SideTracked - Ormond Ormond, Victoria, Australia
By Kristysadventures on 10-Feb-23. Waypoint GCA4RG3

We were very grateful for the clue here as it was spot on. The cache was well hidden, but 11m away from where the GPSr wanted us to be today.After plenty of rain overnight, today started warm and humid, but then the rain returned again with very heavy showers. We spent out time dodging these showers but got it wrong a couple of times and got very wet. Still managed to find a few caches all the same as we make our way back home in differing ways each time.Family matters have brought us to Melbourne for a period of time yet to be determined. As we spend time here however it gives us the opportunity for some caching in areas we would not usually get to.We chased a wide variety of caches and Labs with some great puzzles and Labs in some beautiful spring weather.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Kristysadventures.**SKI Pair****

Good spot, the coordinates could still be a bit better though.

Looked along the fence line, in. The tree, on the electric pole, even the turf near the footpath and nothing found. Maybe next time!

Out and about on a little maintenance run to check on my geocaches.New geocache placed and coordinates updated. Ready to be found.

Out and about on a little maintenance run to check on my geocaches.

Coordinates changed from:S 37 54.298 E 145 2.368Coordinates changed to:S 37 54.290 E 145 2.370Distance from original: 49.7 feet or 15.2 meters.More stable location

Branch holding the cache has snapped and there are many bees in the tree. Will wait a week or two for the flowers to finish before replacing.

Seemed like it was an obvious place but no luck today

Went here today and spent quite a bit finding it. Could just be really bad at finding geocaches or else it was blown away in the heavy winds !!

Tricky to access this one without dropping it.

TFTC

To far

Today called for a day of caching and so I ventured out with one half of Earthbound Chief to find the closest unfound caches to where we live. We got lucky with the weather with winter sunshine in the sky. Both of us were avoiding our boring repetitive daily domestic duties opting to cache instead. The housework can wait.Well we made an interesting find here with two identical caches. I contacted the CO to check and it was confirmed a second cache was added when the first one was thought to be missing. We removed one of the caches and left the other in place, replacing with a new logbook. The GZ was a bit of a mess as someone had dumped a bunch of stolen mail right at the base. We gathered it into a neater pile. It's so funny how all along here is clear under the bushes but somehow the rubbish always seems to be dumped at the GZ of caches.Thank you for the cache here Kristyadventures

Thanks to OSHFAM for performing maintenance at this cache and removing the additional cache that had made its way here. Log and cache in good condition ready to be found

Today we found SideTracked - Ormond on our travels. Replacement log done by OSHFAM. All good at this cache.so many caches, not enough time! Thanks Kristysadventures for being part of our geocaching fun.

TFTC!

Nice, easy find. All in good condition. TFTC

Cool!

Found it wasnt in a log

I wrote the date and me and my friends names on the paper inside the cache

Nice and easy

it was pretty easy to find thanks for the find! TTF

TFTC finally found it with some help from some fellow cachers. Credit to CO for this hide.

Thanks for the cache

New cache and log in place, ready for signing

I didnt find it

Wow

Finishing up work today around the corner, I persuaded my boss to let me pick up this cache on the way home. Found this one extremely quickly and was able to make my way back to the office with no major time delays haha. Tha ks for the cache and the little adventure.

Log full!!!Zsolt atya a !!!

TFTC

TFTC

***Found by vanila821***The cache was really hard to find but eventually, we found it. Gotta use some cameras for this one.***Thanks 4 the hide Kristyadventures***

Tftc! Hard at first but once the right tree was found it was easy from there.

Very hard

Tftc

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TFTC

Nice quick find overlooking the tracks. TFTC

Neat!

On the tree! Tftc

A couple of hours to spare between events today, so Geoturtle37 and I teamed up to find a cache or three.Found a parking spot right in front of gz. GT began to search while I changed into something red for the Chinese new year event. Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, Kristysadventures ~~

This was the last one before we needed to grab some dinner and head to the event which isn't far away. Even though this wasn't overly concealed, it took us a little while to find. Once OHC had changed into 'red' for Chinese New Year celebrations, we were on our way. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

On secondment to Melbourne, Australia, combined with short holidays here and there. Day 14/74, Sunday. Temperature: 38 degrees. Oh boy, that is too much for a Finn! Today, I took a train here and there, and sometimes a tram, and visited a cache or two and then continued. No real plan today, except finding one large cache (which I managed to do). It was simply too hot for proper planning. This was my last cache today. Thank you for the cache, and greetings from Vaasa, Finland! Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

Good spot tough to find near fence for people struggling

Went to the location at night, the cache was quite difficult to spot though eventually found it after looking around for a while. The cache was well hidden. TFTC!

Good finding place Read the hint

great spot, few locations near it got us a little fooled

Found and in good spot - well done!!

This cache has been a gap in my line of smilies for the [CO's](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=2025b6ac-6591-4990-a921-bd242af298ea&wid=0bfb0aad-a221-4004-9849-526775448896&ds=2) [SideTracked caches](https://sidetrackedseries.info/) for far too long. So after having brunch with the snuggle muggle not too far away from this one I was able to convince her to stop by GZ and allow me to try and finally find it today.Of course with the weather being a bit dreary and the rain being quite steady, she was fine to stop, but not keen to get out of the car to help me look! So I had to don the rain jacket and brave the downpour alone. Well with the less than stellar weather today it did mean GZ was completely muggle free and it didn't appear anyone else was going to be as crazy as me to be out walking today, so I was able to make a nice uninterrupted search at GZ. Lucky for me it was a quick search at GZ before the cache was found. I then retreated back to the protection of the dry car to sign the log, before braving the storm again to return the cache back to it's hiding space. I have really been loving all of these [SideTracked caches](https://sidetrackedseries.info/) and only wish they were around when I first moved to Melbourne and had to completely rely on public transport to get around. However, I am glad they are available now for others who are still dependent on PT to enjoy as well. A big thanks goes to [Kristysadventures](https://www.geocaching.com/p/?guid=2025b6ac-6591-4990-a921-bd242af298ea&wid=0bfb0aad-a221-4004-9849-526775448896&ds=2) for the fantastic wet fun today. TFTC.**Cache Maintenance Status**The cache container was in good shape. The attachment mechanism still seemed strong and the logbook was clean and dry with plenty of room for future cache finders to sign.

Find 3200A hot today today so I got on the bike early to do some caches.This one took a little while as gps was sending me from one side of the road to the other.Finally geosenses kicked in and the sneaky hide was sighted.Waited for a muggle jogger to pass before the log was signed and returned.Thanks Kristy adventures

Nicely crept away TFTC

Was a nice easy find!

So hard to find but found

Damn that was difficult

*Found on the 16 Dec 2023 @ 3:51pm.**Cache find # 15419.* Today is the last day on the calendar that I don't have 10 or more finds so I headed out to find a few more.There are a few in a row along this section of train line that I had not yet found, so it was a good place to start.After finding a couple of other sidetracked caches, I continued along the line to this one, once at GZ, it wasn't long before the cache was spotted and the log signed.**Thanks to Kristysadventures for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

Cool little thingAnyone looking to find it have a real hard think about the hint

Took us a few minutes after examining 2 trees.About to walk away and Mr Riddell spied the ring first on a broken twig of a branch, so the cache itself was hard to see hanging down at the back. So we retrieved it, and saved it to a more solid home about shoulder level at the back,TFTC

Saturday afternoon the vicinity provided easy parking close to GZ and a short walk to the location wasnt enough for me to set the Fitbit moving much. A short search following the instructions of the hint and I had the cache in my hand!

Nice spot TFTC!

Thanks!

TFTC amazing and hidden well

So much fun to find, harder than I thought! Thanks for the cache

Fun to find although I stepped in doggy do do

Date: November 4, 2023 Time: 10:38 AMFind #14256Catching up with an old work mate after parkrun this morning and we made a quick stop on our walk to pickup this cache along the way.Massive thanks go to Kristysadventures for placing this one.

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Thank you

3rd times the charm Great cahce

Find number 12572 at 11:30:14am on Thursday the 12 October 2023Out and about today to do some geocaching, a relaxing day out but still a bit wet, an umbrella day Searched everywhere and almost gave up on this one but read an earlier log which caused me to look harder in one particular spot. An obvious but sneaky spot, but maybe it was the rain that slowed me down **Thanks for placing this cache Kristysadventures**---If you are looking for some new caches to find, explore the nominees for the 2022 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards.The Nominations Geocaching List is available [here](https://coord.info/BMC8QYR)!Voting is also now open for the 2022 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards. You can vote by following this [link](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/events/Victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards/2022-Victorian-cache-of-the-year-awards)

TFTC, good little find in a mostly muggle free zone.

Didnt find today maybe another day

Great little cache!

Is it small

Hi

In the area for work and I thought I'd stop by Ormand to grab lunch. Found a nice little Barbecue Chicken shop and afterwards, this was the closest geocache. Took a little time to find as every time I bent over looking it was hidden on the other side of the tree. Plus I kept getting distracted by the sprinkler timer.Thanks for the cache Kristys AdventuresHunter

A nice day for a cache today! These SideTracked caches were on the list today. There was a bit of road works happening but rather than spoil the search, it ensured there was less muggle traffic and a quick search resulted. Thanks Kristysadventures for placing the cache

Nice cache

Fathers day hunt

Very very cute!!!

I found jt

A quick find, thank you for the nice hide!

But no pen on us to log

Thanks to Kristysadventures for another Side Tracked opportunity.
Took a little while to focus on where we should be looking and there it was.
Log signed and on our way.

Caching day with crank1 for the day around Caulfield/Malvern area. Found it and thanks Kristysadventures for placing this cache

We went searching for caches with kangas11 and found your cache and signed the log Kristysadventures, thank you so much for placing it.

I was in the area today for a Mystery cache to help with a challenge... and after completing that task successfully, I set about finding other caches nearby. Being a Sunday afternoon, it was all quiet in the vicinity of the cache... and I was almost able to park adjacent to it.

Thanks **Kristyadventures** for this cache.

It was finally time to get back out there with LouJean70 and have a good old fashioned caching day.
We definitely over thought this one. An easy find in the end.
TFTC

This was a tricky little find that had us overthinking and looking where we needn’t. Re-read of the hint had cache soon in hand. Thank you

DNF.

Found it almost instantly as there was another cache that I had found located in pretty much the same spot, so I started there and boom!

Good hint too

Look shoulder and head height, looked knee and foot height. No sign of the cache. DNF for now but this is just part of the fun of finding micros. Means I can’t rest until I’ve signed this log!

Out SideTracking today locally to add a few more to the small number already done. Found nice and quickly, exactly where the GPS was pointing. The log roll was very short and totally full, so I cut a strip from a notepad and added it to the cache.



Thanks again to Kristysadventures for the cache.

Apologies for the belated and partly generic log. Headed out to search for some caches whether the purpose was to get out of the house, kill some time, get some fresh air and exercise or honing my finding skills, my general caching rule is as long as I’m enjoying myself and having a good time, I’m doing it right, or at least that’s the experience the cache owner wants finders to have.

If it’s not going that way, and usually every find provides its own unique experience and it most certainly won’t always go your way. Which doesn’t mean I instinctively call it a day and head home, actually okay that does happen sometimes. But I’m persistent and cachers are a curious bunch and enjoy the thrill of the hunt and a challenge, even if what it is we are doing is a bit off the wall, I guess you could say.

Again my second visit to this placement as my first I clearly didn't have my skills honed at all. I spotted it fairly quickly this time and signed as I observed the kids across the rail tracks in the school grounds. Might have been recess time. All signed and returned.

Many thanks to the CO.

Nowhere to be found!

Bit tricky to spot in the dark but we got it eventually!!

Found by Omegaman1971

After finishing work early today it was great to catch up with Rebel Acts and put some smiles on the map.
Unfortunately not to many caches due to the rain but still enjoyed the one's we did.

Cheers for the cache.

Out and about with My good caching mate Omegaman1971, there are always plenty of laughs while we are turning caches into smiles.

This is one of the caches found today.

Thanks Kristysadventures for the cache.