Swanning Around Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
By
Mattycat on 29-Jul-20. Waypoint GC8XF38
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Logs
Today out and about on 273 of 274 days to get my daily cacher Emerald Using my Garmin Etrex 22X, Garmin Montana 700 and MacBook Air!Thanks for the cacheTFTC
We are on a caravanning trip around Australia seeing the sights and finding a few caches. We are on the way to Barossa valley to catch up with friends. We stopped in this town. Grabbed out the bikes and went caching. Although a had too many DNF today. Nice quick find here.Thanks for the cache
Staying at the fabulous Station Kapunda for 2 nights with my 5 siblings & other family members. Managed to squeeze in a couple of caches & an AL. Tftc
Started out late today and after a stop at the nearby bakery for lunch this was our first cache for the day. Found after a bit of a feel around. Always find it tricky getting the scroll out of these ones and luckily hubby had a TOTT which helped enormously. TFTC
Another seemed to have gone away, or maybe had its swansong... A replacement awaits the next to pass by.
Day trip to Robertstown and Eudunda area grabbing many multis and others during the days caching. All caches in good condition unless mentioned in the logs. TFTC
Tricky, but managed to find and signed the log. TFTC Mattycat. Busy little trail full of dogs and their masters today.
Found quickly in the cold and wind! Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.
Spectacular day for some caches, contuing from last visit.
TFTC
ENJOYING THE WIDE GAME
TFTC
ENJOYING THE WIDE GAME
Tftc!! We finally found this cache after ages of coming out and trying to find it.
Found after a short search with tassie expat while passing through.
Good cammo and accurate coords. It's in good condition. Thanks for putting a cache here.
Good cammo and accurate coords. It's in good condition. Thanks for putting a cache here.
Greenock Day 2
Camping for a couple of nights at the reserve.
Today our trip took us to Kapunda to Nurioopta & return to Greenock.
A variety of caches found in some amazing locations. A few ALs completed also
Thankyou to the CO's for placing these caches.
Camping for a couple of nights at the reserve.
Today our trip took us to Kapunda to Nurioopta & return to Greenock.
A variety of caches found in some amazing locations. A few ALs completed also
Thankyou to the CO's for placing these caches.
A big long weekend with the JAMS Crew (JJ52, allister w(me), mogni, Sir Spectre and tallbikestan). We road from Riverton to Stanley Flat on day 1. Then more riding near Spalding on day 2. Then finished the weekend with finding caches around the area in the car. TFTC
A return visit to Clare was planned for the long weekend with the JAMS crew plus tallbikestan to find a lot of the caches that we didn't get to on our last visit along with the Rattler, Riesling and NE trails as well as the Mid North Channel Country trail. [^]
We had three very full days with perfect weather for caching, lots of bike riding, lots of walking and lots of driving along dirt tracks. We were lucky it had not recently been wet as some of the roads we drove on would not have been passable if wet. Loved the scenery at this time of year with everything looking very green as well as the bright yellow of the canola crops.
A fun weekend of caching, lots of caches found and lots of cool places visited.
Thanks for the cache Mattycat.
We had three very full days with perfect weather for caching, lots of bike riding, lots of walking and lots of driving along dirt tracks. We were lucky it had not recently been wet as some of the roads we drove on would not have been passable if wet. Loved the scenery at this time of year with everything looking very green as well as the bright yellow of the canola crops.
A fun weekend of caching, lots of caches found and lots of cool places visited.
Thanks for the cache Mattycat.
The JAMS crew went on an October long weekend adventure back to Clare. We brought Tallbikestan along as we were targetting the bike tracks and he is the best rider amongst us. Allister W and sir_spectre we the other main riders, with JJ52 and I the support crew and walkers. A huge weekend of fun and adventure was had by all, until I made SS sick with my cold....oops.
Thanks to all those who have kept not just the bike tracks but all the other caches alive for us to find.
All caches signed as JAMS.
Thanks to Mattycat from mogni
Thanks to all those who have kept not just the bike tracks but all the other caches alive for us to find.
All caches signed as JAMS.
Thanks to Mattycat from mogni
found by JJ52, turns out i didn't feel in the right spot when i looked there.
" insert nano rant here "
The JAMS team ( JJ52,Allister w, Mogni, and sir_spectre minus mitchell&hound ) but Tallbikestan was with us instead and we where out for there usually monthly caching adventure. This time it was over the october long weekend instead of the usual day trip. The taget this time was Drop into the Light a long ladder cache on the way to clare and then to clear the Rattler trail, Riesling Trail, Ne Trail saturday on the bikes and then sunday do the Mid North Channel Country bike trail. Monday on the return home was to get Peter's view a 2001 cache. Of course there was many, many other's found on route to the various target for the weekend, somewhere around 260 found by the team. It could have been more but we were not going at a flat out pace, just steady and getting a blow out on the bike 1.6 km's from the end of the Mid North Channel Country bike trail didn't help. I didn't see any snakes this trip but allister did, he saw 5. The caches this trip where written in as JAMS, i forgot the stamps. Also 1 cache was placed by the JAMS team this trip. Out of all the bike tracks i preferred the Rattler /Riesling trail. I like riding through the very rich ( after all the recent rains ) fields of yellow flowers.
" insert nano rant here "
The JAMS team ( JJ52,Allister w, Mogni, and sir_spectre minus mitchell&hound ) but Tallbikestan was with us instead and we where out for there usually monthly caching adventure. This time it was over the october long weekend instead of the usual day trip. The taget this time was Drop into the Light a long ladder cache on the way to clare and then to clear the Rattler trail, Riesling Trail, Ne Trail saturday on the bikes and then sunday do the Mid North Channel Country bike trail. Monday on the return home was to get Peter's view a 2001 cache. Of course there was many, many other's found on route to the various target for the weekend, somewhere around 260 found by the team. It could have been more but we were not going at a flat out pace, just steady and getting a blow out on the bike 1.6 km's from the end of the Mid North Channel Country bike trail didn't help. I didn't see any snakes this trip but allister did, he saw 5. The caches this trip where written in as JAMS, i forgot the stamps. Also 1 cache was placed by the JAMS team this trip. Out of all the bike tracks i preferred the Rattler /Riesling trail. I like riding through the very rich ( after all the recent rains ) fields of yellow flowers.
Spent the weekend at the Worlds End Creek off the grid grabbing caches in the area and on the way here and home. TFTC.
Another lovely day to be caching the area. Found out and about with Symonds6 and Shandyk. Signed log as GuShS6. TFTC.
A quick find, sign & return…….can see why the 3 previous DNF’s didn’t find it. Nice hide
TFTC
TFTC
Thanks for the cache Mattycat. I did do a few circles here, and went right down the line, before returning to GZ (well duh) and spotting the sneaky little sucker. Thanks for the placement and the ongoing maintenance. I was clearly not swanning around here in the sun today.
Thankfully a previous finder gave me a clue where to look for this one.
Thanks for the cache Mattycat.
Found on 20/11/21 at 17:26.
Find #14901.
Thanks for the cache Mattycat.
Found on 20/11/21 at 17:26.
Find #14901.
On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC Mattycat
Find #3865 at 13:58.
Find #3865 at 13:58.
Enjoying a day in the Barossa with Wollaston and Liz&Bruce.
Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out hides and showing us your part of the world
Log signed as SB
TFTC Mattycat
Find # 1504
Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out hides and showing us your part of the world
Log signed as SB
TFTC Mattycat
Find # 1504
Thanks for hiding. Good to be having a look around the area. Caching with Wollaston and SeasonedBird. Cleverly hidden fav point
Full time nomads since 2014. Still tootling around the country trying to avoid Covid hotspots.
Back in SA for harvest work. Spending a few days in Kapunda before heading to Yorke Peninsula.
Only managed a bit over an hour of caching today but your cache was one we found. Log was full so we replaced it.
TFTC Mattycat
Back in SA for harvest work. Spending a few days in Kapunda before heading to Yorke Peninsula.
Only managed a bit over an hour of caching today but your cache was one we found. Log was full so we replaced it.
TFTC Mattycat
Time for another Friday Frolic for some members of the Befuddled Puzzle Solving Group. We gathered at the Rat Nest and myself, Blackadders and S.A. Sewer Rats headed out for a day of caching in and around Kapunda. 
Except for one cache that is currently off line we managed to find all we looked for. As usual there were a few laughs, a picnic lunch and these are the caches we found [B)]
Sneaky. But I found it. Nuff said. 
Only one of the three goals from last year achieved.
So once again trying and fill my calendar with multi-caches and complete loop 11 again this year. [^] For my third goal I will try and get my DNF numbers from over fifty to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]
***Thanks Mattycat for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.
Except for one cache that is currently off line we managed to find all we looked for. As usual there were a few laughs, a picnic lunch and these are the caches we found [B)]Sneaky. But I found it.
Nuff said. Only one of the three goals from last year achieved.
So once again trying and fill my calendar with multi-caches and complete loop 11 again this year. [^] For my third goal I will try and get my DNF numbers from over fifty to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]***Thanks Mattycat for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.
Setting out on this chilly morning to begin cleaning up the Kapunda game board whilst in town visiting Dad.
First looked in the wrong spot and with a little help from the hint soon had the familiar sneaky hide in hand.
TFTC Mattycat
First looked in the wrong spot and with a little help from the hint soon had the familiar sneaky hide in hand.
TFTC Mattycat
as we have a look around the area this was one of the caches we found
A good day was had while grabbing these caches
Thanks for placeing them
A good day was had while grabbing these caches
Thanks for placeing them
The two previous DNFs worried me but this sneaky cache was soon spotted.
Tweezers came in handy. Love the ‘container’!
TFTC
Tweezers came in handy. Love the ‘container’!
TFTC
An afternoon caching in Kapunda. We'd pretty much cleared this town once before, but there have been quite a few new ones added, this being one of them.
We spent far too long looking for this cache because one of our team said they'd checked an area .... but hadn't properly checked!
TFTC Mattycat.
We spent far too long looking for this cache because one of our team said they'd checked an area .... but hadn't properly checked!
TFTC Mattycat.
Found during a day out caching in the Kapunda and wider area with Freddo and Team Waldron. We signed our names in full or abbreviated to F.F.TW in caches that none of us had previously found, and in full when one or the other (various combinations) had already claimed on a prior visit. A total of around 40 finds for each of us today, plus 5 for the local Lab cache to clear up a nice area on the map. Thanks for the cache Mattycat!
Out for a day around Kapunda with Freddo and Featherwaite. We got hot from the sun, soaked from the rain and every type of weather in between.
Where else would it have been?
TFTC
Where else would it have been?
TFTC
That was easy!!
The cache was found in 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 with 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.
The cache was found in 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 with 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.
A short stop off at this one today cache was easily found and is all good.
This morning I headed north towards Kapunda/Nuriootpa to clean up the caches I had left in the area. A nice morning out dodgy the dry weather road only and the flys. Total of 47 finds for the day.
Thanks for the cache
This morning I headed north towards Kapunda/Nuriootpa to clean up the caches I had left in the area. A nice morning out dodgy the dry weather road only and the flys. Total of 47 finds for the day.
Thanks for the cache
In Kapunda for a weekend with the geo-pup, day tripping with Pony 1966. Sneaky hide!
TFTC
TFTC
Too good for me today! Tried to do a quick park and find but mustn’t have been paying attention
Found by Mary and David at 18:50. What a wonderful asset to the neighbourhood. We have had a great day in the area. There is always time for another cache find late in the day. Our thanks to Mattycat.
Today, jesswrigley and I started the day with a breakfast event north-east of the city, before travelling to Kapunda primarily to complete the *Kapunda Hauntings Adventure* Adventure Lab. It was great to visit Kapunda once again, and a nice historical little mining town, and we enjoyed our walk around the old mining area. We did a few other adventures in the area, before heading back home via Seppeltsfield.
This was a park and grab resulting in a quick find here. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks Mattycat for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/jesswrigley stamp.
This was a park and grab resulting in a quick find here. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks Mattycat for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/jesswrigley stamp.
A quick park and grab with CPwanderer, which was aided due to the lack of muggles around.
Thanks for the cache Mattycat
Thanks for the cache Mattycat
An Early Birds[|)] event[|)] out my side of town[^], a CITO[^] out my side of town[^] and then a 
DNF out my side of town were followed by 6 cache finds today and I didn't care which side of town they were in!
After theDNF Rex and I were joined by James 0116 and earthlight for a run to Kapunda to complete a new adv lab[^] We couldn't find the adv lab bonus cache though as it had not been published yet
Hence we found other geocaches[^]
No swanning around took place here today: we all earned our caches
TNLN. SL. TFTC Mattycat
DNF out my side of town were followed by 6 cache finds today and I didn't care which side of town they were in!After the
DNF Rex and I were joined by James 0116 and earthlight for a run to Kapunda to complete a new adv lab[^] We couldn't find the adv lab bonus cache though as it had not been published yetHence we found other geocaches
[^]No swanning around took place here today: we all earned our caches
TNLN. SL. TFTC Mattycat
A quick find and glad didnt have to search in the ???
An interesting place.
Caching around the barossa with friends. TFTC
An interesting place.
Caching around the barossa with friends. TFTC
No swans or train seen. Trick but there it was all along. A quick stop on a tour of a couple of my caches in the area.
Thanks to Mattycat and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^]
An afternoon after work had us down this way doing some homework on future endevours, but with a little daylight left we decided to search for a cache or two. This was our first for the day, neat little hide that took a second look from another angle before we spotted the sneaky hide
TFTC Mattycat
TFTC Mattycat
Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Heading north for work and saw this was on the way. Made a small detour and parked nearby. Wandered to GZ and knew where I should be looking. Swanned around for a bit but the GPS kept wanting me at a particular spot. Looking proved frunitless so turned to alternative searching techniques and then quickly located a very cleverly placed cache. Extracted the log, stamped and returned as found.
Gratias pro cache Mattycat
Heading north for work and saw this was on the way. Made a small detour and parked nearby. Wandered to GZ and knew where I should be looking. Swanned around for a bit but the GPS kept wanting me at a particular spot. Looking proved frunitless so turned to alternative searching techniques and then quickly located a very cleverly placed cache. Extracted the log, stamped and returned as found.
Gratias pro cache Mattycat
This took longer than it should have but the hint gave some hope. Spotted by the Rat. Signed and replaced. Thankyou for the cache Mattycat found 23 September 2020 14:20
An Owl, A Rat and an Adder braved the elements and set out for a day of caching.
This one took a bit longer to find.
After looking at the clue, the beady eyed Rat found the cache. Tftc
This one took a bit longer to find.
After looking at the clue, the beady eyed Rat found the cache. Tftc
TFTC Mattycat
Out & about with geo hubby Animal62 on this gorgeous Father’s Day collecting as many smiley faces as possible for our maps.
Out & about with geo hubby Animal62 on this gorgeous Father’s Day collecting as many smiley faces as possible for our maps.
Not found in the first place we looked [:o)].
TNLNSL.
Visited twice, because Mrs DISK left her phone here
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Thanks again Mattycat.
TNLNSL.
Visited twice, because Mrs DISK left her phone here
.Thanks again Mattycat.
Found It!
A quick find here before I had a look in the tunnel and saw a rather evil spot you could've hidden a cache. I'm glad you didn't!
TFTC
A quick find here before I had a look in the tunnel and saw a rather evil spot you could've hidden a cache. I'm glad you didn't!
TFTC
Nice find to start off our day
Found with Erine14 on a geocaching day in the Gawler-Kapunda area TFTC
Found with Erine14 on a geocaching day in the Gawler-Kapunda area TFTC
What was a grey morning in the Adelaide Hills has turned into a fantastic afternoon in Kapunda. Thanks for this newish cache Mattycat!
