PATOG Series 036 Parafield Gardens, South Australia, Australia
By equipe de cinq on 26-Jan-21. Waypoint GC95M7T

Coordinates took us to a tree 10m from the bridge. No luck

First cache find in Salisbury Council area. Trying to find a cache in as many council areas as I can. A quick find, and cache and log are good. TFTC equipe de cinq.

Nice day for a bike ride.

Found the coordinates are not right

Left home early for a day's caching in the Gawler to Bolivar area to see if I could achieve a Personal Best month. Most caches were in good condition, but there were some on the Gawler to Port Adelaide trail that needed maintenance that I didn't have with me. TFTC

TFTC

Loved this cache, found at 6:00. Ran around bridge several times as it was dark.

Found with Emsdan1315(my mum) and captain_caching (my sister). Really good hint ran across the bridge basically more then 3 times.Good hide

With such a beautiful, sunny, winters day, I decided to take off on my bike and complete the PATOG power trail. I have been working my way along it and hopefully today I will complete it.So after disembarking the train I jumped on my bike and headed west!Yes, another reason to ride along here again one day.TFTC equipe de cinqKeep smiling

Found by The Boofs while out on a walk TFTC

quick and easy find, thanks for the cache!

Found on another bike/train adventure.

Done and dusted

A morning walk along the Port Adelaide to Gawler bikeway. Currently the walled section is covered in spiders so there were a couple I couldn't get to and will have to come back for, but it certainly got me on the way to 13,000 steps today

Do folks know that the Port Adelaide Visitor Information Centre rents bikes for free? All you have to do is leave an ID and verify your phone number. How awesome is that?I biked about 32 kms out and back, and found the first 37 caches in the series. Which means I got to Salisbury ish. Enjoyed it! But am continually amazed that the wind is always blowing against me no matter what direction I am biking.TFTC!

Finally got to return and find this one which may have been missing months ago when I looked last. Nice to move the blotch from the map Thank you equipe de cinq for this cache hide and ongoing care and maintenance Jack came along for the ride too. ---------------- ----------------------In a dangerous world filled with rusty old mint tins and solid caches falling from trees - - - a cache a day keeps us agile... sort of --------Caches are logged using the resources of gsak, garmin, and androids, occasionally AI too! (And a little rubber stamp ) Work gets in the way - and some may take longer to log than others due to mixed technology and need for sleep! The skill and talent of some Zenior Zombies helps, and maybe a spot of luck too [:o)]----------Cache carefully and make sure Travel Bugs are the Only bugs you share and pass on Clean as you go and cache the countryside Big thanks to those placing quality caches out and about around our country areas, in nice safe places and containers especially! - it keeps our game fun for all Of course we do appreciate if you actually did read all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, or so we've been told! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where it is I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and perhaps we can put an end to these long logs !!! Maybe not though - as someone actually did read to the end and alerted me to just a project GC badge that requires long logs [:o)] Well at least it's not as bad as finding a mint tin! Did you get that... stop putting out rusty mint tins, just stop it, now!!! C'est fini... For now... ... until tomorrow! PS:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It's on.. We're here!!! It happened! Leaping forward and beyond GCA1DNA - Great Leap Forward ... or is it backward... it takes an extra day to get to March All done now! 29.2.24 The Mega Leap Event of the year. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------So next make sure you are coming to this... Don't forget to put the SA June Long Weekend in your diary for 2024 too... fun and funky finding with a little competition too - GCAK1D5 - Lameroo's Ludicrous Legwarmers

TFTC

Out for the day celebrating all things fun!
With our birthday girl turning a special number we all agreed what a nice way to celebrate her day.
We all met at Mrs bee's house before we flew to the starting point. We loaded cars with bikes and we headed off. There was a motley variety of bikes, some small, some tall, some powered, and most not!
Mrs Bee wanted to fly but apparently she needed to ride along this trail as GTA (Gabe The Angel) had energy to burn!! A lot of energy to burn..
LocusCache was the moving motivator jibing the youngest of our group that is she could do it at her age, so could he.
Sharing the load to collect that caches between GTA & James0116, we needed James height with some of the hides.
LiB was a super scouter pointing GTA to the correct spot, allisterw was happy to race the smallest of our group in the hope he got tired... he did not..

TFTC now we go to eat cake!!

Great Hide

Thanks equipe de cinq for the cache

James0116
Saturday,19 Aug 2023
3:17:50 pm ACST
3729

Out and about locating caches for this months souvenir challenge.
This cache was found as part of the challenge.

Thanks for placing and maintaining caches for our enjoyment!

Needing a few caches for the day.
We braved the weather.
Quickly located this one. Tftc

Southern Autumn adventure Day 48. Mid North section of SA trip Day 19. Gawler Day 7. Today was a mixed day starting with some more Anna Tommy caches that were difficult to solve, but fun to find. Next was a set of Unicorn caches. The area was still quiet, even though it was now a weekday, and I found the ones I targeted without any problems. I then i wanted to get back on the NEXY bike trail with my scooter, so I selected a set of them to do from Bolivar. It did not go as smoothly as I had hoped, but I made it back to the car without having to walk. After fueling up I headed back to Gawler.

Thanks for the cache equipe de cinq

42672.42 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2000 Finds Achievement A#125

**Albida**

Ez

Nice short stroll tftc

Out for a lovely walk along the Little Para river.
And a chance to test that my Dakota 20 still works ... it does!

Seek3red and found!

TFTC

Difficult one to get ahold of. TFTC

Fingers rather than eyes found this one. Tftc HouseofJones

Sometimes it is better to look at things from a distance, you get a much better view. TFTC

In the area and had just enough time for a single cache before the sun set.Quickly located.

Out with Normanville & muggle friend doing a wetland walk. 13.4 kms all up. Much to Normanville and my delight found few caches along the way. TFTC

TFTC amazing here

The hint didn’t help but my fingers did!
TFTC!
Thank you for replacing so now that blue frown is upside down!

Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 46.191 E 138° 35.709

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 46.209 E 138° 35.725

Distance from original: 135.7 feet or 41.4 meters.

New location for the replacement cache. Check hint.

TFTC
Equipe de cinq thanks for replacing this missing cache and for the continuing maintenance to do on this series. Hugely appreciated
Of course now I get to turn a sad face from a previous DNF into a very smiley face

No luck with this one.

No cache here!

I don’t think it’s here

Under

Found signed put back

finding your empty cache so look for log papers and temporary paper equipe de cinq, thank you so much for placing it.

Note gone found empty broken container on ground

Sadly it looks like it was muggled

Looks like a muggles got to this, empty cache as per pic

Another easy find with Liz and Andy
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Found with The X-Trailers and Andy Columbia. Quick find.
TFTC

Día de caching con un clima muy caluroso, ayudan las ramas secas que estan en el suelo cuando no eres alto. lo encontramos con la compañía de Earthlight & The X-trailers.
TFTFun

My first cache, thankyou

Finishing off this series by bike. An enjoyable ride!

A solo morning caching before catching up with Mattycat in the afternoon, noticed these ones had some recent maintenance and this made a nice stop for a short walk to collect the three we missed last visit and stretch the legs, all three were found in prestine condition
TFTC equipe de cinq

Cache replaced.

No luck for us today on this one, a case of cache blindness perhaps till next visit TFTC

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

Nothing at sign. If it fell off the mower may have eaten it.

Nice easy find for my kids. Thanks.

Thanks for the cache found with Webberg

Nice

Tftc! Found with conardel

Started 700 meters away, ended up walking the entire way.

On a lovely ride with brisal5, thewhitedoggang and Featherwaite, signing the log sheets with the acronym BAWF. There was barely any wind and no rain. A perfect day for a ride and cache. [^]

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

Doing this series with brisal5, Astro & FeatherWaite today
All logs signed as B.A.W.F.
Good co-ords, nice containers & easy finds make for a great day
Thanks for placing these caches, well done.
TFTC

Found by brisal5, TeamAstro, thewhitedoggang and Featherwaite, signing the logsheets with the acronym BAWF. Being cool, cloudy, no rain and with light winds, it proved a great day for a ride along the bikeway. Thanks for the cache and series equipe de cinq!

GENERIC LOGS FOR PATOG series! [8)][8)][8)]

Time to attack the PATOG series. [^] So the calls were made to find a group to take on the ride and a group of brisal5, Astro, WhiteDogGang and Featherwaite were available. So the acronym BAWF was formed to sign the logs. We chose Tuesday 8/6/2021 to make the ride but the forecast of a thunderstorm, continuous rain and howling winds caused the newly formed BAWF to balk and we delayed until Friday 11/6/21! [B)][B)] What a great day for a ride, overcast, a nice cool breeze and not a drop of rain to be felt. All caches were found in good condition except, one that needed a new cap (done) and one that needed replacing. (also done) Great day had but I felt like BAWFing by the end! [:o)][:o)][:o)][:o)]

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 to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]

***Thanks equipe de cinq for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

I couldn’t see this one where I expected to see it but didn’t spend any time looking elsewhere. So many to find so I kept on going today.

Enjoyed our walk along the NorCon so much last week , we thought we'd continue again today (although we shuffled cars so we didn't have to walk back this time) [8].
TNLNSL.
Thanks again Equipe de cinq.

We found it!

Nearly missed that one. Thanks equipe de cinq

TFTC Out with little T today. We returned to this one as i needed a TOTT to reach haha. I am short, even when using Thomas as some extra help with height.. didn't quite reach it lol

After the morning event i thought it would be good to get some more of the series.

A pleads day fire a stroll but there were long stretches of no caches.

Only 11 today in 2 hours of walking.

Tftc

Claiming a cache find as part of the awesome beta testing cache placing crew for this super fun cycling series. All of the PATOG caches in the series have been found many times so our work must have been good. Kudos to anyone who does the full end to end ride in one session and collects them all. If you run it or walk it then you get extra bonus kudos.

Eventually some time in the future when the rail access is restored to Gawler it will be possible to catch the train to Port Adelaide, ride with the wind to Gawler, and catch the electric train home. From Patog one to Patog eleventy first. That would be awesome.

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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.

Set out today aiming to find the 54 required to finish off the newish PATOG series. Decided to tackle the high terrain one first so parked as close as I could legally and set off with the required TOTT. Was able to spot from the ground so it was a reasonably quick job of getting my stamp in the log. Left as found.
Back to the car and after chatting to some nearby muggles decided to leave if there and set off on the ebike. Returned a few hours later with 47K on the odometer, the series completed and even a BFE bonus cache.
Now that I've had the recreation it's time to head home for the rest.
Thanks to equipe de cinq and all involved in getting this series out and placing this cache here for me to find

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

Today after work I took advantage of the last of day light savings to collect another 9 on this trail. A new style of hide was encountered which were a little trickier than what I have become accustomed to but all 3 tackled were found. Needed my trusty stick for several of the others.
TFTC and the series eventually I will have walked more than the way to Gawler.

A nice break from my jog

Out for a long bike ride with Uni and Medusa along the Northen Expressway and beyond. We parked a vehicle at each end and took the mountain bikes along the trails - 48.9kms and 115 caches in around 5 hours.
The bike trail allows one to see a lot more at 20kmh than whizzing past in a car at 110kmh. There is interesting WWII history in amongst the market gardens and salt flats. I really enjoyed the massive redgums and lushness around the Gawler River. On a hot day one would want to take plenty of water, there isn't a lot of shade or facilities along some of the stretches.
This cache was found at 9:39:00 AM and was 38 of 102 finds today.
Apologies for the generic log but it is a powertrail. Thanks equipe de cinq

Found at 9:38 on a perfect cycling day with Shonkylogic.

Thanks for the hide

A short walk at lunch time to collect another 4 of the PATOG series...by the time the fourth was collected that has left only 98 more to go. TFTC

Out today to explore the PATOG bike path and find some caches! Signed the log. Thank you for taking the time and effort to place this series, as it makes the path even more interesting (as well as boosting my smiley count!).

Grabbing a few PATOGs while down the hill to see dad. TFTC and series.

A group of us(JJ52, mogni, Sir Spectre, Azzo7777 and Dad, Tallbikestan and I) decided to do this series. We started at number 1 at 8:30am and finished the series at 1:30pm with a few other caches along the way. TFTC equipe de cinq

A big day out was planned with allister w, sir_spectre, mogni, azzo7777 and tallbikestan to tackle the PATOG series and give my new ebike a good workout. [^]
We started early from #1 leaving cars there and then were picked up at the end. It was a fun, but very tiring day and we managed to find all the caches quickly except for a couple that required extra effort.
Thanks for the cache and series equipe de cinq.

All caches signed as Mystery Randoms

Awesome day out riding bikes with allister w, sir_spectre, tallbikestan, JJ52 and mogni!

TFTC equipe de cinq

Thanks for this Traditional Cache

Cache on!

Found on February 21, 2021 at 8:14 PM
Find 1424

Found out riding with my tallbike with some friends

Out with Tallbikestan, allister w, JJ52, azzo and mogni. Todays target was to do all of the PATOG Series using bikes or power assisted bikes. Getting dropped off at one end and getting picked up at the other end. The only problem we had was the one cache that needed a ladder, Tallbikestan's bike was just too short by about 1/2 foot. Easy found with the ladder deployed. i never got to complete the last bike trail, i only ended up finding about 11 of them. We even had a lunch break about 3/4 down the trail. A fun but tiring day out.

A big day out with sir_spectre, Allister W, JJ52, tallbikestan and azzo (and his Dad). Today we tackled the PATOG series and all caches were found, only a couple took more than a few seconds.
Thanks to equipe de cinq from mogni

Staying at Gawler Gateway, we noticed this recently published series. Mr F wanted to tackle this series so a plan was made to attempt before the coming week of hot weather. Mrs F dropped Mr F and his trusty steed off at the cycleway, for him to head south before turning around at 001 and returning to complete 88 for today. . A big days cycling, some wetlands, and a few shady areas to return sunburnt. Alas not wearing climbing boots so at least 1 DNA (did not attempt for the day)

TFTC

There had been discussions between Freddo, Davidwazza and myself to place this series for quite some time but never got around to it till the other day. Finally we set off from Gawler and made our way to Port Adelaide riding the full 49km and enjoying the path as we went. Placing bee caches and removing the old series. A great day out despite the rain to start us off. I hope people enjoy the new series and a lengthy bike riding series.
Logging as a beta tester.
TFTC

The weather is so un-summer, and my day was a blank canvas. I started this morning before 7am on the Port Adelaide end, and marched through to the 111th in what was a personal achievement. Thanks for the cache and series.

Out with Csaba! SupaOrange and Malco!. Made a bunch of FTF, STF and TTF. Looking forward to doing more of this series. Turtle Out

Big bike ride with Csaba!, SupaTurtle and Malco!. Had fun racing to find the next caches. Tra La Laaa

It was only a few weeks ago I was telling Malco! there would be a series out here on the new bike path. Saw these come out yesterday but knew the weather would be better today. Organised a car shuffle with Malco! and the morning began. All find made with SupaTurtle, SupaOrange and Malco!. Three FTF and a bunch of STF and TTF. Podium finishes all morning. Thanks

Riding with Csaba!, SupaOrange & SupaTurtle.

Hopped on the treadlies for an early morning ride. Beautiful smooth track. Only did a short section of the bike track, leaving plenty for next time.

Thanks for the caches, edc

Published

Ftf 9.49 ltf

Saw these published this morn, well that saves going further afield today...
A quick find at 1035 and moved on to next...
TNLNSL
Thanks

Today, I had organised with Freddo and gridge98 to ride the Northern Expressway bikeway to complete the *Nexy Challenge* series geocaches. We rode the full distance, and then in the afternoon, jesswrigley and I visited the south-eastern end of Cleland Conservation Park and took a few walks around the area. The day began cold spitting a little, but towards the afternoon, it turned out to become quite warm and not too hot; almost the perfect day to be outside and hiking.

Freddo, gridge98 and I had set off early to complete and collect the *Nexy Challenge* series, and concurrently, we stealthily placed the new version 3 series: the **PATOG** Port Adelaide to Gawler series. A discussion was had 6-9 months previously about arranging a day, and with my time running out of Adelaide, it turned out that Australia Day became our collective free day. Magnets were purchased, and cache containers were prepared. However, we ran into a problem early, as our plan to use magnets was thwarted when the sign poles were aluminum, not steel. Who would have thought that the frog's kryptonite would be metallurgy today? Nevertheless, alternative hiding places were found, and the series was rolled out. It was a significant session riding the 49 km, but at least they are now available for the community to find. Thanks equipe de cinq for the ongoing maintenance of this series, and hoping that this version can last longer than the previous two.

Note that this geocache was beta tested on 26/01/2021.