Virtual Reward 3.0 Here Fishy Fishy Fishy Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
By Hercs&pinky on 19-Jun-22. Waypoint GC9P773

Had a look at the big fish while visiting in town. Very large and colourful.

*Found on the 4 Nov 2024 @ 3:43pm.**Cache find # 16026.* While finding a few caches around the Swan Hill LGA, I spotted this virtual in town so I had to go to it.Thats a might big fish, with some muggles sitting both sides the virtual was all I was going to get here today, not able to search for the trad.**Thanks to Hercs&pinky for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

Find number 14566 at 12:05:46pm on Wednesday the 30 October 2024We're on our way to WA Goes Big, travelling from Croydon (Melbourne, Victoria) with a caravan in tow and making a leisurely caching holiday across the Nullarbor and back.Well, WA Goes Big is done for another year and we are on our way home again now, via Perth, Kalgoorlie and the Nullarbor but slowly over the next five weeks Today we're heading from Mildura to Majors Creek near Nagambie via Swan Hill, Kerang and Kyabram, from Majors Creek we will just have a short hop home tomorrow. Also grabbing just a few caches along the way. Wow, if only I could catch one like that, I suppose a fishing pole would be a good start **Thanks for placing this cache Hercs&pinky**---*WOW, so much happening at home in Victoria*Dont forget to log your will attend for Victorias first ever Block Party in March 2025, the [**The Sunbury Event**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).Theres also all those lists of amazing geocaches at [Geocaching Victorias List webpage]( https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists), go check them out.

Easy find

Playing some golf in town and had to grab this Iconic Fish.Thanks for the Virtual

Found with LukeSistema on our Murray River adventure. Answers sent. A pic attached. After some fishing and caching it was decided we needed ice cream so off to the gelato shop we go! Thanks for the virtual at a very apt landmark!

Find 570 on 25 September 2024Great place to have a rest photo attachedTFTC Hercs&pinky

Find 5244 on September 25, 2024 Found while on a family holiday to Swan Hill. Nice virtual on our wander around town. Answer submitted and photo attached. TFTC Hercs&pinky

Found

Love this!

Heading back to Bendigo from Mildura via Swan Hill today with LittleBoss2 and Geo the puppy. Now in Swan Hill grabbing a few extras. Always great to get a virtual. Answers sent by LB2

Quick stop with Bogonghazy and Geo dog. Spent a week up in the Mildura area caching and golfing. Last lot of caches on our trip home. Thanks HercsandPinky for bringing us here

Great place to see this monster and fancy it costing $35,000 Thanks for this virtual Tftc

Glad the real fish isn't quite that big. Passing through here with Snips and Co on our LGA cache challenge. Answer sent. Thanks for the vitual.

We came up to Swan Hill for two days, staying opposite this cache. It really is magnificent. It has been well constructed. Thanks for the virtual cache.

This fish reminds me of the one that got away but only smaller.

An impromptu visit through Swan Hill saw us visiting The Giant Murray Cod once again but this time for a virtual not a pesky trad. Photos taken and answers sent.Thanks Hercs&pinky for the Virtual placement here, we really enjoy Big Things.

On our way to swan hill this is one of the caches we found today. Photos taken and answers sent.Thanks Hercs&pinky for the Virtual placement here

Thanks for bringing me here

Wow who wouldn't love to catch this one, or is it the one that got away. He nearly got me, as you can see I am sitting in the mouth on the side. It is a massive fish and I do like to see the Big things that are scattered around AustraliaThanks for this one Hercs&pinkyLilDonna . . .

On our way to the JLWE in Lameroo and grabbed a quick selfie as we went passed. Busy day here today and nowhere to park the caravan, I grabbed the answer on foot but took an even more pathetic photo than this one so had to grab a drive by as we did another circuit around the block.Answer sent to CO.TFTV TB's visited

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi. Staying a couple of nights in Swan Hill and Had to visit the shopping centre and while shopping parked the car nearby. On return to the car stopped at the fishy and gathered the required information and forwarded onto the CO.A rather large fishy this one.Gratias pro virtual cache Hercs&pinky

Loved the sculpture. Thanks for bringing us here.

Another BIG to the collection! Thanks

Mr SKI's father often told stories of trying to catch the elusive Murray Cod when he was a boy, occasionally successful but often not. Took the required photo.Answer sent.Today seemed to be a good day for bike riding, so Mrs SKI put together a route that took us through a mixture of sightseeing and caching. And a good day it was as we rode along the river and a number of bike paths seeing the sights and collecting some trads, multis, puzzles a Virtual.We even managed a stop at a bakery for lunch and a coffee.Mrs SKI calculates we rode around 14km for the entire trip. There weren't a lot of muggles about and the sun was shining with a slight breeze.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Hercs&pinky.**SKI Pair****

Another big one TFTCps fascinating tail ie folklore

Found after dinner last night. The weather was so mild we took a stroll around the area and ticked off some AL locations. TFTC!

Wow, the biggest Thing in Swan Hill, thanks

Thanks for the cache.

After staying in Mildura overnight, we headed to Swan Hill, looking for some caches along the way. This was our last cache hunt for the day.The required information was collected and has been sent to the CO. Our photo is included with this log.Thanks Hercs&pinky for this fun virtual cache. It earns a favourite from us.

Big fish!

Moving on today Swan Hill to Cullulleraine on our journey home from the Canberra Geobash. TFTC

Searched for the traditional with no luck. Kids first virtual cacheTFTC

Thanks for cache

Found while heading back to Adelaide. TFTC

Found while spending a night in Swan Hill on the way back to Adelaide. TFTC

While travelling from the Flinders to Melbourne we came across this one and just had to stop. We love the big Australian things! Thanks for putting this on our map - we leave a fav point. Pic of our travel companion Emu in the mouth of the Big Murray Cod.

#132 After retrieving the other cache here I headed back to the car and saw this virtual so I got back out of the car and took the photo.TFTV

Arrived in Swan Hill and went to this Virtual Cache. Gathered the information and have sent to CO. Thanks for the virtual cache

Our next overnight stay is Swan Hill and we decided to visit the Big COD first.Thanks for the virtual.

We were passing through Swan Hill after the great leap forward mega in Adelaide and dropped in to see the Murray cod answers sent to CO

34,494. Found with minniek during our trip to The Great Leap Forward Mega Event in Adelaide on 29th February 2024.Day 7 : After staying overnight at the Swan Hill Big4 Caravan Park, we packed up with an aim to meander our way back home via any convenient caches along the way. There were a couple on our list though which we did go for. Overall the drive home was pretty good with a wide variety of countryside observed. All caches were found without issue unless stated. This one was the first of the day, and who could drive past a Big Thing Virtual ! Grabbed the required information and photos, then hit the road for the next one.Thanks Hercs&pinky !! Fav Point. There should be a special club for Australian Big Thing Virtuals I've done several now plus my own in Goulburn with Rambo.

I am on a road trip headed to Adelaide for the leap year mega and have stop in Swan Hill for a quick virtual with a very big fish.I am chasing lga's on this trip and this will get me this area thank you to the CEO for the placement of this one you have done a great job and an excellent choice

Found with The Booos

The Booos are on a road trip to South Australia for the Mega Event.we like to visit Big Things Thanks Hercs&pinky for placing this cache.

Full time Nomads, travelling around Australia since 2014. This is our first visit to Swan Hill and there is sooo much to see and sooo many caches nearby, leaving us spoilt for choice. We headed out early this morning hoping to beat the heat. Very unsuccessful at that and pretty unsuccesful days caching too. Lots of DNF, feeling pretty sad now. Tired, hot and grumpy we gave up just after lunch. We did manage to find this cache. Answer sent TFTC Hercs&pinky [^]

That would have been a tough one to land. Answer sent. We're travelling around country Victoria picking up LGAs and grabbed a pie while exploring town. Tftc

Mr Rat was in Swan Hill for work. He stopped by to gather the answer for this virtual. Thanks for the virtual.

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Was originally built

Found by Mary and David at 14:25. A wonderful example of one that got away. Our thanks to Hercs&pinky.

Ticking off another of the big things in Australia and ticking another virtual cache off

I was able to do the virtual but too many muggles for the trad.

Found on 3 January 2024 at 12:34:00pm. Been here a few times while working in town so decided while here again i would revisit this cool fishy. Great virtual and iconic location.Thanks for the adventure Hercs&pinky!

After a long day driving from Canberra, we stopped in at the local big thing, and as a bonus there were two caches that we could do. Thank you for the virtual cache!

Day 10 of our west to east adventure. Today's leg brought us from Adelaide to Swan Hill. After checking into our accoms, a short.rest and a shower we headed out to check out the town. Stopped by here to check out the big feature... I'm sure I've seen another "big Murray Cod" in my previous travels (perhaps at Tocumwal?) - at any rate, as memory serves it wasn't as good as this guy. Thanks for the tourist friendly virtual here Hercs&pinky

I have had a few photos with the fishy over the years. Back through Swan Hill today, so a perfect opportunity to do this virtual. TFTV

Our road trip continues, Adelaide to Mooroopna. It really is an adventure, with LB, locus cache & Rex, me and GeoCleo. Its nice to see even Arthur is supporting Movember with a stylish Murray moustache TFTV Hercs&pinkyKeep smiling

What classic!!! This is the one that didnt get away. Had to visit this iconic spot and of coarse get the selfie. Tftc

Here fishy fishy fishy. Stopped by to get my photo with the big Cod. Answers to the CO. Thanks for the cache.

Visited on this very cold and windy spring morning, before leaving on our trip further along the river.

Heading home from Mildura to Wollongong. We made sure we had the time to make a few cache stops to break up the journey.Made a long detour to see the confluence of the Murray and 'Bidgee, (and to get eth Virtual), but mud and water prevented my car from getting there. This VIrtual was a consolation prize! Bear took the Selfie, that's me in the mouth.Cheers

Day 27. A last minute plan had been hatched to make my by way to QOGM. Very little planning had been done but a very rough outline was in place and it was going to be a day by day trip.After a very late night stop just outside of Swan Hill it was off to Longwood today for a few days of camping with friends before finally returning home. A few key stops though along the way in Swan Hill, Echuca and Shepparton.I had to stop at another Big Thing along my travels. I gathered the required info and took a happy snap or two.Thanks Hercs&pinky for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------The 12 Days of Cachemas series is now live. Check out the list of caches and work your way through the series. Full details available at [Cachemas in July](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/events/cachemas-in-July) Voting is also now open for the 2022 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. The shortlist is available [here](https://coord.info/BMC8QYR)[Make your vote count - Vote here!](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/events/Victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards/2022-Victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards

Hopefully have sent the correct info. Hopefully I don't scar too many with my ugly mug being posted.In Swan Hill with car club touring about and camped across the road, almost.TFTC

Quick stop on the way home from our weekend to visit the big Murray Cod.Thanks for the virtual!

Another big thing ticked off the list.

Thanks for the Virtual Cache Hercs&pinky

Another awesome bigthing in Oz. So colourful too.

Day 2 of Chook and OzHockeyChick's "QOGM-consolation" roadtrip, targeting caches in three states over four days of fun, friendship, laughter and adventure.Had to stop by and visit Arthur, a very appropriate location for a Virtual Cache, being the icon that he is. Thank you for this Virtual Cache Hercs&Pinky

With a huge portion of the Victorian caching community enjoying their pilgrimage north to Longreach, chook(nchunk) and I decided to plan our own little mini-adventure, targetting adlabs, solved puzzles, faves, TDOCs and anything else that piques our interest along the way. Day Two: Jerilderie, Swan Hill, Mildura, Merbein.Stopped by to pay a visit to Arthur, and take the obligatory photo.Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, Hercs&pinky ~~

Visited this morning after breakfast nearby. Excellent virtual.

Thanks for the cache Hercs&pinky

Found on my trip home. I first tried to find the traditional here with no luck, so was happy that at least I could get this virtual. A big fish indeed. Answer sent to CO. TFTC

We’ve had a family challenge to take a photo of all the big things on the Gregory’s map with the whole family present. We’ve done all of NSW and the ACT, and a few from VIC and QLD as well. Cross another one off the list, and the kids have decided this is their favourite - even better than the NSW rival cod just up the road (size matters apparently). FP for a fun family memory.

Terrible at fishing, and geocaching as well. Couldn't find the cache but found the cod. Tftf

#453 9:16 am

Checked out of our motel this morning and headed over to the cod.

Thank you for this wonderful cache Hercs&pinky

Found while visiting Swan Hill
TFTC

Mildura Trip
I joined a group of Canberra cachers to tackle the caches around Mildura. On our way home to Canberra now. Another crazy big thing! Thanks for the hide Hercs&pinky

What a cool fish. Happy to pick this up today.

Day 6 of our Mildura Madness ??. Really looking forward to checking out the area.

Thanks for getting me out and about Hercs&pinky

Chooo ooo [Found] with dty73 and youban on our mini Mildura invasion! Thanks Hercs&pinky!

Touring with dty73 and Tankengine.
Great fish here! And love that there is this virtual to find. Kutgw!

Driving homeward bound after a great time caching in Mildura with friends.

Youban, Tankengine and I decided to pick up a few caches as we went, but with such a long drive we couldn’t get them all and so saved some for another day.

This cache: Nice find here. Everyone loves taking photos of the big things around Australia. And what better place to have a virtual. Tankengine sent in the answers while we searched for the trad here. Then he came and found the trad as we were looking in the wrong side of the fish. ?? silly swinging phone compass. Love this fish - so colourful! Tftc!!!

Fabulous fish - pity there aren't more in the river. On my way through Swan Hill heading to Mildura for the weekend to target the paddlesteamer caches. Been a while since I travelled on this side of the river so is a nice change from the Hay plains. Tftc

Mrs JTREETRACK2 and I have had the opportunity to head North and see some of our beautiful state. We have enjoyed looking and seeking some caches on our travels. Unfortunately we didn't bring a fishing rod, however I did manage to get a picture taken with the mighty Murray Cod.
Thanks for the cache

Suscoe and Phetlern were heading to the Swan Hill area and asked The Drovers, Geoturtle37 and myself if we would like to accompany them. We have a number of DNF's that need redemption so were pleased for the invite. This is one of the BIGs that we hadn't come across before.
Thanks for placing this cache here.

We have certainly seen an assortment of oversized items in our travels. Thanks for another with the placing of this cache.

A plan was devised by Phetlern and Suscoe to do a caching trip around Swan Hill.
Geoturtle37, Papi4506 and ourselves were invited to go along.
Day 3. A lap from Swan Hill to the country side and back again.
Unless otherwise stated - all good here.
All caches signed as the 'B Team', 'DGP' or 'The Drovers'. Answers sent via Phetlern.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Hercs&pinky, and for Phetlern & Suscoe for the invite.

Suscoe was heading north today in the terrific company of Phetlern, Papi, Geoturtle and The Drovers.
It was a delightful day, plenty of sunshine and lots of fun.
We were logging our finds today at the "B Team"
Thanks to Hercs&pinky for this virtual.

We had finally made it to Swan Hill and were enjoying a later afternoon of last cache finds before calling time!
Great to end our day at this icon.

17:14
With the memory of the Rutherglen Mega still utmost in our minds, we set a course for Swan Hill, to spend a few days caching around the border area with Suscoe, Geoturtle, Papi and The Drovers. We love this big guy!

Logged with a tick from the CO.

Thanks to the Owner for creating this fun virtual cache for the gameboard.
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#17867 - 2:46:00 PM; Heading over to Mildura via Echuca with the geohoney to wrap up some family business, making a few stops along the way to grab a cache or two as we passed. After a pleasant evening in Echuca, we continued west after spending some time taking in the sights around the Port. Stopped off in Swan hill for a bite to eat and to refuel the geomobile and dropped by the big fish as we were heading out of town. Thought I'd gathered the correct info and sent a message to the CO, only to realise a short time later, I'd read the wrong board! The message was corrected and I soon had the OK from the CO. A fave for bringing us here to check out the whopper! TFTC Hercs&pinky

Answer sent
Big things make the best virtuals, they're so easy to find. In fact, Arthur is the only thing in Swan Hill we know where to find.... it's carved in our minds from a previous DNF on the trad. It was so quiet here this morning there was plenty of parking for our big rig. TFTC Hercs&pinky. FP, we love big things.

Stopped by to do this virtual on my way home from Rutherglen MEGA.
Looks like I'm getting the low down on a fishy tale... It's a big one

TFTV

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Been waiting to have a selfie with this guy!!
Thank you for placing this for us to find. Thank you for contributing to the geo map and maintaining when required. TFTC

SA’s Leap Year Event - keep the date free - 29th February 2024. GCA1DNA. Can’t wait!!

Required answer sent to CO. Visited this afternoon with SpidermonkeysMom. Certainly an impressive catch!!

TFTC Hercs&pinky for your cache Virtual Reward 3.0 Here Fishy Fishy Fishy that we found today.
We were passing through Swan Hill this morning after overnighting in Nyah. We needed to get to Shepparton to get a part for the motorhome/Toad, so only had time to stop , Photo and head off.
We have been here several times before and still have not found the trad here.

Find count : 15878

We had a fun time at “ Here, Fishy, Fishy, Fishy”
It was good to read the information supplied as we naturally assumed that it was transported here after the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
So this dear fish as a much more famous evolution
As a movie star!
We loved the Murray Cod information as well. It’s probably Victoria’s mist well known fresh water fish.

Took a pic for this virtual , them over the road for lunch.
Thanks for the virtual

Love this!

12128. Visited by baby&Mrs gopher at 1145. This is a real icon for the Swan hill township. We have been here many times. A FP from us Tnx Hercs&pinky

Out for a fish and found this big massive Murray Cod, glad I had my husband's muscles to catch it! See photo, answers sent to CO. TFTC