to see South Australia Geocaching hosting the next Easter big MEGA event, GeoVenture 2020 at Millicent. GC82DAN. Due to COVID restrictions the event is now postponed to early October 2021. Check out the event page and our website for new details. We would love to see you at this four day event. Mega event sponsored by Wattle Range Council, Geocaching.com and many other supporters. Lots of caches to find including two classic geo art trails including the famous animated bottle and glass.
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This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and a Samsung S8. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs...
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.
Today Freddo, Davidwazza and brad&Janet and I headed to the area to complete the new deck of cars series. With the ground being wet we returned covered in mud but had fun at the same time. We managed to find all the caches but one with the co ords being a bit out on most of them but with the hints they weren’t too hard to find.
TFTS
TFTS
Today, the objective was to group assault the new *Tinjella Trail* deck of cards power trail with Brad&Janet, Freddo, and gridge98 via mountain bikes. Well, two of our group were fortunate to have e-bikes. The Tinjella Trail took us just over three hours to complete, and then we re-fuelled ourselves at Meadow Bakery. I continued to geocache around the area targeting some oldie caches, a few prior DNFs, and mountain biking the *Are you kidding me?* series. I soon became tired and the sun was setting, so called it a day. A really nice winter day to be riding around.
We ended up parking near the Tinjella Trail's Ace of Spades, and made our way around anti-clockwise. I didn't realise Brad&Janet would be joining us, since he had already found this trail and ridden this loop twice before, and so we enjoyed his background narrative at how he had manipulated the CO's Strava file to review possible hide locations prior to official publication. We got off to a slow start, and soon learned that the coordinates were a guide, and the hints were the key to locate the cache quickly. Most of the coordinates were probably pretty accurate, but the various tree cover had them bouncing around the place, and if our search was taking too long, it was easy to go back to the GPS only to be taken in all sorts of directions. It was handy having a previous finder with us who could point to us where the cache was, and interesting to see how cache creep and other Geocachers had added to their hide locations (more rocks to SPORs, etc.). I also learned about a new acronym/definition: SPOBs, or suspicious piles of bark. There was some high up/down terrain, and gridge98 and I were disadvantaged at not having a motor to help climb those hills. There was one river crossing where the rains had collected the water, but otherwise from the heavens above, it was reasonably dry. It was a nice forest to ride, and the best-enjoyed power trails are via bike, in my opinion. Unfortunately, we left with one DNF, so we are hoping the CO has a few spare decks of card to manage future replacements.
Like most of the geocaches in this series, this cache was found reasonably quickly once it had a few pairs of eyes looking for it. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks weredunn4 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
We ended up parking near the Tinjella Trail's Ace of Spades, and made our way around anti-clockwise. I didn't realise Brad&Janet would be joining us, since he had already found this trail and ridden this loop twice before, and so we enjoyed his background narrative at how he had manipulated the CO's Strava file to review possible hide locations prior to official publication. We got off to a slow start, and soon learned that the coordinates were a guide, and the hints were the key to locate the cache quickly. Most of the coordinates were probably pretty accurate, but the various tree cover had them bouncing around the place, and if our search was taking too long, it was easy to go back to the GPS only to be taken in all sorts of directions. It was handy having a previous finder with us who could point to us where the cache was, and interesting to see how cache creep and other Geocachers had added to their hide locations (more rocks to SPORs, etc.). I also learned about a new acronym/definition: SPOBs, or suspicious piles of bark. There was some high up/down terrain, and gridge98 and I were disadvantaged at not having a motor to help climb those hills. There was one river crossing where the rains had collected the water, but otherwise from the heavens above, it was reasonably dry. It was a nice forest to ride, and the best-enjoyed power trails are via bike, in my opinion. Unfortunately, we left with one DNF, so we are hoping the CO has a few spare decks of card to manage future replacements.
Like most of the geocaches in this series, this cache was found reasonably quickly once it had a few pairs of eyes looking for it. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks weredunn4 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
A great walk with the CO's and wander around, backward and forward through the trees and paths over the course of a day. We managed to dodge the showers (well mostly!) Such a lovely place.
Thanks to weredunn4 and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! beta log. [^]
Went for a walk in the forest with jafaz62 and Chewie, her 4-legged friend, to get some exercise, of course we had to collect some caches along the way...picked up 4 smileys tonight before the sun went down...
TFTC weredunn4
TFTC weredunn4
Out doing some more of the Tinjella track. Cache and contents are all good. TFTC
In the area for a few days with Csaba!, SupaOrange and GeoMum. Went for a bike ride on the trail with many ups and downs. My Batman bike just made it. Turtle Out
SupaOrange likes the forest. Such a cool place to ride. Great caching. Tra La Laaa
Have been sitting on this series for a while. I knew I would be in the area so for the next few days I will hit the trail with SupaOrange and SupaTurtle. Great place to bring the family. Thanks
Today Rex and I had nothing on so we decided to head back to Kuitpo to finish off the playing cards series.
It was a glorious day and we had a lovely walk. Rex was a bit puffed and asked to be carried a few times and we had a nice rest at the end of our trail, lying in the sunshine.
The trail was a bit busier day compared to last week as it was such a lovely afternoon.
This side of the trail was much quicker with the caches closer together and we were done and back to the car in good time. 12.5kms walked.
Again accurate coords and hints made for quick finds.
TFTC weredunn4
It was a glorious day and we had a lovely walk. Rex was a bit puffed and asked to be carried a few times and we had a nice rest at the end of our trail, lying in the sunshine.
The trail was a bit busier day compared to last week as it was such a lovely afternoon.
This side of the trail was much quicker with the caches closer together and we were done and back to the car in good time. 12.5kms walked.
Again accurate coords and hints made for quick finds.
TFTC weredunn4
Bloody wet day but we tried. Found with Northstar76, Giselle_10, connor_8, Jess and geodog Roxy
I only did Heart series. All are in good condition. Two of them took me ages to find. I was surprised to see many people there.
I will be back to finish off the series.
Thanks for the walk.
Thanks weredunn4 for the cache
I will be back to finish off the series.
Thanks for the walk.
Thanks weredunn4 for the cache
Out with Debandy on the coldest morning in 17 years to have a crack at the latest Kypo power trail. A fantastic hike through the forest, the tree cover made the GPS a bit sketchy but the clues got us there in the end.
Thanks weredunn4 for all your work!
Thanks weredunn4 for all your work!
Headed south today to Kuitpo Forest after the new Tinjella Trail. Saw -1 on the car thermometer in the hills but it was up to a brisk 4 when I started walking just after 9:30.
Saw quite a bit of wildlife, mainly birds, but only 4 muggles and 2 dogs on the loop. Found all 52 with most being quick finds thanks to the hints, but 2 or 3 needed a bit of circle work.
An enjoyable walk but was glad to be back at the car just before 2:45.
Thanks weredunn4 for this cache and a great series, will be scattering some favourite points.
Saw quite a bit of wildlife, mainly birds, but only 4 muggles and 2 dogs on the loop. Found all 52 with most being quick finds thanks to the hints, but 2 or 3 needed a bit of circle work.
An enjoyable walk but was glad to be back at the car just before 2:45.
Thanks weredunn4 for this cache and a great series, will be scattering some favourite points.
I'd invited myself to share a day caching with clare007 and CPwanderer around the Tinjella Track in Kuitpo Forest to get the new cards series there
Rex came too, of course, and so did the cheap ebike that I had bought last night
So cheap, that while my muggle son[:X] and I had tea at my muggle daughter's[:X] place and I played with my grandkids, my son-in-law[:X] took the tube from my grandson's BMX and placed it onto my ebike's rear wheel so that I could ride the ebike[:X][^]
We were joined by Pikapene and Spence-_-Man and those two men[:X] made my hard day a whole lot easier by pushing my heavy ebike up the steepest of the hills when my dodgy knees just could not pedal fast enough to keep the power on
[xx(]
They also shared Rex' lead[:X] so that I could concentrate on pedalling and steering[^] as well as stopping[^] with not quite right brakes
[xx(]
Lots of laughter, lots of tales told of caching adventures and all 52 cards were found as we traversed the trail from go to whoa[^][|)][xx(][|)][xx(] A rough Google Earth mapping of the GPSr track log said about 14km[|)][xx(]... give or take 1 or 2km for the off track detours etc
Best part was: I only fell off once and a very nice, fit young man helped pick the bike and I up[^]
After leaving the others at Kuitpo, Rex and I found another 3caches for the day's total of 55 finds as we made our way to muggle partner's mother's house for tea, tired but exhilarated![^] There was 1 
DNF in Kuitpo which everyone else had found apart from me and although Pikapene helped me look[^], we had to rush to catch up to the others so it was only a short look
TNLN. SL. TFTC weredunn4
to share a day caching with clare007 and CPwanderer around the Tinjella Track in Kuitpo Forest to get the new cards series thereRex came too, of course, and so did the cheap ebike that I had bought last night
So cheap, that while my muggle son[:X] and I had tea at my muggle daughter's[:X] place and I played with my grandkids
, my son-in-law[:X] took the tube from my grandson's BMX and placed it onto my ebike's rear wheel so that I could ride the ebike[:X][^]We were joined by Pikapene and Spence-_-Man and those two men[:X]
made my hard day a whole lot easier by pushing my heavy ebike up the steepest of the hills when my dodgy knees just could not pedal fast enough to keep the power on[xx(] They also shared Rex' lead
[:X] so that I could concentrate on pedalling and steering[^] as well as stopping[^] with not quite right brakes[xx(]Lots of laughter
, lots of tales told of caching adventures and all 52 cards were found as we traversed the trail from go to whoa[^][|)][xx(][|)][xx(] A rough Google Earth mapping of the GPSr track log said about 14km[|)][xx(]... give or take 1 or 2km for the off track detours etcBest part was: I only fell off once
and a very nice, fit young man helped pick the bike and I up[^]After leaving the others at Kuitpo, Rex and I found another 3
caches for the day's total of 55 finds as we made our way to muggle partner's mother's house for tea, tired but exhilarated![^] There was 1 DNF in Kuitpo which everyone else had found apart from me and although Pikapene helped me look[^], we had to rush to catch up to the others so it was only a short lookTNLN. SL. TFTC weredunn4
After a 10 km walk around Monato yesterday the dog was hoping for a rest but he was out of luck as we went to Kuipto for a short 12 km stroll.
It was 1 degree when we got out of the car and started the walk.
About 5 hours 15 minutes lter we were done.
We had 3 dnfs, and 2 caches we left for another time because of the number number of people around.
All in all a nice walk and a great series.
TFTC
It was 1 degree when we got out of the car and started the walk.
About 5 hours 15 minutes lter we were done.
We had 3 dnfs, and 2 caches we left for another time because of the number number of people around.
All in all a nice walk and a great series.
TFTC
Wow!!! What a day!!! Completed all 52 caches with clare007, Pikapene, Spence-Man and locus cache!!! .............................. with Bindi and Rex the geo pooches in the lead!! Took us just over 7 hours ....................... in most cases we relied heavily on the hints as the tree cover wasnt helping gps accuracy and thankfully we got them all. A couple took way longer than they should have. Being a long weekend the forest was very busy!! Thanks weredunn4 for a memorable series!!
Great day Geocaching on a beautiful day in the forest for the Queen's Birthday. Took Nan and Pop (KezzaOne) and the whole family. Youngest cacher (5 years old!) found this one. TFTC
Out with CPwanderer, Locus cache, Spense_M & Pikapene an in the nearby car park.
The weather was perfect for walking and in some places, we were swamped by people & dogs
The sat loc in the forest proved to increase the searching difficulty, but the clues were very helpful.
We managed to find all 52 caches and no DNF, one fall from a bike and a few difficult hills.
A nice spot, with handy stools was sorted and we enjoyed our lunch in the sun.
Thanks for the series weredunn4, a lovely spot to walk
The weather was perfect for walking and in some places, we were swamped by people & dogs
The sat loc in the forest proved to increase the searching difficulty, but the clues were very helpful.
We managed to find all 52 caches and no DNF, one fall from a bike and a few difficult hills.
A nice spot, with handy stools was sorted and we enjoyed our lunch in the sun.
Thanks for the series weredunn4, a lovely spot to walk
On a cold morning, myself and CPwanderer, Clare007, Pikapene and Locuscache went for a walk around Kuitpo Forest to do this Tinjella Trail cache series! Sun eventually came out and provided a good day for it. TFTC!
Enjoyed a great day out caching the trail with CPWanderer, locus cache, Claire007 and Spence Man. Thanks weredun4!
Had a phone call from Brad&Janet earlier in the week to see if I was up for a challenge to find 52 unpublished caches in the Kuitpo Forest. Sounded like a fun challenge and it was decided that an early start Saturday morning was in order.
Well our challenge was somewhat thwarted with the 52 caches being published at 0400 Saturday morning so it now had become a FTF run to see how many we could get before the forest was besieged by FTF Hounds.
So with me and my $100 bike and Bill with his somewhat more expensive eBike arriving at 0730, we set off on our anti-clockwise journey.
Even though we were not going to do our original challenge, we had some other challenges to contend with.
One - it was bloody cold and even though there was no wind the temperature remained mostly in single figures.
Two - my chain on the $100 bike decided it was not up to the challenge and promptly broke at 3km, 4km and 5km. We repaired it two times (handy to have a doctor with the right tools), but in the end it became a 5km ride and 11km walk for me.
The outcome in the end was 52 *FTF* with coffee at the end at Tinjella Hut where my brother and sister were camped for the weekend (was unaware they were there when we started off).
Oh and there will be a T5 cache coming out soon somewhere in the area too
Thanks for placing the caches
Well our challenge was somewhat thwarted with the 52 caches being published at 0400 Saturday morning so it now had become a FTF run to see how many we could get before the forest was besieged by FTF Hounds.
So with me and my $100 bike and Bill with his somewhat more expensive eBike arriving at 0730, we set off on our anti-clockwise journey.
Even though we were not going to do our original challenge, we had some other challenges to contend with.
One - it was bloody cold and even though there was no wind the temperature remained mostly in single figures.
Two - my chain on the $100 bike decided it was not up to the challenge and promptly broke at 3km, 4km and 5km. We repaired it two times (handy to have a doctor with the right tools), but in the end it became a 5km ride and 11km walk for me.
The outcome in the end was 52 *FTF* with coffee at the end at Tinjella Hut where my brother and sister were camped for the weekend (was unaware they were there when we started off).
Oh and there will be a T5 cache coming out soon somewhere in the area too
Thanks for placing the caches
I A week or so ago the CO went for a walk along the Tinjella Trail. He mentioned on social media that he had done so. And hinted that he had hidden some geocaches while on his walk.
Brad likes a challenge so last Tuesday afternoon he drove to the trail with his bike. The plan was to ride a circuit of the track and to see if he could find any geocaches. FB4P = Find BeFore Publication.
A bit challenging as the caches had not been published so he had no hints and no coordinates. Just a circuit and some educated guesswork.
And it was raining.
Brad did find some. The first he found was the 5 Hearts and then the 9 Hearts was next. After a few more it became clear there were likely to be 52 in total (or up to 54 with jokers.)
6 hours later it was dark, Brad was cold and tired, he had ridden 16km, walked 10,000 steps and he had found 28 caches. Time to go home.
Once he had recovered he looked at the patterns of the caches he had found and tried to work out where the other 24 might be.
He came up with 24 sets of possible coordinates. Brad felt two sets of eyes would be good. He contacted firesafe who has recently purchased a bike and it was agreed an attempt would be made this morning to find as many of the rest as possible meeting at 7am.
And then at 4am the caches were published!
So the attempts at FB4P turned into attempts at FTFs.
As it turns out Brad’s guessimates were pretty good.
No rain today but it was very cold. Very.
This was another “not found before” cache. It certainly does make a difference when you know the coordinates! This was found, the log stamped and it was on to the 5H.
Along the way today all 52 caches were found and stamped/signed including the 28 Brad had previously located, although for a few of those firesafe was still quicker at locating the prize.
No other names in any logbooks except the beta tester. So that is a new record for B&J of 52 *FTF*s in one day. Woohoo.
This is a brilliant trail with amazing mushrooms, wide tracks and great ambience. Loved it.
Thanks very much WereDunn4. FP for the first cache in the series and another for each of the Aces which were the only 4 of the same value that were located on the first “before publishing” attempt.
In summary
Early start with firesafe.
3 broken bike chains.
16 km walked/ridden. (twice)
336 metres of up. (twice)
10,000 steps then 5,000 steps.
5,000,000 mushrooms.
28 FB4P which morphed into
52 *FTF*s
Brad likes a challenge so last Tuesday afternoon he drove to the trail with his bike. The plan was to ride a circuit of the track and to see if he could find any geocaches. FB4P = Find BeFore Publication.
A bit challenging as the caches had not been published so he had no hints and no coordinates. Just a circuit and some educated guesswork.
And it was raining.
Brad did find some. The first he found was the 5 Hearts and then the 9 Hearts was next. After a few more it became clear there were likely to be 52 in total (or up to 54 with jokers.)
6 hours later it was dark, Brad was cold and tired, he had ridden 16km, walked 10,000 steps and he had found 28 caches. Time to go home.
Once he had recovered he looked at the patterns of the caches he had found and tried to work out where the other 24 might be.
He came up with 24 sets of possible coordinates. Brad felt two sets of eyes would be good. He contacted firesafe who has recently purchased a bike and it was agreed an attempt would be made this morning to find as many of the rest as possible meeting at 7am.
And then at 4am the caches were published!
So the attempts at FB4P turned into attempts at FTFs.
As it turns out Brad’s guessimates were pretty good.
No rain today but it was very cold. Very.
This was another “not found before” cache. It certainly does make a difference when you know the coordinates! This was found, the log stamped and it was on to the 5H.
Along the way today all 52 caches were found and stamped/signed including the 28 Brad had previously located, although for a few of those firesafe was still quicker at locating the prize.
No other names in any logbooks except the beta tester. So that is a new record for B&J of 52 *FTF*s in one day. Woohoo.
This is a brilliant trail with amazing mushrooms, wide tracks and great ambience. Loved it.
Thanks very much WereDunn4. FP for the first cache in the series and another for each of the Aces which were the only 4 of the same value that were located on the first “before publishing” attempt.
In summary
Early start with firesafe.
3 broken bike chains.
16 km walked/ridden. (twice)
336 metres of up. (twice)
10,000 steps then 5,000 steps.
5,000,000 mushrooms.
28 FB4P which morphed into
52 *FTF*s
