Stoddart Statues Adventure Lab Bonus Cache Lake Wendouree, Victoria, Australia
By
nannynomad on 11-Jun-20. Waypoint GC8TDPN
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Having complete the interesting Adventure Lab I had the coordinates so it was ff to make a find. Thank you nannynomad for the wander among the statues and the Bonus cache.
After a long time away and finishing off a different Adventure Lab we noticed that we hadn't hunted down the bonus cache. So many muggles around to get to the GZ. (Been away so long needed to look up what GZ stood for).Coved the contrast of the micro. Helped out alot.Thank youTotal:34 found
Very busy day around the gardens today but once close to GZ youre pretty well hidden. TFTC and the enjoyable wander around the gardens.
Nice tour of statues around town with the labs..A quick find at GZ, thankfully it stood out!TNLNSL Thanks
With only one day to cache in Ballarat we targeted GCA hides and then a couple of the many Adventure Labs.After doing the prime minister's one we still had a bit of time so decided to tackle this one as well.That's where the fun ended!!There can't be much foliage left here as I think most of it ended up in my hair and down the hood of Mr Beetle's jacket!But we persevered and finally [after over half an hour] found this hide about 3 metres from where our ETrek wanted us to be.Relieved that we had finally found it we decided to finish our caching day on a high note!Thanks nannynomad [I think!]
I found this cache today on my Mega Walk #16 - a 38,000 step walk firstly around Ballarat, then in the later afternoon around Geelong. After zig-zagging my way through the statue and Prime Minister AdLabs, I was happy to make a quick find here. Thanks from D B-A
Finally found this one. Have been out for a look a few times, but has been quite some time since I have looked for it. Very glad to have found too day, dont know how I hadnt found it earlier. Thanks for the bonus cache.
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!
Day 3 in Australia and the lovely town of Ballarat. The goal was to try some different kinds and some very intriguing sounding puzzles. Of course this required some help but we have found the cachers around here super friendly and helpful. Thanks for the smile
Spent the weekend at Lake Burrumbeet and stopped here on our way home.A nice and handy find after completing the adventure lab today.TFTC 
Found with FeatherWaite on a 4-day trip to Victoria. From Adelaide.Our main aim was to complete the Ballarat Geotour and other caches of interest in the broader Ballarat area. There were also a number of events and a CITO to attend.The weather was on the warm side, but not too bad for this time of year, which made for pleasant camping each night. The cache was found in good order.Thanks nannynomad for the Adventure Lab and bonus cache.
Found during an extended weekend in the Ballarat area with e.gregory1, with the main aim of completing the Ballarat GeoTour, but taking the opportunity to attend a number of events and CITOs, and searching for a good range of caches while touring around the district. Thanks for the Adventure Lab and Bonus cache nannynomad!
In Ballarat to Farewell the Ballarat Geotour. Prior to the meet I took a walk around the lake and completed a few Adventure Labs. Thanks for your adventure and cache.
Completed the stoddart adventure lab and got the coordinates for the bonus cache. Went to GZ and after a little search we found the cache!! In the process got busted by fellow caches!! Lovely to meet them!! TFTC!!
Visiting the area with Junni1. After the Sovereign Hill museum, we came here to see the botanic gardens and some cool caches. Thanks for the cache!
Couple of Finnish vanlifers traveling around this beautiful Australia with Matilda the campervan. Stopping here and there to enjoy life without any plans.After getting everything set up and visiting some friends, Mntti1 and I began our travels few months ago. After visiting Melbourne and Great Ocean road we were thinking of continuing our way to the Grampians but bushfires changed our plans so decided to visit Ballarat. During lovely walk in the park we completed two labs and found this little cache also. Thank you for the cache!
13/01/2024 4:27:00 PMDay 2 of a week long caching trip to Ballarat & Geelong regions, to complete the getter before it ends and grab some caches that have been on my to-do list since at least pre-covid.After a morning of caching around Creswick, I moved back to completing the Geotour.I took a detour from the geotour to relax and view the sculptures.Thanks nannynomad.Find recorded using GCDroid and logged using GSAK
WOO HOO - found it. Glad it was a very bright container.Loved the statues scattered throughout the gardens.More log to follow
In town complete the Geotour and thought to knock off the associated ad lab nearby. Wandered over to GZ to add our name to the log.TFTC
Found during my roadtrip from Canberra to do the Ballarat GeoTour. After finishing the GeoTour yesterday and finishing the 50 Must See Places series this morning, I had time to drive around Ballarat to do whatever else I wanted. First things first, I came to look at the Botanical Gardens again. The marble sculptures are awesome, my favourite was William Wallace! Quick find at GZ. Lovely area to wander through, TFTC nannynomad!
A few spare days to fill before Christmas so I made the decision to hit the road and go on a road trip from Adelaide to Ballarat. The main purpose of the trip is to tackle the Ballarat Geo Tour before they get archived in February 2024. Day four was spent in the heart of Ballarat tackling some caches and Adventure Labs on the main drag. Then to onto the Eastern side of the lake. In the afternoon I went for an excursion out to Skipton to bag a new LGA. I completed the Adventure Labs yesterday but made the physical find today. It took some searching but I eventually found it. Thanks for the cache nannynomad.# # 
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#13840 # #Great walk with the fam after Christmas catch-up. Lots of silliness and laughter as we found the answers. Dad made the as it was a little webby. Thank you
Had a lovely time wondering through the gardens with LouJean70 while giggling about Busts, a giant Pinus trees and jugs. Lots a fun.
I was in Ballarat to attend "Ballarat Pods #1" (GCAEX30), and then I come to the lake to enjoy lunch with my family. My son, husband and I enjoyed the Adventure Lab, walking through the gardens examining the statues and trees.I then did a few circuits around the final location before reading a previous log, which contained a very useful hint.Thank you nannynomad for the Adventure Lab and this bonus cache.
Found after a walk in the gardens, completing this and another AL.Thanks nannynomad.
Lol we were looking in the wrong area. This was a big day for the Franke (fraad) family, an 18th at the nearby park and my brother's first geocache!
Almost about to give up but circled the 3 options again and finally spotted a flash of red. Great lab and happy to grab the bonus too. Tftc
Today we explored Ballarat and surrounds using geocaching as a guide.We enjoyed travelling through the countryside and visiting new, to us, locations.We found a variety of hides with varying degrees of difficulty.After working through the LAB caches we were rewarded with a set of co-ords that worked for us and adding to our favourites.Many thanks to all CO's for your cache placement.
We did the adventure lab last time we were in the area and returned today to find the bonus cache. Glad we did because it was worth it, a fairly quick find with good coordinates Thanks for the cache and the adventure lab
Searched for this one a couple of times, yesterday tried again and found it immediately, but forgot to bring a pen! So today Im back to finally get it!
Having attended a recent event in Brisbane where a fellow cacher brought my attention to the geo tour in Ballarat and its up coming finish in February, i knew this was something I had to make an effort to get to.I also quickly realised that the attribute for the geo tour is the last one I need to achieve a personal challenge so the planning began.Today is day two of the mission and Im down to only two more caches to complete the tour and have the local geo art on the radar. I. Also hoping to squeeze a CITO and an event in if time is on my side lets see how we go.I jumped in The geowagon and ventured off the o soon find a nice parking spot. A short stroll later soon found me at ground zero. It wasnt long before cache was found and my name was printed for prosperity. I returned the cache to its hiding space and made my way back to the car. Ready to head to the next adventureA big thanks to the cache owners of Ballarat for making this cache available to be found.Cheers
Got 5 days off from work so I decided to come to Ballarat and do the Geo Tour before its gone, also grabbing random caches and Adventures labs along my journey. So thanks to all who have placed caches. Sl cache replaced.
A whole four day trip with Aquilus1 to do the GeoTour in Ballarat some caching around Geelong and anything else that looked good on the way.
Weather was ok albeit a bit on the wet side for the first two days.
This cache was one of the ones we had the oportunity to do.
After finishing the AL we grabbed the bonus.
Thank you nannynomad for the nice cache and experience you gave us!
Weather was ok albeit a bit on the wet side for the first two days.
This cache was one of the ones we had the oportunity to do.
After finishing the AL we grabbed the bonus.
Thank you nannynomad for the nice cache and experience you gave us!
Great adventure, Hercules was missing but an online search had us moving forward. Great park!
This cache was one found on a trip away with Flintstone's for 4 days. We had the Geotour in Ballarat as our target, and made our way as far as Queenscliff.
Ballarat caching was a joy, and with the tour, we saw many lovely and interesting locations as well as stopping for many other caches as we passed. Lots of little walks helped with the colder first few days as well as being quite scenic.
A change of weather and scenery towards Queenscliff but the coast was a great place to visit with plenty to do and see. As always, more to do than there was time for, will just have to return one day! Thank you for your cache!
This cache was one found on a trip away with Flintstone's for 4 days. We had the Geotour in Ballarat as our target, and made our way as far as Queenscliff.
Ballarat caching was a joy, and with the tour, we saw many lovely and interesting locations as well as stopping for many other caches as we passed. Lots of little walks helped with the colder first few days as well as being quite scenic.
A change of weather and scenery towards Queenscliff but the coast was a great place to visit with plenty to do and see. As always, more to do than there was time for, will just have to return one day! Thank you for your cache!
After completing the Adventure Lab and collecting this bonus cache's final coordinates, we then detoured past this geocache. This cache took 5-10 minutes with searching around, and as I was about to give up, we tried another area and then glanced the cache. The coordinates seem to be between trees and a nearby structure, so it was hard to see where the was. I had the cache a few metres away. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks nannynomad for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/[jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) stamp.
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This extended weekend, [jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T), infant Cottontail and I were visiting Ballarat from Brisbane, targeting the [Ballarat GeoTour (GT4A1)](https://coord.info/GT4A1). Highlights included the historical architecture, buildings, and artwork/sculptures of inner Ballarat, Ballarat Botanic Gardens, Lake Wendouree, Sovereign Hill, Eureka Stockade, and mountains Mount Buninyong and Mount Warrenheip. We were lucky to have great weather with no rain and mostly blue skies each day, which aided our enjoyment of our trip. Apart from the targeted GeoTour geocaches, our geocaching has largely been opportunistic following tourist sights and attractions, although we attempted/targeted higher D-T combinations from solved puzzles, and rare cache types like virtual caches, Letterbox Hybrid caches, and Adventure Labs.
Today, the plan was to attack the western geocaches from the [Ballarat GeoTour](https://coord.info/GT4A1) which were some distance away, which involved visits to Miners Rest, Learmonth, and Lake Burrumbeet. We started the day with breakfast in inner-Ballarat, and scoped out the Sturt Street gardens with its sculptures and memorial plaques. During our western drive, it was also an opportunity to visit the Avenue of Honour, as we visited the end and then drove towards the Arch of Victory Memorial in Ballarat.
In the afternoon, we looped around Lake Wendouree and visited the Ballarat Botanical Gardens where infant Cottontail had a play, and we had a nice walk within the vicinity. It was then a final visit to Ballarat central, walking through Bridge Mall and window shopping in the area.
Adventure Labs completed today:
• [Learmonth Heritage Walk](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/5d97756b-a1f7-4061-9f74-b02e64fe2fff);
• [Avenue of Honour #2](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/Avenue);
• [Avenue of Honour #1](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/Honour);
• [Prime Ministers Avenue Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/PrimeMinistersAve);
• [Stoddart Statues Adventure Lab](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/Stoddart);
• [Lap of the Lake](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/007ddcf3-bfce-4ccd-aa4d-019cb6d4628b);
• [Watering Holes of Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/c4163981-14f3-4c90-956c-88516e4e2598);
• [Murals of Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/ee1abebf-1a79-4568-875c-b4c6393611b6);
• [Ballarat Red Brick Chimneys](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/2c7211d7-8c3b-46b4-8c11-6d19221d7e72);
• [Art Deco in Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/ArtDeco);
• [The Ballarat Rotunda series](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/367c6fb1-e1a4-460c-bc0c-1620c5f4060d); and
• [Kraken Clocks of Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/3df47573-d7b0-4ecd-ba12-81331de2bdd0).
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/[jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) stamp.
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This extended weekend, [jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T), infant Cottontail and I were visiting Ballarat from Brisbane, targeting the [Ballarat GeoTour (GT4A1)](https://coord.info/GT4A1). Highlights included the historical architecture, buildings, and artwork/sculptures of inner Ballarat, Ballarat Botanic Gardens, Lake Wendouree, Sovereign Hill, Eureka Stockade, and mountains Mount Buninyong and Mount Warrenheip. We were lucky to have great weather with no rain and mostly blue skies each day, which aided our enjoyment of our trip. Apart from the targeted GeoTour geocaches, our geocaching has largely been opportunistic following tourist sights and attractions, although we attempted/targeted higher D-T combinations from solved puzzles, and rare cache types like virtual caches, Letterbox Hybrid caches, and Adventure Labs.
Today, the plan was to attack the western geocaches from the [Ballarat GeoTour](https://coord.info/GT4A1) which were some distance away, which involved visits to Miners Rest, Learmonth, and Lake Burrumbeet. We started the day with breakfast in inner-Ballarat, and scoped out the Sturt Street gardens with its sculptures and memorial plaques. During our western drive, it was also an opportunity to visit the Avenue of Honour, as we visited the end and then drove towards the Arch of Victory Memorial in Ballarat.
In the afternoon, we looped around Lake Wendouree and visited the Ballarat Botanical Gardens where infant Cottontail had a play, and we had a nice walk within the vicinity. It was then a final visit to Ballarat central, walking through Bridge Mall and window shopping in the area.
Adventure Labs completed today:
• [Learmonth Heritage Walk](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/5d97756b-a1f7-4061-9f74-b02e64fe2fff);
• [Avenue of Honour #2](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/Avenue);
• [Avenue of Honour #1](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/Honour);
• [Prime Ministers Avenue Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/PrimeMinistersAve);
• [Stoddart Statues Adventure Lab](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/Stoddart);
• [Lap of the Lake](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/007ddcf3-bfce-4ccd-aa4d-019cb6d4628b);
• [Watering Holes of Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/c4163981-14f3-4c90-956c-88516e4e2598);
• [Murals of Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/ee1abebf-1a79-4568-875c-b4c6393611b6);
• [Ballarat Red Brick Chimneys](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/2c7211d7-8c3b-46b4-8c11-6d19221d7e72);
• [Art Deco in Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/ArtDeco);
• [The Ballarat Rotunda series](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/367c6fb1-e1a4-460c-bc0c-1620c5f4060d); and
• [Kraken Clocks of Ballarat](https://labs.geocaching.com/goto/3df47573-d7b0-4ecd-ba12-81331de2bdd0).
So close to logging a DNF on that one but gave it one more go and voila nabbed the little red sucker
After an event nearby I made my way to this GZ.
I had done the AL a month ago and typed in the GZ co-ords incorrectly - the transcribing error meant I was looking in some strange location at a shopping centre.
Back home I double-checked my numbers and the cache page confirmed the error and actual location.
Not that it helped me much this morning - after eliminating the fence I felt like I was looking for a needle in a haystack.
D1.5; many "quick find" logs; just 2 DNFs in exactly 200 finds : I guess that puts me in the special 1% bracket.
Fortunately there's a virtual nearby - hopefully I'll have better luck finding the Tram Museum.
I had done the AL a month ago and typed in the GZ co-ords incorrectly - the transcribing error meant I was looking in some strange location at a shopping centre.
Back home I double-checked my numbers and the cache page confirmed the error and actual location.
Not that it helped me much this morning - after eliminating the fence I felt like I was looking for a needle in a haystack.
D1.5; many "quick find" logs; just 2 DNFs in exactly 200 finds : I guess that puts me in the special 1% bracket.
Fortunately there's a virtual nearby - hopefully I'll have better luck finding the Tram Museum
.Plenty of laughs and fun were had in Ballarat, catching up with Happy pants and Omegaman1971 for a few days. Our main focus will be the Geo tour, but will take the opportunity to grab any other caches along the way.
This was one of the hides we found after completing the adventure lab, in a lovely area to roam.
Thanks for placing this hide and doing the maintenance, so we can make this find.
This was one of the hides we found after completing the adventure lab, in a lovely area to roam.
Thanks for placing this hide and doing the maintenance, so we can make this find.
Found today while in Ballarat as a few days away targeting the Geo Tour and also a few adventure lab caches while we were nearby. Enjoyed a nice straight forward wander through this picturesque spot grabbing the required information and it was simply a case of making our way to the bonus cache and managed a quick find, thanks nannynomad for the bonus hide.
Found by Omegaman1971
Great day in town with Happy Pants and Happy Feet, our main focus was completing the geotour but managed to also pick up some other caches as well.
This is one of the caches we found today, Cheers for the cache.
Great day in town with Happy Pants and Happy Feet, our main focus was completing the geotour but managed to also pick up some other caches as well.
This is one of the caches we found today, Cheers for the cache.
Today is ANZAC day Respect to the lost soldiers who killed at the wars RIP
Nice botanic garden to visit on a lovely sunny day and done with two adventure labs here. Easy to find. Thanks nannynomad for bringing me here and the A/L
Nice botanic garden to visit on a lovely sunny day and done with two adventure labs here. Easy to find. Thanks nannynomad for bringing me here and the A/L
Throughly enjoyed the history lesson from the Statue Adventure labs. A lovely day in the Botanic Gardens with everyone enjoying the clear weather before the rains hit. Tftc
On our walk through the fantastic botanical garden we were also able to admire these different statues and answer the questions for this LAB-Cache. Some of them were quite tricky for not native english speaking but with a little help from Google-Translater we found the correct answers and got the coordinates for this Bonus Cache.
Even there it took us some minutes until Little-Inegüxle discovered the box.
Regards from Switzerland.
Even there it took us some minutes until Little-Inegüxle discovered the box.
Regards from Switzerland.
TFTC!!!!
HoodedHooligans (H.H.) Nice quick find for us today!
TNLN,SL
15 April 2023 5:26 pm
HoodedHooligans (H.H.) Nice quick find for us today!
TNLN,SL
15 April 2023 5:26 pm
#6434
Found cache at 17:07
Today we set off to do some of the Ballarat GeoTour on a nice, sunny day. Quick find, cache in good condition TNLN SL
A nice bonus after a relaxing walk through the gardens, FP awarded.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache nannynomad
Found cache at 17:07
Today we set off to do some of the Ballarat GeoTour on a nice, sunny day. Quick find, cache in good condition TNLN SL
A nice bonus after a relaxing walk through the gardens, FP awarded.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache nannynomad
#6434
Today our goal is to complete the Ballarat Geotour without getting too distracted by other caches nearby…
Cache was found in good condition after a massive find feast in the gardens… took a few minutes to spot too…
TFTC nannynomad
Today our goal is to complete the Ballarat Geotour without getting too distracted by other caches nearby…
Cache was found in good condition after a massive find feast in the gardens… took a few minutes to spot too…
TFTC nannynomad
A great lab. Gee there are some beautiful works in there. Anyhow the numbers were crunched and the cache was found in the last place I looked which was not the first.
Found out and about on the 2023 trip for the Rutherglen Mega. Thanks to nannynomad and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^]
Found out and about on the 2023 trip for the Rutherglen Mega. Thanks to nannynomad and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^]
Our main aim was to visit the Begonia Festival today, but it was extremely crowded so we wandered around for a while, finding the different stages of this adlab before getting an icecream and finding the cache. Amazing how many statues you start to notice once you know they are there! Luckily the conservatory was a lot less crowded on our way back to the car at the end of the day and we managed to wander in to see the amazing displays. TFTC!
19:55
I finished the GeoTour nearby in the Botanic Gardens, so what better way to celebrate than an Adventure Lab and this bonus cache.
Thanks, nannynomad. I'm notoriously bad at spotting these little blighters, but managed to spot this one fairly quickly by the light of my phone.
#7158
I finished the GeoTour nearby in the Botanic Gardens, so what better way to celebrate than an Adventure Lab and this bonus cache.
Thanks, nannynomad. I'm notoriously bad at spotting these little blighters, but managed to spot this one fairly quickly by the light of my phone.
#7158
Found with JJ52 and Michells&hound on our Ballarat Geo Tour trip. We left Adelaide early Friday morning and travelled home Sunday. We found all the Ballarat Geo Tour caches over the weekend aswell as a few others along the way. We even attended a event in Sebastopol on Sunday before we headed home.We did a few Adventure Labs to when we were close. TFTC nannynomad
On a road trip with Michells&hound and allister w over to Ballarat to complete the GeoTour as well as other highly favourited caches and odd ones we were going past. We had a great weekend with four seasons of weather over the three days and even managed to attend an event in Sebastopol before heading home. Saw lots of the countryside and very interesting places in and around Ballarat. [^]
Had a lovely wander around the gardens while finding a few caches that we walked past.
Thanks for the cache nannynomad.
Had a lovely wander around the gardens while finding a few caches that we walked past.
Thanks for the cache nannynomad.
Great to have this one turned into a smiley face. I love walking around these gardens. TFTC
Found. Very forgiving with distance from each waypoint, which I appreciated. Cache found pretty quick, the coords had me within 1-2m
Found on our way past while touring around Ballarat today. After completing the lab cache, set off to have a look for this one. After a bit of searching had the cache located. All good here.
Find #5388 on 7 Feb 2023.
TFTC nannynomad!
Find #5388 on 7 Feb 2023.
TFTC nannynomad!
OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa
Day2 in Ballarat and it’s a wet one ! We dodged showers to complete this one, even in the rain it’s a lovely walk !
Tftc
Day2 in Ballarat and it’s a wet one ! We dodged showers to complete this one, even in the rain it’s a lovely walk !
Tftc
*Dear CO, apologies for the late logging…
Day 1 (full day) in Ballarat with Tankengine and Youban to do the GeoTour mainly, plus a couple of other caches and catch up with caching buddies.
We started at 8am (had done 3 of the tour last night), but finished the rest today by 5pm. Showered and headed to the Robin Hood Hotel for dinner (very yummy) with our caching friends.
The dinner, drinks and conversation was an awesome way to finish a busy, yet productive day of caching.
This cache: A nice AL. I like this type of one. And the bonus was good too. Had to dodge the sprinklers. And the sprinklers won. It’s was actually rather fun. ?? Tftc!!!
Day 1 (full day) in Ballarat with Tankengine and Youban to do the GeoTour mainly, plus a couple of other caches and catch up with caching buddies.
We started at 8am (had done 3 of the tour last night), but finished the rest today by 5pm. Showered and headed to the Robin Hood Hotel for dinner (very yummy) with our caching friends.
The dinner, drinks and conversation was an awesome way to finish a busy, yet productive day of caching.
This cache: A nice AL. I like this type of one. And the bonus was good too. Had to dodge the sprinklers. And the sprinklers won. It’s was actually rather fun. ?? Tftc!!!
Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 and youban on our Ballarat Geotour trip down south! - Coords had us in the wrong tree - took a fair while dodging sprinklers - harder than 1.5 if you ask me!! Thanks nannynomad!
An easy find after a lovely walk doing the labs! Over on a long weekend with Schnappy96, and my 2 muggle sons tftal
Found with mogni, we are supposed to be targeting the nearby geo tour caches but seem to get side tracked on the way. this was one of the many caches that side tracked us. quick find. lab was solved/completed while doing the geo tour
Left with Mogni the day before Christmas to go down to Mount Gambier for Christmas Day. Then on the 27th left for Victoria. Plan A was to go to the Ottway Rangers, complete the Geo tour in Ballarat and then head to Geelong and take the Queenscliff ferry over to Sorrento then grabbing new LGA's on route to almost the New South Wales/Victoria border and the old 2001 cache near there. Also attending a community day event, a CITO and a couple of other events as well. Then head in to the high country and come back to SA in 11 days. Things didn't go to plan. Turns out that one of my almost new tyres was defective ( side wall blown out ) and blew in the ottway ranges on a narrow road in the rainforest, Drove to Melton to stay overnight and get a new tyre there, tyre machine broken and the other 5 tyre companies not open so off to geelong for a new tyre ( and some caches on the way and in geelong ) . The event we where going to attend in geelong didn't turn out, he was late by ALOT to his own event.Then to ballarat to same day since we had a b&b booked for the next few nights. Planned on getting the ferry at 1200 and ended up on the 400 pm ferry but we did attend a event and CITO in geelong. Then we drive into the rear end of a thunder storm with forecast 20 mm dropping for the next few days. Cancel the high country and change targets to letterbox D/T for fizzy grid only using letterboxes and same wirh the multi fizzy grid plus fizzy grid only using victorian caches plus any challenge caches we where near. Plus getting a few more victorian 2001 caches. And finally any caches that had 40 more more favourite points. Only got soaked to the bone for a couple of days but the water on the tracks was noticeable. On the return home tried to get the rest of the missing LGA's around the Melbourne CBD i missed in the last mega. Still a fun trip was had if not the planned one.
Left with Mogni the day before Christmas to go down to Mount Gambier for Christmas Day. Then on the 27th left for Victoria. Plan A was to go to the Ottway Rangers, complete the Geo tour in Ballarat and then head to Geelong and take the Queenscliff ferry over to Sorrento then grabbing new LGA's on route to almost the New South Wales/Victoria border and the old 2001 cache near there. Also attending a community day event, a CITO and a couple of other events as well. Then head in to the high country and come back to SA in 11 days. Things didn't go to plan. Turns out that one of my almost new tyres was defective ( side wall blown out ) and blew in the ottway ranges on a narrow road in the rainforest, Drove to Melton to stay overnight and get a new tyre there, tyre machine broken and the other 5 tyre companies not open so off to geelong for a new tyre ( and some caches on the way and in geelong ) . The event we where going to attend in geelong didn't turn out, he was late by ALOT to his own event.Then to ballarat to same day since we had a b&b booked for the next few nights. Planned on getting the ferry at 1200 and ended up on the 400 pm ferry but we did attend a event and CITO in geelong. Then we drive into the rear end of a thunder storm with forecast 20 mm dropping for the next few days. Cancel the high country and change targets to letterbox D/T for fizzy grid only using letterboxes and same wirh the multi fizzy grid plus fizzy grid only using victorian caches plus any challenge caches we where near. Plus getting a few more victorian 2001 caches. And finally any caches that had 40 more more favourite points. Only got soaked to the bone for a couple of days but the water on the tracks was noticeable. On the return home tried to get the rest of the missing LGA's around the Melbourne CBD i missed in the last mega. Still a fun trip was had if not the planned one.
On a Christmas Holiday with sir_spectre, visiting family in Mount Gambier and then on to Victoria to visit some new places as well as some old haunts.
Thanks to nannynomad from mogni
Thanks to nannynomad from mogni
Found It!
A surprisingly quick find here after the nearby event. Thankfully not too many people around to see me climbing through the bushes!
TFTC
A surprisingly quick find here after the nearby event. Thankfully not too many people around to see me climbing through the bushes!
TFTC
We are targeting the BGT series and this one was nearby. Thanks for hiding and enhancing our exploration of the area. A great AL. Fav point alloc
iTEEM is in Ballaarat for a couple of days for a family function, and some team members took the opportunity to find some caches.
We completed the AdLab yesterday, but a search of where the app told me GZ was yielded nothing.
My temperamental third party app decided to cooperate this morning, and placed GZ a little way off on the map.
With the sharper eyes of the younger members of iTEEM to help, the cache was soon found and the log signed.
TFTC and the reason to revisit this beautiful garden nannynomad
We completed the AdLab yesterday, but a search of where the app told me GZ was yielded nothing.
My temperamental third party app decided to cooperate this morning, and placed GZ a little way off on the map.
With the sharper eyes of the younger members of iTEEM to help, the cache was soon found and the log signed.
TFTC and the reason to revisit this beautiful garden nannynomad
A trip to check out all the awesome places in Victoria. TFTC.
Great to have a bonus with an AL. Found hanging after a little search.
Great to have a bonus with an AL. Found hanging after a little search.
Goldy and Geo4Jimmy are off on another adventure to Ballarat for the GeoTour, intending to complete the whole thing in our short stay.
I didn't know Australia had one to be completely honest, so I appreciate the buisness card I was given at the Blair Athol Breakfast event.
A quick find after the event.
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I heard something about a badge level thingy for writing longer logs... so feel to ignore the words from this point onwards.
Thanks for going to the effort to prepare, hide and submit this geocache for me to find, another smiley for my geomap.
A big shoutout to those who put together this GeoTour, as well as all the other cache owners who placed a cache and/or adventure lab we found while on our journey.
Thanks to the cache owners who do regular maintenance checks to ensure other players have an enjoyable experience when out in the field.
Your cache has been retrieved and the log book has been signed with a joint stamp reading "Jimmy & Goldy".
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Thanks for this cache.
This cache brings Goldy's total find count to 2081 on the 26th of November 2022
I didn't know Australia had one to be completely honest, so I appreciate the buisness card I was given at the Blair Athol Breakfast event.
A quick find after the event.
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I heard something about a badge level thingy for writing longer logs... so feel to ignore the words from this point onwards.
Thanks for going to the effort to prepare, hide and submit this geocache for me to find, another smiley for my geomap.
A big shoutout to those who put together this GeoTour, as well as all the other cache owners who placed a cache and/or adventure lab we found while on our journey.
Thanks to the cache owners who do regular maintenance checks to ensure other players have an enjoyable experience when out in the field.
Your cache has been retrieved and the log book has been signed with a joint stamp reading "Jimmy & Goldy".
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Thanks for this cache.
This cache brings Goldy's total find count to 2081 on the 26th of November 2022
Finally remembered a pen today. Popped past while finishing of the gardens after a meet and greet event. TFTC
After a wonderful few days at Whittlesea GLISS! and I decided we had time to swing out here and finish off the Ballarat GeoTour and anything else we could get our hands on. Lots of fun checking out the great caches in the area, solving multis and collecting the many AL's. Thanks for another great caching adventure!
Thanks for sharing the interesting story of the statues. Cache was quickly found. TFTC.
We returned today after not being able to come here last night after closing time. It's such a beautiful place to visit, so glad we came in the daylight. Wow!! what an adventure we had here today, we discovered that there were a couple of lab caches to complete, visited beautiful garden beds, stood under massive trees for shelter from hail, discovered new knowledge on prime ministers, and Stoddart Statues. What beautiful artistic carvings.
With cache signed and replaced we were off to continue our adventures on the geotour. TCTC
We started off with a brisk 5° feels like 4° start to the morning with very gusty winds, hoping the rain stays away. Wow what an amazing place to visit, the geo-tour is bringing us to some amazing places that I would never had seen if not for the tour. Thanks.
With cache signed and replaced we were off to continue our adventures on the geotour. TCTC
We started off with a brisk 5° feels like 4° start to the morning with very gusty winds, hoping the rain stays away. Wow what an amazing place to visit, the geo-tour is bringing us to some amazing places that I would never had seen if not for the tour. Thanks.
scramping and I arrived in Ballarat yesterday from the Whittlesea Mega event with one mission in mind, the Ballarat GeoTour. With all the caches from the tour completed, with the exemption of 4 that we couldn't get to, we turned on the rest of the map to continue caching around Ballarat.
The Botanical Gardens are lovely. It was nice wandering around the garden visiting all the statues, that is, until it started hailing. We ran to the biggest leafiest pine tree we could find to shelter us as we were not near any man made structures when it happened. We huddled beside the big trunk as the small hailstones got us. I was very glad they were small. Between the rain & hail we moved around the gardens until we had completed all the questions & got the bonus cache co-ordinates.
Off to the final location and after a short search the cache was found.
Thanks for the Adventure and the cache, nannynomad
The Botanical Gardens are lovely. It was nice wandering around the garden visiting all the statues, that is, until it started hailing. We ran to the biggest leafiest pine tree we could find to shelter us as we were not near any man made structures when it happened. We huddled beside the big trunk as the small hailstones got us. I was very glad they were small. Between the rain & hail we moved around the gardens until we had completed all the questions & got the bonus cache co-ordinates.
Off to the final location and after a short search the cache was found.
Thanks for the Adventure and the cache, nannynomad
Nice little adventure lab, simple, but fun!
Thanks for the bonus, it was a nice and easy find!
Thanks for the bonus, it was a nice and easy find!
Found this while attending the Whittlesea mega.
Depending on the log size and who I was with this is signed as nikid1, ND1 or TQ5 (team Queensland).
The group of us from the north decided to spend a day in Ballarat as we were all after different DTs, attributes and a lovely geoart (as I love Christmas) that we could get here.
Ballarat is such a lovely town. Such beautiful gardens and architecture that you don’t find up north.
Somehow we missed this ad lab while walking through the garden but that didn’t matter just another lap. Our step count is well and truely up today. Enjoyed the lab. Took a bit to find the cache but we got it in the end.
TFTC nannynomad
Depending on the log size and who I was with this is signed as nikid1, ND1 or TQ5 (team Queensland).
The group of us from the north decided to spend a day in Ballarat as we were all after different DTs, attributes and a lovely geoart (as I love Christmas) that we could get here.
Ballarat is such a lovely town. Such beautiful gardens and architecture that you don’t find up north.
Somehow we missed this ad lab while walking through the garden but that didn’t matter just another lap. Our step count is well and truely up today. Enjoyed the lab. Took a bit to find the cache but we got it in the end.
TFTC nannynomad
Whittlesea Mega Wobble and Wade Tour: Day 3: More Ballarat Geotour then off to Geelong. 
Once again myself and Anymules were in Victoria on our way to a Mega event.
Having spent all day yesterday juggling GPS and phone to try and do caches and labs simultaneously we fell well short of finishing the tour. So it was well into the afternoon before we left for Geelong. 
Once in Geelong it was a time to walk to get some caching down there too. Many caches were found and unless something stood out these will be generic logs.
Even with a hint from a previous finder this took quite a while to find.
***Thanks nannynomad for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.
Once again myself and Anymules were in Victoria on our way to a Mega event.
Having spent all day yesterday juggling GPS and phone to try and do caches and labs simultaneously we fell well short of finishing the tour. So it was well into the afternoon before we left for Geelong. Once in Geelong it was a time to walk to get some caching down there too. Many caches were found and unless something stood out these will be generic logs. Even with a hint from a previous finder this took quite a while to find.
***Thanks nannynomad for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.
